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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 74
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TTO WITTHAUER, dealer in lumber, Exira, lowa, was born in Center County, Pennsylvania, in the town of Wood- ward, October 11, 1857. Ile is the third | Stuart's business, and when Mr. Stuart sold
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out the business Mr. Witthauer embarked in the same enterprise on his own account. Ile keeps a good stock of lumber, posts, and all kinds of stone and lime. He was married June 13, 1883, to Miss Mattie Bowman, daughter of William Bowman, Esq. She was born in the State of Ohio, and when a child came to New- ton, Iowa, with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Witthauer are the parents of two children- Bessie, and one child that died in infancy. Mr. Witthauer is a member of the Knights of Pythias, Lodge No. 181, and is keeper of records and seal, and trustee of the same.
POLLONIUS B. HOUSTON, a pioneer of Audubon County, Iowa, was born in the State of South Carolina, February 16, 1823. At the age of nine years he was taken to Tennessee, whither his parents had removed, and settled in Maury County. Oswald Houston, his father, was born in South Carolina, in 1798. He engaged in the mercantile trade at Williamsport, Tennessee, and on his removal to Atlanta, Georgia, he was occupied with the same business. He
died in Atlanta, Georgia, June 11, 1861. Oswald Houston's wife was Anna Lonisa Shaw, a daughter of Anna Fardoo. She was born in 1803. They had born to them ten children, six of whom lived to maturity. Apollonius B. was the eldest child. passed the greater part of his youth in Ten- nessee, and received his education in the subscription schools. He was a partner of his father in the mercantile business in Atlanta, Georgia, and remained there until 1853, when he made a tour of the State of Texas and the Pacific States, after which he returned to Tennessee. In 1856 he removed to Andubon County, Iowa, in wagons, cover- ing the journey in seven weeks. He had
started to California, but was prevented by the government on account of the depreda- tions committed by the Indians. Mr. Hous- ton settled near Hamlin's Grove, and was one of the first settlers in Exira, building the first dwelling house in the village. Ile also assisted in the erection of the first school- house in the place. In 1844 Mr. Houston was married to Naney Bridges, of Maury County, Tennessee, a daughter of James C. Bridges, by whom ten children were born, all of whom have lived to maturity-Henry B., Udora I., now Mrs. W. F. Stotts; Louisa B., the wife of M. J. Ragan; W. W. Houston, O. J. Houston, Flora D., wife of David B. Lyon; Mary L., wife of Thomas Bryant; Charles W. and Robert L. Houston, and Lida A., wife of George Henshaw, and the young- est eliild. Mr. Houston has filled the offices of county clerk, county judge, county treas- urer, and many minor offices. For the last six years he has served as justice of the peace. He has been a member of the Masonic order for forty years. He has served as mayor of Exira for two terms. During the past twelve years Mr. Houston has dealt in real estate. He owns land in the States of Nebraska and Missouri. He built the Houston House in Exira in 1871, and was proprietor of the hotel until August, 1888. Mr. Houston's mother died November 21, 1888, at Atlanta, Georgia.
ARIUS W. POWERS was born in Hamilton County, Ohio, in the city of Cincinnati, September 23, 1847. He is the son of Cyrus and Mary H. (Wallace) Powers, natives of the State of Vermont. Cyrus Powers emigrated to the State of Ohio at an early day, and was a contractor in Cin- cinnati for many years, building a number of
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the finer old residences. In 1856 he re-
moved to La Salle County, Illinois, and set- tled on a farm, spending the remainder of his days there. He died in October, 1871. His wife survived him until 1884. Darius W., the subject of this biography, passed his boy- hood on a farm in La Salle County, Illinois, and attended the district school. At the age of twenty-one years he began teaching school, and continued this occupation three years. In 1874 he came to Oakfield, and in the fol- lowing spring he embarked in the mercantile business, being associated with Isaac P. Hal- lock and I. II. Jenkins, under the firm name of Hallock, Jenkins & Powers. At the ex- piration of three years Mr. Jenkins and Mr. Powers sold their interest to Mr. Hallock. Mr. Powers then engaged in the grain, Inm- ber and coal business, selling the grain interest in 1885, and disposing of the coal and lumber business in 1888, to the Green Bay Lumber Company. In the fall of 1888 he again be- gan handling grain. Mr. Powers was married in October, 1869, to Miss Eliza M .. daughter of Thomas and Mary E. (Halloek) Dissmore, of La Salle County, Illinois. They are the parents of four children-Maie, George D., Marie and Richard W. Mr. Powers has held the office of justice of the peace for three terins, notary public for thirteen years, a member of the school board, and treasurer of the township. Ile is a staunch supporter of the Republican party. Mr. Powers owns a farm of 400 acres, which is well stocked, especially with cattle and horses.
ILSON BURNSIDE, one of Audu- bon's prosperous business men, and one of its pioncer grain dealers, es- tablished his business in the county seat in 1878. Ile was the first to start the business
in which he has been actively engaged ever since. He is a man who has contributed his full share to the business interests of his adopted town, and who has added very ma- terially to its financial standing, as well as its good name. Wilson Burnside was born in MeHenry County, Illinois, near Woodstock, the county seat, September 7, 1848, and is the son of Wilson and Celestia (Wayne) Burnside; the mother was a daughter of An- thony Wayne, Esq., and a native of New York; the father was of Scotch-Irish descent. Wilson Burnside passed his early boyhood in McHenry County, attending the common school in the winter time, and assisting his father on the farm during the summer. At the age of twenty-two he went to Kansas, and embarked in the mercantile business in the town of Florence; here he remained four years, and at the expiration of that time, he disposed of the business and removed to Car- roll County, Iowa. There he engaged in the grain trade and general merchandising for three and a half years, and then sold ont, coming to Audubon; here he established himself in the grain trade, handling live- stock, principally hogs and cattle, in con- neetion with the grain. He built the first warehouse near the Northwestern Railroad, and also one near the Rock Island Railroad, thus affording the best shipping facilities. The first three years of his residence in An- dubon, he had a store containing a general stock of merchandise, in connection with his grain business. In August, 1888, Mr. Burn- side formed a partnership with C. A. Francis, under the firm name of Burnside & Francis; during the years 1888 and 1889 they shipped 200,000 bushels of corn and oats. Mr. Burn- side was elected a member of the school board in 1888, and still holds that position. Ife is a member or Veritas Lodge, No. 392, A. F. & A. M ; Amity Chapter, No. 93, R.
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A. M .; and of Godfrey Commandery, No. 44, K. T. In political matters he is rather con- servative. Mr. Burnside began his business career on small capital, but by industry and close attention to business he has acquired a handsome property. He has a fine residence which is situated on the summit of a hill, affording a view of Audubon and the sur- ronnding country. Mr. Burnside was mar_ ried in 1871 to Miss Mary E. Ary, of Linn County, Iowa, a native of Ohio, and a daughter of Sinelair Ary, Esq. They are the parents of five children-Grace B., Mary Belle, Charles, Wellington and Ned, the last two named being deceased.
OHN B. DOAK, Treasurer of Audubon Connty, Iowa, is a native of the State of Pennsylvania, born in Columbia County, on a farm near Bloomsburgh, October 19, 1851. He is the eldest son and second ehild in a family of four sons and four daughters, all of whom are living. His father, Henry Doak, is a farmer by occupation; his mother was Dorcas Brothwell, a native of Pennsyl vania, and a daughter of Dr. C. Brothwell; both parents are living on a farm near Bloomsburgh, the father in his sixty-third year, and the mother in her sixty-first. The boyhood of our subjeet was spent in his na- tive county, attending the distriet school; later, heentered the Normal School at Blooms- burgh, and afterward taught two winters. He remained with his parents until his twenty- first year. He then went to Lehigh Coal Mines, and remained there four years, having various connections with the coal company. In 1877 he went to Saint Joseph County, Michigan, stopping near Three Rivers. In 1879 he came to Audubon County, stopping at Exira, where he spent one winter; he then
came to Audubon and remained one year. Ile then went to Fort Collins, Colorado. In 1881 he returned to Audubon County, and acted as a elerk in a store until he was elected treasurer of the county in 1887. Mr. Doak assumed the dnties of this office Jannary 1, 1888. He is a member of the Veritas Lodge, No. 392, A. F. & A. M .; of Amity Chapter, No. 93, R. A. M., and of Godfrey Com- mandery, No. 44, K. T.
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ANIEL G. LASS, physician and sur- geon, Andubon, Iowa, is of German nativity, born in the city of Bremen, January 19, 1858. He is a son of Lorenz Il. and Meta (Rohde) Lass. The father was a sea captain on the waters between Bremen and Honolulu. He died at Bremen in 1865, and the mother died at the same place in 1860. The youth of our subject was passed in attending the schools of his native eity, where he received the degree of B. A. In 1872 he emigrated to the city of New York, where he remained four years in the employ of John Faber, brother to the celebrated Faber peneil-maker, in the capacity of pharmacist. In 1875 he came to Iowa, and stopped in Nora Springs, where he elerked in a pharmacy for Dr. C. C. Birney, who became his pre ceptor in the study of medicine. Ile passed one examination before the Iowa Commis- sioner of Pharmacy, and took one course of lectures at the College of Physicians and Sur- geons, Keokuk, Iowa. Ile took a second course at Vanderbilt University Medieal De- partment, Nashville, Tennessee, graduating with the class of 1885, and receiving the degree of M. D. Dr. Lass was elected cor- oner of Audubon County in 1887. He has also held the position of county commissioner for the insane. He came to Audubon in
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March, 1884, and has devoted his entire time to his profession. He was married in 1886 to Miss Hattie Bailey, of Andubon, a native of Christian County, Illinois. Dr. Lass is a member of the Knights of Pythias, of the Botna Valley Medical Association, and sur- geon for the Mutual Benefit Association, of Galesburg, Illinois. His brother, Lorenz Lass, is captain of the German ship, J. W. Vendt, plying between New York and Bre- men. Dr. Lass has built up a good practice during his residence in Audubon.
EROME SHINGLEDECKER, a snecess- ful farmer of Leroy Township, was born in Cass County, Michigan, near Cassop- olis, the county seat, January 12, 1848. IIc is the son of Isaac A. and Barbara (Ilain) Shingledecker. Isaac A. Shingledecker was born in Miami County, Ohio, February 20, 1818; his father, Jacob Shingledecker, was a native of Westmoreland County, Pennsyl vania, and was of German ancestry; he was a soldier of the war of 1812, with the rank of Captain. The mother of Isaac Shingledecker was Mary Ann Ruc, a native of West Vir- ginia. Isaac A. was married to Barbara Ann Ilain March 14, 1844; she was a daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth Ilain, of German an- eestry. After his marriage Isaae A. Shingle- decker and wife resided in Ohio, and then removed to Michigan, where they remained until 1875 when they came to Andubon County, Iowa. The subject of this biography, Jerome Shingledecker, passed his youth and school days in Michigan, where he was reared on a farm, and well trained in all the details of the management of a farm. In 1872 he took a trip to California, where he remained three years engaged in farming. He returned to Michigan, and again went to California, I
being fairly successful in his business oper- ations. He returned once more to Michigan, where he was married in 1882 to Sarah Adams, a native of Michigan; she is a daughter of Moses and Hannalı (Wiley) Adams, natives of Vermont and New York respectively. Mr. and Mrs. Shingledecker have had born to them two sons-Clarence and Lonis Adams. In the fall of 1883 they removed from Michigan to Audubon County, Iowa, and rented their present farm for three years; at the end of that time they bought the place, which they have made into an at- tractive, comfortable home. Mr. Shingle- decker has made many improvements, and has been uniformly successful in the manage- ment of his farm. While a resident of Michigan he was a member of the Masonic order at Cassopolis. Politieally he is con- servative, voting the Republican ticket, but being his own judge as to who is best titted for positions of trust.
ILLIAM A. CRANE, senior member of the firm of Allen & Crane, editors and proprietors of the Audubon County Advocate, has been connected with the paper since November, 1887, leasing an interest from R. M. Carpenter, the present postmaster of Andubon. Mr. Crane managed the paper until March 1, 1888, when he formed a partnership with his uncle, the new firm being known as Crane & Crane, the Messrs. Crane having purchased the entire interest of the paper. They conducted the business successfully until October, 1888, when Mr. Allen bought a half interest in the concern, and the firm was changed to Allen & Crane. William A. Crane was born in Audubon County, Iowa, near Exira, Decem- ber, 1860. Ile is the eldest son of John and
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Mary I. (Harris) Crane. The mother is a daughter of D. M. Harris, the founder of the Audubon County Defender, a paper pub- lished at Exira for several years. John Crane was a native of the State of Ohio, being born in Highland County. He was a farmer in early life, but after his removal to Audubon County he was appointed deputy sheriff. He was the first Democratie candidate for office of sheriff in the county, and was beaten in the general election by one vote out of eighty- one votes east in the county. The mother of our subject is still living. William A. Crane was reared in Exira and educated in the schools of that place. At the age of eighteen he went west to Fort Collins, Colorado, and entered the office of the Fort Collins Courier to learn the printer's trade, first serving in the capacity of printer's devil. He remained in the office for some time, and was sent out as a correspondent, to western Colorado and the Territory of Wyoming; the country then being new and wild, he did not like it, so re- turned to Exira. In 1881 he bought an interest in the Audubon County Defender, which was conducted under the firm name of Crane & Milliman. This partnership was of short duration, however, Mr. Crane going south to Atlanta, Georgia, where he was em- ployed in the State printing offiee. On leaving Atlanta, Mr. Crane went to Chilli- cothe, Ohio, where he seenred a position on the Sciota Gazette, as job compositor, for one year. He then returned to Iowa and took the foremanship of the Advocate at Audubon, holding this position for twenty months. He was then employed in the office of the Repub- lican, then under the management of Cousins & MeClure. He remained there about one year. He then took a trip through the States of Missouri and Kansas. He returned to Andubon and formed the business relation before mentioned. Mr. Crane was united in
marriage July 31, 1884, to Miss Jennie M. Burton, a daughter of Henry Burton, of Exira Township, Audubon County. Mrs. Crane was born in Guthrie County, Iowa. One child has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Crane- Frankie Belle. Mr. Crane is a member of the K. of P., and of the Improved Order of Red Men.
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OSEPH MCFADDEN, a successful farmer and stock-raiser, was born in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, April 1, 1853. He is the youngest son of Joseph and Mary (Jamison) McFadden. Joseph MeFad- den, the father, was born in Pennsylvania, and is a descendant of a Scotch-Irish family. The mother, Mary Jamison, was also born in Pennsylvania, and after her marriage to Mr. MeFadden they settled in Fayette County, where they lived until they removed to Me- Donough County, Illinois; here they lived on a farm for six years, and in 1872 they removed to Audubon County, Iowa, and set- tled on a farin now owned by Mr. Shingle- deeker in the east part of the township of Leroy; at that time this place was raw prairie, and here Mr. MeFadden passed the remainder of his days. He died October 4, 1886, in his ninety-third year, and was active in mind and body until within six months of his death. When eighty years of age he made a hand in the harvest field. He was a kind husband, an indulgent father, and a generous neighbor. His wife is still living, and makes her home in Shelby County with her daughter, Mrs. Andrew Marshall. Joseph MeFadden, Jr.,' the subject of this sketch, was thirteen years old when he removed to Illinois with his parents; at the age of nineteen the family removed to Andubon County, and his serv- iees being valuable on the farm his school
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days were eut short; he was well trained in agricultural pursuits. He continued to live with his parents until May, 1886, when he was married to Miss Abbie Hoyt, daughter of Francis and Elizabeth (Lauman) Hoyt. Her parents now reside in Melville Township, An- dubon County, and are natives of Connecticut and Pennsylvania respectively. Mr. and Mrs. MeFadden are the parents of one son-Francis Hoyt MeFadden. After his marriage Mr. McFadden settled on his present farm of eighty acres, which he has developed from raw prairie land into choice, well-improved land on which he has built a good residence. He is a very successful stock feeder, fattening from a half to a ear-load of cattle annnally. Mr. McFadden votes with the Republicans, and takes an active part in elections. Mrs. MeFadden was born April 22, 1862, at Ot- tawa, La Salle County, Illinois.
SAAC THOMAS. One of the pioneer settlers of Audubon County is Isaac Thomas, who lives on seetion 7. Audubon Township. Ile was born in Washington County, Ohio, May 28, 1835, and is the son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Linn) Thomas. Mrs. Elizabeth L. Thomas was one of the first white children born in Monroe County, Ohio. She now resides in Sionx County, Nebraska, at the age of eighty-nine years, and is taking up a claim of 160 aeres. Her husband died in Washington County, Ohio, about the year 1847. She is the mother of ten children, of whom Isaac Thomas is the fifth. He was reared to farm life in his native county, and received his education principally in the common schools. He had spent one year in college, when he was compelled to abandon the course on account of ill-health. In the spring of 1860 he came to Iowa, and settled
in Audubon County. He secured employ- ment on the farm of Nathaniel Hamlin, and remained in his employ for four years. Abont one year after he came to the county he was married to Miss Mary M., the oldest danghter of Nathaniel and Margaret (Poagne) Hamlin, who was born in Vermillion County, Illinois, October 22, 1841. She was the first white woman who settled in Audubon County, having come with her father to assist in founding the new home, as she was the old- est ehild. She made herself very useful in driving the oxen and planting corn. After four months she returned to Mahaska County, where the family were then living; later, the same fall, the entire family removed to the new home in Andubon County. After the marriage of Mr. Thomas, which occurred March 14, 1861, he remained in the employ of his father-in-law for three years. During this time he purchased eighty acres in Audu- bon Township. There was a rude hut on this place, and abont twelve acres of land had been broken. In the spring of 1864 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas came to this place, and have sinee made it their home. In the beginning they had many hardships to undergo. They were obliged to travel eighty miles to Des Moines to do their marketing, and grain and produce had to be hauled the same distance. Mr. Thomas has added to his farm until he now has 335 acres; he has as good land as lies in the county, and it is improved with a fine residence, and barns for stock and grain. Politically he is a staunch Union Labor man, being one of the first to join the party. Pre- vions to the organization of this party he was a Democrat. Ile has been elected to the office of county supervisor three terms, and has held the office of justice of the peace, be- sides other township offices. He and his wife are members of the Christian church. They are the parents of eleven children -Lnann,
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Maturin, Belle, wife of S. J. Bloom; Jacob, Naney J. (deceased), Nathaniel, Oral (de- ceased), Rosie, Jolin (deceased), Isaac (de- ceased), and Bessie.
ILLIAM M. POULSON, farmer and dealer in farming implements, is the present proprietor of the Grant House, Audubon, Iowa. He is a native of the State of Iowa, born in Jasper County, near the noted springs of Colfax, April 13, 1852. His parents are J. C. and Mahala (Spray) Poul- son, natives of Maryland and Ohio respeet- ively. The father was born July 20, 1820, and is of German ancestry. He is a farmer by occupation, and now resides on the farm on which he settled in Jasper County in 1851. The mother died April 5, 1886. William M. Poulson was reared to the life of a farmer, and received his education in the common schools. Hle remained with his parents until his majority, when he was married to Maggie McCuen, of Jasper County, Iowa, a daugh- ter of George A. McCuen. She was born in Ohio, and came to Iowa with her parents when a little girl. After his marriage Mr. Poulson settled in Jasper County, and fol- lowed farming until the spring of 1878, when he removed to Audubon County, settling on a farm in Lincoln Township. There were 160 aeres, not a furrow of which had been turned at that time. He built a house and broke ont the farm which is now under good cultivation. He continued to farm until 1887, when he rented the place and removed to the town of Audubon, and rented the Grant House, which he is still managing. It is a good $1 per day house, with comfortable sleeping-rooms, and a home-like air in all departments. In the spring of 1889 Mr. Poulson opened a stock of agricultural imple- 46
ments and buggies in Andubon. Ile carries the celebrated Champion mower and binder, one of the best in the market. Mr. and Mrs. Poulson are the parents of two children- Charles J. and India B. Mr. l'onlson is a stanneli Republican. He has represented his township as trustee. Ile began his career as a farmer on his own account, and at the bot- tom of the ladder. He has met with success in all his efforts, and by industry and energy has acquired a good property.
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F. LITTLEFIELD has been a resident of Audubon County, Iowa, since 1876. Ile was born in Norfolk County, Mas- sachusetts, April 25, 1837, and is a son of Thomas and Lucinda (Sherman) Littlefield. He was reared in his native county, and was trained to the occupation of a farmer. He received his edneation in the common sehools. When he was eighteen years of age he took trip to California, and remained there eleven years, engaged in mining on the Pa- citie Coast. In 1867 he came to Iowa and settled in Madison County, where he engaged in agricultural pursuits. For ten years he made this his home, and then went to Audu- bon County. He first located in Exira Township, on a farm of 200 acres of partially improved land. At the end of one year he sold this place, and bought a farm of 160 aeres in Audubon Township, which he has sinee made his home. He has made many valuable improvements, erecting a good frame residence, and barns for stock and grain. He lias made an addition to his farm, and now owns 320 acres. He is a staunch adherent to the principles of the Republican party. He has been officially identified with his township as treasurer of the school board for nine years. Mr. Littlefield was united in
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marriage Angust 2, 1867, to Miss Sarah Ed- wards, daughter of Francis and Margaret Edwards, natives of England. Mrs. Little- field was born in England in July, 1850. Ten children have been born of this marriage -Thomas, Margaret L., Minnie M., Annie L., Charles A., John, William, Alonzo F., and an infant daughter. Alice was born March 23, 1886, and died November 22, 1886. The family are among the most re- spected and worthy people of Audubon Town- ship.
ILLIAM MALLORY, Sheriff of An- dubon County, is an efficient officer. Ile was born in Henry County, Iowa, near Mount Pleasant, November 18, 1851, and is a son of Daniel Mallory, who was born at Harper's Ferry in 1826. The grandfather of William Mallory was William Mallory, who was a native of Virginia and a descend- ant of an Irish family. Daniel Mallory was a farmer in early life, and was among the early settlers of Henry County, Iowa. Hle enlisted at Burlington, and going to Mexico took part in most of the battles of the Mexi- can war. After the close of the war he went to California in 1849 in search of gold, re- maining there two years, lle then returned to Henry County, Iowa, and engaged in farming, which occupation he has since fol- lowed. Ile is still living, and resides in Henry County. Daniel Mallory's wife, the mother of our subject, was a Miss Rhoda Jay, born of Quaker parents, in North Caro- lina. Her family removed to the Territory of Iowa when she was a young child. Daniel Mallory and wife were the parents of ten children, one daughter and nine sons, six of whom still survive. William Mallory, the subject of this sketeh, was reared on a farm
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