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J. C. BRADLEY, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Macedonia, was born in Adams County, Ill., July 15, 1844 ; his father, E. C. Bradley, was born in Livingston County, N. Y., about - 1817 ; he emigrated to Iowa in 1834. settling in Davenport when there was but one frame house in that place ; from Davenport he came to Quiney, Ill., and he now lives in that State ; he was married in 1842 to Mahala J. Foy, mother of our subject ; she was born in Chau- tauqua County. N. Y., about 1827 ; she is the mother of six children, one of whom is dead. Mr. Bradley worked on a farm a few months, and then, January 1, 1862, enlisted in the Tenth Illinois Infantry, in which he served two years and three months. After returning from the army, he farmed in Illinois one year, then came to Decatur County. Iowa, thence to Marion County, where he was engaged in farm- ing from 1865 to 1871, then he moved to Mills County and settled near Hastings ; came from there, February 22. 1876. and located on his 1 present farm of 120 acres, situated three miles west of Macedonia. Mr. Bradley was married in Knoxville, Marion Co., Iowa, February 6, 1868, to Miss MI. E. Carle, born January 25, 1849, daughter of Eber and Mary N. (Pastory) Carle ; he. born in Pennsylvania, January 27. 1818, now living in Marion County, lowa ; his
wife die.l about 1866. Mr. and Mrs. Bradley have had seven children, one of whom is dead, their names are Clarence W., Armina M., F. E., Nora G., Roxie and Louetta. Mrs. Bradley is a member of the Christian Church. Mr. Bradley is an Odd Fellow. and a Republican.
L. D. BULLA, lumber merchant, Macedonia, was born in Tippecanoe County, Ind., January 16, 1844 ; his father, James Bulla, born in Tennessee, December 7. 1815, but reared till ten or twelve years old in Georgia, whence he emigrated to Indiana. He, with five brothers, landed at Richmond, Ind., when it was a wilderness ; there four of the brothers lived and died strict members of the Quaker Church. Father of subject was a brick-layer and stone-mason by trade, and died in Dan- ville, Ill., September 11, 1861. Subject's mother. Abigail (Osborn) Bulla, born in Ohio October 28, 1824; she was the mother of four children, of whom subject is the oldest ; but two of the children are living. Mr. Bulla's father came to Iowa, and at Des Moines took up land near Fort Dodge in the fall of 1854, which land subsequently fell to the heirs. Mr. Bulla at- tended the common schools, and was hound out when about eleven years old, continuing thus till the spring of 1861, when he enlisted in Company G, Twentieth Indiana Volunteers. Ile served as private for three years and forty- one days; being in thirteen skirmishes and fourteen pitched battles ; was wounded four times and carries a buckshot in his face. After returning from the army, he attended school two terms at the State Normal at Kokomo, Ind .. then he taught school one winter, and in the spring of 1865 came to Iowa, settling near Fort Dodge on the farm that his father had entered in 1854. He remained in this county three years, sold out and moved to Linn Coun- ty, near Mr. Vernon. where he ran a saw-mill one year, then came to Council Bluffs in April, 1870. There he was engaged in the saw-mill business with Shugart & Lininger
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till the spring of 1876. Then he moved to Emerson, Mills Co., Iowa, and started in the im- plement business, in the spring of 1879, adding hardware to his other business, which he con- ducted successfully, till being burned out in September, 1879. Then he rebuilt, took a part- ner, and opened a hardware and grocery store. He sold out in July, 1880, came to macedonia, and entered the lumber business with Lewis Hammer, of Council Bluffs, where he still re- mains. Mr. Bulla married Miss Sarah J. Al- bee, at Fort Dodge, March 25, 1866. She was born in Ohio, October 11, 1845; her father, Heiman C. Albee, born at Rutland, Vt., in 1819; emigrated to Ohio when a young man; there he married, raised his family, and from there emi- grated to Fort Dodge, Iowa, with his brother, E. H. Albee, in 1854, and there they still live. Mrs. Bulla's mother, Mary Rowson, was born November 29, 1815, and is the mother of seven children, three of whom are living. Mr. and Mrs. Bulla have had three children ; they are, Oliver Morton, Mary O., Josie Ellen, Lena Abi- gal (deceased). Mr. Bulla is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and also of the M. E. Church. He is an active Republican.
A. M. CALE, farmer, P. O. Macedonia, was born in Preble County, Ohio, January 9, 1840. His father, George F. Cale, born in Pennsylvania in 1812; he emigrated to Ohio when a boy, and there followed farming in Preble County till he died in 1845. Subject's mother, Henrietta MeCabe, born in Delaware in 1812, was the mother of six children, and died in 1860. Mr. Cale attended the schools of Lee County, Iowa, then entered Denmark Academy of Lee Coun- . ty, Iowa, where he attended four years, and would have graduated in 1862, but he left his elass two months before graduation, and en- listed in Company G. Fourth Iowa Cavalry, continuing in the army till the elose of the war. He was promoted after a service of nearly three years as a private, to the Captaincy of a company of seouts, which position he held
till the close of the war. Mr. Cale was in nine-
teen general engagements. After leaving the army, Mr. Cale engaged in carpenter work. which trade he had learned before the war, and this work he followed in Kansas City, Mo., as a contractor for about sixteen months, then re- moved to Lee County, thence to Moulton, Iowa, where he followed contracting for four years. thence to Missouri, and went into the hotel business for about five years, then came to Pottawattamie County, Iowa, and settled in Macedonia Township. He built the hotel known as the Macedonia House in Macedonia. He owns 345 acres of land, valned at $30 per aere in this township. Mr. Cale is a purely self made man. He was married, September 4, 1864. in Fort Madison, Lee Co., Iowa, to Miss E. B. Babb, of Denmark, Iowa, who was born in Ashtabula County, Ohio, December 23, 1845; her father, Clark Babb, born in Livings- ton County, N. Y., April 7, 1811, died Septem- ber 27, 1865, in Lee County, Iowa; her mother, Louisa A. Case, born in Ashtabula County, Ohio, July 21, 1820, died July 15, 1876; she was the mother of five children. Mr. Cale is a Republican, and, a member of the I. O. O. F., of Macedonia Lodge, No. 421. Mr. and Mrs. Cale have four children-Ada M., born Octo- ber 5, 1865; Lola B., February 11, 1868; Mand L., November 8, 1869, and Charlie F., July 18, 1871.
REV. J. W. CARTER, clergyman, Mace- donia, was born in Clermont County, Ohio, November 25, 1819; his father, John S. Carter, was born in Gloucester County, N. J., Deeem- ber 30, 1787, was married in the same county, and emigrated to Ohio in 1810, where he fol- lowed farming, and carpentering till his death, which occurred October 15, 1856. Subjeet's mother, Ann (Ware) Carter, was born in Glou- cester County, N. J., May 6, 1791; she was the mother of eight children, of whom five are living; she died April 2, 1840. Mr. Carter was educated in the common schools of Ohio,
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where he taught several years, then entered the Bethel Academy, where he graduated in 1848, then he pursued the study of theology under the direction of the Presbytery of Sangamon, of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. He labored within the bounds of that Presbytery till coming to Iowa in 1871, when he settled in Macedonia Township, Pottawattamie County, where he organized a church in old Macedonia in April, 1871. Mr. Carter continues as pastor of this church, and he also organized a church in May, 1875, at Wheeler's Grove, in Grove Township. Pottawattamie Co., Iowa. Mr. Carter now lives in Macedonia; he has been a Republican from the first organization of the party. Ile is also a member of the Masonic fraternity. Mr. Carter married Miss Malinda Sargent, in Ohio, Angust 30, 1842; she was born in Kentucky December 1, 1816; her fa- ther. John Sargent, died in 1852, at the age of about eighty-five years; her mother, Mary (Lamb) Sargent, died in 1818, when Mrs. Carter was about two years old. Mr. and Mrs. Carter have had eight children, of whom five are liv- ing-Mary E., Joseph E., John E., Soma and Eva. Mr. Carter's life has been an active one, and he is a very worthy gentleman.
DR. JOHN CRAIG, farmer, P. O. Macedo- nia, was born in Indiana, April 23, 1835 ; his father, William Craig, was born in Scotland in 1800; came to America in 1820, landing first in Charleston, S. C .; from there he moved from place to place, following his trade of weaving, or serving as overseer of power looms. He finally moved to a farm in Franklin County, Ind., and followed his trade in connection with farming for some years; then sold his farm and moved to Decatur County; bought a farm, improved it, and followed his trade and farming again for several years ; then moved into the town of Greensburg. Ind. He lived there for several years. and then moved to the town of Milford. Ind .. where he died in 1879. Subject's mother, Jane Gilchrist, was born in Scotland in 1800;
she and Mr. Craig were engaged in Scotland, and during the religious troubles there Mr. Craig had to fly for his life, being a strong ad- vocate of the Presbyterian Church ; his intended wife soon followed. and they were married in the city of Charleston, S. C .; she died about 1871, and was the mother of seven children, two of whom are dead. Dr. Craig received a com- mon school education in Indiana ; read medi- cine with Dr. George V. Armington, and fin- ished reading with Dr. Mitchell ; then attended two courses of lectures at the Eclectic Medical Institute of Cincinnati, Ohio, from which he graduated in February, 1857. He began prac. ticing in March, 1857, at Milford, Ind .; con- tinned there till 1865, excepting an absence of about two years, which time he spent in Greens- burg, Ind .; then, on account of poor health, he moved to Highland Township, Wapello Co., Iowa. in 1865, and went on a farm. He man- aged his farin and practiced, remaining there for several years, when he met with an acci- dent, and went to Cincinnati, where he was treated for fifteen months by his favorite sur- geon, Prof. 'Z. Freeman. Recovering, he re- turned to his home in Wapello County, where he remained till 1873 ; then he traded for the farm of 160 acres on which he now resides, moving onto it in the spring of 1875. Since then the Doctor has not been in active practice, but devotes his attention to farming, stock rais- ing and feeding. This farm is three and one- half miles west of the town of Macedonia. Dr. Craig was married in Lebanon County, Ohio, in February, 1857, to Miss Sarah J. Dyche, of Leb- anon ; she was born about 1832, at State Line, Ohio ; she died in February, 1859. 1Ie married a second time. in 1860, Miss Lydia Richman, born in Ohio, about 1834, and who died in 1863. Dr. Craig married a third time, in September, 1864, to Anna J. Huffer, of Bartholomew County, Ohio ; she was born in same county in 1840 ; her father, David Huffer, was born in 1811, in Ohio ; is now living in Indiana ; her mother,
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Delila Briner, died in 1846. Dr. Craig has one daughter by his first marriage-F. J .; two boys by his second-Isadore E. and Charles F .; three by his third wife-William D., Claud L. and J. Freddie (deceased). Dr. Craig and wife are mem- bers of the M. E. Church of Macedonia. The Doctor is Master of Ruby Lodge, No. 415, A., F. & A. M., of Macedonia. He is a firm Repub- lican.
HON. B. F. CLAYTON, farmer, stock and real estate dealer, P. O. Macedonia, is the pro- prietor of Sunnyside Stock Farm, situated one and three quarters miles southwest of the town of Macedonia; he is interested in an agricultural implement house in Mace- donia, known by the firm name of Clayton & Clark, also in a similar house in Carson, known as the Carson Implement Company. Mr. Clayton is a stockholder and Director in the Macedonia Bank. He was elected by the Eighteenth General Assembly of the State of Iowa, served term of six years on the Board of Trustees of the Deaf and Dumb AysInm. situated at Council Bluffs, of which board he is Chairman. Mr. Clayton was born in Nicholas County, Ky., January 10, 1839, and leaving the parental roof at the age of sixteen years, went directly to Deeatur County, Ind .. and went to work by the month. He remained in Indiana from 1855 to 1873, during which time he served three years on the Board of County Commis- sioner of Decatur County; he followed farming as a business while there. In October. 1873. Mr. Clayton came to Pottawattamie County, Iowa, and settled where he now lives, buying at that time 320 aeres partially improved, which he has sinee added to till now Sunnyside farm contains over 500 acres, and Mr. Clayton has over 1,600 acres in the county, most of which is improved. His father, William M. Clayton, born in Virginia in 1788, came to Kentucky, (luring boyhood with his parents, was a soldier in the war of 1812, bring under Capt. Metcalf, who was afterward Governor of Kentucky; he
was a mechanic during life, and died in 1852, in Robinson County, Ky. Subjeet's mother, Mary (Adair) Clayton, was born in Nicholas County, Ky. Subject has but one full sister, one half-brother and three half-sisters. Mr. Clayton has held some township office ever sinee he came to the State, and served in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth General Assem- blies of the State of Iowa, being Chairman of the Agricultural Committee, in the Eighteenth General Assembly. Mr. Clayton is a Master Mason. He is an active member of the Methi- odist Episcopal Church, and is a Trustee of Simpson Centenary College, situated at Indianola, Iowa. Clayton was first married to Miss Priseilla Martin of Deeatur County, Ind., March 2, 1862; she died in Indiana in 1868. He married again, Septem- ber 22, 1869, to Miss Nannie M. Hamilton; she was born in Decatur County. Ind., May 22, 1852; her father, D. N. Hamilton, born in Har- rison County, Ky., November, 1817; he is a farmer, living in Indiana; her mother, Martha A. Taylor, born in Harrison County, Ky., in January, 1819, died December 24. 1864. Mr. and Mrs. Clayton have two children-William N. and Mona V.
LUTHER DOTY, farmer, P. O. Carson, was born in Richland County, Ohio, August 15, 1826; his father, James Doty, was born in Virginia in 1802, and died in Richland County, Ohio, Jan- nary 4, 1879 ; he was a farmer by occupation ; in 1846, he was elected Sheriff of Ashland Coun- ty, Ohio, being the first Sheriff of that county. Subject's mother, Sarah Croniger, was born in Pennsylvania in 1806, and died in 1849: she was the mother of ten children, eight of whom are living, six of them in Iowa. Mr. Doty re- ceived but a limited education in the common schools, but he afterward attended the Ashland Academy in Ohio; he taught in that State about seven years. He began by farming ; then came to Iowa in the fall of 1833. and settled in John . son County. where he farmed and taught school
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for awhile ; in that county he served as Jus- tice of the Peace for twenty years, and also served as County Supervisor one term. In March, 1876, he sold his property in Johnson County, and came to Pottawattamie County. settling in Pleasant Township, five miles west of Avoca, till October 12, 1880, when he came to his present home of 200 acres, about two and one-half miles west of Carson ; the land is now valued at about $45 an acre. Mr. Doty was first married in Ohio, August 23, 1849, to Eliz- abeth .1. Kagy, who died August 25, 1850. Mr. Doty was married again. in the same State, De- cember 25, 1851, to Mary Hilborn, born in Ohio October 17, 1832, and died February 13, 1882. Mr. Doty has five children-Sarah M., James M., T. E .. Mary C. and E. C. The family are members of the M. E. Church of Carson. MIr. 1 Doty is an A., F. & A. M., and a Democrat in politics.
SYLVESTER DYE, merchant, Macedonia, was born in Lee County, Iowa, in May, 1843. Elis father, Henry Dye, was born in Miami County, Ohio. in 1814. From there, he emi- grated to the State of Indiana; thence to Lee County. Iowa, in 1839, where he now lives. He is a member of the Pioneer Association of Lee County, Iowa, being one of the oldest members of the association. He has been a farmer all his life; has been Justice of the Peace. Subject's mother, Jane (Mickelwait) Dye, was born in York. England, about 1823 ; she came to America with her parents in 1829. Her father was a farmer ; settled at Jackson- ville, Ill., remained there about nine years, and subsequently moved to Lee County, Iowa. where he died in 1856. Mr. Dye has four brothers and one sister. He was educated at Denmark Academy, in Lee County, Iowa. From attending this institution, Mr. Dye went to the army, enlisting in Company E, of the Nine- teenth Iowa Volunteers, serving in the capac- ity of a private for three years. After return- ing from the army, he came to Mills County.
Iowa, in the fall of 1865; there he rented a farm for about six years, then bought in Mace- donia Township, Pottawattamie County, where he farmed until 1880, when he with his brother formed a partnership in a general store, the firm going by the name of W. Dye & Co. Mr. Dye still owns and conducts his farm of 210 acres, situated three and a half miles south- west of Macedonia. The firm of W. Dye & Co. was burned out March 6, 1882, but they have their new brick building now almost com- pleted. Thus we have traced the movements of one of Iowa's most thrifty, self-made husi- ness men. During the time spent in the army. Mr. Dye was taken prisoner in the State of Louisiana in the fall of 1863, and confined at Tyler, Tex .. for ten months; he was at the siege of Vicksburg and various other engage- ments. He is a member of the Odd Fellows' Lodge of Macedonia. He married Miss Mary J. Linville, of Glenwood, Mills County, Iowa, January 16, 1868 ; she was born in Nodaway County, Mo., in 1831. Her father, George Lin- ville, was born in Tennessee in 1815, and came to Iowa in 1836 ; he still lives in Mills County. Iowa. Her mother, Sarah Burris, was born in Tennessee. and is the mother of eight children. Mr. and Mrs. Dye have three children-Claud. Emma L. and Willoughby. Mr. Dye was a successful candidate for the office of County Supervisor in the fall of 1879. He served his constitueney very satisfactorily during a term of three years, being elected by the Demo- cratic party, with W. Fay as opponent.
JOHN DYE, farmer, P. O. Macedonia, was born in Lee County, Iowa, August 29, 1847 ; his father, Henry Dye, was born about 1815. and is a farmer, living in Washington Town- ship, Lee County, Iowa. Subject's mother, Jane (Micklewait) Dye, was born in England in 1822, and came to America when eight years of age; she died about 1858, having given birth to seven children. Mr. Dye worked on his father's farm until March, 1873, when he
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migrated to Pottawattamie County and bought 160 acres where he now lives, three and a half miles southwest of Macedonia. To this land he has since added 50 acres, paying about $10 an acre for the whole. It is now finely im- proved and valued at $40 an acre. January 1, 1873, Mr. Dye married Miss Mary G. Snapp, of Lee County, Iowa. born February 27, 1851; her father, Simpson Snapp, was born in Wash- ington County, Tenn., in 1816, and migrated to Lee County. Iowa, in 1837. where he died in 1874; her mother was born about 1823, and died about 1868. Mr. and Mrs. Dye have five children-H. W., born December 10, 1874; Daisy, March 9, 1876 ; George. April 23, 1877 ; 11. S., October 10, 1879, and Effie M., January 5. 1881. Mr. Dye is an Odd Fellow and a Democrat.
G. D. EUSTIS, furniture dealer and under- taker, Carson, was born in St. Lawrence Conn- ty, N. Y., May 5, 1846, son of George and Jane (McCoy) Eustis, he born in England in September, 1809, was a farmer by occupation, and was killed September 5, 1854, by the acci- dental discharge of a blast while he was fore- man of a gang of miners at Brogville; she born in Ireland in February, 1813, and has given birth to eleven children, two of whom are dead. Mr. Eustis began to work at farm- ing when twelve years of age, his father bav- ing died. After two years of farm life, he served an apprenticeship of two years at the carpenter's trade, and then, at the age of six- teen. enlisted in Company C. One Hundred and Sixth New York Infantry. During the last year of his service, he was color-bearer for his regiment. This regiment was a part of the Army of the Potomac, and consequently Mr. Eustis was in many severe engagements. At the battle of Cold Harbor, June 1, 1864, Col. Townsend, of Mr. Eustis' regiment, was killed, and of the forty-eight men composing Com- pany C. twenty-five were killed, Mr. Eustis himself being wounded. He, with his regi-
ment, were mustered out at Ogdensburg, N. Y., July 16, 1865. After returning from the army, Mr. Eustis spent about eight months in his native county, then came to Montgomery County, Ill., where he conducted a farm one year, and worked at the carpenter's trade one year. lle removed to Galesburg, and worked at his trade from 1868 to 1878, then came to Stuart, lowa, where he conducted a furniture business till June, 1881, when he came to Car- son and opened a furniture and undertaking establishment, where he now is. Mr. Eustis was married, in Galesburg, Ill., March 16, 1870, to Elizabeth Young, born in 1844, danghter of Robert and Rosanna (Wilson) Young, he born in New York in 1790, was a farmer by occupation, and died July 22, 1877 ; she born in Maryland, and is living with our subject. Mr. and Mrs. Eustis have four chil- dren-Albert, Eddie, Ida M. and Ralph. Mr. Eustis is a member of the I. O. O. F., No. 444. and is a Republican in politics.
JOHN F. FENDER, farmer, P. O. Carson. was born in North Carolina about 1832, son of Levi and Jane (Evans) Fender; the former born in North Carolina, where he died about 1865; the parents had twelve children, seven of whom are living. Mr. Fender moved from his native State to Hardin County, Iowa, about 1868; thence to Pottawattamie County about 1872, where he leased land about one and a half years, then bought eighty acres at $11 an acre. He now has 160 acres valued at about $35 an acre. He has a very good young or- chard, and quite a quantity of small fruits. The cyclone of June 9, 1880, damaged Mr. Fender about $500, a fine colt being killed, and half of his stock being blown a quarter of a mile from the house. Mr. Fender was married, in North Caroline, in 1866, to Millie Dillard. born in North Carolina about 1834, daughter of James and Polly (Spurling) Dillard, natives of North Carolina. Mr. and Mrs. Fender are the parents of two children-James, born in
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North Carolina, and Willie, born in Iowa. Mr. Fender enlisted in Company F, Twenty-second North Carolina Regiment in 1861, and was dis- charged in 1865. He engaged in the battles of Seven Pines, Chancellorville, Gaine's Mill, Tur- key Ridge, and many other minor battles. Mr. Fender is a member of the Christian Church. and is a Republican.
L. S. FIELD, lumber merchant, Carson, was born in Bakersfield, Franklin Co., Vt., May 22, 1846; his father, Alanson Field, born in Bakersfield, Vt., July 6, 1820; his forefathers were brought to America as members of Bur- goyne's army, during the Revolution, his father being in the battle of Plattsburg. Subject's mother, P. W. (Cutler) Field, was born in Bakers- field, Vt., Nov. 2, 1817, and is the mother of four children, of whom two are in the West. Mr. Field attended the common schools of his native State, and also the Academy of Bakers- field. Ile worked on a farm in his native State till coming West in 1866, when he landed at Council Bluffs, having come there by boat, there being no railroads at that time. He spent his first winter in a saw-mill, his second as a school teacher in Pottawattamie County. The follow- ing five years were spent as civil engineer on the railroad lines of the R. I. & Pacific, B. & M. and various other lines; leaving this he spent about one year in Council Bluffs. In 1874, he went into the lumber business at Avoca, Pot- tawattamie County, where he remained in the same business till locating in Carson, in 1880; thence he opened the first yard in the town. Mr. Field married Miss Ella T Adams, in Ot- tumwa, lowa, January 27, 1874. She was born in Ottumwa August 13, 1850. Her father, John J. Adams, was born in Abingdon. Va., April 8, 1807. came to Iowa in 1836, locating at Burlington, then not as large as Carson now is. Her mother, Evaline Trueman Adams, was born in Kentucky February 22, 1812; was the mother of two children. She died Angust 13, 1850, at Ottumwa, Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. Field
have four children-John A., Arthur L., Pearl I, and George A. Mr. Field is a Republican, and a member of the Odd Fellows Lodge, No. 444, at Carson. He and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church.
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