The History of Clinton County, Iowa: Containing a History of the County, Its., Part 85

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

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PHILIP HOWES, proprietor of Howes' Nurseries and Gardens, Camanche avenue; is a native of England, and came to America when only 6 years of age ; he lived in Schuylkill Co., Penn., until 1849, then lived in Indiana three years and returned to Pennsylvania, and, on the 2d of March, 1852, he married Esther Waters, and they came to Chicago the same year; he lived there and in Aurora, Ill., until 1855, and was in the employ of the C., B. & Q. R. R .; he came to Clinton in 1859, and ran on the Chicago, Iowa & Nebraska Railroad; he continued in the train- service of the railroad until June, 1872, when he gave it up and engaged in the fruit

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and nursery business ; he owns thirty-six acres of land, finely improved with fruit and ornamental trees and small fruits. Mr. Howes was left an orphan at an early age, and had to depend upon himself ; he began railroading in 1849, and has succeeded by his own efforts; has held the offices of Town Trustee and Alderman. They have nine sons and two daughters-Edward M., Archie F., Thomas, William, Philip, George W., Richard N., Benjamin, John Lewis, Elizabeth and Esther.

GEORGE W. HUSTON, druggist, corner Fourth street and Tenth ave- nue; is a native of Cincinnati, born July 18, 1838; he received his education there; he came to Illinois and was engaged in the drug business in Ashton, Lee Co. ; he came to Clinton, August, 1877, and since then has been engaged in business here, and is building up a good trade; while living in Illinois, he held the office of Treasurer of the School Fund, and other town offices. He married Miss Mary L. Robinson, a native of Hamilton, Ohio, Oct. 4, 1859; they have five children-James T., Nellie M., Will- iam R., Mary L .. Grace A. ; they are members of the Presbyterian Church.

JUDSON HYDE, saw-filer in W. J. Young & Co.'s upper mill; is a native of Madison Co., N. Y .; born in 1827 ; he was brought up in Oswego Co .; he came to Clinton in 1859; the following year he entered the employ of Mr. Young and has beep with him for nineteen years; he is filer, in charge of the upper mill. He married Miss Mary Wesson, from Dundee, Ill., in 1856.

ALBERT INSCHO, of the firm of Pierson & Inscho, dealers in dry goods and notions, Fourth street ; is a native of Tioga Co., Penn .; he lived there until 1866, when he came to Clinton, and entered the employ of P. S. Towle, as salesman ; he was with Mr. Towle over ten years. He became associated with Mr. Pierson in the dry goods business in 1878, and he has the management of the business; they are building up a large trade. In November, 1874, Mr. Inscho married Miss Jennie E. Noble, a native of the State of New York ; they have one daughter-Inez Isabel.

A. JENSEN, dealer in groceries and provisions, South Second street, opposite Lamb & Son's lumber-yard ; is a native of Germany, and was born Aug. 14, 1845 ; he emigrated to America in 1869; the following year, in 1870, he came to Clinton, and has been engaged in business here for the past five years. He married Rosina Wogens. from Germany. in 1871 ; they have three children-Oscar, Gustav and John.

GEO. KENDALL, plumber, gas and steam fitter, and dealer in guns, revolvers and sporting goods, 519 Second street ; was born in England Oct. 1, 1850; came to America when only 5 years of age, coming to Davenport, Iowa, the same year, and lived there five years ; he learned his trade in Rock Island, and came to Clinton in April, 1874, and engaged in his present business, and is building up a good trade, doing the largest part of the plumbing and gas-fitting that is done here. He was married in Rock Island Aug. 1, 1874, to Miss Florence H. Johnson, a native of England; they have two children-Pearl and Alice, and have lost one daughter.

S. B. KENRICK, of Fisher & Kenrick, proprietors of the Clinton Ice Co., office, Fifth avenue ; is a native of Franklin, N. H .; he was brought up there and in Concord, N. H .; he has been engaged in railroading for the past twenty years ; he came West, and for a number of years held the position of Superintendent of the Green Bay & Minnesota Railroad, from Green Bay to Winona and LaCrosse. He purchased a one-half interest in the Clinton Ice Co., and came to Clinton and assumed the financial management of the business in October, 1878; increasing the business from 2,500 tons to 6,000 tons-doing the principal part of the trade here. Mr. Kenrick married Miss Lizzie R. Rowe, a native of Grafton Co., N. H.

E. H. KING, physician and surgeon, cor. Fifth avenue and Second street; was born in De Witt Co., Illinois, Aug. 21, 1841; he was brought up in Clinton, the county seat of that county ; when the war broke out, he enlisted in Co. B, 107th Regt I. V. I .; was in the service until the close of the war ; he was not absent from duty, nor would he receive a furlough during the whole time; he returned a non-commis- sioned officer with his company, in July, 1865; after his return, he came to Fairfield, Jefferson Co., Iowa ; studied medicine, and graduated in the spring of 1868 at Hahne- mann Medical College, Chicago ; he came to Clinton, March 21, 1868, and engaged in his profession ; since then he has built up a large and successful practice ; has occupied

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the same office on the corner of Fifth avenue and Second street. He is a member of the Homoeopathic State Medical Society and the American Institute of Homoeopathy. Dr. King's father and grandfather and his great-grandfather were physicians. Dr. King married Miss H. M. Case, of Fairfield, Iowa, a native of Ohio, Sept. 1, 1868; they have two sons-Walter J., born May 23, 1873, and George H., Aug. 9. 1875.

WILLIAM KOONS, retired ; residence corner Camanche avenue and Har- rison street, Riverside ; is a native of Perry Co., Penn., and was born in 1820; he was brought up there, and then he removed to New York State, where he learned the trade of carpenter and joiner ; he lived in that State for seventeen years, and came to Iowa and located at Clinton Nov. 1, 1856, and engaged in building; there was very little here when he came, and Clinton was only about one year old; he continued contracting and building for a number of years, and then, after erecting for himself a fine, large, commodious home, he retired from active building business ; when he began life he only had $6 in his pocket, and walked 350 miles to Lockport, N. Y., and his success in life is owing to his own efforts and good management. He has been twice married; his first wife was Ann Tomlinson, a native of England; she died, leaving two children- George B. and Sarah S .; his present wife is Philipi Jane Retallick, a native of England ; they have three children-Nellie, Charles and Frank.

HENRY KREIM, dealer in hardware, cutlery and nails, Second street; is a native of Cologne, River Rhine, Germany, and was born in 1822; he there learned the trade of baker and confectioner ; after reaching manhood, he emigrated to America in 1846; he came to Iowa City in the spring of 1848; lived there one year, and in Davenport two years ; came to Lyons in 1851, and opened a hotel; he afterward started a bakery and confectionery and then a grocery store, and for the past four years he has carried on the hardware business; he built and owns the block where he now carries on the hardware and grocery trade; when he began life he had nothing ; had but $16 when he reached this country. He married Mary C. Myers, from Germany, in 1849 ; they have four children-Harmonn, Mary, Henry and Willie. Mr. Kreim and Henry carry on the hardware store; his sons Harmonn and Willie carry on the grocery store.

PROF. CARL V. LACHMUND, Director of the German Conservatory of Music. Eighth avenue, west of Fourth street; is a native of Missouri, and was born March 27, 1853; he was brought up principally in this State ; he very early in life developed a taste for music, and having determined to make the profession a study, he went abroad and studied six years, under the ablest professors in music, enjoying rare advantages; after perfecting himself in his profession, he engaged in teaching; in 1877, he organized the Conservatory of Music, and is meeting with an unusual degree of suc- cess, having over two hundred names enrolled, and having pupils from throughout the State; he has labored indefatigably to raise the standard of classical music, and there are very few professors of music his equal in piano, organ and violin theories combined ; his sister, Miss Emma Lachmund, is also connected with the Conservatory ; she studied in Europe, and received a thorough musical education, and in piano, violin and vocal music she enjoys a high reputation. Prof. Lachmund has had several offers to become professor of music in several Eastern institutions of high standing, but has declined. In 1877, he was united in marriage to Miss Carrie J. Culbertson, of Fulton, Ill .; she, also, has a good musical education ; they have one daughter-Helen Reed.

WILLIAM LAKE, attorney at law; office over Stone & Smith's Bank ; is a native of Monmouthshire, England; he received his education there ; came to Amer- ica in 1849, and lived in Elgin, Ill. ; he arrived in Clinton March 9, 1857. He has held the office of Justice of the Peace for seven years, and was City Alderman for four years, and is a member of the Board of Education ; he also holds the office of County Supervisor. He has practiced law here for the past seven years. Mr. Lake married Miss Elizabeth Meredith, a native of Monmouthshire, England; they have three chil- dren-William, John and Eleanor E.

ARTEMUS LAMB, of the firm of C. Lamb & Sons; is a native of Steu- ben Co., N. Y .; was born Sept. 11, 1840; when 16 years of age, he came with his parents to Clinton, Iowa ; he entered his father's mills; after reaching manhood, he became interested in the business with his father ; their business is very extensive, and

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has grown to great magnitude, and, to a great extent, the management devolves upon him. He has had charge of the Fire Department of Clinton for the past five years, and has been a member of the City Council. Mr. Lamb married Miss Henrietta S. Smith, a native of Ohio; they have five children-Emma R., Garrett D., James D., Clara J. and Lafayette B.

LA FAYETTE LAMB, of the firm of C. Lamb & Sons, manufacturers of lumber ; is a native of Carroll Co., Ill., and was born Feb. 26, 1845; when 12 years of age, his parents came to Iowa and located in Clinton, where he was brought up and attended school, and afterward entered his father's mills ; in 1875, he became interested in the business with his father and brother, the firm becoming C. Lamb & Sons, and they carry on a very extensive business; he is connected with the Order of Masons and the Consistory of Lyons, the Order of Workmen and the Knights of Pythias. Be married Miss Olivia Hufman, a native of Schuylkill Co., Penn., Aug. 21, 1866; they have two children-Merette and Chauncey.

J. W. LEAKE, dealer in fresh and salt meats, Fifth avenue ; is a native of Jefferson Co., N. Y .; born in 1833; lived there until 1850; removed to Rochester, and lived there until 1869, when he came to Iowa, and located in Clinton, and since then he has been engaged in business here. He was in the army, and served in the 1st Battalion, New York Sharp-Shootere; he was wounded three times. When he began life, he had nothing; he only had $3 when he left home in 1850, and walked thirty miles to Sackett's Harbor, and owes his success to his own efforts. He married Jennette Campbell, of New York, in 1854.

FRANCIS LEE, druggist and dealer in fancy goods, corner Second street and Fifth avenue; a native of Onondaga Co., N. Y .; after reaching manhood, he came to Iowa, in the spring of 1856; located in Clinton Co., and engaged in buying lots and building ; on the Ist of January, 1860, he engaged in the drug trade in the same build- ing, and in the same location he now occupies ; it was built by Ward & Taylor in 1857; they established the business in the spring of 1858, and, two years later, Mr. Lee sue- ceeded them ; it is the oldest and best-known drug-house in the county. When Mr. Lee first came to his present location, the business part of Clinton was on Front street, and his was the only business house for several years on the corner of Fifth avenue and Second street, which is now the business center of the city. Mr. Lee has held town and school offices. He married Mrs. Mary Pratt, a native of Massachusetts; of six children, only two daughters survive.

W. B. LEFFINGWELL, Clerk of the Courts of Clinton Co .; one of the oldest native-born settlers of Clinton Co. now living here ; son of Hon. William E. Leffingwell, one of the early settlers of this county; Bruce attended school here, then entered college, where he remained two years, then entered his father's law office, and was admitted to the bar in March, 1872. He practiced law in De Witt until the fall of 1874, when he was elected Clerk of the Courts of Clinton Co .; he was re-elected in the fall of 1876, and again in the fall of 1878, and is now serving his third term. Mr. Leffingwell married Miss Lida Wallace, a native of Illinois; they have three children- Robert Bruce, Hugh Wallace and Earl.

BEV. JOSIAH LEONARD ; residence, Seventh avenue, east of Third street; is a native of Johnstown, Fulton Co., N. Y ; he grew up and received his edu- cation there and studied for the ministry ; after completing his theological studies, he began preaching in 1840; he came West to Fulton, Whiteside Co., Ill., in 1856, and became Pastor of the Presbyterian Church ; he continued preaching in Fulton and Garden Plains for twelve years; since then, he has had no pastoral charge, though he has preached regularly ; he preached at Newton and Albany for four years, and is now supplying the church at Spring Valley, near Fulton. Mr. Leonard has been preaching since 1840, and has had an experience of nearly a quarter of a century in church and pastoral work on the bank of the Mississippi River, and, during that length of time, there are few pastors who have been and are more familiar with the needs of the people and the church than he. He married Miss Eliza Isham, a native of Ulster Co., N. Y .; they have two children-James R., living in Belvidere, Ill., and Mary C., now Mrs. George S. Brintnell, of Chicago.

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JAMES LESLIE, of the firm of Leslie, Dunham & Co., dealers in grocer- ies and provisions, Fifth avenue; is a native of Scotland; was born in 1845; when 6 years of age, his parents came to America; they lived in New York until 1855, then came to Iowa, and located here before the town was laid out; when Mr. Leslie was only 13 years of age, he entered the store of J. C. Bucher, one of the earliest merchants of Clinton ; in 1866, Mr. Leslie engaged in the mercantile business, the firm being W. W. Leslie & Co., afterward James Leslie & Co. ; he is now senior member of the firm of Leslie, Dunham & Co. He has been connected with the mercantile trade here as long as any merchant now in Clinton. He is prominently connected with several Lodges here. In the fall of 1869, Mr. Leslie married Miss Martha McGregor, a native of Massachusetts; they have three children-Gertrude Evelyn, James McGregor and Robert Jay.

GEORGE T. MCCLURE, foreman of Lamb & Son's saw-mill, Riverside; was born in Terre Haute, Ind., in 1831 ; he was brought up there, and came to Iowa in November, 1855, to Charlotte, Clinton Co .; in 1859, he came to Clinton and entered the employ of C. Lamb, and, with the exception of one year, he has been with Mr. Lamb and Lamb & Sons since then, and is one of the oldest employes in the mills. He married Mary S. McLenahan, from Ohio, in 1872 ; they have one son-George F .; he has five children by a former wife-John D. C., William W., Franklin J., Ella and Maria B.

HENRY McCORMICK, physician and surgeon, Third street; is a native of Harrisburg, Dauphin Co. Penn., and was born Jan. 10, 1827 ; when 16 years of age, his father removed to Springfield, Ohio; he received his education in Pennsylvania and Ohio; afterward studied medicine and graduated at the University of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia, in the spring of 1856; he came to Iowa and located here and engaged in the practice of medicine, and has practiced longer than any physician in Clinton. Dr. McCormick was a member of the first School Board in Clinton, but that closed his official life for he afterward refused to serve officially in church, State or society. In 1856, he married Miss Amanda Williams, of Fort Wayne, Ind. They have six chil- dren, three sons and three daughters.

ALBERT R. McCOY, attorney at law, office in Toll's Block, corner of Fifth avenue and Second street ; is a native of Fulton, Whiteside Co., Ill, and was born Sept. 24, 1846 ; he is the son of James and Elizabeth Russell McCoy; his father, Hon. James McCoy, is a native of Greenbrier Co., Va., and came to Fulton City May 9, 1837 ; he was one of the earliest settlers in Whiteside Co., and has practiced his pro- fession there since 1840. There are very few persons who have been more actively identified with the interests of that county and the whole section of Northern Illinois than Judge McCoy. Albert R. was brought up and attended school in Fulton, com- pleting his education at Western Union College; he afterward entered the law office of his father, and commenced reading law ; he completed his law studies and was admitted to the bar in June, 1869, and engaged in the practice of law ; he held the office of Supervisor in Whiteside Co., and was chosen Chairman of the Board for two years; he was elected to the State Legislature in the fall of 1874; he removed to Clinton in 1875, and since then he has successfully practiced his profession here; he holds the office of City Solicitor. In December, 1870, he was united in marriage to Miss Fanny A. Conger, a native of New York ; they have one son-Russell B., born in November, 1871.

BEV. E. J. MCLAUGHLIN, Pastor of St. Mary's Catholic Church ; is a native of Ireland, and came with his parents, in infancy, to America; they came to Dubuque, Iowa; he was brought up and received part of his education there, then went East and entered the seminary of "Our Lady of Angels," at Suspension Bridge, Niagara Falls ; he then entered Notre Dame University, at South Bend, Ind., and grad- uated, taking the degree of A. B .; he completed his theological studies at St. Francis Seminary, near Milwaukee, Wis; he was ordained Priest by Bishop Hennessy, at the Cathedral in Dubuque, May 26, 1878; his first charge was at Sigourney, where he remained only a short time, and upon the death of his brother, Rev. P. V. McLaugh- lin, he was appointed to succeed him in the Pastorate of St. Mary's Catholic Church, Clinton, Jan. 17, 1879.

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REV. P. V. MCLAUGHLIN, deceased, Pastor of St. Mary's Catholic Church ; was a native of Ireland, and came with his parents to America, when only 9 years of age; they came to Dubuque; he received his education at Bardstown, Ky., and then entered St. Vincent Seminary, at Cape Girardeau, Mo., and completed his theological studies at St. Francis Seminary, near Milwaukee; he was appointed Pastor of St. Mary's Catholic Church, Clinton, in May, 1867; he labored acceptably and suc- cesstully in the interests of the church and schools; founded the Temperance Society of the church, and was greatly beloved by his people; he died Jan. 16, 1879, and was buried in the church.

B. S. MARVIN, passenger conductor on the C. & N. W. R. R. ; is a native of Orange Co., N. Y., and was born May 27, 1825 ; he was brought up there and learned the trade of wagon-maker ; he came to Illinois in 1855 ; he came to Iowa and located in Clinton Co., at De Witt ; was there two and a half years, and then came to Clinton, and has lived here since then, except a few years in Cedar Rapids; he began railroading in 1852, on the Eastern Division of the New York & Erie Railroad; he has run longer than any conductor now on the N. W. R. R .; has been conductor on passenger train since 1870, and runs from Clinton to Boone, and has only lost three months' time in seventeen years. He married Miss Letitia Lum, a native of Brooklyn, N. Y .; they have one daughter-Hannah, now Mrs. Temple, living in Clinton.

B. F. MATTISON, saw-filer in Lamb & Son's Stone Mill; was born in Oswego, N. Y., March 25, 1844; he was brought up in that State ; he was in the army, enlisted in Co. D, 81st Regt. N. Y. V. I .; served three years ; came to Clinton in 1865, and entered the employ of Lamb & Son, and has been filer in their mills for eleven years. He married Miss Helen C. Eaton, of Oswego, New York, in 1869; they have onesson-George E. Mr. Matteson was Secretary of the Mercantile Association for two years.

JOHN I. MULLANY, attorney at law, Opera House block ; was born in Ireland, April 1, 1847; his parents came to America when he was very young, and located at La Salle, Ill .; when he was ten years of age, his parents came to Dubuque, Iowa, in 1857, where he was brought up; he received his education there and in New York ; he studied law in Dubuque, and was admitted to the bar in 1872; he practiced law there until February, 1876, when he came to Clinton, and since then has practiced his profession here. He married Miss Aggie C. Murphy, from Chicago, May 3, 1877; hey have one son-Robert E., born July 21, 1878.

CHRISTIAN MULLER, saloon, Fifth avenue ; was born in Saxony, Germany, May 7, 1826; he was brought up there and learned the shoemaker's trade; in 1852, he emigrated to America, and worked at his trade in Brooklyn for three years, then came to Illinois, and lived in Aurora eleven years; was foreman and cutter in a boot and shoe store; he came to Clinton in 1866; worked at his trade two years; in January, 1868, he was burned out; he owns the building he now occupies, which he built two years ago; when he came to this county and began keeping house, he only had 75 cents. He married Henrietta Schodt; she was born in Germany in 1851; they have seven children-Augustus, Charles, Victor, Oscar, Rosa, Bertha and Louise ; have lost four children. Augustus enlisted in the regular army and served in Co. F, 6th Regt. U. S. troops.

W. H. O'DONNELL, of the firm of W. H. O'Donnell & Co., dealers in groceries and provisions, corner of Fourth street and Thirteenth avenue; was born in Elgin, Kane Co., Ill., Feb. 24, 1851 ; his parents came to Clinton when he was very young ; are old settlers ; he received his education here, and has been engaged in busi- ness here for the past six years, and has built up a large trade. He married Miss Delia Hannaher, daughter of P. Hannaher, of Lyons; they have one daughter- Winnie.

WM. O'DONNELL, section boes on the C. & N. W. R. R .; residence on Tenth avenue, west of Third street; is a native of Ireland, and was born in 1819; he grew up to manhood there, and emigrated to America in 1849; he came to Chicago and entered the employ of Col. Smith, on the Galena & Chicago Union R. R., in 1851 ; he was section boss and had charge of the track at Cottage Hill, Elgir, Belvidere,

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Cherry Valley ; he came to Clinton in 1856, and is the oldest employe on this division of the road; he is one of the early settlers of Clinton, coming the next year after the town started. Mr. O'Donnell has been a member of the City Council for twelve years, and is also a member of the School Board. He married Winnifred Leahy, a native of Ireland, in 1849 ; they have five children-William H., David J., Mary, Winnie, Joseph H. ; they attend the Catholic Church.

EDWARD OWENS, of the firm of Owens & Allen, proprietors of the Clinton Boiler Works; was born in England, in 1840; when 12 years of age, he came to America and learned his trade in the works of the Baltimore & Ohio R. R., at Cumberland, Md. ; in 1861, he came to Peoria, Ill., and became foreman of the shops of the Chicago & Rock Island R. R. at that place; he made a record, while there, of driving a larger number of rivets in one day than any machinist in Illinois; he came to Iowa in 1871, and established the boiler works in Clinton. Mr. Owens has earned a deservedly high reputation for the character of his work ; he employs from ten to twenty men; the Government Inspector testifies that the best boilers on the river are made at the Clinton Boiler Works; during the war, he enlisted, but at that time the regulars could not get arms, and he did not go in the field ; his father and two brothers were in the army. In 1862, Mr. Owens married Miss Catharine Long, of St. Louis; they have had six children; five survive-three sons and two daughters.'

D. A. PARSONS, foreman of Lamb & Son's Brick Saw-Mill; is a native of Vermont, and was born in 1829; he was brought up in New York State, at Ticon- deroga ; he came to Iowa and located in Clinton, in 1856; he entered the employ of Mr. Lamb, and, with the exception of two years, has been connected with the mills since he came ; he has occupied the position of foreman about sixteen years; he has held the office of City Alderman. He married Miss Lucy J. Walling, a native -of Steuben Co., N. Y .; they have two children-Sophia M., now Mrs. B. F. Holway, of Lemars, Plymouth Co., Iowa ; Olive J., now Mrs. John Shafer, of this city.

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The History of Clinton County, Iowa: Containing a History of the County, Its., Part 85

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