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Harwood & Mooney, photographers, Charles City, Ia., is one of the city's enterprising young firms. Though both are young men, they do some of the finest work in their line in the State.
The senior member of the firm, Burritt Harwood, is a native of Charles City, and was born Nov. 26, 1855. He received his early. education here, attending the Charles City HighSchool, and after - ward the Academy of Design, Chicago.
John Arthur Mooney, was born in Rockford, Ill., Oct. 10, 1857, and came with his parents to Charles City in 1873. He learned the art of photography with J. E. Rich, with whom he remained seven years. He then went to Independence, Ia., and engaged in the photographic business a short time, but subsequently returned to this city and formed the present partnership, under the firm name of Harwood & Mooney.
Willam C. Hering, of the firm of Stevens & Hering, furniture manufacturers, Charles City, is a native of Mecklenburgh- Schwerin, Germany, born Oct. 12, 1838, the only son of William and Sophia (Oden) Hering, likewise of German birth. They were members of the Lutheran church. William C. attended school in Germany until his fourteenth year, whan he immigrated with his parents to the United States, locating in Cincinnati, O. Two years later they removed to Milwaukee, Wis., where W. C. learned and followed the chair-maker's trade until 1869, when he came to Charles City, and in company with E. J. Fisher and W. E. Elkins established a furniture factory at this place. In 1870 Mr. Park- hurst became a partner, and July, 1871, he sold his interest to Mr. Stevens, one of the present proprietors. In October, 1874, the com- pany bought out Mr. Elkins, and the firm has since remained Stevens, Hering & Co. The subject of this memoir was married Feb. 8, 1866, to Dora Stelling of Washington, Wis. Seven chil- dren have blessed their married life, of whom six are living-Hattie M., Jennie, Carrie, Lulu, Irwin and Ida. Arthur died in infancy. Mr. Hering is a prominent member of National Lodge, No. 165, I. O. O. F., and in politics is a strong supporter of the Republican party.
S. R. Hewitt, M. D., has been prominently identified with the medical profession of Floyd County, since 1869, a son of Samuel B. and Elmina Hewitt, nee Tucker. He was born in Middlebury, Wyoming County, N. Y., July 22, 1839. S. R. was the eldest of a family of four children, and when he was six years old his parents moved to Sharon, Wis., and two years later to Fond du Lac. His
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father settled upon a farm near by, and S. R. assisted on the farm and attended school during the winter months, until twenty years of age, when he entered the Baraboo, Wis., Institute. He spent one term in that institute, then taught school and studied medi- cine until his twenty-fourth year, when he went to Brandon, Wis., and continued the study of medicine under Dr. B. F. Dodson, three years. He then became a student in Rush Medical College, at Chicago, from which he graduated in 1867. He at once located at Berlin, Wis., in the practice of his profession, and shortly after_ ward went to Waupun, Wis., where he practiced two years, then removed to Nora Springs, Floyd County, Ia. In June, 1881, he came to Charles City, where he has since remained. He was mar- ried at Alto, Wis., on Oct. 30, 1867, to Alice E. Talcott, who was born at Kenosha, Wis., and was a daughter of Gilbert and Mary (Larabee) Talcott, natives of New York. Their union has been blessed with one child, a daughter, Alice B., born April 25, 1871. Dr. Hewitt is a Mason and a prominent member of St. Charles Lodge, No. 141. In politics he is a Republican. During the time he was at Rush Medical College, Dr. Hewitt was the assistant of Prof. E. L. Holmes, of the Eye and Ear Infirmary of Chicago, two years. He makes a specialty of surgery, and has successfully operated on many difficult and complicated cases. He was surgeon for the B., C. R. & N. R R. six years, and during the war was selected from the medical college as assistant surgeon of the Marine Hospital, where he remained three years and gained a thorough knowledge of this department of his profession.
William E. Holbrook, junior member of the firm of Hansberg & Holbrook, was born in Masonville, Canada East, Dec. 11, 1841. His parents were Abram and Azubah Holbrook, nee Perkins, the former a native of Vermont, the latter of Canada. They had a family of seven children; five lived to maturity. In 1852 the fam- ily moved to Freeport, Ill., where they remained until 1855, then came to Floyd County, Ia., settling on a farm of 400 acres in Floyd Township, which the eldest son had entered in 1854. Will- iam E. assisted on this farm and attended school until nineteen years old, when he taught school here two terms, then visited the home of his boyhood and Vermont with his mother and sister, where he taught school and worked on a farm until the spring of 1864, when he returned to Floyd. In June of that year he com- menced clerking for Lehmkuhl & Hansberg, and came with them to Charles City in 1868. He was clerk and bookkeeper until
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1879, when he was taken into partnership. On Feb. 27, 1880, he married Matilda Kellogg, who was born in Ohio, and was a daughter of John and Rachael Kellogg, nee Shelly, who settled in Charles City in 1854. Their union has been blessed with two children-Eugene W., born Dec. 3, 1870, and Cora G., Aug. 30, 1872. Mr. Holbrook is a member of Charles City Lodge, A. F. & A. M .; also of Almond Chapter. He has taken all the degrees of the I. O. O. F. Encampment. He was elected City Treasurer in March, 1882, and still retains the office. He has always been a strong adherent to the principles of the Republican party. Ilis father died here on Nov. 6, 1859, and his mother is residing with her son, the subject of this memoir.
H. S. Howard, of the Boss Harrow Company, is one of the lead- ing business men of Charles City, and was born at Saline, Mich., Aug. 4, 1842; he was a son of Rufus, whose ancestors were Eng- lish. Rufus was born at Utica, N. Y., Dec. 22, 1817. He was a physician. He moved from New York State to Michigan, where he married Ann Cook, Nov. 27, 1839. In the fall of 1846 he moved to Cottage Grove, Wis. He died June 4, 1857, after an ill- ness of seven days. IIe had an extensive practice as a physician, and was worn out by his zealous labors. His wife, Mrs. Ann Howard, died at the residence of her son, H. S. Howard, at Floyd, Ia., Thanksgiving Day, November, 1876. She and husband had a family of three sons and three daughters-H. S., W. P. and Murtie, who resides with her brother, H. S. Howard, subject of this sketch; he was the eldest. He enlisted, Aug. 29, 1861, in the Third Battery, Wisconsin Light Artillery, for three years, and was discharged in October, 1864. He served under Generals Buel, Rosecrans and Grant at the battle of Chickamauga, and was taken prisoner with ten other members of the battery, along with the guns, and taken to Richmond, thence to Libby Prison; and Nov. 28, 1863, they were moved to Danville, Va., and Nov. 29, 1863, took leg bail for Uncle Sam's land, and after a tramp of thirty days and nights through the rebel country and over the Blue Ridge and Alleghany mountains, he reached the Union lines at Camp Fayette, W. Va. After a week's rest in camp he visited his home, and returned to his command at Chattanooga, and after his dis- charge he went to Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and attended the East- man's Business College, from which he graduated. He then visited some friends in New Jersey, then took a position here as book- keeper in the store of J. L- Finding confinement in the
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store imperious to his health, he decided to return to his home in the West. In 1868 began to sell farm machinery, which business has been followed with very little intermission, until the manufact- uring of " Boss Harrows " has compelled the cessation of all other interests. Mr. Howard moved from Janesville, Wis., to Floyd County, Ia., October, 1874, and in a few months began to sell farm machinery at Floyd, and in the spring of 1876 manufactured a few "Scotch Harrows," for retail trade, and made two harrows of an entirely new pattern, a harrow patent by John E. Perkins, for- merly of Verona, Wis. Mr. Howard made about sixty of these, and called them the "Boss Harrow," because all who used them called them the "Boss." These were made in 1876. A further account of this enterprise, under the firm of the "Boss Harrow Company," has been given on a preceding page.
John Howard, retired farmer and grain dealer, was born in Lawrence County, Ind., May 31, 1820, a son of Elbert and Phebe (McNeal) Howard, the former a native of Georgia, the latter of Kentucky. They were members of the Methodist church, and the parents of seven children. In 1834 the family moved to Illinois and settled in Kane County. In 1840 the subject of this memoir left home to make his own way in the world. He went to Waukegan, Lake County, Ill., and was there married, Jan. 16, 1848, to Harriet M. Gould, who was born in Utica, N. Y., March 8, 1819, a daughter of Louis and Nancy Gould, nee Hickox. Her father was a native of Massachusetts, her mother of New York. They were Methodists in their religious views, and were members of that church over fifty years. After his marriage Mr. Howard followed his trade, that of a furniture manufacturer, in Waukegan,. until April, 1854, when he came to Charles City and opened the first cabinet-maker's shop in the county. The machinery in his shop was run by horse-power, and he made the first chair and brought the first lathe into the county. He continued in this busi- ness five years, then purchased a farm in St. Charles Township, which he cultivated until July, 1864, when he sold it and returned to Charles City. He engaged in grain and other business here un- til 1872, and since then has lived a retired life, having accumu- lated an ample competency for the support of his declining years. Mr. Howard and wife, Newman Dutcher and wife, and Mrs. John Kellogg organized the first church in Charles City, and their first meeting was held in an unfinished log barn, the sermon being preached by Rev. John Ball. Mr. and Mrs. Howard have been
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faithful and active workers in the church since that time, and he lias served as Trustee and Steward many years. They have had two sons, both now deceased, viz. : Louis Gould, born April 20, 1849, died Ang. 20, 1851, and John Gould, born Sept. 19, 1852, died May 14, 1853. Mr Howard can truly be classed with the pioneers and representative men of Floyd County, and his works for the good of the city will live after him, "By their works ye shall know them."
Charles Kelly, for whom the town of Charles City was named, is a son of Joseph Kelly, a native of Ohio, and Malinda, nee Rader, of Virginia. Joseph Kelly came to Floyd County in 1856, and laid ont the town of Charles City, naming it for his son, and built the first saw-mill in the county. They had a family of ten chil- dren, six living-Charles; Melvina, wife of Christopher Martin, of Monroe, Wis .; Jane, wife of F. O. McCallister, a resident of Charles City ; Harriet, widow of Chas. H. Haskell, is residing with her mother and conducts a milliner shop in Charles City; Mary, wife of D. W. Carver, editor of the Dubuque Herald, and Joseph, Jr., a musician and band leader in Buena Vista, Cal. The subject of this memoir was born in Monroe, Green County, Wis., Feb. 28, 1838, and was there reared and educated. In 1855, at the age of seventeen, he came to Charles City to join his father, and helped haul the machin- ery for his father's mill from Galena, Ill. He worked in the mill until his marriage to Ida Wrisley, which occurred Oct. 19, 1870. She was born in Rutland, Vt. In 1874 Mr. Kelly went to Oakland, Cal., where he was employed in the marble works until December, 1881, when he returned to Charles City, where he has since resided. Mr. and Mrs. Kelly have one child, a son, William F., born Nov. 19, 1873. Mrs. Kelly is a member of the Congregational church. He is politically a Democrat, and is known as one of the old set- tlers and representative citizens of Charles City.
John Kuck, dealer in leather findings, saddles, hardware, buf- falo robes, horse blankets, etc., Charles City, Ia., is a native of Germany, and was born near the city of Bremen, Prussia, Dec. 5, 1836. His parents were Henry and Anna (Gerken) Kuck, also natives of Germany. They had a family of eight children, seven sons and one daughter. John, subject of this sketch, was the third son, and is the oldest now living. He attended school in Germany and farmed until sixteen, and then came alone to Amer- ica; landed at Baltimore, Md., after being eight weeks at sea. He went to Wheeling, Va., and two months after to Marietta, Ohio,
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where he learned the harness-maker's trade and resided until twenty, then went to Le Sure, Minn. He was partner in a store of general merchandise there one year, then sold out and went to Galena, Ill., and worked at his trade until 1860, when he opened a harness shop at Lansing, Ia., and engaged in business here until 1864, when he came to Charles City, Ia., and established his pres- ent business. Mr. Kuck married Mary Meyer at Galena, Ill., June 1, 1860. She was born in Switzerland. They are members of the M. E. church, and have had a family of seven children, two living, viz .: Henry L., born Dec. 1, 1862; George W., born Dec. 14, 1868. Both work with their father in the harness shop. . The mother died May 30, 1879. and Mr. Kuck married Lizzie Brandon April 22, 1880, at Charles City. She was born in Cook County, Ill., and was a daughter of Adam and Elizabeth (Sibbel) Brandon. They have one daughter-Bertha A. C., born Feb. 10, 1881. Mr. Kuck, in politics, is a Republican. He is one of the oldest har- ness-makers and business men of Floyd County and Charles City, having been identified with this city since July, 1864. He was a member of the Council of Charles City one year from Second Ward. He was one of the first members of the German M. E. church, which is now the Charles City District, embracing many counties, and was one of the first to organize the church in this city.
William M. Langstaff, blacksmith, Charles City, was born in Montrose, Susquehanna County, Pa., Oct. 22, 1830, a son of John and Rachel Langstaff, nee Bush, the former of English birth, the latter born in the Keystone State. They were the parents of nine children, William being the third son. His father died when he was eight years old, and he continued to reside on the farm with his mother until 1839, when the family moved to Brooklyn, Pa., where he learned the blacksmith's trade. In 1852 he went to Rockford, Ill., remaining there working at his trade one year, then went to Janesville, Wis., where he was married Jan. 31, 1854, to Margaret Warn, a native of Jacksonville, N. J., and a daughter of James M. and Margaret (Burlew) Warn, likewise natives of New Jersey, and the parents of six children. Mr. and Mrs. Lang- staff had a family of three sons, two living-Will Leslie, born Dec. 5, 1855, at Janesville, Wis., is a merchant at Belmont, Ia., and Henry L., born in Charles City, July 31, 1860, is a printer at
tanton, Pa .; Clarence, born Nov. 25, 1858, died Sept. 25. 1859. After his marriage Mr. Langstaff resided in Janesville until the spring of 1856, when he came to Charles City, where he established
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a blacksmith shop, and has remained since. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. fraternity, Charles City Lodge, No. 165. Politically he is a Democrat. He is one of the oldest blacksmiths now living in the county, having opened a shop here in 1856.
Jacob Leonard, proprietor of the Leonard Hotel, Charles City, was born near Bedford, Lawrence County, Ind., Dec. 12, 1819, a son of Henry and Martha (Raims) Leonard, natives of North Carolina. They had a family of thirteen children, eleven of whom lived to maturity. When Jacob was about two years old his parents removed to Monroe County, Ind., and settled on a farm. He was reared and educated at that place, and was married there on Dec. 20, 1843, to Catharine Berkey, who was born in Valonia, Jackson County, Ind., a daughter of Henry and Margaret (Isem- inger) Berkey. Of nine children born of this union, eight are liv- ing-William H., editor and proprietor of the Rock County Re- corder, at Janesville, Wis .; Margaret A., wife of William Ganges; Mary E., wife of Charles Leaman; N. Kate, wife of Joseph Flan- nigan; E. Hattie, who is cashier in a store at Janesville, Wis .; L. Agnes, who is a printer; Ester E. and Clara A. After his mar- riage Mr. Leonard farmed in Monroe County, Ind., until 1843, then taught school two years, and in 1845 went to Doe Prairie, where he farmed and taught until 1847, when he went to Green County, Wis., continuing in the same occupations there. In the spring of 1856, he came to Charles City, moving his family here the following year. He farmed, teamed and engaged in draying until 1875, then opened a grocery store, which he sold a short time afterward, and bought the Cleveland House. In October, 1879, he built his present hotel, which is a two-story building, containing fifteen sleeping rooms, parlors, dining-room, office and kitchen, all fitted up in good style. Mr. Leonard shows his guests every atten- tion and is a popular landlord. He was elected Justice of the Peace for two years, but resigned the office before the expiration of his term. Politically he is a strong supporter of the Repub- lican party.
Milton Martin, proprietor of the " Central Market," Charles City, is a native of New York, born in Oneida County, June 9, 1840. His parents were Ebenezer and Mercy (Doty) Martin, also natives of New York, and members of the M. E. church. They had a family of five children, two sons and three daughters. Martin, subject of this sketch, was the eldest son. When five years of age he removed, with his parents, to Winnebago County, Wis.,
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where his father settled on a farm. They resided there four years, then moved into Ripon, Wis., where Martin attended school until fourteen, then worked with his father in the market until 1855, when he went to Wautoma, Washara County, Wis., and ran a hotel eighteen months. Subsequently returned to Ripon, and in the spring of 1858 went overland with a party to Pike's Peak and mined and prospected until fall, when he returned to Ripon, and re- moved with his father to Washara County, Wis.,and farmed until the outbreaking of the late war, when he enlisted in Company F, First Wisconsin Cavalry, in spring of 1862, as a private, and was first appointed Sergeant, then First Lieutenant, and afterward Captain of the company, remaining until the close of the war, when he was mustered out at Nashville, Tenn. He returned to Ripon and embarked in the market business. He was married to Miss Mercy A. Eggleston, at Ripon, May 7, 1866. She was born in Wisconsin and was a daughter of Giles and Catherine (Bullis) Eggleston, natives of New York. After his marriage, on Oct. 31, 1866, Mr. Martin located in Charles City, and established his present market. They have been members of the First M. E. Church of Charles City for the past ten years, and have had six children, viz .: An- drew, Cora, George, Ebenezer, Earl and Ellinor. Mr. Martin is a member of the A. O. U. W. and V. A. fraternities of Charles City. In politics he is a strong Republican, and voted for the amendment in 1882, and was the first Prohibitionist elected in the City Council, and is now serving his fourth year. He is one of the old residents and enterprising representative citizens and business men of Charles City, where he has been identified since 1866. He is of English and German descent. His great-grandfather was Captain on an English man-of-war ship in the Revolutionary war.
Carl Merckel, Sr., of the firm of Merckel & Son, hardware, Charles City, was born in Andernach. Prussia, Germany, Oct. 19, 1812, a son of Elias and Theresa Merckel, nee Kerig. Carl attended school and college until thirteen years of age, when he began learning the tinner's trade with his father, continuing with him three years. He then traveled in Holland, Belgium, France and Germany, until twenty ; then worked with his father at Ander- nach until 1838, and on June 10 of that year he was united in marriage with Anna Marie Just, a native of Andernach, and a daughter of John Just, who had charge of a forest in Germany. After his marriage Mr. Merckel worked at his trade in his native
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place, until 1852, when he came to America; landed at New York City, after a fifty-two days' journey. He worked in Albany, Rochester and Buffalo, New York, until 1854, when he came West, locating in Decorah, Ia., where he established the first tin shop in that city. Que year later he removed to St. Paul, Minn., thence to Dubuque, Ia., where he resided until August, 1856, when lie set- tled in Charles City, and in 1857 he sent to Germany for his family. He was employed in the first tin shop in this county, operated by Ferguson & Stanley until 1858, when he opened a shop of his own. He was burned out in 1862, and then built his present store. Mr. and Mrs. Merckel have been blessed with nine children, three living-Theresa, wife of Wmn. Hansberg, an old set- tler and merchant of Charles City ; Carl, Jr., and Maggie. Carl, Jr., was born in Andernach, July 2, 1844, and attended school there until thirteen years of age, when he came to Charles City, and when fourteen learned the tinner's trade with his father, and in 1870 formed his present partnership with him. He married Gracie F. Davidson, at Charles City, Sept. 19, 1870. She was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, and was a daughter of Donald David- son and Marion L., nee Brown, who were likewise of Scottish birth, and emigrated to America in 1855, settling in Floyd County, Ia., in 1856. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Merckel, Jr., have had two children,- Carl D., born June 13, 1880, and Clyde, born Aug. 21, 1871, died Oct. 27, 1879. Mr. Merckel, Jr., was elected Mayor of Charles City in 1880, and held the office one year. He has been a member of the City Council seven years. Father and son are both strong supporters of the Republican party, and are classed with promi- nent and enterprising business men of Charles City.
George Wilhelm Meyer, the oldest and leading clothier and mer- chant-tailor in Charles City, has been prominently identified with the business interests of this city since 1868. A son of John and Marie (Zimmerman) Meyer. He was born Jan. 6, 1838, in the village of Sumte, Prussia, Germany. He was the eldest son of a family of five daughters and two sons, and after receiving a prac- tical business education in his native town, went to Neuhans were he was apprenticed to the tailor's trade; when twenty years of age, having become proficient in his trade, he went to Hamburg, and two years later emigrated to the United States, accompanied by his sister, Mrs. John Pertzborm. He located in Madison, Wis., where he obtained employment at his trade. He was married there on Apr. 7, 1862, to Marie Schneider, who was born in
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Switzerland, a daughter of John J. and Maria Schneider, nee Speich. Mr. Meyer resided in Madison until 1867, when he removed to Boscobel, Wis., remaining there until 1868, and then came to Charles City. He at once established his present business, and has met with deserved success, being known throughout the county as a man of irreproachable business integrity. Mr. and Mrs. Meyer have ten children, viz : Wilhelm G. H., working in his father's tailoring establishment; Paulina, George W., Amelia, Louisa, Wilhelmina, Mary, Matilda, Henrietta and Cora. Politically Mr. Meyer was formerly a Republican, but of late has been rather independent, voting for principle rather than party.
Miles Brothers, W. F. and H. F. Miles, druggists, and dealers in paints, oils, wall-paper and stationery. This is one of the oldest and leading business houses of Charles City, and was estab- lished in 1858, by Dr. J. W. Smith and C. W. Atkinson, Mr. W. F. and H. F. Miles becoming proprietors in 1868, and they have increased their business, and enlarged their store from time to time, until they now occupy a three-story building, 120 feet deep by 22 feet wide, with a basement, and they carry a full and com- plete stock of imported and domestic goods. W. F. and H. F. Miles were born in Franklin, Delaware County, N. Y. W. F. was born Sept. 23, 1840, and H. F., Nov. 28, 1842. They were sons of Levi and Emily (Boyd) Miles, he a native of Connecticut and she of Massachusetts. They were members of the M. E. church, and had a family of four sons and four daughters. W. F. Miles attended school, working on his father's farm until he began teach- ing school; taught winters and worked on the farm summers, until twenty, when he attended the Commercial College, at Bing- hamton, N. Y., where he graduated one year after. He then resided at Beloit, Wis., until the outbreaking of the late Rebellion, when he returned home to New York, and enlisted in Company A, Thirteenth New York Infantry and heavy Artillery; was shot through the right foot at a battle in front of Pittsburg. Pa., and laid in the hospital suffering from fever and his wound, and came near losing his life from exposure and neglect. He was found three days after being wounded, by Dr. Tennant, a surgeon, who proved to be a brother-in-law to Mr. Miles's brother, H. F. Miles. Through the effort of Dr. Tennant Mr. Miles's life and limb was saved. At the close of the war Mr. Miles returned to Deposit, N. Y., and was appointed Principal of the Deposit Military Acad- emy for one year; he then clerked for eighteen months in a drug-
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