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partment of the interior. Ile worked on the home farm in Minnesota until twenty-one years of age, when he studied stenography and entered the employ of the Great Northern Railroad Company at Great Falls, Montana. Later he resigned that position to enter the services of the Anaconda Mining Company, at Belt, Mon- tana, where he remained for two years. Again he resigned and took the civil service examina- tion and was appointed by President Roosevelt to his present position in Washington. He was married in 1902 to Rena Johnson. Kathleen Clare, the second member of the family, was educated in the high school at Waterville, Min- nesota, and in a private school at Waseca, Min- nesota, and is now at home. Edyth Mae is the wife of Burt Bean, a real-estate agent of Chi- cago, Illinois. John Boyd of this review was the fourth of the family. Emma Gertrude is a stenographer at New Ulm, Minnesota, in the employ of the New Ulm Milling Company. She attended the public schools of Waterville, Min- nesota, until she had completed the high school course and afterward pursued a course in ste- nography in the Commercial College at Manka- to, Minnesota. Walter Philip, educated in the publie schools of Waterville, Minnesota, is now assisting his father in the operation of the home farm. Alma Jeanne, also at home, is now a student in the high school at Waterville. Alfred and Norbert, the younger members of the fam- ily, are likewise at home.
Dr. John Boyd Tyrrell acquired his early education in the public schools of Waterville and afterward pursued an academic course in the University of Minnesota, where on the com- pletion of a four years' course he was graduated in the class of 1898. Having determined to make the practice of medicine his life work he then entered Rush Medical College, the medical department of the University of Chicago, and pursued a four years' course whereby he won the Doctor of Medicine degree and was gradu- ated in May, 1902. He then located for prac- tice in Horniek, Iowa, where he has since re-
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mained. He pursued a four months' course in charged with promptness and fidelity. He was special surgery at the Presbyterian Hospital in Chicago before locating in Horniek, and he is thoroughly conversant with the most modern methods known to the profession and is well equipped for the arduous and difficult duties which devolve upon the medical practitioner. Already he has demonstrated his skill and abil- ity in handling a number of important cases and the public recognizes his professional skill that well entitles him to a liberal patronage.
Dr. Tyrrell was married on the 23d of Decem- ber, 1903, to Miss Mayme Stewart, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Morgan R. Stewart, of Horn- ick. Her parents are of Scotch descent and re- moved from Illinois to Iowa. She was born September 27, 1883, was reared in this state and completed her education by graduation from the Onawa high school. In politics he is an independent Republican. He voted for Mc- Kinley and Roosevelt, but in local politics is independent, supporting men and measures rather than party. Socially he is connected with the Modern Woodmen Camp at Hornick. He is well known both professionally and socially here and the circle of his friends is constantly broadening as the circle of his acquaintance increases.
LOUIS C. STEPHENS.
Lonis C. Stephens, the secretary and man- ager of the Co-operation Beer Company of Sioux City, was born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, in 1858. His parents were William and Phili- pina (Ostoff) Stephens, both of whom were natives of Germany. The father followed vari- ous occupations, including surveying. He came to the United States in the '40s and after spend- ing a short time in Buffalo, New York, made his way to Sheboygan, Wisconsin, where he conducted a hotel for a member of years. He served as constable for several terms and held other positions, the duties of which he dis- store, offices and barns.
a recruiting officer at the time of the Civil war and was a loyal defender of the Union cause. Through his well directed business af- fairs he obtained a comfortable competence and he died in 1899 at the age of seventy-nine years, having for sixteen months survived his wife. They were married in Buffalo, New York, and became the parents of four children: Louis C .; Fred, who is a member of the fire department in Sheboygan, Wisconsin ; Amelia, the deceased wife of Peter Loersch; and William, who has also passed away. The mother was a member of the German Reformed church.
Louis C. Stephens pursued his education in the public schools of his native city and in 1872 enlisted in the naval service on the lakes, being assigned to the revenue cutter Andrew Johnson. He served for one year and was then honorably discharged, after which he learned the cigarmak- er's trade, which he followed for five years. In 1879 he arrived in Sioux City, Iowa, and was engaged in steam-boating in various capacities for five years. He afterward spent four or five years at the carpenter's trade and later went into business for himself. He has been con- nected with the wholesale liquor trade for eight years and during all that period has been repre- sentative of the Anheuser-Busch Brewing Com- pany. For six years he was located at No. 300- 302 Fourth street, and is now carrying on busi- ness at No. 815-817 Fourth street, where he has a large establishment. He is now a member of the Co-operation Beer Company of Sioux City, which was incorporated in 1896 with the fol- lowing officers: Frank L. Hogan, president ; James W. Kennedy, treasurer; and Louis C. Stephens, secretary and manager. The business is capitalized for ten thousand dollars and they have in their employ eight men, two of whom are traveling salesmen upon the road, covering a large territory in the introduction and sale of the product to many patrons. The company utilizes in the business a large storage house,
L. C. STEPHENS.
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In 1886 Mr. stephens was united in mar- riage to Miss Mary Hutchinson, a daughter of Abram Hutchinson, who was a farmer and served his country as a loyal soldier in the Civil war. Mrs. Stephens was born in Cam- eron, Missouri, in 1861, and they now have one son, Jerome.
Mr. Stephens is a Democrat and is deeply in- terested in the party, yet has never been active as a politician, although at one time he served as superintendent of sewers. He belongs to the Sons of Herman and to the Fraternal Order of Eagles. He is a man of social, genial nature and is one whose business success is the outcome of his own labors. Scarcely more than seven years ago he began operations in Sioux City with little capital, but by industry and striet attention to business he has developed an enter- prise of large proportions which is bringing to him an excellent financial return.
GEORGE W. MURPIIY, M. D.
One of the ablest representatives of the med- ical fraternity in Woodbury county is Dr. George W. Murphy, who has successfully en- gaged in the practice of his chosen profession in Danbury since 1888. Ile is a native of Iowa, born near Epworth in Dubuque county, on the 3d of September, 1859, and is a son of Patrick and Mary Katherine (Canary) Mur- phy, who claimed Ireland as the land of their birth. His paternal grandparents spent their entire lives in that country. The grandfather, who was a peddler, died at the age of fifty years, but his wife lived to be ninety years old. The only one of their family now living besides the Doctor's father is John Murphy, a prominent citizen of Caldwell county, Missouri. During his boyhood he went to live with a wealthy lady, who provided him with excellent educational advantages, he being a student in the free schools of Kerry, Ireland. He taught for some years and was superintendent of the
schools of County Cork, Ireland. Ile is also a lecturer and author of note. Ile has reared a large family, all of whom are well educated. Our subject's maternal grandparents were very intelligent, well read people. They left many descendants but only one of their daughters is now living, she being a resident of Dubuque, Iowa.
Patrick Murphy, the Doctor's father, was born in County Cork, Ireland, January 12, 1825, and was reared and educated in his na- tive land, becoming a peddler like his father. In August, 1848, he emigrated to America and made his home in Vermont for a few years. He was married in Bennington, that state, Jan- mary 17, 1854, to Miss Mary Katherine Ca- mary, who was also born in Ireland, on the 28th of February, 1828, and came to the United States in 1850. After their marriage they re- moved to Dubuque county, Iowa, and in 1871 took up their residence on a farm near Menlo in Guthrie county, where the father still re- sides. The mother died February 23, 1878, at the age of fifty years. They left the Cath- olie church in February, 1863, and became de- vout Protestants. They were most estimable people and highly respected by all who knew them.
Dr. Murphy acquired his early education in the common schools near his boyhood home and later attended Simpson College at Indianola, Iowa, where he was graduated in 1884 with the degree of Bachelor of Science. Subse- quently he was principal of the public schools of Casey, Iowa, for two years. Having decid- ed to make the practice of medicine his life work, he entered the medical department of the Iowa State University, and was there grad- nated on the 7th of March, 1888. The fol- lowing June he came to Danbury and has since prosecuted his profession at this place with marked success, his skill and ability having won for him a large and lucrative practice. He is a member of the Woodbury County Med- ical Society and the Iowa State Medieal So-
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ciety. A physician of progressive ideas and birth occurred in the Keystone state in 1822. one well informed on the latest discoveries known to the science, he has contributed some able articles to medical journals and is prepar- ing others for future publication.
On the 10th of June, 1895, Dr. Murphy married Miss Emma Seibold, a daughter of W. F. Seibold, one of Danbury's most respected and well known business men. She was born in Chatsworth, Illinois, August 12, 1870, and attended the public schools of that place until twelve years of age, when she accompanied her parents on their removal to Danbury, Iowa. Here she continued her education in the public schools and afterward taught here. In 1892 she was a student in the Iowa State Normal at Cedar Falls, and studied music at Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Iowa, in 1894-5. The Doctor and his wife have two children: Weir Mitchell, born April 4, 1896; and Mary Eliza- beth, born February 10, 1901.
Dr. Murphy is a thirty-second degree Mason, belonging to Due Guard Lodge, No. 387, A. F. & A. M., of Danbury, Iowa ; Monona Chapter, No. 115, R. A. M., at Mapleton ; Columbia Commandery, K. T .; and El Kahir Temple of the Mystic Shrine, at Cedar Rapids; and for five years he has been master of the blue lodge. Although not a member of any religious denom- ination his views are more in accordance with the Catholic church. Politically he is a Re- publican. Pleasant and genial in manner he makes many friends and is popular both in social and professional circles.
A. M. C. THOMPSON.
A. M. C. Thompson, who is living on section 19, Kedron township, is a well known, popular and genial farmer and stock-raiser, who owns and conducts the Sunshine farm of one hundred and sixty acres. A native of Pennsylvania, he was born in Lawrence county, on the 5th of August, 1850, a son of 1. W. Thompson, whose
His paternal grandfather, Archibald Thomp- son, was a native of Scotland and on coming to the United States settled in Pennsylvania, at which time the country was still numbered among the colonial possessions of Great Britain. Espousing the cause of the colonists, he became a soldier of the Revolutionary war and fought for the independence of the nation. 1. W. Thompson, his son, spent the days of his boy- hood and youth in Pennsylvania and learned the carpenter's and joiner's trade. Later he began contracting on his own account and was identified with building interests in early man- hood. In 1858 he sought a home in the new but rapidly growing west, locating in Jackson county, where he took up his abode upon a farm. There he lived for about fourteen years and in 1872 he came to Woodbury county, but he was not long permitted to enjoy his new home, for his death occurred here in 1876. In Pennsylvania he had married Miss Mary J. Bittner, who was born in Lawrence county, Pennsylvania, and died in Jackson county, Iowa, in 1859. She was the mother of four children: Jaeob B. Thompson, who is now a substantial farmer of Wolf Creek township. and at this writing is traveling in California, accompanied by his wife; A. W., who died in Woodbury county in 1899; Mary J. ; and A. M. C. Thompson, of this review.
The last named was reared in Jackson eoun- ty, Iowa, and attended the public schools. IIe was trained to habits of industry and economy, and lessons of integrity and straightforward dealing were also instilled into his mind and have borne rich fruit as the years have gone by. Throughout his business career he lias carried on agricultural pursuits and in 1870 he came to Woodbury county and secured as a homestead claim the farm upon which he now resides. Becoming owner of one hundred and sixty acres, he placed this under the plow and developed a good farm. He has since erected a substantial residence, a commodious
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barn and other outbuildings, has planted an orchard and small fruits and also has upon his place a grove of ten acres. Everything about the farm is neat, thrifty and attractive in ap- pearance, being kept in excellent condition. The place is known as the Sunshine farm and in addition to the raising of grain Mr. Thomp- son devotes considerable attention to the rais- ing of stock.
On the 29th of August, 1869, Mr. Thompson was united in marriage to Miss Sarah E. Ma- neer, a native of Ohio, who in her early girl- hood days was brought to lowa, the family home being established in Jackson county. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Thompson have been born seven children and the first two sons were born in a dugout on the farm, the primitive dwell- ing containing neither doors nor windows. They lost their first son, Chauncey. The eld- est living is Arthur E., who is married and fol- lows farming in Kedron township. Aaron as- sists in the operation of the home farm. Mabel is the wife of Walter Coyle, of Wolf Creek township. Roy and Bert are also at home. They also lost another son, Harry, who died at the age of three years.
Since proudly casting his first presidential ballot for General Grant in 1868 Mr. Thomp- son has been a stanch Republican, never wav- ering in his allegiance to the party, and upon this ticket he was elected and served as con- stable, also as road commissioner and school director. He has likewise been township trus- tee and has been assessor for six years. He has served as a delegate to the county conventions and has taken an active and helpful part in local politics, doing all in his power to pro- mote the growth and insure the success of Re- publican principles. Fraternally he is con- nected with Anthon lodge, I. O. O. F., in which he has filled most of the positions. He is usu- ally known as "Doc." Thompson among his many friends. He is one of the few remain ing homesteaders of his locality, having resided upon his farm for thirty-four years. He ex-
perienced the hardships and privations of fron- tier life, has seen great changes and has wit- nessed the growth of Sioux City and of Wood- bury county. With modern progressive ideas of farming he has kept apace in his business career and his name is a synonym for honor- able dealing as well as enterprising labor.
ADOLPH J. LOEB.
As a representative of the industrial inter- ests of Hornick Adolph J. Loeb is well known for he is engaged in conducting a blacksmith and wagon shop, and in the line of his chosen vocation he has secured a good patronage, which makes him a busy man. Ile is one of the useful and respected citizens of the town and well worthy of mention in this history of Woodbury county, for it is the reliable business men who form the real strength of every com- munity.
Mr. Loeb was born on a farm in Black Hawk county, Iowa, in 1871, a son of Heury and Charlotte Louise (Glassof) Loeb. The father has followed farming throughout his entire life and now lives upon a farm near Howard, South Dakota, with his wife and three children. They were the parents of six sons and one daughter, but Mary died in 1902. The sons are Brutus, Valentine, Adolph J., George Charles, Angustuf and Edward.
In the country schools Adolph J. Loeb pur- sued his education and on the home farm he became familiar with all the duties and labors that fall to the lot of the agriculturist, assist- ing his father in the work of the fields as soon as old enough to handle the plow. He left home in 1892 and began learning the trades of blacksmithing and wagon-making, in which he has become an excellent workman. He came to Hornick in July, 1898, and purchasing a shop, he has since built up a good business in the line of his chosen vocation. He is profi- cient and skillful, and his work, giving good sat-
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isfaction to his patrons, has been the basis of the success which he is now enjoying.
In 1894 occurred the marriage of Mr. Loeb and Miss Anna M. Hirchert, a daughter of Charles and Margaret (Huder) Hirchert. They have four children: Laura, ten years of age ; Walter, aged eight ; Dorothy, a little maid- en of six summers; and Anna, two years old, the baby of the household.
Mr. Loeb is independent politically and fra- ternally he is connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Modern Wood- men of America. A life of industry and in- defatigable labor has resulted in winning for him a fair measure of success and straightfor- ward dealing is the basis of the esteem which is so uniformly accorded him in the community in which he resides.
JOHN PHILIP EISENTRAUT.
John Philip Eisentraut, an architect of Sioux City, was born in Jackson county, Iowa, in 1870. His father, Philip Eisentraut, was born in Germany and is now living in Woodbury county, Iowa, at the age of seventy-three years. He came to the United States when twenty- one years of age, locating first in St. Louis, where he followed the cooper's trade. He re- sided there for twelve years and then removed to Jackson county, Iowa, where he again worked at his trade, continuing at that place until 1878. That year witnessed his arrival in Woodbury county. He took up his abode in Wolf Creek township, where he followed farming pursuits until his retirement. Coming to this country empty-handed he has worked his way steadily upward and whatever success he has achieved is due entirely to his own labors and careful di- rection of his business affairs and his unfalter- ing enterprise. His political allegiance is given to the Repulican party and he has firm faith in its principles as containing the best elements of good government. His religious faith has
long been indicated by his membership in the Methodist Episcopal church. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Mary Stumpe, was born in Germany and was brought to the United States by her parents when five years of age, the family home being established in St. Louis. Her father was a merchant and carried on busi- ness there for some years at an early day. Mrs. Eisentraut became a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. By her marriage she was the mother of eleven children, of whom six are now living.
Mr. Eisentraut was educated in the public schools of Woodbury county and after mastering the elementary branches of English learning he matriculated in Morningside College in 1889. There he pursued a classical course covering two years. In 1891-2 he served an apprenticeship in the office of Charles P. Brown, an architect of Sioux City, and in the fall of 1892 he entered the architectural department of the Northwest- ern University and was graduated therefrom in the class of 1894. He then entered the of- fice of the Iowa Architectural Company at Des Moines, Iowa, as a partner and re- mained with that house until 1902, when he came to Sioux City and established business on his own account. He has since enjoyed a good patronage, having offices at No. 507 Metropolitan block. He made plans for the Catholic church, which was erected at a cost of eighty thousand dollars at Boone, Iowa, also plans for the Baptist church at Iowa Falls, completed at a cost of forty thousand dollars. His were the plans whereby was erected the courthouse at Asheville, North Carolina, and he has also been the architect of a number of other prominent buildings in the Old North state. He has recently drawn plans for the First Swe- dish Baptist church of Sioux City, which will be erected at the cost of ten thousand dollars. and he also made the plans for St. Paul's Epis- copal church; the Farmers' State Bank of Os- mond, Nebraska, costing twenty thousand dol- lars ; the public school building at Tilden, Ne-
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braska, costing sixteen thousand dollars; the Methodist Episcopal church at Centerville, Iowa, costing forty thousand dollars, and the Methodist Episcopal church at Ireton, Iowa, costing fifteen thousand dollars. He is a men- ber of the Builders' Exchange.
Mr. Eisentraut was married in 1894 to Miss Susie Kniffin, a daughter of Robert and Harriet Kniffin. She was born in Independence, Iowa, and by her marriage has become the mother of two children: Vera, and Llewellyn, aged re- speetively nine and seven years. The parents are members of the Grace Methodist Episcopal church of Morningside, take a deep interest in its work, contribute generously to its support and have promoted its welfare and upbuilding by their activity. In polities Mr. Eisentraut is a Republican, but the honors and emoluments of office have had no attraction for him, as he prefers to give his attention entirely to his busi- ness affairs, doing his duties of citizenship as a private citizen rather than as a public official. He is a young man of ability in his profession and as an architect has gained more than local repute.
HARLEY M. ROUNDS.
Harley M. Rounds, whose prominence in business cireles in Sioux City and Rock Valley made him an important factor in the promotion of the industrial and commercial activity of the two places, became a resident of the former in 1886. He was a native of Cambridge, Massa- chusetts, born July 4, 1831, and a son of Eras- tus B. Rounds, who was also a native of Massa- chusetts. During the infancy of Harley M. Rounds his parents removed to Swanton Center, Vermont, where he resided for several years. The father received from his father fifty dollars and with this limited capital the family then came west, locating in Eureka, Wisconsin, where hoth the father and mother eventually died.
Harley M. Rounds was reared in Swanton Center and obtained a good common-school edu- cation there. He also spent several years with his parents in Eureka, Wisconsin. From early youth he displayed excellent mechanical ability and ingenuity and his business efforts were al- ways directed along such lines. He also en- gaged in engineering in Chicago for a short time and afterward returned to Enreka, Wis- conson, where he purchased a sawmill and stave factory, which he operated for a good many years. He next went to Manawa, Wisconsin, where he conducted a similar enterprise for several years and while there he invented a new method for making barrel staves, upon which he secured a patent, but a financial panie came upon the country about that time and he has never succeeded in the manufacture and sale of his invention. He afterward removed to Plainfield, Wisconsin, where he purchased a gristmill, and while there he got out a patent on a roller mill known as the Rounds Sectional Roller Mill. This met with popular favor be- eause of its utility and superiority over any- thing of the kind before introduced and in its sale he was very successful. He engaged in the conduet of a gristmill at Clear Lake, Iowa, for four years and then removed to Sioux City, Iowa, where he purchased a flourmill which he operated for four years. In 1885 he came to Sioux City, where he entered into partnership with Mr. Martin and purchased a large flouring mill. He also built a large flouring mill in Roek Valley, Iowa, and he owned and operated both mills up to the time of his death, carrying on an extensive business and placing on the market a product which insured him large sales be- cause of its high quality. Ile died very sud- denly while at his mill in Rock Valley, on the 24th of February, 1889.
Mr. Rounds was married, in Eureka, Wiscon- sin, to Miss Eliza A. Tittemore, a native of Canada, and unto them were born five children. Hattie E. is a fine artist and many specimens of her painting and decorated china bear testi-
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