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Mr. Jickling hails from "Our Sister of Snows" country, his birth having occurred about thirty miles east of London, Ontario, Canada, on June 22, 1837. He is the son of Robert and Mary ( Whitby) Jickling, both born near London, England. the father on May 28. 1794, and the mother on Decem- ber 30. 1807. There they spent the earlier years of their lives, emigrating to Canada in 1836, where they spent the balance of their lives, the father dying at the advanced age of eighty-two years and the mother when sixty- eight years old. There were eleven children in the Jickling family. By the father's first marriage, six children were born, namely: W. F., a soldier in
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the Civil war, later a policeman in Chicago, in which city he still resides; Mrs. Elizabeth McLean lives in the province of Manitoba, Canada; John David, of this review ; Mrs. Susannah Woods lives in Ontario, Canada; Row- land died when nine years old; Thomas died in 1908; Samuel died in 1906. The latter was a veteran of the Civil war and he was connected with the Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, for many years after the war; Hannah died when twenty years of age; Rebecca died in infancy; Joseph B. is living in Manitoba ; one child died in infancy.
John D. Jickling spent his childhood in Canada and was educated in the common schools. On March 13, 1859, he settled in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He there engaged at his trade of harness making immediately, and lived there until 1865, when he removed to Sherman township, Jasper county, and here he has continued to reside to the present time. He is deserving of a great deal of credit for what he has accomplished, for he landed at Kalama- zoo with a total capital of four dollars and fifty cents He is at present one of the wealthiest men in Jasper county. He is the owner of four hundred and fifty-one acres of choice land in Sherman township. on which are three sets of good buildings. He has kept his land well improved and under a fine state of cultivation, and by his close application and sound judgment he has accu- mulated a competency. He has always been a lover of good live stock and has kept excellent grades. He owns a substantial business block in the town of Ira, a modern and imposing home in Ira, and two valuable lots in Des Moines.
Mr. Jickling talks interestingly of the early days of this country, which he has seen develop from a wild prairie to one of the leading agricultural sec- tions of the state. He came from Kellogg to Newton by stage. There were no railroads in this part of the country. Mr. Jickling hauled grain to Colfax when there was but one building there. There were no bridges, the farmers being compelled to ford Skunk river. He has always been a man whose word was as good as the bond of most men, even if it were at financial sacrifice. At one time wheat was contracted for at one dollar per bushel. He had contracted to deliver about two thousand bushels, which he did although wheat had ad- vanced to one dollar and fifty cents per bushel. Every dollar in his possession was honestly earned. He would never stoop to paltry things in order to gain his ends in dealing with his fellow men. consequently he has won and re- tained their confidence and good will.
Mr. Jickling was married on April 8, 1860, to Susan S. Cuthbert, who was born in London, England, on February 5, 1842, where she spent her early girlhood, emigrating to the United States in 1855 with her parents, George and Susan (Hall) Cuthbert, both born in England, the mother in
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Lincolnshire, and there they grew to maturity and were married. Upon com- ing to this country they took up their residence in Michigan. They spent the rest of their lives in America, each dying at the age of seventy-five years. They were the parents of six children, namely: Jesse died in 1903 ; Moses is deceased : George, deceased : Mrs. Adam Maggard lives in Ira ; Susan S., wife of Mr. Jickling, of this review; one daughter died in infancy.
Five children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Jickling, the two eldest in Michigan, the others in Jasper county, and here they were reared and edu- cated ; they were named as follows: George B., born July 21, 1861, the day of the first great battle of the Civil war, Bull Run; he is residing at Winter- set. Iowa; William R., born on June 9, 1864, lives in Sherman township; Mrs. Laura Zenor, born March 6, 1868, is living at Tryon, Nebraska; Mrs. Edith May Couch, born July 23, 1871, lives in Sherman township, this county ; Riley R., born September 14, 1874, died January 9, 1877.
Politically, Mr. Jickling is a Republican and while he has ever mani- fested an abiding interest in the affairs of his township and county, he has never sought to be a leader in public matters, preferring to devote his atten- tion to his home and business. He has been road supervisor of his district.
Mrs. Jickling is the possessor of an old Bible, given to her at the age of twelve years when she was a member of a Sunday school class, at Weltobe Wold, England, in July, 1854, and she highly prizes the same.
Mr. and Mrs. Jickling have a pleasant and well furnished home, and here their many friends delight to gather and share their old-fashioned hos- pitality and good cheer, and they number their friends only by the limits of their acquaintance.
BENJAMIN F. DEPPE.
It is doubtful if any people that go to make up our cosmopolitan civiliza- tion have better habits of life than those who came originally from the great German empire. The descendants of these people are distinguished for their . thrift and honesty, and these two qualities in the inhabitants of any country will eventually make that country great among the nations of the earth. When with these two qualities are coupled the other attributes of sound sense and correct habits, as most all German descendants seem to possess, there are afforded such qualities as will enrich any land and place it in the front rank of the nations of the earth in the scale of elevated humanity. Of this ex- cellent people came the Deppe family, one of the best known of Jasper county,
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where they have long been well established and of whom Benjamin F. Deppe, progressive farmer of Malaka township, is a worthy representative, being of the second generation of the family in America. He has been a diligent worker in his chosen field of endeavor and has been rewarded by large success, and, having minded well his own affairs and kept the even tenor of his way through all the years, he has earned the good will and esteem of his neighbors and many acquaintances.
Mr. Deppe was born in Malaka township, Jasper county, Iowa, and here he grew to manhood, received his education and has spent his life in agricul- tural pursuits, although he prepared himself for a business career, having completed the commercial course in the Newton Normal College. His birth occurred on February 14, 1874, and he is the son of Adolph and Wilhelmina (Schroeder) Deppe, both natives of Germany, from which country they emigrated to the United States, locating in Jasper county, Iowa, where they became well established, the death of the father occurring here in 1884. He assisted in laying the foundation of the recent Jasper county court house. There were six children in this family, all living, namely : Mrs. Etta Berkey, born September 17, 1857, lives in Baxter ; Mrs. Mary Krampe lives in Bax- ter; William lives in Malaka township; Edward lives in Malaka township; Benjamin, of this sketch; Mrs. Emma Kresan, of Frankville. These children were born and reared in Jasper county.
Benjamin F. Deppe was married February 25, 1903, to Anna Stock, who was born in Independence township, this county, October 26, 1882, and here she grew to womanhood and received her education in the public schools. She is the daughter of Frank and Frederika (Boedeker) Stock, the father born in Lippe-Detmold, Germany, and the mother in Wisconsin. They are now living in Baxter, he beeing seventy years old and she sixty.
Nine children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stock, eight of whom are living, namely: Lena, born August 10, 1876, lives with her parents in Baxter ; August, born in 1878, lives in Independence township; Anna, wife of Mr. Deppe, of this sketch; Mrs. Lydia Kanne, born April 20, 1881, lives in Malaka township; William lives in Independence township; Henry, born in 1885, is deceased ; Clara lives at home in Baxter ; Emma and Lizzie, twins, born in 1890, live with their brother on the home farm in Independence township. These children were born and reared in this township.
Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs Deppe, namely : Reuben A., born November 20, 1905; Edna A., born October 6, 1907. These children were born in Malaka township, and the eldest is attending school here.
Politically, Mr. Deppe is a Republican, and he has been school director in
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this community. He and his wife are members of the German Reformed church in Independence township.
Mr. Deppe is the owner of an excellent farm of one hundred and twenty acres in Malaka township, which he has brought up to a high state of im- provement and cultivation, on which he carries on general farming and stock raising successfully. He has a very pleasant and well furnished home and sub- stantial outbuildings.
EDWIN J. GOODWIN.
Independence township, Jasper county, can claim many young enterpris- ing farmers who are adopting the best of the twentieth-century methods of tilling the soil, while on the other hand some seem to prefer clinging to the style of work followed by their forefathers when this country was in its infancy or in the older localities of the Eastern states. Of course, the farmers of fifty and one hundred years ago succeeded, but this was due not so much to their skill as to the fact that the land was fertile, being new, and to their hard labor, persistently applied. None will gainsay that they worked harder than do their descendants of today. It is doubtful if the young husbandmen of this epoch would make more than a bare living should they go back to the simple methods of the early days; the land must be managed differently to get the best results.
One of the scientific farmers of this locality who has succeeded through his ingenuity and close application to advanced methods of agriculture is Edwin J. Goodwin, who was born in Pennsylvania, February II, 1873. He is the son of Dr. Eugene A. and Sarah Louise (Smith) Goodwin, the father born at Hallowell, Maine, April 10. 1831, and the mother was born at Hacketstown, New Jersey, July 8, 1841. They grew up in the East, received their education and were married there, emigrating to Newton, Jasper county, lowa. in the fall of 1878. The father was a successful physician and for years was one of the best known in this locality. His death occurred in Mar -. shall county, Iowa, on October 18. 1910, and his wife died in Jasper county on April 18, 1904. Doctor Goodwin was graduated from the Long Island Hospi- tal and the New York College of Medicine, also from the University of Michigan College of Medicine, class of 1871, being a colleague of the well known Dr. Perry Engle, mentioned elsewhere in the work. The subject has the two diplomas awarded by these institutions to his father. Doctor Good- win served in the Civil war, having enlisted in the Ninety-ninth New York
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Volunteer Infantry, on June 14, 1861, and after a very praiseworthy record, he was discharged on July 2, 1864. His family consisted of two children : Edwin J., of this sketch, being the sole survivor; the eldest child, a daughter, Mrs. Edith May Atkinson, who was born in Bethlehem, New Jersey, June 23, 1868, died in Des Moines, Iowa, February 17, 1896
Edwin J. Goodwin was five years old when he came with his parents to Jasper county in 1878 and here he grew to manhood and received his educa- tion, and here he has continued to reside. He lived in Newton one year and there attended the public schools, then moved with the family to near Old Baxter and attended the rural schools there. He supplemented his graded school work with two years' study in Highland Park College, Des Moines, in 1896 and 1897, after which he returned to the farm where he has since devoted his energies.
Mr. Goodwin was married on January 23, 1901, to Genevieve A. Cool, who was born in Jasper county, Iowa, January 27, 1882. She was reared here, attended the local schools and has always resided in this county. She is the daughter of Peter J. and Lucina B. (Stone) Cool. the father born in Freeport, Illinois, July 1, 1852, and the mother was born in Wisconsin, June 16, 1860. He came with his parents to Jasper county, Iowa, in 1853 and was one of the pioneers of the county. The parents of Mrs. Goodwin both live in Baxter, a well known and influential family here for over a half century. Their complete sketch is to be found on another page of this work.
Mrs. Goodwin was the third in order of birth in a family of six children, namely : Mrs. Agnes Workman, born December 15, 1878, of Baxter; Mrs. Leota Allen, born August 12, 1880, lives near Baxter; Mrs. Winifred Cur- yea, born December 16, 1883, is living at Parker, South Dakota; Mrs. Al- phone Gallagher, born August 2, 1887, is living at home ; Mrs. Ethel Dodd, born November 30, 1891, lives in Marshall county. All these children were born and reared in Jasper county.
After the death of Mr. Goodwin's sister, he took into his home his niece, Edith May Akinson, who was born on February 12, 1896, who has been educated in the rural schools of this community and will enter the Baxter high school in the fall of 1912.
Mr. Goodwin owns forty acres of good land in Independence, which he is rapidly placing under modern improvements, and he has a pleasant home. Politically, he is a Republican. He has been secretary of the board of edu- cation of Independence township for a number of years. . He belongs to Bax- ter Lodge No. 168, Knights of Pythias, of Baxter. He and his wife are
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members of Baxter Temple No. 202, Pythian Sisters, and they are members of the Congregational church at Baxter.
Mrs. Goodwin is a lady of talent along musical lines and for some time has been a popular instructor in that branch of the fine arts, the piano being her specialty, for which she has well qualified herself. In addition to the work with competent teachers in this community, she supplemented this with one year's work in the Grinnell College Conservatory of Music. These are popular young people in all circles of their community, representing as they do a splendid type of our best citizenship.
FRANK KIMBERLEY.
The life of Frank Kimberley, one of the best known stock men and agriculturists of Jasper county, has been one of unceasing industry and per- severance and the notably systematic and honorable methods he has followed have won him the unbounded confidence and regard of all who have formed his acquaintance. In looking over the list of worthy citizens of this locality the biographer deems none more worthy of representation in a work of this nature than this honored representative of one of our esteemed pioneer families. He is a man of progressive ideas, plain and straightforward in his relations with his fellow men, obliging and unassuming, which accounts for his universal popularity.
Mr. Kimberley was born in Allamakee county. Iowa, December 20, 1864, and early in life he came with his parents to Jasper county and settled in Clear Creek township, where he has continued to reside, his parents being among the carly settlers of the county and among the best known of her citizens. He is the son of Isaiah and Mary Ann (Cleverly) Kimberley, both natives of England, the father born in Coventry, April 14, 1824, and the mother in London, January 12, 1832. The father spent his early life in his native land and emigrated to the United States in 1841 and settled in New. York City, where he remained a short time, thence went to Massachusetts, where he lived seven years, then returned to England, where he sojourned six months and returned to New York, and in 1854 he came to Allamakee county, Iowa, and lived there twelve years, removing to Jasper county in 1866 and has lived here ever since. His parents, John and Mary Ade, natives of Eng- land, spent their early lives there and there the mother died, the father emi- grating to America and the older Kimberley died in Jasper county, Iowa, at
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the advanced age of ninety-seven years. Their only other living child besides Isaiah is Elijah, who lives in Nebraska, being now eighty-four years old. William Cleverly, father of Mary Ann Cleverly, a native of Coventry, Eng- land, also emigrated to Jasper county, Iowa, and died here at the age of seventy-five years. His wife, Rebecca, a native of England, died when Mrs. Isaiah Kimberley was an infant.
To Isaiah Kimberley and wife were born fifteen children, eight of whom are still living, namely: Harriet Swalwell, born in Herkimer county, New York, June 1, 1852, lives in Clear Creek township, this county ; John, born in Herkimer county, New York, August 3, 1854, also lives in Clear Creek town- ship; the following seven were born in Allamakee county, Iowa : Ada Angelo, born November 30, 1856, of Maxwell, Iowa; Louisa Jane died when four years old ; Ruth Pearson, born September 24, 1860, of Peoria, Iowa ; William, born February 28, 1862, of Clear Creek township; Frank, of this review; twins, a son and a daughter, born March 21, 1866, died in infancy; the six following were born in Jasper county, Iowa: Charles, born November 30, 1867, lives on the old home place in Clear Creek township; George, born July 5, 1869, who was educated at Drake University, lives at Little Rock, Ar- kansas; twins, a son and daughter, born July 8, 1871, died in infancy ; Stephen Isaiah, born August 29, 1873, died in infancy ; Arthur, born October 10, 1874, died in Jasper county, August 26, 1893.
Isaiah Kimberley, through industry and good management, has secured a competency and he is the owner of one of the large farms of Clear Creek township's choice land. He found a wild prairie when he came here and being without means he worked for some time for very low wages. He has taken a keen interest in the welfare of the community. On May 3, 1911, he and his faithful life companion celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary.
On March 4, 1894, occurred the marriage of Frank Kimberley and Nettie Bence, who was born in Grundy county, Iowa, December 8, 1875. Her parents, Francis and Mary Ann (Cunningham) Bence, the former a native of New York and the latter of Illinois, are residing at Collins, this county. There were six children in the Bence family, as follows: Elmer lives in Story county, where Mrs. Nellie Grouch also resides; Nettie, wife of Mr. Kimberley, of this review ; Lillie died in early life; Lester lives in Bondurant, Iowa; Frank lives in Collins. These children were reared in Marshall county.
To Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kimberley two sons have been born, Charles Wyatt, born December 29, 1895, is assisting in the care of the home farm; Leroy Francis, born August 10, 1898, died in April, 1901.
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Mr. Kimberley has been very successful in a business way, in fact he is one of the largest and best known farmers in central Iowa, and his persistent and straightforward efforts have brought a large measure of success which he deserves, having worked hard and dealt honestly with his fellow men. He and his brother John are the owners of over two thousand acres of choice land in various parts of Iowa, which they manage well and keep under a high state of cultivation. They are also extensive raisers of live stock. Mr. Kim- berley, of this review, has one of the finest residences in this locality, modern, well furnished and attractive, and numerous substantial farm buildings on his place. He has every convenience. In his cozy home is to be found a good library and he keeps well informed on current topics. His hospitable home is the frequent gathering place for the many friends of the family.
Politically, Mr. Kimberley is a Democrat. He was an active member of the board of education in his home district for a period of twenty years and he is treasurer of the district at the present time. Mrs. Kimberley is a mem- ber of the Methodist Episcopal church of Clear Creek township.
The subject and his brother, mentioned above, secured their start by selling imported horses in this territory. They are among the heaviest horse buyers in this section of Iowa, and are widely known as horsemen, there being no better judge of horses in the country than his brother. J. B. Their fine stock are always greatly admired by all who see them.
GEORGE DIEHL
Among the influential citizens of Baxter, Jasper county, the reader's attention is called to a brief review of the life work of George Diehl, who for over forty years was a resident of this locality, in fact, spent most of his life here, and although his career was not altogether one of smooth sailing, yet he could look back with satisfaction as he recalled the arduous toil performed, the many obstacles overcome and the victories won in his struggles to gain an independent position which he held, but those sturdy traits of his German and Yankee ancestors were inherited by him and exemplified in the determination and perseverance which always characterized him. The present-day pros- perity of this locality is largely indebted to the sturdy and indefatigable class of citizens of which the subject was a conspicuous example.
Mr. Diehl was born in Oneida county, New York, April 24, 1859. He was the son of Julius and Elizabeth (Aultman) Diehl. the father born in
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Germany and the mother in New York. The former emigrated to America early in life, located in the state of New York and there met and married the subject's mother. They spent their early lives there and about a year after the closing of the Civil war they joined the tide of emigration to the West, locating in Malaka township, Jasper county, Iowa, when their son George, of this review, was seven years of age. There they worked hard to get a start in the new country, and in due course of time had a good home and an excellent farm and there they still reside, the father now nearly eighty years of age. He is a gentleman of splendid characteristics, industrious, honorable and has long borne his full share in the work of developing the interests of this locality.
To Mr. and Mrs. Julius Diehl ten children have been born, four sons and six daughters, namely : Mrs. Dora Riley lives in Des Moines; Mrs. Alice Butler lives in Newton; Mrs. Laura Von Hagen lives near Ira, this county ; Mrs. Florence Petermeier and Mrs. Henrietta Butler both live at Newton; Mrs. Maggie Poole lives at Baxter; George, of this sketch; Nicodemus is a resident of the state of Kansas; Charles lives at Turner, Iowa; Harry lives with his parents on the old home farm in Malaka township.
George Diehl grew to manhood on the home farm in Malaka township and there assisted with the general work during the crop seasons, attending the neighboring district schools. In 1899 he was married to Minnie Geise, who was born, reared and educated in Malaka township, this county. She is the daughter of Henry and Louisa (Wegner) Geise, the father born in Germany in 1828, and the mother was also born in the fatherland, in 1829. They spent their childhood in that country, emigrating to America and located in Jasper county, Iowa, in pioneer days, residing at Newton the first two years. They came without capital, but being thrifty had a good home in later years and here they spent the remainder of their lives, both dying at Baxter, he in January, 1907, she having preceded him to the grave in 1902, when seventy years of age. They were the parents of six children, named as follows : Mrs. Etta Shirk, of Iowa City ; H. A. lives at Baxter, this county ; Fred also resides there: Adolph lives on the home farm in Malaka township; Minnie, wife of the subject of this sketch; Edward makes his home in Newton. To Mr. and Mrs. Diehl has been born one son, Harlan, whose birth occurred on January 28. 1905 ; he is attending school in Baxter.
Mr. Diehl was very successful in a business way. He followed farming until 1891, when he moved to Baxter and identified himself with the im- plement business, in which he continued, having built up a large and ever- growing trade with the towns and rural districts of the county, always carry-
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ing a full, up-to-date and very carefully selected stock of farming machinery, automobiles, gas-engines, etc. He was the organizer of the Baxter Co-Opera- tive Implement Company. He also owned a number of shares in the State Savings Bank of Baxter.
Mr. Diehl was a member of Baxter Lodge No. 168, Knights of Pythias. He served his second term on the town council in which he made his influence felt for the general good of the community. He died at Baxter on the 28th of December, 1911, leaving his wife, child and many friends to mourn his departure.
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