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for salt, struck one of the first oil wells dis- covered in Ohio, although the substance which proved to be oil, afterward, was not detected as such at that time. This property was sold, when the family emigrated to Rock Island County, Ill. There subjeet's father bought the place known as " Sulphur Spring Farm," situ- ated about ten miles south of the city of Rock Island, and near the town of Andalusia. After two years, he sold his farm and removed to Rock Island County. Ill., where he, with James Barber laid out the town of Rapid City in 1853. There he built the Rapid City )lill and operated it till April 14, 1866 ; sold his prop- erty, and, with his family, moved to Potosi, Washington County, Mo., where he engaged in lead mining for two years. He then returned to Rock Island County, Ill., where he worked one year in the same mill he had sold; then, in 1870, lie emigrated to Glenwood, Mills County, Iowa, where he operated a mill known as the Gordon Mills, for three years; thence be moved to Falls City, Richardson County, Neb. ; oper- ated a mill one year; thence to Fremont Coun- ty, Iowa, and operated a mill. Then he bought a property, and built what is known as the " Sunny Side Mill," situated one and a half miles southwest of Macedonia. Pottawattamie County, Iowa. Here the father's health failed and he went West, leaving his son, our subject, in charge of the mill. His father recovered partially and returned to Iowa, but on account of a relapse, returned to the West, and died at Boulder City, Boulder County, Col., April 26, 1881. Subject's mother, Amelia M. Ruby, was born in Cattaraugus County, N. Y., October 14, 1838. She is the mother of three girls and one boy. Subject learned the milling trade with his father and was in business with him till his death. Subject is still operating the Sunny Side Mill on Nishnabotna River. Mr. Pruden married Miss J. M. Hogan, of Avoca. Pottawattamie County, Iowa, January 27, 1881. She was born August 3. 1858, near Avoca.
Pottawattamie County, Iowa. Her father, James S. Hogan, was born in Indiana, Decem- ber 25, 1825, and died February 15, 1862 ; her mother, 1."7. (Wilson) Hogan, was born in Ful- ton County, Ill., October 14, 1837, and has had three children. Subject and wife have one child-Odessa Maud, born November 20, 1882. In politics, Mr. Pruden is a Greenbacker : he is an Odd Fellow.
WILLIAM H. RINEHART, farmer, P. O. Macedonia, was born in New York City Octo- ber 7, 1826, son of John and Susan MI. (Livers) Rinehart ; he, born February 18, 1800. in York County, Penn., is a carpenter by trade, living in Illinois. Subject's mother was born in Baltimore, Md., March 5, 1805, and died December 29, 1881; she was the mother of seven boys and three girls. Mr. Rinehart learned the painter's trade in Warrensville. Ill., which trade he followed in that town and vicinity till about 1852, when he came to Iowa and settled in Manteno, Shelby County. In the latter place he followed liis trade for about two years, then rented a farm in Mills County for two years, thence to Pottawattamie County, where, after renting land for three years, he bought 120 acres where he now lives, on the west bank of Nishnabotna River. This farm which was purchased May 29, 1872, is one and a half miles southwest of Macedonia. Mr. Rinehart enlisted in the Twenty-ninth Iowa Infantry, and served two years and eleven months, the last year of his service he was driver for Gen. Steele. Mr. Rinehart was mar. ried in Illinois, July 4, 1850, to Elizabeth Pelham, born in England November 21, 1829, daugliter of George and Louisa Pelham ; he; born in England, March 19, 1809, is living in Illinois ; she, born in England, December 28, 1809, lives in Illinois and is the mother of six children. Mr. and Mrs. Rinehart have eight children-George J., born March 8, 1851 ; Henry T., April 14. 1853 ; Lydia Jane, Febru- ary 6, 1856 ; Almeda L., January 1, 1858;
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Adelah E., July 20, 1860 ; Minnie May, Sep- tember 14, 1866 ; Warren L. G., Jannary 13, 1869, and Rose Altha, born July 6, 1870. Mr. Rinehart is a Mason and a firm Republican.
J. A. ROADES, merehant, Carson, was born in Champaign County, Ohio, June 18, 1857, son of John and Eliza I. (Burnham) Roades ; he, born in Ohio about 1835, is a farmer and stock-dealer. living in Logan County, Ill. ; she, born in Ohio about 1830, is the mother of six children, one of whom is dead. Mr. Roades received a common-school education, and began the business of life as a farmer in Logan Coun- ty, Ill. ; there he remained one year and then came to Iowa in 1877, locating at Wheeler's Grove, Grove Township, Pottawattamie County, where he rented a farm for one year of L. D. Woodmansee ; after renting another farm for a year he bought forty acres for $12.50 an acre, in Belknap Township, this he improved and sold for $26 an aere. In March, 1882, after selling his farm, Mr. Roades bonght a half interest in I. Culbertson's store, known as the Farmer's Store of Carson. The firm is now Culbertson & Roades, and deals in groceries, queensware and notions. In July, 1881, he bought another lot and erected a house upon it in Carson, and in July, 1882, he bought an- other lot and erected a house upon it ; he now rents them for $6 and $7 per month, respectively. In 1879, Mr. Roades assisted in the harvesting of oats, where the town of Carson now stands. Mr. Roades is a member of the I. O. O. F., No. 444, also of the M. E. Church ; he is a Republican.
J. H. SMITH, farmer, P. O. Macedonia, was born in Canada December 4, 1826; son of Robert and Mary (Thompson) Smith; he born in Ireland about 1788, came to America in 1826, settling in Peel County, Canada, where he followed farming till his death, which oc- curred about 1848; she born in Ireland about 1792, came to America with her husband and three children; after coming to this country
she gave birth to five more ehildren, of whom our subject was the first born; five of the chil- dren are living, all in Canada except our sub- ject. Mr. Smith commenced his education in the common schools of Canada, and afterward graduated at Toronto Normal School in the class of 1850. After graduating, Mr. Smith taught in Canada till March, 1867, when he emigrated to Cass County, Iowa, and rented a farm for two years near Atlantic, during which time he taught school one term. He next spent one year on a farm near Lewis, Cass County, then one year on a farm near Mace- donia, Pottawattamie County, thence to Farm Creek bottom for three years, at the end of which time Mr. Smith purchased the farm of 160 acres where he now resides. He has taught school the successive winters of these years. In 1848, Mr. Smith married Miss Margaret McElroy of Brampton, Canada West; she died about 1864, and was the mother of seven chil- dren-Mary J. (married to Lorenzo Lewis), Thompson, Alice E.(now in Colorado), Margaret A., Martin, Robert J. and Eliza L. Mr. Smith's next marriage was in March, 1867, to Miss Agnes Blain, of Streetsville', Canada West, born about 1826, daughter of William and Jane (Hill) Blain, natives of Ireland; he born about 1787, died in 1871; she born about 1790, died in 1831. Mr. Smith lived directly in the path of the cyelone that passed through this region, June 9, 1880; it scattered his house and its contents in all directions. Mr. Smith, with his wife, one daughter and a hired man, fled to the stable and were miraculously saved, the corner of the building in which they had taken shel- ter, remaining, while the rest of the building was swept away. Mr. Smith, wife and one daughter, are active members of the Presby- terian Church of Macedonia.
W. L. SNAPP, farmer, P. O. Carson, was born in Lee County, Iowa, February 28, 1850; son of Simpson and Lucinda (Tade) Snapp; he born in Tennessee, September 6, 1816, was a
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farmer by occupation, settled in Lee County, lowa, in an early day, and lived in that county till his death, May 28, 1874. Subject's mother was born December 3, 1822, and died in March, 1869; she was the mother of eight children, all living in this county, except one deceased. Mr. Snapp attended the common schools of his native county, and then attended Denmark Academy, in Denmark, Iowa; also went to Fort Madison Academy, and took a full course in book-keeping. He first farmed in his native county one year, then in 1876, came to this county and settled on a farm now owned by Adam Ring; there he remained till 1880, when he bought 160 acres where he now lives, one mile west of Carson. Mr. Snapp paid $25 an acre for his farm, which is now valued at $40 an acre; he deals extensively, and successfully, in cattle and hogs. He was married in Pot- tawattamie County, June 26, 1879, to Floda I. Jeffryes, born in Illinois March 15, 1861; daughter of T. W. and Eliza J. (Hamilton) Jeffryes ; he born in England in 1818, and came to America about 1847; she born in Indi- ana about 1830. Mr. and Mrs. Snapp have one child-Arthur R., born September 4, 1880.
W. A. SPENCER. editor, Macedonia, was born in Perry County, Ohio, October 9, 1846 ; his father, Edward Spencer, born in 1818 in Pennsylvania, was a miller by trade, went to the army in September, 1862, and died in a rebel prison near Richmond in June, 1863, having been captured by "Stonewall" Jackson. Subject's mother, Polly (Fowler) Spencer, was born in Ohio, and died in 1854; she was the mother of five children, one of whom died in 1856. Mr. Spencer began on a farm as a hired laborer, and continued as such until going into the army in 1862, when he enlisted in the Seventy-sixth Ohio Volunteers, Col. Woods, serving a portion of his time in the Army of the Potomac and the balance in the Army of the Cumberland. He was at the siege of Vicksburg and the battle of Arkansas Post,
also in other engagements, serving a period of two years. After leaving the army, Mr. Spen- , cer returned to Ohio ; from there, went to Illi- nois with a younger brother and a sister, making his home at Bushnell. In the spring of 1865, he, with his brother, B. F. Spencer, went to the gold mines of Gilpin County, Colo., where they remained till June, 1867, when the Indians drove them out. . Mr. Spen- cer then determined to leave those parts, so he with three other men started in a small boat down the Missouri River, and continued the journey to Leavenworth, Kan., making a trip of about twelve hundred miles, occupying about twenty days. After landing at Leaven- worth, Mr. Spencer took a trip through Kan- sas, then returning to Illinois. In March. 1872. he bought a half-interest in the Bushnell Rec- ord, of Bushnell, Ill., with S. A. Epperson. with whom he continued till 1874. He next en- gaged in real estate and insurance business. In March, 1878, he established the Mc Donough Monthly at Bushnell, Ill., but, on account of the vast number of papers published in the county, this enterprise proved impracticable, and was discontinued. In June, 1880. Mr. Spencer came to Macedonia and started the Macedonia Tribune, issuing the first paper August 13, 1880. He also established a real estate, insurance and loan agency, and he is now doing a thriving business. Mr. Spencer has had to make his own way in the world since eight years of age, and is therefore a purely self-made man. He married Miss Seril- da Stcel, of Bushnell, Ill., February 8, 1874 ; she was born February 2, 1855 ; her father, Graff Steel, was born in Ohio, and is a grain- dealer, living in Illinois ; her mother's maiden name was Pontions ; she died in 1872. Mr. Spencer is purely a Republican and edits a Republican paper. He was a correspondent of the Chicago Inter Ocean during his last five years at Bushnell, Ill. Mr. Spencer's trip on the river gave rise to the story, written by
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himself, of "A Thousand Miles in a Canoe." He is a member of the Odd Fellows Lodge of Macedonia. Mr. and Mrs. Spencer have four children-Walter Clyde, Lena Myrtle, Ethel and Helen.
J. G. STADTER, blacksmith and wagon- maker, Carson, was born in Prussia February 8, 1852; his father, F. W. Stadter, was born in Prussia about 1818, came to America about 1857, and settled in Davis County, Iowa, on a farm ; there he raised his family, and, in 1878, moved into the town of Ottumwa, where he still lives. Subject's mother, Mary (Plush- antz) Stadter, was born in Prussia about 1822, and came to this country with her husband ; she has had ten children, six of whom are lead. Mr. Stadter attended the common schools of Davis County, Iowa, and in 1872 began serving an apprenticeship at blacksmith- ing and carriage-making at Ottumwa, Iowa, with W. C. Grimes. In 1875, having learned his trade, he opened a shop in Slagle, Keokuk Co., Iowa, where he remained till 1880, when he came to Carson and opened the first wagon and carriage shop of the place. Mr. Stadter owns three lots in the town of Carson and a farm of 160 acres in Woodbury County. Iowa. He is a member of the Winebrennarian Chureli, is an Odd Fellow, and a member of the Encampment, also of the Iowa Legion of Honor ; he is a staneli Republican.
DR. F. S. THOMAS, physician, Carson, was born in Chatham Village, Columbia County, N. Y .. September 23, 1845. His father. Caleb J. Thomas, was born in Champlain, Clinton Co., N. Y., March 10, 1807. He was en- gaged in the cotton and woolen factories of the East, in which he was very successful until 1837, when the financial crisis swept away so many hard-earned fortunes. He was among the unfortunate, but paid every dollar of debt, thus being left without anything to begin life anew. This he did by going onto the railroad as a brakcman, where he continued till pro-
moted to conductorship; then he left the rail- road and came to Illinois in 1847, and located at Warsaw, Hancock County. There he fol- lowed painting for two years, then bought a farm of eighty acres three miles south of War- saw. Here his children grew up. He moved from the farm back into Warsaw to afford his children better opportunities of education. From this town he moved to Atlantic, Iowa, in 1874, where he, with his wife, made their home with their daughter, the late wife of Hon. J. K. Powers, until 1878, when they made their home with the subject, then at Walnut, Potta- wattamie County, where his father died July 21, 1880. Subject's mother, Catharine (Smith) Thomas, was born in Livingston, Columbia Co., N. Y., September 16, 1806. She died August 25, 1881. She was the mother of six children, all of whom are dead but the subject. Three died in New York-Edward, Charles and Will- iam ; one is buried in Illinois-Mrs. M. F. Clark, and one is buried at Atlantic, Iowa- Mrs. Anna L. Powers, late wife of Hon. J. K. Powers, of Atlantic, Iowa. Dr. Thomas began his educational work in the common schools of Illinois ; thence he entered the Warsaw High School, where he graduated in 1864. He then went into the army as a private in the One Hundred and Thirty-seventh Illinois Infantry, where he continued six months. The war was then over, and Dr. Thomas clerked abont one year in the Keokuk Post Office, Iowa; thence he spent one season on the Keokuk Mail Packet Line as mail agent. Then he entered the drug store of Dr. C. G. Strong, at Warsaw. Ill., and began reading medicine ; attended two courses of medical lectures at Keokuk Medical College (now College of Physicians and Surgeons), graduating February 21, 1870. He then took a special course in surgery under the late Prof. Hughes, of Keokuk. He began practice at Bentonsport, Van Buren Co., Iowa, in April, 1870. He removed to Atlantic in the spring of 1871, entered the drug business
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under the firm name of Tobie & Thomas, con- tinning there till 1872 and then moving to Macedonia, Pottawattamie County, where he practiced medicine, doing remarkably well, but, owing to the ill health of his wife, he moved to Walnut in 1877. There he contin- ned practice until August, 1880, when he moved back to Carson, where he is now locat- ed, and has a very fine practice. The Doctor is the oldest graduate of medicine in this por- tion of Pottawattamie County. He has a fine residence and other property in Carson. He is a member of the Masonic and Odd Fellows fraternities, and in politics he is a (Blaine) Republican. Dr. Thomas married Miss Mary Ella Ferrier at Atlantie. Iowa, October 15, 1873. She was born in Platte City, Platte Co., Mo., September 4, 1830. Her father, John Ferrier, born in Virginia April 29, 1819, is liv- ing near Atlantic, Iowa. Her mother, Jane E. (Walker) Ferrier, was born in Virginia Febru- ary 29, 1821, died February 3, 1867, in Des Moines, Iowa. Dr. Thomas and wife have two children-Ethel. born February 21. 1878, and Edith, November 25, 1880. Dr. Thomas was Coroner of Pottawattamie County from 1873 to 1875. Ile was prominently mentioned for Representative in 1875. He is a member of the Town Council of Carson, also a member of the School Board of that place.
E. A. VAN VRANKEN, station agent and telegraph operator, Macedonia, was born in Schenectady, N. Y., March 11, 1848; his father, Abram S. Van Vranken, was born in Niskayn- na Township, near Schenectady, N. Y., June 27, 1817; his father, Simon Van Vranken, was born in 1775, and died in 1849; his father, Nicholas Van Vranken, was born in 1743; his father, Abra- ham Van Vranken, was born about 1715. These men were all farmers, and were doubtless born, raised, lived and died in this portion of the coun- try. Being originally from Holland, they con- tinned the use of the language of their mother country up to the present generation. All lived
and died as strict adherents to the Protestant faith. Mr. Van Vranken's father lives in the place of his birth in New York. He was a farmer in the early part of his life, but later years has followed carpentering and various other occupations. He is a very prominent and zealous lay-worker of the Church. The mother of our subject, Lydia (Bradt) Vranken, was born in 1823 in the city of Albany, N. Y. She was the daughter of Francis I. Bradt, a promi- nent citizen of Albany, N. Y., and was the mother of six children, of whom fonr are still living. She and Abram Van Vranken were mar- ried in Albany, N. Y., in 1839; she died Au- gust 19, 1851. Subject's father next married Silah W. Day, of Connecticut. Subject was ed- ucated in the Union School of Schenectady, and began for himself by coming West in the fall of 1867 and stopping at Chicago, where he was engaged in various employments, until the win- ter of 1868, when he learned telegraphy, and was subsequently employed as telegraph opera- tor and station agent by the T. P. & W. R. R. Co. at Watseka and Forest, Ill .; he continued in their employ about two years; then was em- ployed by the C., B. & Q. R. R. Co. at Middle- town, Mount Pleasant, New London, Hamburg. and finally Macedonia, where he is now located. Mr. Van Vranken married Miss Hannah E. Gladden, of Middletown, Iowa, August 12, 1872. Her father, Madison Gladden, born about 1807, is a farmer, living near Middletown, Iowa, where he located about 1862, emigrating there from Jefferson County, Ohio. Her mother. Martha (McElroy) Gladden, born about 1814, died in 1866. Subject and wife have five chil- dren-Eula M., Frank A., Ernestina A., Iola B. and Sila D. Mr. Van Vranken is a Republican. and a member of the Presbyterian Church.
R. H. WOODMANSEE, merchant, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Macedonia, was born in New Jersey in 1839; his father, John Wood- mansee, was born in New Jersey in 1804; he was a sailor for the first forty years of his
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life, and a Captain a good portion of this time; he met with heavy losses, being shipwrecked off the American coast. The loss being total, he emigrated to Shelby County, Ohio, in 1844, where he located on a farm near Sidney; there he has since followed agricultural pursuits, and has been very successful, being among the lead- ing men of the county. Subject's mother, Har- riet (Platt) Woodmansee, was born in New Jer- sey in 1808, and is the mother of seven chil- dren. one of whom is dead. Mr. Woodmansee was educated in the common schools of Ohio, and enlisted in the three months' service ; then re-enlisted in the Twentieth Ohio Regiment, where he served as a private until after the battle of Shiloh, when he was promoted to Second Lieu- tenant; he was made First Lieutenant in 1863; was severely wounded at Atlanta, Ga., July 22, 1864, in consequence of which he was disabled two full years, being discharged in 1864. Upon being discharged, he was tendered a Captain's commission as soon as he should be able to take command; but he was not able to do so till the war closed. After coming from the army, he emigrated to Pottawattamie County, Macedonia Township, and settled at the old town of Mace- donia for one year, during which time he bought the farm on which he now lives, moving to it the next year, or in the fall of 1866. This farm consists of 250 acres, and bounds the town of New Macedonia on the west; it was wild land when Mr. Woodmansee settled on it, but now is a beautiful home. Mr. Woodmansee served on the Board of County Commissioners in 1868,
filling a vacancy, and has served his township in nearly all of its offices. Heis a member of the firm of Woodmansee, Knox & Co., of Macedo- nia, and also turns his attention largely to the raising of stock. He is a firm Republican. He married Miss Jennie Robinson, of Shelby Coun- ty, Ohio, in September, 1866; she was born in Shelby County, Ohio, June 30, 1843; her father, Henry Robinson, was born in Shelby County, Ohio, February 17, 1814 ; still lives in the same county on a farm near Sidney; her mother was born in Champaign County. Ohio, November 29, 1817. and is the mother of eleven children. eight of whom are living. 'Mr. and Mrs. Wood- mansee have five children-Frank E., born De- cember 27, 1868; Minnie E., February 28, 1872; Harry L., August 16, 1874; John H., Decem- ber 24, 1876, and Stella May, born December 5, 1878. Mr. Woodmansee carries a scar on his forehead that will go with him to the grave. During the Kansas troubles he, with some other young men, went into that State, and while at Fort Scott they followed a party of Indians that had captured two girls a short distance north of the fort. These Indians were followed by a large party, all of whom gave up the chase, ex- cept Mr. Woodmansee and his four companions, who continued, and overtaking the redskins, who numbered sixteen, whipped them, recapt- ured the girls, and brought them safely back to Fort Scott, which at that time contained but one small store. During this skirmish, Mr. Woodmansee received a wound, which occa- sioned the scar before mentioned.
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ROBERT ALBERCHT. farmer, P. O. Minden, was born in Kolleda, Germany, May 22, 1839. He is the son of Christian and Elizabeth (Hartroth) Albercht, both natives of Germany. His father was born in 1802, and was Mayor of Kolleda, Germany. He died in 1863, in Sauk County, Wis. The mother was born in 1805, and died in the same place as her husband, in 1865. They had six children-two boys and four girls. Our subject received his education in his na- tive town and Wisconsin, to which latter State he went in 1849. In the fall of 1864, he en- listed in the Forty-fifth Wisconsin Volun- teer Infantry, Company K, Capt. Lashe. He fought at Nashville, and was afterward as- signed to railroad duties between Lookout Mountain and Louisville, Ky. He was pro- moted March 1, 1865, after which he did offi- cer's duty till the close of the war. He came to this county in 1876, and bought eighty acres of land, paying $10 and $11 per acre. In 1879, he purchased forty acres more, at $11 per acre. The land was all wild, but is now in a good state of cultivation. He en- gages in general farming. He was married, in Sauk County, Wis., September 3, 1866, to Caroline Meyer, born in Clearfield County, Penn., December 10, 1846. She is the daughter of George Henry and Christina (Ehrhart) Meyer, both natives of Germany. Her father was born in 1820, and her mother in 1826. They are both now living in Thayer County, Neb. Mr. and Mrs. Albercht have tive children-Clara, Daisy, William, Hemy and Fred. In politics, our subject is Inde- pendent.
A. S. AVERY, farmer, P. O. Neola, was born in Orange County, Vt., in August, 1841. His father, Christopher Avery, was a farmer, born in Vermont in April, 1805, and has lived in his native State all of his life. The mother of our subject was born in Vermont in June, 1805. They have lived together for fifty-five years, and are the parents of nine children, four of whom are living. The old folks are still living in their native State. Our subject is the only one of the children living in this State. After receiving a com- mon-school education, he was admitted to the New Hampton College, in New Hampshire, which he attended for two years and a half. In the fall of 1867, he started West, stop- ping in Wheatland, Clinton County, this State. He was book-keeper in the dry goods house of M. S. Rogers & Co. until the fol- lowing spring, when he went to Missouri Valley Junction, Harrison County. He was then appointed agent for the American Mer- cantile Union Express Company, which posi- tion he held for five years. He next engaged in the general merchandise business, which he followed until 1878, when he closed busi- ness and went to Colorado on account of ill health. He came to this county in the spring of 1880, and purchased 200 acres of land east of and adjoining the town of Neola. The land was new, but is now in a good state of cultivation, well fenced, with a fine house, which our subject erected. He is at present giving his attention to stock-raising. Dur- ing our late civil war, our subject was Sec- ond Lieutenant of the Fifteenth Vermont Volunteer Infantry, but, owing to ill health,
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