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ing this period, however, he served for six months in Wesley Hospital, sub- stituting for a physician who was ill. When he received the degree entitling him to practice his profession he was offered a remunerative position with the Bat- tle Creek Sanitarium, but under the impression that larger opportunities awaited him elsewhere he refused this appointment and assumed charge of Dr. Connor's practice at Reinbeck, Iowa, during the latter's four months vacation. It was in November, 1904, that he located in Monticello. Since that year he has built up an extensive and lucrative practice, winning the confidence of a large clien- tele. He has been successful in surgery as in the practice of the healing art.
On the 7th of November, 1906, Dr. Redmond was joined in wedlock to Miss Catherine Mullen, of Laporte City, Iowa, and to them has been born one child, Ralph N. During his college career he was initiated into the Kappa Sigma fra- ternity and later became one of the organizers and a charter member of the Mu chapter of the Phi Rho Sigma Medical fraternity, the first medical fraternity organized at State University of Iowa. Since leaving college he has also been largely interested in fraternal matters, having joined Root Camp, No. 282, M. W. A .. the Catholic Order of Foresters, the Mystic Workers, the Fraternal Bankers, the Home Guards and the Homesteaders. As a member of Jones County Medical Society, of the Iowa State Medical Society, of the Iowa Asso- ciation of Health Officers, of the Cedar Valley Medical Society and the American Medical Association he keeps abreast with the advancement of his profession. He is now and has been health officer at Monticello the past four years. Partly in recognition of his skill as a practitioner Dr. Redmond was appointed medical examiner for the American Life Old Line Insurance Company, the Equitable Life Insurance Company, and the Bankers Life Association, all of Des Moines, and the Cedar Rapids Insurance Company of Cedar Rapids, and in this capacity he has again proved his title to be known as one of the successful physicians of Monticello. He is a member of the Catholic church.
LINUS L. IRELAND.
Linus L. Ireland, one of the successful farmers and substantial citizens of Madison township, was born in Champaign county, Illinois, June 22, 1854, and is a son of Purviance and Rebecca M. (Lyon) Ireland, natives of Indiana and Ohio, respectively. In the latter state the couple were married and shortly after their union removed to Champaign county, Illinois, where the father followed farming. In the spring of 1866, he moved his family to Jones county, Iowa, set- tling on a farm in Greenfield township. Although he subsequently made several changes, the greater part of his later life was passed in this county. In 1903, he departed this life, in Olin, where he was then residing, while his wife sur- vived him about four years, being then seventy-four years of age-two years younger than her husband when he responded to the call of death. In politics Mr. Ireland was a republican, though never an office-seeker, and in religious matters he and his wife gave their allegiance to the Christian church, of which
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they were devout members. A few years before his death, however, Mr. Ire- land's health failed him to such an extent that he was unable to attend its services.
Linus L. Ireland was reared at home and received his education in the com- mon schools. Meager as this training might have been it was amply supple- mented by practical experience in the fields, which laid the foundations for the success of his later years. Still a young man, scarcely out of his teens, Mr. Ireland married and established a home of his own. For four years he operated rented land and then bought a farm of sixty-five acres in Fairview township, this county. In three years he was convinced of the wisdom of disposing of that piece of property and again became a renter for a period of six years. In February, 1891, he purchased the farm on which he lives today. It is a fine tract, one hundred and forty acres in extent, fertile to begin with, but vastly improved since Mr. Ireland obtained possession of it, for he cultivates the soil in accordance with the most approved scientific methods and has erected build- ings that are modern in every detail. As a result the farm is one of the richest and most valuable in Jones county.
On the 26th of May, 1873, Mr. Ireland was united in marriage to Miss Jen- nie S. Hamilton, of this county, who was born in Huron county, Ohio. Of this marriage there have been born nine children, seven of whom survive: Effie E., the wife of Benjamin McGuire, of Madison township; Lizzie L., the wife of Arthur G. Bender, also of that township; Millie M., who married Louis R. Buchholtz, a farmer of Madison township; and Viola V., Louis L., Alice A. and Grace G., who live at home.
Although he has been repeatedly urged to do so, Mr. Ireland has steadily refused to accept any office within the gift of the people. He takes an interest in public matters nevertheless, and is always at the polls on election days when his ballot is given to the candidates of the republican party. A man who has never shirked hard work, his success is equally due to his progressive methods and temper of his mind, which is ever receptive of the improvements that are being made in the appurtenances of farming as in other fields of business. Uprightness and honesty have distinguished his intercourse with his fellow- men and he is highly esteemed in his section and throughout the county.
WILLIAM WYLIE HUNTER, M. D.
Dr. William Wylie Hunter, who for more than two decades has practiced in Monticello, has, like most established family physicians, obtained an influence in his community that is more far-reaching than that of any man sustaining other relations to the public. Dr. Hunter was born in Jones county, July 11, 1858, a son of Cyprian and Sarah Jane (Clark) Hunter, who came to this state from Mercer county, Pennsylvania. The father, who followed farming as a life work, was also a defender of the Union cause in the Civil war and lost his life at Young's Point, during the struggle.
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The son was reared on the home farm and acquired his elementary learning in the public schools. From his youth he had a strong ambition to enter profes- sional lines and after reaching mature years abandoned the quiet life of the farm and took up the study of medicine in the medical department of the State Uni- versity of Iowa, graduating from that institution in 1886. In the meantime, in 1885, he acted as interne in Mercy Hospital at Davenport, Iowa, and through this means acquired a practical knowledge of the science of medicine. Following his graduation he located for practice in Center Junction, spending two years in that place. He sought a broader field of labor, however, and subsequently opened an office in Monticello, where he has engaged in general practice to the present time. He is a busy and successful practitioner, having become the dependable family physician in many a household, not only in Monticello but in the territory adjacent to the city.
It was during his residence in Center Junction that Dr. Hunter was married on the 29th of February, 1888, to Miss Lillian E. Winner. They have a son and daughter. Blanche Pauline, now eighteen years of age, is in her second year in college at Mt. Vernon, Iowa. Harvey Dean, a lad of twelve years, is at home.
Dr. Hunter has, since age conferred upon him the right of franchise, sup- ported the men and measures of the republican platform, and in 1893 was elected mayor of Monticello, in which office he served faithfully and well. He is a Mason, becoming identified with the order in 1883. while in 1894 he joined the Odd Fellows society and in 1899 became a member of the Knights of Pythias. In the line of his profession he belongs to the American Medical, the Iowa Union, the Iowa State and the Jones County Medical Societies, while in religious faith he is a Methodist. He has gained recognition as one of the able and success- ful physicians of the state, and by his labors. his high professional attainments and his sterling characteristics has justified the respect and confidence in which he is held by the medical fraternity and the local public.
T. W. SHERIDAN.
T. W. Sheridan, a prosperous farmer and dairyman of Richland township, was born on the farm on which he now lives October 9, 1859, and is a son of James and Rosanna (Boyle) Sheridan. The parents were both natives of Ire- land and after coming to this country located in Pennsylvania, where they re- mained six or eight years. Some time in the early '40s they came to Jones county, Iowa, acquiring a tract of land from the government. It was in the first years of the colonization of this part of the state so that some of their experiences here were those of pioneers in a new land, necessitating a great deal of courage to meet all the hardships which they had to encounter and overcome. Although they did not live to enjoy the sight of the full development of this county, in 1875, when the mother died, and in 1880, when the father's death occurred, many changes had transpired which told of the line of progress. Nine children were born to them, who assisted them in the struggles of those early years. They were Frank M., who is living in Galesburg, Illinois; James L., deceased ; Jolin A.,
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now living in Warren county, Illinois; Mary A., who is the wife of Jesse Sey- more, of Seattle, Washington; Abby J., who lives on the homestead; T. W., the subject of this sketch; Patrick A., who is living in California; Steven H., who makes his home with his brother, T. W .; and one who died in childhood.
At the age of ten years T. W. Sheridan started to make his own way in the world. When many boys have little thought for anything besides play he was not only planning how he might obtain the money for his own needs but also how he might render assistance to his parents. He was able, nevertheless, to obtain a fair education in the county schools, while he learned those lessons even more important relative to the best use of one's time and the value of thrift and in- dustry. Now he and his brother Steven own the old homestead, on which they conduct a profitable business in dairying and in the raising of fancy chickens. It is a tract of two hundred acres, a part of which is tilled by approved methods for a system of diversified agriculture, and part used as pasture land for their large herds of cattle.
The brothers have given their allegiance in political matters to the democratic party, and while they are not office seekers, T. W. Sheridan has rendered efficient service as a school director. He is a member of the Cascade Lodge, No. 1077, M. W. A., and a charter member of the Knights of Columbus in that village. In both organizations he is very active, being ever willing to exert him- self in promoting the welfare of his fraternal brothers. His allegiance in relig- ious matters is given to the Catholic church.
CHARLES H. NELSON.
Farming claims the attention of Charles H. Nelson, who operates one hun- dred and sixty acres in Scotch Grove township, which was inherited by him and his sister from the father's estate. Mr. Nelson was born on this farm, July 24, 1883, the only son of the marriage of Mathew J. and Ellen (Overly) Nelson. The father was born in Pennsylvania and coming to Jones county as a young man, he was married here to Miss Overly, who was born in Scotch Grove town- ship. Soon thereafter Mr. Nelson purchased the farm of one hundred and sixty acres, on which our subject now resides. He carefully tilled the soil and made farming his life work, being thus engaged up to the time of his death, which oc- curred in March, 1901. His wife, however, died many years before, her death occurring when the son was but seven months old. Mr. Nelson was a republican in his political views but was never active in the work of the party, his farm work and the care of his family fully claiming his time and attention. He was a man of kindly purposes, of strict integrity and of genial nature and during his long residence in Scotch Grove township he was looked upon as one of its most prosperous and highly respected citizens. Beside our subject there was left to mourn his loss one daughter, Ella May, the wife of R. P. Clark, of Scotch Grove township.
Charles H. Nelson was reared under the parental roof and was given the ad- vantages of a good common-school education. He was but eighteen years of age
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at the time of his father's death and he had been bereft of a mother's love and care from his infancy. Being thrown upon his own responsibility at an early age, the strongest traits of his character were brought forth. He was, however, left in good circumstances, the farm of one hundred and sixty acres being left to him and his sister. He rents the latter's share and operates the entire tract, his work being carried on very successfully.
Mr. Nelson finds a faithful helpmate in his wife, who bore the maiden name of Miss Maggie Serbousek, and whom he wedded on the 12th of February, 1908. She is a native of Madison township, this county. Mr. Nelson follows in the po- litical footsteps of his father, giving his support to the republican party. Having spent his entire life in Scotch Grove township, he is popular with a large circle of friends and his estimable wife shares in the esteem in which he is uniformly held.
L. C. LAWRENCE.
L. C. Lawrence, who about ten years ago joined the agricultural community of Lovell township and is now one of the substantial men of this section of the state, was born in that township, October 24, 1867. His father, Frederick Law- rence, was a native of Prussia, who came to the United States in 1854. For the first three years after his arrival in this country, he worked in the pineries of Wisconsin and then, at the expiration of that period, came to Iowa, finding em- ployment for four years as a farm hand in Dubuque county. In 1860 he took up his residence in Monticello, where he enlisted in the Union army in 1862. As a member of Company H, Thirty-first Iowa Volunteer Infantry, he served until the close of the Civil war, participating in many of the more important engagements and receiving a wound in the siege of Vicksburg. After the close of the war, in 1866, he married, his bride being Miss Sarah Waterman, a native of Minnesota. Thereupon he settled upon the land he had procured in Jones county, Iowa, which remained his home until twenty years ago, when he removed to Delaware county, Iowa, where he still lives. Forty acres of the tract here he had bought in 1862, but owned ninety acres on his removal to Delaware county. He and his wife are strong in their support of the doctrines of the Methodist Episcopal church and take an active part in its work.
L. C. Lawrence was reared at home, acquiring the practical lessons for life under the wise guidance of his parents and in the public schools, where he was a pupil through the months they were in session. In 1895, he left the parental roof to seek work for himself. He found employment as a farm hand with John Smyth, of Delaware county, and during the four years he spent with him wooed his daughter, who promised to become his wife. In 1899, after his mar- riage, he bought the tract of land he now occupies. It was formerly known as the William Cline place, embracing three hundred and forty acres of some of the best land in Lovell township, Jones county. Its fertile fields are well culti- vated, yielding large harvests. Industrious, progressive and a good manager, Mr. Lawrence has risen in the short period of his residence here to a position of respect among his fellow citizens, who regard his success with good will
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and no bitterness. Such should be the case, for his fair fortune is the result of his own efforts.
It was in 1899 that Mr. Lawrence married Miss Emeline Smyth and to them were born four children, but none are now living. In his political views, Mr. Lawrence is in sympathy with the principles of the republican party but he has taken no part in local politics. He is a member of the fraternal Order of the Eagles and is active among his brethren of the local lodge. With his wife he belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church, whose teachings he endeavors to put into daily practice, thus ordering his life by a standard higher than the mere accumulation of a fair fortune and evincing a desire to be known as a man of honor and responsibility.
JOHN B. MORRISON.
John B. Morrison, a successful and enterprising farmer and extensive land- owner and stockraiser of Jones county, whose well directed efforts are bringing him a gratifying measure of success, was born on the 25th of December, 1845. He is a son of Thomas and Katharine (McDermott) Morrison, both natives of Ireland, born in 1810. The father, who was a native of County Mayo, came to America about 1832, landing in Quebec, where for a time he lived with a Quaker family. He then came to the United States and entered the regular army as a private cavalry soldier, and during his term of enlistment did frontier ser- vice. After leaving the army, he located in Galena, Illinois, where he was en- gaged in burning charcoal until the time of his marriage, after which he set- tled in Jackson county. In 1844 or 1845, he removed to Richland township and purchased a farm, which he sold in 1849 with the intention of going to Cali- fornia. Later he changed his mind and invested in a quarter section of land in Washington township, Jones county, which farm is now owned by the subject of this review. Although a stalwart democrat in politics, nevertheless dur- ing the Civil war he was a strong Union man and so publicly declared himself. On the 8th of December, 1839, he was united in marriage in Galena, Illinois, to Miss Katharine McDermott, and unto this union were born two children. Mary Ann, who was born in Galena, Illinois, on the 9th of May, 1841, is now in a Catholic school in Dubuque, where she is known as Sister Margaret Mary, having devoted her life to this work since 1873.
John B. Morrison was reared under the parental roof and acquired his edu- cation in the common schools and at the old seminary at Cascade. The periods of vacation were devoted to assisting in the work of the fields and he continued to give his father the benefit of his assistance until the latter's death, when he came into possession of the home farm, upon which he has since made his home. With the passing of the years he has been very successful and from time to time, as he has prospered, he has added to the home farm until his property holdings today aggregate five hundred and forty acres, constituting him one of the large landowners of the township. He has made many improvements upon the place and last season erected a new barn at a cost of thirty-three hundred
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dollars. He has a deep affection for the old homestead, of which he has every reason to be proud, for it is today one of the most valuable and desirable prop- erties in the locality. He carries on general farming, raising from sixty to sev- enty acres of corn annually, and in connection with the tilling of the soil he engages extensively in stockraising, keeping from sixty to eighty cattle and about one hundred and fifty hogs, while he keeps from eighteen to twenty cows on hand for milking purposes. He possesses excellent business ability and his affairs have been so wisely and carefully managed that the various branches of his business are proving very remunerative and he is ranked among the leading and prominent agriculturists of the township.
On the 15th of September, 1885, Mr. Morrison was united in marriage to Miss Ellen V. O'Brien, a daughter of Mrs. Mary O'Brien, of Cascade, and unto this union have been born four children, as follows: Joseph A., born July 12, 1886; Mary J., born May 4, 1888; Theressa Mildred, whose birth occurred April 27, 1891, and John H., born on the 24th of June, 1895. All of the children have had good educational advantages, the sons acquiring their training at the Temple Hill school, while the daughters attended the Academy of the Visitation at Dubuque. All are still under the parental roof, the family circle remaining unbroken by the hand of death.
The family are communicants of the Temple Hill Catholic church, while polit- ically Mr. Morrison gives stalwart support to the democracy. He has served efficiently as township assessor for two terms, and in both private and public life his actions have ever been actuated by the principles which govern honor- able and upright manhood. Having spent his entire life within the borders of Jones county, he has gained an extensive circle of friends which is almost coextensive with the circle of his acquaintances, and his salient characteristics are such as have gained for him the unqualified respect, esteem and good will of his fellow- men.
WILLIAM H. GLICK.
William H. Glick is engaged in agricultural pursuits in Hale township, Jones county, where he owns a farm of one hundred and ten acres of excellent land, and in his undertaking is meeting with gratifying success. A native of Indiana, he was born near Lafayette, Tippecanoe county, on the 24th of June, 1841, a son of John and Hannah (McCamman) Glick. The father was born in Stark county, Ohio, on the Ist of January, 1813, while the mother's birth occurred in Pennsylvania in 1817. They were married in Ohio in 1840, immediately after which they removed to Indiana, transporting their entire household belongings in a one-horse wagon. The year 1856 witnessed their arrival in Jones county, where Mr. Glick purchased a farm of one hundred and sixty acres in Hale town- ship, for which he paid two dollars and twenty-five cents per acre. At the time of the purchase the land was all raw prairie, with not a furrow turned. but with characteristic energy he at once set about breaking the sod and converting it into productive fields. As the years passed by he brought the farm under a good state of cultivation and continued to reside thereupon up until the time of his
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demise. His death occurred in 1898, ten years after that of his wife, who passed away in 1888. Of the ten children born unto them five reached maturity, namely : William H., of this review; Samuel, residing in Hale township; Mitchell, who makes his home in Jones county ; J. A., of California ; and J. L., of Missouri.
William H. Glick was reared in his native state until fifteen years of age, and in the meantime attended the public schools in the acquirement of his educa- tion. In the fall of 1856 he came with his parents to Jones county, where he has since continued to reside. After laying aside his text-books he was busily en- gaged in the work of the home farm, giving his father the benefit of his assist- ance for a number of years. At the age of twenty years, however, he put aside all personal interests to assist his country in her hour of need, and on the 12th of August, 1861, at the first call for troops to serve for three years, enlisted as a member of Company B, Ninth Iowa Volunteer Infantry. Under Captain Don A. Carpenter he saw much active service and took part in many important engagements, among which were the siege of Vicksburg, Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge, besides many other minor battles. At the battle of Mission- ary Ridge he received a wound, a bullet passing through about eight inches of his body and coming out through the shoulder blade. He was taken to a hos- pital and later did duty with the invalid corps for some time, while on the 2d of September, 1864, he received honorable discharge. Throughout the three years of his term of enlistment he fought bravely and fearlessly in defense of the Stars and Stripes, his service being actuated by a spirit of loyalty that won for him a most creditable military record.
After returning home Mr. Glick resumed his connection with agricultural pursuits, remaining on the home form with his parents until his marriage. He then took up farming on his own account, purchasing a farm of one hundred and ten acres on sections 19, 20 and 29, Hale township, about a mile and a half north of the old homestead. Here he has since continued to make his home, directing his energies toward the further improvement of the fields which he has brought under a high state of cultivation. He has made a close study of agriculture, possesses good business ability and is methodical, systematic and progressive, so that he is numbered among the substantial and successful farmers of his section of the county.
Mr. Glick was united in marriage in 1865 to Miss Elizabeth E. Stevens, a native of Hamilton county, Ohio, born in 1847. She lost her mother in in- fancy, and with her uncle came to Iowa in 1855. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Glick have been born four children, namely: Dora E., the wife of L. G. Freeman, of Olin ; John A., also residing in Olin; Henry Harlan, who passed away in infancy; and Harry M., who is married and resides at home, assisting in the operation of the homestead.
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