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Hon. Elbridge G. Bowdoin, of Floyd County, Ia., was born at South Hadley Falls, Hampshire County, Mass., on the 16th day of February, 1820. His father, Hon. William Bowdoin, of Hugue- not origin and a descendant of the same ancestors as the Bow- doins of Boston, was for more than forty years a practicing attorney of the Massachusetts bar and for several terms a member of the Massachusetts Senate. The subject of our sketch was edu- cated at Amherst College, Massachusetts, where he graduated in 1840. After graduating he commenced the study of law, but sub- sequently for some time taught an academy at Spencertown, Colum- bia County, N. Y., and again from 1842 to 1845 was similarly engaged at Milton, Caswell County, N. C. Returning to Massachu- setts, the latter year, he resumed his legal studies with Judge Henry Morris, at Springfield, where in May, 1847, he was admitted to practice by the Supreme Court of Massachusetts. Immediately after he removed to Amherst, where he entered into partnership with the Hon. Edward Dickinson, with whom he continued in the practice of his profession until 1855, when, owing to ill health, he made a journey to Iowa, which eventuated in his becoming inter- ested in real estate in Floyd and adjoining counties, and a resident of the town of Rockford, of which he was one of the original pro-
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prietors. In 1856 he was admitted to the bar of Floyd County, but never practiced there. In 1859 he was elected a member of the Iowa House of Representatives, which met in 1860, from the district then composed of the counties of Floyd, Cerro Gordo, Worth, Hancock and Winnebago, in which session he was a mem- ber of the Judiciary Committee, and Chairman of the Committee on Schools and State University. He was re-elected to the assem- bly which met in 1862, in which session he was Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, and a member of the committee or apportioning the State into congressional districts. In 1860 he was a member of the Iowa delegation to the National Republican Convention, at Chicago, which nominated Mr. Lincoln. In De- cember, 1863, going to Washington he was made Clerk of the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives, of which the Hon. James F. Wilson, of Iowa, was Chairman, which position he retained for nearly ten years, six of them with Mr. Wilson as Chairman, and the remainder with Hon. John A. Bingham, of Ohio. Since that time he has resided at Rockford, where he is principal proprietor of the unoccupied town property, and is engaged in farming and dealing in real estate. He is one of the most public spirited men in the Shell Rock Valley. He was never married.
. N. D. Bowles, one of the prominent citizens of Rockford Town- ship, is a native of Holmes County, O., born May 3, 1833. He was reared and educated in his native place, residing there until his eighteenth year, when he came to Iowa, locating in Clayton County, in the summer of 1851. In 1872 he moved to Osceola County, and in 1877 to Floyd County, where he has remained since. His marriage to Bertha A. Cummings occurred Nov. 14, 1856. She was born in Michigan, June 29, 1837. Mr. Bowles enlisted in February, 1862, in the Sixteenth United States Infantry, and served two years, participating in the battles of Shiloh, Chick- amaugua, Mission Ridge, Resaca, Kennesaw Gap, Atlanta, and was captured just before the memorable battle of Perryville, Ky., but succeeded in making his escape that night, and returned to his regiment. He was appointed master of transportation for the army from Louisville, Ky., to Fort Scott, Kan., and was there from June until the following January. After the close of the war he returned to Floyd County, and has been prominently identified with the agricultural interests of Rockford Township since. Polit- ically he is a strong supporter of the Republican party.
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William Braunton is a native of England, born June 6, 1834. He received his education in his native country, and there learned the builder's trade, which he followed until 1871, when he came to the United States, and to Rockford, Ia., via Chicago. He has built many of the residences in Rockford, and has been very suc- ces-ful. He was married in his native country, in 1866, to Emma Haslett, who was born in England in 1843. Their union has been blessed with six children-Ernest, Marian, Hugh, Blanche, Harold and Eva. The first three were born in England, the last three in America. Mr. Braunton, in politics, is a strong supporter of the Republican party. He is a member of the Established Church of England.
Stephen P. Britton was born in Elizabeth, N. J., and there his boyhood was passed, and his education received. In 1848 he left his native State for the West, and located in Chicago, Ill., where he engaged in the practice of law two years; then removed to Winnebago County, Ill. He farmed on Rock River nine years, and in 1856 came to Floyd County, purchasing an interest in the town property of Rockford. He now owns 360 acres of fine land, ad- joining the city. He was married in 1858 to Annie D. Porter, a native of Zanesville, O., born in 1836. They have three children -Stephen, born in 1860; Robert, in 1862, and Annie, in 1871. Mr. Britton is classed with the prominent farmers and fine-stock breeders of the county, and owns some choice imported cattle, horses and hogs.
Henry Bumgardner was born April 17, 1825, in the State of Ohio. He lived there until 1857, when he came to Floyd County, and settled on section 28, Rockford Township. He now owns 230 acres of as fine land as there is in the county, all under ex- cellent cultivation, and containing many improvements and con- veniences not found on the average farm. He learned the miller's trade in Ohio, and has followed that occupation in connection with farming much of the time since coming here. He was married in 1858. Mrs. Bumgardner was born in Indiana in 1840. They have seven children-Albert Newton, born in 1860; John Leeson, in 1862; Mary C., in 1864; Eddie Jasper, in 1866; William Henry, in 1868, Estella, in 1875, and Carter, in 1879. Mr. Bum- gardner has held the office of School Director four terms.
D. G. Campbell is a native of the township of Eldon, Victoria County, Canada West, and is at present engaged in clerking in
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Rockford, Floyd County, Ia. He was married Feb. 22, 1871, and has a family of five children, two sons and three daughters.
John S. Childs is a native of Woodstock, Conn., born Sept. 30, 1833, a son of John Childs, a successful farmer, and Alice, nee Walker. His parents are excellent examples of the higher type of Puritanic character; honest, industrious and frugal, rearing their children in the strictest principles of integrity, and early teaching them that idleness was to be no part of their inheritance. They are still living at the advanced age of ninety years. John Childs, Sr., has always been noted for his sterling Christian character, and for doing well whatever he undertakes to do. Mrs. Childs is an estimable woman of superior intellectual abilities, and is thoroughly posted on all the topics of the day, and on matters pertaining to the General Government. She is ready and expert in argument, and believes that it is a woman's duty, equally with her right, to inform herself in all practical knowledge attainable by a careful husbandry of spare time. She is a devoted Christian, and has laid up a rich store of treasure for the great hereafter. John Spencer Childs was educated in a select school in his native town, and subsequently taught a few seasons. In March, 1857, he emigrated to Iowa, selecting Rockford as the scene of his future labors. He embarked in the mercantile business with his brother-in-law, O. H. Lyon, now a banker of Rockford. The firm of Childs & Lyon continued for twelve or fifteen years, and few houses in the Shell Rock Valley were better known, or were the recipients of more extensive trade than they. Mr. Childs is still in the business, having operated alone until the past four years,, since when his son Harry has been in partnership with him and manages the entire business. Mr. Childs, Sr., was married March 30, 1858, to Lydia F. Lyon, a native of Woodstock County. They have five children-Harry M., Alice S., Mary L., Anna G., and Leonard W. Politically he favors the Republican party.
F. B. Cogswell is a native of Erie County, N. Y., born in the town of Wales, Mar. 20, 1834. When sixteen years of age he left his native State and went to Pennsylvania, returning two years later. He subsequently emigrated to Illinois, where he remained two years; then went back to New York; thence to Waushara County, Wis. He owned a farm of eighty acres on section 15, Richland Township, which he sold in 1881. He was elected to all the township offices of Richland Township, and was Sheriff of the county two years. He came to Floyd County, Ia., in 1873, hav-
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ing previously purchased land here in 1868. He owns 160 acres and is classed with the representative farmers and breeders of fine stock of Floyd County. He was married Dec. 10, 1856, to Mar- tha Leigh, who was born in England in 1833. Three children have been born unto them-Eva T., born Dec. 5, 1857, in Waushara County, Wis., and died in Rockford Township, Ia., Feb. 17, 1878, of typhoid fever; Addie I., born August, 1862, and Frank, Sept. 7, 1868. In his religious views Mr. Cogswell is a Liberalist, and politically is a Republican, and has been elected by that party to many of the local offices. He is at present serving as Road Super- visor and School Director, to the entire satisfaction of his constitu- ents.
S. B. Cogswell, one of the prominent citizens of Rockford Town- ship, was born in Wales, Erie County, N. Y., Feb. 7, 1840, and was there reared and educated. He emigrated to Ogle County, Ill., in 1861, and engaged in farming there until 1880, when he re- moved to Floyd County, Ia., and settled upon his present farm of 140 acres, on section 2, Rockford Township. This farm is under excellent improvement and thoroughly stocked. He was married Nov. 20, 1856, to Frances Hubbard, also a native of Erie County, N. Y., born Oct. 1, 1841. They have had four children-Ettie, born Feb. 18, 1859; Willie, born Mar. 1, 1865, died Mar. 25, 1870; Minnie Ellen, born Nov. 23, 1869, and Lizzie, Sept. 18, 1874. Mr. Cogswell is at present serving acceptably in the offices of Road Su- pervisor and School Director. In politics he is a strong Republi- can.
John D. Conner was born in Holland, Erie County, N. Y., Aug. 22, 1832. His father, S. B. Conner, was born in St. Law- rence County, N. Y., in 1811, and died March 1, 1877. His mother, Tufanny Dake, was born in Holland, N. Y., March 22, 1815, and died March 24, 1872. His parents were early settlers of Holland, N. Y., and moved to Wisconsin, where they both died. They had nine children ; seven are still living. While in New York, Mr. Conner carried on the daguerreotype business for seven years. In 1862 he went to Warren County, Pa., where he lived three years. He then moved to Wisconsin and remained six years ; from there, to Floyd County, Ia., and settled in Ulster Township ; two years later went to Rudd and lived four years ; then came to Rockford, where he kept a restaurant for three years, when he sold out, and has since followed painting most of the time. He has had a wooden leg since he was fifteen years old.
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His wife, Urania E. Crowell, was born in Centerville, Allegany County, N. Y., Sept. 23, 1827. Her father, Samuel Crowell, died in New York in 1862. She was the oldest of his seven children. Her uncle, Edward Crowell, was one of the first settlers of Floyd County, and owned a large farm. He died in Ulster Township, in 1880. His large family of fourteen children all reside in Iowa.
C. E. Cutter, one of the representative citizens of Rockford Township, was born in Cayuga County, N. Y., June 26, 1847. His father is a native of Herkimer County, N. Y., born June 3, 1810 ; his mother, of Pennsylvania, born Jan. 21, 1821. They are now residents of Cerro Gordo County, Ia. The subject of this memoir came West with his parents in 1854, settling in Wisconsin. where they resided eighteen months, then removed to Floyd County, Ia., locating on a farm about four miles south of Charles City. One year later they went to Cerro Gordo County, where C. E. resided eight years, engaged in farming. He was married on Jan. 8, 1879, to Josephine M. Perness, who was born in La Salle County, Ill., March 4, 1847. Two children have been born .of this union -Cynthia M., born May 9, 1880, and Clara, Feb. 4, 1882. In politics Mr. Cutter is independent, voting for the man rather than the party. He is extensively engaged in farming and stock-raising in this township.
T. W. Davies, miller and grain merchant, Rockford, was born in the State of Connecticut, Oct. 15, 1849. His parents moved to Kewanee, Henry County, Ill., when he was quite young, and he was there educated and learned the miller's trade, which he followed there three years; then went to Minnesota, where his parents had moved in the spring of 1870. He worked in a mill two years, then engaged with the topographical surveyors on the St. P. & P. R. R., now the St. P., M. & M. In the fall of 1872 he resumed the milling business, being employed in the Sauk Center and Min- neapolis Mills until December, 1875, when, in company with his brother William, Peter and Wm. Henry, formed a milling com- pany at Belle Plaine, Minn., and continued in that connection until the fall of 1878. He and his brother William then came to Rock- ford, Ia., where he has been running the Excelsior Mills since. His brother returned to Belle Plaine in 1880, where he is engaged in running the mill they formerly owned. Mr. Davies was mar- ried Sept. 15, 1880, to Laura Stearns, who was born in Pittsfield Mass., April 26, 1846. She is a member of the Congregational church. In politics he is a Republican, and is one of the promi.
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nent citizens of Rockford, being known throughout the county as a man of irreproachable business integrity.
Charles Jay Dumbolton was born in the State of New York, July 27, 1853, and was the youngest of a family of three children, viz .: Nathan, Lucius and Jay. In 1856 he left his native State, and with his parents moved to Wisconsin, settling in Columbia County. He received a practical education there, and in 1868 came with his parents to Floyd County, Ia. They settled upon a farm of 360 acres, on sections 9 and 10, which they still reside upon. Jay manages the farm for his parents, who are now in their declin- ing years, and in connection with farming operates a steam thresh- ing machine. He is a Republican in his political views, and i classed with the prominent farmers and stock-raisers of Floyd County.
John Dumbolton was born in Otsego County, N. Y., May 19, 1806. In 1856 he left his native State for the West, and located in Baraboo, Wis. From there he moved to Columbia County, that State; thence to Floyd County, Ia. He settled on section 9, Rockford Township, where he now owns a finely cultivated farm of 360 acres. He was married in Otsego County, N. Y., on June 8, 1834, to Harriet A. Coe, a native also of the Empire State, born in the town of Scriba, on April 5, 1813. Five children have blessed this union, viz .: Samuel, born April 18, 1835; Lonisa, Nov. 9, 1837; Lucius B., April 1, 1843; Nathan H., June 5, 1848; and Charles Jay, July 27, 1851. The eldest son, Samuel, was drowned in the Tennessee River at Paducah, Ky., on March 25, 1864, while serving in the Union army, a member of Thirty- second Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. Mr. Dumbolton has retired from active business life, and his son, Charles Jay, is man- aging the farm. He is classed with the prominent agriculturists and stock-breeders of Floyd County, and in politics is a strong Republican.
William Durkee, proprietor of the Beebe House, Rockford, Ia., was born in Cattaraugus County, N. Y., July 30, 1839. At the age of seven years he came West with his parents, locating in Green Lake County, Wis., where he remained until March 4, 1864, when he came to Rockford, Floyd County, Ia. Since his residence here he has engaged in the hotel business, and is known through- out the county as a genial, gentlemanly host, and a popular land- lord. He was married March 14, 1864, to Miss Frances Beebe, a. native of Attica, Wyoming County, N. Y., born Feb. 14, 1844. They
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have three children-Jennie C., born May 29, 1865; Frank, Nov. 11, 1868, and Robert Nelson, Feb. 26, 1874. Mrs. Durkee is a member of the Congregational church. He has always been a strong supporter of the Democratic party.
Robert Eggert, one of the prominent citizens of Rockford, is a native of Magdeburg, Prussia, born in 1839. He emigrated to London, England, in 1858, and to the United States in 1859. He came to Delaware County, Ia., in 1860, and ten years later to Floyd County. He farmed until 1875, and in that year com- menced the study of law at the State University at Iowa City, continuing until 1877, and has practiced law in Charles City and Rockford from that time until the present. He edited the Rock- ford Reveille from July, 1877, to July, 1882, and is now engaged in the erection of a paper-mill. He was married to Miss Maggie Hoffman at Rockford, Ia., Nov. 7, 1877. She was born in Free- port, Ill., in 1858. Of three children born of this union, two are living-Alfred and Alice. As a lawyer of undisputed talent, Mr. Eggert ranks with the first of his profession; and as a gentleman of eminent social qualities, he has few superiors.
A. H. Evans was born in Steuben County, N. Y., Dec. 22, 1832. He was married Jan. 18, 1855, to Elizabeth Conrad, who was born in Hinsdale, Cattaraugus County, N. Y., Jan. 7, 1830. There are two adopted children-F. D., born Feb. 23, 1855, and Hattie, born Feb. 22, 1877. Mr. Evans came to Floyd County, Iowa, in 1867, and now has a fine farm of 100 acres on section 34, Rockford Township. He is a Republican in his political views and has held the office of School Director and Road Supervisor several terms. In religious belief he is a Methodist. He enlisted Feb. 2, 1864, in the First New York Independent Battery, and was dis- charged June 23, 1865, in Syracuse, N. Y. He was in several hard-fought battles, among them the battle of the Wilderness, Spottsylvania Court-House, and Cold Harbor, Va. In 1856, while living in New York, some fallen timber near his house took fire, and as it was a very dry time, and a strong wind blowing, they were unable to save the house or contents. His family were obliged to take refuge in a well near by, in which there was not much water. They threw their bed-clothes and carpets into the well, but were obliged to dip water and pour on them, as the fire-brands were blown in on them. In this way they spent three hours, twelve feet below the earth's surface. The fire-fiend seems to have a special spite against him, for in 1866, while living in Cat-
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taraugus County, N. Y., he had his storehouse and all his goods destroyed by fire.
F. D. Evans was born Feb. 23, 1855, in Alleghany County, N. Y. He was adopted by A. H. Evans in 1856, and came with him to Floyd County, Ia., in 1867. He follows farming as his pro- fession.
C. R. Franklin, Postmaster, Rockford, was born in Rockford, Winnebago County, Ill., Jan. 28, 1843, the youngest of a family of two sons born of Burton R. Franklin, a native of New York, born March 3, 1811, and Rachel K., nee Bushnell, born July 30, 1810. His father died March 27, 1861; his mother is still living and re- sides with her son, the subject of this sketch. His brother, James Franklin, died Nov. 21, 1874, in this city, aged thirty-four years. C. R. resided in Rockford, Ill., until thirteen years of age, when he came with his parents to Rockford, Ia. He enlisted Sept. 21, 1861, in the Dubuque battery, served four years and three months, and was mustered out at Davenport, Ia. Among the important battles in which he participated were those of Flat Creek, Pea Ridge, Arkansas Post, the bombardment of Fort Pemberton, Helena, Ark., and was present at the capture of Little Rock. He returned to Rockford and was appointed Postmaster here on Oct. 15, 1877, by President Grant, and still holds the office. He was married June 18, 1867, to Clara E. Bailey, who was born near London, Eng. Seven children have blessed ther union, viz .: Burton E., born Oct. 2, 1868; Frederick B., April 18, 1870, died July 16, 1880; Edmond R., born Jan. 21, 1872; Harriet A., Oct. 21, 1874; Florence B., Oct. 12, 1876; Cora B., Aug. 1, 1878, and James P., Jan. 23, 1881. Mr. Franklin in his political views is a pronounced Republican, and in religious faith is a Congrega- tionalist.
J. T. Graham is a native of Pittsford, Vt., born Feb. 18, 1824. He grew to manhood in his native city, and at the age of eighteen engaged in the milling business there. In the spring of 1852 he went to California via the Isthmus of Panama. He was detained on the Isthmus one month, and eighty out of 900 passengers that were on board the vessel with him died of sickness. He arrived in San Francisco, Cal., July 8, 1852, and owing to the dry weather could not mine, so he obtained employment in Sacramento in a corn-mill, the owner giving him full charge and $150 a month. Through Mr. Graham's instrumentality bolting cloths were put into the mill, and flour was manufactured out of wheat raised in
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California. Thus he has the honor of making the first flour made in that State-it is so recorded in the city of Washington D. C., to-day. After a few months the city of Sacramento was destroyed by fire and the mill was burned. Mr. Graham then engaged in mining, being very successful. He struck a bonanza, taking out $8,000 in five weeks. He remained in California until 1853, and on July 24 of that year he embarked on a steamer for Vermont. In the fall of 1853 he came to Iowa, locating in Clayton County, where he bought 400 acres of land and built a saw-mill on the Lit- tle Turkey River, which he operated four years, and in the mean- time built a flouring mill for Mr. Gillmore of that place. He sold out his interest and came to Marble Rock, Floyd County, Ia., and built a fine flouring mill near there, which he operated one year, and in the spring of 1861 a terrible flood of water and ice swept his mill away, leaving him entirely destitute. With that determina- tion to succeed that had always characterized him, he went at once to Rockford, and, in company with George Wyatt, built a flouring mill on Lime Creek, which he ran nine years; then went to Portland, Ia., and there built a mill, selling it one year later, and in 1871 he returned to Rockford and built his present mill. It has five run of burs, one patent roll, and is one of the most complete mills in the county. From the foregoing it will be seen that Mr. Graham has the honor of having built the first flour-mills in Millville, Clayton County; Marble Rock and Rockford, Floyd County, and Portland, Cerro Gordo County, Ia. On Sept. 16, 1854, Mr. Graham was mar- ried to Ann S. Strong, a native of Brandon, Vt. Three children have blessed their union, viz .: Walter S., born June 18, 1855; Car- rie A., June 20, 1861, and Frank, Sept. 16, 1863. Mr. Graham owns 270 acres of fine land, and a beautiful residence, which is a great contrast to the little cabin to which he brought his young wife in 1854. In politics he is a Republican.
Oscar J. Green was born in Rensselaer County, N. Y., and became a resident of Floyd County, Iowa, in 1865. He located at once in Rockford Township, where he followed farming until five years ago, when failing health compelled him to discontinue the arduous duties of farm life. He sold his land and moved into the town of Rockford, where he has resided since. He was married Nov. 13, 1860, to Adeline Clark, who was born in New York, Oct. 30, 1837. They have one child, a daughter, Grace, born July 29, 1866. Mr. Green's father was born in the State of New York, Jan. 24, 1797, and died there Aug. 15, 1870, at the age of seventy-
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four years. His mother is a native of Rhode Island, born in 1799, and is now residing with her daughter, Mrs. Elms, in Floyd County. In his political views Mr. Green is a Republican. Mrs. Green is a member of the Congregational church.
W. J. Green was born in the town of Berlin, Berkshire County, N. Y., May 6, 1815. When fourteen years of age he left his native place, and went to Williamstown, Mass., where he worked in a woolen factory, manufacturing satinet, about four years; then went to Stephentown, N. Y., where he attended school one year, and at the age of nineteen went to Rowe, Mass .; worked in a woolen factory there six months, attended school at Stephentown the fol- lowing winter, and in 1837 removed to Barry, Ill. He returned to New York eighteen months later, and worked at his former busi- ness one year; then purchased an interest in a wool-carding and cloth-dressing establishment, which was destroyed by fire in 1841. He rebuilt his factory, and in 1843 sold it and went to Massachu- setts, where he remained two years, then spent six months in South Coventry, Conn. Returning to Massachusetts, he purchased an interest in a cloth factory, selling out in one year. In 1851 he came West, locating in Janesville, Wis., and in 1854 he settled in Floyd County. When he came to Iowa he settled on" the farm which he now owns, on section township 95. He first entered 160 acres in 1854, and the following spring an eighty adjoining. They erected a log cabin, in which they lived six years. @His tools were a common ax, a saw and a hammer. He built this cabin during the Indian troubles near Clear Lake. When; he moved into his cabin the settlers were camped all about it. While this was in process of construction he and his family lived in their wagon three weeks. Such hardships were discouraging, and it was for such men as Mr. Green to grapple with these difficulties when many would have given up and returned to civilization. Mr. Green now has a reward for his zeal and enterprise in the possession of one of the most beautiful homes in the county. He has bought twenty acres adjoining the old farm, on which he has built an elegant residence, and where he is surrounded with every comfort of life. He also owns 160 acres of land on section 16. He was married in 1841 to Harriet Douglas, who died leaving one child- Harriet G. A., born in August, 1842, and married John Reid. In 1845 Mr. Green married Miry Ann Ryndas, in Misch setts. Mr. and Mrs. Green are prominent members of the Congregational church, in which he is a Deacon. ¿ In politics he is a Republican.
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