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Center, which had formerly comprised the middle tier of townships, co-extensive with township 99, range 23.
Logan was set off at the same meeting, as was Newton. It consisted of all of township 100, ranges 24, 25 and 26.
Norway was thus made to comprise township 100, range 23. It had previ- ously embraced all the north tier of town- ships.
REFUNDING OF THE COUNTY BONDS.
In 1878, at the September meeting of the board of supervisors of Winnebago county, it was decided to refund the bonded indebtedness of the county, which existed prior and up to the Ist of Jann- ary, 1878, and Hon. David Secor was ap- pointed financial agent for that purpose. A large share of this indebtedness was the result of the issuance of the bonds of 1860, better known as the court house bonds. The original bonds amounted to $20,000 ; $13,000 of which were held by Charles R. Lynde, of New York, who brought suit against the county, in the United States circuit court, to compel their payment. The county resisted pay- ment, on the grounds of the invalidity of of the bonds, and the case was appealed
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to the supreme court of the United States which finally rendered judgment for $38,- 000, principal and interest, in favor of Lynde. The county, being unable to pay the judgment, compromised with Mr. Lynde by issuing to him, on the 27th of June, 1874, bonds to the amount of the judgment, bearing ten per cent. interest.
This amount had been reduced from time to time, until there was but $20,000
of the debt remaining unpaid. In De- cember Mr. Secor went to Dubuque and succeeded in taking up these bonds by paying $5,000 in cash, and exchanging new eight per cent. bonds as authorized at the September meeting of the board of supervisors.
In 1880 the total bonded indebtedness of the county amounted to $48,000.
CHAPTER V.
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NATIONAL, STATE AND COUNTY REPRESENTATION.
While unworthy men, at times, may force themselves into office, it cannot but be acknowledged that the great body of office-holders of the country are truly rep- resentative men-men of positive force and character. They are of the number that build up and strengthen a town, a county, or a State. In this chapter, as far as possible, is given sketches of all who have served Winnebago county in the Nation, State or county. Some of the sketches are imperfect, but it is not the fault of the historian that they are not more complete. Some of the parties have passed away, leaving no record from which a sketch could be obtained, while others have left the county, and their present places of residence are unknown. CONGRESSIONAL.
Winnebago county was a part of the 2d congressional district prior to its organi- zation, and was represented in the 33d
Congress from 1853 to 1855 by John P. Cook, of Davenport. Mr. Cook was a na- tive of the State of New York, and in 1836 came west to Davenport. IIe was elected a member of Congress as a whig, and held the views of that party until its dissolution. On the breaking up of the whig party he affiliated with the demo- cratic party, the principles of which he labored earnestly to sustain and promul- gate, even to the end of his days. Ilis life has been one of great energy and in- dustry. He was by natural instinct a true western man, a wide-awake, thoroughly active pioneer, who never saw the time when he could lay aside the business harness, and, to all appearances, never wanted to. As a lawyer he had few su- periors; was always ready, fineut and an able advocate, and with these qualities were combined energy, tact and industry; and for years past, and up to the day of
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his demise, no law firm in the northwest has stood in better repnte than that broken by his death. Mr. Cook died at Davenport, April 17, 1872.
James Thorington, of Davenport, was the next representative in Congress from the 2d district. He was not a man of extraordinary ability, but was a good politician and wire-puller. He is now a consul in one of the South American States.
Timothy Davis, of Elkader, Clayton county, next served the district, from 1857 to 1859, or in the 35th Congress.
William Vandever, of Dubuque, was eleeted a member of the 35th Congress, and re-elected to the 37th. William Van- dever is a native of Maryland. In 1839 he came west, locating in Rock Island, where he remained until 1851, when he moved to Dubuque. In 1855 he formed a partnership with Benjamin W. Samuels, of Dubuque, in the practice of law. In 1858 he was elected a member of the 36th Congress. lle made a useful member of that body. While serving his second term, he abandoned his seat in Congress, returned home, and raised the 9th Iowa Infantry, of which he was made colonel. In 1862 he was promoted a brigadier- general, and at the close of the war was brevetted major-general. Since the elose of the war he has held several important publie positions.
By the census of 1862 Iowa was en- titled to six representatives in Congress. Winnebago county, on the State being re- distrieted, became a part of the 6th district. Its first representative from this district was Asahel W. Hubbard, from Sioux City Ile was elected in the fall of 1862, and
became a member of the 38th Congress. Ile was re-elected a member of the 39th and 40th Congresses. He was a native of Connecticut, born in 1817. In 1836 he came west to Indiana, and in 1857 to Iowa, locating at Sioux City. He had been in the latter place only one year when he was elected judge of the 4th jů- dieial district. While a member of Con- gress he served on committees of For- eign Affairs, Public Expenditures and In- dian Affairs. He was very attentive to his duties while in Congress, and served his constituents and the State with un- qualified satisfaction.
Charles Pomeroy, of Fort Dodge, was the next representative in Congress from the 6th district. He was elected in 1868 as a member of the 41st Congress, and served one term.
Jackson Orr, of Boonesboro, succeeded Mr. Pomeroy in 1871, and served in the 42d Congress as a representative from the 6th district. Mr. Orr was re-elected as a member from the 6th district, and served in the 43d Congress.
In 1872 It was found the population of the State had increased to a number en- titling it to nine representatives in Con- gress. In re-distrieting, Winnebago county became a part of the 4th district. It was first represented by Henry O. Pratt, of Charles City, to the 43d Congress. Mr. Pratt was re-elected to the 44th, and thus served until March, 1877. Mr. Pratt is a native of Maine. He was admitted to the bar in Mason City, Cerro Gordo Co., Iowa, in June, 1862. Soon afterward a call was made for 600,000 men by the President. He enlisted as a private in in company B, 32d Iowa Infantry. He
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was discharged in the spring of 1863 and the following summer taught a small school in Worth Co., Iowa, after which he commenced the practice of law at Charles City. As a lawyer he is very candid in the trial of a case; he never tries to defeat the ends of justice, never resorts to elap-trap, and never forgets the dignity of his calling. He is a fluent speaker, and excels as a jury advocate. His record in Congress was creditable to himself and constituents.
N. C. Deering was the successor of Mr. Pratt. He was elected as a member of the 45th and re-elected to the 46th and 47th Congresses. He was an influential member.
Nathaniel C. Deering was born in Den- mark, Oxford Co., Maine, on the 2d of September, 1827. llis parents were James Deering and Elizabeth Prentiss, both natives of Maine. Mr. Deering was educated in the common and high schools of Denmark, and at the North Bridgeton Academy. lle had a strong desire to proeure a liberal education, and to study law, but as the result of an attack of whooping cough and measles his health broke down and his lungs became dis- eased. Warned by his physician of the danger that would attend the further prosecution of his studies, in the spring of 1847, he went to Hampden, Penob- seot county, and accepted a clerkship in a store, serving in that capacity until Jan- uary, 1850, when he determined to join the gold seekers. He reached San Fran cisco on the 14th of the following April, remained in the "land of gold" about two years, then returned to Maine with con- siderable fortune, embarking in the paper
manufacturing business. In autumn of 1856, he lost his entire property by fire. In September of the year before he had been elected a representative to the Maine Legislature, and was re-elected in the autumn of 1856, his father serving in the same body. On the 14th of Septem- ber, 1857, he arrived with his family at Osage, Iowa, his present home, where he engaged in land and lumber operations, with a good degree of success. In July, 186], he was appointed a clerk in the United States Senate, which position he held until the spring of 1865, when he resigned and was soon after appointed a special agent of the postoffice depart- ment for Iowa, Minnesota and Nebraska, resigning the position in the spring of 1869. In July, 1872, he was appointed national bank examiner for the State of Iowa, the duties of which position he con- tinned to discharge until the 3d of March, 1877, when he resigned preparatory to taking the seat in Congress, to which he had been elected the previous November. As a citizen, Mr. Deering has always en- joyed the esteem of his fellows. One in writing of him says: "As a pure Chris- tian gentleman, he stands among the first in the land, nowhere more highly appre- ciated than by those among whom he dwells."
By the census of 1880, it was found that Iowa was entitled to eleven representa- tives in Congress, and the General Assem- bly of 1882 formed two new districts, Winnebago county becoming a part of the 10th district.
Major A. J. Homes, of Boone county, was elected congressman of the 10th dis- triet in the fall of 1882.
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GOVERNMENT APPOINTMENT.
J. T. Kean was appointed to a clerk- ship in the adjutant general's office at Washington, in the fall of 1880.
REGISTER OF STATE LAND OFFICE.
IIon. David Secor was elected to this office in 1875 and was re-elected in 1877, holding the office four years.
Hon. David Secor, Forest City, was born in Putnam Co., N. Y., Jan. 6, 1836. His parents were Alson and Sarah C. (Knapp) Secor, natives of the above county. They were the parents of cleven children, all of whom grew to be adults. The sub- ject of this sketch was reared on a farm, and received his education in the common schools. In 1856 he removed west, re- maining a few years in Linn Co., Iowa, where he learned the trade of a mason, and attended the Western College, an in- stitution controlled by the United Breth- ren Church. In the spring of 1859 he re- moved to Mason City, where he worked at his trade, and the following fall removed to Winnebago county. In the fall of" 1861 he was elected to the office of treas- urer and recorder, being elected three conscentive terms. In 1863 he received the appointment of postmaster of Forest City, holding the same for nine years. In 1871 he was elected to the 14th General · Assembly, having only three votes cast against him. The district consisted of Cerro Gordo, Worth, Hancock and Win- nebago counties. In 1873 he was re- elected with the same result, only three votes being cast against him. In 1874 he was elected to the office of register of State lands, which position he filled two terms. On Dec. 10, 1862, he was married to Samantha E. Van Curen, by whom he
had three children, two sons and one daughter. Mrs. Secor died on July 13, 1871. Ile was again married, Sept. 10, 1872, to Jennie Gregg, who died Dec. 15, 1875. His present wife is S. Jennie Lyons, by whom he has had two danghters. Mr. and Mrs. Secor are members of the Con- gregational Church. He is a Knight Templar Mason, and a member of the A. O. U. W. Lodge. Ile was admitted to the bar in 1879.
MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
The 4th General Assembly convened at Iowa City, Dec. 6, 1852, and adjourned Jan. 24, 1853. At this time Winnebago county, though unorganized, with Jasper, Polk, Dallas, Greene, Boone, Story, Mar- shall, Risley, Will, Fox, Pocahontas, Hum- boldt, Wright, Franklin, Cerro Gordo, Hancock, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Emmett, Bancroft, Hardin and Worth constituted one district, with Andrew L. Hull as sen- ator and J. F. Rice, Joseph C. Goodwin and Benjamin Green as representatives.
The 5th General Assembly convened at Iowa City, Dec. 4, 1854, and adjourned Jan. 26, 1855; also convened in extra ses- sion July 2, 1856, and adjourned July 16, 1856. At this time the district was com- posed of the counties of Jasper, Polk, Dal- las, Guthrie, Greene, Boone, Story, Mar- shall, Hardin, Risley, Tell, Fox, Poca- hontas, Humboldt, Wright, Franklin, Cerro Gordo, Hancock, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Em'- mett, Bancroft, Winnebago and Worth, and was represented in the Senate by James C. Jordan, who contested the seat of Theophilus Bryan, the contest being decided in favor of Jordan, Jan. 8, 1856; and represented in the House by Samuel
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B. McCall. Winnebago county was then in the 38th representative district.
The 6th General Assembly convened at Iowa City, Dec. 1, 1856, and adjourned Jan. 29, 1857. At this time the senatorial district was composed of the counties of Allamakee, Winneshiek, Howard, Chicka- saw, Mitchell, Floyd, Worth, Cerro Gordo, Hancock, Winnebago, Bancroft and Kos- suth, and was represented by Jeremiah T. Atkins. Winnebago county was in the 46th representative district, associated with the counties of Winneshiek, lloward, Mitchell, Worth and Bancroft, and was represented by Claus L. Clausen.
The 7th General Assembly convened at Des Moines, Jan. 11, 1858, and adjourned March 23, 1858.
Winnebago county, in the 34th senato- rial district, was represented by Jeremiah T. Atkins. The representative district was composed of Worth, Cerro Gordo, Franklin, Wright, Hancock, Winnebago, Kossuth, Webster, Hamilton, Calhoun, Pocahontas, Palo Alto, Sac, Buena Vista, Clay, Dickinson and Emmett, and was represented in the Ilouse by Cyrus C. Car- penter.
The 8th General Assembly convened at Des Moines, Jan. 8, 1860, and adjourned April 3, 1860; also convened in extra ses- sion May 15, 1861, and adjourned May 29, 1861. At this time Winnebago county was a part of the 40th senatorial district, with Julius H. Powers as State senator, and a part of the 58th representative district with Elbridge G. Bowdoin as representative.
The 9th General Assembly convened at Des Moines, Jan. 13, 1862, and adjourned April 8, 1862; also convened in extra ses-
sion Sept. 3, 1862, and adjourned Sept. 11, 1862. Winnebago county, still in the 40th senatorial district, was represented by George W. Howard. The 54th repre- sentative district, composed of the coun- ties of Floyd, Cerro Gordo, Worth and Winnebago, was still represented by Elbridge G. Bowdoin.
The 10th General Assembly met at Des Moines, Jan. 11, 1864, and adjourned March 29, 1864. Winnebago county was in the 43d senatorial district, with George W. Bassett, State senator; and in the 57th representative district, Charles D. Pritchard, representative.
The 11th General Assembly convened at Des Moines, Jan. 8, 1866, and adjourned April 3, 1866. George W. Bassett was still State senator, while the counties of Worth, Winnebago, Kossuth and Hancock, comprising the 58th representative dis- triet, were represented by L. Dwelle.
The 12th General Assembly convened at Des Moines, Jan. 13, 1868, and adjourned April 8, 1868. Winnebago county was represented in the Senate by Theodore Hawley, of Webster county, in the House by Charles W. Tenney, of Cerro Gordo county.
The 13th General Assembly met at Des Moines Jan. 10, 1870, and adjourned April 13, 1870. Theodore Hawley was still' senator and B. F. Hartshorn represented Winnebago county in the House.
The 14th General Assembly convened at Des Moines, Jan. 8, 1872, and adjourned April 23, 1872, also met in extra session Jan. 15, 1873, and adjourned Feb. 20, 1873. Winnebago county, in the 46th senatorial district, and the 69th represent- ative district, was represented in the Sen-
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ate by Elisha Howland, of Franklin county, and in the House by David Secor, of Forest City.
The 15th General Assembly met at Des Moines, Jan. 12, 1874, and adjourned March 19, 1874. Elisha A. Howland still represented Winnebago county in the Sen- ate, and David Secor in the House.
The 16th General Assembly convened at Des Moines, Jan. 11, 1876. In the Sen- ate, Winnebago county was represented by Lemuel Dwelle; in the House by H. H. Brush.
The 17th General Assembly met at Des Moines, Jan. 15, 1878. Winnebago being represented by Lemuel Dwelle, in the Senate, and by A. C. Walker, in the Ilouse. At this session the State was re- districted, and Winnebago became a part of the 47th senatorial distriet.
The 18th General Assembly met at Des Moines on the first Monday in January, 1880. Frank Goodykoontz was State sen- ator from the 47th district, of which Winnebago county was a part; while J. M. Hull represented the county in the House.
The 19th General Assembly convened at the State capitol, Jan. 2, 1882. Winne- bago county, in the 47th senatorial dis- trict, was represented in the Senate by Horace G. Parker, of Cerro Gordo county, who was elected in the fall of 1881, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Frank Goodykoontz. J. E. Anderson rep- resented the county in the House.
In the fall of 1883, John D. Glass, was elected State senator, and George F. Wat- son, representative. Winnebago county, in that year, was in the 47th senatorial and the 77th representative districts.
COUNTY OFFICIALS.
A history of Winnebago county would, indeed, be incomplete without a record of the county officials, who have served since its organization. There has been much difficulty connected with obtaining mate- rial for biographical sketches of those who have died or moved from the county since their official services were performed. Where the mention of men, who, in their time,were prominent, is short,it is because of the meagre material to be secured. The following, embraces the complete list of the various officers from 1857 to 1883, in- elusive. The most important office at the commencement of the county's existence, was that of
COUNTY JUDGE.
This office, in early days, embraced the work of several officers of the present day. It is treated at length in the judicial chap- ter.
The first county judge was Robert Clark, who was elected in the fall of 1857, and continued in office until 1862.
J. K. Boyd was the second judge, elected in the fall of 1861. Hle qualified and as- sumed the duties of the office, Jan. 1, 1862. Ile was succeeded by Samuel Ten- nis, who was elected in the fall of 1863, and held the office until it was abolished. The duties of the county court system passed to the circuit court, and the county judge became ex-officio
COUNTY AUDITOR,
at the time of the change, in the spring of 1869, Samuel 'Tennis being the first to serve as such.
In the fall of 1869, Hiram K. Landru was elected county auditor, and held the office three terms.
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Hiram K. Landru was a native of Nor- way. While he was still a boy, his par- ents emigrated to America, locating at Madison, Wis., where they remained for a number of years. In about 1863, he came with his parents to Winnebago county. Hiram was at this time about twenty-three years of age, and when he reached this county engaged in farming for himself, two miles north of Forest City. In 1865 he enlisted in the United States service, in company I, 32d Iowa Volun- teer Infantry, and served till the close of the war. Returning from the service he engaged in the mercantile business at Forest City, continuing in this for nearly two years. He then sold out and pur- chased a part interest in a steam saw mill, which business he followed until being elected county auditor. He then sold his interest in the saw mill and devoted his time to the duties of his office. Mr. Lan- dru was not a thorough business man and did not make a very efficient officer. Still he was well thought of and continued in office for six years. Ile remained about a year after the expiration of his last term of office, then went to Yellow Medicine Co., Minn., where he was living in 1883.
Eugene Secor was elected county au- ditor in October, 1875, and re-elected in 1877.
Eugene Secor was born in Putnam Co., N. Y., May 13, 1841. At the age of six- teen, his father removed to Shrub Oak, Westchester county, where he grew to manhood, working on his father's farm in the summer, and attending district school in the winter. On arriving at the age of twenty-one, he went west, and located in Forest City, Iowa, working at the mason's
trade summers and teaching school win- ters. In 1864, he entered Cornell College, at Mt. Vernon, in view of a classical ed- ucation, but his brother David having en- listed in the war, he was called home to oversee his brother's business, and was appointed by him deputy treasurer and recorder of Winnebago county, and dep- uty postmaster at Forest City, which position he held for a couple of years. In 1867 he was appointed deputy clerk of the district court, and in 1868, was elected district and circuit clerk, which office he he held for three successive terms, being elected the last time without opposition. In 1875 he was elected county auditor, and re-elected in 1877, without opposition. In the proceedings to incorporate Forest City, he was appointed one of the com- missioners to call the election, and was elected its first mayor, and re-elected three successive times. On retiring from the office of mayor, he was elected to the town council, which position he still holds, thus having been identified with the city government from its organization. There is no person who has taken more inter- est in the improvement of town and conn- ty than Mr. Secor. He is a member of the real estate firm of Secor Brothers & Law, and also of the banking house of Secors, Law & Plummer. In addition to this he finds time to oversee a farm or two, is engaged in fruit growing to some extent, and successfully manages the larg- est apiary in the county. Ile is at present president of the board of education, and takes an active interest in school matters. In 1866 he was married to Millie M. Spencer, daughter of David M. Spencer, a native of Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Secor
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have had eight children, only three of whom are living-Willard, aged fourteen; Alson, aged twelve; and Sadie, an infant. Mr. and Mr. and Mrs. Seeor are members of the M. E. Church. Mr. Secor came to this county without a dollar, in fact he borrowed money to come west with, but by industry, energy, perseverance and honesty, has succeeded in obtaining a competeney in this worlds goods, and is to-day one of the solid business men of the city.
Charles Isaacs was the next county au- ditor, elected in October, 1879, and re- elected in 1881 and 1883.
Charles Isaaes is a native of Norway, born Oet. 1, 1849. In 1855 his parents came with their family to the United States, settling in Dane Co., Wis. Charles remained at home and attended different schools of learning, until 1872, when he came to Winnebago Co., Iowa, locating on a farm about three miles southwest of Lake Mills. He engaged in teaching school during the winters and in summers worked at farming until in 1875, when he purchased a farm and devoted his time to its improvement. In 1879 he was elected county auditor, and was re-elected in 1881 and 1883. He was married in 1868 to Susan Jorgens, a native of Norway, by whom he has seven children living-Em- ma, Delia, Oscar, Alfred, Conrad, Rudolph and Walter. One son died aged six months. Mr. Isaaes is a thorough business man and is well qualified to fill the posi- tion which he has held for two terms. He graduated from Worthington & War- ner's Commercial College, Madison, Wis., on May 3, 1872. He is a republican in
polities; in religion a member of the Nor- wegian Lutheran Church.
TREASURER AND RECORDER.
At the time Winnebago county was or- ganized the duties of these two offices de- volved upon one person. This continued in vogue until 1863, after which an officer was elected for each office.
The first treasurer and recorder was Charles H. Day, who was elected in 1857. In 1859 Philip Tennis was elected, but failing to qualify, Mr. Day held over till the next general election, when he was re-elected and again in 1861.
Charles H. Day is a native of Illinois. Ile came to Forest City, in 1856, from Owens Grove, Cerro Gordo county, bring- ing with him a steam saw-mill, the prop- erty of J. B. Long, judge of Cerro Gordo county. For a time Mr. Day was merely engineer and manager of the mill, but finally he purchased an interest and so continued to run it for about a year. When elected treasurer and recorder he sold his interest in the mill and gave his attention to his official duties. After the expiration of his term of office he re- mained only a short time, but soon went to Mason City, Cerro Gordo county, where he engaged in the mercantile busi- ness. He continued in that about a year and a half, then sold out. lle is still liv- ing in Mason City. Mr. Day was a sharp, shrewd business man and is now in very comfortable eireumstanees.
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