History of Hamilton County, Iowa, Volume II, Part 38

Author: Lee, Jesse W., 1868-; S.J. Clarke Publishing Company
Publication date: 1912
Publisher: Chicago : S. J. Clarke publishing company
Number of Pages: 512


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In 1897, at Webster City, Mr. Peterson was united in marriage to Miss Annie Wonders, a daughter of William and Catherine Won-


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ders, of Webster county, this state. Her father is an agriculturist and coal mining operator. Mr. and Mrs. Peterson reside at No. 408 First street and their home is justly celebrated for its warm-hearted hospitality.


Mr. Peterson belongs to Acacia Lodge, No. 176, F. & A. M., and is a past master of Acmode Lodge, No. 412, of Modale, Iowa. He also belongs to Hope Chapter, No. 88, R. A. M., in which he is serv- ing as high priest; to Triune Commandery, No. 41, K. T .: Elmo Lodge, No. 62, I. O. O. F., and to Purity Lodge of Rebekahs in Web- ster City. He is likewise connected with the Country Club and the Commercial League and is much interested in the work of the last named in its efforts to advance business activity and promote the prog- ress and upbuilding of Webster City. Mr. Peterson possesses many of the sterling characteristics of the Swedish nation, including the de- termination, perseverance and integrity which have usually character- ized the people of that kingdom.


WILLIAM H. MINARD.


William H. Minard, who is engaged in the drug and jewelry busi- ness at Jewell Junction, has been a resident of Williams for three years. He was born in Livingston county, Illinois, on the 7th of June, 1865, and is a son of Levi and Phoebe A. ( Hall) Minard. The father was born in St. Thomas, Canada, but in his early manhood came to Illinois, where he met and married Miss Hall, a native of La Salle county, that state. The father is now deceased, having passed away in Wil- liams, but the mother is still living and makes her home in South Da- kota with a daughter. The family of Mr. and Mrs. Minard numbered five : Charles, who was born on November 20, 1858, died at the age of six years; George A., whose birth occurred September 12, 1860, a resident of Ellendale, North Dakota; Fred, who was born on the 7th of October, 1862, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; William H., our subject; and Mrs. Cora E. Rick, who was born on the 30th of July, 1874, and is residing in South Dakota. All of the family are natives of Illinois with the exception of Mrs. Rick, whose birth occurred in Rose Grove township. They resided in Illinois until October. 1869, when they crossed the prairies to Iowa, making the journey in a covered wagon, as at that time there were no railroads west of Chicago. Upon their arrival here they settled on a farm in Rose Grove township, where the


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father continued in agricultural pursuits during the remainder of his active life.


William H. Minard was a child of only four years, when he accom- panied his parents on their removal to Iowa. He was reared to man- hood in Hamilton county, obtaining his education in the common schools. In common with the majority of country youths he early became familiar with the practical methods of agriculture, devoting his energies to general farming and stock-raising in Rose Grove town- ship until 1909. In March of that year he withdrew from the work of the fields and removed to Williams. About the same time he became associated with H. L. Dow in the drug business at Story City. They conducted this enterprise until October, 1911, when they disposed of it and engaged in the drug and jewelry business at Jewell Junction. They have an attractive store, and as they carry a well assorted stock in both departments are enjoying a lucrative trade. Mr. Minard still owns one hundred and twenty acres of land in Rose Grove township. which is well improved and highly cultivated. He' is a man of enter- prising and progressive methods and was instrumental in laying the first successful drainage ditch in Hamilton county, which has ever since been known as Minard's ditch.


In this county on the 22d of May, 1889. Mr. Minard was united in marriage to Miss Ella A. McCue, who was born at Amboy, Illinois. May 15, 1864, and is a daughter of Lawrence and Anna (Fox) McCue, natives of Ireland. The family removed from Illinois to Iowa, settling in Hamilton county, in 1875. Mrs. Minard is the third in order of birth in a family. as follows: Mrs. Anna Gilday, who is residing in Fort Dodge, Iowa: Mrs. Mary Ball, of Chicago; Mrs. Minard; Thomas, who died in the vicinity of Fort Dodge; Mrs. Kate Wilkin- son, of Williams; Lawrence, station agent for the Illinois Central Rail- road Company at Nashua, Iowa; Bart, who resides in Oregon; and John, whose whereabouts are unknown. They are all natives of Am- boy, Illinois.


Mr. Minard was reared in the faith of the Methodist Episcopal denomination, but Mrs. Minard is a communicant of the Roman Cath- olic church. Fraternally he is a member of Alamo Lodge. No. 547, A. F. & A. M .. of Williams : Silver Link Lodge. No. 458. I. O. O. F .. also of Williams ; and he belongs to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks at Webster City. He votes the republican ticket and has served as trustee of Rose Grove township and also as school director. When Mr. Minard came to Iowa with his parents Hamilton county was but sparsely settled. the greater portion of its acreage being prairie land,


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and during the intervening years he has not only been an interested ob- server of the marvelous changes wrought by the enterprise and dili- gence of the settlers, but has contributed his quota toward forwarding its agricultural and commercial development.


GEORGE D. DOYLE.


George D. Doyle is a well known resident of Williams, and a mem- ber of one of Hamilton county's pioneer families. He was born in Albany, New York, on the Ist of January, 1864, and is a son of Patrick and Mary (Nash) Doyle, the former a native of Ireland and the lat- ter of Canada. In 1865, the family removed to Julien, Dubuque county, Iowa, which was their place of residence for four years. At the expiration of that time, in 1869, they came to Hamilton county. settling in Williams, which at that period contained but one house north of the railroad. Here both parents passed away at the age of sixty- nine years, the father's death occurring in 1906 and that of the mother in 1902. To them were born the following children, those beside our subject, who is the second in order of birth, being: J. H., who is a resident of Seattle, Washington; Carrie, the wife of C. E. Kane, of Williams : F. A., also living in Williams; Marcella, the deceased wife ' of Thomas Tilghman, her death occurring in Williams; Honor, who married Fielding Woods, of Williams; Stephen, who resides in North Dakota; Elizabeth, now Mrs. J. M. Murphy, of Waterloo; and a daughter, who died in infancy. The father was previously married and to him and his first wife was born one daughter, Ellen, now Mrs. James McCue, a resident of Waterloo, Iowa, and a native of Ireland.


George D. Doyle was only an infant when his parents settled in Dubuque county and a child of five years when they came to Williams. He obtained his education in the public schools and subsequently en- gaged in railroad work, but later turned his attention to farming. In 1912 he moved into the comfortable residence he owns in Williams, surrounded by eleven and a quarter acres of land.


In 1877 Mr. Doyle was married to Miss Margaret Franklin, who was born in Dixon, Lee county, Illinois, on June 9, 1866, and is a daughter of John and Bridget Franklin. The parents are both natives of Ireland, but were among the early settlers of Hamilton county and now make their home in Williams. The father was for a long period engaged. in farming in this vicinity, but is now living retired at the


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venerable age of seventy-six years, while the mother is seventy-five. Mrs. Doyle is the eldest of the six children born to her parents, the others in order of birth being as follows: William, a resident of Wil- liams, whose birth occurred on February 22, 1868; Mary, now Mrs. F. A. Doyle, of Williams, whose natal day was the 23d of October, 1870; John, who was born on July 5, 1872, of Williams; Thomas, whose birth occurred on the 23d of October, 1874, also a resident of Wil- liams ; and Nellie, who was born on June 2, 1879, of Sioux City, Iowa. With the exception of the last named they were all born in Dixon, Lee county, Illinois, but were reared and educated in Hamilton county.


Mr. and Mrs. Doyle are the parents of twelve children, all of whom are residing in Williams: George Arthur, whose birth occurred on January 26, 1888; John Henry, who was born in Cherokee, Iowa, February 3, 1890, a carpenter by trade ; May, the wife of B. H. Simp- son, whose birth occurred at Fort Dodge, Iowa, on the 19th of Feb- ruary, 1892; James, who was born March 13, 1894: Carrie, whose birth occurred on January 23, 1896; Leslie, born December 6, 1897; Vincent, who was born on the 22d of January, 1900; Florence, whose natal day was January 22, 1902; William Edward, whose birth oc- curred on December 1, 1903; Frances, who was born on the 13th of April, 1906; Everett, whose birth occurred March 10, 1908, and his death at the age of twenty-two months; and Margaret, who was born on the 16th of March, 1910. The older members of the family were reared and educated in Hamilton county.


The parents are communicants of the Roman Catholic church, in the faith of which denomination they have reared their children. Fra- ternally Mr. Doyle is affiliated with Jungle Camp, 1844, M. W. A .; Silver Link Lodge, No. 458, I. O. O. F .; and Alamo Lodge, No. 547, A. F. & A. M. His political allegiance he accords the republican party and has served as township trustee. He is public-spirited and enter- prising and both he and his family are highly esteemed in Williams. where the Doyle and Franklin families are well known, having located here when a large portion of Hamilton county was nothing but prairie, and during the intervening years have contributed their quota toward forwarding its progress and development.


INDEX


Ackley, Edward 56


Allen, H. F. 26


Allinson, W. A.


268


Crosley, V. C.


6


Cutler, Theodore. 158


Day, Isaac 338


Deo. C. A .. 155


Dick, C. A. 224


Dodge, H. R. 236


Donaldson, O. F 456


Doolittle, R. L. 393


Doyle, G. D. 479


Drake, F. J.


443


Dunkel, J. A. 259


Eittreim, O. O., Jr. 44


Eppard, E. L.


87


Everman. A. H. 430


Flaws, G. M .. 389


Foster Furniture Company 184


Fowler, A. L. 200


Frakes, A. J .. 230


Franklin, Thomas


437


Frohling, Peter


.373


Gerber, William 287


Haeger, (. H. 119


Haline, Fred. 190


Hale, Howard 156


Hall. O. A ..


148


Hammer, C. F ..


233


Handlend, Knud


309


Hanlen. William


28


Harmon, E. J


348


Channer, R. E. 20


Charlson, Stone 180


Cheever, E. E .. 126


Christenson, N. F 240


Church, Walter. .390


Cooper, G. W.


444


Cottington, Levi


.340


Vol. II-26


Crosley, G. W


5


Crosley, L. M. 357


Anderson, D. M.


407


Anderson, E. E ..


220


Anderson, William


74


Arthur, C. M. 315


Ashpole, E. E. 290


Austin, R. G. 89


Banks, P. M .. 114


Barner, G. S. .360


Barr, A. J .. 53


Bauer, Frederick 66


Bawden, N. H. 264


Bell, J. M.


466


Bergeson, G. B.


267


Black, C. W.


59


Boudinot, E. S. 104


Boysen, F. A. 219


Brandrup, P. J.


38


Branjord, O. M. C.


383


Bratnober, C. A. 330


Briggs, H. F.


437


Brinton, M. H. 462


Brown, F. E. 70


Burcham, F. H. 143


Burgess, E. D. 89


Busing, E. D .. 434


Campbell, C. V. 298


Caruth, Alexander 274


Caruth, James. 387


Cash & Lehnhard. 467


Castner, Charles


153


Heins, Henry


404


Henderson, A. C .. 276


Henderson, F. P. 96


Henderson, M. L. 83


Henderson, O. J. 78


Hill, W. H ..


327


Hjortholm, C. H.


35


481


Brandford, B. M. 367


482


INDEX


Holt. A. P. 469


Howd. C. A.


448


O'Connor, T. C. 374


Okland, P. J .. 260


Olmstead, J. E. 408


Olson, Frederick 250


Olson, O. B .. 401


Omstead, J. N. 165


Omstead. W. H. 179


Omvig. L. G. 472


Owenson, Andrew 370


Jolinson, E. I. 120


Johnson Brothers 344


Johnson, W. A. .350


Jones, J. M. 10


Kearns, W. B. 58


Keegan, E, J. 98


Keesee. H. H. 397


Keith, P. W. 205


King. E. F. 134


Landers, F. E. 160


Larson, S. J. 413


Lee, F. Q ..


48


Lee. J. W.


47


Lister, T. A.


450


Lund, F. J .. 24


Lundell, F. E. 368


Lundell, H. W


139


Lyon, E. P.


300


Lyon, J. N. 317


McCauliff, G. T. 105


McCollough, M. L. 196


McComb, E. F. 129


McConnell, W. O.


17


McCoy, Benjamin.


64


MeFerren, Rube. 30


McNab, A. B. 320


Martin, Wesley 127


Mason, F. R. & Sons. .353


Mason, L. N. 391


Mattice, M. J. 229


Metcalf, O. G. 150


Miller, J. J. 424


Minard, W. H. 477


Monroe, I. W. & W. J. 432


Mueller, A. F. 110


Murphy, Dennis


177


Murphy. J. H. 346


Nelson. C. C. 217


Nelson, J. A. 155


Nelson, O. G. 299


Norton, M. K. 461


Parry, John. 80


Pederson, T. E. 238


Pehrson, Nels .396


Pelz, Robert. 280


Peterson, Edward. 359


Peterson, J. E. 385


Peterson, J. J.


147


Peterson, L. M. & C. E ..


376


Peterson, P. L.


306


Phillops, P. M. 377


Pote, R. W. 189


Prescott, G. O ..


470


Pringle, S. D.


90


Pyle, W. C.


144


Quackenbush, J. E.


50


Ramsay, J. J .. 329


Rankin, James 270


Reinhardt, Frank 169


Reinhardt, H. F. 420


Richards, H. D ..


164


Richardson, J. M.


245


Richeson, C. H.


118


Riek, W. H.


294


Ricke, Clemence. 198


Robbins, Clemuel. 207


Rodine, C. A.


239


Ross, A. W ...


257


Rothrock, E.' A.


324


Runkle, F. C. 474


Rutledge, T. D.


116


Sagar, Theodore 79


Sanders, C. A. 186


Satter, F. O. 308


Sayre, J. W. 175


Sayrs, I. J.


124


Schomer, Peter 86


Schroder, F. A. 398


Schweppe, E. H. 423


Schweppe, J. L. 439


Scott, John 137


Segar, B. E.


339


Segar, Emmert


135


Howes E. G .. 452


Huddlestun, F. 170


Hughes, A. C. .256


Hunter, D. L .. 34


Hunter, J. R. C. 416


Hunter, W. F. 33


Hurd, R. J. 409


Hyatt. N. P. 405


Oakland, W. T. 76


INDEX


Segar, G. B. 335


Sexy, O. N 380


Simpson, A. J. 254


Sloan, J. S.


.336


Underwood, E. L. 326


Van Winkle, John


194


Vorhes, B. F. 296


Walterick, L. G. 130


Wehrheim, Jolın. 22~


Weleli, G. N. 429


Westre, Lewis. 289


Whitham, W. L. .210


Whitley, F. E. 458


Wilder, F. A .. 436


Wilkinson, C. A.


314


Wilkinson, J. W. 278


Wille, H. F. 60


Williams, Jacob. 319


Willson, F. E ..


73


Taylor, F. N. 140


Tedrow, J. B.


45


Templer, D. D. C.


473


Thompson, B. N.


422


Thompson, G. D .. 248


Thompson, Henry .386


Thoreson, C. J ...


279


Yungelas, H. T. 449


Zeihan, Peter


225


2 -


483 848


Trotter, H. B. .310


Tucker, G. C. 36


Smith, C. T. 215


Smith. H. C ..


.366


Smith, Isaac.


304


Sogard, Simon 334


Sowers, Albert 68


Sowers, Guy. 460


Sowers, Pearly 213


Sparboe, Carl 440


Sparboe, H. M. 8


Sparboe, J. H. 94


Streveler, W. J. 108


Svenson, J. F. B. 49


Swanson, A. W. 426


Swanson, P. A. 347


Talcott, J. P 100


Willson, W. H.


364


Worthington, W. I. 246


Young, Calvin 174


Young, F. D .. 40


Young. J. W. 167


Tilghman. C. M. 284


Todnem. Peter.


235


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