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Jackson E. Moore was born in Montgomery Co., near Craw- fordsville. Ind., Feb. 1. 1838. His father, Elias Moore, was born in Virginia, May 29, 1786; he married Elizabeth Stapleton, a native of Ohio, born May 1, 1795. They had a family of 10 children, and when our subjeet was four years old came to Buffalo Town- ship, where Elias Moore entered 145 aeres in section 23, and 160 acres in sections 14 and 15. He was one of the hardy pioneers of 1837. and one of the wealthiest farmers in the county: he died July 12, 1839, from the effects of injuries received by a horse falling on him. His wife died July 5. 1876. Jackson E. Moore remained on the farm until 1859, when he started for California.
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. accompanied by his brother Marion, and Thomas and F. Mounts. When they reached the Missouri River his brother and F. Mounts returned to Iowa, but Thomas and himself went on. They remained in California, engaged in mining, 10 years, and returned home Jan. 1. 1870. and located on his present farm in Buffalo Township. He was married Oet. S. 1871, to Irene Edwards, daughter of Thomas and Ester (Irvin) Edwards, the former a native of Wales and an allopathie physician, the latter of Penn- sylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Moore have been blessed with four chil- dren-Mary M., Florence, Louis J. and Ray. Mr. Moore has his farm of 40 acres well stocked, and under good cultivation, and is one of the prominent men of the county; he has been identified with Seott County since 1837. Mr. Elias Moore, the father of the subject of this sketch, was a soldier in the war of 1812.
Samuel More, farmer and owner of the More coal shatt, was born in the North of Ireland, 40 miles from Belfast, County Ar- mangh. Ireland, in 1827, where he attended school until 10 years of age when he hired to a farmer seven years; then went to Erdie, 10 miles from Glasgow, Scotland, and worked in the iron and cop- per mines until his marriage here to Miss Ann E. Finnigan in 1844, and in 1848 they came to the United States, and settled in Penn- sylvania, where he worked in the iron, lead and copper mines in Lancashire County. Berks County and Bayerstown, Pa., some four or five years when he came to Iowa and settled in Scott County ; mined here in Buffalo Township in Capt. Murray's mine six months, and for Capt. W. L. Clark and Capt. Le Roy Dodge two and ahalf years; then for Mr. Posten one year when he bought 20 acres of ground in see- tion 9. Buffalo Township, where he sank a shaft and opened "the More Coal Bank." which he still owns, and where he now owns a farm of 60 aeres, most all under good cultivation. ' Ile and wife had a family of nine children, eight living, viz. . William, who married Mary A. Armstrong, they reside in Osage County, Kan .; Mary, married Hugh Brown, they reside in Hampton, Il .. as does Anna; who married David Peacock: Lilly, who married Levi Clark; James, who married Luda Simmons; and Emma, who married El- wood Clark; Samnel and Frank reside on the farm with their father. Mrs. More died in 1867. She was a member of the Episcopal church. Mr. More afterward married Angeline Simmons in 1870. She was born in Indiana. The fruit of this marriage is two chil- dren, viz .: Adie W. and Chas. More. He and wife are members of the Christian church. The parents of Samnel More were William More and Elizabeth, nee Grozett; they were natives of Ireland, but of Scotch descent. Hle and wife were members of the Old School Presbyterian church and had a family of five children, three liv- ing. The subject of this sketeh, Samuel More, is one of the repre- sentative men of Scott County, and one of the first coal men in Iowa. In polities he is a strong Prohibitionist and has held various local ofliees of trust in his township.
Dickerson B. Morehouse was born in Galena, Ill., Ang. 15, 1844.
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When he was seven years old he went to St. Louis. His father was a steamboat captain on the Mississippi River. He attended school at St. Louis and New Orleans until 10 years old, then at Galena and Peoria until he was 17 years of age. He then enlisted June 17, 1861, in Company I, 19th III. Infantry Volunteers. He was soon promoted to second lieutenant. He participated in the battles of Stone River, Tenn., Chickamauga, Ga., Missionary Ridge, Ringgold, Resaca, and numerous other skirmishes. He retired from the service July 9, 1864. He returned to St. Louis and went into a war claim office as clerk; two years later he went into the Wisconsin pineries, where he was engaged in lumbering and raft- ing lumber down the Wisconsin River for two years; afterward went to St. Louis and opened a grocery store; remained here one year, then went to Museatine, Iowa, and engaged in farming. Ile was married June 12, 1873, to Ella M. Moorhead, born in Buffalo Township, and a daughter of Henry C. and Mary A. (Milligan) Moorhead; he was born in Wheeling, Va., and she in Huntsville, Ala. They are residents of Buffalo Township. Three years after his marriage Mr. Morehouse moved on the farm where he now re- sides. in Buffalo Township. At present he is engaged in bridge carpentering. lle and wife have a family of three children, viz .: Henry D., Le Grande E. and Stella M. Mr. Morehouse is a mem- ber of the Buffalo Lodge, No. 72, A. O. U. W. Mrs. Morehouse is a member of the Episcopal church.
Captain Le Grand Morehouse was born in Carmel, Putnam Co .. N. Y., July 7, 1811. He attended school there until 18 years of age, when he accepted a elerkship in a store of general merehan- dise. Three years later he formed a partnership with a young man named Beldin in a general store. It being the custom in those days, the young men had a sideboard with liquor on it in their store, which was free to their customers. After they had been in the business some time, they discontinued the sale of liquor, which created much excitement. The ladies of the town came and bought things they did not need to encourage the young men in their good work, and it was but a short time until all the mer- chants ceased to sell liquor in their stores. In the spring of 1836 Capt. Morehouse went to Galena, Ill., and remained there until October, 1839, when he went to Museatine County, Ia., and settled on a farm. In 1842 he accepted a situation as elerk on the steamer "lowa." One year later he became eaptain, which position he held two years. He was married to Julia A. Loomis in September, 1849. She was born in New York, and was a daughter of Alfred and Julia A. (Harrington) Loomis, natives of New York. Captain Morehouse ran on the river until 1854; during that time he was captain of and owned a controlling interest in the following packet steam-boats : " Jowa, " " Faleon," " Montak," "Newton Wagoner," ".Dubuque" and the "Lady Franklin." After leaving the river Capt. Morehouse remained on his farm in Museatine County, until July, 1877, then traveled with his family until 1878, when he settled on his
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farm in Buffalo Township, where he now resides. Mr. and Mrs. Morehonse have had seven children, four living-Laura E., now Mrs. Jolin A. Stevens; Nelly, Cary and Edwin. Captain More- house was a son of Jonathan and Lauretta (Baldwin) Morehouse. The former, born in Connecticut, was a merchant and was elected county clerk and judge. He died in October, 1859. The latter was born in New York, and died May 3, 1871. Captain More- house and family are members of the Episcopal church.
Henry C. Moorehead was born in St. Clairsville, Ohio, Feb. 15, 1815. His parents moved to Zanesville, Ohio, when he was six weeks old; he attended school at that place until he was 16 years old, when he was employed as bookkeeper in his brother-in-law's, J. B. Cushing's, mill. He went to New Orleans in 1835 with Mr. Cush- ing with a cargo of 1.200 barrels of flour. He came to Iowa soon after and located in Rockingham, this county. In company with Col. John H. Sullivan, he established the first store in Rockingham Township. In 1836 he went into a dry-goods store with Mr. Sul- livan. After retiring from this firm he engaged in the dry-goods and milling business with S. S. Brown, under the firm name of Brown & Moorehead. This was the first steam mill in the county, and was built by Col. J. H. Sullivan. In April, 1840, Mr. Moorehead came to Buffalo Township, and purchased his present farm of 312 acres, where he now resides. Ile was married to Mrs. Mary A. Waggoner, nee Milligan, Feb. 10, 1847. She was born in Huntsville, Ala .. and was daughter of Robert and Abitha (Morris) Milligan. He was a native ot Ireland, and died in 1849. she was born in Georgia, and died in 1846, having been the mother of 13 children. Mr. and Mrs. Moorehead have had a family of eight chil- dren, five living, viz .: Moses, who married Nannie Barnes, and lives in Blue Grass Township; Mary E., married D. B. Morehouse, they reside in Buffalo; Annie M .. William C. and Sammie H. Mrs. Moorchead had three children by her former husband, viz. : Josephus, who married Josephine Wiley, and resides in Polk County, Iowa; Virginia, married Wm. Lowry, and lives in Montpelier Township, Muscatine Co., and James, who married Minnie Robinson, and re- sides in Buffalo Township. The parents of H. C. Moorehead, were Moses and Anna(Patterson) Moorehead. The former, born in Sharps- burg. Md., was a member of the Ohio Legislature; his wife was born in Berkeley Co., Va., and had eight children. The subject of this record has his farm under a high state of improvement, and is one of the representative stock and grain-growing farmers of this county, of which he was one of the first settlers. He has held va- rions local offices of trust in his township. Mr. Moorehead's family were Episcopalians in religious faith and he has been quite active in forwarding the movement to establish a parish in Buffalo, under the pastorate of J. Y. Johnston.
James E. Murray, deceased, was born in Louden Co., Va., in January, 1804. He was reared on a farm and worked in his father's
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mill until he attained his majority. Having learned the mill- wright's trade, he went to New Orleans and worked at his trade and traveled through the South for some time, then went to Zanes- ville, Ohio, to build a mill. He was married there to Barbara Wright, Dec. 31, 1831. She was born in Louden Co., Va., a daughter of Benjamin B. and Mary J. ( Tront ) Wright. In the spring of 1837 Mr. and Mrs. Murray came to Scott Connty and located in Rockingham, where he built the first steam mill in the county, it was known as the Sullivan Mill, and was of great benefit to the settlers of that early day. Mr. Murray conducted this mill three years, when he bought a farm in seetion 11, Buffalo Town- ship, on which he resided until 1861 or 1862; then bought 80 aeres of land in section 18, this 'township, where he resided until his death, which oeeurred Sept. 11, 1878. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Murray had a family of 11 children, 10 living-John L., Mary C., James E., Jr., Angeline, Elizabeth C., Andrew J., Uriah Le Grand, Francis M., Maggie and George W. Uriah and Andrew J. were soldiers in the late war, in the Iowa Infantry Volunteers. James E. Mur- ray operated the first coal mine in the county, in company with his father-in-law, Benjamin Wright. He was elected to various local offices of trust, the duties of which he has discharged with eredit to himself and the satisfaction of the people. He took an active interest in publie affairs, especially of an educational ehar- acter. He was among the early settlers of 1837, and did much to improve Seott County, of which he was an honored and esteemed citizen. George W. Murray resides on the old homestead with his mother, and is engaged in cultivating the farm. IIe was born here Dee. 30, 1852, and is one of the representative farmers of Scott. County.
Christian Pahl, a native of Ievensteldt, Holstein, Germany, was born July 25, 1819. His parents were Eggert and Margaretta Pahl, nee Rieken. Eggert Pahl died in 1838; his wife in 1841, leav- ing Christain their vast farm, which had been owned by the Pahl, family over 300 years. He was married to Magdalena Reese, Sept. 19 1841 ; she was born in Peissen, Holstein, Germany. After Mr. Pahl was married he remained on his farm until 1853, when he was elected to the Holstein Legislature ; was elected to the office 13 years ; was grand juryman from 1841 to 1866. He sold his fa n 1866, for $1,400, and came to the United States. He ar- rived in Davenport on July 27 of that year. He bought a house in Davenport, where he lived one year; then purchased his present farm of 280 aeres which is now highly cultivated. He is one of Seott County's most prominent eitizens. Has held various loeal offiees in this township. Was elected to his present office of asses- sor in 1876. Mr. and Mrs. Pahl have had 14 children, 12 living, viz .: 'Margaretta, Anna C., H. C. G. Eggert, Helene C., Marens C., Elzabe D., Weibkee. C., Louise S., Johanna E., Carl H., Wilhelmle O. and Jacob L.
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Joseph R. Porter, one of the oldest living physicans in the county, was born near Zanesville, Ohio, Oct. 6, 1825. Heremained on the farm until 18 years of age, then went to Zanesville and be- gan the study of medicine, under Dr. Lyman Little ; he remained with him and taught school during the winter months some four or five years, then went to Columbus, Ohio, and attended the Starling Medical College one term; from there he went to Canton, Iowa, and engaged in practice there for two years. In May, 1853, he came to Blue Grass. IIe was married here to Hannah Wineman, June 4, 1863. She was born on the sea while her parents were on their way to New York from Hamburg, in 1840. Her parents were Valentine and Barbara ( Mathern ) Wineman. He died July 16, 1880, she, in November, 1870. Dr. Porter practiced medicine in Blue Grass until 1871, then moved on the farm where he now re- sides, in section 5, Buffalo Township. The children of Dr. and Mrs. Porter are Willard F., Elizabeth, Arthur W., Jesse R., Leroy V., Clarence and Charles. James Porter, father of Joseph R., was born in Pennsylvania, and died Jan. 9, 1532; his wife, Elizabeth Spicer, was a native of New Jersey, and died April 9, 1876. She was then past 90 years of age, and had had 15 children. After the fa- ther's death they remained an unbroken family until 1875. Dr. Porter is a member of the Old Tuscan Lodge, No. 7, A. F. & A. M., at Davenport; has been a member of the I. O. O. F., No. 37, at Dav- enport. He was elected to the Iowa Legislature in 1861, and also in the extra session during the war.
John Presley was born in Jefferson Co., N. Y., Jan. 5, 1824. He became self-supporting at 13 years of age, and worked as a farm laborer until his marriage to Phylenia Bersie, Oct. 18, 1847. She was born in Jefferson Co., N. Y., and was a daughter of Henry Bersie, a native of Pennsylvania, and Parsena (Lawrence) Bersie, born in Vermont. Mr. Presley farmned and worked at ship-building in New York State until 1851, when he moved with his family to Museatine Co., Iowa, remaining there eight or nine years; then came to Buffalo, where he has been engaged in farming since. To Mr. and Mrs. Presley have been born four children, two living, viz .: Eva W. and Ellen. The parents of the subject of this memoir were John and Almira (Raymond) Presley. He died in 1856. They reared a family of 14 children to maturity. Mr. John Presley, Jr., is a member of the I. O. O. F. Lodge, No. 7. at Davenport; also a member of the Corporation Board of Buffalo. He owns two lots and a nice residence on Second street, where he resides. Mrs. Pres- ley's brother, Capt. Iirain Bersie, was for 22 years a captain of steamers on the Mississippi River. He died in Buffalo, in August, 1861, and is buried at Galena, Ill.
James HI. Robison was a son of James H. Robison, Sr., a native of North Carolina. llis wife was Elizabeth Parks, born in Pennsylvania. The subject of this biography was born in Warren Co., O., Oct. 13, 1805. His father died when he was eight years old, and he remained on the farm with his mother until his 22d
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year, when the family moved to Indiana and settled on a farm in Park County. He was married in Warren Co., O., to Leubisy Goodwin, Aug. 9, 1836, a native of that place. She was a daughter of Nathan and Elizabeth (Collins) Goodwin, natives of Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Robison came to Seott County, Sept. 18, 1836. They have had a family of 10 children, four living, viz .: Elizabeth G., married Frederick Illian; Margaret J., married Frederick Doze; James H. P. Robison, married Ella Simons; and Charity M. Mr. James H. Robison has a farm of 120 aeres in Buffalo Township, which is under cultivation and well stocked. He is one of the prominent farmers of Scott County, with which he has been identified sinee 1836, and has seen it change from a vast unbroken prairie to its present prosperous condition. Ilis son, J. H. P. Robison, served in the late war, in the 44th Iowa Vol. Inf .. Co. I.
John Rowan, Mayor of Buffalo, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, July 22, 1845. His father, John A. Rowan, was born in Penn- sylvania, and settled in this county in 1850. Ilis wife, Catharine Perrine, born in New York, is the mother of 12 children, two deceased. John Rowan, Jr., came with his parents to Davenport in April, 1850. They remained there one year, then moved on their farm near Buffalo, which their father had purchased in 1849. John lived here until between 16 and 17 years old, when he enlisted in Co. B, Sth Iowa Inf. Vols., as a private, in 1861. He was wounded by a piece of shell, at the charge of Vicksburg, in the left leg. He was in the hospital three months, and was discharged Dee. 21, 1863. Soon after he re-enlisted as a corporal, and re- mained in the service until the elose of the war. Ile lost a finger by a ball in the battle of Pittsburg Landing. Fought in the battles of Corinth, Jackson, Miss., Big Black River, and the siege of Vieksburg. Upon retiring from the service, he came to Musca- tine, and worked on his father's farm there until his marriage to Mrs. Mary Stevens, nee Layman, Nov. 21, 1871. She was born in Laneaster Co., Pa., where her father, Henry Layman was born. Her mother. Jennette Williams, was of English birth. She died May 10, 1854. Henry Layman died Sept. 1, 1878. Mr. and Mrs. Rowan lived on their farm in Buffalo Township until March 16, 1881, when he rented the farm and moved to Buffalo, where he now resides. His farm contains 136 acres, mostly under culti- vation. He and wife have one child-Alice L. Mrs. Rowan had five children by her first husband, viz. : Samuel L., who married Kate Sowers; Anna, married George Stennett; Eliza, married Carl Berriman; John. married Maggie Sowers, and Emma who married John Murer. Mr. Rowan is a member of the A. O. U. W., Lodge No. 72. He was elected mayor April 1, 1881. He has held other local offices.
Oscar M. Ruby, pilot on the Mississippi River between St. Paul and St. Louis, was born in Alleghany Co., N. Y., Feb. 14, 1835. He eame with his parents to Davenport when he was about four
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years of age. Ile attended school here at Buffalo, his parents mov- ing to the latter place when he was abont nine years old. When he was 19 years old he began to run as pilot on the river. lle was learning piloting on the "Jenny Lind " when that boat with six oth- ers escorted Fillmore from Rock Island to Dubuque. During his 27 years of service on the river has been pilot on the " J. Mc Kee," " Jenny Lind, "". Ben Campbell," " Tishomingo," " Rock Is- land," "Dubugne." "New Boston," ".Keithsburg, " " North West- ern," "Jennie Whipple" and " Belle La Crosse" steamers. At present is pilot of the " Diamond JJoe." He was pilot on the " Tishi- omingo" in the race with the " Keokuk." and on the " Northwest- ern" ni the race with the "Luey Bertram," winning in both instan- ces. Mr. Ruby was married Sept. 27, 1857, to Joanna, daughter of James and Elizabeth Johnston, nee Clark, a native of Knox Co., Ohio. The subject of this memoir has been a member of the Buffalo Lodge, No. 72, A. O. U. W., since its organization. Mrs. Ruby's sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Dobson, resides with them.
William Sauer, a native of Rheinhessen, Germany, was born near the city of Worms. June 10, 1826. His parents emigrated to the United States when he was 14 years old. In 1541 they went to St. Louis, Mo., and remained nine months, thence to Iowa, and located in Buffalo Township in 1842. William was married to Christina Saner Sept. 23, 1858. She was born in Germany and was a daughter of Jacob and Barbara ( Pfeifer) Saner, of German birth. He is still residing in Germany. She died in April, 1858. Mr. and Mrs. William Sauer lived in St. Louis, Mo., after their marriage for about 14 months, then removed to Minnesota, where they engaged in farming seven years. In 1866 they came to Scott County and purchased the farm where they now reside, in Buffalo Township. To them have been born five children, one living-Willie C. The parents of our subject were Charles and Mary A. (Brooks) Sauer, of German nativity. He was a farmer and cabinet-maker in the old country, and died Dec. 30, 1866; his wife died Aug. 31, 1553. Mr. William Saner owns a finely cultivated farm of 923 acres in Buffalo Township. He had held the offices of assessor one term, township trustee six years, and other positions of trust. In August, 1876. Mr. and Mrs. Saner went to their native home and visited the scenes of their childhood, returning to Buffalo, Dec. 21, 1876.
Severin Schindler, proprietor and owner of the " Miners Home," and also farmer, section 9, Buffalo Township, was born on a farm near Waldkirch, in Altsinouswalch Parish. Baden, Germany, Sept. 2, 1835. He worked here on a farm and attended school until 18 years of age, when he struck ont for himself and came to the United States. He landed in New York City Oct. 29, 1854. He went to Pennsylvania and worked on a farm near Pittsburg, and in the coal mines of that city, some 22 months, when he went to Pomeroy, Ohio, and worked in the rolling mills, stone quarry, and the salt works until the spring of 1858 when he went to St. Paul,
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Minnesota, and soon after went to Minersville, Ill., and worked in the mines until his marriage to Miss Emma Weaver March 1, 1869. She was born in Hessen, Germany, and was a daughter of Otto and Katrina Weaver. They were natives of Germany and members of the Catholic church, and had eight children; all are living. The parents died in Germany. After Mr. and Mrs. Severin Schindler were married he mined at Minersville, Ill., some three months, when he came to Buffalo, Seott Co., Ia., and mined for Capt. W. L. Clark, Langley, and Capt. Le Roy Dodge some three months, when he and his brother-in-law opened a mine and ran it two years, and in 1870 Mr. Schindler moved on his farm in seetion 9, Buffulo Township, where he now lives. He ran a coal bank here until 1879, when he abandoned it. He and wife have had eight children, four living, viz. : August, Mary A., John, F. and Rose A. The parents of Mr. Severin Schindler, were John B. Schindler and Theresa (Weis) Schindler. They were members of the Catholic church, and had six children, four living. He was a shoe-maker by trade and died in 1874. She is still living in the old country. In March, 1868, Mr. Severin Schindler the subject of this sketch, returned to his old German home and visited his par- ents, and returned to Buffalo Township in June, 1868. Mr. Schind- ler has 20 acres of land where he resides, most all under good cultivation. He has the " Miners Home " nicely fitted up and ready at all times to accommodate the public. Ile also has a nice bar in connection with his hotel. In polities he is independent, and votes for the best man. He east his first vote for James Buchannan for President of the United States.
Gerhard Schmcenk was born on a farm near Westphalen, Prus- sia, Germany, June 17, 1822, son of Henry and Gertrude Schmeenk. The former died in 1821. the latter in 1860. The sub- ject of this sketch left his home in Germany for England in 1856, thence to America the same year. He worked on a farm near Buffalo, N. Y., one year, then went to Missouri, where he re- mained six months, when he came to Davenport. He was mar- ried here April 16, 1861, to Mrs. Sophia Mergentaler. She was born in Beron, Germany, and was a daughter of Adam and Bar- bara (Ervalendt) Mandal. Mr. and Mrs. Schimeenk resided in Davenport until March. 1878, when he moved on a farm in section 13, Buffalo Township, returning to Davenport three years later. He owns a nice residence at 1218 Harrison street, also a 65-foot lot on Tenth street. Mr. and Mrs. Sehmeenk have had seven children, three living-John, Barbara and Frank. They are members of the Catholic church at Davenport.
Henry Springmier was born in Hanover, Germany, May 9, 1830. Ilis parents were Christ and Mary A. (Kaman) Spring- mier, natives of Germany, where they died. They had a family of five children. Henry Springmier came to the United States when 19 years old, a poor German boy, who could not speak a word of English, and had but 20 cents with which to begin life
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