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leaving Plainfield he preached three years in Riverton, and has preached at intervals since. He was married May 29, 1848, to Hannah McKee. They are the parents of ten children-John H., Katie M., William T., Freemont, George A., Imogene, Sadie F., Ida M., Frank E., and C. Eddie.
James M. Howard was born Jan. 1, 1817, in Kentucky; when one year old he was brought with the family to Lawrence County, Ind., where he resided until seventeen years of age; he next moved to Cook County, Ill., where he lived until 1852, except two years in Waukegan, Ill., still following farming. Next he went to Cali- fornia, crossing the plains with oxen, being five months on the road. In 1856 he returned, by way of the Isthmus of Panama, and settled in Nashua, Chickasaw County, Iowa, preparing in the fall to build a house, which he erected and finished the following spring. His present farm is on section 3, this township, where he owns 770 acres of good land, and makes a specialty of raising corn, oats and live-stock. March 6, 1845, Mr. Howard married Lucinda Carron, who was born in Greenbrier County, Va., April 21, 1828. They have three children now living, namely: Mary V., born in Eldorado County, Cal., in June, 1853, and is now the wife of An- drew Smith; Elbert W., who was born in Sacramento County, Cal., March 16, 1856; and Clara A., born in this township March 29, 1862. Mr. Howard belongs to the Wesleyan Methodist church and in his political views is independent.
Robert J. Huie, born in Ogle County, Ill., June 5, 1840, is a son of David Huie, a native of Scotland, born in 1811. He came to this county in 1866, and settled on section 28, Riverton Town- ship, where he still resides. He enlisted in the war of the Rebellion in August, 1862, in Company E, Ninety-second Illinois Infantry; the last two years they were mounted. He was in the battles of Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain, Aiken, Averysboro, Resaca and many smaller ones, and was with Sherman on his march to the sea. He enlisted as private, and at the first camp was appointed Fifth Sergeant; in 1864 was made Orderly Sergeant, and in the spring of 1865 was commissioned and mustered in as Second Lieutenant. He was married in 1862 to Julia A. Hammond. They have five children-Nellie M., Anna L., Jessie E., Marshall S., and Recina K. He has been Assessor six years, and Justice of the Peace five years. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.
Charles Kilbourne, born in Otsego, N. Y., Aug. 10, 1809, is a son of Giles Kilbourne, a native of Berkshire County, Mass., who
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died in New York State at the age of ninety-three. He resided on a farm till thirteen years of age, when he went to Homer, N. Y., and clerked in a store for five years. He then went to Cort- land Academy and prepared for Hamilton College, near Utica, graduating from there in 1833, with high honors. He taught five years in Vernon Academy, Oneida County, and Cherry Valley, Otsego County, N. Y., in the meantime studying law. He was admitted to the bar in 1839, and practiced in Vernon, N. Y., five years. In 1844 he went to Milwaukee, Wis., and soon after settled on Fox River, near Princeton, Wis., where he was engaged in the lumber business, and then in farming till 1868, when he came to this county. In 1867 he was a member of the Wisconsin Legis- lature; was also Justice of the Peace in Wisconsin several years, and is now Justice of the Peace here. He was married in 1839 to Mary L. Sayles. They are the parents of seven children-Henry L. (surgeon in the United States army the past twenty years); Charles, died in the late war; Frederick A., Edward L., Arthur B., Louis D. and Everett L. Mrs. Kilbourne is a member of the Con- gregational church.
Julius M. Nevins, son of Russell M. Nevins, was born in Wash- ington County, Vt., Dec. 20, 1826. In 1837 his parents moved to Milwaukee, Wis., and to Jefferson County, Wis., in 1838. In 1849 he went to California with an ox team, and came back in the fall of 1851. He traveled through Washington Territory. In 1859 he went again to California, and in 1861 returned to Wisconsin. In 1864 he came to this county, and in January, 1873, went to Cali- fornia, returning the same spring. In 1876 he went again to Cali- fornia, taking his wife and eldest daughter, and remained one year. He was married May 29, 1847, to Elizabeth King, of Canada, a daughter of John King, a native of England. They are the parents of seven children-Marilla, Adella, Matilda, Almeda, Sarah and Viola. A son died in infancy.
John Noble, son of Jacob B. Noble, was born near Cornwall, Canada West, Sept. 18, 1833. In 1846 he went with his parents to St. Lawrence County, N. Y., and in 1855 came to Chickasaw County, Ia., and to this county in 1864, where he is engaged as a farmer and stock-raiser. He owns 235 acres of well-improved land. He was married Dec. 29, 1861, to Zelia A. Hall, daugh- ter of E. C. Hall, who came to this county in 1859. They have one child-George E., born May 25, 1868. He has been Constable and Township Trustee six or seven years.
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Solomon H Noble, born in Cornwall, Canada West, Nov. 20, 1835, is a son of Jacob B., also a native of Canada. His education was limited. In 1846 he went with his parents to St. Lawrence County, N. Y., and in December, 1855, came to Iowa, going first to Chickasaw County, and in 1868 came to this county. He re- sides on section 24, Riverton Township, and owns 240 acres; is en- gaged in farming and stock-raising. He was married Jan. 22, 1864, to Belinda Helms. They have five children-Marshall H., Ada N., Charles E., Katie M. and Cornelia. He has been Consta- ble here twelve years.
Diniel D. Perry was born in Bergen County, N. J., Sept. 19, 1822. In 1849 he came West and located in Jefferson County, Wis., and in 1875 he came to this county. He was a miller in the East, but since coming West has followed farming. He resides on section 14, Riverton Township, owns 418 acres, and is engaged both in farming and stock-raising. He was married in April, 1841, to Sarah Haring. They are the parents of six children- William H., Maria C., Catharine C., Sarah E. and Susan J. They lost one daughter also named Susan J.
William H. Perry, born in New Jersey, June 6, 1843, is a son of Daniel D. Perry, and came with him to Wisconsin in 1849. He came to this county in 1873, where he is engaged in farming and stock-raising. He was married June 6, 1863, to Martha J. Balser. Of their three children, only two are living-Ida M. and Hattie B. One daughter, Ina B., died at the age of six- teen months. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity.
Sanford Ripley was born in Gallia County, Ohio, July 27, 1829. He left there in March, 1853, and came, via the Ohio and M ssissippi rivers, to Muscatine, Iowa; from there with a two- horse team, in company with others, to Red Oak Grove, Cedar County, Iowa; from there to where Nashua now is, June 4, 1853. His father built the first house inside the town of Nashua. Geo. H. Clark built one a little outside in 1851 or 1852. In the fall of 1854, Mr. Ripley moved to the place where he still lives, section 34, range 15, Riverton Township. Snow being knec-deep, and no house there, the family camped under the wagon till he could build a cabin. He has 250 acres of well-improved land. He was mar- ried in 1846 to Susan Norton, nee Bumgartner, who was born in Gallia County, O., in January, 1820. They have three children- Esther, born Dec. 31, 1855; Lovina, Oct. 6, 1860; Maria, June 14, 1863. He ran out with a compass and staked the first road from
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Nashua, going in a northwesterly direction till he struck section 1, range 94-17, which is now Union Township. This continued to be the regular traveled road for many years. Politically he is a Re- publican.
A. B. Scofield was born in Clearfield County, Pa., Oct. 28, 1835. His father moved from there to Rock County, Wis. He lived with his father till he was twenty-three years old, when he came to Nashua, Chickasaw County, Ia., and taught a writing-school one winter; worked in a fanning-mill factory the following summer, and taught in the public school in the fall and winter. He built what is known as the Thompson School-house, in Riverton Township. In October, 1860, he was married to Sarah Beck, born in Ohio, in 1842. They had four children-Emma Jane, born in 1862, and died at the age of two months; Irwin J., born in May, 1866; Mary L., born in November, 1868; W. A., 1869. Mr. Scofield has been Justice of the Peace for four years; has been Director and Secre- tary of the School Board, and has held various township offices. Politically he is a Republican.
Solomon M. Stevens, son of Solomon K. Stevens, a native of Vermont, was born in Cortland County, N. Y., Jan. 1, 1851. In 1855 he came West with his parents and settled in Bureau County, Ill., and in March, 1871, came to this county. He resides on sec- tion 16, Riverton Township, where he owns forty acres; he also owns eighty acres on section 21, and is engaged in farming and stock-raising. He was married in 1876 to Maria Mitchell, a daughter of Moses Mitchell, now of Chickasaw County. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church of Riverton.
Scofield S. Waterbury, born in St. Lawrence County, N. Y., Dec. 7, 1833, is a son of Shadrach Waterbury, a native of Con- necticut, who died when Scofield was four years old. In 1850 he went to Jefferson County, Wis., locating in the ancient city of Aztalan, where he remained till the spring of 1864 when he came to this county, and located on section 24, Riverton Township. He owns 345 acres, and is engaged in farming and stock-raising, breed- ing short-horned cattle and Norman horses. In 1874 he imported French Monarch, a fine Percheron of 1,800 pounds weight. He also has a colt of his three years old that weighs 1,400 pounds. He was married in November, 1856, to Annie E. Willis. They are the parents of six children-Electa A., Lizzie D., May E., John P., E. Belle, and Willis. Their eldest daughter is the wife of F. C. Danforth.
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G. B. Waterman was born in Berkshire County, Mass., where he lived till he was four years old, when he moved to Oneida County, N. Y., and lived twenty-five years. In 1869 he came to Floyd County, Ia., and settled on section 28. He has 120 acres of good, well-improved land. He raises stock, and makes a specialty of hogs. He sells his cream to the Charles City Creamery. He was married in 1869 to Sarah M. Bellows. She was born in Mas- sachusetts in 1852. They have seven children.
A. F. Worden was born in New York, Jan. 28, 1828, where he lived till he was four years old, when he went to Michigan and remained twenty-three years. In the fall of 1855 he came to Floyd County, Iowa, and settled on section 10, Riverton Township. He has 120 acres of good well-improved land. He has always been a farmer. He was married Jan. 1, 1854, to Elizabeth Jane Cleland, a native of Washtenaw County, Mich., born March 6, 1832. She died July 24, 1882. They had one adopted child-Albert G., born Feb. 6, 1872. Mr. Worden is a member of the Wesleyan Method- ist church. Politically is a Republican. He was the first Con- stable elected in the township.
ROCKFORD TOWNSHIP.
The township of Rockford was named from the village of Rock- ford, the village having been started and named a year before the township was erected. Rockford is bounded on the north by Rock Grove, on the east by Ulster, on the south by Scott, and on the west by Cerro Gordo County. It was settled at a comparatively early day, and with people mostly from the Eastern States. There are very few foreigners here. The population of the township is now about 1,400.
ORGANIC.
The area now known as Rockford Township was formerly in- cluded in Union Township. A warrant was issued by A. L. Col- lins, County Judge, March 2, 1857, defining the limits of Rockford Township to be the same as those of the congressional township 95, ranges 17 and 18, and calling for an election April 6, 1857. The election was held at the house of Ransom Knapp, with A. H. Bayley, B. P. Franklin, and Horace W. Fields as Judges of Elec- tion. The officers chosen at this election were as follows: Trus- tees, L. G. Hiscox and Henry R. May; Clerk, Horace Stearns; Justices, William Hutchler and J. N. Dennis; Road Supervisors, L. G. Buck, Henry Wadey, George Wadey and George Wise.
In 1858 a portion of township 95, range 17, was set off for the organization of Ulster Township, and in 1861 the remainder of that congressional township was set off to Ulster. At this latter time, also, six sections on the southern part of township 95, range 18, were set off and annexed to Scott, and twelve sections from the southern part of township 96, range 18, were added to Rockford Township on the north.
EARLY SETTLEMENT.
In August, 1851, John Grace built a small cabin and made a claim on section 10, township 95, range 18, on the south bank of the Shell Rock River, and near the northwest corner of the present town site of Rockford. The same year he took up a claim on what is now known as the Buck farm, and built a cabin there. He
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was the first actual settler in the township. During this same year Jacob Beelar also made a claim on sections 8 and 9, on the farm afterward owned by John Dumbolton, but subsequently aban- doned it and took up a claim in Union Township. A Mr. Brannon then took the Beelar claim, and broke eighteen or twenty acres in 1852. Grace also broke a small tract the same season, which was probably the first breaking done in the township. In 1853 Flem- ing De Witt and several sons bought out the Brannon, Farlow and Grace claims, and also laid claim to large tracts of land between Shell Rock and Linn rivers, covering what afterward became Wyatt's, Dumbolton's, Dean's and Grace's groves. In 1853 Lee Furlow claimed the larger part of the groves southeast of Rock- ford, afterward owned by Green & Stearns. B. F. Adams came in 1853, and built a cabin on the west side of Linn River, on scc- tion 5, and broke fifteen or eighteen acres. This was afterward known as the Ruggles farm. Ambrose Baker built a cabin the same year, on what was afterward A. L. Carman's farm, and in the year following broke ten acres.
In 1854 W. J. Green and H. Stearns bought the Farlow claim of Isaac and David De Witt for $30. Each built a cabin and opened up a farm. George Brentner, L. G. Buck and O. J. Dcan came in 1854 and bought claims of the De Witts. F. De Witt built a log honse near the little cabin of John Grace. This was occu- pied by J. C. Walker, who broke ten acres near where the Burling- ton, Cedar Rapids & Minnesota Railroad depot now stands.
In 1855 Major Rice built a cabin near Wyatt's grove, and opened up a farm. R. C. Horr laid claim to that portion of the present town plat between the Wyatt House and the Shell Rock River, and the same year sold to R. N. Mathews. Mr. Mathews also bought Gideon White's claim and moved on it. R. C. Mathews made a claim, which afterward became a part of S. H. Cutler's farm. David Ripley claimed the western portion of the town plat. Dan- iel Mahoney bought a claim north of the Buck place, built a cabin, and brought his family the following year. D. M. Bemas made a claim south of town.
In 1856 John Platt, S. P. Brittain, George Wyatt and Willard Bowdoin bought the town site of Rockford. Further particulars are given below in the sketch of the village of Rockford.
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FIRST.
The first sermon in Rockford Township was preached by Rev. John Ball, in John Ferguson's store, in June, 1856. The other early preachers were, Revs. Hiscox, Saxby, Holbrook and La Due, all of whom came about 1857 or 1858. There are now two churches in the township, both of which are in Rockford Village.
The first school-house was built in 1857, of oak boards, and was 16 x 24. It was built without battening, and with slab seats. This was built by contribution, and was used for church services, as well as for a school-house. The second school-house in this district was built of stone, in the winter of 1857 and 1858. It tumbled down when the frost went out. The third was built of stone, in 1859, and was 26 x 40; twelve feet between joints. This was for several years the best school-house in the county. The fourth school-house was built of wood in 1873. It was 50 x 50, contained four rooms, and cost $8,000.
The first school was taught by Mrs. J. N. Dennis, in 1857. Miss Clementine McEwen taught in the fall of the same year. The first school district in the township was known as sub-district No. 4, of Union Township. The first district election was held at the house of H. Stearns, June 15, 1857, with B. P. Franklin as President, and H. Stearns, Secretary.
The first marriage license issued in the township was to Wesley Ames and Miss Cassidy, both of Rockford Township; and this was also the first in the county.
The first death was that of Mrs. De Witt, in 1853 or 1854.
The first birth is thought to have been that of Iola Blanchard.
STOCK.
In 1856 Z. M. Knapp brought to this township seven head of thoroughbred cattle, one of which was a bull sired by an imported Devon, owned by ex-Governor Bibb, of Illinois. Soon after, S. P. Brittain brought in about twenty head of cattle from Illinois, many of them thoroughbreds, and other grades. Four or five years after this, D. M. Bemas also brought from New York some twenty or thirty head of thoroughbreds. Such importations of choice stock did not fail to improve the stock generally throughout the western side of the county.
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RAILROAD.
The Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Minnesota Railroad was fin- ished to Rockford, Oct. 13, 1871. The people of the township aided largely in its construction. A tax of five per cent. was voted upon the real and personal property of the township. The right of way through the township, a distance of between eight and nine miles, ten acres of land for depot grounds, and $10,000 in cash were donated to the company. The value of the whole gift was esti- mated at $25,000. A fuller history of this road is given in the chapter on railroads.
BRIDGES.
The first bridge across the Shell Rock River, in Rockford Town- ship, was built in 1858, by private subscription. This was swept away by floating ice before completion. No attempt to bridge the river was made again until 1865, when a good wooden Howe-truss bridge was constructed, at the expense partly of the county and partly of the citizens of Rockford. This bridge at Rockford lasted until 1875, when it was taken down, and the present iron bridge was constructed by the Canton Bridge Company, of Ohio, at the expense of the county. It was improved in 1881 at a cost of about $2,000.
A wooden bridge was built by the county in 1866 at "Elmore's Mill." This was swept away in 1877, and the present iron bridge constructed, the work being performed by the Canton Bridge Company. This bridge is 250 feet long .
The iron bridge at Ruggle's Ford, on Lime Creek in the western part of the township, was built at the expense of the county in 1874.
STATE AND COUNTY OFFICERS.
Several of Rockford's citizens have held important positions in the service of the nation, State and county. Among them are the following :
E. G. Bowdoin served two terms in the Legislature, from 1860 to 1864, in one of which he was Chairman of the Judiciary Committee. He held the position of Secretary to the Judiciary Committee in Congress from March, 1863, to March, 1874.
Alvah Prescott was elected County Surveyor in 1857.
Horace Stearns was several times elected to the same office, and has held it since 1870. He was County Assessor in 1857, Superin tendent of Schools in 1866, and Supervisor in 1866 and 1868.
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R. N. Mathews was elected County Supervisor in 1860 and 1862.
J. C. Baker was chosen Supervisor in 1864.
A. G. Merrill held the same office two terms.
J. S. Childs was chosen County Treasurer in 1870.
R. C. Mathews was elected to the same office in 1872.
J. W. Merrill was elected County Superintendent in 1872.
Orlo H. Lyon served in the State Legislature two terms, from 1878 to 1882.
VIOLENT DEATHS.
July 16, 1858, Jeremiah Eaton, of Saline, Washtenaw County , Mich., who had a wife and five children, was drowned in Shell Rock River, at Rockford. He was endeavoring to cross the river in a skiff just above the dam, when the deceitful current carried him over. His body was not found until nine days afterward, about six miles below. All efforts to find the body near the dam prov- ing unsuccessful, G. G. and Edward Reiniger, of St. Charles City, and Horace Stearns and O. N. Robbins, of Rockford, pro- cured two skiffs and proceeded down the river. About six miles below the dam they discovered the body lodged among some wil- lows in the vicinity of Marble Rock. It was lying mostly out of water. They made a temporary coffin, in which they conveyed the corpse to St. Charles. The next day the citizens in large numbers followed the remains to the new cemetery. Mr. E. is said to have been a member of the Baptist church, and he was a highly respected citizen.
Much credit is due to Mr. G. G. Reiniger for his energetic ef- forts to discover the remains of Mr. Eaton, and see to their suit- able interment. He was the owner of some $8,000 or $10,000 worth of property in this county. One or two dollars of money, a few papers and a watch were found upon the body.
March 17, 1859, Richard Ready was drowned in the Shell Rock River, at Rockford. He was engaged in running a ferry-boat at that place, and was taking across the river, above the mill-dam, a gentleman named Billings, with two children, and a pair of horses and wagon. The wind blew hard down the stream, the current was strong, and they were carried over the dam. Mr. Billings succeeded in swimming ashore. Mr. Pierson, a gentleman who had a small boat in the river, saved one of the children, and Mr. Childs, a man on shore, plunged in and rescued the other. One of the horses gained the shore, while Mr. Ready and the other
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horse were drowned. The body of Mr. Ready was not recovered until the second day afterward. He left a wife and two children
July, 1867, E. B. Evans, aged forty-eight, was drowned at Rockford in the river ..
. Jan. 1, 1868, Samuel L. Knapp was thrown against a tree by a runaway team and dragged some distance, and died the Sunday following.
Geoge P. Ransom, about 1870, was instantly killed, by being thrown against a fence by a runaway horse, within a few feet of where Mr. Knapp was killed.
On the 23d day of December, 1871, the railway bridge at Rock- ford was crushed by a passing train, and engine, cars and pass- engers were precipitated down to the ice, upon the Shell Rock River, a distance of about twenty-five feet. James Judd, an en- ginger, Robert White, a fireman, and one Bartlett, a brakes- man, were instantly killed. James Brown and Daniel Maloy, of Nora Springs, employes of the road, were seriously injured. Not a passenger was killed or seriously hurt.
In 1874 James Scott was killed by a runaway team. This yo r, also, Lyman Moore lost his way in the evening on his way ho : e, and froze to death.
In 1875 L. A. Billings was murdered near the western line of the county. See chapter entitled "Criminal."
On Friday, March 10, 1876, the house of Mr. Withey, who live about three miles northwest from Rockford, on Mr. Starbird's farm, was struck by lightning three times; the first time it came down the stove pipe and struck Mr. Withey upon the left hand, removing the skin from it; it then passed up the arm and down the left side, completely destroying the left foot, leaving a large blue streak upon the body. He was conscious, and alive until about midnight when he went to sleep and seemed to experience great difficulty in breathing. He continued to sleep until Sunday at three o'clock in the afternoon, when he died.
OTHER CASUALTIES.
Oct. 16, prairies on fire in the vicinity of Rockford, resulting in considerable damage. The fire came upon the dwelling-house of L. Whitney, on the east bank of Shell Rock, while the family were eating, and almost instantly the house was in flames. They lost all their furniture and clothing, and four hogs in the pen. About thirty tons of hay, belonging to Mr. Greene, and considerable
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fence belonging to him and to Mr. Stearns, were also destroyed. South of Charles City, also, some losses were a short time previ- ously sustained from prairie fires.
Other fires, floods, hurricanes, etc., are noted in the second and sixteenth chapters.
ROCKFORD .-- BEGINNINGS AND EARLY GROWTH.
In the spring of 1856 John Platt and S. P. Brittain, of Rockford; George Wyatt, formerly from Rockford, but then living at St. Charles, and Willard Bowdoin, of Salem Mass., bought of R. N. Mathews and David Ripley what is now known as the original town of Rockford, and had it platted and recorded. Each of these gentlemen owned a one-fourth interest. The following year G. W. Bowdoin bought of Brittain a one-eighth interest. G. Wyatt sold his quarter interest to D. E. Johnson, who sold one eighth to E. G. Bowdoin, and the other one eighth to S. P. Brittain. Brittain afterward sold this one eighth to D. M. Bemis.
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