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J. R. Pumphrey, W. H. Skinner, C. Tifft, H. Algyer, C. Green, R. Boyd, L. D. Thomas, T. White, A. H. Roden, J. Clancy, F. A. Turner and Mr. Powell. The Lodge meets every Saturday even- ing in Masonic Hall. Membership, about thirty.
The Sanborn Cornet Band was organized in the spring of 1881. Ed. Drake is the leader; has made various changes since its organ- ization.
The O' Brien Pioneer Weekly, was established in December, 1871, by L. B. Raymond & Co .; was afterwards run by A. H. Willets; then Willets & Inman: then in the order named: Willets & Pumphrey, A. H. Willets & Son, A. G. Willets, Walker & Willets-its present proprietors being Willets & Perkins. It has always been Repub- lican in politics. It is a six-column quarto; circulation, 750 copies. It is printed on a large steam power press in a good, commodious building.
Sanborn can boast of having the best town hall in the county. It was erected by Messrs. Roden & Linden, at the corner of Main and First streets. in 1881. It is a frame structure, 32x70 feet, with a flat roof. The lower rooms are occupied by Henry Roden, as a restaurant and billiard hall. The hall up-stairs is arranged with a ticket-office at the entrance, and has a commodious and well adapted stage. The building and appurtenances cost about $6,000
The Main street in Sanborn runs north and south, and is located on level ground. Sanborn is a good shipping point. The town has telephonic communication with Primghar. The business may be thus classified: General stores, 3; printing offices, 1; hardware, 2; saloons, 3; groceries, 2; agricultural implements, 2; furniture, 1; lumber, 3; jewelry, 1; blacksmiths, 2; drugs, 2; carpenters 4; bank, 1; land, loan and law, 4: flour and feed, 2; restaurant, 1; boot and shoe, 1; meat markets, 2; barber shop, 1; livery, 2; hotels, 3
HARTLEY.
Hartley is situated in the eastern part of O'Brien County, on the C., M. & St. Paul hailroad, eight miles from Sanborn and eighteen from Spencer. It was laid out and platted by J. S. Fin- ister in October, 1880. The first house in the town was built by the Railroad Company, in 1879. The first store was built by J. S. Finister & W. S. Fuller in April, 1879. It was also used as a dwel- ing. Then came A. H. Miller, J. K. McAndrew, M. G. Silver- thorn, and W. H. Eaton, all of whom built in the year 1879. H. E. Hoagland built in 1880. Hartley is a thriving town, and has a population of 185.
The first school was held in Finister's store in 1879 and 1880. The first teacher was O. M. Shonkwiler: first Board of Education: WV. S. Fuller, W. H. Eaton, C. A. Feitkaw. The present school building was erected in the spring of 1880, is 26x36 in dimensions, and cost $1,200. The first teacher was Allen Crossan; first Board,
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the same as above. Present Board: C. A. Feitkaw, George Bowes. Present teacher: E. A. Thomas. Number of pupils enrolled, sixty- seven.
The Baptist Society was organized in December, 1880, by D. F. Johnson. Membership, about ten. 4 This society is not supplied with any regular pastor, and has no building, but holds it prayer meetings in the school building occasionally.
Methodist Episcopal Church Society was organized in 1881 by A. S. R. Groom, who was the first pastor. The first and present officers are: Allen Crossan, Class Leader and Steward; Mr. Whit. man and Mr. Dice, Trustees. R. Crosby is also at present a Trus- tee. Membership, about seventy-five. They have no church build- ing, but meet in the school building. This society built a parson- age in 1881, under the directions of Rev. Groom, at a cost of $300. Hartley Lodge, I. O. G. T., was organized December 28th, 1881, by F. E. Anderson, of Algona. Charter members: J. K. McAn- drew, D. F. Johnston, Allen Crossan, D. M. Gano, E. A. Thomas, H. E. Finister, James Johnston, George Bowes, W. Bowes, T. Shoemaker. First officers: D. S. Johnston, W. C. T .; E. A. Thomas, W. V. T .; E. Finister, W. M .; Allen Crossan, Recording Secretary ; D. M. Gano, Financial Secretary; Will. Bowes, Treasurer; Geo. Bowes, Chaplain. Present officers: E. A. Thomas, W. C. T .; M. E. Silverthorn, W. V. T .; J. Jones, R. S .; R. Makins, F. S .; D. M. Gano, Treasurer; Allen Crossan, Chaplain; W. Bowes, W. M .; Mrs. D. F. Johnson. I. G .; Ed. Williams, O. G. Membership, about thirty. Meetings are held Thursday evening of each week in the school building.
The business houses of Hartley are classified as follows: Gen- eral stores, two; hardware, one; hotels, three; blacksmith shops, two; wagon shops, one; meat markets, two; lumber dealers, two; saloons, one; agricultural implement dealers, one : livery barns, one.
O'BRIEN COUNTY BIOGRAPHIES.
SHELDON.
D. M. Baker, proprietor of the Leland House, was born in O. in 1849; moved with his parents to Iowa in 1850. He came to Shel- don in 1881 and took charge of the above named house. In 1870 he was married to Rachel M. Gilman, and has six children-Tena, Etta, Minnie, Arthur, Linda and Frank.
J. A. Brown, proprietor of the Sheldon House, was born in Or- ange county, Vt .; moved to Iowa in 1860. He enlisted in 1862 in Co. M, 3d O. Cav., and was discharged at the close of the war. He
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then located in Ill. and remained until 1867, when he went South and remained one year. He afterwards engaged in business in va- rious parts of lowa, and in 1871 settled in O'Brien. He moved to Sheldon in 1873, and engaged as above.
C. H. Bullis, of the firm of Barrett & Bullis, attorneys at law, was born near Rochester, N. Y., in 1847. He graduated from Yale College, in the class of '69, and from the Columbia Law School in 1872. In 1873 he moved to Iowa, and located at Shel- don, in the autumn of 1881.
Frank and Fred Frisbee, of. the firm of Frisbee Bros., proprie- tors of the livery stable, are natives of Wisconsin; came to Iowa in 1871, and settled in O'Brien county. They located at Sheldon in 1876 and engaged in the livery and express business.
G. M. Graham, lumber dealer, came to Iowa in 1856. He en- listed in 1862 in Co. B, 28th Ia. Vol., and served until the close of the war, after which he went to Mich., and engaged in the lumber business. He returned to Iowa in the autumn of 1877, and lo- cated at Sheldon.
A. W. Husted, hardware dealer, came to Sheldon in 1873, and was a member of the firm of Husted & Son, dealers in general merchandise, until 1879, when he engaged in his present business, with G. H. Boutelle.
S. J. Hutchinson, boot and shoe dealer, was born in N. J. in 1835. He enlisted in 1862 in Co. D, 100th O. Vol .; was in sev- eral of the principal engagements, and was discharged in 1865. He came to Iowa and settled in Cedar county; thence to O'Brien county in 1871, where he engaged in farming until Oct., 1881, at which time he engaged as above.
Jones, Parkhurst & Co., proprietors of the Sheldon Bank, which was established in 1872 by Messrs. Jones and Parkhurst. Mr. Brown became a partner in 1879. They are also dealers in all kinds of farm machinery.
Henry Mandersheid, (saloon), was born in Germany in 1845; came to America when young, and settled in Jackson county, Ia. In 1872 he moved to LeMars; thence to Dakota. He returned to LeMars, where he lived until 1879. when he came to Sheldon and engaged in business as above. Mr. M. has been twice married. He was married to his second wife in Sept., 1881. She was Jennie Gusher. He has three children-Annie, Henry and John.
D. MeKay, farmer and marshal of Sheldon, is a native of Cana- da; moved to Cherokee, Ia., in 1870; thence to Sheldon in 1872.
A. McDougall, freight and express agent, was born in Canada in 1848; moved to Wis. in 1866; thence to Ia. in 1868. He has been in the employ of the C., M. & St. P. R. R. Co., for twelve years. He deals at wholesale in hard and soft coal.
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D. O'Donnell was born in Ireland in 1831; came to America in 1847 and settled in N. Y. He moved to Canada; thence to Wis .. and in 1875 came to Iowa. Mr. O'D. started from Sheldon with an ox team for the Black Hills in 1877, and made the trip in forty- four days. He was married in 1850, and has nine children-John C., Kate, Maggie, Mary, Julia, Nellie, Edward, Annie and George.
John C. O'Donnell, deputy sheriff of O'Brien county. He is engaged in blacksmithing. He was married in 1874 and has two children-Alice and Margaret.
James Parden, proprietor of sample room and billiard hall, was born near Rochester, N. Y., in 1837; moved to Sheldon, Ia., in 1875. He occupies for his business the first building erected in Sheldon.
L. O. Peterman, agent for the American Express Co., was born in Ind. in 1853; moved to Winona county, Minn .; thence to Shel- non in 1881.
Joseph Shinski, dealer in general merchandise, was born in N. Y. in 1842. He is the pioneer merchant of Sheldon, having es- tablished business in 1873. He was married in 1875 to Ellen M. Kelley, of Sioux City. They have two daughters-Maud and Maggie.
Henry Schultz, liquor dealer and proprietor of billiard hall, was born in Hanover, Ger., in 1846; came to America in 1866 and set- tled in Wis. He came to Iowa in 1870 and to Sheldon in 1876. He was married in 1876 to Katie Berbrein.
Rev. E. Southworth, pastor of the Congregational church, was born in Mich. in 1834. He attended the Hamilton College, N. Y., and the University of Mich., at Ann Arbor. In 1866 he graduat- ed from the Theological College, of N. Y., and the same year en- tered the ministry. In 1871 he moved to Ia., then back to Wis., where he remained four years, and in 1878 came to Sheldon, Ia., and took charge of the church as above. He married Sarah H. Humphrey, and has three children-Mary E., Edward P. and C. DeForest.
W. H. Sleeper, banker, insurance and land agent, was born in N. J. in 1853. He was for a time engaged in the mercantile busi- ness at Mount Holley, in Philadelphia. In 1877 he came to Sheldon, Ia., and engaged in his present business, with his brother, A. W. Sleeper.
Charles Stinson, of the firm of J. M. Comstock & Co., dealers in general merchandise, was born in N. Y .; moved to Algona, Ia., in 1871, and there engaged in the mercantile business with Mr. Comstock. They established business as above in Aug., 1880.
S. M. Wagers, proprietor of the City restaurant, was born in O. in 1838; moved to Wis. in 1856. He enlisted in 1862 in Co. H,
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7th Wis. Vol., and was discharged the same year, on account of physical disability. He came to Ia. in October. 1880. In 1863 he married Adelia Hayerman, and has two children-Edward and Mary.
E. B. Wheeler, blacksmith, was born in Orleans county, Vt .; in 1868; moved to Cerro Gordo county, Ia .; in 1868. He was one of the first settlers of Clear Lake. He came to Sheldon in 1880. and engaged in business as above.
D. S. White, Jr., dealer in general merchandise, was born in N. J., in 1833; removed to Omaha, Neb., in 1871, and was employed under the Superintendent of Indian affairs in Nebraska. In 1877 he came to Sheldon, Ia., and engaged as above. He was elected a member of the city council in 1880.
F. E. Wyman, proprietor of restaurant and dealer in fancy gro- ceries, is a native of Mass .; moved to Wabasha county, Minn., in 1858. Heenlisted in 1864 in Co. D, 140 Ill. Reg., and was dis- charged soon after. He came to Iowa in 1872.
James Wykoff, the pioneer lumber dealer of Sheldon, was born in Ontario county, N. Y., in 1843. He enlisted in Dec., 1863, in the 50th N. Y. Vol., and served until June, 1865. He moved to Minn. in 1866; thence to Ia. in 1868. He came to Sheldon in 1872, and engaged in business as above. His daughter, Inez, was the first child born in the city .
F. H. Zander, proprietor of the Chicago Clothing Store, came to Sheldon in Oct., 1880, from Chicago, where he had previously been engaged in business. This is the only exclusive clothing house in the city .
PRIMGHAR.
C. E. Achorn, of the firm of Schee & Achorn, bankers and land agents, was born in Me. in 1861: removed to Boston, Mass., with his parents in 1869; thence to Wis. in 1878, and the following year located at Primghar. He engaged in the above business with Geo. W. Schee, in 1881. He married Ada Alexander in Jan ., 1882.
Charles F. Albright, farmer, was born in Pa. in 1839; removed to Muscatine county, Ia., in 1858; two years later he moved to Cedar county. He enlisted in the war of the rebellion, and served three years. He came to O'Brien county in 1871, and settled on homestead in the center of the county, adjoining what is now the town of Primghar. He erected the first hotel here in 1873. He was married in 1865, to Adah C. Mackelwain, and has two children .
T. J. Alexander, treasurer of O'Brien county, was born in Ind. in 1845; moved with parents to Wis. the same year, and to Warren county, Ia., in 1859. He came to O'Brien county in 1869, and
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settled on a homestead in Liberty township. He was elected to his present office in 1878, and moved to Primghar; has been re- elected each term since. He was married in 1867, to Martha Brown, and has three children.
David Algyer, county superintendent of schools, was born in Montgomery county, N. Y., in 1849: came to Clay county, Ia., in 1871, and settled on a homestead. In 1873 moved to O'Brien county, and located at Primghar in 1880. He was elected to his present office in 1881. He married Marie S. Gowen in 1874. They have three children.
Milt. H. Allen, attorney at law, was born in Winneshiek county, Ia., in 1859; removed with parents to Clay county in 1871. He came to O'Brien county in 1873, and engaged in the practice of law with O. M. Barrett, in 1879. He opened an office in Primghar in 1881.
J. G. Chrysler, of the firm of Pumphrey & Chrysler, dealers in general merchandise, was born in Canada in 1858; removed with parents to Jackson county, Ia., in 1866; thence to O'Brien county in 1871. He located at Primghar in 1875, and engaged in his present business in 1878. He married Ida Thomas in 1879, and has one child.
J. B. Dunn, attorney at law, was born in Ind. March 5th, 1844; moved to Greene county, Wis., with his parents in 1846. He en- listed in Sept., 1861, in the war of the rebellion, and served three years and nine months; then located in Warren county, Iowa; re- moved to Primghar in 1880, and engaged in the practice of the law. He married Maria Hiett, in Nov., 1865. They have seven children.
Stephen Harris, teacher, was born in Brunswick, Me., in 1842; moved with parents to Boston, Mass., in 1845. He went to sea in 1860, and in 1863 enlisted in the army, and served two years. He came to Iowa, in 1869, and settled on a homestead. He was elected superintendent in 1870, and county clerk in 1871. He moved to Primghar in 1874; was deputy treasurer for four years, and also engaged in the land business.
D. W. Inman, proprietor of the hotel at Primghar, was born in N. Y. in 1835: removed to Ill. in 1837; thence to Butler county, Iowa, in 1858. He enlisted in 1864 in the 9th Vol. Inft., and served until the close of the war, when he returned to Iowa, and settled in O'Brien county in 1866. In 1879 he went to Primghar and engaged in his present business.
W. W. Johnson, lumber dealer, was born in England in 1844. and the same year came to America with his parents, who settled in N. Y. In 1859 he moved to Cedar county, Iowa; thence to O'Brien county in 1871, and engaged in farming in Highland town- ship. He moved to Primghar in 1881, and engaged in his present business.
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Thomas Murray, farmer, was born in Iowa in 1861; came to O'Brien county with his parents in 1871, and settled on a home- stead in Center township. He moved to Primghar in 1881.
J. L. E. Peck, county auditor, was born in London, Canada, Aug. 18th, 1852; moved with his parents to Page county, Iowa, where he resided until graduating from the Iowa State University in 1874, when he moved to Winneshiek county. He came to Pringhar in 1877, and engaged in the practice of law. He was elected to his present office in 1879, and re-elected in 1881.
Geo. W. Schee, of the firm of Schee & Achorn, was born in Clark county, Mo., in 1849; moved to Oskaloosa, Ia., in 1861 with his parents. In 1871 he came to O'Brien county and engaged in farming in Carroll township. He moved to Primghar in 1876, . and was elected county auditor, in which capacity he served two terms; then opened a land and law office, and became a member of the above firm in 1881. He married Lizzie Dunning, in 1877. They have two children.
J. A. Smith, county surveyor, was born in Pa. in Oct., 1847; re- moved to Iowa county, Ia., in 1869, and the following year came to O'Brien county and settled on a homestead in Center township. He moved to Primghar in 1881. He married Mary E. Foust, in 1870, and has five children.
Hubert Sprague, county recorder, was born in Ill., Jan. 1st, 1858; removed to Madison county, Ia., with parents in 1868; thence to O'Brien county, and engaged in farming. He served as deputy recorder two years, and was elected recorder in 1881. He was married in April, 1881, to Callie Green, of Clay county, Ia.
H. A. Thayer, of the firm of Thayer & Co., dealers in hardware, was born in N. Y., April 29th, 1855. He went to Neb. in 1874, and remained six months; then located in Blackhawk county, Ia .; came to Primghar in 1878; was engaged in clerking until entering his present business in 1881.
F. M. Tifft, proprietor of livery and sale stable, was born in Wis., Oct. 11th, 1857; removed with parents to O'Brien county, Ia., in 1870, settling on a homestead in Center township. He moved to Primghar in 1876, and in 1880 engaged in business as above. He was married to Ellen Robbins, Jan. 23rd, 1881. They have one child, a son.
Frank A. Turner, clerk, with Schee & Achorn, was born in Ill., Oct. 13th, 1856; moved with parents to Butler county, Ia., in 1859. He attended the college at Mt. Vernon from 1874 to 1876. Came to Primghar in 1880, and was employed in the Primghar Exchange Bank, where he still remains.
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HARTLEY.
A. B. Chrysler, of the firm of Pumphrey & Chrysler, dealers in general merchandise, was born in Canada in 1848; removed to Jackson county, Iowa, in 1865; thence to O'Brien county in 1870, and engaged in farming in Liberty township. He came to Hartley in 1880, and engaged in business as above. He was married in 1875, and has three children.
Allen Crossan, of the firm of Crossan & Gano, hardware dealers, was born in Scotland in Jan., 1848; came to America with his pa- rents in 1852, and settled in Ohio; moved to Hardin county, Iowa, in 1865, and in 1870. settled on a homestead in O'Brien county. He graduated from the Normal School at Albion, Ia., in 1877, and in 1880 engaged in his present business.
W. S. Fuller, of the firm of Shonkwiler & Co., dealers in lumber and stock, was born in Ill. in 1844; moved with his parents to Wis. in 1846; thence back to Ill. in 1857. where he remained until 1867; then removed to Grundy county, Ia., and in 1871 came to O'Brien county, settling on a homestead. He moved to Hartley in 1879, and engaged in merchandising until entering the above firm. He was married in 1869 to Nancy Wilson, and has two children.
H. E. Finster, proprietor of the City Hotel, was born in Chicago, Ill., in 1848; removed to Mich. with his parents in 1854; remained there until 1864, and after traveling for some time, located at In- dependence, Ia., and engaged in marble cutting. He came to Hartley in 1880, and engaged in business as above. He was mar- ried in 1870, and has three children.
David M. Gano, of the firm of Crossan & Gano, was born in Ohio in 1840; removed with his parents to Ind. in 1846; thence to Wis. the following year. In 1870, he came to O'Brien county and set- tled on a homestead, and engaged in farming until 1880, when he moved to Hartley and built the second house in the town. He was married in 1865, to S. Chamberlain, and has two sons and five daughters.
H. E. Hoagland, lumber dealer, was born in Mich. in 1844; re- moved to O'Brien county, Ia., in 1870, and settled on a homestead in Liberty township. In 1878 he came to Hartley, and engaged in the lumber business with O. M. Shonkwiler. He was married in 1864, and has two children.
D. F. Johnston, contractor, was born in New Brunswick, in 1832; removed with his parents to Canada, and in 1855 came to Delaware county, Ia. He moved to Buena Vista county in 1873; thence to Hartley in the summer of 1881, and is in the employ of the railroad company. He was married in March, 1856, to Hep- zebah Joyce. They have seven children.
F. E. Matott, proprietor of billiard hall, was born in Vt., in 1848, and the following year his parents moved to Ind., where he
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resided until 1871; then came to O'Brien county, and engaged in farming in Center township. He came to Hartley in 1881, and en- gaged in business as above. He married Emma L. Kiefer, in 1870. They have one daughter.
J. K. McAndrew, proprietor of Our House, was born in Mil- waukee, Wis., in 1850; removed to Clayton county, Ia., with pa- rents, where he remained until 1870, when he came to O'Brien and settled on a homestead in Grant township. In 1879, he moved to Hartley, and engaged in the stock and grain business, and ship- ped the first car-load from the town. He married Mary E. Biggs. in 1875, and has one child, a daughter.
O. M. Shonkwiler, lumber and stock dealer. was born in IIl. Dec. 31st, 1853; moved to O'Brien county, in May, 1876, and en- gaged in farming in Center township. He moved to Hartley in 1881, and engaged in the lumber business with Messrs. Hoagland & Fuller. He married Della Griffith, in Oct., 1877, and has two children.
E. A. Thomas, principal of the Hartley schools, was born in Jo Daviess county, Ill .; moved with parents to Mt. Carroll, in 1866, where he remained until 1875. He came to Hartley in Oct., 1881, and engaged in teaching.
E. D. Williams, butcher, was born in Wales in 1831; came to America in 1850 and located in Mich .; two years later moved to Wis .; thence to Hartley, Ia., in 1880, and engaged in his present business. He was married in 1857, and has nine children.
SANBORN.
E. F. Bacon, of the firm of Bacon & Son, dealers in general mer- chandise, was born in Wis .; removed with his parents in 1864 to Waverly, Ia., and came to Sanborn in 1880 and established busi- ness as above.
Wm. W. Barnes, proprietor of the Sanborn House, came to Ia. in 1869, and engaged in farming in Grant township, O'Brien coun- ty; removed to Primghar in 1876, and engaged in the hotel busi- ness; thence to Sanborn in 1878 and opened his present hotel.
E. M. Brady, the pioneer hardware merchant of Sanborn, is a native of Ohio; came to Iowa in 1874, and engaged in the mercan- tile business; removed to Sanborn in 1879 and established his pres- ent business.
Cal. Broadstreet, of the firm of Broadstreet & Boies, attorneys at law, was born in Ulster county, N. Y., in 1851; removed to Bu- chanan county, Ia., in 1857. He graduated from the Iowa State University in 1878. He began the practice of law in Sanborn in Oct., 1879. W. B. Boies, of the above law firm, was born in
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Boone county, Ill., in 1873. He graduated from the Iowa Law School in 1880, located in Sanborn in Dec., 1881, and began the practice of his profession.
A. W. Creed, dealer in flour and feed, came from Ohio to Iowa in 1869, and engaged in the mercantile business; thence to San- born in 1880, and engaged in the hotel business; sold out in the fall of 1881, and engaged in his present business.
Harley Day, attorney at law, was born in St. Lawrence county, N. Y., Mar. 27th, 1841. He served in the 106th Reg. N. Y. Vol., as lieutenant of Co. K, for three years. Part of that time was spent in rebel prisons. After the war he came to Iowa and located in Butler county; removed to Buchanan county; thence to O'Brien county in 1871, and settled on a homestead. He was admitted to the bar in that county in 1876, and engaged in the law and land business at Primghar. In 1880 he removed to Sanborn. He mar- ried Margaret Braden, in 1867. They have one child.
I. W. Dagett, banker, was born in Franklin county, Maine, in 1851; removed to Franklin county, Ia., in 1865, and engaged in teaching school; thence to Primghar in 1875, and engaged in the practice of law, and in 1877 entered the banking and real estate business, and removed to Sanborn in 1879, and engaged as above.
Robert Elliott, merchant tailor, Sanborn, Iowa.
C. J. Everhard, dealer in furniture, was born in O .; removed to Sanborn in June, 1881, and engaged in his present business. He is the inventor of the patent barrel painting machine, which is now extensively used by the Standard Oil company.
; Richard Finlay, M. D., is a native of Canada; moved to Cincin- nati, O., in 1863; graduated from the Ohio Medical College in the class of '80. He came to Sanborn in July, 1881, and began the practice of medicine.
W. C. Green, Sheriff of O'Brien county, was born in Jackson county, Ind., in 1842; removed to Carroll county, Ill., in 1849; thence to Whiteside county, and engaged in the dry goods busi- ness. He moved to O'Brien county in 1869, and engaged in the mercantile business in the town of O'Brien. He platted the town of Primghar, in 1872, and moved there in 1873, and in 1879 re- moved to Sanborn.
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