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Mr. and Mrs. Coykendall are the parents of a son and a daughter : Alice, who married Cleveland M. Straight, of Bear Creek, Montana; and Claude, who graduated from the engineering department of Ames College in 1910, and is now following his profession in Memphis, Tennessee.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Coykendall affiliate with the United Brethren church of Carrollton, and politically he is a republican. He is meeting with suc- cess in his agricultural pursuits and is known as one of the substantial farmers of Union township.
FRANK G. RUST.
For nearly thirty years past the insurance business has presented a con- genial occupation for Frank G. Rust, of Glidden, and for fifteen years he has discharged the duties of justice of the peace with a fairness and ability that have met with the approval of the entire community. He is a native of Columbia county, Wisconsin, born December 26, 1852, a son of Henry and Julia (Cameron) Rust. The father was born in Vermont and the mother in New York state. He learned the carpenter's trade but later turned his attention to farming, with which he was identified during the greater part of his life. In 1848 he went to southern Wisconsin where he continued for eleven years, at the end of which time he removed with his family to a farm about twenty-five miles east of St. Joseph, Missouri. He was on this farm at the time of the Civil war and assisted in raising a com- pany of Union soldiers of which he served as captain for about a year. While he was in the army his father came west and moved the family of the son to Columbia county, Wisconsin, for safety. 'After the close of the war Henry Rust settled in Columbia county on a farm which his father had preempted from the government. There he died about 1884 at the age of fifty-six, but his wife still survives, being now seventy-nine years of age. He was a member of the Masonic order and was republican township chair- man for a number of years. In the family of Mr. and Mrs. Rust were five children, three sons and two daughters, all of whom grew to maturity, namely : Frank G .; Elizabeth, who married Alfred Ketchum, of Olmstead, Michigan ; Harvey, who became county clerk at Waukesha, Wisconsin, and died in 1895 while holding that office; Cameron, who is a member of the wholesale grocery firm of Rust, Parker & Martin, of Duluth, Minnesota ; and Flora, who married Harry Evans and is now deceased.
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The paternal grandfather of our subject was Horace Rust, a native of Vermont. He was by trade a shoemaker and removed to Columbia county, Wisconsin, where he died at the age of eighty-three years. He was twice married. His second wife was Roxina Mills. Of their children six grew to maturity, Mills, Henry, Mary, Charles, Harvey and Lucille. The great- grandfather of our subject participated in the war of 1812 and the great- great-grandfather served in the patriot army of the Revolution. The emi- grant ancestor came to America about 1640 and settled in Massachusetts, descendants of the family now being found in all the principal cities of the Union. The maternal grandfather of our subject was George Cameron, a native of Scotland. He came to America and took up his home in New York state, later removing to Walworth county, Wisconsin, where he died when he was about fifty-six years of age. The maiden name of his wife was Olive Murray and she lived to be upwards of eighty years of age. She was the mother of five children, John, Darius, Henry, Mary and Julia.
Frank G. Rust was reared on his father's farm in Wisconsin and at- tended the district schools, later possessing advantages of training in the high school of Randolph, Wisconsin. He began teaching at the age of seventeen and devoted his attention to this vocation several winters, work- ing in the fields during the summer seasons. He lived at home until twenty- one years of age and then went to Rochester, Minnesota, where he was employed for two years in the wheat warehouse of Van Deusen & Company. At the close of the time named he returned to his old home in Wisconsin and was married, about a year afterwards entering the insurance business near Nielsville, in Clark county, Wisconsin, continuing there two years. Feeling the importance of seeking a more favorable location, he came to Glidden in the spring of 1882 and has ever since successfully engaged in the insurance business in this place.
On the 26th day of June, 1877, in Columbia county, Wisconsin, Mr. Rust was married to Miss Emma Brown, a daughter of Lewis Brown, and they have four children : Nellie, who died in 1895, at the age of seventeen years; George, a lawyer of Boise, Idaho, who married Maude Hubbard and has one son, Horace; Harvey, who went west about seven years ago; and Edward, who is now attending school at Buena Vista. The mother of these children died August 20, 1899, being then thirty-six years of age. In religious belief she was a Presbyterian. She was born in Columbia county, Wisconsin, her parents being pioneers of that region from New York state. They had twelve children, of whom the following are now living, Daniel, B. Webb, Hiram, Oscar, Luzerne, Emmeline, Lucinda and Sarah. On the 17th day of 'August, 1901, Mr. Rust was married to Miss Jennie Cook who was born and reared in Columbia county, Wisconsin, a daughter of William and Elizabeth (Dooly) Cook. To this union one son, William, was born. He is now filling the position of clerk in the First Na- tional Bank of Glidden.
Mr. and Mrs. Rust are members of the Presbyterian church. He be- longs to Haggai Lodge, No. 369, A. F. & A. M., and was master of the lodge for several terms, being now its secretary. He is also a member of
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Philo Lodge, No. 291, I. O. O. F. Politically he is a progressive republi- can and has taken an active interest in public affairs, having served as mayor of Glidden, and also for twenty-five years as member of the school board. He and his family occupy a comfortable home of which he is the owner in Glidden and he is also the owner of a quarter section of land in Aitkin county, Minnesota. Industrious, enterprising and thoroughly ef- ficient in whatever he undertakes, his labors have been crowned with mer- ited success and he ranks as one of the most useful of Carroll's citizens-a man who is ever governed by a true sense of honor and whose record re- flects undimmed credit upon himself and his adopted county.
FREDERICK H. CULBERTSON.
At the age of thirty-two years Frederick H. Culbertson, of Carroll, has attained a gratifying measure of prosperity and is regarded as one of the substantial business men of the city. It is mainly through his own well directed energy that he has reached this condition of comparative financial ease. He was born in Richland township, Carroll county, May 16, 1879, a son of Robert Y. and Etta A. ( Bell) Culbertson, the former a native of Philadelphia and the latter of Boston. She came west with her parents to Chicago, Illinois, when a child and he came with his parents to Princeton, Scott county, Iowa, in his boyhood. They were married at Princeton and there were three children in their family: Frederick H., the subject of this review ; Frank, who died at the age of five years; and Clara Bell. Mr. Cul- bertson, Sr., came to Carroll county in 1875 and bought one hundred and sixty acres of land in Richland township to which he later added forty acres. In 1887 he moved to Carroll and went into partnership with Herbert A. Junod in the grain and coal business. In 1901 he and his son Frederick H. engaged in the same line of business under the title of R. Y. Culbertson & Son. They built a new elevator in 1903. The father passed away May 9, 1904, at the age of fifty-two years, and the mother is now living with her son at Carroll. David Culbertson, the paternal grandfather, was a na- tive of Pennsylvania. 'After spending several years at Philadelphia, he located permanently in Scott county, Iowa, where he raised stock on a large scale. He was over eighty years of age at the time of his death. His wife was Mary Linn and she also lived to be more than eighty years old. Eight children brightened their home: Stephen D .; William L., now deceased; Robert Y., deceased; J. Augustus, deceased ; James C .; Harry L .; Mary, now the wife of John H. Darrah; and Elizabeth C. Grandfather Bell on the maternal side was born in Concord, New Hampshire, and his wife was Eliza A. Fairbanks. They lived in Maine and also in Boston, following his profession as a physician and taking up their home in Chicago before the great fire of 1871. Dr. Bell died in Chicago at the age of sixty-eight. His wife came to Scott county, Iowa, where her death occurred in 1909, having arrived at the advanced age of ninety-four years. They had seven children,
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namely : George, deceased ; Leonard F .; Frank H., deceased ; Josephine, now the wife of Charles Pinneo, Princeton, Iowa; Martha, deceased; Etta A .; and Adelaide, the wife of Albert F. Solbery, of Evanston, Illinois.
Frederick H. Culbertson was reared in Carroll from the age of seven years. He attended the public schools and graduated from the high school in 1897. Going to Omaha, he took a business course in one of the institu- tions of that city, after working for a while at the Trans-Mississippi Ex- position. His first employment was with the Union Pacific Railroad as a stenographer, but he gave up this position and went into business with his father at Carroll in 1901, continuing in the same line after the death of the latter, in partnership with William E. Parsons, under the title of Cul- bertson & Parsons. In June, 1910, he purchased Mr. Parsons' interest and has since continued the business in his own name.
On the 16th day of June, 1909, Mr. Culbertson was united in marriage to Miss Marian E. Park, a native of Carroll and a daughter of David H. and Edith C. (Vette) Park. One daughter has blessed this union, Helen 'Adelaide. The father of Mrs. Culbertson was born in Scotland and came to America when he was about seven years of age. The mother was born near Marengo, Iowa, and has been a resident of Carroll for about thirty years. Mr. Park died in December, 1910, having then arrived at the age of sixty years. There were three children in the family: Marian E., now Mrs. Frederick H. Culbertson; Helen U .; and Fairybell, who died in in- fancy.
Mr. Culbertson is not identified with any religious denomination but his wife is a member of the Swedenborgian church. Fraternally he is prominently connected with the Knights of Pythias and the Modern Wood- men of America and politically gives his support to the republican party. He has strong military proclivities and is a member of Company D, Fifty- sixth Iowa Infantry, being now second lieutenant of that organization. He is genial and pleasing in manner and possesses traits which attract friends wherever he is known, while as a business man he ranks among the fore- most in the community.
F. X. KASPARBAUER.
F. X. Kasparbauer, the owner of a productive tract of land comprising two hundred and forty acres on section 17, Eden township, devotes his time and energies to the pursuits of farming and stock-raising with ex- cellent results. His birth occurred in Bavaria, Germany, in November, 1858, his father being Sebastian Kasparbauer, who spent his entire life in that country. He attended the common schools of his native land in the acquirement of an education and when a lad of twelve purchased an English dictionary in order to learn the language, for at that early age he had al- ready determined that his future home should be America. He made an attempt to emigrate when a youth of seventeen but was sent back for mili-
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tary service. He had been reared to the work of the farm and subse- quently operated a tract of land which he had received from his uncle until 1890, which year saw the fulfillment of his long cherished plan. Disposing of his property in the fatherland, he set sail for the United States and after landing on American shores made his way direct to Carroll county, lowa. In 1891 he located on a farm of two hundred and forty acres on section 17, Eden township, whereon he has resided continuously since. In connection with the tilling of the soil he has also devoted considerable at- tention to the raising of shorthorn cattle and Poland China hogs, meeting with a gratifying measure of success in both branches of his business. He likewise owns a farm of one hundred and ninety-six acres in Newton town- ship, which is being operated by his son Paul. Mr. Kasparbauer is a di- rector in the Farmers Bank of Templeton and also in the Farmers Elevator Company.
In 1882, while still a resident of Germany, Mr. Kasparbauer was united in marriage to Miss Frances Pfeffer, a daughter of Wolfgang Pfeffer, who was an agriculturist by occupation and spent his entire life in the father- land. Unto our subject and his wife were born thirteen children, namely : Frances, who gave her hand in marriage to Frank Sturm, a farmer by occu- pation ; Frank, who died in Germany while still but an infant; Joseph, who also died in infancy ; Paul, who is married and has one child and who fol- lows farming at Dedham in Newton township; and Rupert, Boniface, Her- man, Sylvester, John, Frank, Peter, W. Alfred and Elenora, all at home.
Mr. Kasparbauer is a democrat in his political views but usually casts an independent ballot, supporting men and measures rather than party. His religious faith is indicated by his membership in the German Catholic church. The hope that led him to leave his native land and seek a home in America has been more than realized. He found the opportunities he sought,-which, by the way, are always open to the ambitious, energetic man,-and making the best of these he has steadily worked his way up- ward. He possesses the resolution, perseverance and reliability so char- acteristic of his nation, and his name is now enrolled among the represen- tative citizens of Carroll county.
JOHN H. CHEASEBRO.
John H. Cheasebro, who is now living at Carroll, has reached the patri- arch's three score and ten years in the journey of life and is worthy of special mention in a history of Carroll county. He was for almost forty- four years engaged in railway service and a large part of the time in the responsible position of locomotive engineer. On account of his faithfulness he was retired on a pension October 1, 1908, and is now enjoying a well earned rest. He was born in Erie county, New York, February 17, 1841. a son of James and Eliza (Sherman) Cheasebro, both of whom were na- tives of New York. The father was reared in Erie county and learned the
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shoemaker's trade. While still a young man he bought a farm, intending to devote himself to agricultural pursuits, but lost the farm by going security for a friend. He then engaged for ten years in the sawmill busi- ness near the village of Alden, New York. In 1856 he removed with his family to De Kalb county, Illinois, and followed farming a few years, then becoming a veterinarian and continuing in this vocation during the re- mainder of his life. He died in De Kalb county in the spring of 1880 at the age of sixty-three. The beloved wife and mother passed away in De- cember, 1879, having reached the age of sixty-five years. In religious be- lief they were earnest members of the Universalist church. There were eleven children in their family, seven sons and four daughters, five of whom are now living: John H., of this review; Marvin D., of Wyoming; Charles D., of California ; Rosette, the wife of J. M. Wheeler, of Clinton, Iowa; and Mary, now Mrs. William King, of Perry, Iowa. James L. Cheasebro, the paternal grandfather of our subject, was also a native of New York state and was of English descent. He engaged in farming but left his farm in 1812 and served in the army against England. There were five children in his family, Ira, Aurilla, James, Darwin and Horace. Grandfather Sher- man on the maternal side was a native of New York state and was also of English descent. He was connected with the shoe manufacturing business and died in middle life. In his family were four children, Eliza, Euphemia, Ruth Ann and Hugh.
John H. Cheasebro lived in Erie county until fourteen years of age and received a common school education. He removed with his parents to Illi- nois and continued on the home farm until he arrived at the age of twenty. He worked on a farm two seasons for an uncle and then entered the United States marine service, in which he continued one year, when the organization to which he belonged was disbanded. Being attracted to the railway service he became a locomotive fireman on the Chicago & North- western Railway and two and one-half years later had made such advance- ment that he was promoted to the position of engineer. He continued in the railway service for about forty-four years, being retired on a pension October 1, 1908. He has been a resident of Carroll more than twenty- three years and has built a fine home at No. 702 North Main street in which he now resides. He also owns two hundred acres of good land in Calhoun county, Iowa.
On the 8th day of October, 1866, Mr. Cheasebro was united in marriage to Miss Mary Elizabeth Ingersoll, a native of Warsaw, New York, a daugh- ter of Byron and Anna Ingersoll, both of whom were natives of the Em- pire state. The mother died at Commerce, Michigan, in her young woman- hood and the father was afterwards twice married. Samuel Ingersoll, the paternal grandfather, was a native of New York state and removed to Michigan where he died well advanced in years. He was by trade a tan- ner and in 1812 served in the army of the United States. His wife was Sallie Chase and they had a family of eleven children. The maternal grand- father, Stephen C. Chase, was three times married. His first wife was Betsy Hogle. They were married July 15, 1821. He was married Novem-
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ber 1, 1841, to Sally Price and on October 27, 1844, to Nancy Ingersoll. Four children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Cheasebro: Jabez Byron, of Car- roll, who married Nancy Skinner and has three children, Florence, Byron and Blanche; Ada Louise, of Stratford, Iowa, who married Dr. M. A. Beach and has two children, John Myron and Chester; and Frank and John, both of whom live at home.
Mrs. Mary E. Cheasebro, the beloved wife and mother, was called away in May, 1909, at the age of sixty-three years. She was a member of the Bap- tist church and a lady of many beautiful qualities of character which greatly endeared her to those with whom she was associated. Mr. Cheasebro is a man of unusual intelligence and discrimination and in the course of a busy life has never lost his interest in literature. He has a fine library and his books are his constant solace and delight. On account of his genial qualities and high character he is greatly esteemed by a wide circle of friends. He is a valued member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive En- gineers, with which he has been identified for many years, and politically has always been a republican, having cast his first vote for 'Abraham Lin- coln as president of the United States.
L. HUENDLING.
L. Huendling, a well known representative of the Presbyterian min- istry in Carroll county, has since 1883 served continuously as pastor of the German Presbyterian church in Wheatland township. For the past three decades he has also been identified with journalistic interests as the pub- lisher of the paper called Ostfriesische Nachrichten. His birth occurred in Holte, Ostfriesland, province of Hanover, Germany, on the 31st of March, 1854, his parents being George and Dena (Hessenius) Huendling. Two of the ancestors of our subject, father and son, served in the minis- try of the Reformed church in Germany, officiating as ministers of the same church in the same town for a period of one hundred and five consecutive years, or from 1650 until 1755.
L. Huendling obtained his early education in the public schools of the fatherland and in 1876 was graduated from the German Presbyterian Col- lege of Dubuque, Iowa. Three years later he was graduated from the Mc- Cormick Theological Seminary of Chicago, Illinois. From 1879 until 1881 he served as pastor of the German Presbyterian church in Wheatland township, Carroll county, Iowa, and during the following two years acted as an instructor in the German Presbyterian College at Dubuque. He then returned to the pastorate of the German Presbyterian church in Wheat- land township and has there remained in charge continuously since, his la- bors proving a potent force in the moral development of the community. In 1881 he began the publication of a German newspaper, the Ostfriesische Nachrichten, published in the interests of Germans from Ostfriesland, a district of the province of Hanover. He has edited the paper for thirty
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years and during that period its circulation has steadily grown until it now reaches over seven thousand subscribers.
On the 7th of July, 1880, at Oostburg, Sheboygan county, Wisconsin, Rev. Huendling was united in marriage to Nellie Daane, a daughter of Hon. Peter and Susanna (Ernisse) Daane. Her father was an officer in the United States army during the Civil war, serving from 1862 until 1865. He likewise represented Sheboygan county in the Wisconsin legislature. In the maternal line Mrs. Huendling is a descendant of a Huguenot family, named Clicquenot, which fled from France to Holland in the times of religious persecution. Rev. and Mrs. Huendling were the parents of the following children : George Peter, who wedded Miss Helen Eby; Susanna, who gave her hand in marriage to James Wykhuis; Peter Jacobus, who wedded Miss Helen Meyer; Herman William; Nellie; Dena Regina; and Dena Nellie, who was born on the 12th of April, 1895, and passed away on the 3d of September, 1898.
PETER NEU.
The life record of Peter Neu of Templeton, now deceased, is striking evidence of what may be accomplished by worthy ambition guided by clear and well defined purpose, and it would be difficult to name a citizen of Crawford county who has occupied a more honored place in the estimation of the people. He is a native of Germany, born at Dellan, Luxemburg, December 10, 1851, son of Philip and Kathrine (Rodesch) Neu. There were six children in the family of which he was a member, namely : Theo- dore, Herman, Charles, Nicholas, Peter and Margaret.
Peter Neu of this review received his early education in his native town and grew up under the sheltering influence of the paternal home. As he advanced toward manhood he became actuated with the desire to take ad- vantage of the best opportunities available and decided to seek his fortune in America. Accordingly in 1868 he crossed the ocean and took up his residence in Mendota, La Salle county, Illinois, where he worked for wages on a farm. In 1880 he came to Iowa and secured employment as clerk in the Bennett hardware store at Carroll, and later in the Efferts general mer- chandise store. The latter establishment being destroyed by fire he came to Templeton in 1881 and entered the general merchandise business in his own name in which he continued about twenty-seven years. He was highly successful in his business affairs and foreseeing the advance in value of land invested extensively in farms in various parts of the country. His first purchase was the Hostetter place of two hundred and eighty acres in Eden township, to which he added two hundred and forty acres and later eighty acres, thus acquiring a valuable property of six hundred acres in that locality. He also bought two hundred and eighty acres in Audubon county, one hundred and sixty acres in Winnebago county and three hundred and twenty acres in Hand county, South Dakota, thus becoming the owner of
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extensive holdings of valuable land, whose advance in value has fully vindicated his judgment.
In 1880 Mr. Neu was united in marriage at Peru, Illinois, to Miss Mollie Jackley, daughter of Xavier and Mary (Schaba) Jackley. Mr. and Mrs. Jackley were the parents of ten children, namely : Willis, John, Jo- seph, Gustave, Henry, Fred, Tony, Emma, Mary and Louise.
Ten children came to bless the union of Mr. and Mrs. Neu, six sons and four daughters, seven of whom are now living, namely: Louise, the wife of Frank V. Nockels of Carroll county and they have three children- John, Carl and Frank; Philip, who is now engaged in the general merchan- dise business at Templeton; Mary, at home ; and Charles, Earl, Fred and Harold. Earl Neu was born January 2, 1894. He attended the public schools of Templeton and the high school at Carroll, thus receiving a good education which has assisted him greatly in his contact with the world. Later he took a course in the business college at Sac City. He clerked in his father's store several years and during the last four years has made his home at Carroll.
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