USA > Iowa > History of western Iowa, its settlement and growth. A comprehensive compilation of progressive events concerning the counties, cities, towns, and villages-biographical sketches of the pioneers and business men, with an authentic history of the state of Iowa > Part 53
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46 | Part 47 | Part 48 | Part 49 | Part 50 | Part 51 | Part 52 | Part 53 | Part 54 | Part 55 | Part 56 | Part 57 | Part 58 | Part 59 | Part 60 | Part 61
The Township Library .- This library is located in Brake Bros.' furniture store, W. P. Brake being the Librarian. There are about 500 volumes in the library, which is recognized as an insti- tution of great value, and which is being fostered by the citizens accordingly.
W. C. T. U .- The Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Dow City is one of the important and influential factors of the place, and has accomplished much in the promotion of the com- munity's best interests. Among other results of the Union's efforts has been a series of instructive and entertaining public lec- tures. Mrs. C. Smith is the President; Miss Effie J. Kilbourne, Secretary; Mrs. Benj. A. Heath, Treasurer.
Dou City Cornet Band .- Organized in the winter of 1880-81. There are fourteen members. M. G. Wiggins is the President; C. H. Brooke, Secretary and Treasurer; Frank E. Wilder, Leader.
487
HISTORY OF IOWA.
CRAWFORD COUNTY BIOGRAPHIES.
DENISON.
August Anderson, of the firm of Gregory & Anderson, was born in Sweden in 1849; was three years a sailor on the high seas. He came to Denison in the autumn of 1870, and was for seven years engaged as clerk for Sunough & Bullock. He married Matilda Kirnback, a native of Sweden, in May 1874. They have three children, Albert, Oscar K., and Carl Otto.
L. T. Carr, dealer in notions, stationery, and news-Main street, opposite court house-was born in Stark county, O., in Jan. 1846; removed to Ind .; thence to Ia. in 1869 and located in Denison in 1871 and engaged in clerking until 1875. He enlisted in the 1st Ind. heavy artillery; was mustered out at the close of the war. He was with Gen. Banks on the Red River expedition. He married Ellie Harriman, of Ind.
M. J. Cochran, wagon-maker, was born in Crawford county, Pa., in Feb., 1844; removed to Ia. in 1877 and engaged in business. He married Elizabeth Greeg, a native of Venango county, Pa., in 1874. They have three children, Edward, Mary and Charles; have lost one, Lucy May, who died in 1877.
J. W. Cochran, blacksmith, was born in Crawford county, Pa., in July, 1847; removed to Crawford county, Ia., in 1869; was. en- gaged for a time in farming, then learned his trade with John Lit- tle, of Vail. He married Catherine O'Neil, of Memphis, Tenn., in 1878. They have two children, Zella and George; have lost one, Louis.
Capt. B. F. Darling was born in Franklin county, Vt., in Sept., 1837; moved to N. H. in 1859; thence to Clinton county, Ia., where he enlisted in Co. A. 9th regiment of volunteer infantry; he was wounded at Pea Ridge, Mo., March 8th, 1862; was mus- tered out at the close of the war as captain. As a soldier he was conspicuous for bravery and fidelity. He was appointed clerk in 1881 to fill the vacant place of W. S. Wilson, deceased. He mar- ried Sarah Gibson, a native of England, in Jan., 1857, and has one child, A. W .; has lost one, Emma M., who died July 7th, 1862.
C. H. Evers, proprietor of the City Meat Market, one door west of McHenry's bank, was born in Holestein, Germany, in June. 1843; came to America in 1864, and settled in Denison in 1874 and engaged in his present business. In 1881 he erected a brick building with all the modern improvements for his business. He is also owner of the hotel known as the Farmers' House. He mar-
488
HISTORY OF IOWA.
ried Wilhelmina Meiburg, a native of Germany, in 1861. They have seven children, Heinrich, Annie, Millie, Herman, Anyti, Ed- ward and George. Mr. E. is the owner of the right of sale of the Champion force pump, in five counties. He is one of the trustees of the new German Opera Hall.
Edward Eaton, harness maker, Main street, was born in Ind. in Nov., 1845; removed to O. in 1850, thence in 1854 to Fayette county, Ia. He enlisted in Co. F. 9th Ia. V. L .; was discharged in July, 1865, and returned to Fayette county; removed to Crawford county in 1879. He married Louisa F. Gulick, a native of Ia., in 1876.
Wm. Familton, agent for the Iowa Land Company, was born in Harrison county, O., Sept. 25th, 1825; removed to De Witt, Ia., in 1852 and engaged in the land business. He held the office of sheriff and also was clerk of the court of Clinton county. He en- listed in Co. F., 44th Ia. Vol. Inft., as captain, was mustered out in 1864. He came to Crawford county in May, 1871. He was married to Miss Gondy, of DeWitt, now deceased, who left six children. He took for his second wife Roena N. Horton, of Denison. He has one son.
Garrison & Roberts, attorneys and counsellors at law, Denison, Iowa.
D. H. Gill, dentist, office room No. 1, in McHenry baak building. He was born in Chester county, Pa., in Aug., 1844; removed with his parents to Logan county, O., and then to Cedar county, Ia., in 1849, where his father is still living; engaged in the practice of medicine. In 1861 he enlisted in Co. G, 2d Ia. Cav .; was dis- charged in 1865. He first studied dentistry with Dr. Tabor, of Cedar county, then with Dr. Tulloss, of Iowa City, then moved to Independence; thence to Denison in 1877. He married Ellen A. Henry, of Buchanan county, in 1868. They have four children, Ethie, Percy, Alice and Annie.
H. W. Gregory, of the firm of Gregory & Anderson, druggists, was born in Livingston, N. Y., in Aug., 1824. Was engaged as book-keeper for the Genesee River bank, then came west and was engaged with the Horicon & Milwaukee R. R. as agent located in Wis .; then went to Chicago and was in the employ of Stephens Bros .; from thence he went to Wis., and purchased 140 acres of land in Rock county; thence to Crawford county, Ia., and en- gaged in farming on 300 acres; sold out and engaged in his pres- ent business. Has held the office of magistrate, also been secre- try of school board.
E. D. Gould, farmer and stock dealer, section 17, East Boyer township, was born in Lewis county, N. Y., in Nov .. 1853; moved to Ill. in 1861; thence to Crawford county, Ia., in 1872, and now owns 936 acres of land, with good house and the largest barn in the
489
HISTORY OF IOWA.
county. The barn was erected in the autumn of 1881. He married Ella I. Morgan, a native of Buena Vista county, Ia., in 1870, and has two children, Captidona and Lodemia.
Geo. W. Heston, clerk of the court, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., in Apr., 1832. He enlisted in the 71st Reg. of Pa. Vol. Inft .; was taken prisoner and incarcerated at Richmond; after- wards was discharged and returned to Pa. He came to Ia. in 1870 and engaged in farming; was county surveyor four years. He married Lizzie B. Cann in 1856; she died in 1858, leaving one child, now Mrs. Mead, of Denison. In 1862 he married Sally J. Bender, of Philadelphia, Pa. They have four children. Mr. H. is a member of the A. F. & A. M.
Dr. W. W. Holmes, was born in Hardin county, O., in July , 1843. He enlisted in the 15th O. Reg., and at the end of three months re-enlisted in the 123rd O. Inft .; was detailed as hospital steward, and discharged in 1863; then enlisted in the 135th O. Inft., and was mustered out at the close of the war. He studied medicine at Kenton, O., and graduated at the Miami Medical In- stitute in the spring of 1866; removed to Boone county, Ia., in 1869, and to Denison in 1874. He married Mary Ringer, of O., in 1868.
John F. Holst, proprietor of the City shoe store, two doors west of McHenry's bank building, was born in Germany in Oct., 1816. He took part in the Franco-German war, in 1870-71; came to America in 1872, and to Denison in 1874. His wife is a native of Germany. They have two children, John F. and Max.
F. O. Ivers, dealer in stoves and tinware, opposite Lamb's liv- ery stable, was born in Holstein, Ger., in Oct., 1848; came to Amer- ica in 1868 and located in Louisa county, Ia .; removed to Crawford county, Ia., in June, 1881. He married Dora Smith, who is a na- tive of Ger., in 1876. They have two children, Ella and Mary.
Adelphus B. Keith, editor and proprietor of the Crawford County Bulletin, was born in Appleton, Me., in 1854; moved to Ill., and came to Crawford county, Iowa, in 1865; located in Deni- son in 1871. Married to Miss Carrie Bieber, of Denison, and has one son living. Mr. Keith headed the Iowa State democratic ticket, as candidate for secretary of state, in 1880. He is a graduate of the American Institute of Phrenology, of N. Y., is a student of unusual persistency, and has already achieved a more than local reputation as a lecturer on popular scientific topics .
Rudolph Knaul, druggist and dealer in fancy goods, was born in Berlin, Ger., in 1850; came to America in 1870 and located in Chicago; removed to Clinton, Ia., and came to Denison in 1878, and engaged in his present business. He married Maggie Au, of N. Y. City, and has two children, Mamie and Alice.
32
400
HISTORY OF IOWA.
Thomas Luney, of the firm of Luney Bros., was born in An- trim, near Belfast, Ireland. Oct. 27th, 1817; came to America in 1865 and located at Pontiac, Ill., and engaged in farming; in 1868 he removed to Ia. He married Mary Smyth, a native of Ireland. They have had seven children.
Samuel Luney was born in Belfast, Ireland, July 7th, 1844; came to America with his parents in 1856; removed to Crawford county, Ia., in 1867. He is member of the firm of Luney Broth- ers, machinists and millers. He married Martha J. Hughes, a na- tive of La Salle county, Ill. William Luney. Jr., member of the above firm, was born in Belfast, Ireland, in 1849.
W. A. McHenry (autobiography), banker, was born Mar. 6th, 1841, in Almond, Allegheny county, N. Y. His father, James Mc- Henry, died the same year, leaving a family of thirteen children. WV. A. being the youngest, lived with the oldest brother and sister at the old homestead until 1855 (his mother dying when he was but eight years old), when he went to Wis., where he worked on a farm summers and attended school winters. In the spring of 1860, he went to Ogle county, Ill., working on a farm until after the battle of Bull Run, in 1861. In response to his country's call, he enlisted as a private in Co. F. Sth Ill. Cav., re-enlisting as a veteran in the same regiment in Jan., 1864, and was mustered out of service as 1st sergeant at Benton Barracks, Mo., July 23rd, 1865. He then came to Denison and became a partner with his brother Morris in the real estate business, and also served under him in the county treasurer's office as deputy, until 1871, when the firm of McHenry Bros., in connection with their real estate business, established the first banking house in Crawford county. They occupied the upper story of a brick building on Main street, erected by Plimpton & McHenry as a general store, of which firm he was a partner eight years. In 1874 McHenry Bros., finding their present quarters inadequate to their growing business, erected on the corner of Main and Broadway their present commodious bank building, a fine two-story brick with terra cotta cornices and window trimmings, handsomely finished inside and furnished with fire-proof vaults and one of Hall's burglar-proof safes with a Sar- gent's time-lock attachment. The building complete cost $15,- 000. In 1877, his brother, wishing to retire from active business, sold to him his interest and the name of McHenry Bros. was changed to the W. A. McHenry Bank and Land Office. In 1864 he was united in marriage to Miss Mary S. Sears, of Rockford, Ill., an accomplished lady, who preceded him to Denison one year, working in the county treasurer's office until the close of the war, thus lending her aid to establish one of the most successful busi- ness firms in southwestern Ia.
A. D. Molony, county auditor, was born in Queens county, Ireland, in 1818; came to the U. S. in 1836; was a resident of the eastern and southern states until 1861, when he came to Crawford
491
HISTORY OF IOWA.
county. He was appointed auditor in Apr .. 1861, and elected to that office in the autumn, and has held the office ever since. He married Bridget Shaaran, a native of Ireland, and has four children.
Fred. Nagel, proprietor of the saloon one door west of . the Commercial house, was born in Wentdorf, Germany, in 1845; was engaged in the last war between France and Prussia; came to the U. S. in Oct., 1871, and soon after settled in Clinton county, Ia .; removed to Crawford county in 1878. He married Henlena C. Peterson, a native of Germany, in Dec., 1871. They have five children, William, Louis, Mary, Christina and Arthur.
S. Peterson, wagon maker, was born in Prussia, July 4th, 1846; came to America in 1871, and settled in Clinton county, la. ; re- moved to Crawford county in 1879.
F. M. Penney, of the firm of Penney & Morgan, proprietors of the Peoples' One Price Cash Store, was born in Adams. Jefferson county, N. Y., June 16th, 1857; removed to Livingston county, Ill., where he was cashier of the Odell Mercantile bank for five years; then came to Denison.
John L. Richardson, deputy treasurer. was born in Chautauqua county, N. Y., Sept. 6th, 1837; removed to Linn county, Ia., in 1861. He enlisted in the 20th Ia. Vol. Inft., and was engaged in the battles of Vicksburg, Fort Morgan, Blakely and Mobile. He was mustered out July 8th, 1865, and returned to Linn county; removed to Crawford county, June 6th, 1874, and engaged in farming, also teaching school. He has held the office of town- ship clerk and assessor of Soldier township. He is a member of the A. F. & A. M. Lodge. He married Mary McArthur, of Linn county, Oct. 4th, 1867.
E. H. Smith, painter and glazier, was born in Morgan county, O., Jan. 28th, 1844; removed to Ia. in 1852, and settled in Clinton county. He enlisted in 1862, in Co. H, 26th Ia. Inft .; was in the Vicksburg campaign and Sherman's march to the sea. He mar- ried Miss S. R. Owens, of Ind., in 1864, and has four children, Emma, Belle, Louis and William.
Fred. Stoecks, dealer in millinery and fancy goods, was born in Germany, Apr., 25th, 1826; came to America in 1832 and located at Davenport, Ia .: removed to Denison in 1879. He married Matilda Schmitsch, in 1870, and has two children, Matilda and Harry.
John F. Stubbe, proprietor of the Denison Meat Market, cor. of Main and Broadway, was born in Holstein, Germany, July 26th, 1833; came to the U. S. in 1866 and located in Davenport, Ia .; removed to Moline, Ill., and learned his trade, then came to Denison in May, 1881, and engaged in his present business. In 1881 he married Matilda Achterberg, a native of Germany, but a resident of Davenport since the age of one year.
492
HISTORY OF IOWA.
A. D. Wilson, of the firm of Wygant & Wilson, dealers in hard- ware, stoves and tinware, was born in Kane county, Ill., Jan. 5th, 1846; removed to Buchanan county, Ia .; thence to Crawford county ; thence to Buena Vista county, where he remained eight years; thence back to Crawford county. He enlisted in May, 1863, in the 141st, Ill. Vol. He married Clara Wightman, a native of Canada, in 1868. They have four children, Harry, Lillie, Howard and Floyd.
VAIL.
E. M. Ainsworth, superintendent of schools for Crawford county, also dealer in drugs, notions and fancy goods, was born in Dodge county, Wis., in Sept., 1848; came to Ia. in 1868, and has been en- gaged in teaching in the public school of Vail for seven years, was elected to his present office in the autumn of 1881. He was mar- ried Sept. 1st. 1880, to Nellie Wightman, a native of Vt.
William W. Anderton, proprietor of the livery and feed stable and dealer in stock, was born in Lincolnshire, Eng., June 16th, 1813. 4 He learned the printer's trade, served seven years, then published the People's Advocate, at Sheffield, Eng .; came to Amer- ica in 1838 and located in Morgan county, Ill .; removed to Craw- ford county, Ia., in the autumn of 1857, and bought 160 acres of land near where Vail now stands; in 1872 he removed to Vail and has been mayor of the city two terms. He was married in Feb., 1836, at St. Peter's Church, Eng., to Eliza Authorton, a native of Sheffield, who died Feb. 13th, 1845. In Feb., 1846, he was married to Julia Cadwell, a native of Morgan county, Ill., who died April 26th, 1871. He has had six children, but three of whom are liv- ing, George H., Charles W., and John C.
E. B. Bannister, dealer in hardware, stoves, tinware and cut- lery, was born in Naperville, Du Page county, Ill., in 1843. He enlisted in Co. B., 105th Ill. Vol. Inft., in 1862, and was appointed regimental postmaster; was in several battles and was discharged at Louisville, Ky., in 1863 and returned to Ill .; removed to Chicago, and in 1871 came to Denison, Crawford county, Ia., and to Vail in the fall of the same year and established his present business. He is a member of the town council. In the autumn of 1871 he was married to Jennie Gould, of Belvidere, Ill.
Morris Casey, of the firm of Casey & Casey, dealers in live stock, was born in Boston. Mass., in Jan., 1851; removed to'De Witt, Ia., in 1854; thence to Crawford county in 1880. In Jan., 1877, he was married to Mary J. Barnes, a native of N. Y.
P. J. Casey, of the firm of Casey & Casey, dealers in live stock, was born in Ireland in 1843, came to America with parents . and located at Davenport, Ia., in 1846; removed to St. Louis and en- gaged in business as an architect. In 1875 he came to Vail, Ia.
493
HISTORY OF IOWA.
and established his present business. In 1866 he married Ella McSrath, a native of St. Louis. She died in 1871, and in 1877 he married Sarah Kelley, and has two children, Eddie and Susie.
J. W. Cousins, dealer in agricultural implements, was born in Lincolnshire, Eng., Aug. 26th, 1848; came to America and located in Clinton county, Ia., and engaged in farming. He established his present business at Vail, in 1880. He was' married in 1869 to Anna Martin, a native of Clinton county, and has five children, Anna, Kate, William, Joseph and George.
J. J. Coughlin, blacksmith, was born in Canada, Jan. 1st, 1853; came to the states in 1874 and located at Dunlap, Ia., in 1875; thence to Vail in 1878.
Ed. Darling, M. D., was born in Franklin county, N. Y., in Mar., 1839; removed to Maquoketa, Ia., in 1848. He studied with Dr. J. H. Hollister. and then attended the Eclectic Institute at Cincinnati, O. He enlisted Aug. 12th, 1861, in the 9th, Ia. Vol. Inft., Co. A .; was appointed hospital steward; was in a num- ber of prominent battles, and was discharged at Louisville, Ky ., in 1865 and returned to Cincinnati, and graduated in 1866. He returned to Maquoketa and engaged in the drug business; removed to Vail in 1870. He married Addie Stephens, a native of O., in Jan., 1866.
G. Davison, publisher of the Observer, established that paper May 1st, 1875; he sold to Otto Engstrom, in Oct., 1879. Mr. E. sold to J. H. Roberts, Jr .. Mr. Roberts sold to H. C. Ford, and in May, 1881, Mr. Davison bought the paper again, and has continued to publish it ever since. He was born in Will county, Ill ., in Feb., 1853; came to Ia. in 1865, and located at Lyons; thence removed to Marshalltown, and in 1868 to Boone, where he was employed in the Republican office for five years.
Hon. James De Wolf, M. D., postmaster, was born in Caven- dish, Vt., in Feb., 1819; removed with his parents to Bradford county, Pa. ; studied medicine with Dr. Barnes, of Le Rays- ville, and afterwards practiced with Dr. Horton, of Terryville. He removed to Carroll county, Ill., in 1852, and engaged in farm- ing, was school commissioner, and represented his district in the state legislature. He removed to Cedar county, Ia .. in the spring of 1865, and engaged in the land agency business; removed to Crawford county in 1871, and bought 560 acres of land and established a grocery business at Vail, which was the first business house at that place; has been justice of the peace. He married Anna, daughter of Maj. Horton, of Terrytown, Pa., in May, 1849. They have four children, Mary, John, George and Anna.
I. P. Fitch, dealer in lumber, grain and coal, was born in Rensselaer county, N. Y., July 24th, 1841: removed to N. Y. City, and in 1876 came to Crawford county, Ia., and engaged in
494
HISTORY OF IOWA.
his present business; bought and sold about 200,000 bushels of grain during the year 1881. He is a member of the board of supervisors, and is S. W. of the A. F. & A. M. Lodge. He was married Apr. 19th, 1863, to Lucia Sears, of Mass., and has six children, Samuel, James D., Abbie E., Edward H., Julia L. and Eilena.
M. Fitzgerald, M. D., was born in Chicago, Ill., in July, 1849, enlisted in the Iron Brigade as a private, and was promoted to the position of first lieutenant of company H. He was discharged as captain. Sept. 15th, 1861, he re-enlisted; was imprisoned at Lex- ington, exchanged and returned to service in W. V .; was wounded at Winchester, Oct. 13th, 1864, and discharged Jan. 17th, 1865, and returned to Chicago. He studied medicine in the office of Dr. J. H. Taggert, and graduated from Rush Medical college in the spring of 1873; engaged in practice in Whiteside county, Ill. In Mar., 1877, he removed to Vail, Ia. He is a member of the A. F. & A. M. In 1863 he was married to Ellen Quinn, a native of Ill., who died in Aug., 1879, leaving one child, James W. He married Ellen O'Connell, a native of Ia., in Apr., 1880.
G. C. Gerrick, wagon-maker, was born in Berlin, Ger., in Mar., 1854; came to America in 1868, and settled in Chicago, Ill .; re- moved to Ia. in 1864. In 1879 he married Eila E. Thompson, a native of Mich., and has one child, Nellie.
Perry Kemerling, of the firm of P. Kemerling & Bro., livery and feed stable, was born in Henry county, Ill., in May 1856; came to Ia. in 1874. He engaged in his present business in Vail Nov. 24th, 1881. He married Fanny Bennett, a native of Henry county, Ill., in Nov., 1874. They have two children, George M. and Lucy Bell.
Miles Laughland, proprietor of the Board of Trade saloon, was born in Kenosha, Wis., May 1st, 1854; came to Ia. Mar. 15th, 1862, and engaged in his present business at Vail, in 1881.
Rev. Father M. E. Lenihan was born in Dubuque, Ia.,, Oct. 5th, 1835; was educated at St. John's College at Prairie du Chien, Wis .; then went to Canada and graduated from the Grand Semi- nary at Montreal, and was ordained priest Dec. 20th, 1879, and lo- cated at Lyons, Ia., where he remained two months and removed to Vail, succeding Father McGrath, who was called to Ireland. Since residing here he has organized a Father Matthew Temper- ance society, and a good library. During the cyclone of Sept. 29th, 1881, the church was blown away. The congregation now con- template building a fine brick edifice soon.
Henry Meyer, proprietor of the saloon and billiard hall, was born in Germany, Oct. 4th, 1845; came to America in 1860 and located at Chicago; removed to Clinton county, Ia., in 1873; thence to Crawford county, in 1876, where he owns a fine farm of 440 acres.
495
HISTORY OF IOWA.
He was married in 1869 to Doris Myer, a native of Germany. They have five children, Charlie, Caroline, Emma, Willie and Clara.
C. E. Rice, cashier of the Trader's bank, established in 1880, was born in Berkeley county, Va. June 5th, 1853; came to Ia. in 1873. He is treasurer of the school board and has been clerk of the town of Vail. He married Jennett Shaw, a native of Vt., Oct. 16th, 1881.
John Short, proprietor of the Vail Flouring Mills, capacity of sixty barrels of flour per day, also dealer in grain, lumber and coal, has the machinery for shelling and loading a car every half-hour. He was born in Edinburg, Scotland; came to America in 1850 and located in Canada; removed to Chicago in 1868, then came to Boone county, Ia., and built a mill; then came to Vail and built his present mill. He was married in Scotland to Margaret Mather, and has six children, Adam, Helen, Agnes, James M., Elizabeth and Maggie.
John Spire, blacksmith, was born in Lincolnshire, Eng., in Dec., 1838; came to America in 1866, and settled in Ill .; came to Crawford county in Mar., 1875. He was married Apr. 7th, 1850, to Mary A. Pocklington, a native of England. They have four children, George, Lena, Mary and Alfred.
A. L. Strong, dealer in general merchandise, was born in Canaan, Conn., in Feb., 1841. He enlisted in 1862 in the 37th Mass. Vol. Inft .; was wounded at the battle of the Wilderness, May 6th, 1864, and was discharged in June, 1865. He came to Ia. in 1872 and established his present business. He married Mary De Wolf, a native of Pa., in May, 1873. They have two children, Ella L. and Anna M. Mr. S. is a member of the town council of Vail.
John Thompson, miller, was born in Scotland, in Oct., 1848; came to America in 1869, and settled in Grundy county, Ill., and was employed as engineer, by A. K. Styles, of Gardner; then re- moved to Boone county, Ia .; thence to Crawford county in 1874 and has since been employed by John Short in the Vail mills. He was married in 1874 to Helen B. Short, a native of Canada. They have three children, Anna, George and John.
T. Weyener. baker and dealer in fancy groceries and confection- ery, was born in Hamburg, Ger., in 1830; came to America in Sept. 1850, and located at Dubuque, and in 1875 came to Vail and opened a saloon and engaged in his present business in 1877. In May, 1838, he married Lena Fugenbachler, and has eight children living, lost two.
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.