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On the 4th of July, 1871, Mr. Kline was united in marriage to Miss Mary Ann Rokanbrodt, who was born in Sharon, Walworth county, where she was reared and married. Her parents, Mathias and Margaret (Suggar) Rokan- brodt, were natives of Germany who came to America at an early day, locat- ing first in Pennsylvania. Later they removed to Wisconsin and were num- bered among the early settlers of Walworth county, that state, where both passed away, the father on the 24th of October, 1888, and the mother in 1881. when seventy years and nine months old. Mrs. Kline was the youngest in a family of six children, the others being Jacob, Katharine, Fannic, Joseph and Vilena. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Kline have been born three children, Albert Ar- nett, Edward George and Nettie May, the latter living at home. The elder son, Albert A. Kline, is engaged in farming in Glidden township. He married Bertha Stevens, by whom he has two children, Leata Leona and Opal. Ed-
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ward G. Kline resides in Carroll, Iowa, and is also married, his wife in her maidenhood being Miss Minnie Horton. Unto them have been born two sons, Merle Manford and Lyle Edward.
Mr. and Mrs. Kline are members of the Church of God, in the work of which they take an active and helpful part, and of which Mr. Kline is serv- ing as trustee. In politics he has never been governed by party ties nor ma- chine rule, but has ever cast an independent ballot, voting for the best man and most desirable measures. His interests are thoroughly identified with those of Carroll county, within whose borders he has lived and labored for many years, and he now occupies a place among the representative, well-to- do and highly respected residents of the county.
JAMES THOMPSON.
James Thompson, one of the substantial and highly respected citizens of Carroll, has for the past twenty years acted as manager of the W. T. Joyce Lumber Company. His birth occurred in Wayne county, Ohio, on the 9th of April, 1847, his parents being James and Margaret (Macomson) Thompson, both of whom were of Scotch descent and were born in Ireland. His paternal grandfather, Thomas Thompson, was a farmer by occupa- tion and passed away in Ireland at the age of eighty-five years. Unto him and his wife were born five sons, namely: John, Thomas, James, Robert and Hugh. The maternal grandfather of our subject and also his wife and daughter all died in Ireland in the same week.
James Thompson, the father of Mr. Thompson of this review, was edu- cated in Ireland and crossed the Atlantic to the United States when sixteen years of age, locating in Philadelphia, where he remained for several years. Subsequently he spent a short time in Wooster, Ohio, and then began farm- ing near that town, being there engaged in general agricultural pursuits for some years. In 1851 he came to Iowa, settling first in Lee county, a mile and a half from Keokuk. In 1855 he removed to Scott county, there re- siding for many years. His wife passed away in Scott county, in 1863, when fifty-five years of age. Subsequently he took up his abode in Tama, where his demise occurred when he had attained the age of sixty-five years. Both he and his wife belonged to the old Seceder Presbyterian denomina- tion. They were the parents of four sons, as follows: Thomas, who is a resident of Davenport, Iowa; Benjamin, living in Tama, Iowa; James, of this review; and William, who makes his home near Iowa City, Iowa.
James Thompson was reared on farms in Scott and Lee counties and attended the district schools in the acquirement of an education, also pur- suing a course of study in the commercial college at Davenport. Removing to Tama, he was there engaged in the drug business for four years, while in 1876 he came to Carroll, having resided here continuously since. He was first identified with the grocery business for a number of years and was afterward on the road as a traveling salesman for two years. On the ex-
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piration of that period he became the manager of the W. T. Joyce Lumber Company, having ably discharged the duties devolving upon him in this connection for the past twenty years. He is a man of keen discrimination and sound judgment, and his executive ability and excellent management have brought to the concern with which he is connected a large degree of success.
On the 31st of May, 1873, Mr. Thompson was united in marriage to Miss Julia E. Day, a native of New York and a daughter of Horace and Rebecca (Beaman) Day, who were likewise natives of the Empire state. From New York they made their way to Wisconsin and thence came to Iowa about 1870, both passing away in Tama, this state. Their children were three in number, namely: Julia, Emma and Cassius. Horace Day was twice married, his second wife being a sister of his first wife. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson are the parents of four children, as follows : Ada, liv- ing in Oklahoma, Oklahoma, who wedded O. W. Gibson, by whom she has one son, Otis James; May, who is employed as a stenographer in Carroll; Eva, who is the wife of Dr. E. L. Vernon and makes her home in Chadron, Nebraska; and Ward, likewise a resident of Oklahoma, who is the secre- tary of the Texas Cement & Plaster Company.
Mr. Thompson is a democrat in politics and is now serving as alderman of the first ward, while for one term he held the office of supervisor. Fra- ternally he is identified with the Masons, belonging to Signet Lodge, No. 264, A. F. & A. M. and Copestone Chapter, No. 78, R. A. M. He is also a member of Carroll Lodge, No. 279, I. O. O. F. Both Mr. and Mrs. Thomp- son belong to the Methodist church and take an active and helpful interest in its work. Living here for thirty-five years, he is very widely known and his many good qualities have at all times gained for him the confidence, trust and unqualified friendship of those with whom he has been brought in contact.
JOHN DEPPMANN.
One of the estimable German citizens of Union township, who is meet- ing with success in the cultivation of his homestead, is John Deppmann. His birth occurred in Mecklenburg. Germany, on the 23d of February, 1841, being a son of John and Lena (Bottenhall) Deppmann. Of the eight children born to them three became citizens of the United States, namely : John, our subject ; Dorothea, the deceased wife of William Lau; and Chris- tian, who is a resident of Chicago. The father, who was a laborer, spent his entire life in the old country, his death occurring at the age of fifty-two years. His widow joined her children in the United States shortly after- ward, for a time living in Chicago, but her latter years were spent in Coon Rapids, where she passed away at the venerable age of eighty-two years. Both father and mother were life-long members of the Lutheran church.
John Deppmann after acquiring a limited education in the common schools of his native land began his career as a wage earner. He was the son of a
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laborer, and became a farm hand. He served in the German army, partici- pating in the war of 1866, during which he was wounded, and in the Franco- Prussian war five years later. The first forty years of his life were spent in the land of his nativity, rebelling against the hardships inflicted by con- ditions of living under which he and his parents had suffered, and he ex- erted every effort to acquire the means to enable him and his family to come to America. His ambition was realized in 1881 when he hopefully set out for the United States. Upon his arrival in this country he made his way inland to Iowa, purchasing one hundred acres of prairie in Union township, Carroll county. He immediately began improving and cultivat- ing his homestead and with the passing of years, by means of thrift, tire- less energy and constant application he has been able to erect some very good buildings and bring his land into a high state of cultivation. His is one of the well-stocked and fertile farms of the township and he is recog- nized as one of the skillful agriculturists whose success is justly merited.
While residing in Germany Mr. Deppmann was married to Miss Mary Hase, their union being solemnized on the 2d of March, 1867. Mrs. Depp- mann is a native of Pomerania, Prussia, her natal day being the 5th of January, 1844. She is a daughter of Charles and Dora (Kent) Hase, the father, a laborer, passed away in 1868 at the age of sixty-seven years, but the mother survived until 1880, her demise occurring at the age of seventy- three. Four children were born to them: Rika; Carl; Mary, now Mrs. Deppmann ; and August.
Mr. and Mrs. Deppmann were the parents of six children, two of whom survive, namely : Mina, who married Fritz Pevestorf, of Greene county, Iowa, and has eight children : Rose, Albert, Emma, Alma, Arthur, Walter, Elma and Julius ; and Wilhelm, who married Miss Eliza Arndt, a daughter of Valentine and Christiana (Schmidt) 'Arndt, who has four children: Al- bert, Anna, Clara and Mabel.
Mr. and Mrs. Deppmann hold membership in the Lutheran church in the faith of which they were reared. During the twenty years which have elapsed since he became a citizen of the United States Mr. Deppmann has never had occasion to regret leaving the old country. There have been hardships and misfortunes but they have been softened with the passing of time, and are now almost forgotten in the enjoyment of the comfort and ease provided by the goodly income from their excellent farm.
EMERY F. SMITH.
Among the prominently known farmers of Carroll county is Emery F. Smith, who was born at Coon Rapids April 16, 1860, and has since made his home at this place. He is a son of Ezra Meade and Sarah Clarissa (Smith) Smith, the former of whom was born in Vermont and the latter in New York state, in December, 1830. The father was reared at Rutland, Vermont, and became a foreman in a marble mill of Rutland. After his
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marriage, which took place in Michigan, he came with his wife to Iowa in 1854 and located at Coon Rapids where he purchased land which he devel- oped into a good farm. At one time he was the owner of seven hundred acres. He died March 24, 1900, at the age of seventy-three years, but his widow still survives and resides on the old homestead. She has been blind for thirty years and is the oldest settler in Carroll county in point of con- tinuous residence. She and her husband in their younger days were mem- bers of the Baptist church but later affiliated with the Seventh Day Adven- tists. Mr. Smith was a lover of music and for many years taught singing in the old-fashioned singing schools. The only public office he ever held was that of school director. He was a good business man and became one of the prominent and successful farmers of Carroll county. There were six children in the family of Mr. and Mrs. Smith: Charles, deceased; Fran- celia, the wife of Daniel Smith, of Forsyth, Missouri; Byron, who makes his home at Mears, Oklahoma; Emery F .; Maria, who married Warren Fell, of Spirit Lake, Iowa; and George A., who died at the age of twelve and one-half years.
The paternal grandfather of our subject was a native of Vermont and engaged in farming. The maiden name of his wife was Lodena Blanchard. There were six children in their family, Franklin, Clarissa, Ezra. Laura, Adeline and Julia. The maternal grandfather was Alanson Smith, a native of New York who engaged in mercantile business for a number of years near Ithaca. He married Maria Gridley and they moved to Mich- igan and settled in New Hudson. He died at the age of seventy-four and his wife was called away at the age of eighty-three years. In their family were five children, Harriet E .. Sarah Clarissa, Edgar, Isadore and Martin. Mrs. Ezra Smith was twice married, her first husband being Luman Frank- lin Smith. He died and she married his brother, Ezra Meade Smith. There were no children by the first marriage. The ancestors of Mrs. Smith were of English stock, one of them being Baron D. Gridley. The American branch of the Gridley family is descended from progenitors who settled at Hartford, Connecticut, the early records showing that Thomas Gridley, grandfather of Mrs. Smith on her mother's side, married Sarah Hitch- cock. The family of which Mrs. Smith's father was a member settled near Ithaca, New York. Thomas Gridley, the grandfather on the mother's side, was a soldier of the Revolutionary war, enlisting when he was sixteen years of age.
Emery F. Smith, the subject of this sketch, was reared in Coon Rapids and secured advantages of education in the public schools. As he grew to manhood he assisted upon his father's farm and has since continued on the old homestead of which he is in charge. He devotes his attention to gen- eral farming and stock-raising and his labors are rewarded with ample har- vests, yielding a goodly annual income. Politically he is an adherent of the republican party whose candidates and principles receive his earnest support. A native of Coon Rapids, he is greatly interested in its develop- ment and is always ready to put his shoulder to the wheel to assist in pro- moting the welfare of the community.
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On the 27th of November, 1884, Mr. Smith was married to Miss Mary E. Morgan, who was born in Mahaska county, Iowa, February 3, 1861, a daughter of Richard and Lodena (Oldham) Morgan. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are the parents of four children, Chalon E., Raymond, Carl, and one who died in infancy. Chalon E. Smith, the eldest, married Miss Pearl S. Lloyd, of Key West, Florida. He has recently returned home after serving three years as a member of the Ninth Band of the Coast Artillery Corps of the United States Army.
Richard Morgan, the father of Mrs. Emery F. Smith, was born in Ken- tucky and his wife was born in Indiana. They came to Mahaska county, Iowa, where they resided a number of years. Mrs. Morgan died at Coon Rapids in 1907, having reached the age of sixty-nine, but Mr. Morgan is now living at Independence, Oklahoma. They had twelve children-Melvina May, Fred, Mary Ellen, Robert, Lizzie, Alexander, Addie, Carrie, Flor- ence, deceased, Mettie, Gertie and Jesse. The grandfather of Mrs. Smith on the paternal side was John Morgan, a native of Kentucky, and the maiden name of his wife was Elizabeth Myers. He died in middle life but Mrs. Morgan was over eighty-eight years of age when her death occurred. There were seven children in their family-Dorcas, Nancy, Amanda, Rich- ard, Alexander, Susan and Mary. The maternal grandfather was Robert Oldham, a native of Indiana, who married Nicy Bollibaugh. He died at the age of seventy-four, his widow being called away after she had passed the eighty-ninth milestone of life. They were the parents of nine children- Serena, Christina, Lodena, Nancy, Mary, Adam, Aaron, Zadoc and William.
Mrs. Ezra Smith retains a distinct recollection of many interesting events of the pioneer days. When she and her husband arrived at Coon Rapids- fifty-seven years ago-there were few white people in this part of the state. In 1855, the year following their arrival, Mr. and Mrs. Zadoc Titus and their family of six children became residents of the neighborhood and during the same year came Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Geiselhart and their fam- ily of four children. The three families all lived in one log house, Mr. and Mrs. Smith also being the parents of two children, so that there were twelve children and six grown persons, making eighteen in all, who lived together peaceably and happily. The heads of the famiiles are all now dead ex- cept Mrs. Smith. They finally built an addition to the house so that it had seven rooms and was one of the most commodious residences in this region. They passed through a number of exciting experiences, fight- ing prairie fires in which the women gave valuable assistance in saving their property. The principal means of travel was on horseback and Mrs. Smith became a skillful rider. When she took up her residence here the nearest white family, bearing the name of Niles, was five miles away. These neighbors moved to New Mexico and Mrs. Smith is now the oldest settler in the county. She owns the homestead on which she and her hus- band located more than a half-century ago but has disposed of a portion of the land, still retaining about one hundred and twenty acres all of which except thirty acres is within the corporate limits of Coon Rapids. Al- though she is now in her eighty-first year she is well preserved physically
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for one of her age and is remarkably bright mentally. She is well informed as to the growth of Carroll county, having witnessed its development from a wilderness. She endured the hardships of pioneer life and now enjoys a competency and the companionship and the loving ministrations of younger persons who were not called upon to endure the privations through which she and her early associates were obliged to pass. To the pioneers the present generation owes a debt of gratitude which it is impossible to pay.
LOUIS G. PATTY, M. D.
Dr. Louis G. Patty, a practicing physician and surgeon of Carroll, is a prominent and successful representative of the medical profession in this county. His birth occurred in Benton county, Iowa, on the 30th of June, 1864, his parents being Joseph M. and Rachel J. (Greenlee) Patty, both of whom were natives of Miami county, Ohio. His paternal grandfather, Mar- cus Patty, was a native of Ohio, and passed away at the comparatively early age of thirty-nine years. He conducted a tavern at Covington, Ohio, and was also a contractor on turnpikes. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Elizabeth Miller, died in early womanhood. They had two sons, Joseph and David. William Greenlee, the maternal grandfather of our subject, was a native of Kentucky and a farmer by occupation. He lived to attain the age of seventy-six years, while his wife, who bore the maiden name of Esther Furnas, was eighty-three years old when called to her final rest. Their chil- dren were thirteen in number, namely: Robert, Nancy, Mary, Rachel, Wil- liam R., Columbus C., Clay, Sadie M., Edward, Flora and three who died in infancy.
Joseph M. Patty, the father of Dr. Patty of this review, was the first physician in the town of Carroll. He learned the tailor's trade in early life and in the 'sos crossed the plains to California, working as a miner in that state. Subsequently he joined the United States navy on the ship St. Mary's, being in the Atlantic squadron which did duty around the Isthmus of Panama about the time of the Civil war. Before crossing the plains he had studied medicine and became a pioneer physician of Benton county. Iowa, where he practiced his profession for some time, riding horseback with saddlebags. After his naval service he returned home to Benton county, where he was married and continued to reside until 1867, when he took up his abode in Carroll, coming here from Grant City in June of that year. In connection with the practice of medicine he also engaged in freighting, owning several teams. He likewise conducted a tavern and in fact undertook anything at which he could make an honest living. In 1870 he removed with his family to Chanute, Kansas, which was at that time called New Chicago, and there took up a claim. In 1872 he returned to Carroll and it was here that his de- mise occurred in 1884, when he had attained the age of about fifty-three years. He was a Master Mason and a worthy exemplar of the fraternity. His wife was called to her final rest in 1906 when sixty-five years of age.
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They were the parents of four children, namely: Louis G., of this review : Clay, who is a resident of Fonda, Iowa; Josephine, who was born in Car- roll on the 30th of October, 1867, resides here at the present time and is the wife of E. M. Shepherd ; and Frank, who is deceased.
Louis G. Patty was reared in Carroll and attended the public schools in the acquirement of an education. In 1887 he completed the course in the veterinary department of Ames College, while in 1893 he won the degree of M. D. from the Jefferson Medical College at Philadelphia. He began the practice of his profession in Carroll county and with the exception of three and a half years spent in Pocahontas county has here remained to the pres- ent time. In connection with his duties as a physician and surgeon he also taught school for a number of terms, imparting clearly and readily to others the knowledge that he had acquired. He keeps in touch with the advance- ment that is being continually made by the medical fraternity through his membership in the Carroll County Medical Society, the Iowa State Medical Society and the American Medical Association, and his practice has steadily grown as he has demonstrated his ability to cope with the intricate problems which confront the physician in his efforts to restore health and prolong life.
On the 5th of November, 1895, Dr. Patty was united in marriage to Miss Josephine Coffield, who was born near Jerusalem, Ohio, her parents being Benjamin W. and Amanda J. (Andrews) Coffield, who are likewise natives of the Buckeye state. They came to Iowa in 1870, first residing at Maloy's Grove, near Dedham, Carroll county, for a short time. Subsequently they pur- chased a farm of one hundred acres in Eden township, making their home thereon for twenty years. On the expiration of that period they removed to a farm in Audubon county, where they are living at the present time. Ben- jamin W. Coffield enlisted for service in the Union army when but nineteen years of age, becoming a private of Company C, One Hundred and Sixteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, on the 12th of August, 1862. He received a slight flesh wound and was captured at the battle of High Bridge, Virginia, on the 6th of April, 1865, but was exchanged and mustered out at Camp Chase, Ohio, by order of the war department, on the 10th of June, 1865. He was the father of six children, three of whom grew to maturity, namely: Jo- sephine, Louise and Fred. Thomas Coffield, the paternal grandfather of Mrs. Patty, was a native of Ireland and a gentleman farmer. He had a large and elegant library and was a deep student. Unto him and his wife, who prior to her marriage was Miss Sharp, were born five children : Mary, Har- riet, Benjamin, Margaret and Eliza. Alben Andrews, the maternal grand- father of Mrs. Patty, was born in 1818-one hour after the arrival of his parents in Philadelphia from England. Unto him and his wife, who in maidenhood was Miss Mary J. Colvig, were born six children: Samuel, Amanda, Alfred, Louise, Adelbert and Anna. Alben Andrews lived to at- tain the age of seventy-six years, while his wife reached the advanced age of eighty-eight years, passing away in the summer of 1910. Dr. and Mrs. Patty have one child, Maude.
In politics Dr. Patty is a republican, while fraternally he is identified with the Masons, belonging to Signet Lodge, No. 264, A. F. & A. M .; Copestone
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Chapter, No. 78, R. A. M .; Emmaus Commandery, No. 35, K. T .; and to Za-Ga-Zig Temple of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. His wife is a de- voted and consistent member of the Christian church. Dr. Patty is a public- spirited man and popular, an unfeigned cordiality and uniform courtesy gaining him the warm friendship and kindly regard of the greater number of those with whom he comes in contact.
JOHN F. HOOGESTRAAT.
Iowa derives her wealth largely from her agricultural interests. The great broad prairies of the state offer excellent opportunities to the farmer and stock-raiser. The soil requires none of that previous laborious prepa- ration necessary in a district of native forest growth, but responds readily to the care and labor which is bestowed upon it as the furrows are turned and the fields are cultivated. To this work of tilling the soil John F. Hooge- straat gives his time and energies, but does not confine his efforts entirely to one line, for he is also interested in the raising of high grade stock and in business circles has won for himself a creditable place. Mr. Hooge- straat was born in Arcadia township, Carroll county, on the 31st of Janu- ary, 1873, a son of F. J. and Anna ( Kruse) Hoogestraat. The parents, as their names would indicate, were both natives of Germany, although they were married in America. The father, coming to this country in early life, located for one year at Freeport, Illinois, and then removed to Ackley, Iowa, where he was married. In 1872 he came to Carroll county, first tak- ing up his abode in Wheatland township, while later he moved to Arcadia township, purchasing a farm here in 1875. That remained his home until his death in 1901. He was a republican in politics and in private life was honored and respected by all who knew him. His wife also passed away on the home farm, in 1900, her remains being interred in the Bruggeman cemetery. In their family were ten children, as follows: Alice, at home ; John F., of this review; Fred, of Arcadia township; Anna, now deceased ; Florence, the wife of George Ryan, of Denver, Colorado; Margaret, re- siding at Los Angeles, California; William O., superintendent of schools of Tekoa, Washington; Christina; Hannah, also residing in Los Angeles, Cal- ifornia ; and Otto, who passed away in infancy.
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