The History of Clinton County, Iowa: Containing a History of the County, Its., Part 82

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


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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


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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


.....


.....


....


......


.


--


-


-


..


108. ..


....


.....


...


......


.....


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OFFICIAL CANVASS OF VOTES POLLED IN CLINTON COUNTY, IOWA, ON THE 8TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1878-CONTINUED.


1


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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103


55


CENSUS RETURNS OF 1875 OF LAND AND FIELD CROPS IN CLINTON COUNTY.


·


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


.


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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


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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


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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.


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Lyons


· 84881


17098


112312


2297 03


Lincoln


120870


26236


147106


2656 19


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S. or Sec. .Se tion


I. V. C ... .. Jowa Volunteer Cavalry


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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


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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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