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Fraternally Mr. Sanders is affiliated with Alamo Lodge. No. 547, A. F. & A. M .; and Jungle Camp, No. 1844, M. W. A. He formerly
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belonged to the Odd Fellows lodge at Iowa Falls, and while engaged in the mail service he was secretary of the Rural Letter Carriers Association of Hardin county. He has qualified as mail carrier in the city service, but never sought an appointment. The political allegiance of Mr. Sanders is accorded to the republican party, but he has never held any official position save that of postmaster. The course of his business career has been interrupted by various obstacles and misfor- tunes, which would have completely discouraged a man of less deter- mination of purpose, but he is always optimistic and cheerful. He formerly owned a good residence property at Owasa, but the house was destroyed by fire on December 23, 1908, and he has never re- built. Mr. Sanders has many friends in Williams, where he has proven himself to be a man of integrity and good business principles.
ROLLAND W. POTE, D. D. S.
Dr. Rolland W. Pote has for the past five years been successfully engaged in the practice of dentistry at Webster City, with offices at No. 61812 Second street. His birth occurred at Stuart, Iowa, in the year 1885, his parents being Daniel W. and Emma (Perkins) Pote. The father, who was an early settler of Adair county, Iowa, now resides in the town of Stuart, this state. The mother passed away in 1909.
Rolland W. Pote obtained his early education in the public schools of Adair county and subsequently attended the high school at Stuart, from which he was graduated in 1905. Having determined upon the professison of dentistry as a life work, he entered the Iowa State University at Iowa City, which institution conferred upon him the degree of D. D. S. in 1908. Immediately thereafter he opened an office in Webster City and has here remained to the present time, en- joying an extensive and lucrative clientage because of the excellence of his work.
In February, 1910, Dr. Pote was united in marriage to Miss Edna Smith, her father being Lon Smith, a druggist of Stuart, Iowa. They now have a little daughter, Jean, born July 27, 1912. Mrs. Pote is an accomplished musician, being a graduate in music of Drake University and also of the Northwestern University at Evans- ton, Illinois.
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Dr. Pote is a member of the Psi Omega fraternity of the Iowa State University and also belongs to the following organizations : Acacia Lodge, No. 176, A. F. & A. M., of which he is at present junior warden; Hope Chapter, No. 88, R. A. M., in which he serves as scribe; Lodge No. 302 of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; and Webster City Camp, No. 416, M. W. A. He has served as president of the Webster City Country Club since its organization in 1910 and is likewise a valued member of the Congregational church. Courteous, genial and approachable in manner, he easily wins friends, and gains high regard through his personal worth, as well as his professional ability.
FRED HAHNE.
The printing business requires for its successful operation a de- gree of general knowledge which amounts to labor, culture and a technical proficiency in the details of the trade in addition to the executive ability and commercial instinct required for success in any business walk of life. Fred Hahne, proprietor of the printing estab- lishment at No. 5471/2 Second street, Webster City, Iowa, owes his prosperity to his long period of personal identification with the printing trade and to the progressive and systematic principles, which have always marked his activity. He is a native son of Webster City, where his birth occurred on March 17, 1877. His parents were William and Sarah (DeFrance) Hahne, the former of whom a native of Hanover Germany, whence he came to the United States in 1870, and the latter a native of Tama county, Iowa. They settled in that year in Hamilton county, where they have since resided.
Fred Hahne was educated in the public schools of his native city, and laid aside his books at the age of fifteen years. Since that time he has been identified with the printing trade, becoming acquainted with its different branches. He began his career in the office of the Webster City Graphic in 1892 and was employed by this concern for two and one-half years. He rose in that period of time by his evi- dence of ambition and desire to better his condition from a humble capacity to the position of foreman of the shop, which he was holding when he severed his connection with the Webster City Graphic in 1894. In that year he entered the employ of the Webster City Freeman and was active and successful in this connection for
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one year. He resigned this position to accept the foremanship for the Webster City Journal and after two and one-half years of successful identification with this paper removed to Spencer, Iowa, in the fall of 1898, where he spent a year and a half as foreman of the Spencer Reporter. He was successful here as he had been before in Webster City and gained eighteen months' experience as a valuable asset, when he returned to Webster city in 1899. From that year until 1903 he was active as foreman of the Webster City Journal. In that year he definitely brought to a close his connection with newspaper work in the composing room. His long career had given him a knowledge of the technical details of his business and a self-confidence which has never deserted him since that time. It added to the breadth of his culture and to his general knowledge and was a valuable asset to him in independent business life. In 1903 he established his present enter- prise under the name of the Fred Hahne Printing Company. He does a general line of printing, but makes a specialty of pedigreed live-stock sale catalogs and in this department of his enterprise has exclusive rights in Webster City. It is the largest exclusive live-stock catalog printing establishment in the United States and does busi- ness for the owners of live-stock sales throughout America. It re- quired for its management and development an executive, whose abil- ity lies along concentrative lines, and these qualities are vital forces in Mr. Hahne's commercial career. He maintains personal control over the large and still expanding business, of which he is the head, and his capacity for detailed organization and his shrewd and dis- criminating mind make him one of the greatest individual forces in trade circles of Webster City. Moreover he is interested in a num- ber of local manufacturing institutions, which benefit by his sound judgment and commercial ability.
On December 29, 1897, Mr. Hahne was united in marriage to Miss Clara Adams, a daughter of George T. Adams, at one time a prominent agriculturist of Hamilton county, who lived retired in Webster City for some years prior to his death on the Ist of January, 1912, in his seventy-sixth year. Mr. and Mrs. Hahne are the parents of four children: Myron D., born October 29, 1899: Georgianna, whose birth occurred on the 5th of August, 1903; Winifred, born August 8, 1906; and Richard Howard, born February 25, 1912. The family residence is at No. 517 Webster street, Webster City.
Mr. Hahne gives his political allegiance to the republican party and does his duty in political circles with the same energy and con- scientiousness which he brings to bear upon the management of his
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enterprise. He served his city in various capacities, having been a member of the council from April, 1908, to April, 1910, representing constituents from the old second ward. Since 1911 he has been coun- cilman at large for Webster City and his public service has been dis- tinguished by a broad intelligence and a keen interest in every phase of civic development. He is a member of numerous societies affiliated with the live-stock business. He holds membership in the American Short Horn Breeders Association of Chicago, The American Here- ford Breeders Association of Kansas City, The American Aberdeen Angus Breeders and the American Poland China Breeders Associa- tions of Chicago, and is also prominent in the American Chescer White Breeders Association with headquarters at Columbus, Ohio. In exclusive fraternal circles Mr. Hahne is prominent, holding mem- bership in Acacia Lodge, No. 176, A. F. & A. M .; Webster City Lodge, No. 302, B. P. O. E .; and in Forest Camp, No. 103, Wood- men of the World. He is also a charter member of the Court of Honor in Webster City. He is a devout adherent of the United Brethren church and is known in Webster City as a man of exemplary private and public character. His business is rapidly expanding and developing into an institution of national scope and his commercial enterprise and ability are progressing with it. He judges his col- leagues in the business world by the same high standards of honor and integrity which he has set for himself and by which he moulds his business development, his political activity and his private life.
JOHN VAN WINKLE.
Two hundred level acres of land neatly tiled, fenced, and im- proved, with modern and sanitary buildings grouped together at ir- regular intervals, fields productive in many various grains and slop- ing pastures, well filled with high-grade stock-these are the princi- pal elements in the picture which the Hereford farm presents to the visitor in Fremont township. The owner of this property and the man who is directly responsible for its present flourishing condition is John Van Winkle, who has been connected with farming interests in various sections of America all during his active life. He was born on July 19, 1851, in Luzerne county, Pennsylvania. His father was Oliver Perry Van Winkle, a native of New York, who came to Penn- sylvania in his early manhood and was one of the prominent agri-
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culturists in that state for many years. He removed to Kewaunee, Henry county, Illinois, in 1862, and followed his chosen occupation in that section. He eventually took up his residence in Lennox, Tay- lor county, Iowa, and here his death occurred at the age of sixty-five years. John Van Winkle's mother was Irene (Cox) Van Winkle, who died in Lennox, Iowa, when she was seventy-one years old.
John Van Winkle's educational opportunities were extremely 1im- ited. He attended school in Pennsylvania and Illinois, but was obliged to lay aside his books at the age of twelve years in order to lend his assistance in the operation of his father's farm. In 1875 he began farming independently in Geneseo, Henry county, Illinois, and remained in that section until he came to Hamilton county, Iowa, in 1884. The condition of his present property attests his success as an agriculturist in Iowa and is the result of his industry and intelligent labor along scientific lines. He purchased two hundred acres in Fre- mont township on sections 27 and 28 and this property he still owns. It is known as the Hereford stock farm and is one of the model and representative agricultural enterprises in the state of Iowa. It is often shown to visitors as an example of the results to be obtained by farming along modern, economic lines. It has been improved by tiling and fencing and various sanitary and commodious build- ings have been erected during the course of years. The fields are divided conveniently by barbed and woven wire fences into divisions planted in various kinds of grain and the arrangement of the build- ings has been influenced by conditions of sanitation and neatness of as- pect. Seen from a distance the Hereford stock farm presents a beau- tiful pastoral picture. It has been evolved from raw prairie land and into its development have gone all the energy and work of a progres- sive and scientific agriculturist.
On March 30, 1875, Mr. Van Winkle was united in marriage to Miss Elinor Doyle, a daughter of Patrick and Elinor (Graham) Doyle, natives of Pennsylvania, who removed to Henry county, Illi- nois, at an early date. Mrs. Van Winkle's father died December 5, 1879, at the age of seventy-four and her mother's demise occurred on the 6th of October, 1883, when she was seventy-two years of age. To Mr. and Mrs. Van Winkle have been born the following chil- dren: Edgar Bert, whose birth occurred March 31, 1877; Delmer C., whose birth occurred April 24, 1882, and who became the wife of Elma Veach, a prominent farmer of Nashua, Iowa, by whom she has one son, Elston; and Roy, whose birth occurred on May 25, 1884,
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and who married Miss Grace Maricle, by whom he has two children, Vera and Donald, the former born in 1907 and the latter in 1909.
Mr. Van Winkle is today one of the most substantial and enter- prising agriculturists in Hamilton county and one of the most valued citizens of the state of Iowa. Under his supervision and control prairie land has been evolved into a productive farm. No man can serve his state better nor do his duty in a more lasting and useful way.
MARTIN LUTHER McCOLLOUGH.
Martin L. McCollough has been identified with business interests in Webster City since he left his father's farm when twenty-eight years of age. He is today the best known auc- tioneer in the city and his influence is powerful in various lines of municipal expansion. He was born in Monroe county, Ohio, October 27, 1851, his parents being William and Isabelle (Arnold) McCollough, both natives of Ohio. The father followed the trade of shoemaking and later engaged in agriculture in that state and was a prominent citizen of Ohio until he removed to Iowa in 1866. In that year he settled in Marshall county where he farmed until his death which occurred on December 22, 1896, in the seventy-fifth year of his age. His wife survived him until the 20th of May, 1900, dying at the age of sixty-six years. Mr. and Mrs. William McCollough were devout adherents of the Pres- byterian church and were the parents of seven children: George, who married Miss Anna Pyle, and who died in 1886; Martin Luther, the subject of this sketch; James, who resides in Mar- shall county, Iowa, with his wife who in her maidenhood was Miss Lena Lucas; Laura Belle, who became the wife of Thomas Eaton of Pocahontas county, Iowa; William A., who married Bertha Ritchie, and who resides in Webster City; Oscar, who married Miss Elizabeth Ritchie, and whose home is in Poca- hontas county ; and Bertram B., who maintains his residence in Webster City.
Martin L. McCollough was reared at home and received his education in the public schools of Marshall county. His father was a prominent farmer in that region and Mr. McCollough spent his early boyhood and youth as an agriculturist. He remained upon his father's property, actively assisting in the labors of
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tilling the soil until 1879, when he moved into Webster City and began a career which has made his name prominent in many dif- ferent commercial capacities. His first business connection was with Ira W. Packard with whom he was associated in the buying and shipping of grain for three years. In 1883 he spent a year at Woolstock buying grain for N. G. Omstead. He returned to Webster City the same year and entered the employ of Frank Brothers as a salesman in their clothing store. This association continued for five years and gained for Mr. McCollough a repu- tation for keen business insight and true discrimination of values. In September, 1888, he established himself in business in partner- ship with F. S. Currie under the firm style of Currie & McCol- lough. They dealt in clothing and men's furnishings, and in the eight years of their business connection established a flourishing and prosperous concern which gradually grew to be one of the largest clothing enterprises in Webster City. In 1896 the part- ners disposed of their interests in this line of activity and opened a real estate, loan and insurance business which they conducted under the name of Currie & McCollough until 1903. In this year the partnership was definitely dissolved and Mr. McCollough gave his entire attention to his auctioneering business which he had started as a side line twenty years before. Up to this time he had given it very little attention, but when his real-estate busi- ness was disbanded he gave all his energies to the reorganiza- tion and development of his auctioneering. He subsequently had a sale and feed barn which he at present operates. In 1908 he extended his activities to include a grain business in connection with the two other departments of his enterprise but discon- tinued this in 1911. Mr. McCollough is a man whose influence is powerful in almost every phase of municipal life in Webster City. He is a director of the First National Bank and has held this office since 1904. He holds a large amount of stock in the Queen Manufacturing Company and is also prominent in political circles. His citizenship is of the high order which is becoming representative of the middle west and his life and activities have been a dominating factor in the civic growth of Webster City.
On November 25, 1875, Mr. McCollough was united in mar- riage to Miss Frances Shewalter, who was born in Clinton county, Ohio, on October 30, 1846. She is a daughter of John Wesley and Martha J. (Baker) Shewalter, who came to Marshall county in 1858, where the father engaged in agricultural pursuits until
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his death in 1871. He was survived by his wife until 1891, in which year her death occurred. Both were members of the Episcopal church. They had six children: Roberta, who married James Evans, of Oakland, California ; John, who resides in Chase county, Nebraska; Mary, who became the wife of A. H. Hall. and who resides in Marshall county, Iowa; Clayton, who also makes his home in Marshall county; Edward, who passed away when he was twenty-four years of age; and Frances, the wife of our subject. To Mr. and Mrs. Martin McCollough has been born one daughter, Almeda, whose birth occurred on the 28th of March, 1886, and who married on December 31, 1908, Harry Ambrose, of Webster City, by whom she has one son, Robert, born March 29, 19II.
Mr. and Mrs. McCollough reside at 819 Second street, Web- ster City, and are well known and popular in social circles. Mr. McCollough gives his political support to the republican party. He has been a prominent factor in local political affairs and gained the recognition of his fellow citizens for ability and efficiency during his service on the city council in 1888. From 1890 to 1896 he acted as supervisor of the county, and in this line of activity was distinguished by the same shrewdness and ability which have marked all the departments of his active career. He has not concentrated upon one line of activity but has engaged in various enterprises, in all of which he has been successful and all of which have been forceful factors in the advancement of Webster City commercially, financially and politically.
CLEMENCE RICKE.
One hundred and twenty acres of excellent land in Williams township is comprised within the well improved farm of Clemence Ricke, whose sound judgment and energy find visible evidence in his growing crops and golden harvests. He was born in Jo Daviess county, near East Dubuque, Illinois, on the 30th of Jan- uary, 1874, and with his parents came to Hamilton county, Iowa, at which time the family home was established upon a farm four and one-half miles north of Williams. On that place he grew to manhood, his experiences being such as usually fall to the lot of farm lads. He early bore his part in the work of plowing.
MR. AND MRS. CLEMENCE RICKE
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religious faith is that of the Catholic church, while his wife is a member of the Presbyterian church, both being identified with congregations at Williams. A long residence in Hamilton county has made Mr. Ricke well known and his salient traits of char- acter have been such as have brought to him the warm and enduring regard of those with whom he has been associated.
ALEXANDER LINCOLN FOWLER.
Alexander Lincoln Fowler, who has been a resident of Hamilton county for about twenty-nine years, during which period he has been identified with various enterprises, was born near Pawpaw, in De Kalb county, Illinois, April 15, 1862, and attended the rural schools in that vicinity. In 1874 the family moved to a farm four and one- half miles southwest of Manson, Calhoun county, Iowa. Here he assisted his parents on the farm until one year after his marriage, the wedding ceremony being performed about a half mile southwest of Blairsburg, Hamilton county, Iowa, at the home of the bride's parents. He returned to Calhoun county with his bride and a year later came back to Blairsburg, Hamilton county, the young couple being employed on the Eiker farm for eight months. Mr. Fowler cultivated the A. L. McCarthy farm during the following year and has remained a resident of Blairsburg continuously to the present time. After engaging in farming these years he closed out his stock at public sale on the 14th of October, 1891, and purchased the meat market in Blairsburg, which he conducted for one year. He immedi- ately thereafter purchased the barber shop in the above place and successfully conducted this for a period of about fifteen years. In 1905 he was appointed (in the will) administrator of the McCarthy estate and satisfactorily settled the same. He is at present engaged in cultivating his land adjacent to Blairsburg, his home being located in the latter place. His father, Hugh Fowler, was born near En- niskillen, in County Fermanagh, Ireland, and died near Valentine, Nebraska, September II, 1906, at the age of about ninety-three years. His mother, Jane (Gallagher) Fowler, born near Enniskillen, Ire- land, November 28, 1824, died near Valentine, Nebraska, April 6, 1889. They made their home with the son Daniel, at whose home they passed their declining years. They were among the early set- tlers of Iowa. There were seven sons and one daughter in the fam-
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ily, as follows: James, who was born in County Fermanagh, Ire- land, on the 6th of July, 1847, and is a street car conductor of Sioux City, Iowa; Thomas, born in County Fermanagh, Ireland, on the 3d of June, 1849, who is an assistant in a mission at Rosebud, South Dakota; Daniel, who was born in County Fermanagh, Ireland, on the 20th of January, 1852, and died on the 20th of August, 1906; Henry, whose birth occurred in County Fermanagh, Ireland, on the 14th of April, 1854, and who is residing near Seneca, Missouri; Robert, who was born in Megantic county, Quebec, Canada, on the 14th of January, 1857, and who is now a city mail carrier in Sioux City, Iowa; John, who was born in Megantic county, Quebec, Canada, on the IIth of January, 1858, and who now resides four and one-half miles north of Blairsburg; Sarah (Fowler) Wells, born in Megantic county, Quebec, Canada, on the 6th of December, 1860, who now resides at Pomeroy, Iowa, her husband being a retired farmer of that place; and Alexander Lincoln, of this review.
On the Ist of February, 1883, near Blairsburg, Alexander L. Fowler was married to Elsie Emeline McCarthy, who was born five miles southeast of Wenona, La Salle county, Illinois, on the Ist of April, 1863. She came with her parents to Hamilton county in No- vember, 1872, and with the exception of one year in Calhoun county, Iowa, has been a continuous resident at Blairsburg. The McCarthy family were among the early and most successful settlers of Hamilton county. Abram L. McCarthy, the father of Mrs. Fowler, was born near Decatur, Otsego county, New York, on the 2d of March, 1836, a son of Patrick and Catherine (Cooper) McCarthy, both natives of the Empire state. The father was of Irish descent and the mother of German lineage. Abram L. McCarthy died in Blairsburg, Iowa, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Fowler, Saturday evening, No- vember 25, 1905. His wife, Mary (Mason) McCarthy, was born near Home City, Hamilton county, Ohio, on the 24th of October, 1842, and now resides in Webster City, Iowa. Her grandson, Charles Allen McCarthy, whom she has reared, is living with her. Charles Allen McCarthy, the son of Charles Emery (deceased) and Jennie (McCarthy) McCarthy, was born August 8, 1894, at Blairsburg, Hamilton county, Iowa. Mrs. Fowler's parents were married in Marshall county, Illinois, September 2, 1860. They came to Iowa in November, 1872, and purchased land a half mile southwest of Blairs- burg. On the 8th of May, 1900, Mr. McCarthy went to Enid, Ok- lahoma, invested in real estate there and continued to live there until twelve days before his death. There were nine children born to this
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union, as follows: Mrs. Elsie Emeline Fowler; Charles Emery, who was born on the 15th of July, 1865, and died on the 8th of October, 1897; Ella May (McCarthy) Wells, born March 28, 1869, who now resides in Roswell, New Mexico; Walter Sherman, whose birth oc- curred on the 23d of January, 1872, and who passed away on the 23d of May, 1880; Lois Aline, who was born on the 30th of April, 1874, and died on the 9th of June, 1880; Bertie Burdette, who was born on the 21st of June, 1876, and died on the 14th of May, 1880; Cora Edith, who was born on the 19th of August, 1878, and died on the 8th of May, 1880; Everett Adelbert, whose birth occurred on the 7th of April, 1880, and who now resides in Webster City, Iowa; and Bertha Mary, who was born May 31, 1883, and passed away on the 8th of August, 1899. The four eldest children were born southeast of Wenona, La Salle county, Illinois, the younger ones a half mile southwest of Blairsburg, Hamilton county, Iowa.
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