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Captain Phillips was mustered out of service July 4, 1865, at Davenport, and immediately returned to Jackson county, where he purchased a farm about six miles west of Bellevue. On this he made his home for a number of years and when the law was passed, whereby the old plan of a supervisor for every township was superseded by the plan of three supervisors for the entire county, he was elected to the board. He again became a candidate and, although the district had a normal democratic majority of six hundred, he was defeated by only thirty-two votes-a fact which indicated his great per- sonal popularity and the confidence reposed in him by his fellow townsmen. Captain Phillips continued to engage in general farming until 1870, when he removed to Andrew and there conducted a store. Later he disposed of that business and established the first creamery in Jackson county, conducting it for three years engaged in the drug business, which he established and con- which he was associated for twenty-four years, beginning in 1882. In 1906 he was appointed postmaster of Maquoketa and in June of that year his knowl-
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edge of the railway mail service caused him to inaugurate many changes in the Maquoketa postoffice. Today the little city has one of the best equipped and best managed postoffices in the state, Captain Phillips remaining in charge and giving a business-like and practical administration of the duties of the position.
On the 23d of August, 1863, Mr. Phillips was married to Miss Mary Melissa King, of Jackson county, the wedding being celebrated during a thirty days' furlough which had been granted Captain Phillips for meritorious service. Unto this marriage were born the following children: Wiley M., who is en- gaged in the laundry business in Crookston, Minnesota ; Charles W., of Des Moines, who for fourteen years was secretary of the state board of pharmacy but recently resigned on account of his health and is at present engaged in land investment in Oklahoma ; and Edd A., a practicing dentist of Maquoketa.
Captain Phillips is a republican in politics and few men are more thor- oughly or accurately informed concerning the vital questions and issues of the day. Fraternally he is connected with Helion Lodge, No. 36, A. F. & A. M .; Bath Kol Chapter, No. 94, R. A. M .; Tancred Commandery, No. 40, K. T .; and Kaaba Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S. He also belongs to the R. M. Smith Post, G. A. R., of Andrew, this county, and throughout his entire life he has been as true and loyal to his country in days of peace as when he wore the blue uniform and defended the stars and stripes upon the battlefields of the south.
MICHAEL FARLEY.
Michael Farley is now living retired in the village of Preston after a long period of marked activity, for not only did he carry on farming with an energy and industry that brought him large success, but he also did all the carpentering and blacksmithing needed upon his place. A native of Jackson county, he was born in Van Buren township, June 12, 1856, and has spent his whole life in this section of Iowa. He is indebted to the district schools of the township for his education, although his studies were more or less interrupted by his duties at home, for as soon as he was able to handle a plow he assisted his father in the work of the fields. He remained at home until he attained his majority and then at the age of twenty-two he engaged in farming for himself on a tract of land given him by his father. Through careful and systematic methods he brought his soil to a high state of cultivation, and made many improvements upon the place, doing all the carpentering and blacksmithing himself, although he had never learned those trades, but had natural skill in handling tools. For more than a quarter of a century he was actively engaged in growing the cereals best adapted to the soil and climate, and as his industry was the measure of his success, he derived therefrom such a generous income that in 1904 he felt he was justified in retiring. He is now residing on the outskirts of the village of Pres- ton, and enjoys not only many of the comforts of life but also many of the luxuries.
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Mr. Farley has been twice married. In 1880 he wedded Miss Ida Kimball, a daughter of Nelson Kimball, an old settler of Jackson county, and they had four children: Pearl, who is the wife of Ralph Hauser, of Whitten, Iowa; Carlton, who is residing in Clinton county, Iowa; Everet, who is attending school in Davenport; and Roy, who died in infancy. Mrs. Farley died in 1887 and in 1888 Mr. Farley was united in marriage to Miss Mary McLaughlin, a daughter of James McLaughlin, of Clinton county. There were five children born of this union, namely: Chris, who died in infancy; Vera, who is sixteen years of age and lives at home; and Inez, Eola and Basil, who are also at home.
In his political views Mr. Farley has always been a stanch democrat since age conferred upon him the right of franchise. Mrs. Farley and the other mem- bers of the family are faithful communicants of the Catholic church. . In his daily conduct Mr. Farley has ever been actuated by the highest principles of honorable manhood in his relations to his fellowmen, and during the long period in which he has been connected with Van Buren township he has continually exemplified the truth of the Emersonian philosophy that "the way to win a friend is to be one."
FREDERICK B. GOODENOW.
Frederick B. Goodenow, a well known and enterprising agriculturist and stock raiser of South Fork township, is busily engaged in the operation of a farm comprising one hundred and thirty-four acres of rich and productive land. He was born in Maquoketa, Jackson county, Iowa, on the 2d of March, 1881, his parents being George E. and Ella (LeVan) Goodenow, also natives of this county. A sketch of John E. Goodenow, the paternal grandfather of our sub- ject, appears on another page of this volume. George E. Goodenow, the father of Frederick B. Goodenow, was born in the old Decker house in Maquoketa on the 26th of February, 1858, and obtained a common school education. In early manhood he wedded Miss Ella LeVan, the marriage ceremony taking place at Slabtown, this county. After having devoted his attention to general agricul- tural pursuits in Jackson county for about two years he removed westward to Monona county, Iowa, and there made his home for some fifteen years. On the expiration of that period he returned to this county and shortly afterward took up his abode on the farm where he has since continuously resided and which at that time was owned by his father, John E. Goodenow. The property comprises one hundred and thirty-four acres in South Fork township and is one of the most valuable and highly improved farms in Jackson county. George E. Goode- now is a democrat in his political views but has no desire for the honors and emoluments of public office. He is now living retired, enjoying in well earned ease the fruits of his former well directed industry and energy. Unto him and his wife were born two children: Frederick B., of this review; and Mary E., who is still under the parental roof.
Frederick B. Goodenow pursued his education in the grammar and high schools of Maquoketa and on attaining his majority he became associated with his father
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in the conduct of the home farm. In 1904 the latter retired from the active work of the fields and Mr. Goodenow of this review assumed the management of the place, which has since remained under his direct supervision. In addition to his agricultural interests he is also successfully engaged in the breeding and raising of standard bred Hereford cattle and has some of the best cattle in the entire county. Though still a young man, he has already won an enviable reputation among the prosperous and influential citizens of his native county and undoubt- edly has a bright future before him.
Since age conferred upon him the right of franchise Mr. Goodenow has given his political allegiance to the men and measures of the democracy, while fraternally he is identified with Peerless Lodge, No. 60, K. P., and Ben De Meer Temple, No. 12, D. O. K. K.
CHARLES A. MENNEKE.
As the result of a life of earnest and well directed activity Charles A. Menneke is able to live retired, and in the pleasant home he built in Miles enjoys the fruits of his former labors. One of Jackson county's native sons, he was born in Iowa township, December 16, 1856, his parents being Henry and Louise (Ahrens) Menneke. They were of German birth and emigrated to America in 1846. Coming to Jackson county, Iowa, where there were unusual opportunities offered to those who wished to establish a home in this state, they entered some land in Iowa township, which remained their place of residence until 1881, when they removed to Clinton county. There they spent the rest of their lives, the mother dying December 5, 1905, the father January 15, 1908. In their family were seven children, all of whom are living.
No event of special importance occurred to vary the routine of life for Charles A. Menneke in his early youth. He acquired a fair education in thé district school near his home, the meager lessons being well supplemented by the practical training he obtained as he assisted his father in operating the farm. He remained under the parental roof until he reached man's estate, when, with the intention of establishing his own home, he started out upon his business career. For the next twenty-five years he tilled rented land, and then, as the result of his industry and careful economy, was able to buy his father's prop- erty-a tract of one hundred and sixty acres-to the further improvement and cultivation of which he devoted himself assiduously until 1909, when he decided to retire. His work had been carefully managed and his methods were practical and progressive, so that his labors brought him merited success in a generous income. Before he removed to Miles he built a large and comfortable house, which is generally regarded as one of the finest in the village,-an evidence of Mr. Menneke's substantial position in the community and of his progressive ideas. He still retains his fine farm property, however, and holds stock in the Miles Savings bank, of which he is a director.
It was on August 27, 1878, that Mr. Menneke was united in marriage to Miss Emma Graff, who was born in Lyons, Clinton county, Iowa, and is a daughter
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of John and Susan (Joho) Graff, the former a native of Germany and the latter of Switzerland. The last years of their lives were spent in Miles. In their family were five children. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Menneke there have been born five children, as follows: Flora, who is still at home, was graduated from the Miles high school, later attended the Iowa State Teachers' College, at Cedar Falls, and has been engaged in teaching for several years. Frank A., who holds the responsible position of cashier of the Miles Savings Bank, is a graduate of Cornell College. Ervin E., is the vice president of the Miles Savings Bank. He is a thirty-second degree Mason. Lula Effie is the wife of D. L. Crawford. Besse Mae, the youngest, is assistant cashier in the bank.
Mr. and Mrs. Menneke are consistent members of the Congregational church, exemplifying by their daily lives the practical value of Christian teaching. Polit- ically Mr. Menneke is a stalwart republican but has never taken any active part in politics, although he proved himself a stanch friend of education by the acceptable service he rendered the community through the years he was a school director. He belongs to Lodge No. 603, A. F. & A. M .; and to Lodge No. 572, I. O. O. F., and has filled all the chairs in the latter. A man of determined purpose, he has spared neither industry nor perseverance to obtain the success he now enjoys, which, having been won through legitimate lines of activity, places him among the representative citizens of Miles and Jackson county.
W. M. LANE.
W. M. Lane, who since his sixteenth year has been identified with the com- mercial interests of Maquoketa and is now the senior partner of the firm of Lane & Buchner, furniture dealers and undertakers, was born in this county, April 4, 1865, a son of Nelson M. and Caroline (Brown) Lane. The father was a native of Stamford, Connecticut, and when a young man went to New York city, where he became identified with the dry goods interests. Later he engaged in business on his own account. He was married in New York city, where two sons and a daughter were added to the family. About 1860 he came to Iowa and for a short period lived in Maquoketa, where he conducted the Decker House. Later he took up his abode on a tract of land in Farmers Creek township, purchasing the old Esgate farm, upon which he resided until the time of his death. He had lost his first wife soon after they arrived in Jackson county and had afterward married Caroline Brown, the mother of W. M. Lane, who was the only child of the second union. The father passed away in 1891, when in his seventy-first year, having for an entire decade survived his second wife.
W. M. Lane was reared at home, acquiring his education in the district schools, and when about sixteen years of age he came to Maquoketa to learn merchandising and for the next twenty years was employed in various business houses of this city, gaining thereby broad and practical experience, which con- stituted an excellent training school for his present activity as one of Maquo- keta's leading merchants. When he ceased to act as local salesman he secured a position as traveling salesman with a queensware, glassware and crockery house
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of Davenport, and for five years remained a knight of the grip. On the Ist of January, 1907, he joined J. A. Buchner in purchasing the furniture business of Glaser & Company in Maquoketa, and on that day they began business. Mr. Buchner had also been a traveling salesman for a number of years, and both were thoroughly experienced in commercial methods. They have been very successful and have continued to increase an already profitable business. Fair and reliable in all their dealings, they study the wishes of their patrons and meet the requirements of a varied trade in the large line of goods which they handle.
In 1889 was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Lane and Miss Delia Maskrey, a daughter of E. H. Maskrey, for many years a well known miller and business man of Maquoketa, now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Lane have one son, Rex H., who is now in the store with his father.
W. M. Lane is a stanch republican in politics but does not seek nor desire the honors or emoluments of office. He is one of the representative business men of Maquoketa and a member of the Jackson County Retail Merchants' Associa- tion. He has been very active in every movement pertaining to the advancement of the town's interests, and, while he holds to high ideals, he labors along prac- tical lines for the accomplishment of any project which he deems will prove bene- ficial to the community.
HENRY HENEKE.
Henry Heneke, a representative agriculturist and stockman of South Fork township, owns and operates a valuable tract of land comprising two hundred acres on section 36-one of the finest farms in the county. His birth occurred in Clinton county, Iowa, on the 28th of October, 1854, his parents being Carl and Catherine (Kruse) Heneke, both of whom were natives of Germany. In early life they accompanied their respective parents on the voyage to the United States, both the Heneke and Kruse families locating in Lyons, Clinton county, Iowa. The paternal grandfather of our subject entered a tract of government land in Center Grove township, while the maternal grandfather took up land in Deep Creek township. It was in Clinton county that Carl Heneke and Catherine Kruse grew to years of maturity and were married, after which they took up their abode in Davenport, where Mr. Heneke followed the carpenter's trade. At the end of a comparatively short time, however, they returned to Clinton county, settling on a farm in Deep Creek township, where Mr Heneke devoted his attention to general agricultural pursuits and for some years also worked as a carpenter. As time passed by he prospered in his undertakings and at his death was in posses- sion of an excellent farm of two hundred and ten acres. His demise, which oc- curred on the 3d of July, 1884, was the occasion of deep and widespread regret, for he had ever displayed those sterling traits of character which awaken regard and esteem.
In his youthful days Henry Heneke attended the public schools in pursuit of an education and when not busy with his text-books assisted in the work of the
MR. AND MRS. HENRY HIENEKE AND FAMILY Taken on their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary
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home farm, thus early becoming familiar with the duties and labors that fall to the lot of the agriculturist. After attaining his majority he continued farming in association with his father and was thus busily engaged until the time of his marriage, when he purchased the old Fairbrother place of one hundred and sixty acres in Maquoketa township, Jackson county, and took up his abode thereon. To the cultivation and improvement of that property he devoted his energies for nineteen years, on the expiration of which period, in the spring of 1902, he sold the place and bought his present farm of two hundred acres on section 36, South Fork township. When the property came into his possession it was in a badly run- down condition, but he set resolutely to work and eventually transformed it into one of the best improved farms of the county. He has remodeled the buildings, tiled the land and in fact supplied the farm with all conveniences and accessories necessary for the successful conduct of his agricultural interests, and each year harvests good crops as a reward for the care and labor which he bestows upon the fields. He likewise devotes considerable attention to the raising of stock and for the past seven years has fed shorthorn cattle, this branch of his business prov- ing a gratifying source of remuneration to him.
On the 17th of March, 1883, Mr. Heneke was joined in wedlock to Miss Mary M. Paulsen, a native of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, who in 1871 crossed the Atlantic to the United States in company with her mother and two brothers, her father having died in Germany. They made their way direct to Clinton county, Iowa, where the mother of Mrs. Paulsen was living. Mr. and Mrs. Heneke are now the parents of seven children, namely : Carl Henry, Paul P., Nicholas F., Ed- ward P., Otto S., Max M. and Sabina D. All are at home with the exception of Paul P., who is married and resides on a farm in Maquoketa township, Jack- son county, Iowa.
In his political views Mr. Heneke is a stalwart democrat, while fraternally he is identified with Wood Camp, No. 161, M. W. A. His entire life has been spent in this part of the state, and his fellow townsmen know him as a straightfor- ward and reliable business man and an enterprising, progressive citizen, who well merits the esteem that is universally accorded him.
MARSHAL E. FINTON.
Nature seems to have intended that man shall enjoy a period of rest in the evening of life. In early manhood, alert, enterprising and ambitious, he enters upon his life work, and as the years pass his early progressiveness and enthusiasm are tempered by a safe conservatism that makes his efforts effective. Thus with advancing years comes success, and if his time has been well employed he will have in the evening of life a substantial competence, which will relieve him from the necessity for further labor. Such has been the record of Marshal E. Finton, who is now enjoying well earned rest in Maquoketa. He was for many years identi- fied with agricultural pursuits and later with mercantile interests but some years ago retired and now spends his leisure in the enjoyment of those things which are a matter of comfort and interest to him.
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Mr. Finton was born in Warren county, New York, March II, 1833, and is a son of Jabon and Sarah A. (Goodenow) Finton, the latter a sister of John E. Goodenow, "the father of Maquoketa." Jabon Finton was probably a native of the state of New York, and it was there that he was married and operated a saw- mill in addition to cultivating his farm. He died during the infancy of his son Marshal, and his widow afterward became the wife of Alexander Jenkins. In 1843 they removed westward to Michigan and in 1847 resumed their westward journey to Iowa. They came directly to Maquoketa but soon afterward estab- lished their home just across the boundary line in Clinton county, Mr. Jenkins en- tering a half section of government land, said to be one of the finest farms in this part of the state. He and his wife continued to reside upon that property through their remaining days and were well known and esteemed representatives of the agricultural interests of the community.
Marshal E. Finton was ten years of age when his mother and stepfather re- moved to Michigan and was a lad of fourteen on the arrival of the family in Iowa. He continued upon the home farm until he attained his majority and pursued his education in the district schools. In 1855 he purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land, cornering on the home farm and erected upon his tract a small house. He then began farming for himself and carefully and systematically cultivated his fields until August, 1862, when he could no longer content himself to remain at home when the Union was imperiled. Responding to the country's call for troops he enlisted in Company F, Thirty-first Iowa Volunteer Infantry, serving with that command until the close of the war. He took part in more than thirty engagements and was mustered out at Louisville, Kentucky, about the Ist of June, 1865, receiving an honorable discharge at Davenport on the Ist of July. He had the usual experiences meted out to the soldier, participating in the long, hard marches, the hotly contested battles and the dreary waits through the winter months.
When the war was over Mr. Finton returned home, and as his farm was then rented he did not take charge of it until the following spring. Soon after his re- turn he was married, on the 20th of August, 1865, to Miss Almeda Potter, whose home was in the vicinity of St. Paul, Minnesota. The spring following his mar- riage Mr. Finton took up his abode on his farm and continuously and successfully cultivated his fields until 1888, when he removed to Maquoketa, later selling the farm. He was also the owner of sixty-six acres in South Fork township but re- tained possession and continued to cultivate it until 1906, when he sold out. He is still, however, the owner of one hundred and sixty acres of farm land in Trego county, Kansas. Soon after taking up his abode in Maquoketa he engaged in the hardware business, with which he was identified for two years, and on severing his connection with mercantile interests turned his attention to the operation of his land in South Fork township, which he continued to cultivate for six years, or until he sold out. During the past three years he has lived retired, enjoying a well earned rest. For some years he lived in a comfortable modern residence which he erected in 1891, but in 1906 he sold that property and built his present handsome house which is one of the fine residences of Maquoketa and stands as the visible evidence of his life of well directed energy and thrift.
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Unto Mr. and Mrs. Finton have been born three children: Bertram, who is living in Calgary, Canada; Erma, the wife of John Glahn, of Maquoketa; and Mebel, the wife of Frank Johnson of Maquoketa. Politically Mr. Finton is a re- publican and fraternally is connected with A. W. Drips Post, No. 74, G. A. R., thus maintaining pleasant relations with his old army comrades. His life has been well spent in the wise utilization of his opportunities and his diligence and energy have brought him the prosperity which is now his.
L. G. McCARRON.
L. G. McCarron, one of the prosperous and leading agriculturists of Perry township, is the owner of two hundred and seventy-five acres of valuable land on sections 34 and 35. His birth occurred in Maquoketa, Jackson county, Iowa, on the 27th of October, 1861, his parents being H. W. and Sarah (Tompkins) McCarron, the former a native of Ohio and the latter of England. They were among the early settlers of this county, locating in Farmers Creek township, where the father conducted a sawmill. He passed away in February, 1904, but is still survived by his widow, who is a well known and highly esteemed resident of Maquoketa, Iowa. Their children were four in number, namely: Eulalia and Caddie, both of whom are deceased; Florence, the wife of Frank Maskrey, of Maquoketa, Iowa; and L. G., of this review.
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