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FRANK TOYNE.
Frank Toyne, who is engaged in general farming and the raising and breeding of thoroughbred horses and cattle on his homestead in Jasper township, was born in Cedar county, Iowa, on the 10th of September. 1876. His father, George Toyne, is a native of Lincolnshire, England, where he was reared and educated. At the age of twenty-one he deter- mined to emigrate to America, and took passage for the United States, arriving in this country in 1856. He first located in Ohio, where he re- mained for a year; later he went to Cedar county, Iowa. There he was subsequently married, continuing to reside there until 1879 in which year he came to Carroll county. He acquired a farm on section 36, Jasper township, which he improved and cultivated until 1893, when he withdrew from agricultural pursuits and removed to Glidden, where he is now liv- ing retired at the age of seventy-six years. He met with most gratifying success in his undertakings and acquired five hundred acres of excellent farming land in this county, which was the result of his own unaided effort. Mr. Toyne has twice married, his first wife passed away in 1871, leaving five children : Mira, the wife of Jeff Meyers, a resident of Nebraska; Will- iam, who is running a grain elevator at Ralston, lowa: May, the wife of Ira Wienek, of Lake City; Eva, the wife of Daniel Leonard, of Lanesboro : and Frank, who is our subject. For his second wife Mr. Toyne chose Mrs. Julietta Scranton, and to them were also born five children: Alice, who is deceased; John, who is living in Indianapolis, Indiana ; Iva, the wife of Daniel Ruby, of Boise, Idaho; and Julia and Charles, both of whom are at home.
Reared on the homestead in Jasper township, Frank Toyne acquired his education in the common schools, remaining a member of the parental household until he was twenty-five years of age. In 1901 he located upon his present homestead, on which he has effected many improvements during the period of his ownership. His farm contains one hundred and sixty acres of land and is known as "East Lawn;" here he is raising Shorthorns and thoroughbred horses, in connection with the tilling of his fields.
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Mr. Toyne was united in marriage to Miss May Drew, who passed away in 1900. Three children were born of this union: Guy; and Grace and Gladden, who are twins. In 1907 Mr. Toyne married Gertrude Hinkley, his present wife and they have become the parents of two children, one who died in infancy and Gurdon.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Toyne affiliate with the Methodist Episcopal church and politically he is a republican. He is not an office seeker although for two years he served in the capacity of school treasurer. He is one of the energetic and enterprising citizens of Jasper township, who is becom- ing recognized as one of the substantial farmers.
S. P. GULICK.
Through the improvement of the opportunities which Iowa offers in agricultural lines S. P. Gulick has become one of the substantial citizens of Carroll county. He is one of Iowa's eastern-born residents, his birth having taken place in Montgomery county, New York, on the 25th of August, 1845, a son of William and Anne Marie (Parks) Gulick. The father, who was born in the same county in 1801, was a blacksmith by trade who, in 1856, sought the opportunities of the middle west, locating in Clinton county, Iowa. He was engaged at his trade there for several years, after which he came to Carroll county and here he resided with his son, S. P. Gulick. During his latter years he lived retired and passed away on the 3d of June, 1880. His wife's death followed ten years later, at which time she was laid by the side of her husband in West Side ceme- tery. She was descended from an old Connecticut family and her father served in the Revolutionary war. To Mr. and Mrs. William Gulick were born three sons and four daughters, namely: Lonette, the deceased wife of P. J. Schuyler, whose remains were also interred in West Side cemetery ; Henry, deceased; Sarah, the widow of Richard Wagner, of Denison., Iowa; Cynthia, who married Charles Jones, also of that city; Emma, the deceased wife of George Harris, of Rockwell City, Iowa; William, who was killed while serving in the Civil war at the battle of Bayou Meto; and S. P., of this review.
In the county of his nativity S. P. Gulick spent the first eleven years of his life, and his education, which had been begun in the Empire state, was continued in the schools of Clinton county, Iowa. After his gradu- ation from the high school he pursued a course at the college at Mount Vernon, Iowa, and with this broad mental training he returned home to take up the cares and responsibilities of business life. In 1873 he came to Carroll county where he entered a farm in Arcadia township, about a half mile from West Side. The land was unimproved when it came into his possession, still covered with its native growth, and Mr. Gulick had first to clear a road before he could haul the timber with which to build his house. There were no bridges in the district at that time, and it was
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necessary to fill many of the ditches with brush in order to pass over them. The dwelling which he erected is still standing and is one of the old land- marks of the locality. Confronted by the arduous task of converting his raw prairie land into productive fields, Mr. Gulick at once concentrated his efforts upon its development and improvement and, overcoming all obstacles and difficulties which lay in his path, it was not long ere he had brought his farm under a high state of cultivation. He not only erected substantial and commodious barns and outbuildings but set out many fruit trees and also had a fine grove of shade trees of his own planting and in- stituted many other improvements. His farm, consisting of eighty acres, is now equipped with all of the machinery necessary for the successful conduct of an agricultural enterprise and is one of the desirable and valu- able properties of the township.
In 1886 Mr. Gulick was married to Miss Mary Hannah, and they have one son, Robert, who now operates his father's farm. The parents hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal church, the teachings of which form the guiding influences of their lives, and the political support of Mr. Gulick is given to the republican party. He early learned the lesson that success must be purchased at the price of earnest, well defined labor, and by constant exertion, associated with good judgment, he has gained a place among the substantial agriculturists of Arcadia township and commands the respect and confidence of all with whom he has business relations.
HENRY HOFFMANN.
Henry Hoffmann, who for twenty-six years was engaged in the mer- cantile business in Manning, but is now living retired, was born in Els- dorf, province of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, on the 25th of April, 1860. He is a son of John and Frauke (Thede) Hoffmann, who were natives of the same province, the father having been born on the 6th of Decem- ber, 1818, and the mother in 1818, her natal day having been the 23d of March. Mr. Hoffmann, who was a carpenter by trade, emigrated to the United States in 1866, arriving here on the 3d of July. He located in Scott county, Iowa, during the first three years of his residence working as a farm hand. In 1869 he bought forty acres of land which he disposed of later and removed to Carroll county in 1875. In the same year he pur- chased eighty acres in Washington township, which he operated until his re- tirement about 1884, when he and his wife removed to Manning. Here Mr. Hoffmann passed away on the 6th of February, 1889, but she survived until the IIth of December, 1896. They were the parents of six children, the order of their births being as follows: Margaret, the wife of Henry Severs, of Manning; Wiebke, who married Christian Grube, of Manning; John, a business man of Manning; Carson, also a resident of this town; Frauke, the wife of Henry Herman, of Manning; and Henry, our subject.
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Both parents were members of the German Lutheran church, and he cast his ballot for the men and measures of the democratic party.
As he was only a lad of six years when his parents emigrated to the United States, Henry Hoffmann acquired his education in the common schools of Scott county, during which time he also gave his father such assistance with the work of the farm as his time and strength would per- mit. On leaving the old homestead, in 1877, he went to West Side, Craw- ford county, Iowa, where he clerked in the store of Weidling & Evers, remaining with them until coming to Manning, in 1881. Here he engaged in merchandising on his own account until 1907, when he sold his business to the firm of Rober, Wehrman & Company.
Mr. Hoffmann was married on the 17th of September, 1882, to Miss Anna Peters, a daughter of Mrs. Margaret (Von Bergen) Peters, of West Side, Iowa. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Hoffmann were born four children : Emil, who is deceased; Amanda, the wife of Dr. Julius J. Miller, of Manning ; Laura, who is a resident of Omaha, Nebraska; and William, who is also deceased. The wife and mother passed away on the 12th of June, 1889, and on the 10th of February, 1891, Mr. Hoffmann was married to Miss Eliza Schmidt, a daughter of Henry and Minnie (Pruhs) Schmidt, of Manning, and of this union there have also been born four children : Emil W., who is on the United States Steamship Maryland; Louie, who is de- ceased; Hilda, also deceased; and Walter J., who is at home.
The church affiliation of the family is with the Lutheran denomination, while fraternally he belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of which organization he is treasurer. His political support Mr. Hoff- mann has always given to the men and measures he deems best qualified to protect the interests of the majority, irrespective of party. He is now living retired, enjoying the ease and comfort denied him during the stren- uous years of his business activity.
PETER A. MARTENS.
Peter A. Martens, one of the younger representatives of the commercial life of Manning, was born in the town where he now resides on the 13th of April, 1885. He is a son of Detloff and Lena (Ehlers) Martens, for many years identified with the farming population of this county, but now living retired in Manning. Mr. Martens is a native of Germany from which country he emigrated to Clinton county, Iowa, whence he came to Carroll county. Later he acquired a farm in Washington township in the cultivation of which he engaged until his retirement. Both Mr. and Mrs. Martens affiliate with the Lutheran church and in politics he is a democrat. Their family numbers seven, in the following order of birth: Margaret, the wife of William Witt, of Washington township; John, also a resident of Washington township; William J., who is living in Manning; Detloff,
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of Washington township; Henry, of Manning; Annina, who is at home; and Peter A., our subject.
Reared at home Peter A. Martens obtained his education in the public schools of Manning, after the completion of which he entered the em- ployment of the Manning Mercantile Company, having decided to adopt a commercial career. He clerked for this firm for four years, at the ex- piration of which time he accepted a position in the store of his brother with whom he remained a similar period. From there he went into the county clerk's office in the capacity of deputy, remaining for a year and a half. In September, 1910, he became associated with Jacob Ohde in the grain, stock and coal business, in which he continues to be engaged. Dur- ing the brief period of their organization they have made very good prog- ress and have every reason to feel assured of ultimately establishing a lucrative business.
Mr. Martens is unmarried and continues to make his home with his parents. He votes the democratic ticket, but thus far has not prominently participated in local politics, his entire attention at the present being con- centrated upon his business.
HEIDER MANUFACTURING COMPANY.
Among the manufacturers of Iowa the Heider Manufacturing Com- pany occupies a prominent place. The present officers of the company are Henry J. Heider, president ; John Heider, Sr., vice president ; and John C. Heider, secretary and treasurer. All the patents of the company are the invention of Henry J. Heider, the president of the company, and the factory was originally established by him on the farm in Eden township in 1902, manufacturing four-horse binder and plow eveners by hand without any power machinery and delivering his goods to his trade in a wagon. In order to take care of the increasing demand for Heider eveners, in Jan- uary, 1903, a partnership was formed by the two brothers, Henry J. and John C. Heider, and they opened a factory at Albert Lea, Minnesota. Owing to the growth of their business, they were obliged to secure large factory facilities, and in order to be more centrally located for their trade, they removed their factory to Carroll, Iowa, in January, 1904, and after being located there a short time, they bought the ground and built the orig- inal building of their present plant, and the business was incorporated in 1905. They have added new machinery and buildings every year to take care of their increasing business, and now have the largest factory of its kind in the world. Their output is mostly sold through the jobbers. They have added to their line of manufactured goods every year, and at present make a full line of two, three, four, five and six-horse plow eveners, three- horse wagon eveners, buggy neckyokes, wagon doubletrees, singletrees and neckyokes, ladders, gasoline tractors, etc.
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Henry J. and John C. Heider were both born in La Salle county, Illi- nois, and passed their boyhood days on a farm. They came to Carroll county, Iowa, with their parents in 1883, who moved on a farm in Wash- ington township, and later in Eden township. The parents, John and Emma Heider, both, were born in Illinois. The father in his young man- hood engaged in farming and continued as a farmer, first in La Salle county, Illinois, and since 1883 in Carroll county, Iowa, until March, 1904, when he moved to Carroll and retired from active work, and has since devoted his time looking after his land holdings in Iowa and South Dakota.
Six children were born to Mr. and Mrs. John Heider : John C .; Henry J., who married Frances Schlichte, a daughter of John Schlichte, and has three children, Florence, Edna and Irma; Margaret, the wife of W. B. Brown of Lakefield, Minnesota; Mary E .; Frances; and Joseph A.
Conrad Heider, the paternal grandfather was a native of Prussia, and his wife was Elizabeth June. He was a farmer in the old country and had been in the service of the German army. In 1845 he came with his family to La Salle county, Illinois, continuing there until his death, which occurred when he was within ten days of being sixty-two years old. His wife passed away at the age of thirty-six years. They had six children : Katharine, Mary, Elizabeth, Joe. John and William. The maternal grandfather was Jolın Wahll, a native of Alsace-Lorraine, France, and his wife was Mar- garet Pantenburg. They came to this country and also settled in La Salle county, Illinois, where he died at the age of fifty-three years. His wife still survives and is living with her daughter, Mrs. John Heider in Carroll. They had four children : Katharine, Mary, Emma and John.
HENRY J. P. MULLER.
Another of the many pioneer settlers of Carroll county who became an extensive and successful agriculturist is Henry J. P. Muller, who re- tired from active farming several years ago and is now engaging in the coal business in Coon Rapids. He was born on his father's homestead in the vicinity of Fort Wayne, Allen county, Indiana, on the 30th of August, 1841. His parents were William S. and Mary Ann (Kantzen) Muller, the father a native of Hanover, and the mother of Aschendorf, Friesland, Germany. Mr. Muller, who was a baker and brewer in the fatherland, emigrated to the United States in 1825, locating in Leo, Allen county, In- diana, where he engaged in farming. There he passed away at the age of eighty-eight years. Mrs. Muller survived for several years thereafter her demise occurring at the age of about eighty-six years. They were both communicants of the Roman Catholic church. The paternal grandparents spent their entire lives in the old country, the grandfather, Henry Muller, who was a baker by trade, dying in his early manhood, but his wife had passed the eighty-ninth milestone on life's journey before her demise. They were the parents of six children : William S., Francis, Henry, Engel-
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bert, Josephine and Clementine. The maternal grandfather, who always resided in Germany, passed away in middle life. To Mr. and Mrs. Will- iam S. Muller were born thirteen children, nine of whom lived to matur- ity : Herman; Frank; Henry, our subject; Clementina, the wife of Joseph Ilutter, of Carroll; Emma, the deceased wife of John Kasmier; Victor, who is also deceased ; Mary, who is unmarried, living in Fort Wayne, In- diana ; William, who is a resident of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; and Engelbert, also deceased.
The boyhood and youth of Henry J. P. Muller were spent on the farm where he was born, his early education being obtained in the district schools of that locality, which he attended until fourteen years of age, when he went to Germany and remained with his grandmother for four years, com- pleting his education in the gymnasium at Meppen, Germany. After his return to Fort Wayne in 1859 he engaged in teaching in the district schools of Allen county, Indiana, and continued to follow that profession exclu- sively until his marriage November 23, 1862. Later he taught only during the winter months, devoting his summers to agricultural pursuits. In April, 1864, he moved to lowa, purchasing two hundred acres of land lo- cated in Newton township, Carroll county, and Viola township, Audubon county. He was able to add to his holdings at divers times until he ac- quired five hundred and twenty acres of most fertile land. He continued to follow farming until the ist of March, 1900, when he removed to Coon Rapids, where he ran the city scales for three years. At the expiration of that period he engaged in the coal business with which he continues to be identified. He has sold his homestead and one hundred and twenty acres of his other holdings, but he still owns two hundred acres of farm- ing land in addition to his fine residence in Coon Rapids.
Mr. Muller was married on the 23d of November, 1862, to Miss Martha Ballou, a daughter of James E. and Clarissa (Dunton) Ballou, the father a native of Indiana and the mother of the state of New York. Mrs. Mul- ler was born in Huntertown, Allen county, Indiana, on the 18th of Jan- uary, 1844, her parents being among the pioneer settlers in that county. There her father passed away in 1863, at the age of forty-seven years, hav- ing survived his wife four years, her demise occurring in 1859, after she had passed the thirty-seventh anniversary of her birth. They had two children who lived to attain maturity, Martha A., now Mrs. Muller; and James. The paternal grandfather, James Ballou, was a native of Massa- chusetts, as were also the maternal grandparents Ephriam and Abigail ( Ball) Dunton.
To Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. P. Muller have been born the following children : Clemence V., who married Josephine Hunkler, of Templeton, Iowa, now residing in St. Paul, Kansas, who has eight children: Victor, Frank, Wilhelmina, Herman, Louis, Christopher, Engelbert and Mary ; William, living in Carroll, who married Annie Corvis and they have four children : Albert, Henry J. P., Jr., Rosa and Herman; Wilhelmina, the wife of J. E. Devine, residing in the vicinity of Parker, South Dakota, who has seven children : Leo, Marcella, Ambrose, Joseph, Martha, Christina
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and Bernard; Ida, who became the wife of Charles Lilly, and is living near Menlo and has four children : Eulalia, Gerald, Bernardina and Leotta; Estella, who married Dominic Lilly, also residing near Menlo and has eight children : James, Cecelia, Floretta, Bertha, Martha, Edward, Agatha and Irene; Clementine who married George Waltz, of Chillicothe, Mis- souri, and has become the mother of six children: Raymond, Clarissa, Leo, Rosa, Lilly and Edward; and Harry, who married Monica Schnepner, and who is now living at Rosedale, Washington and has eight children : Jo- seph, Cecelia, Florence, Regina, Paul, Arthur, and Bertha and Bernice, twins; Charles, who was the youngest son, died at the age of twenty- two years, while a student at the State University, at Iowa City ; Leona, who married Frank Krummelbein, of Guthrie county and they have one adopted child, Margaret; Bernardetta, who married Edison Raygor and is living in the vicinity of Coon Rapids; and Amanda, the youngest daugh- ter, who is unmarried and teaching school. Mr. and Mrs. Muller have forty- six grandchildren, in addition to which they have recently adopted a child, a little girl, Annie Mary, who is now eighteen months of age. They will celebrate their golden wedding November 23, 1912, having then traveled life's journey together for half a century.
The family are all communicants of the Roman Catholic church, Mr. Muller having been the first German and first Catholic to settle in Carroll county. In politics he is a democrat but has never taken an active part in township or municipal affairs of a governmental nature. Mr. Muller has always been regarded as one of the progressive and enterprising citizens as well as capable business men of this community whose success in his various undertakings is the well merited reward of persistent and intelli- gently applied effort.
FRED KLOCKMAN.
In every community in America are to be found men who are ranked among the substantial citizens, whose success is entirely due to their own endeavors, intelligently and persistently directed toward a definite purpose. Of such as these is Fred Klockman, who owns and operates a fine farm of two hundred and eighty acres in Sheridan township. He was born in Germany on the 18th of March, 1849, being the elder of two brothers. The father passed away while his boys were yet too young to recollect him, the mother, however, attained the venerable age of eighty-six years before her demise. She emigrated to the United States with her younger son in 1870, making her home with our subject until her death, which occurred in 1895. She was laid to rest in the Lutheran cemetery in Sheridan town- ship. The younger son, William, was born in the fatherland in October. 1856, and passed away at the age of thirty-two years.
Fred Klockman, who was only seven years of age when his father passed away, acquired his education in the common schools of his native
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land. Feeling confident that his opportunities of realizing his ambition were better in America than in his own country, by means of much self denial the money was raised to pay for his passage. He left home with the full determination to succeed and promised to send for his mother and brother as soon as he could save the money. The young man made good his promise and two years later the mother and younger brother also came over to the United States. When they first located here the brothers farmed for a time in Cook and Du Page counties, Illinois, following which they removed to Chicago, where Mr. Klockman learned brick-making. In 1875 he went to Omaha, Nebraska, where he followed his trade for five years. At the expiration of that period he came to Carroll county locating on a farm on section 8, where he still resides. He has met with most gratifying success in the direction of his affairs during the thirty years of his residence here, and now owns two hundred and eighty acres of land which he has brought to a high state of cultivation. It is well improved and plentifully stocked, being one of the finest homesteads in the town- ship. He engages in general farming and in connection with the cultiva- tion of his fields also raises a good grade of stock.
Mr. Klockman established a home for himself when he married Miss Maria Heimborg, a native of Germany, their union being solemnized in 1882. To them have been born five children, two sons and three daughters, all of whom are still at home. The order of their birth is as follows: Wal- ter, Albert, Edith, Emma and Bertha.
The religious belief of the family is manifested through their affiliation with the Lutheran church, in the work of which they take an interest. Ever since acquiring the right of franchise through naturalization Mr. Klockman has voted with the democratic party. Despite the exactions of his extensive personal interests he always finds time to meet the duties of citizenship, and ever assumes his share of the governmental responsibilities. He has been a member of the board of township trustees for ten years, while for two terms he was a school director and school treasurer for seventeen years. The length of his service attests his efficiency in the various capac- ities in which he acted. During the long period of his residence in Sheri- dan township Mr. Klockman has won the friendship of many of his fellow citizens, who accord him their esteem having found him to be at all times a man of his word, whose integrity is above question.
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