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Third Veteran Infantry 195 .
Westgate, Town of. 398
Thirteenth Regiment Infantry. 247
Thirty-eighth Regiment Infantry 219
Thirty-fourth Regiment Infantry . 239
West Union Banks and Bankers 482
West Union Baptist Church. 282
West Union Catholic Church 291
Tippecanoe, Battle of. .39,
41
West Union Churches. 471
Township Elections
79
West Union, Early Growth of. 461
West Union "Gazette" 155
West Union Industries. 470
Twelfth Illinois Cavalry 260
West Union, Municipal Government. 469
West Union Presbyterian Church 308
West Union Public Library 476
West Union Schools 477
Whitney, L. M. 148
Wilcox, Franklin. 75
Wild Game 113
Williams, E. H. .
149
United States Christian Commission 64
University Recruits 272
University, Upper Iowa. 267
Upper Iowa University 267
Windsor Township 501
Wittenmeyer, Mrs. Annie.
55
Z
Zeigler, S. B.
145
U
Unassigned Recruits 251
Union Township 453
West Union "Argo" 155
Thirty-seventh Regiment Infantry .. 218
Timber 71
Treasurers 179
Treaties with Indians 45
Twelfth Regiment Infantry 205
Twenty-eighth Regiment Infantry 248
Twenty-first Regiment Infantry. 216
Twenty-seventh Regiment Infantry .. 248
West Union 453
The Prophet
39
Wadena, Town of. 407
War Meetings 184
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX
A
Abbott, Peter G.
1000
Ackermann, Philip 1139
Adams, George R
1370
Adams, Henry L
642
Adams John Q.
1348
Adams, Leander L.
1057
Addie, Andrew
1317
Ainsworth, Lucian L.
1272
Ainsworth, Willard J ..
1480
Alcorn, William 979
917
Allen, D. B ..
Ames, Almon H.
825
Anderson, Charles 677
Anderson, Vincent
1234
Anderson, William A.
902
Appelman, Elias H.
1197
Appelman, Erastus W
1315
Auer, Charles F
1078
B
Babcock, Quintus C. 1084
Badger. Henry 1116
Baechler, Ernst
1406
Baldwin, A. D
611
Baldwin, C. A.
611
Bank of Waucoma 616
" Barnes, Hiram
1374
770
Barnes, Will H. 1373
Barnhart, J. A.
943
Baumann, John
1372
Baumgartner, Benedict
1303
Beall, Walter H. 1222
Becker, C. F. 888
Becker, Fredrick 904
Belknap, R. H. 1170
Bell, Adna G.
766
Belt. E. C.
1176
Bemis, Benjamin S.
1018
Benson, John 668
Bentz, Cyrus L. 850
Berkey, Jameson J. 912
Bevins, Sidney H.
1096
Biddinger, Ernest E.
820
Biddinger, John H. 820
Billmeyer, William 1050
Bisbing, Joseph S.
1158
Blessin, Gustav E. 582
Blong, Joseph 1071
Blunt, Albert B. 1143
Boeding, Frank 1059
Boess, Fred
1064
Boess, Herman 866
Boie Fred 1390
Boleyn, James H. 854
Bopp, Charles W 648
Bopp, Jacob W. 584
Bopp, John M ..
592
Bopp, Margaretha (Schmidt)
592
Bouska, Martin 1122
Boyce, Wilbur F 1264
Brace, Willie
1126
Brackin, John
992
Brewer, John S ..
846
Briggs, Chauncey J.
1388
Brockway, George F
1160
Brorby, Joseph
Brown, Charles R.
1092
Bruehler. Carl H.
1184
Burkhart, Frederick G. 1054
Burget, George
1312
Burnside, J. M.
1226
Butler, Joseph L.
1421
C
Capper, T. J.
837
Carnall, T. N. 1075
Carpenter, Charles R.
659
Chamberlin, George W
1344
1283
Barnes, Oren
740
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX.
Chambers, Charles F. 1214
Chittenden, Frank R. 927
Dooley, John D .. 1402
Chrysler, Walter P. 1477
Dorland, David L. 1221
Clark, Andrew M. 1444
Dorland. Edward C. 896
Dorland, William A. 1213
Doughty, Arthur M. 778
Clark, William A. 1299
Clark, William O 1150
Claxton, James A. 571
Clements, David W. 1304
Clements, Henderson 1305
Dykins, Charles W
1482
Colby, William 1008
E
Earnshaw, James 1422
Cole, James F
618
Cole, Jesse B. 1270
Cole, O. C .. 996
Conklin, William W 1082
Conner, Isaac N.
669
Cook, Henry
1208
Cook, Jay
1208
Cook, John R.
1286
Cooney, C. J. 1300
Cooney, James 1266
Coventry, Henry S. 779
Crawford, Arthur, Sr. 792
Crawford, James R. 989
Crawford, Ronold S. F 591
Cross, William 1048
Crowe, John
804
Crowe, William 804
Curtis, Calvin L. 1168 .
D
Darnall, George D 603
Darnell, G. B. 1079
Davis, Almon 1147
Davis, Mrs. Annis 1462
Davis, Daniel 1392
Davis, William E 702
Day. Edward E. 1129
Deming, Chauncey
764
Deming, Clarence M. 955
Dewey, Franklin 1446
Dewey, Richard F 1277
Dibble, Martin V. 824
Dickens, Charlie B. 1297
Dickman, John W. 1314
Doane, Miss Carrie J 986
Doane, George L. 986
Dodd, Frank B. 706
Dodd, Oliver B. 704
F
Fels, Martin G .. 1140
Fennell, Edward C. 600
Fennell, John J 1428
Fennell, Thomas 600
Finch, Amos A. 759
Finch, Benoni W. 1245
Fisher, Lewis 1230
Fisk, Karl D 1432
Fitch, Denzil A. 972
Fitch, Elmer E. 1330
Fitch, George 1334
Fitch, George W
784
Fitch, Martin B. 869
Fitch William E. 1368
Flanagan, Homer WI. 747
Folensbee, Dexter 893
Folensbee, George
892
Follensbee, J. Frank. $55
Foot, Henry H. 1133
Fordyce, Thomas L.
Fortney, Franklin S 962
Fossaan, Ole O. 641
Foster, H. 1430
Fothergill, Charles O. 666
Fox, Charles 1285
Foxwell, Thomas H. 925
Freiburghaus, Christian L. 1251
Frey, John M 1004
Eckheart, D. George 956
Eitel, Edward 644
Ernst, Frederick L. 963
Ernst, John H. 1112
Estey, Charles P. 905
Estey, Elbert H. 1194
Evans, Abraham L. 1016
Evans, Carl 1152
Clark, Edward R. 1164
Clark, Seth L. .. 1117
Doughty, George E. 922
Dutton, Lorenzo 662
Dwyer, J. W. 880
Dwyer, Michael SS1
Cole, Ira L. 619
Donat, William E 1340
741
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX.
Frisbee, B. R. 1459
Frost, Emery 1472
Frost, John W. 1291
Frost, William 1292
Fuller, Levi
568
Fuller, William E. 944
G
Gager, John T 1086 ·
Garnier, Adolph 1258
Gehring, Albert J.
1242
Gehring, Edward E. 966
Gehring, Frank G. 1411
George, Henry 1321
Gerken, Henry 841
Gerken, Nelson 841
Gilbert, George W. 1355
Gilbert, George W. .1439
Gilbertson, Andrew 1460
Gilmer, Frank 875
Gladwin, John 1070
Goodrich, Alexander N 848
Goodrich, G. W. 833
Gosse, Charles W 1060
Graves, Lodell T.
909
Greathead, Thomas 1011
Green, Thomas L.
1065
Gremmels, William 864
Grimes, Milton W 1136
Gross, Henry W
815
Gross, John H.
922
Gunderson, Gus 1052
Gurney, Adrian J.
1231
H
Hadsell, H. S. 1416
Hall, Charles M. 828
Hall, David H. 1310
Hall, John H. 1342
Halverson, Knud 682
Hancock, Harry P. 1089
Hanson, Alfred 1098
Hanson, Thomas L. 1128
Harkin, James 1069
Harrington, John F 692
Harrison, George W. . 1400
Hauge, Jens 1279
Heiserman, Oscar W. 1229
Helms, Robert W .. 1195
Hendershott, Fred C. 1284
Henderson, Ernest M 1072
Henderson Martin V., Jr 1100
Hetherton, Thomas 757
Hitch, William B. 1423
Hoagland, Hiram 580
Hobson, Alfred N 1124
Hobson, Joseph 1216
Hoepfner, Peter 699
Holmes, D. A.
616
Holton, Miles
678
Horan, John W. 1323
Horn, William M., Sr. 1186
Hosford, John 1407
Hotchkiss, Charles 1382
House, A. J. 677
House, Hannibal H. 676
Howard. Thomas
675
Howard, William E 1437
Hoyt, Fred E. 1149
Hoyt, Hiram B. 752
Hoyt, William A. 563
Hughes, Clinton B. 768
Hunsberger, Andrew 1378
Hurd, Arnold E 853
Husband, Charles
976
Hyman, Albert W.
1396
I
Iliff, James Alexander 1227
Ingersoll, John H.
1241
Ingersoll, Walter B. 1240
Irvine, John
1191
J
Jacobsen, Hans 1255
James. Phineas C 1448
Jamison, John 1288
Jennings, James E 1044
Jennings, Zachariah
1045
Jipson, Luther 805
Johnson, Albert P. 894
Johnson, James W 1468
Jones, Albert E 835
Jones, James
607
Jones, William
607
K
Kalb, Peter J 12₮3
Keiser, Hans 1290
Kerr, Thomas 1002
Kettleson, Knudt 1427
Kiel, Furnet
1114
742
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX.
Kieron. James J. 1260
Kleppe, K. K., Jr. . 1131
Klingman, Martin A 981
Martin, Henry R. 827
Mattocks, Daniel G. 1010
Mattocks, John H. 885
Mattoon, Leslie B. 708
May, Robert H. 1006
Medberry, Frank 1119
Meisgeier, Carl 107G
Meisgeier, Louis F 1032
Messerli, Fred 1311
Miehe, Frederick. 1166
Miehe, Theodore 1028
Miller, Andrew J 763
Miller, Christian.
576
Miller, John F., Jr.
1183
Miller, John H.
1458
Miller, J. W.
1452
Miller, William
1134
Mitchell, Lyman E 1188
Moore, Jasper 928
Moore, Edwin O. 622
Moser, Rudolph W 1237
Mumby, Edward H. 1110
Mumby, John W. 1111
Musser, Milton O.
1224
Neff, Abner G. M. 627
Neff, Charles G. 645
Neff, Homer M. 646
Neff, John D 645
Neff, Joseph H.
834
Neumann, Henry 915
Neumann, Herman. 1465
Nicklaus, Charles W. 672
Niles, Ranson S. 1104
Nordhus, Andrew A 1203
Nus, Ernest L.
957
Nus, Louis C. .
952
0
O'Connor, Patrick S.
1204
Odekirk, Burton E. 608
Odekirk, E. V 997
Odekirk, Herbert
E
610
Oelwein, Frederick 1296
Oelwein, Gustav A. 1320
Ogle, Fremont. 982
Ogle, Joseph.
982
O'Harran, Patrick.
1443
Mc
McAlavey, Charles E. 1210
McFarlan, Daniel 1324
McGee, William 899
McGlathery, Milo 1433
McIlree, Elmer A. 1379
Mclaughlin, Clell J. 1326
McLean, James W. 573
McNaul, James
877
M
Mabon, E. A. 657
Magner, William A. 1211
Mahoney, William J. 1469
Maloney, Martin 874
Malven, William V. 781
Koehler, George J. 1015
Kraft, Peter 1030
Krug, Herman J
935
Kuhen, John 776
Kunz, Jacob 970
L
Lacy, Milo 1232
Lakin, James H. 1365
Lakin, William B. 1349
Larrabee, Adam 566
Larrabee, William 566
Larrabee, William, Jr. 1384
Lauer, Carl
1397
Lauer, Henry 632
Lauer, Philip
1442
Learn, Jonas H.
624
Lehman, Christ 1192
Lehman, Louis 1327
Lehman, Tofield
1262
Lehmann, John
671
Lenhart, Philip
953
Lenz, Ernest F. D. 1398
Lindsay, John B ..
654
Lindsay, William
673
Lisher, James M.
1361
Lockwood Edward H.
858
Loftus, William 1201
Loomis, Antone B
716
Luce, Fayette I. 754
Luce, Julius C.
755
Luchsinger, Melchior 1146
Luthmer, Henry J 808
743
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX.
Oleson, O. E. 1043
O'Neill, Simon B 1451
Orr, James W. 879
Robertson, James E 1280
Robinson, Frank A
818
Robinson, Fred S. 1294
Rogers, Reuben F. 1405
P
Paine, Jason L. 1336
Palmer, Hiram R. 1352
Palmer, Jacob Ellsworth 1474
Pape, Carsten H. 845
Pape, Peter. 908
Patterson, Joseph 1120
Pattison, Dilly N. 751
Pattison, Israel 773
Pattison, John
749
Paul, Edward M. 1106
Paulson, Holver H. 664
Payne, Stephen T. 929
Payne, Will H. 843
Saltsgiver, David.
1339
Peek, William M. 802
Perkins, Jerry 1376
Phillips, Everett M. 1175
Phillips, George H. 633
Pieper, Hermann H.
700
Pitts, Alvin D.
1074
Porter, Marcellus D
791
Potter, Daniel W.
1091
Potts, John E
761
Powers, Thomas
1414
Pratt, Henry H.
1343
Pringle, Frank. 1283
Pritchard, Walter. 891
Proctor, Daniel.
890
Putnam, Elliott.
947
R
Rafferty, John 840
Randall, Andrew F. 597
Rathbun, Robert H. P. 821
Rawson, Guy L. 1360
Reed, John W. 1308
Reeder, Thomas D.
1103
Regan, Cornelius S 1248
.
Rembold, John G. 685
Richards, James E. 973
Richmond, George A.
1417
Ridler, William W. 718
Riley, Michael. 1046
Robbins, John C ... 950
Roberts, Charles H. 797
S
Saboe, Amon C .. 640
Saboe, Colben I. 640
Sackville, Ray S. 838
Salisbury, Henry. 900
Sargent, William 1256
Scallan, Joseph . 1020
Scallan, Joseph L. 1165
Schatz, George P. 1027
Schatz, Lawrence
888
Schlatter, George J. 1319
Schneider, Frederick W. 1012
Schneider, William A. 1253
Schori, Albert 599
Schori, Ben 1068
Schori Brothers. 599
Schori, George E. 600
Schori, Ernest. 600
Schori, Nicklaus 978
Schrader, August. 91G
Schug, Jacob. 1385
Scott, George G. 1436
Shaffer, C. J
1454
Shaffer, David
817
Shaffer, John D.
69 61
Shaffer, William P
816
Shaw, Ephraim B 1055
Sheehy, John H.
1276
Sherman. James S 1466
Shippy, Benjamin. 830
Shipton, Hance F.
1410
Sidler, Henry. 1381
Smith, A. E. 1263
Smith, Clement T.
1179
Smith, Guernsey
1038
640
Rolfs, Hans 1200
Rolfs, Theodore 1200
Rothlisberger, John 1036
Rowland, Ezra L. 691
Rowland, John A. 639
Rowland, Malcolm L. 1419
Rowland, Peter
Roberts, Charles H. 1080
Roberts, Lucius C. 796
Ostrander, Edgar F 1425
Owens, John. 800
744
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX.
Smith, Henry 975
Smith, James. 1033
Smith, James F., Jr. 1101
Smith, Lafayette. 1394
Smith, Richard H
872
Wagner, C. E. 911
Walsh, Thomas N 625
Walters, George W 856
Walters, John H. C. 628
Waucoma, Bank of. 616
Wazlawski, Joseph. 949
Weber, Peter B. 988
Webster, Charles. 710
Webster, Joseph P 1328
Wenger, Chris.
965
Wetherbee, James M. 1108
White, Frank K. 1014
White, Thomas M. 851
Whiteford, Walter W. 614
Whiteford, William W 612
Stone, William H. 614
Stranahan, Lorin M. 688
Stuart, Albert B.
1358
Sullivan. Patrick. 683
Sumner, William O. 1455
Sweet, Hiram.
745
T
Talcott, Charles A 994
Talcott, Frank. 1156
Talcott, Lemuel D 1025
Talmadge, Charles H 940
Talmadge, David H.
939
Tamblyn, Frank J. 1235
Taylor, William 910
Thomas, Alfred E. 1475
Thompson, Benjamin F 923
Thompson, Thomas 998"
Thorson, Andrew 1198
Toenges, William.
1383
Toomey, Dennis, . 882
Toutsch, Andrew N. 933
U
Ungerer, John F.
1024
Upton, Egbert L.
931
Vagts, Friederich.
887
Von Rolf, Thankmar 810
W
Smith, Thomas. 872
Spears, Niles H.
712
Spence, James.
1062
Spencer, Nelson
1206
Sprague, Lewis I 680
Stam, Tyson R. 859
Stangeland, Joseph A 656
Stansbary, John.
694
Steffens, Henry A
919
Stewart, W. C ..
1450
Stewart, William H.
1478
Stiggall, Samuel R.
1463
Stolle, J. H ... 1412
Stone, Walter B. 832
Whiteley, Frederick M. 861
Whitmore, Frank Y. 629
Whitney, Alfred E. 823
Whorley, Fred J. 1409
Whorley, Jacob, Sr.
1408
Wilbur, D. W.
1144
Wilbur, Lewis.
1367
Wilken John C.
958
Wilkinson, John F.
1470
Wilson, Robert. 984
Wing, Maraton 1269
Wolf, Leonard. 1238
Wolfs, Peter. 660
Wood, George 637
Wood, Hiram D 968
Woodard, Charles. 920
Woodard, Ritchie 1094
Woodring, Peter 960
Wright, Charles H. 811
Wright, James S. 707
Wright, Will W. 706
Y
Yarous J. S.
1364
Young, Robert J
936
Z
Zeigler, Samuel B
924a
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BIOGRAPHICAL -- Continued.
HIRAM SWEET.
A history of Fayette county, and particularly of the town of Fayette, would be very incomplete without a record of the career of this early pioneer and prominent business man whose life-work is ended. Hiram Sweet was a man of resources, a most capable business man, and a citizen above reproach. He began his life career practically unaided after his seventh year, when his father died. The family was poor, and the young boy had to depend largely upon his own resources. He was a student and close reader all through his life, and to this characteristic, rather than to educational opportunities, is due the fact that he became thoroughly well-informed, and always kept abreast of the times in matters of general information.
Hiram Sweet was born in Pleasant Valley, Fulton county, New York, on the 5th day of November, 1828. He was the son of Amon and Cynthia ( Niles) Sweet, who were natives of Rensselaer county, New York, and descendants of English ancestors. The family settled in Rhode Island prior to the war of the Revolution. The father of Hiram Sweet died in New York in 1834, but the mother long survived her husband and died in Fayette, Iowa, in 1873. The boyhood days of the subject were spent in Washington county, New York, where he was moderately successful in the various employments open to him, even in early youth; and on Christmas day, 1854, he was married in his native county to Diana Sweet, a distant relative, and daughter of Simeon and Maria (Sherwood) Sweet. She was born in Washington county, New York, in 1833, and was an active and consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal church through life. These young people began their domestic career in the Empire state, but after one year they came to Fayette, Iowa, arriving here in 1855.
Here Mr. Sweet soon began the career in stock raising, and in buying and selling stock, which was his principal business through life. In this he
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was phenomenally successful, though meeting several severe reverses; but his indomitable energy and inherent pluck kept him afloat, even through the most trying reverses, and enabled him to speedily recover and turn "defeat into victory." He was largely interested in wheat growing in Minnesota dur- ing the palmy days of that industry, and was not only an extensive producer, but largely interested in buying and selling that commodity. During the war of the Rebellion he handled many thousands of sheep from Michigan and Wisconsin, and sold them throughout Iowa and Minnesota, and at the same time was extensively engaged in farming in this county. His three-hundred- acre farm in Smithfield township was the admiration of all interested in the material development of the county, even in early days.
Mr. Sweet was called to mourn the death of his wife on the 12th of August, 1869, and two children were thus left motherless. These are Ensign S., born in Momence, Illinois, October 16, 1855. He was educated at the Upper Iowa University, at Fayette, and was engaged in business with his father until the death of the latter. Ensign Sweet married Agnes Clarke, and located at Chinook, Choteau county, Montana, near which point were the stock ranches in which father and son were jointly interested. The other child born to Mr. Sweet's first marriage was Estella M., born January 8, 1863. She was educated at the Upper Iowa University, and became the wife of T. H. Kemmerer, a merchant in Fayette. Hiram Sweet returned to his native state and there married the lady who now survives him, who was Elizabeth Ransom. The marriage was solemnized on the IIth of January, 1870, in White Creek, Washington county, New York. Miss Ransom was born in Rensselaer county, New York, March 14, 1847, and is a daughter of R. J. and Eliza (Harris) 'Ransom. Her father was born in Rensselaer county, New York, October 12, 1812, and died in Iowa in July, 1887. The mother of Mrs. Sweet was born in Hartford, Vermont, January 16, 1825, and during her remaining years, after the death of her husband, made her home with her daughter, Mrs. Sweet. She died in Fayette county in 1891. These were the parents of two sons and one daughter. In Fayette county their father bought a farm and established a home in 1870, after the marriage of their daughter to Mr. Sweet.
Dean Hiram, the only child born to the union of Mr. Sweet and Miss Ransom, is now a successful farmer and stock raiser in this county. He was born November 12. 1871, and, like his brother and sister, enjoyed the advan- tages of a college education at the Upper Iowa University. He married Lulu Prime, of Maquoketa, Iowa, and daughter of O. G. and Catherine (Vosberg) Prime. To this union one daughter, Helen E., was born, her birth occurring
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on the 20th of November, 1901. She is a bright little girl now wrestling with the intricacies of the public school system.
Hiram Sweet, after a sojourn here exceeding the allotted span of human life, and a career of great activity and usefulness, was called to his reward on the 18th of January, 1905. He left an enviable record as a man and citizen, and his demise ivas mourned by a very large circle of life-long friends. He possessed a generous nature, and was kind and liberal with the poor and un- fortunate. He was a public-spirited man, and did much to encourage and assist the upbuilding of the town and community where half a century of his life was spent.
In political views Mr. Sweet was a strong Republican, active in his way, in the promotion of the principles of his party, and always loyal to his friends in every avenue of life. The sympathy of the entire community went out to his devoted wife in this sore bereavement, as well as on account of the public loss of an honored and worthy citizen from among the activities of life.
Mrs .. Sweet is a lady of culture and refinement, and it is a source of pleasure to her friends to know that she still has the love and kindly care of a dutiful son, and the embraces of a loved and loving granddaughter.
HOMER W. FLANAGAN.
The well known and highly esteemed gentleman whose career is briefly sketched in the following lines has devoted his life to the railway service and is now one of the trusted and honored employes of the corporation with which he has long been identified. He also stands high as a citizen and since taking up his residence at Oelwein has been prominent in the affairs of the city and active in promoting every enterprise for the public good. Homer W. Flana- gan is a native of Holmes county, Ohio, and dates his birth from June 27, 1857, having first seen the light of day in the town of Millersburg, where his parents settled many years ago. His father, John Flanagan, was born in Bedford county, Pennsylvania, and went to Ohio in his boyhood, subsequently (1869) removing from that state to Stanwood, Iowa, locating two years later at Cedar Rapids, where he still resides. He married, in Holmes county, Ohio, Ellen Spielman, whose parents were among the early inhabitants of Holmes county, her family having been represented in that part of the state since the pioneer period.
Homer W. Flanagan was a lad of twelve when his parents moved to
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Iowa, and from 1869 to 1871 he attended the schools of Stanwood. He finished his education at Cedar Rapids while still a youth and on laying aside his studies entered the shops of the Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Minnesota railway in that city to learn the painter's trade. In July, 1880, he went to Dubuque where he followed his chosen calling for one year with the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railway, at Oxford Junction, where he remained dur- ing the ensuing three years and eight months. Leaving that point, he entered the employ of the Chicago & Northwestern at Chicago, but after a year in that city went to Topeka, Kansas, where he spent ten months with the Santa Fe road, after which he worked sixteen months at Grand Island for the Union Pacific and in 1889 engaged with the Chicago Great Western at St. Paul, Minnesota. After a service of ten years at the latter place Mr. Flanagan came to Oelwein, Iowa, where he has resided continuously since 1899, being at this time foreman of the painting department in the railroad shops of this city, which position he has held with the Chicago Great Western company for a period of fifteen years. In 1897 he joined the Master Car Painters' Associa- tion of the United States and Canada, which meets once a year, and his high standing in this is indicative of his skill as a painter, also of the trust reposed in him by his fellow members.
Mr. Flanagan is a master of his vocation and enjoys the respect and con- ficence of the various railroads with which he has been identified. Since lo- cating at Oelwein he has become an influential factor in all that concerns the growth and welfare of the city, and as an enterprising citizen he occupies a conspicuous place in the public eye. With the exception of one year he has been a member of the local school board since 1900 and in that capacity has done much to promote the cause of education, besides being active in advanc- ing the interests of various utilities and contributing not a little to the honor- able position which Oelwein now enjoys among the cities of the state.
On February 3, 1886, Mr. Flanagan was united in marriage with Isabel Magee, of Marion, Iowa, daughter of Robert and Isabel ( Armstrong) Magee, the union being blessed with six children, whose names are as follows : Blanche, Robert. Myrtle, Daisy, Marion and Gertrude. all members of the home circle except Blanche, who is the wife of Fred Jamison and the mother of a son who answers to the name of Harry B.
Mr. Flanagan is a believer in secret fraternal and benevolent work and belongs to Hebron Lodge No. 374, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, at Oel- wein; Langridge Commandery No. 47, Knights Templar, at West Union ; Oelwein Chapter No. 145, Royal Arch Masons; Elkader Temple, Mystic Shrine, at Cedar Rapids, and the Order of the Eastern Star at Oelwein, in all
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of which he has risen to high standing besides being honored with important official positions from time to time. In addition to the Masonic fraternity, he is also identified with the Modern Woodmen of America and for some years has been one of the most active and influential workers in the Oelwein camp, the success of which is largely due to his efforts and behalf. Mrs. Flanagan is also an enthusiastic member of several fraternal orders, belonging to Chapter 45, Order of the Eastern Star, and to Myrtle Temple No. 2, Pythian Sisters, at St. Paul, Minnesota, of which she is a charter member, besides holding an important office in the grand lodge of Pythian Sisters of Iowa. She is a Presbyterian in her religious faith and a worthy member of the church at Oelwein and all lines of good work have her hearty sympathy and support. Mrs. Flanagan's parents came to America from the north of Ireland, where her ancestors had lived for several generations. She inherits from her sturdy Scotch antecedents many of the sterling qualities for which that dual nation- ality has long been distinguished and as a wife and mother her life has been beautiful, her character above reproach and her influence salutary among all with whom she comes into contact. With her husband, who is a gentleman of fine address and popular with a large number of friends, she moves in the best social circles of Oelwein, their beautiful home being the abode of a generous hospitality and favorite resort of a class of society whose tastes and influence, like their own, have made for the culture and best interests of the community.
JOHN FRAZER PATTISON, M. D.
The following is a brief sketch of one of Fayette county's progressive and talented professional men, who, while yet young in years, has, by close atten- tion to his individual affairs, achieved marked success in one of the most exact- ing of callings and risen to an honorable position among the enterprising citi- zens of the locality with which his interests are identified. It is a plain record, rendered remarkable by no strange or mysterious adventure, no wonderful or lucky accident and no tragic situation, but withal it is a career worthy of emu- lation by the discouraged youth who have met seemingly insurmountable ob- stacles thwarting his path to the goal of prosperity and success, for it shows . what may be accomplished when proper principles are rightly applied in the everyday affairs of life.
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