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Malcolm McBane was educated in the common schools of Ohio. His occupation was that of a farmer, at which he occupied himself in Ohio until the spring of 1843, when he came to Quasqueton and made claim to the eighty upon which Avery Taylor's house now stands, and afterwards getting the eighty adjoining it. This he sold, and then bought the William Biddinger farm, upon
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which he died April 25, 1865. His first wife was Polly Biddinger, of Tuscarawas county, Ohio, by whom he had six children : Sarah, born April 5, 1839 ; John, de- ceased; Susan, born February 19, 1844 ; James, born December 12, 1848; Katherine, born November 14, 1851 ; Franklin, also deceased. November 14, 1862, he was married to his second wife, Martha P. Turner, of Quasqueton. He was a member of the first board of supervisors in the county, a professor of religion, and a Republican.
Stephen Pearsall was one of eight children. He was born in Chenango county, New York, November 13, 1833. In 1838 he removed with his parents to Bellvi- dere, Boone county, Illinois. His education was ac- quired at Belvidere, at the public schools, going to school during the winter and farming the rest of the year. In October, 1851, he came to Liberty township, where his father entered one hundred and sixty acres. This is now in the possession of Mr. Stephen Pearsall, who has added to it one hundred and five acres of tim- ber. His farm is all fenced, and one hundred and six- ty acres under cultivation, being supplied with large barns, a substantial house, and a good growing orchard. In politics he is a Democrat. He has often been a del- egate to State, congressional and county conventions. He is the son of Hiram Pearsall, a Methodist clergyman well known in the community. The Rev. Mr. Pearsall was ordained elder twenty-four years before his death, which occurred when he was seventy-three years old.
James A. Utterbeck was born in Culpeper county, Virginia, September 23, 1815. When about a year old he removed to Harrison county, Ohio. His education was received at the district schools of that State. His life-long occupation has been that of a farmer, being in that business in Harrison county. In 1853 he removed to Helos county, Indiana, where he purchased a farm and lived on it for two years, and then came to Liberty township (at that time called Spring). Here he first bought eighty acres of prairie and twenty of timber. He afterwards added an eighty, so that he now has one hun- dred and sixty acres under cultivation. His farm is now devoted to stock-raising, though he formerly raised over one thousand two hundred bushels of wheat in one year. He was married to Laura Blackwell of Virginia, on the thirty-first of December, 1835, by whom he has six chil- dren: Robert B., born September 12, 1836; Mary A., born January 17, 1841; Albert, born April 3. 1843, died July 25, 1865; Thomas J., born March 21, 1845; Sarah, born February 20, 1851, died February 15, 1865; Joseph, born September 27, 1853. He is a member of the Dis- ciples, having become so shortly after his marriage. In politics he is now, as he was formerly, a Republican, though he was a delegate to the first county Greenback convention.
Benjamin Miller was born in Wayne county, Ohio, September 8, 1838. In April, 1854, he came to Wash- ington township, where he first worked with his brother Ephraim on a farm. He then engaged in carpentering for a time. In 1859 he bought a farm and lived on it until the fall of 1862. After the war closed he farmed
one season in Byron township, and then bought a farm of eighty-five acres, on which he has lived until the pres- ent time, managing it as a dairy and grain farm. In the fall of 1862, he enlisted in the Twenty-seventh Iowa, company H, infantry ; served till the close of the war, being at Nashville, Pleasant Hill, Meridian, Tupelo, Old Town Creek, etc., being in Major General A. J. Smith's Nineteenth corps. Was also in the Red River cam- paign. On the twenty-second day of September, 1859, he was married to Jane Megonigle, of Byron township, by whom he has four children: Eunice E., born Sep- tember 16, 1861; Eva Bell, April 8, 1868; Carlos Ar- thur, May 1, 1871; and Dellas Burton, December 31, 1875. He is a prominent member of the "Winebien- narian" church-or, as they prefer to be called, "the Church of God."
Lewis Singer was born in Lewisburgh, Preble county, Ohio, December 30, 1827. Was educated in the graded school at Lewisburgh. When about sixteen years of age he was apprenticed to learn the wagon and carriage making trade, and served three years. He then worked at his trade for three years at Lebanon, Ohio, when he returned to Lewisburgh and started a manufactory of his own, having a steam engine to furnish power for planing, sawing, etc. After about two years he sold out and came west. During the fall of 1856 he came to Liberty town- ship, where he purchased four hundred and forty acres of timber and prairie. He now has three hundred and sixty improved, feeding a large number of cattle and hogs, and manages quite a large dairy, raising the grain necessary to feed his stock. He was married to Phobe C. Potter, of Preble county, Ohio, September 23, 1855, by whom he has eleven children: Gertrude, born Au- gust 19, 1857; Jeanette, March 13, 1859; Roscoe, Febru- ary 10, 1861; Grant U. S., November 29, 1862; Lewis W., August 1, 1864; Carrie P., September 28, 1866; Kate J., January 10, 1869; Laura M., September 23, 1870; Isa- bel, August 28, 1875; Libbie, March 20, 1877; Joseph A., December 28, 1879. He has been a leading member of the Congregational church for a number of years. Politically he is a Republican, though he has never min- gled actively in politics.
Jesse Kitch was born in Tuscarawas county, Ohio, May 28, 1822. He worked on his father's farm, and during the last year or two of his residence at home, farmed for himself. In May, 1851, he came to Liberty township. November 14, 1850, he was married to Jane Eberhardt, of Tuscarawas county, by whom he had seven children: Aerihu, born October 17, 1851; Elmer, born September 25, 1853; Eudora, born August 25, 1856; Jasper, born August 30, 1858; Wilson, born September 23, 1860; and Seymour, born November 6, 1862. His wife died December 4, 1864. On the twenty-sixth of November, 1865, he was married to Mary E. Megonigle, of Byron township, who has one child. In politics he is a Democrat, but is not in any sense a politician.
William Morgan was born in Tuscarawas county, Ohio, March 28, 1836. When four years of age he removed to Vermillion county, Indiana, where he remained nine years. In 1847 he came with his parents to Buchanan
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county. He attended school at Quasqueton two winters, and worked at farming with his father until he was thirty- one years of age. In August, 1862, he enlisted in com- pany H, of the Twenty-seventh lowa Infantry, and served three years. He was in the engagements of Nashville, Pleasant Hill, Meridian, Old Oaks, Tupelo, and in General A. J. Smith's corps. He received no wounds, save that in the last battle at Fort Kearny, his musket exploded and injured his right wrist. After re- tiring from the war he purchased a farm of eighty acres, on which he lives at the present time. He manages this principally as a grain and stock farm. November 30, 1865, he was married to Mary Cosedear, of Winthrop, by whom he has four children: Edith E., born March 13, 1867; Charles, born April 11, 1869; Viola, born May 14, 1872; and Freddie, born July 7, 1878. In politics he is a Democrat, who prefers men not extreme in party opinions.
Alexander Sproul was born in Tuscarawas county, Ohio, on the third day of May, 1844. His occupation has been that of a farmer, engaging with his father until he was about twenty-four years of age. During the win. ter of 1869, he came to Liberty township, where he en- gaged to work a farm of one hundred and ten acres, belonging to his father. November 5, 1874, he was married to Catharine McBane, of Winthrop, by whom he has two children: Stella M., born November 7, 1875; and Nina, born January 19, 1878. He has been a member of the Baptist church about seven years. In politics he is a Republican, always ready to work for and vote with that party.
Nelson E. Leach was born in Edensburgh, Vermont, January 22, 1844. When thirteen years old he removed with his parents to Dundee, Kane county, Illinois. He was educated at the Elgin academy, graduating from that institute in 1860. He then began teaching and has been in that profession for eighteen years, teaching first in
country schools, in Kane county. In 1865 he was elect- ed principal of the west side Elgin schools, remaining there five years. He then had charge of the schools at Escanaba, Michigan, for three years, then at Huntly, McHenry county, for two years. He then came to Iowa and taught at Jesup and North Manchester. In 1880 he came to Quasqueton, where he had charge of the schools. On the twentieth day of April, 1879, he was married to Miss Rhoda Winward, of Hazle Green, Dela- ware county, lowa. He is a member of the Presbyterian church.
Samuel Postel was born in Guernsey county, Ohio, on February 7, 1825. When about nineteen years old he re- moved with his parents to Tuscarawas county. In October, 1848, he came to Buchanan county, spent the winter and then removed to Otter Creek, Linn county, where he remained three years. He then came to Liber- ty township, and bought the farm of eighty acres on which he now lives. Since then he has added to his land until he now has a farm of three hundred acres-two hundred being under cultivation. He works this large tract as a stock farm, endeavoring to feed all the grain he can raise. Out of the wilderness of thirty years ago, he has made a fine farm, a good home, and his house is surrounded by barns, numerous outbuildings, and a good orchard. On the seventh day of September, 1847, he was married to Isabella Barr, of Tuscarawas county, Ohio, by whom he has nine children: Isaac, born May 29, 1849, died March 23, 1851; Mary, born September 18, 1851; John, born May 5, 1853; Allen, born April 5, 1855; James, born April 24, 1857; Sarah, born May 6, 1859; Elijah, born July 6, 1861; Ralph, born June 11, 1863; and Edward, born November 9, 1867. In politics he was born and raised a Democrat. Mr. Postel is one of the oldest settlers of the county, quiet, unassuming, and highly esteemed.
PERRY.
This township is situated in the western part of Bu- chanan county, and bounded on the west by Black Hawk. It was organized as an independent township February 17, 1853, by order of the county judge, as follows :
"Ordered by the county court, that townships 89 and 90, of range 10, of Buchanan county, and also the west tier of sections in township 90, range 9, and sec- tions 6 and 7 and the west half of section 18, 89, 9, be, and the same are hereby, separated from Washington precinct in said county, and shall, until further orders, form a separate precinct, to be called Perry precinct ; and all orders, so far as they conflict with the above or- der, are hereby revoked."
Changes have since been made. Township 89, 10, was set off by itself March 5, 1855, under the name of Alton, now Fairbank; and the west tier of sections in 90, 9, was attached to Superior, now Hazleton. Sub- sequently, the part belonging to 89, 9, was severed there- from, leaving a square township of thirty-six sections, as it is at present, being the same as congressional town- ship 89, 10.
THE FIRST ELECTION
was held at the house of John Cameron, in said town- ship, April 4, 1853, when Henry Bright and W. S. Clark were elected justices; Charles Melrose, Gamaliel Walker and John H. Anderson, trustees; and W. S. Clark, clerk.
SETTLEMENTS.
Charles Melrose, a native of Scotland, came from Fort Wayne, Indiana, and settled in the township in June, 1849, with his family. He is undoubtedly the first settler in the township. The same year he entered, as he supposed, the land where he lived; but there was an error in the entry, placing him in the north part of town 88, 10, instead of 89, 10, this being near the pres- ent village of Jesup. Not supposing land in that locali- ty would ever be valuable, by much effort and the aid of the then United States senator, G. W. Jones, a special act of Congress was passed, vacating his entry and plac- ing it on the section he intended.
The same year, Gamaliel Walker settled in the north- west, near Littleton, on the farm where he now resides. He is probably the second settler. He has a family of four children, and has a good and productive farm, a fine, large house, and an orchard said to be the best in the township.
James Minton came with Walker, and continued to live with him until his marriage, which occurred soon af- ter his arrival; and then he moved to Fairbank, where
he lived for a number of years. He is now in Kansas.
John Cameron settled in the northeastern part of the township in September, 1850, coming from Indiana. He brought with him six grown-up girls, who constituted his family. His daughters were: Emeline, who mar- ried Martin Campbell and lives in Indiana; Adaline, who married Jonathan H. Anderson, and lives in Fair- bank township; Rosannah, who married Emory Miller, and lives in Perry township; Minerva, who married D. D. Clark, of Indiana (she is now dead); Nancy J., who married William Marshall, and lives in Fayette county ; Sarah Catharine, who married J. D. Moody, a dentist living in Mendota, Illinois-she has learned the dentist trade and is now working in the office of her husband. In 1853 Mr. Cameron returned to Indiana and was mar- ried to Mrs. Rachel Rinehart, by whom he has two chil- dren, William G. and Anice. He has thirty-two grand- children and eight great-grandchildren. He assisted in the organization of two Methodist Episcopal churches in the township; filled the office of county supervisor for two years, and is a free and accepted Mason. His business has, for the most part, been farming; but he has sold goods a part of the time, having been one of the proprietors of the second store opened in the town- ship. He is past seventy years of age. The first relig- ious services in the township were held at his house.
Martin Depoy and family came in 1850. The year before, Mr. Depoy was here and entered his land. He was a native of Virginia. He left there and went to Ohio when but six years of age, where he grew to man- hood and married a sister of John Cameron. He then lived quite a number of years in Indiana; he is now a resident of Jesup, where he was in the grocery trade some six years, but has now retired from business.
H. S. Bright in 1850, settled near Littleton, on what is known as the Buckmaster place; he is living in Fair- bank township.
Jacob Slaughter, with his family, settled here on the farm now owned and occupied by him.
James Shrack, a German, came with his family, in 1851, and settled in the northwestern part of the town- ship. He is very fond of hunting; and in those early days when game was plenty, he watched for the swift- footed deer. He is also an expert trapper. He has five children-Mary, William and Charles (twins), George and Emma.
NATURAL FEATURES.
The surface of this township is generally rolling prairie. The soil is a lightish loam, except along the Wapsie river, which passes through the township, where it is 1
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light and sandy. There are some fine, large barns, among which are those of E. & C. H. Little, who keep a large stock of cattle. The principal streams are the Wapsie and Little Wapsie, which empties into the large stream at Littleton. There are also some small creeks in different parts of the township. The timber for the most part is in the northwest and along the Wapsie river.
SECRET ORGANIZATIONS.
A Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons was organized in Jesup in 1866, and installed by D. S. Deering, P. M., and in the June following it obtained a charter from the grand lodge. The members and officers at that time were J. M. Hovey, W. M .; J. N. Hovey, S. W .; R. O. Laird, J. W .; R. F. Williams, treasurer; J. R. Jones, secretary; A. N. George, S. D .; C. M. Newton, J. D .; W. R. Harding, tyler; C. H. Kenyon, A. Strong, and R. S. Searls. The present officers are George S. Murphy, WV. M .; F. A. Weir, S. W .; A. H. Farwell, J. W .; J. D. Laird, secretary, and George Rickard, treasurer. They have a membership of forty.
INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS.
Perry Lodge No. 158, was organized at Jesup January 21, 1868, with five charter members: F. C. Merrill, Charles A. Wattles, Jonathan Richmond, R. S. Smith, and G. Harding. The lodge was instituted by Sanford Wells, D. D. G. M., assisted by brethren from Waterloo lodge. Eleven persons were instituted into its mysteries on that night. They elected the following as its first officers: H. C. Merrill, N. G .; Charles Wattles V. G .; S. W. Kenyon, secretary; R. L. Smith, treasurer, and E. B. Cook, permanent secretary. The present officers are Eli C. Brown, N. G .; Horace G. Wolfe, V. G .; Holden Cook, secretary, John Dickinson, permanent secretary, and Ira R. Deming, treasurer. The membership is thirty-eight.
ENCAMPMENT.
Parkersburgh Encampment, No. 62, was organized at Parkersburgh, Butler county, October 2, 1873. In the spring of 1880, having obtained a dispensation from the chief patriarch, it was removed to Jesup, where they hold their meetings in the Odd Fellows' hall. The present officers are George S. Murphy, C. P .; F. C. Merrill, H. P .; M. Cone, S. W .; Horace G. Wolfe, J. W .; Jacob Hohl, scribe, and E. C. Brown, treasurer.
EARLY EVENTS, ETC.
In the early days, during some of the seasons the set- tlers subsisted on hulled corn. and especially when the winters were severe. The nearest mill was twenty-five miles away, at the village of Quasqueton. The first store was kept by Sufficool & Marshall, in 1856, at what is now called Littleton. Sufficool subsequently sold to John Cameron. The early settlers had for food venison, sometimes beef, chickens, wild and domesticated, and corn bread. Some of the settlers ground the corn, in which they made bread in a common coffee-mill. The colony at one time made up a purse and sent John Cameron to Dubuque for groceries, nearly seventy miles away. At this time Mr. Cameron brought the first plough to the township. They made their bedsteads of
poplar poles, these being the best their houses could af- ford. The first buildings were also made of poles. The first hotel was kept by B. C. Hale, in Littleton, and the second one was a mile north of Jesup, kept by a Mr. Boardman on what was then the State road, probably in 1856. The early physicians were Drs. McGonigal and Allen, and James Muncy, who is now a resident of the township. The first postmaster was Charles Melrose, and John Cameron the first mail carrier; and the first mail consisted of three letters. The very first wedding in the township was at the house of John Cameron, in 1852-Martin Campbell to Emeline Cameron, by 'Squire W. S. Clark. They lived in the township for a short time then moved to Indiana, where they are now living. A daughter of Isaac Spencer was the first white person that died in the township. Nancy Melrose was the first white child born in the township, April 1, 1850. She is the wife of Nelson Hovey, residing in Dakota Territory. The first bridge made in the township was across the Wapsie at Littleton, and was made of wood, but now the river is spanned by a large iron bridge in place of the wooden structure of early days. The first wheat in the township was raised by John Cameron, Martin Depoy, Gamaliel Walker, Jacob Slaughter, and Charles Melrose. They all united together, cut their first crop with cradles, and stacked it altogether in one place. A machine came from Clayton county and threshed it for them. J. R. Jones built the first grain elevator in the township, which is now standing, but idle, there having been no use for it in the last few years. The first school taught in Jesup was at the house of R. S. Searls. William Boss was the first depot agent, and the present one is Mr. W. Smith.
RIVERS, CREEKS AND SPRINGS.
The Wapsie river runs through the township in a southeasterly direction ; Buck creek, in the north; Camp creek, in the northwest; Schrack's creek is in section seven, running north, and Silver creek is in the eastern part. There are some large, fine springs along the Wap- sie river.
The leading productions are corn, oats and hay. There are also large numbers of cattle, hogs, horses, and a few sheep; considerable attention is also paid to dairy- ing.
THE VILLAGE OF LITTLETON.
The first appearance of a village was here with a store, hotel, blacksmith shop, saw- and grist-mill, in 1856. The following is a correct statement of the business at the present time: A grocery store, kept by Ed. Hay- ward; a wagon-shop, by Charles Stanford, who is also the magistrate; blacksmiths, T. Smith, Shultz & Coger. Mrs. Lydia Melius has a manufactory of palm leaf hats, which is the only one in the county; a grist-mill, by Hovey & Kraft ; a public school-house, capable of accom- modating fifty students; two houses of worship, owned by the Presbyterians and Methodists.
JESUP.
This place is located in the southwestern part of the township, on the Illinois Central railroad. This road was built here in 1860. At that time there was a small
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village at Barclay, Black Hawk county, which, when the road was built, was relocated at Jesup. Many of the buildings which were moved here are now pointed out by the early settlers. It takes its name from an officer of the road by that name. R. S. Searls kept the first store, and also was the first postmaster, and shipped from here the first car load of stock. A. Grattan, a present resident, is the pioneer blacksmith. The first hotel was kept by one Marvin, who had located here just before the road was built to the place. The present business is represented by the following catalogue: Hotels-"The Evergreen," O. A. E. Laurer proprietor. "The Julian,"
R. S. Benedict. Blacksmiths-John Dickinson, A. Grattan, E. Scott and Nathan Miller. Wagonmakers- D. C. Brott, E. Parker, and William Wilkins. Harness shop-Frank Randall. Physicians-James Muncy, F. A. Weir and H. M. Crayton. Grain dealer-C. Hoyt. Lumber dealer-Thomas Taylor, and also dealer in coal. Wood yard-Frank Hatch. Groceries-Ira Deming, L. Reynolds, D. Kressner and Eli C. Brown. Dry goods- J. A. Laird, C. M. Newton, T. F. Renyon, and Cheesbro & Marsh. Boots and shoes-Charles Stevens. Hard- ware-Thomas Taylor and Elias Parker. Jeweler, watch and clock repairer-R. E. Martin. Postmaster-R. E. Martin. Millinery-Mrs. Burkhardt. Jesup Nursery, wine and fruit growing-F. C. Merrill. Mr. Merrill manufactures grape wine, in quite large quantities and of a good quality. Newspaper-Buchanan County Jour- nal, A. H. Farwell, editor and proprietor; established, October 10, 1879. Attorney-James Dalton. Military company- Company I, of first infantry, Iowa national guards, of Second brigade. The officers are: F. C. Merrill, captain ; H. J. Wolfe, first lieutenant, and C. C. Smith, second lieutenant. It is composed of sixty men. This company was organized February 17, 1877, with F. C. Merrill captain; H. G. Wolfe, first lieutenant, and C. P. Baldwin, second lieutenant. A public school employ- ing three teachers and having two hundred students. Painters-Peter M. Deyo and William Case. Four houses of worship, belongiug to the Methodists, Presby- terians, Baptists and Catholics. Jesup, during its twenty years of existence, has had only three postmasters, R. S. Searls, R. O. Laird and Robert E. Martin, the present incumbent. There are in the place three vacant grain elevators. One warehouse owned and occupied by Charles Hoyt. It was incorporated Maich 8, 1876, as an incorporated town. The officers were: John Ander- son, mayor ; G. E. Marsh, recorder; and the city trus- tees were: H. M. Crayton, G. O. Marsh, Murat Sayles, E. Parker, and I. A. Stoddard. R. O. Laird was city treasurer. The present officers are: James Dalton, mayor; George S. Murphy, recorder, and the city coun- cil, S. D). McLain, J. D). McNalley, H. C. Kenyon, A. H. Farwell, R. C. Martin and H. M. Crayton; J. H. Hovey, treasurer; J. D. Dobell, street commissioner, and John Dickinson, city marshall.
At the last election in March, 1881, the people voted to have no liquor license whatever in the city, and now there is not a saloon, even for the sale of beer. They are a happy people and of good repute.
SHIRT MANUFACTORY.
A shirt manufactory was established here in the spring of 1880, by R. & H. Cook, and it is now in successful operation, employing annually some ten hands, mostly girls.
BANKS.
The Farmers' bank was established August 11, 1879, with a capital stock of ten thousand dollars, and the fol- lowing officers elected : Lewis S. Hovey, president; J. W. Dickinson, vice-president; George S. Murphy, cashier ; Thomas Taylor, J. R. Deming, C. Hoyt, Lewis S. Hovey and J. W. Dickinson, directors. The present officers are: Thomas Taylor, president ; J. A. Laird, vice-pres- ident; George S. Murphy, cashier.
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