The History of Clinton County, Iowa: Containing a History of the County, Its., Part 94

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

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JOHN M. SPARKS, farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Elwood ; born in Salem Co., N. J., in 1824 ; when he was 2 years of age, his parents moved to Philadelphia, thence to Ohio in 1829 ; John M. remained there until 1849, when he came to Jowa and set- tled in Brookfield Township, where he now resides ; in 1850, he returned to Ohio, and married, in Hancock Co., Miss Salina M. Birkhead, a native of Tyler Co., Va., born in 1828; they have five children-Catherine Almeda (now the wife of George C. Mem- mem), Lydia M. (now Mrs. George A. Elwood), Martha Emeline, Joseph Beverly and Mary Alma. Mr. Sparks and wife are members of the M. E. Church, at Elwood; he has been Class-leader over twenty-three years; has also been Church Trustee a number of years; he has held various township and school offices, and has taken an active part in all enterprises tending to the advancement of the public interests of his township. Mr. Sparks acts with the Republican party. He owns 145 acres of finely-improved land.

J. L. STAMAN, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 14; P. O. Maquoketa; was born in Lancaster Co., Penn., in 1827 ; removed with his parents to Wayne Co., Ohio, i n 1835, where he married Miss Susan Bowman, a native of Stark Co., Ohio; in 1856, they came West and settled in Clinton Co .; they have nine children-John, married Miss Ellen Sleeper), Mary G., Levi A. (married Miss Mary A. Cook), George, Jacob Y., Irwin, Daniel S., Orlando B. and Ivanilla. Mr. Staman has always acted with the

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Republican party, and, although never an aspirant for political honors, he has been called upon to fill various offices ; he has held the position of member of the Board of County Supervisors several terms; was Justice of the Peace thirteen years ; also Town- ship Collector three terms. Mr. Staman owns 445 acres of land, and is extensively engaged in stock-raising.

GEORGE TESKEY, farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Elwood. Mr. Teskey was born in Ireland, A. D. 1839 ; emigrated to this country in 1851 ; came to this county in 1855. He enlisted in Co. I, 12th Regt. I. V. I .; was in the battles of Fort Donel- son and Shiloh; in the latter, was wounded and taken prisoner at the time most of his regiment were captured ; they were exchanged Nov. 10, 1862; the regiment was re organized, and participated in the siege of Vicksburg, battles of Tupelo, Miss., White River, Nashville and Spanish Fort; he was honorably discharged in December, 1864; returned to this county, and, in 1872, married Miss J. A. Mill. They have four chil- dren-Lincoln M., Ella May, Lincy T. and Mr. Teskey has held various local offices ; is a Republican. Owns 120 acres of well-improved land.

GERHARD TIMMERMAN, farmer, Sccs. 31 and 32; P. O. Lost Nation ; a native of Prussia; was born in 1827; he served two years in the Pros- sian army before coming to this country, where he arrived in 1862. During the war, he served in Co. D, 10th Iowa Regiment, where he did his duty until honorably dis- charged. In 1865, he came to this county, where he married Mrs. Mary Lenisfield (nee Whippen) ; he owns 160 acres of land; his wife also owns 80 acres. Is a mem- ber of the Lutheran Church. Republican.

J. R. TWISS, Sr., farmer, Sec. 2 ; P. O. Maquoketa; is a native of Ben- nington Co., Vt .; was born June 30, 1811; attended school until 16 years of age, when he removed with his parents to Warren Co., N. Y., where he learned the black- smith trade. In 1832, he went to Cambridge, where he remained until the autumn of 1849, when he went to Licking Co., Ohio, and engaged in farming. In 1849, he emi- grated to Iowa and settled in Brookfield Township, then wild and unsettled prairie. Mr. Twiss is a Democrat. He was the first Asscesor elected in Brookfield Township; was a member of the Board of Supervisors during the war, and was one of the first to vote an appropriation for war purposes ; he has always taken an active part in the advancement of educational and religious interests; has filled various school offices. Is a member of the Baptist Church, in which he has been Deacon and Trustee for several years. Sept. 14, 1834, he married, in Warren Co., N. Y., Miss Ann Bentley ; they have eight children-Minerva A. (now Mrs. L. Eckman), Julia M. (wife of Hon. J. S. Maxwell), John R., Jr. (married. Miss Enseba Dunlap), Myron (married Miss A. Riddle), Richard B. (now a leading attorney in Chicago, Ill.), Edward L. (married Miss Josephine Bowers), Emma J. (married David Reynolds). Mr. Twiss owns 180 acres of land; he and his son Edward are engaged in farming and stock- raising.

U. S. WADE, farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. Elwood; born in 1806, near Newark, N. J., where he married Miss Phoebe Myratt; they emigrated to Delaware Co., Ohio, in 1842 ; thence to Iowa, in 1852, and settled where they now reside, thus becoming carly settlers of Brookfield Township. Their oldest son, George, married Miss S. C. Clark ; daughter Lucy is the wife of John Dyke; Charles L. served in 8th Iowa Cav. during the war of the rebellion, and was a gallant soldier ; he died in 1878. Three are unmarried-John, Phoebe and James. Mr. Wade and wife are members of the M. E. Church, in which he served as Steward a number of years; Mr. W. was a Whig, but since the decline of that party, has been an earnest Republican. Owns 150 acres of land.

OLIVER H. WHITNEY, farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Maquoketa ; was born in Greenwich, Washington Co., N. Y., June 27, 1820; he received a liberal education in early life. In 1843, he came West and engaged in teaching near Quincy, Ill., which vocation he plied until 1865, when he came 'to Iowa and settled upon land he now resides upon, which he had purchased at an early day. Mr. Whitney married in Green-

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wich, N. Y., Miss Frances E. Toomey. He owns 250 acres of land, well improved and finely located. Is a Republican.

PETER WHITSELL, farmer, Sec. 16 ; P. O. Elwood ; a pioneer settler of Jackson Co., Iowa ; was born in Ross Co., Ohio, Aug. 17, 1813; in 1836, went to Madison Co., Ill. ; in 1838, came to Jackson Co., Iowa, and entered land within one mile of the city of Bellevue; was there during the Bellevue War. In 1852, he mar- ried, in Jackson Co., Miss C. MoCrary, a native of North Carolina ; in 1869, they moved to their present residence; their children are William, married Miss C. Wilson, lives in O'Brien Co., Iowa; Charlie, married, and lives in O'Brien Co., Iowa; John; Nancy, married A. Sadler ; Martha and Mary. Mr. W. and wife are members of the Metho- dist Episcopal Church, in which he has always taken a deep interest ; he acts with the Republican party. Owns 171 acres of land, upon which he has all the modern improve- ments.

WILLIAM WILCOX, merchant, Elwood; was born in Elizabeth, Jo Daviess Co., Ill., March 1, 1847, where he resided until the spring of 1863, when he, with his father, Isaac Wilcox, removed to Mt. Vernon, Iowa, for the purpose of attend- ing college at that place; he graduated in 1867, being the youngest but one of a class of eleven ; he at once took a position in the grammar department of the Tipton public schools, holding the position one year, when the School Board complimented his service by electing him to the Superintendency of the public schools of the place, at a good salary ; he held this position for two years ; was then chosen by the School Board of Belle Plain to grade and organize their schools, only to be recalled for another two years to Tipton ; at the expiration of this time, the situation of Principal of the schools at Manchester, Delaware Co., was tendered him, accepted and held for five years; in all of these schools many fine classes and proficient scholars have been sent out. Mr. Wilcox married Miss Annie Betts, daughter of Judge Betts, of Tipton, Aug. 3, 1870; Eddie is their only living child, Willie having died in 1872. Becoming wearied of school life, extending in all over a period of fifteen years, Mr. Wilcox has concluded to rest for a time, at least, and has engaged in the mercantile business in Elwood, where he has secured a desirable and constantly-increasing trade, possessing the confidence of all the best people of the community.

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JAMES N. ARTHUR, farmer; P. O. De Witt; born in Cornwall, England, in 1828; he emigrated to Hamilton, Canada, when 21 years of age, where he resided four years; in the fall of 1853, he came to Iowa and entered a farm of 260 acres in Monmouth Township, Jackson Co .; he then went to Illinois, and returned to England in the fall of 1855, where he remained one year, when he returned to Illinois; he settled on his farm in Jackson Co. in 1857. He married Miss Harriet Arthur, native of England, but, at the time of their marriage a resident of Massachusetts; they have two children-William J., born in March, 1860, and Charles H., in November, 1863. Mr. Arthur has 575 acres in his farm in De Witt Township; since he came to Clinton Co., he has been extensively engaged in stock-raising, but is now giving much attention to the dairy business. Mr. Arthur and wife are members of the Methodist Church.

B. S. BEACH, coal dealer, De Witt ; born in Oneida Co., N. Y., in 1826; he removed to Milwaukee in 1855; was a resident of that city for sixteen years; was engaged, during his residence there, as superintendent of a grain elevator ; he came to De Witt in 1871 and engaged in his present business.

ABNER BEARD, retired merchant, De Witt; was born in Wilmington, Middlesex Co., Mass., in 1800; was a teacher in the public schools of Boston from 1822 to 1831; he then went to Greensboro, Orleans Co., Vt., where he was for some time engaged in the mercantile business; thence to Albany, N. Y., where he engaged as book-keeper for the firm of F. J. Barnard & Co., lumber de alers; e cam

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to Clinton with his brother, Eldad, in June, 1838, and took a claim in what is now the township of Orange; in 1841, he went to Barry's Point, near Chicago, and engaged in the hotel business ; from 1843 to 1852, was engaged in the lumber business at Muskegon and Marquette ; he then returned to Albany, N. Y., and again became book-keeper for F. J. Barnard & Son. He married, in 1855, Mrs. Mary K. Munson, widow of Francis A. Munson ; she was born in Williston, Chittenden Co., Vt., April 27, 1815 ; her parents removed to Burlington, Vt., when she was an infant; she married, in 1832, Francis A. Munson, a native of Colchester, Vt .; she came with her husband to Clinton Co. in April, 1840; they went to Lyons, Ill., in 1841, and engaged in the hotel business; in 1843, they went to Chicago and took charge of what was then called the Illinois , Exchange Hotel ; Mr. Munson died of cholera in 1849; in 1851, Mrs. Munson returned to Vermont and married Mr. Beard in 1855. Immediately after their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Beard returned to Clinton Co. and settled in De Witt; Mr. Beard engaged in the mercantile business, in which he continued fourteen years; he retired from business in 1869. They had one child-Abigail, born Dec. 10, 1856, and died Dec. 16, 1859. Mrs. Beard had five children by first marriage, four now living-Lucia B., born at Greensboro, Orleans Co., Vt., in 1833; Mary F., at Colchester, Vt., in 1838; Alice J .; in Chicago in 1846, and William E., in Chicago in 1847; Francis I., deceased, was born in Lyons, Cook Co., Ill., in 1843.

SAMUEL N. BEDFORD, carpenter, De Witt ; born in Morris Co., N. J., in 1819; his parents were David and Nancy Bedford; they removed to Western Penn- sylvania in the fall of 1831, where they resided till the spring of 1839, when they came to Clinton Co. ; during the first year of residence in Clinton Co., they lived on the farm of Loren Wheeler, at Round Grove, De Witt Township; the next year his father entered a farm in Section 29, where he resided until his death in 1844; his mother died in 1843. Mr. Samuel Bedford married, in 1849, Miss Elizabeth Dunham, native of Fayette Co., Penn .; they have had thirteen children, eight now living-Mary, Lizzie, Annie, Louisa, Ashbel, Josephine, Lillian and Ada ; their deceased children died in infancy. Mr. Bedford located in De Witt in 1844; has worked at the trade of a car- penter for thirty-five years.

A. R. BISSELL, retired farmer, De Witt; was born in Trumbull Co., Ohio, in July, 1812; at 20 years of age, he went to Pittsburgh, Penn., where for three years he was clerk in a wholesale dry goods store; thence to Alton, Ill., where he remained three years ; then returned to his native town and engaged in the dry goods business in Ashtabula Co., Ohio, where. in 1838, he married Maria Burr, a native of Massachu- setts; he came to Clinton Co. in 1840; engaged in farming in De Witt Township ; has followed the occupation of farming most of the time since he came to Iowa, but for a time was engaged in the dry goods business in De Witt; was School Fund Commis- sioner for eight years. Mr. Bissell has two sons and two daughters-Joseph B., Helen E., Evelyn and Charles P. Mrs. Bissell was born in South Hadley, Mass., in 1809.

JAMES D. BOURNE, De Witt; born in Prince William Co., Va., Jan. 27, 1811 ; his parents, William and Elizabeth Bourne, removed to Spencer Co., Ky., in 1813; thence to Hannibal, Mo., in 1824; in September, 1832, Mr. Bourne, then a young man of 21 years, went to Wisconsin and engaged in mining a few miles north of Galena, Ill. ; in 1833, he went to Potosi, Grant Co., Wis., where he built the first log furnace for smelting ore built at that place ; in June of the same year, he removed to Dubuque; he has been a resident of Iowa since that date, forty-six years; he remained in Dubuque till September, 1836, engaged in mining ; he then came to what is now Clinton Co .; his only property at that time, to use his own language, was a gun and six dogs; he was appointed Postmaster in January, 1837, of Waubesipinicon, now contracted to Wapsie, situated in the southwest corner of what is now Eden Township, Clinton Co., then Dubuque Co .; he was the first Sheriff of Clinton Co., being appointed by Gov. Dodge March 13, 1840; he served as Sheriff eight years; took the United States census of Clinton Co. in 1840, and also in 1850 ; was a member of the General Assembly of 1848 and 1849; was elected Recorder in1851 ; served two years ; since that time has been engaged in general business-farmer, land agent, money-loaner,

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etc .; he settled in De Witt in 1841, and now, occupies the house, a part of which he built in 1842. He married in 1843 Christiana Dennis, a native of Lockport, N. Y .; born in 1827; has had ten children, only four now living-Mary E. (now Mrs. E. D. Hadley), M. Virginia (now Mrs. George W. Lambertson), Notley A. and Robert Lee; those deceased are James (died in Nevada in October, 1863, aged 20 years), Zachary T. (died March 6, 1879, aged 32 years, leaving two daughters-Abbie and Maud) ; Sarah K. (married James Simpson ; died in 1874, aged 26 years ; left one son-Harry B.), Pauline L. (married A. E. Hess ; died May 9, 1878, aged 24 years), Anna B. (died in 1863, aged 4} years), Jefferson (died in 1863, aged 1 year). Mr. Bourne has for many years dealt extensively in real estate, and has been very successful in business. His father was a slaveholder ; the only property he received from him was a few slaves. which he sold to his brother for one-half their value rather than have them sold to strangers ; he took his brother's note, which he canceled when the slaves were emanci- ;pated by President Lincoln.

DR. JOHN H. BOYD, De Witt; born in Westmoreland Co., Penn., in 1816 ; studied medicine in Butler, Penn .; began practice in Clarion Co., Penn., in 1840, where he remained ten years ; then removed to Beaver Co., near Pittsburgh, where he remained five years. In 1855, returned to Clarion, disposed of his property and came to De Witt the same year; has resided here since, except one year; was engaged in the drug bosi- ness at Wheatland, Clinton Co. His twin brother, Jacob K. Boyd, attorney, came to De Witt in 1853; he is now District Judge of Alleu Co., Kan. Dr. Boyd married, in 1840, Hannah M. Messenger, a native of Allegany Co., N. Y .; she died Feb. 15, 1870; .had six children-five are living; his second child and only son, Dr. Robert E. Boyd, .born in 1847, died at Dunlap, Harrison Co., Iowa, Sept. 1, 1878. He was a graduate .of the Medical Department of the : Michigan State University in 1875; practiced two years with his father, then located at Dunlap, where he had already acquired a fine reputation as a man and physician. His daughters are: Jane, now Mrs. Benjamin Beard, resides in Kansas ; Phoebe H., married William L. Spottswood; Nancy S., now Mrs. John Dobler, resides in De Witt.

DAVID H. BROWN, farmer and stock-raiser, residence, De Witt; born in Worcester, Mass., in 1811; his parents removed to Erie Co., N. Y., about 1815; he married, in 1832, Philena Evans, born in Otsego Co., N. Y., in 1812; removed to Erie Co., Penn., in 1833; came to what is now De Witt, in 1837; have six children-Mary Ann, now Mrs. Riggs, born in 1833; Hannah, now Mrs. Stevens, born in 1835; Mercy, now Mrs. Salem Cotton, 1837; James W., born in 1837; Martha E., now Mrs. George Holmes, born in 1846 ; and George D., born in 1854. Mr. Brown has always been engaged in farming and stock-raising ; makes a specialty of Jersey thoroughbreds.

ROLLIN G. BROWN, County Surveyor, De Witt; was born in Vermont in 1825 ; his parents removed to Ohio about 1832; he graduated at Franklin College, Ohio, in 1849; was for five years Civil Engineer on the Steubenville & Indi- ana Railroad; he came to De Witt in June, 1855; has been engaged in the mercantile and grain business during the greater part of the time since he came to De Witt; has been County Surveyor two years ; his wife was Miss Mary Carter, of De Witt.

PATRICK BURKE, farmer, Secs. 3 and 4; P. O. De Witt; owns 375 acres of land. Mr. Burke was born in County Roscommon, Ireland, about 1825 ; he emigrated to America in 1847, and located in Chester Co., Penn .; he came to Clinton Co. in 1850, settling in Center Township, Sec. 6; he purchased his present farm in March, 1869. He married Mary Prendergast, born in Canada, of Irish parentage ; have twelve children, five sons and seven daughters ; have lost two children.

A. JUDSON CLARK, grain, storage and commission merchant, De Witt. Mr. Clark was born in Stark Co., Ohio, in 1837. His parents, Rev. T. W. and Ann T. Clark came to De Witt in 1840. He was married in 1866 to Miss Tillie Bell, a native of Waynesburg, Greene Co., Penn., born in 1841 : they have five children- John W., Francis W., George H., Albert B. and Anna M. Mr. Clark is an energetic and successful business man ; soon after he became of age, he engaged in the banking and real estate business; was in the dry goods business from 1867 to 1870; has for

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many years dealt largely in real estate; he owns 600 acres of improved land in Clinton Co .; has been engaged in present business for eight years.

BALIS CARR, farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. De Witt; born in Ohio in 1818; he removed to Indiana in 1840; came to De Witt about 1857 ; he purchased a farm in Orange Township, where he lived two years; sold out and rented a farm near Grand Mound for one year; he bought the farm which he now owns in 1861. He married Miss Marsula Jones, a native of Ohio ; they have four sons and three daughters ; have lost one daughter.

REV. T. W. CLARK, De Witt ; born in New Brunswick Feb. 23, 1808; he removed to Stark Co., Ohio, in 1830. Married, Dec. 19, 1833, Ann Turner, of Horton, Nova Scotia; came to De Witt from Ohio in 1841 ; was licensed to preach in 1843, and ordained in 1845; was engaged, principally, in missionary work from the time of his ordination until 1866 ; was some time Pastor of the Baptist Church in De Witt. Mrs. Clark died on the 10th of February, 1866. Mr. Clark married, in 1872, Mrs. Elizabeth Marker, formerly of Lockport, N. Y. During the years that Mr. Clark was engaged as missionary, he preached at Spring Brook two years, also at North Bend and Hickory Grove one year. Mr. Clark had six children by his first marriage, only two of whom are living-A. J., born in 1837, resides in De Witt ; George W., born in 1844, resides in Nebraska ; those deceased are-Amy, aged 22 years ; Sarah J., aged 7 years ; Loretta, aged 3 years, and Eliza J., aged 11 years.

DANIEL CONLEY, deceased ; was born in Ohio in 1834; he was raised in Perry Co .; went to Dixon, Ill., in March, 1865 ; he came to Clinton Co. in Decem- ber, 1865. He married, in 1869, Marietta Taylor, of Sycamore, Ill .; they had three children-Francis D., Marietta and Robert. Mr. Conley came to De Witt in 1876; he had been engaged in the marble business for twenty-six years.

SALEM COTTON, real estate, De Witt; was born in Trumbull Co., Ohio, in 1833 ; his parents, John and Mary Cotton, came to Clinton Co. in 1844; his father entered the farm now owned by L. S. and N. S. Harrington ; his father died in 1870, his mother several years later. Mr. Cotton married, in 1860, Mary Brown, a native of Pennsylvania ; they have five children-Wickliff W., Della, Bertha, Grace and John.

-D. J. CRANSTON, dealer in pumps, bed-springs and wheel-barrows, De Witt ; born in Ohio in 1842 ; came to Iowa in 1853; resided in Scott Co. till 1855, when he came to Clinton Co. He enlisted, in 1862, in the 26th I. V. I .; was at the battles of Lookout Mountain and Mission Ridge; he lost a leg at the battle of Ring- gold, in 1863; was discharged in April, 1865. Married, in 1871, Hannah Dawson, a native of Ohio; has three children-Harry O., David G. and Fred. Mr. Cranston located in De Witt in 1869 ; engaged in his present business in 1873.

R. J. CROUCH, attorney, De Witt; born in Ripley Co., Ind., Feb. 8, 1836 ; his parents, John and Maria Crouch, came to Clinton Co. in 1854; he taught school from 1854 till 1860; was elected member of the Board of Supervisors in 1861; was for some time Principal of the school in De Witt ; was elected County Superintendent of Schools in 1862, and served eight years ; was admitted to the bar Dec. 9, 1871; admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of Iowa in October, 1872. Married Oct, 8, 1868, Philena Foster, a native of Haverhill, N. H .; they have had four children. three of whom are living-Grace, Mildred and Marshall C .; they lost their second daughter, Dora. Mr. Crouch was Grand Worthy Chief of the Iowa Grand Lodge of Good Templars in 1869 ; is Master of De Witt Masonic Lodge, No. 34; was for several years Secretary of State Teachers' Association, Mr. Crouch is quite fond of literary work, and has been contributor to several magazines and papers.

JOSEPH W. DEARBORN, mechanic, De Witt; born in Orange Co., N. Y., in 1830; his parents, Albert G. and Elvina Dearborn, removed to Indiana in 1837 ; to Muscatine, Iowa, in 1845; they came to Clinton Co. in 1846 ; his father conducted a dairy in De Witt Township for some time; then engaged in farming; he died in June, 1875. Mr. Dearborn married, 1851, Eliza J. Dennis. He was Duputy Sheriff

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of Clinton Co. for four years; was Overseer of the Poor in 1877. Has three children -Willard, Anna and Ella. Mr. Absalom Dennis, father of Mrs. Dearborn, was born in New Jersey in 1800; he married, about 1826, Mary Ann Merritt, of Seneca Co., N. Y .; she died in 1854. Mr. Dennis has two daughters-Mrs. Bourne and Mrs. Dear- born. Mr. Dennis came to Clinton Co. in 1837. He has resided in De Witt Town- ship for thirty-eight years.

1 EBENEZER DORR, farmer, Sec. 25; P. O. De Witt. Mr. Dorr was born in Erie Co., N. Y., in 1822; in 1843, he came to Jackson Co., Iowa, and engaged in teaching; he taught the school in Maquoketa during the winter of that year, and was the first male teacher of that town ; he returned to New York the following year, but returned in 1845, and again taught the school at Maquoketa; he entered a half- section of land in Richland Township ; in 1850, he crossed the plains to California ; was absent two years. He was elected to the Legislature from Jackson Co. in 1861, and again in 1863; he came to his present location in the spring of 1864 ; in 1873, was elected to the Legislature from Clinton Co. He married Miss Catharine Earl, daughter of William Y. Karl, of Maquoketa; they have five children -.- William H., Joseph W. George E., James E; their eldest, Amelia, married Mr. Stephen Nowles, a brother of Mr. G. R. Nowles, of Berlin Township.

FRED DRIFFILL, carriage-maker, De Witt; was born in Yorkshire, England, in 1848; his parents, Benjamin and Louisa Driffill, came to this country and settled in Clinton Co. in 1851; they located in Welton Township; his father died of cholera in Davenport in 1856; his mother resides at Rock Island. Mr. Driffill came to De Witt in September, 1866; he served his apprenticeship with Johnson & Rutledge; worked for Mr. William Fuller for six years; then purchased the business of his employer; he now employs ten workmen, and is doing a fine business.

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The History of Clinton County, Iowa: Containing a History of the County, Its., Part 94

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