History of Jackson County, Iowa; Volume I, Part 100

Author: Ellis, James Whitcomb, 1848-; Clarke, S. J., publishing company
Publication date: 1910
Publisher: Chicago, S. J. Clarke Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 730

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I often recall our music lessons which were given winter evenings by Mr. Gib Hunt who divided the scholars into the different parts of bass, tenor, soprano, and alto, and when we became proficient to take our parts, we would sing together the songs of the day, and to one outside of the little schoolhouse it must have sounded like a circus calliope as there was scarcely a musical voice in the crowd, for none of them have turned out to be a musician. But Mr. Hunt got paid for his work and we had the amusement.

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The girls that I can recall were: Candace and Emma Farr, Alice Haskell, Emma Grant, Adelaide and Luella Nims, Margaret Miller, a Miss Keeley, and Josie Whitmore. They were all a noble and true hearted lot of young women who have since married, and I hope each of their lives have been one of continual happiness.

Those of the class who have since died are : Albert Hilton, Morris Gardner, Albert Miller, all of the Whitmore Boys, Samuel Grant, Philo Nims, Edgar Wells and Josie Whitmore. The rest are now living in Jackson county, with the ex- ception of Dr. Harmon Farr, of Madrid, Iowa; Attorney Edgar Farr, of Sioux City, Iowa; Cline Lyall, contractor, of Texas; Geo. Miller, ranchman, of Mon- tana; Louis and Chas. Haskell; Henry Meyers, and Henry Hilton, whose whereabouts are unknown to me; John Keeley, a policeman of Chicago; and myself. In those days there was the best of feeling among our parents. All felt themselves an equal, but not superior to their neighbors, and such things as quarrels and disagreements never occurred among them. My business as a medical specialist in the metropolitan cities of Chicago, New York, Boston, and San Francisco during the past fifteen years has brought me in contact with the wealthier class of people, and I have noted the greed and avarice for wealth ; the struggle for position in society ; the scandal that is ever prevalent, and in mind have often thought these people were occupying an unenviable position as compared with those pioneer settlers of Jackson county, all of whom are now dead, with the exception of Mrs. Farr and Mrs. Grant, who I understand are still living and reaping the merited reward of their early privations, for there was no luxury for us at that time.

In those days Maquoketa was only a small village, and I distinctly remem- ber the erection of the three story brick blocks on each side of Main street. I saw the first steamboat that came up the Maquoketa River and stopped at the county bridge at Bridgeport which was afterward torn down by Mr. Dorm Clary in order that boats might navigate up to Maquoketa. These were truly happy days for us all, and I do not think a single one looks back with regret upon any- thing he may have done in the early times. To all those living whose names are mentioned in this article, I wish happiness and prosperity for the balance of their days.

FRANK H. WRAY, M. D., Elgin, Illinois.

ONE OF THE EARLY STAGE DRIVERS FROM DUBUQUE TO WRIGHT'S CORNERS.

Editors Sentinel: Noticing that you are about to issue a souvenir number of your paper, on account of its fiftieth milestone being reached, and as I was one of the original first subscribers to the Sentinel, giving your father, W. C. Swigert, my name before there was a copy of the paper issued, I thought I would write you a short account of my early life in Iowa.

My father's family left Oneida county, New York, in August, 1838, headed for the land of promise on the west banks of the Mississippi, having received glow- ing accounts of the richness of the soil and the cheapness of the land, etc., from my uncle, a-Mr. James Kelly, who came to the state about 1835. Our trip was made overland by wagon to Buffalo, New York; from there by steamer to Detroit, Michigan ; then again we started with our wagon, coming via Chicago where we spent one of the Sundays of our trip. Chicago at that time was only a small vil- lage. We reached the Mississippi River at Savanna, Illinois, thinking we could cross there, but had to drive north to Galena, where we crossed by ferry to Du- buque, staying the first night at Tim Finnigan's hotel.

My father settled on Tete des Morts Creek, near St. Donatus, in September, 1838. The neighbors were few, among them being my uncle, James Kelly, H. K. Magoon, Frederick Etting, Barney Saunders, Simpsons, and Fredericks. At this time the country you may say was in its native state, only a few small patches

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being cleared near the cabins. The Indians were not numerous in these sections but we heard at various times that they planned to massacre the white settlers.

One of our neighbors in after years was Montgomery, the man who killed Brown north of Maquoketa.

In 1847 my people moved to Lamotte. In 1853-4, I drove stage from Dubuque to Wright's Corners, and it was on one of these trips that one of my passengers, I afterward found out, was W. C. Swigert, the founder of the Sentinel. It was to him I gave my name as a subscriber to the paper which he was about to estab- lish and I received the first number of the paper. At this time the principal busi- ness men of Maquoketa were Jonas Clark, John E. Goodenow, Pierce Mitchell, Geo. D. Lyon, P. M., Alonzo Spaulding and C. C. Billups, better known as "Clum."

Some two years ago I passed over the route or a part of it, that I used to drive over in 1853 and 1854, and visited the place of original settlement in Jackson county, but things have changed. The timber is gone and instead there are fine houses and barns showing that prosperous farmers live where there used to be log cabins and small patches of land cleared to raise the crops. Some of the old settlers of Tete des Morts are still living, but very few. Dexter Fields, spoken of in your paper, spent his first winter in Iowa with my father's family teaching in the district school. Having seen the Sentinel grow both in size and usefulness in the past fifteen years I can only wish it the success that it should have for the future.

Respectfully yours,

NELSON POTTER.

Anamosa, Iowa, March 24, 1904.

FARMERS CREEK.

I am indebted to Mr. E. D. Shinkle, now a resident of Maquoketa, a pioneer and a son of a pioneer, for a large part of the information in relation to a group of pioneers who, if not the very first settlers in the forks of the Maquoketa, were certainly among the first, for I have been unable thus far to get any record of a settlement earlier than the spring of 1836. According to Mr. Shinkle's account, Daniel Shinkle, David and Thomas Owens, Jesse Pate, Barney White, Jones Ed- wards, and Ben Copeland, a son-in-law of Edwards, came from their homes on Fever River near Galena, Illinois, in the fall of 1835, to the forks of the Maquo- keta, to hunt game and bees in the then unbroken forests of the country embraced in Farmers Creek and South Fork townships. The country pleased them so much, being similar to the country from which they originally came, Ohio, that they de- cided to take up claims, and build homes here, and accordingly marked off claims as was the custom at that period by blazing trees around their several claims, and in the early spring of 1836, came back and built cabins and commenced moving into the claims as fast as the cabins could be got ready, all but Shinkle moving over in 1836. Shinkle left his family near Galena until 1838, dividing his time and labor between the claim and the lead mines.

Jesse Pate located on what became by survey, the southwest corner of section 36, in Farmers Creek township on lands that have been known for seventy-three years as the Dr. Usher farm.

Jones Edwards located on the southeast quarter and Daniel Shinkle on the northeast quarter of the same section. Barney White located on and built a cabin on what became section 1, South Fork township, now owned by Asa Struble, and Ben Copeland located on what is now part of section 31, Perry township, which is now occupied by the family of the late Isaac McPeak. David Owen's grandfather, E. D. Shinkle, located on southeast quarter of section 25, Farmers Creek town- ship, which was later known as the Martin Flinn farm and still later became known as part of the George Cooper farm. Mr. Shinkle says that he heard his father say that at the time they made their claims in the forks, the nearest cabin was at the foot of the long hill south of Bellevue.

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The first grain raised by the settlers had to be taken to Galena to be ground and that the first mill erected west of the Mississippi was built at Cat Fish and they patronized that until the mill on Mill Creek near Maquoketa, known as the McCloy Mill, was built. Daniel Shinkle rove out shakes or clapboards, to side up and shingle the McCloy Mill as there was no lumber to be had at that time, but David Owens was one of the first millers at that mill. There was no ele- vator in then, and the wheat when ground was run into a meal chest, and then carried up a ladder to a boiler by the miller in a half bushel measure.

These first settlers experienced hard times in the first year of their settle- ment here. One year their seed corn was poor and their crop a failure on that account.

On the day that Daniel Shinkle left the new settlement to go and move his family to his claim, he and six other persons had only for their dinner two small wild pigeons and four or five small potatoes. Mr. Shinkle crossed the river at Smith's Ferry above Bellevue on a small row boat railed around the sides with fence rails, and it took an entire day to get the family, and stock, etc., over the river. While crossing with their cattle, a heifer jumped over the railing and it · seemed for a time would drown, but a rope was thrown over her head and she was towed across. When the family arrived at the claim they found a log cabin made of round logs, built like a pen and covered with stakes split out of trees, without any floor and the nettles and other weeds were knee high in the cabin. Mr. Shinkle says that the prospect was so discouraging that his mother broke down and cried. He also says that his grandfather, David Owens, helped to build the first mill built on Farmers Creek, which was built by Hazen and Morden, and was the first miller at that mill. The mill is best known as the Greener Mill.

Mr. Shinkle attended a famous Fourth of July celebration in Andrew during the county seat contest between Andrew and Bellevue, wherein the citizens of Andrew gave a free dinner to the public which doubtless proved a good factor in the contest, and contributed no little to the victory scored by Andrew. He was also present and witnessed the execution of Joseph Jackson for the murder of Perkins. Jackson was hanged in Andrew in July, 1842. Shinkle saw him brought down from Butterworth's Tavern and placed on a box or platform on a wagon which was driven under a tree. The rope was fastened to a limb and the other end adjusted around Jackson's neck and the wagon pulled out from under him leaving him suspended in the air, the twist in the rope swinging him around and around. Jackson had been told that if his neck was not broken that the doctors would resuscitate him after he had been hanged and as the penalty had been paid he would be free to go where he chose. Consequently he laid the weight of his body on the rope as soon as it was tied and was allowed to strangle, the sheriff not taking any chances by limiting the time.

Mr. Shinkle says the first school he attended was taught by a Miss Nancy Range, in one end of a cabin occupied by the family of Dr. Chas. Usher, Miss Range being a sister of Mrs. Sherwood whose family at that time lived on what is now known as the Ellis farm, in South Fork township. 'A daughter of Sher- woods married a Dr. Martin who, at one time, was well known in Maquoketa.

Mr. Shinkle remembers well the great excitement caused by a well that he was digging, caving in on and killing Peter Jerman on land now owned and occupied by A. J. York, in South Fork township. Few men have been permitted to note such a wonderful transformation in a country in which they spent their lives as Mr. Shinkle has. He has seen a dense, unbroken forest entirely removed and in its stead, beautiful towns, villages, rich farms and prosperous, happy homes.

The Shinkle and Owens families were pioneers of Illinois, as well as of Iowa. Daniel Shinkle was born in Brown county, Ohio, in 1805, and when sixteen years old came with his parents west to where the city of Springfield, Illinois, now stands. David Owens owned about five hundred acres at that time along

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the Sangamon River, and when Daniel Shinkle married Nancy Owens, her father owned eighty acres of land on which they made a home and on which E. D. Shinkle was born and which the town of Decatur was afterward built.

At the close of the Black Hawk war, the Owens and Shinkle families sold out their interests at Decatur and removed to the lead mines near Galena, where they remained until coming to Jackson county, Iowa, in 1835 and 1836. David Owens spent his last days with the Shinkle family and was buried in the old Parsonage burying ground, on section 36, Farmers Creek township. While I am convinced that there were no earlier settlers than the parties named above, I am aware that quite a large number of settlers came to this part of the country in 1836. Steve and Ben Esgate took up claims at that time near where the Esgate schoolhouse now stands about two miles west of the Shinkle settlement, and quite a colony came to Fulton, in 1836. While I can remember very well and can still locate all the sites of the first cabins for miles around my home, I find it very difficult to learn but little of the people who built them, for the reason that the first settlers have long since passed away and their descendants have moved away. Anson H. Wilson, I believe is the last of the old pioneers who came here in the '3os as a grown up man, but there are a few descendants of pioneers like Mr. Shinkle, Mr. Isaiah Cooley, and Rev. J. W. Said, who have a vivid recollection of pioneer times. `A large per cent of the settlers of 1836 came from the lead mines near Galena, and not a few of them had participated in the Black Hawk war. Among the latter class of whom I was personally ac- quainted was Nathan and Jesse Said, Mr. Buchner, their brother-in-law and old Mr. Furnish, all of whom settled in the fork of the Maquoketa.

HISTORY OF BRANDON AND FARMERS CREEK TOWNSHIPS

PRIOR TO 1850. (By Levi Wagoner.)

In looking over the annals of Jackson county, I find nothing definite on record of the early settlements of that part of the county embracing the west- ern part of Farmers Creek and the eastern part of Brandon townships. In this territory there was already a flourishing settlement in 1850 when the writer first visited Jackson county. This settlement derived its name from the Rev. E. Larkey, who was probably the first to make a permanent home at the cross roads which at that time was called Larkey's Corners. Here was already what might be called a model settlement, a settlement of intelligent men and women, a schoolhouse that did credit to its founders at that early date, a place for divine worship, a Sunday school, and a well organized literary society of good grade, all these were already in evidence in 1850 when the writer formed his first acquaintance with the pioneers, some of whom made their beginning as early as 1844.

Mr. Allen H. Buchner, Sr., was the first of my intimate acquaintances in 1850, who was already staked down in this settlement. He was a man of genial disposition, well informed, and easy to approach, in fact, he was a sort of encyclopedia of useful knowledge that gave him a prestige over his neigh- bors and made him a central figure in whatever society he chanced to enter. But there were others in this settlement scarcely less noted. A stranger com- ing from the eastern states, believing, as many of them did, that the sun rose and set east of the Alleghany Mountains, often found themselves outwitted by these sturdy pioneers in the Larkey settlement. Most of these old settlers had acquired their notoriety and prestige by their long experience of frontier life, and among these old veterans were probably more ministers of the gospel than could be found in any other districts of like size and population in Jack- son county. First, Rev. E. Larkey, Nathan Said, Thos. Said, Russell Dutton, and later came J. W. Said to the rostrum. All of these the writer frequently had the privilege of hearing expound the Word, and all of these had the rare

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gift of extemporaneous speaking and that without notes. And yet another that should be included among the ministers, was Rev. Dr. Blackburn, a man of far more than ordinary ability.

My personal knowledge of this community dates back to 1850, and as to the dates of arrival of these first settlers prior to 1850, I have no correct knowledge, but through the kindness of Mr. R. H. Buchner, I present the reader a facsimile list furnished by him to assist in giving correct names and dates which I subjoin to what has already been said. And now Mr. Buchner sends me the following list of names and dates which read as follows :

"My father, Allen H. Buchner, was born June 28, 1821, in Canada, and grew to manhood in that country. Afterward he crossed to the states and worked on the Erie and Welland canals for several seasons, after which he sailed on the lakes for several years and left the last boat he sailed on at the present city of Chicago, and, crossing Illinois on foot, came to Iowa in 1844, where he made his home in Jackson county until 1876. He again moved to Kansas, where he lived a number of years, when old age and infirmity caused him to give up farming and he again returned to Jackson county, and died at the home of his son, J. A. Buchner, in the city of Maquoketa, February 14, 1894. He was married to Emily Furnish, August 8, 1845. My mother was born in Illinois, April 19, 1829, and died September 8, 1900. My grandfather, Thos. Furnish, came across the river from the Galena lead mines in 1836. He was among the earliest pioneers who came to make a home in Iowa. He was born May 16, 1803, and grew to manhood in Kentucky, and was married before leaving that state. Grandmother Furnish was a sister to Nathan Said, and was born May 6, 1807. They raised a family of six boys and four girls, all of whom are living (1908), and are married and scattered over the western states, from Indian Territory to Oregon. My grandfather Furnish learned to be inspired with an ambition to be on the frontier of civilization. He made one trip to western Iowa to settle, but he had to return as he got so far away from supplies that he could not procure the necessities of life. About 1856 he again crossed the Missouri and located in northeast Kansas. He again crossed the plains with an ox team, at the time of the Pike's Peak gold excitement, but returned, as many others did, disappointed. At the time of our Civil war he was forced to leave his Kansas home on account of the guerrilla warfare be- tween Missouri and Kansas. He came back to Iowa and stayed until after the war, and then again returned to his Kansas home, where he died at a ripe old age. Grandmother Furnish lived to join in the rush to Oklahoma, with her sons, who inherited the disposition of their father to be on the frontier, and she died in that territory at an age of but a little short of one hundred years.

"Nathan Said, Jesse Said, Bartlett Said, Caleb Said and Thomas Said, all brothers, came from Illinois at about the same time that grandfather did, and located on land in western Farmers Creek and eastern Brandon townships. I neglected to say in its proper connection that my grandfather Furnish served in the Black Hawk war, playing fife in a military band, and was present at the Brown raid, known as the Bellevue war, and also at the hanging of Grifford and Barger, and was prominent in assisting to break up the lawless combina- tions of that early date.

"Eliakim Wilson, father of Eli Wilson, now of Iron Hills, Edward Larkey, Geo. Larkey, James Dillon, son in law of Edward Larkey, Russell Dutton, a Mr. Dutton, the father of Ezra and Emory Dutton; David McDonald, and possibly others that I cannot now call to mind, settled at an early date in Farmers Creek township, in sections 17 and 18. Most of the last named parties came from Nauvoo, Illinois, soon after the raid that drove the Mormons out.

"Mr. Barger, who killed his wife, settled in Brandon township, in section 13, and was living there in 1849. when he went to California, and on his return a few years later to find his wife had a child in his absence, is supposed to have caused the trouble that led to the killing of his wife. Barger lived on land

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adjoining my father's place, and my people knew the inside of that case better than the general public did."

The above statement is substantially as received from my informant, R. H. Buchner, and serves to post the reader with the beginning and progress of the Larkey settlement prior to 1850.

LAMOTTE.

(Hon. William Moran.)

Among the busy, thriving little towns of the county, Lamotte stands very near the head in the amount of business transacted. There was a postoffice, stores and blacksmith shop and saloon there away back before the war. But the village did not grow much until after the railroad came in 1879. The town was platted in 1873, and was incorporated March 18, 1879, and soon became a substantial growth.

A fine public school building was erected in 1903, and the parochial school in 1908. The Catholic church was built in 1893 and the parochial residence in 1904. The first resident priest was Rev. Luchorman, who died there. The present priest is Rev. Friedman.

The first postmaster was Z. Montague, who was succeeded by Hon. John Wilson. N. A. Hoffman bought the general store of Mr. Wilson and was made deputy postmaster by Wilson, and later was appointed postmaster and held the office until Cleveland's second term, when Hon. N. B. Nemmers was appointed. At the end of four years the administration changed and as Mr. Hoffman had changed his politics, he was again appointed to the office and still holds the job.

The German American Savings Bank was organized and opened its books for business in 1896. T. J. Lambe has been the cashier during all of its exist- ence.

Lamotte city officials : Mayor, J. H. Ahlers; recorder, N. A. Hoffman ; treasurer, N. B. Nemmers ; assessor, J. T. Reddin. Councilmen-Dr. J. C. Mueller, Thomas Dauherty, John R. Dunn, F. R. Ahlers, M. A. Hingtgen, F. R. Harris. Postmaster, N. A. Hoffman. R. F. D. carriers, Mark Reddin, route 2; Nicholas Ehlinger. School directory-President, N. A. Hoffman ; secretary, P. J. Lang; treasurer, H. L. Goodsell; principal, S. W. Mitchell ; primary, Mrs. Nellie Reddin ; directors, N. A. Hoffman, Wm. Moran, J. Cahill, Dan J. Gibbs, Will Thompson. Churches-Holy Rosary Catholic church, Rev. Father Friedman, pastor : Methodist Episcopal church, Rev. Bailey, pastor.

OTHER TOWNS OF JACKSON COUNTY.

COTTONVILLE.

Cottonville, in Richland township, on the Maquoketa and Dubuque wagon road, was, prior to and during the Civil war, a thriving little town; at that time there was two general stores, one kept by Mrs. Eliza Wasson, whose husband was in the army and lost his life there. Mrs. Wasson sold out to Mr. A. G. Abbey. Frank Purdy also kept a general store, and Port Jamison had a grocery store. Wm. Rice had a shoe shop, as did one Farrington. There was a blacksmith shop, wagon shop, postoffice, and saloon, and a Methodist church. But the once bright prospect withered and died with the coming of the railroad to Lamotte. The Methodists moved away and the church fell into decay. There remains now only a little store on the corner, and a black- smith shop in the once thrifty little town.

ZWINGLE.

This old town, located on the line of Dubuque and Jackson counties, about four miles northwest of Lamotte, although on a railroad, has made but little

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progress in the past fifty years. Daniel Court was the earliest permanent settler coming here in 1846, and his brother Albert, coming two years later, and the locality was known for a long time as the Court neighborhood or set- tlement. The first settlers were nearly all from Pennsylvania. Dan Court was a man of considerable ability and was twice elected a member of the legislature for Dubuque county. Rev. F. Bauman came to where Zwingle is now located, on April 17, 1853, and established the first Reformed church es- tablished in Iowa, and was its pastor until his death in 1909. He also organ- ized a church at Iron Hills, in the early '50s. There was an effort made in 1908-1909 to incorporate the town of Zwingle, but the articles of incorporation were never completed.

SPRAGUEVILLE.

Spragueville is another ancient village and once prospered, but was blighted by a railroad that came near, yet too far. The village was named for one Sprague, who settled there in 1841 and built a mill, which had his name dur- ing its existence. A large flouring mill was built on the site later known as the Spragueville Mills.

The new town of Preston, on the railroad, drew the trade away from Spragueville, and the burg was in a state of innocuous desultude for many years. The screech of the locomotive in the green island cutoff, is now heard in the ancient village; but while many trains pass through, none stop. If the rail- road company can be induced to build a station there, the old town may take on new life.

MILL ROCK.

Mill Rock was platted in 1854 by D. L. Royer, John McCullon, W. H. Rosenburger, William Wilcox, Henry Stuperan, John Cubb. There was a fine flouring mill there at one time, and a nice little village. But the railroad passed it by, and it is a little more than a tradition or memory now.

IRON HILLS. .

Iron Hills had a postoffice started in the early '50s, as well as numerous cooper shops. It was made famous in 1857 by the organization of a vigilance committee there, of which the postmaster and merchant was captain and leader. The Bowling brothers, Frank, Howard, Harris, William and Field- ing, were among the earliest settlers coming to the territory in 1838. Edward Flathers came to that locality in 1842, and Oliver Jerman and Henry Jarrett came in the '30s.

Frank Bowling platted what is now known as West Iron Hill, April 5, 1859, in section 30, township 85, range I. At present there is a general store, black- smith shop, and Free Methodist church and telephone exchange.

NASHVILLE.

Nashville is a station on the Midland Railroad, seven miles west of Ma- quoketa, has three general stores, a postoffice, blacksmith and repair shops, and a church.

BALDWIN.

Baldwin is a small town on the Midland Railroad, in Monmouth township, with a population of about three hundred people; has several general stores ; drug store, harness shop, meat market, hotel, saloon, restaurant, livery barn, barber shop, and is a hustling little burg.

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MON MOUTH.

Monmouth is another station on the Midland, in the same township, and about two miles west of Baldwin ; has about the same number of inhabitants and about the same number of business houses. It is a thrifty little town.

OZARK.

Ozark, which once boasted a postoffice, gristmill, sawmill and woolen mill, has been wiped off the map, so far as any pretention to building a town or village.

CANTON.

Canton, once a scene of great commercial activity, retains but little of former greatness. We give it a more extensive write up in another sketch.

OTTER CREEK.

Otter Creek, an early day postoffice village, must have deteriorated very much in forty or fifty years. It is claimed that thirty years ago, it had two stores, a gristmill, blacksmith shop, and wagon shop. At the present time there is one store, a creamery, blacksmith shop and wood repair shop. The first store on the present site of Otter Creek, owned and conducted by Ed. Beck, in 1856; he sold out to Abe Beck in 1862. McAllister followed Beck and Chris Denlinger bought out McAllister and conducted the store for sev- eral years. The first store was on the south side of the road and east of the present store. Flannery built the present store building, and conducted a store there, with good success for many years, selling building and stock to T. J. McCarthy about 1891-2.

Zacaria Burns was the first settler in this locality, coming there in 1845, and the place was known for many years as the Burns settlement. Burns owned the farm now owned by Thomas Ryan, just west of the Catholic church, one of the Millsaps owned land that is now a part of Levi Hutchins' farm.

INDEX

Introductory

State of Iowa

Government

School system

The Ingles tragedy.

234

The Indian and his fate.

Black Hawk

Territorial history

Indian purchases, reserves and treaties 32

Spanish grants

The Half-breed tract

Early settlements

Calvin Nelson and John B. Bucklin .. 246

Death of Watkins

recalls

famous

Constitutional conventions of Iowa.

Organization of Jackson county.

murder

263

Early settlements in Jackson county

Population of Jackson county.

Early post offices in Jackson county 66

Public officials

How Iowa City became the territorial capital 50

The last of the red men in Jackson county 61

Our territorial pioneers

The bar of Jackson county.

Memorabilia

Notes on geology

114

Devastations

121

Military history of Jackson county. 126

Territorial militia

128

Missouri boundary war.

131

Brush creek rangers.

133

Mexican war volunteers.

136

Jackson county in the Civil war

141

Soldiers' festival

148

Jackson county soldiers in the Civil war 149

Colonel Joseph J. Woods

190

Colonel J. W. Jenkins. 201

Captain Andrew William Drips 205

William Ellis

214

Jackson county veteran association. .215

Jackson county in the Spanish war ..

.216

Roll of company

219

The Union Veteran's Union.

220

Some of the criminal history of Jackson county 221

Groff Davis tragedy.

221

Only legal execution of the death pen- alty in Jackson county. 223

Killing of Andrew M. Brown.

227

State of Iowa vs. Absalom

Mont-

gomery

228

Thrilling crimes in pioneer days ...... 230

State vs. Esther Conklin, Aminadad

Conklin, Elijah Conklin.

231

Mobs in Jackson county

236

The Iron Hills Vigilantes

239

Hanging of horse thieves

241

Killing of Michael Reating

243

The McArdle murder

.244 .

The Cottonville tragedy 244

State of Iowa vs. Samuel P. Watkins,

Killing of Melius Boser.

.269

Shot down while defending his sister's

honor

273

Killing of Hi Hoover.

275

State of Iowa vs. Henry Weston.

275

Mina Keil murder ..

278

Trial of Christian Eckerlebe

279

Murder of A. D. Rowland.

296

State of Iowa vs. George Morehead ... 297

Killing of Henry Schaper

298

Counterfeiter redeemed by patriotism .. 300

Early day inquests.

302

Reminiscences

314

Jackson County Historical Society.

.314

William Burlson writes of the early

days

317

Marcus D. Littell.

319

Oldest Iowa pioneer passes away

319

Alexander Reed

321

S. D. Tubbs ..

322

Discovers an old grave.

321

Anson H. Wilson ..

325

A half hour with Uncle Ance Wilson .. 334

A buckeye Christmas

337

Mrs. Anna E. Wilson.

339

Jacques Charpiot

.341

Isaiah Cooley

342

W. P. Dunlap

343

Early Pioneers

,345

A reminder of the old times

347

The father of Maquoketa ..

351

Recollections of Dan Coakley

352

Some of the old mills.

355

.359

Personal recollections by J. W. Ellis.

Recollection of early days.

362

B. B. Breeden

364

Death of Joseph Henrie

365

An old campaign flag.

365

Prairie Springs township

fifty

years

ago

366

Burns settlement

367

Dr. M. J. Belden

368

County seat contests in Jackson county The judiciary 85

Jackson county press.

104

Geology of Jackson county

706

INDEX

Captain John H. Weber 370

W. P. Ward. 372

The Phillips family 372 Early schools of Maquoketa .574

Osborne Sampson 377

The Summers family. 379

Arnold Reiling and wife 381

W. H. Reed.

.382

Personal estimate of Dr. Holt. .385

F. C. Bauman

387

Boardman .388

Philip Burr Bradley. 391

William M. Stephens .393

Some old log houses.

395

When the Claim society was supreme. . 396 A worthy tribute to the early pioneers. 397 Letter from an old pioneer. 399

Address of Charles Wyckoff at an old settlers' meeting .401

The Bellevue war 403

Among the early settlers of Bellevue .. 476

Bellevue homecoming 481

Historical address by Hon. William

Graham

.482

· Bellevue now and twenty years ago

488

St. Joseph's church. .495

Andrew

496

Monument dedicated to Mancel Briggs. 500 Sabula 522

Sabula and its environs as they were

in '43

539

Reminiscences of Sabula 542

Miles in its pioneer days. . 549

Maquoketa

. 553

Mrs. S. F. Kelso's reminiscence of the old sod-covered schoolhouse. . .. 573

Early steamboating on the Maquoketa river 586

Reminiscences of fifty years ago ... 602

A Gala Day in Maquoketa. 606

Address by Mrs. Goodenow-Anderson at the Old Settlers' meeting .. .608 Maquoketa township record fifty-nine years old 610

Business men of Maquoketa in '57

614

Recollections of early days.

616

Maquoketa's homecoming 624

From the Sentinel of August 26, 1858. . 646 The Women's Clubs . 649

Territorial pioneers 653

Journal of a missionary in Jackson

county

.665

Preston

674

Canton in 1850 686

Ozark fifty years ago. 688

Crabbtown fifty years ago . 689

Washington Mills

691

Zwingle in 1846.

693

Early days in and about Bridgeport. . 695 One of the early stage drivers from Dubuque to Wright's Corners ...... 696 Farmers Creek 697

History of Brandon and Farmers Creek

townships prior to '50 ..

699

Other towns of Jackson county

701

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History of Jackson County, Iowa; Volume I, Part 100

Author: Ellis, James Whitcomb, 1848-; Clarke, S. J., publishing company Publication date: 1910 Publisher: Chicago, S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. Number of Pages: 730

Author: Ellis, James Whitcomb, 1848-; Clarke, S. J., publishing company
Publication date: 1910
Publisher: Chicago, S. J. Clarke Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 730