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ROSSITER, SAMUEL, retired farmer, P. O., Tabor; born in Berk- shire county, Massachusetts, March 9, 1804. He was raised on a farm and educated in the common school. At the age of eighteen, Mr. Rossi- ter began teaching school, an occupation he followed more or less contin- uously for twelve years. In the fall of 1835 he went to Loraine county, Ohio, where he resided for thirty years, following the occupation of a far- mer. In the fall of 1871 he came to Fremont county, and selected Tabor as his place of residence. He was married February 24, 1835, to Miss Maria Gaston, of Oberlin, Ohio, formerly of the state of New York. They are the parents of eleven children, ten of whom are living; some married and living in other states: Samuel G., Henry J., Charles W., Mary L., Fred C., Sarah B., Frank N., William H., Edwin J. and Emily F. Mr. Rossiter has been an active member of the church for forty-four, and his wife for fifty-one years.
ROBERTS, JAMES V., farmer, section 20, P. O., Plum Hollow; born in Logan county, Ohio, February 6, 1832. His education was received in. the common school. Came to Fremont county in 1855. In 1858 moved. to Mills county to remain until 1860, when he again moved, going to Pot- tawattomie county. 1866 found him again in Fremont county. During his residence in the other counties he was engaged in farming and preach ing, in which last occupation he was instrumental in organizing severa
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churches of the faith of the Disciples of Christ. He subsequently changed his faith and is now an ordained elder of the Latter Day Saints. Mr. Roberts was married January 12, 1851, to Miss Eleanor W. Laport, of Logan county, Ohio. They are the parents of fifteen children, twelve of whom are living: Eliza J., William D., Flora B., Annie W., Walter S. Charles M., Samuel J., Charlotta, James V., Sally M., Josiah and Paul.
RHODE, JOSEPH, farmer, section 5, P. O. Tabor; born in Wayne county, March 9, 1819. In 1829 he moved with his father's family to Warren county, Ohio, and two years later, 1831, to Warren county, Indiana. Mr. Rhode came to Fremont county in 1851, and located near where he now resides. He has been married three times. In 1839, July 11, tò Miss Elizabeth Gray, who died in 1863, November 20, having been the mother of seven children, six now living: Harriet, Dorothea, Kettie, Sarah G., Charles, Bessie and Lucy. He was again married February 1, 1866, to Mrs. Mary J. West, who died of apoplexy April 14, 1872, leav- ing two children: Edith and Lucy A. His last marriage was to Mrs. Alice Snow, September 3, 1879. They have one child: Oliver R. Mr. Rhode has filled various county offices, and in 1877-78 was a member of the State legislature.
ROBERTS, A. S., farmer, section 30, P. O. Plum Hollow; born in Clinton county, Ohio, February 13, 1821. Removed to Ohio in 1833, where he resided until 1849, when he came to Fremont county, locating near Hamburg. Was married September 1, 1842, to Miss Sarah Gor- dor, of Delaware county, Indiana. They are the parents of ten children, five living: Alexander C., John M., Lewis C., Phebe E. and Jesssie H. Mr. Roberts has held many township offices, and among them that of justice of the peace for eleven consecutive years, during all of which time he has never had a judgment reversed.
RHODE, D. A., farmer, section 5, P. O. Tabor; born in Wayne county, Indiana, June 2, 1814. In 1826 moved to Warren county, Ohio, and in the following year back to Indiana. In 1839 moved to Arkansas, and four years later again returned to the Hoosier State. Came to Fre- mont county in 1847, locating near Hamburg. In 1850 he found a suit- able location in Ross township, where he has since resided. He was married April 7, 1837, to Miss Mary McCord. She died in 1858. They were the parents of seven children: Jonathan, (killed by lightning), Har- riet A., Joseph, (killed by the Indians in May, 1879, on Powder River, Black Hills), Demarius, David, Ellen, (deceased) and Henry W. He was married in 1860 to Eliza Patent, of Fremont county, who died in 1874. Married the third time September 30, 1876.
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RHODE, JOHN, farmer, section 9, P. O. Tabor; born in Wayne county, Indiana, September 12, 1817. In 1825, moved to Warren county, Ohio, remaining until 1839, when he went to Arkansas, and to Indiana in 1843. Came to Fremont county, Iowa, in 1850. Was married April 5, 1838, to Miss Mary Cobb, who died in August, 1846, leaving three children : D. T., Judith, and Hannah. Was married to Miss Martha Scott, March 9, 1848, by whom he has eight children: William H., Charlotta A., Jonathan C., John D., Harriet M., Eliza J., Walter, and one deceased.
RUSSEL, J. D., farmer, section 24, P. O. Plum Hollow: was born in Monroe county, Indiana, August 26, 1816. In 1824, went to Tippecanoe county, same state; in 1839 to St. Joseph, Missouri; in 1850, to Atchinson county, and in 1865, to this county. He was married September 3, 1837, to Miss Lucy A. Montague; they are the parents of thirteen children, nine of whom are now living: Jerusha L., Sarah E., Mary J., George W., Lucy A., Martha E., John R., Tabitha E., and Catherine E.
SMITH, J. W., farmer, P. O. Tabor; born in Chemung county, New York, June 19, 1799. In 1835, he moved to Madison county, Ohio, en- gaging in the milling business. In 1850 came to Fremont county, resid- ing near Percival until 1874, when he removed to Tabor, where he died December 19, 1874. He was married August 30, 1836, to Miss Lucretia Woodworth, of Goshen, Connecticut. She died at Tabor, October 19, 1879, at the advanced age of 79 years. They had three children: Lucius, died while a babe; Annette, drowned in the Missouri; and Belle E., now a successful teacher in the schools of Tabor.
SAVAGE, SAMUEL, farmer, section 15, P. O. Tabor; born in Ful- beck, Lincolnshire, England, August 15, 1835. In 1855, came to America and located at Pittsfield, Loraine county, Ohio. In the fall of 1860 he came to Fremont county, and located near Tabor. Enlisted in company B, twenty-ninth Iowa infantry, August 19, 1862, and participated in the numerous battles in which that regiment was engaged. Was married to Martha F. Frederickson, of Fremont county, November 30, 1865. They have five children : Edward W., Elmira W., Almetia R., Charles F., and Raymond D.
SMITH, JAMES L., farmer, P. O. Tabor: born in Herkimer county, New York, October 16, 1817. Educated at Oberlin College, Ohio, from which he graduated in 1838. Resided in Herkimer and Oneida counties until 1852, when he came to Fremont county, Iowa. He was a member of the underground railway, and a firm friend of John Brown. Was married in ,1842, to Miss Cordelia Goodrich, of Oneida county, New
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York. His children are Harriet and William. Was married again June 27, 1866, to Miss Julia Case, of Washington, D. C. His farm comprises 200 acres.
SMITH, JOHN R., blacksmith, P. O. Tabor; born in Rising Sun, Indiana, November 26, 1835. After various removals and residences in several states, he located in Fremont county in 1858. Enlisted in company A, Fourth Iowa cavalry, August 28, 1861, and was mustered out Septem- ber 15, 1865. Was married October 21, 1858, to Miss Sarah McGuire, of Warren county, Illinois, who died March 18, 1861. They were the parents of two children, one, Henry W., now living. Married Miss Jane Newton, of Fremont county, Iowa, November 22, 1865. They have three children, two living: William E. and Newton M.
TODD, JAMES EDWARD, who has held the position of professor of natural sciences in Tabor College for the last ten years, was born at Clarksfield, Huron county, Ohio, February 11, 1846. He was so young when his father, Rev. Jno. Todd, emigrated to Fremont county, that he grew up thoroughly in sympathy with the great and growing west. The isolation of his childhood, and his acquaintance with the changes attend- ing the settlement of a wild country, early aroused in him an interest in the study of nature. Habits of thoughtfulness and study were further fostered by the educational advantages of his home, his father's library and his mother's teaching. He even began the study of Greek under her instruction, before he was eight years of age. He was one of the regu- lar students in Tabor Literary Institute, which in time became Tabor Col- lege. His first experience in teaching common school was at Manti, then a flourishing Mormon settlement in the eastern part of Fremont county. He had before, however, taught classes in botany in Tabor Literary Insti- tute. The next spring (1863) he went to Oberlin, Ohio, to continue his education, relying mainly upon his own exertions for support, by teaching school vacations, and classes in the preparatory department of the college. During the latter part of his course he was able to pursue his studies unin- terruptedly. In the spring and summer of 1864 he served with a com- pany of his fellow students in the "Hundred Days Service," and took part in the defense of Washington, when it was attacked by Gen. Early. After graduating at Oberlin in 1867, he went to Union Theological Sem- inary at New York city, where he spent two years of study. The vaca- tion of 1868 he spent in Clinton county, New York, under the direction of the Presbyterian Home Missionary Committee; the next he spent in studies of the middle year of the theological course at Oberlin. He graduated from the Theological Seminary there in 1870. During his sen- ior year, in addition to his studies, he supplied the churches at North
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and South Amherst, Ohio. It has never been, however, his distinct pur- pose to enter the ministry. One object in taking the theological course was to become thoroughly posted in theology in order to consider fairly certain vexed questions regarding science and religion. An opportunity was now given to pursue more exclusively scientific studies, by a call to the professorship of natural sciences in Tabor College. To prepare him- self for this with greater thoroughness he spent a year in the Sheffield Scientific School at New Haven, Connecticut. At the close of the year he continued his Zoological studies with the United States fish commis- sion, under Profs. Venill and Smith, who had been his instructors at New Haven. He entered upon his active duties as Professor at Tabor in the fall of 1871, returning, however, to spend his summers with the United States fish commission on the sea shore, in 1872 and 1873. The summer of 1875 he spent at the Harvard Summer School of Geology at Cumber- land Gap, Tennessee. His papers presented before the meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Iowa Academy of Sciences, of which societies he has been a member for sev- eral years, have been mainly upon quaternary geology. He has published a few also on botany which have been well received.
TODD, REV. JOHN, P. O. Tabor; born in West Hanover, Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, November 10, 1818. He was the second son and fifth child of Capt. James Tood and Sallie Ainsworth. Of Scotch-Irish Presbyterian ancestry, he was reared under the ministry of Rev. James Snodgrass, who served as pastor of West Hanover Presbyterian Church fifty-eight years. In September, 1835, then in his seventeenth year he left the labors of the farm and repaired to Oberlin to obtain the educa- tional advantages of that young institution, which was then rapidly rising among the stumps and forests of northern Ohio. Graduating from Ober- lin College in 1841, and from the Theological Seminary three years later, he was soon after united in marriage to Miss Martha Atkins, a native of Jefferson, Ashtabula county, but then a resident of Cleveland, Ohio. In the autumn of 1844 he formally entered upon the work of the ministry in Clarksfield, Huron county, Ohio, where he continued until the spring of 1850. Taking a short vacation in the fall of 1848, he, Deacon Josiah B. Hall and Darius P. Matthews, accompanied George B. Gaston and Samuel H. Adams and their families, in their removal to Fremont county. After a few weeks exploring in south-western Iowa, in the interests of education and religion, and attending a mass meeting at the former cabin of the Indian ehief on Wabousa creek, now in Mills county, for the pur- pose of obtaining a county organization, he, in company with Deacon Hall, returned to Ohio on horseback and resumed his charge in Clarks- field. In 1850 he moved with his family to Fremont county, landing on
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the first day of July at Lambert's landing. His first public service, after his arrival, was a Fourth of July address to the Sunday-school in the boiler-shed of a projected steam saw-mill. In April, 1852, he, with others, removed from Civil Bend or Percival, to the vicinity of Tabor, where has been his residence ever since. A Congregational Church of eight mem- bers was formed in October, 1852, to which, although time has brought great changes, he still ministers.
VANATTO, BENJ. M., farmer, section 29, P. O. Tabor; born in Alleghany county, Pennsylvania, August 16, 1813, where he received his education in the common school. In 1835 he moved to Guernsey county. Ohio, and in 1841 to Hocking county, same state. In 1865 he moved to Worth county Missouri, and in the following year to Fremont county, Iowa. He was married November 24, 1840, to Miss Jane McDonald, of Washington county, Pennsylvania. They are the parents of five children: Benjamin and William M., both of whom died in the army; Elizabeth E., Hugh C. and John M.
WOODRUM, WESLEY, farmer, section 18, P. O. Plum Hollow; born in Putnam county, Indiana, September 2, 1841. When he was a small child parents moved to New Carthage, Missouri. In 1855, he came with his parents to Fremont county, and located near Fremont City. He was married October 22, 1863, to Miss Prudence Baxter, of Fremont county, formerly of Holt county, Missouri. They are the parents of two children: Envrista E. and Estella O. Mr. Woodrum commanded the respect of all who knew him. He was a member of the Christian church for eleven years, and an elder for six. He died October 7, 1878.
WEST, ARTHUR T., merchant, P. O. Tabor; born in Pittsfield, Loraine county, Ohio, June 24, 1853. Came with his parents to Tabor in 1855. His mother died when he was two years of age, and when young West had become nine years of age he lost his father by death. He was educated at Tabor and Oberlin Colleges, leaving Oberlin in 1871. He then went to Canada and entered the engineer corps of the Canada South- ern R. R., a position he held for one year. On the death of his step- mother, in 1872, he returned to Tabor, and engaged on a farm and as a clerk until 1875. In 1876, he engaged on his own responsibility in the mercantile business. Mr. West was married April 22, 1878, to Miss Sarah Savage, of Fremont county, Iowa. By this union they have one child: Alice L.
WEBB, L. E., farmer, section 2, P. O. Tabor ; born in Columbia, county, Ohio, January 25, 1833. In 1847, he moved to Huron county, where he
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was educated in Norwalk Academy. Came to Tabor in 1855. He has held the offices of justice of the peace and township clerk for five years. Married December 25, 1856, to Miss Elizabeth Hill, of Tabor. They are the parents of six children; three living: Edgar H., Adella M. and Bertha E.
WOODS, H. T., farmer, section 3, P. O. Tabor; born in Winnebago county, Illinois, July 18, 1848. In 1857, came to Iowa, being then nine years of age. He was educated at Tabor College. In 1874, he removed to Weeping Water to engage in business, but returned in 1877. He was married November 25, 1874, to Miss Annie Glover.
WOODS, DANIEL E., farmer, P. O. Tabor; born in Glover, Orleans county, Vermont, February 5, 1817. Raised as a farmer and educated in the common school. Moved to Winnebago county in 1846, and resided there until 1857, when he moved to Tabor, Iowa. Married December 15, 1840, to Miss Hannah H. Tyler, of Orleans county, Vermont. They have five children: Marvine E., Mary E., Herbert T., Eva L., and Katie M. Mr. Woods died July 4, 1878, and ended a life of usefulness and humanity.
WILL, CHARLES P., harness maker, P. O. Tabor; was born in Peo- ria county, Illinois, May 29, 1847. His father died when young Will was but two years of age. At the age of sixteen he enlisted in company M, 11th Illinois cavalry, and remained until the close of the war. After num- erous changes in his residence he came to Tabor in 1876. Was married December 17, 1874, to Miss America L. Templeton, of Glenwood. They are the parents of three children: Roy T., Carl M. and Jessie L. Mr. Will is clerk of Ross township, and a member of the city council of Ta- bor.
WEMPLE, E. S., farmer, P.O.Tabor; born in New York City, Decem- ber 25, 1841. His mother died when he was but a babe. When twelve years old he came to Bureau county, Illinois. In 1855 came to Iowa, locating in Grand Mound, Clinton county, and was railroad agent, express agent, and postmaster, at that place. He enlisted in 26th Iowa infantry, August 12, 1862. Was appointed captain of the company on the 26th, of the following month. For a history of the battles in which he was engaged, see account of the 26th Iowa. Came to Tabor in 1874. He was married February 19, 1875, to Miss C. A. Floyd of Tabor. They are the parents of two children: George S. and Herbert. They have one adopted child. Mr. Wemple holds the office of justice of the peace.
WILLIAMS, D. M., drugggist, P. O. Tabor; born in Cedar county,
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Missouri, August 8, 1851. In 1853 his parents moved to Mills county, where the youth of Mr. Williams was spent. He was educated at Tabor College, and at Bryant's Commercial College, from which he graduated in 1872. Came to Tabor in 1876, and entered upon his present occupa- tion. Was married to Miss Elizabeth Caff, of Warren county, Indiana, March 2, 1879. They have one child: Fern.
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BALDWIN, B. M., farmer, P. O. Plum Hollow; a native of Putnam county, Indiana, born February 7, 1840. In 1844 he moved to Holt county, Missouri, with his parents, and in the spring of 1852 came to this county. He was married August 12, 1860, to Miss Arcaetia Burson, by whom he had seven children, five now living: Oliver O., Charles, Edward, Lesley and Eva M. By energy and industry Mr. Baldwin has built himself a competency, commencing with nothing.
BURSON, JOSEPH J., farmer, section -11, P, O. Plum Hollow; born in Grant county, Indiana, July 6, 1834. He was raised as a farmer and educated in the subscription schools of his native state. He came to Fre- mont county in the spring of 1854, and in 1861 began the freighting busi- ness west to Denver. July 20, 1863, he enlisted in company A, Eighth Iowa cavalry. Was wounded July 29, 1864, and captured. He was in the hospital at Newman and Columbus, and finally taken to Anderson- ville. He was discharged June 24, 1865. He was married in February, 1853, to Miss Lydia Hyatt. They have two children living: William R. and Adda E.
BAYLOR, RANSDALL, farmer, section 12, P. O. Plum Hollow; born on the 8th day of April, 1850, and now lives on the place of his birth. He was educeted in Sidney and in Tabor College. He is the oldest son of John and Nancy Baylor, who came to this county, from Kentucky, at an early day in its history. They lived to witness the development and growth of the county in a way it has been the privilege of but few to do. His father died September 2, 1871, and his mother in December of 1880. There were 1120 acres of land divided among the surviving children at his death. The subject of this sketch is an enterprising farmer, and holds the highest place in the esteem of his fellow citizens.
COLE, T. C., physician and surgeon, P. O. Plum Hollow; born in Ripley county, Indiana, March 30, 1854. In 1858 he moved with his
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parents to Gentry county, Missouri, and in 1860 came to Fremont county. He was educated at Tabor College and the Iowa State University. In 1876 he began the study of medicine, and in 1878 graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Keokuk, Iowa. He was married September 11, 1879, to Miss Mary E. Blakley, of Tabor, and educated also at the Iowa State University.
CROUCH, M. V., mechanic, P. O. Plum Hollow; born in Washington county, Indiana, December 14, 1836. In 1856 he came to the village where he now resides. He enlisted in company F, Fifteenth Iowa infantry, October 10, 1861, and participated in the battle of Shiloh, siege of Corinth, and all the other engagements in which his regiment took a part. He was discharged December 16, 1864, after a long and brilliant service for his country's flag.
CHIPPS, JAMES, farmer, P. O. Plum Hollow; born in Monogahela county, West Virginia, March 27, 1846. In 1851 he moved to Appa- noose county, Iowa, and in 1857 to Putnam county, Missouri. In 1864 he came to this county. He was married May 25, 1869, to Miss Elvira Johnston. They are the parents of three children: Annie M., Arthur and Albert W. Mrs. Chipps has four children by her former husband: Henry W., Hensley M., Mollie J. and Nancy B.
CAREZ, F. F., M. D., P. O. Bartlett; born in the Empire of France, April 9, 1828. In 1833 he came to the United States, and located in Clark county, Indiana. In 1836, he went to Clay county, and in 1845 to Jackson county, West Virginia. He began to read medicine under Dr. Daniels, of Terre Haute, when fourteen years of age. In 1849 he gradu- ated from the Sterling Medical College at Columbus, Ohio. In 1853 he returned to France to take a course in surgery, and became a member of the royal body of physicians and surgeons of France. In 1854 he returned to the United States and entered upon the practice of medicine until 1859, when he went to Sullivan county, Missouri. In April, 1862, he enlisted in the Fifteenth regiment, M. S. M. and in the following year was transferred to the Forty-fourth Missouri, acting as a hospital stew- ard. In 1869 he went to Buchanan county, Kansas, and in 1876 came to Bartlett, where he now resides. He was married in 1855 to Miss Elizabeth Walter, who died in 1861, leaving one child: William S. He married March 5, 1863, Miss Nancy C. Nordike. They have one child living: Mary J. He is a competent physician and enjoys a large . practice.
CLARK, R. D., merchant, P. O. Plum Hollow; born in Tompkins
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county, New York, May 1, 1840. At the age of sixteen years went to Ithica and clerked in a store for nine years. Came to Plum Hollow in 1864. In 1867 began business in Tabor, which he followed until 1877, when he came to Fremont city to engage in the mercantile business. He was married October 17, 1863, to Miss Eliza Westervelt, by whom he has four children: Charles G., Westervelt E., Willis G. and Fred K. He is a man of great energy and moral worth, and holds the highest place in public esteem.
FLETCHER, JAMES G., farmer, P. O. Plum Hollow. A native of Owens county, Indiana, born June 17, 1834. In 1840 his parents moving to Nodaway county, Missouri, he became a resident of that state. In 1851 he came to Fremont county. Enlisted in company A, 4th Iowa cav- alry, September 8, 1862, and participated in all the numerous engagements of that regiment. Was independent scout for eighteen months under General Washburn. Was mustered out June 17, 1863. In 1866 moved to Holt county, Missouri, and in 1874 returned to Fremont. He was mar- ried August 26, 1855, to Miss Rachel Clemmens, by whom he has nine children, six living: Diola E., Euphrates C., William S., Mary E., Alfred . H., and George H.
FLETCHER, ABRAHAM, retired farmer, P. O. Fremont City; born in Washington county, West Virginia, February 22, 1800. His parents resided in Washington and Lee counties, until 1815, when they removed to Indiana. The father of Mr. Fletcher was a soldier in the war of 1812. He was married February 27, 1825, to Miss Rebecca Crouch, of Wash- ington county, Indiana. In 1841 he removed to Nodaway county, Mis- souri. In 1851 he came to Fremont county, and located on the farm he now owns. He founded the village of Fremont City, and in June of 1856, built the first house in the place. Mr. Fletcher has been a justice of the peace for fifteen years. For sixty years he has been a member of the church, and has been for many years a local preacher. £ By his first wife he had ten children, four of whom are living: William H., James J., Rhoda and Elizabeth. He was married September 5, 1860, to Mrs. Sarah Syock, of Fremont county, formerly Miss Forley. They have one child, now deceased.
FORNEY, GEORGE, farmer, section 13; born in Stark county, Ohio, September 25, 1820, where he was raised a farmer and educated in the common school. At the age of fifteen he went with his parents to Ray county, Missouri, where he remained until 1839, when he moved to Han- cock county, Illinois. He was married July 26, 1839, to Miss Catherine Study, of Hancock county, Illinois. In 1846 they came to Fremont county
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