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Following their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Hopkins lived for about seven years in Tennessee and in 1850 came to lowa, settling on a farm near his father's place. He purchased one hundred acres of land on section 14, Udell township, and thereon resided from August, 1850. until March 25, 1898, when he retired from active lite, sold his farm and removed to Unionville, purchasing residence property which he occupied to the time of his death, which occurred September 25, 1910. He was ill less than a week and with little suffering and no regrets passed from this life. His had been a beautiful Christian character and his record is one crowned with honor and respect. For forty-eight years he carried on farming and a life of industry, thrift and earnest toil brought him success. He placed his fields in a high state of cultivation and added many modern improvements to his farm which was converted into a valuable property. He took great delight in placing his land in a fine condition and he also made stock- feeding an important branch of his business. He was a member of the Grange and Farmers Alliance for a time and was interested in all that pertained to improvement in farm methods. He never allowed business affairs to interfere with his duties in other directions. however. He was always mindful of his obligations to citizenship and sought to promote pub- lic progress in many ways. He voted with the democratic party and for eighteen years filled the office of treasurer of the schools of U'dell township. for many years was justice of the peace and for several terms was clerk of the township. He also acted as trustee until he refused to serve longer. when he resigned on account of old age. Both Mr. and Mrs. Hopkins were members of the Methodist Episcopal church, to the teachings of which they were most loyal, their lives being guided by their religious faith and belief. It was a memorable event in the history of Unionville when they celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary on the 8th of June. 1903, on which occasion sixty-two guests were present, the day being spent in social converse while all partook of a bountiful meal. A handsome cane was presented to Mr. Hopkins and a rocking-chair to his wife. The pre- sentation speech was made by the Hon. J. B. Stuckey, of U'dell town- ship, while the Rev. A. S. Downs led in prayer and all joined in singing "In the Sweet Bye and Bye." On that occasion there were fourteen grand- children and fifteen great-grandchildren present. There are now two chil- dren of the fifth generation of the family living. Mrs. Hopkins survives as a representative of the first generation while the second is represented by her daughter, Mrs. Mahala Buckmaster, the third by the latter's daughter. Mrs. Sarah A. Walton, the fourth by Mrs. Walton's daughter, Mrs. Myrtle Sisson, who has two children. No history of Appanoose county would be complete without extended reference to Mr. and Mrs. Stephen
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Hopkins. They were among the county's most worthy pioneer settlers and the wife still remains a witness of the progress and changes which have occurred here. Their lives were at all times exemplary, the career of Mr. Hopkins being an expression of earnest Christian faith. All who knew him entertained for him warin regard and cherish the same feelings of kindly consideration for his widow who is one of the most venerable inhab- itants of Appanoose county.
THOMAS J. CASE. M. D.
Among the able and progressive members of the medical fraternity in Appanoose county is numbered Dr. Thomas J. Case, who has been practicing in Unionville since 1898, his well developed skill and laudable ambition gaining him a prominent place in the ranks of his profession. He was born in Pierceton, Indiana. October 13, 1862, and is a son of Thomas and Jane ( Wagoner ) Case. the former born in Stark county. Ohio. in 1830, and the mother in Wayne county in the same year. On the pater- nal side Dr. Case is of Welsh ancestry, his grandparents having come to America from Wales. His maternal ancestors, however, were of German birth. The father of our subject was a soldier in the federal army during the Civil war. He began his active career teaching school in Ohio. engag- ing at the same time in general contracting and building. Later he aban- doned teaching and established himself independently as a contractor. He married in Ohio but in 1858 removed to Indiana and there taught school and followed the carpenter's trade until 1873. In that year he removed to Hamilton county, Nebraska, and homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres of land, upon which he is still living with his son Edward. his wife having passed away on the 23d of February, 1907. For a time the father of our subject followed his trade and engaged in school-teaching in Nebraska in addition to his agricultural pursuits, but a few years ago retired from active life and is now enjoying the comforts earned during a long and prosperous business career.
Thomas J. Case accompanied his father on his various removals. attending public school in the different states. He completed his high- school course in Aurora, Nebraska, in 1882 and afterward took special work at the Nebraska State University. Having determined to make the practice of medicine his life work. he entered Rush Medical College in Chicago and in 1889 was graduated with the degree of M. D. He located for practice at Giltner. Nebraska, and there remained until 1898, when he
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came to Unionville, where he has since made his home. He has been accorded a liberal patronage and his skill and ability are evidenced in the excellent results which have followed his labors. Along lines of his profes- sion Dr. Case belongs to the Iowa State Medical Society, the Appanoose County Medical Society and the American Medical Association, and in the interchange of thought in those organizations and in the discussion of vital questions relative to health, gains much valuable knowledge and thus promotes his efficiency in his chosen field.
Dr. Case has been twice married. In 1891 he wedded Miss Bertha Galliton, a daughter of Joseph and Mary (Kimball) Galliton, natives of Virginia, where their daughter was born. The mother died in that state and the father afterward removed to Nebraska, where his death occurred. Dr. Case's first wife died in Nebraska October 17, 1897, leaving one daughter, Gail, who was born at Giltner, Nebraska, on September 27, 1893. She is the wife of Harry Scott, a mail carrier of Bloomfield. Davis county, Iowa. After the death of his first wife Dr. Case was united in marriage to Miss Mary F. Hard, who was born in Appanoose county, May 23, 1869, and who previous to her marriage was a teacher in the public schools. She is a daughter of Henry and Sarah A. (Sigler) Hard, the former born in Jackson county, Ohio, on March 27, 1828. He was of old English stock and could trace his ancestry back in a direct line to Benedict Arnold. Mrs. Case's mother was born in Ross county, Ohio, in 1830. She was of German descent but her parents were natives of Pennsylvania. The father was for many years a railroad contractor and builder in Ohio but in 1857 came west to Iowa, locating in Appanoose county, where he remained one year before he returned to Ohio. In 1868 he made his second settlement in Appanoose county, buying land in Union township, where he engaged in farming for some time. Later he sold out this property and made his home with the subject of this review until his death in 1910. He was prominent in local public affairs and held various township offices. He was also active in fraternal circles and especially prominent in the blue lodge Masons. He and his wife were members of the Methodist church of Unionville, lowa. In their family were nine children: James. Joseph and Latilla. all of whom have passed away; Jacob H., who was born in Ohio, June 22, 1854, and who is now pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church at Osburn. Nebraska: Charles and Ellanettie, who have passed away; Anna, who was born in Ohio. June 22, 1864, and who is now the wife of John Glazebrook, who is residing in Idaho for the benefit of his health: Mary F., the wife of the subject of this review ; and Sarah, twin to Mary F., who married Samuel Hudgens a farmer and school teacher in Appanoose county.
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Fraternally Dr. Case has important connections, being affiliated with Unionville Lodge, No. 665. I. O. O. F., and with the Modern Woodmen of America. He also belongs to the Ancient Order of United Workmen and his wife is a member of Eastertide Lodge. No. 155. of the Rebekahs. Dr. Case gives his allegiance to the republican party but has never sought nor desired office. his attention being concentrated upon his professional duties. He is a member of the Presbyterian church. He conforms closely to the highest standards of medical ethics and is most conscientious in the performance of his professional duties.
MILTON B. MARING.
Milton B. Maring is a self-made man who from a humble position in the business world has worked his way steadily upward, making good use of his time and opportunities. He has had many difficulties to over- come and has met many obstacles, but gradually he has advanced by rea- son of his industry and perseverance and since 1900 has been conducting a prosperous business as proprietor of a grocery store and meat market in Centerville. Iowa. while since 1906 he has also been identified with coal- mining interests. He was born in Van Buren county, Iowa, January 8. 1852, a son of Samuel and Alma (Hall) Maring, who were natives of Ohio. The father came to this state in 1850, settling in Van Buren county, where he carried on farming for two years, removing in 1852 to Appanoose county, where he entered from the government one hundred and sixty acres of prairie land and forty acres of timber. With characteristic energy he began the cultivation and development of his property, added many improvements thereto and continued his farm work upon that place to the time of his death in July, 1902. He had long survived his wife, who died in 1856.
The usual experiences of a farm lad fell to the lot of Milton B. Mar- ing, who spent his youthful days on the old homestead and attended the district schools. He early became familiar with the best methods of plowing, planting and harvesting and continued to work with his father until he attained his majority. He then started out to earn his own living as a farm hand and was also employed at railroad work for some time. Later he secured work in the coal mines, spending ten years in that way. and at the same time engaging in business with his brother, with whom he held a partnership in a general store at Exline, this county. This ven- ture in merchandising was made possible by the industry and economy
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which he had displayed in previous years. He was ever ambitious to engage in business on his own account and bent every energy toward that end, making wise use of his time and opportunities. After six years devoted to mercantile pursuits the brothers exchanged their business for a farm of one hundred acres just over the line in Missouri and M. B. Maring began the improvement of the place, where he spent five farm- ing seasons in cultivating, continuing his work in the mines during the late autumn and winter months. He then sold his interest to his brother and went to Unionville, Missouri, where he accepted a position as clerk in a general store, in which he remained for two years. On the expira- tion of that period he returned to Centerville and became manager of the general store of Major C. A. Stanton, with whom he remained for seven years. He was then elected sheriff of the county and served for one term. On his retirement from office he reentered the mercantile field as proprietor of a store at Rathbun, which he conducted for three years. During that period he also opened a shoe store at Centerville with J. C. Huggins as manager. In 1900 he purchased Major Stanton's business and has since conducted a grocery and meat market with phenomenal suc- cess, having a liberal and well deserved patronage. In 1906 he further extended his business activities by purchasing an interest in the Prairie Block Coal Company and operated a mine five miles southwest of the city serving as secretary, treasurer and general manager. until June 1, 1912, when he sold that property. He has developed there one of the best mines in this coal district, with a capacity of five hundred tons of coal per day. He still conducts a general store at the mines and he is one of the largest stockholders in the Scandinavian Coal Company. operat- ing a mine at Plano, Iowa, and one at Centerville. It will be seen that Mr. Maring has made steady progress since starting out in business on his own account. Whatever he undertakes he carries forward to success- ful completion and he is now the owner of one of the largest groceries and meat markets in the city, his location being at No. 214 North Twelfth street, Centerville. In addition to his commercial and mining interests he has made investments in real estate and is the owner of some good residence property in Centerville.
Mr. Maring has always given his political allegiance to the democratic party and is recognized as one of the prominent and influential local leaders, having served as chairman of the democratic county central com- mittee for fifteen years. He was a delegate from this. the eighth con- gressional district, to the democratic national convention held at St. Louis in 1904 and was also nominated a candidate for elector in the same year. He has attended four national conventions and every democratic
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state convention of the past twenty years. He is a prominent Mason, having attained high rank in the order, and he was formerly connected with the Odd Fellows and Elk lodges.
Mr. Maring is possessed of a warmth and heartiness of manner that easily wins him friends, and among his employes and all, with whom he has had business association, he is a revered man. Unfailingly generous, readily forgiving a personal wrong. he is possessed with a kindness of heart that sets him apart from his contemporaries. Having marked ability as a mixer and a promoter he might easily have become one of the county's very richest men. but for this generosity. His has been a well spent life. useful. active and honorable in all business relations, and Mr. Maring is indeed numbered among the valued and worthy citizens of Centerville and Appanoose county.
FRANK R. GLICK.
Frank R. Glick, who has been elected recorder of Appanoose county and assumed the duties of his office in January, 1913, is a native of this section, born October 29. 1882. His parents are Daniel and Martha (Hanniman ) Glick, the former a native of Indiana and the latter of Ohio. The father of our subject was seventeen years of age at the outbreak of the Civil war and he enlisted in Company H. Twelfth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, serving for three years. After he was mustered out he went to Missouri and there engaged in general agricultural pursuits for a short time. later coming to Appanoose county, where he bought a farm in Douglas township. This property he has improved and operated for many years and upon it he and his wife are still residing. Daniel Glick has reached the age of seventy and his wife is sixty-three years of age.
Frank R. Glick of this review was reared at home and was educated in the public schools of Appanoose county. His childhood was spent upon his father's farm and he aided in its operation until he reached the age of twenty-one. when he began contracting for the sinking of coal shafts. In this occupation he continued to engage for five years and then went to Colorado, where he worked in the coal mines. After one year. however. he had the misfortune to meet with a severe accident which dis- abled him, his back having been dislocated by a blow from a falling piece of coal. He was obliged to discontinue his work and on the 14th of November, 1908. went to an osteopathic hospital at Kirksville, Missouri. He remained six months, taking a course of treatment and returned won-
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derfully improved but still in a crippled condition. He is obliged to go everywhere in a wheeled chair but has not allowed his misfortune to cast a cloud over his career. facing the altered conditions of his life with confidence and courage and winning the respect and honor of his many friends by his valorous struggle against adversity. At the general elec- tion held on the 5th of November, 1912, Mr. Glick was elected recorder of Appanoose county and will assume the duties of his office in January. His friends predict for him continued progress in this line of work and a long and successful political career.
On the 8th of April, 1908, Mr. Glick married Miss Mabel Conger, who was born in Appanoose county in August. 1887, a daughter of H. G. and Ella (McCollum) Conger. the former a native of Monroe county, Iowa, and the latter of Missouri. The father came to Iowa at an early date and for many years carried on general agricultural pursuits, winning at last a comfortable competence. A short time ago he abandoned farm- ing and is now engaged in county road work. He has reached the age of fifty-one, while his wife is forty-eight years old. Mr. and Mrs. Glick are the parents of a son. Frank Doyle, who is four years of age. Mrs. Glick is a member of the Methodist church.
Fraternally Mr. Glick is connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the United Mine Workers of America. He is a stanch supporter of the republican party and is interested in everything pertain- ing to the welfare of his native section. In all the relations of his life he is upright, high-minded and honorable and has won a high place in the respect and esteem of all who are in any way associated with him.
EDWARD BROSHAR.
. Deeds of valor. as displayed by the soldier on the battlefield, have been the theme of song and story since the world began. No greater bravery has ever been displayed than was manifest by the Union veterans of the Civil war when they marched to the south to defend the stars and stripes-the emblem of an undivided country. Among this number was Edward Broshar, who joined an lowa cavalry regiment and thus defended the cause which he espoused. He was born in Indiana. August 26. 1838. a son of John Broshar, who was a farmer by occupation and owned and tilled a tract of land in the Hoosier state until 1855. when he disposed of his property there and came to lowa, settling in Appanoose county, where he purchased a farm which he continued to make his home throughout his remaining days.
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Edward Broshar was largely reared and educated in Indiana. being seventeen years of age when he came to Appanoose county with his parents. He worked on his father's farm for a number of years and then went to Kansas, where he engaged in farming on his own account for three years. He then bought and improved a tract of land in Appanoose county which ยท he cultivated for an extended period, but at length ill health, the result of paralysis, forced his retirement and he removed to Centerville, purchas- ing a home in the city. He thereafter rested from further labor. His life up to that time had been an extremely busy and useful one and his energy and industry were the basis of the success he achieved, making him the possessor of a comfortable competence. The only interruption to his continued activity in business up to the time of his retirement came when he enlisted for service in the Civil war on the 15th of August, 1861, joining Company M, Third Iowa Cavalry, with which he served until the 9th of August, 1865. He participated in a number of hotly contested engage- ments and never faltered when facing the foe, so that he returned home with a most creditable military record.
The first wife of Mr. Broshar was Miss Minerva Funkhauser, who was born in Iowa. December 5, 1839. and reared there. She was a woman of many excellent traits of character and became the mother of ten chil- dren. She died in May, 1898. On the 12th of August. 1900. Mr. Broshar was married to Mrs. Mattie E. Smith, a daughter of William H. and Ruby (Cozad) Nicodemus. Her father was born in Maryland. August 23, 1835, and her mother in West Virginia, October 24. 1841. He was a farmer by occupation and in 1854 became a resident of Des Moines county, Iowa, where he lived for five years. In 1859 he went to Henry county, this state, where he was employed as a farm hand until after the outbreak of the Civil war. when he enlisted as a member of Company G. Eleventh Iowa Volunteer Infantry. With the boys in blue of that regiment he marched to the front and served throughout the period of hostilities, taking part in the long, hard campaigns and in many hotly contested battles. He was mustered out at Louisville, Kentucky, July 15, 1865, and for a year there- after remained in that city but in the fall of 1866 came to Appanoose county and purchased one hundred acres of land in Independence township. This he at once began to improve and cultivate, operating his farm until 1879, when he sold out and came to Centerville, Iowa. Here he was employed in different ways until the time of his retirement. He is now living with his daughter at No. 315 East Van Buren street, having long survived his wife, who passed away in August, 1889. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. By her former marriage Mrs. Broshar
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had one son, Fred H. Smith, who is now twenty-three years of age and is a photographer of Denison, Iowa.
The death of Mr. Broshar occurred on the 31st of March, 1909, and he left behind him many friends. While not a member of any particular church, he had a strong leaning toward the Christian church and contrib- uted to its support. His widow is a member of the Methodist church. Politically Mr. Broshar was a republican, supporting the party which was the defense of the Union during the dark days of the Civil war. He held the office of notary while living at Walnut and was a member of the board of supervisors in Appanoose county. He belonged to the Grand Army post and found pleasure in meeting with his old comrades among the boys in blue. He was always as faithful and loyal to duties of citizenship in times of peace as in days of war and was a man in whom many sterling traits of character gained him high regard.
JOHN G. CLARK.
John G. Clark is a worthy native son of Appanoose county who has twice served as sheriff of the county and since retiring from that office . has been engaged in business as the proprietor of a feed stable at Center- ville. His birth occurred on the 13th of March, 1858, his parents being William A. and Mary (Kennick) Clark, who were of Irish and Dutch descent respectively. The father was born near Indianapolis. Indiana, on the 23d of April, 1830, while the mother's birth occurred in North Carolina on the 29th of January, 1832. William A. Clark was born and reared on a farm and attended the district schools for a time but acquired his knowledge largely through reading, experience and observa- tion. Mary Kennick was a maiden of twelve years when she accompanied her parents on their removal to Indiana and it was there that she gave her hand in marriage to William A. Clark on the 30th of October. 1849. In 1854 they removed to Davis county, Iowa, and a year later came to Appanoose county, locating on a farm of forty acres, three and a half miles northwest of Moulton. By additional purchase Mr. Clark extended the boundaries of his place until at the time of his death. in 1885. it embraced two hundred and forty acres of well improved land. He was a veteran of the Civil war and a most loyal and public-spirited citizen. ably serving as justice of the peace in Washington township for two terms and as assessor for four terms. His wife was called to her final rest on the 26th of October, 1893. Their children were nine in number,
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as follows: Laura, who was born on the 30th of March. 1851, and is the wife of T. C. Rueker, a retired agriculturist of Centerville: Sarah, whose natal day was October 23, 1855, and who gave her hand in mar- riage to T. W. Killion; John G., of this review: Susan, who was born on the 31st day of May, 1860, and is the wife of Phenis Taylor, a farmer of this county; Alice I., deceased; William G., who was born on the 26th of December, 1864, and follows farming in Bellair township. Appanoosc county: Elijah, who is an agriculturist residing at Moulton, this county; James P., who was born on the 23d of October, 1869, and is likewise an agriculturist of Moulton ; and Louie Eva, whose birth occurred on the 10th of December. 1872, and who gave her hand in marriage to Benjamin Wells. a farmer of Roger Mills. Oklahoma.
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