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plant replenishes the stock of type when needed. Besides all kinds of job printing done by the firm binding to some extent is carried on. There are about sixteen employes at the stamp works, but none are more on the job than the founder and owner."
In 1882 Mr. Wallace was united in marriage to Miss Catherine Berg, a native of Sweden, who came to America in 1880. They became parents of eight children : Carl, of this city ; Turull, deceased; Alida, the wife of Claus Klang of Ottumwa ; May, the wife of George Lundgren of Des Moines, Iowa; Hil- dur, deceased ; Elmer, of Ottumwa; Sigrid; and Catherine. The wife and mother is a member of the Swedish Mission church, while Mr. Wallace belongs to the Masonic fraternity, in which he has attained high rank, reaching the thirty-second degree in the Scottish Rite. He also holds membership with the Benevo- lent Protective Order of Elks, the Modern Woodmen of Amer- ica, the Royal Arcanum and the Maccabees.
PETER GALLAGHER.
Peter Gallagher occupies the responsible position of chief of police at Ottumwa and has long been connected with the department, in which he has worked his way upward by merit to his present position. He was born in Ross county, Ohio, December 30, 1861, and is a son of Peter and Sarah (Smith) Gallagher, both of whom were natives of Ireland and came to America in the early 'sos. Crossing the Atlantic, they established their home in Brooklyn, New York, and subsequently removed to Ohio in the year 1859, at which time they took up their abode upon a farm in Ross county. There they lived for about three years and in 1863 went to Rock Island county, Illinois, where they again established their home upon a farm, which continued to be their place of residence until 1876. At that time they removed to Montgomery county, Iowa, where the father followed farming until his death, which occurred in 1886. The mother afterward removed to Red Oak, Iowa, and her last days were spent in Creston, this state, where she departed this life in 1909. at the advanced age of seventy-six years.
Peter Gallagher was one of a family of ten children, eight of whom are yet living. He acquired a common-school educa- tion in the various localities in which the family resided during
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the period of his boyhood and youth. He was a lad of fifteen when the family home was established in Iowa, and he has since been connected with this state. In 1889 he removed to Ottumwa and entered the employ of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company in the bridge department, with which he was connected for ten years. Since that time he has continuously filled public office. Becoming a member of the police force, he acted as patrolman for four years and was then advanced to the rank of captain, in which capacity he served for four years. He was next made chief of police and has occupied that position for four years. His record in connection with the department is most creditable and commendable. He has ever been prompt and fearless in the discharge of his duties and is now capably directing the interests of the public, whereby law and order are maintained and crime suppressed. His name inspires confidence in the hearts of the law-abiding and awakens terror among those who do not hold themselves amendable to the rules which govern society in all its relations.
Mr. Gallagher holds membership in the Catholic church, in the faith of which he was reared. Fraternally he is connected with the Woodmen of the World, which organization he joined twenty years ago. He has many friends in this community, where he is now widely known and where for a quarter of a century he has made his home.
JOSEPH LAWRENCE HARMAN.
Joseph Lawrence Harman, an honored veteran of the Civil war and a well known public official and business man of Ot- tumwa, passed away on the 16th of December, 1907, to the deep regret of all who knew him and had been associated with him in any of the relations of life. He was born at Hillsboro, High- land county, Ohio, on the 21st of July, 1840, and was a son of David and Hester (Lawrence) Harman, the former a native of Virginia, while the latter was of English ancestry and parentage. The son was reared in his native county and the district schools afforded him his educational opportunities. He continued at home until after the outbreak of the Civil war, when his patriotic spirit was aroused and he responded to the country's call for aid, enlisting as a private of Company I, Fourth Regiment In-
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diana Volunteer Cavalry (Seventy-seventh Volunteers) Septem- ber 17, 1862. The regiment was organized at Indianapolis, Indiana, and was mustered in on the 22d of September. They proceeded to Louisville, Kentucky, and were attached to the Army of Kentucky, Department of the Ohio, from September until November. They were then transferred to the District of West Kentucky, Department of the Ohio, with which they continued until January, 1863, and then became a part of the Second Brigade, First Cavalry Division, Army of the Cumber- land, with which Mr. Harman continued until November, 1863, when because of failing health he was honorably discharged and returned to his home in Ohio. During the period of his first enlistment his service, according to a memorial prepared by the Loyal Legion, of which he was a member, was as follows: "Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October, 1862. Action at Floyd's Forks and on Bardstown Pike near Mount Washington, Kentucky, October, 1. Bardstown October 4. Madisonville October 5. Duty in Western Kentucky till January, 1863. Operations against Morgan in Kentucky December 22, 1862, to January 2, 1863. Bear Wallow December 23, 1862. Munfords- ville and Green's Chapel December 25. Ordered to Murfrees- boro, Tennessee, January 1863. Near Murfreesboro January 21. Expedition to Auburn, Liberty and Alexandria February 3-5. Rutherford Creek March 10-11. Near Murfreesboro March 28. Franklin April 10. Tribune June 9-11. Middle Tennessee or Tullahoma Campaign June 22-July 7. Eaglesville and Rover June 23. Middletown June 24. Guy's Gap and Shelbyville June 27. Fosterville June 27. Bethpage Bridge, Elk River July 1. Passage of Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga, Georgia, campaign August 16-September 22. Reconnaissance towards Rome September 11. Alpine Septem- ber 12. Dirt Town, Lafayette Road near Chattanooga River September 12. Reconnaissance toward Lafayette and skirmish September 13. Near Stevens Gap September 18. Battle of Chickamauga September 19-21. Operations against Wheeler and Roddy, September 30-October 17. Valley Road near Jasper October 2. Honorably discharged November 23, 1863, for dis- ability contracted in line of duty."
When Mr. Harman had somewhat recovered his health he again offered his services to the Union, joining Company B, One Hundred and Seventy-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, of which he was commissioned first lieutenant on the 2d of October, 1864.
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Again we quote from the Loyal Legion record: "Regiment organized at Camp Dennison, Ohio, and mustered in October II, 1864. Left state for Nashville, Tennessee, October 11, thence moved to Columbia, Tennessee, October 20, and post and garri- son duty there also guarding Tennessee and Alabama R. R. till November 24. Nashville campaign November-December. At- tached to Third Brigade, Third Division, Twenty-third Army Corps, Army of the Ohio. Columbia Duck River November 24-27. Spring Hill November 29. Battle of Franklin Novem- ber 30. Battle of Nashville, Tennessee, December 15-16. Occu- pation of Fort Negley till December 25. Moved to Columbia December 25, and garrison duty there to June, 1865. Attached to Second Sub District, District of Middle Tennessee, Depart- ment of the Cumberland. Moved to Nashville, Tennessee, June 23, 1865. Mustered out June 27, 1865, and honorably discharged from service."
In the fall following the close of the war Mr. Harman came to Ottumwa, arriving in the month of September, and here he resided continuously until his death, which occurred forty-two years later. He was a very industrious, energetic man, intelli- gent and capable. Soon after his arrival in Ottumwa he em- barked in merchandising and later he entered upon public duties, following his appointment to the office of deputy county auditor. In 1876 he embarked in the insurance business by representing a number of the leading insurance companies of this country and some of the foreign companies. In this connection he built up a large and gratifying business, and he was also for several years a director of the Ottumwa National Bank.
On September 10, 1867, occurred the marriage of Mr. Har- man and Miss Maggie Zollars, a daughter of Daniel and Mary (Druckemiller) Zollars, natives of Pennsylvania and of Ohio, respectively. On coming to Iowa in 1854, they settled in Wa- pello county, where they continued to reside until called to their final rest. The father was extensively and successfully engaged in the real-estate business in Ottumwa for many years and was also a stockholder and one of the directors in the Ottumwa Na- tional Bank for an extended period. Unto him and his wife were born seven children, but Mrs. Harman is the only one now living. By her marriage she had a son, Frank, and a daughter, Lillie, but the latter, who had married Ben S. Benson, died several years before her father's death. Mr. Harman was a loyal member of the Christian Science church, to which Mrs.
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Harman still belongs. As a citizen he was as loyal to the best interests of his city, state and nation as he was when he followed the old flag upon the battle fields of the south. All who knew him esteemed him highly, for he was an honorable man of exemplary moral worth and faithful as a Christian gentleman.
JAMES D. GRAY.
James D. Gray, who passed away in Ottumwa May 4, 1907, was long numbered among the prosperous business men of the city, winning success as proprietor of the Ottumwa Mineral Springs & Bottling Company. He was born in the Wapello county jail, in Ottumwa, November 6, 1860, when his father was serving as sheriff. His parents were L. E. and Annie (Car- penter) Gray, whose marriage was celebrated in Ottumwa. The father, a native of Indiana, came to Ottumwa, Iowa, in 1852. He followed farming for some years and in 1859 was elected sheriff, serving for one term. He later acted as alderman from the fourth ward in Ottumwa, being about the only democratic alderman ever elected from that ward. His wife died in 1876, aged forty-five years, leaving three children : Mrs. W. A. Carnes, of Ottumwa; John W. Gray, who formerly served as chief of police in Ottumwa ; and James D., of this review. For his second wife L. E. Gray chose Eleanor Bedwell, who passed away in 1894. In 1878 he opened a grocery store near the Ballingall Hotel, conducting it for two years under the firm name of L. E. Gray & Sons. During this period he had formed a stock com- pany and prospected for mineral water, and in 1880 bored an artesian well in East Ottumwa, which supplies an abundance of water. He had formerly been at Colfax and built the first large hotel there. In 1880, at a cost of thirty thousand dollars, he erected a hotel on the site of James D. Gray's subsequent bot- tling works at Ottumwa and conducted it as a sanitarium. The water is very strongly impregnated with sulphates of magnesia and iron and is excellent as a remedy for rheumatism and stomach trouble. L. E. Gray sold out this establishment about 1890, to E. K. Shelton, who conducted it until it was destroyed by fire in 1892. James D. Gray, who had worked as clerk in the hotel, then purchased the land and springs. The demise of his father
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occurred at Ottumwa in June, 1895, when he had attained the age of sixty-six years.
James D. Gray was reared in Ottumwa, and his first work was as partner in the grocery firm of L. E. Gray & Sons. He sub- sequently went west to Kansas, was later married at Council Bluffs, Iowa, and immediately thereafter removed to Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he engaged in the livery business for about one year. After living in various towns in New Mexico and Kansas, he returned to Ottumwa and engaged in the bottling business. He purchased the hotel site after the destruction of the hotel by fire in 1892, cleared up the debris and built a house. In 1894 he erected a building thirty-four by forty feet in dimen- sions, the upper part being used for a residence and the lower portion as a bottling works. It was located on Vernon avenue, one block from Main street, and the artesian well water flowed into the building. During the season a large amount of pop was manufactured,-about twenty-five hundred bottles daily,-and three wagons were kept busy delivering the goods. Mr. Gray also erected a good barn and other outbuildings. He did his own traveling in the interest of the firm and enjoyed a very extensive patronage.
On May 24, 1887, at Council Bluffs, Iowa, Mr. Gray was united in marriage to Miss Nellie Bedwell, a native of Ottumwa, Iowa, and a daughter of Thomas and Eleanor (De Ford) Bed- well, who were born in Indiana, came to this county in an early day and here spent the remainder of their lives. They had six children, four of whom survive. Mr. and Mrs. Gray had a daughter, Irene S., who was born on the 14th of Feburary, 1890, and is now the wife of Fred W. Lang, of Ottumwa.
Mr. Gray gave his political allegiance to the democracy and for one term held the office of sheriff in Wapello county, making a highly creditable record in that connection. He was identified fraternally with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, in which he served as esquire for two years, and also belonged to the Knights of Pythias, the Modern Woodmen of America, the Woodmen of the World, the Foresters of America and the Eagles, being worthy president of the last named. His religious faith was that of the Congregational church, the services of which his widow also attends. His demise occurred in 1907, and his remains were laid to rest in the Ottumwa cemetery. He had won many friends in both business and social circles of the city, so that his loss was deeply felt and his memory is still enshrined in the
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hearts of many who knew him. His widow, who owns a resi- dence and business property in the east end of Ottumwa, is also well known and highly esteemed throughout her native city for her many excellent traits of heart and mind.
WILLIAM F. McCARROLL.
William F. McCarroll, whose demise occurred in Ottumwa December 17, 1907, was for a number of years successfully engaged in business as a member of the firm of McCarroll Broth- ers, conducting a hardware establishment at No. 322 East Main street. His birth occurred in Kirkville, Wapello county, Iowa, on the 2d of August, 1869, his parents being W. F. and Mary (Millsack) McCarroll. The father came to Wapello county, Iowa, in 1864, and located with his family on a farm near Kirk- ville. In 1871 he took up his abode in Ottumwa and opened a stove and tinware store which he conducted until 1884, subse- quently engaging in jobbing hardware, stoves, tinware, etc., at No. 105 East Main street. He was in partnership with his son, C. T. McCarroll, under the firm name of W. F. McCarroll & Son, until the time of his death in 1891.
William F. McCarroll, who was but two years of age when his parents established their home in Ottumwa, was reared to manhood in that city and enjoyed liberal educational advantages. He first embarked in business as a hardware merchant in associa- tion with P. C. Biddison and in 1900 joined his brother, J. B. McCarroll, as a member of the firm of McCarroll Brothers, dealing in general hardware, stoves, tinware, etc., at No. 322 East Main street. That relation was maintained with mutual pleasure and profit until the demise of our subject. William F. McCarroll was a practical tinner and a member of the tinners' union. He won a well deserved and gratifying measure of suc- cess in his business undertakings and left his widow and children in comfortable financial circumstances.
On the 20th of June, 1894, Mr. McCarroll was united in marriage to Miss Carita B. Hedrick, a native of this county and a daughter of General J. M. and Matilda C. ( Haynes) Hedrick, the former born in Ohio and the latter in Illinois. They came to Wapello county at an early day and here continued to reside until they passed away. Mrs. McCarroll is the youngest in a
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family of five children. By her marriage she became the mother of five children, as follows: Katharine, who is now a college student at Ames; Carita, a high-school student; John Morrow Hedrick, who also attends high school; Mary Morrow; and Dorothy. The husband and father was called to his final rest in 1907 and lies buried in the Ottumwa cemetery. His loss was deeply felt in both business and social circles of the city in which practically his entire life had been spent, and his pre- mature death came as a great blow to his family. Mrs. McCar- roll owns five residence properties and displays excellent execu- tive ability in the management of her business interests. She has always lived in this county and has an extensive circle of warm friends within its borders.
SIMON P. CRIPS.
Simon P. Crips, manager of the freight department of the transfer business of which he was so long one of the proprietors, is well known not only in Ottumwa but throughout this section of the state. He was born in Wapello county, June 3, 1857, and is a brother of W. S. Crips, in connection with whose sketch on another page of this work the family history is given. He con- tinued at home until twenty years of age and afterward spent one year in Kansas. Subsequently he returned to Wapello county, where he entered the employ of his brother in the transfer busi- ness, remaining in that connection until the fall of 1883, when he went to Lucas county, Iowa, where he conducted a depot lunch counter, spending two and a half years in that way. Later he returned again to Ottumwa and purchased a third interest in the transfer business, thus becoming a partner of his brother W. S. Crips. Through an extended period they conducted a successful business, having a liberal patronage. They conducted both the bus and freight lines and their interests were of an extensive character, but in June, 1913, they sold out, although Simon P. Crips remained with the business as manager of the freight department, thus insuring continued success in that connection.
It was on the 23d of February, 1886, that Mr. Crips was united in marriage to Miss Anna V. Jeffries, daughter of B. W. and Mary Jeffries, and they have become parents of two chil- dren. Lena Marie was graduated in music from the Ottumwa
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Conservatory and is also a graduate of Mt. Pleasant College at Mount Pleasant, lowa. For some time she engaged in teach- ing. She is now the wife of C. A. Palmquist, of Oskaloosa, Iowa. Harold Jeffries is a graduate of the high school of Ottumwa and is now associated with the Courier.
In politics Mr. Crips has always been a stalwart republican but the honors and emoluments of office have had no attraction for him. He holds membership with the Modern Woodmen of America and the Royal Arcanum, and his wife is a member of the P. E. O. and of the Women's Club of Ottumwa. They both hold membership in the Methodist Espicopal church, and Mr. Crips is serving on its official board. In the work of the church they are actively and helpfully interested and make generous con- tributions to its support. They own a fine residence on Chester avenue, and the hospitality of the best homes of the city is cordially extended them.
HARRY J. LYTLE.
Harry J. Lytle, a partner in the Ottumwa Auto Com- pany, with which he has been connected since February, 1909, was born upon a farm in Mahaska county, Iowa, October 19, 1882. His father, A. J. Lytle, was a native of Ohio, born Sep- tember 11, 1848, and in 1855 became a resident of Mahaska county, where he still makes his home, having resided upon a farm four miles northwest of Oskaloosa since 1856. He married Sarah Dice, who was born in Ohio, April 30, 1853, and they became parents of five children, those beside our subject being : Walter, who is living in Oskaloosa; Blanche, who is engaged in teaching in Grinnell, Iowa; James, who is upon the road as a traveling salesman for the Ottumwa Auto Co .; and Elmer, at home.
In the public schools of his native county Harry J. Lytle pursued his early education and afterward took a preparatory course in Penn College of Oskaloosa. He afterward devoted two years to a college course and then left school. In the school of experience, however, he has learned many valuable lessons which have made him a practical, energetic business man. He started in the business world by buying and feeding hogs, and later he turned his attention to the carpenter's trade. Eventually he
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entered a hardware store in a clerical position and afterward purchased a moving picture show in Oskaloosa, which he con- ducted for eight months. In February, 1909, he came to Ottumwa and purchased a half interest in the Ottumwa Auto Co., with which he is still connected. They handle the Ford car exclusively and also conduct a wholesale auto supply business. Mr. Lytle handles the wholesale business in Ottumwa and does all the buying for the firm. Their patronage has steadily grown and makes their business of an extensive and important character. Mr. Lytle is also interested in an orchard project in Idaho. A young man, he has won a creditable measure of suc- cess for one of his years, and he falters not in the face of difficul- ties or obstacles, knowing that these can be overcome by per- sistent, earnest effort and honorable purpose.
On the 26th of October, 1911, Mr. Lytle was united in marriage to Miss Adeline Augustine, who was born in Mahaska county, Iowa, near Rose Hill, a daughter of A. J. and Ella (Moore) Augustine. The father is a well known real-estate man and a large stockholder in the Idaho orchard project previ- ously mentioned. He was quite prominent in Oskaloosa business circles and at one time was director of a bank there.
In his political belief Mr. Lytle is a republican, having supported the party since age conferred upon him the right of franchise. His religious faith is that of the Presbyterian church, and in its work he and his wife are helpfully interested. He is a member of the Wapello Club and the Country Club, and both he and Mrs. Lytle are well known socially in Ottumwa and have a circle of friends which is growing as the circle of their acquaintance broadens.
NEWTON L. ARRISON.
Newton L. Arrison, who has been active in recent years in shaping the political policy of Wapello county, and who in public office has proven himself loyal to the trusts reposed in him, was born in Greene county, Pennsylvania, October 27, 1853 His father, George W. Arrison, a native of Pennsylvania, engaged in the commission business for many years and died in the Keystone state at the age of sixty-eight. In early manhood he had wedded Clara Humbert, who was born in Wooster, Ohio,
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and who has also passed away. Their family numbered ten chil- dren, of whom five survive, three of the number being in Penn- sylvania and one sister in Michigan. These are: Jane, the widow of Henry Schmitz of Pennsylvania; Ethelbert, also of that state; Newton L., of this review; Sarah Elizabeth, who is the widow of Robert McConnell of Ironwood, Michigan; and Nellie, the wife of Richard Hitchens.
Newton L. Arrison pursued his education in Greene Acad- emy of Pennsylvania and was associated with his father in the commission business until his removal to the middle west in 1878. Thinking to find better business opportunities in this section of the country, he made his way to Ottumwa and secured a position as shipping clerk in connection with the manufacture of artificial stone. He was thus engaged for two or three years. He then accepted a position in the postoffice, where he remained for nine years as clerk. He was afterward elected to the office of city clerk, in which capacity he continued acceptably for five years. He was also in the county auditor's office for four years and then turned his attention to the real estate business, in con- nection with which he laid out an addition to the city called Park Place. For some years, however, his time has been largely taken up with political activity. He was sergeant at arms in the convention at Baltimore and four years before had served in the same capacity in the national convention at Denver. He served one year as clerk in the state senate at Des Moines, and is now engaged in organization work on behalf of the democratic party. He has splendid executive ability, keen insight and sagacity, and these qualities are proving splendid factors in his work.
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