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On the 28th of March, 1867, Mr. Walker was married to Miss Lucinda Bartlett, who was born in Walnut township, January 21. 1849, and is a daughter of Joseph and Catharine (Childress) Bartlett, the former a native of Illinois and the latter of Kentucky. They were married in Bloomfield, Iowa, the mother having come to this state with her parents when a little maiden of nine summers. Mr. Bartlett died in Keokuk while a member of the army, having enlisted in the same company in which Mr. Walker served. Mrs. Bartlett passed away in Appanoose county. November 14, 1891, at the age of sixty-three years. They were the par- ents of eight children, four sons and four daughters, of whom six are now living. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Walker have been born five children : Frank- lin. a resident of South Dakota: Mary, the wife of Arthur Scott, of Chari-
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ton township; Olive, the wife of Charles Scott, of Lucerne, Missouri ; Simon, who married Jessie Haines and makes his home in Walnut town- ship; and Gertrude, the wife of Harrison McLeod of Walnut township.
The parents are members of the Christian church and have a circle of warm friends that is continuously expanding as the circle of their acquaint- ance widens. Mr. Walker votes with the republican party and he holds membership with the Grand Army of the Republic. He is as true and loyal in all of his duties of citizenship as when he followed the old flag on southern battlefields, proving his fidelity to his country during the darkest hour in her history.
REMEMBRANCE H. CURL.
Remembrance H. Curl, who owns and operates a farm of four hundred acres, one of the best improved and most valuable properties in Franklin township, has long been a resident of lowa, having settled in Washington county in 1878. His birth occurred in Peoria county, Illinois, July 20. 1858, and he was reared upon his father's farm. acquiring his education in the public schools. When he reached manhood he left Illinois and came to Iowa, locating in Washington county, where he remained for a number of years. He there purchased a farm of seventy-eight acres and gave his entire attention to its further improvement and development, adding to his holdings the eighty adjoining acres. After twelve years he sold this property at a profit and moved into Clarke county, where he acquired one hundred and sixty acres, which he developed for a time. When he dis- posed of that property he bought two hundred and sixty acres in the same locality and farmed upon it until 1902, when he moved to Appanoose county and bought four hundred acres, upon which he now resides. Upon this property he has built a new two-story house, a large barn. besides convenient outbuiklings for the care of the stock and grain. He has fenced and cross-fenced his fields, dividing them into convenient size, and has planted a number of acres in orchard. As a result of his well directed activity he now owns a well improved farm, which in all of its details shows the careful supervision of an expert and experienced agriculturist. In addition to general farming Mr. Curl is extensively interested in raising stock for the market and is especially well known as a breeder of standard Percheron horses.
In 1882 Mr. Curl was united in marriage to Miss Gerenia Van Atta, who was born and reared in Washington county. They became the par-
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ents of seven children. The eldest, Walter R., is a farmer in Franklin township. He is married and has two children, Lloyd and Harry. John W. is operating a tract of land in Pleasant township. He is married and has a daughter, Wilma. A married daughter, Mrs. Jessie Beer, has a son, Donald W. Vera and William Hughes reside at home. Elmer passed away in infancy at the age of seven weeks and Lee Roy when eight years old. Mr. and Mrs. Curl are devout members of the Mount Olive Chris- tian church.
Mr. Curl gives his allegiance to the republican party, with which he has been affiliated since attaining his majority. He served for some time as township trustee and has also been a delegate to numerous county con- ventions. He has thus done not a little to promote public advancement and to mold public policy in Appanoose county, and his cooperation has always been given to projects and movements which have for their object improvement and substantial progress.
WILLIAM M. SCOTT, M. D.
Dr. William M. Scott for many years was a capable physician with large practice in Centerville but since 1894 has lived retired. He was born February 25, 1836, in Iowa, when this state was still under terri- torial rule, his birthplace being in what is now Lee county. His parents were James and Sarah (Grant) Scott, natives of Kentucky. The father came to Iowa in 1835 and from the government entered a tract of wild land which he cleared and improved, carrying on farming for many years. He also ran a stage coach in the early days which antedated railroad travel in this part of the country, and he likewise carried mail across the country. He continued to live there for years or until he retired, when he removed to Burlington, making his home with his son until his death, which occurred in 1897, when he had reached the remarkable old age of ninety-seven years. For two decades he had survived his wife, who passed away in 1877.
Their son, Doctor Scott, was reared and educated at West Point, lowa. and also attended Mount Pleasant College. He later entered the Keokuk Medical College at Keokuk, lowa, in order to acquaint himself with the principles of medical practice and in 1860 he removed to Knoxville, lowa. where he practiced until the time of his enlistment for service as a surgeon of the Thirty-third Iowa Regiment in the Civil war. He was on active duty until the close of hostilities and his professional skill and ability proved a boon to many a suffering soldier.
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With the close of the war Doctor Scott came to Centerville, lowa. where he entered upon the practice of medicine, in which he continued actively until 1894, when he retired. He has never recovered from disease contracted in the service of this country.
On the 2d of June. 1861, Doctor Scott was married to Miss Sarah R. Neuse, a daughter of Frederick and Anna (Saffell) Neuse, the former a native of Maryland and the latter of Virginia. In the year 1847 Mr. Neue came to Iowa, settling in Keokuk. He was a cabinet-maker by trade and developing a very extensive trade leading to the establishment of lumber yards all over lowa and also in Missouri. He thus became one of the prominent representatives of commercial interests in Keokuk, where he continued to make his home until his death, which occurred on the 2d of April. 1891, when he was seventy-eight years of age. He had for a num- ber of years survived his wife, who died in 1880 at the age of sixty-three. They were the parents of eight children, of whom Mrs. Scott is the only one now living. The Doctor and his wife have but one child, Laura B .. the wife of O. B. Wallace, a prominent silver and lead mine operator, in whose honor the town of Wallace, Idaho, was named. They became the parents of five children, three of whom have passed away. Those still living are Walter S. and Helen, and the latter, now seven years of age. is attending school in Centerville. The former is a practicing physician of Newport. Washington, where he has his own hospital, and married Verna Starbird, by whom he has one child, Mercedes, who is a great-grand- child of Doctor and Mrs. Scott. The home of the doctor and his wife is a large and beautiful residence at No. 205 West Franklin street, in addi- tion to which he owns seven other dwellings in this city and two excellent farms in Appanoose county. At one time he had the largest practice in his part of the county, and many were loath to give up his services when he retired. He held to the highest professional standards and performed every duty with a sense of conscientious obligation, while throughout the years of his practice he kept in close connection with the advancement being made by the members of the medical fraternity. He is still a member of the Appanoose County Medical Society and he also belongs to the Masons and the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. His political allegiance is given to the republican party and he and his wife hold membership in the Presby- terian church. There are no residents of Centerville more highly esteemed than this worthy couple, who for more than a half century have traveled life's journey together, sharing with each other its joys and sorrows, its
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adversity and its prosperity. Their high character worth, their broad intel- ligence, their kindly spirit and their genial hospitality have won them the friendship and warm regard of all who know them and no history of Cen- terville would be complete without reference to Doctor and Mrs. Scott.
AARON S. WHISTLER.
Aaron S. Whistler, a successful agriculturist and representative cit- izen of Appanoose county, owns and operates a well improved farm of three hundred acres on section 18, Udell township. He is a native son of this county, his birth having occurred on a farm two and a half miles east of Udell, in Udell township, on the 31st of December, 1860. His parents, Henry and Margaret (Clemens) Whistler, were both of Pennsylvania Dutch descent. The father, who was born near Rockbridge, Virginia, on the 28th of September, 1824, accompanied his parents on their removal to Montgomery county, Ohio, in 1831 and four years later went to Wayne county, Indiana. He was married in 1846 and in 1850 established his home in Appanoose county, lowa, on the farm where our subject was born, hav- ing purchased one hundred and sixty acres of school land at Centerville by public auction at a dollar and a quarter per acre. On that place he spent the remainder of his life, devoting his attention to the pursuits of farming and stock-raising with excellent success. His demise occurred in Udell township on the 31st of October, 1899, and thus the community lost one of its respected and substantial citizens who had made his home here for almost a half century. He gave his political allegiance to the democracy and was a consistent and devout member of the German Bap- tist Brethren church, which he joined in 1848. It was on the 5th of Novem- ber, 1846. in Wayne county, Indiana, that he wedded Miss Margaret Clemens, who is a native of Montgomery county, Ohio, and removed to the Hoosier state in company with her parents. She died March 30. 1904. at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth UHrick, on a farm a mile southwest of Udell. Her religious belief was that of the German Baptist Brethren church. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Henry Whistler were born ten children, as follows: J. M., an agriculturist of Fremont county. Iowa: Mary Ann, who is deceased: Sarah Elizabeth, the wife of C. A. UHrick, who is a farmer residing near Udell: Jacob R., who is engaged in farming four miles east of Udell : Isaac B., living in Missouri: David M .. who is a resident of Centerville; Aaron S., of this review: Catharine and Ella May, both of whom have passed away: and Henry A .. of California.
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Aaron S. Whistler obtained his education in the district schools of his native township and remained on the home farm with his parents until twenty-three years of age, when he started out as an agriculturist on his own account, purchasing and locating on a tract of eighty acres near the old homestead and cultivating the same for three years. On the expiration of that period he disposed of the property and removed to Fremont county, this state, where he purchased another farm of eighty acres. devoting his attention to its operation for three years and then selling the place. In 18go he returned to this county and purchased the farm of three hundred acres on which he has resided to the present time. The property lies just outside the corporate limits of Udell and is highly improved in every respect. Mr. Whistler carries on general farming and stock-raising. breed- ing Aberdeen Angus cattle and feeding both cattle and hogs for the market on quite an extensive scale. He has long enjoyed an enviable reputation as one of the prominent agriculturists of Udell township and is well known as a successful and esteemed citizen of the community.
In 1885 Mr. Whistler was united in marriage to Miss Mattie King, a daughter of William and Fannie ( Watkins) King, both of whom were natives of Indiana, the former being of German and the latter of English descent. They were married in the Hoosier state and in the carly '5os came to Appanoose county, lowa, locating one mile southeast of U'dell, where Mr. King purchased land and carried on general agricultural pursuits until called to his final rest in 1894. His widow spent the last years of her life in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Whistler. passing away in 1906. Mr. and Mrs. King were the parents of ten children, namely: Mrs. John McFall. who is deceased; Mrs. Lea Swank, of Kansas: Abraham. of Barnard. Kansas; Mrs. Nancy Good, of the same place: David and Charles twins. also of Kansas: J. R. King. of Udell: G. C., who makes his home near Moulton. Jowa: Mrs. Mattie Whistler; and Vincent, who is deceased. Unto our subject and his wife have been born nine children. Merton, whose birth occurred on the 12th of February. 1886, is a farmer of Udelt township. He married Miss Sadie Price and has one daughter, Myrtle. Della, whose natal day was August 31. 1887. is the wife of Guy Mc- Connell. a farmer of Jasper, Missouri, by whom she has one child, Ferne. Maude, who was born in 1889, died when but sixteen months old. Ross. whose birth occurred on the 3d of December. 1891, assists his father in the operation of the home farm. Verna, born December 15. 1894. gave her hand in marriage to John Burger, an agriculturist of Edell township, by whom she has two children, Merle and Dorothy. Blanche, whose natal day was June 29. 1897, is a student in the Edell schools. Floyd, whose birth occurred on the 19th of January, 1900, likewise attends school at
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Udell. Otto, born August 22, 1902, is a public-school student at Udell. lvo, whose birth occurred on the 7th of May, 1906, is also attending school in Udell.
Mr. Whistler is a stalwart democrat in politics and has served as school director at Udell for fifteen years, acting in that capacity before this was made an independent district. His religious faith is indicated by his membership in the German Baptist Brethren church of Udell town- ship, to which his wife also belongs. Both are widely known through- out the district in which they have resided for so many years, and their many excellent traits of heart and mind have gained for them a wide circle of acquaintances and a host of warm friends.
AARON WASHINGTON KINCADE.
Appanoose county numbers among its most prominent and successful native sons Aaron Washington Kincade, who owns two hundred and eighty-seven acres near Moravia, a portion of which constitutes the place, on which he was born November 1, 1866. He is a son of Francis and Martha (Luse) Kincade, the former a native of Illinois and the latter of Taylor township, Appanoose county. The maternal grandfather of our subject, Aaron Luse, came to Iowa from Ohio about the year 1851, while the paternal branch of the family was founded in this section of the state by Washington Kincade, who settled in Taylor township about the year 1862, coming to this section from his native state of Illinois. Francis Kincade passed away when the subject of this review was only six months old and his widow with her son made her home with her father. Aaron Luse. Later the mother of our subject married Evan L. Foster but Aaron W. Kincade continued to make his home with his grandfather, by whom he was reared to manhood.
Aaron W. Kincade acquired his education in the public schools of Appanoose county and upon the death of his grandfather inherited eighty acres of land, which constitutes a portion of his present farm. At the age of eighteen he began his independent career and after his marriage. which occurred less than one year afterward, he built a home upon his eighty acres. Additions to this first tract have been made from time to time, Mr. Kincade owning at present two hundred and eighty-seven acres of land, provided with a fine residence, barns and outbuildings and every- thing necessary for the conduct of a modern farm. He engages in general agricultural pursuits but gives special attention to the breeding of Poland
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China hogs and Shorthorn cattle, his animals commanding a high price and ready sale upon the market. During the years Mr. Kincade has cultivated the soil his work has always been progressive, able and intelli- gently carried forward and has resulted in the very gratifying measure of prosperity which he enjoys today and which places him among the represen- tative men of this locality.
On the 9th of September. 1885, before he had reached his nineteenth year, Aaron W. Kincade was united in marriage to Miss Caroline Hiner, a daughter of Abraham Hiner, who came to Appanoose county in early times from Indiana. He located in Taylor township, where he resided until the time of his death. Mr. and Mrs. Kincade became the parents of four children: Bessie, the wife of Ira F. Boshak, of Chariton township; Rus- sell, who passed away, leaving three children, Goldie, Herbert and Ker- mit; Rissie, who married Grover C. Kaster, of Taylor township: and Ernest, who lives at home. Mrs. Kincade is a devout member of the Methodist Episcopal church.
Mr. Kincade gives his political support to the republican party and has served in various important positions, including those of township assessor, constable and a member of the school board. He has done efficient work along public lines, being at all times progressive and public- spirited in his citizenship, while as a business man he has gained a notable place because of his keen discernment, his unremitting energy and his untiring industry. His place in agricultural circles of Appanoose county is a prominent one and is the more commendable as it has been achieved by honorable and continuous effort.
JOHN HENRY COOL.
John Henry Cool is the owner of one hundred and forty acres of rich farming land on section 12, Franklin township. It is a well improved and valuable property and in its further development the owner is giving evi- dence of a thorough understanding of the most modern and progressive methods of agriculture. Mr. Cool is one of Iowa's native sons, born near Libertyville, in Jefferson county, October 17, 1850. His father, Marcus 1. Cool, was a native of Kentucky but as a child moved with his parents to Indiana, where the grandfather, Jacob Cool, engaged in farming in Orange county. There the father of our subject grew to the age of seven- teen and then came to lowa, making his first settlement in Lee county. where he worked by the month as a farm laborer. He later married in
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Jefferson county Miss Rosanna Jennings. a native of Ohio, and farmed in that section for some years, later moving to Wayne county. In that part of the state he entered one hundred and twenty acres of land, which was unbroken prairie when it came into his possession. He cleared the brush with which it was overgrown, broke the soil, fenced it into fields and began the work of development, carrying it forward steadily through the years until it finally became one of the most valuable farming properties in the locality. Upon it Marcus Cool spent his declining years and there died in January, 1884. He was survived by his wife twenty-two years.
John H. Cool was reared upon his father's farm and from his childhood was familiar with the best and most progressive agricultural methods. When he reached maturity the father purchased a tract of land, which he divided between his two sons, J. H. Cool receiving as his portion forty-seven acres. This he farmed in connection with other property which he rented and became rapidly successful, saving in time enough money to purchase the homestead. At that time he owned eighty-seven acres and upon this tract in 1893 he built a good house and repaired the barns and outbuild- ings, carrying forward the work of cultivation until 1899. when he dis- posed of the land and bought one hundred acres, upon which he now resides. To this he added forty adjoining acres, rebuilt and remodeled the house, built a fine barn and a smoke house with an excellent cellar and erected other necessary buildings. He fenced and cross-fenced his fields and stocked the place with good grades of cattle, horses and hogs, which he makes a specialty of breeding and raising. Mr. Cool was reared to the occupation of farming and has always followed that pursuit in its various phases. His methods are, therefore, practical and productive of good results and his success has come by virtue of his well directed activi- ties. His farm comprises one of the finest properties in this section of Appanoose county and is kept in excellent condition, the buildings being modern and his stock of good grades.
Mr. Cool married, in Wayne county, Iowa, on April 13. 1876. Miss Sarah Francis, who was born in Lee county, Iowa, and who was reared in Wapello and Davis counties. Mr. and Mrs. Cool became the parents of thirteen children, ten of whom are living: Flora L., the wife of Joe Kes- terson ; Frata Ellen, who married William Bettis: Rosa, who became the wife of Bert Burns: Opal J., who married Linzy Bettis: Elsie, who mar- ried Lee Burkhiser: Omar C., who is married and is engaged in farming: Osie, the wife of John Curl; Orville O., who is aiding his father in the operation of the home farm; Everett G .; and Charles L. Three of the children born to Mr. and Mrs. Cool have passed away. Two died in infancy and the death of Dora L. occurred when she was one and a half
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years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Cool are devout adherents of the Mount Olive Christian church and both are active religious workers, acting as deacon and deaconess.
Mr. Cool has been a republican since casting his first ballot and. although he has never sought nor desired office, his influence is always given for the furtherance of all projects which he deems essential or desirable for the welfare and upbuilding of the community.
ALEXANDER M. DUCK.
Alexander M. Duck, who died in 1895. was for many years a resident of Appanoose county and his memory is still cherished by his many friends in this section. He is held in grateful remembrance not only for his work along business lines and the upright standards by which it was directed but also for his four years' able service in the federal army during the Civil war. He was born in Ohio, February 17. 1838, and was a son of Philip and Jane ( Smith ) Duck, the former a native of Germany and the latter of Scotland. The father was a potter by trade and worked at this occupa- tion in his native country and also after he came to America. He settled in Indiana in pioneer times and resided in that state for the remainder of his life.
Alexander M. Duck was reared and educated in Ohio. At the out- break of the Civil war he enlisted in Company C. One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served through the four years of the conflict as first lieutenant. finally receiving an honorable discharge. After the close of hostilities his family moved to Indiana and there Alex- ander M. Duck followed the stone mason's and cutler's trades, which he had learned in his youth. After some years in Indiana he went to Minne- sota but remained in that state only one year. returning to Indiana at the end of that time. There he resided until 1882. when he came to lowa. locating in Brazil. Appanoose county, where he worked in the coal mines for five years. He became known as a man of strict conscientiousness, high standards of honor and unblemished integrity and he made his name hon- ored and respected wherever it was known. In 1887 he retired from active life and moved into Centerville. He died in January. 1895. and his death brought to a close an active, useful and honorable career.
On June 1. 1867. Mr. Duck married Miss Margaret Moore, a daugh- ter of James and Julia ( Micewonder ) Moore, natives of Virginia. The father farmed in that state for some time and came as a pioneer to Indiana.
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residing there during the remainder of his life. He was killed in an acci- dent in December, 1881, and his wife survived him two years. To Mr. and Mrs. Duck have been born the following children: Mary, who died in February, 1869: Philip, who passed away in April, 1912: Cora, whose death occurred in 1890: Julia, who is the wife of Thomas Newcome and resides in Canada; Maggie, who is the wife of John Ash and lives in the state of Washington ; JJames, who makes his home with his mother : George, living in Illinois; Bertha, who passed away in May, 1912; Mattie, who is the widow of Frank Wilson and resides in Centerville; William, who lives with his mother: Alexander, whose death occurred in 1896; Grace, who was called to her final rest in 1897.
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