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H. Foxwell and wife are the parents of two children, Frances Grace and Ellen Frances Foxwell, who is now teaching school at Wadena, Iowa; she has taught very successfully in Fayette county for many years.
All these children have been well educated, and some of them have taken up music and painting. The family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and each member is highly respected in this locality, main- taining the high standard of living set by their worthy father.
FRANK R. CHITTENDEN.
A man who is now in the prime of life and usefulness is Frank R. Chit- tenden, farmer. of Smithfield township, Fayette county, and his influence as an honorable, upright citizen is productive of much good upon all with whom he comes in contact and therefore he is held in the highest esteem by his neighbors and acquaintances. He was born in Orwell, Vermont, of sterling New England parents, July 18, 1864, but, leaving there when a child, and coming to Fayette county, Iowa, he grew to maturity and was educated in Smithfield township. He is the son of DeWitt Clinton and Adelia P. (Shel- don) Chittenden, the former a native of Vermont and the latter of St. Law- rence county, New York. They moved to Fayette county, Iowa, about 1858 . and bought one hundred and forty-five acres of land in sections 4 and 9, Smith- field township. Returning to Vermont in 1862, they remained there until the spring of 1867, when they returned to Fayette county and made their home on the farm until the fall of 1888, when they moved to Fayette, where they live at present. Four children were born to them, of whom one died in infancy, Frank R., of this review. being the youngest.
The subject has always made his home on the farm. In 1902 he made a contract with his parents by which he secured the home farm, to which he added eighty acres, but later sold forty acres of that tract, owning at present one hundred and eighty acres, which he has kept well improved and on which he conducts a general farming and dairying business, handling some good grades of stock. The products of his dairy, owing to their superior quality, find a very ready market-in fact, he has been very successful with all lines of his chosen vocation, and he has a good home, the surroundings of his place being most pleasant.
Politically. Mr. Chittenden is a Republican and he has for some time taken more or less interest in local political matters, having held the office of
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township trustee for several terms, very faithfully performing his duties in this connection. Fraternally, he is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America.
On November 7, 1888, Mr. Chittenden married Anna B. Doughty, who was born in Ogle county, Illinois, January 28, 1867, the daughter of John and Hattie (Parker) Doughty, of Fayette county, Iowa, and this union has resulted in the birth of six children, Mabel I., wife of Isaac Paul, of Smithfield township, born July 10, 1890; Ralph R., born June 30, 1893, died April 6, 1908; Madge E., born June 21, 1895; Francis B., born October 27, 1902 ; Fernie, born November 5, 1904; DeWitt Clinton, born March 25, 1910.
REV. JASPER S. MOORE.
The gentleman whose life record is herewith briefly set forth is a born nobleman, belonging to nature's aristocracy, having dignified every station in life with a charm that has constantly added to his personal worth and has discharged his every duty as a citizen with the earnestness and loyalty char- acteristic of such men of altruistic principles. Recognizing his probity of character and his sterling worth as a citizen and advocate of the gospel of the Nazarene, his fellow men hold him in lasting regard wherever he is known.
Jasper S. Moore was born in Illyria township, Fayette county, May 21, 1855, and his present residence is at Wadena, he having preferred to spend most of his life on his own heath, and to him belongs the distinction of having resided in the township longer than any other person. He is the son of the Rev. William and Catherine (Robbins) Moore, the father born October 9, 1813, at Hookstown, Pennsylvania, and the latter on November 20, 1817, in Vermont. They were the parents of ten children, and they came to Illyria township, Fayette county, Iowa, in 1854 and spent the remainder of their lives here. The father was a farmer, also preached some in the United Brethren church. His death occurred on April 21, 1873, and the death of his wife on September 19, 1907.
Rev. William Moore, who was long an influential man in this county, was descended from Scotch-Irish ancestors and was reared in the faith of the Presbyterian church. His wife's people were early settlers of the New Eng- land states. Her father, Willard Robbins, died in Fayette county, Iowa, at a ripe old age. (For a complete history of these parents and the brothers and sisters of the subject of this sketch the reader is directed to the biography of Edwin O. Moore, appearing on another page of this work. )
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MRS. MARY MOORE.
REV. JASPER S. MOORE.
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Rev. Jasper S. Moore received a good education in the public schools, hav- ing alternated schooling and farming in his youth, remaining on the home farm until he reached manhood, and he began his life work by teaching. He was converted in 1877 and began preaching in 1887, and was ordained elder in 1894. He traveled circuits for twelve years. He was presiding elder in the Iowa conference in 1904 and re-elected in 1909, having served three years in that capacity. He has been three times a delegate to the general conference of his church, first at Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, Caledonia, Michigan and Huntington, Indiana, these having convened during a period of twelve years. He is regarded as an earnest, forceful and often eloquent preacher, never fail- ing to delight and interest his audience, and he has accomplished a great deal of good wherever his lot has been cast, and he is held in the highest esteem by the people whom he seeks to serve.
Rev. Mr. Moore owns the old family homestead in section 23, Illyria township, embracing two hundred and fifty acres, upon which are excellent improvements. He and his sons make a specialty of raising thoroughbred Duroc-Jersey hogs, and they also handle large herds of cattle, also horses and sheep, and they have been very successful not only as general farmers but as stock raisers.
Rev. Jasper S. Moore was married on July 8, 1877, to Mary L. Crane, daughter of Myron and Elizabeth Crane, of Carthage, South Dakota. This union has been blessed with the following children: Charlie I., born May 5, 1879, died August 30, 1880; Gertie, now Mrs. Bert Sackett. of Delaware, Iowa, was born July 28, 1881; Myron M., born July 11, 1884; Ethel, born September 3, 1886, married Robert Frey, living at Wadena, Iowa; Ira Clark, born March 12, 1889, who is at home, married Mary Yearous, of West Union ; William Francis, who was born September 9, 1891, is a student in the West Union high school.
Politically, Rev. Mr. Moore is a Republican with prohibition sympathies : he is president of the Illyria township school board, and he is at present serving as justice of the peace. He advocates the doctrine of the United Brethren church.
STEPHEN T. PAYNE.
A man of quiet, gentlemanly demeanor is Stephen T. Payne, farmer of Smithfield township, Fayette county, highly esteemed by his neighbors and fellow citizens of the community, and perhaps none occupy a more favored
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place in the minds and hearts of the people by whom he is known. His private character is above criticism and he has always aimed to keep his name and reputation unspotted.
Mr. Payne was born in Harlan township, this county, June 22, 1865, and he received his education in the public schools of his native community. He is the son of Allan S. and Melissa A. (Morton) Payne, natives of Cattaraugus county, New York, the father having been born on May 14, 1838, and the mother on February 14th of the same year, she being exactly three months his senior. They grew to maturity and were married in New York and lived on a farm there for several years. In 1864 they came to Fayette county, Iowa, and bought a farm in Harlan township, where they made their home until 1888, when Mr. Payne sold out and moved to Fayette, where he makes his home at present. His wife is also living, and they are highly respected by a large acquaintance.
To Mr. and Mrs. Allen S. Payne eight children were born, of whom five are living, namely : Ernest resides at Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Watson lives in Idaho; Stephen T., of this review ; Charles S. lives in Otterville, Iowa ; Fitch W. lives in Fayette county.
Stephen T. Payne of this review lived on the farm with his parents until twenty-one years of age, when he married and rented a farm in Harlan town- ship, which he worked for a period of five years, during which time he got a good start, and in the fall of 1890 he bought a good place of eighty acres in section 20, Smithfield township, where he has since made his home; he prospered from the first and has added another eighty to his original pur- chase. in the same section, now having one of the choice farms of the com- munity, which has been well improved and on which stand excellent buildings.
On March 27, 1886, Mr. Payne married Caroline L. Hollister, who was born in Illyria township, this county, in September, 1869. She is the daughter of Henry Allen and Mabel (Talcott) Hollister, the father born in Vermont and the mother in Ohio, and they were married in the last-named state. About 1868 they came from Lake county, Ohio, to Fayette county, Iowa, and located on a farm.
Henry Hollister served his country in the war of the Rebellion, being a sergeant in Capt. Charles J. McDowell's Company F, One Hundred and Seventy-seventh Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He received an honor- able discharge at the close of the war. He held many public offices of trust and was a man of sterling worth and integrity. He died in 1877, at the age of thirty-seven years, respected by all who knew him. Mrs. Payne was one of a family of five children, namely: Alice Mabel, the wife of J. F. Cum-
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mings, of Alpha, Iowa. Horace Frederick, at the beginning of the Spanish- American war, enlisted in Company E, Fourteenth Regiment Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, and was honorably discharged at the close of the war. He was afterwards killed by a vicious horse at Egan, South Dakota. Caroline Louisa is the wife of the subject of this sketch. Lua Ellen is the wife of Edwin L. Cline, of Quimby, Iowa. Lydia Belle died at the age of twenty- four years. Mrs. Payne has also a half-sister, Mary Angeline Strickland, the daughter of Orion and Mabel ( Hollister) Strickland.
To Mr. and Mrs. Payne seven children have been born, named as follows : Ellen E., who was born November 4, 1887, is the wife of William H. Barnes, of Harlan township; Maude E. was born June 22, 1894; Frank E. was born May 2, 1896; Alice M. was born September 22, 1904; Dorothea M. was born June 19, 1907; Henry A. and Helen A. (twins) were born August 8, 1909.
Mr. Payne is a Republican, but he has not found time to mingle much in political affairs and is no aspirant for public office, though he is always ready to support any measure looking to the general good of his community and county.
EGBERT L. UPTON.
One of the wide-awake, prosperous farmers of Smithfield township is Egbert L. Upton, whose past success gives assurance of something yet to come, and he will doubtless continue to be one of the potent factors for good in this portion of Fayette county. He was born in Danvers, Massachusetts, March 14, 1860, and there he grew to maturity and received the principal part of his education, finishing his text-book training in the schools of Fayette county, Iowa, and spent the spring and fall terms of 1879 at the Upper Iowa University. He is the son of Augustus and Aseneth (Phillips) Upton, the father a native of Danvers, Massachusetts, born January 2, 1818, and the mother was born in Wheelock, Vermont. The paternal grandfather, John Swinerton Upton, was born in Danvers, Massachusetts, December 29, 1792, he having been a descendant of John Upton, who emigrated to the town men- tioned above, either from southern Scotland or northern England, in 1650. He traded a saddle and a pair of leather breeches for the farm on which he located, consisting of one hundred and twenty acres, at Danvers. Augustus Upton was a shoemaker by trade, although reared on a farm; he usually made shoes in winter and worked the farm in summer. His death occurred in Danvers in 1871. His wife was born September 1, 1814, and died about
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1862. Five children were born to them, namely: Augustine, born Decem- ber IO, 1844, resides in Lynn, Massachusetts ; Mrs. Alice Smith, born Decem- ber 24, 1846, lives at Chelsea, that state; Mrs. Frances Bennett, born August 5. 1849, lives in Melrose, Massachusetts; Lizzie, born August 16, 1852, died January 3, 1880; Egbert L., of this review, was the youngest child.
The subject made his home with his mother until her death, when he went to live with his grandmother .until about eleven years old. Then he worked a year for a Mr. Conant, driving a milk wagon. In November, 1876, he came to Chickasaw county, Iowa, and made his home with a half brother, H. F. Lambkin, with whom he remained one year, spending the next two years as a farm hand, attending school part of the time. In the winter of 1879 and 1880 he taught a school in Westfield township, this county, then taught two years during the winter months in Center township and two months in the spring of 1884 in Palo Alto county. In the winter of 1884 and 1885 he taught his last term in Westfield township. He was very successful as a teacher and was popular with both pupils and patrons. After leaving the school-room, in the spring of 1885, he moved to a farm of one hundred and twenty acres in section 7, Smithfield township, which he bought in 1884, and he has continued to make his home on this place since 1885. In 1905 he added forty acres to the original purchase and now has one of the choice farms of the township, well improved and well cultivated, on which stand excellent and convenient buildings, and he has followed general farming and dairying with marked success. In 1881 he bought one hundred and twenty acres in Palo Alto county, Iowa, and there he spent the summers of 1882, 1883 and a part of 1884, selling the place in 1884.
Politically, Mr. Upton is a Republican, and he held the office of town- ship clerk from 1894 to 1898, and previously he held the office of justice of the peace for two years ; he has also held this office during the past four years, his term expiring in January, 1911. He has proved to be a very efficient public servant and takes much interest in all local affairs. Fraternally, he is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America.
On March 1, 1883. Mr. Upton married Louisa H. Elphick, daughter of James and Martha Elphick, he a native of England and she of New York state, both parents going to Wisconsin when children. They located in Fayette county, Iowa, in the early sixties. Mrs. Upton was called to her reward in May. 1884, when twenty-three years old. On February 22, 1886, Mr. Upton married Cora Ingraham, who was born in Summit county, Ohio. February 8, 1860; she was the daughter of Chauncey and Abigail ( Proctor) Ingraham, the father a native of Connecticut and the mother of southeastern Ohio. Mr.
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Ingraham died in Ohio, and in 1871 Mrs. Ingraham and three children moved to Fayette county, Iowa. Mrs. Upton was the youngest child. The mother died on November 29, 1906, at the advanced age of eighty-four years and ten months. Mr. Upton's second marriage resulted in the birth of five children, namely : Elvira Louisa, born January 23, 1887, a school teacher by profession, who graduated from the Iowa State College at Ames, Iowa, with the class of 1909, and now resides with her parents; Elizabeth A., born November 13, 1888, graduated from the Iowa Teachers' College, at Cedar Falls, with the class of March, 1910, is a school teacher, and lives with her parents; Alice C., born December 31, 1890, who graduated from the Oliver Business Col- lege, of New Hampton, Iowa, in the fall of 1909, is a stenographer by pro- fession ; Harry A., born September 25, 1892, is also a member of the home circle ; Henry W., born January 10, 1896. All these children have been well educated and they give promise of bright futures. Mrs. Upton is a member of the Baptist church.
ANDREW N. TOUTSCH.
One of the progressive farmers and well-known citizens of Smithfield township, Fayette county, was Andrew N. Toutsch, who, like many of the most thrifty and enterprising citizens of this locality, was of German birth, he having first seen the light of day in the fatherland in 1853, the son of Nick T. and Catherine (Wilmuth) Toutsch. The father died in his native country at the age of seventy-one years. The mother came to America and is living at Elkader, Iowa, at the age of seventy-four years. The subject of this sketch resided in the United States since 1872. The first six years of his life here were spent in Elkader, then he lived for six years at Strawberry Point, Iowa, then returned to Elkader and engaged in the produce traffic for several years, then came to Fayette county. He was married in 1891 to Marcella Snedigar, daughter of Fielding and Miranda (Hayes) Snedigar. Her father was born in Pike county, Missouri, March 27, 1822, and her mother in Montgomery county, Missouri, May 5, 1824. In 1844 Mr. Snedigar came west, locating in Iowa county, Wisconsin, and engaged in mining until 1847, when he removed to Jo Daviess county, Illinois, and engaged in lumber traffic until 1851, in which year he came to Iowa and settled in Clayton county, being employed there by a milling company. In 1861 he embarked in the mercantile business, which he prosecuted until 1868, then settled on a farm in Smithfield town- ship, Fayette county, so well known as the "Corn Hill Farm." Two saw-mills
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at different times were located and operated on this place, and on this farm was an old tavern kept by a Mr. Hendrickson, who formerly owned the farm. United States mail carriers changed horses here and many travelers shared its hospitality in the old days. Mrs. Toutsch's father kept a store at Elkader during the years of the Civil war, and he was postmaster there, keeping the office in his store. He was a successful merchant and he made many friends among his customers by his many acts of kindness shown his patrons during the trying days of the war. He was justice of the peace for many years. His death occurred at Elkader in 1882, and in this place his widow is still living, having reached the advanced age of eighty-six years. They were the parents of seven children, named as follows: James M., born September 8, 1842; Edward, born October 10, 1844; Martha J. (Mrs. Sterns) was born April 4, 1849; Irena A. (Mrs. Craudel) was born August 23, 1851; Henry F. was born February 10, 1854: George M. was born April 8, 1856; Marcella M. was born August 10, 1862. Mrs. Toutsch's grandparents, Robert and Mary (Butler) Snedigar, were natives of Bourbon county, Kentucky, and were the parents of thirteen children. They emigrated from that state to Pike county, Missouri, in 1818 and there lived until Mr. Snedigar's death in 1863. Mrs. Toutsch's mother was a great-granddaughter of Daniel Boone. She had two brothers who served in the Civil war, James M. in the one-hundred- day service, and Edward D., who enlisted in 1862 in Company D, Twenty- first Iowa Volunteer Infantry, was in thirteen engagements and was with Sher- man on his march to the sea.
Mr. and Mrs. Toutsch began their married life at Elkader, then moved on her father's well-known homestead farm, of which they owned three hun- dred and twenty-nine acres, which Mr. Toutsch greatly improved in every re- spect until today it ranks with the choice farms of the county, just as it did in the early days, the soil having been so skillfully tilled that it has not lost any of its original strength. In 1899 he built a modern and attractive resi- dence and remodeled the barn. These buildings stand on an eminence, covered with a fine growth of elms and other native timber, beautiful pines and many varieties of shrubbery, giving the place a picturesque appearance, indicating that it is one of the old historic places of this locality.
Mr. Toutsch was known as a very enterprising and successful farmer, using exceptionally good judgment in his general farming and stock raising. He kept a good grade of stock of all kinds and fed for the market, and. being a splendid judge of livestock and knowing how to properly care for them, he found very ready sales for all he had to offer. Mr. Toutsch's death occurred on August 7, 1910, after an illness of but a week, and he was buried in the Fayette cemetery.
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Mr. and Mrs. Toutsch became the parents of four children, named as follows: Marshall, born in 1893; Harvey, born in 1894; Henry, born in 1899; Bessie was born in 1903 and died when six weeks old. The oldest child, Marshall, attended a normal school in Austin, Minnesota, the winter of 1909 and 1910 and took a course in civil engineering along with other studies, and he made a splendid record in that institution. The other chil- dren have received good educations in the home schools.
Mr. Toutsch gave his political allegiance to the Democratic party, while in religion he gave faithful support to the Catholic church.
HERMAN J. KRUG.
Among the industrious and enterprising citizens of Fairfield township, Fayette county, the subject of this sketch occupies an enviable position, and because of sterling qualities of character he enjoys the high regard of all who know him. Mr. Krug was born in 1881 and is therefore one of the younger men of the county, but he is the stamp of young man to whom the community must look for its future growth and development,-for it is the present gen- eration of young men of ambition, courage, energy and brains upon whom the public not only depends at this time, but will rely upon wholly during the next generation.
Mr. Krug is the son of Fred and Mary B. (Nus) Krug, Mr. Krug being a native of Germany, where he was born on April 7, 1853, coming to America in 1873 and locating in Fayette county on September 25, 1879. Mrs. Krug is a native of Fayette county, and was born on April 9, 1857, being the daugh- ter of Hugo and Henreicka Nus, early settlers in Fayette county, who, since becoming residents of the county, have prospered exceedingly and hold a place among the prominent and influential families of Fairfield township. His parents were married on September 25. 1879, and began their domestic life on the farm where they still make their home, a fine farm in section 26, Fair- field township. The father is an energetic, practical farmer, most up to date in his methods of farming, handling stock and breeding. His place is well equipped with all modern improvements, with a tasteful and substantial house with good surroundings. His advanced ideas in farming and stock breeding are especially shown by the fine buildings he has erected for the housing of his stock, particularly with a view to protecting the young. In politics he is a Democrat. He has shown his public spiritedness in many ways and has served
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his school district for twenty-five years. Both parents are members of the Lutheran church. Their four children are, Matilda, wife of S. Koehler, re- siding in Clayton county, Iowa; Alma and Hulda, who make their home with their parents, and Herman J., the subject of this review.
Herman J. Krug is already proving his ability as a farmer on land which he has leased, for on this tract he is very successfully doing general farming, as well as raising and breeding fine stock. He is a well-informed young man of exemplary habits and industry, is unmarried and makes his home with his parents. He is a member of the Lutheran church. Politically he is a Re- publican and takes an active though quiet interest in the fortunes of his party locally.
ROBERT J. YOUNG.
In the register of Fayette county's prominent citizens and representative business men few are as widely and favorably known as the gentleman whose career is briefly reviewed in the following lines. He is an American by adop- tion, but none the less true and loyal to the government under which he has spent so much of his life and achieved such signal success, while the county which for nearly fifty-five years he has honored by his citizenship is proud to number him among its most enterprising and public spirited men of affairs. Robert J. Young, dealer in real estate and insurance, also one of the leading financiers of the city in which he resides, was born in London, England, No- vember 15, 1844, being a son of Richard N. and Sarah Young, the father born December 25, 1820, in London, where he grew to manhood and in early life became a gas fitter. Mrs. Young, prior to her marriage Sarah Butler, was born in Berkshire in 1820 and belonged to an old and repected family of her native city. In 1848 this couple bade farewell to the land of their birth and, crossing the Atlantic, located at his trade in Brooklyn, New York, where Mr. Young worked at his trade and where his wife died on September 29. 1854. The year following his sad bereavement Mr. Young removed to Chicago, but after spending three years in that city changed his residence to Hazleton, Buchanan county, Iowa, where he remained until his removal later to the county of Fayette. Subsequently he went to Marshalltown, this state, where his death occurred in 1894. The family of R. N. and Sarah Young con- sisted of two children, the subject alone surviving, his sister, Sarah Jane, having died in Brooklyn, New York, September 30, 1854, at the age of eight years.
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