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JACOB TERABERRY.
One of the most highly improved and valuable farms of Sheridan township stands as a monument to the splendid business ability and the spirit of enter- prise and progress of Jacob Teraberry. a retired agriculturist now making his home in Malcom. He was born near Clinton, in Clinton township, Hunterdon county, New Jersey, on the 27th of October, 1844, a son of Frederick and Eliza- beth (Lindaberry) Teraberry, both natives of New Jersey. In the spring of 1867 they removed to Bureau county, Illinois, and in 1872 brought their family to Poweshiek county, Iowa, locating on a farm three miles west of Malcom. where the mother's death occurred. Later the father retired from business and moved to Grinnell. where he spent his remaining days. His entire life had been devoted to farming. In the family of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Teraberry were eight children, as follows: Nathan S., of High Bridge, New Jersey; John, re- siding in Montezuma; Jacob, of this review; Sarah E., who married J. S. Hul-
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sizer, of Trenton, New Jersey; Rachel, the widow of John S. Temple, of Grin- nell : Mary J., who wedded Austin Cramer and resides near Annandale, New Jersey ; Dr. J. F .. a physician of New York city; and Carrie V., the wife of C. W. Lee, of Clinton, New Jersey.
No event of special importance came to vary the routine of life for Jacob Teraberry during the period of his boyhood and youth, which was spent in his eastern home, and there he remained until the removal of the family to Illinois in 1867. Upon his arrival in Poweshiek county, in 1872, he purchased a farm five and a half miles north of Malcom in Sheridan township. For more than a third of a century he devoted his energies and attention to the cultivation of that property and then, in March, 1908, he purchased his present home in Malcom, where he is now living retired. He still retains possession of his farm, however, which consists of two hundred and forty acres located on section 36, and which is now operated by his son. It is a highly improved property and the dwelling erected upon it by Mr. Teraberry is one of the finest country homes in the township. The beautiful shade trees upon the place were all set out by Alr. Teraberry, who also introduced all of the modern conveniences and acces- sories of a model farm of the twentieth century. No better evidences of a life of industry, enterprise and thrift on the part of the owner can be given than the excellent condition of this property. In his agricultural pursuits he followed practical methods and the spirit of progress was one of his most salient charac- teristics. Substantial and well merited was the success which came to him as the result of his well directed efforts, and which today enables him to enjoy in retirement all of the comforts and many of the luxuries of life.
Mr. Teraberry was married, on the 30th of November, 1870, to Miss Le- nora Judd, whose birth occurred on the 19th of March, 1850, in Alden, Erie county, New York, while her parents were on a visit to the Empire state, the family home being located in Illinois at that time. She is a daughter of E. P. and Sarah ( Rearick) Judd, the former born in Vermont on the 25th of June, 1813 ; and the latter in New York, on the 5th of June, 1819. They were married in Erie county, New York, October 31, 1837, immediately after which they re- moved to Bureau county, Illinois, arriving at their new home on the Ist of De- cember. There Mr. Judd entered two hundred and forty acres of land two and a half miles east of Princeton, to the improvement and development of which he devoted a number of years. Later he sold that property and in 1875 came to Poweshiek county, Iowa, locating on a farm here which he had entered in 1835. He entered and purchased land in Poweshiek county, including the farm which his son-in-law, Mr. Teraberry, now owns. He was one of the largest landowners in this district, owning at one time three thousand, two hundred and twenty acres in Poweshiek county and six hundred and forty acres in Illinois. He was engaged in general farming and was also an extensive feeder of cattle and hogs. He passed away on the 9th of May, 1894, in Chicago, while on his way home after spending a winter in Florida. His widow, however, still sur- vives and is now making her home with her daughter, Mrs. Teraberry. She has passed the ninety-second milestone on life's journey and is enjoying ex- cellent health, her mental and physical vigor being remarkable and unusual in one of her advanced age. In the family of Mr. and Mrs. Judd were eight chil- Vol. 11-14
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dren, namely : Laura, the wife of Asher Shifflett, of Grinnell ; Mary, who passed away in infancy ; Carrie, who married Dr. J. W. McDowell, of Eustis, Florida ; Emma, the wife of Charles Bossler, of Sheridan township ; Minerva, who wedded J. D. Carpenter, of Malcom township; Lenora, now Mrs. Teraberry ; D. E., of Brooklyn ; and Mark L., also of Brooklyn.
Mr. and Mrs. Teraberry were the parents of two children, of whom the eldest, Frederick J., was killed by the cars while a student at high school. He was born on the 6th of October, 1879, and his death occurred February 26, 1896. The surviving son, Glen E. Teraberry, was born January 3, 1886, and spent two years at Grinnell Academy in the acquirement of an education. lle . has since engaged in farming and is now operating his father's farm in Sheridan township.
Since age conferred upon Mr. Teraberry the right of franchise he has given stalwart support to the republican party and has been called upon at times to fill various township offices. For thirty years he served as school treasurer, the cause of education finding in him a stalwart champion, while many other pro- jects having for their object the ultimate growth and development of the com- munity have received his hearty indorsement. For several years he served as director of Malcom Agricultural Society and has been actively interested in various fairs. He has constantly and earnestly labored to stimulate the interests of his fellowmen in all that tends to promote progress in agricultural and other lines. The success which he himself attained in that direction is most credit- able and Poweshiek county numbers hint among her progressive, prominent and desirable citizens.
BALEY A. ALLEN.
Baley A. Allen. whose time and attention are devoted to the further develop- ment and improvement of his farm in Union township, was born in Mahaska county, Iowa, on the 8th of February, 1863. He is a son of Samuel and Sarah J. (Barnes) Allen, natives of Kentucky. The father, who was a farmer, mi- grated from his native state to Indiana, where he resided until about 1852, when he removed to Mahaska county, lowa. He subsequently came to Union town- ship, Poweshiek county, where he was living at the time of his demise, which occurred on the 12th of December, 1904. The mother still survives and con- tintes to make her home in Union township. He affiliated with the Christian church, of which Mrs. Allen is a member, and was for many years a deacon in same, while fraternally he was identified with the Masonic order. He voted the democratic ticket and always took a great deal of interest in all educational matters and for many years served as a school director. during a large portion of which time he was treasurer of the board. In the order of birth their chil- dren were as follows: William L .; and Mary A. and Martha J., both of whom are deceased ; Isam T., who is a resident of Union township; Joseph R., de- ceased ; Baley A., our subject ; and Irvin C., who is living in Union township.
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The boyhood and youth of Baley A. Allen were very similar to those of other farm lads, who early become familiar with the lighter duties and labors of the agriculturist, during which time he was also pursuing his education in the district schools. He remained upon the old homestead until he was thirty-two years of age, during the latter portion of which time he was associated with his father in the cultivation of the fields. Later he rented the property continuing its operation until he located upon one hundred and sixty acres which he had inherited and upon which he has ever since resided. He has made all of the improvements upon his place, which is now one of the best improved and cul- tivated farms in Union township.
Mr. Allen was married on the Ist of January, 1892, to Miss Clara Adams, a daughter of Clark and Mary Frances (Gates) Adams, who were pioneer resi- dents of Iowa but natives of Ohio. They were married in the Buckeye state on the 18th of January, 1846, removing from there to Fowa, where Mr. Adams engaged in farming and stock-raising. He later went to New Sharon, Mahaska county, where he conducted a restaurant. After his retirement he settled in Lorenz, this state. and there he passed away on the Ist of January, 1908. Mrs. Adams had preceded him many years, her demise occurring in August, 1867. Mr. Adams was a man of liberal views and helpful spirit, a member of the Uni- versalist church and of the socialist party. He was also a Mason and a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. Mrs. Allen was born in New Sharon, Mahaska county, this state, on the 25th of June, 1866, and by her marriage she has become the mother of one child, Celoa Belle, whose birth occurred on the IIth of January, 1893.
Mr. Allen holds membership-in the Christian church, while his wife belongs to the Methodist church, and he is also affiliated with the Masonic fraternity. He generally votes for the candidates of the democratic party but in local affairs is independent. He is not an aspirant to public honors or the emoluments of office, and, therefore, devotes his energies to his personal interests.
DANIEL F. HAYS.
A tried and true soldier in times of danger and an industrious and progres- sive citizen in times of peace, Daniel F. Hays, now living at Grinnell, deserves mention in a history treating of the substantial citizens of Poweshiek county. He is a native of Frederick county, Maryland, and was born August 1, 1834, a son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Fuss) Hays, both of whom were born in Mary- land. The mother died in 1846, when the subject of this review was a boy of twelve years. The father was a blacksmith by trade and followed this line in the east for thirty-five years. In October, 1856, he came to Grinnell, Iowa, where he spent eighteen months, removing on April 19, 1858, to a farm in Chester township. Having once established himself as an agriculturist he set vigorously to work to develop his property, and for forty-one years he was identified with agriculture and stock-raising in this county, his demise occurring in 1899.
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Daniel F. Hays received his preliminary education in the common schools of Maryland, and in his young manhood learned the blacksmith's trade. He came to Iowa with his father and was just fairly settling down in life when his plans were interfered with by the Civil war. On September 22, 1862, he en- . listed in Company E, Fourth Iowa Cavalry, and participated with the regiment in many important battles and movements. He was present at the Vicksburg campaign and was with the regiment at the battle of Guntown, Mississippi, which was one of the hardest fought battles in which the regiment took part during the entire war. The Fourth Iowa assisted in covering the retreat of the army for sixty miles and private Hays witnessed terrific scenes of slaughter during this memorable period, the recollection of which are as vivid in his memory as if they were enacted but yesterday. He also served in the campaign of General Wilson in Alabama and Georgia in 1865. He was honorably mustered out June 17, 1865, at Nashville, Tennessee, and returned to Poweshiek county. He conducted a blacksmith shop at Grinnell and later engaged in farming, also main- taining a blacksmith shop upon his place. In 1904 he moved to Grinnell, where he has since lived.
On the 12th of December, 1867, Mr. Hays was united in marriage at Me- chanicstown, Maryland, to Miss Susan Weller, a daughter of Thomas Weller, of Maryland, who died when his daughter Susan was four years old. Six chil- dren were born to Mr. and Mrs. Hays, five of whom grew to maturity, namely : Joseph Weller, a graduate of Cornell College at Mount Vernon, Iowa, who is married and now resides at Chicago, Illinois ; Harvey G. A., also a graduate of Cornell College, who is married and lives on a farm at Hereford, Texas; Rosa D., at home; Charles W., who is married and lives in Chicago; and Grace S., also at home.
Mr. Hays and his wife are now living in a beautiful residence in Grinnell with well kept lawn and fine shade trees, making it one of the most attractive homes in the city. They are earnest friends of education, as is shown by the unusual facilities enjoyed by their children, all of whom were given the ad- vantages of a college training. Mr. Hays voted for Abraham Lincoln as presi- dent and he has generally supported the republican party since, but he has pro- hibition tendencies in local affairs. He was one of the founders of Chester township and has held many of the offices of the township from its earliest days. He is a valued member of the Methodist church and of the Grand Army Post at Grinnell. Having now arrived at his seventy-seventh year he is practically retired from active labor and enjoys a peace and prosperity which he has richly earned by many years of earnest effort.
THOMAS S. APPLEGATE.
Thomas S. Applegate, who for twenty years has filled the office of justice of the peace in Montezuma, his decisions being a clear exposition of the law and the equity in the case, was born in Ray township, Morgan county, Indiana, December 3, 1834, a son of Joseph and Lavina (Blunk) Applegate. The father
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was born in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1808, and was reared in Bullitt county, that state. The mother was born in Harrison county, Indiana, in 1814, and was a daughter of George and Rebecca (Davis) Blunk, the former a native of Ger- many and the latter of Virginia. Mrs. Blunk died at the age of one hundred and six years, while her mother reached the remarkable age of one hundred and fifteen and David Blunk, a brother of Mrs. Lavina Applegate, passed away at the age of one hundred and three.
The marriage of Joseph and Lavina (Blunk) Applegate was celebrated in Indiana and in 1854 they came with their family to lowa, driving across the country. Settling in Sugar Creek township, Poweshiek county, the father en- tered land from the government and upon the claim which he secured and de- veloped he made his home until his death, which occurred about 1880. His wife survived him for some years, passing away in the same township in 1887. He had made farming his life work and in early manhood had engaged in teaching school through the winter months. For a number of years he filled the office of justice of the peace during his residence in Indiana. His political allegiance was originally given the whig party and upon its dissolution he joined the ranks of the new republican party. Ilis religious faith was that of the Baptist church. Unto him and his wife were born nine children, of whom four sons and one daughter are yet living, while three of the family died in infancy, and Mrs. Eliza Hakes passed away January 3, 1911. Those who still survive are: Mrs. Zerelda Watson, a widow living in Touchet, Washington; Thomas S .; Ira, of Norton county, Kansas; Peter N., whose home is in Carroll county, Arkansas ; and William J., of Springfield, Kansas. The second son, Ira, enlisted at Monte- zuma for service in Company C, Twenty-eighth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, on the IIth of August, 1862. At the same time Thomas S. Applegate joined the army and they went to the front under Captain J. W. Carr, who is mentioned elsewhere in this volume. They took part in all of the engagements of the regiment until Thomas S. Applegate was wounded in the last fight at Cedar Creek, Virginia, October 19, 1864, a fragment of a shell striking him in the ankle. He was honorably discharged in January, 1865, but his brother Ira remained at the front until the cessation of hostilities.
After he had recovered from his injuries Thomas S. Applegate resumed farming and was continuously and successfully connected with agricultural pur- suits in this county until 1884, when he sold his farm in Sugar Creek town- ship and established a hardware and implement business in Searsboro. There he was engaged in the conduct of his store until 1898, when he came to Monte- zuma, where he has since resided.
During much of the period of his residence here Mr. Applegate has filled public offices. He is a stalwart republican, unfaltering in his advocacy of the party and its principles. He filled the position of county supervisor from 1884 until 1889, was justice of the peace in Sugar Creek township for two terms and afterward served as deputy sheriff for one term. In 1900 he was chosen justice of the peace of Montezuma and entered upon a new term in the office on the ist of January, 1911. His decisions are strictly fair and impartial and the record he has made in presiding over the justice court commends him to the con- fidence of all law-abiding citizens.
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On the 16th of July. 1854. Mr. Applegate was united in marriage, in Sugar Creek township, to Miss Sarah Rivers, who was born in Morgan county, In- diana, in 1831, and about 1848 came to this county with her parents, Richard and Mary ( Watson) Rivers, the former a native of Kentucky and the latter of North Carolina, although both spent their last days in Poweshiek county. Of the children born unto Mr. and Mrs. Applegate three died in infancy or early life, Joseph Richard passing away in infancy, Mary Lavina when four years of age and John at the age of eight years. Those still living are: William, of Tama, Iowa; and George T., of Kansas City, Missouri. Mr. Applegate is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic and thus maintains pleasant rela- tions with his old army comrades. Fraternally he is connected with the Masons and his religious belief is that of the Church of Christ, in which he is serving as elder. His life has ever been upright and honorable and his many manly and sterling qualities have gained for him the warm and enduring regard of all with whom he has come in contact.
JOHN T. CESSNA.
John T. Cessna, of Grinnell, is a native of Scott county, Iowa, born October 25, 1862, and is a son of Thomas R. Cessna, who for more than fifty years was a citizen of Iowa. The Cessnas are of Huguenot ancestry and are direct de- scendants of Count John De Cessna. In 1690, owing to persecution of the Huguenots, about twelve hundred of the nobility of France, together with about half a million of the Protestant faith fled to England, Holland, Switzerland and Denmark, an official proclamation having been made by those countries proffer- ing refuge to the oppressed. Many of the refugees entered military service and among these was Count John De Cessna, who in 1690 distinguished himself as an officer under Duke De Schomberg at the battle of the Boyne in Ireland. He remained in Ireland until 1718 and then crossed the ocean to America, set- tling in Pennsylvania, where he died in 1751. One of his sons, John De Cessna, located in Bedford county, Pennsylvania, and the family became very prominent. He was a member of the provincial assembly and also of the constitutional convention of 1775. He joined with all his heart in the patriotic cause and served as colonel in the Revolutionary war. The Hon. John Cessna, member of the forty-first and forty-third congresses of the United States, belonged to this family and was a brother of Thomas R. Cessna, both of them being great- grandsons of Colonel John De Cessna.
Thomas R. Cessna was a son of William and Rachel ( Morgaret) Cessna. He was born in Bedford county, Pennsylvania, October 27. 1827, and possessed limited opportunities of education in the schools but became a man of strong character and great integrity, gaining the confidence and respect of all with whom he associated. He was married. in 1848, to Sarah A. Koerner, who was also a native of Bedford county, and in 1858 with his wife and three children came to Scott county. Iowa, and located upon a farm which he purchased near Davenport. He and his wife reared a family of seven children, all of whom
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are now living. He was very successful in business and took an active part in public affairs, discharging his duties as a public officer with the same interest that he evinced in his private business. In 1885, desiring to be near his children who had settled at Grinnell, he disposed of his farm in Scott county and came to this city. However, he was not yet prepared for a life of inactivity, and he engaged for ten years in a profitable real-estate business. He was a stanch believer in the authority and inspiration of the Bible and served for many years as an officer of the Methodist Episcopal church. He died on March 26, 1911, having arrived at the venerable age of eighty-four years.
John T. Cessna, of this review, was reared in the parental home and at- tended the district schools, later becoming a student of Cornell College, at Mount Vernon, Iowa, and Grinnell College. In 1886 he purchased a farm ad- joining the southeast limits of Grinnell, upon which he later took up his resi- dence, cultivating it with increasing prosperity for seven years. He was for some time associated with A. A. Foster in the agricultural implement business at Grinnell and also in buying and selling livestock, but since 1907 has not been actively engaged in business. He owns two farms, one of which is in Jasper county, Iowa, and the other near Wichita, Kansas. He also owns an interest in a business block in Kansas City, Missouri, and is a stockholder in the Merchants National Bank of Grinnell.
On the 22d of March, 1888, Mr. Cessna was united in marriage to Miss Elsie Brown, of Mason City, Iowa, and four children have come to brighten their home, namely: E. Gladys, now a student in the sophomore class of Grinnell College ; Fannie Blythe, a student in the same class with her sister ; Thomas R., Jr., who is a member of the senior class of the high school ; and Mildred Koer- ner. who is now attending the public schools. The two older daughters are both graduates of the Grinnell high school.
Mr. Cessna inherited from worthy parents many of the characteristics that have assisted materially in his business career. He has through life stood for what seemed to him to be right and just and, therefore, occupies a prominent place in the estimation of his fellowmen. He and his wife are valued members of the Methodist church and politically he is a progressive republican, believing that the party has within itself the honesty and ability necessary in the perpetuation of a popular government. He has not sought public office but as a friend of education became a member of the city school board and is now president of that body. Fraternally he is identified with Grinnell Lodge, No. 175, K. P.
J. C. GOODRICH.
J. C. Goodrich, of the Grinnell Manufacturing Company, is a leading resi- «lent of Grinnell and is associated with H. W. Spaulding in the conduct of a retail buggy business. His birth occurred in Williamstown, Vermont, on the 7th of April, 1863, his parents being Abram and Harriet (Cass) Goodrich, who were natives of Vermont and New Hampshire respectively. Following their marriage they located on a farm near Williamstown, Vermont, the father being
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actively engaged in its operation until 1865. In that year they came west to Iowa, locating on a farm a mile and a half east of Grinnell, where Abram Good- rich made his home until called to his final rest in 1881. His widow then took up her abode in Grinnell, where her demise occurred the following year. Both were Universalists in religious faith.
J. C. Goodrich was reared at home and supplemented his preliminary educa- tion, obtained in the common schools, by a course of study at Grinnell Acad- emy. After his mother's death he returned to the home farm and was engaged in its operation until 1891 or 1892, when he came to Grinnell and embarked in the agricultural implement business as a member of the Foster, Bailey, Good- rich Company. In 1900 Mr. Goodrich and Mr. Bailey sold their interests to Mr. Foster and engaged in the hardware business under the firm style of Bailey & Goodrich, the partnership being maintained for one year. Mr. Goodrich then withdrew from the concern and took charge of the city water works, managing them for four years. On the expiration of that period he became one of the organizers of the Grinnell Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of power hammers and blacksmith tools, being made manager of the new concern. In the spring of 1908 the Grinnell Manufacturing Company discontinued its former line of work and engaged in the retail buggy business under the old firm name, the proprietors of the establishment being H. W. Spaulding and J. C. Goodrich. The business of the company covers the southwestern states and is conducted on what is known as the trailing system. Mr. Goodrich is a stockholder and a member of the board of directors of the Merchants National Bank of Grinnell and is also a stockholder and director in the Grinnell Washing Machine Company. He has earned for himself an enviable reputation as a careful man of business and in his dealings is known for his prompt and honorable methods, which have won him the deserved and unbounded confidence of his fellowmen.
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