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L. Olson, farmer, was born in Norway in 1834. In 1854 he came to America and settled in Village Creek. He was engaged
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in the mercantile business in Lansing for a number of years, has also carried on the same business in Village Creek, and in 1882 settled. on his present farm. He married Christina Carleson in 1856. Their children are, Carl, Albert, Leonard S., Elizabeth and Caroline.
N. Plemling, dealer in clothing, boots, shoes and gent's furnish- ing goods, was born in Luxembourg Nov., 1854: emigrated to the U. S. in 1875; lived at LaCrosse, Wis., until July, 1876, at which time he came to Waukon and commenced as merchant tailor. In March, 1879, he added a stock of clothing and continued until Sept .. 1881, when he removed to his present location, added boots and shoes and carries a stock of about $13.000. He was married at LaCrosse, Wis., April 26, 1875, to Miss Mary Marson, a native of Luxumbourg. The children are Josephene, Emmel and Bertha, His religion is Roman Catholic.
William Patterson, a native of Canada, was born in July, 1843. He learned the mason trade, and in 1864 came to the U. S., first stopping in Mich., where he was married to Miss Ann Jordan. In 1865 he removed to Wisconsin, and in 1866 to Clayton Co., Iowa. Here he followed farming till 1877, at which time he came to Allamakee Co., and acted as superintendent of piling for the bridges of the W. & M. railroad. He has three children, Mar- garet J., Hannah H. and George.
Holver Peterson, blacksmith, was born in Norway in 1841; learned the blacksmith's trade, and in 1869 emigrated to the U. S., first stopping at Lansing, but two months subsequently, moved to Waukon. Here he worked at his trade for C. F. Newell, until I873, when he formed a partnership with H. Simonsen, as Simon- sen & Peterson. Mr. Peterson was married in July, 1869, to Miss C. Olsen. They have four children living, Willie, Adolph, Lena and Herman.
Azel Pratt (deceased), carpenter and builder; was born at He- bron, Maine, in 1810. Came to this Co. in 1850 and opened a farm on Makee Ridge, where he built a little log cabin, a portion of which was occupied by his brother, Lemuel, from which to retail the first small lot of store goods ever brought to Makee tp. In 1856 he removed to Waukon where he continued to reside until his death, Feb. 19, 1881. He became a member of the Baptist church at nineteen years of age; was one of the leaders in organiz- ing a church at Waukon, and lived an active life in the faith. "Deacon Pratt" was one of the influential citizens, and a tireless worker, early and late. He was a charter member and first treas- urer of the "Old Settlers' Association," organized in 1879. Mr. Pratt married Mary Hersey in 1833. She was born in 1814 and died in 1881, preceding her husband to the grave by only thirteen days, and was a most exemplary christian woman. They had seven children, Noah H., Marcellus H., Willie, Richmond G., Emory W., Ella I. and James L. All of whom are living, except Willie, who died young.
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James L. Pratt is a native of Makee tp., where he was born in 1856, near Waukon, which town has ever since been his home. He learned the carpenter's trade with his father, Azel Pratt. In 1873 he learned the printing trade at Postville which he has followed most of the time since. Was foreman of the Waukon Democrat office for nearly three years, until May, 1882. Has been superin- tendent of the Baptist Sunday School, since July, 1880. Mr. Pratt was married March 31, ISSO, to Miss Edith F. Wedgwood, daughter of Rev. J. M. Wedgwood, of Rossville, and has one child, Ada Mary.
Wm. W. Pardee. P. O. Rossville, proprietor of hotel: was born in' Herkimer Co., N. Y., in 1817, remaining in his native Co. till after his marriage, which occurred in 1837, to Miss Mary C. Phillips, also a native of same county; moved to Rome, N. Y. in 1838, and to Crawford Co., Pa., in 1839, where he remained till in 1854 he emigrated to Dane Co., Wis., and from there to Rossville in 1862, purchasing the hotel property which he still owns. They have four children living, Bela B., Emma, Josephine, and Corlin; lost two sons, Marcus J. and William J., who lost their lives in the defence of their country during the late Rebellion. The first was a member of Co. A., 2d .Wis. Infty, and was killed at the battle of Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862; the latter was a member of Co. I., 27th Io. Infty., and was killed at the battle of Pleasant Hill, La., April 9, 1864.
Felix H. Plank, section 36, P. O. Waukon; owns a farm of 160 acres, valued at $50 per acre; son of Jacob and Elizabeth Plank: was born in Carroll Co., Indiana, in 1848; his parents came to this Co. in 1854, locating on the land upon which he now lives, his father having left the farm in 1863 and moved into Waukon, where he still resides. F. H. is one of six children, the five others being Levi W., Anna, Rena, Alice and Vashti, five having deceased-John, Daniel, Florence, Finis and Walter. F. H. was married to Miss Mary Robertson in 1874. She was born in Prince Edwards Islands. They have four children, D. G., Charles L., Lyle J., Howard L. Mrs. P. is a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian church. Mr. P. is republican in politics.
John F. Pitt, P. O. Waukon, farmer and gardener, sec. 25; is a descendant of Sir William Pitt, and was born in Bristol, Eng- land, August 27th, 1828. His father, Richard Pitt, was fore- man in a soap and candle factory at Bristol, but died when the subject of this sketch was a small boy, his mother's death having preceded the father's some years, thus leaving John F. to be cared for by his grandfather Pitt. At the early age of eight years he was apprenticed in a soap and candle factory, in which business he was engaged during his minority, and principally till 1855, when he emigrated to the U. S., locating on section 25, of Union Prairie tp. In 1858 he sold most of his farm, retaining only 30 acres, valued at $3,000, which he uses for gardening pur-
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poses. In 1862 Mr. P. enlisted in Co. F., 6th Io. Cav., the regi- ment being employed in the defence of the frontier in the north- west. He participated in the battle of Whetstone Hills, against the Indians; served two years in quartermaster's department, one winter at Davenport and one in Sioux City; was discharged in 1865. Mr. P. was first married in England, to Miss Celia Parker, in 1847. She died in 1879, and he was again married to Mrs. Mary Grayson, March 28, 1880. He has one daughter by his first marriage, Elizabeth A., now Cummings.
Zeruih Post, a native of Jefferson Co., N. Y., was born in 1807. Her maiden name was Stevenson. She was married to Joel N. Post in 1831; he was a native of Vt. In 1836 they immigrated to Green Bay, Wis., remaining there till the summer of 1838, when they again started westward in a canoe down the Wisconsin River, being two weeks before they landed at Prairie du Chien. They located in Clayton Co., Io. In 1840 Mr. Post was selected by Gen. Brooks to take charge of a station known as the Half-Way House, on the military road between Prairie du Chien and Fort Atkinson, they first locating about one mile east from where she now lives. Subsequently Gen. Sumner granted them a permit to re-locate where the town of Postville now stands. At that time their nearest neighbor was twelve miles east, where the town of Monona now stands, Fort Atkinson being 24 miles west, that be- ing the place where the Indians received their supplies from the Government. Their only neighbors from 1840 to 1848 were the Indians, who were removed during the latter year. In 1849 the postoffice was established and called Postville, Mr. Post being commissioned as postmaster, but before the commission arrived Mr. Post died, leaving the duties of the postoffice to Mrs. Post's brother. After the death of her husband Mrs. Post purchased from the Government 480 acres of land, the same being the land upon which they had located and partly improved, the town of Postville being located upon part of it. Mrs. Post has five chil- dren living: Joel N., now in Dakota; Mary Switzer, now in Cali- fornia; Margaret Sherwood, now in Minnesota; Lydia LaCook, in Colorado, and Lucy Roll, of Postville, but soon to leave for Mon- tana. She lost one son, John S., who died while in the service of his country during the late rebellion.
J. W. Patterson, P. O. Postville; farmer, sec. 21; owns 285 acres of land, valued at $35 per acre; was born in Morgan county, Ohio, in 1826, where he remained till the spring of 1854, when he came to this county, locating on his present farm, it then be- ing raw land, with no markets nearer than the Mississippi Riv- er. He was married to Miss Caroline E. Patton, of Ohio, in 1849; they have five children, Olive T., Mary A., William C., Lyman L. and Cynthia J. Mr. P. is a member of the A. F. & A. M., also of the Congregational Church.
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S. C. Perry, farmer, P. O. Postville; owns a farm of 215 acres valued at $30 per acre; was born in Windom County, Conn, in 1828, where he lived till 1855, when he started for the west, first stopping in Houston County, Minnesota, and came to Allamakee County in 1865. He was married to Miss Mary Tryon in 1860. She was born in Wyoming County, New York. They have four children, Timothy, Retta, Ella and Edith, and have lost two, Mar- tha and Henry.
S. S. Powers, attorney, Postville; born in the state of New York in 1836; commenced the study of law under the Hon. W. L. Sessions, of Chautauqua County, N. Y., in 1857, and after- wards attended the Cleveland Law School, where he graduated in 1860, and the same year moved to Newton County, Ind., commen- cing the practice of his profession. In 1862 he came to Clayton Co., Io., and the following year to Hardin, Allamakee Co. In the spring of 1870 he came to Postville, where he still resides follow- ing his profession, his practice being principally in this and three adjoining counties. He married Miss Helen Farrand, January 2, 1859; they have four children: Loren M., who is now attending the law department of the State University at Iowa City; Velma C., Grace H. and La Rue R. Mr. P. has served as mayor of Post- ville; also as W. M. of the Masonic Lodge eight years, is 'a mem- ber of the A. O. U. W., I. O. O. F. and the Methodist Episcopal Church.
James Perry, agent B., C. R. & N. R. R. Co. at Postville, was born at Manchester, England, in 1836, his parents emigrating to the United States in 1842, locating at Milwaukee, Wis., where they remained till 1854, when they located on a farm in Wau- kesha County, he remaining with them till the spring of 1862, when he went to Grand Rapids, Michigan, in August of the same year enlisted in Co. A, 6th Mich. Cav., serving three years and participating in many battles, among which were the battle of the Wilderness, Five Forks, Appomattox Court House, and Get- tysburg. He was discharged in August, 1865, after which, during the same year, he came to Postville, Io., and engaged as clerk in the office of the M. & W. R. R. Company, now the C., M. & St. P., where he remained till, in 1877, he took charge of the office of the B. O. R. & N. Railroad Company. He was married to Sophia Stephens, a native of Scotland, in 1869, and has three children, M. J., Edgar J. and J. William. Mr. P. is a member of the Ma- sonic order, and also the A. O. U. W.
John A. Peterson, sec. 20, P. O. Elon, farmer; born January 21,*1836; emigrated to the United States in 1851, stopping at Boston, working at shoemaking during the winters and fishing for mackerel during the summer. In 1857, he came to Rock Island, Ill .. about the time of the Mormon massacre at Mountain Meadow, which caused quite an excitement. The government was enlisting soldier's for the regular army, to go out there, and
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he enlisted in Co. D, 6th U. S. Inf., and started by overland for Utah, where they stopped for a short time, soon pushing on to Benicia Barracks, Cal., remaining but a short time, when they were ordered to Mendocino, as headquarters for scouting expedi- tions against the Indians. During some of those excursions, and while in battle he was severely wounded by an Indian arrow pierc- ing his left breast and entering the lungs. Upon falling, he pulled the arrow from his body, the blood following in a stream. He soon became unconscious, and was picked up for dead by his comrades after the battle, but finding him yet alive, they carried him to camp, when by kind care and nursing he finally recovered. But being disabled so as to be unfit for duty, he was discharged in August, 1860, at Rock Island, Ill. He then went to Chicago, where he had friends, and was married there in June, 1861, to Miss Anna S. Olson, immediately starting for Allamakee County. At first he worked at his trade, but on account of his wound he was compelled to discontinue it. He then purchased 40 acres of land and commenced farming. In the spring of 1864 he enlisted in Co. B, 27th Inf., Io. Vol., went south and participated in the battle of Tupelo, Miss., which proving too hard for him, he was sent to the hospital at Memphis, and afterwards to Jefferson Barracks, Mo., and to Davenport in May, 1864, and discharged. He then moved to Webster County, Iowa, remaining. about a year, when he sold out and returned to Center tp., purchasing his present farm of 177 and one-half acres, which is now worth about $4,000. Mr. P. has served as trustee of the township, and is at present serving his 11th year as justice of the peace. His children are Matilda C., Joshua A., Joel A., Huldah E., Alma O. and Jonathan A .; he has lost two children, John A. and Og- den O. Mr. P. is a member of the Baptist Church.
A. R. Prescott, P. M. Postville; born in Maine in 1834, his par- ents immigrated to Winnebago Co., Ill., in 1846, and in the spring of 1852, he came to Allamakee Co., Iowa, his parents following in the fall. He engaged as clerk in a general store at McGregor in 1853; in 1854 in a surveying expedition in Minn., and in 1855 went to Floyd Co., Iowa, where he was elected County Surveyor in 1856. He followed teaching and surveying till in 1861, when he enlisted in Co. I of an engineer regiment of Missouri Volun- teers; was conductor of the gun car train on the Memphis and Charleston and Mobile and Ohio Railroads eighteen months; was mustered out in 1864 as 2d Lieut., returned to Allamakee Co., and farmed for two years; then came to Postville and engaged in the hardware business; sold out in 1879; was appointed postmaster in 1877; has served as County Surveyor one term, and as deputy twelve years; was also a candidate for representative in 1873; mar- ried Lydia A. Easton, of N. Y., Nov. 1, 1865; they have three chil- dren, Mabel, Sarah H. and Alba R .; have lost one daughter, Theodosia.
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James Powers, of the firm of P. B. Manning & Co., dealers in agricultural implements, was born in Ireland in 1847, came to America in 1849 with his parents, and settled in Kentucky, where they remained seven years, and then came to Taylor tp., this Co., where the subject of this sketch was raised. He was married to Catharine Collins, a native of N. H .; they have three children, John, Edmund and Mary.
Hon. Chas Pauik, whose portrait appears in this work, is a farmer in sec. 28. P. O. Waukon; one of the early settlers and prom- inent men; is a native of Vermont, and was born July 19, 1809. He was reared in St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., where he received an academic education. In 1830 he entered the freshman class of Middleburg College, Vt., and graduated in 1834. . He then taught in a classical and mathematical school at Genevia, N. Y. Subse- quently taught in Monroe Co., also studied law, and in 1837 was admitted to the bar. IIe then followed the legal profession until 1850, when he was attacked with the California gold fever, and so spent two years on the Pacific slope. On his return from Cali- fornia he came to Iowa and soon located where he now resides. He was a member of the Legislature in 1860-61, again in 1863, and in the fall of 1865 was elected to the State Senate. He was mar- ried in 1841 to Miss Harriet Leach, who died in July 1856, leaving two children. In Nov., 1857, he was again married to Miss Elle Conover. Politically, he is a Democrat.
N. H. Pratt, carpenter, a pioneer of 1850, was born in Md. in 1834. In 1850 with his parents, Azel and Mary Pratt, four brothers and one sister, he came to Allamakee Co., and settled on sec. 18, Makee tp., In 1854 he spent about six months at St. Anthony's Falls; then returned to Makee and continued farming until 1860. He then went to Ill., and in 1862 enlisted in Co. I, 95th Ill. Inf. Vol., and served until the close of the war, when he was mustered out as 2d Lieut of the 48th U. S. colored troops; since which time he has been at Waukon. From 1871 to 1878 he was engaged in the furniture business. He was married in Oct., 1856 to Miss Abbie F. Brayton. The children are Estella and Katie. Mr. Pratt is a member of the A. F. & A. M., I. O. O. F. and A. O. U. W.
H. H. Pope was born in County Waterford, Ireland, in 1833. When he was a young man he took charge of a vessel belonging to his father. During his term of office he visited all the promi- nent seaports of Europe. The vessel of which he was in charge was lost near the island of Anticosta in St. Lawrence River. He then went back to Ireland, stayed a year and a half, and in 1852 came to America and settled in Allamakee County. In 1861 he enlisted in Co. K, 5th Io. Vol., remained in the service a year and three months, and was discharged on account of an old gunshot wound received in Italy in 1848; returned to this county and was engaged in carriage painting. In 1880 he went back to Ireland to
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settle the estate of his father. He now owns a large farm near Village Creek, devoted to raising fine stock. He married Nar- sessia Thompson in 1864. They have four children, Elizabeth, Thomas. Phillip and Frederick.
John G. Ratcliffe, civil engineer, surveyor and bridge builder, was born in West Virginia in 1844, came with his parents to Al- lamakee County in 1858. Here he helped till the soil and educa- ted himself as a civil engineer. In 1867 he was married to Miss Kate Adams, then of Winneshiek County, but a native of La Fayette, Ind. She died in the spring of 1869. In the fall of 1870 he married Miss Emma Knapp, of Woodstock, Ill. In 1872 he published a map of Allamakee County. In 1873 he purchased . an interest in the Village Creek Wcolen Mills, and resided at that place until the spring of 1878, during which time-in the spring of 1875-the property was destroyed by fire; but was soon re- built, and is now owned by Howard, Carrolls & Ratcliffe. He then removed to his present place of residence, located in the west part of town, where he owns 40 acres. Mr. R. has for years made a study of the geological and physical features of the county, and has written and preserved much of its history. The children are John J., Mary A., Benj. W., Belle and Ruby K.
F. H. Robbins, insurance. The subject of this sketch has fig- ured prominently in the business and public enterprises of Alla- makee County for many years. He was born in Wyoming Co., N. Y., in 1840, and in 1855 came west with his parents, first set- tling at Columbus, Allamakee County. In 1862 he enlisted in Co. I, 27th Inf., and served three years, when he was mustered out as 2d Lieut. April 1, 1866, he engaged in business with his brother, A. E. Robbins, with whom he continued until March 20, 1881. Mr. Robbins was actively engaged in the building of the W. & M. railroad, and is an earnest worker for the republican party. He was married April 14, 1867, to Miss Althea A. Pottle, daugh- ter of W. R. and Almeda A. Pottle, and now has two children, Jessie F. and Matal S. Mr. R. is a member of the A. F. & A. M., A. O. U. W. and I. L. O. H.
Albert Rosa is a son of A. P. Rosa (deceased), who was a native of N. Y., married Rachel Patterson, and in 1848 came to Iowa. In 1851 he settled in Franklin tp., and proved a very successful farmer, accumulating a very large amount of land. His wife died in 1871 leaving seven sons and two daughters. He died in 1877. Albert who is the subject of this sketch, is the youngest of the children. He was born in the State of N. Y. in 1853, and came with his parents to Iowa, and in 1877 was married to Mary E. Schwartz. She died in April, 1880. In the fall of 1880 Mr. Rosa located at Waukon, and has since been dealing in grain.
A. E. Robbins. druggist, one of Allamakee's early settlers and prominent business men, was born in Wyoming Co, N. Y., in 1838, came west with his parents in 1855 and settled at Columbus.
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In 1864 he became a partner of the firm of J. Goodykoontz & Co., of Wankon, and was engaged as such about one year. He then associated his brother, F. H. Robbins, as partner, purchased his former partner's interest, and continued a drug and grocery bus- iness under the firm name of Robbins Bros. until 1881, at which time F. H. Robbins withdrew from business. The building now occupied by A. E. Robbins, was erected by Robbins Bros. in 1869, and is the oldest brick block in Waukon. Mr. Robbins has always been an active worker for the Republican party, took a very active part in securing the county seat at Wankon, and was one of the prime movers in building the W. & M. R. R., and when complet- ed served as vice-president about two years. He was married in 1865 to Naoma M. Goodykoontz, and now has three sons. His father, Alvin Robbins, a blacksmith by trade, a native of Vt., who was married in the state of N. Y. to Miss Temperance Sloam, and in 1865 settled at Columbus, Allamakee Co., where he died in July, 1856, leaving a wife (since deceased), four sons and one daughter.
Althearis J. Rodgers, contractor and builder, was born in Cana- da in 1841. Removed to Waukegan, Ill., in 1843, and in October, 1856, came thence to Waukon, which has since been his home October 1, 1861, he enlisted as private in 'Co. B. 12th Iowa, Vols. and followed the fortunes of war with that veteran regiment until it was mustered out in Jan., 1866. Was Commissary Sergeant previous to and during their six months imprisonment in southern prison pens, following the battle of Shiloh. Was at various times detailed as clerk at regimental, brigade, and division headquarters; also served as clerk at court-martial, which duties, however, could not prevent his being with his company in the many hard fought battles in which they participated. In 1864, while at Mobile, he was promoted to Sergt. Major of the regiment. Upon returning from the war Mr. Rogers was employed in a cabinet shop in Wau- kon, but shortly after bought out his employer and conducted the business about two years, when he disposed of it to take up his present occupation, and there are few if any of Waukon's sub- stantially built business blocks which do not show his supervision. His clerical abilities have called him to frequent service of that character in civil life also, and besides the secretaryship of various orders and associations, he served several years as Makee tp. clerk, many years as secretary of the Waukon School Board, and secre- tary of the Allamakee County Agricultural Society six years in succession, in which last two positions he is still retained. Upon the organization of a company of State militia in the spring of 1878, Mr. R. was made 2d Sergt. thereof, and in the following fall was elected captain, which position he held until he was elec- ted major of the 4th regiment, I. N. G., in the summer of 1881. Mr. Rodgers was married in 1866 to Miss Ella I. Pratt, and they have had two children: Ada M., died in 1879, aged 8 years; and Guy A., born May 20, 1880.
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John Ragan, P. O. Waukon. farmer, sec. 22: owns 140 acres of land valued at $35 per acre; son of George and Jemima Ra- gan; was born in Pickaway County, Ohio, in 1833, his parents removing to Warren County, in 1842, to Laporte County, Ind., in 1844, and from there to this county in 1855, a singular coinci- dence being that they left Ohio and Indiana on his birthday, the 15th of October. He married Miss Gracie Rankin in 1858. She was born in Chicago, Ill., in 1840. They have six children, Ella A., Effie J., Gracie H., George W., Angie L. and Edith A .; and have lost one son, Herbert.
James Rankin, P. O. Myron, farmer, sec. 27; owns a farm of 200 acres well improved; son of Wm. and Mary Rankin; was born in Sectland, in 1829. His father was a machinist and en- gineer. He emigrated with his family to the United States in 1832, stopping a short time in New York and Detroit, Michi- gan, from which latter place he came as engineer on the steam- er Michigan to Chicago, Ill., it being the first steamboat that came into Chicago, which was then a very small insignificant town, situated in a quagmire. His father, being a brass found- er, concluded to stop there and start a brass foundery, which he continued about ten years, then moved to a farm five miles north of Elgin, where they remained till in 1855, when they came to this township, his father locating about two miles north, and he upon his present farm. His father died in 1879. Mr. R. was married to Miss Sarah Jones in 1860. She was a native of Wales. Their children are Mary, Ida, Nettie and William.
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