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Mr. Flint was married in Iowa City in 1901 to Miss Clara M. Tanner, of Iowa City, a daughter of Frank Tanner, former postmaster of Iowa City and one of the prominent business men there. Mr. and Mrs. Flint have become parents of a daughter. Alene T. Mr. Flint belongs to Waterloo Lodge, No. 290, B. P. O. E., and to Helmet Lodge, No. 89, K. P. In politics he is an earnest republican and he and his wife are members of the Episcopal church, in which he is serving as vestryman. His has been a well spent life and the many sterling traits of his character have won for him the high regard and confidence of all who know him. Because of the innate refinement of his nature he rejects everything opposed to good taste and the high ideals which he cherishes in his business and in citizenship find embodiment in practical effort for their adoption.
DR. S. BRUCE GALLOWAY.
Dr. S. Bruce Galloway, who for three years has engaged in the practice of naprapathy in Waterloo, meeting with substantial and well deserved success, is a native of Ringgold county, Iowa, born in 1888. His more specifically literary education was acquired in Monmouth College at Monmouth, Illinois, and then in preparation for a professional career he entered the Chicago College of Naprapathy, where he pursued the regular course. He also took post-graduate work in the National College of Medicine in Chicago in 1912. Immediately after preparing for the profession he located in Waterloo, where he has since
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engaged in the practice of naprapathy, which deals with the treatment of the nerves and ligaments of the body. He has a comprehensive knowledge of anatomy and the component parts of the human body and is thus able by scien- tific methods to so treat his patients that splendid results are achieved. He is now president of the Waterloo Drug Company and he is regarded as one of the alert and progressive young professional men of the city. He is most care- ful and conscientious in the performance of his professional duties and by reason thereof has built up an extensive and well deserved practice. He has also become well known socially during the three years of his residence in the city and has gained the warm friendship of many with whom he has been brought in contact.
ARTHUR E. BICKNELL.
In musical circles of Cedar Falls the name of Arthur E. Bicknell figures prominently, for he is well known as a teacher and also as proprietor of a music store, dealing in pianos, players and other merchandise of that character. He was born in Lewiston, Maine, June 3, 1863, and is a son of Samuel F. and Elizabeth (Burnham) Bicknell, both of whom have now passed away. The father was engaged in the wholesale and retail grocery business, spending the greater part of his life in Salem, Massachusetts, where he removed at an early day. Neither he nor his wife ever came to the west to reside.
Reared in Salem, Massachusetts, Arthur E. Bicknell attended the public schools and remained under the parental roof until he attained his majority. Attracted by the opportunities offered to young men in the growing west, he then left New England and, severing home ties, made his way to Iowa, arriving in Cedar Falls in 1889. Since then he has figured prominently in musical circles in this city. He has engaged in teaching music, to which he still devotes part of his time, and he is conducting a growing and profitable business as a dealer in pianos, players and other musical instruments. He is likewise the owner of valuable farm lands, devoting a portion of his time to the management of his real-estate holdings. He is also a stockholder in the Wagner Manufacturing Company and thus has become an important factor in commercial and agri- cultural circles in his section of the county.
On the 21st of October, 1891, Mr. Bicknell was united in marriage to Miss Mary Elizabeth Van Tilburg, who was born near Finchford, Butler county, Iowa, a daughter of Harvey H. and Margaret (McCarty) Van Tilburg, who were natives of Pennsylvania and came to Iowa at an early period in its de- velopment. They first settled at Cedar Falls and afterward removed to a farm, becoming residents of Butler county. Later they again took up their abode in Cedar Falls, where the father now resides, living retired. The mother, however, has passed away. He served as a soldier of the Civil war and is now one of the honored Union veterans. Mrs. Bicknell was one of a family of six children and acquired her education in the schools of Cedar Falls. Mr. Bicknell has one child by a former marriage, Karl A., who was born October 12, 1887, and is
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now a resident of Charlotte, North Carolina, where he is in charge of the dye stuffs in a business of that character of extensive proportions.
Mr. Bicknell is a member of Black Hawk Lodge, No. 65, A. F. & A. M .; Valley Chapter, No. 20, R. A. M. ; Commandery No. 1I, K. T., of Cedar Falls, Iowa; Iowa Consistory, No. 2: and El Kahir Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., of Cedar Rapids, lowa. In politics he is a republican with independent tendencies but the honors and emoluments of office have little attraction for him as he has always preferred to devote his attention to his business affairs and investments, which have been carefully managed and have brought to him a gratifying return.
D. W. BOVEE.
Industrial activity in Waterloo finds a worthy representative in D. W. Bovec, who is president and treasurer of the Bovee Furnace Company, which was in- corporated in 1896. The secretary of the company is A. C. Bovee and the busi- ness is capitalized for twenty-five thousand dollars. This is a close corporation and there is a reserve fund of fifty thousand dollars. It was in the year 1894 that D. W. Bovee, who is a native of Wisconsin, arrived in Waterloo and through the intervening period to the present he has been actively and success- fully connected with business affairs.
A year after his arrival in Waterloo he established his present business and has won success from the beginning in the manufacture of hot air furnaces, feed mills and other devices. The output finds favor with the public as is indi- cated by the growing patronage. They employ about thirty people annually and handle their output through retail dealers. The Bovee furnaces have a national reputation and are shipped in large numbers into practically every state in the Union. This is but one phase of Mr. Bovee's business enterprise and indicates but one feature in the success which has made him one of the prosperous residents of Waterloo. He has made extensive and judicious in- vestments in real estate and now has about sixty lots in the business district of the city together with a number of residence properties, from which he derives a substantial annual income.
In 1873 Mr. Bovee was united in marriage to Miss Anna Palmer, of Wis- consin, and they have become the parents of two children: Lulu, now the wife of D. L. Morrow, of Waterloo; and Helen, who is a senior in the high school. The elder daughter was graduated from the West Waterloo high school and then entered the Teachers College at Cedar Falls, in which she completed her course, while later she was graduated from the Waterloo Business College.
Mr. Bovee is a member of the United Brethren church and is serving on the official board. He takes an active interest in the work of the church, con- tributes generously to its support and does all in his power to advance its interests. He also has membership in the Chamber of Commerce and Waterloo Club, of which he has been a member from its organization. His name is like- wise on the membership roll of the Town Criers Club. In the years of his residence in Waterloo he has become well known as a representative of that class of enterprising, progressive citizens who are bringing about the substantial and
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rapid upbuilding of the west. Early in his career he recognized the eternal principle of industry and throughout his entire career his industry has been the strong foundation upon which he has builded his prosperity. It also has been well said that integrity is the cornerstone of his character.
E. B. FOSS.
E. B. Foss is proprietor of the Rural Home Stock Farm, situated on section 26, Big Creek township. He was born in Illinois in July, 1853, a son of B. V. and Elizabeth (Gray) Foss, who were natives of New Hampshire and New Brunswick respectively. In early life the father went to Illinois, casting in his lot with the pioneer settlers of that state, and again he became connected with pioncer life when in 1855 he arrived in Black Hawk county, where he carried on farming for three years. At the end of that time he returned to Illinois and again engaged in farming in that state until 1871, when he once more came to Black Hawk county. At that date he purchased land near La Porte City, in Big Creek township, and at once began to improve and develop the place, con- tinuing its cultivation until his death, which occurred in January, 1904. He had survived his wife for almost a year, her death having occurred in February, 1903.
E. B. Foss spent the days of his boyhood and youth in Illinois and in Black Hawk county, remaining with his parents. until he attained his majority. He was content to follow the occupation to which he had been reared and rented land for four years, during which time he carefully saved his earnings, so that he was able to purchase eighty acres in Big Creek township. This he at once began to cultivate and further improve, remaining upon that farm until 1889, when he sold out and bought two hundred acres on section 26, where he now resides. To his holdings he added from time to time, thus extending the boundaries of his farm until he now owns four hundred acres of fine land on which are two sets of excellent farm buildings, all erected by him. He has operated his farm in most systematic, practical and progressive manner, keeping in touch with modern methods and using the latest improved machinery to facilitate the work of the fields. In connection with the tilling of the soil he engages in stock-raising, making a specialty of Duroc-Jersey hogs and shorthorn cattle.
In February, 1876, Mr. Foss was united in marriage to Miss Ida P. Finch, a daughter of Richard and Catherine (Pray) Finch, who were natives of Bath, England, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, respectively. The father was a car- riage maker by trade, but after coming to Black Hawk county in 1867 turned his attention to farming, which he followed for eight years. On the expiration of that period he returned to the east and purchased a fruit farm in New Jersey upon which he spent his remaining days. He died in April, 1890, while his wife passed away in November, 1891. To Mr. and Mrs. Foss have been born ten children, as follows: Clyde E., who is a resident of Webster, South Dakota ; Amy E., who passed away in April, 1914, leaving two children, Morris and Evelyn, who now make their home with our subject; Delbert R., whose demise
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occurred in July, 1881; Ray F., who died in September, 1898; Monte G., who cultivates one hundred and eighty acres of his father's farm; and Glenn R., Floy E., Shelby W., Ralph R. and Alan B., all at home.
Mr. Foss exercises his right of franchise in support of the men and measures of the republican party and has been called to some local offices. He served as assessor of his township for a number of years and at the election of November, 1914, was chosen a trustee. He never falters in the performance of his political duties and is actuated at all times by a desire to advance the public welfare. His religious belief is that of the Methodist church and to its teachings he is loyal, his life being in consistent harmony therewith.
RALPH B. SLIPPY.
Ralph B. Slippy, of Waterloo, who has attained high rank in the profession of civil engineering, has also various other business interests and connections in Black Hawk county. So extensive and important are his business affairs that his efforts are counted as a tangible asset in the material upbuilding of the city. He was born at Reinbeck, Iowa, on the 21st of January, 1881, a son of William A. and Minnie J. (Young) Slippy, the former a native of Ohio and the latter of Iowa. In early life the father was a traveling salesman for a short time, but afterward entered the mercantile business, to which he devoted the greater part of his life until about 1906, when he became connected with insurance interests and is now head bookkeeper for the Iowa Manufacturers Insurance Company of Waterloo. While living in Reinbeck he served as mayor for one term and has ever been a public-spirited citizen, interested in measures and movements for the general good.
Ralph B. Slippy is the eldest of five living children in a family which numbered twelve children. Among these he was the third in order of birth, but seven of the number have passed away, leaving him the eldest survivor. He was graduated from the Reinbeck high school with the class of 1898 and afterward entered Cornell College, in which he completed his course by graduation with the class of 1903 with the degree of Bachelor of Civil Engineering. He won his professional degree of Civil Engineering from that institution in 1905. He was seven- teen years of age when he entered Cornell College, working his way through that institution, his desire for and determination to secure an education being an indication of the elemental strength of his character. He was engaged in survey- ing during the summer of 1903 and in the fall of that year he became connected with Armour Institute of Chicago, where he taught until February, 1904, when he entered the employ of the Muscatine Water Power Company at Muscatine, Iowa, with which he remained until April, 1904. He afterward engaged in the private practice of his profession in Waterloo for a year and at the end of that time became assistant engineer of the city of Waterloo, occupying that position until the fall of 1906. Through the four succeeding years he was instructor in civil engineering in the University of Illinois and he spent the summer vacation of 1907 as an active representative of his profession in Georgia, while the other three vacations during the period of his connection with the Illinois University were passed in
RALPH B. SLIPPY
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Waterloo. He afterward became locating engineer for the Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northern Railroad Company, with which he continued until the spring of 1911, since which time he has engaged in the general practice of civil engineering in Waterloo. In 1912 he also turned his attention to the automobile business which he conducts under the name of the Interstate Motor Car Company. Extending his efforts over a still wider field, he organized, in 1914, the Waverly Stone & Gravel Company, of which he is the president and general manager, operating a gravel pit and stone crusher at Waverly. His business interests, extensive and varied, are of the utmost importance to the communities in which he operates, for he is a man of determined purpose and carries forward to successful com- pletion whatever he undertakes.
On the 23d of December, 1903, Mr. Slippy was united in marriage to Miss Georgiana Vine Newton, who was born in La Porte City, Iowa, a daughter of M. L. and Sophia (Berry) Newton, both of whom were natives of Illinois, born near Freeport. They came to Iowa in the early '70s, settling in La Porte City, where they were married. The father was a civil engineer and served in his professional capacity at Waterloo and was also county surveyor of Black Hawk county, while at the time of his death he was consulting engineer for the Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northern Railroad Company. He passed away in January, 19II, while his widow still resides in Waterloo. Mrs. Slippy is their only surviving child.
Mr. Slippy belongs to Waterloo Lodge, No. 105, A. F. & A. M., of which he was the senior warden in 1914; Tabernacle Chapter, No. 52, R. A. M., of which he was high priest in 1913; and Crescent Council, No. 16, R. & S. M., of which he was captain of the guard in 1914. His religious faith is indicated in his member- ship in the Grace Methodist Episcopal church. In politics he is a republican, but with independent tendencies, and has never been a politician in the sense of office seeking. He served, however, as deputy county surveyor, as assistant city engi- neer and is the present weather observer, taking on the duties of the latter position voluntarily. He belongs to the Iowa Engineering Society and is serving on its committee on roads and pavements. He has made continuous advancement in his profession and along business lines and his worth, both as a business man and as a citizen, is widely acknowledged. He is actuated by laudable ambition that urges him on constantly toward greater efficiency and larger attainment.
ANTON BURGER.
Anton Burger is a member of the firm of A. Burger & Son, dealers in flour and feed in Waterloo. He was born in the Rhine province of Germany on the 9th of March, 1866, his parents being Anton and Catherine (Gippert) Burger, both of whom passed away in Germany. Through the period of his boyhood days spent under the parental roof the son attended the public schools and on reaching early manhood engaged in agency work. In 1885 he entered the Ger- man army, in which he served for three years, and subsequently he engaged in the insurance business in the Cologne district of Germany. He was identi- fied with that business for eight years and then, hoping to find still broader Vol. II-16
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business opportunities in the new world, he crossed the Atlantic to the United States and in 1897 took up his abode upon a farm near Jesup, lowa. For about a year and a half Mr. Burger was employed as a farm hand and for the same period worked as a clerk in a general store in Jubilee. Subsequently he engaged in farming on his own account, cultivating rented land in Black Hawk and Fayette counties for about ten years, during which time his financial resources gradually increased as the result of his industry, enterprise and judicious expen- diture. Having thus acquired a substantial capital, he bought the flour and feed business of Knipp & Roth, of Waterloo, in 1910 and thus became a factor in the business circles of this city. Through the intervening four years to the present time he has become prominently known as a business man of Waterloo and is at the head of an extensive trade in his line.
In 1887. in Cologne, Germany, Mr. Burger was united in marriage to Miss Eva Pruemmer, and unto them have been born three children: Catherine, the wife of Frank Manske, a resident of Waterloo: John, who is his father's partner in business under the firm name of A. Burger & Son; and Anna, who is still attending school. The parents hold membership in the Catholic church, in which faith they have reared their children.
Mr. Burger also belongs to the Fraternal Order of Eagles and his political allegiance is given to the democratic party. He has never had occasion to regret his determination to come to the new world, for here he has found the business opportunities which he sought and which, by the way, are always open to ambitious, energetic young men. Gradually he has worked his way upward and, although he started out in life in America practically empty-handed, he is now at the head of a substantial and growing business, which is the visible evi- dence of his life of thrift and industry.
GAYLORD R. DAYTON.
Gaylord R. Dayton is a well known and successful representative of business interests in Cedar Falls as the vice president of the Rice & Dayton Manufactur- ing Company, a concern with which he became identified in 1906. His birth occurred in Martinsburg, Ohio, on the 13th of November, 1870, his parents be- ing Martin N. and Sarah (Bowland) Dayton, the former a native of Danville, Knox county, Ohio, and the latter of Knoxville, that state. Their marriage was celebrated in the Buckeye state, where Martin N. Dayton was for several years engaged in merchandising at Martinsburg. On the Ist of March, 1871, he came west to Iowa, locating in Cedar Falls, where he purchased an interest in the mill being operated by J. E. Rhodes, forming the Rhodes & Dayton Mill- ing Company. Subsequently he was one of the organizers of the Waterloo & Cedar Falls Union Mills Company and for years acted as its president. He con- tinued his active participation in the conduct of the mill until the time of his death, which occurred on the 18th of January, 1899, when he had attained the age of sixty-five years. He enjoyed an enviable reputation as one of the fore- most business men of Black Hawk county and it was largely through his capable business management that the Waterloo & Cedar Falls Milling Company became
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one of the most successful industries in this section of the state. When he associated himself with the enterprise it was freely predicted by his friends that he would lose all his money, for it had previously been an unprofitable under- taking. His political allegiance was given to the republican party and for several years he served as a member of the Cedar Falls city council. Mrs. Dayton still survives at the advanced age of eighty-four years and resides in the handsome family residence on the corner of Sixth and Main streets in Cedar Falls. She is a devoted member of the Presbyterian church, to which Mr. Dayton also be- longed, and in the work of which he took a very active and helpful part, serving for many years in the capacity of trustee.
Gaylord R. Dayton, brought to Cedar Falls in his infancy, was educated in the high school of this city and in 1890 entered the service of the Rock Island Railway Company. At the end of about a year, however, he went to Mankato, Minnesota, where he was employed in a hardware store for fifteen months. On the expiration of that period he returned to Cedar Falls and was here identi- fied with his father in the milling business until the latter's death. Subsequently his attention was given to the supervision of his father's estate and in 1906 he purchased an interest in the sporting goods business of L. E. Rice, forming the firm of Rice & Dayton. In this connection he has won a gratifying and well merited measure of success and has become recognized as one of the substantial, enterprising and prosperous representatives of manufacturing interests in the city. .
On the 26th of October, 1904, Mr. Dayton was united in marriage to Miss Alta B. Simpson, of Cedar Falls, her father being C. T. Simpson, a building contractor of this city. They now have one son, Martin N. Mr. Dayton gives his political allegiance to the republican party, while his religious faith is that of the Presbyterian church, to which his wife also belongs. Practically his entire life has been spent in Cedar Falls and he has made many friends in both ; business and social circles.
EDWIN T. JAYNES, M. D.
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Dr. Edwin T. Jaynes has been engaged in practice as a physician and surgeon of Waterloo since August, 1910, and is widely recognized as one of the fore- most representatives of the profession in the city. His birth occurred in La- monte, Missouri, on the 3d of December, 1869, his parents being Alfred T. and Lorinda J. (Gregory) Jaynes, both of whom are deceased. In the acquirement of his early education he attended the public schools and subsequently continued his studies in the Presbyterian University of South Dakota, then located at Pierre, which institution conferred upon him the degree of Bachelor of Science in 1891.
In the fall of that year Dr. Jaynes began the study of medicine in Rush Medical College of Chicago, from which he was graduated with the class of 1894. During the succeeding year he served as an interne in the Cook County Hospital and then located for practice at New Hartford, Butler county, Iowa. where he followed his profession continuously and successfully for thirteen
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years. On the expiration of that period he removed to Parkersburg, that county, and was there engaged in practice for two years or until August, 1910, when he came to Waterloo, which city has since remained the scene of his professional labors and where he has built up an extensive and gratifying patronage. In 1905 he went to Europe for post-graduate work, pursuing special courses in internal medicine and pathology at Vienna. He moreover keeps in close touch with the progress of the profession through his membership in the Waterloo City Medical Society, the Black Hawk County Medical Society, the Iowa State Medical Society and the American Medical Association.
In May, 1906, Dr. Jaynes was united in marriage to Miss Mabelle Ferguson, of New Hartford, Iowa, by whom he has three children, namely: Gertrude Helene, Vernon Hewitt and Eileen. Fraternally he is identified with Waterloo Lodge of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, Pythian Lodge of the Knights of Pythias and Waterloo Lodge, No. 105, A. F. & A. M., while both he and his wife belong to the Order of the Eastern Star.
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