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SECRET SOCIETIES. FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS.
A lodge of Free and Accepted Masons was organized here June 2, 1869, with sixteen charter members. The following were the first officers: S. W. Rich, W. M .; C. W. Seidell, S. W .; E. W. Ely, J. W .; John Willey, J. S .; H. Griswold, treasurer; B. Culver, tyler; W. Hildreth, secretary; G. S. Field and A. B. Stocking. This lodge was established under name of Shiloh Lodge No. 247, under the jurisdiction of the grand lodge of Iowa.
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The present officers are-I. D. Owen, W. M .; E. O. Craig, S. W .; W. T. Kendall, J. W .; M. J. Goodrich, secretary; W. A. Patterson, treasurer. The present membership is thirty.
ANCIENT ORDER OF UNITED WORKMEN.
was first organized here April 5, 1876, and the lodge called Fraternity No. 60, with a membership of fourteen. Its first officers were-M. J. Goodrich, M. W .; C. W. Seidell, P. M. W .; A. C. Simmonds, foreman; H. C. Markham, overseer; J. D. Owen, recorder; James Jam- ison, financier; W. T. Kendall, receiver; E. O. Craig, I. W .; F. W. Seidell, O. W .; W. Hildreth, guide.
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The present officers are-G. E. Titus, M. W .; C. W. Seidell, P. M. W .; Alexander Scott, foreman; W. B. Hallick, overseer; Frank Fox, recorder; Frank Schuile, v guide; W. Hildreth, receiver; L. M. Johnson, financier ; M. J. Furgerson, I. W .; J. E. Robinson, O. W. The present membership is thirty-nine. In this order, at the decease of a member his legal representatives receive the sum of two thousand dollars.
WINTHROP.
There is but one village in the township, and this is located in the southeast corner. It was platted and laid out into lots in 1857 by A. P. Foster. The name Win- throp was suggested by E. S. Norris, a friend of Foster. Previous to the village being platted and laid out, Mr. Foster purchased two hundred and forty acres of land there, and a part of the same land Winthrop now stands on. There was no village until the railroad was built through the township in 1859. The first store here was kept by a Mr. Dutton, and the first hotel by Henry Cor- rick. The present business of the place is represented as follows :
Physicians-M. A. Chamberlin and L. M. Johnston. Carpenter shops-F. A. Collins and E. C. Huff. Wagon shops-J. P. Furgerson and M. Fuchs. Blacksmith shops-John and George Kirkpatrick and M. J. Furger- son. Grain dealers-O. J. Metcalf and Alex Risk. There are two elevators and three warehouses, and all are occupied. The elevator owned by A. Risk is oper- ated by a steam engine, and he also grinds feed at his elevator. Stock dealers-Horace Chesley and George Spangler. The station agent of the Illinois Central here -W. T. Kendall. One hotel, the Winthrop house- WV. A. Patterson. Livery stables-W. A. Patterson and G. E. Titus. Lawyers-E. S. Gaylord and Z. P. Rich. Groceries and notions-George Hartwick. Grocery and shoe shop-I. D. Owen. Grocer and Stationer-George Woodwarth. Drug stores-M. A. Chamberlin, Fox & Johnston. Dry goods and groceries-W. Hildreth and Palmiter & Pullis. Hardware and groceries-D. W. Hovey. Agricultural implements-N. Barney and A. Risk. Postmaster-W. M. Woodwarth. Meat market -Frank Schuiler. Millinery-Miss Anderson. Dress makers-Carrie Goodell, Miss Robinson and Limbert. Saloons-C. W. Aborn, Charles Dougherty and Thomas Lurley. Three houses of worship-Congregational, Catholic and Baptist. A public school-house. There are two public halls-Hovey's and Barney's. Barbed
wire manufactory-A. A. Edgergington ; the process be- ing to take smooth wire and barb it by machinery; but one man is employed. Shoe store-Furgerson & Jack. Shoe makers-George & A. Jack and D. T. Colegrove.
RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES.
A Congregational society was organized here on the twenty-second day of May, 1865, with a membership of twenty-two. It was organized in a log school-house, called the Brown school-house, and services held there for some time. A house of worship was built in Win- throp in 1869, worth probably three thousand dollars. The first preacher was Rev. William Spell. The lots where the church stands were donated by Rev. L. W. Brintnall. The present membership is one hundred and eleven, with an interesting Sunday-school of some sev- enty-five members. The present pastor is Rev. S. W. Brintnall.
The Presbyterian church was first organized in Quas- queton March 26, 1853, by Rev. J. H. Whitham, with seven members. It was first organized as a free Presby- terian church, withdrawing from the general Presbyterian church on the question of slavery; but on the twenty- sixth day of April, 1867, it was received back into the Presbyterian church and added to the Dubuque presby- tery, with twenty members. October 4, 1875, a union was effected between the Quasqueton church and the Byron Centre church, and from these churches another was formed called Pine Creek church, and a house of worship was built. The present membership is seventy, and the present pastor is John McAlister. This church is situated in the south part of the township, in a weal- thy settlement. The property of the church, including the church building and parsonage, is valued at twenty- six hundred dollars.
A Catholic church was organized here in September, 1876, with eight families. At that time a house to hold the services in was purchased, costing five hundred dol- lars. It was considerably repaired and changed. The whole property now owned by the church is valued at one thousand dollars. The communicants now number twenty families. They have no resident priest, but Pat- riek Clubby, a priest in Newton township, visits and holds services in the church once in three weeks.
A Church of God was organized in Liberty township on the seventh day of April, 1853, at Hamilton Megon- igle's house, with five members. They held services for some time in a log school-house and private residences. Rev. D. Gill was the first preacher. In 1855 they built a house in the southwestern part of Byron township, which they designated the Bethel. They have a mem- bership of one hundred and fifty, and their church prop- erty is valued at one thousand dollars. The present preacher is Rev. C. W. Evans, who holds services twice a month.
The first Baptist meeting was held here by Rev. John Fullerton, of Independence, in June, 1860, preaching from the steps of the Illinois Central depot ; also, about the same time in a private residence, Rev. Fullerton standing in the door of the house, and addressing him- self to those on the outside as well as the inside of the
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house. In 1867 a society was formed for the purpose of building a house of worship, and in the summer of 1868 the house was built, and dedicated to the worship of God on the twentieth day of December, 1868. The whole cost of the house at that time was four thousand nine hundred and eighty dollars. On January 26, 1869, the Baptists who were members at Quasqueton came with letters and formed the Winthrop Baptist church. Rev. John Fullerton was their first preacher. Rev. W. L. Hunter is the present preacher; the present member- ship is thirty-three.
A cemetery was established in the western part of the township in 1875, called Whitney cemetery. There are quite a number of graves and some fine tombstones and monuments.
The creeks of the township are Buffalo creek in the eastern part, and Pine creek, about the centre of the township, running from north to south.
There are some fine springs in the township, on John Metz and L. J. Dunlap's farms. There is one on O. Down's farm, however, that has a history, for it was here that the very first settler, Henry Baker, first pitched his tent; as also the second, Robert Sutton. Most of these springs are along Pine creek.
A school was taught in Colonel I. G. Freeman's house in 1854, by Miss R. C. Freeman ; another was taught in a log school-house of D. C. Gaylord in 1855, by Lucinda Pierce. The season of 1855 a school-house was built in Freeman district. The next soon after in the Daws' district. Among the early teachers were Mary Freeman, S. G. Pierce, Philip Bartle, Lucinda Pierce, and R. C. Freeman. There are now in the township nine schools, the one in Winthrop is an independent school, having two teachers.
The first death here was that of Frank Freeman, a son of Colonel 1. G. Freeman, who died October 23, 1856.
The first wedding was that of Robert Copeland and Louisa McGonigle in 1856, by S. G. Pierce, esq. The parties are now living at Quasqueton, in Buchanan county.
The first postmaster in the township was L. J. Dunlap, who is still a resident of the township.
The first white child born here was Thomas Sutton, in 1852.
The first religious meetings of which we can find any account whatever, was at what is known as the "Bethel," in 1855, southwest part of the township.
SURFACE PRODUCTIONS, TIMBERS, ETC.
The surface for the most part is rolling prairie, and the land is of an excellent quality, being a black loam, but in the southwest it is hilly, and the land light and sandy. The timber is in sections twelve and thirty-three -- probably from three hundred to four hundred acres, and is situated along Buffalo and Pine creeks. The principal productions are corn, hay, and oats. Consid- erable attention is paid to raising stock, cattle and hogs, and dairy products. There are in this township three thousand head of cattle over one year old.
There are a number of small flocks here. Thomas
Diggins has one of seventy-five, John Clark, sixty, and John Myers, thirty.
L. J. Dunlap commenced breeding Durham stock in 1875. Has now a herd of some fifteen pure blood animals, and has also a large number of grades which are very fine animals.
RAILROAD.
The Illinois Central railroad passes through the south part of the township. This road was built to the village of Winthrop in the fall of 1859.
CREAMERIES.
S. G. Pierce established a creamery here in 1878. Uses one churn with a capacity of eighty pounds, and invariably churns once per day. He has horse-power and one man employed in the creamery, and one team gathering cream.
P. G. Freeman, in 1880, started a creamery here on his farm on Pine creek. He has now but one churn with a capacity for eighty pounds of butter, and churns once per day. Has horse-power, but will, during the season, put in a six horse-power steam engine, to be used for running the creamery and grinding feed for his stock, etc. He will during part of the season have three teams on the road gathering eream ; has one man employed in the creamery.
There are, besides the above, a number of private creameries in the township, with all the necessary appli- ances and machinery of a first-class creamery, but using only the milk of their own cows, and among them are those of Kasper Rouse and Milton House.
PERSONAL MENTION.
Dr. M. A. Chamberlain was born in Thetford, Ver- mont, in 1829; married Miss Mary E. Bartholomew, of Thetford, in 1853. He came west in 1854, first to Illi- nois, then to Minnesota. Was in the army three years as hospital steward for the Eighth Minnesota volunteer infantry. Came to Buchanan county in 1865. Since that time the doctor has been located in Byron township, practicing with excellent success. He is the father of eight children, six of whom are now living. Their names and dates of birth are as follows: Andrew M., born in 1854; Belle, in 1856, died the same year; Carrie, born in 1858, died in 1873; Nellie, born in 1861; Theodore, 1862; Minnic, 1864; Herbert, 1866; Ethel, 1872. Dr. Chamberlain has practiced twenty-six years in all. He is a graduate of Thetford Hill academy, Vermont; at- tended medical lectures at Worcester, Massachusetts, and Cincinnati, Ohio, has a diploma from the National Ec- lectic association. In Minnesota in 1859, he was elected a member of the State legislature. He has held several local offices; was county commissioner two terms in Minnesota. In Winthrop, has been justice of the peace four years, and town clerk six years. In addition to his practice, the doctor is keeper of a well furnished drug store.
Rev. Loren W. Brintnall, pastor of Winthrop Congre- gational church, was born in Windham, Vermont, Janu- ary 10, 1828. He was educated at Townsend academy, Vermont, and at Oberlin college; is a graduate of Ober-
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lin Theological seminary. His early life was spent on a farm mostly, though he worked some at carpentering. He taught school several winters in Vermont, "boarding around" occasionally. Was married September 19, 1855, to Miss Abbie H. Willey; has three children. The old- est, Burgess W., born September 10, 1857, is at present principal of schools in Monona, lowa. He married Mrs. Lottie Martin, March 30, 1880. The second, Edna M., was born December 24, 1859, she resides at home, and is at present teaching. The youngest, Walter A., was born November 26, 1862. Rev. Mr. Brintnall has been a preacher twenty-seven years ; commenced in Vermont ; was ordained in Ohio in 1855. While in Ohio he was pastor of Lafayette and York churches; and since com- ing to Iowa, of Winthrop, Independence, and Monte- cello churches. He has been twice called to preside over Winthrop church, where he has been nearly ten years in all. Mrs. Brintnall, a lady of about fifty years, was the daughter of Mr. Benjamin F. Willey, of Grafton, Vermont. Mr. and Mrs. Brintnall are beloved and esteemed by all.
George S. Dawes was born in Morgan county, Ohio, December 2, 1825. His early life was spent on a farm where he received a common school education, under somewhat unfavorable conditions. He married Miss Lavina Adelia Graves, of Licking county, Ohio, April 4, 1847. Came to Iowa in 1856, and has resided in By- ron township over eighteen years. He has reared a large family, of whom all are living but two. Following are their names and dates of birth: Cynthia E., born May 7, 1848, in Ohio; Frank E., May 22, 1849, in Ohio; James E., born January 6, 1851, in Wisconsin, died Sep- tember 10, 1861; Laura E., born February 22, 1853, in Wisconsin; Charlotte E., October 14, 1854, in Wis- consin, died March 28, 1856 ; Charles E., October 26, 1856, in Iowa; George E., September 20, 1858; Henry E., September 17, 1860; Willis E., January 29, 1862; John A., June 21, 1866; Grace A., April 10, 1870; Richmond M., September 7, 1872. Mrs. Dawes died February 9, 1879. Mr. Dawes has a fine dairy farm of one hundred and sixty acres, with good fences and good buildings. He keeps a large stock, and all his land is in use, either as tillage or pasture. There is a fine young orchard upon the land. In politics, he is a thorough Republican. He is a member of the Presbyterian church. Mr. Dawes has served as justice of the peace several terms, and has also held several township offices.
William Kerr was born in Scotland, in 1830; came to . this country in 1852, first to the State of New York; moved to Byron township, Buchanan county, in 1859. In 1860 he went west and spent about five years in the mining districts. Married Amanda Morehouse, of By- ron township, in 1868. They have two children : Frank, born in 1870, and William, born in 1877. Mr. Kerr has two hundred and eighty acres of land in good condition; keeps a large stock, and is prosperous and happy. He is a Presbyterian and a strong Republican.
James Hamilton was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, a few miles from the birth-place of Robert Burns, in 1827. Spent his early life on a farm, herding cattle, picking
stones, etc. In 1852, he left Scotland and came to New York State, where he remained over three years. Married Sarah Hardy in 1856, in New York, and came west the same year ; settled in Byron township in 1859. After coming to lowa, he rented a farm for two years. Neigh- bors were then few and far apart. He next took up a wild farm and commenced paying for it, in which under- taking he succeeded after years of hard work. He owned the first reaper in the township, and with it worked for the farmers around. Mr. Hamilton is the father of seven children, six of whom are now living: William, born in 1856; Belle, in 1859; Jessie L., in 1861; John M., in 1866; James, in 1869; Nellie, in 1872; Charles, in 1875-died when he was about four years of age. Mr. Hamilton's land consists of two hundred and forty acres of prairie and fifteen of timber. He keeps a large stock, including twelve to fifteen cows. His land is un- der good improvement, and the house and buildings are neat and comfortable. Mr. Hamilton is an earnest Re- publican, and is really quite a politician, though he will not own it. He has held local offices and has been a delegate to several State conventions. He is wide-awake, well informed, and is highly esteemed by his neighbors. He served in the army a year, in the Fifteenth Iowa reg- iment, and was with Sherman through his famous "March to the sea." Mr. Hamilton surprised his old friends and associates in Scotland, by a visit to Ayrshire, about six years ago. At first, he was not recognized by his aged parents. Much moved, he asked his mother whom she thought he was; she replied, "Ye're nae wan o' mine," and it was some time before his identity was . established.
Rev. Reuben H. Freeman was born in New Bruns- wick, New Jersey, in 1807. While a young man, he en- gaged in teaching for several years. He received an academical education; attended the Episcopal Theo- logical seminary, in New York city; followed missionary work four or five years in New York and New Jersey; but, health failing, he was obliged to leave it. He farmed in New Jersey ten years, and came to lowa in 1856; settled in Byron township in 1857. In 1834, Mr. Free- man married Margaret Staats, of Franklin county, New Jersey. The names and dates of birth of the children are as follows: Isaac S., born in 1835; Martha, born in 1837; Mary S., born in 1839; Martha A., born in 1842; William D., born in 1844; Phobe S., born in 1847; John R., born in 1852; and Eliza H., born in 1855. Of these, Martha, Martha A., and Phoebe, are dead. Mrs. Freeman died in 1859, aged forty-four. Mr. Freeman has held the office of county supervisor. He is quite smart, notwithstanding his advanced age. He is a man well known and highly respected.
Andrew P. Mills was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, May 6, 1832. His father, Timothy Mills, was one of the first settlers in Michigan. Mr. Mills has always been a farmer. He came to Byron township in 1865; took up a wild lot, and has now one of the best farms in the township. He married, in Kalamazoo county, Michigan, March 16, 1853, Louisa P. Stanley, who was born in Trumbull county, Ohio, May 16, 1830. They have three
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children living: Clarence S., born May 19, 1854, died February 27, 1862; Timothy A., born March 17, 1856, died July 22, 1870; Sophia A., born December 26, 1857, married William M. Tate, April 25, 1877, and re- sides in Benton county, Iowa; Hiram A., born October 26, 1859; Charles A., born September 16, 1861. Mr. Mills has two hundred and forty-acres of prairie and fif- teen of timber. His buildings are excellent, both house and barn being of the best order. He keeps a large stock of cattle and horses. There is a good orchard on the place. Mr. Mills is an earnest Republican, and has held several local offices, both in Michigan and Iowa. He enjoys the highest esteem and confidence of his fel- low-citizens. His home is one of the pleasantest we have visited.
James Hood was born in Scotland in 1835. He served an apprenticeship as a blacksmith, and worked at his trade in Scotland till twenty-two years old, when he came to Illinois. He came to Byron township in 1868, and has since been a farmer. He married Miss McLaren, in Illinois. He has seven children-William H., John E., Kittie R., Mary A., Fred D., Martha C., Albert J. Mr. Hood owns six hundred and eighty acres of prairie and eighteen of timber. He keeps a large stock of cat- tle, including twenty-five cows, and has good buildings and fences. He is a firm Republican, a man of intelli- gence, well known and everywhere respected.
Ervin P. Brintnall was born in Windham, Vermont, in 1826. When a boy he learned carpentering, at which he worked about ten years. He moved to Illinois in 1854, and resided there ten years. He came to lowa nearly seventeen years ago, and settled in Byron township. He married, in Grafton, Vermont, in 1850, Miss Wealthy J. Willey, by whom he had five children : Edgar E., born in 1852; Florence W., born in 1854, died in 1877; El- mer E., born in 1861; Herbert G., born in 1865; Angie E., born in 1869. Mrs. Brintnall died in 1877. In 1880 Mr. Brintnall married Mrs. Mary E. Merrill, of Middle- field township. Mr. Brintnall is a very successful farmer, and has one hundred and sixty acres of prairie, and thirty-four of timber, His house is neat, pretty, and well furnished. The farm buildings are also good. Mr. Brintnall is a thorough Republican. He is deacon and Sabbath-school superintendent of the Winthrop Congre- gational church. He has held the office of county su- pervisor, besides other local offices.
Henry M. Coughtry was born in Scotland in 1831. He came to America in 1853, and has since been a farmer. He settled in Byron township in 1863. In 1863 Mr. Coughtry married Miss Mary Tulloch, of Byron. Her father, Mr. John Tulloch, was one of the earliest set- tlers, having come to the township twenty-five years ago. Mr. Tulloch was a man highly honored and respected in the community. He held the office of justice of the peace for several years. He died about seventeen years ago. His wife is still living, and resides with her daugh- ter. Mr. and Mrs. Coughtry have had seven children, five of whom are still living: Bella, born 1864; Mary, 1867; Catharine, 1869; Anna, 1871; Henrietta, 1878; Flora, born 1862, and Catharine, born 1865, and lived
less than one year. Mrs. Coughtry taught the first school in Byron township in 1855, in a "lean to" on the back of a log house. This accommodated a large district. She afterwards taught in a room of a granary, ten by twelve feet in size. Mr. Coughtry has one hundred and forty- five acres, including forty acres of timber. He has a good house and farm buildings; keeps a good stock of cattle and horses. His father, Mr. Nathan Coughtry, is still living with his son, and is now nearly eighty years of age. Mr. H. M. Coughtry held the office of district clerk of the school board thirteen years in suc- cession, and has been assessor and trustee of the township several terms, and has been county supervisor two terms. He is a thorough Republican.
B. R. Hovey and D. W. Hovey, successors to R. R. Plane in the hardware business at Winthrop, are natives of Vermont. Came west in 1856, to Buchanan county ; resided in Perry township several years. Their father, Mr. George Hovey, was then a farmer; he is now in bus- iness at Independence. They engaged in trade in Win- throp five years ago. Their store is large and well fur- nished, and their business good. The Messrs. Hovey are enterprising young men, and are highly esteemed by a large circle of acquaintances. They are both staunch Republicans. Mr. B. R. Hovey married Miss Susie Baldwin in 1874. Has one child, Jay, born in 1874. Mr. D. W. Hovey married Miss Dora Talley, of Bu- chanan county in 1880.
Robert White wrs born in Canada in 1836. His par- ents were natives of Scotland. He lived in Canada until nineteen years of age; came to Iowa in 1855 ; has re- sided in Byron township since 1865; has always been a farmer. In 1861 he married Miss Hannah Beith, daughter of Thomas and Jane Beith, who were among the earliest settlers in Byron. Mrs. White's parents still live with her. Mr. White has two children-Munsey, born 1 863, and Herbert, 1869. He has a good house and an excellent barn; keeps a large number of horses and cat- tle. Mr. White is a member of the Congregational church, and is highly respected in the community. He is a wide-awake Republican. Has held several township offices, including those of assessor and trustce.
Almon I. Francis was born in Courtland county, New York, in 1828. Has always been a farmer. Came to lowa in 1855, and settled in Hazleton township. Has resided in Byron since 1864. He married Miss Elizabeth Gir- ton, of Hazleton, in 1858. Following are the names and dates of birth of their children : Ella A., 1861 ; Lillie M., 1864; Ida, 1866; George, 1868; Alice, 1869; Effie, 1871. Mrs. Francis died in 1876. In 1880 he married Mis. Going, of Benton county, Iowa. Mr. Francis has two hundred and twenty acres of good land with good buildings ; runs a dairy farm and keeps about fifty cows. He is a man well known and everywhere re- spected. Mr. Francis is an enthusiastic Greenbacker.
Benjamin Knight was born in Orange township, Carroll county, Ohio, July 7, 1824. He has been en- gaged in a variety of ways. After becoming of age, Mr. Knight taught school for several years, at the same time pursuing the study of medicine. He afterwards travelled
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as a phrenologist in several States of the Union. Married in 1850 to Miss Editha Hamilton, of Orange township, Ohio. Soon after marriage was the victim of quite a serious accident. A buggy containing himself and wife was upset, and Mr. Knight sustained injuries which oc- casioned great inconvenience for some years. Following are the names of his children : Theresa M., born Febru- ary 13, 1852, married Leonard J. Sells, of Byron ; Josephine A., born May 30, 1854, graduates from the Iowa State university in 1881 ; John W., born January 14, 1863 ; Cassius H., born January 12, 1861, died February 2, 1861. Mr. Knight owns about two hundred and seventy acres, and does a good business in stock and corn raising ; came to Byron township in 1857, and has since kept the farm where he first located. Mr Knight has held the office of justice of the peace, besides other minor offices. He is a man highly esteemed by his neighbors and acquaintances.
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