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Isaac N. Aldrich was born in Ashtabu- la Co., Ohio, on the 2d of August, 1852. When eight years of age his parents re- moved to Lorain Co., Ohio, for the pur- pose of educating their children. Previ- ons to their removal his father had pur- chased a farm in Kendall Co., Ill., where they resided one year. After Isaac fin- ished his education his parents removed to this county, locating on section 1, Madison township. He commenced teach- ing at the age of seventeen years, contin- uing until 1880, not missing a term, ex- cept in 1871, when he attended Sac Semi- nary, in Sac Co., Iowa. In 1880 he com- meneed farming. He has a fine farm of 324 aeres on section 7, Ellington town- ship, also 320 acres on section 11, Madi -. son township, and 120 acres on section 14,
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Madison township, making a total of 764 acres of land. He resides on section 7, this township. On the 3d of January, 1875, he married Lucinda M. Cass, born May 7, 1850, in Walworth Co., Wis. This union has been blessed with four children, two of whom are living-Judson N., born Nov. 17, 1879; and Leonard C., born March 18, 1881. Mrs. Aldrich is a member of the M. E. Church. Ile is a member of the Free Methodist Church.
E. A. Roberts is a native of New York, born Aug. 6, 1838. He resided in his old home until 1869, when he removed to this county, locating in Ellington town- ship, where he has since lived, with the exception of two years that he was em- ployed on the Green Bay & Winona Rail- road. He resides on section 24, where he has eighty-two aeres of good land. He was married July 9, 1873, to Elizabeth Whickrock, born in Wisconsin, Sept. 15, 1855. She died Dec. 29, 1880, leaving one child-George C., born Sept. 13, 1879. Mr. Roberts belongs to the M. E. Church. He is a republican.
F. S. Northup was born in Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., in 1826. He was married in 1846, to Minerva L. Abbey, also a resi- dent of New York, and there born in 1829. In 1855 they went to Winneshiek Co., Iowa, where Mr. Northup practiced medicine for fifteen years. During his residence in that county he officiated as county supervisor two years, township clerk six years, and township assessor three years. He finally removed to Han- cock county, where he abandoned his medical aspirations and practice, and en- gaged in agricultural pursuits. He lo- cated in Ellington township, on section
28, where he now owns 120 acres of prairie and six acres of timber land. He also raises considerable stock. Since coming to this township Mr. Northup has served in some of the township offices. Politically he is a republican. Mr. and Mrs. Northup have six children - Loraine, George, Frank, Ella, F'red and Alta.
Godfrey Carlson was born Feb. 9, 1847, in Sweden. 1Ie came to America in 1866, landing at Quebec on the 15th of May. From thence he went to Henry Co., Ill., where he lived eighteen months, then re- moved to Osage, Mitchell Co., Iowa. After remaining there two years, he was married to Mary Pearson, Dec. 5, 1870. She was born in Sweden, March 10, 1847. He then came to Hancock county and lo- cated in Ellington township, on section 29. Hle owns 200 acres of land, well im- proved. They have six children-Emma Carolina, Carl Johan, Ana, Henry, Oscar and Mina Lovesa. Mr. Carlson and family are members of the Lutheran Church. In polities Mr. Carlson is a republican.
David Howes, farmer, was born in Clinton Co., N. Y., on the 28th of August, 1811. Ile followed brick making for twenty-two years. He worked at the blacksmith business three years. Ile re- sided in the home of his birth until 1870, when he came to Hancock county, locat- ing on section 22. He was married on the 31st of March, 1834, to Didana Cook, born May 8, 1818, in St. Lawrence Co., N. Y. This union was blessed with seven children-Louis E., James M., Edgar C., Martha E., Olive A., Mary E. and D. M. Mr. and Mrs. Howes are members of the M. E. Church. Louis, James and Edgar
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were soldiers in the late war. Mr. Ilowes is a republican.
L. W. Chase, born Ang. 29, 1841, in Jefferson Co., N. Y., came to Hancock Co., Iowa, in 1871, settling on section 18, Ellington township, where he has ever since lived. He has eighty acres of fine land. He was reared in the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in politics, is a re- publican. Mr. Chase, July 4, 1873, mar- ried Mary J. Melins, born Dec. 26, 1854, in New York. There are three children -Fred, born June 7, 1874; William, born Feb. 26, 1878; lIenry C., born July 20, 1882.
E. Tompkins, one of the substantial farmers of Ellington township, is a native of New York, born Jan. 6, 1847. Ile lived in New York until 1872, when he removed to Hancock Co., Iowa, locating on section 24, Ellington township. He has 220 acres of well improved land. In February, 1874, he was united in marriage with Nettie Haight, born in Wisconsin, Feb. 14, 1857. They have one child-Flora, born Oct. 20, 1880. Thomas II. Tomp- kins, father of the subject of our sketch, was born in New York, in 1822, and died in 1859. His mother, Charlotte (Purdy) Tompkins, was born in New York, in 1814, and died in 1869 or 1870. They had five children-Elias W., Sarah J., Her- bert, Elijah and Purdy S.
S. N. Howland is a native of New York, born May 9, 1834. When eighteen years old he removed to Pennsylvania, where he resided two years, thence to Wiscon- sin, where he remained four years, thence back to New York, thence to Missouri, remaining there four months, thence to Wisconsin, where he worked in the pin-
eries two years, thence to New Orleans, thence to Houston, Texas. He enlisted in the Texas Rangers, and served three months, then returned to Wisconsin, to La Crosse, where he lay sick for three months. Ile then went into the pineries for six months, thence to Idaho, remain- ing there five months, thence to Oregon, hunting and trapping, thence to Wash- ington territory, back to Idaho, remaining there thirteen months in the gold mines, thence to Wisconsin, and then to Iowa, locating on section 23, Ellington town- ship, Hancock county, where he has 180 aeres of good land. He was married to Eliza Glispa, Sept. 7, 1862. They have four children-Agnes, Flora, Mand and Addie. Mrs. Howland is a member of ' the M. E. Church. He belongs to the Free Masons, Garner Lodge, No. 319. He is a democrat.
Mrs. M. J. Abbey was born March 29, 1821, in New York. In 1845 she was married to Abraham Abbey. In 1855 she came to Iowa, settling in Winneshick county, where she resided until 1875, then she removed to Hancock county, locating on section 18, in Ellington township, where she still resides. She owns 120 acres of land, and raises all kinds of grain. There were eight children born to their union, five living-Thomas E., Leroy C., Edward, Hattie A. and Abraham L. Mrs. Abbey is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
E. C. Miller, born March 26, 1835, in Vermont, is the son of Church and Eliza- beth I. (Boyden) Miller. Ile came to Iowa in 1875, settling on section 30, Ell- ington township, Hancock county, where he has since resided. He has 240 acres
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of fine land, where he follows farming and stock raising. Since Aug. 21, 1878, Mr. Miller has been postmaster, has also been township treasurer four years. He is a member of the Free Masons, Truth Lodge, No. 213, Forest City, and is a republican. Ile enlisted in company F, 88th Volunteer Infantry, mustered in Aug. 26, 1862, serv- ing three years, and was discharged March 19, 1863, at Louisville, Ky. He was badly wounded Dec. 30, 1862, at Stone River, Tenn .; is now a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, Hayden Lodge, Forest City. He was married March 27, 1866, to Phœbe Morey, of Illinois, born May 6, 1844, in Pennsylvania. They have three children-Frank, born July 4, 1878; Arthur, born Dec. 14, 1879; Nellie, born Nov. 30, 1881.
Charles A. Clark, farmer, is a native of Vermont, born Feb. 24, 1845. He lived in his native State until 1870, when he re- moved to New Hampshire. He resided there until 1875, when he came to this county. Hle located on section 28, Elling- ton township, and owns 160 acres of land. lle has held the office of town- ship clerk since 1877, and was school diretor in 1882. He is a Free Mason, and belongs to Truth Lodge, No. 213, Forest City. He enlisted in company B, 16th regiment, Vermont Volunteer In- fantry, Aug. 28, 1862. He was discharged at the end of nine months, his term of enlistment expiring. Ile took part in the battle of Gettysburg. He was united in marriage Feb. 9, 1870, with Ellen M. Farr, born in Chesterfield, N. H., April 30, 1852. This union was blessed with three chil- dren, two of whom are living-Mary E., born April 18, 1871, and Edward R., born
Dec. 27, 1872. Mr. Clark is engaged in mixed farming. He is a republican.
Ole Paulson, farmer, is a native of Nor- way, born March 4, 1839. In 1858 he emigrated to America, landing at Quebec. Ile started for the west, stopping in Chi- cago; thence to Green Co., Wis. He re- sided there until 1869, when he removed to Mitchell Co., Iowa. After living there seven years he came to Hancock county, locating on section 36, Ellington town- ship, where he has 160 acres of well im- proved land. In 1864 he was married to Mrs. Mary Brager. They have seven children-Peter, Thomas A., Bennett, Gabriel, Anton, Nettie and Ole. The family all belong to the Lutheran Church. Mr. Paulson is a republican.
Peter S. Nelson is a native of Norway, born Feb. 23, 1833. He emigrated to America in 1857, landing at Quebec, Can- ada. From Quebec he went to Fillmore Co., Minn. In 1864 he enlisted in the 2d Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, company HI, serving until July, 1865. He partici- pated in the siege of Atlanta, Ga. He re- turned to his home in Minnesota, remain- ing there until 1866, when he came to Iowa, locating in Center township, Win- nebago county. In 1878 he removed to this county, locating on section 5, Elling- ton township. He has eighty acres of land, and is engaged in mixed farming. In 1861 he was united in marriage with Ellen Caroline Gudman. Mrs. Nelson died in 1874, leaving six children-Nich- olas, Gus, Andrew, Thomas M., John W. and Melinda. Mr. Nelson is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Churel.
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CHAPTER XXIII.
ERIN TOWNSHIP.
The township of Erin embraces all of that territory known as congressional township 95 north, range 25 west, of the fifth principal meridian. The surface of this sub-division of the county does not differ much from the balance of the land in this vicinity, being of a gently undu- lating character. A large portion of the people of this township are engaged in stock raising, and at some future day this will no doubt be the universal business of the rural population of this portion of the county. The rich, dark soil produces a magnificent growth of native grasses, on which cattle thrive and do well. The West Fork of the Iowa river flows through sections 1, 2 and 12, and the northeast branch of the Boone river through sections 5, 6, 8, 17, 20, 30 and 31 and these together with several smaller streams amply supply the needed water that produces the rich growth of grass, and makes this the para- dise of the stock grower. Most of the in- habitants of this township are natives of Ireland, the Erin of the poets, and thence its name.
The first settlement in this territory was made by Garrett Devenpeck, in May, 1871. Hle locate ! on section 3, and built the first house in the township. Mr. Devenpeck, who died on the 3d of September, 1883, was born on the 17th of September, 1826,
in Florida, N. Y., but while he was yet young his parents removed to Charleston, in the same State. Here he was reared and lived until the year 1849, when he removed to Broome county, where he re- mained some three years. About this time he was seized with the western fever and following the setting sun landed in Clinton Co., Iowa, where he remained until 1871, when he came to this town- ship and located as above mentioned. He was married on the 13th of January, 1848, to Eliza Frank, a native of New York State. They had two children, but both are now dead. Mr. Devenpeck was one of the most promient and influential men in the county, and at the time of his death was a member of the county board of supervisors. He was the first justice of the peace of this township, and, at va- rious times held other township offices.
The next settler was William J. Porter, who located on section 3, in the last of May, 1871. Mr. Porter boarded at the house of Mr. Devenpeck while he was breaking his land, but in the fall he erected the house in which he now lives. Mr. Porter is a native of Ireland, where he was born Jan. 25, 1831. IIc came to this country in 1845, landing in Mass- achusetts, where he remained until 1868, when he came to the great and growing
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west. He first located in Mitchell county, but in the spring of 1871 removed to Hancock county, as stated. He was mar- ried May 6, 1852, to Ellen Foley, by whom he has had four children-Joseph, Wil- liam, Ella and Samnel. Mr. Porter has held several local offices, and is a man universally respected by his neighbors and acquaintances.
B.McMullen was the next to settle in this township, locating in 1873, on section 11. Mr. Macken came also during the year 1873 and settled upon section 14.
Among the settlers of the year 1874 may be found the names of Michael McGruder, Patrick McGruder and J. O'Rourke.
The first marriage in Erin township took place on the 27th of February, 1879, between F. T. Burdick and Nellie M. Dev- enpeck.
The first death was that of Jolin Porter, who was killed by a fall from a wagon.
Erin township was organized at the Oe- tober election of 1879, and the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: John Murry, B. McMullen and P. Sher- idan, trustees, and G. Devenpeck, clerk.
The present officers are: John Mc- Mahon, 11. J. Anderson and J. W. Whit- ney, trustees; John Love, elerk.
The first school board of Erin township was elected at the March election, 1879, and consisted of Mary E. Donahoe, John O'Rourke and J. V. Hill. J. J. Donahoe was appointed secretary, and B. McMul- len, treasurer. The first school was held in the Devenpeck school house during the fall of 1873, and Betsy Swartwood was the teacher. This building, which stood on a portion of section 3, was the first
school edifice built in the township. At the time of its erection the present town- ships of Erin and Britt were all one school district. In the fall of 1879 this building was removed to the southeast corner of section 8, on the land of Mr. Murry, where it now stands. Andrew Murry was the teacher in its new location. Miss McCormick is the present teacher.
The next is what is known as the Mc- Mullen school house, as it is located on section 11, the land of B. McMullen. In 1877 a coal house was purchased and moved from the Daggett district, in Orthel township, and out of this was built this school house. The first teacher therein was Naney Clark, who taught the same year of its erection In the spring of 1882 this building was moved to the farm of Mr. Lawton, on section 23. The first teacher in the new location was Ella Law- ton, who was succeeded by Dela Whitney, the present preceptress.
The Porter school house was erected in September, 1882, and was opened that fall with Mrs. Mary Porter as teacher. This is a very fine edifiee, an ornament to the district, and cost, together with the site on which it stands, $1,000. The present teacher is Katie Ward.
The Glidden school house was erected during the winter of 1882, the building costing $100. The first teacher was Emily Lincoln.
The present board of school directors is composed of the following well known gentlemen: F. T. Burdick, president; F. B. Glidden, secretary; O. C. Peterson, treasurer; H. L. Grubb and P. Sheridan, directors.
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Frank T. Burdick was born in Fillmore Co., Minn., May 8, 1857. In 1861 he re- moved with his parents to Winneshiek Co., Iowa, where Frank was reared on a farm, being engaged in that occupation there until 1878. Ile then came to Ilan- cock county, locating in Britt township. In 1882 he settled on his present farm, on section 3, Erin township. Mr. Burdick was united in marriage Feb. 27, 1879, with Nellie M. Devenpeck. They have two children-Fannie and Jerry. In the spring of 1883 Mr. Burdick was elected school director of this township.
Fremont B. Glidden was born Feb 15, 1853, in Dane Co., Wis. Ilis parents, Wilber and Lucinda (Bingham) Glidden, were old settlers of Dane county. Fre- mont was there reared and educated. In 1879 he came to Hancock Co., lowa, set- tling on section 20, Erin township, where he still lives, having a farm of 160 acres. Mr. Glidden was married Feb. 18, 1874, to Ella MeMillan, a native of Wisconsin. Mr. and Mrs. Glidden have been blessed with two children-Vernon F. and Wil- ber J. Mr. Glidden was elected justice of the peace of Erin township in 1881, and his term of office expires Jan. 1, 1885. Ile is now secretary of the school board. Mr. and Mrs. Glidden are members of the Baptist Church.
Otto C. Petersen was born in Scott Co., lowa, June 3, 1857. When ten years of
age he moved with the family to Clinton county, where they resided two years. In 1868 they removed to Grundy county, where Otto and his brothers were engaged in the lumber business at Reinbeck, that county. In the fall of 1881 he came to Hancock county, and with his brothers located on section 26, Erin township, where they now live, having a farm of 640 acres of good land. They are con- sidered among the most successful young farmers in the county. Mr. Petersen has been township treasurer of Erin town- ship, and in 1882 was elected township clerk.
IIenry L. Grubb was born Ang. 25, 1853, in Benton Co., Iowa. His parents, Jacob and Elizabeth (Acker) Grubb, were natives of Pennsylvania. They came to Jowa in 1851. Ilenry was reared on a farm in his native county, receiving his education in the county schools. In 1875 he left the farm and removed to Shells- burg, Iowa, engaging in various lines of trade, and in 1878 returned to farming. In the spring of 1881 he came to llan- cock county, and in the fall located in Erin township, where he has 160 acres of land on section 20. Mr. Grubb was mar- ried Dec. 25, 1873, to Rosa Escher, born in Philadelphia, Penn. They have two children-Charles J. and Ottie M. Mr. Grubb is one of the school directors of Erin township.
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CHAPTER XXIV.
GARFIELD TOWNSHIP.
The sub-division of Hancock county, known by the name of Garfield, comprises the territory lying within congressional township 96 north, range 24 west, and in- cludes some of as good land as lies in the county. The surface is almost level, the easy slope, being only enough to drain the arable portion of the ground. This latter is composed of the rich alluvial soil that is characteristic of this portion of the State. A luxuriant growth of native grasses cover, as yet, the virgin sod, and is fed on by the herds of cattle driven here from other counties. The land having been in the hands of speculators has kept this portion of the county from settling up as it might otherwise have done, but a start has been made and the time looks short when these now wild lands will be re- claimed and brought under the plough. Garfield township is favored with several fine lakes. None of these are very large, however, nor take up much space that could be utilized for agriculture. Eagle lake, on the western limit of the town- ship is a considerable body of water, and at a slight expense could be made a fine body of water, and by stocking it with fish it could be made to yield a consider- able revenne. The C. M. & St. P. Railroad crosses the township from east to west, but there is no town or station within its limits. .
The first settler in this waste of grass and flowers, was John Stork, who is now a resident of Ell township, to which place the reader is referred for a more detailed sketch. Mr. Stork broke the first prairie in the township and sowed the first grain. He also erected the first log cabin. Ilis son, Frank Stork, built the first frame structure within the same limits. Among the other early settlers of this township were: John Yarosh, Iler- man Slick, Joseph Hijlek, John M. Hoesley and Eben Melcher.
The township was organized in 1880, and received its name from President- elect Garfield. The election was held at the Slick school house on the 2d of Novem- ber, 1880, and resulted in the choice of the following officers: J. M. Hoesley, A. O. B. Smith and John Hartman, trustees; Eben Melcher, clerk; J. W. Finch, as- sessor; A. O. B. Smith and John Schuler, justices; A. J. Smith and John Danger- field, constables. At this election, the judges were J. M. Hoesley, Eben Melcher and A. O. B. Smith; J. W. Finch and George F. Schuler, acted as clerks.
The officers of the township at present are as follows: J. F. Brown, C. Schuler, J. M. Hoesley, trustees ; Eben Melcher, clerk; James F. Manuel, assessor; Charles Schuler and Eben Melcher, justices; Jolin Hartman, Jr., constable.
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The township is settled by a quiet peacable body of people, in which the German element largely predominates, and it is recorded that in the three years of its political existence, there has never been a law-suit, and an election to the office of justice of the peace, is an empty honor.
J. M. Hoesley, one of the enterprising farmers of Hancock Co., Iowa, was born in Elberfeld, Prussia, March 24, 1835. He was reared in Switzerland. In 1847 he came with his parents to the United States, landing at New Orleans and spend- ing the winter there. They then went to Ohio, and shortly after removed to Galena, Ill., where they remained two years. They afterwards went to LaFayette Co., Wis., then a vast wilderness. In 1861 Mr. Hoesley enlisted in company I, 16th regi- ment, Wisconsin Infantry. He was wounded in the left leg at the battle of Shiloh, and was taken to Savannah, Tenn., where he remained a short time, and was then sent to Cincinnati, being in the hos- pital at that place for some time. He then procured a furlough and went home, being discharged the following November on account of disability. In 1863 he again enlisted as corporal in the 2d Wis- consin Cavalry. He had not yet recovered from his wound, but was anxious to see the war through. His regiment partici- pated in a good many engagements. Many times his clothes were pierced with bullets, but he escaped without any wounds. He was always found at his post, never shirking duty. He was mus- tered out at Austin, Texas, Nov. 15, 1865. Mr. Hoesley married Louisa Stru ber, by whom he had eight children -- Emma,
Ilelen, Henry, Charlie, Lucy, Lydia, Flora and Frank, who was drowned. In 1868 Mr. Hoesley moved to Floyd county, and in 1871 to Missouri, but on account of sickness he was forced to leave Mis- souri. He came to Hancock county in 1874, and settled in Garfield township, where he has since been engaged in farm- ing. Mr. and Mrs. Hoesley are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Eben Foster Melcher was born in Sul- livan Co., N. Y., June 27, 1850. Ilis parents, George and Mary (Stoppe) Mel- cher, are natives of Germany, and emi- grated to the United States in 1844, and settled in New York, In 1852 he came west with his parents, locating in Dodge Co., Wis. In 1866 they removed to Chickasaw Co., Iowa, and in 1868 to Floyd county, where they still live. Mr. Melcher was reared on a farm. In 1873 he was married to Mary Streber, of Floyd county. By this union there were four children-Louis, Arthur, George and Alice. Mr. Melcher came to Hancock county in 1877, settling in Concord town- ship, now Garfield, on section 13, where he has a farm in a good state of enltiva- tion. In politics he is a republican, and has held several local offices of trust. Mr. and Mrs. Melcher are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Mel- cher is a member of the 1. O. O. F., join- ing National Lodge, No. 165, of Charles City, Iowa, in 1874.
William Nisbet, blooded stock breeder, and one of the enterprising farmers of Garfield township, was born in the county of Lambton, province of Ontario, July 20, 1836. Ilis parents, William and Eliza- beth (Black) Nisbet, were natives of
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Scotland, and emigrated to Canada in 1832, then a wild, unsettled country. Mr. Nisbet was married in 1868 to Margaret Ann Smith, by whom he has had six chil- dren, four sons and two daughters-Eliza- beth J., William A., Peter H., Cecelia, Matthew and Raleigh. He came to Han- cock county in April, 1881, and purchased
land on section 13, Garfield township, where he has since been engaged in farming and stock raising. Mr. Nisbet takes great pride in his stock, and has one of the best stock farms in the county. Ile has 160 acres of land, 100 of which is under cultivation, valued at $20 per acre.
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