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DYAR, C. H., merchant, P. O. Glenwood; was born in Washington county, Ohio, February 24, 1846. He came to Mills county in 1869, and engaged in farming. Soon after he began teaching, being employed at Hintonville, where he taught one term. In April, of 1870, he began the mercantile business with a capital of one hundred and sixty dollars. From this small beginning he has realized large results; being now among the foremost merchants of the county. His business has so increased that a branch house has been established at East Plattsmouth, and since 1878 has been doing a large business. To his mercantile pursuits he has added that of a farmer, and owns two farms, one in Ingraham and the other in Glenwood township; both are equal to the best in the county. He was married in 1874, in Indiana, to Miss Alice Martin, a native of that state. They have a family of three children: Oscar, Delia and Edgar. They are members of the Congregational church, and among its most ardent supporters. His business qualifications are too well known to need com-
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ment, and it may only be said they place him among the foremost mer- chants of the town.
DEAN, SETH, county surveyor, Glenwood; was born in Mills county, Iowa, October 20, 1851. His life was passed on the farm until 1872, when he went to Ohio to engage in the study of civil engineering. In 1874 he went to Kansas, where he remained but a short time. He has enjoyed the respect and confidence of the public, having been chosen at various times to fill public offices, among which are those of county surveyor, to which he was elected in 1877, and again re-elected in 1879; and sheriff, to which office he has been elected three several times; the evidence of his popularity consisting in the fact that although the county is largely repub- lican, Mr. Dean has always been elected as a democrat. In addition to the public positions held by him, he is also a member of the western soci- ety of civil engineers of Chicago, and the Park Benjamin expert associa- tion, of New York. He was also an observer in the Iowa weather service for three years. His education was received at the common school and Tabor college. His present wife was Annie Baxter, of Glenwood, Iowa, to whom he was married April 9, 1879, he having been previously mar- ried to Mary L. McClanathan, of Washington county, Ohio, February 14, 1856. He has been the father of seven children, all boys, three of whom, Collier, Harry and J-, are now living, the others having joined his first wife on the other shore. He has been very successful, financially, being the owner of a well improved farm of three hundred and twenty acres, the result of his exertions.
FLOOD, JAMES H., farmer, section 15, P. O. Glenwood; born March 15, 1833, in Green county, Ohio. When twelve years of age he moved with his parents to Randolph county, Indiana, and grew to matu- rity in that state. His youth was passed in farming and attending the common schools. In the fall of 1859 he came to Iowa, locating in Mont- gomery county, where he remained until October, 1880, and then located on the farm where he now lives. Enlisted February 20, 1863, in com- pany K, Fourth Iowa infantry, and participated in the battles of Resaca, Dallas, New Hope Church, Big Shanty, Kenesaw Mountain, Nickajack Creek, Chattahoochee River, Atlanta, Jonesboro, Lovejoy Station, Little River, Oquakee River, Savannah, Griswoldville, Columbia and Bentons- ville. Was wounded in both hands at Ezra Chapel. Was discharged July 24, 1865. He was married November 5, 1857, to Miss Martha Chenoweth, of Dark county, Ohio. They are the parents of ten chil- dren: Jonathan, Nathaniel S., Joann, William P., Mary Jane, Oliver M., Tabitha, Sarah Emeline, Amelia and Adelia, the two last named being twins. Mr. and Mrs. Flood are members of the Methodist Protesant church. He owns the pleasant home where he now lives and a fine farm of 200 acres in Montgomery county.
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FRENCH, A. D., county treasurer, Glenwood; was born in Berkshire county, Massachusetts, January 13, 1842, remaining in that state until 1858, when he went to Illinois, where he remained, following the occupa- tion of farmer, until August 14, 1862, when he enlisted in the Eighty- ninth Illinois infantry, company A, and served until May 24, 1865, when he received his discharge. While in the service he participated in the battles of Stone River, Liberty Gap and Chickamauga, where he was wounded while in the act of charging a battery, having his left arm broken by a gun shot which also entered into his side, coming out of his back. After receiving this wound he was taken to Jefferson Hospital, from which place he was discharged, as above stated. After leaving the army he went to Hobart, Indiana, where he learned telegraphy, and in 1872 removed to Mills county, Iowa. While in Indiana he held the positions of depot agent, telegraph operator, express agent and postmaster. After coming to Mills county he held the positions of railroad agent and tele- graph operator for five years. In 1877 he was elected county treasurer, and in 1879 was re-elected. He was married October 24, 1867, to Annie P. Rundel, of Lake county, Illinois, by whom he has had three children : Katie M., Herbert A. and Raymond.
GOHEEN, S. G., section 26, P. O. Glenwood; is a native of Ken- tucky and was born September 6, 1838. At the age of seven, he, with his parents, moved to St. Clair county, Illinois, and in another seven years moved to Champaign county. Ohio. His youth was passed on a farm and in attending school. After attending school at Springfield he attended college one year, and then attended Bryant & Stratton's busi- ness college at Chicago and St. Louis. He enlisted in company C, 170th Illinois infantry, and participated in the battles of Clinton, Mississippi, Ft. Dersey, Pleasant Hill, Centerville, Yellow Bayou, Lake Clicot, Tupelo, Hurricane Creek, Franklin and Nashville, and was discharged August 5, 1865. After the war he taught school for a short time and then came to Mills county. He was married March 13, 1867, to Carolina Anderson of Macon, Illinois. This union has brought them five children: W. C., J. A., S. A., Tennie K. and Mary E. He is located on a good farm of 120 acres, and is engaged in stock raising. Mr. Goheen is secretary of the school board, and himself and wife are members of the Congregational church.
HENDRIE, JAMES S., sheriff, Glenwood; was born in Greenwich, Connecticut, November 30, 1828. When ten years of age he removed with his parents to Washington county, Ohio, the early years of his life being passed on the farm. In 1852, with no capital but an indomitable will and six dollars in money, he started for California by the overland route, driving an ox team of five yoke of cattle from Burlington, Iowa, to Sacramento, California, where four years of his life were passed in the
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occupation of mining. Returning in 1856 to Ohio, he entered the mer- cantile profession as a clerk, which occupation he followed for about four years. While in the army he was captain of a militia company, and par- ticipated in the campaign having for its object the capture of the confeder- ate General Morgan, who was raiding in that state. In 1866 Mr. Hen- drie returned to Iowa, going to Montgomery county, and from there in 1868 to Mills county. He was married March, 18-, to Miss M. Bur-
kett, of Council Bluffs. As a business man he has been a success, he being now possessed of a fair share of this world's goods, which have been acquired by a persistent devotion to his business.
HOCH, WILLIAM, lumber merchant, P. O. Glenwood; was born in Lebanon county, Pennsylvania, February 11, 1826, where he resided until 1840, when in company with his parents he removed to Cedar county, Iowa, and remained until 1848. During his stay in this county he learned the blacksmith trade. Upon leaving Cedar county he engaged in steam- boating until 1850, when he took the overland route to California, and devoted three years to mining occupations, when he returned to Iowa, going to Council Bluffs in 1854, and engaged in farming for about two years, after which he came to Mills county, engaging in the same occu- pation as at the Bluffs. In 1873 he was elected treasurer of Mills county. In 1875 he formed a co-partnership with Mr. Conger for the purpose of carrying on the lumber business, under the firm name of Hoch & Conger, who are doing a first-class business.
HEINSHEIMER, D. L., merchant, P. O. Glenwood; was born in Baden, Germany, March 19, 1847. When six years of age he came to . America, and went to Cincinnati, where his youth was passed until the age of thirteen. He then came to Iowa, and settled in Mills county. He soon after entered the store of P. D. Foster as clerk, where he remained until 1872. He was then taken as a partner by his employer and con- tinued thus until 1875, when he engaged in business himself and in his own name. He was married September 20, 1870, to Miss Sarah Pettin- ger, of Glenwood. They are the parents of three children: Carrie, Ed- die, and Leo D. Mr. Heinsheimer is active and energetic as a business man, thoroughly reliable, and remarkably successful.
JONES, BENJAMIN F., blacksmith, P. O. Glenwood; is a native of Pennsylvania, and was born in 1848. There he grew to manhood, and was educated in the common schools. In 1863 he began to learn his trade, which he completed and followed there until 1872, when he came to Glen- wood and went into the employ of Geo. Davies, with whom he worked about one year. He then went to California and remained about one year, when he returned and again went to work for Mr. Davies, with whom he worked four years. In August, 1877, he opened a shop on his own ac- count and has continued it ever since, enjoying a fine trade and reputation
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as a mechanic in his line. He was married March 14, 1877, to Miss Cel- esta C. Hamilton, a native of Iowa. By this union they have one child, E. Pearl, born April 14, 1880.
KISBY, HENRY, farmer, P. O. Glenwood; was born March 12, 1818, in Lincolnshire, England. His early youth was passed in the com- mon school of his native land, and in the occupation, incident to a farmer boy's hfe. He came to the United States in the year 1847, and first set- tled in the state of Wisconsin. In the spring of 1856 he located on his present farm of fifty acres, and although he is not a large land holder, what he has is free from debt. He has been twice married; his first wife was Miss Ellen Needham, a native of England, she died September 14, 1865. On March 5, 1876, he married Miss Elizabeth Dee, by whom he has four children, Margaret E., Eliza M., Susanna and William H. Mr. Kisby is a devoted member of the Christian church.
KELLEY, P. P., mayor, of the firm of Kelley Bros., attorneys; was born in Johnson county, Illinois, June 23, 1849. There his days were spent until he was about seven years of age, when his parents brought him to Mills county, and located in Anderson township, on a farm. There he spent his early days in acquiring an education and in the pursuits of agriculture. In 1869 he entered the State University at Iowa City, attend- ing four consecutive sessions of that institution, graduating from the law department in the spring of 1875. He soon became associated with his brother, Mr. E. L. Kelley, and began the practice of law in Glenwood, and has since given it his entire attention. The firm are doing a good business and have a large and very desirable practice in all Iowa courts. They are closely identified with the interests of Mills county, and have secured the entire confidence of its citizens. In the spring of 1876 Mr. Kelley was elected recorder of the city of Glenwood, and in the spring of 1880 was unanimously elected mayor, and has discharged his official duties to the entire satisfaction of the people. He is a man who has done much for the development of the town and county, and has ever made war on evil doers. He was married on the 19th of April, 1876, to Miss Mollie E. Baker, a native of this county; from this union they have two children living: Freddie and Minnie.
LARAWAY, W. F., manufacturing jeweler. It is not with a histo- rian's pen we deign writing a sketch of this enterprising citizen of Glen- wood, but merely to strike a contrast between the present industries of the town and that of thirty years ago, when Glenwood was but a mere hamlet or trading post for the pioneer, but with the hope it will serve to show what can be accomplished where there is a mind to plan and a will to execute. Our subject was born in Washington county, Ohio, October 28, 1848. In 1853 his parents brought him to Dodge county, Wisconsin. There he began the study of his present trade, which he has pursued
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until the present time. In 1865 he moved to Cass county, Iowa, where he conducted a business until 1869, when he came to Glenwood and em- barked in his present line of trade on a small scale. From this nucleus has sprung a business which is a credit to the town as well as its principal. In 1879 he moved to his present quarters, which is a commodious store. It is literally filled with the largest and handsomest stock of any house of the kind in southwestern Iowa. It consists of watches, clocks, plated- ware and jewelry of all descriptions. He has built up a trade in engrav- ing which extends over a broad expanse of territory. He is engaged in manufacturing everything in his line from a watch chain to a jeweler's lathe. He is the inventor of the "Glenwood chronograph," which time- piece excites the admiration of horsemen and people generally wherever shown, and manufactures many other articles of value and curiosity which are a standing credit to his skill. He erected the first transit (for taking the correct time from the sun,) in the county, which is an instru- ment of delicate mechanism; and in fact everything about his establish- ‹ ment is indicative of the man of skill and energy. His is by far the oldest house of the kind in the county, and is now enjoying a patronage from the people which is commensurate with his untiring energy as a business man. He is a gentleman of liberal culture and is highly esteemed as a citizen.
MICKELWAIT, RICHARD, section 36, P. O. Glenwood. A prom- inent farmer of Mills county, who owns a fine farm of five hundred acres well stocked and improved, with a large house and a commodious barn. He deals extensively in stock, and is connected with his brother in Glen- wood in the brokerage business. He was born in England, in September, 1831. His parents immigrated to America when he was a year old, and settled in Morgan county, Illinois,' remaining about ten years; they then moved to Henry county, where our subject engaged in farming and at- tending school. In 1851 he came to this county; after remaining a short time, he went in 1852 to Oregon, and thence to California, where he engaged in mining and dealing in stock. In 1861 he returned to Mills county, locating north of Glenwood, where he remained about four years, then coming to his present home. He was united in marriage October 1, 1861, to Miss Mary E. Morrison, of Lee county, this state, who was born January 9, 1842. This union has brought them five children: Maggie · M., Eva J., Ralph R., Lula M. and Emma J., deceased.
OTIS, GEORGE T., blacksmith and liveryman; P. O. Glenwood; born June 2, 1842 in Washington county, Ohio, where he remained until eight years of age, and then moved with his parents to Parkersburg, West Virginia. When fifteen years old he came to Iowa, first locating at Burlington, and came to Glenwood in 1857. In 1858, in company with his father, he went to Colorado and took up a homestead, but soon
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became dissatisfied and returned to this county. Three years later he went to Montana territory, where he remained about three years engaged in mining, and returned again to Glenwood. In 1866 he began wagon- making and blacksmithing, at which trades he had worked with his father from childhood. In 1878 he purchased the livery barn he now owns, and since then has successfully conducted both enterprises. Was married December 1, 1869, to Miss Florence Yockey, a native of Ohio. They are the parents of three children: Carl H., Donelland and Linedell. The parents of Mr. Otis were among the early settlers of Mills county. His father was successfully engaged in business in Glenwood for several years, where he resided until his death, which occurred in August, 1879. Mr. Otis is a courteous and affable gentleman, and as a business man con- tributes materially to the advancement of the community in which he resides.
OSBORN, S. C., county auditor, Glenwood; was born in Lafayette county, Wisconsin, July, 7, 1847, and resided there until 1864, when he came to Mills county, Iowa. His early life was passed on the farm. He received his education at the common school and Tabor college. In 1872 he went to Jackson, Mississippi, where he was superintendent of the state normal school until 1876, when he returned to Mills county and followed the occupation of farming until 1879, when he was elected auditor. He was married to Annie C. Gates, of Tabor, Iowa, November 30, 1868. They have four children: Walter G., Fred F., Bessie F. and Annie. Mr. Osborn is the owner of a beantiful farm of 120 acres, the result of his own labors.
PARSONS, W. H., homeopathic physician and surgeon, Glenwood; was born in St. Clair county, Michigan, October 22, 1842. When he was. about eighteen years of age he began the study of medicine with Doctor Padfield of that county, as his preceptor, and continued it until the break- ing out of the rebellion. He enlisted October, 1861, in company E, Tenth Michigan infantry, and served to the close of the war. He was engaged with his company at the battles of Shiloh, Corinth, Stone River, Chicka - mauga, Mission Ridge, Dalton, Resaca, Rome, Battle in front of Kene- saw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek and many others. He was mustered out August 1, 1865; having served his country faithfully for upwards of four years. Was on the medical staff about three years of his time of ser- vice. He then returned to his home, but owing to sickness contracted during his service was prevented from pursuing his medical studies for about three years which he spent in traveling as a commercial salesman. In 1868 he entered the Homeopathic Medical College of Chicago, grad- uating from that institution in the spring of 1871. He soon located at Atchison, Kansas, where he practiced until the autumn of 1874, when he came to Burlington, Iowa, and in 1878 came to Glenwood, where he now
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enjoys a large and successful practice. He is a member of the State Medi- cal Society, and president of the Western Association of Homeopathic Phy- sicians. He was married at DeKalb, Illinois, September 15, 1869, to Miss Lizzie C. Hubbard, daughter of L. Hubbard. She is a native of Massa- chusetts. They have three children living: Fred, Willie T. and Lula K.
RUSSELL,L. W., merchant, P. O. Glenwood; is a native of Franklin county, Maine, where he was born April 4, 1848. In 1855 he came to Mills county and has since made ithis home. His business life began as a clerk at the age of twelve years. In 1868, just twenty years from his birth, he began business for himself, and has been remarkably successful. In 1871 he was married to Miss Alice M. Jackson of Glenwood, by whom he has three children: Mary S., Neva D. and Levi W. He stands foremost among the most enterprising business men of the county, and his business interests are second to no other firm.
RUSSELL, A. J., merchant, Glenwood; was born in Maine in 1837. where he was raised until he attained his eighteenth year. His early youth was spent in acquiring an education, and in mercantile pursuits as a clerk. In 1855 he moved to Parkville, Missouri, where he spent about six months when he came to Glenwood, and soon engaged in mercantile business as a clerk. In 1863 he embarked in trade for himself in the gro- cery line. In 1864 he added a line of dry goods. In the spring of 1870 he moved to his present store where he carries a large stock of dry goods, clothing, groceries, jewelry, etc. He was married in Glenwood in 1860 to Miss Sarah Hibbs. She is a native of Indiana. Their family consist 3 of seven children: Lucy, Charles, Frank, Fred, Archer, Edward and a son A. J., junior.
ROBINSON, J. E., county clerk, Glenwood; was born in Guernsey county, Ohio, March 15, 1853. In 1854 he came with his parents to Marion county, Iowa, leaving there in 1855 for Union county, where he resided until 1871, when he came to Mills county; he obtained his edu- cation in the common schools. After coming to this county he acted as clerk in a store in Malvern for five years, at the same time being deputy postmaster. In 1878 he was elected county clerk, and in 1880 was re- elected. He was married May 19, 1878, to Lizzie Kemmer of Union county, Iowa. They have one child, John R.
STARBUCK, ELISHA, P. O. Glenwood; born April 10, 1801, in Glifford county, North Carolina. When four years of age he moved with his parents to Ohio, locating in Belmont county, where he grew to matu- rity, attending the public schools and working on a farm, Thirty years of his life were passed dealing in horses, in which business he was an expert. He located in Clarke county when he first came to this state, and came to Mills county in 1878. Was married in 1829 to Miss Mary Plumer. They are the parents of ten children, eight of whom are
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now living: Robert, Abram, Rachael, Elizabeth, Sarah, Elisha, jr., Mary and Hezekiah. The others, John and George, died while in defense of their country during the war of the rebellion.
SWINNERTON, M., proprietor of the Mills county marble and stone works, which were established in 1874, and conducted successfully until March, 1877, when Mr. Swinnerton visited Europe where he spent about three years. He then returned to Glenwood and resumed his business in July, 1880; since then he has been doing an extensive business in this and surrounding counties. He is a first-class workman, having had upwards of twenty-six years' experience in the business, and it can be truthtully said that he stands at the head of his art. He has gained a reputation for honest and upright dealing which is a standing credit to his integrity as a business man. He allows nothing but first-class work to leave his shops, and always employs skillful workmen. He manufactures every- thing in his line, from a paper weight to a family monument. He has exe- cuted many pieces of creditable work since his settlement in the county, and is now enjoying a trade which is commensurate with his untiring efforts to please the public. His success in this line can only be attributed to his skillful management and honest dealings. He has proved himself a benefactor to the town in which he resides, as he has built up an indus- try of which the people of the county should be justly proud.
SHERMAN, C. W., editor fournal, Glenwood, Iowa; is a native of Richland county, Ohio, where he was born June 9, 1841. His father, Henry Sherman, was a native of Franklin county, Pennsylvania, and his paternal grandfather was a soldier in the revolutionary war and a mem- ber of the Roger Sherman family. His mother was of German descent, a native of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, and whose maiden name was Nazor. The youth of Mr. Sherman was passed in the ordinary manner, with no occurrences of note, except that his father died in 1844, leaving him without a paternal guide at the age of three years. In 1856 Mr. Sherman came to Iowa in company with an elder brother, remaining a few months in Winnesheik county, and then joining a surveying party he went to Minnesota. In the following spring he went to Council Bluffs- performing the long journey on foot-and entering the printing office of the Weekly Nonpareil began the printing trade. In 1860 he went to Omaha and remained one year. In the spring of 1861 he made two trips as a teamster across the plains. At the commencement of the war he determined to enlist; in order to do this he came to Marion county, Iowa, where his mother had previously located, and enlisted August 20, in com- pany K, Third Iowa Cavalry. He was in the battles of Vicksburg, the second battle of Jackson, and on the raid from Grenada to Memphis, in the engagements at Guntown, Harrisburg, Tupelo, Old Town Creek and others. His regiment was one of those sent in pursuit of General Ster-
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ling Price in Missouri, during which he participated in, the battles of Big Blue, Little Blue, Independence and Little Osage. Thence they pursued Price's army into the Indian Territory. Returning he was assigned to Wilson's cavalry corps of the Army of the Cumberland, and was in the battles from Montevallo to Selma, a struggle lasting nearly three days. He participated in the last battle of the war, that fought in front of Colum- bus, Georgia. He was twice slightly wounded during his service, at Salem and at Village Creek, in Arkansas. He was promoted from the ranks to be a sergeant, on account of meritorious conduct. He was dis- charged at Atlanta, Georgia, and mustered out at Davenport, Iowa, Aug- ust 15, 1865. In December of that year he purchased the Eddyville Star, and began his career as an editor. After a year he became associate edi- tor of the Burlington National Merchant. He next established the Quincy Journal, in Adams county, and in 1869 the Villisca Fournal in Montgom- ery county. In 1872 he established the fournal with which he is still connected, and to the history of which the reader is referred. He was married at Knoxville, lowa, in 1866, to Miss Orilla Groom, a native of Iowa, born on the banks of the Des Moines, while this now great state was still a territory. They have a family of four children: Eva, Charles, Mary A. and Frank M. He has gained the reputation of being an excel- lent man, and adds to his business qualities great energy and tact. He is respected and widely known, and a justly esteemed member of the com- munity, and a consistent Christian.
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