History of Kossuth and Humbolt counties, Iowa : together with sketches of their cities, villages, and townships, educational, civil, military, and political history, portraits of prominent persons, and biographies of representative citizens, Part 96

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Publication date: 1884
Publisher: Springfield, Ill. : Union Publishing Company
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David Mckee, 46th Illinois Volunteer Infantry.

Alonzo B. Smith, 13th Iowa Volunteer Infantry.

William Edson, 32d Iowa Volunteer Infantry.

W. P. Hardy, 46th Illinois Volunteer Infantry.

Bethel Lodge, No. 206, was established at Humboldt on the 17th day of Decem- ber, 1880, with the following charter members: J. A. Marvin, Samuel Rog- ers, George Nickson, E. D. Nickson, Eli Tellier, W. M. D. Van Velsor, L. F. Clark, L. F. Penny, John McLeod, W. S. Brown, W. O. Livermore, Theo Foster, Daniel G. Cook, S. H. Brewer, B. F. Simmons, Engene Tellier, C. Combs, C. A. Wright, J. E. Baker, W. P. Hardy, Henry Wiest, Jr., George W. Welch, T. W. Sample, S. K. Willey, G. G. Cook, A. B. West, Alexander McLaughlin, William Thomp- son, C. W. Rest and John Nickson. The following is a list of the primal officers: J. A. Marvin, P. M .; John Mo- Leod, M .; Eugene Tellier, G. T .; S. K. Winnie, O .; G. G. Cook, G .; S. Rogers, R ; W. S. Brown, F .; C. Combs, R .; W. O. Livermore, I. W .; George Nickson, O. W. A prosperous existence has marked the years of this lodge until on the 1st of Janu- ary, 1884, some forty-five names were borne on the roll of membership. But once has death stepped in and smote down one of the links in this chain of human-

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ity, and that was when E. A. Bennett, in August, 1883, passed over the dark river. The present officers are as follows: B. H. Harkness, M .; J. A. Marvin, P. M .; G. G. Cook, G. T .; W. P. Hardy, O .; J. H. Bramley, G .; E. Mclaughlin, recorder; H. Weist, F .; T. P. Nickson, receiver.

Springvale Lodge No. 394, I. O. O. F., was organized June, 1869, by B. I. Merri- man, G. M., and William Ganes, G. S., with the following charter members: G. T. Nash, Daniel Harvey, Thomas B. Con- nor, Edward Connor, William Thatcher, A. O. Aslı, Henry Watkins, John Nick- son, Ahimaaz Reed and Eli Wilder. At the same meeting O. F. Avery was admit- ted by card. C. E. Ward, L. C. Haruiton, A. C. Wilder, Henry Wiest, Jr., A. D. Bicknell, H. T. Taft, H. L. Joiner, C. D. Masten, J. N. Prouty, Jolin Ratcliff and J. B. Smith were balloted for, elected and initiated into the secrets of the order. The first officers were: G. T. Nash, N. G .; T. B. Connor, V. G .; A. E. Wilder, R. S .; J. N. Prouty, P. S .; Daniel Har- vey, treasurer; A. O. Ash, warden; A. D. Bicknell, conductor; O. F. Avery, O. G .; Henry Wiest, Jr., I. G .; C. E. Ward, R. S. N. G .; John Ratcliff, L. S. N. G .; Fred H. Taft, R. S. S .; L. E. Hamilton, L S. S .; E. A. Wilder, R. S. V. G .; William Thatcher, L. S. V. G. The following are the past masters of the lodge: G. T. Nash, A. Earthman, A. D. Bicknell, J. W. Foster, S. H. Brewer, L. E. Hamilton and O. F. Avery. The whole number of men- bers since organization is fifty-five. The present membership is fifty-two. There has been but one death in the lodge-B. F. Barkley. The lodge is in a flourishing condition, and is composed of the best

men of the city. The present officers are as follows: B. H. Harkness, N. G .; T. T. Rogers, V. G .; Charles Smith, R. S .; A. O. Ash, P. S .; Edward Connor, Treas.

Humboldt Lodge, No 91, I. O. G. T., was organized March 29, 1881, with the following charter members: Mrs. C. F. Harkness, Mrs. W. W. Quivey, Mrs. L. Pinney, Mrs. A. J. Belcher, Mrs. B. F. Denny, Mrs. A. E. Wilder, Emma Coll- son, Minnie Lorbeer, Edward Hewlett, Mrs. N. A. Knowles, Mrs. L. J. Ander- son, Addie Clark, Susie Clark, Lizzie Clark, Ettie Nickson, Mrs. A. J Jennings, Mrs. E. P. French, Mrs. B. F. Simmons, G. Thatcher, F. F. French, B. Karney, J. Callahan, Mrs. D. A. Parker, W. W. Quivey, C. Grandon, Sidney A. Taft, T. Fabricius, Robert Johnson, A. D. Nick- son, H. Flemming, A. G. Lorbeer, N. H. Knowles, L. J. Anderson, W. Kirkpat- rick, W. Berrier, HI. E. Myers, H. Weist and Mrs. H. Connor. The first officers were: S. A. Taft, W. C. T .; Mrs. W. W. Quivey, W. V. T .; H. Weist, W. C .; D. A. Parker, W. S .; L. Pinney, W. A. S .; A. G. Lorbeer, W. F. S .; Mrs. A. E. Wil- der, W. T .; G. W. Thatcher, W. M .; E. W. Collson, W. D. M .; Minnie Lorbeer, W. I. G .; M. S. Kirkpatrick, W. O. G .; Milo Clark, P. W. C. T .; Mrs. C. F. Hark- ness, lodge deputy. This was not the first lodge but the old one having surren- dered its charter, the names and other in- formation is inaccessible.

The organization of a circulating libra- ry was first proposed by that estimable lady, Mrs. C. F. Harkness, in 1872, and in the following year, the Humboldt Circu- lating Library was organized, on an inde- pendent footing, with the following board

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of officers: Rev. Julius Stevens, presi- dent; Mrs. C. F. Harkness, secretary and treasurer; Mrs. Stant, Mrs. Bowen, B. H. Harkness and John McLeod, directors. The library is now one of the institutions of the town, and is kept at the house of Mrs. Harkness.

The postoffice was established sometime in the fall of 1868, but owing to the de- struction of the records of the office by fire, a detailed history of it is impossible to give. The first postmaster was B. H. Harkness, who has continued to hold the position ever since. In 1873 or 1874 this was made a money order office and does an extensive business.

B. H. Harkness, one of the prominent business men of Humboldt, was born in Tioga Co., Penn., March 6, 1830. His parents were Joel H. and Elmina (Chase) Harkness. They were married in Herki- mer Co., N. Y., about 1817, and soon after settled in Tioga Co., Penu. Mr. Hark- ness was a graduate of Fairfield Medical College, and they were both active mem- bers of the Presbyterian Church. The subject of this sketch when sixteen years old removed with his parents to Orleans Co., N. Y. In 1850 he went to Fond du Lac Co., Wis., where he engaged in farming until the spring of 1855, when he engaged as clerk in a store. In 1857 he embarked in the mercantile business at Fairwater, Wis. In 1864 he removed to Waupun, where he was engaged in the same business. In 1867 he came to Hum- boldt county, bringing with him his stock of goods, where he has since pursued the same business, being one of the oldest general merchants in northwestern Iowa. In 1869 he was appointed postmaster,

which office he still holds. In 1855 he was married to Clara F. Pierce, daughter of Charles Pierce, of Waupun, Wis., one of the early settlers in that vicinity. By this union there have been four children, two of whom are now living-Ray B. and Corina H. Mr. Harkness is a member of the I. O. O. F., Springvale Lodge, No. 394. He was a member of the board of supervisors of Humboldt county for six years, and chairman of the same for four years. In politics he is a staunch republican and a prominent member of that organization. In 1880 he was a member of the republican National Convention at Chicago, which nominated J. A. Garfield for President.

Oakwood Cemetery lies one mile south- east of Humboldt, and is situated upon a beautiful wooded bluff, overlooking the town and the silvery river.

Springvale Cemetery Association was organized on the 24th of March, 1869, and on the 5th of April, following, these mem- bers were chosen officers of the same: John Dickey, president; B. H. Harkness, treasurer; Rev. E. C. Miles, secretary; S. H. Taft, H. Lane, John Johnston, D. P. Russell and D. Harvey, trustees. The membership was at first composed of those persons who contributed $10 each toward the purchase of the grounds, but on the 17th of September, 1883, the constitution was so amended as to make all owners of lots living in the township members of the association. The grounds embrace eleven acres, mostly covered over with young oak trees, and is known as Oak- wood. Its location and the conformation of the ground is such as to make it a place of great beauty when properly im-

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proved. The present officers are: B. H. Harkness, president; Hugh Mckinstry, treasurer; J. M. Snyder, secretary; George M. Snyder, sexton; S. H. Taft, D. G. Pinney, D. Harvey, O. M. Marsh and George M. Snyder, trustees.

Indian Mound Cemetery is located on the south west corner of section 13, town- whip 91, range 29, and is so called from a large mound which is one, if not the highest point in the county, and from which pieces of human bones have been excavated, proving it to have been an ancient burial ground. It is owned by the Indian Mound Cemetery Asso- ciation, which was incorporated Jan. 12, 1881, and is now controlled by five trustees. These at present are J. G. Lorbeer, presi- dent; C. A. Stoebe, A. C. Nopens, H. J. Ketman, F. W. Bowen. Itlies in a beauti- ful and sightly spot, and when ornamented as it is intended to be, will be a pleasant place to carry the cherished dear ones who drop from the busy world. It is well se- cured with a good five barbed wire fence,en- closing two acres. There have been some twenty interments already. Considerable has already been done to beautify the grounds. The first burial was Mrs. Chris- tian Lorbeer, or "Mother Lorbeer" as she was more familiarly called, who died June 27, 1870.

The first temperance meeting was held on the evening of July 4, 1866. A most interesting address was given by Levi Leland, one of the old settlers, and latterly grand lecturer of Good Templars in Cali- fornia; a select poem was also read by Mra. C. A. Lorbeer. A committee was chosen to take steps for an organization, which reported on July 30, in favor of so

doing. A pledge was circulated, obtaining seventy signatures. N. S. Ames was chosen secretary. An original poem by Mrs. J. S. Lathrop was also read, which shows the feeling then existing and is as follows:

In our peaceful homes in Springvale Rum must never enter here, For its stay will sure be transcient We shall not succumb to fear.

Here's rest for the weary, Here's rest for the weary, Here's rest for the weary, Here is rest for you.

Here our Eden homes are guarded By morality and truth, We will fight until we conquer To protect our rising youth.

Here is safety for the children, Here Is safety for the children, Here is safety for the children, Safety for the youth.

Temperance banners shall wave o'er us, While we journey on our way, Bacchus and his Imps infernal We invite to keep away.

Here is hope for the fallen, Here is hope for the fallen, Here is hope for the fallen, Here is hope for you.

We will lend a hand to help you From the druukard's cruel fate. Now be warned and join the army 'Ere you find it is too late.

Here is help for the tempted. Here is help for the tempted, Here is help for the tempted, Here is help for you.

Sign the pledge-in it there's safety If you fear the tempter's wiles, Many lurk along your pathway To allure you on with smiles.

There is rest for the drunkard, There is rest for the drunkard, There is rest for the drunkard, In the temperance pledge.

In October, 1866, a lodge of Good Templars was organized with forty char- ter members, which flourished for some

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five years, and then as there were many who disliked toact in the guise of a secret society, the lodge voted to become an open monthly temperance society, and for some five years it was so conducted. Since then a lodge has again been organized, with considerable success.

A Women's Christian Temperance Union was organized Sept. 14, 1879, by Mrs. A. M. Palmer, of which Mrs. C. Wiley was president; Mrs. C. F. Hark- ness, secretary; Mrs. S. E. Rogers, treas- urer; Mrs. S. C. W. Bowen, financial sec- retary. This has been a very energetic society and has done much to form public opinion and assist in carrying the prohib. itory amendment in the State. The pres- ent officers are: Mrs. C. II. Brown, presi- dent; Mrs. P. HI. Pope, secretary; Mrs. C. A. Phelps, treasurer. A Band of Hope was organized in 1880, and has been car- ried on by several superintendents until the present time.

About June 4, 1868, a circus came along with its flaming posters and entered town on the Sabbath during Church service. This so grieved some of the mothers that one energetic old lady, over eighty years of age, went from house to house and obtained the promise of enough teams to carry all the Sabbath school children, and on Monday the whole town passed in double wagon loads, right by the circus tents, with banners and mottoes to a Sab- bath school picnic in a grove two miles away. The cirens people as they came toward them greeted them with band music, but as they passed by became quiet, and when the wagons were out of sight they began to pull down their tents, and

left town in disgnst. Within a week the grasshoppers left also.

The first hotel was built at the corner of Fremont and Lincoln streets, and was put up and run by S. H. Taft, the founder of the town. This hotel, which was called the Fremont House, after the "great path- finder" and republican candidate for Pres- ident, was subsequently operated by W. H. Locke and II. B. Hawkins, and was then relegated to private life, being used as a residence at the present time.

The Springvale House was built by Dr. D. P. Russell, who ran it for some little time when it passed into the hands of Finch & Winnie. These gentlemen never kept it themselves, but rented it to several parties among whom were H. S. Cadett, and a Mr. Farlow. In Angust, 1879, they sold it to Wright & Son, who completely rebuilt and refitted it. In 1881 C. P. Clark bought the house, and it is now one of the most pleasant and best liked hotels in all northern Iowa, Mr. Clark is a genial landlord who knows the needs of the traveling public. He has eighteen sleeping rooms, all large and well fur- nished, a roomy office, and large, pleasant dining room. The building is in three parts; the main part is 40x65 feet, with an L 22×30 feet, and an addition 18x81 feet. All the parts are two stories high. Mr. Clark also has a large feed stable.to ac- commodate his guests' horses. This stable is 30x75 feet in size with a wing 30x75 feet. Ile runs a free bus to and from all trains, and in every possible way demonstrates his peculiar fitness for being a first class, snc- cessful hotel keeper.

C. P. Clark, hotel keeper in Humboldt, was born in Canton, St. Lawrence Co., N.

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Y., Jan. 13, 1839, and is the son of Lean- der and Theodosia (Perry) Clark. At the age of thirteen years he removed with his parents to Illinois and lived upon a farm one year, then went to Juneau Co., Wis., where his father took government land. Ile remained there until 1861, when, at the first call for volunteers, he responded by enlisting in the 1st Minnesota Infan- try, company F, at Fort Snelling. He served three years in the army of the Po- tomac, and took part in all the battles. Dec. 31, 1864, he re-enlisted in the 1st United States Volunteers, at Washington, and served in Virginia. In the seyen days' fight before Richmond he was wounded and taken prisoner. He was shot through the left lung, taken to the hospital, and afterwards removed to Belle Island, where he remained four weeks. He was then exchanged and returned to the regular army. Mr. Clark in his youth attended the common school, and after- wards two years at an academy at Del- ton, completing his education by one year and one term at a branch of Appleton College, sitnated at Point Bluff, Wis. He then commenced teaching, in which he has been engaged most of the time since. While teaching in Delhi, Delaware county, he became acquainted with Myra Little- john, also a teacher, to whom he was mar- ried. She is a daughter of Philo B. Lit- tlejohn, a retired farmer living in Delhi. Mr. Clark then went with his wife to Strawberry Point, where they both taught seven years, and afterwards in Earlville one year. They came to Humboldt conn- ty in September, 1881. Mrs. Clark's father was a missionary among the In- dians, and she returned with him from

Oregon to Illinois in 1845, riding a horse all the way, she being then three years old.

HUMBOLDT COUNTY BANK.

On the 7th of October, 1872, the Ilum- boldt County Bank was organized at Da- kota, with the following officers: John Dickey, president; Sherman Beer, vice- president ; John E. Cragg, cashier and secretary. It was instituted under the State banking law, with a capital of 85,000. This was the first bank in the county. In June, 1876, business not prov- ing as good as expected, it was removed to Humboldt. The old building first used in Dakota had been moved to that place, and for a while the bank was kept in that building, when the present beautiful stone structure was erected at a cost of $4,000. The officers of the bank at present are as follows: John Dickey, president; S. H. Brewer, cashier and secretary ; with the following board of directors: John Dickey, W. H. Dwellis, H. II. Spafford, O. F. Avery, S. Rogers, H. J. Ketman and N. H. Knowles. The capital is now $32,000, with a surplusage of $11,800, which in- sures an ample fund for the meeting of all contingencies, and the financial stand- ing of the Humboldt County Bank is among the solid things of the county.

S. H. Brewer, cashier of Humboldt County Bank, was born Dec. 13, 1843, in Adams Co., Ohio. He is the son of Wil- liam and Nancy (Haines) Brewer, who emigrated to Tazewell Co., Ill., in 1845. He was reared in the west, and in January, 1865, enlisted in the 149th Illinois Volun- teer Infantry, serving till the close of the war. In 1867 he attended Eastman's Business College, at Chicago, from which

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he graduated in 1868. He was married in 1873 to Mrs. Margaret Stoddard, and they have four children-Frank, Maggie, Willie and Ada. Mrs. Brewer's former husband, J. G. Stoddard, was a native of . Connecticut. He settled in Red Wing, Minn., in 1853, and came to this county in 1869, where he died in 1871, leaving his wife and three children-Mary H., Amy E. and Lucy A. Mr. Brewer is a member of the I. O. O. F. and the G. A. R. In 1883 he was chairman of the Re- publican County Central Committee.

PEOPLE'S BANK.

The establishment of this bank marks an era in the financial history of Hnm- boldt. The president, G. L. Tremain, is a native of New York State, and has lived in Iowa for the last thirty-three years, during which time he has been in- terested in the banking business in differ- ent parts of the State. During his long connection with the business of banking, he has become thoroughly acquainted with the financial features of the whole country. He gives his whole attention to conducting the bank, and is always deeply interested in anything that will tend to promote the interests of the town, and in- variably shows that energy and good will in helping along all that will advance the prosperity of the place, or its people. The other officers of the bank are as fol- lows: S. K. Winnie, vice-president; J. W. Foster, cashier; N. R. Jones, William Larrabee, S. B. Zeigler and J. N. Prouty, directors. It is impossible to overesti- mate the benefits that will accrue to Hum- boldt and vicinity through the establisli- ment of this bank. Outsiders will form their estimate of the financial and business

condition of the place from what they see of this bank, and it is needless to say that they will therefore be of the very highest. This bank was incorporated under the laws of the State in December, 1881, with the following officers: G. L. Tremain, president; J. W. Foster, cashier; J. N. Prouty, N. R. Jones, W. H. Hait, Will- iam Larrabee, S. B. Zeigler, and the presi- dent and cashier, as a board of directors. The bank building stands on the corner of Sumner and Lincoln streets, and is a a fine stone edifice 24x70 feet, two stories high, and puts up with a due regard to architectural consistency and taste. A general banking business is done, and as the officers are among the best men in the State, public confidence in the enterprise is not lacking.

G. L. Tremain, president of the People's Bank, was born in Chantauqna Co., N. Y., June 4, 1833. His parents were Joseph C. and Harriet L. (Turner) Tremain, natives of Massachusetts. Joseph C. Tremain was, by profession, an attorney at law. In 1845 he emigrated to Payson, Adams Co., Ill. Here his health failed and he was obliged to abandon his pro- fession. In 1850, he removed to Straw- berry Point, Clayton Co., Iowa. He was one of the founders of the republican party in that county. He was a man of no ordinary ability, and master of his pro- fession. G. L. Tremain, the subject of this sketch, came to Clayton county with his parents. He built the first log cabin at Strawberry Point, also the first frame house, and first broke the soil where the town now stands, and is known as the "father of the town." In 1859 he was employed by the McCormick Reaper &

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Mower Company, and was on the road, as traveling salesman, for nineteen years. He was married at Strawberry Point, in 1854, to Minnie Blake, daughter of Alex- ander Blake, one of the prominent busi- ness men of that place. Six children blessed this union, four of whom are liv- ing-William D., Harry J., Emma J. and Myra E. In 1878 he went to Minneapolis, Minn, where he was engaged in the man- ufacture of machinery. In the spring of 1881, he located in Humboldt, and estab- lished the People's Bank, of which he was made the president. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and of the A. O. U. W. He is a staunch republican, and is now chairman of the Republican Central Committee of this county.

J. W. Foster, cashier of the Peoples' Bank, of Humboldt, was born in Oswego Co., N. Y., Sept. 21, 1839. He is a son of George and Ann (Wright) Foster, who were among the early sett'ers of that county. The subject of this sketch, the eldest of six sons, received an academic education in his native county. At the age of eighteen years, he commenced clerking in a store for D. C. Patton, of Fulton, where he remained until 1862, when he enlisted in the 110th New York Volunteer Infantry, company A. Soon after he was sent, with his command, to Baltimore, and on Dec. 26, 1862, landed in New Orleans. He participated in the battle at Port Hudson, Fort Gaines, Fort Morgan and Spanish Fort. He was mus- tered out in January, 1866, at New Or- leans. In 1864 he was commissioned as 2d lieutenant of the 96th United States Colored Infantry, and promoted the same summer to Ist lientenant, and in the ;

spring of 1865, was made adjutant of the regiment. Soon after leaving the service he came to Humboldt Co., Iowa, where he purchased an interest in the Humboldt Mills, and was engaged in the milling business until the fall of 1868. He then purchased a farm and followed farming until 1874. He was then appointed dep- uty treasurer under Ira L Welch. In 1877 he was elected to the office, and re- elected in 1879. Since that time he has been in the banking business. He was married April 25, 1866, to Angie V. Hart, daughter of Samuel Hart, of Fulton, Oswego Co., N. Y., where he has been identified with its business interest for more than fifty years. By this union, there are three children-George S , Joseph H. and Clara. Mr. Foster is a member of the I. O.O. F., Springvale Lodge, No. 394; also of the A. O. U. W. and G. A. R.

Humboldt skating rink was built in September, 1883, by H. Mckinstry and C. E. Ward, at a cost of $2,000. The main building is 42x70 feet, with an office 16x30 feet. The floor is of maple and is one of the best in the northwest.

H. Mckinstry, one of the early settlers of Humboldt county, was born in Ireland, in 1837. When twenty-one years old, he came to America and located in Wyoming Co., N. Y. In 1864 he went to Batavia, Kane Co., Ill., and in the spring of 1865 came to Humboldt, where he has since resided. He is a stone mason by trade, and built the postoffice building, the Humboldt County Bank and Lorbeer's block, which are among the best business blocks in the city. At the time of his ar- rival in the county, there were only three or four small houses on the site of the

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present city of Humboldt. He was mar- ried in 1870 to Frances Blackman, dangh- ter of Myron Blackman. Mr. and Mrs. Mckinstry have one child-Esther J. Mr. Mckinstry is a Master Mason, of the Eastern Star Lodge, No. 195.

The Humboldt Nursery was started in 1880 by Edward Connor, who came from Allamakee Co., Iowa. He keeps a full line of apples and crabs, plums, raspberries, strawberries, currants, gooseberries, Rus- sian mulberry, ornamental or silk culture, catalpa, ash, box elder, soft maples, ever- green, balsam fir, Norway spruce, arbor vitæ, cedar, mountain ash, and does a re- tail business. The proprietor, Edward Connor, is one of the live business men of the county. This nursery is located in the northern part of Humboldt, and is already well placed in the confidence of the people.

Edward Connor, proprietor of the Hum- boldt Nursery, was born in Boone Co., Ill., May 1, 1847. His parents were Wil- liam S. and Julia (Blanchard) Connor. When Edward was five years old his par- ents moved to Waukon, Allamakee Co., Iowa, where he grew to manhood and re- ceived a liberal education. In 1862 his father enlisted in the 27th Iowa Volun- teer Infantry, company A, and was killed at the battle of Atchafalaya Bayon, May 18, 1864. His mother is still living in Humboldt. In 1864 Edward enlisted in the same company and regiment in which his father was killed, and participated in three general engagements, besides a number of skirmishes. He was discharged at Davenport, Iowa, at the close of the war. In 1871 he came to Humboldt county, spent a year in the city, and then

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History of Kossuth and Humbolt counties, Iowa : together with sketches of their cities, villages, and townships, educational, civil, military, and political history, portraits of prominent persons, and biographies of representative citizens, Part 96

Author: Publication date: 1884 Publisher: Springfield, Ill. : Union Publishing Company Number of Pages: 898

Author:
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: Springfield, Ill. : Union Publishing Company
Number of Pages: 898