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BENTLEY, THOMAS J., farmer and merchant, P. O. Hamburg; born in Fayette county, Kentucky, July 21, 1829. In 1840 he became a resident of Boone county, Missouri, where he learned the carpenter's trade. In 1849 he was in the employ of M. U. Payne, and resided in New Orleans. In 1861 he came to Fremont county, having the prev- ious years lost heavily-some $18,000.00-as a result of the impending war. From 1861 to 1869 he followed farming. From 1869 to 1871 was engaged in the mercantile business at Sidney; from 1871 to 1875 was in Polk county, Missouri, when he again came to Fremont county. He was married April 27, 1866, to Miss Mary A. Barnes by whom he had eight children, five of whom are living: Thomas, Mary E., Nancy A., Lillian L. and James R. Has been intimately connected with the history of religion in this county as a member of the Baptist church.
BENNETT, J. S., farmer, section 18, P. O. Hamburg; born in Mon- roe county, Kentucky, November 18, 1838. He was raised on a farm and educated in a common school. In 1852 he removed to Sullivan county, Missouri, where he remained until 1854, learning in the meantime the trade of a blacksmith. In 1864 he came to Hamburg. In 1866 he returned to Sullivan county, Missouri, but in 1869 came again to this county where he has since remained. Was married February 13, 1862, to Miss Rachael Frasier. Mr. Bennett has held a number of township offices, and in 1880 was elected to that of justice of the peace.
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BEEKSTEAD, SIMON P., Hamburg, Iowa, livery; born in Canada January 15, 1822, where he resided for ten years. He then came with his parents to Fulton county, Illinois, where he resided until 1842, when he became a resident of Hancock county, same state. In 1847 he came to this county, and has since resided here. He was married in September, 1844, to Miss Mary E. Corkins, by whom he has the following children: Maria, Sabre, Caroline, Matilda, Lizzie, Frank and Angeline. He married at the death of his first wife, Mrs. Mary E .- whose maiden name was Beaston. She lived but ten months. He was married the third time to Mrs. Sarah A. Norman, in the autumn of 1865. He is now engaged in the livery business, and is an active enterprising business man.
BROWN, SAMUEL, farmer, section 30, P. O. Hamburg; born in Montgomery county, New York, November 14, 1800. In 1818 moved to Warren county, Pennsylvania. He learned the trades of carpenter and joiner, and of millwright. For fifteen years was a pilot on the Ohio river, from Pittsburg to Cincinnati. In 1839 moved to Warsaw, Illinois, and in May of the same year came to Lee county, Iowa, where he resided until 1854, in which year he came to Fremont county. He was married January 26, 1823, to Miss Lavina Crippin. They have fourteen children, eleven now living; Samuel, Jr., Levy, Eunice, Hiram, Allen, Stephen, Dorcas, Laura, Catherine, Mary L. and John W. He has been inti- mately identified with the interests of education in his township and county, and held numerous offices of trust. He has been prominently identified with the interests of road-building, and for many years was road supervisor.
BISHOP, C. H., farmer, section 25, P. O. Hamburg; born in Knox county, Ohio, October 12, 1839, where he resided until 1846. He then moved with his father, who was a physician, to Marion county, Ohio, and remained three years. In 1851 he went to Bureau county, Illinois, thence to Stark county, same state, where his mother died, thence to Henry county where he began life for himself. In 1856 he went to Missouri, but after a year returned to Canton, Illinois. In 1862, August 27, he enlisted in company G, 103d Illinois infantry. He was in the army three years and was often wounded. At the battle of Resaca he was twice struck, and in that at Kenesaw Mountain received three severe wounds. He was in one hundred and twelve skirmishes and twenty-four engagements. From the time of his muster out until coming to Fremont county in 1869, he was in various kinds of business and resided in various cities and states. He was united in marriage December 23, 1877, to Miss Susan E., daugh- ter of Asa and Elizabeth Mann. They have one child Vera Vern, born September 5, 1878. Mrs. Bishop is a member of the M. E. church, and Mr. B. of the A. O. U. W.
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COOLBAUGH, H. C., music dealer, P. O., Hamburg; born in Penn- sylvania in 1826, where he attained his majority and was educated. In 1853 he moved to Minnesota, and remained until 1859, when he returned to his native state. From 1861 to 1863 he was a resident of Illinois. In that year he enlisted in company H, 140th Illinois infantry. Re-enlisted in battery G, 2d Illinois artillery in 1864. Served until the close of the war. In 1869 he came to Hamburg, and has resided here since. He was married in Rockford, Illinois, December 30, 1869, to Miss Hannah J. Adams. No children.
CHRISTIAN, J. B., merchant, P. O. Hamburg; born in Monroe county, Indiana, in 1847. When ten years old moved to Marshall county, Illinois. In 1868 came to Iowa and to this county. In 1874 engaged in the implement business. Married Miss Sarah 'Beach in 1871, by whom he has three children : Wilbur, Grace and an infant.
COOPER, JOHN, farmer, section 35, P. O., Hamburg; born in Brown county, Ohio, October 13, 1820. In 1821 accompanied his father's family to Mason county, Kentucky, where he remained until 1837, when his parents again moved, to Clay county, Missouri. Here Mr. Cooper grew to manhood and was educated partially. In 1850 he came to this county and has since made it his home, and settled on the farm he now occupies. In 1874 he was a member of the state legislature, elected. on the anti-monopoly ticket. He was married January 17, 1850, to Mrs. America Bruce, a native of Kentucky, whose maiden name was Singleton. By her first husband she had two children: Hattie J. and William W.
CLEVELAND, ANSON G., farmer, section 29, P. O. Hamburg; born in Berkshire county, Massachusetts, December 4, 1840, where he matured and was educated. In 1867 came to Iowa, and has been identi- fied prominently with the interests of this county ever since. He is one of the directors of the K. C., St. J. & C. B. R. R. In 1868 he began farming and has followed that occupation ever since. He is a member of the A. O. U. W., and of the Iowa, Nebraska, and Missouri Inter-state Fair Association. He is now township trustee and justice of the peace. He was married October 3, 1865, to Miss Ellen Babcock, by whom he has four children: William C., born November 4, 1867; Millicent C., born September 20, 1871; George H., born May 3, 1874; and Lucy M., born May 3, 1878.
CARMAN, L. P., P. O. Hamburg, weaver and blacksmith; born in Pennsylvania, February 25, 1810. In 1813 went with his father's family to Tompkins county, New York. In 1828 moved to Seneca county, same state, and in 1838 to Sangamon county, Illinois. Came to Fremont
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county, Iowa, in 1855. In 1862 he moved to Hamburg and assumed the management of the old Hamburg House. After three years he removed to Sidney, and remained in that village three years, then returned to his farm. He was married in New York in November, 1834, to Miss Eliza- beth Deral. They had ten children, six now living: Julia C., Henry, Adam, Solomon, Sarah E., and Mary J. Mrs. Carman died April 1, 1869. Mr. Carman married again January 4, 1871, to Miss Sarah Arm- strong. They are the parents of two children, one-Elizabeth A .- living. He owns an excellent farm, and enjoys the most unlimited confidence of his fellow citizens.
DALBEY, J. W., attorney at law, P. O. Hamburg; born in Dayton, Indiana, April 12, 1838. In 1848 his parents moved to Poweshiek county, Iowa. When nineteen years of age he entered Antioch College, in Ohio remaining one year, when he began the study of law. He was admitted to the bar in 1859. Enlisted in company E, 4th Iowa cavalry in Septem- ber, 1861; was discharged in December, 1864; was in the battle and siege of Vicksburg and in all the other engagements in which his regiment par- ticipated. He came to Hamburg in 1871. He was married in March, 1867, to Miss Sarah F. Drain, by whom he has one child: Eugenie T., born April 4, 1868.
ELLIS, WILLIAM R., attorney at law, P. O. Hamburg; a native of Montgomery county, Indiana, where he was born April 23, 1850. In 1855 he came with his parents to Iowa, and located in Guthrie county, where was laid, in the common school, the foundation of his education. From the age of eighteen to twenty-one he taught school. In 1873 he began the study of law in the State University at Iowa City, from which he graduated in 1874. In 1875 he entered upon the practice of his pro- fession with Col. S. D. Nichols, of Panora. In June of 1876, he came to Fremont county, and formed a business partnership with W. G. Read, which was continued until three years since. In 1879, he was editor of the Hamburg Republican. In 1878 he was elected city solicitor, which office he held for two years. In 1880 he became the mayor of Hamburg, which office he now holds. He was married March 31, 1880, to Miss Jennie B. Edwards, a native of Rock Island, Illinois.
GILLMAN, FRANK, merchant, P. O. Hamburg; born September 10, 1838, in Germany. He came with his parents to the United States in 1846, and located in Illinois. In 1867 he came to Iowa and located in Hamburg, entering the mercantile business. Mr. Gillman was married - July 28, 1869, to Miss Emma Birkby, by whom he has seven children, five living: Edwin, Iona S., Elizabeth L., Lola, and Mary E. Mr. Gill-
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man is the oldest merchant in Hamburg, and has been remarkably suc- cessful.
GIBSON, JOHNSON, farmer, section 30, P. O. Eastport; born in November, 1841, in Washington county, Kentucky. When thirteen years of age moved with his father's family to Andrew county, Missouri, where he spent his youth laboring on a farm. In 1865, Mr. Gibson came to Iowa, and has since been a resident of this county. He was married in April, 1865, to Miss Howard, a native of Massachusetts, by whom he has five children: Jonas, Jewett, Robert, Oscar, and Effie. Mr. Gibson enlisted in 1865 in the Federal army at Denver City, in company A, third Colorado cavalry. He followed all the fortunes of that regiment until he was mus- tered out. He has been a school director for a number of years.
HAMMOND, J. M., attorney at law, P. O. Hamburg; a native of Ver- milion county, Indiana, born June 1, 1850. He was educated in the common school, but his attendance upon that was limited to six months. The major part of his education was obtained through his own unaided efforts. He came to Iowa in 1870, and located in Hamburg, where he began the study of law with W. A. Stow in 1871. In the spring of 1873 he was admitted to the bar by Judge J. R. Reed, and the same year he formed a partner- ship with Mr. Stow. He was married April 16, 1876, to Miss Florence B. Jones, a native of Michigan. They are the parents of two children: Clarence C., and Frank.
HOLMES, SAMUEL H., attorney at law, P. O. Hamburg; born near Manchester, England, January 1, 1839, came to the United States in 1844, and located in Putnam county, Illinois. When fourteen years of age he moved to La Salle county, same state, where he received an academical education. In 1866 he began the study of law and graduated from the State University in 1868. He was married March 12, 1864, to Miss Sarah B. Hewitt, by whom he had nine children, four living: Abra- ham L., William T., Mary E. and Jesse G. Mr. Holmes is a man of great moral and mental work and most genial qualities of mind. His portrait shows him to be a man of decision and great strength of character. He is the author of the "Township Laws of Iowa," and has been U. S. commissioner since 1869. He organized and superintended the first Sabbath school ever held in Hamburg, in 1866.
HEWITT, S. M., merchant, P. O. Hamburg; born in Maine in June, 842, where he grew to man's estate. He is a mechanic by trade. In 868 he went to Colorado, and 1869 to Nebraska, working on bridges. Came to Hamburg in the fall of 1871. In the same year he married Miss
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Maria Keene by whom he had five children, three living: Frank M., Lenora and Walter E. Mr. Hewitt is a member in high standing among the A. F. & A. M. of Hamburg.
HANSON, W. D., merchant, P. O. Hamburg; born in Ohio, in 1844. where he attained his majority. In 1866 he moved to La Porte, Indiana. In 1868 came to Clinton county, Iowa, and 1869 to Hamburg this county He was married in 1872 to Sarah C. Botts, by whom he has one child Charles.
HILGER, MICHAEL, farmer, section 25, P. O. Hamburg; born ir Luxemburg, Germany, May 6, 1836, in the schools of which country he was educated. Mr. Hilger speaks two, and reads four languages. II 1854 he came to America, and located in Jackson county, Iowa, where he engaged in farming until 1863. In 1870 he became a resident of Fre mont county. He was married in Jackson county, Iowa, May 14, 1859 to Miss Elizabeth Medinger, a native of Germany, born June 12, 1837 They are the parents of nine children, seven of whom are living; Danie A., Mary A., William J., Antony M., Lucy A., Joseph H. and Leo J. Mr Hilger owns a farm of 200 acres, the product of years of faithful an patient toil.
HOOVER, GEORGE, blacksmith, P. O. and residence Hamburg born in Stark county, Ohio, in the year 1818, where he reached manhood' estate and received a common school education. When sixteen years ( age he learned his trade, that of blacksmithing. In 1859 he came to Iow. and located in Decatur county. In 1867 he came to Fremont county and located at Hamburg, where he has since resided. He was married in 183 to Miss Polly A. Hackalaman, a native of Indiana, who died in 1847, leav ing four children; Thomas, Martha A., Eliza J. and Evaline. He wa married a second time in 1848 to Miss Eliza Bear, who died in 1873, leav ing two children: John L. and George N. In 1873 he married Rachel A Stephenson, by whom he has three children: Anna, James and Margare
JACOBS, SAMUEL, real estate broker, P. O. Hamburg; born Marc 7, 1821, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, where he matured. His educatio was received in the common school and Harrisburg academy. For th first ten years of his business life he was a civil engineer. He came t Iowa in 1846, engaging in the same business on the Des Moines river. 1. 1856 he moved to Council Bluffs; in the winter of 1868 and '69 came Hamburg as land agent for the C. B. & St. J. railroad. From 1865 to 18( he was secretary of the same railroad company and paymaster in the yea 1866-7-8. He was married September 20, 1849, to Miss Anna M. Meyer
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by whom he has eight children, six living: Eliza H., Mary H., Anna M., Sarah H., Isabella S. and Henrietta H. He has held many positions of trust and honor in this and other counties, and is a man greatly esteemed and worthy of all confidence.
JONES, F. A., farmer, section 21, P. O., Hamburg; born in Calhoun county, Michigan, February 10, 1842, where he resided until 1866, when he came to Fremont county, Iowa. He enlisted in 1862 in company M, 5th Michigan, and served three years. He was married February 5, 1868, to Miss Catharine McCracken, by whom he has four children: Edgar I., Esther, Smith and F. A. Mrs. Jones is a member of the M. E. church. He is a member of the A. F. and A. M., and A. O. U. W. He has served his township as assessor, road-supervisor and school director.
LOVELADY, WILLIAM M., farmer, section 6, P. O. Riverton; born October 18, 1811, in the state of Tennessee. In 1837 he moved to Jackson county, Missouri, and in 1842 to Platt county, same state. He came to this county in 1842, being thus one of the oldest settlers in the county of Fremont. He was married in Platt county, Missouri, May 4, 1841, to Sarah A. Thomas. They were the parents of nine children, five living: Andrew J., Sarah, James M., Elizabeth, and John A. Mrs. Lovelady died September 4, 1868.
LOVELAND, ADELIA, farmer, section 25, P. O. Hamburg; Mrs. Loveland is a daughter of Chauncey and Maria Cowles, and widow of Darwin Loveland. She was born in Gallia county, Ohio, April 9, 1843, and resided there until six years of age. She then came with her father's Family to Fremont county, Iowa. She married Mr. Loveland October 30, 1859. He was born in Ohio, October 12, 1830, and came to Iowa in 1857. They were the parents of nine children, eight now living: 3 Louisa, born February 24, 1861; Amy M., born September 24, 1862; Charles A., born November 12, 1863; Sarah A., born November 8, 1865; Frank, born October 27, 1867; Mary E., born August 8, 1869; Lillian, born March 29, 1871; and Ida, born March 25, 1873. Her husband held several town- ship offices, and was a most successful farmer. He was an encampment nember of the I. O. O. F. He died February 8, 1877. The farm of Mrs. Loveland comprises some 240 acres of good land.
MARTIN, GEO. H., stock-dealer and farmer, P. O. Hamburg; born n Moultrie county, Ill., in 1820. Moved to Davis county when nine years old, and one year later went to Monroe county, and lived there until 1859. Went to California in 1861, and enlisted in company B, Fifth California nfantry, and served for five months. He then went to New Mexico, and
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remained over three years and fought against the rebels and Indians. Mustered out at Los Pinos, New Mexico, September 15, 1866. Came from thence to Hamburg in 1867, and has been engaged in the stock busi- ness ever since. He was married first on August 22, 1867, to Miss Susan Cooper, but had no children. Was married in April, 1873, to Miss Ella Lemon, of Ashtabula county, Ohio. They have one child: Grace S., born January 24, 1874. He owns a farm of 185 acres in Franklin township and houses and lots in Hamburg. He is a "hale fellow, well met," and has hosts of friends.
MAPES, THOMAS M., farmer, section 28, P. O. Hamburg; born in Pennsylvania in 1822. In 1838 moved to Virginia, thence to Kentucky, and to Fremont county in 1858. He was married in 1848 to Miss Martha Swaney, a native of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. They have six children living: Eugene, Francis M., Laura, Alexander, Hortense and Miron. He has always been identified with the common school, and been a member of the I. O. O. F. for 30 years.
MASON, W. S., physician and surgeon, P. O., Hamburg; born in Wayne county, Indiana, August 9, 1850. At the age of seven years came with his parents to Henry county, Iowa, where he remained until 1863, when the family again moved, this time to Fremont county. His educa- tion was begun in the common school and completed in Mt. Pleasant academy. His professional education was obtained at the Rush Medical College, Chicago, from which he graduated February 24, 1880, but he had been practicing some two years prior to his graduation. He is a man of unimpeachable character and a fine medical education; both skillful and successful as a physician.
MOORE, REV. J. CRAWFORD, Watson, Atchinson county, Mis- souri; born in Washington county, East Tennessee, December 13, 1848. The foundation for the education of Mr. Moore was laid in the common school. He entered Greenville and Tusculum College in Green county, Tennessee, in the fall of 1870, remaining until April, 1875, when the degree of B. S. was conferred on him. In September, 1875, he entered Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tennessee, remaining five months, taking the course in theology. In April of 1875 he was made a member of Knoxville Cumberland Presbytery. In January of the following year he went to Watson, Missouri, and was licensed to preach the following February. He was ordained August 24, 1877. He at once entered upon the regular work in Watson, Missouri, and McKissick's grove, in Fre- mont county, Iowa. Mr. Moore was married in east Tennessee, April 15, 1879, to Miss Mary A. Sturm. Mr. Moore is a Master Mason, and a popular and effective preacher of his faith.
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MCCRACKEN, J. T., farmer, section 31, P. O., Harrisburg; born in Hendricks county, Indiana, January 15, 1850; came with his father's fam- ily, to Fremont county in 1855, where he has since resided. He was mar- ried, October 25, 1874, to Miss Alice Shirley, by whom he has three child- ren: Orville L., Lyda, and an infant. Mr. McCracken and wife are both members of the M. E. church.
NIES, PHILIP, proprietor Hamburg brewery; born in Germany, August 31, 1838. When eleven years of age came to America with his father's family, and located in St. Clair county, Illinois. In 1867 he came to Fremont county. He was married January 15, 1864, to Miss Catherine Scharf who was born in Germany, November 23, 1843. They are the parents of nine children, six of whom are now living: Elizabeth, Sopha, John H., Fred and Charles. Mr. Nies is a member of the I. O. O. F., and a Knight of Pythias. He is a member of the German Lutheran church, as also is his wife.
NIES, HENRY, farmer, P. O., Hamburg; born in Germany, July 18, 1834. In 1849 came to America, which he reached after a voyage of forty-eight days. He began farming in St. Claire county, Illinois, where he remained four and a half years. In the autumn of 1854 he came to Fremont county. He was married November 29, 1859, to Miss Margaret Murback, a native of Switzerland, born July 29, 1837. They have eight children: Elizabeth, Catherine, Margaret, Henry, Mary, Jacob, Philip and Gustave. He commenced life with nothing, but by industry and economy has gained a fine farm of 200 acres.
NEWMAN, H. A., dentist, P. O. Hamburg; born in Louisiana, in 1843, in the common schools of which state he was educated, and in a private high school in New Orleans, from which he graduated in the spring of 1861. In the summer of the same year he enlisted in company C., third Louisiana volunteer infantry and served until the close of the war. At the siege of Vicksburg he was promoted for gallant conduct from the rank of a private to that of first lieutenant. He was in every engagement in which his regiment participated. At the battle of Iuka he was wounded in the left ankle. From 1868 to 1870 he was in various cities and states. In 1870 he went to Falls City, Nebraska, and remained until 1879, when he came to Hamburg. He was married November 9, of the same year, to Mrs. Hulda Benge a native of Wisconsin. She has one child by her first husband: Robert.
NIX, R. F., city marshal, P. O. Hamburg; born in Georgia in 1843. .n 1859 he moved to Kentucky, and had, until 1865, no abiding place. In
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that year he located in Hamburg. He has been engaged in building rail- roads, and in the mercantile business for a number of years. In 1876 he was deputy sheriff of the county, Married Miss Mary Taylor in 1867. They have six children: George E., Robert L., Estella, Virginia, Russell and Franklin.
ORCUTT, H. E., merchant, P. O. Hamburg; born in New York in 1852. While he was a child his parents moved to Massachusetts, where Mr. Orcutt grew to manhood and was educated. In 1873 he went to Missouri, and in 1879 came to this county and town. In 1876 he mar- ried Miss Mary Owingo by whom he has two children: Eva and Harry.
PARKHURST, E. N., mail contractor, P. O. Hamburg; born June 17, 1840, in Effingham county, Illinois. In infancy he went to Johnson county with his father's family. In July, 1861, he enlisted in company K, 22d Indiana infantry, and served nine months. He was wounded in the left hand at Glasgow, Missouri, and was at the battle of Pea Ridge. He re-enlisted in Missouri, in company A, 9th Indiana cavalry, and served until May 26, 1865. He was in the army of the Cumberland and saw ser- vice in Tennessee, north Alabama, and Georgia. He was in the action of Sulphur Trestle, Tennessee, where he distinguished himself byeriding for reinforcements to Pulaski, Tennessee, while the stockade was surrounded by the forces of Wheeler and Faust. He was wounded by a sabre cut near Athens, Alabama, and shot through the left ankle at Linnville, Ten- nessee, September 4, 1864. This wound never healed, but caused him great suffering. It was amputated November 1, 1873. In 1866 he went to Union county, Missouri; in 1871, to Norwich county, Nebraska, and came to Hamburg, November 1, 1878. He was married November 29, 1859, to Elizabeth Rairdon, by whom he has four children: William R.,, Emma G., John C., and Alvah T.
PAYNE, JOHN, farmer, section 13, P. O. Hamburg; born in Monroe county, Kentucky, December 27, 1837, where he was raised on a farm and educated in the common school. He resided in Monroe county until 1851, when he moved to Linn county, Missouri. In 1853 he went to Sul- livan county ; in 1862 moved to Nebraska City, and in 1863 came to this . county. He was married in Sullivan county, Missouri, September 5, 1859, to Miss Elizabeth Frazier. They are the parents of seven children: Amanda, Victoria, Percy W., Reuben, Benjamin, Tena, and Zella M. Mr. Payne is serving his second term as a member of the board of super- visors. His farm comprises four hundred acres of excellent land, and well cultivated.
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