The History of Clinton County, Iowa: Containing a History of the County, Its., Part 102

Author: Western Historical Co , Western Historical Company
Publication date: 1879
Publisher: Chicago : Western Historical Co.
Number of Pages: 807

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A. A. SCHWARTZ, farmer; P. O. Elvira ; lives in Sec. 23, Township 82, Range 5 east ; he owns 240 acres of land ; was born in Prussia Feb. 24, 1825; removed to Iowa and settled in Center Township in 1856. He married Louisa Stude- man, in Prussia, Feb. 17, 1850; had five children-William F., Henry, Robert J., Ber- tha L. and Rosa J .; members of the German Lutheran Church. He was a poor man when he came to Clinton Co., but by hard work and strict economy has an elegant home and a fortune of from $20,000 to $25,000.

JOHN SHAMBAUGH, farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Elvira; owns 720 acres land; born in Cumberland Co., Penn., Feb. 17, 1830, and educated there; removed to Towa in 1853 and settled on the property owned by him at present. During his resi- dence he has held the office of Township Trustee for eight years, School Director for ten years, Township School Treasurer for five years, and served on the County Board of Supervisors for three years. Married Eva Ann Ressler, of Cumberland Co., Penn., March 10, 1853, and have seven children, five boys and two girls Samuel R., Charles A., Herbert, George, Benjamin F., Anna Margaret, Edith Ella; his danghter Margaret married a farmer living near them-Valentine Bohart. . Although a God-fearing man,

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he is not a member of any church, yet his family are all either members or regular attendants of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. Came to the country poor, and by dint of industry accumulated a good fortune, and owns one of the finest and largest places in Center Township. ; he commenced labor on his own account at the age of 17, without a dollar, working for $5 a month through the summer months, saving his- ·money, and paying his own schooling through the winter months. Owns a large num- ber of' cattle, horses, hogs, etc., while his good wife keeps one of the finest poultry yards in the county.

FREDERICKA STUDEMAN, widow of Frederick Studeman, Sec. 24; P. O. Lyons; owns 280 acres of land; she was born in Prussia Feb. 17, 1832; March 28, 1854, married Frederick Studeman, and, May 17, 1854, emigrated to this country, and, within two months after landing, made their home in Center Township, where they have lived ever since; her husband died Aug. 27. 1867; she has two chil- dren-Ida (married Louis A. Pohlman, a druggist of Carroll City, Iowa); Albert Henry is living with his mother, managing her farm. All members of the German Lutheran Church. When her husband began work in Clinton County he was a very poor man, but on his death left his widow and children a handsome fortune of from $25,000 to $30,000.

WILLIAM L. THOMAS, farmer; P. O. Elvira ; owne seventy-seven acres of land ; he was born in South Wales, Great Britain, in 1809, and, in 1835, after being educated, emigrated to this country ; after spending some time in Louisiana, Missouri and New York, he removed to Center Township, Clinton County, Iowa, in 1859, where he has lived ever since. Has been Road Supervisor of the township. He married Ann Morgan, of Gloucestershire, England, in Lyons, April 6, 1869 ; he has three chil- dren by a former marriage-John E., Sarah and Mary, all married. He and his fam- ily are all members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Elvira. He was a poor man when he started, and now has a fortune of from $8,000 to $10,000; he is also a retired merchant of Elvira. Republican.

CYRUS TRAVER, farmer, P. O. Elvira; . he lives in Sec. 36, and owns ninety-five acres of land; he was born in Dutchess Co., N. Y., on the Hudson River, Nov. 21, 1825, where he was educated ; in the spring of 1857, he moved to Iowa and settled upon the property now owned by him. He has filled the offices of Township School Director and Road Supervisor. He is an old and tried Republican. He mar- ried Abby Moorehouse in Livingston Co., N. Y., Jan. 1, 1855; she is daughter of Ezra and Marietta Moorehouse, and was born in Hartford, Conn., Nov. 6, 1824 ; they had four children ; three are living-Charles Henry, Edgar Moorehouse and Elmer Ezra. Family all members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Elvira. When he first started in the county he had no capital, but by dint of perseverance, economy and hard work, has a very pretty homestead and a fortune estimated at from $8,000 to $10,000.

RUFUS A. TRAVER, farmer, Section 2; P. O. Elvira; he owns 160 acres of land; he was born in Dutchess Co., N. Y., Nov. 6, 1831, and, in the winter of 1855, removed to Whiteside Co., Ill .; resided for one year, then removed to Center Township, where he now lives. Has held for several years the offices of Assessor, Jus- tice of the Peace, member of the County Board of Supervisors, Township Trustee, Township School Director and Road Supervisor. Republican. He married Mary J. Valentine, of Hardin Co., Ohio, Oct. 21, 1858; has four children-Mary Ellen, Will- iam Rufus, Daisy Agnes and Roy L. Members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, of Elvira. When he first started farming in Clinton Co. he had a capital of about $2,000, and, by hard work and strict economy, he has managed to erect a beautiful homestead, and has amassed a fortune of from $25,000 to $30,000.

JOSEPH W. WINTERS, farmer; P. O. Elvira; lives in Section 5, and owns 520 acres of land; he was born in Philadelphia, Penn., March 19, 1839; his family removed to Pittsburgh, where he lived until he was 7 years old, when his family removed again to Washington Co., Penn., and, in 1850, he moved to Clinton Co., and is now residing upon the old family homestead, which was entered by his father in 1851;

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he is the oldest son of Henry and Mary Winters, both natives of Ireland; emigrated to this country when quite young, and married in Philadelphia ; had fifteen children; ten now living- Ellen, Catherine, Joseph W., Michael, Mary Ann, Patrick Henry, Hugh, Rosanna, Clara and Caroline (twins). Mr. Winters has never married. Since his resi- dence he has filled the office of Township Trustee. He follows in the footsteps of his ancestors, and is a true blue Jacksonian Democrat. He resides upon the homestead with four of his sisters, who keep house for him, and render his old-bachelor days pleasant and comfortable. Family are all Catholics. When his father died he left no will, and, consequently, he had to buy in the old homestead, as well as the lands men- tioned above; he has accumulated by industry, economy and hard labor, a handsome competency, and is worth from $35,000 to $40,000.

TREVER WILLIAMS, farmer, Section 33; P. O. Elvira; owns 320 acres of land in Clinton Co., and 1,680 in Cherokee Co., Iowa; he was born in Lin- colnshire, Eng., April 15, 1820, where he was educated; in 1854, he emigrated to the United States and settled in Clinton Co., where he has lived since. He married Char- lotte Shepherd, a native of Nottinghamshire, but lived and was educated in Lincoln- shire, Eng. Their marriage was on June 29, 1844; they had seventeen children ; ten are living-Rachael, Job Shepherd, John, George, Esther Anna, Harriet, Thomas, Charles, Mary Elizabeth and Mary Ann. They have four children married and ten grandchildren. He was for several years Road Supervisor. Always has been a stanch Jacksonian Democrat. Members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Elvira. Aug. 7, 1870, he was at work in the field when he was prostrated by sun stroke, from which he lost his hearing, which he has never recovered. When he first landed in the State of Iowa, he had not a shilling in the world, and went out upon a farm as a laborer at $200 a year ; he has now a pleasant homestead, and a fortune esti- mated at about $75,000.

MICHAEL WINTERS, farmer; P. O. Elvira ; he lives on Section 4, and owns 160 acres of land; he was born in Washington Co., Penn., Oct. 31, 1840, where he lived until 11 years old, when he removed to Iowa and settled in Clinton Co., where he has lived ever since. Since his residence he has held the offices of Township School Director, Secretary of the School Board and Justice of the Peace. He is a Democrat. He married Kate Clinton, a native of Montgomery Co., Penn., in Chicago, Nov. 20, 1874, and has three children-Mary Augusta, Frances Lillian and Louis Clinton. All members of Catholic Church. He was a poor man when he started, and is now the possessor of a fine homestead, and a fortune estimated at from $15,000 to $20,000.

JOHN A. YOUNG, farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Elvira; born in Orange Co., N. Y., June 8, 1815; family removed to Pennsylvania in 1815, where he was edu- cated; in 1848, he moved to Oakland Co., Mich., where he remained for eight years, when he moved to Iowa and located at Elvira, where he has lived ever since ; owus 160 acres of land. He was elected to the 16th and 17th Assembly of Iowa as Rep- resentative on the Democratic ticket, where he served his country faithfully for four years; he was elected, in 1860, to the office of County Supervisor, which he held for six years. He married Martha Ann Cox, of Pennsylvania; they have eight children, four boys and four girls-John C., James W., Edward E., Charles A., Martha A., Anna C., Sarah L. and Hattie Irene; three of his daughters are married; one the wife of the Rev. G. W. Hamilton, Pastor of the United Presbyteriau Church of Elvira, and the other two marrying farmers. He and his family belong to the United Presbyterian Church. Capt. Young, while in his 25th year, was elected Captain of the Shippensburg Troop, an old cavalry company which had served in the war of 1812, and during the time of his captaincy volunteered for the Mexican war; the Captain, although now in his 64th year, is still a member of the 17th Assembly of Iowa, which office he will hold until January, 1880; he was Collector of taxes of his township, Township Clerk and President of the Township School Board for several years.

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SAMUEL ALBRIGHT, farmer; P. O. Goose Lake; lives on Sec. 21, and owns 200 acres of land; he was born in Columbia Co., Penn., May 10, 1833, where he lived until he was 9 years old, when his father removed to Clinton Co., Iowa, where he has lived since. He married Mary Ann Killam, a native of Lincolnshire, England, in Clinton County, Dec. 17, 1861, and had two children, one is living- Albert Burdet. His family were all raised in the Evangelical Lutheran faith, while his wife was raised in the belief of the Church of England; he is a Republican ; he has served his county and township faithfully as Township Trustee and Road Super- visor. When he first came to Clinton Co. he was a poor boy, without any capital ; now he has a good and comfortable homestead and a fortune of from $10,000 to $12,000.

JOHN S. BASCOM, farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Preston ; owns 370 acres of land. He was born in Windsor Co., Vt., August 12, 1834 ; his parents removed, in 1835, to Montgomery Co., N. Y., in 1850 removed to Racine Co., Wis., and, in 1854, he removed to Clayton Co., Iowa, where he lived till the spring of 1845, when he permanently located in Clinton Co., Iowa, where he has lived since. He has served as Collector, Trustee, School Director and Road Supervisor. He furnished considerable money during the rebellion, to aid the Government in crushing it; he is a Republican. He married Phebe A. Spencer, a native of Racine Co., Wis., February 23, 1858, and had five children-Allison Walter, John Luman, Fayette Spencer, Homer Lincoln and Abbie Orilla ; his wife died December 20, 1873, and was buried in Clinton Co. He married his second wife, Martha Brown, a native of Pennsylvania, in Clinton Co, Iowa, September 24, 1874. He started in Clinton a comparatively poor man, but through industry and economy he has built a homestead and a fortune of from $25,000 to $30,000. He and his family are members of the Congregational Church. He is a son of Luman and Abigail Bascom ; his father is dead, and he cares for his aged mother, who lives with him. Mr. Bascom is a man of considerable influence in his township, and universally respected and admired.

DANIEL CONRAD, local minister of the M. E. Church and farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Bryant; owns 200 acres of land in Clinton Co. and 200 acres in Sac Co., Iowa. He was born in Center Co., Penn., May 8, 1820, where he received an ordinary common-school education ; he is entirely a self-made minister, never having received a theological education. He emigrated to Iowa in 1844, and located in Scott County, where he lived for fourteen years, then removed to Clinton County, where he has lived since. When he first came to Clinton County he was without capital, but by industry and economy he has obtained a fine homestead and a fortune of $15,000 to $20,000. He has been a minister for thirty years; he has for several years been Justice of the Peace, County Supervisor and Secretary of the School Board ; he is a Republican. He married Nancy Harpster, a native of Center Co., Penn .; they were married November, 12. 1840, and had twelve children, eight of whom are living-Elizabeth, who married Alfred Bedford, and resides in Hamilton County ; Mary, who married Amos Hunt, and resides in Storey County ; Martin L., who married Marcia L. Coting, and resides in Jackson County ; Margaret Jane, who married R. W. Northrup, and resides in Hamilton County ; Samuel H., who lives in Colorado ; Anna E., who married G. W. Curtis, railway agent at Bryant; Wilbur F. and Alice C., the latter being twins ; he also has a boy by the name of August Meyer, whom he has raised and tenderly cared for as if really his own, since a babe of five months old ; Mr. Conrad had a son named John, who went out at the beginning of the war, and was killed while doing brave service on the battlefield at Iuka Springs, Miss.

JOHN DICKEY, merchant amd farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Goose Lake; owns 300 acres of land ; he was born in Butler Co., Penn., Dec. 6, 1827, where he was edu- cated ; while very young, his parents removed to Trumbull Co., Ohio, where he lived

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till 1846, when he came to Iowa and settled in Clinton Co., where he has resided since. He married Miss Anna Morrill, a native of Vermont, in Clinton Co., in 1858, and had five children ; four are living-Frank L., Clara A., Minnie and Nellie. In 1872, he had the misfortune to lose his wife; in his church views he is liberal ; he is a stanch Republican ; he was, for many years, Postmaster at Goose Lake, and has faithfully served his township as School Director and Road Supervisor ; when he came to Iowa, he was poor and dependent upon his own labors for support; but, possessed of great energy and determination, he put his shoulder to the wheel, and, as a result of his well- spent life, has a homestead and a fortune of from $25,000 to $30,000.

ROBERT C. DICKEY, farmer. Sec. 16; P. O. Goose Lake; owns 220 acres of land; he was born in Butler Co., Penn., June 26, 1834, where he lived until 10 years of age, when his parents moved to Trumbull Co., Ohio; in 1847, they moved to Clinton Co., Iowa, where he has lived since. He married, in this county, Julia Clark, a native of Vermont, Nov. 7, 1861, and had seven children ; six are living- Alice C., Hattie, Fred, Mary, Emma and Lydia; he and his family attend the Meth- odist Episcopal Church ; he has held the offices of Township Trustee, School Director and Road Supervisor; he is a stanch Republican ; he came with no means to Iowa, and is now worth from $15,000 to $20,000; he enlisted in Co. K., 26th I. V. I., where he did active service for three years. In 1859, Mr. Dickey was seized with the Cali- fornia excitement, and, with wagon, made the overland route to the " gold regions," returning to his home by vessel, via the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, landing at New York, and from thence by rail.

N. D. FARLEY, druggist ; firm of C. Farley & Co., Goose Lake; he was born in Jackson Co., Iowa, July 24, 1853, and is a son of James and Margaret Farley, of the same county ; he received his education in Davenport, Iowa; he was Township Clerk at Preston, Jackson Co., for three years; he commenced in the drug business at Goose Lake in 1878, and has a very fine business established. He is a steady Green- backer, ever maintaining and defending the principles of that party.

G. W. FIELD, M. D., physician, Bryant, Deep Creek Township; he was born in Utica, N. Y., May 8, 1849; during his infancy, his family removed to Madison, Wis .; Nov. 14, 1878, he removed to Bryant, and started in the practice of medicine, which he has followed since; he engaged in practice first at Mineral Point, Wis., for three years ; he is a graduate of the Chicago Medical College; he is a stanch Jacksonian Democrat; he was raised in the Episcopal Church.

HERMAN GLAHN, farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Gouse Lake; own 160 acres of land ; he was born in Holstein, Germany, June 4, 1836, where he was educated; in 1854, he emigrated to the United States, and immediately settled in this township, where he has lived since. He is a Republican ; he has served as School Director, Township Trustee and Road Supervisor. He married Magdaline Dammon, a native of Germany, in Scott Co., Iowa, Feb. 26, 1862, and has eight children-Anna Margaret, Caroline Rebecca, Paul John, George William, Emma Dorris, Herman, Henry Rudolph and Ida Kathrina; all members of the German Lutheran Church, of Charlotte, in Waterford Township. When he came to Iowa he was very poor, but, by industry, has made a nice home and a fortune of from $10,000 to $12,000. In his passage from Germany, he was eight weeks at sea ; the only thing of interest which happened was the birth of an infant.

JACOB HICKS, farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Goose Lake; owns 130 acres of land in Clinton Co., and eighty acres in Calhoun Co. ; be was born in Schoharie Co., N. Y., May 21, 1815, where he was educated; in 1856, he removed to Clinton Co., Iowa, where he has lived since. During his residence he has been County Supervisor, Town- ship Trustee, School Director and Road Supervisor; during the war, he sent one son, Madison, who was a member of Co. L, 2d Iowa V. Cav., and did gullant service from the beginning to the end of the war. He is a stanch Republican. He married Ange- line Rodman, a native of Schoharie Co., N. Y., Oct. 18, 1836; had nine children, six still living-Joseph Asa, Madison, Andrew, Philetus, Sara Ann and John. He and

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his family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church ; he came to Iowa without capital, and, after a life of hard work, economy and enterprise, has built a good home- stead and accumulated a fortune of from $8,000 to $10,000. He lives surrounded by his children, all of whom are successful farmers, as well as live and energetic men.

CHRISTIAN HASS, hotel keeper, Bryant ; owns two town lots; he was born in Holstein, Germany, Jan. 8, 1839; in 1858, he emigrated to the United States and located in Scott Co., Iowa, where he lived for two years; then removed to Clinton Co., where he has since lived. He had the honor of building the first house in Bryant, where he has kept the hotel from the beginning of his residence there. . He has served as Constable and Road Supervisor for several years; has always been a stanch Demo- crat. He married Louise Guth, in De Witt. Jan. 8, 1862, and had eleven children, ten now living-Rosa, Edward, John, Christian, William, Charles, Louisa, Louis, Hen- rietta and Alfred. He was raised in the belief of the German Lutheran Church. When he first started in Clinton Co. he was very poor, and worked as a farm laborer, and now he has a delightful home and a fortune estimated at from $15,000 to $20,000.

ALPHEUS HUNTER, farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Preston ; owns 175 acres of land; he was born in Cortland Co., N. Y., Dec. 20, 1820, where he was educated; in the fall of 1842, he removed to Clinton County, Iowa, and located where he has resided since. He has served his township for several years as School Director, School Treasurer, Township Assessor, Township Trustee, Constable and Road Supervisor. During the war of the rebellion, he paid out considerable money in securing substitutes to serve as Union soldiers, not for himself, however, but purely from patriotic principles. He is a strong Republican. He married Margaret Ramsey, a native of Virginia, in Clinton County, Oct. 9, 1853, and had six children ; all are living-Almer Sylvester, Julia Alice, Fanny Adelia, Martha Eliza, Marion Lorena and Frank Alonzo. In his religious belief, he was raised in the Congregational Church. He was wholly without means when he came to Clinton County; now has, after a life of industry, perseverance and energy, a homestead and a fortune valued at from $10,000 to $12,000.

SYLVESTER HUNTER, farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Preston ; Mr. Hunter was born in Cortland Co., N. Y., in 1826 : he came to Deep Creek Township with his parents, Robert and Eliza Hunter, in July, 1843; his father had come to the county the previous year (1842), and being pleased with the country, had decided to remove his family ; the family consisted at that time of his parents and seven children; the children are still living, except one daughter; three of them reside in Iowa; one sister of Mr. Hunter's resides in Dakota and two brothers in Kansas. Mr. Hunter went to California in 1852 and returned in 1857. He owns the farm where his father's family located in 1846. He was married to Miss Ann E. Reed, born in Pennsylvania ; died Dec. 20, 1866; they had five children-Robert P., died Aug. 28, 1877, Blanche, Jessie M., Annetta B. and Sylvester R.

JOHN E. AND NICHOLAS A. JURGENSEN, merchants; com- prising the firm of Jurgensen Bros., Goose Lake; they own two town lots in addition to their rapidly increasing and flourishing general merchandise business. John E. Jur- gensen was born in Schleswig, Germany, June 14, 1848, where he was educated; he emigrated to the United States in 1868. He married Miss J. B. C. Neilson, a native of Denmark, in Clinton County, Sept. 17, 1872, and has two children-J. H. C. and Josie. Nicholas A. Jurgensen was also born in Schleswig, Germany, Dec. 27, 1853, where he was cducated ; he followed the example of his brother and emigrated to the United States in 1871. He married Miss Edel Neilson, a sister to his brother's wife, in Clinton County, Sept. 15, 1875, and has two children-Herman and Edwin. The two brothers were raised in the German Lutheran Church, although they term them- selves " freethinkers." They are conservative Republicans. They were both travel- ing salesmen from their arrival in the United States till 1875, when they permanently located themselves in Clinton County, at Goose Lake, in the merchandise business, which they have successfully carried on since.

PETER KRUSE, farmer, Section 15; P. O. Goose Lake; owns 170 acres of land ; he was born in Holstein, in Germany, Dec. 25, 1842, where he was educated;

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in 1852, he emigrated to the United States and located in Scott Co., Iowa, where he lived one year, when he removed to Deep Creek Township, in Clinton Co., where he has lived since. He married Lena Geise in Clinton Co., Iowa, in 1867 ; had six children, four living-Paul, Amanda, Bertha and Lena. He was raised in the German Lutheran faith. He is a Republican. He has held the positions of School Director and Road Supervisor. He was a very poor man when he started, and is now worth from $8,000 to $10,000.

CLAUS H. KRUTZFELDT, mechanic and wagon manufacturer, Bryant; lives in Section 35, and owns two acres, besides his places of business; he was born in Holstein, Germany, May 29, 1847, where he received a common-school education ; in 1865, he emigrated to the United States, and immediately coming to Clinton Co., settled, and has resided there ever since ; he has built up a good and lucrative business, and has hosts of friends throughout the county ; his property is estimated at $2,000 to $2,500. Since he took out his naturalization papers, he has been a Democrat.

JAMES MCLAUGHLIN, farmer, Section 16; P. O. Goose Lake; owns 360 acres ; he was born in Kenosha, Wis., March 28, 1838, whence, after a residence of thirteen years, he removed to Clinton Co., Iowa, where he has lived since, excepting four years, which he spent in Jackson Co., Iowa, within six miles of where he lives at the present time. He has served his township faithfully for years as Township Clerk, Township Trustee, School Director and Road Supervisor. He is a stanch Jacksonian Democrat. He married Jane Collins, a native of Jackson Co., Iowa, daughter of Dennis and Mary Collins, in that county, April 8, 1860, and had eight children, seven still living-John, Mary Ann, Susan Jane, Dennis, Julia, James Bernard and Eliza Jane. All are members of the Roman Catholic Church. Started totally without capital; now has a comfortable homestead, and a fortune estimated at from $20,000 to $25,000.

B. M. PETERSEN, hardware and'tinnery, Goose Lake, where he owns one town lot on which he does business; he was born in Holstein, Germany, Sept. 11, 1858, where he was educated; he emigrated to the United States in 1873, and located in Lyons, Iowa, where he lived one year, then went to Fulton, Ill., and learned his busi- ness, then came to Goose Lake and started in the hardware and tinnery business, which he has followed since; he has built up a good and paying business, always buying and selling strictly for cash; he is a son of Momme and Marie Petersen, who reside in Germany, never having emigrated to the United States. He is a Republican ; is a member of the German Lutheran Church.

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The History of Clinton County, Iowa: Containing a History of the County, Its., Part 102

Author: Western Historical Co , Western Historical Company Publication date: 1879 Publisher: Chicago : Western Historical Co. Number of Pages: 807

Author: Western Historical Co , Western Historical Company
Publication date: 1879
Publisher: Chicago : Western Historical Co.
Number of Pages: 807