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GRAY, H. B., member of the firm of H. B. Gray & Co., merchants; was born October 7, 1853, in Clayville, New York. He was educated in the common school, and at Whitestown Seminary, near Utica, New York. He came to Iowa in April, 1873, and entered the service of J. G. Cilley, lumber dealer, with whom he remained until January, 1878. In March of that year he opened a general store in Hastings, under the firm name of H. B. Gray & Co. He was married February 27, 1877, to Miss A. Jen- nette Chapin, a native of New York. They have one child: Grace D. By strict attention to business and honesty in his dealing, he has won an enviable reputation as a man of business, and is deservedly successful.
GODDARD, T. S., land agent, P. O. Hastings; was born September 1, 1831, in Livingston county, New York; he grew to manhood in this county, receiving his education in the common schools, and at Madison University, at Hamilton, New York. Until 1858 he followed the occu- pation of a farmer, but in that year went into business at Rochester, New York, remaining some two years. The next two years were spent in the lumbering business in Pennsylvania. He then went to Monroe county, New York, engaging in the mercantile business at Mumford, in which he was occupied some two years when he went into the milling business at West Bloomfield. In 1869 he came to Iowa and located at Hastings, entering the drug business for the first two years. He then went into the real estate and implement business, but he soon after devoted all his time to real estate transactions. He is agent for the C. B. &. Q. R. R. company's lands in western Iowa, and has charge of their town lots in Hastings and Emerson. He was married to Miss A. L. Harmon, a native of New York, September 26, 1860. They have three children: Walter W., Paul R. and Horace M. He is a thorough business man, and as such enjoys the confidence and esteem of the general public.
HUTCHINGS, WILLIAM, farmer, section 28, P. O. Emerson; born January 18, 1823. Moved with his parents in 1825 to Fayette county, Indiana, where he remained until 1835, when they went to Delevan county, same state, and there grew to manhood, obtaining his education in the common schools. Came to Mills county in 1855, then went to Page county. In 1864 he returned to Mills county, and in 1875 located on the farm where he now resides. He is a member of the United
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Brethren Church in Christ. He has been been a class leader for twenty- five years, and a licensed exhorter for the past ten years. He is also a member of the Masonic fraternity. He is the father of eight children, seven of whom are now living: Phoebe Jane, Samuel B., Esther, Lois, Barbara E., Nancy R. and John J. He has held the office of the justice of the peace three terms, ane has the confidence and esteem of all who know him.
HONEYMAN, JOHN, farmer and stock raiser, section 22, P. O. Emerson; born in 1842 in Scotland. He was educated in the High schools of his native country, and entered the service of the Commercial Bank of Scotland in 1857, and remained with that institution until 1872, in which year he sailed for America. He landed in New York and from there went to Detroit; and from thence to Chicago, making a short stay in each city. In June, 1873, he came to Mills county, and located on the farm where he now lives. Was married in June, 1873, to Eliza Gregg Myles, a native of Scotland, who died June 8, 1874. He then returned to Scotland, where he remained a short time, and came again to this county. In September, 1874. he took charge of bank, implement house and grain elevator, in Emerson, where he remained for one year. He then went to Ashkunn, Illinois, and took charge of a hardware house for one year, and then returned to Mills county. In 1876 he occupied an ele- vator in Emerson, and at one time, in the period of eight days, received 26,916 bushels of shelled corn, and at the same time there were two other firms in Emerson engaged in buying corn. Was married a second time in March, 1876, to Ella Viola, daughter of Milton Cheney, of this county. They are the parents of two children: John and Milton. After leaving Emerson he came to the farm where he now lives, which consists of 213 acres, well improved.
HYDE, RICHARD W., farmer and stock raiser, P. O. Hastings; was born November 22, 1847, in Hannibal, Missouri. He is a son of Jordan W. and Melinda Hyde. At the age of four years his mother died and he was taken by an aunt to Genessee and kept there until about twelve years of age, when he returned to Missouri. He received his education in common and high schools, leaving the latter in 1862, at which time he went to Virginia City, and in company with his father engaged in mining operations and cattle raising, after quitting this business they drove cattle to Iowa for about six years. His father was one of those persons who are spoken of elsewhere as having been killed by the falling of a bridge at St. Charles. After the death of his father he located in Mills county February 10, 1880, he married Colonio J. Wearin, who was born January 31, 1855, in Porter county, Indiana. He has a farm containing 640 acres of land. His principal occupation being the raising, feeding, and ship- ping of cattle. He is the parent of one child, Olive M.
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HOYT, HIRAM. farmer and stock raiser, section 20, P. O. Hastings; born June 8, 1812, in New York, where he grew to manhood, working at farm labor and attending the common schools. In 1837 he moved to Caldwell county, Missouri, associated himself with the Latter Day Saints,. and was ordained an elder in that denomination. In 1839, he with the society, were driven from Missouri, and located at Nauvoo, Illinois. Was. married in 1843, to Sarah Rude. Was married in Indiana. In 1845 he he returned to Nauvoo, but was compelled to emigrate from there in the following year. In 1852 he came to Pottawattamie county, Iowa, and soon after located in this county, on the farm where he now resides. On coming here he purchased a squatters' claim to which he has since added 280 acres. His farm is well improved. Mrs. Hoyt died March 8,. 1879.
HOYT, HOMER C., farmer, section 20, P. O. Hastings; born July 31, 1820, in New York, where he grew to manhood, receiving his educa- tion in the common schools. In 1840 he moved to Knox county, Illinois. Was married May 23, 1841, to Sarah E. Fuller. In 1842 he went to Nauvoo, at which place his wife died February 7, 1843. He was mar- ried again, June 2, 1845, to Julia A. Burr. In 1844, while on a preaching tour in the state of New York, he was ordained to the office of the 70. He returned to Nauvoo in 1846. Mr. Hoyt is by his second wife the father of seven children, four of whom are living: Homer E., Cynthia M., Rachael R. and George H. Mr. H. has resided in many parts of Illinois, Missouri and Iowa, and while in southern Missouri was mobbed by Kansas jay-hawkers. He located on the place where he now lives in 1880.
IVES, O. T., proprietor Ives House, P. O. Hastings; was born May 23, 1833, in the State of Vermont. In 1838 he went with his parents to. Ohio, where he was educated, and where he matured to manhood. When seventeen years of age he went to learn the carpenter's trade, and served with a Mr. J. G. Chamberlain for three years. He had learned the weav- er's trade while young, as his father owned a woolen mill. In 1853 he- came to Iowa and located at Cedar Rapids, working at his trade in a woolen factory. In 1854 he moved to a milling property near Tipton,. Cedar county, remaining until July, 1855, when he went to Minnesota. In the fall of 1856 his father died and he returned to Cedar county,. In 1874 he came to Hastings and built the Ives House. He was married April 11, 1860, to Miss J. M. Cornell, a native of Ohio. They are the parents. of five children: Sadie, Mary, Victor, Frank and Ida. He is a good land- lord and genial host, popular and successful.
LLOYD, HENRY, farmer and stock-raiser, section 30, P. O. Hast- ings; born October 16, 1827, in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. Moved with his parents to Adams county, Ohio, when quite young, and there
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grew to manhood. In 1849 he went to Peoria county, Illinois, and in 1852, returned to Ohio. In 1854 he came to Iowa, first locating in 'Louisa county, and later in Warren county, where he was married, March 5, 1856, to Elizabeth Silcott a native of Ohio. In 1858 he came to Mills county. and located on the farm where he now resides. His farm con- sists of one hundred and eighty acres, on which is a good dwelling-house and other substantial improvements. Mr. Lloyd served three years as a member of the board of supervisors. He takes an active interest in the schools, and anything that has for its object the development of the town- ship.
LANG, JOHN, farmer and stock-raiser, section 26, P. O. Emerson; born September 26, 1828, in France. Moved with his parents to the northeast part of France in 1833, where he remained until twenty-two years of age. He was then apprenticed to learn the trade of a weaver, at which trade he worked in Paris and Orleans. Immigrated to America in 1853, and landed in New York with but two dollars, and could not speak a word of English. He went into the country and obtained work by the month until he had earned $150, with which, in 1865, he came west and stopped near Burlington, Iowa. He gave his $150 in money and two years' labor for eighty acres of land in Mills county, to a man named H. Avery, who resided near Burlington. He then came to this county to see the land he had purchased. He then went to work on the Missouri bottom, taking his pay in cottonwood lumber. After working two or three months he traded his lumber for a skiff and two guns, and started down the Missouri on a voyage of discovery, but discovered no country he liked so well as Mills county, and soon 'returned. He was married in April, 1861, to Catharine Kesterson. They are the parents of eight children: Barbara, Charles, Mary, Frank, Alice, Walter, John, Jr., and Edward. To his original farm of eighty acres he has since added three hundred acres, making one of the best farms in the township. He is a man of great energy, and takes an active interest in the schools and all necessary public improvements.
MOORE, JOHN B., druggist, P. O. Emerson; born in Cadiz, Harri- son county, Ohio, October 23, 1842, where he spent his youth on a farm and received a common school education. From an early date until 1862 he was engaged in the occupation of a butcher. In the year last named he volunteered in company H, 126th Ohio infantry, and was soon pro- moted to orderly sergeant. He served three years and was in some forty-two battles and minor skirmishes, and among others was at Harper's Ferry, Antietam, Wilderness and Petersburg. Of the 103 men in his company who enlisted in the service in 1862, only seven were mustered out at the end of the war. At the close of his term of service he came to Bloomington, Illinois, and engaged in farming and stock-raising, and
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up to 1874 had accumulated some $25,000; but then came reverses and his entire fortune was swept away. From 1874 to 1877 he was engaged in the real estate business in Bloomington. Then fire came to destroy his fortunes, when he purchased a grist-mill, moved the same to Kansas, and began anew to make his way in the world. His venture proved a financial success. He sold it in 1878, and came to Emerson in August of that year, and entered the drug business. He was married June 19, 1866, to Miss Violet Niccolls, of Bloomington, Illinois; she died September 24, 1874, leaving three children: Albert B., Maria and Chauncey. He again married November 3, 1875, to Mrs. Maggie James, who had one child by her former husband: May. He has one child by his second wife: Jessie E. Mr. Moore is a member of the I. O. O. F. He is a respected mem- ber of the community and a man of exceptional business capacity.
McCLAIN, ARTHUR, farmer and stock-raiser, section 15, P. O. Emerson; born April 16, 1837, in Knox county, Ohio. Moved with his parents in 1852, to Adams county, Indiana. In 1858 he returned to Ohio and remained one year, and then returned to Indiana; dlocating in Rush county. Enlisted September 18, 1861, in the Thirty-seventh Indiana infantry, and remained in the service three years; was taken prisoner May 1, 1862, by General Morgan's cavalry. He participated in the bat- tles of Buzzard's Roost, seige of Buzzard's Roost, Resaca, New Hope Church, Pine Mountain, Kenesaw, Chattahoochee River, Peach Tree Creek, and the siege of Atlanta. After being mustered out he returned to Indiana; came to Mills county in 1875, and located on the farm where he now resides, which consists of two hundred and sixty-six acres of the best land in the township. Was married in May, 1866, to Caroline C. Murray, a native of New York. They are the parents of four children: Albert M., John H., Carl A. and Marion F.
MUSSELMAN, DAVID T., wheelwright, P. O. Hastings; was born June 11, 1829, in Perry county, Ohio, where he learned his trade of his father, who was a master mechanic. In 1849 he moved to Genoa, Ohio, and engaged in business for himself. July 2, 1852, he married. Miss Emily Beckett, a native ot Albemarle county, Virginia, born June 2, 1830. In 1861 he came to Iowa, locating in Clark county, at Osceola, and four years later to this county, and engaged in farming, which occupation he still follows. His wife died July 11, 1878, leaving seven children living: William, Elizabeth, Charles, Addie, "Bert, Myrtle M. and Rob Roy. He had married for his second wife Mrs. Emma A. Stafford, daughter of James A. and Elizabeth Davis, born in Herefordshire, England, June 21, 1846. The date of this marriage was January 27, 1881.
PURCELL, ANDREW, farmer, P. O. Hastings; was born May 24, 1818, in Nelson county, Kentucky, where he was educated, and passed his youth on a farm. When sixteen years of age he engaged in flat boat-
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ing on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, which occupation he followed four years. He then followed the business of a pilot the ensuing two yours. In 1842 he moved to Henderson county, Illinois, and engaged in farming, which profession he has since followed. In the spring of 1857 he came to Iowa, and located in Indian Creek township, Mills county, on the farm he now owns. In 1864 he was elected a justice of the peace, which office he has retained all the years since. Thus is evidenced the high esteem in which he is held by his neighbors and citizen friends. He is a man of great business ability, of strict honesty and sterling integrity. He was married June 28, 1838, to Miss Ellen Brown, a native of the state of Ken- tucky. They are the parents of fourteen children: Theresa, now Mrs. Samuel Scott; Samuel, Charles, Elizabeth, new Mrs. David Henderson; Ellen, now Mrs. George Boles; Dennis W., and eight deceased. Mr. Purcell entered a farm of 170 acres from the government when first he came to the county, and now has the same under excellent cultivation.
PARRISH, A. G., son of Gould and Mary Parrish, editor and pub- lisher of the Emerson Chronicle; was born near St. Joseph, in Berrian county, Michigan, October 23, 1845. He lived in Michigan as a farmer's boy until his nineteenth year, when he sought a better education by at- tending school two years at South Bend, Indiana, and subsequently for four years at Evanston, Illinois, near Chicago, completing a thorough aca- demic course of study at the latter place. Leaving school at this time, he engaged in the work of the ministry in the M. E. Church, continuing in that work for six years, and until failing health made it necessary for him to cease regular public speeking, and engaged in other pursuits. In December of 1878, he purchased a half interest in the Mills County Re- publican, published at Malvern, Iowa, and began editorial work. Dis- posing of this interest to his brother, E. B. Parish, he purchased the Emerson Chronicle and began his present labors on that paper March 1, 1880. He is instinctively and by education a Republican, and cast his first Presidential vote for honest Abraham Lincoln at his second election. Was united in marriage April 22, 1877, to Miss Belle B., daughter of Al- exander and Rachel Blacklock, of Frankfort, Michigan. To this union was born Grace E., December 13, 1878.
POWELL, F. M., physician and surgeon, P. O. Hastings; born No- vember 12, 49, in Morgan county, Ohio. In 1857 his parents moved to Wisconsin. There young Powell grew to man's estate, and received his preliminary education, which he finished at the Ohio Wesleyan Uni- versity. Following his graduation he taught school a number of years, during which time he began and successfully prosecuted the study of medicine. He then read with Dr. Priest, of Oakfield, Ohio, and attended the Starling Medical College, of Columbus, Ohio, from which institution he graduated in February, 1875. He came to Iowa in March
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of the same year, and located in Hastings. He has built up an extensive practice, which sufficiently attests his ability and a medical adviser. He was married September 15, 1872, to Miss Louisa Newton, a member of Ohio. They have three children: Ida M., Velura and Orrin W.
PATRICK, ROBERT, farmer and stock-raiser, section 14, P. O. Emerson; born October 12, 1823, in Glasgow, Scotland; emigrated with his parents to America in 1828, and first located in New York City. After remaining in the city a short time he went to Rutland county, Ver- mont, residing there about three years. He then went to Washington county, New York. When about nine years of age he entered a woolen factory, and continued in that business until twenty-five years old. Was married August 14, 1845, to Mary McDonald, who was born September 4, 1825, in Warren county, New York. They are the parents of twelve children, eleven of whom are now living: Ann, Charles, Alexan- der, Josephine, Arthur E., Mary A., Jessie May, Robert E., Frank M., Oscar R. and Willis, Came to Mills county in 1874, and located on the farm where he now resides. His farm consists of 240 acres, a good dwelling house, orchard and other substantial improvements. Mr. Patrick is a live, energetic man, and takes a great interest in the develop- ment of the schools, and in the improvement of stock.
PURCELL, SAMUEL, furniture dealer, P. O. Hastings; was born August 20, 1846, in Henderson county, Illinois. At the age of ten years he came with his parents to Mills county, and has since resided here. December 25, 1863, he enlisted in the 29th Iowa infantry, and followed the fortunes of that regiment as narrated elsewhere in this volume. He was mustered out August 10, 1865, at New Orleans, Louisiana. He was married August 28, 1870, to Miss Sarah A. Cary, born August 5, 1850, in Delaware county, Maryland. They are the parents of three children: Marion E., Flora and Everett. Mr. P. is a member of the I. O. O. F.
PERRY, H. E., shipper and dealer in live stock, P. O. Hastings; born December 14, 1836, in Wyoming county, New York, where he grew to manhood and was raised on a farm. His education was received in the common school, in part, and finished in the Middleburg academy. He was married September 6, 1859, to Cornelia A. De Wolf, a native of Wyoming county, New York, born February 27, 1840. He followed the farming occupation until 1867, when he came to Mills county and located on a farm in Anderson township. In 1874 he moved to Hastings and kept the hotel at that place for one year. He then built a beautiful resi- dence on the skirts of that town. He is the father of two children, both deceased, Augustus L. and Fannie Iowa.
ROGERS, JACOB, farmer, section 23, P. O. Emerson; was born in the state of New York, in the year 1828. He was there educated, grew to manhood, and passed his youth in agricultural pursuits .. In this busi-
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ness Mr. Rogers has passed his life. He owned several fine farms at one time or another in his native state; and like the most of men has expe- rienced reverses as well as the favoring smiles of fortune. He became a resident of this county in 1878, and purchased his present farm of 190 acres. The land is valuable in itself but is becoming more so under his judicious management. He was married in the year 1850 to Miss Levina Bellinger, a native of New York. They are the parents of three chii- dren: Gulice A., wife of H. P. Ladd; Mary E., wife of William Craw- ford; and Myron E., now at home. Mr. Rogers is representative of sev- eral insurance companies of this state.
SHINN, FRANK, attorney at law and real estate agent, Emerson P. O .; son of a Methodist Episcopal clergyman, was born in Adams county, Ohio, October 28, 1843. When nine years of age he moved to Kentucky with his father's family, where he remained four years. In 1856, he came to Iowa, and to Marshalltown, where he resided one and a half years. He then moved to Pottawattamie county, and remained un- til 1862, when he came to Mills county, and has since resided here con- tinuously. His education was received in the common schools, and all be- fore the age of thirteen years. His subsequent success as a student and lawyer has been due to his untiring application during leisure hours. He began his practice before the justices' courts, and in 1877, was admitted to practice in all the courts of the state. As a lawyer he is a success, and is building for himself a lucrative practice and enviable reputation. He was married January 25, 1867, to Miss Almira Schenck. They have four children: Linnie A., James A., Kate and Iola. In his younger days an accident deprived him of the full use of his limbs, and he has been a cripple since 1857. His legal library is both fine and valuable. He owns a farm of 135 acres, a house and lot; and deserves the success he has at- tained.
SHEFFER, RILAN K., grocer, carpenter and cabinet-maker, Emer- son P. O .; was born in Tioga county, Pennsylvania, July 7, 1850, and is the son of a carpenter. He was educated solely in the common schools. He was early put to work at the trade followed by his father and con- tinued in the same until 1869. In that year he came to Iowa, locating at Osceola, Clarke county, and followed the same occupation. In 1870, he moved to Garden Grove, followed his trade two years, and then entered the furniture business which he continued until 1875. He then came to Emerson where he has since resided. He was married May 5, 1873, to Miss Clara J., daughter of Thomas Chamberlain, of Garden Grove. They have two children, Thomas and Ila. Mr. Sheffer is the architect of his own fortunes, owns a fine residence and business building. He is a master mason, and stands very high in the esteem of his fellow towns- men.
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SHELDON, ANCIL L., proprietor of Emerson House, P. O. Emer- son; was born in Lafayette county, New York, January 21, 1826, where he resided until 1832 when he moved to Huron county, Ohio. In 1844 he went to Ripley county, Indiana, remaining until 1869. He then became a resident of this state and county, locating in White Cloud township. His father was a clergyman in the M. E. Church. Hn learned the printer's trade in 1843 and 1844, and from 1844 to 1847 worked as a Knight of St. Crispin. From 1847 to 1869 he had cleared and worked three farms, realizing some $7,000 profit in the meantime. With this entered the bus- iness of a general merchant in Emerson, but soon sold out and built the Emerson House. He was married in October, 1849, to Miss Mary J. Richardson, who died in 1862. By this wife he had three children, one living: Alla C. He was again married in April, 1864' to Miss Mary R. Sutton, who died in October, 1875, leaving one child, Maud O., living, and one deceased. He was married again April 5, 1877, to Miss Georgie A. Edwards. He has been a member of the M. E. Church since 1844, and much of the time a member of some one or other of the official boards. He owns a farm of some eighty-eight acres, near Emerson, besides his hotel business.
STURGEON, JAMES, farmer and stock-raiser, section 23, P. O. Emerson; born July 29, 1847, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1849 he moved with his parents to Canada, where he grew to manhood, working on the farm in the summer season and attending the common schools dur- ing the winter. He came to Mills county, Iowa, in 1870. Was married August 1, 1877, to Marcia Lincoln, a native of Ohio. They are the par- ents of one child, Frederick James. Soon after his marriage he located on the farm where he now resides. His farm consists of one hundred and twenty acres on which is a good dwelling-house and a fine orchard. He has always taken an active interest in the schools and all township improve- ments, and now holds the office of township clerk.
STURGEON, JOHN F., farmer and stock-raiser, section 22, P. O. Emerson; born in 1845. In 1849 he went with his parents to Canada, and in 1865 returned to Philadelphia, and from thence went to the oil regions, where he remained until April, 1865, when he enlisted in the Ninety-eighth Pennsylvania infantry. He was at Richmond a few days after the surrender, and was with Gen. Sheridan on his march to Dan- ville. Was mustered out July 11, 1865, returning to Oil City, and from there went to Canada. In 1866 he came to Iowa and stopped in Des Moines county. He then traveled through Missouri, Kansas and Ne- braska, and returned to Iowa and located in Mills county in 1868. Was married in June, 1872, to Elizabeth Forest, a native of Iowa, born in 1854. They are the parents of three children, two of whom are now living: Maggie, May and Clarence. He owns a well improved farm of 320 acres, well adapted to stock-raising, in which he is largely engaged.
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TUBBS, JUDGE L. W., farmer, stock dealer and real estate dealer, P. O. Emerson. This gentleman is a son of Nathaniel Tubbs, an ex-mem- ber of congress from Albany district in the state of New York, and was born in Binghamton, New York, January 4, 1826. He was but eleven years of age when his father left the Empire State to find a residence in the Western Reserve, Ohio. The greater portion of his youth was spent on a farm, during which time those features of his character which in after years enabled him to surmount obstacles and win success, found a birth and were carefully nutured. His education was received in the
city schools of Sandusky, Ohio. At the early age of thirteen years he was apprenticed to learn the Miller's trade, and six years later went to Michigan where he followed his trade until 1849, In that year, it will be remembered that not only the United States, but the world was excited over ths discovery of gold in California. Thither went many thousands of men, and among them went Judge Tubbs, as the captain of a com- pany of miners. Arrived in California the native energy of the man promptly placed him among the front ranks of prominent men. He entered political life, and in 1850 was elected as a member of the first state legislature. In the summer of 1850 he was employed by the gov- ernor of the state to locate a road from the head waters of the Sacramento to the Willamette valley in Oregon, which kept him occupied until the spring of 1851. The winter of 1851 and 1852 was spent in the Sandwich Islands. On his return to the United States he went to Michigan and engaged in the milling business. In the spring of 1856 he came to Iowa and located at Malvern, or rather the place where that enterprising city now stands. In 1858 he was elected Judge of Probate for Mills county, and held this office until it was abolished. He enjoys the distinction of having been one of the first two men ever elected on the republican ticket in this county. In May, of 1861, he organized the first cavalry company ever organized in the state, and of which he was duly elected captain. The company was organized for state protection, and its members were known as the " Mills County Minute Men." One feature of this company deserves mention, it has never been mustered out to this day. In 1869 Judge Tubbs sold his Malvern farm and located at Emerson. He was married October 1, 1853, in Kalamazoo, Michigan, to Sybil J., daughter of Wil- liam Wheeler, born October 13, 1836. He is the father of eight children, six of whom are now living: William L., Mary D., Hattie M., Volna V., Bertha E. and Ray B. He is a member of the Blue Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and its first master. He became a member of the lodge in Michigan, in 1853. Judge Tubbs is a very large land holder, owning 3,200 acres in Mills county, besides considerable town property, and 1,280 acres in Texas. He has been in the county for many years, and been closely identified with its material advancement. To him as much as any other one man is
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it indebted for prosperity. He is honorable and upright in his business enterprises, generous in his benefactions, kind in manner, and admired and respected by all.
TUBBS, WILLIAM L., farmer and stock-raiser, section 25, P. O. Emerson; born April 17, 1855, in Flowerfield, Michigan. Came with his parents to Mills county, in 1856, arriving April 14. He has resided in this county continuously since that time. He received his early education in the common schools, and finished at Tabor College. After returning from college he was employed in the mercantile house of Messrs. Paddock, at Malvern, about two years. Was married September 20, 1876, to Allie N. Tomblin, of Illinois. They are the parents of two children: Harry S. and Mabel, deceased. After his marriage he was engaged in mercantile pursuits at Emerson, for two years. He then settled on the farm where he now resides. His farm consists of one hundred and eighty-five acres, all under cultivation, upon which is one of the finest dwelling houses in the township. Is an honored member and officer in the masonic lodge of Emerson. Mr. T. is the son of Hon. L. W. Tubbs, who is one of the earliest, and has always been one of the most prominent citizens of Mills county.
WEARIN, A. J., farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Hastings; was born November 7, 1850, in the state of Indiana. In 1855 he came to Mills county with his parents, Josiah and Olive Wearin, the first of whom was born in Virginia, May 2, 1824, and the second in New York, March 21, 1828. His parents were married September 7, 1848. The education of Mr. Wearin was obtained in the common schools and at Tabor College. He lives on the farm with his mother, and conducts the same in a most able manner.
WEARIN, ANDREW, P. O. Hastings, farmer and stock-raiser; was born December 6, 1831, in Harrison county, Virginia. In 1832 he went to Athens county, Ohio, with his parents, and in 1838 to Hocking county. In 1852 he moved to Indiana and in 1855 came to this county, and entered 480 acres of land. April 19, 1857, he was married to Miss E. Cook, born March 21, 1857, in the state of New York. In 1860 he began to live on the land he had entered, but 1864 returned to Indiana, but came back in the same year. He is the father of six children, five of whom are living: Martha J., Edward O., Cora A., Bertha E. and James H.
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Page 367. Footnote; for Yeste, read Teste.
369. First line; for Lay, read Say.
381. Line seventeen; for Folles, read Tolles.
384. Line fourteen; for 1821, read 1851.
Line three; for bv, read by.
402. 404. Line thirteen; for The instruments, read This instrument. 435. Line thirteen; for Hendric-Jones, read Hendrie-Jones.
66 438.
Bottom line; for appeared, read appears.
460. Line thirty-three; for in, read of.
66 464. Line ten; for detault, read default. :
464. 465.
Line thirty-seven; for company, read county. Line eight; for in its, read as its.
66 468.
Line forty; for 1866, read 1856.
480. Line twenty-seven; for Hall, read Hale.
Line thirty-three; for nor, read now.
481. 489. Line thirty-three; for Lentucky, read Kentucky.
Line four; for tent, read test.
66 493. 494. Line four; for office, read officer.
499. Line six; for Sumner, read Summers.
66 513. Line sixteen; for rich, read sick.
524. Line eleven; for extended, read exerted.
570. Line three; for 1866, read 1876.
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