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On the Ist of December, 1902, Mr. Dunn was united in mar- riage to Miss Dolly Montgomery, of Macomb, Illinois, who was educated in the public schools of that place and there pursued a business course. They have become the parents of three children : Miles Edward, eleven years of age; Herbert Milton, aged nine; and Edith May, seven years of age.
Mr. Dunn is independent in his political views, nor has he ever sought the honors or emoluments of public office. He is a member of the Methodist church and has guided his life according to its teachings. There is no history in this volume which indicates more clearly what may be accomplished through persistent and earnest effort than the life record of Edward F. Dunn and he well merits the high honor and respect which are everywhere accorded him. To be alone in the world at nine years of age, to have no one to look to for support or guidance and then to formulate principles which
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result in the development of high character and upright manhood and to develop powers which lead to success-all this is a record of which any man might well be proud. It is the record of Edward Dunn, and Burlington honors him as one of her representative and valucd citizens.
JOHN W. WARD.
Iowa has reason to be proud of the record made by her sons in the darkest hour of our country's history, for when the stability of the Union was threatened there were many who responded to the call for troops and no greater valor was displayed on southern battlefields than by those who came from this state. Among the number was John W. Ward, and there is no phase of army life with which he is not familiar. Through the greater part of the time since the war he has made his home in Burlington and is still actively engaged in carpentering, although he is now seventy-four years of age.
Mr. Ward was born in Dunkirk, New York, November 14, 1840, and is a son of Benjamin P. and Mary A. (Nichols) Ward, the former a native of New York, while the latter was born among the Green Mountains of Vermont. They were married in the state of New York and there resided until they came to Iowa about 1851, settling in Jackson county. Later they removed to Epworth, Dubuque county, where their remaining days were passed. In early life the father was a sailor on the Great Lakes and became a captain. Later he took up the trade of shoemaking, which he afterward fol- lowed throughout his connection with business interests. In the fam- ily were twelve children, of whom John W. is the eldest. He had one brother who served as a soldier in the Union army-E. H. Ward, -who became a member of the Third Iowa Infantry and now resides in Marion, Iowa. He veteranized, serving throughout nearly the entire period of hostilities, and was honorably discharged at the close.
John W. Ward spent the days of his boyhood and youth under the parental roof and accompanied his parents to Iowa when in his twelfth year. He enlisted in September, 1861, as a member of Con- pany H, Twelfth Iowa Infantry, with which he served for four years and four months. He was mustered out, January 22, 1866, at Daven- port, and his military record is one of which he has every reason to be proud. In the winter of 1863 he was promoted to the rank of corporal and soon afterward was detailed to act as color guard, serv-
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ing in that capacity until the close of hostilities in the summer of 1865. In the meantime he was promoted to the rank of sergeant. He took part in the capture of Fort Henry and Fort Donelson and in the battle of Shiloh, where he was taken prisoner at the end of the first day's engagement, on the 6th of April, 1862. He was held as a prisoner of war for about six and a half months and was paroled while in Libby prison, after which he was sent to the Federal lines at City Point. He took part in the Vicksburg campaign, in the battle of Tupelo, which lasted for three days, and in the battle of Nashville and in the capture of Mobile. At Tupelo he was hit in the head by a bullet but was not seriously injured. He participated in many of the most hotly contested engagements of the war and there is no phase of army life with which he is not familiar.
When the war was over Mr. Ward rejoined his parents in Dubuque county and for one term was a student in Epworth Semi- nary. He then learned the carpenter's trade, which he has since fol- lowed, and in the spring of 1870 he came to Burlington, where he has since been identified with building operations and all phases of car- penter work.
Mr. Ward has been married twice. In 1870, in Dubuque, he wedded Emerette Markle, who died in December, 1903, and in 1904 he was joined in wedlock to Mrs. Mary Raymond Cook, a widow with four daughters.
Mr. Ward is a republican in his political views and holds mem- bership with the Grand Army of the Republic and in the First Methodist Episcopal church, connections which indicate his prin- ciples and the rules which govern his conduct. His life has been a busy and useful one and at all times has been upright and honorable, winning for him the confidence, goodwill and respect of all with whom he has been brought in contact.
JOHN L. JONES.
The attractiveness of Des Moines county as a place of residence is indicated in the fact that many of her native sons have remained within her borders, finding here good advantages and opportunities which have enabled them to win success in business life. Upon a farm on section 30, Yellow Springs township, which is still his home, John L. Jones was born March 19, 1862, a son of John R. and Gwen (Owen) Jones, both of whom were natives of North Wales, the
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former born May 15, 1825, and the latter also in 1825. The father was reared in Wales and on leaving that country came direct to Iowa, arriving in 1845. In her native country the mother was married to John Hughes and they, too, arrived in lowa about 1845. By her first marriage she had one child, Hannah S., now deceased. In 1848 she became the wife of John R. Jones and they took up their abode on the farm upon which their son John L. now resides, remaining thereon continuously until they retired from active life and removed to Mediapolis, where the mother passed away in 1894. The father survived for several years and died in 1901 at the home of his daugh- ter, Mrs. J. C. E. Yohe, in Washington township. He was a poor man when he arrived in this county but possessed ambition and energy. He settled on eighty acres of land which he secured as a claim from the government and which constitutes a part of the farm upon which John L. Jones is now living. With characteristic energy the father began to break the sod and till the fields, and he improved his place, adding to it from time to time as his financial resources increased until he was the owner of three hundred and twenty acres of rich and productive land at the time of his death. He carried on general farming and stock-raising, and his place was well improved with modern equipments and accessories. In the family were seven children : Robert R. and William R., both now deceased ; Sarah A., the wife of Thomas L. Jones, of Lebo, Kansas; Elizabeth Jane, the wife of J. C. E. Yohe, of Washington township; Mary Ellen, the deceased wife of G. H. Archer ; John L. ; and David O., who is living in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
John L. Jones has spent his entire life upon the farm which is now his home and in his youth had the usual experiences of the farm lad. He is today the owner of nearly a section of land, lacking but forty acres, all in Yellow Springs and Washington townships near the town of Roscoe. His place is known as the Maple Grove Stock Farm and he is extensively and successfully engaged in the breeding of pure Hereford cattle, keeping on hand from seventy-five to one hundred head. He also raises Duroc Jersey hogs and draft horses. He feeds all he raises on the place and he had one hundred and eighty acres in corn in 1914. He sows from forty to eighty acres of oats annually and, practicing the rotation of crops, he keeps his land in excellent condition. He has about eighty acres in hay and almost half of his farm is used as pasture land. His place is splendidly equipped according to the modern ideas of progressive farming. He has built two silos, has remodeled and added to the buildings erected by his father, and his farm now presents a very attractive appearance. In
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addition to his agricultural interests he has been a director of the Citizens State Bank of Mediapolis since its organization.
In the spring of 1888 Mr. Jones was united in marriage to Miss Sadie Portlock, who was born in Pleasant Grove township in 1863, a daughter of D. L. and Elizabeth (Fleenor) Portlock. The father came to this county in 1836 from Indiana and both he and his wife passed away here. To Mr. and Mrs. Jones have been born seven children : Ralph L .; Stanley, who died at the age of eleven months ; Harry, who died at the age of three years; Laura, at home ; Gertrude ; Detlef ; and Lewellyn.
Mr. Jones is a director of the Mediapolis Chautauqua and in politics he is a republican, but the honors and emoluments of office have had no attraction for him, as he has always preferred to concen- trate his energies upon his business affairs, which have been so capa- bly directed as to win him gratifying and substantial success. He is today one of the leading farmers and stock-raisers of the county and the Maple Grove Stock Farm is a property that anyone might covet.
CHARLES HENRY WALSH.
Charles Henry Walsh, a capitalist of Burlington, who through the period of his business career has been connected with public utilities, was born in Clinton, Iowa, March 3, 1871, a son of Anthony and Johanna (Carroll) Walsh. He was a student in the Clinton high school and in the State University of Iowa, and thus qualified by a liberal education for life's practical and responsible duties, entered at once into active identification with public utilities of the state and is prominently known in connection with railway inter- ests, with banking and with the development of the coal fields of the state. Something of the extent of his present interests is indi- cated in the fact that he is secretary, treasurer and general manager of the Peoples Gas & Electric Company and of the Burlington Rail- way & Light Company, is treasurer of the Rock Island Southern Railway System and has other interests in railways, coal mines and banks. He is a director of the Burlington Savings Bank and of the West Burlington Bank and in his business affairs displays that keen judgment and recognition of possibilities that enables him to utilize each opportunity to its full extent and combine seemingly diverse elements into an adequate and harmonious whole.
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On the 12th of October, 1910, in Chicago, Illinois, Mr. Walsh was united in marriage to Miss Catherine Agnes Maloney, a native of that city and a daughter of Patrick Henry and Ellen Maloney, of Chicago, Illinois. They have two children, Charles H., Jr., and Catherine Ellen.
Mr. and Mrs. Walsh hold membership in St. Paul's Roman Catholic church. His political allegiance is given to the demo- cratic party, and he is well known in fraternal circles, holding mem- bership with the Elks, the Woodmen of the World, the Modern Woodmen, the Moose, the United Workmen, and the Knights of Columbus. He is also a member of the Golf Club of Burlington. With his family he occupies an attractive home at No. 1428 North Seventh street, commanding one of the finest views of the river to be had in Burlington.
WILLIAM McMONIGLE.
William McMonigle is a retired blacksmith living on Agency Road, where he owns a valuable tract of land of thirteen acres devoted to the raising of fruit and vegetables. As the years have gone on he has won a creditable measure of success, due entirely to his persistency of purpose, his well directed thrift and industry. He was born in Ireland in 1853, a son of James and Mary (Joyce) McMonigle, both of whom were natives of the Emerald isle but have now passed away. The father was a shoemaker by trade and in 1885 became a resident of Burlington, lowa, where his last days were spent. His remains were interred in Aspen Grove cemetery, while his wife was buried in the old country, having died before he crossed the Atlantic to the new world. They had a family of nine children, those coming to America being: William; James, now living in Havelock, Nebraska; Robert, whose home is in West Bur- lington ; and Mary, the wife of John Drum, also of West Burlington.
William McMonigle attended school in his native country dur- ing his early youth and afterward went to Scotland, where he remained for fifteen years, being engaged in mining in that country. In 1881 he crossed the Atlantic to the new world, making his way direct to Burlington, and for a quarter of a century he was employed in the shops of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Com- pany. He has lived at the same place during the greater part of the long period of his residence in Iowa. While he worked in the
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shops his sons conducted a fine truck farm, and thus the combined efforts of the family won for them a substantial measure of pros- perity. Mr. McMonigle first purchased a cottage, but has added to it and made improvements until he has a very comfortable, com- modious and attractive home and is now most pleasantly situated in life.
In 1881 Mr. McMonigle was married in Ireland to Miss Jennie Dunn, who was born in that country in 1854, a daughter of William and Jennie (Joyce) Dunn, who were natives of the Emerald isle and have now passed away. Their daughter, Miss Sarah Dunn, is now residing in Burlington, and three other sisters of Mrs. McMonigle remain in Ireland. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. McMonigle was celebrated on Tuesday and on Friday they sailed for the new world. They have become the parents of seven children, all of whom were born in Burlington. William James, who was born February 20, 1882, married Miss Charlotte Copp in February, 1914. She is a graduate of the Burlington high school and of the Normal Training School, and was a most capable teacher in the public schools of Burlington prior to her marriage. They reside in a nice little home just west of his father's place, and William J. acts as manager of his father's truck farm. He is regarded as a most industrious, energetic and thoroughly reliable young business man and has the respect of all who know him. To him and his wife has been born a son, William, whose natal day was December 3, 1914. The second of the family is Robert John McMonigle, who was born June 23, 1883. In the railroad shops of Burlington he learned the tinner's trade and is now recognized as a most capable and skilled employe there. Samuel D., born May 10, 1886, follows farming in Des Moines county. Sarah Jane, who was formerly employed by the telephone company, is now at home with her par- ents. Anna May is employed in one of the mercantile establish- ments in Burlington. Thomas J., born November 4, 1894, is a machinist who learned his trade at the Murray Iron Works, where he is now employed. Martha Elizabeth is employed in the same store as her sister in Burlington.
Mr. McMonigle and his family are devoted members of the Episcopal church, although Mrs. McMonigle belongs to the Pres- byterian church. Fraternally he is connected with the Ancient Order of United Workmen, and he gives his political allegiance to the republican party where national questions are involved, but at local elections casts an independent ballot, supporting men and measures rather than party. He belongs to that class of men whom Vol. 11-29
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we term self-made and he deserves much credit for what he has accomplished. He has been blessed with good health, and his life has been one of industry and enterprise. He is today the owner of thirteen acres of very rich and productive land on the Agency Road, which is devoted to the production of vegetables and fruit, and the place returns to him a most gratifying annual income. In all of his business dealings he has been thoroughly reliable and has gained that good name which is rather to be chosen than great riches. He and his wife have reared a family who are a credit and honor to them, and wherever they are known the members of the household are held in high esteem. Mr. McMonigle has gained many friends during his residence in Burlington and he has never had occasion to regret his determination to come to the new world.
INDEX
Adams, E. D. 79
Alexander, T. W 116
Dannies, W. F 143
Allen, H. B .. 409
Debenham, W. H. 251
Dehner, Andrew 215
Anderson, C. A.
127
Demling, C. E.
388
Andre, J. H. .
438
Armknecht, Charles 292
Baldwin, W. W. 370
Baum, W. A. 364
Beck, H.
178
Beckman, J. T.
200
Benner, A. J. 311
Benno, P.
258
Binder, George, Jr.
227
Eastman, E. P. 488
Eaton, W. B. 457
492
Blaul, John
154
Edwards, J. L. 140
Edwards, Manasseh 424
Bock, E. C.
400
Bock, Ernst 420
Bock, Ilarry 481
Bock, Joseph 276
Boeck, Al
320
Bosch, C. G.
427
Bridwell, M. U.
290
Brooks, C. E.
194
Brooks, H. E.
149
Brooks, J. W.
184
Buhrmaster, H. B
97
Burcham, C. E. 341
Burlington Gazette 47
Burlington Soap Company
117
Burrus, O. M. 267
Campbell, G. W 93
Carson, William
137
Cave, A. E .. 516
Chandler, George
5
Chittenden, H. W.
444
Christensen, P. H.
458
Churchill Drug Company .
228
Cockrell, A. J
361
Comer, F. G. 381
pany 257
Gilbert, J. W. 147
Gilbert, S. P.
19
Gilbert, W. D.
133
Gilman, W. F 57
Gould, E. C.
347
Gregg: J. A.
319
535
Gatford, J. L. 274
Galligan, T. F 512
Gardner, E. T.
352
Gerling, C. E.
395
German-American
Life Insurance Com-
Cook, Lyman 417
Cooke, T. F 247
Cooper, W. L. 307
Copeland, W. W 100
Cowles, La Monte.
25
Cowles, R. J. 360
Fear, F. S. 164
Finck, G. J. 300
Fitzsimons, B. J 336
Fleming, J. C. 30
Fleming, J. J 70
Florang, E. A. 176
Foote, J. G. 40
Foote, M. S.
510
Fritz, J.
383
209
Elliott, G. W 467
Ende, Charles
402
Egan, E. E 7
Eicher, E. C.
342
Eilers, Henry
207
Elliott, C. E.
Drake Hardware Company. 474
Dryden, Carlton 37
Dunn, E. F. 524
Earnest, C. G. 210
Blake, W. E
86
Blanke, Charles
294
Eaton, W. D.
Boatman, O. W 187
Denise, Denise 366
Derby, M. F 508
Disque, F. J. 224
Dixon, J. W. 96
Andersen, A. F 337
Dalhoff, L. H. 384
Fry, E.
317
536
INDEX .
Grupe. W. H .. 428
Guest, J. A.
397
Lahee, J. S. 494
Lau, Nicholas 343
Lawlor, Frank 239
Hagemann. Edward 312
Hall, L. C .. 262
Hanson, W. L. 183
Harper, Hon. T. G. 309
Leicht, Phil
269
Harper. T. G. 166
Hawksworth, A. L. 463
Hawksworth, Ella J
463
Litzrodt, E. P
98
Hayden, W. F 203
Heaton, B. H. 425
Lyon, William
498
Heil, Casper 240
Henry, G. C. 446
Higbee, G. G. 340
Higbee, G. H.
10
MeKitteriek, N. M. 519
MeMonigle. William 532
Madison, H. L. 174
Magee, C. H. 78
Magel, Peter 118
Magel. William 66
Mathes, 11. 9
Mathes, W. A. 246
Matson, Daniel 160
Mellinger, F. M. 264
Melzian, II. F. 68
Mercer, J. M. 454
Merchants National Bank 426
Miller, A. E. 503
Moelin, Martin 230
Mohland, C. H. 65
Ibbotson, John 435
Iowa Biseuit Company 486
Ita. A. C. 120
Johnson, A. H 357
Johnson, V. A
379
Jones, J. L ..
529
Jones, S. H. 29
Kaiser, W. O. 28
Karney, R. F 359
Kelley. W. B. 316
Kinnear. W. W. 328
Kirkendall, E. E 382
Klein. A. J. 286
Koch, F. H. A
60
Koestner, Charles
248
Koestner, H. C.
301
Kriechbaum, Charles
305
Krieg, Leopold 365
Kuhlemeier. A. H. 130
Kuhlemeier, F. J. 170
Kuithan, E. F. 392
La Foree, E. F. 338
Lagomareino, A. L. . 470
Renner, J. A. 330
Lagomareino-Grupe Company 472 Reppert, P. A. 280
Olson, C. M. 475
Palmer, Luke 326
Parrott, F. W. 433
Patterson, J. N 205
Perkins, C. E 145
Pettibone, J. HI 476
Phillips, P. H. 372
Pietzsch, Ferdinand 218
Poor, B. P.
180
Poor, C. L .. 110
Potter, W. W. 429
Quelle, R. J. 387
Rankin, T. R. 413
Rapp, Edward 287
Rasehe, F. W. 266
Renner, F. J. 330
520
Leak, H. D
517
Linell, F. S. 109
Little, G. B. 84
MeFarland, W. F 169
MeKitterick, Edward 235
Hilary, P.
462
Hill. Fred
186
Hoelzen, E. H
213
Holiday, J. W
75
Holmes. R. F.
416
Holsteen, E. F. 473
Hopkins, A. G. 220
Hoppman, J. C. 234
Houston, F. F 487
Hume. T. M. 321
Hunt, F. B. 452
Hnsted, William
282
Hutchins, C. S. 293
Hutchison, C. R. 87
National State Bank 432
Naumann, E. L. 226
Neff, G. H. 390
Niemann, T. F 391
Lahee, John 448
Leake, G. S.
Lohmann, Carl 150
537
INDEX
Rhein, J. E.
430
Thompson, F. E .. 329
Tombaugh, F. M. 64
Riling, F. J. 344
Roesch, Charles 325
Rutľ. Peter 177
Trostle, E. D. 515
Russell, Simeon 362
195
Schaefer, J. G.
Unterkircher, G. L 483
Schenck, Walter 190
Schier. J. Il. 302
Van Osdol. J. W. 374
Schinzel, Theodore
18
Schmieg, Frederick
80
Sehoenhaar, Adolph
394
Wadleigh, Sam 255
Waite, C. M. 17
Waite, J. L. 20
Wallschmidt, J. G 289
334
Scott, 11. B.
124
Scerley, J. J. 56
Slingluff, G. W 253
217
Washburn, G. H
237
Smith, J. W.
Weber, C. F.
456
St. Paul's Church 523
Wehman, E. J 297
Squires, C. P. 356
Stadtlander, H. J 88
Wells, Cate G.
76
Steinle, H. F .. 126
Wiesley, Alfred
304
Stenstrom, August 521
Steyh, Henry 188
464
Stockmann, C. F.
505
Woodbury, E. L. 196
Wootten. J. T. 354
Storrar, J. M.
437
Struck, P. E.
339
Stucker, J. A.
490
Wuellner, Fred
298
Sutter, J. B. 378
Sutter, J. R.
273
Young, H. B.
189
Young, N. S. 50
Świler, J. W 105
Swygard, J. P. 345
Taeger, C. H.
243
Zaiser, John 482
Zurawski, J. P.
348
Taeger, R. H.
377
Vorwerk, A. H.
229
206
Schramm, C. E.
284
Schramm, F. W
Schuirmann, J. F. 507
Schwarz, Charles 412
Walker, F. A.
Walsh, C. H.
531
Ward, J. W .. 528
Weibley, W. F 401
Wilcox, Franklin 270
Wilson. H. J. 58
Stivers. Thomas
Wootten, M. L 305
Zaiser, A. C. 158
410
Troxel, J. H.
Tracy, S. K. 90
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