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Minneapolis, residing in Madrid; Harry Robert, born February 8, 1804, who is engaged in the general merchandise business in Madrid ; Clarence, born October 2, 1886, assistant cashier in the Farmers Savings Bank of Madrid; William Arthur, born May 5. 1889, a clerk in E. Hancock's clothing store in Madrid; and Anna Sell Dora, born December 19, 1891, who resides with her parents.
Jacob M. Carlson is a republican and loyal to the standards of that party. He has been a member of the town council of Madrid, rendering valuable serv- ice, and as county supervisor continues his record as an efficient official. Mrs. Carlson is a member of the Swedish Mission church of Madrid, while Mr. Carl- son belongs to Star Lodge, No. 115, A. F. & A. M., and the local lodges of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias and the Modern Woodmen of America. He has held various fraternal offices. Mr. Carlson owns several tracts of real estate in Douglass township and has personal and business property in Madrid. He has acquired a competency because he is indus- trious, energetic and thrifty. His well furnished home is the meeting place of his many friends, who often enjoy the hospitality of Mr. and Mrs. Carlson.
JAMES H. NOYES, M. D.
The life record of Dr. James H. Noyes spans seventy-nine years and it is hoped by his many friends that it will continue for many years to come, for he is one of Boone county's most valued and respected citizens. For a half century he engaged in the practice of medicine, from which at the present time he has practically retired. However, he is president of the Ogden State Bank and is a stockholder in other business enterprises. There is an old age which grows stronger and brighter mentally and morally as the years go by and gives out of its rich store of wisdom and experience for the benefit of others. Such is the record of Dr. Noyes of Ogden. A native of Massachusetts, he was born in Gardner, July 20, 1835, and is a son of Henry J. and Jane L. (Gates) Noyes, also natives of Massachusetts. The father was a chair manufacturer in that state and there passed away in 1872, his wife surviving him until 1879.
Dr. Noyes pursued his early education in the public schools of his native city and afterward entered Appleton Academy at New Ipswich, New Hamp- shire, where he remained three and one-half years. He next became a student in Burr Seminary in Vermont, where he pursued a short course. Later he took up the study of medicine, to which he devoted four years, completing his medical course at Columbia College, New York, where he was graduated with the class of 1860. He then began practice at Nashua, New Hampshire, where he remained until the outbreak of the Civil war, when, on the 6th of May, 1861, he joined the Sixth New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, of which he was com- missioned assistant surgeon. He went to Washington and was attached to the Army of the Potomac, serving under Generals Burnside, McClellan and Grant. He was advanced to the position of surgeon of the Sixth New Hampshire, with which he was on active duty until after the close of hostilities, or for about five years. He was in practically all of the engagements in which his command par-
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ticipated, including the first and second battles of Bull Run; Roanoke Island; Camden, North Carolina; Vicksburg, Mississippi; the siege of Petersburg and others, being present at the time of the surrender of General Lee at Appomattox.
It was in December, 1865, that Dr. Noyes came to Iowa settling first in Cedar county, where he engaged in practice until 1867. He then came to Ogden, Boone county, where he practiced for many years, devoting a half century of his life to his chosen calling before he retired from professional activity. He was the first physician to arrive in Ogden and is the oldest living practitioner in his part of the state. On the establishment of the Eleanor Moore Hospital at Boone he became one of the trustees and has so continued to the present time. While in active practice he always kept in touch with the advanced thought of the day, reading broadly, thinking deeply and utilizing his knowledge in a splendid effort to alleviate human suffering and restore health. That his efforts were attended with a gratifying measure of success is indicated in the large practice which was always accorded him up to the time of his retirement. He is a member of the Boone County Medical Society, of which he has served as president, has also been president of the Boone District Medical Society, comprising several coun- ties, and is a member of the Iowa State Medical Society and the American Medi- cal Association.
In addition to his practice Dr. Noyes became interested in business affairs of Ogden and is now president of the Ogden State Bank, which was reorganized from a private bank into a state institution in 1899, since which time Dr. Noyes has been connected with it. The other officers are : Orson Clark, vice president ; S. P. Clark, cashier ; and W. D. Kruse, assistant cashier. The bank is capitalized for twenty-five thousand dollars. The company owns the building which it occu- pies, which is of the very latest type of bank construction, splendidly equipped with furnishings, vaults, safety deposit boxes, etc. This is the oldest state bank in the county and its patronage is well merited. Dr. Noyes is also a stockholder of the Boone Brick & Tile Company, is interested in business property in Ogden and owns several farms in the northern part of the state, all of which he has improved. He has a country home in Hancock county, Iowa, which is one of the best developed in the county and well stocked with horses and cattle of high grade.
On the 31st of May, 1866, Dr. Noyes was united in marriage to Miss Sarah F. Stone, a daughter of Naham and Caroline M. (Graves) Stone, natives of New Hampshire. Three children were born unto Dr. and Mrs. Noyes: Mary S., now the wife of William R. Shurtz, of Boone; Josiah G., who died in 1870; and Helen, who died in infancy. The wife and mother passed away February 27, 1913, after an illness of but two days.
Dr. Noyes has taken a very active, prominent and helpful part in public affairs. He served as mayor of Ogden for nearly twenty years. After a three months' incumbency of another in that position he was called to the office, and no higher testimonial of his capability, fidelity and trustworthiness can be given than the fact that he was again and again reelected to the position. For nearly twenty years he has been pension examiner, holding the office at the present time. He gave to the city a beautiful clock, which is placed on the Ogden State Bank building. Many tangible evidences of his public spirit may be cited, indicating his deep interest in the general welfare. He is the only living charter member Vol II- 7
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now connected with Rhodes Lodge, No. 303, A. F. & A. M., which at the present writing has a membership of eighty. He is also connected with the Eastern Star and with the Grand Army of the Republic. None has been more active in support of Masonry in Boone county than Dr. Noyes, who was master and sec- retary of his lodge for nearly twenty years, a record of which he has every reason to be proud, for it indicates his exemplification of the high principles of the fra- ternity, a fraternity which is based upon mutual helpfulness and brotherly kind- ness. He believes firmly in the principles of the order and has done everything in his power to secure their adoption. He is frequently called upon to deliver addresses on the occasion of Memorial Day celebrations and upon other public occasions. His political allegiance has always been given to the republican party since its organization. He attained the right of franchise about the time the party sprang into existence and he has been an interested witness of its prog- ress and the manner in which vital political situations have been handled.
His religious faith is that of the Methodist church. He was a member of the first board of trustees and was thus active in the building of the church. Mrs. Noyes was, too, a faithful and active member of the Methodist church and was long a teacher in the Sunday school. Before her marriage she was a teacher in the public schools, for which vocation she was fitted in Washington, D. C. Like her husband, her interests were broad and her activities helpful. She manifested special interest in connection with the welfare of children and furthered many progressive movements along that line. At the time of her death she was presi- dent of the Glenwood Cemetery Association, which position she had occupied fifteen or more years. At all times she was a most womanly woman, beloved and respected by all who knew her, so that her death was the occasion of deep and widespread regret. Dr. Noyes shared in her interests in the various move- ments for the benefit of mankind. A review of his life displays many char- acteristics worthy of emulation, not the least of which has been his unfaltering loyalty to the best interests of his community, his close conformity to a high stand- ard of professional ethics and his personal integrity and honor. No man enjoys more fully or merits more sincerely the regard and good-will of all with whom he has come in contact.
JAMES WHITCOMB MCINTOSH.
An active, busy and useful life has brought James Whitcomb McIntosh to a point where he can put aside active business cares and live retired in the enjoyment of the fruits of his former toil. Gradually he has advanced step by step, connected at different times with commercial and industrial interests and also with official duties in behalf of the county. He was born in Putnam county. Indiana, December 30, 1844, and is a son of William and Emily ( Parker) McIn- tosh. The mother was a native of Oldham county, Kentucky, while the father was born in Harrison county, Indiana. He made farming his life work and in pioneer days came to Iowa, settling just west of Boone in October, 1851. He found here a little village with but limited business activity, and he lived to see notable changes as the years went on. He was at all times deeply interested
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in the welfare and upbuilding of the community and to the extent of his oppor- tunities cooperated in the work of public progress. He had for forty-four years been a resident of Boone when he passed away in 1895. His wife, sur- viving him for a decade, died in 1905. In their family were five children : Alma, who is now the widow of Wright Harris and makes her home in Auburn, Nebraska; James Whitcomb, of this review; Mary Francis, who is living in Boone; Clinton DeWitt, who died in early manhood; and Nancy E., a resident of Boone county.
James W. McIntosh was but seven years of age when brought by his parents to lowa and has since lived in Boone county, with the interests of which he has been thoroughly identified as time has passed on. In his youth he was sur- rounded by the conditions and environments of pioneer life. He pursued his early education in the district schools and afterward spent a year and a half as a student in Oskaloosa College at Oskaloosa, lowa. He next entered Bryant & Stratton's Business College at Chicago, there pursuing a commercial course, after which he returned to Boone and for some time was connected with mer- cantile interests. For three years he engaged in the grocery business and sub- sequently became associated with the lumber trade, remaining as manager of the Farmer Lumber Company for about three years. He was then called to public office in his appointment to the position of deputy auditor, in which capacity he served for six years. He next engaged in the grain business, buying and shipping with the McFarlin Grain Company of Des Moines for sixteen years, and during that time he also spent three years as agent for the Des Moines & Northern Railroad Company. He ever displayed close applica- tion, unfaltering energy and determination, and those qualities constituted the salient features in the attainment of the success which now enables him to live retired and enjoy the comforts of life without further recourse to labor.
On the 9th of May, 1867, Mr. McIntosh was united in marriage to Miss Josephine Ketchum, a daughter of Daniel C. and Cordelia (Cummings) Ket- chum, who were natives of Massachusetts and in 1864 arrived in Boone. The father was a watchmaker and jeweler by trade and conducted business along those lines in this city. His life's labors were ended in death on the 24th of December, 1909, and his wife passed away in April, 1906. Their daughter, Mrs. Melntosh, was their only child, and by her marriage she has become the mother of four children: Emily Cordelia, who died in childhood; Mand, the wife of S. A. Boone, living in the city of Boone; Sibyl, who also passed away in childhood ; and James Lawrence, a resident of Oklahoma City.
Mr. McIntosh has long given his unfaltering political support to the demo- cratic party, and has served as a member of the city council, exercising his official prerogatives in support of many measures for the general good. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity and has filled all of the offices in the local lodge, while in his life he exemplifies the beneficient spirit of the craft. An interesting point in the life record of Mr. McIntosh is the fact that in 1854 he was called upon to read the Declaration of Independence at the 4th of July celebration and again, a half century later, he was called upon for the sanie service in connection with the pioneer celebration. He is today one of the oldest residents of Boone county in years of continuous connection therewith, hav- ing for sixty-three years made his home in this county. His life, ever honor-
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able and upright in its purposes and manly and sincere in action, has won for him the high regard of young and old, rich and poor. He is an authority upon many matters connected with the early history of the county, and events of which others know only by hearsay he has witnessed. He has lived to see remarkable changes, as the district has become thickly settled by a prosperous and contented people, who have converted wild land into productive farms or established enterprising commercial and industrial interests, that have resulted in the upbuilding of growing and progressive towns and cities.
WILLIAM PAULSON.
An excellent farm of one hundred acres on section 16, Amaqua township, is the property of William Paulson and the improvements found thereon are evi- dences of his life of well directed energy and thrift. Today his is one of the finest improved farms in the county. He has always lived in this section of the state, his birth having occurred in Boone, January 20, 1875. His parents, George and Anna (Cook) Paulson, were natives of Germany and on coming to America established their home in Boone about the year 1871. The father engaged in teaming and also worked in the brewery for some time, but afterward turned his attention to general agricultural pursuits, renting a tract of land whereon he engaged in farming. He operated his first place until 1887 and then pur- chased one hundred and fifty acres in Amaqua township. Prosperity attended him in this venture and as his financial resources increased he added to his property from time to time until he now owns two hundred and ninety acres on sections 9 and 16. He improved this place in notable manner, erecting two sets of buildings, adding all modern equipments and securing the latest improved machinery to facilitate the work of the fields. He continued to operate the farm until 1904, when he lost his wife in death, and then retired. He is still residing on the old home place with his son at the age of sixty-nine years. His wife was sixty-three years of age when she passed away.
William Paulson was reared and educated in Amaqua township, the public schools affording him his educational privileges. His training at farm work was thorough and brought to him a knowledge of the value of industry, economy and determination. He remained with his parents until he reached the age of twenty-three years and then purchased his present farm, becoming owner of one hundred acres on section 16, Amaqua township. With characteristic energy he took up the task of developing the place and today has one of the finest improved farms in the county. His home is an attractive residence, commodious and of modern style of architecture. There are good buildings for the shelter of grain and stock, and everything about the place indicates his careful super- vision and progressive methods. Stock-raising is a leading feature of his place, and he makes a specialty of handling thoroughbred Hereford cattle, Belgian horses and Chester White hogs.
In September, 1897, Mr. Paulson was united in marriage to Miss Anna Biel- feldt, a daughter of Henning and Catherine (Peters) Bielfeldt, who were natives of Germany and on coming to America in 1866 settled in Clinton, Iowa. The
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following year they removed to Boone county, where Mr. Bielfeldt purchased land in Amaqua township, which he improved and cultivated until 1898. He then retired from active farm life and established his home in Ogden, where he resided until his death, which occurred March 27, 1908, when he was sixty-eight years of age. His widow survives and now makes her home with Mr. and Mrs. Paulson at the age of seventy-two years. Three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Paulson: Edward, sixteen years of age; and Wesley and Leslie, twins, aged fourteen.
The religious faith of the family is that of the German Lutheran church and they are interested in all that tends to promote the moral as well as the material progress of the community. In his political views Mr. Paulson is an earnest repub- lican, well versed on the questions and issues of the day, and he is now serving for his fourth term, or eight years, as assessor of Amaqua township, the duties of which he has ever discharged with promptness and fidelity, his official career reflecting credit upon himself and proving entirely satisfactory to his constituents. As one of the native sons of Boone county he is well known, having spent his entire life, covering thirty-nine years, within its borders.
JOHN HENRY EADE.
John Henry Eade, secretary and treasurer of the Boone Blank Book Com- pany, is thus closely associated with one of the important business enterprises of Boone. Moreover, he is a recognized leader in the ranks of the republican party and has been called to several local offices, the duties of which he has dis- charged with promptness and fidelity. He was born in Linden, Iowa county, Wisconsin, October 29, 1865, and is a son of Nicholas and Josephine (Heath- cock) Eade, both of whom were natives of England. The father came to America as a young man of eighteen years, devoting his life to the occupation of mining gold. He traveled all over the United States, British Columbia and South America in that connection. In 1875 he came to Boone county, and his last days were spent in Ogden, Iowa, where he passed away on the Ist of June, 1886. His widow survives and now makes her home in Des Moines. They were the parents of five children, two daughters and three sons: Ida M., who is with her mother in Des Moines; John Henry, of this review; Mary A., the wife of C. J. Engleen, also of Des Moines; Joseph W., deceased ; and William J., whose home is in Newark, Ohio.
John Henry Eade completed his education in the high school at Ogden, Iowa, when eighteen years of age. He was a lad of nine years when brought by his parents to Iowa and has since made his home in this state. He was en- gaged in mercantile lines for about nine years after putting aside his text-books and then entered the field of real estate and insurance, in which he spent about three years. He next became deputy clerk of the district court, which office he filled for three years, and on the expiration of that period he was elected in 1900 clerk of the court for a term of four years. He proved prompt, capable and efficient in the position and retired from the office as he had entered it-with the confidence and good-will of all concerned. He was afterward connected
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with the Boone Blank Book Company for five years and then opened a book store, in which he spent a year and a half. He then merged his interests into the business of the Boone Blank Book Company and has since then been identified with that corporation, acting as manager, secretary and treasurer. In these con- nections he is largely controlling the interests of the business and is giving proof of his capability to meet and manage complex conditions and coordinate forces into a unified and resultant whole.
Mr. Eade has been married twice. On the 13th of August, 1890, he wedded Harriett R. Burnside, and after a happy married life of about eight years she passed away July 13, 1898, leaving a daughter, Lilah, who is now the wife of E. T. Beiser, of Boone. On the 29th of July, 1904, Mr. Eade was united in marriage to Miss Lulu B. Wagner, a native of Crawford county, Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. Eade hold membership in the Methodist church, and he belongs also to the Knights of Pythias lodge. He has voted with the republican party since age con- ferred upon him the right of franchise and is thoroughly conversant with the prin- cipal features which divide the great political organizations. He is never remiss in the duties of citizenship, whether of a local or national character, and during his residence in Boone has contributed to various movements and measures which have been of notable worth and value as factors in the upbuilding of the city.
P. D. GRAY.
P. D. Gray, a leading and prosperous citizen of Boone county, has here resided for more than four decades and is now living retired in Beaver. His birth occurred in Maryland on the 27th of June. 1843, his parents being Peter and Elizabeth (Chester) Gray, who were likewise natives of that state. The father, who devoted his attention to general agricultural pursuits in Maryland throughout his active business career, passed away in that state in ISSI. The mother was called to her final rest in the year 1852.
P. D. Gray was reared and educated in the state of his nativity and was a young man of nineteen when on the 22d of August, 1862, he enlisted for service in the Civil war as a member of Company F, Third Maryland Infantry, con- tinuing with that command until the cessation of hostilities between the north and the south. For a period of seven and a half months he was held a prisoner at Danville, Virginia.
After returning to Maryland Mr. Gray there worked as a blacksmith for two years and on the expiration of that period removed to Ogle county, Illinois, where he worked at his trade for a short time. Subsequently he was there employed as a farm hand for three years and then followed farming on his own account for one year. At the end of that time he made his way to Iowa, locating in Story county, where he was engaged in agricultural pursuits for one year and then came to Boone county. Here he continued in the service of the Chicago & Northwestern Railway for about seven years and afterward again turned his attention to agricultural pursuits, purchasing land at six dollars per acre. He followed farming successfully for about eleven years and was then obliged to abandon the work of the fields because of impaired health, taking up
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his abode in Beaver, where he has resided continuously since and where he owns considerable property. He is now spending the evening of life in honor- able retirement, having accumulated a comfortable competence during former years of toil.
On the Ist of January, 1868, Mr. Gray was joined in wedlock to Miss Mary E. Bowers, a daughter of David and Nancy A. (Reynold) Bowers, who were natives of Maryland. The father, who spent his entire life in that state, passed away in 1868, while the mother was called to her final rest in July, 1902, when ninety-two years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Gray became the parents of twelve children, as follows: Orphia J., who is the wife of C. S. Powers, of Moulton, Iowa; Edward E., a resident of Bruno, Minnesota; John H., living in Ohio; N. Anna, who is the wife of John Sifrit, of Beaver, this county; Charles, who makes his home in California; Frank L., whose demise occurred in 1878; Daniel A., a resident of Des Moines, Iowa; Cynthia A., twin sister of Daniel, who is the wife of Calvin Shadle, a farmer of Boone county; Mary E., who gave her hand in marriage to George Stubbs, of Ogden, Iowa; Blaine E .; Arthur W., at home: and Elsie M., the wife of Fred Harten, a farmer of Boone county.
Mr. Gray is a republican in politics and his fellow townsmen, recognizing his worth and ability, have chosen him for positions of public trust. He has held the offices of notary public, justice of the peace. trustee, assessor and road supervisor of Amaqua township and in these various connections has discharged his duties capably and commendably. He likewise served as postmaster for two terms, proving an efficient and popular incumbent in the position. Mr. Gray is identified fraternally with the Ancient Order of United Workmen and still maintains pleasant relations with his old army comrades through his membership in the Grand Army of the Republic. His religious faith is that of the Meth- odist church. He has always been interested in the development of the com- munity and has supported all movements calculated to advance the welfare of its citizens. His practical ideas and progressive methods, as manifested in the discharge of his duties in both public and private life, no less than his sterling qualities of character, have won him the esteem and high regard of many.
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