History of Scott County, Iowa, Part 89

Author: Inter-state Publishing Company (Chicago, Ill.)
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Chicago, Inter-state publishing co.
Number of Pages: 1280


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Moses E. Moorhead was born in Buffalo Township, Scott County, Ang. 1, 1849. He received his early education here, and attended the college at Davenport three years. He was mar- riedto Nannie J. Barnes, Jan. 7, 1874. To them have been born four children-Henry B., born Dec. 28, 1874; Daisy E., Aug. 1, 1876; Charles 1., May 25, 1878, and Mary L., June 21, 1880. Mr. Moorhead is a member of the Methodist church, his wife of the Presbyterian. Their farm consists of 120 aeres of good land, in section 32. In politics he is a Republican.


Joseph Mounts was born on a farm near Princeton, Ind., May 10, 1810. Ile was a son of Mathias and Mary (Montgomery) Mounts, natives of Virginia. They had a family of 13 children. She was a consin of Davy Crockett, also of Gen. Montgomery, who was killed at the battle of Quebec; she died in 1854, her hus- band in 1814. The subject of this memoir was taken by his parents to Edwards Co., Ill., when he was four years old. He was married herc, Nov. 1, 1830, to Elizabeth Stennett, a native of Hardin Co., Ky. Her parents were Charles and Naney (Short) Stennett; he was a native of Virginia, she of Tennessee. They had a family of 14 children. In June, 1835, Mr. Joseph Mounts came to Scott County, to look at the country, and in Angust of that year he moved here with his family. He first settled on a claim in Buffalo Township, which he disposed of in April, 1836,


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to two men named Brunson, for a town site. They paid him $800 for the claim, which enabled him to get a start in the world. He rented land one year, then moved on a farm near Buffalo, where he remained five years; subsequently bought a farm ot 160 aeres in section 7. and from there moved to Blue Grass township, where he now lives. He has fenced 400 acres of land and built six houses, one of them being the finest house in the township at that time, and costing $3.000. Mr. and Mrs. Mounts are members of the Christian church, and have had 10 children; eight survive, viz. : Sylvester, born in Illinois, married Anna Reynolds; Harriet, born Sept. 2, 1835, the first child born in the county, married Jacob Fridley; Lonisa, married James Lyman; Lucy, married Cornelins Boan; Mahala, married Homer Holt: Ellen, married Simeon Meyers: Mary, married Marion Moore: and Charles. Joseph Mounts came to Scott County with but six cents and a quarter in his pocket; he is now one of the wealthiest and most prominent men of the county. He is the only man now living of the men of maturer years, who came here in 1835. The country was then an unbroken prairie,uninhabited save by the Indians. Deer and wolves existed in abundance. To see it in its present prosperous condition needs no further praise of the hardihood and industry of those carly settlers. Mr. Mounts served in the Black Hawk war under Capt. Champion Madden and Col. Pearce.


Mrs. Felicity B. Nebergull, nee Van Bibbor, was born near Sum- merville. Nicholas Co., W. Va., Feb. 14, 1836. She was reared and married there to Presly V. Nebergall, now deceased, Jan. 27, 1859. By this union there were six children-John Franklin, born Dec. 15, 1859; Jacob Andrew, Sept. 21, 1861; Lavinia, Oct. 17, 1865; Ed- ward Lec, March 13, 1871; Grace, March 7. 1876; and George, Jan. 1, 1878. The family came to Scott County, March 20, 1859, and have resided on their present farm in Blue Grass Township since. It contains 155 acres of good land. Mrs. Nebergall also owns a fine farm of 240 acres in Jasper Co., Ia., which she rents. She and her sons manage the farm in Blue Grass Township, and raise grain and stock for the market. Mr. Presly Nebergall died Sept. 22, 1878, and in his death Scott County lost one of her most highly esteemed and influential citizens.


Charles and John E. Nelson, twin brothers, were born in Geneva, Ill., Their father, Charles J. Nelson, is a native of Sweden, and now resides in Washington Territory. The boys, Charles and John E., came to Scott County in 1869, and settled in Blue Grass Township, on the farm where they now reside, known as the Hazlewood farm. They have worked together, and rent the farm. Charles E. married Caroline Schupp, April 8, ISSO ; they have one child, Mary Ann, born Jan. 17, 1881. John E. married Mary L., daughter of John M. Friday, Oct. 27, 1881. The young men are enterprising and industrious, and are doing well.


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George E. Peek was born Jan. 9. 1844, in Stark Co., Ohio ; and was a son of Martin Peek. of New York. He was reared on a farm, and having an innate love of books, he is principally self educated. He served three years and three months in the Union service, in Company C, 3d Missouri Cavalry. The engagements of the company were mostly in Missouri and Arkansas. Mr. Peek helped to take Little Rock. Upon leaving the service he attended Bryant & Stratton's Business College in Chicago. from which he graduated in 1866, and from the telegraphy department of that institution soon after. He taught a class in bookkeeping in Peoria Ill .. six months, then entered into the employ of the C., R. I. & P. R. R. Co., and in 1869 was appointed telegraph operator and station agent at Walcott. a position he still retains. He was married Sept. 4, 1873, to Louise K., daughter of Frederick Keferstein, who settled in Blue Grass Township in 1854. They have had four children-Minnie, Alonzo Devoe, and Rufus K .; Olive is now deceased. Mr. Peek's great-grandfather, Jacob Devoe, settled in Saratoga Co., N. Y., in 1770. He leased six acres of land there for which he paid six ears of corn annually. He died at the age of 103 years, his wife at 105. They had lived together as husband and wife 83 years.


Clause F. Petersen was born in Holstein, Germany, Nov. 5. 1832, and emigrated to America in 1806. He landed in New York, and from there went to Muscatine Co., Iowa, where he remained two years, then moved to Blue Grass Township, Scott Co. He moved on to his present farm in 1872, and bought it in 1874. It consists of 120 acres of land, highly cultivated, and thoroughly stocked. IIe was married in 1856 to Catharine Dose, and by her has had two children-Frederick John, born in Holstein m 1854, and William II., in 1859. Mr. Petersen is a member of the Lutheran Church. He has always been a strong adherent to the Republican party.


James Price is a native of Wales, born Dec. 28, 1805. and is a son of Richard Price. He came to Scott County in the fall of 1842. and condueted a meat market in Davenport nine years. In 1854 came to Blue Grass Township and settled on section 25. He first bought 160 acres of land of Dr. Goldsmith, 40 of which were improved. Ile now owns 320 acres of the finest land in the county. and rents to tenants. He was married in his native country in 1835, to Mary A. Dyke. They have four children-Eliza A., Sarah J., James S. (deceased) and Mary L. Mr. Price held the office of school director two years.


Bernhard Schwarting is a native of Oldenburg. Germany. He emigrated to the United States and located in Sheboygan, Wis., in 1858 and remained there four years. Then spent four years in his native country. In 1866 he came to Seott County. resided in Davenport one year, then removed to Walcott. Blue Grass Township, where he still resides. He established a store of general merchandise here, which he still conducts. He carries a capital stock of 810.000, and his annual sales aggregate $35,000. H


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built a new brick block in the winter of 1880 and '81, at a cost of over $10.000; it is 50 x 80 feet, and two stories in height. As a business man Mr. Schwarting soon won the confidence of his fel- low citizens, and disclosed those qualities which eminently fitted him for official positions. Accordingly, in 1866, he was appointed postmaster, a position he still retains, and has acted as school treasurer here for the past 12 years.


Henry II. Sindt, proprietor of Sindt's Hotel, Walcott, is a na- tive of Davenport, Ia., born Oct. 9, 1850, and is a son of Thies Sindt, Holstein, Germany, who came to Davenport in 1847, and now resides in Davenport Township. Henry II. was educated at Bryant & Stratton's Business College, Davenport. He was married Feb. 22. 1873, to Triena Horst. Their union has been blessed with three children-Angust, Laura (deceased ) and Cora. The subject of this sketch became proprietor of Sindt's Hotel in Walcott, in 1865, which he still conducts, and financially the enterprise is a success. He is a member of A. O. U. W. Lodge, and of Waleott and Maysville Shooting Association.


Abraham A. Stapleton. the oldest settler now living in Blue Grass Township. was born in Champaign Co., Ohio, Aug. 18, 1837, and was a son of Clayton Stapleton. a native of West Virginia. The family came to Scott County and located in Buffalo Township in 1840. The father died three weeks after their arrival here. His mother was again married on June 1, 1841. to Robert Wilson, and in the fall of that year they located in Blue Grass Township, where they have resided since. Abraham was reared on a farm and at- tended the first school taught in this township. Ile was married March 13. 1860, to Mary A. Mathews, danghter of William Math- ews, deceased. Their union has been blessed with five children, one living-Ella F. The deceased are-William, Mary, Lucy and Wilber. Mr. Stapleton owns a fine farm on section 31, and is ex- tensively engaged in farming and stock breeding. Ile has held the office of supervisor of his township three terms.


Ezekiel Steinhilber was born in Mezingan, Kingdom of Wur- temberg. Germany, JJan. 10, 1419. son of Conrad Steinhilber, who went with his family to Wheeling. Va .. in 1832; thence to Crawford Co., O., where he died in September. 1855. Ezekiel came to Davenport in 1842. He elerked in the Le Claire IIonse about five years and kept bar four years. In 1848 he established a livery stable, which was the first one in Davenport, and is still standing on Second street. He was also the first ice merchant in this city. He was one of the guards over the murderers of Col. Davenport, being a personal friend of his. He relates the follow- ing reminiscence of Col. Davenport: Two or three days before the murder he dreamed of dying and going to join his Maker. "Com- ing events cast their shadows before." It seemed like a warning of the terrible deed that was to be enacted only a few days later. Mr. Steinhilber located in 1854 in Blue Grass Township, which was at that time a vast, unbroken and pathless prairie. He now


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owns 480 acres of finely cultivated land. He was married July 25, 1840, to Minnie Mast, of Brunswick, Germany. Her father, Erhart Mast, was one of the early settlers of Wheeling, Va. This union has been blessed with eight children-Lonise, Virginia, Matilda, Agnes, Charles, Edward, Harry and Albert, who is now deceased. Mr. Steinhilber is one of the prominent farmers and stock-raisers of the county, and makes a specialty of raising fine fruits.


Alexander Stockdule is a native of Washington Co., Pa., born Dec. 12, 1841. Ilis father, John Stockdale, was born in the northern part of Ireland and came to America when a boy. He was married in this country, and went with his family to Jefferson Co., O., abont 1844, and removed to Scott Co., Ia., in the spring of 1853. The family settled on the old Newcombe farm in Blue Grass Township. The farm was unbroken prairie, and wood had to be hanled a distance of 10 miles. The subject of this sketch was was married in 1876 to Elizabeth Eseke. They have had three children, two living-Jolin B. and James E. Mr. Stockdale is a mem- ber of A. O. U. W. Lodge. He is one of the prominent and repre- sentative farmers of the county, and has always been foremost in every enterprise to forward the growth and increase the prosperity of Scott County.


John Stockdale was born in Jefferson Co., O., Oct. 28, 1846, and is.a son of John and Charlotte (Dickson) Stockdale. The former is a native of Ireland, and came to this country when a small boy. She is a Pennsylvanian. The subject of this record was reared on a farm and received a limited school education, but is mostly self-educated. le came with his parents to Scott County in 1853. In 1866 he engaged in grain and stock speculation at Walcott, which he followed until 1867, when he traveled through Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska on the civil engineers corps; re- turned to Walcott in 1869, and bought the elevator in company with Philip Dietz and A. Stockdale, which they still operate, deal heavily in grain and live stock and are making a financial success of it. Mr. Stockdale was married Nov. 11, 1879, to Mary L., danghter of John Stonffer, who died of disease contracted in the army, in which he served three years. His widow, Caroline (Hill) Stouffer, has been granted a pension and resides with her daughter, Mrs. J. Stockdale. Mr. and Mrs. Stockdale have had two children-Ray Elmer (deceased) and an infant son.


Ilans Stoltenberg is a native of Holstein. Germany, born Sept. 20, 1828. He was reared on a farm and educated in the district schools of his native country. In 1847 he came to Scott County, and lived on his brother Clans Stoltenberg's land in Davenport Town- ship six years, then fell heir to 80 acres in section 18, where he resided until 1859, when he located on his present farm in sec- tion 12, Blue Glass Township. He is one of the largest land owners in this county and owns 1,225 acres in Scott, and 154 in Musca- tine counties. He is extensively engaged in raising grain, and


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breeds some stock. Ile was married in 1853 to Liese Wiese. They had seven children-Mina, Henry, William, Theresa, Lui, Edward and Caroline. Mrs. Liese Stotlenberg died, and in April, 1875, he married his present wife, Mrs. Elsabe Heiss, nee Lemke, She had three children by her first husband, viz .: Henry, Agnes and John.


James Van Evera, son of John Van Evera, was born Oct. 2, 1828, in Montgomery Co., N. Y. Ile was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools of his native place. He became a resident of Blue Grass Township in 1851, and was married here May 31, 1853, to Plebe O., daughter of Charles Metteer. Their union was blessed with five children-Clara, Jennie, George, Foster and Alva. Mrs Phobe Van Evera died March 26, 1872, and he was again married, Jan. 23, 1873, to Lorretta Metteer, a sister of his first wife. by whom he has had three children, one living, Henry II.


Claus Henry Wishmann was born in Holstein, Germany, Dec. 2, 1845, and is a son of Clans Wishmann of that place, who came to Davenport, Iowa, in 186S. Clans H. emigrated to Scott County in 1866, and spent the time from 1867 to 1869 in Omaha, Neb., then returned to Scott County. He farmed until March, 1879, when he came to Walcott, Blue Grass Township, and estab- lished a saloon and boarding house, which he still conduets, and does a profitable business. He was married in 1872 to Katie Lahan. They have five children-Annie, Clara, Tillie, Frid and Jolın. Mr. Wishmann is a member of the Maysville Shooting Society, and of the Walcott A. O. U. W. Lodge.


TOWNSHIP AND VILLAGE OF BUFFALO.


In December, 1833, the first settlement in what is now Scott County was made by Captain Benjamin W. Clark, who some years previously had made some improvements on the Illinois shore where the town of Andalusia was subsequently laid out, and who moved over the river shortly after the Indian claim was extin gnished, raised a cabin and planted a crop. His nearest neighbor at this time upon the Iowa shore were at Burlington and Dubuque


EARLY SETTLERS.


Among the early settlers of what is now Buffalo Township were Capt. Benjamin W. Clark, Smith Mounts, Andrew Moats, Henry Binckley, Mr. Lyon, Wm. H. and R. S. Baker. Jas. M. Bowling, Orange Babbett, Dr. A. C. Donaldson, Joseph and Mathias Mounts. Elias Moore, Andrew W. Campbell, Jas. Wilkinson, John L. Sry, Jas. E. Burnside, Wallace Pence, Michael Shelley, Wm. H. Gab- bert, Mr. Sprout, Elias Moore and others. Capt. Benjamin W. Clark was born on his father's farm in Wythe Co., Va., in 1791. Ilis education was limited, as the only schools were taught by men who roved about, picking up a few dollars to assist them until something better offered. He volunteered in 1812, went to New Orleans, where he served during the war, in payment for which service his heirs received a "land warrant." Young Clark went at the close of the war to Wabash County, near Mt. Carmel, on the Wabash River, where he married, in 1818, Miss Mary Beard, by whom he had two children-John P .. who was born in Wabash County, December, 1820, and Warner Lewis, born at same place Nov. 14. 1822, at whose birth Mrs. Clark died. In 1824 Benj. Clark was again married, this time to Miss Celia Gabbert, of Ken- theky. They removed soon after the marriage to Fort Edwards, now Warsaw, Ill. Purchasing a half interest in a herd of cattle owned by Major Maston, of the U. S. A., Mr. Clark took charge of the cattle, keeping them in the large low lands below where Warsaw now stands, on the Mississippi River, remaining there until the summer of 1827, when he divided the cattle with Major Maston and removed to Rock Island, where he found Black Hawk, Keokuk, and their tribes, numbering several thousands. He built a log cabin below, but within a few rods of where the present wagon bridge joins the Illinois shore. He fenced a piece of land and sowed turnips where the residence of Hon. Bailey Davenport now stands, afterward laying what is called " the worm of a fence" around his entire claims. During the first winter (1827 and '28) the traders refused to sell sup- plies to Mr. Clark, they wishing to prevent the whites from


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settling (the Indians being the more profitable customers). The family would have suffered had not the soldiers, learn- ing that Capt. Reynolds, of the steamer "Black Rover," had left a barrel of whisky with Mr. Clark, stole out at night carrying food, clothes, and shoes, to exchange for whisky, thus enabling the family to live comfortably until boats arrived in the spring. In the spring of 1828, Geo. Davenport, who had a trading house at Rock Island, bought the claim owned by Benj. Clark, making payment in silver, which filled a small tin trunk level full. Pos- session being given next day, Mr. Clark removed a few rods west, where he erected a double log cabin which stood until after the completion of the C. & R. I. R. R. in 1854. During the spring of 1828 several families came in, and Black Hawk saw that his days were numbered as a resident of Rock River country. Capt. Clark, Black Hawk and Keokuk were warm personal friends, this friendship continuing until after the treaty, when the latter were exiled with their tribes to the Far West, where they died. Mr. Clark next removed to White Oak Springs, Wis., where he purchased a large hotel and smelting furnaces connected there- with. In the spring of 1532, at the commencement of the Black Hawk war, settlers within a radius of miles collected and built a fort around the hotel. organized a company to protect the fort, electing Harry Smith. captain, who (if living) now resides at Elk Horn Grove, Ill. Capt. Clark raised a company of mounted rangers (from whencehe derived his title) tendering his services to Gen. Henry Dodge. Ile was in many skirmishes and in the for- · ward company when the Indians made the attack at the battle of Wisconsin Heights.


Capt. Clark furnished supplies for nearly two months to all in the fort at the springs, as well as to his command for which neither he, nor his heirs. have ever received compensation. After the close of Black Hawk war, Capt. Clark went to Andalusia, Ill., and made a claim. In 1833, removed his family to that place; then estab- lished the ferry which became so noted in the first settlement of the central part of Black Hawk's purchase. At the same time he " took up" and purchased claims on the river at Buffalo, Iowa, comprising two and one-half miles of river frontage, together with timber land, amounting to about 2,000 acres, and in December, 1533, removed his family to the Iowa side, finding at last, after many wanderings, the spot upon which he wished to live and die. His was the only white family between Dubuque and Flint Hills (now Burlington).


In the summer of 1833 Capt. Clark raised corn, beans, peas and other vegetables, the first produce raised in. Scott County, and in 1834 had 100 acres of wild land broken, by Andrew Robison, of Warren Co., Ill., who was unele to James H. Robison, of Blue Grass. The ground was broken as follows: 10 acres on the lower end of farm now owned by his son, Capt. W. L. Clark: 40 acres where the town of Buffalo now stands; 10 acres north of where


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the new railroad depot stands; 40 acres above where Mrs. Capt. Dodge's orchard is situated. The writer particularizes because others claim to have done the first breaking in Buffalo Township. He built, in 1835, a comfortable loy house, a story and a half high, glazed with glass brought from St. Louis; lumber for windows, faeings, trimmings, etc., was of old dry-goods boxes broken up; flooring from Duck Creek Mill. He put into it the first cook stove ever brought to Iowa, a great curiosity then for novelty, as it would be now behind this progressive age. He brought also the first carriage and two Peacock plows from St. Louis, which latter were a great improvement over those then in use. Later, stores came in, and the necessity for making long journeys to obtain household supplies was done away. His children attended school at Blue Grass, three miles from home, thus obtaining knowledge under difficulties.


Capt. Clark purchased, in 1834, of Hon. John Spencer, late of Rock Island, a large tract of land at the mouth of Duck Creek, where he erected the first saw-mill in (now) Scott County. After reserving a few lots and the ferry franchise, he sold his Andalusia property to Col. -. Stevenson, Whiteside and others, upon which they afterward laid out the town of Rockport, now Andalusia. The sale of this land brought $17,000 in specie.


Capt. Clark, in 1836, disposed of a two-thirds interest in 90 acres of land to Capt. E. A. Mix and Dr. Pillsbury, of Buffalo, N. Y., for $30,000, part cash payment. The three men above named at once laid out the town of Buffalo, naming it in honor of Buffalo, N. Y. This was the first town laid out in what is now Scott County. About the same time a man named John Vanata and Capt. Clark bought the claim and laid out the town of Blooming- ton, now Muscatine. Lots were in demand in Buffalo, and all went smoothly until the county lines were formed, which threw the new town so near the Muscatine line as to kill its prospects for a county seat. Other towns were included in this disappointment, as they were also desirous of obtaining the same object.


Up to this time there had been only two divisions in the territory of Black Hawk's purchase, Des Moines and Dubuque, the line running through the west end of Davenport, the glucose works being in the latter, and the site of school No. 2, in the lower end of town, in the former. In 1838 Capt. Clark sold his Duck Creek property to Messrs. Dolittle & Moss; the price received was $8,000. One barn was taken in part payment-price, $500-which still stands on the Dodge farm, at Buffalo. The barn was of unusual dimensions for the times, being 30 x 40 feet.


In the season of 1835-'36 Capt. Clark erected a hotel at Buffalo, dimensions being 40 x 50, two stories high, the pine lumber for finishing being brought by steamer from Cincinnati, Ohio, at the expense of $60 per thousand feet. During the winter of 1838-'39 Capt. C. was robbed of a large sum of money, the robbers carrying the secretary containing the money out of the house, down under


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the shadow of the river bank, and forcing the locks. This was the first occurrence of that nature in the county. No positive clue was ever obtained of the perpetrators. The lands of this district were advertised for sale in the fall of 1839, at Burlington. Capt. Clark went in a canoe, taking a large amount of money in silver; the writer remembers that it almost filled a wash-tub ( a barrel sawed in halves ). the only tub then in use. Upon arrival at Bur- lington he found that the sales were postponed; thereupon he took a steamboat for home. He was feeling quite unwell when he reached home, and within a few days died of inflammation of the brain, on Oct. 25, 1839. Before his death Capt. Clark requested that IIon. James II. Davenport should administer upon his estate which he promised to do, providing he was allowed to have the assistance of Judge James Grant. They jointly settled the estate. Capt. Clark at death left a widow and six children. Mrs. Clark only survived her husband one month, her death occurring Nov. 25, 1839. Capt. Clark died surrounded by his family, thus ending the life of one of the most energetic and enterprising men that ever resided in Scott County, regretted by all who were associated with him. He and wife were interred upon ground that he had donated for a cemetery for the future city of Buffalo, commanding a fine view of the river and of the home that he had created. W. L. C.




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