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A. A. HAZARD, sewing machines, Council Bluffs, was born in Claiborne County, Miss .; he was the son of S. H. and Delia A. (Leach) Hazard ; his father was a Presbyterian minis- ter, born in Rhode Island in 1814, and died in
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1853; his (subject's) mother was born in Rockaway, N. J., in 1807, and died in New York City in 1876; his parents had twelve children. Our subject came to Council Bluffs in June, 1871, and engaged in business in company with G. R. Thompson, selling the Singer Sewing Machine. They continued in business together nntil Febrnary, 1879, when our subject purchased his partner's interest and took control of the entire business. In June, 1880, he severed his connection with the Singer machine, and continued at his old place of business, 106 South Fifth street, carrying a stock of leading machines of different makes. He finally became partial to the Domestie Sew- ing Machine, regarding it superior in many re- spects to other makes, and therefore decided to handle only machines of the Domestic pattern. Since October 20, 1881, he has been in the em- ploy of the Domestic Sewing Machine Com- pany as their special traveling agent for West- ern fowa. He still carries on his business in Council Bluffs at the same location. He has been one of the most snecessful sewing- machine men in Iowa, and the present flourish- ing condition of the business that he has established in this and adjoining counties has been brought about by his fair and straight- forward dealing on all occasions. He has five children-William L., Mary L., Nellie, Laura Lilly and Emily Lucretia. In religion, Mr. Hazard is a Presbyterian, and in polities, a Republican.
MONTGOMERY P. HARRIS, Council Bìnffs, by profession a lawyer, and who has recently become identified with the legal pro- fession of Pottawattamie County, was born November 20, 1857, in the village of Sandy Hill, Washington Co., N. Y .; his father, Hor- ace Harris, was born in the town of Queens- bury, Warren Co., N. Y., in 1818, and was the son of Moses Harris, one of Washington's most trusted spies during the Revolution ; the mother of M. P., A. A. (Boone) Harris, was !
born in the village of Greenville, Washington Co., N. Y., in 1822, and is a great-niece of the historical Daniel Boone ; there were eight chil- dren in the family, of whom the subject of this sketch is the sixth. When eight years of age, he was placed in the common schools of his native village, which he continued to attend until his fourteenth year, when he was sent to the academy of that place, where he graduated in 1876. In the winter of the same year, he entered the law office of the Hon. N. G. Paris as a law student and clerk. His career as a law student is best told in his own words : " On the 8th day of December, 1876, I called on Mr. Paris for the purpose of making ar- rangements to study law in his office. My clothes were far from being of the finest text- ure, nor were they in the best of repair, my mother's time being occupied in looking after so many. I learned at an early age to be sat- isfied with the best she could do for me, and found no fault. I stepped into the library and made known my business. Mr. Paris looked me over from head to foot, during which try- ing time I concluded that he thought I had better go to work instead of spending my time studying law. He consented, however, to allow me the use of his books upon condition that I would do the office work, to which I quickly and gladly consented, and on the 11th I commenced a regular clerkship in his office. The four years I spent in his office as a stu- dent I shall never forget. They were trying and eventful ones in my life, and many times I was sorely tried and very nearly discouraged. I had everything imaginable to contend with ; circumstances which were very embarrassing, indeed, seemed to have been the rule instead of the exception." Through it all, however, the determination and will to succeed carried him through, and on the 10th of September, 1880, at the village of Saratoga Springs, he was ad- mitted to the bar of New York. In May. 1882, Mr. Harris came to Council Bluffs, where
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his references gave him an entree to the best society. He was shortly admitted to the bar of Iowa, and has begun the struggle of estab- lishing a practice in Council Bluffs, in which his natural ability as an orator gives him great advantage. He is an Episcopalian, a member of the society of I. O. O. F., and a stanch Re- publican.
JAMES A. JACKSON, Council Bluffs, whose portrait appears in this work. is one of the most prominent men of the West, and has done more for the good of the Missouri slope, in Iowa, than any other man whom we could name. His history has an interest for all the active business men of Council Bluffs and Omaha. He was born in Ohio in 1829. His parents moved to Missouri when he was very young, where his father soon after died, leav- ing the mother with a family of nine children, to be raised amid the hardships of a frontier life in Missouri. But she kept her trust well, and lived to the ripe old age of eighty-five, dying in Council Bluffs January 1, 1882. She was followed to her last resting-place by a large number of friends. having been very highly esteemed by all who knew her. Of her chil- dren, two live in Council Bluffs-W. C. Jack- son, and the subject of this sketch, James A. Jackson. Andrew P. and Franklin L., are in California, having gone there in 1852. One daughter, Mrs. Julia Record, now resides in Glenwood, Iowa. Subject's father was a native of Virginia, and was a near relative of Gen. Andrew Jackson. His mother was a Cessna, of Pennsylvania, the Hon. John Cessna being her nephew. Mr. Jackson has seen all of our West- ern country grow up. Attended the treaty held with the Inchians, on the west bank of the Mis- souri River, in 1852, Maj. Gatewood acting on the part of the Government, Mr. Jackson assisting him. This treaty was held about fifteen miles south of Omaha. Mr. Jackson is a good conver- sationalist, and can entertain one for hours with his reminiscenses of the early days in Iowa
and Nebraska, in fact of almost the entire West. He attended the first sale of lots in St. Joseph, Mo., so that he has watched its growth, as well as that of Sioux City, Omaha and Council Bluffs, with the greatest of interest. He was one of the original owners of Sioux City and Omaha. Mr. Jackson came to this city in January, 1851, and opened in business in general merchandise, and in 1855 opened a branch establishment in Omaha. The succes- sors to his Omaha branch are " Tootle & Maul," a very heavy firm to-day. Located another branch in Sioux City in 1856, chartering a steamboat and unloading the first goods that were brought there. He built what is known as the Empire Block, in 1834, which was burned in 1868. The part of the city known as Jackson's Addition, was named in his honor. llis fellow-citizens appreciated his efforts in behalf of their town, and in 1852 elected him County. Treasurer. About this time he met the beautiful young belle, Miss Henrietta St. Aubin, of New Orleans, and being as impres- sionable as young men generally are in the presence of beauty, fell in love with and mar- ried her, in 1852. thus exciting the envy of his young associates for bearing off so captivating a prize. Mrs. Jackson is still living, and wears the charm which always clings about a once beautiful woman-perfect elegance. The State Bank of Iowa was organized here in 1860, Mr. Jackson being one of the stockholders, also its President. Our present First National Bank is its successor. Mr. Jackson let his efforts for the good of the west take in Omaha also. He built the first brick house erected there, taking his brick from Council Bluffs. The said house was used as a capitol building, which he was influential in securing to Omaha. Thus he kept on, all the time nsing his money for the public good. He continued in business here until 1865. when he sold out and moved to St. Louis, engaging there in the wholesale grocery business. His untiring energy and
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business talent took him to the front rank among successful men of that city, while his wife's beauty and accomplishments won them a prominent place in social circles. But, alas ! his health broke down under his increase of care ; and selling out there, he went to the Western plains, in 1876, to regain strength, which he soon did in the pure, bracing air, and freedom from anxiety. He then entered into the cattle business, in company with his son Andrew, and has been very successful in that, as in everything else, at present owning as ex- tensive a ranch as he can take care of in jus- tice-one of the most extensive in the West. Mr. Jackson has two children (still living), Andrew M. Jackson and Georgiana Jackson, the wife of Judge Andrew S. Wilson, of Kan- sas, whom she married in 1881. His son An- drew was married in April, 1878, to Miss Carrie Rice, of Council Bluffs, the daughter of A. T. Rice, of the First National Bank. Andrew, while inheriting the tireless energy of his father, possesses in a great degree the grace and elegance of manner of his mother, and has her dark eyes and hair. He was engaged here for several years in a wholesale grocery trade, but finally sold out, in 1878, to enter into stock business with his father, in Wyo- ming. He has one son, a bright little fellow of three years, who bears his grandfather's name, and let us hope, will have his active business tact and clear-headed management.
H. JAMES, grocer, Council Bluffs, was born in Bucks County, Penn., February 3, 1850, and was educated in the public schools of Norris- town, Penn. In March, 1869, he came to Council Bluffs, where he engaged as clerk for Wright Bros., with whom he remained about one year. He then engaged in the grocery business on his own acconnt on the corner of Bancroft street and Broadway, where he carried on business for about eight years. He then removed to his present place of business, corner of Main and Willow streets, where he has since
remained, doing a constantly increasing busi- ness, and carrying a full stock of staple and fancy groceries, fruits, etc. His store occupies the entire ground floor of the building, fifty feet in length, twenty-three feet in width. He carries a stock of about $20,000, and his annual sales amount to about $20,000. He married, October 10, 1872. Lizzie McCammon, of Coun- cil Bluffs, formerly of Canada, and, by this union, they have one child-Harry, aged nine years. Mr. James is a member of Excelsior Lodge, No 259, A., F. & A. M. of Council Bluff's.
C. B. JACQUEMIN, jeweler, Council Bluff's, came to Council Bluffs in May, 1865. He keeps a large stock of clocks. jewelry and fancy goods; he has a splendid location, and is doing an immense business. The firm consists of C. B. Jacquemin, his brother, and George A. Garner. Mr. Jacquemin was born in Luxem- burg, Europe, in 1838; came to America in 1852, and settled in Missouri, where he learned his trade. He has been a member of the School Board for six years, and was Mayor of the city in 1865. During his term as Mayor, the terminus of the Union Pacific Transfer was located here.
S. S. KELLER, furniture, Council Bluffs. was born in Franklin County, Penn., in 1838, where he received his education, and remained till 1856. He then moved to Indiana, and, in 1862. entered the One Hundred and Fifty-sixth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. He remained in the service till the battle of Gettysburg, when his regiment was mustered ont. In the spring of 1867, he came to Council Bluff's. where he worked at the carpenter's trade with Johnson & Orr for nine months ; then began business for himself as a contractor and builder. In 1870, he went to Utah, where he engaged in the grain trade with N. J. Bond; returned to Council Bluffs in 1871, where he engaged in the furniture business with J. M. Scott, at the corner of Broadway and Byrant streets, and
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after being in business some time under the firm name of Scott & Keller, bought out Mr. Scott's interest. He then ran the business himself, occupying the entire three story build- ing, and in the fall of 1881 he moved to the opposite side of Broadway into the building that he had built the previous summer. This building, which comprises two stories and base- ment, is seventy feet long and forty-three feet wide; the warehouse in the rear is one story in height and forty feet long by forty feet wide. Mr. Keller started in business with but little capital, but has succeeded in building up a good trade. He carries a full line of furniture and household goods. In 1873, he added un- dertaking to his business, and carried on busi- ness alone till 1876, when he formed partner- ship with Messrs. Morgan & Dohaney, carry- ing on business under the firm name of Morgan, Keller & Co. The business is under the management of Mr. Morgan, who is an experi- enced undertaker. In Council Bluffs, in 1874, Mr. Keller married Libbie Noble, of Carroll County, Ill. He is of German descent; during the year 1881, he held the office of Alderman of the Second Ward. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. of Council Bluffs.
T. C. KIRKLAND, County Anditor, Council Bluffs. The most severe test to which a man's standing or reputation in a community may be subjected is, perhaps, when he becomes a can- didate for office. In the fall of 1881, Mr. T. C. Kirkland passed through such a test, and was elected to the office of Auditor of Pottawattamie County, on the Republican ticket, and by a majority of 627, the total vote cast for him in the county being 2,489, which was the largest vote cast for any Republican candidate. He took formal possession of the office in Janu- ary, 1882. Having spent eight years in the same office as Deputy for John Bennett, he en- tered upon the discharge of his duties with a full knowledge of the responsibilities of the of- fice. He was born in Jefferson County, N.
Y. and when six years of age his parents moved to Sheboygan, Wis., where he received a good education, and engaged in the drug business, which he followed until he came West in 1867. From 1867 until he began as Deputy for Mr. Bennett in 1874, he was engaged in railroad business, principally contracting on the Northern Pacific and Southern Pacific Railroads. He has lost nothing in popularity since becoin- ing an officer of the county, and, should he desire it, he will probably be re-elected.
P. C. & W. D. KIRKLAND, jewelers. Coun- cil Bluffs. Mr. P. C. Kirkland was born in Scotland. He resided in Washington County, Wis., for about eight years, then moved to Min- nesota, where he lived for about a year: he then followed boating on the Mississippi River till the fall of 1868, when he came to Council Bluffs; here he engaged with the telegraph . company for about thirteen months; then with the gas company about eleven months, and, in 1870, entered the employ of James Brewster, wholesale grocer, Broadway, Council Bluffs, with whom he remained until he entered into his present business. Mr. P. C. Kirkland was married, January 19, 1879, to Miss M. J. Brew- ster, niece of James Brewster, and by this union they have been blessed with one son, Charles W. In August, 1882, Mr. P. C. Kirkland. in company with Mr. W. D. Kirkland, of Sheboy- gan County, Wis., opened their present jewelry store at No. 329 Broadway, Council Bluff's, where they keep on hand a complete stock of watches, clocks, jewelry, silver and silver- plated ware, spectacles, etc. Mr. W. D. Kirk- land is an experienced workman, and guaran- tees all work. They solicit an inspection of their stock, feeling satisfied that they can please all.
JOHN KELLER, Council Bluffs, one of the oldest and most respected citizens of Council Bluffs, was born at Elzes, in Eastern France, October 23, 1815. where he spent his youth. He came to America with an older brother in
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1836. Landing in New York, he began to learn the trade of cabinet-making, and, after serving his apprenticeship, he went to Cincin- nati, Ohio, and followed the same calling. From there, he went to St. Louis, and from there to Western Missouri, where he resided some time. Afterward coming to Council Bluffs, he entered the land where his dwelling is now situated in 1855, and in 1854 brought from Missouri the first fruit trees ever planted in the county. In 1841, he was married to Rebecca Runyan, a native of Center County, Penn., and of this marriage one son was born -Victor L. Keller, who served in the Union army throughout the civil war in the Second Iowa Battery. Mr. Keller has been noted for his kindness to orphan children, having reared and educated three since coming to Council Bluffs. Mrs. Keller died here on the 18th day of April, 1882. Mr. Keller is a member in most excellent standing of the Masonie order. He is still a man in most excellent health, pos- sesses a wiry frame, and is gifted with strong mind and body. By care, prudence and indus- try, he has amassed considerable property, and owns some of the most valuable real estate in the city of Council Bluffs. He was among the first to demonstrate the practicability of fruit- raising in this climate, and has made it a most positive snecess.
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L. KIRSCHT, wholesale grocer, Council Bluffs, was born in Germany in 1829, and served three and a half years in the Prussian Army. In 1854, he came to America, and, in 1856, was married at Hillsdale, Mich. From Hillsdale, Mich., he went in the fall of 1856 to St. Joseph, and came to Council Bluff's May 11, 1861; here he opened a retail grocery, in which he met with good success, and gradually increased his business until he is now doing an extensive wholesale trade, employing four men in the store and one traveling salesman. He carries abont $30,000 worth of stock, and his yearly sales amount to about $100,000, and are steadily
increasing. Mr. Kirscht served in the City Conneil in 1869 and 1870, and has been Town- ship Trustee for many years. He has a family of six children, all living at home; he has a fine residence on Glen avenne; he is a stanch Republican. Mr. Kirscht's mother came to Council Bluffs June 25, 1881, and died in Au- gust, 1832, aged nearly seventy-one years.
S. H. KELLEY, druggist, Council Bluffs, was born in Cedarville, Herkimer Co., N. Y., in 1819; his father moved to Otsego Connty, N. Y., in 1827; our subject came to Council Bluffs in 1857, and engaged in the drug busi- ness, in which he remained until 1862, when he sold his interest to his partner, Mr. Kynett. and took a trip for his health; he went to Syraense, N. Y., where he finally opened a drug store; he remained here until the spring of 1880, at which time he returned to Council Bluffs, where he again opened out in the drug business; this time on Lower Main street. Ile carries about $6,000 in stock. with annual sales amounting to $10,000.
HARMAN KELLEY, marble works, Coun- cil Bluffs, was born in Vermont in 1820, and, in 1849, removed to Western New York, where he remained till 1872. In 1873, he came to Council Bluffs and engaged in marble-cutting; he employs six men in the shop and two on the road; carries about $2,000 worth of stock, and his annual sales amount to about 89,000; he has always been engaged in the marble busi- ness. He was married in Vermont; his mother is still living in Western New York, at the ad- vanced age of eighty-nine years; his father died there in 1868. Mr. Kelley is a member of the Masonic fraternity.
REV. JOSEPH KNOTTS. Council Bluffs, was born on the 24th of September, 1832, at Knottsville, Monongalia Co., Va. He spent his earlier years on a farm at home, and ac- quired such an education as the best facilities in his native county afforded. In his early manhood, he also engaged in teaching, and be-
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ing a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, he joined the West Virginia Confer- enee of that religious body as an itinerant minister. In 1860, he came to Iowa, and was transferred to the Iowa Conference, and was assigned to duty in the western part of the State. When the conference was divided, ter- ritorially, he became a member of the Des Moines Conference. He traveled several cir- euits in the central portion of Iowa, and in 1865 was appointed to Council Bluffs, serving for two years as pastor of the Broadway Church, and it was through his energy and during his ministration, that that fine edifice was built. He was afterward appointed agent of the Church Extension Society of the Des Moines Conference, and served in that capacity for two years, when he was appointed Presiding Elder of the Council Bluffs District, and served with marked ability for four years. During the period of his ineumbeney as Presiding Elder, he was a delegate to the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. His health having failed him and being obliged to cease in the active ministry, he engaged in the book and job printing business in 1872, and published the Inland Advocate, a religious newspaper, for several years, and the Weekly Independent, a journal devoted to news and polities from an independent standpoint. His establishment was in the east end of the Ogden House Block, and when that was destroyed by fire in the fall of 1974, he became the principal sufferer. In his efforts to save his jeopardized property his disease was aggravated, and he was unable to resume the business. He went to Washington City and spent the winter, and hearing of the glowing prospects of mining operations in Northern Mexico, from gentlemen who had visited that section, he began to turn his atten- tion in that direction. He was appointed a United States Consul to Chihuahua, and went south to explore the country for silver mining prospects. He succeeded in securing the Par-
ral mines by a contract, and resigning his con- sulate, he came back to the United States, and organized a mining company to develop the property. From that date to this he has given almost his entire attention to silver mining, not only in Mexico, but in New Mexico and Ari- zona, and has amassed a handsome fortune through judicions investments. Mr. Knotts was married to Miss Rebecca Hall, a native of Barbour County, Va., on the 9th of October, 1855, in Hancock County, Ill. They have been blessed with a large family of children. The two older sons-Abraham and Thomas-being engaged with their father in his business, min- ing interests.
JOHN LINDT, attorney, Council Bluffs, was born and raised in Erie, Penn. He re- ceived his education in the public schools of Erie, Penn., and also attended the Oberlin Col- lege, Ohio. At the age of fifteen years, he entered the army, becoming a member of Independent Battery, Company B, First Penn- sylvania Light Artillery, and participated in the engagements at Dallas, Buzzard Roost, New Hope Church, Resaca, Peach Tree Creek. Kenesaw Mountain, Rome, Spring Hill, Frank- lin, Nashville and Atlanta ; was through Sher- man's campaign and Thomas' campaign with llood, and was discharged at Harrisburg, Penn., in 1865. Before entering the army, he had studied law, and in 1866 he again com- menced reading law. Hle came to Council Bluff's in the spring of 1870; in 1871, was ad- mitted to practice in Iowa, and has practiced his profession in Council Bluffs ever since. He was married in Mishawaka, in 1873, to Sarah Griffin, a native of New York, of Quaker descent. They have had two children, one de- ceased. Mr. Lindt is a charter member of the Knights of Pythias, and has held the highest offices in that order ; has been Commander of Post and Delegate to the National Convention of the G. A. R. at Baltimore, Md., in 1882, and is now a member of the National Council of
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Administration of the G. A. R .; he is also a member of and has held high positions in the I. O. O. F.
JOHN C. LEE, contractor, Council Bluffs, came to Council Bluffs in 1871, and engaged in business here in 1874. He was born in Can- ada in 1845, and lived there till he came to Council Bluffs. He is a railroad contractor, and has worked on several of the railroads centering here. In 1878, he married Miss Anna Leonard, whose parents reside on a farm near Neola, Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. Lee have one child living-Mary, fifteen months old. Mr. Lee's parents still live in Lanark County, Can- ada. His grandfather, Martin Condred, was a soklier in the French Army under Napoleon ; crossed the Alps with him, and was with him at Waterloo.
DR. N. D. LAWRENCE, Council Bluff's, was born in St. Lawrence County, N. Y., in 1822 ; was educated in the Rensselaer Institute, New York, and at the Vermont University, from which latter institution he graduated. He practiced the medical profession in New York, and in 1868 came to Council Bluffs. He was married in New York in 1846 and has been blessed with two children-Frank E. and Ella MI. Frank E. was born in 1848, and in 1878 married Elizabeth Cody Stanton, who has borne him one daughter-Margaret Living- stone Stanton. Ella M. was born in 1851, and in 1871 married John Monell, son of Dr. Monell, of Omaha, Neb. They had one dangh- tea, Anna Mabel, who came from Omaha on a visit to Dr. Lawrence in Council Bluffs, and while there died, in February, 1880, aged two and one-half years. The Doctor has been elected Mayor of Council Bluff's three times. Since he came here, he has made three trips to Europe.
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