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Mr. Gallaugher is of Irish and English blood. His father was a native of Ireland, and his mother of London, England. The father, James Gallaugher, came to America when a very young man ; the mother, Lucy Marshall, arrived in the fall of 1854. James Gallangher conducted a carpentering and con- tracting business in Iowa City for a number of years. He died in 1868, when our subject was five years of age. The mother survived until the fall of 1902.
Young Anthony began work on the farm of E. F. Rate at the age of fourteen, and from that time has made his own way in the world. He has made faithfulness and effectiveness the
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cardinal principles of his industrial work, and, of course, has made good in the battle of life. In the prime of manhood, he has prospectively many years of usefulness before him.
Mr. Gallaugher is a native of Iowa City, being born April 27, 1863. He has been twice married. His first wife was Miss Elsie M. Akett, of Iowa City, who died in December, 1892. One child was born of this union, Sarah, now Mrs. Fountain, of Fremont township. His second wife was Miss Selina Fowl, who is the mother of one son, Clarence. The latter is engaged in the manufacture of tools and special machinery, having in- herited his father's aptitude for mechanics. His ability and equipment are such that it is said of him that he is in a position to produce any kind of machinery.
CHARLES V. DOERRES
The history of the Doerres family is set forth in the sketch of the life of John Doerres, to which the attention of the reader is directed in connection with this account of Charles V. Doerres, who is a son of John and Louisa Doerres. Our
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subject was born in Fremont township, Johnson county, Iowa, February 14, 1879. His boyhood was spent on the home farm of his father, and the aptitude displayed for agriculture dur- ing these years decided him to make farming his life work.
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He has therefore continued in this line of business ever since, taking up in connection therewith stock raising and feeding. Mr. Doerres has made a decided success of his life work, and stands high among the progressive young farmers of Johnson county.
August 31, 1910, Mr. Doerres was married to Miss Amelia Reimers, a native of Moline, Illinois, and together they look down the pathway of the future with bright anticipations of prosperity and happiness. Mr. Doerres is a democrat and a member of the M. B. A., of Lone Tree, Iowa.
CONRAD JELLE
Conrad Jehle, a prominent farmer of Fremont township, settled in Johnson county in 1873, and has continuously resid- ed in the same neighborhood ever since, a period of thirty- eight years. His lifelong occupation has been farming, and his father before him was a farmer. Mr. Jehle was born in
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Germany November 19, 1843. His parents, Michael and Mary (Ristmeuller) Jehle, also natives of Germany, came to Amer- ica when Conrad was nine years of age and settled in Wiscon- sin. There they remained for fifteen years, when they moved to Muscatine county, Iowa. From Muscatine county, at the end of six years, they settled in Fremont township. Our sub-
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ject's residence in Fremont township dates from the day of the family's arrival from Muscatine county.
Mr. Jehle was married in 1869 to Miss Elizabeth Rauch, a native of Germany, who came to America with her parents when a small child. They have been blessed with five chil- dren : William, married, and residing in Cedar county; Ja- cob, living at home ; Hannah, now Mrs. Feltman, living upon a farm in Muscatine county; Louisa, 'now Mrs. Henry Sturgis, living in Muscatine county; Joseph, living at home.
Mr. Jehle is a member of the Catholic church, and is a democrat politically. He is esteemed by his neighbors as an honorable, industrious man - one of the substantial and pro- gressive citizens of Fremont township.
RICHARD WALLACE HUSKINS
Richard Wallace Huskins, at the age of sixty-one, is still farming the old homestead which his parents took up as gov- ermment land in 1856. He was a lad six years old when the family located on that farm. For fifty-five years, therefore, he has resided continuously at the same place, and at this writing fully expects to spend the remainder of his days amid the old scenes which have become more precious to him with the passing years.
"The orchard, the meadow, the deep-tangled wildwood,
And every loved spot that my infancy knew" -
These are the elements that enter deeply into the conscious- ness of this sturdy Iowa farmer and bind him to the old home- stead with sinews of affection unbroken and unbreakable. The student of psychology will not doubt that there are influences and sentiments surrounding such old family homes which make for peace of mind and gird the occupants with the comfortable thought of companionships long gone but not forgotten, and these, taken in connection with the vita! ties and activities of the present, constitute ideal conditions for contentment, which, with the scriptural ingredient of godliness, provide "great gain" for their fortunate possessors.
Richard Wallace Huskins was born in Uniontown, Penn- sylvania, in November, 1850. ITis parents, Richard and Char-
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lotte ( Wells) Huskins, were also natives of Pennsylvania, the former being born in Chester county, October 2, 1803, and the latter in Fayette county, February 28, 1807. The elder Huskins was married in Fayette county, and moved to Fre- mont township, Johnson county, lowa. in 1856, where he settled upon the farm which is the present home of our sub- ject. Father Huskins's business originally was that of a paper manufacturer. His election to the position of clerk of the courts in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, however, gave him the agreeable opportunity of cultivating his natural taste for the law. This position he held for a good many years. After taking up his homestead in Iowa he divided his time between farming and the practice of law. For a number of
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years he was justice of the peace in Fremont township, and held numerous local offices under election on the democratic ticket. His connection with public affairs made him an im- portant factor in the development and history of the town- ship. He died September 11, 1885, in his eighty-second year. Mother Huskins survived him six months, dying February 28, 1886, that date being singularly the seventy-ninth anniversary of her birth. This excellent couple brought into the world a family of twelve children : John, Margaret, Elizabeth, James, Joseph, Rachel, Mary, Rebecca, William, Bryan, our subject, and Frank. Of these only four survive: Elizabeth, Mary, our subject, and Frank.
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First, a farmer; secondly, a farmer; finally, a farmer. This describes the life work of Richard Wallace Hnskins. He has been a man of one purpose and one work. His reputation and standing in the business world and among his neighbors at- test his success. In 1879 he took to wife Miss Sarah France, who was born in Illinois and came to Johnson county with her parents in 1865. The elder Frances have been dead a good many years. She bad five brothers and two sisters: John, Andrew, Henry, Jacob, James, Barbara, and Minnie. Mr. and Mrs. Huskins have five children : Carrie, now Mrs. F. M. Baker, residing in Fremont township (see sketch of Fred M. Baker elsewhere in this volume. - Ed.) ; William, married to Mary Janard of Fremont township, who died, in April, 1910, leaving two daughters, Mildred and Vera (William is now making his home with his parents) ; Juliet, now Mrs. George Crawford, living in Lincoln township; Minnie, now Mrs. C. Edmonds, living in Rock Island, Illinois; Bessie, living at home.
Our subject followed the example of his father politically and allied himself with the democratic party. The family are mem- bers of the Methodist Episcopal church.
JOSIAH KINLEY CORLETT
William Corlett, the father of the subject of this sketch, was born on the Isle of Man about the year 1800, and died near Cleveland, Ohio, in 1867. His wife, 'Anna Kinley, also a na- tive of the Isle of Man, was born in 1797 and died in Ohio in 1868. They had seven children: Jane Clark; William, died in Ohio; Thomas, died in California; John, deceased; Daniel, deceased; Catherine, residing in California; Josiah Kinley, our subject. William Corlett was a farmer, and pursued that occupation in America until his death.
Josiah Kinley Corlett was born in Cuyahoga county, Ohio, near Cleveland, January 23, 1838. He came to Iowa City in 1856 and began work at his trade, that of carriage making. In 1860 he spent a season in Colorado, mining. He was a soldier of the Civil War, and saw three years of hard service, enlisting in 1861. His first service was for three months in
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Company B of the First Iowa Infantry and his last in Com- pany I of the Twenty-second Iowa Infantry. He was hon- orably discharged in the fall of 1865. Mr. Corlett took part in every engagement of the campaign and siege of Vicksburg, as well as in numerous skirmishes. He was with Sheridan in Shenandoah Valley and took part in three pitched battles in that campaign.
At the close of the war he returned to Iowa City and took up the peaceful work of carriage making at his shop on South Dubuque street, between Washington and College. There he was in business many years. Later he sold the property on South Dubuque and removed to College street, between Dn- buque and Linn. He has lived in retirement since 1905.
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Comrade Corlett is Past Commander of Samuel J. Kirk- wood Post No. 8 of the G. A. R. ; is a member of Eureka lodge, I. O. O. F., and of Iowa City Lodge No. 4, A. F. & A. M.
Mr. Corlett was married in 1873 at Iowa City, to Miss Mar- garet 11. Crawford, a native of Canada, who came to Iowa City with her parents in 1854. Her parents were Hugh and Janet (McConchie) Crawford, who lived on a farm in Johnson county for many years.
To Mr. and Mrs. Corlett were born two children: Addie Belle, who died in infancy, and Robert Kinley, principal of West Hill school, Burlington, Iowa. Mrs. Corlett died June 26, 1911, at the family home, 418 South Van Buren street.
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John Corlett, a brother of J. K., came to Iowa the same year, 1856, and was for a time engaged in the livery business with his brother, Daniel, and later for himself. He was sue- ceeded by his brother, Josiah, who conducted the business thereafter for many years. John Corlett also was a soldier in the Civil War, having enlisted at the first call in Company F, First Iowa Cavalry. He died in Nebraska in 1892, leaving a wife and six children. Mrs. John Corlett now resides in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
THE BOERNER-FRY COMPANY
Probably very few people in Iowa City really know the ex- tent or magnitude of the business transacted by the Boerner- Fry Company or that their special representatives travel the greater portion of the United States. While this company manufactures every kind of toilet articles their specialty is a pure vanilla extract. During the year 1910 there were sold from this plant over 5,000 gallons of this article alone.
It is only by a visit through this manufactory that one can form any conception of the amount or of the high quality of goods here produced or of the amount of investment required. Large quantities of the pure vanilla bean, purchased by the Boerner-Fry Company's agents direct from the growers, are constantly on hand. Huge tanks hold over 250 gallons of vanilla while tiers of barrels hold in storage thousands of gallons of this valuable extract to supply the constantly in- creasing customers of this company. The extraction of this delicate flavor from the vanilla bean is an interesting process and requires special machinery. The chemical and laboratory equipment is probably the most elaborate and complete of any plant of this kind in the country, affording every facility for the production of the highest grade of goods in this line. The material which is used in the manufacture of these goods comes from many different parts of the world. Copper tanks most securely sealed, battered and dented from transportation have come direct from far away Ceylon. Costly pomades are brought from the great flower gardens of France and other
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places in Europe, the contents of only a tiny dram vial being valued at $95.00.
The Boerner-Fry Company was first started as a partner- ship concern in 1897 by E. L. Boerner, druggist. In 1906 it was incorporated under the state laws of Iowa as The Boern- er-Fry Company. The present officers are: E. A. Wilcox, president ; W. J. Teeters, vice president and consulting chem- ist; W. A. Fry, treasurer; W. H. Conant, secretary. The above named officers together with D. A. Harkness and Wil- lard J. Welch comprise the board of directors.
The officers and directors of the Boerner-Fry Co. are men who have been prominently identified with the business and educational interests of Iowa City for a number of years.
E. A. Wilcox, the president, is a professor of law in the Law Department of the State University of Iowa.
W. J. Teeters, vice president and consulting chemist, is Dean of the Pharmacy Department of the State University.
The chemical laboratory of the Boerner-Fry Co. is under the direct charge of R. A. Kuever, a professor in the Pharmacy Department of the State University.
W. 3. Fry was for a long time cashier and president of the Johnson County Savings Bank.
W. H. Conant, secretary and manager, has been identified with the newspaper and business interests of Iowa City for eighteen years.
D. K. Harkness is the Iowa representative of Reed, Mur- dock & Co., of Chicago, Illinois, and a director in the Com- mercial Savings Bank, of Iowa City, Iowa.
Willard J. Welch is a prominent capitalist and business man of Iowa City and also a director in the Johnson County Sav- ings Bank.
The business of the Boerner-Fry Co. is as indicated above, the manufacture and sale of all kinds of flavoring extracts, butter color, perfumes, and toilet preparations and their pro- ducts are shipped to every point in the Mississippi Valley and the west.
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FRED E. MORRISON
Fred E. Morrison is well known throughout Johnson and adjoining counties in his capacity as auctioneer. He was born in Adams county, Illinois, September 29, 1870, and was brought to Louisa county, Iowa, by his parents when he was three years of age. The family came to Johnson county in 1884 and there the father carried on farming, as he had prev- iously done. The parents, Junius B. and Angeline (McCoy) Morrison, were natives of Pennsylvania and Indiana, respect- ively.
In boyhood Fred E. Morrison attended the common schools and helped with the work on his father's farm. When he was
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ready to choose an occupation for himself he chose farming and continued to follow this occupation with success until 1906, when he took up that of auctioneer, for which he is pe- culiariy fitted. All his business career has been spent in Johnson county and he is well known there. He has estab- lished a good business in his present line and operates in Johnson, Louisa, Muscatine, and Washington counties, where he takes complete charge of various kinds of sales.
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In 1892 Mr. Morrison married Miss Della Siverly, a native of Louisa county, Iowa, and their union has been blessed with seven children, namely : Frata G., Ralph F., Esther M., War- ren E., Ruth D., Dorothea A., and Beula I. The family oc- cupy a pleasant home in Fremont township, near the south county line, and take an active part in local circles.
REV. FATHER ALOYS CIHAL (Deceased)
It would be commonplace to say that the ranks of the Chris- tian ministry contain and have contained uncrowned heroes, whose moral deeds of valor are entitled to recital in the annals of state and nation; everyone acquainted with the history of missionary and religious effort in the great west of America is fully aware of this fact. What is more to the point is the fact that there are living, moving religions integers in Iowa City and Johnson county today whose consecration and work, both in results accomplished and in daily, devoted effort, mark them as men of force and power in religious circles, entitled to recognition in company with the hundreds of other citizens whose deeds emblazon the pages of local history. The pas- tor, because he is a pastor, need not therefore be relegated to the heavenly historians for his biographical crown; it is neith- er out of order nor out of taste to recite his life and activities in the history of today.
Rev. Father Aloys Cihal, pastor of the St. Wenceslaus Bo- hemian Catholic church, of Iowa City, Iowa, is a former Kan- sas missionary and a man of culture and education. He was born in Moravia, Austria, in 1866, and is the son of Thomas and Mary Cihal, an educator who taught school for forty-nine years. In the year that he left his native land for missionary service among the Bohemians of Kansas, Father Cihal was ordained to the priesthood by the Right Reverend Laurier, a prelate from the United States. Prior to his ordination he had supplemented his elementary education received at home by a theological course at the University of Louvain, Belgium. one of the most noted schools of Europe, from which he grad- uated in the class of 1891.
Father Cihal began his work in his new field from Leaven-
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worth, Kansas, his first charge being near the Nebraska line at Hanover, Kansas. There he served fourteen years as a missionary, when he removed to Everett, Kansas, remaining nine years before coming to his present charge. His first circuit extended from Hanover to Marysville and Marion, a distance in all of thirty-five miles, which he covered in a buggy or on horseback every third Sunday, besides holding services twice a month at the Nebraska line and often within that state. Among the churches organized during his missionary term in Hanover, Kansas, were Marrow Station, Lanham, Irving, Randolph, Clara, and Clifton; with intervening services at Alma and Wanmigo, in each of which were located fine church buildings. During his pastorate at Everett he also held ser- vices at Marak, Kansas, near Hiawatha.
Father Cihal has proven the right man at St. Wences!ans church, of Iowa City, which is recognized as one of the repre- sentative parishes of the Bohemian Catholic denomination in Iowa. His culture, experience, and withal his recognized abil- ity as preacher and educator, have enabled him to minister most acceptably to his people. Under his direction the church made rapid and useful progress.
After a long and lingering illness he died February 13, 1912. He was taken ill with his last sickness on February 6, his 46th birthday. The funeral took place February 13, at 10 o'clock, a. m., from his regular church, St. Wenceslans, where the body lay in state in charge of a guard of honor from the fourth degree members of the K. of C. The funeral was very impressive. It was in charge of Rt. Rev. Bishop Davis and corps of assistants. Two sermons eulogizing the reverend pas- tor's life were ably presented, one in English and one in Bo- hemian, showing the love and esteem in which this reverend priest was held both in Kansas and Iowa.
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FRED M. BAKER
Fred M. Baker is a native of Fremont township, John- son county, Iowa, where he was born in 1881. His father, Solomon Baker, married Amanda Jane Loehr, who is Fred M.'s mother. From early life Mr. Baker has been a farmer in his home township, and has been at his present location for nine years. He has a laudable ambition to make his farm one of the attractive and most productive places in the county.
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Mr. Baker was married in 1902 to Miss Carrie E. Huskins, also a native of Fremont township, who has proven to be an excellent wife, and has borne children : Pearl, Esther, Orville M., Richard, and Wesley. The family are members of the Methodist Epicsopal church.
JOHN JOSEPH NEY
One of the best-known attorneys of Johnson county is John Joseph Ney, who has been a resident of Iowa for about twenty years past. He is a native of Sandusky, Ohio, born June 8, 1852, son of Patrick and Ann (Corcoran) Ney, natives of Ire- land. The father was by occupation a railroad contractor, farmer, and soldier, and served in the War of the Rebellion. He was successful in a business way, and although he was
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away from home on railroad work a great deal of the time, his sons were reared to farm work. He and his wife had five sons and two daughters.
John: J. Ney attended the village school at Arcola, Allen county, Indiana, and later entered a Catholic Brothers' school at Fort Wayne. He soon afterward returned to the home farm and later went with his father on railroad work for a year, after which he took a course at Notre Dame University. Later he read law in an office at Independence, Iowa, and then,
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returning to Notre Dame, graduated therefrom in 1874. He returned to the college for the next year after graduation, then began practicing at Independence. In 1875 he became a mem- ber of the legal firm of Lake, Harmon & Ney, upon the election of M. W. Harmon to the Iowa state senate. Mr. Ney retired from the firm upon Mr. Harmon's return from the session of 1876, and thereupon formed the law firm of Buckart & Ney in the same year.
Mr. Ney has served creditably in various public offices, first, in 1877, as city attorney of Independence, and the following year assumed his duties in the office of mayor. Upon his election to the latter office he dissolved the firm of Buckart & Ney, and from that time practiced alone. He was elected cir- cuit judge in 1884 to fill the unexpired term of B. W. Lacy, re- signed. He was twice elected as district judge of the Tenth
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judicial district of Iowa, serving in this office from January 1, 1887, until December, 1894, at which time he resigned. Mean- while, he had removed to Iowa City, which has since been his home. In September, 1894, he became resident professor of law in the State University, while at the same time he con- tinned private practice, but after the June commencement in 1898, he ceased his connection with the institution, devoting his entire time to his large and growing practice. Since that time this has been his life work, and he is known as one of the most astute and successful men in his profession in his part of the state. He is popular with all who know him and stands well in the estimation of his fellow citizens. He has proven faithful to every trust imposed on him and has given valuable service to the public in every office he has filled. In religious views he is a Catholic and fraternally he was a member of the old Iowa City Club later absorbed by the Elks.
Mr. Ney was married (first) in Chicago, October 3, 1878, to Emily Frances Colby, daughter of Abram Usher and Mary (Sautor) Colby. Mrs. Ney died at Independence, September 14, 1893, leaving four children surviving: Frank J., Philip R., Genevieve F., and John J., Jr. Mr. Ney was married (second) in Iowa City, January 20, 1904, to Miss Anastasia Mullin, daughter of William and Margaret (Phelan) Mullin. They have a pleasant home in lowa City.
SAMUEL P. FRY
The name of Fry has been identified with the business de- velopment of Iowa City and northern Johnson county since 1840, in which year Titus and Jane (Preston) Fry, the parents of our subject, settled in Johnson county and took up land from the government, a part of which is the site of the present village of Frytown. The parents were natives of Ohio, and Samuel P. Fry was also born in the Buckeye state June 15, 1840, being barely six months old when his father and mother made the westward journey to lowa. Titus Fry was by trade a carpenter, but took up farming after coming to Johnson county. He was a man of active mind, abreast of the times, progressive and aggressive. Though he resided on the farm
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in Washington township until 1865, then moved to Iowa City, he nevertheless took an active interest in all matters pertain- ing to the development and growth of Iowa City. He filled the office of justice of the peace in his township for a number of years and various other township offices. The children of Titus and Jane Fry were eight in number: our subject; Wil- liam A., president of the Iowa City Water Co. and treasurer of the Boerner-Fry Co., Iowa City, and was president of the Johnson County Bank, with which he has been connected for thirty-two years; Mary Jane, now Mrs. Moore, living in Iowa City ; Rachel, now Mrs. Jacob Patterson, living in California;
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Amanda, married to Samuel Olinger, she now deceased ; Flor- ence ; Samantha ; Carrie, deceased wife of Bert Wyman.
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