USA > Iowa > Shelby County > Biographical history of Shelby and Audubon counties, Iowa. Containing portraits of all the presidents of the United States from Washington to Harrison, with accompanying biographies of each; portraits and biographies of the governors of the state; engravings of prominent citizens in Shelby and Audubon counties, with personal histories of many of the early settlers and leading families. A concise history of the counties, and the cities and townships > Part 61
USA > Iowa > Audubon County > Biographical history of Shelby and Audubon counties, Iowa. Containing portraits of all the presidents of the United States from Washington to Harrison, with accompanying biographies of each; portraits and biographies of the governors of the state; engravings of prominent citizens in Shelby and Audubon counties, with personal histories of many of the early settlers and leading families. A concise history of the counties, and the cities and townships > Part 61
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charged. He returned to Audubon County, and there made his home until 1869, when he came to Shelby County and settled in Clay Township. He came on his present farm in 1872. Mr. Stephenson was united in mar- riage January 6, 1870, to Miss Darliska Fish, a native of Summit County, Ohio, and a daughter of Mason Fish, Esq., a prominent eitizen and early settler of Clay Township. Six children have been born of this marriage -Nye and Guy are twins, born April 13, 1877; Ina, born November 4, 1882; Goldie, born June 17, 1885; William, the oldest, born June 5, 1871, died in Kansas in 1879, while his parents were making a visit in that State; Nettie P., born July 2, 1873, died at the age of twenty months. In politics Mr. Stephenson votes the Republican ticket. He is a member of the G. A. R. Post, of Marne, lowa, and also of the I. O. O. F. He and his wife are members of the Protestant Methodist church, and are among the worthy and respected citizens of the township.
OHN FRITZ, of Jackson Township, is a well-known, early pioneer, having come to Shelby County, lowa, in 1859. He was born in Butler County, Pennsylvania, Sep- tember 17, 1828, and is a son of Martin L. and Mary (Hoffman) Fritz, natives of Pennsylva- nia. Martin L. Fritz was a son of Martin Fritz, a native of Germany, who emigrated to America before the Revolution. Mary Hoff- man Fritz was a daughter of Adam Fritz, who served in the Revolutionary war, in which he was wounded; he carried the British lead to his grave. Martin L. Fritz and wife were the parents of ten children who grew to maturity - Joseph, Peter (deceased), Eliza- beth, Adam, Naney (deceased), Silas, Cath- erine, John, Sarah and Samuel. When John
was twelve years of age his parents removed to Owen County, Indiana; the mother died on the journey, and the father survived her four years; so at the age of sixteen John Fritz was left an orphan. He went to Green- eastle, Putnam County, Indiana, and there served an apprenticeship of three and a half years at the cabinet-maker's trade. He was married June 1, 1853, in Putnamn County, Indiana, to Miss Eliza Ann Dunnington, a native of Woodford County, Kentucky. Iler parents were Alexander and Levisa (Sellers) Dnunington, and when she was three years old her father removed to Indiana; her mother died in Kentucky. When Mr. Fritz came to Shelby County in 1859, he engaged in the earpenter's trade; he helped build the first eonrt house in Harlan, and built many homes, and some of the first school-houses in the eounty. Ile lived in Harlan until 1862, when he rented a farm of L. D. Sunderland. Ilis first purchase was forty-eight acres in Bowman's Grove, which he improved and sold in a short time. During the late Rebellion he enlisted October 4, 1863, in the Ninth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, Company HI, and served twenty-eight months in the southwestern division. Ile was honorably discharged and returned to Putnam County, Indiana, where his family had located during the war. There he resided until 1870, when he returned to Shelby County, and in 1873 he bought his present farm which was then wild land. He has placed the land under good cultivation, has erected buildings, has planted a grove and an orchard, and has made numerous improve- ments. Mr. and Mrs. Fritz have had born to them nine children-Frank F., William D., Ina S., wife of II. B. Madison, of Roek County, Nebraska; Mary L., Edgar, Jobn II. and Fred. Albert died in infancy, and Arehie at the age of four and a half years. Mr. Fritz is a Republican. He has served on the school
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board, as county supervisor in 1874, as town- ship trustee, and as school treasurer for nine years. He is a member of Parian Lodge, No. 321, A. F. & A. M., and of Olivet Chapter, No. 107, R. A. M. He was made a Mason in 1856, in Putnam County, Indiana. Mr. Fritz is among the honored and honor- able pioneers of Shelby County.
M ONROE SEYMORE, one of the lead- ing agriculturists of Clay Township, Shelby County, is a native of the State of New York, and was born in Wyo- ming County, September 10, 1845. Heis a son of Henry and Betsey (Dout) Seymore, who were born in the State of Pennsylvania. Monroe grew to manhood in the place of his birth, where he was trained in that great school which makes us an independent nation, the farm. He obtained his education in the common schools. During the great civil war, when there was a call for more men to de- fend the flag of our nation, Mr. Seymore en- listed December 28, 1863, in the Second New York Mounted Rifles, Company B. He took part in the engagements of Hatch's Run, Petersburg, Cold Harbor, North Anna and the latter part of the great battle of the Wil- derness under General Grant. He was at Ap- pomattox when General Lee surrendered to General Grant. After his honorable dis- charge at. Buffalo, New York, in 1865, he re- turned to Wyoming County. In 1866 Mr. Seymore removed to Whiteside County, Illi- nois, and resided there until 1876, when he went to Calhoun County, Iowa; he remained there one year, and then came to Shelby County. The first two years he lived in sec- tion 28, and in 1879 came to his present farm, where he has since made his home. He owns eighty acres of fine land in a high state
of cultivation; he has a good dwelling, stables and cribs; he has planted a grove and an orchard, and has developed his farm into a very desirable place. Mr. Seymore was niar- ried in Whiteside County, Illinois, in 1869, to Miss Anna McNeil, who died in August, 1874. In the spring of 1876 he was married to Miss Carrie B. Hudzel, a daughter of Jeremiah and Malinda (Roub) IIndzel, natives of Pennsylvania. By this union three chil- dren were born-James HI., Caroline and Julia Malinda. In polities Mr. Seymore is a Republican. Ile is a member of the G. A. R. Post, of Marne.
EWIS KELLOGG, a farmer and stock- raiser of Clay Township, has been a resi- dent of Shelby County, Iowa, since 1868. He was born in Oswego County, New York, near the place where Oswego now stands, May 22, 1836. His father, David Kellogg, was a native of Connecticut; his mother, Harriette (Loomis) Kellogg, was born in England, and emigrated to America with her parents when she was ten years old. Lewis Kellogg was two years old when his parents removed to Allegheny County, New York; there he lived until he was eighteen years old, spending his time in farm work, and in attending the common schools. When he was seventeen years of age his mother died, and the following year the family went to Wisconsin, settling in Grant County, near Boscobel. Mr. Kellogg was united in mar- riage December 23, 1858, to Annar Fish, a native of Warren County, Pennsylvania, and a daughter of Mason Fish (deceased). At Lincoln's call for 300,000 men in the late Re- bellion, Mr. Kellogg enlisted in the Twentieth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, Company C. He served nine months, and was honorably
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discharged; he took part in the battle of Prairie Grove. After returning from the war he lived in Wisconsin until 1868, when he came to Shelby County and settled on 160 acres of wild land, which he has improved and brought to a high state of cultivation. He has a comfortable dwelling, a good barn, and eribs, and has planted an orchard and a grove. Mr. Kellogg devotes his time exclu- sively to farming and stock-raising, and has been successful in these pursuits. Three chil- dren were born to Mr. and Mrs. Kellogg- Ed. M. resides in Clay Township, where he owns a good farm; Clara, wife of Christ Ol- son, resides in Cass County, Iowa; Lyman L. lives in Shelby County. In polities Mr. Kellogg zealously supports the Republican party. He is a member of Grove Lodge, No. 492, A. F. & A. M., of Marne, Iowa. He was made a Mason at Avoca, Iowa, and at one time was a member of Parian Lodge, No. 321.
- EORGE W. POTTS, a farmer and stock- raiser, of Clay Township, Shelby County, was born in Richland County, Ohio, July 5, 1823. Ile is a son of Benjamin and Abigail (Peer) Potts, natives of Pennsylva- nia and New Jersey respectively. When George W. was thirteen years old his parents removed to Noble County, Indiana, where his father and one Dave Harriman were the first settlers in Jefferson Township; his father and mother resided there until death. He remained there until he was grown, and re- ceived a fair education in the subscription schools. October 28, 1848, Mr. Potts was married to Miss Mary Kline, a native of Han- over, York County, Pennsylvania, and a daughter of Henry and Catherine (Mults) Kline, natives of l'ennsylvania and Maryland respectively. Mr. Potts lived in Noble
County until 1876, when he came to Marion County, Iowa, and lived near Pella one year. Ile then removed to Polk County, and resided there three years. In 1879 he came to Clay Township, and settled on wild land, which he has improved, and made into one of the best in the township. He has a good story and a half house on a pleasant site, a barn, and other substantial farm buildings, all showing Mr. Potts to be a thrifty and prosperous farmer. Six children have been born to our subject and his wife-Warren W., Celesta, wife of David Prichard; George W .; Kate, wife of Dell Vandeberg; Fred L. and Walter E. Mr. Potts is a Democrat, and is a strong adherent of the old Jacksonian principles. He is firm in his convictions of right and wrong, is strictly honorable in business, and has the confidence and respect of all who know him.
M S. FUDGE, a farmer of Clay Town- ship, has been a resident of Shelby County since 1882. He is a native of the State of Virginia, born June 17, 1846. Ile is a son of William Fudge, a descendant of an old and honored Virginia family. IIis mother's maiden name was Thompson, and she too was a Virginian by birth. M. S. was a child three years of age when his parents removed to Coles County, Illinois, where they resided five years. At the end of that time they went to Jasper County, Iowa, and there the mother died when M. S. Fudge was eleven years old. He passed his youth in the duties assigned usually to farmer's sons, and obtained his education in the com- mon schools. In 1869 he went to Cass County, Iowa, and there made his home for five years. He then went to Pottawattamie County, Iowa, and remained there until 1882, when he came to Clay Township, and settled
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on his present farm. The land was wild, but had a few cheap buildings on it. Mr. Fudge has made it a valuable farm by placing it under good cultivation and erecting substan- tial buildings. The dwelling is a large two- story frame house, on a very siglitly eleva- tion, from which is obtained a fine view of the country for miles away. There is a grove, and an orchard of two acres has been planted. Mr. Fudge was married September 10, 1874, to Miss Melvina Beath, of Ross County, Ohio, a daughter of Joseph and Christina (Teter) Beatlı, natives of Ohio. She was sixteen years of age when she came to Jasper County, Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. Fudge have had born to them three children-Justus B., Marion A. and Clarence Elsworth, who died at the age of five years and one month. Mr. Fudge affiliates with the Democratic party. He is a member of the A. O. U. W., and is a re- speeted member of the community.
OHN LAMPHERE was born in Oneida County, New York, Jannary 27, 1838, and is a son of Smith and Eleanor (Pad- dock) Lamphere, natives of the State of New York. IIc was a lad of thirteen years when his parents decided to try their fortunes in the west, and removed to Whiteside County, Illinois. There John grew to manhood, passing his youth in agricultural pursuits, and in attending the common school. In the year 1861, in the month of February, Mr. Lainphere was married to Miss Mary Hotel- kiss, a native of Oswego County, New York, and a daughter of David and Phœbe Hotch- kiss. Six children have been born of this marriage, four of whom still survive-Lucy, wife of David Willson, of Cumberland, Iowa; Duly, Merritt and Bert. Claude died at the age of nineteen years and five montlis, and
Meda, in her sixth year. During the great Rebellion Mr. Lamphere went to the defense of the old flag, enlisting in 1862 in the Seventy-fifth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, Company B. He took an active part at Perryville, where his company lost forty-four mien out of fifty-five. He also participated in the engagements at Danville, Cumberland Gap, and Stone River. As he was not able to travel he was detailed as teamster for a time. IIe was honorably discharged at Mur- freesboro, Tennessee, and returned to White- side County, Illinois, engaging in the more peaceful pursuits of agriculture. He resided in that county until 1875, when he camne to Shelby County, and settled in Clay Town- ship. He has 120 acres of valuable land, having made many improvements. There is a substantial residence, a good barn, and other buildings for the care and protection of stock; a grove and an oreliard have been planted, and in a few years will add very mate- rially to the value of the place. In politics Mr. Lamphere supports the issues of the Democratic party. He has served as road supervisor and as a member of the school board. He belongs to the G. A. R. Post, of Marne, Iowa. He is counted among thie re- liable farmers of the township.
B B. DIGHTON, an intelligent and en- terprising farmer of Clay Township, is a native of the State of Iowa, born in Delaware County, April 17, 1856. He is a son of B. F., a native of Pennsylvania, and Catherine Jane (Ritts) Dighton. The father was an early and well-known settler of Dela- ware County, and is still living there; the mother died when B. B. was six years old. Mr. Dighton was reared to the life of a farmer, and received his education in the common
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schools of Delaware County, Iowa. At the early age of sixteen he left his home and went to Pottawattamie County. After a short time he returned to Delaware County, and at the end of two years he went to Hardin County, lowa, and remained there four years. His next mnove was to Shelby County, where he has since made his home. Ile was married in Cass County, Iowa, January 1, 1880, to Miss Susan Lamer, a daughter of Jacob and Mary Lamer; she was born, reared and edu- cated in Hardin County. Two children have been born of this marriage-Etta C. and Willie D. In political thought and action Mr. Dighton is a Republican. He is a mem- ber of the I. O. O. F. Lodge, of Marne. He and his wife are members of the Protestant Meth- odist church. Mr. Dighton is yet in the prime of manhood, and has the confidence and re- spect of the community in which he lives.
M. B. CLARK, a successful farmer of Clay Township, has been a resident of Shelby County since the year 1871. He was born in Barren County, Kentucky, August 26, 1850, and is a son of John M. Clark, a prominent citizen of Monroe Town- ship, whose biography appears upon another page of this history. Mr. Clark was three and a half years old when his father settled in Grant County, Wisconsin. There he grew to manhood, passing his time on the farm and in attending the common schools. He was in his twenty-first year when he came with his father to Monroe Township. He broke out the first prairie in the neighbor- hood where his father lives, and assisted in placing the home farm under cultivation and making other improvements. December 28, 1873, Mr. Clark was married to Miss Nellie Adelia Whitney, a native of ()swego County,
New York. She was eight years old when her parents, Thomas and Anna (Jewell) Whit- ney, removed to Whiteside County, Illinois. The father and mother lived in Whiteside County for five years, then in Shelby County until 1876, when they removed to Rio Grande County, Colorado, and there lived until death claimed them one year later. Mr. and Mrs. Clark have had born to them eight children- Robert F., Charles Thomas, Mary Isabelle, Carrie Maria, John M., Olie Eliza, Rockie Mildred and Addie May. Politically Mr. Clark holds the views of the Democrats, sympathizing with the Greenback element. He has served as a member of the school board. He is in the prime of life, is of a genial disposition, and has the respect of the community.
ARMON PINNEY has been a resident of Clay Township for the past six years, having come there in 1883. Ile was born in Mentor Township, Lake County, Ohio, near the home of James A. Garfield, October 10, 1848, and is a son of Randolph Pinney, a native of Connecticut, and Patience (Har- mon) Pinney, a native of Lake County, Ohio. Harmon was reared in his native county, and passed his youth in farm work and in at- tending the common school. He was united in marriage December 11, 1872, to Miss Alice Reynolds, of Kirtland Township, Lake County, Ohio; she is a daughter of Alonzo and Melissa (F'uller) Reynolds, natives of Ohio. Mr. Pinney lived in Lake County, Ohio, until 1877, when he came to Mitchellville, Polk County, Iowa, where he bought a farm of eighty acres adjoining the corporation of Mitchellville; lived there five years, sold out and came to Shelby County, Clay Township, in 1883. He had been engaged in farming
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in his Ohio home, and he continued this oc- cupation in his newly chosen place of abode. He purchased 160 acres of land which had been partially improved by George Richard- son. Mr. Pinney has since added inany other improvements, and to-day has one of the best farms in the community. He has a fine resi- dence, built in modern style, surrounded with shade and ornamental trees, a good barn, cribs and other necessary buildings. He devotes his time exclusively to farming and stock- raising, and has been quite successful. Mr. and Mrs. Pinney are the parents of one child -Jessic R. Politically Mr. Pinney affiliates with the Republican party. He is a man honorable in business, and is counted among the reliable citizens of Clay Township.
RUCE BRADFORD has been identified with the interests of Shelby County since 1878, when he came here to make his home, having three years previously bought some land in Clay Township. He was born in Mercer County, Illinois, March 18, 1858, and is a son of William and Maria (Stevens) Bradford, natives of Switzerland County, Indiana. The parents were early settlers in Mercer County, Illinois, and there Brnce was reared to the life of a farmer, and obtained his education in the common schools. February 14, 1878, Mr. Bradford was united in marriage to Einma J. Smith, of Mercer County, Illinois, a daughter of Alfred and Margaret Smith. The same year they came to Shelby County and located on their pres- ent farm, which is one of the best in the township. Mr. Bradford has 120 acres under cultivation and the balance is in meadow. He has a comfortable residence, stables and cribs, and all the necessary buildings for the pro- tection and care of live-stock. He has planted
a grove and an orchard, and has made many other improvements. Mr. and Mrs. Brad- ford have had born to them four children- Mabel, Alfred, Gny and Arthur Earl. Of the two great parties Mr. Bradford is inclined to the principles of the Republicans. He is yet in the prime of life and is one of the es- tecmed citizens of Clay Township.
LIAB MYERS, one of the leading ag- riculturists of Jackson Township, has been a resident of Shelby County since 1870. He was born and reared in Waterloo County, Ontario, his birthday being June 7, 1837. His parents were John and Mary (Wengen) Myers, both natives of the State of Pennsylvania. They were married in Canada, and resided there until death. Eliab Myers passed his youth in his native county, work- ing on the farm and attending the common schools and the academy. At the age of seventeen he engaged in teaching and con- tinned this profession for four years. At the age of twenty-one years he removed to Jo Daviess County, Illinois, and engaged in farm- ing. Mr. Myers was married in August, 1862, to Miss Sarah M. Daws, of Stephenson County, Illinois, a dangliter of Thomas Daws. They have had born to them six children -- Angeline Orvilla, wife of George Womer, of Illinois; John F., of Tacoma, Washing- ton Territory ; Archie A., a successful teacher; Roland, Orpha and Roy. Mr. Myers resided in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, until 1870, when he came to Shelby County and bought 240 acres of improved land, to which he has added until he now owns 700 acres, 360 of which are in Jackson Township and 340 of which are in Polk Township. Seventy-five acres are timber land, and the farm is watered by the east branch of the West Nishnabotna
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River. There is a comfortable dwelling and extensive buildings for stock and grain, and a large orchard. Mr. Myers is inclined to the principles of the Republican party. At one time he served as postmaster. He is honorable and upright in business, and is numbered among the worthy citizens of Jack- son Township.
OHN M. CLARK is one of the promi- nent early settlers of Monroe Township. In 1871 he bought 160 acres of land, paying $10 per acre. The first season he broke sixty acres and built a small frame house. He has since erected a larger dwell- ing, and has made many improvements upon the place, until it is considered one of the best in the township. John M. Clark was born in Knox County, Tennessee, near Knox- ville, January 11, 1871, and is a son of John and Catherine (Moats) Clark. His father was a native of South Carolina, his ancestors coming from Scotland, near Glasgow. His inother was born in Virginia, of German an- cestry. Mr. Clark, the subject of this notice, was reared in Knox County, Tennessee. At the age of nineteen years he enlisted and went to the Indian or Seminole war in Flor- ida, under General Wool. He served twelve months, and at the end of that time was honorably discharged. When he was twenty- one years old the Clark family removed to Kentucky, traveling over the Cumberland Mountains in ox-carts. They settled in War- ren County, Kentucky. Mr. Clark was married September 4, 1839, to Mary Ann Renshaw, who was born and reared in Ken- tueky, and who was a daughter of Andrew and Elizabeth Renshaw. By this union two children were born-William .F., of Audubon County, Iowa, and Martha E., wife of W. HI. |
Debord, of Monroe Township. Mrs. Mary Ann Clark died in Jo Daviess County, Illi- nois, in 1847, the family having removed from Kentucky to Illinois in 1844. They remained there three years, Mr. Clark being engaged in lead-mining. After the death of his wife he returned to Kentucky, and No- vember 22, 1849, he was married to Maria Sarah Qnick, a native of Kentucky, and a daughter of Charles and Patsey (Foster) Quick. By this marriage for children were born-J. M. B., of Clay Township; Isabel Catherine, wife of J. Brindley; Sarah Jane, wife of J. S. Morgan, of Walnut, and Robert Allen, of Pottawattamie County. Mrs. Sarah Clark died July 1, 1858. In 1854 Mr. Clark removed to Grant County, Wisconsin, and settled near Plattville, where they lived until 1871, when they came to Shelby County. Mr. Clark supports the issues of the Demo- cratie party. In religions opinion he is of the Baptist faith, his father being a minister of that denomination. Although seventy- three years of age, Mr. Clark is young in mind and well preserved in body. He has traveled much, is well informed, of a genial disposition, and is highly respected by all who know him.
ANIEL FLEMING, a son of Samuel and Sarah (Henderson) Fleming, was born in the Buckeye State near Column- bus, May 24, 1826. His father was also a native of Ohio, and was one of the first set- tlers of Franklin County. Daniel was reared in Ohio, and passed his youth in farm work, and also did some work in a stone quarry near his home. When he had reached his twenty-first year he went to Allen County, Indiana. There he was married Angust 15, 1850, to Miss Catherine Crance, a native of
John HL, Clark
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Allen County, and a daughter of Jacob and Rachel (Fent) Crance. Jacob Crance was a native of the State of New York, and was one of the early settlers of Allen County, be- ing there when peace was declared with the Indians. His wife was born in Tennessee. Daniel Fleming resided in Allen County until 1868, when he removed to La Porte County, Indiana; there he lived until 1877, when he came to Iowa. He lived in the south part of Clay Township for seven years, and then came to his present farm. Ile owns 160 acres of well improved land, 145 of which are under cultivation, and the balance is in pasture and meadow. He has a good frame house, a barn and cribs; he has planted a grove and an orchard, and has made many other improve- ments which will add very much to the com- fort of living. Mr. Fleming is enterprising, and has been successful in his work, a result of industry and wise management. He is plain of speech and manners, is firm in his convictions of right and wrong, and is an hon- ored and estcemed citizen of Clay Township. In politics he is a Democrat. He isa mem- ber of the G. A. R., of Marne, Cass County, Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. Fleming are the parents of nine children-William James, Emily, Sarah Amanda, Jacob Samuel, Albert, Ma- linda, Hester Anna, Ida May and Edna Bernice.
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