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John J. Gaylord, brother of the Hon. W. P. Gaylord, was born in the State of New York, Dec. 12, 1818. His parents
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moved to Litchfield County, Conn., when he was an infant, and he was reared and educated in New Milford that State. When he was seventeen years old his parents removed to Warren Town- ship, and he worked in his father's blacksmith shop there and on farms in that vicinity until 1844, when he returned to New Mil- ford and followed his trade there six years, thence to Southford, Conn. He worked in an edge-tool manufactory there one year ; in a machine shop one year, and in 1852 went to Woodbury, Conn. In 1854 he came to Floyd County, Ia., and returned to Connecti- cut the same year. He worked in a paper-mill at Wolcott two years, and in 1861 came to Nora Springs, Ia. He farmed in this township thirteen years, and is now engaged in the mercantile business -a member of the firm of Gaylord & Bryan. He is a popular merchant, and is known throughout the county as a man of irreproachable business integrity. He was married in 1839 to Charlotte A. Johnson, who died Nov. 6, 1874, leaving two children - Ellen L., now Mrs. J. K. Rupert, of Charles City, and Marion, wife of Chas. E. Brown of Norwalk, Conn. Mr. Gaylord has filled many offices of trust, with credit to himself and the satisfaction of his constituents. He is a Methodist in his religious faith.
Lyman Gaylord came here from Litchfield County, Conn., in the fall of 1855, and settled on section 8, where he now resides. He is the eldest of five brothers living in this neighborhood. He has a good farm, a fine brick dwelling, and substantial outbuildings. He is a man of remarkable energy, and at his advanced age to-day does more hard work than most of the young men who call them- selves smart. He is one of the few who can't endure rest, and one of the kind who will wear out instead of rusting away. He is out of debt, and has laid up enough for the "rainy day." He has a fine young orchard and an abundance of good timber. His sons are -John G. and Earl L. His daughters - Eliza, now Mrs. Wm. B. Reed, and Emily, now Mrs. Nick F. Weber, attorney at law at Clarion, Wright County, Iowa. His daughter Sarah, a child about seven years old, died in 1861. In politics he is a Republican. In religion, a Second Adventist.
Wm. H. Gonser was born in Knox County, Ohio, March 16, 1847. His father, Henry Gonser, died when he was quite small, and his mother married William Workman. In 1856 the family came to Floyd County. Wm. H. engaged in farming in Nora Springs till 1870, when he was engaged as a clerk in the stores
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here, which continued till the spring of 1882, when he went into business for himself in a grocery, crockery, etc., store, and is hav- ing a good trade. He was married in 1876 to Sarah, daughter of Wm. F. Stewart, of Nora Springs. Mr. Gonser is a member of the Masonic, I. O. O. F., and A. O. U. W. societies.
David Hardman (deceased) was born in Montgomery County, O., May 24, 1817. His parents moved to Wayne County, Ind., in 1818, and to St. Joseph County, Ind., in 1832. He was married March 29, 1840, to Melinda Roe, of Wayne County, Ind. He went to Delaware County, Ia., in the fall of 1851, and came to this county in April, 1853, where he entered 160 acres of land on sec- tions 20 and 21, Rock Grove Township, and was engaged in farm- ing and stock-raising. He was the father of twelve children, ten living - Israel A., Noah W., Francis J., Vina A., Henry F., David A., John W., Jennie M., Ida F., and George R. Mr. Hardman died April 17, 1882. His son, George R., is carrying on the farm.
Geo. A. Heintzelman was born in Centre County, Pa., Jan. 23, 1836. His father, George Heintzelman, was a native of Union County, Pa .; his great-grandfather came from Holland about the same time as William Penn. He was reared on a farm, and his early education was comparatively limited. He removed to Will County, Ill., in 1854, and in 1860 went to St. Genevieve County, Mo. June 16, 1861, while cutting wheat in the field, he was drafted into the rebel army. He made the officers believe it was all right, but asked permission to finish his wheat, which was granted. That night he signalled a boat and escaped, going to St. Louis ; he then bought a ticket for Red Wing, Minn., but was robbed on the wharf; then stopped at Fulton, Ill., and worked in the harvest-field one month, and enlisted in Company K, Eighth Illinois Cavalry ; was in the charge of Yorktown, Williamsburg, seven days' fight at Richmond, second Bull Run, South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Upperville, Gettys- burg, Falling Water, and others. After the war he went to Plain- field, Ill., and in 1867 went to Newton, Jasper County, Ia .; thence to St. Genevieve County, Mo., in 1870, and in 1873 came to Nora Springs, Rock Grove Township. He is by trade a contractor and mason. He was married May 18, 1866, to Cynthia Culver. They had two children - Harley E. and Effie C. Mrs. Heintzelman died in Marshfield, Mo., and in 1875 Mr. Heintzelman married Sarah Lewis. They have two children -Lulu and Willie, He
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was a member of the I. O. O. F., K. P. (in Missouri), A. O. U. W., and the Grand Army of the Republic.
David A. Hoel, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in Iroquois, Ill., Jan. 8, 1850. His father, James Hoel, is a native of Indi- ana, who moved to Bremer County, Ia., in 1855, and to this county in 1868, and is still living in Rudd. David A. received his edu- cation in the common-schools of Bremer and Floyd Counties. He was married March 24, 1874, to Katie Howard, of Wisconsin. They have had three children, two living-Sydney and Alfred. Mr. and Mrs. Hoel are both members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Rudd. He is Superintendent of the Sunday-school. He owns eighty acres of fine land.
F. M. Hubbard, of the firm of F. M. Hubbard & Son, was born in Indiana in 1830. He was the sixth child of Dr. John and Anna Hubbard, who were early pioneers from Massachusetts and Vermont to Western New York, and from there to Indiana, thence to Illinois in 1836, while Indians still occupied that country. Dr. John Hubbard was a graduate of Williams College, Mass., a son of Major John Hubbard, of Revolutionary fame. F. M. Hubbard spent his boyhood days in Cook County, Ill., until he was twenty years old; then, in 1850, crossed the plains to California, where he stayed until 1854, when he returned to Illinois, studied medicine, and graduated in New York City in 1856. In the same year he was married to Hattie E. Burbank, of Lancaster, Mass., who was the daughter of Aaron and Chloe Burbank. Aaron Burbank was a Baptist minister and graduate of Waterville College, Me. F. M. Hubbard engaged in the practice of medicine at Janesville, Wis., in 1856, but soon abandoned that, and engaged in the patent right business, taking out five patents for inventions while in the busi- ness at Ripon, Wis. In 1869 he came to Nora Springs, and has since been engaged in various occupations here, but mostly in the mercantile business. They have four children living-Myra Alice, born in 1858; George Melville, in 1860; Charles Henry, in 1864; Jason Coridon, in 1867, and two dead. George M. is a member of the present firm of F. M. Hubbard & Son, dealers in drugs, jewelry, groceries, music, etc. Also publishers of the Advertiser, a little sheet issued weekly (first number July 4, 1882), to repre- sent the interests of Nora Springs and its business men.
Eli M. Hutchinson, farmer and stock-raiser, northwest quarter of section 26, was born in St. Lawrence County, N. Y., June 7, 1838. His father, John B. Hutchinson, was a native of the same
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county. He was reared on a farm, and was educated in the com- mon-schools. He came to Cedar Rapids, Ia., in 1854, and to Mitchell County in 1855, where he farmed near the Floyd County line till 1873. He built a mill on Rock Creek in 1867. He came to this township in 1873; owns 160 acres of fine land, besides some timber. He was married Dec. 31, 1866, to Mary C., daughter of Wm. G. Dadley (deceased), a native of Edgar County, Ill. They are the parents of six children, five living-Minet A., Mira A., Hattie M., Lizzie M. and Floyd M. He was Postmaster of Meroa Postoffice, Mitchell County, four years; Township Clerk, three years: Assessor, one year; Township Treasurer, one year, and has held other offices of trust in Mitchell County. He is a Master Mason; is a member of Rock Creek Christian church, of which he is an Elder. He served one year and a half in Company K, Twenty-seventh Iowa Infantry, and eight months in Company K, Twelfth Iowa Infantry; was in the battles of Fort De Rossa, Pleas- ant Hill, La., Old Oak and others; was ninety days under fire at one time, one-third of his brigade being killed and wounded at Pleasant Hill.
Luther J. Keyes, of the publishing firm of Keyes & Blythe, editors of the Monitor, is a native of St. Lawrence County, N. Y., born April 17, 1839. His father, Luther H. Keyes, was a native of Massachusetts, and a carpenter. Luther J. learned his father's trade in his youth, and worked at it five years. In 1854 he went to Laporte, Ia., thence to De Kalb County, Ill., in 1856; two years afterward went to Beloit, Wis., and in 1859 to Laona, Ill. He enlisted in 1861 in Company C, Fifty-fifth Volunteer Infantry, and served four years and four months, participating in all the battles of his regiment. He entered the service as a private, and for meritorious conduct was promoted to the rank of First Lieutenant. Upon leaving the service he went to Waverly, Ia., and in 1875 left there and located in Nashua, Ia., and in the fall of that year moved to Marble Rock. In the fall of 1877 he came to Nora Springs, when he established the telephone system here; conducted it four and one-half years, and in January, 1882, became a partner in his present business as editor of the Monitor, an enterprising sheet devoted to interests of the order of I. O. O. F. He was married Dec. 25, 1865, to Esther A. Lancaster, of Winnebago County, Ill.
John A. Kidney (deceased) was born in Marcellus, Onondaga County, N. Y., Jan. 8, 1823, a son of Robert Kidney, a native of
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Poughkeepsie, N. Y., who moved with his family to Cattaraugus County, that State, settling upon a farm. John A. was reared on a farm and educated at the Springville Academy. He taught school and followed the insurance business in his native State until the fall of 1850, when he came West, locating in Dodge County, Wis. He engaged in teaching there, and was married March 21, 1854, at Lowell, Wis., to Waity A. Sweet. After his marriage he followed the mercantile business in Markesan, Wis., two years, thence to Winona County, Minn., in 1856, being among the earliest settlers of that region, and suffering many of the privations and hardships incident to pioneer life, engaging in farming there until 1865, when he came to Nora Springs, and resided here until his death, one of her most prominent and respected citizens. He owned a fine farm near the town and much city property. He was very conversant with law and practiced in the justice courts, and was Justice of the Peace several years. He was a prominent member of the Masonic fraternity, and was always ready with open purse to subscribe to church and school funds. As a man of rare social qualities, superior mental endowments, he had few superiors, and in his death, which occurred April 9, 1880, Floyd County lost an esteemed and honored citizen.
Abiah Knapp was born in Otsego County, N. Y., Feb. 9, 1803, and went with his parents to Delaware County, N. Y., when quite young; remained there till 1816 when they moved to McKean County, Pa. Abiah Knapp worked at the lumber business a num- ber of years in Pennsylvania, and in 1837 went to St. Clair County, Ill., where he worked at the carpenter and joiner's trade; went to Rockford, Ill., in 1840, and remained till 1858, when he came to Floyd County, where he has since resided. He was married Feb. 10, 1826, to Susan Mills. They have had eleven children, seven of whom are living-Robert, Alex, Jane, Aurilla, Ann, Miles and James. One son, Albert, died at Murfreesboro in the late war. Mrs. Knapp died Sept. 5, 1876. April 12, 1877, Mr. Knapp married Mrs. Pamela Sells, nee Nickerson.
James A. Lathrop was born in Burlington, Vt., Sept. 30, 1828. His father, John Lathrop, also a native of the " Green Mountain" State, died when James A. was ten years old, and he went to live with an uncle, in Middlebury, Vt .; remained there three years and then began to rely on his own resources. His early educational advantages were limited; he can truly be called a self-educated and self-made man. In 1850 he came West to Fond du Lac County,
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Wis., and worked a short time as a carpenter and joiner; then worked in different parts of the State as a millwright, till 1855, when he bought , land in Waupaca County, Wis., and located on it, and erected a saw-mill; two years later he built a grist-mill in partnership with Daniel Barnum. In 1859 he bought out Mr. Barnum and sold one-fourth interest to his brother-in-law, William West. They carried on the business together for two years when Mr. Lathrop sold out and came to Rock Grove, where he owns a fine farm of 130 acres on section 21. Mr. Lathrop was married in June, 1855, to Rebecca Atkinson. They had one son-William. In 1865 Mrs. Lathrop died, and in 1868 Mr. Lathrop married Jennie Capen. They have three children -- Emma, Charles and Lena. He is a member of the Baptist church; is also a member of the I. O. O. F.
John C. Lindsay, farmer, section 25, was born near Darlington, Canada West, Aug. 3, 1849. His parents moved to De Kalb County, Ill., when he was quite small. He was educated there in the common schools, his home being on a farm. He came to Floyd County, Ia., in 1865. Jan. 12, 1876, he was married to Ann E. Archard. They have two children-Maud and Mary. He was Constable two years in Mitchell County, Ia.
James Marshall, farmer and stock-raiser, Rock Grove Township, was born in Canada East (or Quebec), Nov. 13, 1843. His father, George Marshall, was a native of Yorkshire, England. James Mar- shall's early life was spent on a farm, his educatian being received in the common schools. He went to New York State in 1863, from there to De Kalb County, Ill., in 1864, to Black Hawk County, Ia., in 1865, and to this county in 1874, where he settled on section 20, this township, and owns 160 acres of fine land. He was married in October, 1873, to Josephine Forbes. They have three children -Mary, William and Belle. He is a member of the I. O. O.F.
William Mathers, postoffice Nora Springs, was born in Quebec, Canada, Dec. 22, 123. He is a son of Wolsey and Mary (Irwin) Mathers, of the North of Ireland. They came to this country in 1820. William grew to manhood in Quebec. He was left an orphan at the age of eight years, and thrown on his own resources for a livelihood. He learned the trade of a harness-maker at the age of ten. He went to Massachusetts in 1845, and from Martha's Vineyard on a whaling voyage, one year ; was on the Brazilian man-of-war "Constitution " one year, and on two or three other vessels one year. In 1846, while out on the ocean, he saw a
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school of sharks under the peak of Tennerief. On the passage from Rio Janiero to England he saw a man fall from the mizzen top-sail-yard and killed. He saw the Spaniards and Portuguese celebrate "Neptune shaving Greenhorns." They form a police, who seize inexperienced men and go through a farcical shaving, immersing the head of the victim in salt water. They pretend that Neptune comes up the side of the boat out of the sea, and does the shaving with a huge razor of hoop-iron. He fell over- board once. He learned the Spanish and Portuguese languages, and was employed as interpreter. In 1847 he was on the police force in Liverpool seven or eight months. From there he went to New Orleans and worked at his trade, for the Government con- tractors. In 1865 he came to this country and farmed for a while, then worked at his trade, which he is still doing in Nora Springs. He was married in Chicago in 1850 to Eliza Slee. They have had twelve children, ? nine living, seven boys and two girls. From 1853 to 1865 he lived in Boone County, Ill.
E. W. McNitt was born Sept. 11, 1831, near Rochester, N. Y., son of John and Julia (Chamberlain) McNitt. He received his education at Beaver Dam, Wis., where his parents located when he was very young. In 1857 he engaged in a mercantile business in Otsego, Wis., which he continued in that place and Beaver Dam until his removal to Floyd County in 1869. He settled at Nora Springs, and engaged in the hardware business. He was elected to the Wisconsin Legislature, serving one term, and also held the office of Mayor of Nora Springs, and at the time of his death, which occurred Oct. 23, 1874, was a member of the Board of Supervisors of Floyd County. He was married Jan. 1, 1856, to Miss Rhoda Boutwell, of New York State. They had four children -Clarence J., Anna B., Harrie L. and Allen R. Mr. McNitt was a man of more than ordinary acquirements, and was held in high esteem by a large circle of friends. He was a mem- ber of the Masonic fraternity and of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
Elder Daniel B. Mead is a native of Cayuga County, N. Y., born in the town of Mentz, Sept. 14, 1817, a son of William Mead, who was born near Newark, N. J. He was reared on a farm, and educated in Wadsworth Academy and Granville College, O., having moved to that State in 1833. He became a mem- ber of the Baptist church at the age of eighteen, and five years later commenced preaching in that faith. In 1845 he was given
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charge of a church in Berrien County, Mich., where he remained until 1854, then settled in Nora Springs, Floyd County, Ia., where he has since resided, one of the most honored and esteemed citi- zens of the town. He was united in marriage with Abigail W. Ward on May 4, 1837. Of six children born of this union, five are living - Giles W., Emma M., Eliza, Laura A., and William W. His wife died March 11, 1876, and Oct. 1, 1877, he married Mrs. Lucy J. Allen, widow of the late C. M. Allen. Mr. Mead lreld the office of Justice of the Peace two years, and served as County School Superintendent a short time. He performed the ceremony for the first couple married in this county, the contract- ing parties being John Henry and Julia A. Workman.
Charles W. Morris, farmer and stock-raiser, section 30, Rock Grove Township, was born in Montgomery County, Ky., Feb. 11, 1844. His father, Wm. Henry Morris, was also a native of the same county. He received a common-school education; moved with his parents to Putnam County, Ind., in 1854. He farmed summers and worked at the shoemaker's trade winters for several years. He came to Iowa in 1873, and settled in Cerro Gordo County, and in 1874 came to Floyd County and settled in this township, where he still resides. He owns 160 acres in this town- ship, forty acres in Cerro Gordo County and 100 acres in Mitchell County. He was married in 1863, to Nancy M., daughter of Joseph T. Eggers, of Indiana. They have two children, Mary F., and Mahal D.
Halvor Nelson, proprietor of the Upper Ten Roller Mills, for- merly Upper Ten Merchant Mills, Nora Springs, was born in Nor- way, and came to America, to Rock County, Wis., in 1845, and from there to Clayton County, Ia., in 1848. He has seven chil- dren-Nelson H., Peter, Henry, Anna, Barbara, Peer and Isabella C. His mill is a stone structure four and a half stories high, with a frame elevator and feed mill. Uses patent roller system and makes first-class flour, doing both merchant and custom milling. Has nine pair of rolls, two pair of middling stones, and two for corn and feed; has a capacity of 125 barrels daily.
Myron H. Nickerson, section 20; postoffice, Nora Springs; was born in Chenango County, N. Y., March 28, 1831. He is a son of Edgar M. Nickerson, a native of New York, but now a resident of Humboldt County, Ia. Mr. Nickerson went to Linn County, Ia., in 1851, from there to Jones County in 1855, and to this county in 1865. He was married in December, 1853, to
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Louisa, a daughter of James Snow. They have had four children, three living-Arvine, Sarah and Ina. He has held the offices of County Supervisor and Assessor the past eight years. Is a mem- ber of the A. O. U. W.
Harrison Pierce, section 6, Rock Grove Township, was born in Wayne County, N. Y., Sept. 1, 1834. His father, John Pierce, was a native of Hampshire, England. Harrison Pierce was edu" cated in the common schools of his native State till 1844, when he came West, to Kenosha County, Wis., and in 1854 came to Floyd County. He enlisted in the late war in the Third Iowa Battery, light artillery, and served about four years; was in the battles of Pea Ridge, Helena, etc. He owns 236 acres of fine land, and is both farming and stock-raising. He married in April, 1876, Mrs. Laura A. Wright, nee Fish, and has one child-Annie M. Mrs. Pierce had one son-Afton L. Wright. Mr. Pierce is a member of the A. O. U. W.
Rev. Edward G. F. Pribbenow, was born in Prussia, Germany April 8, 1839, where he remained till 1853, when he came to America and to Milwaukee, Wis .; he moved to near Madison, Wis., n 1854, and to Mitchell County, Ia., in the spring of 1869. He came to Floyd County in the fall of 1873, and settled on his present farm when it was wild land. He owns 236 acres of fine land, and is both farming and stock-raising. He was married Jan. 7, 1862, to Mary G. Rinder. They have twelve children-Ferdinand, Amanda, Richard, Julius, Alvina, William, Lydia, Albert, Eme- line, John, Adda and Nora. He is a member of the German Methodist church.
Lewis D. Powers, one of the prominent citizens of Nora Springs, was born in Geneva Township, Walworth County, Wis., on March 20, 1837, a son of James B. Powers, a native of Main e. He was reared on a farm, and his educational privileges were those of the common schools. He came to Floyd County with his par- ents in 1856, settling on a farm. He enlisted in 1861 in Company I, Third Iowa Infantry, and served three years, participating in many a hard-fought battle, among them those of Shiloh, Matta- mora, and the siege of Vicksburg. Upon returning to Nora Springs he engaged in general trading, and now does a general mercantile business, carrying a full line of goods. He was mar- ried Sept. 16, 1865, to Sophronia C. Daniels. They have one child -Alice E. Mr. Powers has been elected to the offices of Town- ship Clerk, Township Trustee, member of the School Board, and
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is at present Constable. He has ever been an able and efficient officer, discharging his duties with credit to himself and the satis- faction of his constituents.
Josiah G. Quinby, farmer and stock-raiser, section 12, Rock Grove Township, a son of James Quinby, a native of Pennsyl- vania, was born in Stark County, O., July 20, 1836. They went to Jasper County, Ind., in 1845, and in the fall of 1855 Mr. Quinby came to this county, and settled in Ulster Township. He owns 441 acres of fine land, 160 acres of it in Cerro Gordo County, Ia. He was married in August, 1857, to Edith Kanouse, a daughter of John H. Kanouse, now of Kansas. They have seven children- James, John, Charles, Eda, Nellie, Elmer and Hattie. Mr. Quinby was Township Trustee several terms.
Murray Roberts, farmer and stock-raiser, section 12, Rock Grove Township, was born in Winnebago County, Ill., June 3, 1853. He is a son of William W. Roberts, of Pennsylvania. He came to this county with his parents in 1857, where his father died in 1871. He received his education in Rock Grove Township. He was married in December, 1879, to Eda A. Dean. They have one child-William M. He is a member of the Sons of Temperance; owns 120 acres of fine land.
William W. Roberts (deceased) was born in Susquehanna County, Pa., Jan 12, 1823. He was a son of Daniel and a grandson of Jacob Roberts, who was six years of age at the time of the Wyo- ming massacre, but he and his parents escaped just before and went to Luzerne, Pa. William W. went to Winnebago County, Ill., in 1850, and to this county in 1857, where he died March 16, 1872. He was married Oct. 5, 1847, to Fanny Roberts, also a grandchild of Jacob Roberts. They were the parents of ten chil- dren, seven living-Zina, Murray, Clara, Julia, Edwin, Ira and Wilson. One son died March 22, 1872, at the age of seventeen.
Zina Roberts, eldest child of the preceding, was born in Susque- hanna County, Pa., Dec. 27, 1848, and moved with parents to Win- nebago County in 1850, and to this county in 1857. Has taught school eight winters, but is at present engaged in farming and stock-raising. He owns 120 acres on section 22.
William G. Robison, farmer and stock-raiser, born in Knox County, Ohio, March 31, 1828, is a son of Isaac Robison, of the same State. He was educated in the common and subscription schools of an early day. He came to Warren County, Iowa, in 1864, and to this county in 1868. He now owns 159 acres of
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