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which he hauled to Waverly and sold for thirty-five cents per bushel, and with the money paid fifty cents per yard for cottou cloth.
James Spear came to the township in 1858. He was born in Pennsylvania in 1796, but at two years of age his parents removed to Ohio, where he was reared and married. Four years after his mar- riage his wife died, and in April, 1852, he married Mrs. Beatrice Emsley, who had six children by her first husband, two of whom are now living-Thomas G. and Margaret, wife of Charles Meddaugh. In 1857 Mr. Spear came to Iowa and made ar- rangements for his land, engaging Abram Bennett to build him a cabin. He then returned to Ohio and brought his family on in the spring of 1858, coming as far as McGregor, Iowa, by steamboat, and from there by team to what is now Grant town- ship, landing May 7. He had traded his store property in Ohio for 400 acres of land, and at once set about improving the same. He carried on farming until his health failed by reason of over work, and in 1865 he moved to Clear Lake village, renting his farm. After a lingering ill- ness of six years he died at Clear Lake, May 3, 1869. They had six children, two of whom are now living-John and Jen- nie, wife of E. Rosecrans. Mr. Spear was a strong democrat in politics. Mrs. Spear
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still lives at Clear Lake, where she is es- teemed by all.
The next settlers came in 1865. Among their number were J. W. Cook, Messrs. King and Thompson, also Silan Noyes who sold to James Goodwin land which he first improved on section 31. McReady Martin and Mr. Faulp settled in 1866 on section 32, and a year later, Charles Boothe came to the township.
J. W. Cook became a resident of Cerro county and Grant township in 1865. He brought $450 with him, and he invested $300 in land, devoting the balance to im- provements. His property now includes 226 acres of land, in the best condition, one of the best planned barns in the conn- ty and a good residence. Mr. Cook was born in Locke, Cayuga Co., N. Y., Jan. 14, 1831. The year following his birth the family moved to Ohio. There Mr. Cook's mother died in 1846, leaving seven chil- dren. His father still lives on the home- stead in the Buckeye State. Mr. Cook, Sr., was born in the year 1800. His children are-Mrs. McCauley, James, the custodian of his father's interests; Nathan, settled in Lincoln township, Cerro Gordo county, and died in 1867; Lois, Mrs. Ezra Scoville, of Hebron. Neb .; Betsey, Mrs. Helsel, of Hillsdale Co., Mich .; Joseph W. and Euphemia, now Mrs. Henry B. Ogram, of Kossuth county. Mr. Cook shared in the family labors on the homestead farm until 1854, when he went to Columbia Co., Wis. There he married Zelia E., daughter of Frank and Elmira Folsom. Their chil- dren are-William M., Fremont E., Flor- ence E., Sheridan G., Permelia E., Robert E., Bertha May and Maud E. James H. Dickerson, a member of Mr.
Cook's family and associatng with him in his farming interests, was born in Ver- mont, April 10, 1832. He went to Wis- consin in 1853 and enlisted in February, 1865, in company E, 50th Wisconsin Vol- unteer Infantry and was in the service of the Union one year He came to Iowa immediately after his ,discharge and has since been a resident of Cerro Gordo county.
McReady Martin purchased his present property, in Grant township, of James Goodwin and Silan Noyes, Nov. 2, 1865. He is finely situated on section 32, and has put his farm under valuable improve- ments. Mr. Martin was born in Crawford Co., Penn., in 1832. He is the son of Jacob and Martha (Mason) Martin, of Pennsyl- vania, where his father still resides. His mother is not living. In 1860 he went to LaFayette Co., Wis., and came from there to Iowa. He married Margaret Galbraith, also of Crawford county. They are the parents of four children-Mary E., Ida A., George C. and Jessie A.
William Fisher was born in the State of New Hampshire, May 18, 1808. His parents are Israel and Cuziah (Blood) Fisher. In 1817 the family emigrated to New York State. Here Mr. Fisher was reared on a farm. In 1834 he married Pleopa Horton. In 1844 he emigrated to Sheboygan, Wis., afterwards to Fond du. Lac county, and followed farming princi- pally. He also worked at the carpenter's trade. His wife died in Wisconsin, leav- ing four children-Homer E., Hayden, de- ceased; Horace W. and Frank J. He came to Iowa in 1874 and now resides with his sons.
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Homer E. Fisher, son of William Fish- er, was born in Onondaga Co., N. Y., Dec. 20. 1837. He removed with the family to Wisconsin, where, in July, 1865, he mar- ried Lucy E. Thompson, daughter of E. O. Thompson. He came to Cerro Gordo county and settled where he now lives in 1866. He owns 160 acres of well improved land. The children are-Lillian S. and Hattie May. In politics Mr. Fisher is a republican.
C. W. Booth settled in Lincoln township in 1865, and Grant township in 1868. He was born in Kentucky, Sept. 9, 1823, and is the son of W. S. and Elizabeth (Witt) Booth, the former of Virginia, the latter of Kentucky. In 1827 the family emigrated to Illinois, and in 1835 to Iowa Co., Wis. December, 1848, C. W. Booth married Susan Leach, daughter of Oliver and Susan (Knight) Leach, and came from Wisconsin to Iowa in October, 1865. Their children are-Aurelia, now Mrs.S.E.Rood; Annie, now Mrs.George Osborn; Minerva, now Mrs. Andrew Hennis; W. Oliver, Charles, Alard and Dora. In politics Mr. Booth is of republican persuasion, and in religious matters he is an adherent of the United Brethren Church.
Andrew Hennis was born in Washing- ton Co , Iowa, Nov. 19, 1858. He was left fatherless when a child and was reared in the family of David Fisher, with whom he came to Cerro Gordo county. March 19, 1878, he married Minerva Booth. They have two children-Clarence and Ger- trude.
Henry Garlock came to the county in 1869 and settled on section 24, of Grant township, where he still resides. Mr Garlock has made good improvements
on his farm. He was born in Jeffer- son Co., N. Y., Oct. 22, 1839, his parents being Joseph and Nancy Garlock. In 1846 the family removed to Wisconsin, and lived five years in Milwaukee, then settled at Milton, Rock county. Here Henry helped till the soil, and in 1863, at Janesville, Wis., married Hannah Hurd, a daughter of Denois and Mary Ann Hurd. In 1869 he came to Iowa as above stated. They have eight children living-Sarah, Dora, Henry D., Mary, Maud, Josephine, Sherman and Bertha.
David Garlock, a brother of Henry, also came to the county, in 1869, and purchased land on section 25, which he improved and still owns.
Ellsworth H. Sampson settled in the county in 1869. He first lived at Clear Lake and followed the carpenter's trade. In 1872 he engaged in farming in Lincoln township. In 1875 he settled on section 34, Grant township, where he still resides, owning 160 acres. He was born Nov. 15, 1848. His parents were T. S. and Electa L. Sampson. In 1853 the family emigrated to Illinois; four years later to Kansas, after- wards to Wisconsin, and in 1869 to Iowa and settled on Clear Lake where the par- ents still reside. In January, 1872, he married Mary L. Goodwin, daughter of C. S. and Rosanna Goodwin. They have four children-Zelma, Clara, Rosanna and Clyde.
H. L. Brown settled in Cerro Gordo county in 1856, and thus establishes his claim as a pioneer of the county. He was born in Rutland Co., Vt., Dec. 18, 1824. His parents were Hiram and Phebe (At- kins) Brown. They removed soon after his birth to the State of New York, and
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when but three years old he was left moth- erless. He returned to Vermont and was reared under the care of his grandfather, Philip Brown. He was reared on a farm, but on reaching his majority he learned the moulder's trade. In 1848 he married Harriet L. Ward, and three years later, went to Whiteside Co., Ill., and interested himself in farming. In 1856 he came to Iowa and located in Lime Creek township. He settled in Grant township in 1870. His farm was located on the southeast quarter of section 18, and he made many improve- ments while he occupied it. In 1877, his health becoming impaired, he sold out and retired from active life, taking up his res- idence with his son, whose sketch follows. Ilis children are-Albert G., Hiram E. and Warner J. In politics Mr. Brown is a republican, and has held many official positions in the township. He is now jus- tice of the peace. He belongs to the M. E. Church.
Hiram E. Brown was born in Whiteside Co., Ill., Oct. 16, 1853. He has resided in Cerro Gordo county since the date of his father's settlement. He was married Dec. 25, 1874, to Sarah E. Miller, born in Cook Co., Ill. Mr. Brown is one of the oldest teachers in the county and has taught thir- teen terms; twelve in Grant township. He now lives on section 9, and owns 200 acres of land.
J. R. Carr, stock farmer, has resided in Grant township since November, 1870. At that date he purchased eighty acres of land and has since increased his real es- tate to 320 acres, which is located on sec- tion 9. The entire tract was unbroken prairie, but it is now all under good im- provements, and is beautified and in-
creased in value by one of the model farm houses of the county. Mr. Carr was born in McHenry Co., Ill., July 25, 1838. His parents, Darius and Thankful ( Spen- cer) Carr, were both natives of the State of New York. In 1854 the Carr family removed to La Fayette Co., Wis., where the elder Carr engaged in farming. In 1859 Mr. Carr, of this sketch, was mar- ried to Mary Donneough. Her parents, Edward and Mary Donneough, were resi- dents of Ireland and came to the United States when Mrs. Carr was only six years old. Mr. Carr returned to his native county in 1869, and the next year came to Iowa. Of eight children born to Mr. and Mrs. Carr, seven still survive-Edward,
William, Ella, George, Etta, Benton, Florence and Lester, born April 29, 1883. Mr. Carr endorses the principles of the republican party but takes little active interest in politics. He is chiefly inter- ested in his own business and is a success- ful and extensive dealer in fine stock.
Mark Dexter is the name of one of the most prominent and conspicuous figures in the local history of Grant township, and also bears the same relationship to Mason City, in which latter place he set- tled in February, 1856. He was a wagon maker by trade, and finding his knowledge in that line in requisition, he opened a shop and manufactured the first wagons made in Cerro Gordo county. He devoted part of his time and energies to the call- ing of carpenter and builder, and also to bridge building. He built the first school house in the county, and hung the first bell, whose tones summoned the school children to duty. Mr. Dexter was mar- ried in 1859 to Amanda, daughter of Alva
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L. and Miranda ( Hartwell ) Whiting. In 1863 he settled on the west half of the northwest quarter of section 16, in what is now Grant township. He made his purchase of the claim in 1864, holding possession until 1866, when he sold to J. C. Thompson and removed to his present location on section 8. He is now proprie- tor of 240 acres of fine land. Mr. Dexter has at intervals, as occasion demanded, given much attention to building and has erected several school houses. Mrs. Dex- ter died in December, 1880, leaving seven children-Olive ( Mrs. J. L. Hooper ), Dwight, Whiting, Amanda, Mary Jane, Selee and Thomas. Mr. Dexter is a native of Canada, and was born July 27, 1834. His parents were John and Margaret ( Dudgeon ) Dexter, the former a Cana- dian, the latter a native of Scotland. The family came to the States in 1835, settling in Lee Co., Ill. Mark Dexter was reared on a farm, but at the age of eighteen learned his trade, and followed it as a voca- tion in Lee county until 1855, when he started for Iowa, driving a team for J. B. Long, who brought the first steam engine to Cerro Gordo county. The same engine supplies the power in a mill at Forest City. Mr. Dexter is a republican in poli- tics, and has received the support of the voters in the town and county where he resides for official positions nearly all the time of his residence here. Ile is a fine sample of the material that has placed Iowa in a fair rank among the western States.
Horace W. Fisher, son of William Fisher, was born in Oswego Co., N. Y., Oct. 30, 1843. He was a resident of Sheboygan, Wis., some years, whither he
accompanied his parents. In 1866 he came to Iowa and fixed his residence at Charles City. In 1873 he came to Cerro Gordo county, and now owns 160 acres of land with valuable improvements on see- tion 28, of Grant township. He was mar- ried in March, 1878, to Hila, daughter of George Hayes. Mr. and Mrs. Fisher have two children-Cora May and Ida Mabel. Mr. Fisher is a republican and active in local politics. He has held several town- ship offices.
George Hayes, a large stock farmer, was born in Addison C'o., Vt., March 13, 1832. His parents were John and Perme- lia ( Devine ) Hayes. In 1835 the family removed to New York. Here George was reared on a farm, and in 1853 mar- ried Helen Heath, a native of Canada, daughter of John and Evaline ( Brown ) Heath. In 1854 he emigrated to Illinois, and settled in De Kalb county. Thence he came to Iowa, in 1876. They have had twelve children, eleven now living-Ed- win, Bennett, Hila, Permelia, Herbert, Servilla, Endora, Frank, Harvey, Harry and Nellie.
L. O. Sanderson resides on the north- west quarter of section 3 in Grant town- ship. He was born in Norway, Nov. 23, 1859, and is the son of Ole and Gro Sanderson. The Sanderson family came to the United States in 1847, and settled in the township of Moscow, Iowa Co., Wis., where the father died in 1853. The mother subsequently married Kittel Paul- son, and lived on the old homestead until 1882, when they moved to Fertile, Worth Co., Iowa, where they now reside. L O. Sanderson was brought up on the farm, and acquired a good education. He com-
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menced teaching school at the age of eighteen, a vocation he has pursued win- ters upwards of twenty-five years. He was married Dec. 17, 1862,to Sarah Gullick- son, also a native of Norway. Her parents came to the United States when she was .but four years of age. Her father was Gullick, and her mother Aase Gullick- son. She was born Aug. 20, 1840. Mr. Sanderson settled in Worth Co., Iowa, in 1876. He located in Grant township, Cerro Gordo county, Sept. 15, 1877. He is a republican in political principles, and while in Wisconsin held the office of town- ship clerk nine years, assessor one year, and has also officiated as justice of the peace. Mr. and Mrs. Sanderson have had eleven children, ten of whom are now living-Anna Marie, Gunhild Louisa, Sophia Martine, Berget Matilda, Grethe Otilia, Gullick Olaus, Amanda Helene, Sander LaMartine, Louis Samuel and Olena Amelia. Their first child, Ole Gunnerius, died at the age of one year, four month and eleven days. The family belong to the Lutheran Church.
FIRST EVENTS.
The first marriage in Grant township was George Osborne and Annie Booth. The first birth a son to James and Beatrice Spear, who was born March 29, 1861. He lived only two years; his re- mains were first buried on grounds belong- ing to Mrs. Osborn, but later removed to Clear Lake.
The first deaths which occurred were three children of Mr. and Mrs Spear, who died in June, 1873-James, aged ten years, died June 3; William, aged five years, died June 6, and Mildred, aged two years,
died June 7. These three children all died of diptheria.
ORGANIC.
The first general election in Grant township occurred Nov. 3, 1868. The meeting was called to order by Frank Hartshorn, clerk of the district courts, who appointed Wm. Owen, M. C. Martin and J. W. Cook judges of the election. Abram King and H. Humphery were clerks of the election. At this election the following officers were elected: J. W. Cook, L. F. McMillen, McReady Martin, trustees; Abram King, clerk; Harrison Humphrey, assessor; Squire Humphrey. supervisor; Abram King, Wm. Owens, justices; Charles Booth and Squire Hum- phrey, constables.
In 1883 H. E. Fisher was elected as township trustee; J. White, clerk, and Joseph Dawson, assessor. H. L. Brown and Joseph Lingle, justices of the peace.
SCHOOLS.
The first school in Grant township was held in a log cabin built for the purpose by Mr. Spear, who made application to the township for a school in 1862, whereupon an arrangement was made by which he was to furnish a building, and the town- ship was to hire the teacher. Ellen Tuttle taught this school, and had but four pu- pils-Maggie, James, John and Willie Spear. Her wages were $2.50 per week, $1.00 of which she paid Mrs. Spear for her board.
The school building in district No. 1, is situated on the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 11. It was built by Mark Dexter in 1879. It is a frame building costing $540.
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The third school house was built in what is now sub-district No. 2, in 1878. It is a stone building, costing $540. The first teacher was Jackson White.
The school house in district No. 3 was built in 1871, and stood on the southwest quarter of section 19, but has since been moved to section 17. Mark Dexter built this house also; cost, $487. The first teacher was Irine Hubbard.
In 1868 a stone school house was erected in district No. 4, on the northwest quarter of section 16, at a cost of $700. This was a very substantial one, and is still used for school purposes. Harrison Humphrey taught the first term of school in this district in the winter of 1868-9.
The school building, for district No. 5, is situated on section 25. It was built by Mr. Dexter in 1871, for $487.
· In district No. 6, the' school house is situated on the southeast corner of section 30, in a frame building which was re- moved from Clear Lake township, in 1878. The first teacher was Miss Pence
RELIGIOUS.
The first society which was organized in Grant township was that of the Chris- tians, who first met as a body in the spring of 1869. Their meeting place was at the school house in district No. 4. Rev. Cot- te ell, of Clear Lake, was their pastor for two years. There is no society now there, as most of the members have moved away.
The Free Methodists organized in dis- trict No. 4, in 1874, with Rev. Greenup as pastor. This society went down in 1881. The United Brethren have a soci- ety in this district. Rev. H. H Shields was their first pastor. He was succeeded by Rev. John Fulcumer. Rev. Johns is their present pastor. They have a mem- bership of twenty-five, also a good Sun- day school.
CEMETERY.
The Grant township cemetery was plat- ted on the southwest quarter of section 9, in 1870. In 1883 there were only five graves within this cemetery.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
LAKE TOWNSHIP.
Lake township originally took in all the northern part of Cerro Gordo county; embracing a territory twenty-four miles north and south, by nine miles east and west. In 1865 Clear Lake township was set off from Lake, and in 1883 the town-
ship contained congressional township 96, range 21 west, and was bounded on the north by Lincoln, on the east by Mason, on the south by Mount Vernon and on the west by Clear Lake township. Lake is a beautiful agricultural district, which in
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1883 contained some uncultivated land, but was fast developing. Willow creek and its numerous tributaries water the township. The main stream being the outlet of Clear Lake, passes through the township, from section 18, in a northeast- ern direction, making its exit from sec- tion 1, and from there runs southeast to a point just east of Mason City, where it unites with Lime creek.
There are beautiful native groves on sections 7 and 18, besides a portion of what is called east grove, which is situated about three miles sontheast of the lake. At an early day there was considerable timber in the northern part of the town- ship, a portion of which was cut off by early settlers. There are now many cul- tivated groves in the township which serve admirably as wind breakers in winter time, and lend picturesque beauty to the scene in the summer. The Chicago, Mil- waukee and St. Paul Railway, passes through the township from east to west, with a station near the line between Lake and Clear Lake townships, at the town of Clear Lake.
SETTLEMENT.
The first actual settler, in what is now Lake township, was James Dickirson in 1852. He settled on section 7, and built the first house in the township.
James Sirrine, of Clear Lake, is one of the oldest settlers, not only of Clear Lake, but of Cerro Gordo county. He came here in 1852, and entered six forties, four of which were on section 13, at the east end of the lake, where he now resides. Mr. Sirrine was born at Peekskill, N. Y., in 1811. His father removed to Pennsyl- vania, when James was a child, and settled
in Pike county in that State. He was reared in Pennsylvania, married and re- turned to the State of New York, where he lived thirteen years. He then removed to Illinois, where he lived two years, then came to Iowa. His father settled near him, where he resided until 1878, when he removed to Minnesota. But few families were living in Cerro Gordo county when Mr. Sirrine came here. Dickirson and Hewitt, the earliest settlers of the county, had been here but two or three years. One by one, the pioneers are passing away and Mr. Sirrine is one of the few who are left of those who laid the foundation of a home here thirty years ago. Mr. Sirrine mar- ried Susan Reese, born in New York; she died here in 1859. His present wife was born in Indiana. Mr. Sirrine had five children by his first wife, three of whom are living-Robert, Frederick and Ste- phen. James and David were soldiers in the army of the Union during the re- bellion; the former was a member of the 12th United States Regulars, and was killed at the battle of the Wilderness; the latter was a member of the same regiment, and was killed accidentally at Fort Ham- ilton. Robert Sirrine, the oldest son, was born in McHenry Co., Ill., in 1837, and came to this county with his father. He is one of the most prosperous and sub_ stantial farmers of Lake township. He resides on section 16, where he has a fine farm of 160 acres; he also owns another farm of 160 acres on section 21. He mar- ried Martha Denslow, daughter of John Denslow. She was born in Linn Co. Iowa.
The next to come in were Mr. Rice and Mr. Alloway. No others came until 1855,
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during which year the following became settlers: Hiram A. Stiles, Rowland Gard- ner, Harvey Luce, E. A. Tuttle, Andrew Butterfield, William Wilson, Abram Ben- nett, Peter Parrish, James B. Wood and Charles A. Meddaugh.
Hiram Stiles settled on section 6, where. he remained about five years and removed , to Hancock county and later, to Wabann- see Co., Kan.
Elon A. Tuttle is one of the pioneers of Cerro Gordo county, and resides on section 9, of Lake township. He was born in 1823, in Herkimer Co., N. Y., where he grew to manhood, and was married, after which he went to Cort- land county, and there resided twelve years. In 1855, in company with his brother Marcus, and their respective families, Mr. Tuttle removed to John- son Co., Iowa, remaining there but a brief period, and the same season they made their way to Cerro Gordo county. Here Mr. Tuttle purchased forty acres of land on section 7, of James Dickirson, the first he owned in the township and which was the nucleus of a farm including 300 acres on which he was resident many years, and which, under his management,became one of the model places in the county, adorned with a most enviable home. Associated with his brothers, Marcus and A. B. Tut- tle, he entered a claim of 500 acres, and the same season drew the lumber for his first house from Iowa City. The same fall he built his residence and moved his family from Johnson county. This was the first frame house in what is now Lake township. The wife of Mr. Tuttle was Orrissa C. Humphreville, born in Herki- mer Co., N. Y., in 1823, and died May 14,
1880. Six of Mr. Tuttle's seven children are living-Nellie, wife of A. II. Hotelling; IIattie (deceased) ; Sylvia, wife of Rev. George A. Cressey, resident at Huron, Dakota; Adelmer M., practicing physician at Britt and Lucien, also living in Britt, Hancock county ; Nettie, wife of D. D. Howe, of Britt ; Sophia, wife of David Howe, a resident of Mandan, Dakota. Mr. Tuttle and his brothers are popularly and widely known as pioneers of Cerro Gordo county, and rank among the promoters of progress and growth to a fair position among the best counties of the State. A. B. Tuttle resides at Mason City ; Marcus Tuttle has settled in Clay county. After the death of his wife, Mr. Tuttle sold his homestead farm, and has since resided on a quarter section of which he became pro- prietor in 1855, and on which he built a pleasant home.
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