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JOHN R. BOYD, farmer. Sec. 2; P. O. Lyons. He was born Jan. 2, 1817, in Allegheny Co., Penn. In 1837, came to Clinton Co. He owns 258 acres of land. Has been Justice of the Peace, Township Trustee, School Director, President of the School Board, etc. Married Lucy S. Boynton in 1843 ; she was born in Vermont ; have four children-William T., James C., Nettie J. and Clara C. They lost three children in infancy ; Robert A. died in 1876, aged 24 years.
JOHN HENRY DETERMANN, farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Lyons. He was born June 28, 1803, in Hanover. In 1847, he came to Clinton Co. He owns 320 acres of land. Married Mary Ann Kimmon, in 1840; she was born in Hanover, Germany. They have six children-Mary Theresa, Mary Ann, John J., William, Catharine and Henry B.
J. J. DETERMANN, farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Lyons. He was born Dec. 21, 1831, in Hanover, Germany. In 1853, he came to St. Louis: in 1856, be came to Clinton Co., Iowa. He owns 260 acres of land. He married Christina Engke- camp in 1861 ; she was born in Prussia. They had ten children, five living-Mary Caroline, John W., Mary Christina, Mary Louisa and Mary Sophia.
PETER DIERKS, farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Lyons; born in October, 1824. in Germany ; in 1852, came to Clinton Co. He owns 383 acres of land ; is School Trustee; has been President of the School Board. Married Margaret Fauk in 1849; she was born in 1829, in Germany ; have eight children-Hans, John, Catharine, Anna, Margaret, Henry, Herman and Peter.
MARTIN DOLAN, farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Bryant; he was born in 1812, in Ireland. In 1847, he came to Quebec ; in 1853, he came to Clinton County. He owns 600 acres of land. Married Bridget Ruddy in 1842 ; she was born in Ireland Have ten children-Margaret, Ann, Patrick and Michael (twins), Kate, James, Ellea. John, Mary and Martin. Patrick enlisted in 1863, in Co. K, 26th Iowa V. I., and served to the end of the war.
HANS EHLERS, farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Lyons; born Dec. 6, 1821, in Germany; in 1867 came to Clinton Co .; he owns 306 acres of land. Married Wiepoke Peters in November, 1843 ; she was born in 1822, in Germany. Had eleven children. seven living-John, Henning, Carson, Peter, Claus, Margaretta and Emma.
CHARLES C. FINCH, farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Lyons ; he was born Nov. 25, 1823, in Canada; during the winter of the rebellion, he removed to Buffalo, N. Y .; about two years later, he came to LaSalle Co., Ill .; in about 1842, he came to Clinton Co .; has resided here since; he owns 482 acres of land-240 of this he entered. Mar- ried Electa A. Hall in 1848 ; she was born in Canada. Had six children, four living- Mary A, Electa A., Mathew and Betsey E.
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PATRICK GILL, farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Lyons; he was born in 1812, in Ireland; in 1831, emigrated to Boston ; in 1834, returned to Ireland, and, in 1836, came again to Boston, and worked for John Pearce thirty-five years, at sewer-building; in 1857, came to Clinton Co .; he owns 107 acres of land. Married Celia Ruddy in 1835; she was born in Ireland. Had ten children, six living-Catherine, William, John, Mary, Celia and Cornelius.
GEORGE W. GLAHN, farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Lyons; born April 23, 1827, in Germany ; in 1854, came to Clinton Co .; he owns 160 acres of land. Mar- ried Fannie Dellefs in 1860; she was born in 1835, in Germany. Have two children- Augusta and Ida.
JAMES HANDS, farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Lyons ; he was born in July, 1827, in Ireland ; in 1848, came to America; in 1851, came to Clinton Co. Owns 394 acres of land. He married Bridget Owens in 1851 ; she was born in Ireland. Have eight children-Andrew, Michael, Annie, James, Rose, Bridget, Catherine and Mary. Is President of the School Board; has been School Director for the past seven years.
JOHN HOLM, farmer, Sec. 29 ; P. O. Lyons ; he was born in December, 1853, in Germany; when an infant, came with his parents to Chicago; in 1855, came to Clinton Co., Iowa. Owns 160 acres of land. Married Mrs. T. Peters in 1876; she was born in Germany, in 1855. Have two children-Annie and Hans.
ROBERT HORNER, farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Bryant; he is a native of Ireland ; in 1850, he came to New Orleans; followed the river summers and worked in a pork-house for eight or nine winters; the first land he located was in Camanche ; this he traded for land where he now lives; he owns in all 280 acres, which he has improved. He married Mary J. Johnson in 1864 ; they have eight children-William, Lizzie, Mary Jane, Robert, Moses, Maggie, Johnson and Maria.
HERMAN KAHLE, farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Lyons; he was born in 1807, in Hanover ; in 1837, he came to Chicago ; thence to Dixon, Ill .; in 1840, he came to Clinton Co. He owns 260 acres of land, which he entered. Married Mary Fusback in 1855 ; she was born in Germany. He married Mrs. Gill, daughter of Wm. Determan ; she died in 1851; she had two children-Henry and Caroline-by a former marriage.
JOHN KENNEDY, farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Lyons ; he was born June 2, 1826, in Ireland ; in 1848, came to New York ; in 1849, to Wisconsin ; in 1854, he came to Clinton Co .; he owns 160 acres of land. Has been School Director and Township Treasurer. Married Honora Collins Nov. 10, 1854; she was born in March, 1830, in Ireland; had five children, four living-Michael, Julia, Maggie and John ; lost one child in infancy.
H. H. LAMPA; farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Lyons; he was born in August, 1812, in Germany ; in 1852, came to Clinton Co .; he owns 140 acres of land. Married Magdalene Schmidt in 1835 ; she was born in 1814, in Germany ; died March 3, 1878; have four children-Fred and Augusta ( twins), Herman and William.
GERHARD LANGE, farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Bryant; he was born June 21, 1833, in Holstein, Germany ; in 1854, he came to Chicago; the following year, he removed to Lyons ; worked at the carpenter trade there; in 1858, he came to Hamp- shire Township; he owns 180 acres of land. Is Justice of the Peace, President of the School Board, Treasurer and Director. He married Mary Voss May 17, 1858; she was born in 1836, in Germany ; have seven children-Gerhard H., John, Mary E., Wil- belmine C., Anna C., Fred W., Otto F.
PATRICK LENAGHAN, farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Lyons; he was born Aug. 10, 1823, in Ireland ; in 1844, came to New York ; in 1852, be came to Clinton Co .: he owns 324 acres of land. He married Julia Butler in 1854; she was born in 1825, in Ireland; have four children-Mary Ann, Jane T., Charles P. and Francis J. He has held most of the township offices.
FRIEDRICK LINDMEIER, farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Lyons; he was born July 20, 1827, in Germany ; in 1857, came to Clinton Co. ; he owns 130 acres of
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land. Married Catharine Untidt, in 1860; she was born in 1836, in Germany; have six children-John, Peter, Edwin, Fred, Justice and Otto; have an adopted daughter -Hulda Lindmeier. He is School Director and Treasurer.
JOHN MOHR, farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Lyons; he was born Sept. 26, 1827, in Prussia ; in 1856, he came to Clinton Co .; has since lived here; he owns 208 acres of land. He married Caroline Sheffler in 1860; she was born in 1836, in Prussia ; they have five children-Henry, John, Anna, William and Bertie.
P. O'CONNOR, farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Lyons; was born in Ireland in 1824; in 1844, went to Canada ; in 1854, came to Clinton Co., Iowa ; has been a resident of this county since; he owns 280 acres of land. Married Ann Welch in 1847 ; she was born in Ireland; had eight children, four living-Eugene O., Thomas, Ann and Sarah E.
JAMES OWENS, farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Lyons ; he was born in 1824, in Ireland, and, in 1847, came to America; in 1851, came to Clinton Co .; he owns 160 acres of land. Married Bridget Gallagher in 1847; she was born in Ireland and died in Clinton Co., Iowa; have two children-Anna and Peter; his present marriage was in 1866, to Ann Radder. He has been Township Treasurer and School Director.
L. F. ROGERS, farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Lyons; he was born March 18, 1817, in Canada ; in 1845, he came to Clinton Co., and has since resided here; he owns 347 acres of land. He 'married Sarah F. Boynton, December, 1839 ; she was born in 1820, in Vermont; have seven children-H. A., Sarah A., Benjamin L., Mary S., Imogene, Jessie M. and Lucy.
BARNEY BUDDY, farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Lyons; he was born March 20, 1814, in Ireland; in 1840, moved to Boston; in 1858, came to Clinton Co .; owns 105 acres.of land. Married Ellen McDevitt in 1858; she was born in 1835, in Ire- land; have eight children-Mary A., Susan, John, Sarah, Maggie, Ellen, Celia and Bridget; lost five children in infancy.
PETER SCHMIDT, hotel-keeper and butcher; P. O. Lyons; owns two acres of land ; he was born in Schleswig, Germany, Jan. 28, 1843, where he was edu- cated; in 1866, he emigrated to the United States and located in Clinton Co., Iowa, where he has lived since. He married Catherine Grebe, a native of Schleswig, in Clinton Co., Dec. 16, 1868, and had four children ; two are living-Otto and Erich ; he and his family were raised in the German Lutheran faith ; in politics, Independent; he was a poor man when he started in Clinton Co., and now he has a fine homestead, a good, paying business, and a fortune of from $1,500 to $2,000; his hotel is known as the " Two-Mile House."
AUGUSTUS SCOFIELD, farmer, Sec. 3 ; P. O. Lyons ; he was born . Dec. 25, 1819, in Sullivan Co., N. Y. ; removed to Lyons in 1850. He owns 280 acres of land. Married Sarah Spear Nov. 10, 1878; she was born in Wayne Co., N. Y. He has three children by a former marriage-Robert, Martha and Hettie.
WILLIAM SCOFIELD, farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Lyons; he was born in June, 1826, in Sullivan Co., N. Y. In 1850, came to Clinton Co. He owns forty acres of land. Married Harriet Terwilliger March 20, 1852; she was born in Orange Co., N. Y .; had six children, four living-Frank, George, Fred and Walter.
C. STUDEMANN, farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Lyons ; he was born Aug. 1, 1844, in Germany; in 1860, came to Clinton Co. and bought forty acres of land; he, with his father and brother, now own 1,040 acres, and are among the largest land- owners in the township. He married Lena Stoltenberg in 1871 ; she was born in 1848 in Germany ; have four children-Alexander, Oscar, Hattie and John.
HANS THIEMANN, farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Lyons ; he was born March 23, 1851, in Germany ; in 1874, came to Clinton Co. He owns 120 acres of land. Married Anna James in 1872 ; she was born in 1849 in Germany ; have one child- Emma.
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JOHN A. WESSELS, farmer, Sec. 3 ; P. O. Lyons ; he was born March 7, 1822, in Hanover, Germany ; in 1853, came to St. Louis ; in 1855, came to Clinton Co. He owns eighty acres of land. Married Mary C. Walka in 1854; she was born in 1830, in Hanover, Germany. They have three children-John Henry, John Herman and Anna Mary.
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SIMEON AMOS, farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Elwood; was born near Fairmont, Marion Co., Va., Feb. 20, 1818; he came to Jackson Co., Iowa, in 1844, and settled in Farmers' Creek Township. In 1846, he married Miss Mary Brown, a native of Ohio; in 1851, they removed to where they now reside, in this township; they have two children living-Harriet (now Mrs. J. Goodwin) and John. Mr. Amos and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church ; he is a Republican ; has held various local offices, and always has encouraged, in every possible manner, religious and educa- tional institutions. Mr. A. owns 334 acres of land, finely improved and possessing many natural advantages.
E. ANDERSON, farmer; was born in Rockingham Co., Va., where he mar- ried Miss Jane Phillips; they came to this county in 1853, and settled in Brookfield Township; they had eight children, five are living-Maria J. (now Mrs. S. Bader), Jesse A., David H., George H., Melinda A. (now Mrs. Sidle). Mr. Anderson and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church ; he is a Democrat; owns 160 acres of land.
GEORGE H. ANDERSON, Jr., farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 10 ; P. O. Maquoketa ; was born in Rockingham Co., Va., July 14, 1845; he emigrated to Clinton Co., with his parents, in 1852. Dec. 27, 1870, he married Miss Amanda Horst, of Bloomfield Township ; she was a native of Ohio; they have three children-Ella Maria, Emma Jane and George Alvin. Mr. A. and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church ; he is an active, enterprising citizen ; he owns 200 acres of well-improved land ; much of his attention is devoted to the improvement of his horses, cattle, etc. ; his stock of all kinds are unsurpassed and seldom equaled in the West; in fact, his well- merited success has won him a reputation as a scientific farmer and stock-raiser ; he has the largest and finest herd of thoroughbred Durham cattle in Clinton Co.
GEORGE H. ANDERSON, Sr .. farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 15; P. O. Elwood; Mr. Anderson was born July 29, 1819, in Rockingham Co., Va. ; came to. this county in 1856. In 1861, Mr. A. married Miss Mary, daughter of John and Agnes Dunlap, early settlers and esteemed citizens of Brookfield Township; they have had three children, two now living-Mary Agnes and Martha Jane; James W., deceased. Mr. A. is one of the present board of Township Trustees ; has taken much interest in public affairs, and is an enterprising citizen ; he owns 254 acres of land, with all the modern improvements.
JESSE A. ANDERSON, farmer and stock -raiser, Sec. 14; P. O. Elwood ; Mr. Anderson was born Sept. 5, 1839, in Rockingham Co., Va., where he remained until 1852, then removed to Clinton Co. with his parents. In 1864, Mr. Anderson married, in Jackson Co., Iowa, Miss Annie, daughter of David E. and Lorinda Bent- ley, pioneer settlers of Iowa ; they have had three children, two now living-David E. and Myrtle E. Mr. A. owns 280 acres of well-improved land; is a Democrat.
C. A. BEARD, of the firm of Beard & Clark, proprietors of creamery, grain and stock-dealers, Elwood ; was born in Jackson Co., Iowa, 1852; married, Oct. 23, 1878, Miss Rose, daughter of Richard and Mary A. Elwood, early settlers of Jackson Co. Messrs. Beard & Clark established their creamery in April, 1879, and have furnished it with all the latest improvements and appliances for the manufac- ture of butter of the best grade. Integrity, energy and perseverance will accomplish wonders. This is exemplified in a marked degree in the standing and personal degree of confidence attained by the firm of Beard & Clark.
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JOSEPH BRADY, farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Elwood ; Mr. Brady was born in Lawrence Co., Penn., Aug. 14, 1808; he removed, with his parents, John and Eliz- abeth Brady, to JoDes Co., Iowa, in 1854; he enlisted in Co. C., 14th I. V. I. ; served until the fall of 1863, when he was transferred to Co. M., 7th I. V. C., and served until February, 1866, when he was honorably discharged, and came to Clinton Co. immediately afterward. In June, 1867, he married Miss Caroline, daughter of Daniel and Margaret Gearhart, who came from Pennsylvania to Jackson Co., at an early day ; moved thence to Cass Co., where they now reside. Mr. Brady's children are Ida E., Jennie A. and Robert. Mr. B. is a Republican ; owns 200 acres of land.
B. CLARK, farmer; P. O. Elwood ; was born in Franklin Co., Mass., 1799. Married, in the same county, Miss S. Hitchcock ; they removed to Rhode Island in 1832; thence to Ohio, where they remained until the year 1852, when they emigrated to Clinton Co. and settled in Brookfield Township ; she died May 6, 1877; they had five children-Samuel H. (hardware merchant at Elwood), F. H. Clark (who served in the 46th I. V. I.), Lorinda R. (now Mrs. William A. Stanzel), Mary J. (now Mrs. O. P. Dunkin), S. C. (now the wife of G. H. Wade, Brookfield Township).
GEORGE R. CLARK, farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Elwood; a native of Mercer Co., Penn ; born in 1819. Married Miss Gertie Elwood in 1844; she was also a native of Mercer Co .; born in 1824. They emigrated to Jackson Co., Iowa, in 1851, and entered land in Fairfield Township; remained until 1867, when they moved to this township; they have five children-Thomas J. (married Lydia Burgin), John A. (married Eliza L. Johnson), Ettie G. (married R. 'W. Crane, of Jackson Co., Iowa), George W. and Ruth. Mr. Clark has been a member of the Republican party ever since attaining his majority ; has held various local offices. Owns sixty-eight acres of land, a portion of which is underlaid with building-stone of an excellent quality ; has twenty acres of fine timber, containing a spring of living water, making it one of the most desirable farms in Clinton Co.
S. H. CLARK, proprietor of hardware store, Elwood: was born in Massachu- setts, A. D. 1827 ; while a child, his parents moved to New York ; thence to Delaware Co., in 1832, where he married Miss Mary Jacobs ; in 1852, they came to Iowa and settled in this county. Mr. Clark keeps a first-class store, and is noted for the substan- tial work he turns out from the tinware department; his business has always been marked by a spirit of fair-dealing and a liberal policy throughout.
F. H. CLARK, farmer; P. O. Elwood ; was born in Delaware Co., Ohio Nov. 1, 1849; in 1853, removed with his parents ( B. Clark and Mrs. S. Clark, nee Hitchcock), to Iowa and settled in Brookfield Township, this county. He has been twice married ; first wife was Miss Mary Newkirk, who was born near Cincinnati, Ohio; she died Dec. 23, 1873; he married present wife (Miss Lettie A. Thornton) in Cedar Co., Iowa ; she was born in Pennsylvania; there were three children by first marriage; two are living-Ida and George B .; one child by second marriage-Abigail. Mr. Clark was Justice of the Peace, Township Clerk and Trustee several years; he has also held various school offices : members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Clark has always acted with the Republican party ; in the summer of 1864, he enlisted in Co. K, 46th Iowa V. I .; was honorably discharged with his regiment. Owns a finely- improved farm of eighty acres.
W. A. CLARK, of the firm of Beard & Clark, proprietors of creamery and grain and stock dealers, Elwood; was born in Erie Co., N. Y., in 1853; in 1867, he went to Stephenson Co., Ill., where he attended school until 1872, when he came to Clinton Co. Oct. 28, 1874, he married, in this county, Miss Emma J. Beard ; they have two children-Elizabeth J. and Mary Irene. Mr. Clark and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church ; he acts with the Republican party.
EDMUND L. COOK, farmer and stock-dealer, Sec. 8; P. O. Elwood. Mr. C. is a native of Welland Co., Canada ; was born in 1830; he accompanied his parents to this county in 1848; in 1854, he visited California, where he followed mining along the Yuba River until 1856, when he returned to this county. He has been twice
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married-first, in 1861, Miss Emma Wilberger, a native of Indiana; she died in 1867; his present wife was Miss Adeline Sparks, of New York ; they have four children- Edmund L., Ruby A., Alfred L. and Deloyd K. Mr. Cook owns 260 acres of land.
O. P. CORNISH, proprietor of blacksmith and general repair shop, Elwood ; Mr. C. was born at Lee Center, Oneida Co., N. Y., Oct. 15, 1846; emigrated in 1857 with his parents to Du Page Co., Ill .; in 1860, he moved to Clinton Co. He served in Co. F, 44th I. V. I. Feb. 23, 1871, he married Miss C. C. Dobler, a native of Penn- sylvania : they have five children-Henry, Willie, George, Albert and Lawrence. Mr. C. and wife are members of the M. E. Church ; Republican. In the fall of 1877, he was elected Justice of the Peace, which office he still holds.
JOHN COVERDALE, farmer, Sec. 25; P. O. Elwood; is a native of England; was born near Stockdale, Yorkshire, in 1822, where he married in 1849, Miss Elizabeth Wilson, a native of the same place ; she was born in 1829. In 1850, they emigrated to Illinois, and located near Aurora, where they remained until 1853, in which year they removed to this county, and settled where they now reside; they have four children-Elijah A., Franklin B., Ada P. and Harvey F. Mr. Coverdale and wife are members of the M. E. Church ; he is a Republican. Owns 240 acres of finely improved land, and is engaged in stock-raising.
DAVID CRAWFORD, farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Lost Nation ; is a resi- dent of Brookfield Township, Clinton Co., Iowa, for over twenty-four years; is a native of Washington Co., Md. ; born Dec. 25, 1831. In 1841, he went to Portage Co., Ohio, where he married, on Sept. 12, 1854, Miss Sarah Rose, who was born at Clymer, Chau- tauqua Co., N. Y., Nov. 23, 1833. They came West in 1855, and settled in this township, where they have since resided ; they have two children-Albert M. Warren and Hattie Jane. Mr. Crawford and wife are members of the German Baptist Church. They own a well-improved farm of 125 acres.
WILLIAM CREGER, farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Elwood; is a native of Prussia ; born in 1832. In 1845, he emigrated to Welland Co., Canada, where he married in January, 1859, Miss Elizabeth Shirk, a native of that county. In 1860, they came to Clinton Co., and settled on their present farm ; they have seven children living-Ellery J., Charlotte, John H., Albert, William, Fred and Rebecca E .. Mr. Creger owns 220 acres of land, and is one of the prosperous farmers of Clinton Co. ; his farm is well located, and possesses many advantages for an agricultural and stock farm. In politics, he is Liberal, but generally votes with the Democratic party.
C. L. DAVENPORT, farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Elwood; is an extensive farmer and stock-raiser, and the proprietor of nearly eleven hundred acres of land; was born in Sandusky Co., Ohio, in 1830; in 1839, he emigrated with his parents to Pulaski Co., Ind., where he married in 1854, Miss Mary Parnell, who was born in Ask- ham, Westmoreland Co., England, in 1832; she emigrated with her parents, John D. and Agnes Parnell, to Stark Co., Ohio, in 1834; thence to Pulaski Co., Ind., in 1844; in 1857, Mr. Davenport moved to Clinton Co., bringing his family with him; settled on and improved the farm where they now reside ; they have four children-Laura Isabel, John Albert, Horace Lincoln and Jesse Cooper. Mr. Davenport and wife are members of the M. E. Church ; he has always taken a lively interest in church and educational interests ; is a Republican.
JOHN H. DEVIER, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 9; P. O. Elwood ; is a native of Rockingham Co., Va. ; was born in 1840. Married in 1863, Miss Margaret J. Phillips, also of Rockingham Co .; she was born in 1844; they came to Clinton Co. in 1868; they have five children-Emma, Hannah Virginia, William Hugh, Angela Maria and John DeWitt. Mr. Devier and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church. He is a Democrat ; was elected a member of the Township Board of Trust- ees in 1878, and, the same autumn, was elected Justice of the Peace; is also School Treasurer. Owns a finely-improved farm of 180 acres.
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thereof several years in Virginia. He was Colonel of a regiment of Virginia militia a number of years. He married in Augusta Co., Va., Miss Agnes Phillips, who was born in 1816. They emigrated to [owa, and settled in this county in 1859, where he resided until his death, Nov. 5, 1869. In this county, he was elected to various official posi- tions, in all of which he discharged the duties with entire satisfaction to the citizens. The children of John W. and Agnes Dunlap are William P. (married Miss Adelia Bently), Mary E. (now Mrs. G. H. Anderson), Euseba J. (married J. R. Twiss, Jr.), James H. (deceased), Asbury (married Belle Gillett), John and Robert E. (deceased).
J. W. DUNLAP, farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Maquoketa; was born in Rocking- ham Co., Va., Feb. 11, 1851; came to this county with his parents, John W. and Agnes Dunlap, nee Phillips, in 1859. In 1878, he was appointed a member of the Clinton County Agricultural Society. He has also held various local offices. Mr. Dun- lap acts with the Democratic party. Generous by nature and practice, he always encourages and aids every public scheme of merit.
AUGUSTUS L. DYER, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 11 ; P. O. Maquo- keta. Mr. Dyer was born in Pendleton Co., Va., Nov. 7, 1824, where he remained until 1854, when he came to this county and settled in Brookfield Township. Mr. Dyer has been twice married ; his first wife was Elizabeth Anderson; present wife was Miss Mary W. Phillips. Mr. D. owns a finely-improved farm of 277 acres, and is exten- sively engaged in raising and dealing in stock. Democrat.
LEVI A. ECKMAN, farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Elwood; born in Liberty, Frederick Co., Md., May 24, 1824; he was educated in Carroll Co., Md., and in early life learned milling ; in 1849, he went to Darke Co., Ohio, and worked at his trade in Greenville ; in the spring of 1851, he camne to Lyons, Clinton Co .; thence to Bellevue, Jackson Co., in the same year, where he remained until the spring of 1854; from this time until 1855, he was employed in putting up flour-mills in various places in this portion of Iowa; in 1855, he engaged in milling in Maquoketa, and continued in that business until 1860, when he returned to Clinton Co. and commenced farming in Brook- field Township. Mr. E. has held the office of Justice of the Peace four terms. He was the first President of the Jackson and Clinton County Mutual Insurance Co., and is the agent of the company in that part of the county where he resides. Mr. Eck- man's first wife was Mary, daughter of Capt. J. L. Kirkpatrick, who served during the Black Hawk war; was born in 1822, at Springfield, Ill .; she died in December, 1856; had two children, one now living-Frank. Present wife was Miss Minerva Twist, a native of Washington Co., N. Y .; born Nov. 6, 1835; have two children-Alice and Addie A. Mr. Eckman is a Republican. He owns a well-improved farm. This very brief sketch of Mr. Eckman's life is all that our space will allow. The Eckman family have rendered, in all times of trial, good service to their country ; Jacob Eck- man, uncle of Levi A., served with distinction as Captain during the war of 1812, and was in Washington with his company when that city was destroyed by the British. John Lowe, maternal uncle of Levi A., was also a Captain during the war of 1812, and a brave soldier. Levi A. Eckman's grandmother, Maria L. Eckman, hee Schley, was the sister of Capt. Schley, who was, at one time, the owner of the largest number of vessels owned by any one individual ; he died in Germany, leaving property to the amount of $3,000,000.
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