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HUFFAKER, L. W., P. O. Silver City; was born in Ripley county, Indiana, August 11, 1842. When twelve years of age he moved to Bureau county, Illinois, remaining until 1868. He then came to Mills county, and locating in Ingraham township, engaged in farming. During his residence in this county he has filled many places of trust and public importance, discharging his duties to the entire satisfaction of his con- stituents. In the autumn of 1873 he was elected justice of the peace, and has filled the office with fidelity and credit until the present time. He has also been township clerk for one term, was assessor for three or four terms, and has filled all the positions on the school board, and is now sec- retary of that body. He has often been a delegate to the various political conventions held in the county, and labored for the advantage of his county and township. He enlisted in company A, Ninety-third Illinois infantry, and after a service of thirteen months was discharged on account of physical disability. Soon afterward he enlisted in the 148th Illinois infantry, and served until the close of the war. He was married January 1, 1867, to Miss Sarah Henderson, a native of Pennsylvania. They are the parents of five children living: Charles, Miles V., Lewis D., Ida May and Viva Grace. He is now successfully conducting' a good mercantile business, while engaged also in general law.
HANNA, M. R., principal of schools, Silver City, a native of St. Law- rence county, New York, where he was born August 28, 1842. His youth was passed in the ordinary manner, in farming and obtaining an education, the last being finished at St. Lawrence Academy. His first school was taught when but fourteen years of age, and since that time
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study and teaching have been his main occupations. He married Miss Harriet Barlow, September 12, 1865, who was a native of Franklin county, New York. They are the parents of two children: Ina L. and Orrie W. In the fall of 1865 he moved to Whiteside county, Illinois. In June, of 1879, he came to Silver City, where he has since been engaged in educational work. His position of principal was tendered him in Octo- ber, 1880, and he fills it with complete satisfaction.
HUFFAKER, H. H., P. O. Silver City; was born in Bureau county, Illinois, January 24, 1844. His youth was passed as other youths usually employ their time, in farming and in gaining an education, which latter was begun in the common school and finished in Dover Academy. He came to Mills county in the spring of 1870, and located at his present place of residence. His farm originally consisted of 380 acres, to which he has added until it now comprises one thousand acres of land. In 1879 he laid the foundation of Silver City, by securing from the Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific R. R., a depot or station, and from this beginning an embryo town has grown to its present size. During his residence in the county his merit has been recognized by his fellows citizens in frequent elections to places of trust, he having been successively school director, treasurer and secretary of the school board. He has been a member of the various agricultural societies of the county, and contributed largely to the county's interests in that direction. Schools and churches have both received his attention and a share of his ample means. He was married December 11, 1872, in Marion county, Iowa, to Miss Mary J. Post, a native of Pennsylvania. The interests of Mr. Huffaker are largely agri- cultural and those of an allied nature, he being engaged in stock raising on an extensive scale. Silver City owes its existence to him, and its thrift to his enterprise and aid.
HOWARD, SAMSON, section 24, P. O. Malvern; a worthy citizen of Mills county; who was born in Lincolnshire, England, January 1, 1835. His youth was spent on a farm and attaining an education 'in the common schools. In1853 he came to America locating in Ohio. After residing in Loraine, Ontario and Woods counties he moved to St. Joe county, Mich- igan. In May, 1871, he came to Mills county. July 20, 1861, he was married to Miss Letty Hallam of Michigan, who was born in England, January Fourth, 1842. By this union they have nine children: Marietta, Elmer E., Ella J., Francis E., Letty E., George H., Charles W., Herbert P. and Walter O. Mr. Howard owns a good farm of 80 acres.
HIATT, O. T., section 29, P. O. Silver City; one of Ingraham's suc- cessful farmers, and was born in Holt county, Missouri, September 16, 1849. At the age of two years he came with his parents to Mills county, locating in Silver Creek township, where he remained until 1873, when he moved to his present location. In October of the same year he was mar-
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ried to Miss M. E. Rowmer, a native of Mills county; the fruits of this union are four children: Nellie M., Bertha L., Eva and Addie. Mr Hiatt owns a beatiful farm of two hundred and eighty acres, and is largely en- gaged in stock-raising. He commands the respect and esteem of his neighbors.
JACKSON, ANDREW, section 17, P. O. Silver City; was born Feb- ruary 1, 1842, in Montgomery county, Indiana. At about the age of eleven he moved with his parents to Louisa county, Iowa. After about four years they moved to Clark county, where they remained nine years. His youth was passed in receiving an education in the common schools, and farming. He settled permanently in this county in 1867, having been here once before. Responding to the call of his country, he enlisted in the Thirty-ninth Iowa infantry, August 13, 1862, in company D. , At the battle of Snake Creek Gap; he was captured and held for ten months, when he was exchanged. He participated in the battles of Savannah, Columbia, Altoona Pass, and the last of Sherman's battles at Sherah, North Carolina. He was discharged June 5, 1865. He was married December 25, 1865, to Deliah Tipton, of Mills county. She was born May 28, 1844. They have been blessed with five girls: Nora, Eva, Lulu, Nellie, and Lizzie. Mr. and Mrs. Jackson are members of the Protestant Methodist church. They live on a good farm of 120 acres, and have a fine orchard and grove.
LANDON, E. F., farmer, section 36, P. O. Silver City; born in 1833, in Ohio, and there grew to manhood. When eighteen years old he com- menced to learn the trade of a carpenter, which trade he followed over twenty years. He arrived in Glenwood May 18, 1857, in which city he worked at his trade until 1865, when he located on the farm where he now lives, which consists of 225 acres. His farm is beautifully situated, and has superior facilities for raising stock, in which business Mr. Lan- don has a marked degree of success. He was married in 1859, to Miss M. J. Looker, a native of Virginia. They are the parents of four chil- dren: Clotilde, Steven A., Felton, and Roy. He is one of the pioneers of Mills county, and has pecuniarily triumphed at about the same ratio with the county. He is a charter member of Silver City lodge, No. 403 I. O. O. F., and is well respected by all with whom he comes in contact.
MOORE, W. G., druggist and chemist, Silver City, was born in Har- rison county, Ohio, January 1, 1851. In 1872 he began the study of medicine with a view to practice general medicine, and prosecuted his studies for some two years. He was married in his native county, in 1872, to Miss Leah M. Billingsley, a native of Ohio. They are the parents of three children: Charles A., Laura May and Reno. Mr. Moore came to Silver City in the spring of 1879. The place then con- tained but a single store. He at once entered upon his business and
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. erected the second store in the city. Active and enterprising he has entered heartily into every enterprise calculated to upbuild the place; has served on the school-board, and been otherwise identified with the growth of the town. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. and A. F. & A. M.
MORSE, EDWIN, grain dealer, Silver City; was born in Summerset county, Maine, April 20, 1852. He followed the business of lumber mer- chant in Summerset and other counties of his native state until the spring of 1876. He then visited the Black Hills and engaged in mining, a ven- ture proving very remunerative to him. After a residence in the Black Hills of some six months, he returned again to Maine, but after a brief stay went to California. Here he remained until 1879, engaged in the mercantile business. In January, 1879, he went to Shenandoah, Iowa, and entered the grain business. In September, of 1880, he came to Sil- ver City, and has since built up a large business in grain.
MAINS, WEBSTER, farmer, section 25, P. O. Silver City; born in 1845 in Cass county, Illinois, where he was brought up on a farm and educated in the common schools. He came to Mills county, in 1868, loca- ting the farm where he now resides, consisting of 122 acres, well adapted to stock raising, in which business he is extensively engaged. He was married in 1868, to Miss Martha C. Shaw, a native of New York. Mr. Mains has been closely identified with the township affairs since his res- idence here, having served two terms as township assessor, five terms as township clerk; is now serving as school director, and is also a prominent member of the I. O. O. F.
McCOY, C. O., farmer, section 19, P. O. Silver City; born in 1829, in Pennsylvania. When thirteen years of age he came to Iowa, locating in Scott county, where he remained about three years and then went to Cedar county. In the fall of 1821 he came to Mills county, and has resided here since that time. He owns a beautifully situated farm of 545 acres, well under cultivation and adorned with all the modern improve- ments. Mr. McCoy is one of Mills county's oldest settlers, and has proved himself one of her most successful farmers.
PLUMB, ROBERT, section 20, P. O. Silver City; a prominent far- mer and stock-raiser, who has held the offices of assessor and trustee of his township with credit. He was born in England in April, 1834. His youth was spent on a farm and in attending school. He immigrated to America in 1853, and located in Wyandotte county, Ohio, remaining there about twelve years, and then moving to Mills county. In 1860 he was married to Miss Jane S. Kenett, of Ohio. They have four intelligent girls: Sarah Alice, Iva Ann, Rose and Mary. Mr. and Mrs. Plumb are members of the M. E. church. They live on a fine farm of 280 acres and enjoy the luxuries of a beautiful home. Mr. Plumb is extensively engaged in stock raising.
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PATTERSON, LEE, section 29, P. O. Silver City ; is a native of Hu- ron county, Ohio, born September 4, 1835, where he remained nineteen years, attending school at Norwalk, and a portion of the time engaged as a clerk in a store and a hotel. In 1854, he went to Michigan, engaging in the wood and lumber trade. After residing in McLean county, Illinois, about three years, he came to Mills county and engaged in farming and milling a few years and then moved to Holt county, Missouri, and after a time returned to Mills county and again engaged in milling. In 1874, he located on the farm now owned by him, consisting of one hundred and sixty acres. In December, 1860, he married Miss Sarah A. Queen. By this union they have five living children: Delfina, Mary E., Rutha, John R., Lula M .- four deceased. Mr. Patterson has, by integrity and indus- try, through many vicissitudes, acquired a competence.
PARKER, JOHN, section 20, P. O. Silver City; a native of Lincoln- shire, England, and was born in December, 1837, and lived at the place of his nativity for twenty years. Although he attended school but a short time he has, by application and observation, obtained a good practical education, and has a good, improved farm, of one hundred and twenty- five acres. In 1857, he immigrated to America, locating in Morrison county, Ohio, where he remained ten years, when he came to Mills county. In September, 1861, he was married to Mary L. Johnston, of Ohio, who was born in December, 1841. By this union they have nine children, Libby W., Alice J., Cora, Emma L., Ida J., Harry G., Rosa M., Howard R. and Sanford J. Mr. and Mr. Parker are members of the M. E. church. Mr. Parker is a kind father and an agreeable neighbor.
SIDENER, M. F., proprietor city livery stable; was born in Decatur county, Indiana, March 12, 1842. His youth was there passed, and his education received. He enlisted in the autumn of 1861 in company E, Thirty-seventh Indiana infantry. Soon after muster in he was dis- charged for disability, having been seized with a severe sickness. In 1864 he was married in Decatur county, Indiana, to Miss Eliza Cline, a native of that county. In the spring of 1868 he came to Mills county, Iowa, and settled in Oak township. In the fall of 1869 he came to this township, and purchased a farm of one hundred and sixty acres. His especial atten- tion is given to the breeding of fine horses, in which business he is achiev- ing a deserved reputation for fine stock.
SIDENER, E. L., farmer and stock raiser, section 22, P. O. Silver City; was born in Decatur county, Indiana, in 1840. His youth was there passed and his education obtained. He was married in 1860 to Miss Mary H. Dunbar, also a native of Indiana. In 1868 he came to this county and located on the farm he now owns, containing some one hun- dred and sixty acres, well improved and with comfortable buildings. His attention is now chiefly directed to stock raising.
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SCHANCK, D. G., section 18, P. O. Silver City; a native of Mon- mouth, New Jersey, born near the battle ground bearing that name, April 15, 1821. He received his education in the common schools, and in May, 1860, left his native place and settled in Cedar county, Iowa, remain- ing there until he came to Mills county in 1874. December 29, 1847, he married Miss Julia A. Vanderbilt, a native of New Jersey, who was born September 18, 1825. They have one child, Alice, born October, 1850. Mr. Schanck owns a good farm of eighty acres.
SLAUGHTER, FRANKLIN, farmer, P. O. Glenwood; is a native of Surrey county, Ohio; born in 1840. In 1858 he left the state of his birth for Iowa, and located for some years following in Lee county. In the spring of 1866 he came to Mills county, and has since resided here. He served in the Fourth Iowa battery nearly three years. In September of 1859 he married Miss Mary E. Lutis, a native of Ohio, who died in September 1878. They became the parents of five children: Lucinda, Philip, Junietta, Myrtie and John. In October, 1880, he married Miss Mary Meral, of this county. He has a good farm of eighty acres, and commands both respect and esteem for his qualities of character.
TIPTON, SAUL, section 8, P. (). Silver City. Among the early settlers of Mills county we find the name of the subject of this brief sketch, who was born in Holmes county, Ohio, March S, 1832. During early youth he moved with his parents to Putnam county, and about twelve years later to Lucas county, where he attained his majority, receiving his education in the common schools. In 1853 he moved to Atchison county, Missouri, and three years later came to Mills county. September 18, 1854, he was married to Miss Rachael Woolsey, who died in April, 1860. By this union they had three children: Mary E., Charles W. and Anna. He was again married October 6, 1861, to Maria C. Woodman, a native of Ohio. They have six children living: Rachael E., John W., William S., Olive E., Myrtle A. and Rosamand G .; one deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Tipton are members of the M. E. church, and their home is a good farm of 160 acres, well improved.
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CLITES, SOLOMON, farmer, P. O. Imogene, Fremont county; is a native of Bedford county, Pennsylvania, where he was born June 18, 1846. When eight years of age he moved with his father's family to Blair county, same state, remaining some twelve years. He then enlisted in company F, 77th Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, and served for ten months, or to the close of the war. His farm of ninety acres is in section
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36. He was married October 7, 1869, to Miss C. Berger, a native of Pennsylvania; born June 22, 1848. They have five children living: Sarah E., Isaac L., Anna B., Cora M. and Florence O.
MARTIN, CINTHA E., P. O. Hastings; was born February 14, 1833, in Upper Canada. At the age of thirteen years she came with her parents to the U. S. and located in Mills county, a few miles north of Glenwood. Some time thereafter they moved to Fremont county, and located near Sidney. Two years later they moved to Council Bluffs, where she married Moses Martin, January 6, 1857. Mr. Martin was a native of Vermont. He died February 28, 1878. They were the parents of nine children: William N., George E,, Martha E., Lydia M., Anna M., Lewis L., Charles F., Albert E. and Russell C.
SHERWIN, JAMES, farmer and stock raiser, P. O. Emerson; was born March 14, 1818, in Jefferson county, New York. His youth was passed in farming, and this occupation he continued until 1852. He then went to California, and after a mining experience of two years, he returned to New York. The following year he went to Kendall county, Illinois, and again engaged in farming. He came to Mills county in 1872. Hon. John C. Sherwin, a member of congress, from Aurora, Illinois, is a son of Mr. Sherwin. He was married July 4, 1837, to Miss S. M. Crocker, a native of Madison county, New York. They have six children living: John C., Mary E., Nettie L., James P., Charles E. and V. His chil- dren all occupy positions of influence and trust. John C. is a member of congress; Mary E. is principal of first ward school, Blooming- ton, Illinois; Nettie L. is wife to J. M. Short; James P. is a Chicago com- mission merchant; and V. is now a clerk in C., B. & Q. R. R. local office at Chicago.
SCHICK, WILLIAM, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Emerson; was born November 7, 1836, in Northampton county, Pennsylvania. When three years of age he moved with his parents to Columbiana county, and after a residence there of some fourteen years, went to Lee county, Illi- nois. In 1872 he came to Mills county, and has gained a farm of some one hundred and sixty acres on section 14. He was married July 2, 1857, to Miss S. Fender, a native of Illinois. They have four children living: Sarah E., Emma I., Fannie and Henry.
WORTMAN, JOSEPH W. farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Hastings; was born March 18, 1839, in Brown county, Ohio. When'he was four years of age he went to Putnam county, Indiana. When fifteen years of age to the State of Illinois; and in 1856 to Mills county, Iowa. At the death of both his parents he purchased the interests of the remainder of the heirs of the paternal homestead, and became the owner of the farm of some 400 acres. In the fall of 1861 he enlisted in company B, First Nebraska cav- alry, which afterward became the Fifth cavalry. He was in the battles
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of Paris, Donelson, Clarksville, Sugar Creek and others. Engaging in the Arkansas raid he was made a prisoner of war, and remained a captive. some seven months. His health being injured, he was, when exchanged, sent to the hospital, from which he was discharged July 19, 1865. He was married December, 1866, to Miss Amanda J. Dalph, a native of Illi- nois, born March 14, 1842. They have two children: William S., and Bertha M.
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BAUMGARTNER, A., merchant, P. O. Henderson; born Septem- ber 16, 1836, in Richland county, Ohio. When fourteen years of age he was apprenticed to learn the carpenter's trade. In 1854 he emigrated to Washington county, Iowa, and at once engaged at his trade. In 1857 he moved to St. Louis, Missouri, thence to Chillicothe, same state, where he continued to work at his trade. In 1860 he returned to Iowa, and January 14, of the following year, 1861, married Louisa Gimbel, a native of Ohio. In 1862 he worked on a farm; in 1863 formed a partnership in manufacturing wagons; in 1864 made a trip through New Mexico, Ari- zona, California and Idaho; returned in 1868, and in 1869 moved to Omaha; in the same year to Council Bluffs, and in 1874 engaged in busi- ness. In 1880 he moved to where he now resides. He has five children living: Mary N., Threasa, Catherine, Bearda and Hellena.
BROEMMIER, T. F., farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Emerson; was born February 24, 1824, in Prussia; raised on a farm, and educated in the com- mon schools from seven to fourteen years of age, thus conforming to the law of the land. In 1842 he immigrated to America, and located near Dayton, Ohio, and engaged in work on a farm. In 1844 he came to Cedar county, Iowa, and was there married March 10, 1846, to Miss D. Shiner, a native of Prussia. She died March 7, 1847. He was again married November 15, 1848, to Nancy Kiser, a native of Virginia, born June 5, 1834. In 1870 Mr. Broemmier moved to his present place of residence, purchasing 160 acres of land, to which he has subsequently added some 320 more. His farm is a model one, complete in all its parts, with an ex- cellent orchard, a full herd of stock, and fine buildings. He is the father of thirteen children by his second wife, eleven of whom are now living: Jacob H., John W., Caroline W., Martin G., Reuben P., Susan, Eliza S., Lydia A., Charles F., Lewis F., and Harvey E.
BONE, JAMES, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Henderson; was born November 28, 1834, in Jefferson county, Ohio. In 1838 he went to Wash- ington county, and in 1840 to Perry county, same state. He came to
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Mills county in 1855, and entered 120 acres of land, to which he added 320 acres the following spring. He returned to Ohio, after paying for his land, and attending school made up largely for the disadvantages to which he had been subjected. He began to read medicine, which he followed for some twenty months. In 1861 he enlisted in the Thirty-first Ohio volunteer infantry, and was in the battles of Stone River, Corinth, and Perryville, among others. He was mustered out at Atlanta in 1864. Re- turning to Ohio, he was married in the fall of that year to Miss Amelia A. Norris. He came to Mills county in 1865. On September 20th of that year his wife died. January 28, 1867, he married Miss A. E. Allison, a native of Missouri, born November 17, 1844. They are the parents of eight children, seven living: Samantha A., Mary E., Avis R., Joicy O., John E. Charles V. and Joseph G. His farm now contains 800 acres.
COPPOCK, JACOB, hotel keeper and coal merchant, P. O. Hender- son ; born January 13, 1843, in Miami county, Ohio, where he remained, working on a farm and attending common school, until 1862, when he en- listed in the Sth Ohio cavalry. He served under Generals Hunter and Sheridan, and was in the battles of Harper's Ferry, Winchester, Cedar Creek and Lynchburg. He is a cousin to the Coppocks that were with the notorious John Brown at Harper's Ferry. He was married Decem- ber 29, 1864, to Margaret Tucker, a native of Ohio. In 1867, he moved to Vermillion county, Illinois, where he engaged in farming. In 1869, he came to this state and county, locating on the farm he now owns. In 1880, he came to Henderson, and entered upon his present business. He is the father of six children, all living: Francis S., Rollingo, Clara, Anna May, Ida and Albert Alden.
DEVORE, J. W., farmer and stockraiser, P. O. Henderson; born Feb- ruary 17, 1848, in Tuscarawas county, Ohio, with his parents in 1850 he moved to Wabash county, Indiana, and in 1856, came to Mills county. He was educated on a farm, and like most farmer boys worked the farm in summer and attended school in winter. He was married November 27, 1872, to Florence, daughter of William and Harriet Van Vliet. That year he located in Indian Creek township, but in 1877 came to his present resi- dence, having purchased the homestead of his father. He has four child- ren, three living: William E., Royal V. and Ata Maude.
HOLMES, MRS. REBECCA J., farmer, P. O. Henderson; was born . January 19, 1840, in the state of Indiana. She was the daughter of Peter and Isabella Byerson. While quite young she moved to the state of Mis- souri, near St. Joseph. In 1846 she came to Iowa-her father dying on the journey-and located in Lee county. In 1853 she came to this county and four years later moved to Nodaway county, Missouri. October 28, 1858, she was married to William R. Holmes, who was a native of Brown county, Ohio, born July 8, 1837. In 1860 they came to Mills county, to
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remove to Missouri again in 1864, and in 1867, returned to this state and county where their home has since been. Mr. Holmes died Novem- 9, 1878, leaving nine children, all living: Simeon A., Sarah S., Albert H., Adaline E., John J., Orra P., Walker C. and Tennie A.
KAYTON, R. S., farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Henderson; was born April 10, 1834, in Ripley county, Indiana, where he was raised as a farmer and educated in the common schools. He came to Mills county in 1856. He married Miss Rebecca McFatridge, September 14, 1857. She was born in Indiana, February 20, 1840; died April 29, 1874. In the same year he located on his present farm. He was married August 6, 1877, to Margaret J. Hellyer, a native of Iowa. By his first wife he had seven children, five now living: Henry C., David M., Lydia A., Frances M. and Lieu Ellen; and one by his second wife: Stella May.
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