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During the past decade, not only has the death-rate diminished, but also the proportion of both chronic and acute sickness, especially among children. This has been partly due to the population becoming acclimated, children born in the county being visibly hardier than those who have immigrated. But the great improvement in public health has been due to the popularization and dif- fusion of hygienic and culinary knowledge. The spread of the idea that to make a living is not all there is of living, has also had its influence. But, contrary to the usual idea, children living in villages and cities appear to. possess a higher average vital development than those living on farms. Why this is so, may be left to the future medical history of the county to discuss.
MISCELLANEOUS INCIDENTS.
In running over the files of the De Witt Observer the following item attracted notice. It was copied from the Wheatland Advocate, of January 12, 1864 : "Twenty-one hogs were brought into Wheatland one day last week, the property of one man, and sold for $700." As compared with the prices the the pioneers of this county used to receive when they hauled their pork long distances, and sold it for $1.25 to $1.75 per hundred, it seemed a fabulous price. Those were war times.
Black Bill .- Among the early settlers in Camanche was William Watts, who was born a slave in Missouri. He was a large, athletic man, very erect. and exceedingly courteous in his bearing. He is said to have purchased him- self and his wife by his own labor. Others assert that his former owner gave them their freedoni, and purchased him a farm near Camanche. At all events, he at one time was the owner of a fine farm near that city. William was a popular man with the white people. He used to keep a hotel in Camanche, which was well patronized. Many of the officers of the court, attorneys and others stopped with " Bill." He kept a station on the " underground railroad," and assisted many of his colored brethren in escaping from bondage. William used to say that he " was the first white man in Camanche." He reared quite a large family, and for a time was prosperous, but reverses overtook him, and. as some charge, he was over-reached by some whom he counted as his friends, losing his farm, which was a quarter-section, and living in poverty until too old for.
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further labor, he was removed to the County House, where he died a few years since, at the extreme age of one hundred and four years.
In 1869, in Spring Rock Township, a man named Alonzo Page, who was a thief, and notoriously so, stealing and delivering horses from his own neigh- borhood to the " runners," was visited by a company of Regulators, who invested his house on a November night, for the purpose of capturing him and " inter- viewing" him for a confession. He was armed, and made a determined defense, firing upon the crowd. As his assailants approached nearer, he came out of the house with his gun and started in pursuit of one of the number, but had taken but a few steps when he fell mortally wounded, surviving his wounds but a few days.
A gentleman who was, in an early day, engaged in mercantile business in the western part of the county, in speaking of the times when " Judge Lynch " was presiding on the bench, relates that among the visitors through this section was a man known by the soubriquet of "Old Man Roberts." His visits were quite frequent, until he was familiar to most of the people. He was always going westerly ; was never observed on his return journeys. After he had passed, it always, by a singular coincidence, happened that a new counterfeit began to circulate. The bills were frequently so well executed as to pass quite current, even among those most accustomed to handling currency. He says that the only note reporter they had was Thompson's, published in New York. Before the detection of the counterfeit, its transmission to New York, the receipt of the Monthly Reporter here, weeks, and even months would elapse. In the mean time, they must rely upon their own judgment in accepting the currency offered. This led to the practice of using all the suspected money in settling their transactions with persons suspected of being engaged in "shoving the queer," and it was always accepted by them without a question, and by a bank then doing business in a city not far distant. Our narrator states that he has paid his St. Louis drafts with money which he strongly suspected of being counterfeit, and which, indeed, had been described in the Reporter. He says that this was always a somewhat mysterious circumstance.
An amusing incident is related in connection with the draft. A number of gentlemen in Clinton had formed one of the then numerous "Draft Insur- ance Companies " or " pools." They numbered twenty-three and paid in $300 each. Four of their number were drafted, and it became the business of the hour to find the necessary substitutes. They had money enough in the " pool," but men were not plenty. Having learned that out west a party of Indians were encamped and engaged in cutting wood, two of their number, one a prom- inent business man and the other a well-known attorney, were dispatched to see if they could not secure their number of men from these. They engaged five to go down to Davenport to be examined. On arriving there, they found the officers greatly overwhelmed with the pressure upon the office, and it was several days before they could obtain a hearing. Meanwhile, they had to watch their substitutes, and day and night they had them under espionage. At last their turn came; their Indians were passed into the military court- room, but soon an officer rushed out and said, " Here, take away your Indians; they're all squaws." The gentlemen above mentioned have always contended that the officials were mistaken and were guilty of perpetrating an immense joke on them, and their protestations to their partners in the pool gained additional weight from the fact that the government officially announced that no Indians would be enlisted.
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CENSUS RETURNS SHOWING POPULATION OF CLINTON COUNTY FOR THE YEAR 1875, BY TOWN- SHIPS AND CITIES.
Total Population.
NAMES OF TOWNSHIPS, TOWNS AND CITIES.
No. of dwelling houses.
WHITE POPULATION.
COLORED POPULATION.
NATIVITY OF INHABITANTS.
BETWEEN 5 AND 21 YEARS.
Number births in 1874.
Number deaths in 1874.
Number of voters.
No. of foreigners not
Number of militia.
740|Berlin
87
87.
417
323
740
354
158 228
185
64
36
5 104
49
66
1364; Bloom field ..
270' 270
720
643
1363
1
1
607
552 205 231
366 113
43
27 272
22
158
994|Brookfield ..
172; 172
526
468
994
492
336' 166
58
270
81
18
2 191
18
132
495 Camanche, exclusive of town ..
95
95
257
238
495
222
192
81
18
100
49
13
4 105:
10
59
758 Camanche, town of
169: 169
395
363
758
285
319
154
25
187
76!
9
187
11
103
1226 Center ...
210. 210
650
576
647
1331
5
10
151
419
509 418
60
303 114
54
29' 236
56
155
7028 Clinton, city of, Court House.
1497 1524
3366
3563
6929
47.
52
99;
2120
2998 1910
149 1397 369
145
56 1363
181
716
165| 165
528
459
987
426
170 3971
41
2392
94
32:
17/ 163
57
97
280
280
694
594
1288!
1 ......
1
558
468 263!
56
347 180
35
88'
15 466
36|
189
143
143
518
428
946
399
278
269| 112
199
87
18
5
185
28
127
205
205
716
555
1271;
562
229
480
51
278 113
39
11
236
87
121
963|Hampshire.
169
169
514
449
963
451
102 410
33
220
98
39
11
168
56
91
825 Liberty ...
155
155
442
883
825
326
260
239.
84
210
97
52.
8
3
76
4
44
382 Lyons, exclusive of city.
75
75
196
186
882
174.
104 104
15
55
48
9
4
85/
1
24
3784 Lyons, city of ..
752
752
1845
1925
8770
3 11
14
1681
1182
921! 186
855 357
99,
73 666 105
848
1481|Olive ...
.268
268
785
696
1481
619
405
457
63
372
120
56
37
12 175
11
108
1199 Sharon ...
188
188
630
569
1199.
557
358
284
46
292 111
27
8 238;
78
139
804|Spring Rock, exclusive of Wheatland ...
147
147
405
399
804
366
202 236
44
232
63
28
6
117
86
64
956 Washington.
137
137
488
468
956
449
155 352
51
263
92
28
9 174
3
116
828 Waterford
137
137
424
404
828
493
169
166
59
261
102
35
11 189
27
120
865 Welton
162
167.
463
402
865
408
288
169
31
236
89
22
15 151
32
116
716 Wheatland, town of ....
169
169
362
352
714
1
1
2
291
277
148
55
162
55
13
9
129
9
86
84295
Total.
6427:6449 17561 16588. 34144 .66 85 151
14050' 11107 9138 1790 6957|2870
962 390 5569 1194 8644
1
1
No. born in Iowa
No. born in U. S.,
No. born in for-
eign countries.
No. 5 years old, and
No. 6 years old, and
No. 16 years old
under 16.
and under 21.
naturalized.
HISTORY OF CLINTON COUNTY.
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164
164
484
447
432
802
197
29
243
76.
31:
14 154
84
363 Lincoln ..
64
64
193
170
363.
174
119
70;
20
126 278 105
42
9 191;
65
120
1346 Clinton, exclusive of city.
277, 277
320
859
876
1735
8
11
19,
651
806 297 156
310 128
16' 276
171
1289'De Witt, exclusive of town ..
1754 De Witt, town of 946 Eden ..
1271 Elk River ...
.....
..
..
...
...
534
169
523
but not in Iowa.
Total.
-
Male.
Female.
....
...
..
..
....
...
199
--
Number of families.
Male.
Female.
Total.
1226
987 Deep Creek ....
..
......
10' 272.
198
90
981 Orange.
931
84
under 6.
684
320
.
OFFICIAL CANVASS OF VOTES POLLED IN CLINTON COUNTY, IOWA, ON THE 8TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1878.
SECRETARY OF STATE.
AUDITOR OF STATE.
1 TREAS. OF STATE.
RRG. OF S. L. OFFICE.
JUDGE SUP. COURT.
ATTORNEY GENERAL.
CLERK SUP. COURT.
REPORTER OF SUPERIOR COURT.
TOWNS.
E. M. Farnsworth.
J. A. T. Hull.
Joseph Elboeck.
Buren R. Sherman.
G. V. Swearingen.
M. L. Devin.
George W. Bemis.
M. Farrington.
James K. Powers.
J. C. Knapp.
James H. Rothrock.
John Gibbons.
J. F. McJunkin.
O. H. Jackson.
Alex. Runyan.
Ed. J. Holmes.
J. B. Elliott.
John S. Runnells.
8. W. Rutherford.
Berlin
53
40
53
40
53
40
53
40
53
40
53
40
53
40
53
40
Bloomfield
139
143
839;
143
139'
143,
140 142
135j
147
138 143
183
150
1381
143'
Brook field ..
56
108 .
57
107
56
108
56
108
56
109'
56
108
55 110
178
80
178.
Center ..
96
65
97
64 ......
96
651
96
65
96
65 1
96
65 .. ...
96
64;
97
64.
..
..
Second Precinct ..
136 213
137;
212'
184' 215;
236 213
128 220
136
212.
135
214:
133!
216:
.. Fourth Precinct
294
1841; 294
184'
294 184;,
294
184
294; 184
294
184
294
184
294;
184
...
Deep Creek
45
8.99
45
90
45
89!
451
89
45,
90
45
89 ......
45
90
45
90
...
De Witt ..
305
250;
297
247
305
:50
305|
250
303;
250 297
250
8
303
250
297,
250
8
Eden ..
61;
95"
61
95
61
95.
61
955
61
95
61
9. ......
61
95"
61
95 ...
Elk River ..
107!
83
107!
83
107
83
107
83:
107;
83
107
86 ......
107
83
107
83; ....
Hampshire
96|
42
96
42}
961
42
96
42
96
42
96
42 ......
96
42|'
96
42 ......
Lincoln ..
32
32
32
32
32
82
32
32
32
32
32
32
30
32
32
32 ......
Lyons ..
894; 275
894
273
393, 275
393
275
393,
278
394
274.
.....
119'
114
29
114
90
Orange
118
49
67
47
53
94
49
118
49
118,
49
64
49
54
118
49
64
49|
54
Sharon
76 121
63
121
13
76,
121
76
121
76!
121
63
121
13
76'
121
63
121
13
Spring Rock.
162
99)
163
90 ......
162
99
162.
991
163
99
163
99 ......
162
99
163
99
Waterford ..
158:
71|
158
71|
159
70
159
70
159
70
159
70; ......
158
70
159
70 ... ........
Welton
79.
79
70
79
1
79
71
70
71
70
79'
1!
71!
79
70
79
1
Total
3181.2706| 3017 2693 166 3156 2705 3169 2703 3155 2726 3009 2702: 166 3154 2720 3006-2708 166
799
HISTORY OF CLINTON COUNTY.
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Washington
144'
144
7
.......
144'
7
144
7
144
7
144
-1
144
7
144
7 ......
Liberty ..
106
51
106.
51!
106
51.
106
511,
1061
51|
106
51. ......
105
51"
106
51!
.......
Olive
119 114|
30
113
90 119 114
114
114
119:
114
29 114
90
387' 281
394
275
.....
Clinton-First Precinct ..
227
188
229
186 ;.. ...
227
188
227 188
226
190
228
188
228
188.
227
189 .. .....
Third Precinct ...
98
129
98
129
98 128'
98, 129
94 133'
98
129 ..
....
98
129'
88 129 ..
...
Camanche
80 178
80
178
80'
1781.
80
178
80
178
80
178 ..
80
...
...
81
..
1
.....
.....
....
......
.
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..
108. ..
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.....
...
......
.....
.
OFFICIAL CANVASS OF VOTES POLLED IN CLINTON COUNTY, IOWA, ON THE 8TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1878-CONTINUED.
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REP. SECOND CONG. DISTRICT. '!
JUDGE SEVENTH JUD. DIST.
ATT'T. SEVENTH JUD. DIST.
COUNTY
CLERK.
COUNTY RECORDER.
COUNTY SUPERVISOR.
TOWNS.
W. F. Brannan.
Hiram Prico.
Jacob Geiger.
W. I. Hayes.
W. E. Lefiingwell.
F. M. Fort.
M. V. Gannon.
H. H. Benson.
D. C. Cloud.
W. B. Leffingwell.
J. O. S. Tate.
J. H. Walliker.
W. H. O'Donnell.
T. H. Ellis.
John Coleman.
J. J. McGarry.
Ed. Svendsen.
G. W. King.
58
38
2
41
33
14
52
40
1
54
88
1
52
39|
1
53
35
5
Blerlin.
112
143
26
831
145
38
108, 142.
30
134|
133
93
8
49
113
4
44
119
3
Brook field ..
60
187
19
130
68
14
61
187
19
71.
179
16
54 190,
20"
58
190
19
Camanche ..
94
63
3
60
94
1
73.
67'
2.
122
37
2
74'
85
2|
55
124
20:
137! 182
27
114
204
30
256
58
23
104|
213
29
146
187
19
122 199
78 114
34
62' 138
40
129
Deep Creek.
41
87
7
26
109
40
90
6
54
75.
4
49
79
6
26: 105
202
57
De Witt ..
39.
94
23
29
52
321
86
96
23
49.
84,
22
88
96
22
89
95
22
Eden ....
95
83
12
.....
65
71
2
95
42
103'
81
2
100
37
1
68
69
1
Hampshire
102
53.
2
101
58
3
106
47!
2
94
61
2
100
55!
2
120
34
8
Liberty ..
29
32
8
14
38
2
29
81!
3
29
29
6
28
32
31
23
37
3
Lincoln.
340
273
60
44
586
19,
326. 275
69
383
312
21
340
279
50 | 888
287
44
Lyons.
13
118,
107
69
59
103
11
114;
49
62'
93!
52
23'
52
62
53 1
42:
53
71
Orange ..
61'
122
15"
58
87
34
59
122
17
55
127
15
59
122
17
43
138
16
Sharon.
144
99
19
157
94
11
152
98
12
151
100
12
150
101
12
187
62
12
Washington ...
110
7
84
65
53
27
118
7;
29
125
18
12
125
0
16
189
10
2
Waterford
154:
69
5.
112
110
157
69!
3
169
59
2
156
70
3
154;
72
3
Welton .
68
69
13
5
87
33
.54
80.
15
56
83
11
44
91
14
63
73
10
le
Total.
2434 2698 757 2282 2602 689 2364 2718 7641, 2730:2686
460 2494 2745
628 2418 2765 690
55
106
4
21
126
13
55| 108
3
Center .....
152|
191
71
298
150
41
58
127
41
81
120.
26
3d Precinct .....
153
197) 126
286
49
1124
154
193
126
151| 219;
105
206 163| 108
158 190
6
237;
246
72
155
301
62.
216
250
76
266: 236
48
174
317
57
290
71 112
7
Elk River.
88
49
11
188
1
98
83,
9
116
70,
4
106
77
101
93 1
81
95
107
Olive ..
58;
47
63
57
45
60
56
108
48
128
57
38
149
26
103|
149;
31
B oomfield.
70!
162
228
32 | 192 165
57|
2.20
71
Clinton-1st Precinct ....
51
151, 188
78
2d Precinct.
62' 126,
40
4th Precinct ....
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HISTORY OF CLINTON COUNTY.
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Spring Rock.
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108
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103
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CENSUS RETURNS OF 1875 OF LAND AND FIELD CROPS IN CLINTON COUNTY.
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No. of acres of improved
No. of acres of unim-
proved land .
No. of rods of fence.
No. of acres in cultiva- tion in 1874.
Number of acres.
Number of bushels
Number of acres.
Number of bushels
Number of acres.
Number of bushels
Number of acres.
Number of busbels'
Number of acres.
Number of bushels
Number of acres.
Number of bushels;
Number of acres.
Number of bushels harvested.
Berlin
16186
414
50878
16332
3507:
50796,
4543;
180395
25
318.
969; 27332
1179 14793
5, 140
Bloomfield .
18973
22571
98128
9245
4163
66078 .
5478
192870
2|
30
1516; 41519
265
3871
11|
154
Brookfield
19511
400 95270 13614
25395
4456
970
16092 .
3001
118075
67-839!
968 29730
235
6501
7,
77
Chmanche, town of ....
677
30
3916
497
48
745
800
9900
52.1023,
33
837
Center ...
22340
511| 88413
15423
5138
822421.
6320
243548
34 546
1754 54486
1802| 37918
6
75
Clinton, exclusive of town
2188
643,
15782
1375
202
23044|.
619
25750.
190
5740:
...
250
25
Deep Creek.
13106
2399
60918
12798
3127
47469
4231
148970
1255
85935
726
15864
1
34
De Witt, exclusive of town.
21760
6986| 96270
14678
7581
70408'.
6617
222210
4. 30
1983:
65189
590 13248
31
538
De Witt, town of ....
3656
666 11022
2299
229;
4391'
280
108701.
...
62
2207
66
1783
..
Eden ....
14112
4524;
74928
9386.
1968
34168
4898
187100
6. 150;
1763. 51061
486; 13334
34
694
Elk River ...
22181
3453|
94928/ 12953!
3870
62142
9' 315
6200
214940
13, 312
1730 53036
1411;
80026
9|
110
Hampshire
15232
2692
60551
10821
4322
67928
3945;
110700
1155; 36881
986
23668
1
20
Liberty.
9836
5228
43721
7927
2101
27629
3848
121835:
8411
22485
518
9868
5
110
Lincoln ...
6343!
1099
33338
4069
1089
17807'
2216
891761
8 144
652;
21472
176
3330
8. 22
Lyons, exclusive of city.
2175
1542; 10064
1253
541
8168
3 113.
888
19610
6 174
112;
5188
54.
918
80
.
Digitized by
Total ..
299855| 57337 264505 257818 68688
1010345; 12 428 89297 8061338 266.4188 23704|702059. 12812 268788 203 3261
664
HISTORY OF CLINTON COUNTY.
24312
18 306
Orange
11046
3106;
56509
8637
3288
47273
3659
123454
16 114:
1009
82000
631' 18661
9; 187
Sharon
14079
5293
79263
9559
8480
47867'
5505
163585
4
100
1270 80346
278
4867
20| 219
Washington ..
16042
1882
41785
57487|
4253
64210.
8660
124150
...
......
678
20407
500
11588
Waterford ....
13220
4549;
49953
11671
4750
69411
3721
113381
5
46
1285
38893
849
8249
5
73
Welton.
17028
1397!
55370
11167
4255
64828
4368
151126
1086
28571
620;
15181
4 80
Wheatland, town of ...
189
370
105|
41
408
38
990
13
325,
100
Olive ....
22215
1049
67078
13797
3899
51865
6567
207835
15| 217|
1493.
45824;
23337
626. 11993
18
208
Spring Rock, exc. of Wheatland
9814
5354
50655
7660
2555
35706,
8183
97405
4
60
819|
500
Lyons, city of ....
130
104
3306
50175 ...
5312
189563
5.
35|
1073| 28808
165
8420
8
94
Camanche, exclusive of town ...
7866
1863
SPRING WHEAT. WINTER | WHEAT.
INDIAN CORN.
RYE.
OATS.
BARLEY.
BUCK- WHEAT.
NAMES OF TOWNSHIPS, TOWNS, AND CITIES.
land.
harvested.
harvested.
harvested.
harvested.
harvested.
barvested.
..
..
4400.
1149
.....
65
-
HISTORY OF CLINTON COUNTY.
665
STATEMENT OF EXPENSES OF CLINTON COUNTY FOR 1878.
1878.
Supervisors ..
$ 716 31
Salaries-Treasurer, Auditor and County Superintendent.
5,435 66
District Attorney, ..
1,940 00
County Clerk
...
Attorney fees
1,025 00
Sheriff and Deputies.
2,111 75
Bailiffs.
532 00
Clerk hire.
285 50
Short-hand reporter.
477 00
Watchmen
726 00
Inquesta
75 74
Township officers
4,755 59
Jurors.
7,696 15
Witnesses
2,727 52
Justices and Constables
2,856 70
Jail
4,528 85
Insane, blind, orphans and deaf and dumb.
7,293 89
Fuel, insurance, lights and repairs.
3,806 38
Books and stationery .
968 10
Printing
2,588 57
Taxes refunded
755 75
Taxes paid in other counties
409 04
Wolf scalps.
67 00
Bridges ...
10,276 67
Surveying.
75 50
Teachers' Institute.
630 30
Poor
11,275 20
Sundries
879 66
Total
$74,415 83
Expenses, 1874.
$58,011 46
1875
65,052 80
1876
71,996 88
1877
75,493 86
1878
74,415 83
AMOUNT OF TAXES FOR 1878 ITEMIZED.
Consolidated tax.
$102,085 00
Delinquent road tax
4,004 14
Schoolhouse tax.
18,210 67
Teachers' tax.
49,939 11
Contingent tax.
18,062 90
County poll tax
3,654 00
City special tax.
1,464 61
Water tax.
8,881 12
City tax
28,681 98
City poll tax.
2,528 50
Dog tax.
588 00
Railroad tax. ..
86,802 60
Total
$819,402 58
Digitized by
-
666
HISTORY OF CLINTON COUNTY.
VALUATION, BY TOWNSHIPS, FOR 1878, AND AMOUNT OF TAXES IN CLINTON COUNTY TO BE COLLECTED IN 1879.
TOWNSHIPS.
Value of Lands.
Value of Lots.
Value of Personal.
Value of Railways.
Total Value.
Total Tax.
Berlin.
$ 191302 $
$ 44690 $
$ 235992|$
5759 66
Bloomfield,
241443
57269
40085
338797
5963 25
Delmar
8790
30299|
15955
9090
64184
3888 06
Brookfield.
235532
4131
63751
18243
316657
6169 29
Camanche.
173440
51807
57667
282914
5087 68
Camanche City
12821
57330
46421
116572
8792 05
Center
319593
82300
401893
7560 06
Clinton
88922
604
21765
18447
129738
8858 72
Clinton City
1080767;
323096
20842
1374705
137144 45*
Riverside
21236
11753
18755
9910
61654
4739 73
Deep Creek
269163
74701
15494
359358
7093 59
De Witt.
399895
77416
87001
564222
11025 38
De Witt City
133093
98959
12939
239991
6864 47
Eden
295173
67093
57315
419581|
7893 85
Elk River.
381929
59100
51832
492861
10759 42
Hampshir
283623
41564
275187
4983 37
Liberty
165895
45432
14275
225602
4584 40
Lyons City ..
19332
431944
124582
10838 13073
588931
24811 59
Olive.
229073
75845
41200
346118
6369 33
Calamus
16813
16880
15450
49143
1403 91
Orange
166943
55210
43614
265767
5564 29
Sharon
189946
75110
12799
277855
5824 85
Spring Rock
207591
37580
70444
315615
6046 02
Wheatland.
1045
88428
20948
12090
72506
1681 79
Washington
196084
25435
221519
5924 41
Waterford.
218560
36485
27179
277224
5283 80
Welton.
202526
41620
14798
258944
4871 94
Totals
$4670518 $1755162 $1738093 $ 669125 $8832898,8319402 58+
* From the total tax of Clinton City should be deducted $86,302.60 aid tax, voted to the Chicago, Clinton & West- orn Railway, but which, by terms of contract. lapsed and has been annulled; leaving the actual tax for Clinton City $50.841.85, and for the county, $233,099.98.
Digitized by
--
Lyons
· 84881
17098
112312
2297 03
Lincoln
120870
26236
147106
2656 19
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BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY.
Co .. ......
.company or county
I. V. I .. .. Iowa Volunteer Infantry dlr ...... .... .... dealer
P. O .... . Post Office I. V. A ... Iowa Volunteer Artillery
S. or Sec. .Se tion
I. V. C ... .. Jowa Volunteer Cavalry
st ...... ......... street
CLINTON.
WILLIAM ABBE, passenger conductor on the C. & N. W. Railroad; resi- dence corner Tenth avenue and Fifth streets ; is a native of Linn Co., Iowa, and was born July 10, 1843 ; his parents were among the earliest settlers of Linn Co., and came there in 1838; his father was a member of Seventh and Eighth Legislative Assemblies of the State of Iowa. William was brought up and lived in Linn Co., until 16 years of age ; then went to Ohio, and upon the breaking out of the war, he enlisted in the three-months service in the Eighth Ohio Infantry ; he afterward enlisted in the Ninth Regiment Iowa Infantry, Co. K, and served three years. He was in all the battles of the regiment. After the war, he engaged in railroading, and has been connected with the Chicago & North-Western Railroad since April, 1866, when he removed to Clinton. On the 15th of July, 1869, he was united in marriage to Miss Estella Clendenning, from Salem, Ohio; they have two daughters-Edith and Mary ; they have lost one daughter-Pearl.
GEORGE ALLEN, of the firm of Owen & Allen, Clinton Boiler Works, is a native of England, and was born in 1828; he emigrated to America in 1850, and came to Iowa and located in Lyons in 1856; he started a restaurant and began making vinegar; he was afterward engaged in the wholesale liquor and cigar and glassware trade, and carried on the business for some years; he became interested in the Clinton Brewery about two years ago; it is the oldest brewery here and they do a large bus- iness ; Mr. Allen became associated with Mr. Owens in the Clinton Boiler Works in 1878, but previous to that had been in the same business. He has held the office of city Alderman in Lyons. In 1859, he married Elizabeth Fovargue; she was born in England, but came to Iowa when only 7 years of age; they have two children-George and Thomas; he has two children by a former wife-William and Emma.
A. M. ANGUISH, dealer in hats and caps and gents' furnishing goods, No. 208 Fifth avenue; is a native of Syracuse, N. Y ; he came to Iowa and located in Clinton in 1869, and engaged in his present business ; it was the first house established in Clinton in his line of goods, and he has built up a large business and docs a leading trade.
DR. A. L. ANKENY, capitalist ; residence, one-half mile west of Lyons, on Section 25; P. O. Clinton ; one of the oldest and best known citizens of Lyons and Clinton; he is a native of Jo Daviess Co., Ill .; was born March 13, 1828; son of John and Mary Ankeny, nee Kimmel; his father came to Illinois in 1818, and was one of the earliest settlers of that State; he kept the hotel in Kaskaskia dur- ing the first session of the Legislature; he and two of his sons were in the Black Hawk war; they were stationed at White Oak Springs, twelve miles from Galena ; Dr. A. L. was the youngest of the family, and recollects many little things that happened during the war; he distinctly remembers the time when the Indian chief Peppernong, chief of the Pottawatomies, came to his father's house at Elkhorn Grove, Ill., at mid- night, to warn the family to flee for safety, as the Indians were coming ; Dr. Aukeny U
670
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES :
lived in Jo Daviess Co. until 14 years of age, then entered school at Mt. Morris, Ogle Co., Ill .; he studied medicine at Elizabethtown, near Galena, and graduated at Rush Medical College, Chicago, in the winter of 1848-49; he came to Iowa and located at Lyons in April, 1850, and engaged in the practice of medicine; he pursued his profes- sion for some years, and since then he has been dealing in real estate. He has been actively identified with the interests and improvements of Lyons and Clinton for the past thirty years. In 1851, Dr. Ankeny married Miss Valeria M. Perrin, a native of Indiana ; her parents came here in 1837, and were among the earliest settlers; Dr. and Mrs. Ankeny have six children-Maud, Harry K., Maggie, B. Frank, Belle, Mollie.
CHARLES ARLEN, of the firm of Charles Arlen & Son, manufacturers of soda water, lemon beer and pure grape wine, and agents for Peaslee's bottled ale and porter and Milwaukee lager beer, cor. Sixth av. and First st. ; was born in Germany April 1, 1820 ; he emigrated to this country in 1837, and lived in Buffalo, N. Y., ten years, and from there emigrated to Wisconsin, living in Sheboygan and Fond du Lac until 1865; while living in Fond du Lac, he held the office of City Marshal two terms, and the office of Deputy Sheriff for two years; he came to Clinton in 1865; engaged in shoemaking ; in 1870, he began bottling lemon beer, and in 1872, began bottling pop, and in 1873, they engaged in a general bottling business; they have built up a large trade and have established a high reputation for their goods; they also make a very superior article of grape wine. Mr. Arlen married Magdalena Hornberger, a native of Claye, France; they have three children-Francis W., born in Buffalo; Magdalena and Edward A., both born in Sheboygan, Wis. Mr. Arlen joined the Sara- toga Lodge in the Order of Odd Fellows, in Buffalo, in 1844; he is a member and Past Grand of Walhalla Lodge of Clinton.
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