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obtain his legal training. Since his admission to the bar he has continuously practiced in Fairfield with a constantly growing clientage that has con- nected him with much of the important work done in the courts. His politi- cal allegiance has always been given to the democratic party and for four years he served as city attorney, covering the period from 1907 to 1910 in- clusive. In the fall of the latter year he was elected county attorney, which position he is now filling in a capable manner, neither fear nor favor swerv- ing him in the faithful discharge of his duty. He has long been recognized as a leader in the local ranks of the democratic party, serving as chairman of the democratic county central committee in 1896-7 and also as a mem- ber of the judicial and congressional committees.
On the 21st of July, 1909, Mr. Ready was married to Miss Elizabeth Hayden, a native of Creston, Iowa, and a daughter of Michael and Mar- garet Hayden. They have one child, Mary Margaret, a little daughter who is the life and light of the household. Mr. Ready is well known in local military ranks as a member of Company M, Fifty-fourth Infantry of the Iowa National Guard, with which he has been identified since its re- organization following the Spanish-American war. On the 17th of March, 1908, he was elected captain and is still commanding the company. Fra- ternally he is connected with the Yeomen and with the Eagles. Those who know him, and his friends are many, find him a social, genial gentle- man, who is loyal to duty in every relation of life and who in his profes- sion is winning merit and advancement by reason of his thorough under- standing of legal principles and his correct application thereof to the points at issue.
HIEL D. MILLER.
One of Jefferson county's highly successful and well known agricul- turists is Hiel D. Miller, whose enterprise, clear judgment and business sagacity has numbered him among the affluent citizens of Des Moines township. His birthplace was Morgan county, Ohio, and his natal day the 8th of December, 1839. He is a son of William and Harriet (Cheadle) Miller, natives of Ohio, the father of German and the mother of American descent, the maternal grandparents having come from Massachusetts. Mr. Miller engaged in farming during the entire period of his active life, beginning his agricultural career in his native state. In 1847 with his wife and family he started westward, crossing the prairies to Iowa, feeling convinced that this state afforded rich possibilities for the industrious prac- tical farmer. He settled in Jefferson county, which at that period yet con-
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tained large tracts of government land, the price of which, as well as its fine timber and fertile prairies, were rapidly attracting the settlers. He purchased three hundred and twenty acres of unimproved, wild land in Des Moines township, where he removed his family after erecting the necessary buildings for their comfort. Here he began the hard and weari- some life of the pioneer, as had his grandfather who emigrated from Eng- land and located in Ohio more than half a century previously. By means of diligence and unremitting energy he slowly converted the prairie and forest into a productive farm and comfortable home. There he continued to live until his death in 1886, at the age of seventy-seven years. The mother then left the farm and went to Libertyville to reside, and there her death occurred on June 22, 1888. Five children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Miller : Newell, who died when he was six years of age: and Winchester and Dean, both of whom are deceased; Hiel D., our subject; and Mary Ann, the widow of James Spillman, of Kansas.
The first seven years of his life Hiel D. Miller spent in his native state, in whose district schools he began the education that was completed in Des Moines township. The life of a pioneer lad in the rural districts was very different from that of the farmer boy of the present day. The modern agri- cultural implements that have done away with much of the drudgery inci- dent to country life were then unknown, much time being consumed in per- forming tasks by hand that now require but a brief period and the expendi- ture of comparatively little labor. From his earliest childhood there were chores about the home that devolved upon the young shoulders of Hiel D. Miller, these being increased as his strength and sense of responsibility de- veloped with the passing years. He began his independent career upon at- taining his majority, at which time he left the parental roof. After his mar- riage he traded for a portion of the old homestead, and for fifteen years thereafter devoted his energies to its cultivation, meeting with very satis- factory results, financially. In 1888 he acquired his present place located on section 35, Des Moines township, and there he has ever since resided, but no longer engages in the active work of the fields. Mr. Miller is one of the men who are not content to remain at a standstill, but must keep advancing, and during the entire period of his business career he made steady and permanent progress. Quick to recognize opportunities, not afraid to act in accordance with his own judgment, despite the fears of the more conservative, he always worked toward a definite end, of which he never lost sight, despite the backsets he sometimes encountered. As a result he acquired seven hundred and eighty acres of excellent land, all in a high state of cultivation, that he has now divided among his children. He had acquired a competence that warranted his retirement eight years ago, so
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he laid aside the duties and responsibilities he had been carrying for so many years, and is now enjoying the ease of a well spent, fruitful life.
On the 25th of June, 1874, Mr. Miller was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Moyer, a daughter of William and Mary (Corbett) Moyer, na- tives of Pennsylvania but of German extraction. They came to Iowa before the Civil war, locating in Fairfield, where the father worked at the cabinet- maker's trade until he went to the front in the service of his country. There he died during the siege of Vicksburg, while the mother passed away in Fair- field, where Mrs. Miller was born. Six children were born of the mar- riage of Mr. and Mrs. Miller. Mabel, the eldest member of the family, who was born on the 3Ist of May, 1875, married Harry Overturff and has one child, Hiel D., named for his grandfather. Mr. and Mrs. Overturff are still living on the old homestead with Mr. Miller. Arthur, who was born on the 23d of August, 1876, is living on a claim in Idaho. He married Miss Jennie Pitzinger, a daughter of George Pitzinger, of Des Moines township, and they have four children : Helen, Mary, Alice and George. Ethel, the third in order of birth, was born on the 25th of January, 1879, and died May 12, 1900. Clyde, who was born October 2, 1880, is engaged in farming on the place adjoining his father. Beulah, was born on the 5th of Decem- ber, 1881, and died on March 23, 1885. Fred, the youngest member of the family, his birth occurring on the 25th of November, 1887, is still at home with his father. The wife and mother passed away on the 24th of December. 1888, and was laid to rest in Fell's cemetery, Des Moines township.
In matters politic Mr. Miller is a Jeffersonian democrat, and served for one term as assessor in his township and as school director for three. He has always taken a deep interest in all public affairs and the national welfare, however, as have all of the men of his family, his uncle, Dean Cheagle, having gone to the front as the captain of a regiment raised in Marion county during the war, and there remained until the close of hostili- ties. The name of Miller has always been an honored one in Des Moines township in the development and progress of which the members of the family have been factors for over sixty years.
MARVIN B. HUMPHREYS.
Marvin B. Humphreys, owning and operating a farm of two hundred and thirty-five acres of highly productive land on section 9, Cedar township, was born on this place, on the 16th of January, 1862. His parents were F. T. and Louisa (Gorsuch) Humphreys. The father, whose birth occurred
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in Madison, Indiana, on the Ohio river, came of Scotch and Welsh ances- try. In 1840, seven years before the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Rail- road reached Fairfield, he came west to Iowa on an ox team. On reaching the Mississippi river he was absolutely penniless and spent a half day in convincing the ferryman that he would pay him for his services as soon as possible after landing on the other side. Being a man of his word, he later walked seventy miles, in order to pay that twenty-five cents. In Warren county, Illinois, Mr. Humphreys raised corn and at one time delivered eighty-two and a half bushels to a man, to pay for a pair of common plow shoes, the shoemaker recovering commission at the rate of three and a half cents per bushel delivered. As above stated, in 1840 he took up his abode among the pioneer settlers of Jefferson county, Iowa, locating on the old James Galliher place in Cedar township. He had no opportunity to attend school until after reaching man's estate and the circumstances were such that he pursued only a three months' course of study under the preceptor- ship of Wesley Anderson. The little "temple of learning" was a log struc- ture, with greased paper for window lights, and the pupils used the old- fashioned quill pens. F. T. Humphreys secured several claims, including one or two in Polk township, near Abingdon, which he subsequently sold, investing his money in land in Cedar township. In 1847 he was married in the old frame house now standing on the Joseph Heisel farm, whereon he. took up his abode in 1852, purchasing the place of eighty acres from George Schilley. That farm remained his home until he was called to his final rest, on the 18th of January, 1889, his demise occurring in the house where our subject now resides. For a number of years he had survived his wife, who passed away on the 21st of December, 1871. Throughout this county Mr. Humphreys was known as a practical joker and one who had a high ap- preciation of humor. He delighted in reminiscences of the early days and could tell a story in a most interesting and entertaining manner. As a pio- neer whose labors constituted an element in the upbuilding and develop- ment of this county, he well deserves extended mention in this volume.
Marvin B. Humphreys remained under the parental roof until twenty- four years of age, when he was married and established a home of his own. Taking up his abode on a farm which he owned northeast of Fair- field, he there carried on general agricultural pursuits for two years, at the end of which time his father died and he returned to the old homestead, whereon he has remained continuously since. He purchased the shares of the other heirs and now owns and operates a farm of two hundred and thirty-five acres of valuable and well improved land. He feeds his grain and raises and sells stock to shippers and in this connection has won a most gratifying measure of prosperity.
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On the 27th of October, 1886, Mr. Humphreys was united in marriage to Miss Minnie M. Gleason, a daughter of Martin Van Buren and Sarah Elizabeth (Dawes) Gleason. The father was born and reared in New York and came of English-Irish descent, while the mother's birth occurred in Maine in the year 1837. Their marriage was celebrated in Wisconsin in 1855. In 1859 they came to Iowa, first locating in Washington county and later in Jefferson county, where they resided for ten years. Mr. Glea- son worked at the harness-maker's trade throughout his entire business career, passing away in the state of Washington, on Christmas day of 1906. The demise of his wife occurred in Pleasant Plain, Iowa, on the 9th of December, 1899. Both died of paralysis. Mr. and Mrs. Humphreys are the parents of six children, namely: Lorene, at home, who is an operator of the Washington Telephone Company at Washington, Iowa ; Don A., who follows farming north of Fairfield; Bernice, who is the wife of J. H. DuBois, who is engaged in farming north of Fairfield; Bertene, twin sister of Bernice, who is the wife of Earl Dana, a farmer living four miles north of Fairfield; Mabel, a pupil in the district school; and Elizabeth, at home.
Mr. Humphreys is a "stand pat" republican and held the office of road supervisor prior to his marriage. For six years he has served as a school director. His religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Chris- tian church at Fairfield, to which his wife also belongs. Fraternally he is identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, belonging to Lodge No. 4, at Fairfield. His life has been actuated by a laudable ambi- tion to attain success and as the years have passed, he has achieved a measure of prosperity which has come to him as the reward of persistent, earnest and indefatigable labor, so that he has gained place with the representative agriculturists of his community.
JAMES L. KNIGHT.
A well improved and highly cultivated farm of five hundred and eighty- five acres located on section 27, Black Hawk township, is a fitting monu- ment to the industry and enterprise of James L. Knight, who is one of the successful farmers of Jefferson county. His life record began on the old Knight homestead, on section 26, Black Hawk township, on the 22d of May, 1852. His father, George Knight, was born in Manchester, England, in 1821, and there he continued to live until he was fourteen years of age. He then emigrated to the United States, first locating in Philadelphia, where he met and subsequently married Miss Martha B. Leigh, also a na- tive of England, her birth occurring in Lancastershire in 1823. They con-
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tinued to live in Philadelphia until 1850, when they came to Iowa, first settling in Burlington. The following year they came to Jefferson county, locating on a tract of land that Mr. Knight preempted in Black Hawk township. This continued to be the family home until the father's death in 1885, the mother later went to live with her son James L., and there she passed away on the 13th of January, 1910. Mrs. Knight was descended from the English nobility, and at the age of fifteen years was a standard bearer at the coronation of Queen Victoria. The family of Mr. and Mrs. Knight numbered five children as follows: John, who owns and operates the old Knight homestead in Black Hawk township; Carrie, the wife of Joseph Summers, a farmer of Black Hawk township; James L., our sub- ject ; Emma, the wife of Frank Cook, a gasoline-engine manufacturer of Madison, Wisconsin; and Mary Ann, who is an invalid and makes her home with her brother James.
Reared on the farm where he was born James L. Knight mastered the common branches of English learning by the tutorage of his invalid father in the old log cabin, attending district school but six weeks altogether. His early years were very similar to those of other lads of the period and circumstances, and contained more work than play. He early was com- pelled to assume many of the responsibilities of manhood, and at the age of eight years was put to plowing the fields. After the death of his father, he and his brother John took charge of the home place, that contains ninety- six acres. Later Mr. Knight purchased the place where he is now living and there, he and his mother and sister, thereafter made their home. A man of rare capabilities, Mr. Knight has made a success of his under- takings and has extended his holdings from time to time, until he now owns five hundred and eighty-five acres, all valuable farm and pasture land. His prosperity is entirely due to his inherent ability, clear judg- ment and determination of purpose. He is progressive in his methods and his fields are cultivated in accordance with modern ideas, his farm being thoroughly equipped with all implements and appliances that will tend to reduce the labor and improve the standard. He rents a portion of his land and hires sufficient help to thoroughly cultivate the remainder of his fields, giving his personal supervision to everything on his farm. In addition to general farming, Mr. Knight is largely engaged in the raising and feeding of stock, both having proven very remunerative under his competent direction.
Mr. Knight is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church of Black Hawk township, and in politics he is a republican, but not strictly parti- san, his vote of recent years often times being cast for the man he deems best qualified for the office, irrespective of his political principles. For fourteen years he served as clerk of Black Hawk township, and for two
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as trustee, while he was assessor for ten. He was president of the town- ship school board for several terms and a director of district No. 8 for a number of years, serving with efficiency in both capacities. Mr. Knight is one of the self-made men of Black Hawk township, whose prosperity is recognized by his many friends as the well deserved reward of self- denial, energy and thrift.
ORIAN C. PFEIFFER.
Orian C. Pfeiffer, who owns and operates a well improved farm of seventy-two and a half acres on section II, Locust Grove township, is a worthy representative of a family that has been prominently identified with general agricultural pursuits in Jefferson county for about seven decades. His birth occurred in Walnut township, this county, on the 21st of February, 1877, his parents being John and Mary (Sinn) Pfeiffer, who have spent their entire lives in Jefferson county. The father was born in the same residence in which the birth of our subject occurred and on the same farm where he still resides, the property being located one mile west of Merrimac, Iowa. He has been successfully engaged in agri- cultural pursuits throughout his entire business career and is well known and highly esteemed in the community. His wife was born on a farm three miles south of Brighton. Jacob Pfeiffer, the paternal grandfather of O. C. Pfeiffer, was a native of Germany and emigrated to the United States in the '40s, coming direct to Jefferson county, Iowa, and locating on the same farm on which Mr. and Mrs. John Pfeiffer now reside.
Orian C. Pfeiffer obtained his education in the district schools of Wal- nut township and afterward assisted his father in the operation of the home farm until he had attained his majority, also working as a farm hand for others. In 1901 he rented a tract of land from J. A. Beck in Center town- ship, this county, being actively engaged in its cultivation for three years. Subsequently he rented the farm of his father-in-law near Fairfield, operat- ing the same for one year. In 1906 he bought a tract of seventy-two and a half acres on section II, Locust Grove township, the further cultiva- tion and improvement of which has claimed his attention continuously since. He carries on general farming and feeds all his grain to stock, which he sells to shippers.
On the Ist of January, 1901, Mr. Pfeiffer was united in marriage to Etta Louth, who was born near Lockridge, Jefferson county, and who attended school at Polk Corners and Brighton. Her parents, Simon P. and Elizabeth (Jordan) Louth, are both of German descent and natives
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of Jefferson county, the former born near Four Corners and the latter near Germanville. Simon P. Louth, a farmer by occupation, resided in this county for thirty years and then removed to Washington county, where he made his home for sixteen years. On the expiration of that period he returned to his farm six miles west of Fairfield. In the spring of 1911 he took up his abode in the city of Fairfield, where both he and his wife now reside.
In politics Mr. Pfeiffer is a stanch republican, while his religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Methodist Episcopal church of Brookville, to which his wife also belongs. They have an extensive circle of friends in the community where they have spent their entire lives, the hospitality of the best homes being cordially extended them. Mr. Pfeiffer enjoys an enviable reputation as one of the progressive and substantial young agriculturists of Locust Grove township and is undoubtedly destined for a prosperous career.
JAMES H. MONTGOMERY.
James H. Montgomery, who since 1888 has been superintendent of the wagon factory of Joel Turney & Company, was born in Trenton, Iowa. September 10, 1860, his parents being Amos B. and Rachel (Williams) Montgomery. The father, born in Shelby county, Indiana, became one of the pioneer settlers of Henry county, Iowa, aiding in the early develop- ment and improvement of that section of the state. In the meantime he crossed the plains during the gold rush and afterward returned to In- diana. It was subsequent to his arrival in Henry county that he married Miss Rachel Williams, a native of Tuscarawas county, Ohio. She had come to Iowa with her parents in May, 1835, and the first white child she saw in this part of the state was Sarah Parent, now Mrs. Sarah Turney of Fairfield. The remainder of her days were passed in Henry county and in her girlhood she experienced all of the hardships and trials of life on the frontier. Following her marriage she went to her husband's home and carefully managed the household affairs while Mr. Montgomery car- ried on the work of the fields, becoming in time one of the extensive and successful farmers of Henry county. Unto this worthy couple were born seven children : Mary, the wife of J. N. Dutton, of Burlington ; Donna M., who is the wife of I. R. Johnson, and resides at Mount Pleasant, Iowa ; Kate, the wife of W. E. Keeler, of .La Grange, Illinois; J. H., of this review ; Frank B., who is living on the home farm in Henry county :
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Elizabeth, the wife of Edward Weir, of Mount Pleasant ; and Guy Amelia, whose home is in La Grange.
No event of special importance occurred to vary the routine of life for James H. Montgomery in his boyhood and youth. His time was divided between the duties of the school room, the pleasures of the playground and the work of the fields, and he continued to assist in the cultivation of the home farm until the spring of 1888, when he came to Fairfield and entered into his present association with the firm of Joel Turney & Com- pany as superintendent of the wagon factory. He has since held this position and systematic methods are employed in every branch of the busi- ness, while in the control of the work Mr. Montgomery displays a ready recognition of the opportunities for improvement in the equipment of the plant. He also is quick to note faithfulness and ability on the part of em- ployes and to commend them for promotion as opportunity offers. Since entering into connection with the business Mr. Montgomery has been financially interested in it and is also a stockholder in the Hawkeye Pump Company and in the Fairfield Gas & Electric Light Company.
In 1902 occurred the marriage of James H. Montgomery and Miss Ada Grant Lambertson. They now have three children, Lydia Lambertson, Charles Franklin and Mary Williams. Such in brief is the life history of one who is well known in business circles in Fairfield, having for almost a quarter of a century been identified with industrial activity here. He has never sought to figure in any public light for he has always concentrated his energies upon his business duties. Progress might be termed the key- note of his character for it is manifest in his management of the work under his control and in his own career he has made advancement that has depended upon his own exertions and merit.
SANFORD ZEIGLER.
Sanford Zeigler has been a lifelong resident of Jefferson county and is today one of the enterprising business men whose energy and deter- mination have constituted the basic elements of his success, which has brought him to a leading position in commercial circles. He was born about five miles northwest of Fairfield, in Center township, July 13, 1859. His father, Casper Zeigler, was born in Ohio in 1837 and was brought by his parents to Iowa in 1846 when a little lad of nine years, the journey being made in one of the old time moving wagons known as prairie schooners. His parents were Samuel and Katharine (Snook) Zeigler, and the former is of Swiss origin. Samuel Zeigler was born in Switzerland and after his Vol. II-27
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emigration to America settled in Ohio, where he conducted a store and upon his removal to Iowa brought his stock of goods to this county, where he traded them for produce. At the time of his arrival Jefferson county was still a pioneer district, with much of the land unclaimed and unculti- vated. He entered a tract in Center township from the government and at once began to break the sod and till the fields, continuing the further cultivation of the property until his death. In his family were three sons and five daughters: Amy ; Margaret ; Esther; Barbara, who is the widow of George Fowler, and resides upon the farm in Center township which her husband entered from the government; Elizabeth, the wife of Andy Cook, of Kansas City, Missouri ; Casper ; Samuel, now living in California ; and Benjamin, a resident of North Dakota.
Casper Zeigler was reared on the old homestead farm in this county and with the family experienced the usual hardships and privations of pio- neer life. In early manhood he went to Colorado largely for the benefit of his health, and spent a number of years in that state, engaged in mining. About 1870 he returned to Jefferson county and later purchased a farm in Keokuk county, whereon he died in 1873. His wife bore the maiden name of Mary Ann Leathers, and was born in Kentucky in 1842. She was only six years of age when her parents came to Iowa, settling in Keokuk county, after which they went to Mahaska county, where the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Casper Zeigler was celebrated. Her death also occurred in Keokuk county, in April, 1907. By her marriage she has become the mother of three sons: Sanford; Samuel, living in What Cheer, Iowa ; and George W., of Missouri.
Sanford Zeigler has resided continuously in Jefferson county except for a period of about nine years. He was eight years of age when the family went to Colorado and he remained in that state and in Keokuk, where he lived for one year, until he reached the age of seventeen. He then returned to Jefferson county and resided upon the home farm until twenty-seven years of age, when he came to Fairfield and entered the poultry business, with which he has since been connected. He has since extended the scope of his business, becoming a dealer in grain and eggs and as the years have passed has built up an extensive and profitable enter- prise. His sales annually reach a large figure and he has in Fairfield an elevator with a capacity of thirty thousand bushels, enabling him readily to handle the grain which he purchases. In addition to his town interests he owns forty acres of land, constituting a well improved farm, and also an orchard of thirty acres one mile north of the city, mostly planted to apples. He is likewise a director of the Zeigler Canning Company of Muscatine, an incorporated business of which Sanford Zeigler and his two brothers own a half interest. He is likewise a director of the Fairfield
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Gas & Electric Light Company and thus into various fields he has extended his efforts and the success which has attended him indicates the sound- ness of his judgment, his unfaltering energy and his keen sagacity. He is a man of determined purpose, who brooks no obstacles that can be over- come by persistent, earnest and honorable effort and gradually he has worked his way upward to success, being now numbered among the leading and prosperous business men of his adopted city.
In 1889 Mr. Zeigler was married to Miss Ella Bowers, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1866, and came to Iowa with her parents, John and Permelia Bowers, who were natives of Germany and died in Farmington, Van Buren county, Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. Zeigler are the parents of nine children : Sanford J., Margaret, Raymond, Ariel, Harold, Evelyn, Ruth, Clarence and Florence.
Mr. Zeigler has always manifested deep concern in the welfare and up- building of this county and his labors have at various times been effective forces for advancement and improvement. As president of the Jefferson county Fair Association he did much to stimulate effort on the part of the agricultural community to produce better crops and raise higher grades of cattle. For the past three years he has been a member of the board of education of Fairfield, for three years served as county commissioner and for eleven years was a member of the city council, at the end of which time he resigned. While serving as alderman he was the champion of many measures which have proven of inestimable value in promoting the interests of the city and in all public affairs he has manifested the same loyalty and progressive spirit that have characterized the conduct of his private business interests. His political support is given to the republican party and his religious faith is that of the Methodist Episcopal church. He is also prominent in fraternal circles, having in Masonry attained the Knight Templar degree and also that of the Mystic Shrine. He likewise belongs to the Knights of Pythias, the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and the Royal Arcanum. His life has been a busy, useful one, and he has become an important factor in the commercial circles of Fairfield, his pros- perity being well deserved, for in him are embraced the characteristics of an unbending integrity, unabating energy and industry that never flags.
INDEX
Achenbach, Lewis 36
Achenbach, William 180
Alston, H. C. .303
Anderson, Andrew .388
Anderson, A. W. 148
Anderson, C. A. 295
Ankrom, W. J. 269
Archibald, Isaac 136
Ashmead, Clarkson 153
Bailey, C. W. .362
Baldridge, M. D. 18
Ball, W. C. 288
Bankhead, W. L. .342
Barnes, Benjamin
.341
Barrow, Louis 255
Bartholomew, John 158
Bates, W. H. 91
Benn. C. W. . 437
Bennett. J. P. 273
Birt, J. J. 175
Bishop, C. S.
101
Bishop. S. B. 96
Black, W. E. 452
Boos. J. H.
74
Boos, William
441
Bowermaster, J. E. 324
Bradfield, George 62
Bradshaw, F. C.
459
Bradshaw, J. C. .328
Bray. Sanford .393
Bright, G. A. 332
Brown, D. L. 64
Brown, J. W. 239
Bruey, F. E.
217
Bruey, Louie 245
Calhoun, J. M. .317
Campbell, W. P. 26
Campbell, W. S. 134
Carlborg, D. V.
79
Carlson, L. F. 192
Carr Brothers .125
Carr, John 424
Cary, Philip 193
Cassel, A. F. 202
Chester. S. J. .271
Clark, B. E. 458
Clark, J. V. 66
Clarke, J. F. 430
Cochran, J. G.
152
Collins, Harrison 247
Collins, Waltus 166
Conlee, G. P. 290
Conner, W. H. 335
Cornell, J. A. 119
Crail, B. F. 84
Crail, J. D. 117
Crile, Julius 419
Cummings, W. F.
462
Curtis, R. H.
.370
Danielson, H. E. 287
Davidson, Robert 24
Davis, G. K. 299
Davis, S. K. 14
Doogan, T. H. 45
Droz, J. S. 155
Du Bois, R. D. .306
Duttweiler, Lonis
116
Duttweiler, W. H.
421
Easton, Alexander 309
Emmons, L. P. .301
Erickson, J. E. & Amanda A.
282
Flinspach, G. A. 77
Fordyce, Thornton 283
Fourt. Frank 312
Frame, W. B. 359
Fray, I. C.
402
Fritz, J. H.
319
481
482
INDEX
Fryer, O. F. 465
Fulton, J. W., Jr. 455
Fulton, P. L. 268
Fulton, W. A. 466
George, C. F. 330
Gilchrist, David 222
Ginther, J. J. 380
Gobble, L. T. 433
Goughnour, David 110
Graber, D. B. 15
Graber, John 390
Hanson, Benjamin 29
Hawk, T. M. .164
Heer, Fredolen 172
Heron, John 240
Heston, Mahlon 457
Hochuly, Theodore 201
Hogan, H. J. 408
Hopkirk, Alexander 197
Horton, G. W. 448
Howard, E. A. 248
Huglin, J. A. 218
Humphrey, Sanford 436
Humphreys, M. B. 471
Jolinson, A. U. 226
Johnston, R. H. 108
Jones, I. D. 72
Jordan, A. G. 151
Jordan, A. S. 161
Junkin, C. M. 12
Junkin, W. W. 31
Kasowski, John 378
Kenyon, R. B. 416
Kerrick, F. D. .189
Kientz, J. W. .400
Kiger, L. H. .292
Kilfoy, D. T. 177
King, Perry 338
Koontz, J. C. 187
Knight, J. L. 473
Knox, W. W. 442
Kreigh, H. D. 228
Kritzler, J. J. .461
Kurtz, J. J. .396.
Kurtz, J. S. 355
Kyle, J. H. 418
Larson, Albert 323
Larson, A. E.
266
La Tourette, Montgomery 99
Laughlin, T. S. 80
Leech, C. J. 463
Leggett, C. D. 51
Lewis, W. W. 143
Liblin, George 106
Liblin, George W. 107
Linder, C. H. 412
Linder, T. M. 425
Linderson, R. A. 327
Locke, John 145
Long, L. H. 296
Louden, William 343
McChesney, C. M. 414
McCormick, Scott 453
MeCracken, W. H. 376
McKee, Greer 59
McKemey, J. A.
68
McKemey, J. S.
43
McLean, J. W.
293
Mann, J. F. 439
Maring, Jacob .262
Mealey, D. H. 405
Merckens, J. H. 314
Messer, J. A. 426
Messer, F. W. .395
Metz, F. E. 244
Miller, H. D.
469
Mitchell, P. T. . 366
Montgomery, J. H. 476
Moorman, C. T. .372
Moorman, C. W. 398
Murphey, Clarence
308
Myers, L. G.
357
Neibert, W. H., Jr. 220
Newland. I. W. 234
Norton, E. W. 337
ODean, William
163
Overstrom, C. J. 326
Pattison, H. C. 210
Pearson, C. E. 157
Pearson, Nels 305
Pfeiffer, O. C. 475
Power, S. A. 321
Quick, A. E. 144
Radley, C. C. 190
Randall, M. S.
227
Raney, H. C.
41
483
INDEX
Raney, J. L. 256
Rauscher, A. F. 128
Ready, J. F. 468
Reeder, C. L.
184
Regester, N. B.
122
Rider, T. M.
140
Ridgway, S. C.
121
Rizor, G. W. 216
Robinson, E. R. 17
Ross, W. G.
214
Roth, P. H. 22
Rowntree, H. C.
195
Ruggles, J. C. 384
Rupp, Henry
48
Russell, G. W.
.386
Salts, Samuel 34
Samuelson, Gust 444
Samuelson, J. O. 348
Schillerstrom, Joseph
114
Simmons, E. F.
89
Smith, Harrison
250
Smith, J. G. W.
82
Smithburg, G. A. 54
Snook, Calvin
264
Spalding, W. C.
252
Whitham, C. W.
70
Wilhermsdorfer, Solomon
276
Wilson, D. B. 123
5
Spielman, J. A.
230
Starr, J. P. 138
Stephenson, G. E.
126
Stephenson, Robert 258
Stephenson, R. B.
46
Stewart, W. W.
92
Stout, Ephraim
449
Supernois, W. E. 447
Swanson, Victor 97
Taylor, Amos 212
Taylor, E. P. 27
Thoma & Thoma 182
Thomas, John
399
Thompson, C. M. 350
Thorne, J. C. 237
Trabert, Lewis 160
Tuller, Edwin
49
Turney, Dillon
445
Van Nostrand, Clark
274
Wagoner, E. R. 87
Walgren, August 103
Wallace, L. K. 422
Ward, C. E.
285
Watkins, G. W. 236
Watkins, T. J. 198
Webb, J. V.
208
Weller, R. H.
368
West, S. K.
199
Westenhaver, O. I. 403
Sparks, M. B.
178
Speer, James
320
Spielman, G. A.
. 406
Wilson, J. F.
Wilson, R. J. 174
Wolfe, Reece
.361
Woolums, H. E.
382
Wright, J. L.
39
Zeigler, Sanford
477
Żillman, L. B.
.253
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