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HISTORY OF CASS COUNTY.
ministry, was done at Allegheny Theo- logical seminary, under the auspices of the United Presbyterian church. He con- tinued studying four years, and in 1861, commenced his ministerial labors. Until be came west, his attention was devoted almost entirely to the ministry. He came to Cass county in February, 1867, and bought the farm he now owns and occu- pies. It is located in section 11, of Bear Grove, and contains one hundred and twenty acres of finely improved land. On account of failing health, he has been obliged of late years to abandon preaching. Since coming to this county he has given much time to his chosen work, preaching three years at Adair. Mr. and Mrs. Graham are the parents of four children, two now living-Samuel F., born November 19, 1864, now at home, and Andrew Ross, born October 6, 1870. Mr. Graham has served as town trustee, school director and assessor. Andrew H. Graham, brother of Rev. W. M. Graham, and his wife, Rose B. Graham, came to .Cass county in 1870, and settled where they now live in section 2, Bear Grove. They have eleven children-Andrew L., George M., Florence M., Robert F., James I. Harry M., Margaret, Amy M., Gertrude, Genevieve and Helen. Mr. Graham has a fine farm of one hundred and sixty acres.
Samuel B. Kegarice was born in Bed- ford county, Pennsylvania, September 12, 1825. His parents, Jacob and Barbara Kegarice, died in that county. Samuel Tas reared on a farm, and at the age of seventeen years, went to serve an appren- ticesbip at the blacksmith trade. He was
married August 14, 1848, to Hester Ann Thomas. Mr. Kegarice followed his trade in Bedford county until the fall of 1858. He then moved to Springfield, Missouri, where he was living when the war broke out. Being a strong Union man he was compelled to leave the State, his life be- ing in danger. He left behind him about three thousand dollars worth of property, of which he has never recovered a dollar. He went to Bureau county, Illinois and worked at his trade until 1870. He came, in that year to Cass county, and settled in Bear Grove township where he now lives. He owns a farm of forty acres. After coming here, he followed his trade until 1881. He now rents his shop. Mr. and Mrs. Kegarice have two children- Josiah, born April 14, 1849, now married to Birdie Copeland, and Mary Ann, born September 14, 1850, living at home with her parents.
Charles J. Olson was born in Sweden, October 9, 1830. He came to America in 1857, and located in Henderson county, Illinois, where he remained until 1862, then removed to Jefferson county, Iowa. In 1873 he came to Cass county and pur- chased eighty acres in section 22, where he now lives. He was married Novem- ber 19, 1863, to Charlotte Anderson, a sister of C. J. Anderson. She was born in Sweden, January 22, 1835. They have four children-Mary C., wife of Frank Blaser of Noble; Albert O., Carrie J. and Frank E.
ORGANIC.
The board of supervisors of the county, in response to a petition that had been presented, on the 11th of June, 1869, or- dered the organization of congressional
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township 75, range 36, into a civil town- ship to be known as Bear Grove, and or- dered that C. A. Hebing act as the or- ganizing officer. The election was held at the Roselle school house, on the 12th day of October, and the following officers chosen, the first in the new township: Lorenzo D. Marsh; Henry Stone and Wil- liam Martin, trustees; William Farmer, clerk; Henry Stone, assessor; C. T. Sum- ers, justice of the peace; Isaac Marsh, constable; and H. G. Van Vlack, super- visor. There were but eleven votes cast at this election. The present officers of the township are as follows: Alexander Hyndman, Joel Perkins and J. C. Brad- bury, trustees; J. J. Tippey, clerk; Oscar Stormer and H. R. Lee, justices; George F. Case and H. W. Runte, constables; C. W. Andrews, assessor; John Bell, J. C. Bradbury, Jacob Wissler, John Boller, H. D. Brown, C. H. Fleagle, Eli Adams and J. O. Russell, road supervisors.
GALION POST OFFICE.
This office was established in Novem- ber, 1880, and S. B. Kegarice, was com- missioned post master. He kept the office in his blacksmith shop, that he was run- ning on section 27. The present postmas- ter is J. B. Thomason, who has a store on the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section 27, and has the office in his store.
A blacksmith shop was established in 1870, on section 27, by S. B. Kegarice, who continued to operate it for about ten or eleven years, when it he leased it to his son, who ran it for two years, when it passed into the hands of the present smith, Robert Sharp.
EDUCATIONAL.
The first school house in the township was erected by H. B. Roselle, in 1862 or 1863, on section 29. Hannah Disbrow, now the wife of Benton Morrow, taught the first term of school in this building, which was also the first in the township. The building proved too small for the purpose intended, and was afterward sold to O. Vierson, who uses it as a granary at present.
One of the early schools in this town- ship was obtained and conducted in an entirely original manner. A man, who was sub-director for his district, induced a friend to represent him to the county superintendent as being well qualified for the position of teacher. His excuse for not seeing that official in person was urgent business in another direction. The friend secured a certificate for him, and being sub-director, he hired himself and taught by proxy, his wife doing, or pre- tending to do, the teaching. She began with six or seven pupils, but they dropped off, one by one, until she had but two or three left. One day a neighbor from another district, seeing one of her former pupils running at large, asked him why be was not in school. "Oh, 'cause the school ain't worth a -; the school- marm washes, cooks, sweeps and keeps school all at one time; then she doctors folks, too." She taught in the same shanty in which the family resided, and when the sub-director went to draw his pay, he brought in a bill for fuel, house rent and teacher's salary.
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FIRST ITEMS.
Osro Baldwin built the first log cabin in the township, which still stands on the farm now owned by J. W. Brown.
The first marriage occurred in 1858, which joined together the hearts and des- tinies of Seth Sackett and a daughter of Osro Baldwin.
The first death was that of Osro Bald- win, whose demise occurred during the year of 1858.
The first birth in Bear Grove was that of a child of H. B. Roselle.
The first frame house erected in the township was built by L. D. Marsh, in 1859.
The second frame house was built by Dr. A. Teele, on section 8, in the year 1862.
The first school house in the township was built on section 29, by H. B. Roselle, in 1862 or 3.
The first school in the township was taught by Hannah Disbrow, now the wife of Benton Morrow.
The second house in the township was built by H. B. Roselle, and was con- structed of rails and hay.
The first Sabbath school in the town- ship was organized by William Farmer, in the spring of 1870, at the school house now in district No. 1. It had an attend- ance of about twelve or fifteen at the start.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
UNION TOWNSHIP.
This sub-division of Cass county is bounded upon the north by Franklin township, with Massena on the east, Edna on the south and Bear Grove on the west. It is a full congressional township, comprising about 23,040 acres, and is technically known as township 75, range 35. It was constituted in 1863, being cut off from the old townships of Brecken- ridge and Lura, the former of which became extinct at that time. Massena was afterward taken from this newly formed township. The principal stream
of water is Seven Mile creek, which flows from the northeast to the south west, passing through sections 1, 2, 11, 10, 15, 16, 21, 20, 29, 32 and 31, and making its exit into Bear Grove township from the latter section. There is considerable timber of natural growth found along the banks of this stream, but aside from this the township is mostly an open and roll- ing prairie, which abounds with ina y many beautiful artificial groves and a rich and productive soil, which is well developed by the ir dustrious and pros-
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perous class which comprise the inhab- itants of the township.
EARLY SETTLEMENT.
The first settler in Union township was Peter Hedges, who in the fall of 1850, came from Logan county, Illinois, where he had been living, and took up a claim on Seven-Mile creek, at what was then called Hickory Grove, afterwards known as Hedges', and now as Gaylord's Grove. In 1859, he went to Colorado, coming back in the fall, but went ont once more in the following year, but the autumn found him once more in Cass county, where he remained until about 1863, when he sold sold out to D. F. Gaylord, and moved to Albany, Gentry county, Mis- souri. In the latter part of 1881, he re- moved to Excelsior Springs, Clay county, in the same State, where he died in the spring of 1882.
Cyrus Newlon came from Edgar county, Illinois, in June, 1858, and located on sec- tion 31. He remained till 1873, when he removed to Atlantic.
Cyrus S. Newlon was born in Edgar county, Illinois, in September, 1827, and is the son of Hiram and Margaret (Fields) Newlon. He spent his early life there, and was married there in 1848, to Jan- nette Middleton, a native of Vigo county, Indiana. They have four children-H. S., the eldest, is in the agricultural imple- ment business in Atlantic; J. C., a gradu- ate of the Keokuk Medical Institute, is practicing medicine in Carmi, Illinois ; ' Ida M. is now the wife of John South- wick ; their youngest child, Magnolia. re- sides with her parents. He came to this county in 1858, locating at what is called Newlon's Grove, in Union township. He
improved one hundred and sixty-six acres of land, and made his home on it, till 1873, when he came to Atlantic to reside. He lived a retired life for three or four years, and then engaged in the agricul- tural implement business, which still oc- cupies his attention. He has held the office of justice of the peace and other minor positions, and was one of the mem- bers of the first board of supervisors of Cass county. He is a Knight Templar in the Masonic order. The family are iden- tified with the Presbyterian church.
In the spring of 1859 William Perkins came. and located at Newlon's Grove, on section 31, having removed from Edna Grove, where he had settled the previous year. He was a native of Connecticut, and on arriving at suitable age, hecaine a sailor. He followed this occupation until his marriage, when he removed to Ohio. He removed to this county in 1858, set- tling at Edna Grove, from which place he removed to this township, as aforesaid. He was a clever man, a great hunter and quite a backwoodsman. He died and was buried in the township. After his death, the family scattered, but finally located in Kansas.
James Edwards came to Union town- ship in 1860. He did not buy any land, but rented in various parts of the town- ship for several years. His wife and daughter went to Oregon, where Mrs. Ed- wards died. James is now a resident of VanMeter, Iowa, where he has married again. He came to this county from Illi- nois, which was his native State.
William Wilson settled on section 20, in the spring of 1862. He came to the county from Ash Grove, Illinois, and lo-
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cated at Turkey Grove in the fall of 1860. He remained that winter, and in the fol- lowing spring removed to Edna township, where he rented land, and farmed it that season. He then removed to this town- ship as aforesaid. He had a wife and two children. In 1864 he sold his land to F. H. Whitney, and removed to Nevada.
William H. Hoyt came in the fall of 1864, and settled on section 29, where he still resides. When he first settled, there were some five hundred Indians encamped about a mile north of his residence in the grove.
William Hoyt is the only one left of the pioneers of Union township. He came here from Mason county, Illinois, in October, 1864, and settled upon a farm which had been partially improved by Frank H. Whitney, now of the city of Atlantic, and by him sold to Harvey Hoyt, of whom William Hoyt purchased it. It consists of one hundred and twenty acres, one forty of which lies on section 32, and the remainder on 29. Mr. Hoyt was born in Sciota county, Ohio, February 27, 1828. His father, Alanson Hoyt, left Ohio in 1842, and settled in Mason county, Illinois, where he died in 1877. His wife, Sarah (Stoddard) Hoyt, died during the war. William was reared upon a farm. In 1845 he was married to Jane Devault, who was born in Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt have seven children living-Hiram, James, Alanson, Eliza, Sarah, Reson and Lydice May.
V. C. Whip was among the early set- tlers of Union, coming from Illinois in the spring of 1865, and entered land on section 28. He improved a farm here, where he remained two or three years,
after which he removed to Massena town- ship, living there about two years. He . is now a resident of Ringgold county, Iowa.
W. B. Edwards was one of the early settlers of Union, coming in the spring of 1867. During the days of his first settlement he was obliged to go to Taylor county for corn to make bread.
William B. Edwards, son of Amos and Nancy Edwards, was born in Pike county, Illinois, February 5, 1842. His mother died when he was quite young. In 1856, Amos Edwards removed with his family to Schuyler county, Illinois. William B., subject of this sketch, enlisted in that county, August 13, 1861, in the Third Illinois Cavalry, company H. He served in the western department. The first im- portant engagement in which he took a part, was at Pea Ridge, Arkansas. At Haines Bluff, on the Yazoo river, he served as orderly for Col. DeCourcie, tock part in the capture of Arkansas Post, where he served as orderly for Colonel Lindsley. He participated in many skir- mishes and cavalry fights. He veteran- ized and was honorably discharged, Octo- ber 20, 1865, at Fort Snelling. He re- turned to Schuyler county, and November 14th, of the same year, was married to Sarah J. Chapman, a daughter of James and Louisa Chapman. She was born in that county, Jannary 17, 1849. James Chapman died in Schuyler county, in 1867. Mrs. Chapman came to this county with her daughter, Mrs. Edwards, and died here in 1872. Mr. and Mrs. Edwards took up their abode in Union township, May 2, 1867. He had been here the pre- vious fall and purchased forty acres on
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section 29, where they lived until March, . 1875, when they sold and bought the farm they now own and occupy. He owns eighty acres where he resides, and one hundred and sixty acres on section 26. All of this land is in a good state of cul- tivation. Mr. and Mrs. Edwards have no children of their own. Cora M. Chap- man, a sister of Mrs. Edwards, was reared by them. She is now the wife of Edwin Petit, of this town. The year Mr. Ed- wards came here, Indians were often seen. A party of forty Indians camped for sev- eral days near his residence, during their first year here.
John H. Green, one of the prominent and successful farmers of Union town- ship, was born on the 30th of October, 1840 and is the first white child born in Jones county, Iowa. His father, Thomas Green, was a pioneer of Jones county, settling there in July, 1840, and there re- mained until 1876, when he went to At- lantic, Cass county. remained here about five years, when he moved to Pymosa township, and there remained until his death, which occurred in July, 1883. John H. was reared on a farm, and with the ex- ception of his service and about eighteen months at carpenter work, he has devoted his life to agricultural pursuits. In 1861, he enlisted in company A., Ninth Iowa Infantry. The first important engage- ment in which he participated, was at Pea Ridge. He was also in the siege of Vicksburg, battle of Jackson, in Hooker's battle above the clouds on Lookout Moun- tains, at Mission Ridge and several others. He was with Sherman in his march to the sea, through the Carolinas. Mr. Green was promoted from second ser-
geant to first lieutenant, in October, 1863. At the close of the war he was discharged, and soon returned to Jones county, where he was married in 1869, to Martha E. Bennett. Soon after their marriage, John came to Cass county, and bought one hundred and sixty acres of good land on section 15, Union town- ship, where he now owns the model farm of the township. He is known through- out this region, as an excellent stock breeder.
Prosper Pettinger is a native of Luxen- burg, born January 12, 1853. He came to America in March, 1872, landing at New York. He came directly west to Dubuque county, where he lived three years, then came to Cass county, and bought two hun- dred and eighty acres of land in Union township. He has since added four hun- dred and five acres to his farm and now has one of the largest farms in the township. June 10, 1874, he was married to Catharine Sanser, daughter of John B. Sauser, of Dubuque county. She was born July 20, 1851. They have six chil- dren-John B., Robert G., Leo P., Pros- per H., Walter T. and Celestine M. Mr. Pettinger is an energetic, thorough-going farmer.
John W. Graham was born in St. Joseph county, Michigan, May 27, 1842. His father, John Graham, moved to Iowa, in 1853, and settled in Jones county, where he bought land and made a farm. He was formerly a miller. He died in Jones county in 1869. His widow, Mary Gra- ham, still survives and lives in that coun- ty. John W. Graham was married Sept- ember 25, 1867, to Mrs. Ruth Van Dress- er, who was born September 25, 1844, in
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Indiana. Her father, James H. Waldron, settled in Jones county in 1853, and still lives there. Mr. and Mrs. Graham came to Cass county in June, 1872, and bought one hundred and twenty acres on section 31, Union township, which is now all un- der cultivation. All of the improvements have been made by Mr. Graham. They have six children-Leon W., born in July, 1868; John H., born in July, 1870; Nellie May, born in March, 1874, Minnie, born in December, 1876, Sadie, born in Sept- ember, 1878; and Emma, born in January, 1882. Mr. Graham was a member of company G, Thirty-first Iowa Volunteers. He was present at Sherman's defeat on the Yazoo river, in December, 1862, at the capture of Arkansas Post, at Jack- son, Champion Hill, siege of Vicks- burg, battle of Lookout Mountai , and other engagements. He participated in Sherman's grand march to the sea and through the Carolinas to Washington, and was present at the grand review of Sherman's army at that city. Hc took part in twenty-seven battles. Ilis regi- ment was never engaged without his be- ing in the ranks. He was mustered out as a non-commissioned officer. Mrs. Graham was first married to Charles Van Dresser, March 7, 1865, a :d lived at Wy- oming, Jones "county. She had, by her first marriage, one child, Charles L., who is an adopted son of Mr. Graham.
Daniel P. Roberts, son of Adolph and Elizabeth Roberts, was born February 4, 1841, in Athens county, Ohio. In 1843 his parents came to Iowa and located in Linn county. They had a family of eight children,of whom Daniel P. was next to the youngest. In 1849 they removed to John-
son county, where the father died in 1872. The mother is still living upon the old homestead with her daughter, Mary. Daniel P. Roberts, in August, 1862, en- listed in company E, of the Twenty-eighth Iowa Volunteer Infantry. He participa- ted in the campaign against Vicksburg, the battle of Port Gibson and Champion Hill, where he received a wound in his right leg, on account of which he was dis- charged at St. Louis, December 21, 1863. He returned to Johnson county, and was married to Margaret Alt, soon after. She was born in Johnson county, February 28, 1841. He engaged in farming in that county until 1878, then came to Cass county and bought one hundred and sixty acres in section 33, Union township, which is his present residence. He has a fine farm in a high state of cultivation. Mr. and Mrs. Roberts are the parents of five children-Cyrus, born in May, 1865; Cora, born in February, 1870; Sarah, born in January, 1874; Vance, born in April, 1877, and Alice, born in December, 1880. Mr. Roberts is a worthy citizen and a Chris- tian gentleman.
Edwin Perry was born October 1, 1847, in Rockford, Winnebago county. Illinois. His father, Rufus Perry, emigrated to Jones county, Iowa, with his family, in 1855. Rufus Perry and his wife Cather- ine Perry, are now living in the village of Wyoming, Jones county. Edward Perry enlisted in October, 1863, in company L, of the Second Iowa Cavalry, and served until the close of the war, was discharged September 19, 1865. He participated in the battle of Tupelo, and the campaign against General Hood, in Tennessee. After the war, he went to Jones county,
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Iowa. In the spring of 1866, he crossed the plains to Colorado, and stopped at Denver, where he purchased a team and did general teaming one year, then went to Cheyenne and Laramie Plains and re- mained one winter, hauling ties for the Union Pacific Railroad company. The following season, 1868, he worked with his team, on the railroad construction at Echo Canon, about sixty miles from Salt Lake City. He then returned to Jones county, Iowa, reaching home in October, 1868. The following year he farmed on rented land. In the spring of 1870, he came to Gass county, and rented a farm on section 28, Union township, on which he remained and raised two crops. In the meantime he purchased forty acres on sec- tion 27, to which he removed in the fall of 1870, and upon which he now resides. He has, since that time, added one hun- dred and twenty acres. to his farm and now has one hundred and sixty acres un- der good improvement. Mr. Perry was married November 15, 1868, to Margaret Guthrie, who is of Scotch descent, but born in Connecticut, August 13, 1848. Her parents are Clement and Agnes Guthrie, natives of Scotland, now resi- dents of Jones county, Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. Perry have had eight children born to them-Emrie, born in November, 1869; Clement, born July, 1871, and died in September 1872; Rosetta, born in Decem- ber, 1872; William, born in February, 1874, and died in Angust, 1874; Ira, born in August, 1875; Agnes, born in March, 1877; George, born in September, 1878, and Edwin, born in May, 1882. Mr. Perry is a man much esteemed in the township, and has served as a member of
the town board eight years, one-half of that time as chairman; three or four terms as school director, also as road supervisor.
Lafayette M. Johnson is a son of one of the pioneers of Cass county, Isaac Johnson, who settled here in the fall of 1858. He (Isaac Johnson) bought land on section 17, Edna township. Isaac John- son was born in New York, while his wife, Sophronia, was born in Ohio. They came to Iowa from Rock county, Wiscon- sin. Mr. Johnson is one of the substan- tial citizens of the town. The subject of this sketch, Lafayette M. Johnson, was born in Rock county, Wisconsin, April 8, 1853. He remained with his parents until becoming of age, and was reared a farmer. He was married, September 26, 1875, to Emma Hosfield, a native of New York. They have had five children, three of whom died in infancy. The two now liv- ing are-Elmer W., born January 1, 1877, and Allie Maud, born December 31, 1883. Mr. Johnson's farm is located on section 36. He is an enterprising and intelligent young man, and has been identified with the county from childhood.
Charles W. Mountain is a son of James and Esther Mountain, born in Virginia, September 29, 1846. His parents moved to Tennessee, and remained there until 1856, when they came to Warren county, Iowa, where they were among the early settlers. In 1869 they removed to Kan- sas, where James Mountain died, March 3, 1880. His wife died in that State, December 25, 1876. Charles W. Moun- tain, in June, 1863, enlisted in company M, Eighth Iowa Cavalry, and served until July, 1865. His first experience of active service was during the campaign against
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Johnston's army, in 1864. He took part in all the engagements of his regiment up to the date of his capture by the rebels in the raid made by Generals Stoneman and McCook in the rear of Atlanta, in July, 1864. He was taken to Andersonville, and kept there one month. A brother of his, William Mountain, was also a prisoner there previous to this time. He (Wil- liam) died at Annapolis, Maryland, shortly after being exchanged. Charles W. was removed from Andersonville to Florence, where he was kept a prisoner about five months, and was removed around the country several weeks, to avoid his rescue by the Union forces. He was finally given np, after the surrender of Lee, and John- ston's surrender, at Wilmington, North Carolina. His health was much impaired, and he soon after became sick from eating too much. He believes himself a sufferer to this day from the effects of prison life. He returned from the army to War- ren county, Iowa, in July, 1865. In 1869 he came to Cass county, and purchased forty acres of land in Atlantic township, on which he lived two years, and then re- turned to Warren county. One year later he again came to this county, and bought the farm he now owns and occupies. It consists of one hundred and sixty acres on section 17, which at the time of his purchase, was unimproved, but is now in a high state of cultivation. Mr. Mountain was married, in September, 1865, to Al- maretta Foust, who was born in September, 1848, in Ohio. They have five children- Ida May, William Scott, Benjamin Clay- ton, James Oscar and Charles Wesley.
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