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Myron A. Benton, hardware merchant, is a native of Kane Co., Ill., born Oct.
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14, 1853, where he was reared to agricul- tural pursuits, remaining on a farm with his father until 1872, when he came to Humboldt county and located on section 17, Grove township,and engaged in farm- ing. In April, 1879, he became interested in the milling business at Humboldt, to which he gave his attention one year. In September, 1881, he engaged in the hard- ware business, the firmn then being Butts & Benton. In April, 1883, he purchased his partner's interest, and has since been sole proprietor. He carries a good line of goods and has a good trade. He is a member of Eastern Star Lodge, No. 195, A. F. & A. M., and of Triumph Lodge, No. 393, I. O. O. F., of Dakota.
W. J. Smith is at present engaged in the business of selling, at wholesale, the flour made at the mills of New Richland, Minn. This be established in 1878, and has met with a deserved success. Mr. Smith is one of the most prominent men in the town and appreciated by its citizens at his true worth.
The lime works of Dakota, one of the leading industries of the county, was opened by W. J. Smith in the spring of 1879, who continued to operate the same until the fall of that year, when he dis- posed of it to O. B. Tourtelotte, of Fort Dodge, who now owns it. It is the only works of the kind now in operation in the county .
In 1880, W. J. Smith embarked in the business of brick making, which he has carried on until the present. Ilis yard is east of the court house, and he furnishes the majority of the brick that are used in this and Humboldt city. He has just finished building the finest residence in
the county just north of the town proper, of brick of his own yard, and proposes to make it his home.
A. F. Hawkins started in the jewelry and watch business at Dakota in 1879, and is the present representative in that busi- ness. He rents a portion of the McFar- land drug store, where he has a fair stock of the ornaments that delight the fair sex.
A. E. Bennett started the flour and feed business now carried on by Allen Dolph, in the building belonging to the latter. Mr. Dolph handles large quanti- ties of flour, and is the principal retail dealer in this line in the town.
In 1882, one of the prominent indus- tries of the village was added to Dakota. This was the shop opened by G. L. Hinds, an architect, builder, carpenter and genius generally. He manufactures everything in his line and does it well.
A saloon was started in 1870 by Mal. Newman, which he ran for several years. He was succeeded in it by Gaylord Gris- wold. After the latter went out of busi- ness, Benjamin Franklin took the place and ran it as a restaurant and was suc- ceeded by the present proprietor of the saloon, D. R. Bowers. A saloon and bil- liard hall was initiated by Fred Meade, in the Dolph building, in 1880,but after a short time he disposed of it to Charles Pinkham, who was compelled to close it up. B. Franklin again essayed to open it but signally failed to keep it up.
RELIGIOUS.
The first Sunday school in Dakota was organized by William Sherman in May, 1858. There were but two children in at- tendance-Henry Booth and Rachel Reed. Ambrose Booth acted as superintendent.
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In July, following, it was re-organized with Ambrose Booth, superintendent; W. C. Beer, secretary; William Blythe, libra- rian; Walter Thomas, treasurer. There were two classes with Messrs. Sheridan and Booth as teachers. A union prayer meeting was kept up in connection with the school. During 1859 G. L. Cruik- shank was the superintendent, and him- self and sister, now Mrs. M. A. Bergh, re- siding in Los Angeles Co., Cal., were the teachers. In consequence of the hard timos following, many families removed. There was no school from the fall of that year until the first Sabbath in January, 1863, when one was held in the law office of J. E. Cragg, weekly, for two months.
The first preaching in the town was by Rev. McComb and Rev. Chauncey Taylor, both of Algona, during the winter of 1956-7. They each delivered two ser- mons at that time.
The next religious services were held by Rev. Mr. Doddler, of Fort Dodge, who commenced holding them in August, 1857, and continued until November, when they were discontinued for the winter on account of cold and deep snow prevent- ing the coming of the pastor.
The first religions services held in Da- kota by the Methodists were in 1857. The Rev. Mr. Lawton, of Fort Dodge, presid- ing. There being no regular records of these earlier meetings, no list can be given in full of the various good men who have held this charge; so it becomes our duty to give them as they are upon the records of the Church. The following pastors have had charge of the Church here in late years: J. W. Latham, 1868; J. E. Rowen, 1869; J. P. Coleman, 1870; R. Fancher,
1872; A. A. Schesler, 1874; S. C. Bascom, 1876; J. G. Henderson, 1879; J. W. McCoy, 1882; H. J. Grace, the present paster, was appointed in 1883. The church edifice built in 1869 is a very neat and tasty building of brick, 30x50 feet, and was erected at a cost of $3,500. It will seat about 300 people, including the seats in the gallery.
Rev. Henry J.Grace was born in the State of Ohio, upon the 29th of November, 1854, and in June, 1879, engaged in his present calling at Clarion, Iowa, where he labored in the service of the Lord for two years. In the fall of 1881 he was ordained. That fall he went to Canton, Dakota Territory, where he remained for one year, preach- ing, and moved back to Clarion. In Octo. ber, 1883, he came to this place. He was married on the 8th of March, 1883, to Emma Wells, of Pennsylvania.
The first religious services held by the Catholic denomination, in Dakota, was in 1864, and presided over by Rev. Fathers Butler and Delano.
The German Evangelical Association was organized in the year 1865, with the following members: Christian Snyder, Theresa Lorbeer, A. C. Stoebe, Mrs. Fred- erick Stoebe, Charles Stoebe, Mrs. Rosa Stoebe, Angust Stoebe and wife, Andrew Barth and wife and Amelia Brenner. The first religious services of this so- ciety were held at the residence of C. Snyder, the minister being Rev. E. II. Bauman. It was afterwards held in the Stoebe school house, and in 1881, they pur- chased what was the Dakota school house which they enlarged and repaired. The second minister to preside over this little flock was a Rev. Mr. Saunders, who was
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followed in turn by Revs. A. Stoebe, HI. Brauer, J. Knoche, Lindecke, G. Cellhoef- er, George Brenner, G. Youngblood, F. A. Frare, O. Gerhart, H. Trumbauer, H. W. Hartman and G. D. Flegler. The latter gentleman is the present pastor and has as an assistant G. Brandstetter. There are now some thirty members of the society and it is in a most excellent condition.
Godfrey D. Flegler, minister of the Evangelical Church at Dakota, is a native of Baden, Germany, born July 18, 1845. He was there reared and educated. In 1868 he came to America and located in Oneida Co., N. Y., where he engaged in coopering till 1876, when he entered the Northwestern College, of Naperville, Ill., remaining there one year. He then returned to New York and there preached most of the time. In 1878 he was licensed at Lyous, N. Y., at conference. He then came to Shelby circuit, Iowa, remaining one year, thence to Cherokee mission for two years; thence to Sac mission, where he remained one year; thence to HIum- boldt in 1881. He was married May 25, 1881, to Whilamina C. Snyder, a daughter of C. Snyder, of this county. They have one child-Clara M.
Rev. E. G. O. Groat, a Baptist minister from Logan, Iowa, came to Dakota City in view of organizing a Baptist Church, and on the 10th day of June, 1883, he preached in the hall that was being occu- pied by the M. H. society, as by notice previously circulated. After services it was resolved to organize a regular Baptist Church and they proceeded by electing Rev. E. G. O. Groat, moderator, and F. F. French, clerk. The following named brotli- ers and sisters, E. G. O. Groat, Mrs. R.
Rolfe, Ada Bortle, Mrs. Delia Groat, Mr. Hulsizer,F. F. French, Mrs. Carrie Barber aud Mida French, resolved into an organ- ized budy by adopting the articles of faith contained in the Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge. Shortly after the organization there was received into the Church, by letter, Mrs. F. F. French, Bros. H. A. and Elmer C. French, Thomas Lovell and sister Lovell, Walter Lovell and Mabel Wing.
SOCIETIES.
Triumph Lodge, No. 393, I. O. O. F., was instituted May 23, 1879, by D. D. G. M., J. W. Roper, of Fort Dodge, with the following membership: B. Chauvet, A. M. Adams, S. J. Pier, V. N. Brown and J. C. Watkins. On the evening of the instal- lation the following members were added to the roll: A. C. Fairman, W. J. Good- rich, W. M. Brackett, William Cragg, I. A. Averill, W. S. Usher, F. HI. Cooper, W. L. Chauvet, E. Snook, C. H. Schaad and C. C. Coyle. The first officers were: V. N. Brown, N. G .; W. S. Usher, V. G .; W. M. Brackett, S .; B. Chauvet, T. The present officers are as follows: W. L. Chauvet, N. G .; J. W. Fairman, V. G .; G. L. Hinds, S .; V. Chauvet, T .; A. M. Adams, O. G .; W. O. Beam, C .; E. B. Fancher, R. N. G .; S. Luchsinger, L. N. G .; C. Emery, R. V. G. and M. A. Benton, warden. The lodge is in a most prosper- ous condition and has enrolled a living membership of some thirty-five, and great interest is taken in the work of the order.
Eastern Star Lodge, No. 195, A. F. & A. M., was organized on the 24th of July, 1866. It was instituted by S. B. Olney, of Fort Dodge, acting deputy G. M. The fol- lowing is a list of the original members,
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all being officers; W. II. Locke occupied the place of W. M .; G. D). Coyle, S. W .; A. B. West, J. W .; D. P. Russell, treas- urer; Charles Bergk, secretary; C. P. Snook, S. D .; G. T. Cass, J. D .; A. M. Adams, tyler. At the first meeting, held on the 24th of July, 1866, there was one vis- itor, T. Reseco, of Michigan. The lodge received its charter on the 5th of June, 1867, and has had a prosperous existence ever since. The officers, at present, are: E. D. Nickson, W. M .; C. H. Prindle, S. W .; W. O. Atkinson, J. W .; E. K. Lord, T .; M. A. Benton, S .; A. M. Adams, S. D .; B. F. Simmons, tyler; W. O. Beam, S. S. The lodge meets on the regulation Tues- day evening of each month.
Dakota Lodge, No. 65, Legion of Honor, was instituted on the 4th of February, 1880, by L. L. Hamlin, of Marshalltown, with the following charter members: A. M. Adams, C. H. Schaad, W. M. Brackett, William Cragg, D. A. Davenport, W. J. Smith, Benjamin Franklin, J. S. Fletcher, B. F. Overholt, E. B. Fancher, J. J. Rush, I. A. Averill, A. B. West, C. Davis, M. R. Derby, H. C. Lugar, J. A. Horner, D. F. Howell, A. Davis, W. C. Rowley, Allen Dolph, C. F. Gullixson, O. D. Robertson, J. E. Barker, H. Weist, E. Snook and L. J. Anderson. The first officers of the lodge, elected at that time, were the fol- lowing gentlemen: W. M. Brackett, president; A. M. Adams, vice-president; C. H. Schaad, recording secretary; Wil- liam Cragg, treasurer; J. S. Fletcher, financial secretary; I. A. Averill, usher; E. F. Overholt, chaplain; J. J. Rice, door- keeper; D. A. Davenport, sentinel; Dr. W. M. Brackett, medical examiner and grand
lodge representative; Benjamin Franklin, D. F. Howell and A. B. West, trustees.
Post No. 47, G. A. R., at Dakota, was chartered Oct. 6, 1866, with M. D. Wil- liams, A. B. West, G. T. Cass, William Edson, N. McHenry, Alex Smith, I. Mo- Henry, John Means, Charles Hall, J. H. Ford, W. H. Locke, John Fairman, A. M. Adams and H. C. Cusey, as charter mem- bers. The charter was given by Joseph B. Lake, commander of the department of Iowa, N. N. Tyner being adjutant-general. The post did not long survive.
The Humboldt Cornet Band was organ- ized for the first time, in September, 1865, with the following members: D. A. Mar- tin, leader; F. Simmons, D. Thomas, M. Alger, F. Parsons, J. Thomas, M. J. Young, F. J. Rogers and C. Dean. The first reg- ular meeting was held on the 7th of Octo- ber, of that year. This band has been suspended, re-organized, dropped, and re- established a number of times, but is now on a most excellent footing, under the leadership of D. F. Coyle.
MILITIA.
In the spring of 1872 the Humboldt County Rifles, an independent company of fifty men, was organized at the town of Rutland, and June 18, of that year, the following officers were commissioned : M. R. Derley, captain ; M. M. Lord, Ist lieu- tenant ; B. F. Simmons, 2d lieutenant; R. H. Gill, orderly ; A. M. Adams, 2d sergeant ; W. H. Locke, Jr., 3d sergeant; and George H. Lourien, 4th sergeant. The company retained its organization for a a couple of years, and made a strong show in their blue drilling uniforms, made at home by their wives, sweethearts and others interested, and the old Enfield
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rifles, furnished by the State through the kindness of the late lamented Adjt .- Gen. N. B. Baker; who was in peace, as in war, one of the kindest of men and indulgent of officers. The company was mustered out in 1874, and the Enfields stored by Gen. Baker in P. Finch's office, in the old Russell block, where they were burned with the building in 1875.
In 1877 the martial spirit revived, some- what, and another company was formed at Dakota City, denominated as company G, 7th regiment, N. G. of Iowa. The offi- cers elected were: M. R. Derly, captain ; A. M. Adams, Ist lieutenant; L. E. Wil- ley, 2d lieutenant; E. B. Fancher, or- derly sergeant; George Buchholz, 2d ser- geant. The captain and Ist lieutenant were commissioned Sept. 13, 1877, but Mr. Willey resigned before receiving his com- mission, and D. T. Howell was elected and commissioned in his place. The com- pany was furnished by Adjt .- Gen. Looby, with the Springfield breech-loader, a first- class arm, and became quite efficient in drill. The following spring Capt. Derly resigned, and on the 8th day of June, 1878, A. M. Adams was commissioned captain
by Gov. John H. Gear. D. T. Howell was elected and commissioned 1st lieutenant, and George Buchholz 2d lieutenant, which commissions are still held. Owing to the removal of many of the members, the com- pany is not at this time in efficient condi- tion, but the remaining ones are panting for deeds of blood and fields of valor.
Edward Snook was born in Onondaga Co., N. Y., Oct. 7, 1832. His parents, John and Matilda (Balsey) Snook, were both natives of that county. Edward is the fourth of a family of nine children. In 1839 he removed to Wayne Co., N. Y., where he resided ten years, then went to Kane Co., Ill., where he was engaged in farming until 1860, when he started for Humboldt county, arriving on the 4th of June. He located on section 35, Rutland township, and engaged in farming until 1871, then removed to Dakota, where he was engaged in the milling business until 1877. He was married to Ruth Simmons, a na- tive of Illinois, April 16, 1854. Mr. Snook was a member of the board of supervisors in 1863, and holds the same position at the present time.
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CHAPTER XXIII.
DELANA TOWNSHIP.
The territory comprised in congressional township 93 north, range 29 west, is known by the euphonious name of Dela- na. It is bounded on the east by Hum- boldt township, on the south by Rutland, and on the west by Wacousta, while its north line meets the southern boundary of Kossuth county. The surface is most- ly undulating prairie, except in the neigli- borhood of Lott's and Trellinger creeks, whose banks are fringed with timber and brush. Trellinger creek, a considerable stream, intersects the township from north- west to southeast, and on section 13 makes a confluence with Lott's creek. The latter enters the township from Kossuth county, on the north line of section 5, and pursues its meandering way through the northeastern part of Delana. Bloody Run traverses the whole southern tier of sections, and passes into Humboldt town- ship on its way to join its waters with those of the East Fork of the Des Moines. About one half of the land is high and well drained,the balance being dry enough to form most excellent grazing land. There are no ponds or lakes within the limits of the township, and but few, if any, wet places or waste land. The soil is a rich, dark, alluvial loam, with just the right admixture of sand to make crops spring up quickly, and mature early. No
stone in quarries are found here, but large numbers of boulders, mementoes of pre-historic ages, lie scattered over the country, and these are largely utilized for the purpose of curbing wells or walling up cellars and foundations. Water can be had in most every part by digging wells from twenty to forty-five feet from the surface.
The first inhabitant of this township, although hardly to be viewed in the light of a settler, was a man by the name of Eastman, who located on the east half of section 13. He kept some groceries and whiskey for sale at his cabin, but was not what might be called a store-keeper. After a time he was driven off by Hugh Johnson and his sons, who claimed the land. These latter never lived on the land, but afterwards sold it for $400 to Samuel C. Church and Hiram Flemming. Eastman built the hut which stood on the land afterwards owned by G. W. Han- chett, in which he lived in the summer of 1855.
Early in the spring of 1856, Enos Bond is believed to have built a cabin on the northwest quarter of section 13.
In this same year of 1856, quite a num- ber of settlers appeared in this locality and selected lands and commenced to open up farms. Among these were: Hi-
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ram Flemming, S. H. Church, B. W Trel- linger, Edwin France, T. Ellwood Col- lins, J. W. Hewitt, Mahlon D. Collins and William Dean.
Hiram Flemming purchased the south half of the northwest quarter of section 13, of the Johnsons, and in the fall of that year built a good warm log cabin. He kept here a public house for many years, and it became a noted stopping place for all who traveled the road from Fort Dodge to Algona. He was one of the most successful farmers of that early day, and often had wheat and corn to sell to the unfortunate or unthrifty who need- ed it. While many had their newly planted corn pulled up by the ground squirrels, he planted his so deep that those predatory vermin could not reach it. He could not thus out-maneuver the black- birds, for the first oats he sowed, about one bushel, they managed to appropriate entirely. He has the honor of sowing the first wheat raised in the township in 1858. Mr. Flemming is still a resident of this township.
Hiram Flemming has been a resident of Humboldt county since April 29, 1856, when he came here and pre-empted the north half of the southeast quarter and the south half of the northwest quarter of section 13, which is his present resi- dence. His farm is one of the most desir- able in the county. Mr. Flemming was born in Sullivan, Cortland Co., N. Y., June 21, 1806, and is the son of Joseph and Flavia (Hitchcock) Flemming. The former is buried in Michigan, the latter in Neosho, Wis. He came from New York to Wisconsin and was married in Dodge county, Jan. 10, 1833, to Maria
Simmons. They had five children-Cyn- thia Jane, now living in California; Roxa, now Mrs. Theo. J. Smith; Flavia A., wife of R. M. Holmes; Amanda, wife of Lewis Vought, and Samantha, wife of E. L. Loomis, of Algona. Mr. Flemming is a member of the republican party, and one of Humboldt's oldest and most respected citizens.
Samuel II. Church, who was a son-in- law of Mr. Flemming, came with the lat- ter from Dodge county, and settled upon the north half of the northeast quarter of section 13. He had been a sailor upon .the great lakes for some years, and was a lively, genial man, although somewhat hasty and quick-tempered. In 1862 he left this part of the country and songht the golden shores of the Eldorado of the west, California, where he now resides.
B. W. Trellinger did not long remain in Humboldt county, but removed to Fre- mont county in this State in 1858, and is supposed to be living there yet. He made a visit here a few years since. His name has been conferred upon one of the creeks of the county. He located upon section 24, in the spring, and really broke the first ground in the township, and raised the first corn in the summer of 1857. That fall an early frost injured this crop, and discouraged and disgusted he packed up his traps and moved away.
Edwin France built a log cabin on the northwest quarter of section 1, in the spring of 1856, and resided there several years. Ile was more of a hunter and trap- per than a farmer, although he did break some land and cultivate it. In 1863 he re- moved to Wisconsin and his present whereabouts is unknown.
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T. Ellwood Collins settled where he now lives, one of the few old settlers who are still residents of the township.
T. E. Collins was born in New York, in 1830, and is the son of Peter and Sarah (Hall) Collins. The former was born in 1804, in Rhode Island, and died in Hum- boldt county, in 1876. The latter was a native of New York, born in 1803, and died in Cedar Co., Iowa, in 1870. T. E. Collins came to Humboldt county in 1856, since which time he has followed farming. Previous to that time he was engaged in mercantile trade. He was married in Marshall Co., Iowa, in 1855, to Sarah Williams, who was born in Ohio, in 1835. She was, at that time, a teacher. Her father, Dr. D. Williams, was born in Ohio, in 1804, and died in Humboldt county, in 1867. Her mother died in Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Collins have had eight children, four of whom are living-Oella, born in 1860, and now married to Charles Hewitt; Olive, born in 1862, now married to James Browning, a native of Kentucky; Franklin Edwin, born in 1871, and Arthur E, born in 1875.
John W. Hewitt settled upon section 2, but afterwards bought a claim on sec- tion 12, upon which he moved, and opened a farm. For many years he was the post. master, but when the town of Livermore was started he removed to that village, where he at present resides.
Mahlon D. Collins located on section 12, in 1857, although he had come here the year previous. He kept the store in Sumner, the first in the county, and was the first justice of the peace. When he came to this place, he was a member of the Society of Friends, and it was by the
rules and usages of that denomination that he was united to Kate Williams, in 1857. He became, afterwards, a Methodist cler- gyman and moved away in 1865, and is now located at Corning, Adams county. He has filled the position of presiding elder, and ranks among the best teachers and most eloquent divines in the State.
William W. Dean opened a farm on section 14. He was a carpenter by trade, and in that capacity helped build the houses and a store at Sumner village. When the tocsin of war sounded through- out our fair land, and men were pressing to the front, in defense of the country, Mr. Dean left all, and following the old flag, kept step to the music of the Union. On his return he took an active part in the official life of the county, and was at one time a member of the board of supervisors. He left the county and moved to Boone in about 1870, and from there to Mount Vernon, but now lives at Cedar Rapids.
The first blacksmith in the township was Isaac Palmer, who came here in 1857, and entered a claim to the southwest quar- ter of section 7, in Humboldt township. He worked at his trade in Sumner, where he lived, but in 1864 he sold out and re- moved to Kansas, and now lives at Fort Scott, in that State.
Andrew Gullixson, the first Norwegian who settled in this township, located there in 1865, and is now numbered among the prominent men of his race in Delana.
Andrew Gullixson, an extensive farm- er of this county, was born in Norway, about seventy miles from Christiana. His parents, Gullick and Anna Gullixson, are now living with Peter Williamson, in De-
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lana township. The subject of this sketch came to America when fifteen years old, with his grandfather, five years before his parents removed to this country. He first went to his uncle's, in Lafayette Co., Wis., and staid there four months, then went to live with a man by the name of George Way, with whom he remained a year, then one and a half years with Dr. Gaylord. In 1855 he went to Clayton Co., Iowa, and spent the summer at Elka- der, and while there went with a com- pany on a fishing excursion to Clear Lake, and camped out, which he greatly enjoyed. He returned to Wisconsin in the fall. In 1856 he went to work in the pineries, and for two years was engaged in the woods and on the farm. He continued to work in different places until 1862, when he was married to Anna Rossing, of La- fayette Co., Wis. After marriage he rented a farm in Wisconsin until 1865, when they removed to Humboldt county and settled on section 19, where he now owns 380 acres. He has 200 acres broken, a fine grove and good improvements, and is largely engaged in stock raising. Mr. Gullixson is a republican and a member of the Lutheran Church. Mr. and Mrs. Gullixson have ten children -- Bertha E., Celia A., George A., Oscar T., Clara E., Mary F., Andrew G., Hermann O., Anna L. and Thaddens F. George A. is now attending Luther College, at Decorah.
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