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Klaus H. Cook (deceased) was born in Hesse, Germany, Nov. 8, 1818. His parents were Gratt and Annetta (Crumga) Cook, natives of Hesse, where they had a farm. He was married March 31, 1854, to Gesina Freseman, a native of Hesse. She was born Sept. 27, 1826. They have nine children-Garrett, Herbert, Theda, (now Mrs. Theodore Bagman), John W., Nettie M. (now Mrs. Abel Veator), Minnie N. (now Mrs. Cramer), Leah (now Mrs. Chris. Bagman), Lena M. and Eliza K. In 1869 the family
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emigrated to America, and located in Floyd County. Mr. Cook purchased 320 acres on section 31, St. Charles Township, south of Charles City. Mr. Cook died March 30, 1877, and Mrs Cook now resides on the homestead with her sons Garrett and John, and her daughters Lena and Eliza.
H. J. Cramer, farmer, section 25, was born in Hanover, Ger- many, Aug. 15, 1838, and was the son of Remmer and Lena (Cramer) Cramer, natives of Hanover. He came with his parents to America in 1852, and resided with them at Freeport until 1861 when he came to Floyd County. He was married in 1867 to Lu- cretia B. Fish, a native of Maine, and daughter of N. B. and Nancy Fish. They have one child-Maud. He owns a fine farm of 210 acres, situated two miles south of Charles City. Politically he is a Democrat.
John R. Cramer, farmer, section 31, south of Charles City, was born in Hanover, Germany, Aug. 31, 1843. He was the son of Remmer and Lena (Cramer) Cramer, natives of Hanover. They emigrated to America in 1852 with eleven children, seven of whom are living -- Hiram J., Remmer F., George W., John R., Schwa- tuga (now Mrs. Loop), Lena (now Mrs. August Kuhlenmeyer), and Emma (now Mrs. Henry Gates). Mr. Cramer first located at Freeport, Ill., and engaged in farming until 1861 when he removed to Floyd County. He now resides with John R., our subject. The latter received his education in the schools of Free- port, Ill., and was married March 1, 1877, to Minnie Koch, a native of Hanover, Germany, and a daughter of K. H. and Gesinega (Freesman) Koch. She came to America in 1869. They have two children-Henrietta Lena and Herman Remmer. Mr. Cramer owns a fine farm on section 31, which contains 350 acres of land under good cultivation. He owns also 20 acres of imber in Riverton Township. Mr. Cramer is a Democrat.
Calvin Danforth, farmer, section 12, was born in Caledona County, Vt., April 9, 1816. His parents were John and Mary (Sinclair) Danforth, natives of New Hampshire. They moved to Vermont when the country was new, and located on a farm. Mrs. Danforth died soon, when Calvin was one year old, and Mr. Dan- forthi married again. He lived to the age of eighty-five years on his farm in Vermont. Calvin, our subject, lived on his father's farm till he was twenty-eight years old, passing his early years in the common schools of Vermont. In 1844 he went to Franklin County, N. Y., and married Sarah A. Waterbury, a native of St.
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Lawrence County, N. Y. He lived near the town of Covington three years, and then moved to Sauk County, Wis. Here he re- mained engaged in farming, for twenty years. Thence he removed to Beaver Dam. After a few months he removed to Sparta, Wis., and thence, in a short time, to Elkhart, Ind. Here he was en- gaged in milling for a time, and then he engaged with a wagon manufacturer. In this business he came to Floyd County in 1869. He owns 2,000 acres of farming land, most of which is rented and in cultivation. Mr. Danforth has three children-James Albert, Hobart W. and Frederick C. Hobart W. and Frederick C. reside in Floyd County. Mr. Danforth and wife are members of the Baptist church at Charles City. He is politically a Republican.
Ira Dodge, farmer, section 35, north of Charles City, was born in Chenango County, N. Y., May 1, 1799. His parents were Solomon and Parkas (Burlingame) Dodge, the former a native of Massachusetts, and the latter of Vermont. They located in Chenango County in 1790, and remained there till their death. Ira, our subject, passed his early years in the common schools, and was married in 1822, to Almira Betts, native of Broome County, N. Y. They have had a family of six children, four now living-William B., Dwight, Eliza (now Mrs. Samuel Lyon), and Harriet (now Mrs. Dues). The three dead are-Charlotte, Luellen and Mary. In 1839 Mr. Dodge removed to Pennsylva- nia, where his wife died, in 1848. He was again married in 1851, to Margaret English. They have one daughter-Iantha (now Mrs. F. E. Pierson). They removed to Floyd County in the fall of 1852, locating near Charles City. Here he engaged in farming for many years, but is now retired, living on the homestead with his daughter. When Mr. Dodge came here, the only two families in Charles City were the Blunts and Kellys. Politically he is a Republican.
William H. Harvey, born in Chatham, Canada, Jan. 25, 1827, is a son of William Harvey, a native of Pittsburg, Pa. His mother died when he was eleven years old. He received a limited education in the subscription schools. In 1838 his father moved to Winnebago County, Ill. In 1855 he came to Chickasaw County, Ia., and in 1857 came to this county, and settled in the wilder- ness, but now he has his farm of 241 acres well improved. He re- turned to Illinois the first fall after coming here and spent the winter; came back the following April with a horse; the team
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stuck in a slough; he put the children on the horse and gave a man 81.50 to pull the wagon out with oxen. His wife walked from Chickasaw County. One night a bear came near the house and scared the horses; one horse ran around the shanty or wig- wam in which they were camping before their house was built and tore it down on the family. He was married June 7, 1852, to M. Matilda Waller. Of their six children, five are living-Harriet, William, Ella, Jackson and Frank. He resides on section 15, St. Charles Township, and is engaged in farming and stock-raising.
Maxwell Ireland, farmer, section 11, was born in Preble County, Ohio, June 21, 1818. He was the son of James and Polly (Max- well) Ireland, natives of Kentucky. They removed to Preble County, O., in an early day. In 1831 the family removed to Michigan, where Mr. Ireland died the following fall. Mrs. Ire- land then removed to St. Joseph County, Ind., and from there, after some years, to La Porte County, where she died, in the fall of 1857. Maxwell Ireland received his education in the common schools, and was married in 1839, in St. Joseph County, to Sarah A. Petit. After a number of years they removed to La Porte County, and in September, 1857, they again removed to Floyd County, Ia, locating on the present farm. They have three children-Rebecca J., Sylvester C. and Sylvanus P. Mrs. Ire- land died March 11, 1882. . Mr. Ireland has owned considerable land in Floyd County, but has divided all but 120 acres among his children. Politically Mr. Ireland is a Republican.
John Jordan was born in Ireland in 1822. He came to Amer- ica in 1850, stopping in New York, where he remained seven years; thence to Wisconsin where he lived ten years; then came to Iowa and settled on section 22, St. Charles Township, where he has 100 acres of good land. He was married in 1846 to Isabella Chambers, a native of Ireland. They had one child-Mary, now Mrs. Charles Smith. Mrs. Jordan died in 1874, and in 1878 Mr. Jordan married Rosilla Strong. They have one child-Sarah, born Jan. 11, 1881. Mr. Jordan is a Presbyterian in his religious views, and politically is a Republican.
William Jung, farmer, section 12, was born in Hesse, Germany, Sept. 5, 1851. His parents were John and Katrina (Brandan) Jung, who emigrated to America in 1869, and located in Cook County, Ill., where they still reside. William was married in 1876 to Mrs. Katherine (Blankenbach) Sippel, in Chicago. She had by her first marriage three children-Conrad, Henry and Mar-
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tha. Mr. and Mrs. Jung have three children-William, Emily and Belan. In the spring of 1882 he rented his farm in Cook County and came to Floyd County. He has a fine farm of eighty acres of land in St. Charles Township. Mr. Jung is a consistent member of the German Methodist church. Politically he is a Republican.
John Kellogg (deceased), farmer, section 1, north of Charles City, was born March 28, 1808, in Vermont. He was the son of Jona- than and Hannah (Upham) Kellogg, both of whom were born in Vermont. They moved to Ohio, where the father died. The mother removed with our subject to Floyd County in 1854, he having entered his land the year previous. She died in Floyd County. He was married in Ohio, in 1832, to Rachel Shelley, a native of Connecticut. They had a family of nine children, eight of whom are now living-Eliza (now Mrs. John Brown), William, Matilda (now Mrs. William E. Holbrook), Lyman, Mary (now Mrs. James McKinney), Harvey S., Edwin, Jennie (now Mrs. Harvey Webster), and Emily (deceased). John Kellogg died April 20, 1881. ' His wife still resides on the home farm with her son Edwin. The latter was married June 2, 1877, to Abbie S. Culver, a native of Iowa. They have two children-Guy H. and Daisy. Politi. cally Mr. Kellogg is a Republican.
Isaac S. Large, nurseryman, was born in Jefferson County, Ind., Nov. 9, 1830. His parents were Ebenezer and Rachel (Nichols)Large, the former a native of Pennsylvania, and the latter of Virginia. Mrs. Large died in 1851. Mr. Large came to Floyd County in the fall of 1856, and remained the winter. Not liking the cold he went to Missouri, where he died the following fall. Isaac S. came to Floyd County, Oct. 10, 1852, and settled near Charles City, when it contained but two log houses, those of Blunt and Kelly. After a short time he removed to the northern part of the county. In 1866 he was married to Hannah Worseldine, an English woman. She was born in 1844, and was the daughter of John and Elizabeth (Green) Worseldine. They have one son-John E. He after- ward sold his farm and removed to Charles City, where he has been in the nursery business ever since. In 1862 he enlisted in Company A, Eighteenth Illinois, and was soon transferred to the Twenty-first Iowa. He served three years, most of the time as fife major, to which position he was promoted soon after enlistment. He was in the battles of Champion Hills, siege of Vicksburg, and in the Mobile campaign. Politically Mr. Large is a Greenbacker.
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David Lonergan, farmer, section 31, was born in County Tipper- ary, Ireland, Ang. 28, 1826. His parents were David and Mary (Quirk) Lonergan, natives of the same county. They emigrated to America in 1840, locating in Utica, N. Y. There they resided about a year and a half. Thence they removed to Waukesha County, Wis., and resided there until 1846. Going to Washington County, Wis., Mr. Lonergan died, and Mrs. Lonergan removed to Fond du Lac County, Wis. David, our subject, was married in 1858 to Sarah Jane Rich. In 1864 they removed to Floyd County, Ia., where they have since resided, engaged in farming. He owns 220 acres of land, under high cultivation. They have eight chil- dren-John M., Margaret A., Mary, Harriet, Martha, Edwin, Nellie and David A. Mr. Lonergan is politically a Greenbacker, and religiously is a member of the Catholic church.
James N. Makepeace, born in Cattaraugus County, N. Y., Nov. 22, 1830, is a son of Elijah Makepeace (deceased), who moved to Ohio, near Cleveland, in 1834, and to Winnebago County, Ill., in 1841. James N. came to Mitchell County, Ia., in June, 1857, and the following August to this county. He helped kill three bear and one elk the first winter he was here. He resides on sec- tion 8, St. Charles Township, and owns 360 acres. He is engaged in farming and stock-raising, besides paying attention to dairying and an apiary. He owns 110 cattle, fifty-five hogs and nine horses. He was married in 1853 to Carcenia A. Lee, born in La Porte, Ind .. Jan. 24, 1833. Her father, James B. Lee, built the first house in La Porte, Ind. He moved to Rockford Ill., in 1835, when there were only three houses there. He still resides in Rockford at the age of seventy-nine years; is of German descent. Mr. and Mrs. Makepeace have six children-Niles H., Alice C., Minnie V., Estella C., Arthur B. and Fred E.
John Martzon was born in Germany, on Dec. 20, 1820. He was a son of Michael and Mary Catharinea Martzon, both natives of Germany. Mr. John Martzon came to America when he was about thirty-five years of age, locating in Dubuque, Ia., where he remained three years engaged in teaming principally. In 1856 he became a citizen of Floyd County. He rented land in Union Township the first three years. At the end of this time he bought eighty acres where he still resides, on section 31, St. Charles Town- ship. To his first purchase he added five eighty-acre pieces. Mr. Martzon was married in Floyd County in 1856, to Miss Barbara Swick, a native of Germany. They have six children-Mary
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(married Charles Sylvester, and resides in Charles City), John, Anna, George, Lewis and Mike. The five younger children are all at home. The father and mother and all the children are mem- bers of the Catholic church.
James McKinney, section 30, was born Aug. 4, 1844, in Wash- ington County, N. Y. His parents were John and Florida (Wells) Mckinney, natives of Ireland. They emigrated to America in 1830, and now reside in Salem County, N. Y. The subject of this memoir passed his early life in the common schools of New York, and he also learned to be a painter and machinist. He was married April 7, 1868, to Florence Odbert. They have two children- Augusta F. and Burton J. Mrs. Mckinney died Aug. 28, 1871, and soon afterward Mr. Mckinney came to Charles City. He was inarried to Mary Kellogg, May 15, 1874, whose acquaintance he formed here. They have had four children-Harvey J., Arthur H., Evelyn J. and Nellie R. Mr. Mckinney is a farmer by occu- pation, but is also a painter, carpenter and machinist. He is a highly respected man.
George Mitchell, Maple Grove Creamery and Stock Farm, section 24, south of Charles City, was born in Delaware County, N. Y., Nov. 3, 1823. His parents were David and Sarah (Dibble) Mitchell, the former a native of Nashua County, Conn., and the latter of Washington County, Mass. They removed to Delaware County in an early day, and resided there on a farm until their death. Of their family of nine children, the youngest was 50 years of age before any of them died. The father died in 1840, and the mother at the age of 90, in 1876. George, our subject, attended the com -- mon schools and an academy in Delaware County, N. Y., and was married in Connecticut, in 1839, to Julia Hough. By this marriage there were two children-David H. and Emily. In 1853 he removed to Calhoun County, Mich., where his wife died, in 1857. He was again married, to Esther M. Cook, a native of Michigan. They resided there on a farm until 1865, when they removed to Floyd County. Mr. Mitchell has a large farm, well improved and stocked, of 540 acres. In connection with his farm is the Maple Grove Creamery, in which he makes as fine butter as is made in Iowa. He has a hundred cattle, forty of them milch cows, and as many hogs. Mr. Mitchell is one of the most highly respected men in the county, and is in every sense a representative man. He is politically a Republican. Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell are members of the Congregational church.
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John Schrimager, farmer, section 26, north of Charles City, was born in Scotland, July 4, 1819, and was the son of Alexander and Jane (McRitchie) Schrimager, both natives of Scotland. He emigrated to America in 1836, locating in Ohio. Here he engaged in farming. In 1850 he moved to Rockford, Ill. Here he was married, in 1854, to Amanda F. Cass. In 1855 they removed to Floyd County, Iowa, where they now reside. He owns 243 acres of land, under good cultivation. They have nine children-John, Sherman, Mahlon, Ellen, Alexander, Julia, Jennie, Mary and L. C. Mr. Schrimager is a Republican.
Edwin M. Smith, born in Jefferson County, N. Y., Dec. 28, 1832, is a son of Thomas Smith, a native of New Hampshire. In 1844 he came West with his parents to Columbus, Wis., and in 1867 came to this county. He was married in March, 1860, to Elizabeth, daughter of William Rosenkrans. Of their two children, one is living-Irwin G. Mrs. Smith died in 1872, and in July, 1874, he married Mrs. Katie Lewis, nee Kelley. He resides on section 23, St. Charles Township, and is engaged in farming and stock-raising. He owns 180 acres of fine land.
Benjamin Timmons, born in Jasper County, Ind., Aug. 10, 1837, is a son of Thomas Timmons, a native of Ohio. He went with parents to Cedar Rapids, Ia., in 1844; to Dubuque the fol- lowing spring; to Platteville, Wis., in 1846; back to Indiana in 1848; to Wisconsin again in 1849; from there in a few weeks to near Dubuque: in 1854 to Delaware County, Ia. In 1862 Mr. Timmons came to this county and settled on section 14, St. Charles Township. At that time it was all wild land, but now he has 200 acres, all under a good state of cultivation. He is engaged in farm- ing and stock-raising. He has a barn 60 x 30 feet, which holds forty tons of hay. He has a nice two-story house, the main part being 11 x 24 with an L 16 x 24. He was married in June, 1859, to Phobe Hoag. Of their nine children seven are living-Alfred, Edgar. Elnora, Marietta, Angeline, Ezra D. and Hester; Huldah M. and Elizabeth are deceased. The family are members of the United Brethren church.
G. H. Whitehead, farmer, section 13, was born in Wayne County. Ind., Nov. 3, 1829. His parents were John and Katherine(Brown) Whitehead, the former a native of North Carolina, and the latter of Kentucky. They removed to La Porte County, Ind., in 1842, where the father soon after died. After a number of years Mrs.
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Whitehead, while visiting her daughters in Delaware County, Iowa, also died. G. H., our subject, was educated in the common schools of La Porte County, Ind., and after his father's death he managed the farm. In 1851 he was married to Ann M. Kellogg, a native of Ohio, and a daughter of Harvey and Jerusha (Parks) Kellogg. In the fall of 1854 he removed to Floyd County, where he located in St. Charles Township, He owns a fine farm of 127 acres of land, on the edge of Charles City. Mr. Whitehead has been from the first establishment of the Baptist church of Charles City an earnest supporter thereof. Politically he is a Republican.
ULSTER TOWNSHIP.
This township was organized in the year 1858, being the south half of township 96 north, of range 17 west, and the north half of township 95 north, of range 17 west. The name Ulster was embodied in the petition to the county judge requesting the town- ship to be organized and to bear the name Ulster, it being the name of a county in New York State, from which many of the first settlers of this township emigrated. It has an area of forty-two square miles, or 26,880 acres, the assessed valuation of which is $160,000. It has 3 29-100 miles of railroad, whose valuation is $11,875.
SETTLEMENT.
Mr. John Ball was the first settler in this township, coming from Lake County, Ind., in December, 1853; he entered a tract of land on section 10, where he still resides. Next to follow Mr. Ball were two brothers by the name of Daniel and Peter Beaver, from Chickasaw County, but formerly from Western Reserve, O. They came in about January, 1854, and Josiah M. Rogers and Wm. M. Crocker, and so on sections 10, 15, 22, and 26, in the spring of 1854, were seen the first log cabins ever constructed within the limits of what is now known as Ulster Township. These gentle- men were the first to leave the endearments of home in other lands, and penetrate into the wilds of what we now know as the beautiful of Flood Creek. The original occupants and owners had just va- cated. Vestiges of their camping grounds were plainly visible, and their trails easily followed. The wild deer roamed at will unmo- lested by the chase of the white man, and the grandeur of nature was untouched by the hand of art. Following closely in the wake of these pioneers, in the autumn of the same year came Wm. Welch, Henry Sprague and Barney Corby, whose welcome as fellow laborers in the work of civilization can perhaps be better imagined than described. In the following year came other additions to the little band, among which may be found the Borders, Welches, Wises, Widow Howland, A. B. Warren, Wm. Mutchler, D. G. Hiscox, M. Owens, and perhaps a few others. In the spring of
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1856 N. F., W. L., and O. McEwen, three brothers from "York State," Edward Crowell, the two Hancht Brothers and J. B. Powers, who with A. B. Warren formed a settlement which is now known as Sub-district No. 2 in Northern Ulster. After this the number of new comers increased rapidly, and by the year 1870 the township was considered thoroughly settled. The first settlements were principally on Flood Creek, where the majority of the families still reside, a few having gone further west, attracted by the allurements of a pioneer life.
The first wedding took place in 1855-Henry Welch to Susan Border, Rev. William P. Halbrook performing the ceremony in a log house (on the bank of Flood Creek), that has since crumbled with decay.
The first child born was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Bea- ver, in the fall of 1854. It died in infancy and is believed to have never been named.
RELIGIOUS.
Ulster's religious societies, for a township, have been many and varied, among them the Methodist, United Brethren, Congrega- tional, German Methodist Episcopal, Free Methodist, Catholic and Lutheran. With the exception of the United Brethren these, in 1877, still retained their organization, though not having regular preaching. To-day there are but two, properly speaking, - the German M. E. and the Catholic churches, -having live organiza- tions, though the Lutherans occasionally have services in School- house No. - The German Methodist is the largest church in the township, having a membership of 146, and a congregation averaging 200. It was organized as a class in the summer of 1868, by Rev. Rudolph Fiegenbaum, of Charles City. In the fall it was organized as a mission, divided from the Charles City Circuit, and connected with Shell Rock Mission, John Schaad being preacher. In September, 1870, it was organized as a circuit of the N. W. Iowa German Conference, Rev. Philip Hummell, pastor. In the second year of his ministration, 1871-1872, the society decided to erect a church edifice at an expense of $2,200. It was built, finished and dedicated while Mr. Hummell was pastor; the original membership having been only fifty shows determination on the part of the German residents. The ministers who have been appointed to this circuit are as follows : John Shaad, 1869- 1870; Philip Hummell, 1870-1873 ; C. F. Tramm, 1873-1876, and during his administration the membership had reached 120 ;
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Philipp Funk, 1876-1879 ; Ferdinand Fisher, the present pastor, 1879 to September, 1882, with a present membership of 145. In this circuit, outside of the home society, there are two other well- established ones, one of which meets in the basement of the Rockford M. E. church, the other in the school-house in Union Township, near Greene, preaching every alternate Sunday after- noon. Connected with these -- the home and the Union Township societies - are two Sunday-schools, with a total of thirty-six officers and teachers, 120 scholars, and 202 books in the library. The present officers of the Union Township school are. Superintend- ent, John Oeser ; Assistant Superintendent, Charles Herz. The officers of the home school are : Superintendent, H. Kohlsteadt ; Assistant Superintendent, C. Lenz ; Secretary, A. Koehler ; Treas- urer, A. Doake ; Librarian, A. Kock.
THE FIRST RELIGIOUS SERVICES
and the first sermons preached in the township were in the house of John Ball, in the spring of 1854. In our conversation with a well-known pioneer of that neigborhood, he said : "Well do I know with what pertinacity Elder Ball clung to the good old Methodist hour, as he called it, of 11 o'clock for worship, and how we used to walk a distance of two miles or more to meeting in the hot summer time, and while we partook of the spiritual food which he dispensed to us in a sermon of an hour's length, how the natural man longed for that other food which was so raven- ously devoured on arriving at home. Rev. Mr. Ingham, a Method- ist circuit preacher, who at that time made Waterloo his home, preached occasionally in Mr. Ball's house at about this time.
And they all pass before us in review - the pioneer preachers of the different church organizations who have labored among us, camp-meeting scenes and surroundings, the frequent practical and often eloquent sermons of those times, as though the inspira- tionof a new country as God had made it gave new energy, power and impulse to the leaders of the advance guards of Christianity.
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