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BRUNK, L. D., one of the early settles of this county, was born in Graceland county, Ky., December 2, 1827, where he was raised, and in the fall of 1847 eame to Perry township, this county, where he lived until 1851, when he came to this township. He was married in November, 1851, to Miss Margaret Finley, of this county, formerly of Kentucky. They have had thirteen children: James, S. D., Salem, Levi and Eli, twins; G. D., L. D., Mary Fix, Martha Smallworth, Maria Jane, Della, Lilly May, and one deceased. Mr. B. owns a good farm of 227 acres, under good cultivation, with a nice residence and barns; he is engaged in farming and stock rais- ing. He is also the proprietor of the Savannah store, superintended by his son Salem, where he keeps a good assortment of dry goods, groceries, boots and shoes, hardware, glassware and notions. He is a member of the Christian Church, and in politics is a democrat. He is a solid business man, and closely identified with the interests of the county. His postoffice is Savannah.
BULLOCK, H. W., is the owner of a fine farm of 360 acres, in good cultivation, with one of the best residences in the township; he is engaged in dealing in and shipping stoek, and has two of the best horses in the State, one of them having taken the premium at the State fair; he also has some fine Short Horn cattle. Mr. B. was born in England, in Norfolk county, April 3, 1830, where he lived for twenty-five years; when ten years old he commeneed to learn the trade of bricklaying and plastering. He came to the U. S., in 1855, first settling in Coldwater, Mich., and in 1859, he came to Linn county, Iowa. In September, 1879, he came to this county, settling on his present farm. He was married April 2, 1853, to Sarah Ives, of Norfolk county, England, and they have had nine children: John, Barzelia, Allen, Nathan, Elizabeth, Frederick, Charley, Mary, and one deceased, William. Mr. B. is an energetic business man, a member of the M. E. Church, and in politics is a republican. Ilis postoffice is Bloom- field.
BUNDLE, SAMUEL, farmer and stock-raiser, section 10, postoffice Bloomfield; was born in 1856, in Ohio. When four years of age, his father, Steven, removed to Delaware county, Indiana, where he grew to
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manhood, and acquired a common school education. In the spring of 1843: he arrived in this county, and settled within two miles of his present home. In the spring of 1844 he went to the election held at Joel Carter's, and voted once for Iowa and onee for Missouri, that neighborhood being then elaimed by both. After living in this county for three years, he went to California, overland with an ox team, being four months on the road; he was then for six years engaged in mining and freighting in that State, Ore- gon and Mexico; he then returned to this county, where he has since resi- ded; he owns a fine farm of 140 acres, under a high State of cultivation,. and is extensively engaged in stoek raising. He was married October 2,. 1855, to Miss Sarah A. Parton, of this eounty. They have seven children: Sarah H., Emily S., Etta V., Wm. L., Steven A., Arthur G. and Minnie E. In polities Mr. B. is a greenbaeker, and is highly respected by those who. know him.
CAMPBELL, WILLIAM T., farmer and stock-raiser, section 1, post- office Bloomfield; was born December 16, 1853, in this county, and spent. his youth assisting his father on the farm, and acquiring an education at the Bloomfield schools, and attending one term at Columbus, Indiana. He was married November 12, 1872, to Miss Jennie, eldest daughter of John W. and Minerva MeGowan, of this eounty; a lady of refined tastes, finely educated and accomplished. They have two interesting children, Roy and Emma Edith. Mr. C. was the only son of Green Clay Campbell, deceased, for many years a resident of this county. Mr. C. has a niee farm of 160 acres, well improved, and in good cultivation, nicely situated, one and three- quarter miles south of the court house in Bloomfield. Mr. C. is a man of more than ordinary intelligence, and his home betokens taste and refinement. Besides his farm, Mr. C. is the principal heir to the extensive Campbell es- tate, situated in this county. He makes a specialty of raising horses and mules; being well off, and with plenty of means, he is able to surround him- self and family with all that their superior intelligence and culture would render necessary to their happiness.
CARY, HON. F. W., farmer, section 1, postoffice Bloomfield; was born in Clark county, Ohio, in 1809, a son of Abram and Mary Carey. He lived there till twenty-six years old. At fifteen he learned tailoring, which he followed twelve years, with M. M. Cary, at Springfield, Ohio. In 1835, he moved to Kingston, Indiana, where he worked at his trade and studied di- vinity for two-and-a-half years. In 1837 or 1838, he was received a proba- tioner in the traveling ministry, traveling on the following circuits: Muneie, Winchester, Milroy, Versailles, Vernon, Philadelphia cirenit, Moor- field, Elizabethtown; then baek to Versailles; then came to Iowa Conference, in 1851, to Bloomfield cirenit for two years, then to Pittsburg and Winches- ter eirenit in Van Buren county. In 1854, his voice failed, and he retired to his homestead in this township, being superannated for two years, then returned to the work, to Unionville cireuit Bloom-
field eirenit, Vernon eireuit; then to Vernon; then being su- perannated again, retired once more to his homestead, where he has re- mained, as a local preacher, and managing his farm. He has a fine farm of 210 acres of well improved land, with a fine residence, commodions barn, and four aeres of orehard. He was married August 20, 1844, to Miss Eliza A. Cross, of Decatur county, Indiana, daughter of M. and Fanny Cross, and they have had six children: John W., W. E., F. H., Sarah E., and two deceased; August C., killed near Dallas, Tennessee, and Francis M. Mr. C.
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was elected to the legislature in 1864, on the democratie ticket, and elected state senator, in 1881, on the greenback tieket. Mr. C. has long been an ac- tive worker in the cause of temperance and religion.
COVERT, J. C., one of the school teachers of Wyacondah, is a native of Butler county, Pennsylvania, born June 23, 1854, where he lived twenty-four years; he was raised a farmer, and received his education in Pennsylvania, Youngstown, Ohio, and at Bloomfield. He received a diploma at Yonngs- town, for superior penmanship. He came to this county in September, 1878. He has taught school five years, and is at present teaching in district No. 8, Wyacondah, where he is giving good satisfaction. He was married April 4, 1880, to Miss Amanda M. MeCulley, daughter of Squire McCulley, of this county, and they have one child; Almy F. Mr. C. is a greenbacker in politics ; his postoffice is Bloomfield.
DOOLEY, DR. D. N., one of the physicians of Savannah, whose portrait appears elsewhere, is a native of Davis county, born January 16, 1845; his father, O. Dooley, coming to this county in 1841. The doctor was raised a farmer, acquired a general education at Kirksville, Missouri, and his medical education at Keokuk, Iowa. He commenced studying medicine in 1874, with Dr. B. R. ITieks, took his first course of lectures at Keokuk, and rc- ceived his diploma March 2, 1881. He has taught school several terms, and November 12, 1863, he enlisted in the Twenty-first Missouri Infantry, was at the battle of Shiloh, and discharged after serving four months; reën- listed in the Forty-fifth Iowa, and was with Gen. A. J. Smith in his Missis- sippi campaigns. He was married March 21, 1865, to Miss C. A. Dabney, daughter of Tyra Dabney, of this county. They have had four children: Mattie, Harvey C., Dolly and Arthur D. The doctor is well located, and has a practice he may well be proud of. He is a member of Quitman Ma- sonic Lodge, No. 217, and is one of the original greenbackers of the county. He is the Nasby of the cross roads, and the secretary of the school board.
DUCKWORTH, HON. A. K., is a citizen who has long been identified with the growth and prosperity of the county. He was born in Berk coun- ty, North Carolina, November 30, 1814. When six years of age, his father, John R., emigrated to Washington county, Indiana, where he remained for eleven years, then removed to Putnam county, and in the fall of 1849, came to this county, entering his present farm in Wyacondah township, from the government. Mr. D. was raised a farmer, and educated in common schools. He taught two terms in Indiana, and taught the first two winters he was in Iowa; teaching the first school in his neighborhood. He was married Sep- tember 6, 1838, to Miss Mary Jane Stone, of Putnam county, Indiana, and they had ten children, five boys and tive girls; James M., who was killed at Fort Donelson; Sarah E., Oscar L., Eliza A., May E., Rachel E., Enoch T., Lucinda J., John R., and William S. Mrs. D. died March 2, 1854. and Mr. D. married again August 30,1854, to Miss Ellen Grady, of this county, and they have one son: Albert P. Mr. D.'s second wife died July 31, 1876. Ile is located on a farm of 240 acres. He represented this county in the State legislature in 1852, as a democrat, in which position he served with great credit. Ile has held most of the township offices; was justice of the peace several years ; has served as administrator for several estates; is a member of the M. E. Church, of which he has been recording steward for thirteen years. No name in Wyacondah is more highly respected than his; he is still a dem- ocrat; his postoffice is Bloomfield.
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DUCKWORTHI, E. A., of the firin of Duckworth Brothers, dealers in stoek, lumber and lands; was born in Putnam county, Indiana, March 17, 1843, where he lived eleven years; his father, Thomas, then emigrated to Iowa, and in 1854, came to this county. Mr. D. was married March 28, 1867, to Nancy Hopkins, of this county, and has fonr sons; Arthur D., Charles G., John C. and William A. Mr. D. is located on a good farm of 200 aeres, with good house and barn. The Duckworth brothers own two detached portable saw-mills, of thirty horse power; being the best mills in the county; they do a large business, sawing logs into lumber. In politics, Mr. D. is a greeenbacker; a splendid business man, and upright in all his dealings.
FEAGINS, H., resides on a fine farm of 223 aeres, in section 34; his farm is in good cultivation; he is also engaged in stock-raising. In polities, he is a greenbaeker. He was born in Fayette county, Ohio, December 1, 1837, where he lived for twenty-two years, receiving his education there in the common schools. In 1859, he came to this county, settling on his present farm. He was married May 28, 1858, to Miss Naney Jane Green, of Fay- ette county, Ohio, and had two children; Richard and Eliza. Mrs. F. died September 12, 1862, and he was married again October 15, 1863, to Miss Elizabeth Bruce, of this county, and they have six children; Alvy. Elmer, Charley, Maggie, Ettie, Drusie and Katie. Mr. F.'s postoffice is Savannah.
FENTON, JOEL, one among the pioneers of Davis county, was born April 4, 1810, in Fleming county, Kentucky. When ten years old, his father, Caleb Fenton, removed to Missouri, in Boone county, where they lived for twenty years; he was raised a farmer, and educated in the subscription schools. In the spring of 1840 he came to Davis county, set- tling on his present farm. In 1850 he went to California, overland; was there some two months, and on account of sickness had to return home, coming by way of the city of Mexico, Vera Cruz, New Orleans and St. Louis, arriving home in February 1851. Ile was married November 23, 1830, to Miss Lucy March, of Boone county, Missouri, formerly of Ken- tucky. Their union has been blessed with eight children, five living, Fran- cis M., Mary E., James F., Caleb E., Allie Jane, now Mrs. Dr. Shelton, and three deceased, Columbus, Joel and William II., who was killed at the battle of Shiloh. Mr. Fenton is located on a fine farm of 300 aeres, well improved. He is a worthy member of the Baptist Church, and a green- backer in polities. He has lived to see his boys become successful business men, and his daughters respected by all who know them. The writer of this is under many obligations to him for valuable information, and for his kind hospitality. His postoffice is Bloomfield.
GOODE, W. D., student at the Normal Institute; was born November 10, 1858, in Greene county, Illinois. At the age of about six years he came with his parents to this county, and two years later moved to Van Buren county and remained six years, then returned to this county, where he has since resided. He was reared on his father's farm, and at the age of twenty- one farmed a year for himself. He commeneed his edneation in the com- mon schools, and at the age of twenty-two, entered the Southern Iowa Nor- mał Institute at Bloomfield, where he has since been hard at work prepar- ing himself for a life of usefulness. Ile has been making Physiology a special study. His father, D. W. Goode, resides in Wyaeondah township.
HALSTEAD, DR. T. J., druggist and physician, of Savannah, was born in Ross county, Ohio, November 3, 1829. While quite young his father,
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T. Halstead, moved to Piekering county. and in 1846, to Lee county, Iowa. He received his education in Keokuk. He commenced the study of medi- cine in 1852, with Dr. Thomas Moore, of Edina, Missouri, and remained abont eighteen months. Then went into practice in Laclede, Missouri, with Dr. Jos. Moore, son of the former, where he continued nntil 1860, when he returned to Iowa, practicing in Doud's Station some eighteen months, and in 1862, came to Savannah, where he is now the proprietor of the Savannah drug store, with a good variety of drugs and patent medieines on liand, be- sides which he has a good practice. He was married April 4, 1856, to Miss Biddie Princilla Malonc, of Keosanqua, Iowa. They have had seven child- ren, Solomon B., Henry Clay, Daniel, Hester May, Delilah, Georgie and Effie. The doetor is pleasantly situated in a good house, a genial man, a member of the Bloomfield Chapter of the Masonie order, and in politics a democrat.
HARDEY, B., one of the old settlers, first came to this county, with his father, Thomas, when five years of age, having been born in Lee county, July 19, 1847. They settled in this township, where Mr. Hardy now owns 860 acres of fine land, well improved, on his home farm, in seetion 26. He has a neat residence, barn and orchard. Mr. Hardy is now in the stock business, in which he is quite prominent. He was married October 22. 1872, to Miss L. P. Hill, a lady of culture and refinement. They have three children, Eva, Effie and a babe not yet named. Mr. Hardy has held the office of township assessor for three terms, and has been school treasurer for years. He is one of the substantial men of Wyacondah. Ilis postoffice is Bloomfield.
HARTUP, JAMES. farmer, section 10, postoffice Bloomfield; was born in Wayne county, Indiana, August 11, 1824, where he resided for twenty- seven years on the farm, receiving his education in the common schools. In 1851 he came to this county, settling on his present farm in 1854, which has been his home ever since. He owns 100 acres of well improved land, an orchard of 100 trees, with a good house and other buildings. He was married April 1. 1852, to Miss Mary M. Denny, of Putnam county, Indiana, daughter of William R. Mr. and Mrs. H. are members of the M. E. Church. Mr. II. is a greenbacker in polities. He is a genial man and has the re- spect of all who know him.
HILL. GEORGE W., farmer, section 10, postoffice Bloomfield; was born November 22, 1841, in Warren county, Ohio, a son of Thomas and Hannah Hill. He was there reared to manhood and received a common school education. In October 1870 he came to this county and settled where he now resides. He owns a good farm of eighty acres, which he has brought to a high state of cultivation, and is also extensively engaged in stock-raising and feeding. He was married in April 1863, to Miss Phoebe E. Runion, of Warren county, and they have been blessed with three chil- dren; one living, William H., aged fourteen. Mr. IIill is a member of the M. E. Church, and in politics is a greenbacker. He is a man of energy and intelligence.
JENKINS, GEO. A., Sen., the subject of this sketch was born in Cul- peper county, Virginia, January 2, 1819, and while quite young, his father moved to Fanquiel county; was there five years, then removed to Cooper county, Missouri, in 1837, and one year later to Boone county, Missouri. In December 1845, he cane to this county, and has since lived on the same section. 20. He was married July 18, 1838, to Mary Hughes, of Brown
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county, who died the next year. He was married again, in July, 1840, to Malissa Ann Wilcoxan, of Boone county, and has had nine children: I. F., Louisa S., Geo. A., A. A., M. D., Isabell P., and three deceased, Mary, Wil- liam, and Rebecca K. Mr. Jenkins is located on a good farm in section 20, with good residence, barn and orchard of 150 trees. He is a member of the Missionary Baptist Church, and in polities is a democrat. Mr. Jenkins stands high in the community where he lives, respected by everybody. His postoffice is Bloomfield.
LYDA, B. A., is the owner of a fine farmi of 236 acres, in section 30, with a good honse, large barn, and seventy fruit trees. He was born in the Buckeye State, Carroll county, June 2, 1836, where he was raised and re- ceived his education. In the fall of 1858 he came to this county, and in 1867 he occupied his present home; he was married in 1861 to S. C. Tay- Jor, of this county, formerly of Indiana, and has had six children; Lizzie R., May L., John F., Geo. W., Anna W. and one deceased, Effie Jane. In politics Mr. L. is a republican, and his postoffice is Bloomfield. He is an upright, honorable man, well respected by those who know him.
LYONS, WILLIAM, deceased; was born July 4, 1817, in Kentucky, where he lived fourteen years, then came to Johnson county, Ind., and in the fall of 1855, coming to this county, living in Bloomfield township five years, then coming to Wyacondah, where he resided till his death, June 22, 1877. Ile was married June 22, 1851, to Mrs. Mary W. Brenton, of Indiana. They have had three children: John H., Joseph W. and Mary E. Mrs. Lyons died January 15, 1881. Mr. L. belonged to the M. E. Church, and was respected by everybody. JonN H., the eldest son of Wil- liam, deceased, was born April 30, 1852, in Johnson county, Indiana; when three years of age his father came to this county, where he has since resi- ded. He was raised a farmer, and received his education in this county; he is located on a fine farm of 250 acres, well improved, with good house and barn, and orchard of 100 trees. In politics he is a republican. He is a genial bachelor, his home being presided over by his sister, Mary E., a young lady of culture and refinement.
MARTIN, E. W., a son of Wm. Martin, of Kentucky, lives on a good farm of 160 acres, in section 30, with a fine brick residence, barn, and or- chard of 100 trees. Ilis farm is fenced, and divided with two miles of good hedge fence. Mr. M. was born in Washington county, Ind., March 30, 1829, where he lived for twenty years; he was raised a farmer, but learned the trade of collar making, while a youth. In 1849 he emigrated to this eonnty, settling first in Fabins township for two years, then came to his present fann, which then had only eight acres broke, and a log cabin to live in. He was married February 8, 1852, to Nancy Jane Holstine, of Washington county, Ind., daughter of Geo. Holstine, of Tennessee. They have had three children: Wm. F., James C., a young man who now assists in the management of the farm, and Edwin K., deceased. Mary A., whom he adopted when an infant, was his niece, and is now Mrs. O. Dooley. Mr. and Mrs. M. are worthy members of the Christian Church. In politics Mr. M. is a republican. He is a self-made man; coming to this county with nothing, he has acquired a fine home and comforts. His postoffice is Bloom- field.
MARTIN, WILLIAM, is the owner of a good farm of 185 acres, in this township, in seetion 13, with a nice residence, barn, and orchard of two acres. He was born in Vigo county, Ind., October 22, 1828, where he
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grew to manhood on the farm, receiving a limited education in common schools. In 1850 he came to this township, which he has made his home, except for six years, when he was in Schuyler county, Mo. He was mar- ried March 16, 1854, to Miss Susan Jane Atterberry, danghter of Stephen and Martha Atterberry, of this county. They have four children: John Ellis, Malissa Jane, Henry Thomas, Sarah Emma, and one deceased, May Isabell. Mr. and Mrs. M. are worthy members of the Christian Church. In politics he has always been a democrat. IIe is engaged in farming and stock raising, and is one of the solid men of Wyacondah township. His postoffice is Savannah.
MCCULLOUGH, JOHN, one of the pioneers of Wyacondah, owns a fine farm of 270 acres, of the best land in the township, and one of the best res- idences. He is engaged in farming and stock-raising, and has held most of the township offices; has been justice of the peace for twenty years, and is the first man in the county who thought brick would stand freezing, and was engaged in making brick for eight years. He was born in Wayne connty, Indiana, a son of John and Elizabeth Mccullough, of Pennsylvania; his grandsire, James, came from north of Ireland. He lived in Wayne county until twenty-four years old, received his education in the common schools, came to this township October 12, 1848, buying what was known as the Willis farm. He was married, January 31, 1850, to Miss Martha Young, of Wapello county, daughter of William and Jane Young. They have had eleven children: Mary L., Boots, Mandy M., Thomas J., William Y., Sadie F., Samuel, Mattie, and four deceased, Jane Caroline Yates, Eliz- abeth, George W. and John. Mr. M. is a democrat in politics, and a genial gentleman. His postoffice is Savannah.
O'NEAL, G. C., farmer, section 15, postoffice Bloomfield; was born in Greencastle, Indiana. January 27, 1830, where he lived till 1854, being raised a farmer. He commenced to teach school at nineteen, and taught five terms in Indiana. In the fall of 1854 he came to this township, where he has since resided. He has taught eleven terms of school in this county. He is the owner of a good farm of 98 acres, well improved. He was mar- ried, December 20, 1852, to Miss Mary Ann Duckworth of Putnam county, Indiana, daughter of Thomas Duckworth. They have had ten children: Elmer E., Benjamin E., Horace Greeley, Elwyn, Clinton M., Rachel I., Elma V., Carrie E., Ivy M., and one deceased, Viola V. Mr. O. is a mem- ber of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and in politics is a Green- backer. He was elected justice, but declined. He and his family are highly respected by those who know them.
OWENS, THOMAS, a stock-raiser and farmer, owns one of the best stock farms in the county, consisting of 440 acres, in section 8, with a good house, barn and orchard of six acres. He was born October 22, 1825, in Indiana, being a son of James H. and Sarah C. Owens. Ile resided in Posey county, Indiana, until he was twenty-four, receiving his education in the common schools. In 1849 he went to MeLean county, Illinois, and in the winter of 1868 he came to this county. He was married, September 18, 1847, to Nancy W. McReynolds of Posey county, Indiana. They have had eleven children, Sarah J., James L., Huldah E., Elizabeth A., Mary E., Hannah M., T. B., Nancy C., Flora Belle, Fanny Susan and John F. Mr. O. is extensively engaged in stock-raising, his sales during the last year amounting to over $2,000. Mrs. Owens died in January, 1876, and Mr. O. was married again in September, 1876, to his present wife, a very estimable
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Jady. Mr. O. is a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and has been a ruling elder for sixteen years. He is a man of intelligence, and always ready to assist in whatever tends to advance the interests of his. neighborhood. Ilis postoffice is Savannah.
PATTERSON, ALFRED, is a native of Tennessee. When three years. of age, his father, Joseph, emigrated to Sangamon county, Ill., and ten years later to Lee county, Iowa, where he lived until 1846. IIe was married in February, 1838, to Miss Ellen Bartlett, formerly of Tennessee. They have had five boys and five girls: Epps, T. J., John L., Samuel, William, Sarah, Matilda, Jane, Anna and Abbie. Mr. P. owns 440 acres of fine land in section 14, with a fine residence, good barn and orchard. He has been a great hunter. In Lee county he found a bear on the prairies, and chased him some eight miles with fourteen dogs, and finally killed him; he- weighed 700 pounds. Mr. P. still likes to take his dogs and go hunting. He is a democrat, upright in his dealings and highly respected. His post- office is Bloomfield. F. J. PATTERSON, his son, is a native of this county, born in 1855; was raised on the farm, and educated in the common schools, and married in December, 1877, to Miss Mattie McReynolds of this connty, a lady of refinement and culture. Although a young man, Mr. P. is fast rising to be one of the substantial men of the township, gentlemanly and upright in all his dealings.
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