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Logan, born near Pittsburgh, Penn., March 5, 1852, daughter of Hugh and; Mary A. (Hughes) Logan; he, born in Ireland about 1804, was a farmer, and served in the army three years; she, born in Pennsylvania about 1813, died in 1957. Mr. and Mrs. Ivins have one child, Hattie L. Mr. Ivins is a Republican.
MRS. MARTHA J. JACKSON, Neola, was born in Logan County, Ohio, November 24, 1825; her father, J. L. Hemphill, was born in Kentucky October 10, 1796; was a carpenter by trade, but turned his attention to farming in Ohio, where he died December 25. 1874. Her mother, Elinor (Rittenhouse) Hemphill, was born in Virginia February 9, 1794, and was the mother of nine children, six of whom are living. Mrs. Jackson was first married, in Ohio, March 19, 1844, to Samuel B. Kirkland, born March 30. 1822; his father, James Kirkland, was born in Licking County, Ohio, August 30, 1791; hav- ing lost a limb, he turned his attention to teaching, which he prosecuted during life; he died in Iowa in May, 1870. His wife, Sarah (Smith) Kirkland, was born June 9, 1800. and died October 14, 1543, and was the mother of eleven children, nine of whom are dead, two of them dying in the army. Mr. S. B. Kirkland was an engineer for seven years on the Mad River & Lake Erie Rail- road. He then farmed in Iowa till going to the war in July, 1861. He served as Drum Major till taken sick at Vicksburg. He then started for home on the hospital steamer, "R. C. Wood." and died at the landing at Keo- kuk. Iowa, August 30, 1863, leaving seven children-Sarah E., born February 2, 1845; Eliza H., October 29, 1846; Henrietta A .. January 18, 1849: Clara J., September 25, 1851; Mina, December 19, 1855: William F., July 8, 1857: and Olive F., May 15, 1859. Our subject was again married.
March 30, 1865, this time to Abraham Jack - son, who has since died, leaving two chil- dren-Martha E., born February 10, 1866; and Abraham, born April 13, 1867. Mrs. Jackson has one son married and four mar- ried daughters, one of whom has since died. Our subject lives on a farm two and a half miles northwest of Neola. She is a Presby - terian.
P. LEONARD, farmer, P. O. Neola, was born in Ireland March 18, 1818, son of Mark and Agnes (Durkin) Leonard, natives of Ire- land; he, born in 1776, was a farmer, and died in his native country; she died in Ire- land, and was the mother of eight children, two of whom came to America. Mr. Leonard learned theoretical and practical surveying in Ireland. He came to America July 12, 1841, landing at the port of St. John, N. B., where he remained eight years, teaching school six years of his time. He left New Brunswick in May, 1849, and, after traveling in the States of Maine, Massachusetts, New York and Pennsylvania, he located in Middlesex County, province of Ontario, where he taught one school eight consecutive years, and an- other seven. While teaching, he boarded on his farm, which he conducted at the same time, walking to and from his farm, a dis- tance of seven miles, each day. He contin- ued farming in Canada till April, 1872, when he came to Neola, Iowa, and settled on the southeast quarter of Section 26, where he still resides. This first quarter has been im- proved, 200 acres added to it, and the whole inclosed by fence. Mr. Leonard married Miss Ann Van Tassel, born in Queen's Coun- tv. N. B .. in 1820, daughter of Reuben and Sarah (Foster) Van Tassel, he born in New Brunswick about 1788. she born in New Brunswick in 1801. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard have had ten children, five of whom have taught school; two are dead. Mr. Leonard
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is President of the Board of School Trustees, which position he has held for the past five years. He is a member of the Catholic Church, and a Democrat in politics.
N. W. MATSON, farmer, P. O. Neola, was born in Georgetown. Harrison Co., Ohio, No- vember 22, 1827, son of Peter and Jane (Dawson) Matson; he born in Virginia in 1804, and died in Illinois in 1855; she born in Pennsylvania in 1801, died in December, 1876. The parents had ten children, eight of whom are living. Mr. Matson began farming on his own responsibility in Illinois in 1847, where, for ten years, he rented land. In 1857, he removed to Minnesota and bought land, which he remained upon and improved for about twelve years. The following five years, he was a freighter in Faribault, Rice County. In 1875, he came to Iowa, and settled upon his present farm of 200 acres, valued at $30 per acre. It is situated in Norwalk and Neola Townships. Mr. Matson raises stock extensively, and sells from eighty to one hundred pounds of butter per week, in Council Bluffs. March. 15, 1851, our subject married Miss Sarah C. Romine, born in Indiana in 1832, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Johnston) Romine; he was born in Indiana about 1302; she died in Muscatine, Iowa, abont 1839, and was the mother of six children. Mr. and Mrs. Mat- son have one son, Mervin Matson, born in 1855. Mr. Matson is a member of the Ma- sonic fraternity, and a Republican in poli- tics.
B. F. MATTHEWS. farmer, P. O. Neola, was born in Lincoln County, Mo., May 20, 1842. His father was born in Pennsylvania in 1810, and died November 8, 1860; he moved to Kentucky when quite young, thence, in 1825, to Missouri, first settling in St. Louis County, and then in Lincoln County, where our subject was born. His mother,
Azila J. (Ligon) Matthews, was born in Ten- nessee, and died September 5, 1860. The parents had four boys and four girls, three of whom are living. Mr. Matthews attended school in his native county, and his first work on his own responsibility was as over- seer for a slave-owner in Missouri, which po- sition he occupied eight months, and then entered the Fifth Missouri State Militia, in which he remained ix months; was then mustered ont and returned home. He soon enlisted in the Third Missouri State Cavalry (Federal); he remained in the service three years, being in several engagements, and, when mustered out in 1865, he went to work on a farm in Missouri. Mr. Matthews came to Iowa in Angust, 1873, and located at Council Bluffs, where he worked in a supply store one winter, in a wholesale grocery a short time, and then went onto a farm in Mills County, Iowa. After an absence of sixteen months in Council Bluffs, during which he worked for J. P. Goldern, he re- turned to Mills County, thence to this county for a year. He next spent two years in Greene County, when, in 1880, he returned to this county, where he now resides. Mr. Matthews was married, January 10, 1867, to Miss Laura Holmes, born in Missouri Au gust 22, 1851, daughter of Lemuel B. and Jane (Keland) Holmes, residents of Missou- ri, where the father was occupied as a farm- er. Mrs. Matthews died May 23. 1869, leav- ing two children-Enenda B., born Jannary 23, 1868; and James F., born March 19, 1869. While in the army, Mr. Matthews was accompanied by his brother, James C., who has since had an arm blown off while load- ing a cannon at a re-union of the troops. Mr. Matthews is a Methodist in religion. and a Républican in politics.
WILL McDONALD, flour merchant, Neola, was born in Illinois September 4, 1856, son of
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John and Bessie (McAlhaney) McDonald, natives of Ireland: he, born about 1832, is now engaged in business in Oakland, Iowa; she, born about 1835, died December 3, 1878, in Washington Territory, where she had gone for her health. The parents had four children -- Ella, Jennie, Thomas and Will. After a common schooling, Mr. McDonald learned the trade of a miller. He worked at farming till 1878, when he went to Washing- ton Territory to attend his mother, who was ill; remained there a year, until the death of his mother, and, returning to Illinois, he lo- cated on a farm in Shelby County, near the town of Defiance. After six months in the latter place, he engaged in milling for a short time, and was then appointed manager of the Neola Exchange Mill, which position he fills to the satisfaction of all interested. This mill was opened in April, 1880, and does a large business. Mr. McDonald was married, September 1, 1880, in Council Bluffs, Iowa, to Lottie Dingman, born in Council Bluffs December 28, 1861, daughter of John B. and Martha A. (Ritter) Dingman. he born in Canada October 16, 1828, she born in Virginia September 18. 1837. Mr. and Mrs. McDonald have one child, Theodore Lionel, born June 26, 1881. Mr. McDonald is a member of the Iowa Legion of Honor, and in politics is a Republican.
LOWRY MCGREW. saloon-keeper, Ne- ola, was born in Westmoreland County, Penn., July 18, 1831. His father, John Mc- Grew, was born in Pennsylvania in 1796; emigrated to Illinois in 1843; remained in Rock Island County till about 1870, when he removed to Pottawattamie County, Iowa. He died in Harrison County, Iowa. in 1876. His mother, Elizabeth (Robbins) MeGrew, was born in Pennsylvania; came West with her family, and died in Rock Island County, Ill., in 1845. She was the mother of eight
children-four boys and four girls. Our subject commenced the business of life by mining, in 1860, in Colorado, in the Califor- nia Gulch Gold Mine. After five years spent there, he went to Mexico, where he spent five years in different places and various employments. After leaving Mexico, he spent eight years herding cattle, and then, in 1873, located at St. Louis, Mo., where he was employed about a year as night clerk in a hotel. August 21, 1874, he came to Neola, farmed for a time, and then opened a saloon where he now is. Mr. McGrew was married. in Neola, Iowa, June 28, 1879, to Miss Ida Norris, born in Michigan July 21, 1853, daughter of J. W. Norris. Mr. McGrew is a Republican.
SIMON MCGREW, farmer, P. O. Neola, was born in Westmoreland County, Penn., November 23, 1843, son of John and Eliza- beth (Robbins) McGrew, natives of Pennsyl- vania; he, born about 1798, died about 1876: was a miller by trade, also a farmer; she, born about 1808, died in 1845, and was the mother of eight children, two of whom are dead. When our subject was one year old, his parents removed to Illinois. He there attended the common schools and worked on his father's farm till he joined the One Hun. dred and Twenty-sixth Illinois Volunteer In- fantry. After serving three years in the army, he returned to Illinois, where he re- mained a year, thence to Iowa one year, and, after a year spent in Illinois, he again farmed in Iowa for a year. and then clerked for three years in his brother's store, after which he broke prairie one year. In 1875. he bought the farm of forty acres on which he now lives. Mr. MeGrew was married, November 11. 1875, in Council Bluffs, Iowa, to Emma J. Norris, born November 11, 1855. in Ingham County, Mich., daughter of J. W. and Electa A. (Greenman) Norris, natives of
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New York State, he born September 20, 1824, she born March 24, 1831. Mr. and Mrs. McGrew have three children-Ella G., born September 3, 1876; Alice M., January 19, 1878; and John L., November 6, 1879. Mr. McGrew is a Republican.
H. L. McWILLIAMS, attorney, Neola. was born October 2, 1849, near Mineral Point. Iowa Co., Wis .; was raised and brought up on a farm near the place of his birth; obtained his early education through the district and normal schools of his native State, and largely through his grandfather, Francis McKenna, who was a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland; left home in 1870; came to Iowa; became a school- teacher and farmer; gave that up, and went into the real estate business, and took up the study of the law at the same time; continued in that business about a year: moved to Pot- tawattamie County, Iowa, where he again took up the study of the law, in the office of Flickinger Bros .. at Walnut and Council Bluffs, Iowa, and was admitted to the bar in 1878; opened an office in Walnut, Iowa, and continued in the practice there about six months; came to Neola, his present residence, in March, 1879; formed a copartnership with Mr. J. C. Chapman, under the firm name of McWilliams & Chapman, attorneys at law and real estate agents. The above firm have built up a large business since coming here. Was married, at Walnut, Iowa, April 29. 1882, to Miss Anna Stuart, a descendant of the Stuarts of Scotland.
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HERMAN MENDEL, merchant, Neola, was born in Holstein, Germany, March 11, ¡S46, and came to America when twenty-one years of age. After clerking for two years in the city of New York, he came to Council Bluffs, Iowa, in July, 1869, and, soon after, entered the employ of Langdon Bros., deal- ers in groceries and liquors. In December.
1869, he came to Neola and opened the first mercantile establishment in the place, buy- ing the first load of corn ever sold there. The business was started with a capital of about $300, and was conducted under the firm name of H. Mendel & Co. In 1870, Thomas McGrew became a partner, and the firm continued, under the name of McGrew & Mendel, until 1874. when Mr. Mendel sold his interest to his partner, and, with Mr. Roane, started a similar business in his present location. The firm of Mendel & Roane continued until 1876. when Mr. Men- del became sole proprietor, and has since conducted business under the name of H. Mendel. In 1SS1. he visited his father, who lives in Germany, and is seventy-two years old. November 18, 1875, Mr. Mendel mar- ried Miss Augusta Burke, born in Ohio about 1851, daughter of John Burke, a resident of Freeport, Il]. Mr. and Mrs. Mendel have two children-Gracie and Max. Mr. Mendel is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and in politics is a Democrat.
JOHN W. NORRIS, huckstering, Neola, was born in Penfield, Monroe Co., N. Y., September 20. 1824. His father, John Nor- ris, was born in New Jersey May 3, 1778. When quite young, he went to New York State. where he was engaged in farming. In the spring of 1834, he movedl to Michigan. where he died in 1862. Subject's mother, Mary (Hall) Norris, was born in New York State April 27, 1780, and died about 1834. She was the mother of thirteen children, of whom our subject is the youngest. Mr. Nor- ris was a farmer for seventeen years, and then learned blacksmithing. After serving an ap- prenticeship of three years, he started a shop of his own, in Nankin, Wayne Co., Mich .. where he worked at his trade about three years, and then bought a farm, on which he lived till about 1855. He then sold his first
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place, and bought another near Lansing, Mich., where he remained till IS63, then went to California, remained ten months, and returned to Michigan. In 1864, he sold his property in Michigan, and, coming to Iowa, located at Council Bluffs, and worked at blacksmithing two years; then, after farm- ing in Harrison County for three years. he came to Neola, in September, 1869, his be- ing the first American family to settle in that place. Mr. Norris was married. in Nankin, Wayne Co., Mich .. March 18, 1849, to Electa A. Greenman, born in New York State March 29. 1831. daughter of Hiram and Henrietta (Delong) Greenman; he, born March 23, 1799, died about 1861; she, born in New York State September 7, 1802, died in 1842. The children of this marriage are as follows: Hattie. horn January 23. 1850, died Septem- ber 13, 1852; George O., December 10. 1851, died September 13. 1852; Ida J., born July 21, 1853; Eva J., November 11, 1855: and Henrietta. July 12. 1860. After first settling in Neola, Mr. Norris worked at his trade one and a half years, then farmed six years, and, in December. 1878, returned to Neola. where he has since followed huckstering. In poli- tics, he is a Democrat.
THOMAS RISHTON. merchant, Neola, was born in Manchester, England, July 11, 1840, son of Henry and Mary (Bland) Rish- ton, natives of England. he born April 10 , 1810, she born May 9, 1815. The parents were married in England November 11. 1832, and have eight children. The father was a block printer in England, which occu- pation he followed when first coming to this country, in 1844. He was one of the first seven printers who came to America. His wife came over the year after he did, and he worked at his trade in Rhode Island and Massachusetts until May 15, 1850, when they started for Council Bluffs, the journey occu-
pying over six weeks, their express team be- ing two cows yoked together. Our subjeet began life as a farmer in this county. This occupation he followed till 1864, when he went to Montana Territory, where he re- mained on a ranch till 1867. He then re- turned to Springfield, Ill., remained a year, and settled, in 1868, in this county, on a farm, where he remained five years. In 1873, he went to Council Bluffs and elerked for Gould & Johnston for a year, then kept a grocery for four years, the firm name being Mullis & Rishton. In 1878. the firm of Rishton Bros. opened their business in Ne- ola. Our subject continued a member of this firm till August, 1SS1, when he started a sep- arate store, which he still continues. He was married, in Council Bluffs, in March, 1863, to Mary Breckinridge, born in Sanga- mon County, III., January 15, 1841, dangh- ter of Prestou and Catharine (Moler) Breck- inridge: he, born near Paris, Bourbon Co., Ky .. August 5, 1807, died July 25, 1880; she, born August 30, 1804. died February 4, 1847. Mr. Rishton is an Odd Fellow and a Democrat. Mrs. Rishton's maiden name, Breckinridge, had the following peculiar or- igin: A family in Scotland by the name of McIIvain, while participating in one of the wars between the Protestants and Roman Catholics, were defeated, and sought refuge under a species of low shrub called brack, which grows on the.ridges of the Highlands of Scotland: hence the name MeIlvain changed to Brack-on-ridge. and finally merged into Breekinridge. The same family took part in some of the religious wars of Ireland, in which they were eventually de- feated. The great-grandfather of Preston Breckinridge (father of Mrs. Rishton) was a leader in these wars, and, upon being defeat- ed, fled, with his brothers, to America. One of the brothers settled in Pennsylvania and
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the other in Virginia. The latter raised a family, among whom was one son, Alexander, who had a son Robert, who was the father of John, who had two sons-Robert J. (bet- ter known as Rev. R. J., D. D.) and Joseph Campbell, the latter of whom was the father of John C. Breckinridge, ex-Vice President of the United States. Alexander (before mentioned) was the father of George, who had a son Alexander; he was twice married, and the eldest child by the second wife was Preston, father of Mrs. Thomas (Breckin- ridge) Rishton. Preston Breekinridge mar- ried Catharine Moler, in Kentucky. Novem- ber 17, 1827. They had twelve children, who were born and married as follows: Alex- ander, born October 31, 1828, married, May 25, 1852, to Martha H. Barnhill, they had eight children; Hugh, born December 9, 1829, married, February 22, 1855, to Sarah M. Randolph, have two children; Cornelius, born March 12, 1831, married. September 4. 1855, to Elizabeth L. Barnhill, they have five children; Joseph, the last, born in Kentucky, was born on July 17, 1832, married, March 28, 1855, to Sarah J. Matthew, had two chil- dren; Elmore, born November 4, 1834, the first of the family born in Sangamon County, Ill., married, November, 1857, to Susannah Randolph, had six children; Cleophas, born August 7, 1836, married, after serving in the army, to Lilian T. Cave, have two children; Catharine, born June 19, 1838, married, January 30, 1856, to Simon P. Randolph, they have six children; Elizabeth and Mary were twins, born January 13, 1841; Elizabeth married, April, 1862, to James H. Abell; Mary married. March, 1863. to our subject; Preston, born December 11, 1842, was in the army, returned home sick, August 7, 1865. and died the following day; Jane, born Feb- ruary 9, 1845, married, August, 1864, to William Kamlage. Mr. Breckinridge's sec-
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ond marriage was with Lucy Robb; she died November 18, 1854, leaving two children- David, born December 28, 1850, lives in Texas, unmarried, and Lucy D., born August 13, 1854, married, October 13, 1874, to W. H. Hunter. Mr. Breckinridge was a man of political notoriety, having opposed Abraham Lincoln for the State Legislature of Illinois, and was elected over him and served during the years of 1851 and 1852.
E. REICHART, merchant, Neola, was born in York County. Penn .. June 4, 1844, son of Henry and Catharine (Gaytross) Reichart, he born in York County, Penn., in April, 1795; she, born in Germany in 1789, came. when fifteen years old, with her parents, to Amer- ica. Subject's father raised his family and tilled the soil in his native county till 1869. when he settled in Norwalk Township. this county, on a farm, where he died in April. 1881, and his wife in January, 1877. They had six children. Subject's grandfather was one of the first settlers of York County. Penn .. coming there from Germany and lo- cating on a farm in a very early day of this country's history. Mr. Reichart was edu- cated in the common and high schools of York. Penn .. where he served an apprentice- ship of two years, learning the trade of a millwright. At this time. the war broke out. and Mr. Reichart, with all his comrades in trade, enlisted in the One Hundred and Forty third Pennsylvania Infantry. Col. Day- ley. He joined the army as a private in 1862. and was discharged as Orderly Ser- "geant in 1865. Mr. Reichart was at the sec- ond battle of Bull Run; also at Fredericks- burg, Culpepper and Gettysburg. At the latter battle. he was captured. and paroled on the field. He was in the battle of the Wilderness; also at Cold Harbor, where he was wounded. He was discharged in Har- risburg, Penn., June 19, 1865. shortly after
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the surrender of Lee's army. Upon leaving the army, he returned to Iowa, and. shortly after, bought a farm near Council Bluffs. This he improved and lived on till 1877, when he came to Neola and opened a general hardware and agricultural implement store, under the firm name of Reichart Bros. Mr. Reichart was married, in June. 1868, in Council Bluffs, to Eliza J. Ritter, born in this county in 1849, daughter of Adam and Nancy (Ward) Ritter; he, born in Virginia in 1812, came to Iowa in 1847 and located in Garner Township, where he has since been engaged in farming; she, born in Virginia in 181S, is the mother of eight children. Mr. and Mrs. Reichart have four children- Laura, Carrie, Sadie and Elizabeth. Mr. Reichart was the first Justice of the Peace in Norwalk Township, and served in that ca- pacity four years. He was one of the first Aldermen of Neola, and served on the Board of Trustees of Norwalk Township for six years. He is an Odd Fellow. and a Demo. crat in politics.
G. W. RODGERS, stock-dealer. Neola, was born in Ohio County, W. Va., May 28, 1931; his father was born in West Virginia March 28, 1799, was a farmer and blacksmith and died in his native county June 15. 1545. The mother of our subject, Mary (Taylor) Rodgers, was born February 14. 1804, and died in 1879; the parents had nine children. seven of whom are living. When fifteen years of age, Mr. Rodgers moved from West Virginia to Illinois, where he worked three years as a hired man and then rented a farm till March, 1860, when he came to Appanoose County, Iowa; he remained there till Septem- ber 1, 1860, when he movel. with an ox- team, to Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie Coun- ty; there he spent two years on a farm owned by Joseph Foreman, then two years on Thomas Coplan's farm: there, April S. 1863. he lost
his first wife, Ellen (Miller) Rodgers, born in Illinois in 1836; she was the mother of five children. After spending a short time in his native State, visiting friends, Mr. Rodgers returned to Iowa, and worked for two years, at $25 per month, for Dr. Robert McGovern. of Harrison County. After spending three ' months in Virginia, Mr. Rodgers worked four months for William Keline, of Iowa. at $40 per month. He then went into farming and stock-raising for himself. April 1. 1875, Mr. Rodgers located on his present farm: from March 1 to July 18. 1882. he shipped, from Neola. 1,500 head of cattle and about 5,000 head of hogs; he has at present 300 · head of stock cattle; he owns 1,030 acres of inclosed land in one body, valued at about $25 an acre. Mr. Rodgers was married a second time, November 28, 1878, to Miss Amelia Ward, born in England February 22, 1850, daughter of George and Martha (War- ton) Ward; he was born in England and died in this country; she died at the home of our subject, February 22, 1882. Mr. Rodgers has six children-Martin L., Mary C., George C., Nancy E., Charlie and Viola. The family are members of the M. E. Church. Mr. Rodgers is a Republican.
S. ROUSH, farmer, P. O. Neola, was born December 8, 1835. in Highland County. Ohio, son of John and Rebecca (Rhodes) Roush, he born in Virginia about 1799, went to Ohio when three years of age and remained upon the same farm fifty years, coming to Jowa, Marion County, where he now lives, in 1554. Subject's mother, of German descent, was born about 1802, and is the mother of fourteen children, two of whom are dead. Mr. Roush had but little schooling in his younger days, but he is a good business man and well informed upon topics of general in- terest. He first rented a farm in Marion County, Iowa, in 1855: there he continued
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