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Francis Walter, son of Nelson and Eliz- abeth (Allbridge) Walter, has resided on section 10 since 1861. He was born at Milton, Saratoga Co., N. Y., Sept. 27, 1823, and lived in the same county until 1861. He was married Nov. 10, 1847, to Frances S. Tubbs, who was born Sept. 26, 1824, in Galway, Saratoga Co., N. Y. The father and mother of Mr. Walter were also na- tives of that county. His grandfather was a Revolutionary soldier. Mrs. Wal- ter's father was born in Saratoga Co., N. Y., and her mother in Windham Co., Vt. Her grandfather, John Tubbs, was one of the six men comprising the guard of gen- eral Schuyler, when, in 1781, the British commander sent out a party of tories and Indians under John W. Meyer, to capture him at his home, in Albany N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. Walter have two sons. J. N. is now living in Oregon, and S A., who fin- ished his education at the Iowa Normal
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School was, in 1883, a telegraph operator in Marshall Co., Iowa.
George B. Rockwell, one of the repre- sentative men of Cerro Gordo Co., Iowa, came to Geneseo township in 1864, and purchased the farm of J. J. Rogers. He brought his family there in December, of that year. The farm which he purchased of Mr. Rogers was the first farm settled in what is now Geneseo township, and in- cludes the present town plat of the village of Rockwell. Mr. Rockwell is the pro- prietor of the town plat, and the town was named in his honor. He was born in the town of West Milton, Saratoga Co., N. Y., Dec. 6, 1828. When he was four years of age his parents removed to Or- leans county, and when seven years old, to Erie county, same State, and settled near the village of Akron, where his father died in 1874. George B. Rockwell received a good common school education at the grammar and high school at Akron, and at the age of nineteen he commenced teaching. He taught several terms in his native State, and in 1850 went to Wal- worth Co., Wis., and taught school the fol- lowing winter. In February, 1851, he came to Allamakee Co., Iowa, where he bought land and taught during the summer of 1851, at Guttenberg, Clayton county, He was married Aug. 31, 1853, in Erie Co., N. Y., to Elizabeth Jackson, of Erie county, same State. After his marriage he re- turned with his wife to Allamakee county, where he owned 200 acres of land, which he soon after sold and removed to Kane Co., Il ., purchased a farm and resided there for eleven years, at which time he came to "eneseo township. He is a man of more than ordinary ability, energetic
and fearless in maintaining what he be- lieves right as well as opposing wrong, The cause of temperance finds in him an able advocate, and intemperance a deter- mined and unrelenting foc. To him the town of Rockwell is indebted for its ex- emption from saloons and the liquor traffic. In early life Mr. Rockwell was a demo- crat, but has been a republican since the formation of that party, yet does not allow party ties to interfere with his sense of duty and justice. By choice and oc- cupation he is a farmer. His homestead, known as Grasdale farm, contains about 600 acres, and is one of the finest in the county, and is specially adapted to the culti- vation of grain and the raising of stock. He makes a specialty of shorthorn cattle, and has a number of fine specimens of that valuable class of stock. He is editor of the agricultural department of the Phonograph. Mr. and Mrs. Rockwell have three daughters-Mary E., wife of J. A. Felthous, born in Blackberry, Illi- nois ; Julia Ruth and Grace. The two eldest were born in Illinois, and the youngest in this township. Their sec- ond child and only son, David W., was born in Illinois, where he died in infancy.
David S. Trapp settled on section 4, May 1, 1869, where he now resides. He first purchased seventy acres of Joseph Barnes, but has since increased his farm to 146 acres. He has made nearly all the improvements, built a fine residence in 1878, and set out and cultivated a fine grove, mostly soft maples. He was born in Tompkins Co., N. Y., in December, 1826; removed with his parents, Uriah and Sarah Trapp, to Wayne Co., Ohio., where they lived until their deccase. David S.
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Trapp was an early settler in Dodge Co., Minn., in 1856, where he owned a farm adjoining Kasson Village. He married Margaret Long, a native of Ohio. They have nine children-William, Theodore, Mary, Frank, Alice, Ida, Charles, Minnie and Lillie. Their oldest son, William, was born in Ohio, and died in Iowa. The young- est child was born here. Mr. Trapp has a fine stone quarry on his farm, from which is obtained all the building stone used in the vicinity.
James Howland is one of the first set- tlers on the village plat of Rockwell, Geneseo township, Cerro Gordo county. He built the first house on the town plat in the fall of 1870. He occupied this house until 1883, when he removed to his farm in Geneseo township He was born in Canada West, in 1835, but when a child removed with his parents to Orleans Co., N. Y. His father, William Howland, was a native of New York. When James was ten years of age he removed with his parents to Illinois, remained there till 1868, when be removed to Fairfield town- ship, Fayette Co., Iowa, where he engaged in farming. In 1870 he exchanged his farm in Fayette county for one in Dough- erty township, this county, which he im- proved; built a house, set out a grove, and made other improvements. At one time he owned in that township about 800 acres, all of which he has since disposed of. He owns a farm now of 240 acres in Geneseo township, where he at this time resides. His wife was Susan Irvine, born in Penn- sylvania. They have three children- George W., William L. and Charles G.
Michael Colwell, a prominent and respected citizen of Geneseo township,
located on section 15, in 1870. He pur- chased wild land from Sandford Childs, and has made great improvements. He was born in Cavan Co., Ireland, emigra- ting to the United States in 1849. He lived four years in Connecticut, then re- moved to Illinois, from thence to Dodge Co., Wis., where he made his home until 1870. He married Mary McConlogue, also a native of Ireland. They have no family.
Albert Bruce was the first merchant of Rockwell. He came in April, 1871, and opened a general store in the front part of the Putnam House, remaining in trade about three years. He was born at East Randolph, Vt., May 13, 1833. In 1851 he commenced clerking in a store in his native village. In 1854 he removed to Woodstock, Vt., where he remained a clerk in a store until 1857, when he moved to Green Bay, Wis., from there to Mar- quette county, thence to Columbia county. He was engaged in the mercantile busi- ness in Portage City, also at Randolph for several years. Feb. 22, 1865, he was mar- ried to Sarah E. Blodgett, a native of Ver- mont, by whom he had five children- Morris E., Helen M., William R, Mary E. and Harry L. His wife died Oct. 22, 1877. Nov. 19, 1879, he married his present wife, Dolly Dills, a native of Indi- ana. They have one son-George Albert. Mr. Bruce owns a fine farm on section 2, Geneseo township. He is a member of the present board of supervisors.
J. B. Patterson was born in Belmont Co., Ohio, in 1830. His father, Jeremiah Patterson, removed to Morgan county when the subject of this sketch was only three years old. From that State he
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moved to Illinois, and, in 1865, came to Franklin Co., Iowa. In 1871 he moved to Rockwell. Mr. Patterson married Miss E. J. Short, of Ohio. They have one son -Charles A., who is engaged in railroad- ing. Mr. Patterson served a year and a half in the army, belonging to the 4th Illinois Cavalry, and was honorably dis- charged for disability.
J. A. Felthous came here in 1871, and worked for his brother in the grain busi- ness for a number of years before he went into business for himself. IIe is the hard- ware and grain dealer in Rockwell, hav- ing succeeded E. P. Nyre, in September, 1877. He has a complete stock of goods. In 1878 he erected a new store building, the main part being 22x50 feet, two stories high, with basement the same height as the upper rooms. The floors are con- nected by elevators and the store is con- veniently arranged. An addition to the main building is used for a tin shop. The entire cost of building was about $2,000. J. A. Felthous and his brother, J. C. Felt- hous, are also engaged in the grain and coal trade, under the firm name of Felt- hous Bros., successors of their brother, George H. They are energetic young men and possess that business tact which means success. J. A. Felthous was born in Dubuque county, in 1855. His wife is Elizabeth M., daughter of George B. Rockwell. His brother, J. C. Felthous, of this firm, was also born in Dubuque county, in 1859.
Among the representative business men of Cerro Gordo county is George H. Felt- hous, a native of Dubuque Co., Iowa, who located here in the summer of 1871, a few months after the village of Rockwell
was laid out. Ile came to Geneseo town- ship first in the spring of 1869 and bought a farm of 280 acres on sections 17 and 19, improved the land the following season and took up his residence in Rockwell in 1871. He has been prominently identified with the town since its commencement. In 1871 he built the warehouse which is now attached to aud forms a part of his elevator, the latter of which he built in 1875, which, with the warehouse, has a capacity of 15,000 bushels. He engaged in the grain business immediately after locating here and continued the same un- til the fall of 1882, when he was suc- ceeded by his brothers, J. A. and J. C. Felthous. In 1872 he built a dwelling house on the corner of A and Third streets, and the same year he sold the farm he first bought and purchased another on section 11. In 1883 he built the finest dwelling in the town, at that date, located on A and Fifth streets. He has retired for the pres- ent from the grain business, but is actively engaged in other branches of trade. He is highly esteemed as a good business man and an excellent citizen. He was born in Dubuque Co., Iowa, in 1848. His parents John H. and R. C. Felthous, were natives of Germany and settled in Dubuque county at an early day. His father died in 1869,and the mother lives with her children in Rockwell. Mr. Felthous married Lucre- tia M. Lyman, born in Pennsylvania. She is the oldest daughter of George E. and Sarah E. Lyman, who reside near Rock- well.
Thomas Federspiel was born in Switzer- land, in 1842, and settled in Geneseo township, where he now lives, in 1872. He bought his farm of 160 acres from
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Annie Goodrich, of Indiana. His farm is located on section 6, and he has made val- nable improvements, among which is a very fine grove of soft maple and willow about his house. He was twenty-five years of age when he came to America. He first settled in Dubuque Co., Iowa, and resided there until 1872, when he came to this county. There were no improvements on his farm here when he bought it, and the house which he built in 1872 was de- stroyed by the tornado of June 1, 1878. Not only was his property destroyed by this cyclone, but his little four-year old daughter, Rosa, was instantly killed; his oldest child, Kunie, had her leg broken, and his wife also was considerably injured. His house, a frame building 16x24 feet, was carried from its foundation to a dis- tance of eight rods, and then dashed to ruins. He rebuilt his house the same season. He married Annie Behr, who was born in Dubuque Co., Iowa, and they have three children-Kunie, Georgia and Modesta.
C. J. Behr has been a resident on section 6, since 1873. He has a fine farm of 320 acres, well improved, containing the finest apple orchard in the township. He was born in Dubuque Co., Iowa, in 1847, to which place his father, John Behr, had emigrated from Germany, in 1846, and where he still resides. C. J. Behr mar- ried Barbara Conrad, also a native of Dubuque county, and has two children- Maggie and Charlie II., both born in the township. He came to the county a year previous to locating on his farm, which he purchased from George C. Talmon, a non- resident.
Isaac B. Hathaway was the first dray- man of Rockwell. He came in 1873, be- ginning business September, 1874. He was born in Newport, N. Y., in 1821; afterwards moved to Illinois, and in 1863 removed to Clear Lake, Iowa, working for Marcus Tuttle. He taught school a number of terms in Cerro Gordo county. His wife is a native of Illinois.
John B. Piersol, general merchant at Rockwell, was born Dec. 14, 1843, in Park Co., Ind. In 1846 be moved with his parents to Green county, and in 1848 to Winnebago Co., Ill., where he worked with his father on the farm. In 1852 his parents moved to La Fayette Co., Wis., where he worked by the month to help sup- port a large family of boys and girls. He had to chop wood winters instead of go- ing to school, as boys usually do. At the age of sixteen he enlisted in the 45th Illinois Volunteers, under Col. John E. Smith. He served four years and three months in the army, being in most of the great battles of the rebellion, in which the Western Army took any part. At Fort Donelson he was wounded, and notwithstanding he was a mere youth at the time, he stood up under his trials man- fully. He was with Sherman on his march to the sea, and was with the army until the close of the war, and was discharged in 1865. As his parents were poor, his advantages for an education were poor, and he thought it time to avail himself of more schooling, so he attended district school for a year, and then commenced teaching, and followed it for five terms, then re- moved to Floyd Co., Iowa, and purchased a farm. In 1869 Mr. Piersol married Sarah Flinn, agirl he had been acquainted
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with from boyhood. In 1875, by advice from his physician, he quit farm life and moved to Rockwell, engaging in trade, which was small at first, but in 1883 had grown to a business of $25,000 annually. Besides his store he deals in grain and stock, and owns a large farm a half mile north of the town.
Gabriel L. Secor located on his present farm, on section 35, Geneseo township, in 1876, where he now resides, having bought his farm from William Moore. He is an old resident of Iowa. He was born in Albany Co., N. Y., in 1824. He after- ward lived in Oneida and Jefferson coun- ties, N. Y., until twenty one years of age, then went to De Kalb Co., Ill., where he lived ten years, then moved to Floyd Co., Iowa, in the winter of 1853-4. He is a carpenter and builder by trade, which he followed for many years. He built the first flouring mill at Marble Rock. IIe also owned and carried on a farm in Floyd county. His parents, John and Jane Se- cor, removed to Illinois with their son, afterwards went to Delaware Co., Iowa, where the father died. The mother died in Cherokee county. Gabriel L. married Martha Darland, born in Ohio. They have four children-Mary, John F., Ida F. and Andromeda. Mr. Secor's farm contains eighty acres, and is a pleasant home.
James Bruce settled on section 4, in 1876, which he purchased from G. B. Rock- well. His farm is finely located, contain- ing 160 acres, and, being elevated, he has one of the finest sites for a residence in the township. He is a native of Scotland, born in 1825, and emigrating to the United States in 1850. He first moved to
Dodge Co., Wis., where he bought and improved a farm, which he sold and then removed to his present home. He mar- ried Ann Baxter, born in Scotland in 1831. He has seven children-James W., Charles T., William B., Francis A., An- nie W , Maria J. and Freddie. Mr. Bruce and wife, three sons and two daughters, are members of the Baptist Church in Rockwell.
Josiah D. Johnson came to the town- ship in 1872, bought wild land on section 8 and located in 1874. He has so improved and beautified it that he now has a most desirable farm. He was born in Auburn, N. Y., in 1830. When young, his father, Robert Johnson, removed with his family to Erie Co., Ohio, where his parents re- sided until their decease. He enlisted in the 96th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, serving until the close of the war. He learned and followed the carpenter trade a num- ber of years. He assisted in the construc- tion of several of the principal buildings of Rockwell, including the school house and Mr. Rockwell's dwelling. He was married in Illinois to Eliza Willard, a daughter of Joseph Willard, born in 1836, and has one son-Henry, born in Ohio in 1858.
William Nettleton, one of the largest farmers and stock dealers in Geneseo township, is located on section 27, where he located in March, 1882. His farm con- tains 320 acres, which he purchased of Frank Andrews. Mr. Nettleton is a na- tive of Ireland; he was born in Antrim county, in 1836, and emigrated with his father, Benjamin Nettleton, to Dixon, Ill., and later to Paw Paw in the same State, where his father died in 1851. Mr.
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Nettleton enlisted, in 1862, in the 75th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, company K, and served till the war closed. He was at the battles of Perryville, Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain, siege of Atlanta; and when Sherman marched to the sea, he fought with Gen. Thomas. In the fall of 1866 he settled in Ingham township, Franklin Co., Iowa, where he bought a farm of James Allen. He lived on this farm and at Hampton for two and a half years, when he removed to Cherokee county, where he remained till he came to this township. He has a fine farm of roll- ing land from which a beautiful cold spring flows forth, affording an abundant supply of pure water for domestic and stock purposes. Mr. Nettleton married Maria Miller, a native of Pennsylvania. They have three children-Charles B., Ernest and Guy C.
ORGANIC.
Geneseo township was formerly ealled Linn, and was organized under that name Sept. 23, 1859. The first election was held at the school house, near Jarvis J. Rogers', Oct. 11, 1859, at which there were but six votes cast: Lyman Hunt, John White- sell, William Holmes, James W. Goheen, Jarvis J., and Francis Rogers. The fol- lowing officers were elected: Trus- tees, John Whitesell, James W. Goheen and William Holmes; justices of the peace, J. J. Rogers and Lyman Hunt; constables, James Goheen and John White- sell; assessor, James W. Goheen; elerk, Francis M. Rogers; road supervisor, Jarvis Rogers. The judges of this elee- tion were: William Holmes, J. W. Goheen and John Whitesell.
In 1862 the name of the township was changed to Geneseo, at the suggestion of George A. Fuller, who came from near Geneseo, N. Y. In 1883 the township of- ficers were: M. Colwell, Thomas Feder- spiel and F. Gauley, trustees; James Bruce and C. W. Harris, justices of the peace; F. C. Bowe and E. F. Gould, constables; J. C. Felthous, clerk; C. J. Behr, as- sessor.
The first couple married in the town- ship, were Elihu Brown and Mary Rog- ers; the ceremony was performed by Rev. Loomis Benjamin, June 3, 1861.
The first death was that of Benjamin F. Lyman, April 28, 1862.
The first birth was Mary E., daughter of Lyman and Samantha Hunt.
The first sermon preached in the town- ship, was delivered by Rev. Loomis ben- jamin, early in the spring of 1860. Rev. Shoffer, of the United Brethren, preached at about that date, also.
CEMETERIES.
The first burying place, in Geneseo township, was on the southwest quarter of section 36, now but little used. The prin- cipal cemetery in 1883, was on the northeast quarter of section 10, which joined the „town plat of Rockwell, containing two and one half acres. It is regularly laid out, having many native oaks, with evergreens here and there. There are several fine monuments in this cemetery.
SCHOOLS.
The first school in the township was taught by Mary Rogers, in 1859, in a log building on section 3. Miss Rogers after- wards became the wife of Elihu Brown.
In 1883 the township had been organ- ized into six sub-districts with six school
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houses, located as follows: On southwest quarter of section 14, southeast quarter of 18, southeast quarter of 6, northeast quar- ter of 33, the center of section 35 and one in Rockwell village
VILLAGE OF ROCKWELL.
The town plat of this village includes the southeast quarter of section 3, town- ship 94, range 20 west, in Geneseo town- ship. It was named by Charles C. Gilman, the first president of the Central Railway of Iowa, in honor of George B. Rockwell, the owner of the ground on which the town is located. It was laid out by Mr. Rockwell and the Iowa Valley Construc- tion Company. The survey was executed by C. F. Vincent, in the fall of 1870, at a time when the track of the Central Rail- way of Iowa reached this point. The original plat, however, only included the west half of the present limits. The northeast quarter of the plat, lying east of the Iowa Central track, was laid out several years later, by Newell, Diekson and Todd, and called Kirtland. The first house was built by James Howland, in the fall of 1870. The depot and house for the seetion hands were built the same fall. The following spring the Putnam House and . several dwellings were put up. The first store was opened by Albert Bruce, in the front part of the Putnam House. He was a resident of the place in 1883. The first wagon maker was Christian Zeidler, who, in 1883, was engaged in the lumber trade in Rockwell. The first blacksmith shop was opened by James Platt. The first shoemaker was John Winship, who after ward engaged in the harness business at Chapin, Franklin county. IIe was sue-
ceeded by Hans R. Hansen, who repre- sented the trade in 1883.
BUSINESS INTERESTS.
In 1883 Rockwell had three general stores, as follows : Myron Dexter, J. B. Piersol and Hugh MeLaughlin.
The first regular grocery store was kept by M. V. Todd, who sold to Ford & Fuller.
The first drug store was kept by Miller & Curtis ; and in 1883 the drug business of the place was carried on by J. Kinyon & Son.
J. Kinyon & Son, druggists, succeeded E Bonner, on the Ist of March, 1882. John Kinyon was born in the State of New York, July 10, 1826. He went to Portage Co., Ohio, with his parents, when he was a child, where he grew to manhood. He was an early settler of Winneshiek Co., Iowa, having settled there in 1857. He came to Cerro Gordo county, March, 1877. His wife, formerly Priscilla Hanghawa ut, was born in Pennsylvania. They have three children-Benjamin, Alice, wife of A. B. Willsey, and C. P., who is associated with his father in business.
The first hardware store was kept by Harris Bros., who were succeeded by E. P. Nye, who sold to J. A. Felthous, the pres- ent hardware merchant.
The grain business of Rockwell, for many years after the first location of the town, was an extensive and paying branch of industry, as all the broad prairies are first made to produce wheat and oats, they being the most profitable crop, until after the soil has been better subdued and adapted to corn raising. In 1883 there were two good-sized elevators and a ware- house in the village ; one was built by J. B. Piersol, who still continued to operate
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in the grain business. The other was erected by George H. Felthous and after- ward operated by Felthous Bros. This elevator and warehouse combined was 24x70 feet, and fifty feet in height, with a capacity of 15,000 bushels. An average of 135,000 bushels has passed through this elevator annually. This warehouse was provided with the best of machinery for cleaning and grading grain. The machinery is propelled by a fifteen-horse power engine. Felthous Bros. also deal largely in coal, having a building holding 200 tons, handling about 125 car loads annually.
The lumber interests of Rockwell were represented, in 1883, by Walch & Zeidler and William Brett. The grain business was then carried on by J. A. and J. C. Felt- hous, J. B. Piersol and Wm. Brett. The agricultural implement business was, in 1883, carried on by Bowe & Hutchins, who also were dealers in real estate, and acted as insurance agents.
The furniture business of the place is conducted by C. W. Harris. The first man engaging in this business, however, was S. E. Nutting, who moved to Iron Ridge. Wis., and engaged in the lumber business.
C W. Harris succeeded S. E Nutting in 1877, the latter being the first who en- gaged in furniture business here. Mr. Harris was born in Canada West, in 1846, where he was reared on a farm. His father, Thomas H. Harris, was a native of Maine, and removed with his family from Canada West to Michigan, in the spring of 1862, and now resides in Sheffield, Franklin Co., Iowa. C. W. Harris came to Jones Co., Iowa, with his father, and to this county in 1867. He worked at the
carpenter trade at Clear Lake, at Rock- ford and elsewhere, until he went into the furniture business here. The building he now occupies as a furniture store, he moved to its present site, from Linn Grove, and used it as a hardware store for awhile, which was also the first hardware store in the village, and was kept by Harris Brothers. The building was con- structed by Marcus Tuttle, and is entirely of hard wood. Mr. Harris has been jus- tice of the peace since Jan. 1, 1883. His wife was Miss M. E. Lyman, a native of Pennsylvania. Her father was George E. Lyman. They have two children- Maud L. and Ada E., both born in Rock- well.
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