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Creek, October 19, 1864. He was made 2d Sergeant, June 20, 1863. Mr. Loupee was always found at his post of duty. He was mustered out of the service at Savan- nah, Georgia, July 31, 1865. After the close of the war he returned to Tama county, located in Toledo, where he has since been engaged at his trade of black- smithing. Mr. Loupee is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic and A. O. U. W. In politics he is a Republican, and has affilliated with the party since its or- ganization. Mr. and Mrs. Loupee are members of the Freewill Baptist Church, of Toledo.
The first shoe shop was opened by John Aldrich, in the fall of 1854. At present there are two shops in Toledo, Fred Junk- er's and Max Reusch.
Frederick William Junker was born in Prussia, province of Westphalia. When fourteen years old he was apprenticed to learn the trade of boot and shoe making, and worked at that business for four years. In the fall of 1858, he left his na- tive country and came to America, land- ing at New Orleans, from whence he came by river to St. Louis. In August, 1862, he enlisted in the Twenty-fourth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, Company E, in an- swer to the call for 600,000 men, partici- pating in the following engagements: Port Gibson, Champion Hills, siege and capture of Vicksburg, Jackson, Red River Expedition, under General Banks, when his command was transferred to the Shen- andoah Valley, where he participated in the battle of Winchester, Cedar Creek and saw General Sheridan come in on his famous twenty-mile ride. They were af- terwards sent to Savannah, Georgia,
where they joined Sherman's army and were at the surrender of General John- ston, being mustered out of service at Sa- vannah at the close of the war. Mr. Junk- er was always found at his post, leaving the Regiment but once in three years. In 1861, he was married to Miss Minnie Brighthaupt, who has borne him five chil- dren: Minnie, Emma, Clara, Willie and Ida. Mr. Junker came to Toledo, in 1865, where he has since followed his trade. In politics, he is a Republican, and cast his first vote for President for Abraham Lin- coln.
J. W. Kremenak, dealer in boots and shoes, at Toledo, was born in Bohemia, in 1856. In 1870_ he emigrated with his par- ents to America. When seventeen years of age he learned the boot and shoe trade in Belle Plaine. Mr. Kremenak is at pres- ent engaged in the boot and shoe business in Toledo, where by fair dealing and close attention to business he has built up a lu- crative trade of which he may well feel proud. February 9, 1880, he was married to Miss Mary Krier. They have been blessed with two children. His father is living in Otter Creek township, where he has a farm of ninety acres of land under a high state of cultivation. On the 22d of Angust, 1878, Mr. Kremenak came to To- ledo, Iowa, and opened a shoe shop. In the fall of 1879, he added a stock of boots and shoes, and in October, 1880, became agent for the sale of the Domestic sewing machine in Tama county.
Union Stoner established business in Toledo in the year 1877, and is well known as a young man of high reputation and good business talent. He carries a stock
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of goods consisting of every article in the confectionery line.
The Stickney Hotel has been under the management of E. E. Stickney for a num- ber of years. He became sole proprietor in the year 1874. Since then he has re- modeled and re-fitted it at a great expense and now his hotel ranks with any first- class hotel in the county.
The Toledo House, in 1883, was under the management of J. G. Brown, who took possession in 1882 The house is a substantial structure, is comfortably fur- nished and is run in excellent shape.
Edward Reichmann keeps a neat and cozy hotel and boarding house, a short dis- tance from the depot.
Edward Reichmann was born on the 28th of September, 1827, at Schleswig, Holstein, Germany, and is a son of Chris- tian and Anna Dorothea (Hansen) Reich- mann. Mr. Reichmann remained in his native town until 1847, when he took up the trade of a glassblower, at which he worked in several cities in Europe until 1858. In the summer of that year he emi- grated to the United States, landing at New York city, in September. Here he followed picture-frame making for a pe- riod of nearly twenty years. In 1877 he came to Toledo, Tama county, Iowa, and engaged in selling pictures, frames and like goods, which, however, did not prove profitable. Ile soon closed out his stock and started a boarding house near the de- pot, where he is still engaged, and in con- nection with which he is farming. In 1862 he was married to Miss Caroline Burgauer, a daughter of Gerson and Fanny (Kohn) Burgauer, a native of Wurtemberg,
Germany. By this union there are three children: Henry J., Herman Eddie and Gustav.
William E. Appelgate, liveryman at To- ledo, was born in Cedar county, Iowa, August 17, 1847. His parents were Jacob W. and Mary Ann Appelgate, natives of Indiana, where the father was reared on a farm. When William was five years of age his parents came to Tama county, where the father engaged in buying and selling land for a few years, then settled on a farm in Indian Village township, and followed farming until the breaking out of the Rebellion. The father enlisted in Company C, 10th Iowa Infantry and died of small-pox in the Washington hos- pital, at Memphis, Tennessee. The mother afterward married Samuel Jones and is now living in Fort Madison, Lee county, this State. William was reared in Tama county and at the age of ten years hired to A. Richardson and worked on a farm until 1863. That year he enlisted in Com- pany I, 8th Iowa Cavalry, went south to Nashville, and was with General Sherman until the capture of Atlanta. Ilis Com- pany was then placed under General Thomas in the campaign against Nashville. Mr. Appelgate participated in the follow- ing battles: Dalton, Stony Face, Tilton, Resaca, Cassville, Burnt Ilickory, Mari- etta, Newman, Georgia and Lovejoy Sta- tion. He was taken prisoner at Lovejoy Station, hut escaped in about three hours, and rejoined the remnant of his Regi- ment at Kingston, Georgia. The Regiment was re-organized and placed again under the command of General Thomas, partici- pating in the battles of Nashville, Frank- lin, Shoal Creek and West Point. Ile
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was mustered out of service at Macon and discharged at Clinton, Iowa. Mr. Appel- gate then came to Toledo, Tama county, Iowa, and attended school for about one year; then worked at different occupations until 1876, when he went into partnership with C. F. MeGee in the livery business. This partnership continued until August 15, 1878, when the firm was changed to MeGee, Appelgate & Ross, which was continued until September, 1880, when MeGee withdrew. In November, 1881, Mr. Appelgate bought the interest of Ross and has since been the sole proprietor. June 20, 1872, he was married to Miss E. M. Loupee, a native of Michigan, and a daughter of Louis and Phæbe (Brown) Loupee. They have two children living: Louis, born February 6, 1880 and Edna May, born January 4, 1883. Freddie died September 11, 1876, aged three and a half years; Allie ‹lied September 29, 1876, aged about two years and Jessie died December 15, 1880, aged three and a half years. They all died of diphtheria. In politics Mr. Appelgate is a Republican, and cast his first vote for Abraham Lin- coln.
John Wild, a briek maker, one mile west of Toledo, was born in Leeds, York- shire, England, August 23, 1833 and re- ceived a limited education. When a young man he learned the trade of a stone eutter and quarryman. In 1854, he came to the United States, landing at New Orleans, and from there worked his way to Con- neetieut, where he was employed at his trade. The following year he returned to his native country, but not being contented and after a stay of eighteen months, he
again came to America. He worked at various places until 1859, when he located in Cleveland, Ohio. Here he married Mary J. Purdy, by whom he had three children: William, Harry and Nettie, who died August 17, 1876. Mrs. Wild died in January, 1869, and he subsequently married Jane Shunn, a native of Toronto, Canada. By this union there was a fam- ily of eight children, six of whom are liv- ing: Mabel A., born September 17, 1870; John, Jr., born March 3, 1872; Francis, born February 13, 1874; Maud, born Oe- tober 5, 1876, and died December 30, 1876; Merty, born February 14, 1878; Peter, born January 3, 1880; Lottie, born Janu- ary 26, 1883 and one who died in infancy. Mr. Wild enlisted in August, 1862, in the 1 st Ohio Light Artillery, Battery I, and participated in the engagements at Chan- eellorsville, Fredericksburg and Gettys- burg, where he was wounded in his arm by a piece of shell. The battery was then transferred to Alabama and joined in the battle of Mission Ridge under Thomas, and then to Knoxville and the siege of At- lanta, where he was again wounded by a minnie ball striking him under his right ear and coming out of his left eheek, eut- ,ing off an artery and tearing away a por- tion of his jaw. He came near losing his life from bleeding. Ile lay in the hospi- tal for six months, then returned to his command at Chattanooga, where he was three times detailed to carry a flag of truce to General Buford's headquarters. lle was discharged in June, 1865, at the close of the war. lle then came to Tama county, where he has since followed briek- making and turns off from 500,000 to 800,- 000 yearly. Mr. and Mrs. Wild are mem-
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bers of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He has always voted with the Republican party.
Frank E. Smith, formerly book-keeper of the Toledo City Bank, is a native of Ohio, born in Seneea county, on the 17th of May, 1848. His father, Gaylord G. Smith, though never a resident of Tama county, deserves more than a passing no- tice. He was born in Utica, New York, December 20, 1803, and in early life re- moved to Scipio, New York, where he was married, on the 10th of January, 1820, to Miss Ada C. Covey. In 1833, the young couple moved to Ohio, where they re- mained some time and then removed to Garden Grove, Iowa. Mr. Smith was a great lover of freedom and while Gårrett Smith was advocating publicly the doc- trine of universal freedom, Gaylord was feeding and sheltering the pursued slave. When the war broke out Mr. Smith was too old to shoulder his musket, but he did all in his power to encourage enlistments. In all great moral and political questions of the day he was always to be found on the side of right, the temperance cause be- ing as dear to his heart as was freedom. He was a good man and when death called for him on the morning of January 1, 1883, it found him ready. Frank E. remained at home with his parents, attending school until 1864, when he went to Sandusky, Ohio, enlisted as a private in the 191st Ohio, and though but sixteen years old, served until the close of the war. In the fall of 1865, he accompanied his parents to Garden Grove, Decatur county, Iowa, where for the next two years he occupied his time in attending and teaching school. During the next four years he clerked for
D. and A. B. Stearns. In 1871, he attend- ed the Commercial Co lege at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and there graduated at the close of the term. Returning to Garden Grove, he remained until 1874, then re- moved to Toledo and entered the land office of Nelson & Baker as book-keeper. He remained with this firm until 1878, when he relinquished his position and ac- cepted the place of assistant cashier of the Toledo City Bank. He has shown him- self to be a man of first class business qualifications and as a book-keeper, his . books being models of neatness and accu- racy. Mr. Smith was married, in 1872, to Miss Hattie Chamberlin, a daughter of Thomas Chamberlin, of Mount Vernon, Knox county, Ohio. Four children have been born to them: Charles B., Fred A., Flora D. and Ada M. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are members of the Congregational Church of Toledo
In 1883, there were two meat markets in Toledo-Jons & Tode and Henry Pot- seoska, proprietors. The latter started in business in 1882, purchasing the market opened by W. S. Turbett, in 1854.
Claus Tode, of the the firm of Jons & Tode, proprietors of one of the meat mar- kets of Toledo, is a native of Schleswig, Holstein, Germany, born on the 4th of September, 1855, a son of Clans and Sophie (Vog) Tode, received his education at the public schools of Hamburg, Ger- many, whence his father had moved to follow the profession of a brick mason. Clans Jr, worked on the farm from his fifteenth year until 1871, when he came to the United States, followed farming at different points, came to Tama county, Iowa, in 1875 and here followed farming
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until 1879 when he formed a partnership with Claus Jons, and bought out a meat market at Toledo, Iowa, which is now carried on under the firm name of Jons & Tode. On the 1st of January, 1880, he was united in marriage with Miss Mary Geibert, daughter of Ilenry and Bertha Geibert, which union has been blessed with one child-Clans Henry William.
Ilis partner in business, Claus Jons, was born on the 28th of June, 1850, in Schles- wig, Holstein, Germany, and is a son of Claus Jons and Dorotha (Dohr) Jons. He came to the United States in 1869, fol- lowed farming until 1874, then came to To- ledo, Iowa, and opened a meat market, when in 1879, he formed the partnership afore- mentioned. He was married in 1876, to Mary Potseoska, which union was blessed by four children : Frank, William, John and Anna.
The lumber trade of Toledo is now repre- sented by the firm of Thompson & Smith, who purchased the yard of Mr. Terry in May, 1881. They carry a large stock, consisting of lumber, fuel, sash, doors, blinds, paints, oils, etc., and do a business amounting to $30,000 annually.
In 1882, John Bohacek erected the Toledo steam flouring mill at a cost of $4,800. It is a wooden building 22x36 feet, two stories high, and an engine room 18x20 feet. The engine is of thirty-five horse power, and with three run of stone, Mr. Bohacek is fully prepared to do cus- tom work.
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Among the carpenters, builders and contractors of Toledo, in 1883, were: David Stoner and Ilenry B. Belden. David Stoner, one of the pioneers of Tama county, was born in Franklin
county, Pennsylvania, on the 2d day of December, 1824. He is a son of Joseph and Mary Stoner, who were the parents of nine children, four sons and five daugh- ters. In 1847, Joseph Stoner emigrated with his family to Seneca county, Ohio, where he embarked in farming and re- mained until his death. David Stoner, when sixteen years old, learned the trade of carpenter and joiner. His education was received in the pioneer school houses. Mr. Stoner was married in Seneca county, Ohio, May 1, 1851, to Miss Mary Emer- son of Maryland. In the spring of 1856, he turned his face westward, coming to Iowa and locating in Toledo, where he has since followed his trade, building many of the public and private buildings in the county. Mr. and Mrs. Stoner are the parents of six children : Charles II., Mary C., Viola R., Virginia C., David E. and Victor. Mr. Stoner, in politics, is a Republican and cast his first Presidential vote for General Scott. Mr. and Mrs. Stoner are members of the Congregational Church of Toledo, where the family wor- ship.
Henry B. Belden was born in Ashtabula county, Ohio, July 15, 1825. His parents were Ilenry and Frances (Bennett) Bel- den, the former born October 10, 1790 ; the latter born December 3, 1791. They were married May 15, 1811, in Massachu- setts, where two children were born. In about 1816, they emigrated to Ashtabula county, Ohio, being among the early settlers of northwestern Ohio, where ten children were born. In 1834, he removed to LaPorte county, Indiana, where Mrs. Bel- den died, April 21, 1851. His father is still living in Ashtabula county, Ohio, at
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the advanced age of ninety-two years. Henry B. commenced to learn the trade of carpenter and joiner when sixteen years of age with his father, and that has been his occupation for the last forty-two years. He was married in La Porte county, Indi- ana, to Adelia Nevins, in 1851. In 1856 he came to Tama county, locating in To- ledo, where he has since resided. Mr. and Mrs. Belden were the parents of seven children, six of whom are living : Sylvia, Lillie, Frances, Walter A., Arthur and Helen. Mr. Belden has been identified with the interests of Toledo for over a quarter of a century, and has been active in all things pertaining to the welfare of the town. Mrs. Belden and a portion of the family are members of the Freewill Baptist Church.
TOLEDO CITY BANK.
This institution was organized in April, 1878, with N. H. Wilder as President, and P. G. Wieting as cashier. It con- tinued under their sole management until January, 1883, when L. B. Blinn became associated with them as partner and he now acts as Vice-President. Their cor- responding banks are the First National Bank of Chicago and U. S. National of New York city.
TOLEDO SAVINGS BANK.
This institution was organized April 15, 1873, and commenced business in May of the same year. The original Directors were: W. F. Johnston, L. Clark, L. B. Nelson, G. R. Struble, Theodore Shaffer, P. G. Wieting, S. Stiger, John Connell J. W. Youngman, T. J. Sweatt, Jacob Yeiser, Jr., C. J. Stevens, L. Carmichael, D. D. Appelgate and C. B. Bradshaw.
The officers were: L. Clark, President; W. F. Johnston, Vice-President; L. B. Nelson, Cashier. The latter resigned June 13, 1881, and Iliram Baldwin was duly elected as Cashier. It had a capital of $100,000 with 10 per cent. paid in.
The Bank was re-organized in January, 1875, with a paid up capital of $50,000; sur- plus fund, $12,500. The bank has paid a dividend of 5 per cent. semi-annually.
The bank building was erected in 1878 at a cost of $4,620. Fixtures $2,182.
The officers and Directors in 1883 were: L. Clark, President; W. F. Johnston, Vice- President; Hiram Baldwin, Cashier; John Connell, G. R. Struble, W. C. Walters, W. S. Johnston, Daniel Connell and T. J. Sweatt ..
Hiram Baldwin was elected Cashier of the Toledo Savings Bank, in 1881. Ile is a native of Ohio, born in Columbus, July 25, 1853. His parents, Hiram and Lncy (Clarke) Baldwin, were also natives of Ohio; the former died in 1865, the latter died July 30, 1880. Hiram lived with his par- ents in Columbus, attending the public schools, until 1861, then the family went to Washington, D. C. In 1863, Mr. Bald- win went to Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and was there during Lee's raid, in 1864. In 1865, he returned to Washington and entered the House of Representatives as page, remaining there until appointed private clerk of the Commissioner of Pensions, in 1870. In 1872, Mr. Baldwin went to Texas, and was part of the time on the engineering corps and then in the general office of the Texas & Pacific Rail- way. In 1873, he returned to Ohio, and traveled for a wholesale iron house in Youngstown. In 1874, he came to Toledo,
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Tama county, and was employed in Clarke Bros. store for one year; then went to Cedar Rapids, where he was correspond- ing clerk of the Iowa Railroad Land Com- pany until 1876. That year Mr. Baldwin returned to Toledo, being employed as as- sistant Cashier of the Toledo Savings Bank until 1881, when he was elected Cashier. January 17, 1880, he was married to Miss Agnes Struble, daughter of Judge G. R. and Sophia N. (Nelson) Struble, residents of Toledo, this county. In politics, Mr. Baldwin affiliates with the Republican party. While in Washington, Mr. Bald- win was acquainted with all the prominent Statesmen and Senators, and James A. Garfield was an intimate friend of his fa- ther and himself.
BIOGRAPHIICAL.
In addition to the other early settlers who have been mentioned at length were: Ira Taylor, J. J. Dowd, M. B. Sapp, Or- rin Burright, E. R. Bowe, J. W. Young- man and Edward Reichmann, who, in 1883, were residents of Toledo. Ira Tay- lor was born in Luzerne county, Pennsyl- vania, on the 17th of June, 1799. When eleven years old, his parents emigrated to Delaware county, Ohio, where he grew to manhood. In 1824, he was married to Miss Dorinda Wheeler. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor were the parents of nine children. In the fall of 1852, Mr. Taylor, in company with his brother Giles, came to Iowa, spending their first winter in Cedar county. In Jan- uary, 1853, they came to Tama county, and purchased a claim of N. L. Osborne, and entered the land where a portion of Traer now stands. In the following March they moved their families to Perry township.
In the summer of 1855, Mr. Taylor re- moved to Toledo, and in 1856, engaged in the mercantile business under the firm name of Harrison & Taylor, and soon took in S. W. Ingham as a partner, con- tinuing in business until about the break- ing out of the war, when he sold to Ing! ham & Raines. Two years later he pur- chased the stock and about the close of the war retired. In 1862, Mrs. Taylor died, and two years later Mr. Taylor was again married to Fannie Johnston, who died in 1880. His daughter, Mrs. Cynthia Ingham, wife of S. W. Ingham, is now living with him. In politics, Mr. Taylor was an old line Whig; but has affiliated with the Republican party since its organi- zation. His first vote was cast for J. Q. Adams. He has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church for over six- ty years, and was one of the Trustees of Buekingham township, which at that time included six townships as they are at present.
J. J. Dowd was born in Athens county, Ohio, January 5, 1835. Ilis parents were Jesse and Delilah (Dawson) Dowd. When J. J. was about five years old his father died and four years later his mother died also, and from that time he was principal- ly thrown.on his own resources. At the age of thirteen he entered a cabinet shop to learn the trade, where he remained three years; but not liking that business he served an apprenticeship at the car- penter's trade. In 1857 he came to Tama county. In 1864, he enlisted in the Forty-seventh Regiment Iowa Vol- unteer Infantry, Company K, and was dis- charged in the fall of that year. In 1865, he was married to Esther Adcock, of
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Perry county, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Dowd have been blessed with five children, three of whom are living: Owen H., Cora Belle and Edward Newton. Kate May died in June, 1881; and Jesse Afton in July of the same year. Mr. Dowd has been a citizen of Tama county for a quarter of a century. Ile came here in limited cir- cumstances, but by hard work has made himself and family a fine home. He now owns 100 acres of land near Toledo val- med at $55 per acre. In politics, he is a strong Republican and cast his first vote for John C. Fremont.
M. B. Sapp, one of the enterprising business men of Tama county, was born in Kent county, near Wilmington, Dela- ware, on the 4th of August, 1838. Ilis parents were Hezekiah Sapp and Mary Ann (Bosket) Sapp. When M. B. was six years old, his parents emigrated to Bureau county, Illinois, where he grew to manhood. When nine years of age his mother died and he worked out during the summers, receiving a limited education. His father was married, in 1857, to Mary J. Vickery, by whom he had four children, two of whom are now living. Mr. Sapp was married in October, 1859, to Miss Salina M. Holroyd, a daughter of Mark Holroyd, a native of England and who came to the United States when eighteen years of age. Iler mother was Cornelia Knickerbocker, a native of Pennsylvania, and raised in Madison county, New York. By this union were nine children, two sons and seven daughters, eight of whom are living. Iler grandfather, Mark Holroyd, was a Baptist minister, and three of his sons became eminent ministers of the same denomination. Mr. and Mrs. Sapp have
three children, one son and two daughters: Ida A., wife of J. G. Worrall and Nettie L., wife of Alonzo Gaskell, both of Oneida township, Tama county and Erwin E., now attending sehool at Toledo. In the spring of 1865, Mr. Sapp came to Tama county, and purchased land in Oneida township, being one of the first permanent settlers of that township. In the year 1872, he went to Mt. Vernon and spent three years in Mt. Vernon, Iowa, for the pur- pose of educating his children. During this time he attended the college himself, adding much to his limited education. He again returned to his farm in Oneida township, where he engaged in farming until the fall of 1882, when he came to Toledo, where he is living a retired life. Mr. Sapp has 640 acres of land in Oneida township, under a high state of cultiva- tion and valued at $35 per acre. In poli- tics he is a strong Republican, taking an active interests in all the issues of the day. Ile has held the office of County Supervisor, Justice of the Peace and all the offices of the township with the excep- tion of Constable. The family are mem- bers of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Toledo.
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