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ILLIAM WADKINS, a native of Morgan County, Indiana, is one of the pioneers of Shelby County. He was born May 10, 1848, and is a son of Ste-
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phen and Rebecca Wadkins, of whom men- tion is made elsewhere in this volume. When but a small boy his parents removed to Jasper County, Illinois, where they remained a few years. Their next place of residence was Warren County, Iowa, where they lived ten years; here our subject attended the common schools and worked on a farm. The next move was to Jasper County, and after a few years' residence here, the family removed to Shelby County in 1869. Previous to his coming to Shelby County, in 1863, Mr. Wad- kins was married to Miss Eliza MeKeever, who died shortly after they came to the county; they had three children -- Charles, Elizabeth, and Mary Emma (deceased). After Mr. Wadkins had been in the county about three years he settled on a piece of railroad land, where he lived four years and made many improvements. He sold this claim and pur- chased 240 aeres of wild land in Douglas Township, which he made his home until 1877, with the exception of two years spent in Washington Territory. He had made many improvements on this farm, planting four acres of grove, building a good frame residence, and barns for stoek and grain. He sold this place and bought the Highland Grove farin, con- sisting of 200 aeres. Mr. Wadkins devotes himself to farming and stock-raising exelu- sively, and has been eminently successful in this pursuit. In the beginning of the late civil war he enlisted in the Thirteenth lowa Volunteer Infantry, Company B, and served about fourteen months; he was discharged on account of a wound received in the battle of Shiloh. Ile is a staunch Republican, and has ever taken an active interest in the welfare of the county. July 11, 1872, Mr. Wadkins married for his second wife Miss Lonisa Ed- wards, daughter of Garland and Lucinda Ed- wards, whose sketeh will be found in another page of this history. Mrs. Wadkins was born
in Marion County, Iowa, February 14, 1855, and came to Shelby County with her parents. The result of this marriage is seven children -Garland, Frank, Rutherford B., Nellie (deceased), Paul, Lulu, and an infant son (deceased).
OAH MILLER, a native of Macon County, Illinois, born March 30, 1831, is a son of James and Mary (Ilerrald) Miller, natives of Kentucky and Pennsylvania. When he was about thirteen years of age he left Illinois with his parents and came to Iowa, settling in Marshall County, where he made his home until 1875; he then came to Shelby County, locating in the southwest part of Polk Township for one year, when he traded for 100 acres of partly improved land in Polk Township; here he mnade many first-class im- provements and has one of the finest farms in this part of the county. He has dealt quite extensively in real-estate since coming to the county, having owned at one time over 300 acres of land; he has since sold and divided among his children, retaining for himself 100 acres. Ile was reared to farin life, owing to limited facilities in schooling and much de- pending upon him in his youth. Although deprived of a good education he has an abun- dance of good sense, which he has put into use in his business relations; being a close observer he has acquired a good practical education. He has had a successful career, being one of the most prosperous farmers in this part of the county. Ile has devoted him. self to farming and stock-raising, aside from dealing in stock quite extensively. He is a Democrat. Mr. Miller was married February 7, 1851, to Rebecca Duke, daughter of John and Nancy (Mathis) Duke, both natives of Kentucky. She was born in Grayson County,
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Kentucky, September, 1833, but at the age of two years came to Iowa with her parents, who located in Des Moines County. Mr. and Mrs. Miller are the parents of ten children, seven of whom are living-Nancy, wife of L. D. Whitehead, resides in Polk Township; Uriah B. resides in Marshall County, Iowa; Charles resides in Polk Township; Ruth, wife of L. H. Merritt, resides at home; Harriett E., wife of II. R. Gaer, resides in Cummings County, Nebraska; Mary E. (deceased), wife of Will- iam A. Holmes; Lydia A., wife of Joseph W. Ross, resides in Polk Township; James I. resides at home; Sarah D. (deceased), and an infant, (deceased). Mrs. Miller is a member of the Christian church.
ste ALEB SMITHI is one of the prominent and well-known citizens of Fairview Township; he arrived in the county May 23, 1870. He was born in Snyder County, Pennsylvania, April 17, 1847, and is a son of John P. Smith and Elizabeth (Troxell) Smith, both natives of Pennsylvania. Caleb passed his early youth on a farm and in attending school; his education was received at the Freebury Academy, of Snyder County, Pennyslvania, and at the Union Seminary, of Union County, Pennsylvania. At the age of seventeen he began teaching school, and was very successful. In 1870 he acted on Horace Greeley's advice to young men, and went west; he traveled over a portion of Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and Illinois; he finally reached Shelby County, Iowa, where he decided to remain. The first season he en- gaged in teaching in Monroe Township; in the spring of 1871 he was appointed county superintendent of the schools; in the autumn of the same year he was elected to this office, serving two years with credit to himself and
the best interests of the public schools. In February, 1872, he bought 152 acres of land, partly improved; here he has since lived, and made many improvements, adding to the first purchase until he now owns 220 acres of the best soil, consisting largely of rich bottom lands on the cast branch of the Nishnabotna River. He has a good frame house, a barn and buildings for stock, and a modern windmill, supplying the water for the different yards; all the surroundings betray the thrift and energy of the owner. Mr. Smith has not sold any corn in twelve years, as he finds it more profitable to feed it to stock at home; lic has been very successful in this enterprise. Ile was married January 4, 1874, to Miss Hattic Picffer, a daughter of Benjamin Picffer, a prominent pioneer, whose history will be found elsewhere in this volume. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have two children-Lester and Lanra E. Mr. Smith is a Democrat, and is one of the wheel-horses of the Democracy in the county; he has filled several offices of trust, with honor to himself. He is a member of the Anti-horse-thief Association of Fair- view Township. He is a man well informed on general topics; is decided in his views, friendly to all, and is numbered with the first citizens of the county.
ESSE HON, a native of Washington County, Indiana, was born July 14, 1827, and is a son of Jacob and Mary (Lawrence) Hon, natives of North Carolina. When he was five years old his parents re- moved to Owen County, Indiana; here he was placed on a farm, and attended the sub- scription schools, which afforded him only a limited education; being a elose observer, however, he has acquired an amount of in- formation equal to that of many who have
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enjoyed superior advantages. Most of his early life was spent in clearing up the tim- bered land of his native State. Mr. Hon was married April 12, 1849, to Miss Matilda Fisens, a danghter of Frederick and Mary Magdalene Fiscus, natives of North Carolina. Mrs. Hon was born in Washington County, Indiana, September 14, 1823. They are the parents of two children living-Nelson, re- siding in Polk Township, on the old home- stead and Mary Rosella, wife of Albert M. Milton, also residing in Polk Township. In 1872 Mr. Hon came to Marshall County, Iowa, and remained there one winter; in the spring of 1873 they came to Shelby County, and settled in section 23, Polk Township, on a farm of 240 acres of partially improved land; here he has made inany improvements in the way of erecting necessary buildings. After a residence of four years in Shelby County, Mr. and Mrs. IIon returned to Owen County, Indiana, and remained there four years, when they returned to Shelby County; here they have since made their home. Mr. Hon is a man that always takes an active interest in all enterprises tending toward the advance- ment and improvement of the community in general. He is a strong Democrat, always casting his vote with 'his party. Mr. Ilon devotes himself to farming and stock-raising, and finds a faithful helper in his most worthy wife. They are members of the Church of Christ.
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P. PERRY is one of the early settlers of Shelby County, coming here in 1874. Hle was born in Belmont County, Ohio, September 10, 1841; he is a son of Jesse and Malinda (Poole) Perry. Jesse Perry is a rela- tive of the old Commodore Perry, and a native of Ohio; his wife was born in Virginia. J. P.
Perry was the fifth of eight children, four of whom were sons and four daughters. When he was thirteen years of age his father removed to Bureau County, Illinois, then a wild, new country; his parents lived here until their death. He was reared on a farm and edu- cated in the public schools. During the late war he went to the defense of the flag; he enlisted at the first call for troops, April 24, 1861, in the Twelfth Illinois Infantry, Com- pany I; he served over three months and was honorably discharged, and returned home. At the call for 300,000 more men, he again responded, enlisting June 1, 1862, in the Sixty-fifth Illinois Infantry, Company E; he was taken prisoner at Harper's Ferry, Vir- ginia, September 15, 1862; was paroled, and went to Camp Douglas, Chicago, Illinois, and was exchanged January 19, 1863; in April, 1863, he was sent to the front, and took an active part at Concord, London Bridge, the siege of Knoxville, Tennessee; with Sherman on the march to Atlanta; returned with General Thomas to Columbia, Ten- nessee; Franklin, Tennessee; Nashville, Ten- nessee; Fort Fisher, North Carolina; Fort Anderson, North Carolina; Cape Fear River, Wilmington. He was honorably discharged June 8, 1865, and returned to Bureau County, Illinois ; he was discharged as Corporal. September 5, 1866, he was married to Miss Mary Chaddock, a lady of intelligence, born in Jefferson County, Ohio; she is a daughter of Richard and Eliza (Nickelson) Chaddock; the father is a native of Maryland, and the mother, of Ohio. IIer family came to Burean County in 1864. Mr. Perry lived in Bureau County until 1873, when he came to Mahaska County, Iowa; in 1874 he came to Shelby County, and settled on wild prairie land; he now owns 320 acres of land in a body, and has one of the best improved farms in the county; he has a good frame house, and
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barns for stock and grain; he farms exten- sively, making a specialty of Jersey Red swine, of which he has some specimens as fine as can be found in the west. Mr. and Mrs. Perry have three children-William Grant, Jesse Ilarmon and Mabel. Mr. Perry is a Republican; he is a member of the Anti- horse-thief Association, No. 35, and is secretary of the same. IIe is yet in the prime of life; he is social and genial in his disposition, an intelligent conversationalist, honest in busi- ness, and one of Shelby county's solid men.
W. M. SARVIS, of Fairview Township, section 23, is an ex-soldier of the late war. He was born in Dade County, Missouri, September 7, 1841. He is a son of Maldon and Mary (Flesher) Sarvis. He was fifteen years old when he came to Potta- wattamie County, Iowa. He worked on a farm until he enlisted in the army, March 11, 1862. He joined the Seventeenth Iowa In- fantry, Company H. Ile was first under fire at Hamburg Landing. He was in the battles of Corinth, Ball's Bluff, Raymond, Missis- sippi, Champion Hills, Jackson, Vieksburg, Chattanooga, Missionary Ridge, Buzzard's Roost, Duck Creek Gap, and Tilton, Georgia, where he was taken prisoner. He was con- fined at Millin, Georgia, for two months, then at Cahawba, Alabama, one month, and was then taken to Andersonville, where he was held three months. When captured he weighed 175 pounds; when released 113 was as high as he could tip the beam. He was first taken to Goldsborough, North Carolina, and then to Washington, D. C. He was also in the Red River expedition. He served three years, one month and twenty-five days. He returned to Pottawattamie County, Iowa, and was married July 6, 1869, to Miss Susan 36
Donnelson. She was born in Scott County, Iowa, and is a daughter of Levi and Mary (Stafford) Donnelson. The father is a native of New York, and the mother of Indiana. Mr. Sarvis came to Shelby County in 1871. In 1887 he bought his present farm, which contains eighty-one acres of fine land and one of the best springs of water in the county; it is situated near the residence. There is a good barn, and a fine grove of timber. Mr. Sarvis and wife have three chil- dren living-Hattie B., Harry and George. Mr. Sarvis is a Republican, and a member of the G. A. R., U. S. Grant Post, Avoca. He is genial in his disposition, honest and up- right in business.
E. COOPER is one of the active, wide-awake citizens of Fairview Township. He came to the county in 1876. He is a native of Keokuk County, Iowa, and was born May 1, 1859. He is a son of Hinelman Cooper, a former well- known citizen of the township, who is a native of Ohio, and who came to Iowa in the fall of 1857, locating in Keokuk County. In 1865 he went to Mahaska County, Iowa, and in 1876 to Shelby County. Hinchman Cooper married Abigail Johnson, who was also a native of Ohio. Her parents were natives of the Green Mountain State. H. Cooper and wife had four children-W. E .; Albert, who lives in Diekinson County, Kansas; Robert and Nettie, who live at home with their parents in Oregon. W. E. Cooper, our subject, was in his sixteenth year when he came to this connty. He was educated at New Sharon Academy, Iowa, and engaged in teaching when he was eighteen years old. He was very successful, and continued teach- ing for fifteen terms. He began improving
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his farm in 1881. He has a substantial honse, a good barn, a grove and an orchard. Everything shows thrift and industry. Ile was married February 15, 1882, to Miss Lanra Walters, daughter of D. B. Walters, a prominent citizen of the county. Mr. and Mrs. Cooper have two children-Myrtle and Leverne. Mr. Cooper is a Republican, and one of the wheel-horses of the party. He has served as township trustee for six years, as assessor for two years, and on the school board for five years. He has filled these offices with credit to himself and with satis- faction to the public. IIe is also a member and president of the Anti-horse-thief Asso- eiation of Fairview Township, No. 35. Ile is a member of the Knights of Pythias, Castle Ilall, No. 65, of Ilarlan. Ile is a member of the Evangelical Association of Ilarlan eireuit. Mr. Cooper, though but a young man, has gained the confidence and respect of his associates, and has an enviable reputation, socially, politically and finan- cially, in the county.
DWARD WATTERBURY, of Fair- view Township, is one of the well- known men in the township. Ile is a native of the State of Iowa, born in Clayton County, March 26, 1853. Ile is a son of Stephen Watterbury, and was a babe when . his parents came to Shelby County. Here he grew to manhood. His youth was passed at farm work and in attending the common schools of the connty. Arriving at the age of manhood he was married to Miss L. J. Norton, of this county, March 8, 1876. By this union six children were born, five sons and one daughter-Oliver, Lillie May, Jesse, Freddie, Pearl and Oscar. Mr. Watterbury is a Republican and a member of the Masonic
order, Mt. Nebo Lodge, No. 297, of Avoca. He is also a member of the Anti-horse-thief Association, No. 17, of Fairview Township. He is a man yet in the prime of life, is social. and genial in his disposition, honest in bnsi- ness. He has the confidence and respect of all who know him.
ENS OLSON, a farmer of Fairview Township, is one of the early settlers, having come to the county in the fall of 1868. Ile was born in Sweden, December 11, 1837, and is the son of Ole and Anna Olson. He lived in his native land until he was eighteen years old, when he and his brother Peter went to Demnark, and worked on a farm. He attended school in his native country until he was fourteen years old. He was married November 10, 1860, to Miss Sophia Poulson, born in Denmark, September 7, 1839, and a daughter of Andrew and Car- rie (Ilavson) Poulson. Jens Olson had been married a year when he sailed for America, via Liverpool, England. He embarked on a large sailing vessel, and landed in New York. He came by rail to Jasper County, Iowa, where he lived for eighteen months, working on the railroad. IIe and his brother l'eter came to Shelby County with a yoke of oxen and a wagon. They camped on the way, sleeping in the wagon at night. They ar- rived in Shelby County in the fall, and worked on the railroad until spring, when Jens Olson moved on the farm. He was among the earliest settlers of the township, having a wide stretch of prairie about him. Here he has since lived. He has a good farm of 167 acres, 100 of which are under cultiva- tion. There is a comfortable house, a good barn, and yards for stock. He has planted shade trees, and everything shows the thrift
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and energy of the owner. Mr. and Mrs. Olson have seven children-Carrie, Olivia, Mary, Anna, Peter, Nels and Christ. The last named is the oldest; he and the father are both Republicans. Mr. Olson and his wife are both members of the Lutheran church. He is honorable and just in his dealings, and has won the respect of all who know him.
ETER JENSON is among the prominent citizens of Fairview Township. IIe was born in Denmark, April 2, 1830, and is a son of Jens and Mary (Jenson) Peterson. He attended school until he was fourteen years old, and worked on the farm. Ile was inarried in 1859 to Miss Ann Nelson, a daughter of Nels Karlson. Mr. and Mrs. Jenson remained in their native land until 1862, when they sailed for America, going via Liverpool, and landing at Castle Garden, New York. They went to Brown County, Wisconsin, and resided there for five years; they then came to Shelby County, Iowa. Mr. Jenson bought 105 acres of land, eighty being bottom land, and twenty-five being in timber. Here he has since lived and im- proved his land, and added to the original purchase, until he now owns 223 acres of rich land. He has a good honse, built in modern style and well furnished, a good barn and cribs, a grove and an orchard. Mr. and Mrs. Jenson have two adopted children-a nephew and niece of Mr. Jenson's. Their father, Paul Jenson, died in 1869. These children are named James and Mary. Mr. and Mrs. Jenson are both active and zealous members of the Baptist church, and liberal supporters of the same. Mr. Jenson is a deacon in the church; the church is Danish. Mr. and Mrs. Jenson are cordial and hospitable, honest and
upright in their dealings, and among the best people of Fairview Township.
NICHOLAS VOGT is one of the early settlers of Fairview Township, having come to the county in 1877. He was born in Germany, August 23, 1822, and is a son of Peter and Clara (Miller) Vogt. IIe remained in his native land until he was twenty-six years old. He went to school until he was fourteen years old; then worked on a farm, and served three years in the army. In 1848 he came to America. He lived for awhile in Ohio; then in Kentucky, where he worked at the blacksmith's trade. Mr. Vogt was married in Hocking County, Ohio, in 1849, to Miss Catharine Miller, who was born in Germany in 1825, and is a daughter of Christ and Christena Miller. From Ken- tucky our subject came to Muscatine County, Iowa, and then to Johnson County, where he lived until 1877, when he came to his present farm. It was then wild, unimproved land. Assisted by his sons he has made one of the best farms in Shelby County. He has a good house, a barn, a vineyard and a grove. Mr. and Mrs. Vogt are the parents of five children-Jacob, Robert, Charles, George, and Katie, wife of D. P. Bonnett, of Harlan. Mr. Vogt is a Democrat. He and all his family are members of the Roman Catholic church. He is social in his disposition, and genial and friendly to all. Charles Vogt, dealer in general merchandise, Corley, is a son of Nicholas and Catharine Vogt. He was born in Muscatine County, Iowa, March 14, 1860. He was seventeen years of age when he came to Shelby County. He was reared on a farm, and received his education in the public schools of Iowa. He assisted his father in the improvement of the farm,
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and for several years operated a threshing machine. Charles Vogt was married in No- vember, 1883, to Rilda Thornton, of Gage Connty, Nebraska. They are the parents of one child-Mary. Mr. Vogt carries a good stock of dry goods and general merchandise, and sells his goods at reasonable prices. IIe has an extended acquaintance, and his up- right and honorable dealings have won him a large and profitable patronage. He casts his vote with the Democratic party.
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E. LAWSON is an enterprising and suc- cessful farmer, who came to Lincoln Township in 1872. Ile was born in Niagara County, New York, Angust 14, 1850, and is a son of John Lawson, a well known and highly esteemed citizen of Shelby County. He was but a child when his parents moved to MeHlenry County, Illinois, and but six years old when they moved to Clayton County, Iowa. Here our subject grew to manhood, receiving his education in the common schools. Ile remained at home until he was twenty- one, when he went to Wisconsin and worked by the month for some time. In 1872 he came to Shelby County where he bought eighty acres of land at 88 per acre. For seven seasons he broke prairie, at first send- ing his plow-shares to Avoca to be sharp- ened; in this way he made money to pay for his land. He now owns 160 acres of as good land as Shelby County affords. IIe has a comfortable house, a good barn, and all the equipments of a prosperous farmer. Mr. Lawson was married June 22, 1880, to Miss Zella Foster, of Clayton County, lowa. By this union two children were born-Minnie J., born September 27, 1881, and Ernest, born June 14, 1884. Mr. Lawson was greatly bereayed in the death of his beloved wife,
which occurred December 5, 1886. She was a woman of many virtues, a faithful wife, a loving mother and a kind neighbor. Mr. Lawson is a genial man, honorable in his business transactions, and although young has gained an enviable position in the county.
APIIETH BROWN of Fairview, Town- ship, is one of the well-known citizens, having come to the county in 1870. Ile was born in Stafford Township, Monmonth County, New Jersey, February 12, 1822; he is a son of Abraham Brown, who was born in the same county, and whose father, Samuel Brown, served in the war of the Revolution. Japheth Brown's mother was Charity Soper, a native of New Jersey. Ile lived in his native State until he was eighteen years old, when the family moved to Brown County, Ohio, where they lived until 1848. They moved to Livingston County, Illinois, by team and wagon. Mr. Brown was married in Clermont County, Ohio, August 8, 1844, to Miss Eliza Gates, a native of Ohio, and a danghter of Thomas and Mary Gates. Abra- ham Brown died in Livingston County, Illi- nois, December 17, 1851, and his wife died in Shelby County, in December, 1874, at the residence of her son Japheth. Our subject lived in Livingston County, Illinois, until 1870, when he came to his present farm, where he has since lived; the land was wild and unimproved. He now has a comfortable house, surrounded with shade trees, a good barn, stock-yard and stock-scales. All the surroundings indicate the energy and thrift of the owner. The farm, in all, contains 240 acres of rich soil. Mr. and Mrs. Brown are the parents of three children-Susan, wife of Lewis Watterbury; Nancy Gibson, of Avoca, and Clarence, engaged in business in Avoca.
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Politically Mr. Brown stands with the Demo- cratie party. Ile is plain in manner, genial in disposition, honorable in business, and has many friends, of whom he is wellworthy.
W. ALLEN, a successful citizen of Lincoln Township, was born Jannary 14, 1841, in Saratoga County, New York. He is the son of J. W. and Eleanor (Van Waggen) Allen, both natives of New York, who were the parents of seven children. D. W. was the sixth child, and was reared on a farm, receiving his education in the com- mon schools. At the age of twenty years he went to New York City, where he became interested, first in the street railway, and afterward in the ice business. In 1870 he went to Rock Island, Illinois, and engaged in railroad work, first as fireman, then in the railroad shops, then as fireman again, and finally as engineer. Mr. Allen was united in marriage to Miss Mary Bothwell, September 15, 1871; she was born at Olin, Jones County, Iowa, and is a daughter of John and Caroline (Seeley) Bothwell. Her father was born at Dumfries, Scotland, and was brought to America when eighteen months old. He was reared in Pennsylvania, and served in the Mexican war. The mother of Mrs. Allen was a native of Cattaraugus County, New York. D. W. Allen came to Shelby County in 1873, and settled on wild land, thirty-three acres of which had been broken; here he lias since resided and made many improvements; he now owns 230 acres, all of which is in a fine state of enltivation; he has a good house, buildings for cattle, a grove, orchard and a windmill. Mr. Allen and wife have six chil- dren -- Cora May, Silas G., Sarah A., George H., Daisy C. and Mary E. Mr. Allen gives his suffrage to the Republican party; he has
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