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He has also been interested in other busi- ness concerns which have contributed in large measure to the commercial activity and con- sequent prosperity of this part of the state, and is an active member of the Sioux City Com- mercial Club, of which he has been the presi- dent for the past two years. His political sup- port is given the Republican party and he was a member of the state commission appointed for the building of the Cherokee Insane Asy- lum, his appointment coming from Governor Drake. He is classed to-day among the fore- most of the representative men of Sioux City, having been engaged in active business here for many years and having taken an interested part in commercial and social affairs of the place. He has fostered numerous local indus- tries and has contributed of his means and in-
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fluence to various undertakings calculated to benefit the city. Viewed in a personal light he is a man whose qualities have gained him strong friendships and high regard.
MARCUS C. BOGUE.
Marcus C. Bogue, formerly a representative of mercantile interests and now of the real estate business in Sioux City, has through a recognition and utilization of business oppor- tunities made his way from amid humble sur- roundings to a position of affluence and has found that industry is the key which unlocks the portals of success. His name is now a fa- miliar one in the commercial life of northwest- ern Iowa and his history can not fail to prove of interest to many of our readers, as he has a very wide acquaintance and as his life rec- ord proves the value of diligence and energy.
The name was originally spelled Booge, but in 1723 descendants changed the form to Bogue, although branches of the family still retain the original spelling. The family from which he is descended is of Scotch lineage. The first Bogue to settle in this country came from Glasgow, Scotland, and located at Had- line, on the Connecticut river. He had ten children, the youngest being the Rev. Ebenezer Bogue, who was graduated from Yale College with the class of 1747 and died in 1767, leav- ing a family of seven children. He was sixty- one years of age at the time of his demise and was survived by his widow, five sons and two daughters. Aaron Bogne, the eldest son, also was a graduate of Yale College and became a clergyman. Oliver Bogue, the third son, was the grandfather of Marens C. Bogue and he served his country as a soldier in the Revolu- tionary war with the rank of orderly sergeant.
Alexander Bogue, the fourth son of Oliver, was born in Pittsford, Vermont, in 1792 and died in the year 1842. He also proved his loyalty to his country by military service, be-
ing a soldier of the war of 1812. In days of peace he followed the oeenpation of farming. He married Miss Hannah Stanton, of Essex, Vermont, and died July 5, 1839, at the age of forty years. In their family were eight children, of whom Marcus C. Bogue, the fourth in order of birth, is the only one now living. The others were Mary, who died at the age of four years; Oliver, who was a soldier of the Civil war in the Second Vermont Battery; Henry Stanton, a manufacturer who died at Cohoes, New York, in 1886; Franklin Alex- ander, who died in Chittenden, Vermont, in 1879; George, who died in Sioux City in 1874; Iney A., the deceased wife of James M. Cox, of Mississippi; and Mary Ann, who died at the age of three years.
Marcus C. Bogue was born in Canton, St. Lawrence county, New York, on the 18th of July, 1827. His educational privileges were somewhat limited and yet in early manhood he had made such intellectual progress that he was enabled to teach in Rutland, Vermont, and in his home distriet, following that profession for four years, from 1845 until 1848, inclusive. He afterward engaged in clerking in a store and later embarked in business for himself in Rutland, Vermont, entering into partnership with R. R. Mcad. They successfully condnet- ed a general mercantile establishment for four years and Mr. Bogne then sold his interest on account of poor health. About that time he removed to Cohoes, New York, where he be- gan dealing in lumber, coal and wood, follow- ing that pursuit for two years. On the expira- tion of that period he went to West Troy, New York, where he conducted a foundry business, taking charge of this because it was left upon his hands by one who owed him some money. The first year, however, he sold a half interest in the business and the second year sold ont entirely. He then purchased the Pittsford mills at Pittsford, Vermont, which he sold in 1866 and in that year he bought a farm of two hundred acres, on which was a fine brick
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mansion. There he carried on agricultural pursuits until his health failed and in 1870 he sold his farm property and came to the middle west.
It was in that year that Mr. Bogne arrived in Sioux City and became a factor in its busi- ness life by establishing a mercantile enter- prise. In this he was associated with M. C. Davis, and others, conducting the business un- der the firm style of Bogue, Davis & Company. Not long after, however, Mr. Bogue purchased Mr. Davis' interest and enlarged the business, removing to more spacions quarters at the eor- ner of Pearl and Fourth streets, while in 1871 he built a commodious store. Mr. Davis, his former partner, was partly interested in this building. After conducting his mercantile en- terprise for a time Mr. Bogue ceased to deal in general merchandise and confined his enter- prise to the wholesale boot and shoe trade, in which he continued until 1889, when he retired permanently from merchandising and is now giving his attention to the real estate business. He handles much valuable property, has made extensive purchases and sales and has negoti- ated many important real estate transfers. During his connection with the business he has also built numerous honses.
On the 29th of November, 1849, Mr. Bogue was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Giddings, of Rutland, Vermont, and a daughter of Elijah Smith and Lydia (Powers) Giddings. Theirs has been a most happy and congenial married life and their union has been blessed with five children: Mary C .; Helen, who for a time was a teacher in the schools of Sioux City and was afterward in charge of the postal order department in the Sioux City postoffice, but died in 1890 at the age of thirty-two years; George H., who is living in Denver, Colorado, in charge of the railway to Fort Logan ; Sarah Jane, the wife of W. M. King, of Spokane, Washington ; and John Cook, who is proprietor of the Bogne's Employment Ageney at Pueblo, Colorado.
The life history of Mr. Bogue is another proof of the fact that there are no rules for building characters or for achieving success. The man who can rise from the ranks to a position of eminence is he who can see and util- ize the opportunities that surround his path. The essential conditions of human life are ever the same and the surroundings of individuals differ but slightly and therefore when one man passes another on the highway to reach the goal of prosperity before those who perhaps started out ahead of him it is because he has the power to use advantages which probably encompass the whole human race. To-day among the prominent men of northwest Iowa stands Mr. Bogue and his position is due to the exercise of his inherent talents and the utili- zation of surrounding conditions which he has shaped to his own purpose.
JOSEPH PARKER.
Joseph Parker, who is engaged in general farming on section 25, Banner township, is a native of Wisconsin, his birth having occurred in Milwaukee, July 16, 1849. His parents were Ira and Harriet (Hill) Parker. The father was born in Detroit, Michigan, removed thence to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and after sev- eral years he came to Iowa, casting in his lot with the pioneer settlers of Lemars. There he secured a homestead claim and at once began to cultivate his land, on which not a furrow had been turned or an improvement made up to the time when he took possession of it. For many years he continued to improve it, making it a valuable property. His death occurred about fifteen years ago, when he had reached the age of fifty-nine years. His wife, who was a native of England and who gave him her hand in marriage in Milwaukee, still survives him and is now living at the age of sixty-five years. They were the parents of six children, five of whom are living.
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Joseph Parker, the eldest of the family, but has always refused to hold office. The fam- ily are members of the United Brethren church. In matters of citizenship he is ever progressive and loyal and he takes just pride in what has been accomplished in his adopted county. His life has been quietly passed in the pursuits of business, and vet his history is one which is well worthy of commendation and emulation.
was only twelve or thirteen years of age when he started out to earn his own living and since that time he has depended solely upou his labors for all that he has possessed and enjoyed. He was employed as a farm hand for some time and when twenty-one years of age he came to Iowa, locating in Plymouth county, purchas- ing a farm near Lemars. There he carried on general agricultural pursuits for about six years, and on the expiration of that period he sold his property there and purchased his pres- ent farm on section 25, Banner township, Woodbury county. Here he has one hundred and twenty aeres of land, constituting one of the fine farms of the county. He has placed it under a high state of cultivation and in his farm methods he is practical and progressive, so that excellent results have attended his labors. Ile certainly deserves great credit for what he has accomplished, as he has been self- supporting from early boyhood and has builded his success npon energy, perseverance and straightforward dealing.
On Christmas day of 1880 Mr. Parker was married to Miss Hannah Long, a native of Wis- consin and a daughter of Isaac and Hannah (Devore) Long, who came to Iowa thirty-five years ago in its pioneer days and is still living at the age of ninety years, making his home in Moville. The mother died when Mrs. Parker was about eight years of age. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Parker have been born six children, all of whom are living, namely: James, born March 31, 1882; Arza, born November 20, 1883; Albert, born November 13, 1885: Eloise, born November 13, 1888; Lennie Ester, born November 9, 1892; and Cora, born June 3, 1895.
Mr. Parker is deeply interested in the edu- cational progress of his community and has rendered effective service in behalf of the schools. Although reared in the faith of the Democratie party, his father having been one of its supporters, he is a stanch Republican,
RICHARD C. A. FLOURNOY.
Richard C. A. Flournoy was born at Pa- dueah, Kentucky, July 16, 1853. He is a descendant of old well known Kentucky fam- ilies, and though not disposed in this western country to consider that the family makes the man, has reason to be proud of his ancestral record. IIe is the son of Lafayette M. Flour- noy and his wife, Elizabeth Anderson. Gen- eral Robert Anderson, the hero of Fort Sum- ter was her unele, and the noted George Rogers Clark and Governor William Clark, of the Lewis and Clark expedition of 1804-5 up the Missouri, were her great-uneles. Mr. Flournoy's grandfather, Richard C. Anderson, was a member of congress and was minister to Columbia under appointment from two presi- dents, and died at Bogota, Columbia, in 1826.
Mr. Flournoy was prepared for college at Gambia, Ohio, and was graduated there at Kenyon College in 1874, taking high rank, thereby becoming eligible to and becoming a member of the noted college fraternity of Phi Beta Kappa. He came to Towa in 1865 and resided at Clinton, being engaged there in the real estate business. ITe was married in 1887 to Miss Mary HI. Gage, a daughter of James P. Gage, banker and capitalist of Clinton, Iowa.
Mr. Flournoy had moved to Sioux City, Iowa, in 1884, and has resided here ever since, being engaged, as at Clinton, chiefly in the real estate business. Beside his own, he has rep- resented large interests of non-resident own.
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ers. He is a well known and much respected citizen and has been identified with many financial enterprises.
OSCAR OLVORD TOLERTON.
Oscar Olvord Tolerton, who has found in the freedom and appreciation of the great grow- ing western portion of our country the oppor- tunities he sought for business advancement, has made continuous progress commensurate with the development of the state, in which, as a representative of commercial interests, he has figured since 1868. For almost twenty years he has been at the head of a wholesale grocery house of Sioux City, and his trade in its ramifying branches reaches to a wide ter- ritory, making this one of the leading mercan- tile enterprises of the state.
A native of Ohio, Mr. Tolerton was born in Salem, Columbiana county, March 22, 1845, a son of Hill and Lucy Mary (Warner) Tol- erton. His mother was a direct descendant of an old Mayflower family. He is descended in the paternal line from Irish ancestry of the Quaker faith. His grandfather, James Toler- ton, was born in the northern part of Ireland in the year 1778, of Quaker parentage, and on coming to America located in Columbiana county, Ohio. He was one of the leaders in the work of surveying and naming the town of Sa- lem, in 1808, and he contributed to its sub- stantial improvement through his hearty co- operation in every movement that he deemed of benefit to the embryo city. His influence was felt in the social, political and moral life of the town as well, and he was a firm believer in the Quaker faith, his religion being manifest in his honorable dealings with his fellow men in every relation of life. He died in Salem at the advanced age of ninety-three years, and his wife, who bore the maiden name of Frances Douglas and was born in Scotland, in 1776, died in Salem, Ohio, at the age of eighty-five
years. Her father was of the noted Douglas family, prominently mentioned in the history of Scotland.
Ilill Tolerton, born in Salem, Ohio, January 12, 1812, was a farmer, and, clearing a tract of land, developed an excellent farm, upon which he practically spent his entire life, covering eighty years. He died February 8, 1892. He was a man of unassailable character and over the record of his public career and his private life there fell no shadow or wrong or suspicion of evil. Upon his deathbed he said: "I have lived all my life here and no man can truth- fully say I ever wronged him out of one cent or deceived him in any way." The words of the old philosopher, "An honest man is the noblest work of God" might be fittingly inscribed upon his tomb. His wife, a well educated woman of her day and a fine Christian character, largely devoted her leisure time to reading, and she possessed a very retentive memory, so that her conversation was enriched with excerpts from the master minds of literature.
Oscar O. Tolerton, having acquired his pre- liminary edueation in the public schools of Salem, Ohio, spent the scholastic year of 1866 in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, as a student in the business college of P. Duff & Sons. He was reared amid the refining influence of a good home, where morality and intellectuality were justly rated and where the value of character was a lesson strongly impressed upon the minds of the children. The father was a strict dis- ciplinarian and commanded the highest respect of his sons and daughters. When not engaged with the duties of the schoolroom Oscar Toler- ton was instructed in the work of the farm, but believing that commercial pursuits would prove more congenial to him, he started in life on his own account when twenty-three years of age. Making his way westward he first located at Webster City, Iowa, where he became a mem- ber of firm of Wilson, Funk & Company, gen- eral merchants, but in the spring of 1875 he sold his interest in that store and removed to
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Burlington, lowa, where he engaged in the Lincoln, Nebraska, and Hill Dwight Tolerton, wholesale grocery business under the firm name who married Miss Genevieve Hess, daughter of Dr. S. H. Hess, of Sioux City, and is now associated with his father in business. of Bell, Tolerton & Company. He sold out there to seek a larger field and located at Sioux City, Iowa, September 1, 1885. Here he pur- Mr. Tolerton is and has been distinctively a man of affairs and one who has wielded a wide influence. While promoting his individual in- terests in a manner to produce substantial growth and gratifying financial results, he has always been watchful of any indications point- ing to the development and permanent benefit of his adopted city, and his co-operation is often an influencing factor to seeure to any public movement the weight of support necessary to its success. chased the grocery business of E. C. Palmer & Company, and with his business associates formed the Tolerton & Stetson Company, of which he is still a member. In trade eireles in the northwest the name of this house is famil- iar, and the volume of its business-developed along modern progressive lines and by honor- able methods-has reached proportions that classes the house with the leading wholesale grocery establishments of this part of the coun- try.
Following in the political footsteps of his father and grandfather, Mr. Tolerton became a Democrat when age gave to him the right of franchise, and he adhered to that political faith until 1896, when he voted with the Gold-Demo- erats. As the Democratie platform of 1904, however, again endorses the old money basis of the country, he is now allied with the national Democratic party. He was made a Mason in Webster City, Iowa, in 1869, and now affiliates with Tyrian Lodge and Columbia Commandery of Sioux City. His father being a Quaker and his mother a Methodist, he was reared in a Christian atmosphere and is a believer in the Christian religion, although he is not a member of any denomination nor does he adhere to any particular creed.
Mr. Tolerton was married at Burlington, Iowa, April 12, 1877, to Miss Frances G. Rob- inson, a daughter of James Robinson, of Bur- lington, Iowa, formerly of Midway, Ohio. Her great-grandfather Robinson was in the Revolu- tionary army and the coat which he wore is still in possession of the family. Her grandfather served in the war of 1812, and Dr. Wither- spoon, her great-unele in the maternal line, was one of the signers of the Declaration of Inde- pendence. Mr. and Mrs. Tolerton have two children : Mrs. Lney Tolerton Searle, living in
RICHARD MILLARD DOTT.
Richard Millard Dott, a well known member of the Sioux City bar, is a native of Anamosa, Iowa, born April 12, 1858. His parents were Judge Robert and Sarah J. (Peters) Dott. His father was a native of Cupar, Fifeshire, Scotland, and came to the United States when sixteen years of age. Arriving in this state in 1856, he located in Jones county, where he oc- cupied several offices ineluding the position of justice of the peace, county auditor and mayor. In 1883 he removed to Hanson county, South Dakota, where he is now filling the position of county judge, making his home at Alexandria. His wife is a native of Fulton county, New York, and is of English lineage, her ancestors having come to America prior to the Revolu- tionary war. Several representatives of the name were soldiers in the Patriot army and others have attained fame in different direc- tions. Richard M. Dott, of this review, is the eldest of three brothers, the others being Robert T., a physician of Salem, South Dakota; and George M., who is engaged in the practice of dentistry in that eity.
Richard Millard Dott began his education in Anamosa, Iowa, and when he had completed
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the public-school course entered the University of Michigan, graduating in the law department with the class of 1884, and immediately after- ward he went to Bridgewater, Dakota. Later he removed to Alexandria, South Dakota, where he continued in the practice of law until the fall of 1889, when he came to Sioux City and entered into partnership with Captain J. S. Lothrop. This relationship was maintained for two years, at the end of which time Mr. Dott withdrew and accepted the position of note clerk in the Iowa Savings Bank, acting in that capacity for two and a half years. He then resumed the practice of law, in which he has continued with success. He was also one of the organizers of the Home Telephone Com- pany and of the real estate board and is now president of the Iowa Cement Brick Company, so that he has become identified with interests which add to the prosperity of the community by augmenting its commercial and industrial interests.
In 1885 occurred the marriage of Mr. Dott and Miss Delia Rood, a daughter of Henry C. and Ann (Clark) Rood, of Lapeer, Michigan. Their children are Agnes, Mande and Robert Henry. In 1902 Mr. Dott was made a Mason in the lodge of Sioux City and he also holds membership relations with the Modern Wood- men of America and the Royal Arcanum. He gives his political allegiance to the Republican party and in 1896 was secretary of the county central committee. He was secretary of the school board of Sioux City for nine years and is now a member of the board, having been elected to chat position in 1904.
S. R. LUCAS.
If there ever was a time in the history of the world's affairs when the man who is possessed with new ideas was eagerly sought after and paid well for the ideas when found, the present is the time and America is the place. The man
with the idea is the man the entire country is looking for and he who can make good with something brand new along this line is the person every branch of industry and business is seeking. The difficulty with the man with an idea is generally in lack of ability to place it, but when he has overcome this obstacle and found the proper market for the products of his brain the rest is all plain, easy sailing, and he is fixed financially for life-or as long as his stock of ideas holds ont.
Of all things in this vast domain which are offered as an investment for our money there are none that equal real estate in point of secu- rity and actual value. The man having formed the idea of investing his money in real estate is absolutely safe; it can not burn up or blow away, and, if bought wisely, is sure to be con- stantly increasing in value.
The land is the basis of all wealth and offers the only absolutely safe basis for investment. There are no better chances anywhere for safe and profitable investment of money than in real estate purchases. They represent the real and actual business conditions of every country and are a sure indication of their state of pros- perity or adversity, as the case may be. The progressive real estate agent of to-day is a bless- ing to both buyer and seller. He keeps posted on those who have property to sell and those who wish to buy, and by bringing them together performs good service to both.
S. R. Lucas, one of the genial and popular citizens of Anthon, where he is engaged in the real estate and loan business, has contributed to the development and progress of his com- munity through active co-operation in public affairs and at the same time has been conduct- ing his private business interests as to win cred- itable and desirable success. He has gained the good will of his fellow men, living a worthy and honorable life and as such certainly de- serves representation in this volume.
Mr. Lucas is one of Iowa's native sons, his
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birth having occurred in Fremont county, on carrying forward his business interests with the 15th of June, 1866. His father, Martin notable and progressive spirit. V. Lucas, was a native of Illinois, born in Mr. Lucas was married in Woodbury county on the 14th of December, 1896, to Miss Eva Merrifield, who was born in Madison county, Iowa, and is a daughter of Hiram Merrifield, one of the early settlers of that locality. Three children grace this union : Mabel, Arthur and Cleo. Sangamon county, and was a son of Simon Lu- cas, one of the early settlers of that county. He removed to Iowa prior to the epoch of rail- road building in this state and was one of the first residents of Fremont county. Martin V. Lucas was reared in Fremont county amid the wild scenes of frontier life and experiencing such hardships as fall to the lot of the pioneer, yet there were many pleasures to be enjoyed also and the new country afforded good oppor- tunities to its settlers. On arriving at years of maturity Mr. Lneas was married to Miss Elizabeth Johnson. He followed farming in his state, devoting his entire life to agricultural pursuits and he made his home in Fremont county up to the time of his death, which oc- curred in 1870. His wife passed away in the same week and thus the couple who had so long traveled life's journey as man and wife were not separated long in death. In the family were three children : Belle, the wife of J. J. Malcom, of Anthon ; S. R., of this review ; and Nettie, who is the wife of K. R. Armstrong, of Madison, South Dakota.
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