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FREDERICK A. KANNE.
The career of Frederick A. Kanne, one of the leading agriculturists and stock men of Malaka township, Jasper county, has ever been such as to war- rant the trust and confidence of the business world, for he has ever conducted all transactions on the strictest principles of honor and integrity. His devotion to the public good is unquestioned and arises from a sincere interest in his fellow men. What the world needs is such men-men of genuine worth, of unquestioned integrity and honor.
Mr. Kanne seems to possess many of the commendable traits of his ster- ling German ancestors, his family having been prominent in the affairs of Jasper county for many decades, and here his birth occurred, in Malaka
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township, on April 24, 1870. Here he grew to manhood, received his education in the common schools and here he has continued to reside. He is the son of Henry and Louisa (Paul) Kanne, both natives of Germany, the father born on September 19, 1834, and the mother on November 17, 1840. They emi- grated to America when young and settled in Jasper county, Iowa, and here became substantial and influential citizens and large land owners in Malaka township, and they spent the rest of their lives here, the father dying on Octo- ber 14, 1901, and the mother on October 17, 1911. They were the parents of eight children, namely: Mrs. Minnie Alleman, Levi H., Frederick A., Mrs. Louisa Krampe, Louis, Mrs. Sophia Saak, Mrs. Lydia Tinnermier, Mrs. Martha Saak.
Frederick A. Kanne, of this sketch, was married on June 10, 1897, to Mary M. Hager, who was born in Ludlow township, Allamakee county, Iowa, August 4, 1869. She is the daughter of Simon and Minnie (Krampe) Hager, both born in Germany, the father on July 7, 1835, and the mother in July, 1848. There they spent their early days and from there emigrated to America, settled in Allamakee county, Iowa, where they became well established and there the father still lives, the mother having died on May 4, 1900. Mr. Hager is active in religious matters, having been an elder in the Presbyterian church for a period of thirty years and he has been superintendent of the Sunday school for many years.
There were ten children in the Hager family, all living and named as follows: William, born February 1, 1865, lives in Waukon, Iowa; Mrs. Ida Helming, born October 18, 1867, lives in Baxter; Mary M., wife of Mr. Kanne, of this sketch ; Mrs. Sophia Flage, born July 8, 1871, lives in Newton, Missouri; Mrs. Minnie Toney, born June 22, 1873, of Waukon, Iowa; Mrs. Sarah Bauercamper, born August 26, 1875, of Allamakee county ; Mrs. Meta Kreiger, born October 18, 1877, of Allamakee county; Lizzie, born April 13, 1879, lives at home in Allamakee county ; Mrs. Ella Ernst, wife of Rev. Ernst, was born October II, 1885, lives in St. Paul, Minnesota. These children were born and reared in Allamakee county, Iowa.
To Mr. and Mrs. Kanne two daughters have been born, Viola Dorothea, born December 25, 1901, and Dorothea Mildred Luella, born May 28, 1904. They are attending school in their home community.
Politically, Mr. Kanne is a Republican, and in religious matters he and his wife belong to the German Reformed church of Independence township.
Mr. Kanne has devoted his life to farming with very gratifying results. Upon the division of the large and valuable Kanne estate in 1912, the subject
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came into possession of one hundred and sixty acres of as fine land as the township affords, well improved and under a high state of cultivation. He has an attractive, commodious home, furnished with every modern convenience, and they enjoy many of life's luxuries. This family has the respect and friend- ship of all who know them as a result of the well ordered lives and their genial and obliging natures.
JESSE CROSS.
Of the honored pioneers of Jasper county none is worthier of conspicu- ous mention in a volume of this nature than Jesse Cross, of Independence township, for he has done his full share in the upbuilding of this section of the county, which he has ever had at heart, and his standing among his fellow men has been such as to inspire their confidence and respect. Success has at- tended his efforts to a larger degree than comes to the average man, but this fact is not the result of the caprices of fortune, but due to his earnest, persist- ent efforts along honorable lines.
Mr. Cross, like many of our best citizens, hails from the old Buckeye state, his birth having occurred in Muskingum county, Ohio, February 20, 1846. the son of Benjamin Duncan Cross and Lydia (Sills ) Cross. The father, born in Muskingum county, Ohio, in 1816, died in Jasper county, Iowa, October 13, 1907; the mother's birth occurred in Monroe county, Ohio, in 1816, and she died in Jasper county, Iowa, on February 27, 1908. Their family con- sisted of eight children, the older of whom was born in Ohio, the younger in Iowa. They are, Emma, who died when a year old; Mary died at the age of thirteen ; Jesse, of this review; Samuel lives in Baxter, this county ; George is a resident of Woonsocket, South Dakota; Benjamin, of Banner county, Ne- braska: Philip lives in this county; John W. also lives in Banner county, Nebraska.
Jesse Cross was eleven years old when he accompanied his parents to this county, in the fall of 1857. The family came by boat on the Ohio river, thence up the Mississippi river to Keokuk, and from there overland by ox team to Jasper county, there being no railroads in the state at that time, and the country was unimproved and sparsely settled, the principal trading posts for the central part being Keokuk, later Iowa City, so the Crosses began life here as typical pioneers, undergoing the hardships ordinarily met with by those who pushed the frontier of civilization farther west. But they found here a rich soil and a climate suitable to general agricultural purposes and they knew that in time they would be comfortably situated, which proved to be the case, for
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they worked hard and managed well and became influential in the affairs of this part of the county.
Jesse Cross grew up on the home farm and did much hard work on the same getting it into shape for the family home. On October 13, 1877, he was united in marriage with Mary M. Dawson, who was born in Story county, Iowa, August 27, 1856, and there she grew to womanhood. She is the daugh- ter of Cyrus P. and Frances ( Bomberger) Dawson, both natives of Hancock county, Ohio, the father born on August 26, 1834, and his death occurred in Des Moines thirty-five years ago; the mother was born on March 31, 1831, and she is living with her son in Independence township, this county. This family consisted of one son and five daughters, namely: Isaac D. Dawson, born March 21, 1867, lives in this township; Mary M., wife of Mr. Cross; Mrs. Martha Loness, born February 27, 1859, is deceased; Mrs. Jemima Cross, born June 28, 1861, lives in Woonsocket, South Dakota; Mrs. Rebecca E. Cross, born November 9, 1863, lives in Madison county, Iowa. Two daughters of the Dawson family married two of the Cross brothers, and one married a cousin.
Eight children have been born to Jesse Cross and wife, all living, the eld- est born in Hamilton county, Iowa, the younger ones in Independence town- ship, this county, namely : Dwight B., born July 7, 1878, lives in this town- ship; Mrs. Abbie R. Iske, born April 8, 1880, lives in Sherman township, this county ; Charles M., born March 29, 1882, lives in South Dakota; Samuel O., born May 18, 1884, also lives in South Dakota; Almond R., born June I, 1886, is living at home; Inez May, born September 3, 1888, lives in Inde- pendence township; Ruth, born November 7, 1890, and Joseph, born July 14, are both at home.
Mr. Cross has been very successful as a general farmer and stock raiser, and he is the owner of one of the choicest farms of Independence township, consisting of four hundred and eighty acres, which he has brought up to a high state of development, and on which there are two substantial sets of buildings, in fact, everything to make a desirable farm. He is also the owner of seven hundred and sixty acres of valuable and desirably located land in South Da- kota. Mr. Cross has a modern, well furnished and attractive home, and he is deserving of a great deal of credit for what he has accomplished in view of the fact that he started with nothing and has made what he has unaided. He has laid by a comfortable competency and is regarded as one of the rep- resentative citizens of Jasper county. In politics he is independent, and has long taken an abiding interest in local affairs. He has been trustee of his township, road supervisor, assessor, treasurer of the board of education and a member of the same, filling these offices in a most faithful manner.
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O. J. TURNER.
The student interested in the history of Jasper county does not have to carry his investigations far into its annals before learning that O. J. Turner has long been an active and leading representative of its great agricultural interests and that his labors have proven a potent force in making this a rich farming region. Through several decades he has carried on diversified farm- ing and stock raising, gradually improving his valuable land, and while he has prospered in this he has also found ample opportunity to assist in the material development of the county, and his co-operation has been of value for the general good. He is one of the honored veterans of the Union army who, when the tocsin of war sounded in the nation's crisis, uncomplainingly went forth to defend with his life, if need be, the honor of the old flag. His career in every respect has been one of commendation and is well worth study and emulation by the youth whose fortunes are yet matters for future years to determine.
Mr. Turner is the scion of a sterling old Kentucky family and many of the winning characteristics of the noble families of the "land of the dark and bloody ground" seem to have descended, like Elijah's mantle, on the subject, and have rendered him popular with a wide circle of acquaintances. He was born on April 23, 1840, in Wayne county, Kentucky: the son of W. C. and Eliza (Sanders) Turner, both natives of Kentucky, in which state they grew up, were educated and married. The father is of French extraction and the mother of German descent. Grandfather Sanders was a soldier in the Revo- lutionary war. Prior to his marriage W. C. Turner was a pilot on the Cum- berland, Ohio and Mississippi rivers, being very skilled as such and well- known to river men. He afterwards devoted his attention to farming, spend- ing his life in Kentucky, where his death occurred at the advanced age of eighty-four years, his wife having died there when sixty-five years old. He was an active, public spirited and successful man, interested in politics and educational affairs. He assisted in dredging the Cumberland from its source to its mouth. His family consisted of nine children, O. J. of this review being the oldest; G. W. lives in southern Kansas; Mary is deceased; Sarah is the ' widow of Race Bunch and lives on the home farm in Wayne county, Ken- tucky; Scioto is deceased; James lives in Rock Creek township, Jasper county : Hiram lives in Wayne county, Kentucky; Ann is deceased; Augus- tus lives in Scottsville, Illinois.
When O. J. Turner was eighteen years old he began farming, which he continued one year, then entered Cumberland College. taking a general course.
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In October, 1861, he gave up his prospects of a college training and enlisted in the Federal army, Company H, Twelfth Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, in General Thomas' division. Almost immediately he was sent to the battlefield of Millspring, Kentucky, then on to the capture of Forts Donelson and Henry, then went with Buell to reinforce Grant at Shiloh. After this he participated in the battle of Corinth, also Tuscumbia. He was next in the strenuous race with Bragg to Louisville, culminating in the battle of Perryville. Later he was in the fierce engagement at Stone's river, also in the battles of Chatta- nooga, Knoxville and Strawberry Plains. At the latter place he re-enlisted and veteranized, being sent to Chattanooga to begin the Georgia campaign. For several days he was in the chase after Johnson, finally meeting his army in the bloody battle of Kenesaw Mountain, and in the sharp engagement at the crossing of the Chattahoochee river, and in numerous other engagements lead- ing up to the battle of Atlanta. From there he was sent west with the Twenty- third Army Corps to watch Hood and was held as a reserve in the battle of Allatoona Pass. Here he saw a wounded woman who had been fighting in men's clothes as a Confederate soldier. They met Hood's forces at Columbia, Tennessee, after which he was in the battle at Franklin, said to be the bloodiest of the war, considering the number of men engaged. Mr. Turner's regiment was then sent with those assigned to guard Nashville, finally taking part in the great battle there. After that he was sent by rail and water to Alexandria, Virginia, and from there by ship to Fort Fisher. North Carolina, but he was not in the fight at that place. He then went to join Sherman's forces, and while on the way was in the battle of Mill Creek, North Carolina, finally join- ing Sherman at Goldsboro, thence he was sent to Raleigh, North Carolina, finally to Louisville, Kentucky, where he was honorably discharged.
Reurning home after his gallant career as a soldier, Mr. Turner taught a term of school, then re-entered Cumberland College where he remained two years. In March, 1868, he left Kentucky and came to Kellogg, Iowa, where he taught school and farmed alternately for three years. He has continued farming very successfully ever since, in fact, has succeeded much beyond the average person as a husbandman, being now one of the county's largest land owners and substantial citizens. He has seven hundred and twenty acres of as fine land as this locality can boast, near Newton and Grinnell and he is also the owner of eight hundred acres of valuable land in Walworth county, South Dakota. Besides this he owns considerable town property in Newton, all well improved and desirable. That he has accomplished all this unaided since he came here, starting with a capital of only ten dollars, is criterion enough to
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show that he is a man of superior business acumen, sound sense and mature judgment. He has kept his lands well improved and under a high state of cultivation and whatever he has turned his attention to has resulted in a large measure of success.
On November 15, 1872, Mr. Turner was united in marriage with Eliza- beth A. Rice, of Wayne county, Kentucky, the daughter of E. B. and Rebecca Rice, both now deceased. This union has resulted in the birth of seven chil- dren, five of whom are living, two dying in infancy; E. O. lives at Turner, Jasper county ; G. W. lives on his father's South Dakota land; Lulu is the wife of H. V. Clutter, of Arkansas county, Arkansas ; L. R. is a doctor in Humboldt, Iowa; E. S. is at home and is attending school. The son, E. W., is a noted wrestler and was at one time champion of South Dakota. E. S. is an all- around athlete with many medals for records. He is a great sprinter. In his younger days the father, O. J., was a runner and wrestler of local reputation.
Mr. Turner is a very prominent and influential man in this section of the state, widely known and highly respected by all classes. He has always taken an active interest in politics and public affairs. He and his wife are members of the Baptist church, of which he is a deacon at present and a very liberal supporter. Politically, he votes independently, preferring to cast his ballot for the best men. He is a member of Kellogg Post, Grand Army of the Republic.
JOHN H. CRAWFORD.
A history of the loyal native sons and representative citizens of Jasper county would not be complete should the name that heads this review be omitted. During a useful and successful life in his home community he has labored diligently, not only to promote the interests of himself and family, but also those of the general public, being one of those neighborly, altruistic, gen- erous-hearted men whom to know is to admire and respect. He has been devoted to the public welfare and in all his relations one of his ambitions has been to benefit the community and to advance its standard of citizenship. Per- sonally, he is a man of pleasing address, approachable, unassuming and the number of his friends are as the limits of his acquaintance, for the people know that all enterprises and movements for the public good find in him a zealous friend and a liberal patron. It is to such men that this locality owes its rise from the primeval prairies to one of the choice agricultural sections of the Hawkeye state.
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John H. Crawford, of Ira, Jasper county, was born in Poweshiek town- ship, this county, on November 12, 1867, and here he grew to manhood on the old home place, where he worked when a boy in the summer time, and during the winter months attended the common schools in his neighborhood, and here he has spent his life successfully engaged in agricultural pursuits. He is the son of James B. and Eliza L. (Walters) Crawford, both natives of Ohio, where they grew to maturity and were married, and comparatively early in life emigrated to Jasper county, Iowa, when the country was new, and here got a good piece of land, which they developed into an excellent farm and on which they established a comfortable home. In this county they spent the balance of their lives, the father dying on December 6, 1888, at the age of seventy-two years, the mother's death occurring on March 19, 1893, at the same age.
Six children were born to Mr. and Mrs. James B. Crawford, named as follows : Mrs. Hannah Tramel ; Mrs. Jane Baker, deceased ; Henry W., who lives at Lake City, Iowa ; John H., of this review ; and two others.
John H. Crawford was first married to Clara Crawford, a daughter of W. J. Crawford, a complete sketch of whom appears on another page of this work. Her death occurred on April 1, 1904, leaving three daughters, two of whom survive, namely : Florence, born October 24, 1894; Jennie, born Au- gust 16, 1896; Hazel, born August 24, 1898, died August 27, 1907. The two living daughters are now attending high school in Baxter.
On January 23, 1907, Mr. Crawford was again married, his last wife being known in her maidenhood as Lydia M. Cross, who was born in Inde- pendence township, Jasper county. Iowa, on January 26, 1881, and here she grew to womanhood and received her education in the common schools. Mrs. Crawford is the daughter of Samuel W. and Melissa (Hefner) Cross, who are now residing in Baxter, this county. There were eight children in the Cross family, seven of whom are living at this writing. To Mr. Crawford and his second wife one child, a son, has been born, bearing the manly old name, John Henry, the date of his birth being July 9, 1910.
Politically, Mr. Crawford is a Republican, and while he is interested in public affairs, he has not been a seeker after the emoluments of office.
Devoting his life to general farming and stock raising, Mr. Crawford has, through perseverance and good management, accumulated a competency. He was the owner of a fine farm of one hundred and eighty-eight acres in Poweshiek township, which he placed under high grade improvements, and on which is a modern, nicely furnished home. This place was sold to Perry Baker in October, 1911. Mr. Crawford is the owner of five and one-third acres of valuable land in the outskirts of the town of Ira.
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FRANK LONG.
Among those men of sterling attributes of character who have impressed their personality upon the community of their residence and have borne their full share in the upbuilding and general development of Jasper county, men- tion must not be omitted of Frank Long, one of the progressive farmers and stock men of Independence township, where he has long maintained his home and where he has exerted a strong influence for good to the entire community, being a man of upright principles and desirous to see the advancement of the county along material, civic and moral lines.
Mr. Long has, with the exception of four years spent in Hamilton county, Iowa, and one summer in South Dakota, spent most of his life in Jasper county, having come here with his parents in 1867. He was born in Winneshiek county, Iowa, March 29, 1862. He is the son of John and Lucy (Smith) Long, both natives of Canada, the father born March 29, 1825, and his death occurred on March 30, 1907, the mother having died in February, 1868. The father was twice married. The parents of the subject came to Iowa fifty-five years ago when the state was just beginning to be developed in a general way. Six sons were born to John Long and his first wife, namely : George, of Clear Creek township, was born April 3, 1855; Charles, born No- vember 15, 1856, is living in Walla Walla, Washington; John W., born March 7, 1860, lives in Eden township, Marshall county, Iowa; Frank, of this sketch; Wilson, born in 1864, is living in Idaho; Albert, born in April, 1869, lives in Des Moines, Iowa. The following children were born of John Long's second union : Bessie, Josie, Amanda, Bert, Alonzo and Jonah.
Frank Long, of this review, was married on December 3, 1881, to Mary Alice Deeter, who was born in Story county, Iowa, December 27, 1868, and there she grew to womanhood and was educated. She was the daughter of Sydney C. and Sarah H. (Runyon) Deeter, both born in Ohio; the father, born on September 17, 1844, is living in Washington, and the mother makes her home in Idaho. Eleven children were born to them, three of whom are de- ceased ; they were named as follows: Lucy Long lives in Idaho; Mrs. Frank Long, of this sketch; Eliza died in infancy; William lives in Idaho, as does also Loyal J .; Milo lives in Washington; Arthur Glenn lives in Idaho; Leo Don died in infancy; Arminta Clarke lives in North Dakota; Lee lives in Idaho. These children were born in Story county, Iowa, except the two younger, who were born in Jasper county.
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To Mr. and Mrs. Frank Long four children have been born, namely : Ada Sego, born October 5, 1886, is living in Independence township, this county ; Arthur, born December 26, 1890, is living in Des Moines; Grace Muriel, born August 5, 1895; Cleo Fern, born January 27, 1897. These chil- dren were all born in Jasper county.
Mr. Long has worked hard, managed well and as a result he has become well established in a material way, being the owner of a finely improved farmstead of one hundred and eighty acres in Independence township, and here he carries on general farming and stock raising in a manner that stamps him as being fully abreast of the times. He has a pleasant and modernly fur- nished home and large, convenient outbuildings. He is liberal, yet properly conservative, and his support may always be counted on when any laudable movement is placed on foot having as its object the general good of the com- munity. Politically, he is a Democrat and in his fraternal relations he belongs to Unity Lodge No. 520, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, at Baxter.
ALBERT D. BERRY.
Conspicuous among the representative business men and public-spirited citizens of Jasper county is the well known gentleman whose name forms the caption of this biographical review. He has made his influence felt for good in Independence township, which has long been honored by his citizenship, being a man of sterling worth whose life has been closely interwoven with the history of the community of which this volume treats and whose efforts have always been for the material advancement of the same, as well as for the social and moral welfare of his fellow men, and the well regulated life Mr. Berry has led, thereby gaining the respect and admiration of his fellow citizens, entitle him to conspicuous mention in a work of the scope of the present history.
Albert D. Berry, banker, stock man and leading agriculturist of this sec- tion of Iowa, whose residence is in Independence township, Jasper county, was born in Poweshiek township, this county, on July 10, 1861, and here he has been contented to spend his life, wisely deciding in his youth that as good, if not better opportunities existed for him here than anywhere else, and so his labors have been confined to his home country, which he has seen trans- formed from a wild prairie to one of the richest sections in the middle west, in which development he has played no inconspicuous part.
Mr. Berry is the son of Solomon C. and Ellen (Connor) Berry. The father, born in Illinois, is now living in New Mexico, the mother having passed away in this county in August, 1869. Their family consisted of five children, all living, namely: Albert D., of this sketch; Charles W., who was born in
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