History of Buchanan County, Iowa, with illustrations and biographical sketches, Part 75

Author: Williams bros., Cleveland, pub. [from old catalog]; Riddle, A. G. (Albert Gallatin), 1816-1902
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Cleveland, Williams brothers
Number of Pages: 574

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In many of the prosperous towns of Iowa, some of the best of the early settlers and business men had already learned the science, intellectually and morally, and also

the art, speculatively and practically, inseparably con- nected with the mystic tie of Masonry.

Before a railroad had reached Buchanan county, or the valley of the Wapsipinicon had been settled by the thousands who now occupy it, the few Masons of Inde- pendence and vicinity determined to avail themselves of the benefits of the organized form of Masonry. They accordingly petitioned the grand master for a dispensa- tion, which was granted by John F. Sanford, grand mas- ter, April 16, 1856, and the lodge worked under the dis- pensation with the following officers and members, who were the petitioners for the dispensation: John Bogart, W. M .; John C. Ozias, S. W .; John Smyser, J. W .; John W. Westfall, secretary: P. H. Plais, T. W. Close, I. S. Freeman.

On the fourth day of June, of the same year, the grand lodge of Iowa granted a charter to the said breth- ren, under the name of Independence Lodge No. 87. At that date the names of two thousand one hundred and fourteen Masons were borne on the rolls of the sev- eral lodges in the State. This lodge was regularly con- stituted under the charter, by P. M. Keeler, on the eighteenth day of June, 1856, and so prosperous had the lodge become, that they had built and furnished a new hall, which was, on the thirty-first day of December, 1857, dedicated to Masonic uses by District Grand Mas- ter 1 .. B. Fleek. This hall was occupied by the lodge until 1872, when it was torn down for the purpose of erecting other buildings.

The new hall, which had been erected upon the ruins of the old, being completed, the same was duly dedi- cated to Masonic uses on the twenty-fourth day of June, A. D. 1873, by Joseph Chapman, grand master of Iowa. This hall was among the largest in the State, and was furnished in a substantial manner, and the lodge was supplied with all the necessary furniture for the work of the lodge.

This lodge room was occupied less than one year when the fire fiend, having a special spite against the city of Independence, laid in ruins the greater part of the business portion of the city; and, with the rest, the Masonic hall. The loss to the Masonic lodge by this fire was about fifteen hundred dollars, upon which there was an insurance of one thousand dollars. All the prop- erty of the lodge was burned, except the records and a part of the jewels. This fire occurred on the twenty- fifth day of May, A. D. 1874: and, on the eighteenth day of November, 1874, the lodge commenced its labors in the hall now occupied by them.

'The lodge now numbers ninety-five members, and has lost by death and otherwise since its organization, one hundred and twenty-six members. Of the charter members J. Bogart, J. Smyser, J. C. Ozias, and T. W. Close are dead. There are also four other lodges in this county- one at Jesup, one at Fairbank, one at Winthrop, and one at Quasqueton, the charter members of which were mostly members of the Independence lodge before the

formation of these lodges. We have lost by death twenty who were members at the time of their death. Independence lodge had, at the time of the fire, a Ma- .

*Contributed by D. S. Deering.

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sonic library of sixty volumes which were all burned, except four or five volumes, which were in the hands of members at the time.

Of the other lodges in this county, Fairbank Lodge No. 148 was chartered June 6, 1860, and, at the time of the last report had thirty-one members. Siloam Lodge No. 222, at Jesup, was chartered June 3, 1868, and has thirty members. Shiloh Lodge No. 247, at Winthrop, was chartered June 2, 1869, and has thirty-seven mem- bers. Prospect Lodge No. 350, at Quasqueton, was chartered June 6, 1876, and has twenty-seven members, making the total number of members on the first day of May, 1880, in this county, two hundred and twenty.

Since the organization of Independence lodge its prog- ress has been steady and its work well done. The con- duct of its members in public is to be judged by the public; and their acts as Masons, in disseminating the principles and teachings of Masonry, and in practising its charities, are not for the public eye; but its good works are left to carry their moral influences forward in a peculiar way, without blowing a trumpet of self praise.

CAPITULAR MASONRY.

The introduction of the associate branches of Mason- ry In the west resulted from the good work done in the lodges. Royal Arch chapters were established next in order, and now exist in nearly all the counties in the State.

The first grand convocation was held at Mount Pleas- ant on the eighth day of June, A. D. 1854. At this meeting there were but four chapters represented, and on the first day of October, 1880, there were reported ninety subordinate chapters in the state, with a member- ship of four thousand five hundred and thirty-three.

Aholiab Chapter, No. 21, at Independence, Iowa, commenced work under dispensation issued by E. W. Eastman, G. H. P., December 25, 1857, and their first meeting was held January 2, 1858, with the following of- ficers:

G. Warne, H. P .; J. B. Thomas, C. H .; J. M. West- fall, K .; E. Brewer, P. S .; W. O. Smith, S .; T. B. Bul- lem, R. A. C.

The other members were J. Smyser, J. C. Ozias, J. M. Miller, and B. D. Reed.

On the fifteenth day of October, 1858, a charter was granted to said chapter, and the saine was duly consti- tuted by Kimball Porter, grand king, on the twenty- fourth day of November, 1858.

The chapter has had its home in the same hall with the lodge, and has therefore shared in the losses by fire in common with the lodge. The chapter bore upon its roll, at the annual report on October 1, 1880, the names of forty-nine members.

ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD.

Commanderies of Knights Templar were organized in Iowa in 1857, and a grand commandery for the State was established at Des Moines on the sixth day of June, 1864, at which time there were three subordinate com- manderies in the State. There are now thirty-seven subordinate bodies, with a membership of one thousand nine hundred and seventy-one.

Kenneth Commandery of Knights Templar at In- dependence was organized under a dispensation issued October 10, 1877, to W. G. Donnan, H. S. Ames, H. O. Dockham, B. G. Taylor, E. Brewer, J. A. Poor, J. S. Anderson, D. S. Deering, E. W. Conable, H. Ely, R. Creighton, J. P. Percy, R. S. Undyke, and J. Rhodes.

The commandery worked under a dispensation one year, and, on the seventeenth day of October, 1878, a charter was granted, and the commandery was numbered thirty-two on the register of the grand commandery, and was duly constituted by F. Neeley, R. E. G. C., on the fifth day of November, A. D., 1878, with the following offi- cers: W. G. Donnan, E. C .; J. A. Poor, G .; E. W. Conable, E. G .; J. S. Anderson, president; R. Brewer, treasurer; D. S. Deering, recording secretary; B. G. Taylor, S. W .; H. S. Ames, J. W .; E. O. Craig, St. B .; J. H. Plane, Sw. B .; H. O. Dockham, W .; A. Woodruff, sentinel.

The commandery now numbers twenty-six members, and has lost by death and otherwise, since its organiza- tion, five members.

INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOW'S.

A lodge of the above order was organized at Inde- pendence, July 25, 1866, with but six members, viz .: W. H. Barton, P. G .; E. A. Alexander, W. P .; T. J. Merrinus, Joseph Evers, Eli Ozias and M. Winters. Their first officers were: W. H. Barton, N. G .; E. A. Alexander, V. G .; Eli Ozias, secretary; Joseph Evers, treasurer. The lodge was instituted by J. J. Edgerton, D. D. G. M., of Eldora. On May 25, 1874, this lodge lost its charter, books and regalia in the great fire of that date. They immediately obtained a place of meeting, sent for new regalia and went to work, and by autumn of that year were occupying an elegantly furnished hall, which is their present place of meeting. Their furniture, fixtures, etc .; are valued at one thousand two hundred dollars, mortgage on real estate seven hundred, and cash on hand two hundred dollars. The present membership is ninety-four and the officers are G. P. Hopkins, N. G .; H. Gates, V. G .; J. J. Travers, treas- urer; A. H. Fondee, secretary; and the trustees are M. B. Tims, J. Wiley and H. Friell. This lodge is hailed and known as Independence Lodge No. 142.

INDEPENDENCE ENCAMPMENT NO. 56 OF I. O. O. F.

This order was organized here January 14, 1873, with twelve members, viz .: L. W. Hart, Ira Alexander, M. B. Tims, A. F. Williams, J. W. Johnson, O. M. Pond, W. G. Beals, C. B. Kandy, A. J. Bonley, S. R. Shipley, WV. Francis, and William Wood. The officers were : O. M. Pond, C. P .; L. W. Hart, H. P .; A. J. Bowley, S. W .; M. B. Tims, J. W .; Ira Alexander, scribe; A. F. Williams, treasurer. The lodge was instituted by S. S. Winnall, chief patriarch of the State. The present offi- cers are : D. W. Bruckart, C. P .; J. A. Vincent, H. P .; J. S. Woodward, S. W .; William Wood, J. W .; M. B. Tims, scribe ; J. Wiley, treasurer, and has a membership of thirty.

ANCIENT ORDER OF UNITED WORKMEN.

Evergreen Lodge No. 24 of A. O. U. W., was organized here April 15, 1875, with twenty-one charter members,

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and instituted by H. W. Holman, D. D., G. M. W. The first officers were D. B. Sanford, P. M. W .; J. L. Loomis, M. W .; D. W. Bruchart, foreman; George B. Warne, overseer ; C. D. Jones, recorder; E. B. Backus, guide; W. S. Luthur, receiver; George A. Williams, financier ; C. B. Kandy, watchman; James A. Poor, George B. Warne and E. E. Backus, trustees.

The present membership is ninety-seven, and the offi- cers are: W. N. Kellogg, P. M. W .; Joseph Evers, M. W .; R. B. Feister, foreman; John Smith, overseer; D. B. Sanford, recorder; W. P. McGuire, guide; J. J. Travis, receiver; E. L. Wilcox, financier; H. A. Cramer, watchman; Solomon Baum, George B. Smallie, and James A. Poor, trustees.

The examining physicians are H. C. Markham and S. G. Wilson. There have been but two deaths-O. H. P. Roszell, October, 1877, and E. B. Backus, January, 1881. On the death of a member, his heirs, or the party he may designate, receives two thousand dollars.

KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS.

Crescent Lodge, No. 46, was organized here May 14, 1879, with thirty members, and instituted by R. S. Hill, G. C. C.

The officers were: J. A. Vincint, P. C .; S. Newman, C. C .; William Westerman, V. C. C .; George B. Warne, prelate; R. M. Campbell, M. of F .; H. P. Browne, M. of E .; C. A. Gillam, R. of N. and S .; O. D. Burr, M. at A .; Toman, S. G. ; E. S. Wilcox, O. C.

The present membership is fifty, and the officers are: O. M. Gillett, P.C. ; C. N. Wallace, C. C .; S. S. Toman, V. C. C .; N. Appleman, prelate; W. L. Evers, M. at A .; D. Donnan, M. of F .; C. A. Gillam, R. of N. and S .; G. P. Hopkins, M. of E .; C. S. Cole, I. G .; W. H. Stewart, O. G.

CHURCHES OF INDEPENDENCE. METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH

Standing first in point of time, among the various religious organizations of Independence is the Methodist Episcopal church. No sooner had a few families formed the nucleus of the coming city, than we find her mission- ary, in the person of Rev. Harvey Taylor, of Illinois, wending his way towards the new settlement to proclaim the Gospel as believed in and taught by her founders and votaries. Tarrying awhile at Pine creek, and then at the old log school house near the residence of Mr. John Boone, we soon find him preaching in the newly built residence of N. A. Bassett, on the west side of the river, now known as the Hart place, owned by L. J. Curtis, esq.

In the fall of 1850 the first signs of organic life appeared in the formation of a class consisting of Henry Sparling, his wife, their four children-Edwin, James, Emily, and Mary-Isaac Sufficool, Mrs. Hathaway, and perhaps one or two others. Henry Sparling was ap- pointed leader-a position he retained, with the excep- tion of one year, till the day of his death, in 1879. His widow, from whom much of the early history of the church is obtained by the writer, is still an honored member.

In March, 1852, a board of trustees was elected by the society, composed of H. Sparling, Orin Lewis, Isaac Sufficool, George Whait, William Logan, N. A. Bassett, and R. W. Wright, in whose barn the first quarterly meeting was held. These had all previously become members of the church. In July of the same year a lot was purchased of Ephraim Miller, and a contract entered into with N. A. Bassett to build a house of worship, which, however, does not seem to have been carried into full effect until some four years later. In the meantime the society was not idle; for, in the fall of 1853, another lot was purchased by the trustees, on which a parsonage was erected, which served as both residence and house of worship until the completion of the church in 1856. This (the parsonage) has since been sold, and is now the property of J. B. Turner. The church was an unpretentious one-story building, twenty-two by thirty feet, to which was added eighteen feet in length, two years later, under the pastorate of Rev. D. Poor. Pre- vious to this, Mr. and Mrs. Denton, Newman Curtis, W. A. Jones and wife, Henry Mead and wife, and many others, had become more or less active members of the growing society.

The first vacancy occurred in the board of trustees by the death of George Whait, in 1853; which was filled by the election of John Cameron. In the year following Adam Miller became trustee in the place of Orrin Lewis, removed from the place; and still a year later, Thomas Cameron was chosen to fill the vacancy caused by the withdrawal of Dr. R. W. Wright. In the fall of 1856, by a division of the field, the two Camerons and Suffi- cool were assigned to another charge. Adam Miller had removed, so that the choice of four new trustees became a necessity. These were found in M. V. Bush, A. C. Blakely, H. C. Dean, and J. E. Voak; the two latter being succeeded a year later by William A. Jones and H. Mead. In May, 1864, articles of incorporation were filed, with H. Kinsley, H. Sparling, William Sampson, William A. Jones, Enos A. Sheldon, Samuel C. Luckey, and Joseph Evers, as trustees.

Measures were soon after taken looking to the erection of a new church edifice, which, after various changes of plans and numerous delays, resulted in the present two- story brick building forty by seventy-six feet, with well adapted Sunday-school and class rooms. The corner stone was laid, with appropriate ceremonies, on the twenty-eighth of May, 1868, by Rev. A. K. Sanford, of New York conference; the final dedication taking place September 19, 1869, Rev. R. M. Hatfield, D. D., officia- ting. Total cost of building and furnishing seventeen thousand dollars. In the summer of 1874 the spire, which towered one hundred and eighty-two feet above the foundation walls, was blown down and has never been replaced. After years of adverse circumstances, largely the consequence of a heavy debt, the church is to-day unencumbered; has a membership of upwards of two hundred and fifty, and is enjoying a good degree of spiritual prosperity.

Besides those already mentioned are the following, who have borne official relations from time to time:

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J. S. Rouck, Newman Curtis, G. D. Stephenson, L. W. Hart, A. J. Bowley, Lyman J. Curtis, D. B. Sanford, J. P. Sampson, J. L. Winnegar, S. Waggoner, N. Burr, A. Breles, W. G. Breles, D. L. Smith, M. H. Sanford, A. F. Williams, W. Francis, W. H. Hosmer, N. J. Peck, John Lesher, P. Graham, H. P. Benton, John Hollett, W. E. Kellogg, M. Dolphin, E. Murphy, L. Hayford, James A. Wells, B. R. Smith, E. A. Palmer, S. G. Carter, S. S. Welch, and doubtless some others.

A very efficient Ladies' Aid society has been sustained for many years. It's present officers are Mrs. H. H. Waggoner, president; Mrs. E. P. Baker, vice-president ; Miss Ella M. Smyser, secretary and treasurer. The fol- lowing have officiated as pastors for the times specified: Rev. Harvey Taylor, 1850-1; Rev. William Shippen, 1852-3; Rev. William N. Brown, 1853-5; Rev. S. S. Ashbaugh, Sanford Halbert, 1855-6; Rev. J. L. Kelley, 1856; Rev. David Poor, 1857-9; Rev. D. La Mont, 1859-60; Rev. William Sampson, 1860-62; Rev. S. Knickerbocker, 1862-3; Rev. S. C. Freer, 1863-4; Rev. R. N. Earhart, 1864-5; Rev. H. H. Fairall, 1865-6; Rev. W. P. Watkins, 1866-7; Rev. S. A. Lee, 1867-8; Rev. William Lease, 1868-71; Rev. W, H. Sparling, 1871-2; Rev. H. S. Church, 1872-5; Rev. D. Sheffer, 1875-6; Rev. F. C. Wolf, 1876-7; Rev. F. M. Robertson, 1877-80; Rev. J. A. Ward, 1880-I.

Of those who, during the thirty years of the society's existence, have borne her burdens and shared her joys, some have been called to the church above, some have been cast out as unworthy, many have removed to other fields, while a goodly number still remain as living mem- bers of the great earthly church of the living God.

THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

of Independence, was organized December 16, 1854, with sixteen members, only two of whom are now resid- ing here. The first pastor was Rev. Thomas G. Garver, from July, 1854, to June, 1856. Samuel Wilson and Albert Clarke were the original members of its session ; and the first board of trustees were Elsy Wilson, J. B. Thomas, A. B. Clarke and H. Bryant.

In 1856, the society purchased the lot, and erected a small brick church, on the east side of the river, on the site where the German Presbyterian church now stands. In the fall of 1856, Rev. J. M. Boggs was called to the pastorate of this church, and continued to serve with great acceptability until October, 1869, when, on ac- count of failing health, he resigned the charge. He was succeeded by Rev. W. B. Phelps, who faithfully and efficiently served as pastor from May, 1870, to May, 1880. His successor was Rev. J. H. Ritchey, the pres- ent pastor, whose labors as such commenced July 1, IS80.

William C. Morris was elected member of the church session in 1858; W, G. Donnan, N. N. Sykes, in 1865 ; A. B. Clarke and J. F. Coy, in 1869; J. B. Donnan and J. H. Morrill, in 1871. Albert Clarke, who, from the first, had been a most active, reliable and liberal mem- ber and officer, was removed by death in 1868, and Samuel Wilson in 1870. The present session consists of W. G. Donnan, A. B. Clarke, J. F. Coy and J. B.

Donnan. The present board of trustees are D. F. Bis. bee, H. Williamson, J. C. Holloway W. S. Boggs and H. B. Barber.

In 1868 the society erected, on West Main street, a large brick church, at a cost of about thirteen thousand dollars, which it now occupies free from debt. Its choir, under the efficient direction of J. G. Whitney, has long been known as one of the best in this section of the State. Its Sunday-school has been steadily main- tained ever since the organization of the society, and numbers nearly one hundred and fifty scholars. The church has had a steady growth, and now consists of nearly two hundred members. The society has been self-supporting for the last thirteen years; and now raises for congregational expenses about sixteen hundred dollars annually, and contributes freely to all the boards of the church. The Ladies' Foreign Missionary society in connection with this church has, for many years, con- tributed one hundred dollars annually towards the sup- port of a female missionary in the foreign field.

This society is financially the strongest in this county at the present time, but it derives additional strength from the degree of harmony and concord which has existed during all the years of its history.

ST. JAMES' PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH.

The first church service held in Independence was on Thursday evening, July 31, A. D. 1856, in the Methodist chapel, the Right Rev. Henry Washington Lee, D. D. LL D., bishop of Iowa, officiating. Rev. Reuben H. Freeman (deacon), who had just been received from the diocese of New Jersey, and who resided near the town (and who was then, as he has been ever since, in infirm health) was present.

In regard to the first parochial organization, the Rev. Benjamin R. Gifford states as follows:

"I visited Independence in February, A. D. 1858, and held services at the Presbyterian house of worship on the evenings of seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth -Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. At 4 P. M. of Feb- ruary 19th there was a meeting of those interested at the office of Dr. Henry S. Chase. I presided, and after consultation it was decided to organize a parish, which was accordingly done, giving it the name of the Church of the Messiah. The following gentlemen were chosen as vestrymen, viz: Rev. Reuben Freeman (deacon), Mr. Olise, J. D. Myers, H. S. Chase, R. W. Wright, Thomas Scarcliff, Thomas W. Close, G. B. Thomas, and William Scott. Messrs. Freeman and Chase were chosen wardens."

The communicants registered at this date were the following, viz: Rev. R. H. Freeman, Mrs. Freeman, Isaac S. Freeman, H. S. Chase, Mrs. Chase, Mrs. Har- riet H. Woodruff, Miss Sarah E. Homans, Mr. Olise, and Dr. R. W. Wright, though it does not appear that Dr. Wright ever communed.

The Rev. Mr. Gifford made arrangements with the parish to hold monthly services, which were held during the greater part of that year and also of the year 1859. The services were held principally in the Wasshic and Morse halls. Some few were held in the court house, Brown's hall, and the Presbyterian church.

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At the annual convention held May 26 and 27, A. D. 1858, the parish was admitted into union with the diocese.

On Thursday evening, June 3, 1859, in the Presbyterian church, Bishop Lee confirmed the following persons, who formed the first class of the parish, viz: Mrs. Haney Snow, Mrs. J. D. Myers, Dr. Smith and Mrs. Smith, all of whom became communicants. In February of this year a Sunday school was organized, with four teachers and twenty scholars. Its sessions were held when church services were held, in the same building, but chiefly in the school-room of Misses Woodruff and Homans, both of whom by a kind providence have been spared to labor therein up to the present date (May, 1881).

The Rev. Mr. Gifford resigned the parish about the end of the year 1859, and was succeeded by the Rev. Hale Townsend, on the tenth day of April, 1862. Dur- ing his ministry, which closed May 30, 1864, the church building was erected, the corner stone of which was laid on the ninth day of September, 1863, by the rec- tor, and an address delivered by the Rev. J. H. C. Bonte, of Dubuque.

In consequence of some informality in the original parochial organization, a new parish was organized, the name being changed from the Church of the Messiah to St. James' church. The first service was held in the new church on Christmas day, 1863, and the church was consecrated by the Right Rev. Bishop Lee, on the eighth day of May, 1864. The original cost of St. James' was one thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.

The third rector, the Rev. Jacob Rambo, was called in June, 1864; accepted, and entered upon his duties on the first day of August, ensuing. He gave two services a month, and two services a day for one year, at the end of which time he resigned.

The fourth rector, the Rev. Henry Adams, appears to have held the rectorship for a brief period, and was suc- ceeded by the Rev. Thomas Hooker Eddy (deacon), who remained less than a year.

The sixth rector in succession, the Rev. W. W. Esta- brooke, commenced his duties on the first day of May, A. D. 1868, and resigned July, 1869, and was succeeded by the Rev. A. P. Crouch, whose incumbency was of short duration. After an extended vacancy, the Rev. Chester Smith Percival, as the eighth rector in succession, com- menced his duties on the twelfth day of February, 1871, and continued for two years.

The Rev. Thomas B. Kemp, the present rector, the ninth in succession, was called in June, A. D. 1873; ae- eepted, and entered upon his rectorship on the first day of October, ensuing.

In November of this year the church was enlarged by the addition of choir and vestry room, and in 1876 was rebuilt. The parish is out of debt, has a fine church building, an endowment fund of one thousand dollars, secured by present incumbent, one hundred and thirty- seven communicants who claim it as their home, and all, with twelve exceptions, residents of Buchanan county. The value of church and other property is about seven hundred dollars.

There are three missions under the charge of the rec- tor, viz: one in Quasqueton, where the church has eleven communicants; one in Oelwein, Fayette county, seven communicants; one in Manchester, where the church has nine communicants. The work of the Lord is pros- perous; to His holy name be the praise.

The present officers of St. James' are the following: The Right Rev. William Stevens Perry, I). D., LL D., bishop; the Rev. T. B. Kemper, dean of the northern convocational district, and rector; Mr. Seth Newman and Mr. C. D. Jones, lay readers ; Thomas Cochlan, sr., and C. D. Jones, jr., wardens; George Josseyln, treasurer ; G. P. Hopkins, G. Woodruff (secretary), and William R. Kenyon, vestrymen; G. Woodruff, choir master; Mrs. H. H. Woodruff, organist.

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History of Buchanan County, Iowa, with illustrations and biographical sketches, Part 75

Author: Williams bros., Cleveland, pub. [from old catalog]; Riddle, A. G. (Albert Gallatin), 1816-1902 Publication date: 1881 Publisher: Cleveland, Williams brothers Number of Pages: 574

Author: Williams bros., Cleveland, pub. [from old catalog]; Riddle, A. G. (Albert Gallatin), 1816-1902
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Cleveland, Williams brothers
Number of Pages: 574