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ried James L. Kelsey, and resides at Manchester. Mr. Atwater was married again January 23, 1866, to Miss Cornelia Swift, who was born in Cayuga county, New York, in 1830. Mrs. Atwater is a member of the Con- gregational church. Mr. Atwater is a good Republican and a most worthy and influential citizen.
Abijah K. Martin was born in Otsego county, New York, in 1804. He migrated to Michigan with his father, John Martin, in 1814, from there to Ohio, then back to New York, then to Bureau county, Illinois, where he was engaged in farming and milling for twenty years. In 1858 he came to Iowa, settling in Masonville, Delaware coun- ty, where he was a grain merchant ten years. Finally, in 1879, he came to Fremont township, having traded his property in Masonville for the farm on which he now lives. He has one hundred and sixty acres of good land, and a very pleasant home. Mr. Martin was married in 1829 to Miss Julia McKey, who was born in Herkimer coun- ty, New York, in 1810, They have six children living, and two deceased: Carlton E. died when four years old; Curtis D. married Juliette Newman, and lives in Nebras- ka; Emily P'. married David Hoyt, and lives at Water- loo; Ann A. married William Disbrow, of Dubuque, and died at the age of thirty-seven; Mary A. married Wil- liam Barringer, of Illinois, who died in 1866, and she now resides with her parents; Judson W. married Ennis Smith, and resides in Troy, New York; Henry E. mar- lied Mary Weber, and resides at Masonville; Lucretia F., married Henry Wiley, and lives at Masonville. Mr. Martin has been a member of the Baptist church since he was fourteen years old, and his wife for about fifteen years, They enjoy good health, and are smart and active for people of their age. Mr. Martin has been a hard- working man all his life, and is still able to work every day. He preserves his youth to a remarkable degree. He is a fine man and a good Republican.
Samuel Blanchard was born in Herkimer county, New York, in 1829. He has always been a farmer. In 1855 he came to this county and entered one hundred and twenty acres of land at Government price, in the south- eastern part of Fremont township, where he still resides. The place was wild, and wolves and other animals were plenty. Mr. Blanchard was among the earliest settlers of this township, and experienced many of the hardships of a pioneer. He has succeeded in building up a com- fortable and pleasant home. He has a good house, a part of it built in 1858, and the remainder in 1869. He has also a fine barn, thirty by fifty-six feet. There is also an orchard and a fine grove of maples, affording excellent shelter from the winds. Mr. Blanchard was married in 1856 to Miss Amelia Nelson, who was born in the northwestern part of Pennsylvania in 1837. Their children are: Auldice M., born November 9, 1857, died February 23, 1863; Elmer Howard, born April 25, 1861 ; Clarence, born April 20, 1863; Merritt N., born May 27, 1867; Delbert S., born March 22, 1870, Mr. Blanchard is a good, sound Republican. His is a fine family, and highly respected. He is one of Buchanan's old settlers and one of its solid men to-day.
Hugh Roney was born in Down county, Ireland, in
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1821. At the age of nineteen years he came to Amer- ica and settled in Bangor, Maine, where he lived twenty- one years, working at moulding in an iron foundry. In 1861 he moved to Dubuque county, Iowa, where he re- mained seven years, farming in Prairie Creek township. In the spring of 1869 he came to Buchanan county and purchased the farm of two hundred and forty acres on which he now resides. He has a good house, a fine farm, a good orchard, etc. In 1846 Mr. Roney was mar- ried Miss Sarah to Ann Cochran, who was born in Bangor, Maine, in 1828. Following are the names and dates of births of their children: John C., October 15, 1847; Hugh H., February 17, 1849; Celia S., November 29, 1850; Robert E., April 5, 1852: James E., March 3, 1854; Mary E., March 11, 1856; Sarah A., June 13, 1858; William F., April 21, 1860; Margaret E., April 22, 1862; Jane M., February 11, 1865; Catharine, De- cember 6, 1867; Loretta, October 14, 1869; Hugh F., December 2, 1873. Mr. and Mrs. Roney belong to the Catholic church. They are intelligent, agreeable peo- ple, and are reckoned among our most worthy and respected citizens. Mr. Roney is a hard-working, pros- perous farmer, and has earned all his property by his own labor. He keeps about one hundred head of cattle, and does a good business. He is, most emphatically, a self-made man and richly deserves his success.
Patrick Gallery was born in Clare county, Ireland, in 1825. In the year 1852 he came to the United States. He lived two years in Brooklyn, New York, then went to Massachusetts, where he lived, near Springfield, about fourteen years, working in a quarry and farming. In 1868 he moved to Buchanan county and purchased one hundred and sixty acres in Fremont. He has since
added, and has now four hundred acres in all, making a inost excellent farm. The place was unimproved, but Mr. Gallery has made a superior farm of it. He built his house himself, and has a neat and pretty home in a fine location. He has a young orchard of over one hundred trees, and is making improvements continually. Mr. Gallery was married in 1856 to Miss Joanna MeGrath, of Tipperary county, Ireland. They have five children, born as follows: James A., May 14, 1857; Ellen N., December 7, 1859; Daniel M., September 27, 1861; Francis P., November 12, 1863; Edmund, August 23, 1865. Mr. and Mrs. Gallery belong to the Catholic church. They are worthy citizens and have a fine home. Mr. Gallery is an industrious and business-like farmer; starting poor, he has built up a fine property by his own exertions. He is a man of intelligence and everywhere respected.
John W. Bloom was born in Clearfield county, Penn- sylvania, in 1851. In 1865 he came to Iowa with his father, Peter Bloom, and settled in Byron township, where he spent his boyhood. He has travelled consid- erably; in 1867 he went to Missouri, and was there a year, farming, working on a railroad, shoemaking, etc. In 1868 he went to Wisconsin. In 1869 he went to Pennsylvania, where he remained about six years, work- ing in the lumber woods. In 1877 he returned to Iowa, and has since resided in Fremont. Mr. Bloom was married April 3, 1878, to Miss Mary E. Sampson, who was born in Wayne county, Pennsylvania, in 1852. They have two children-Ross H., born April 29, 1879, and Ethel Alice, born November 25, 1880. Mr. Bloom and wife are very pleasant young people and enjoy the respect and esteem of a large number of friends.
WESTBURGH.
NAME.
At a meeting of the residents of the township, for the purpose of selecting a name and taking necessary steps for making an application to the court for an order to organize, M. D). Weston, who lived in the north part of the township, desired to have it called "Weston," for him; but those in the southern part of the township ob- jected, unless the word "burgh" was substituted for "on," which all agreed to: hence the name.
ORGANIZATION.
The township was organized in the fall of 1860, by an order of the county court, as follows:
"In the county court of said county: Be it known, that, on the petition of M. D. Weston and others, the
court aforesaid, this sixth day of August, A. D. 1860, constitutes and forms a new township, eighty-eight, range ten, in said county ; and it is ordered by the court afore- said that the new township thus formed be called by the name of Westburgh, in accord with the wishes of the voters thereof."
The first election was held at the house of John R. Sabin, and at that time there were sixteen voters, all of whom were present except J. W. Goen, who was sick of fever. 1. N. Myers was chosen clerk, and filled the office for a number of years thereafter; John Bowder, assessor; M. D. Weston, P. G. Davis, and Eli Lizer, trustees ; John R. Sabin and D. M. Noyes, justices; Isaac A. Williamson and R. A. Whitlock, constables ; Eli Lizer, road supervisor. All went home feeling
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honored with an office, with the exception of Robert Stewart, W. B. Wilkinson, J. R. Noyes, Benjamin Cain and Peter Cox. Only four of the sixteen are now living in the township, J. H. Goen, Benjamin Cain, Isaac W. Wilkinson, and Eli Lizer. Six of the number have crossed the peaceful river, and taken up their abode in their long home ; these are P. G. Davis, M. D. Weston, R. N. Whitlock, John R. Sabin, W. B. Wilkinson, and J. R. Noyes. The remaining five are in Iowa-John Bowder is in Jefferson township, Buchanan county; I. N. Myers in Denison; J. M. Noyes in Jesup: Peter Cox in Black Hawk county.
At the election in 1880 one hundred and fifty votes were cast.
SOIL.
The soil is a dark loam, and in quality ranks with the best in the county; it is excellent land for farming and dairy purposes. The people are all engaged in agricul- ture, raising stock and dairying. There are some large farms, and among them those of Robert Stewart, with six hundred and eighty-three acres; Henry Cooke, six hundred and ninety acres; James Farris and son, James F. Farris, six hundred and forty acres; Peter Ham, five hundred acres.
TIMBER, CREEKS, ETC.
There is but little native timber in the township, per- haps forty acres lying in the southwest corner. There are, however, many fine groves about the dwellings of the farmers, covering acres, that give the landscape a fine appearance, changing the otherwise dull monotony of the scene.
There are two creeks in the township-Lime creek in the east, and Spring creek in the west. At the head of the last named stands a creamery. Large wind-mills are seen at many of the farm-houses.
In this township there are no organized religious soci- eties, the inhabitants attending church at Independence and Jesup. Nor is there a cemetery in Jefferson or Per- ry township.
SETTLEMENTS.
Peter Cox, with his mother, came from Indiana in 1849, and made the first permanent settlement, building the first house or shanty. About a month afterward, he purchased the land upon which he settled from the Gov- ernment. The place is now owned and occupied by Isaac A. Wilkinson. Mr. Cox is a resident of Black Hawk county, Iowa. He was married in 1859, and has five children.
D. M. Noyes settled here with his family in 1859. He was prominent in organizing the township, and one of its first magistrates. He lived here eight years, then went to Michigan ; a few years ago he returned to the county, and is now a resident of Jesup. He had four children : Mary J., wife of Isaac A. Wilkinson, who is now living in the township; Ellen J., wife of G. J. Cor- win, residing in Dakota; Alice E., wife of D. J. Stafford, living in Dakota; and Gertie S., wife of William Com- ford, living in this township on the same farm where Mr. Noyes first commenced. He was a native of Vermont.
Peter Ham came in 1855, and settled on the same
farm where he now resides. He has a family of eight children. By energy and close application to business he has become one of the best and most properous farmers. He has a farm of five hundred acres, a large two-story house, and everything in keeping with them.
J. H. Goen came here from Indiana in 1857, and now lives where he stuck his first stake. He has a family of four children. His oldest son, L. W. Goen, is the edi- tor of the Conservative, a weekly paper published at In- dependence.
W. B. Wilkinson and family came to this State and settled here in 1855, on section thirty-one. He had a large family. He died in 1865. His widow and S. M. Wilkinson occupied the homestead for some time after- wards.
John R. Sabin and family, in 1856, came from In- diana and settled in the centre of the township. The first election was held at his house, the place now owned and occupied by Mathew Steward. Mr. Sabin is dead.
Phillip Ham came, in 1856, and remained some five years, and then, becoming tired of the west, went to Illi- nois, where he now resides.
Patrick Shine settled here in 1857. He was a native of Ireland. He died about 1862. His widow and family still own and occupy the old homestead.
M. D. Weston, one of the organizers of the township, came with his family in 1858. About 1868, he went to Dakota and there died.
John Bowder settled here in the fall of 1854. His was the second shanty that stood forth on the prairie sea of Westburgh. The house in which he lived was made of slabs driven down into the ground, and fastened at the top, with neither floor, windows, or door; and the place where the door should have been, a blanket or buffalo skin was hung. Here their first child was born, John Sylvester Bowder. Mrs. Bowder in speaking of her residence then says: "I never at any time in my life en- joyed myself better, although I have since, and do now, live in a much better house. Mr. Bowder resided there until 1862, when he returned to Jefferson township, where he now lives, on the old Bowder homestead, that attracted his attention in early manhood. They have twelve children: John Sylvester, Jacob, Matilda, Ann, George W., Rosa Bella, is now dead, Ida Kotre, Lillie B., Lincoln, Della May, Sarah Ella, Jim, Clarinda. Two of his children are married: John Sylvester to Laura Romig; Matilda to Albert D). Hook. Mr. Bowder was born in Pennsylvania, February 6, 1830. He was married in Jefferson township, to Anna Bouche, in the fall of 1853. He has there a farm of three hundred and thirteen acres in a good state of cultivation, well-stocked fields, yards, and everything connected with the farm in first-class order, where he lives in peace and quiet. He is a jolly, whole-souled German, whose heart and hand are ever open to any and all.
The first wedding was Isaac A. Wilkinson to Mary E. Noyes, May 3, 1864, and they are still living in the town- ship and have one child. The Rev. Edwin Champlin tied the knot that made them one.
The leading productions are corn, oats, tame grass,
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and dairy products. Many of the farmers have from twenty to thirty cows, and some as high as seventy-five, and used solely for dairying.
ORCHARDS.
H. C. Merrill has an orchard of about forty acres. It is young but is quite remunerative indeed. There are quite a number of smaller ones. Thomas Taylor is also the owner of a good and productive orchard, new and joining Mr. Merrill's. A. R. Davis has also one of about ten acres.
Nearly all of the orchards here, which is probably true with every township in the county, are yet young. Our people were under the necessity of experimenting to find out what varieties were best suited to the climate, and now are meeting with success.
SCHOOLS.
In 1861 and 1862, a school was opened at the house of D. M. Noyes, and had ten scholars. George Heller teacher.
The same winter there was another one at the house of William B. Wilkinson, with eight scholars, taught by Libbie Murphy.
The next spring two school-houses were built-one near the residence of D. M. Noyes, which is now stand- ing, and another in about the centre of the township, near Peter Ham. Mary E. Noyes taught one of the schools the next summer. Among the early teachers were George Fuller, Mary E. Noyes (now Mrs. Isaac A. Wilkinson), I. N. Myer, Edward Noyes. There are now in this township seven schools.
CREAMERIES.
In the spring of 1878, R. R. Miller and Mr. Harris started a creamery at the Miller big spring, in the north part of the township, and one and one-half miles south of Jesup, known as "Big Spring creamery." In the spring of 1879, Honorable Isaac Muncy bought a third interest in the creamery, and the firm is now Miller, Harris & Company. In 1879 they started a branch creamery at the farm of l'. Labor, two miles northwest, and, in 1880, one at Spring Creek, Black Hawk county, and Barclay township, the former seven and the latter eight miles away. In 1881 they made still further ad- ditions-one at Caldwell's springs and residence of F. F. Rice, Barclay, and at Charles Campbell's farm Payner township. The milk is received and cream raised at these branches, but the churning is all done at the home creamery, in Westburgh. In 1880 the daily number of pounds of milk received was fifteen thousand pounds, and churned six hundred pounds of butter. From April 20, 1880, to December 1, 1880, theyreceived two million four hundred and eight thousand . two hundred and ninety-two pounds of milk, and manufactured eighty- eight thousand four hundred and forty-seven pounds of butter, and paid in cash for milk sixteen thousand nine hundred and seventy-two dollars. The first two years the firm used horse and water-power. Not deeming that sufficient to do the work, in 1880 they put into the factory an eight horse-power engine, and two large churns
are used with a capacity of one hundred and fifty pounds each.
The firm has, at their creamery, inachinery for making cheese, which they will engage largely in in the season of 1881.
In 1879, Robert Stewart built a creamery on his farm in about the centre of the township, and that season commenced making butter. He has but one churn, with a capacity of one hundred pounds of butter, and invariably churned once a day. He has two men em- ployed in the creamery. Horse-power is used for churn- ing and pumping water. It is called Stewart's creamery.
WESTBURGH PERSONAL SKETCHES.
James Farris was born in Scotland, near Castle Doug- las, on the twelfth day of January, 1816. When about twenty-one years of age he emigrated to America, settling in Rhode Island, where he followed farming for eleven years. About the year 1846, he with his family removed to Clayton county, this State, and remained there the ensuing twenty years ; at the end of which time he, having bought a farm in this county, removed to it, and has since been one of our leading citizens. Mr. Farris was married in Scotland to Miss Grace Roan, of New Galoway. They have four children living and one deceased, who was the wife of Mr. N. S. Barger, of Hampton county. The living are : Grace .1., Elizabeth J., Matthew R., and James W. The eldest married R. Benedict, of Jesup; the second is the wife of W. S. Shultz, of the same place. The parents are members of the Presbyterian church.
Mr. Samuel Hulett was born in Windsor, Vermont, on the twenty-ninth day of August, 1801. With the ex- ception of about twelve years spent in the State of New York, he lived in his native town until the year 1857, when he moved to Kalamazoo, Michigan. There he engaged in mercantile business till the year 1867. In the year 1855, however, he, while travelling for his health, came to Buchanan county, where he bought a half section of land, one-quarter section of which he still owns and on which he now resides. This he has improved by buildings and the planting of a grove until, in some respects, it is far ahead of any other in West- burgh township. Mr. Hulett has been thrice married ; in 1823 to Miss Mary Savage, of Windsor, Vermont, who died February 10, 1842 ; on the fifth of May, 1844, to Miss Harriet R. Taylor, of the same place-by this marriage Mr. Hulett had two children, who were left without a mother on the twenty-fourth of April, 1855 ; again on the fourth of April, 1867, to Betsy Fuller, of Kalamazoo, Michigan. The children's names were: Mary Emma, and Julius C., both of whom are dead. Julius died September 25, 1856, in his tenth year ; Mary Emma, June 9, 1861, in the eighth year of her age. Mr. and Mrs. Hulett, although deprived of their children, seem to enjoy life, and, although Mr. Hulett is now in his eightieth year, he is as quick in his move- ments as most of our young men. He is one of those Green mountain sprouts so noted for their toughness. He superintends his farm and still does considerable
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work. There are few older men in the county. Maples from seeds of his planting are now a foot in diameter.
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Lucian Stevens, was born in Vermont, November 1, 1830. In April, 1853, he left Vermont for Connecticut, where he lived two years, working a machine shop in Meriden. From there he came to Buchanan connty, arriving at Independence, April 23, 1855, where he lived twenty-five years, with the exception of the time he spent in the army. In April, 1867, he moved to his farm in Westburgh township, where he still resides. On New Year's day, 1851, Mr. Stevens was married to Miss Julia Hill, of Waterford, Vermont. She was the daughter of Mr. Walton Hill, of the same place, and was eighteen years old at the time of their marriage. They have a family of nine children : Louisa M. W., born May 23, 1852, who is the wife of George Worth, of Waterloo ; Ellen, J., March 8, 1854 ; Elletta A., Janu- ary 20, 1856, who married Mr. Herman Messenger, of Independence ; Sarah J., October 9, 1858; Alfred 1 .. , June 15, 1860 ; Emma M., February 27, 1862 ; Ada F., 1 September 17, 1866; Armanella M., November 22, 1869 ; Seldom S., November 22, 1874.
Mr. Stevens was a soldier of the Twenty-seventh Iowa infantry. Leaving a family of six children and wife de- pendent upon him for support, he went to the front and served his country three years, being mustered out as a corporal. He was with the regiment, and was engaged in all the campaigns with which it was connected.
Mr. James H. Goen was born in Hawkins county, Tennessee, July 8, 1832. When he was about ten years of age his father moved to southern Indiana, where they lived nearly eleven years. After leaving that State and travelling considerably for a couple of years, Mr. Goen, in the year 1855, entered one hundred and sixty acres of Government land in what is now Westburgh township, but at that time unorganized. After a winter spent in Minnesota, and more than a year at running a saw-mill on Spring creek, Mr. Goen married, and not long after moved to his farm. . He was married Septem- ber 25, 1856, to Miss Lavisa M. Sabin, of Westburgh. She is the daughter of Mr. John R. Sabin, of the same township. They have had five children, all of whom are living, with the exception of one who died in infancy. They are Lewis W., well known as the editor of the In- dependence Conservative; Clara A., who is the wife of Edwin Chaplin, of Black Hawk county; Francis MI., the second son, who is at present in the northwestern part of the State; and the youngest, Edwin H., now in his seventh year. ' Mr. Goen is one of our self-made men, and owes his prosperity to nothing but his own exertions. He has demonstrated the fact that a man can make a beautiful home in a new country, and at the same time give his children the advantages of a good education. He has been a life-long example to all who know him, of a complete, upright man.
Malachi Mason was born in Erie county, New York, March 16, 1819. He was twenty-four years old when he left the State for McHenry county, Illinois, where he lived until the year 1859, at which time he moved to Rockford, same State. In the spring of 1864 Mr. Mason
came to his farm in this county, on which he has lived up to the present time, and which he has made a very pleasant home. Has one of the best orchards in the county, with small fruits, and the many things which go to make up a comfortable home. On August 29, 1844, Mr. Mason was married to Miss Maria L. Maxsom, of Newport, New York. She is a daughter of Rev. Varnum Maxsom, of the same place. They have had a family of four children, two of whom died in infancy. The living are Francis A., born November 21, 1847, who is a teacher in the Independence schools; Sheldon G., born March 31, 1850, who lives on the home place and is en- gaged in farming and shipping. He is head of the firm of Mason & Stewart, wholesale shippers of butter. He has had considerable experience as a business man for one of his years. Has been connected with the insur- ance business, and has also had experience on the road as a salesman of nursery stock. Mrs. Lucy Mason, his estimable wife, is the daughter of Mr. C. S. Thurber, of the firm of H. K. & F. B. Thurber, the wholesale grocers of New York city. She was born July 25, 1852, and was married to Mr. Mason March 3, 1878. They have one daughter -- Mary L., born March 17, 18So.
Peter Ham was born in Cayuga county, New York, on the ninth day of April, 1827. When he was but three years of age, his father, William H. Ham, moved to Putnam county, Illinois, where they lived until he reached the age of twenty-seven years. In the year 1854 Mr. Ham moved to Iowa, where he entered eighty acres of Government land, and bought eighty. Here he began by improving his farm, having to overcome the disadvantages of an isolated position for a number of years, while Independence was getting started. Depend- ing on the fire-break-consisting of a strip of plowed land around the premises-for protection from the sweep- ing prairie fires which were of frequent occurrence in those times. But in spite of all the dangers and priva- tions incident to a new country, he soon made a com- fortable home. He has now, a well improved farm with all that goes to make a pleasant home. Mr. Ham has, however, not worked single handed, for before settling in this new country, he chose what has proven to be a most excellent partner and help-meet, in his wife. She was Harriet N., daughter of Mr. William B. Wilkinson, one of the first settlers in Independence. She was born in Providence, Rhode Island, October 27, 1831, and married October 16, 1850. They have eight children, all living: Harley F., a farmer of Westburgh township ; born September 24, 1851 ; Leoti M., born October 11, 1856; Nora R., born September 10, 1861 (she is the wife of Mr. Fred Stumma); Henry B., born August 6, 1863; Charlie O., born September 24, 1868; Albert G., born May 17, 1870; William O., born March 24, 1872; and the youngest, Peter M., who was born January 17, 1875.
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