The History of Clinton County, Iowa: Containing a History of the County, Its., Part 95

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

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G. B. EARLE, proprietor of Gates House, De Witt; born in Vermont: came to Iowa in 1855; located at Davenport in 1856, where he was for many years engaged in the mercantile business ; he was also engaged in the grain trade in Daven- . port and De Witt for about ten years ; was United States Revenue Agent at Davenport for two years; took charge of the Gates House in De Witt in March, 1878. Married, in 1858, Hannah B. Fowler, a native of New York ; has one daughter-Stella M.

PETER FLANNERY, dealer in machinery and hardware, De Witt ; was born in Ireland in 1826; he came to the United States in 1849 ; first located in Du Page Co., Ill .; thence to Clinton Co. in 1850; after coming to Iowa, was engaged for some time in farming with his brother, Berard; settled in De Witt in 1861; was engaged in the grocery trade four years; then engaged in the hardware business. He married, in 1861, Rose E. Mattingly, a native of Maryland; they have six children- William T., Ellen G., John, Mary A., George and Henry P. Mr. Flannery is a mem- ber of the City Council.

DANIEL W. FORBES, blacksmith, De Witt ; born in Cortland Co., N. Y., in 1830 ; his parents, John and Mary Forbes, removed to Chicago in 1832; they located in Jackson Co., Iowa, in the fall of 1837; his father died in 1864 ; his mother still lives in Jackson Co. Mr. Forbes enlisted in 1861 in the 1st I. V. C., Co. B; served two years. . He came to De Witt in 1858 and engaged in the blacksmith busi- ness. He married, in 1851, Susan Usher, of Ohio; has six children-Charles G., Janette, Minnie, Elmer, Susie and Fitz W. Mr. Forbes was a member of Walker's filibustering expedition in 1856; except two years absence in the army, he has been engaged in his present business since he came to De Witt.

WM. FULLER, retired farmer, De Witt; born in Augusta Co., Va., in 1820; he removed to Ohio in 1841; served an apprenticeship to the tailoring business, in which occupation he engaged at Bourneville, Ross Co., Ohio; was also Postmaster at that place for five years. He came to De Witt in November, 1849, and engaged in the mercantile business ; also worked at his trade ; in 1853, he purchased a farm of 200 acres in Sec. 20 ; in 1859, he again engaged in mercantile business in De Witt in com- pany with Mr. John Wallace, at the same time continuing his farm operations, Mr.

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Wallace conducting the business in town ; Mr. Fuller and family were sufferers by the terrible tornado of 1860 ; all of his family were more or less injured ; several have not yet recovered from the effects of their injuries ; one son. George A .. was caught up by the cyclone, carried about eighty rods and escaped with but slight injuries; the build- ings of Mr. Fuller were swept away and much other property destroyed. Mr. Wallace died in 1861 ; Mr. Fuller then assumed entire charge of the business, which he con- tinued till 1870 ; he also engaged in the manufacture of wagons from 1868 to 1878; since, has superintended his farming interests alone; he has a farm of 400 acres in De Witt Township and one of 320 in Boone Co. He married, in 1846, Miss Sarah J. Saxton ; has had ten children, eight are living-Maria A. (married Mr. George D. Staggs), George A., Kate (now Mrs. M. Mills, of Chicago), Ann A. (now Mrs. Butter- fuss), Mary F., Mattie E., Harrie E. and Lois; deceased-Alice S. and Carrie C.

J. M. GATES, De Witt; born in Vermont in 1818; removed to Lowell, Mass., in 1845; worked for a time at his trade of carpenter ; afterward, purchased the Lowell Museum, which he owned for three years ; he removed to Illinois in the fall of 1852, where he purchased a mill ; was burned out the following year; he came to De Witt in the fall of 1855, and engaged in the manufacture of lumber. He enlisted in the 1st I. V. C .; was promoted to Orderly Sergeant in the fall of 1862 ; transferred to the recruiting service as Second Lieutenant; raised Co. C of the 6th I. V. C .; became its Captain ; was discharged in November, 1865. Returned to De Witt; bought the Knowlton Hotel, now the " Gates House," which he remodeled and con- ducted for twelve years; he then leased the hotel and is now engaged in farming.

MOSES GOFF, farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. De Witt; was born in Canada in 1811. He married Sarah A. Sherman, also a native of Canada. They came to Lyons in the fall of 1841 and settled on their present farm in the spring of 1842 ; have resided there for thirty-seven years; have two children-Mrs. Mary A. Dean lives in Sioux . Co., Iowa, and Lemuel, who married Alice Saxton, a native of Clinton County, has two children-Henry and Florence Belle. Mr. and Mrs. Goff have lost nine children, seven of whom had attained adult age. David, a Union soldier, died at New Orleans during . the war; Samuel died at Denver, Col .; Alexander, also a Union soldier, died at home. in October, 1862; Mrs. Sarah A. Work, a daughter, died in March, 1878.

W. H. HALL, proprietor of Silver Creek Mills; P. O. De Witt. Mr. Hall was born in Indiana Co., Penn., in 1834 ; he removed to Southern Illinois in 1855, and came to De Witt in 1857. He learned the trade of a millwright, which business he followed till the fall of 1859; he then rented, in company with Mr. George Rule, Rock, Creek Mill, in Clinton County, where he remained two years. In August, 1862, he enlisted in the 26th Regt. I. V. I., Co. H; served till the close of the war; he enlisted as a private ; was promoted to 2d Sergeant, 1st Sergeant, 1st Lieutenant and Captain ; was commissioned Captain in June, 1864. After the close of the war, in company with Mr. Alexander Work, he bought Clear Creek Mills, which they conducted till 1867 ; he then sold his interest in that mill, and, with Mr. Timothy Follett, bought the mill which he now owns; he purchased Mr. Follett's interest in 1871. This mill has two runs of stones; its full capacity is about two hundred bushels per day. His wife was Miss Janette Rule, a native of New York State ; they have four children-Fannie J., William S., Edgar and Nelson; they lost four children in infancy.

JAMES HEDDEN, harness-maker, De Witt; born in Fayette Co., Penn., in 1821. He married Miss Mary A. Wood, also a native of Fayette Co., Penn. Mr. Hedden came to De Witt Township in the spring of 1851 ; he first located on a farm in Sec. 14, belonging to his father-in-law, Mr. William Wood ; he afterward bought and improved a farm in Sec. 15, which he sold in 1868, and came to De Witt in the autumn of that year. Has had nine children. six of whom are living-Hattie E. Miner, (resides in Humboldt Co., Cal.), Leonora J. Evans (resides in Clinton Co.), Loretta B. Hart (resides in San Francisco), Alice Christopher (also lives in Cali- fornia), Anna M., Helen H., and Mary S. are at home.

WI. J. HANNUM, farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. De Witt; was born in Colum- biana Co., Ohio, in 1820. Married in 1841 Jane Thomas, born in Washington Co,

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Penn., in 1817. He removed from Guernsey Co, Ohio, to De Witt Township in April, 1846. He first located on a farm in Sec. 14, where he remained till about 1866; he removed to De Witt in 1873, lived there till 1875, when he purchased the farm where he now lives. Has had six children, four are living-Joseph A., William N., Abbie J. and Albert R. His oldest son, Jonathan T., born in 1843, enlisted in 1861, iu the 8th I. V. I., and died while a prisoner near Chattanooga, July 1, 1862; Nancy A., died in 1872. Mr. Hannum owns 160 acres where he lives; also 122 acres in Sec. 22.

GEORGE HEY, grocer and baker, De Witt; a native of France, born in 1835. He served three years in the 24th Ohio Vol. Inf .; at the end of his first term of enlistment, he re-enlisted as veteran in the 180th Ohio Vol. Inf., where he served till the close of the war ; was in fifteen general engagements, including Stone River, Chick- amauga, Lookout Mountain, Mission Ridge, etc. He came to De Witt in the fall of 1866. He married Mary J., eldest daughter of Mr. Thomas Hatfield, one of the pioneers of Clinton Co. ; Mr. Hatfield was born in Fayette Co., Penn., in 1800; he married Elizabeth Henry, also born in Fayette Co., Penn. ; he came to De Witt in 1839, and settled in Sec. 27, where he continued to reside till his death, Nov. 29, 1875 ; his wife died Dec. 28, 1870; Mr. Hatfield had five children when he came to Clinton Co .- Mary J. (now Mrs. George Hey), William (died Aug. 12, 1863), Sarah (after- ward Mrs. John Frey, who, with her son, was killed by the tornado of 1860), Elizabeth (afterward Mrs. Greer Foster, who died July, 1858, leaving one son-Alfred T., who lives at Valley Falls, Kan. Mr. Hatfield was an extensive land-owner from the time he came to Clinton Co. until his death ; he was quite wealthy, upright and honest in his dealings with his fellow men. In 1871, he married Mrs. Sarah Canada, who' now resides in De Witt. Mrs. Hey was born in 1826, and was, therefore, 13 years of age when her parents came to Clinton Co .; she has five children by a former marriage -Sarah J. (now Mrs. David Drew), Frances E. (now Mrs. John Saxton), Mary C. (now Mrs. Francis J. Pruyn), and two sons, residents of De Witt.

T. T. HOBBS, furniture dealer, of the firm of Meredith & Hobbs, De Witt. Mr. Hobbs was born in Norway, Oxford Co., Me., in 1830; he removed to Terre Haute, Ind., in 1853, where he remained till 1866 ; while there, he was engaged as contractor of mechanical work. He married, in 1858, Huldah Creal, of Terre Haute; they have four children-Frederick E., Mary M., Nellie K. and Octavia. Mr. Hobbs came to De Witt in 1866; was engaged as contractor for several years : then pur- chased a half-interest in the furniture business of his present partner. He owns a farm in Washington Co., also other real estate. His partner in business, Mr. D. P. Meredith, was born in Belmont Co., Ohio, in 1821 ; removed to Washington Co., Ohio, in 1844; came to Clinton Co. in 1850. Married, in 1842, Sarah Bush, a native of Ohio ; has had seven children, five now living. His present wife was Mary S. Baxter, a native of Vermont.

L. S. HARRINGTON, farmer and stock-raiser ; P. O. De Witt; born in Otsego Co., N. Y., in 1836. His parents removed to Genesee Co., N. Y., about 1853; afterward to Chautauqua Co., where his father, Truman Harrington, died in. 1865. Mr. L. S. Harrington learned the carriage trade at Akron, N. Y., where he afterward engaged in that business; removed from Akron to Chautauqua Co., where he also engaged in the manufacture of carriages: In 1867, Mr. Harrington and his brothers, F. W. and N. S. Harrington, with their mother and sister, came to De Witt. He and his brother N. S. purchased the farm, which they now own, of Mr. John Cotton ; the farm is now divided, each owning a part of it. L. S. married, in. 1861, Louise Hoag. of Erie Co., N. Y .; they have one child-Alta, born in 1868. N. S. Harring- ton was born in 1829; married, in 1855, Ruth Webb; they have four daughters. L. S. and N. S. were, for many years and until recently, engaged together in business; they make a specialty of fine horses and cattle.

JOHN F. HOMER, hardware dealer, of the firm of Homer & Son, De Witt; born in Massachusetts in 1817; came to DeWitt in June, 1838; married, in 1842, Eleanor Turner, a native of New Brunswick ; she died in 1850; March, 1853, he again

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married D. A. Vanderberg, a native of Canada ; Mr. Homer had one child by first mar- riage-Ann, who died in 1859; have four children by second marriage-George F., Mary, Nellie and John F. Mr. Homer engaged in farming till 1855; has since been engaged in the mercantile business in De Witt; was Justice of the Peace in 1840, and Assessor in 1841.

E. P. HUBBARD, lumber and coal dealer, De Witt; born in Halifax Co., Va., in 1818; his parents, Clark and Lucy Hubbard, removed to Tennessee when he was 2 years of age ; he married, in 1843, Susan Donelson, a native of Kentucky ; he removed to Kentucky in 1844. Mrs. Hubbard died in 1849; have three children by first marriage-Ann, who married Mr. J. E. Wick ; Mary, now Mrs. E. Hall, and Lewis. The daughters are residents of Kansas ; Lewis, of Illinois. In 1854, Mr. Hub- bard married . Martha Green, a native of Kentucky ; have two children by second mar- riage-George N. and Henry C. Mr. Hubbard engaged in the grocery trade when he came to De Witt, afterward in the live-stock and grain business ; he went to California in 1850, and engaged in mining; returned in 1852; he went to California again, in 1875, for the benefit of his health ; returned with health improved.

A. W. JOHNSON, proprietor of livery stable, De Witt; was born in Washington Co., Ohio, in 1836; his father, Erastus Johnson, removed to Illinois in 1850, and died in 1877. Mr. Johnson came to De Witt in 1867, and engaged in the livery business; he is also engaged in breeding fine horses, making a specialty of the Morgan ; has now several fine specimens of that famous stock of horses. He married, in 1857, Mary J. Johnson ; they have five children-Horace, Frank, Walter, Laura and Nellie-the last two, twins.

JOHN JONES, farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. De Witt; was born in Clarion Co., Penn., in 1814 ; learned the carpenter's trade, which he followed till 1836; he was then engaged in the lumber business till 1844 ; was for some time engaged in building on contract. He married, in 1838, Lucinda Fulton, of Clarion Co .; have six children- Mrs. Angeline A. Gove; Mrs. Nancy C. Shearer, F. C., Cynthia E., P. C. and C. B. Mr. Jones came to De Witt in May, 1855; resided in De Witt one year, then pur- chased the farm where he now lives.

THOMAS KELLY, farmer and auctioneer, De Witt; born in Antrim Co., Ireland, in 1818; he came to America in 1838, and located in Philadelphia, where he resi- ded seven years ; he then returned to Ireland, but in 1847 returned to America and located in Canada. He married, in 1851, Nancy Flaoter, of Canada ; he first came to Clinton in 1859, with a drove of horses, which he disposed of and returned to Canada ; he located in De Witt in 1860; has five children-Thomas, Mary M., Laura J., and Fred and Edward, twins. Mr. Kelly was engaged in butchering in De Witt for eleven years; he owns a farm of 200 acres, two miles south of town.

FRED. P. KETTENBING, Postmaster, De Witt; born in Lycoming Co., Penn., in 1836 ; his parents, Henry and Agnes Kettenring, removed to Scott Co., Iowa, in 1845 ; his mother died in 1846; his father died in Rock Island Co., Ill., in 1858; he entered the 8th Iowa Regt. of Inf. in 1861; enlisted as private; rose to Second, then to First Lieutenancy, and promoted to Captain of Co. B Dec. 7, 1864 ; participated in the battles of Shiloh, Jackson, Vicksburg, etc .; was slightly wounded at Vicksburg, and severely, in the arm, at Spanish Fort; was taken prisoner at Shiloh ; was confined as prisoner at Tuscaloosa for thirty days; at Montgomery, Ala., the same length of time; then at Macon, Ga .; thence transferred to Libby Prison, where he was paroled October, 1862; discharged May, 1866. Married, in 1867, Eleanor Hender, a native of. England; have three children-Frank, Fred and Carrie E. Was appointed Postmaster, April, 1878.

JAMES W. KIRTLEY, farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. De Witt ; born in West- moreland Co., Va., June 15, 1811 ; he removed to Marion Co., Ill., in 1831; to Galena, Ill., in 1832 ; then to Dubuque ; he came to Clinton Co. in 1836, and entered a claim near De Witt; he has resided in Clinton Co. since that time, a period of forty- three years. He married, in 1858, Dora Guth; they have six sons and four daugh- ters.

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THOMAS LARGE, farmer and stock-raiser ; P. O. De Witt -; was born ip Ireland in 1821. He married Elizabeth Rogers, a native of same country ; he came to the United States about 1844; settled in Boston, Mass., and engaged in the boot and shoe business; he came to De Witt in March, 1859, and engaged in the boot and shoe trade ; he located on eighty acres of the farm which he now owns in 1860, which he had bought in 1858; he has now 450 acres ; is engaged principally in stock-rais- ing. Mrs. Large died in 1864; his present wife was Miss Mary Gorman. Mr. Large has eight children, four by each marriage.

S. LUM, farmer, Sec. 18; P. O De Witt; was born in New York in 1814; He married, in 1835, Eunice Cass, also of New York ; they removed to Scott Co .. Iowa, in 1839 ; settled where they now live in 1840. Mr. Lum has a fine farm of 220 acres, just without the limits of De Witt.

REV. T. McCORMICK, Pastor of St. Simon's Church, De Witt. Father McCormick was born in the State of New York in 1850; he is of Irish parentage ; was educated at Niagara Falls; he went to Dubuque in 1874; in 1875, he came to Clinton Co. and took pastoral charge of the church at Center Grove; he came to De Witt in the autumn of 1878. Father McCormick was the founder of St. Patrick's Temperance Society, at Center Grove, organized in 1876; it has connected with it a fine library, also the fruit of his labors ; this Society, aided by his faithful labor, has done much to aid the cause of temperance among the people. He is an earnest though quiet worker in the temperance reform, and much good is accomplished wherever his influence is felt. He has organized a school in connection with his church at De Witt, which is now in a flourishing condition; in this school he now employs three teachers; it has an enrollment of over one hundred pupils.

JAMES McKAY, engaged in drilling wells, selling pumps and wind-mills, De Witt; born in 1832; came to De Witt in 1865 ; he sells the Barnes Pump, manu- factured at Maquoketa, Iowa, also the Rockford Pump, and is agent for the Wind-Mill Co. at Freeport, Ill .; has followed his present occupation for eleven years. His wife is a native of Canada ; has nine children, two sons and seven daughters.

ALANSON MCLAUGHLIN, carpenter and farmer ; P. O. De Witt; born in Mercer Co., Penn., in 1830. Married, January, 1856, Nancy Bates, a native of Crawford Co., Penn .; born in 1835. They came to De Witt in the spring of 1856, where Mr. Mclaughlin worked at his trade until August, 1862, when he enlisted in Co. H, 26th I. V. I .; served till close of war; was in all the battles in which his regi- ment took part; was wounded at Arkansas Post. At the close of the war, he returned to De Witt, and resumed his trade, which he continued till 1873, when he exchanged his property in De Witt for the farm he now owns. Has siz children-Eugene F., Laura E., Carrie J., Wandy L., Claude and Maud (twins). His parents, Henry and Laura Mclaughlin, came to De Witt in the spring of 1870 .. His father died in July, 1872; his mother resides with ber son.

JAMES S. MAYES, farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. De Witt; was born in Harrison Co., Ohio, Sept. 21, 1835; he came to De Witt Township in the spring of 1860. He married, in 1865, Sarah Ann Barrett, whose parents, Wm. and Ann Camp- bell, came to Clinton Co. in 1853.

NATHANIEL A. MERRELL, attorney, De Witt; born in the village of Copenhagen, Lewis Co., N. Y., in 1829. His parents, Seth and Mabel Sanford Merrell, were from Connecticut. His paternal grandfather was a soldier of the Revo- lution ; his father was a soldier in the second war with England. From the time he was 16 years of age until 22, he divided his time between farming, teaching and attend- ing school ; he then began the study of law with an elder brother, Eliada $., who was then residing at Copenhagen, now a resident of Lowville, and Judge of Lewis Co .; he was admitted to the bar at Watertown, Jefferson Co., July, 1855, and the next spring came to De Witt and worked up a good reputation as an attorney ; his professional career has been one of marked success; he is a fluent speaker, and, in any reasonally just cause, carries the jury with him. Mr. Merrell entered the army in the fall of 1862, as Captain of Co. D., 26th I. V. I .; he was severely wounded at the battle

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of Arkansas Post, Jan. 11, 1863. He was Mayor of De Witt two years, and a mem- ber of the Lower House of the General Assembly during its fourteenth session, and of the Senate during the fifteenth, sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth sessions. He has been a life-long Democrat, but does not " give up to party what was meant for man- kind." He was an earnest supporter of the administration in its efforts to suppress the rebellion. He married at Lowville, N. Y., July 17, 1855, Mrs. Mary A. Momam Merrell, the widow of his brother; they have three children living; have lost two.

MELVIN MORTON, engaged in general draying and expressing business, De Witt; born in Ontario, Canada, in 1849; his parents, Lowell and Emily Morton, removed to Michigan about 1854 ; they came to De Witt about 1858; his father died in the army during the rebellion ; his mother, now Mrs. Robinson, resides in Cedar Rapids. Mr. Morton has been engaged in his present business in De Witt for twelve years. He married Miss Dolly M. F. Familton, of De Witt; she was born in Ohio ; her parents were early settlers of this county ; they have one son-Lowell W.

. MRS. ANN E. NEVILLE, widow of the late George W. Neville ; resides in Sec. 21; Mrs. Neville was born in Berks Co .. Penn., in 1810. She married, in 1832, Mr. George Neville, who was born in Maryland, then a resident of Phila- delphia ; they came to De Witt Township in the fall of 1837 ; has resided where she does since 1841; has had eight children, five living-Mrs. Rosaltha Cassey, William T., Lewis L., Winfield S. and Mrs. Elizabeth C. Smith ; Mrs. Isabella L. Browning died July 15, 1857, leaving one daughter, now Mrs. T. W. Grear ; two others, Anna and Charles, died in infancy. Mr. Neville died June 14, 1864.

REV. DAVID NICOLL, Pastor of the United Presbyterian Church, De Witt. Mr. Nicoll was born in the town of Andes, Delaware Co., N. Y., in 1841 ; he entered Jefferson College, Pennsylvania, in 1861. In August, 1862, he enlisted in Knapp's Pennsylvania Battery ; was wounded at Wahatchie Valley Oct. 28, 1863; from that time till the close of the war, was employed in the Provost Marshal's office in New York City ; was discharged May 19, 1865. In September, 1865, returned to Jefferson College; Jan. 1, 1866, he entered Monmouth College, Ill., graduating June, 1867 ; he graduated at the Theological Seminary, Monmouth, March, 1869; in Novem- ber of the same year, was ordained, and installed Pastor of the U. P. Church, of De Witt. Married, Jan. 16, 1870, Isabella F. Brown, a native of Bovina, Delaware Co., N. Y .; has four children-Wm. A., Thomas E., Geo. D. and Mary. The U. P. Church at De Witt was organized Sept. 8, 1855, with sixteen members. The Elders were John Barrett and James Bartlett ; in June, 1856, the Rev. R. S. Campbell became the first Pastor ; remained till April, 1868; he was succeeded by the present. Pastor in January, 1870. In 1861, nine members of the Church enlisted in the army -John Barrett, John Henderson, D. J. Cranston, J. A. Hyde, W. H. Hyde, James Barnes, John F. Beard and James V. Patterson. Of these, but one, D. J. Cranston, survived till the end of the war, and he lost a leg at the battle of Chattanooga, in 1863; the others were killed in battle or died of disease while in the service. The Church has now ninety members. The members of Session are James Bartlett, N. T. Baird, Robert McClenahan, J. D. Buchanan and J. S. Mayes.

CHARLES M. NYE, attorney at law, De Witt ; born in Jefferson Co., N. Y., in 1828; he came to Davenport, Iowa, in 1856, to De Witt in 1858; he went to California, Moniteau Co., Mo., the same year, and engaged in the practice of law. He returned to De Witt in 1862, and enlisted in the 26th I. V. I .; was elected Captain of Co. H; was promoted to Major in 1863; he served a year and a half, resigning on account of ill-health. He soon after engaged in the practice of his profession in De Witt. His first wife was Miss Anna Rodgers; left one child-Charles A .; his present wife was Emma C. Lowe, of De Witt; they have two children-Martha W. and George L .; has lost one child-James B.

A. G. OATMAN, retired farmer, De Witt; was born in Middletown, Rut- land Co., Vt., in 1829; his parents, Ira and Lovica Oatman, removed to St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., about 1827; his mother died in 1834; he returned to Vermont and lived in the family of his mother's brother until he was of age ; he went to Wisconsin in the

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fall of 1851; in the spring of 1853, he went to California and engaged in mining ; remained in California six years; returned to Vermont in 1859. Married, in October of the same year, Ellen S. Adams, of Vermont. Came to Clinton Co. in February, 1861, and bought a farm in Eden Township the following year; he retired from the farm in the spring of '1877, and came to De Witt; he built a fine residence in 1878, where he now resides.

DR. F. G. POTTER, dentist, De Witt ; was born in Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., in 1833; he removed to Jackson Co., Iowa, in 1851; prepared for the practice of his profession at Maquoketa, where he practiced three years ; he returned to Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., in 1857 ; returned to Maquoketa in 1865, where he remained till November, 1874, when he located in De Witt. His wife was Miss Sarah J. Barnes, of Maquo- keta, formerly of Cattaraugus Co., N. Y .; they have one child-Irene.

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The History of Clinton County, Iowa: Containing a History of the County, Its., Part 95

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