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Mr. Boude was born in Oxford, Butler county, Ohio, and was one of six children born to his parents, Thomas and Martha B. (Sharpe) Boude. One of these, Mary A., makes her home with him in Ottumwa. A brother, Austin E. died in Hlinois, in 1898. An- other brother, Dr. J. K. Boude, of Washington. D. C., who had been one of the medical exam- iners in the pension department for the past twenty years, died in September, 1901. One sister and one brother died in early life.
Charles E. Boude came from Ohio west to Illinois at an early day, and there took an academic course of study. Upon coming to Ottumwa, he obtained work on the Des Moines Valley Railway, and was in station service twenty-five years. He began as clerk and was later freight and passenger agent, at one time serving under Mr. Armstrong, of Ottumwa. Ile continued with the Chicago, Rock Island
& Pacific Railway until 1891, and then ac- cepted a position as cashier of the Ottumwa National Bank. In 1896 he gave up that po- sition and was then inactive for nearly a year. after which he entered the insurance and loan business, buying out an agent located in Ot- tumwa. He represents a large number of the old-line fire, life and accident insurance com- panies. Ile has a fine office in the Hoffman Block, and does a large business, employing a stenographer. In making loans he handles mainly local money. Ile also has other busi- ness interests, holding stock in the Ottumwa National Bank, the Western Supply Company and the Phillips Fuel Company. In politics he is a Republican.
Mr. Boude was united in marriage at Ot- tumwa with Mary M. Sharp, a daughter of W. P. Sharp, who resided at Ottumwa many years and has traveled extensively. They have two daughters: Lois M., wife of M. J. Mc- Clellan ; and Bessie S., who resides at home. Religiously Mr. Boude is a member of the Presbyterian church, being an elder and clerk of the sessions.
S ENECA CORNELL, a well-known resident of Ottumwa, Iowa, is a prom- inent attorney-at-law, and during his practice here has been identified with many important cases. He was born March 12. 1858, in Jefferson county, Iowa, and is a son of Washington and Sarah ( Wilson) Cor- nell.
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Washington Cornell was born in Ohio, in 1818, and came to Jowa in 1849. His father was from Canada and located in Ohio at an early day. The latter was a Republican and Abolitionist and assisted in the famous under- ground railway. Washington Cornell mar- ried Sarah Wilson, who was born in 1823. and they became the parents of the following chil- dren: George W .: Laura ( Wireman) ; Sen- cea, the subject of this sketch : Oscar, a farmer in Kansas: Sylvanus, a merchant of Fairfield. lowa; Alvah, who conducts a restaurant at Fairfield; and Chloe ( Miller ), whose husband is a farmer.
Seneca Cornell was reared and educated in Jefferson county, lowa, and at an early date decided to enter the legal profession. He read law with Senator James F. Wilson at Fairfickl, lowa, and was admitted to the bar in 1882, at. the age of twenty-four years. He then went to Eklon and formed a partnership with T. H. Asby, of Jefferson county, with whom he practiced for three years, after which he prac- ticed alone until 1890. He served two terms as mayor of Eldon, and in 1880 owned and edited the Des Moines Valley Journal, which he sold one year later. During 1800 he was in partnership with L. E. Coad. now a min- ister, and on January 1, 189t. located in Ot- tummwa, where he has since been engaged in general practice. He has attained prestige as one of the leading lawyers of the city, and has been associated in the trial of cases with some of the most eminent attorneys.
Mr. Cornell was joined in marriage with Ella Caster, a daughter of Dr. Paul Caster.
deceased, a noted faith healer of Ottumwa. Dr. Caster built the Caster House in Ottumwa. Mrs. Cornell has a sister and brother living : (. W. Caster and Mrs. Nettie Binks. She also has the following half-brothers: S. P. Caster, who is in the restaurant business ; John Caster, who conducts a store in the West End, Ottumwa ; and Dr. J. S. Caster, of Burlington, who successfully follows the healing methods employed by his father. Mr. and Mrs. Cor- nell are parents of one child. Rolla W., who was born August 31, 188), and is now attend- ing school. Mr. Cornell owns a comfortable home in Ottumwa, and has his offices in the Summers Block. He has made a specialty of probate and real estate law, and is having a very large patronage along these lines. In politics he is a Democrat. Fraternally he is a member of the I. O. O. F .: A. O. U. W .: B. P. O. E. and auxiliaries; and Canton Ot- tumwa, No. 3. P. M .. of which he is captain. He is also a colonel on General Manchester's staff and judge advocate in the Uniform Rank, K. c. P. Religiously he is a Presbyterian, and was educated at a Presbyterian institution- Persons College,-of Fairfield, lowa.
S C. CULLEN & COMPANY. This firm, which conducts the largest dry goods establishment in the city of Ot- tumwa, was founded by Sadie C. Cullen, now Mrs. E. P. Barton, in February, 1800. Prior to that time Miss Cullen was for several years in charge of the dry goods store
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of Israel Brothers, who then occupied one room of the present large, double buikling of the company. It was made a double store in 1802, and in 1893 Miss Cullen purchased the interest of her partner, Il. A. Warner. The firm name has continued unchanged since 1890, and Miss Cullen remained in charge un- til 1899, when she was married to Mr. Barton, who now also owns an interest in it, and is the manager. Mr. Barton comes from an okl Pennsylvania family. At an early age he en- tered the dry goods business in Philadelphia, and for many years before coming to Ottumwa was connected with some of the leading whole- sale houses of Philadelphia-notably. Young, Smyth. Field & Company and Folwell Brothers & Company. Mr. Barton is thor- ouglily versed in the dry goods business. Thomas E. Cullen, a brother of the founder, has owned an interest in it, and has served as its advertising agent since Mr. Warner dis- posed of his interest. in 1893. The store is completely stocked with everything in the line of dry goods, and is patronized by the leading citizens of the city and vicinity.
Sadie C. Cullen was born in Ottumwa, and is a daughter of James and Sarah ( O'Conner) Cullen. Her father was reared in Lynn. Massachusetts, and died in Ottumwa, in 1887. He was a contractor, and came to Ottumwa about 1850, having charge of the brick and stone work of many of the early buildings in the city. Ilis widow now resides in Ottumwa, aged nearly seventy-two years. They were parents of 12 children, the okdler ones having been born in Lynn. Massachusetts, and the re-
mainder in Ottumwa. Five are now living, as follows: Thomas E .: Mrs. E. P. Barton ; Frank, who is now a private in Company D. rith U. S. Infantry, in the Philippine Islands : Nellie, who is at home with her mother ; and Mrs. Agnes Quinlan, who moved from Ot- tumwa to Lorain, Ohio, in 1862.
Thomas E. Cullen was reared and educated at Ottumwa, and previous to 1893 was engaged in the insurance business with George .1. Brown. He then entered the dry goods busi- ness, in which he has since continued. At the time of his death his father owned a fine farm and residence property at Ottumwa.
H. EMERY, a prominent attorney- D at-law, of Ottumwa, is now serving in the capacity of county attorney of Wapello county. He has shown un- usual ability in the discharge of the duties of this office, and stands high among the members of the legal profession. He was born in Ful- ton county, Illinois, in 1837. and is a son of F. W. and Hannah (Gafney) Emery.
F. W. Emery was born in Pennsylvania, moved to Ohio, and then to Fulton county, Illinois, locating in the last named district in 1833. He died in Stark county, Illinois, in 1846, and was survived by his wife, who died in Illinois, in 1890. They had four sons and one daughter, namely: D. H .; J. G., a farmer residing in Illinois : William E., who was killed in the army at the battle of Stone River; O. P., who died in Missouri in 1898: and Amanda ( Pritchard), who died some years ago.
CHRISTOPHER HAW.
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D. Il. Emery was three months old when his parents removed to Stark county, Illinois, where he was reared. Hle read law at the county-seat of that county and was admitted to the lowa bar at Montezuma, Iowa, in Feb- ruary, 1861. He began practice there, but in the following August enlisted in the toth Reg .. Jowa Vol. Inf. He was chosen first lieuten- ant of his company, and continued as such dur- ing the three years of his service. He was at- tached to the 17th Army Corps at Vicksburg under General MePherson, and was later trans- ferred to the 15th Army Corps. He was in the battle of Champion Hills and was wounded at the battle of Mission Ridge, receiving a bul- let in the thigh, which came near inflicting a fatal wound, as it barely missed the main ar- tery. In November, 1853. he was sent home and spent three months in recruiting soldiers, after which he returned to his regiment and served in Alabama and Georgia, being mus- tered out September 28, 1864. He returned to Montezuma, Iowa, and practiced law there until 1870, in the meantime serving a term in the State legislature. He had been associ- ated with Judge W. R. Lewis and Capt. W. H. Redman in practice at Montezuma, but after coming to Ottumwa. in 1870. he has practiced alone, with the exception of a short time when he was in partnership with his son. He en- gaged in a general practice, and has secured a large and well-paying clientage. Ile was elected to succeed A. W. Enoch as county at- torney of Wapello county, and is faithfully discharging the duties of that office at the pres- ent time.
Mr. Emery was married while residing at Montezuma, to Sarah C. Holland, who was born in lowa, and is fifty-four years of age. She is a daughter of Rev. Mr. Holland. This union resulted in the birth of seven children, as follows: Roscoe, who received a legal training, but is now engaged in the fruit busi- ness with the firm of E. H. Emery & Company ; Wilbur, who is attendng McKendrick College, at Lebanon, Illinois, and preparing for educa- tional work: Edwin H., proprietor of a whole- sale fruit establishment ; Herbert, who travels; for the fruit house of E. 11. Emery & Company ; Alice E. ( Throne ), whose husband is a grocer in the West End. Ottumwa; Irving G., who holds a good position in the office of the West- ern Electric Company, of Chicago: and Clara E., who graduated from the Ottumwa High School in 1900, and is employed in a book store in Ottumwa. Mrs. Emery is a lady of prominence in the community, and is president of the Hospital Association of Ottumwa. Mr. Emery is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic.
IRISTOPHER HAW. This gentle- man, whose portrait is shown on the opposite page, is a member of the firm of George Haw & Com- pany, dealers in wholesale and retail hard- ware, at Ottumwa. Wapello county, lowa. Mr. Ilaw was born in Grant county, Wiscon- sin, in 1848. He received his primary educa- tion in De Kalb county, Illinois, and in 1868 came to Ottumwa, where he attended the high
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school. After leaving school he clerked for a short time with Henry & Hlaw. and spent 186g and 1870 in Kansas City, Missouri. In 1871 he became a member of the firm of George Haw & Company and has been in that concern ever since. This firm has a large hardware trade, both wholesale and retail. The members of the firm are among the best business men in the city of Ottumwa. A large and com- plate stock of hardware is carried, and the store is one of the finest in the state. Mr. Haw is a man of good business ability ; he is one of the representative citizens of Ottum- wa, takes a deep interest in all public enter- prises, and lends his assistance whenever it is needed.
Mr. Ilaw was married, in 1875, to Clara E. Bowen, a daughter of George W. Bowen, of Ottumwa. To them have been born the fol- lowing children, namely: Edwin A., Mabel Jay, Francis B., and Arthur B.
Mr. Ilaw is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America. Religiously he is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. In politics he is a Republican.
ILLIAM B. ARMSTRONG, a pro- gressive citizen of Ottumwa, occu- pies the position of local freight agent of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company, and is discharg- ing the duties of his office in a most satisfactory manner. He was born in Pike county. Penn- sylvania, August 10, 1830, and is a son of Will- iam and Mary ( Pellett ) Armstrong.
The grandfather of William B. held a ma- jor's commission in the Revolutionary War. and enjoyed the acquaintance and confidence of General Washington. He was a man of great force of character and fine abilities. and represented his district in the State legislature. He was afterward proffered a judgship, which he declined to accept. He was a remarkable man in many respects, and in all his dealings with his fellow men adhered to the principles of honor and honesty.
William Armstrong followed farming dur- ing early life and afterward engaged exten- sively in milling. He married Mary Pellett. and they reared a family of eight children, of whom but three are living: Obadiah P., of New Jersey : William B. : and John B .. a farm- er in Sussex county, New Jersey. They were Scotch Presbyterians in religious belief, and their children were carefully trained to high morality and integrity.
William B. Armstrong received a liberal education, and in 1851, determining to see something of the western country, started from home and located first at St. Louis, Missouri, where he was employed as clerk in a commis- sion house. The following year he went to Athens, Missouri, where he was employed as a clerk and later was engaged in business on his own account until he entered the railroad business, having been appointed the first local agent of the Keokuk, Fort Des Moines & Min- nesota Railroad. Hle was thus employed for eleven years, and in 1861 came to Ottumwa, serving in the same capacity for the Des Moines Valley Railroad. He continued with this
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road until 1872, and then resigned to accept the position of general agent of the Burlington & Missouri River Railroad, which was consoli- dated with the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad in January, 1873. Mr. Armstrong is & practical railroad man, and has had an experi- ence of over forty years in this line of work. From a small beginning the business of this company has extended until now there are seven miles of switch track at Ottumwa, and the success attained is in a large measure due to the fidelity and intelligence of its employes, of whom Mr. Armstrong ranks among the most faithful. In the spring of 1852 Mr. Armstrong, in company with his brother, Capt. B. C. P. Armstrong, who died in the army near the close of the war, recruited Company M. 9th Reg., lowa Vol. Cav., of which the latter was lieutenant and subsequently captain.
William B. Armstrong was united in mar- riage in 1858 with Virginia Thome, of Athens, Missouri, who was born in Kentucky, and is a daughter of Arthur and Eliza Thome, of AAthens, Missouri. Four children blessed this union, of whom three are now living, namely : William, who is in the grocery business ; Mary, wife of John C. Fetzer, of Ottumwa, Iowa; and Anna T., wife of II. A. Smith, of Ot- timmwa.
11. A. Smith, son-in-law of Mr. Arm- streng, is proprietor of the Courier Blank Book Company, located on Third street oppo- site the postoffice. They carry a full line of bank and county stationery, and do a strictly "to order" business. They employ about 12 people, and occupy two floors about 60 feet
long. Their customers are located throughou. the State of lowa. Southern Minnesota and Northern Missouri, and under Mr. Smith's capable management the business is steadily growing. It was started in 1881 by C. .. Smith and Alfred G. Cook, in the Finley Block, and furnished employment originally to three or four people. This partnership lasted until 1888, after which C. A. Smith and William Fiedler conducted the business for two years. It was then sold to A. W. Lee and named the Courier Blank Book Company. In 1804 it was again acquired by C. A. Smith. who conducted it until February, 1900, when H. A. Smith purchased it. The latter was born at Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1872, and is a son of J. H. C. Smith, of Chicago, who for many years was engaged in the publishing business. Fraternally Mr. Smith is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks: Knights Templar; and Knights of Pythias.
Fraternally William B. Armstrong is a Mason, and has risen to the rank of Knight Templar, being a charter member of the com- mandery. In politics he is a stanch Republi- can. and has held various local offices. Ile has been a member of the city council several terms, was treasurer of the city several years, and school director six years. Since first lo- cating here he has been identified with the busi- ness interests of the city, giving his active sup- port to the cause of education and morality. and encouraged every worthy enterprise hav- ing for its object the welfare of his adopted city. He has always stood high in the confi-
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dence of the officers of the different roads of which he has been employed. Several years ago he was offered a promotion which would have taken him away from Ottumwa, but he preferred to stay here, hold his old position, re- main a citizen of Ottumwa and identify hin ;- self with its interests. This has been pleasing to his okl friends and neighbors, who honor and respect him for his many noble qualities,
ALLACE R. DAGGETT. one of Ot- tumwa's most progressive business men, is cashier of the lowa Na- tional Bank, of Ottumwa. He was born in Ottumwa in 1863 and is a son of Will- iam Daggett, now deceased, who was vice- president of the lowa National Bank, of Ot- tumwa, and a prominent business man of the city.
Wallace R. Daggett was reared and pri- marily educated in Ottumwa, taking a col- legiate course at Andover, Massachusetts, and a business course at Poughkeepsie, New York. Ile has always followed the banking business, and after leaving school was at several differ- ent places before locating here. He was cash- ier of a bank at Englewood, Kansas, about three years, and then went to North Carolina and accepted the presidency of the First Na- tional Bank at Mount Airy, a position he filled until the spring of 1894, when he resigned. He spent about a year looking up a place to lo- cate, and passed a portion of this time at Eureka Springs, Arkansas. In 1895. he ac-
cepted the position of assistant cashier of the Iowa National Bank of Ottumwa, and was made cashier in the spring of 1900, an office he has filled in a highly satisfactory manner. He is also president of the lowa Steam Laundry Company, of Ottumwa, a flourishing concern, and secretary of the Janney Manufacturing Company of Ottumwa, one of the most exten- sive and best equipped plants in the United States for the manufacture of agricultural im- plements.
Mr. Daggett was joined in matrimony with Maie Beach. a daughter of J. H. Beach, secre- tary and treasurer of the lowa Steam Laundry Company, located at 218 South Market street. Mr. and Mrs. Daggett have two children, Gen- evieve and Ruth. Politically Mr. Daggett is a . Republican and has served in the capacity of alderman. He is a member of several fraternal insurance orders. In religious views he is an Episcopalian. He has a very comfortable home at No. 304 East Fifth street.
LAUDE M. MYERS, proprietor of a large wholesale and retail ice cream and confectionery store on Second street, Ottumwa, Iowa, is a descend- ant of one of the pioneer settlers of Wapello county. He was born in Agency township, Wapello county, in 1865, and is a son of Chris- topher and Martha E. Myers.
Christopher Myers was an early settler of Iowa, where he located in 1845. He is now a member of the Ottumwa police department.
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He had three children, one of whom is de- ceased. Another, Mrs. C. H. Sage, lives in Nebraska.
Claude M. Myers, the subject of this sketch, was reared at Agency, lowa, where he re- mained until 1882. While there he assisted his father in the confectionery business, and in July, 1882, moved to Ottumwa, where he en- tered the same business as clerk for J. J. Bowles, on Main street, after which he had charge of his branch store on Second street. lle remained with him for seven years. He afterward bought this gentleman's stock and continued business for himself at that stand. AAfter several months he located on Second street, where he has since conducted his busi- ness. His store is centrally situated and has been enlarged to accommodate his constantly increasing business. It is now 100 feet deep by 20 feet wide. Mr. Myers makes a specialty of ice cream, having the leading trade of the city, and largely supplying this section of Jowa and northern Missouri. He has a general con- fectionery, cigar and fruit store. with the rear of the building fitted with modern improve- ments for the manufacture of ice cream. He employs four men in that department. and five clerks are kept busy in the front part of the building, attending to the throng of customers to be found patronizing the store, especially in the hot season. The average daily output, dur- ing the ice cream season, is 175 gallons. Mr. Myers is a young business man, and by close application to business and careful manage- ment has attained a degree of success which
many men of more mature years are still striv- ing for.
Mr. Myers is at present serving his second term as aklerman of the third ward. He is a trustee of the local library board, of which S. P'. Hartman is secretary. Fraternally he is a Mason, and has advanced through intermediate orders to the Shrine. He is also a member of the Royal Arcanum, Elks and Pilgrims. In religious views he is liberal.
EORGE WITHALL, a gentleman who has worked extensively through- out this and foreign countries, is the leading contractor in brick and stone construction in Ottumwa. lowa. He was born at London, England, March 11, 1838.
Mr. Withall served an apprenticeship of seven years ( from the age of fourteen to twen- ty-one years) as a bricklayer, and soon after this became general foreman for George Mun- dy, contractor and builder. He came to this country, en route to San Francisco and Aus- tralia, but meeting with friends at Brooklyn he remained there for a time and engaged in working at his trade. He first landed in New York in August. 1867, and worked at Brook- lyn, Williamsburg and also in New England .. where he engaged in contract work. In 1869 he was at Columbus, Ohio, where he put in a sewer on a sub-contract, and after its com- pletion went south to Chattanooga, where he built the Slocum Iron Works and several other large structures. In the spring of 1873 he
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built the Iron Works at Rising Fawn, Georgia, which is a very large establishment. In the fall of 1875 he went to Indianapolis, Indiana, where he remained one season at work on dif- ferent buildings. In February, 1876, he re- turned to England and worked at different places in that country and Scotland,-building the St. Enoch's Square Depot. He next went to Wrexham, North Wales, and worked on the construction of barracks for four months, hay- ing a sub-contract. He then went to Birming- ham, England, worked on several buildings, and became general foreman for Surman & Sons. He remained in that city about eight- een months, in all, during which time he built Asten's button factory. In 1877 he and his family returned to America on the steamship "Indiana," the one on which General Grant made his trip to England. He returned to In- dianapolis and was engaged there until 1879. when he came to Ottumwa, lowa. He first located at River View, where he rented 40 acres of land and manufactured brick for two years. His first Ottumwa contract was for John Morrell & Company, Limited; then he built the Wood Block, where he placed the first pressed brick front in the city. He purchased the Joseph Hayne place adjoining the packing house grounds; it consisted of 25 acres, on which he manufactured bricks. Ile built the First National Bank, the St. Louis store build- ing, the Baptist and Presbyterian churches, the Reed House ( now the Park Hotel), and was superintendent and director of the Ottumwa Coal Palace. Together with Peter Ballingall, hie superintended the taking down of the Coal
Palace during 1890-1891. He built the Haw and Wyman & Rand buildings, also T. D. Foster's residence. He has attained a high de- gree of perfection in his work, enjoys a prestige such as no other contractor in the county has, and secures the contracts for most of the heavy structures in the vicinity of Ottumwa. Ile is at present one of the trustees and also super- intendent of construction, of the Carnegie library building, located near the court house, for which library building AAndrew Carnegie donated $50.000. He also had the contract for the main sewer of Ottumwa. He owns two large houses on Union and Second streets and resides in the corner house. It is a fine 12-room house, with a fireplace in each room, and the lower floor is laid with tile 12 inches square. over concrete. The heat is furnished by a hot water plant. It is supplied with electric light. and is modern in every particular.
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