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Mr. Stevens, the founder, has always figured extensively in the affairs of the town.
QUARRY.
The village of Quarry was laid out in 1868. by the Le Grand Quarry Company. It is situated on the North-Western Railway, three miles west of Le Grand. Among the first settlers were S. L. Coate, Aldus M. Coate, Silas Wollohan, Vogle and others. The first building erected was a hotel. The first store was built by C. A. Phillips in 1868, and is now occupied by him. Mr. John Smith built the first residence. The post office was established in 1867, with Elias
Wollohan as Postmaster. The first physician was Brayton Benn. The first birth was a son to Fred. Johnson, named William, and the first death a child of the same family. A school house was built in 1869, one story in height, con- taining two rooms, and built of brick.
The Christian Church has a branch society here, though with no church edifice. The population is from 200 to 300, with an average school attendance of fifty.
The present business is represented by two groceries, one blacksmith shop. two general stores, one agricultural warehouse, one meat market and one saloon.
Mr. Aldus M. Coate is the proprietor of the large steam elevator, 24x60 feet in size. He ships about 200.000 bushels of grain per year. The Le Grand Quarry Marble is the principal article of export.
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HISTORY OF MARSHALL COUNTY
SURVEY OF TOWNS AND VILLAGES.
It may be convenient to know when the several villages were surveyed and the survey recorded. The early towns were not recorded at once, in all cases. The date of survey antedates the records by some years in the matter of La Fayette or Albion.
Le Grand, the first town, was planned in 1850, and a little settlement made, with one store. The records show evidence of the town July 5, 1854. It was located on Section 13, Town 83, Range 17.
Marietta was surveyed in the Summer of 1851, and the plat was recorded October 11, 1851. The site is the west half of the southwest quarter of Section 18, Town 84, Range 18, and the east half of the southeast quarter of Section 13, Town 84, Range 19.
La Fayette (called Albion in 1858), was surveyed in August, 1852, but the plat was not recorded until July 21, 1856. The site is the west half of the southeast quarter and east half of the southwest quarter of Section 6, Town 84, Range 18.
Marshall (now called Marshalltown, to distinguish it from another place of the same name in this State), was laid out in 1853, and filed August 15, of that year. The site is the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter and the north- east quarter of the northwest quarter Section 35; and the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter and the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of Section 26, Town 84, Range 18. There have been numerous additions to the original plat.
Bangor was recorded August 17, 1854, and is laid out on the north half of the southwest quarter and south half of the northwest quarter of Section 17, Town 85, Range 19.
The year 1857 was a prolific one for town surveys. Liberty was filed April 28, 1857, and was located on Section 27, Town 85, Range 20. Bevins Grove is the town on the Minerva at present. Illinois Grove is also a post station on Section 8 of Liberty Township.
Jeromeville was filed July 6, 1857, and was laid out on Section 25, Town 84, Range 18, a suburb of Marshalltown.
Green Castle was recorded on Section 8, Town 82, Range 17, September 7, 1857, but the scheme never amounted to much. The railroad has ended it for- ever, since the line goes two miles from this point.
State Centre dates from December 2, 1863, and is located on Section 10, Town 83, Range 20.
Edenville is on Section 9, Town 82, Range 20, and was recorded October 6. 1866.
Lamoille was filed November 16, 1867, and is situated on Section 2, Town 83. Range 19.
Both State Centre and Lamoille are towns created by the North-Western road, and the former is one of the leading places in the county.
Quarry was caused by the development of the stone quarry on Section 11, Town 83, Range 17, and was recorded June 11, 1868.
Liscomb was surveyed on Section 12, Town 85, Range 19, and was filed June 1, 1869.
Gilman, an Iowa Central Railroad town, is situated upon Sections 25, 26, 35 and 36, in a diagonal manner, in Town 82, Range 17. The plat was re- corded January 24, 1872.
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HISTORY OF MARSHALL COUNTY.
Dillon, situated on the same road, was recorded June 15, 1876. It is on Section 27. Town 83, Range 17.
UNSURVEYED HAMLETS.
Timber Creek and Laurel are little hamlets and post stations in Jefferson Township ; Green Mountain is a post station, and Fredonia is a settlement, both in Marion Township. Minerva is a post station in the township of the same name. Bevins Grove and Illinois Grove are post stations on the Minerva Creek, in Liberty Township. Stanford is a post station one and a half miles north of Bangor, in Bangor Township. The Friends' Society have here located a seminary of learning, in which two teachers are employed and some fifty pupils attend. Vienna is the post station located near the center of the town- ship of that name.
PROPERTY STATEMENT.
TOWNSHIPS. TOWNS AND CITIES.
VALUE OF LAND.
Value of Value of Per- Town Lots. sonal Property.
TOTAL VALUE.
TOTAL TAX.
Marshalltown
$98,449 $634.021
$266,859
$999,329
$51.264.49
Marshall.
103,729:
45,653
149,382
3,294.64
Eden
136,777
5,571
25,416
167,764
4,157.19
Taylor.
112,831
26,624
139,455
3,486.66
Green Castle.
167,343
550
38,366
206,259
6,119.33
Albion
5.550
33,282
31.483!
70,315
2,502.60
lowa ..
108,081
37,015
145,096
3,519.44
Liscomb
192,398
38,881
231,279
4,974.15
Liberty.
149,777
28,527
178,304
4,380.05
Minerva.
195,515
41,983
237,498
5,776.66
State Centre.
200,431
74,726
275,157
7,436.86
State Centre Village.
3,641
106,328
74,735
184,704
6,558.42
Washington
161,848
4,496
98,305
264,649
6,997.03
Jefferson
155,593
115
27,476
183,184
4,264.59
Timber Creek.
213,920
79,095
293,015
7,404.57
Le Grand
218,056.
16,696
146,961
381,713:
10,068.62
Marion
192,095
409
38,800
231,304
5,244.03
Vienna
164,180
27,290
191,470
5,327.63
Bangor
116,251
1,959
22,163
140,373
3,488.25
Marietta
220,439
4,149
59,092
283,680
6,333.90
Gilman.
3,202
30,818
28,478
62,498
3,634.04
Total for 1877.
$3,058,654 8855,552 $1,304,862 $5,219,068 $162,933.55
Total for 1867
2,109,769
126,829
924,669
3,161,267 100,654.45
Logan
131,602
24,170
155,772
5,087.87
Liscomb Village.
6,946
17,158
22,764
46,868
1,610.53
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STATEMENT OF VOTES CAST IN MARSHALL COUNTY FOR PRESIDENT IN 1876, AND FOR STATE AND COUNTY OFFICERS IN 1877.
President, 1876.
Governor, 1877. Representative
Sheriff.
Treasurer.
Auditor.
Supt. Schools.
Surveyor.
Coroner:
Supervisor.
TOWNS.
Hayes.
Tilden.
Cooper.
J. H. Gear.
J. P. Irish.
D. P. Stubbs.
J. M. Parker.
II. S. Patrick.
B. L. Burritt.
Hickox.
Steward.
Ernst.
Smithı.
Beeson.
Shorthill.
Sleight.
Woodworth.
Moore.
Bailey.
French.
| Wolcott.
Percival.
Spear.
Havens.
Rosegrant.
Bremner.
McCulloch.
Holt.
Getz.
Thompson.
Hammond.
Crabtree.
Varnum.
Marshall*
734
399
34
492 361
173
47
500
169 389
682
146
242
527
159
349
179
507
367 |.
12
518
500
25
632
433
524 316
179
468
157 436
Marion.
120
47
12
44
5
71
5
46
73
7
40
2
69
5
37
6
10
51
60 2
66
50
...
33
35
29
34
29
34
1
29
Logan ...
35
5
35
5
10
15
25
77
16
65
94
11
67
7 9
168
31
33
S
56
721
112 1
11
158
65
201
40
60
24
47|
25
50
10
25
Timber Creek ..
106
60
6
33
39
19
47
12
45
12
40
42
10
47
34
33
18
5
83
44 .
19
301
83
2
84
38
40
41
12
48
53
33
Taylor
112
10
3
30
4
17
14
43
18
4
41
15
4
2
5
1
37
26
...
100 49
69
63
43
17
90
32
70
34
18
136
32
Washington
123
51
37
16
10
7
46
10
15
48
7
1
47
8
13
19
18
32 ...
46
14
11
571
14
40
15
10
42
6 22
Jefferson ...
81
47
12
48
30
9
7,
40
17
29
51
8
29
2
49
10
29
2
1
35
54
481
37
59
28
48
29
10
49
7
33
State Center
244
67
188
34
2
176
7
37
195
6
29
190
6
33
25
168
1
186
31.
11
196
34
189
33
178
6
31
Bangor ..
136
12
....
3
51
22
3
......
3
101
27
60
123
13
56
1
125
54
1
76
76
36 1
3
145
45
126
59
113
64
19
83
5
85
Eden
95
9
32
53
21
18
1
52
18
63
10
21
55
16
21
39
2
53
56
171
21
73
21
58
21
13
55
17 21
Marietta ..
146
40
2
39
21
3
73
86
13
23
105
3
20
7
100
حت
7
1
12
121 2
10
104
21
111
23
103
24
3
108
3
25
Total ..
3,056 1,189 133|1,448
837. 389: 504 1,730 470 906 2,017 345 708|127; 1,848 362| 782 138| 536|1,112 1,458,66| 156 1,795. 1,131 103, 2,173;
394, 1,826| 360,960
...
...
103
12
39
6
53
62
48 3
91
68
109
54
96
53
13
102
13
53
Le Grand ..
255
72
2
100
41
26
71
166
26
41
167
28
39
26
1
47
10'
25
3
2
24
58; 1
1
48
31
5
3
...
63
4
48
3
18
49
16
5
Iowa ..
164
42
16
23
29
16
121
103
42
39
63
19
30
7€
64
18
31
73
12
30
21 ... ...
36
14
50
36
.....
14
36
14
Liscomb ...
176
57|
.. ....
2
15
25
8
36
21
35
28
38
26
.....
34
1
29|
6
26
32
...
31
Minerva ...
58
54
31"
29
2
31
1
32
36
14
36
14
35
14
14
14
6
......
...
86|
7
14
92
10
1
98
9
95
9
2
97
2
15
Green Castle ..
173
89
16
109
52
26
79
83
7
101
101
1
3
5
22
51
2
21
9
27
40
46
30
54
22
52
22
50
1
24
Vienna ...
146
13
22
8
2
51
3
22
49
95
2
9
10
10
11
...
...
....
75
44
70|
44
5
73
...
...
1
40
27
168
26
41
Liberty ...
115
55
68
.....
......
......
....
46
12
42
20.
4
...
37
...
....
...
173
12
23
.....
76.
52
43
...
31
5
...
...
...
* Town and City voted together.
908| 1,836| 837
6
7
E. Jessup.
50
...
14
11
.
BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY.
ABBREVIATIONS.
agl ... agent
carpenter
.clerk
mer merchant
mfr. manufacturer Co ..
dir.
.dealer
mkr. .. maker
far ..
.farmer
P. O.
Post Office
gro ..
. grocer
prop .. proprietor
I. V. A Iowa Volunteer Artillery
I. V. C. .lowa Volunteer Cavalry
I. V. I.
Iowa Volunteer Infantry
supt .. .superintendent
lab ...
.laborer
Treas. Treasurer
MARSHALLTOWN AND LINN TOWNSHIP .*
(P. O. MARSHALLTOWN.)
A BBOTT, A. C., manager Hawk Eye Oil Mills.
Abbott, E. A., grain dealer.
ABELL, THOMAS B., deceased ;
born in Fredonia, N. Y., in 1814; he lived there and in Michigan and Ohio, and came to Iowa in 1856, locating in Marshall Co., at Marietta ; he was asso- ciated with Hon. Delos Arnold in the real estate and loan business. He mar- ried Miss Addie E. Williams July 4, 1858; she was from Erie Co., Penn., and came to this county in the Spring of 1857. In 1862, they moved to Mar- shalltown, and engaged in the banking business with Mr. Woodbury, and was afterward Vice President of the First National Bank until his death, April 1870 ; he left a large property and two children-Florence and George M., who died July 1, 1878.
Adams, J. M., drayman.
Adams. James, physician.
Adams, Joseph, mason.
AICHER, CORNELIUS, coop- er, and manufacturer of barrels and fir- kins; born in Germany, Oct 3, 1845 ; lived there twenty-two years ; learned his trade there, and came to America in Oct., 1868; came to Sioux City, Iowa, and remained one year, then came to
Marshalltown in 1869, and has been en- gaged in his present business for the past nine years, and does the largest business of the kind here. He married Lena Estel, from Ohio, Sept. 3, 1873 ; they have two children-Fred and George.
Aldrich, O. L., machinist.
ALLEN, D. J., farmer and stock raiser, S. 29; born in Columbiana Co., Ohio, in 1832; he lived there in 1853, when he came to Iowa, to Marshall Co., being one of the early settlers ; he is engaged largely in farming and stock raising, and owns a farm of 560 acres. He married Miss Elizabeth Holmes, from Columbi- ana Co., Ohio; they have six children -Charles S., Benjamin L., Mary, By- ron, Sarah and Joseph.
Allen, E. W., traveling agent.
Allen, Oscar, agricultural implements.
Almblad, Andrew, carpenter.
Anderson, John A., watchmaker.
Anderson, John W., tailor.
Anderson, Peter, laborer.
ANKENY, DAVID E., black- smith ; born in Somerset Co., Penn., Sept. 1, 1837 ; he learned his trade, and carried on his business there ; he came to Iowa, to Marshalltown, in Dec., 1862, and has been engaged in businesss for the 1
*Notice of division in Marshall Township came in after the above had been compiled, consequently they are put in together. See History organization of the County, p. 341.
mach. machinist
carp ....
mecli mechanic clk
.company or county
S. or Sec. . Section
st ..... . street
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DIRECTORY OF MARSHALL COUNTY:
past fourteen years, and longer than any one else in the same business now here. Anselme, John. hotel.
ANSON, HENRY, far .; born in Can- andaigua, Ontario Co., N. Y .; when 5 years of age, moved to Ohio ; he started April 7, 1851, with his team, for Iowa; leaving his family in Illinois, he came here and and built a shanty ; then went after his family, and arrived here in July, 1851, and pre-empted a quarter of a section of land, on which the town now stands, from Main street south ; with his team, he drove through the tall prairie grass to make a track for a road where Main street is located, and he cut grass and made hay here; he was the first settler in this town, and is the oldest set- tler living here ; he engaged in locating land for settlers, and doing a land agency business ; in 1852, he built the first steam mill in the county, and sawed all the lumber for buildings and fences, and he built the first cabin here with windows in. He was elected Justice of the Peace in 1852, and served four years, and did a large conveyancing and surveying business ; was appointed County Surveyor. Owns a farm adjoining the city limits. Married Miss Jennette Rice, from the State of New York in July 1846, she died in January, 1859 ; they have three chil- dren living-Sturges R., Adrian C .; lost one son-Melville F. ; his son, Ad- rian C., was the first child born in Mar- shalltown.
Anson, A., far., S. 2. Anson, S. R., laborer.
Armbruster, Louis, boot and shoe dealer. Armington, A. O., foundryman.
Armor, J. I., master, Central R. R.
ARNOLD, DELOS, born in Che- nango Co., N. Y., July 21, 1830 ; re- ceived his education in that State, and was a graduate of the Law Department of the Albany State University, in the Spring of 1853, and came to Lowa in the Fall of the same year ; the day follow- ing his arrival in Marshall Co., he was appointed Prosecuting Attorney, he being the only attorney in the county at that time; he held that office four years ; after practicing his profession seven or eight years, he was obliged to give it up on account of his health. Was elected to the State Legislature in 1856,
and again in 1869; was elected to the State Senate in 1874, and still fills that position ; he was appointed by Presi- dent Lincoln the first Assessor of In- ternal Revenue of the Sixth District, embracing about one-third of the area of the State, and held the office four years and was removed by Andrew Johnson, for political reasons, and was succeeded by Hon. Thos. H. Benton. Mr. Arnold had nothing when he came here, and few citizens of this State have been more successful. Married Miss Hannah R. Mercer Nov. 28, 1855, at Marietta ; she was of the Order of Friends, and was from Columbiana Co., Ohio; they have three children-Theresa, Delos, Jr., and Ralph ; they have lost three children in infancy.
Arnold, J. R., lightning rod dealer. Arnold, O. P., furniture dealer.
ARNOLD, SETH C., of the firm of Arnold Bros., furniture dealers ; born in Otsego Co., N. Y., March 21, 1833 ; lived there eighteen years, and removed to Monmouth, Warren Co., Ill, and lived there until 1856, when he came to Iowa and located at Iowa Falls, and was engaged in the mercantile business there until 1874 ; then came to this city, and with his brother engaged in the furni- ture business. Has held the office of Superintendent of Schools several years, and Town Treasurer, and other town and school offices. Married Miss Jennie Wells, from New York, May 9, 1860 ; they have three children-Clara L., Nellie and Harry O.
Ash, M., salesman.
Atkinson, J. A., bus driver.
Austin, T. D.
BACH, JOHN, yard master, Central R. R.
Bailey, Wm., farmer.
BAILEY, W. T., merchant, grocery, provision and crockery ; was born in Piatt Co., Ill., May 22, 1845; lived there until 1868, and was engaged in the mercantile business for several years ; then entered the army. Enlisted in Co. F, 2d Ill. V. I .; was in a number of fights and skirmishes, and was severely crippled at Baton Rouge, La. After the war, in 1868, came to Marshalltown and for the past eight years, has been en- gaged in his present business. Married
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MARSHALLTOWN AND LINN TOWNSHIP.
Miss Marion L. Burgess, from Vermont, [ in Sept., 1868; they have two children -Fred I. and John R., and have lost one son-Willie.
BAKER, ENOS, contractor and builder, and Vice President of the Iowa Building and Manufacturing Co, Mar- shalltown ; born in Highland Co., Ohio, Nov. 28, 1830, and lived in Ohio for twenty years; then removed to Hamil- ton Co., Ind., and lived there fourteen years ; then came to Marshalltown in 1864, and since then he has been en- gaged in the building business. Has held the office of City Alderman. Mar- ried Miss Amy George, from Highland Co., Ohio, in the Fall of 1852; they have four children - Lena, Cassius, Lulu and Helen ; they have lost three children.
Baldwin, Samuel, retired.
BALLOU, CHARLES T., of the firm of W. I. Bates & Co., dry goods and carpets ; was born in Prince- ton, Bureau Co., Ill., Oct. 27, 1848; received his education and engaged in learning the dry goods business, and afterward engaged in the business at Wyanet, in that county, until the Spring of 1874, when he came to Marshalltown and associated with W. I. Bates, formerly of Princeton, in their present business. He married Miss Luella M. Bates, from Princeton, Bureau Co., Ill., Sept. 18, 1870.
Banzhof, John, mason.
BARNHART, R. H., retired; was born in Chautauqua Co., N. Y., Oct. 16, 1833; he learned the printing business and lived in New York until 19 years of age ; moved to Michi- gan in 1852 ; came to Dubuque, Iowa, in 1854, and came to Marshall Co. in Oct., 1855 ; in the Fall of 1856, he and E. H. Chapin bought out the lowa Cen- tral Journal, and it was the first paper published in the county ; in the Fall of 1858, Mr. Barnhart came to Marshall- town and established the Marshall County Times, the first issue being Oct. 13, 1858; he sold his interest in the paper in 1861 to Wm. H. Gellup, and engaged in the drug business with R. Howe Taylor for ten years ; for the past few years he has retired from active business. He is very retiring in his
habits, and has steadily avoided office. Married Miss Esther Hemenway, from Kalamazoo Co., Mich., July 13, 1853. BARROWS, ORVILLE B., retired ; was born in Delaware Co., Ohio, Nov. 13, 1820 ; he was brought up on a farm, and engaged in farm- ing until 1850; then he emigrated to Iowa, coming in his wagon, camping out nights and was eighteen days on the way ; they located in Johnson Co., and lived there seventeen years; then then they came to Marshalltown in Dec., 1868. He was elected Councilman in his Ward in 1869, and held that office for four and a half years ; was then elected Mayor in the Spring of 1874, and held that office for three years, and declined a re-election ; he has held the offices of Town Trustee and Overseer of the Poor, and is County Sealer of' Weights and Measures. Married Miss Mary A. Wadsworth, from Vermont, Sept. 28, 1844.
Batchelor, Calef, shoemaker.
BATES, WM. I., of the firm of Wm. I. Bates & Co., dry goods and car- pets ; born in Hampshire Co., Mass., July 9, 1850 ; when 14 years of age, re- moved to Princeton, Ill., and was en- gaged with his brother in the mercantile business for five years ; then sold his in- terest and was connected with a whole- sale dry goods house in the city of New York for four years ; came to Marshall- town in 1873, and since then has been engaged in the dry goods trade here. Married Miss Grace Hinsdale, from Princeton, Ill., Feb. 12, 1873.
BAUM, FRED, retired ; born in Columbiana, Ohio, May 14, 1828 ; he learned the harness making trade, and also carriage trimming and painting ; in 1×53, he went to civil engineering on the Ohio & Indiana, now the Ft. Wayne & Chicago R. R. ; he helped make pre- liminary survey of portion of the road, and afterward had charge of and com- pleted the fourth division, from La Fay- ette to Vanwert; he came to Iowa, and arrived at Marietta, this county, April 13, 1855, and engaged in general sur- veying and showing lands to settlers, and he had several narrow escapes from freezing to death while out on urveying expeditions ; then he engaged harness
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DIRECTORY OF MARSHALL COUNTY :
making; he made the first horse collar made in this county ; also painted and trimmed the first carriage in this county, and run the first engineers' level in this county, and took the first ambrotype and daguerreotype in this county. He was elected County Surveyor ; held the office of City Assessor from 1869 to 1875. Has been in poor health for two years past. Married Rachel Dixon, from Columbiana, Ohio, March 21, 1851; she was daughter of John, and grand- daughter of Joshua Dixon, founders of Columbiana, Ohio ; they have three chil- dren-Theron S., Ella and Frank.
Baxter, E. F., merchant.
Beach, Geo. E., gas fitter and plumber.
Beasley, N. H., retired.
Beebe, George H., agent.
BEEMER, JAMES M., proprietor Beemer House; born in Luzerne Co., Penn., Sept. 9, 1835 ; he lived in Penn- sylvania and learned the building busi- ness, until 1868, when he came to Iowa and to Mahaska Co., and engaged in building and hotel business; he came to Marshalltown in May, 1878, and became proprietor of the Beemer House. He married Miss Eliza Evans, from Luzerne Co., Penn., in March, 1858 ; they have three children-Clara E., Katie I. and Charles M., and have lost one son.
BEESON, BYRON A., Treasurer of Marshall Co .; born in Columbiana Co., Ohio, Feb. 26, 1838; when 12 years of age, removed to Indiana, and lived there until the Fall of 1854, when he came by wagon, with his father's family, to Iowa, and was thirty-four days on the way ; they came to Marshall Co. June 28, 1855, and engaged in farming. Was in the army ; enlisted as private Aug. 12, 1861, in the 2d Iowa V. C., Co. B; he was in the battles of Corinth, in the Spring and Fall of 1862, Iuka, Franklin, Nashville and many others ; was in every engagement of his regiment, some twenty-three or twenty-four. except one charge ; was promoted and commissioned First Lieu- tenant. After his return, engaged in the hardware trade. Was elected County Treasurer in 1876; re-elected in 1877 ; has held town and school offices. Mar- ried Miss Emily Ulrey, from Pennsyl- vania, in April, 1864 ; they have four
children-Roxie, Mattie A., Ed. Grier- son, Emmet G. ; lost one son in infancy. Beckwith, Harvey, laborer.
BELL, JOHN C., firm of Matthews & Bell; born in Cook Co., Ill., May 12, 1839 ; removed to Schuyler Co. in infancy, and lived there until 1852. Was in the army ; volunteered April 22, 1861, in the 16th Ill. V. I., Co. A; he served in that company for two years and then went in the re-organized 14th Ill. V. I., and was commissioned First Lieutenant of Co. E, and was afterward promoted to Captain of Co. B, and served in that position until the close of the war; was in the battle ot New Madrid, and at the capture of Gar- rison Island No. 10; was with Gen. Pope's army around Corinth, and in the pursuit of the rebels after the evacua- tion ; was with Gen. Rosecrans, and with Gen. Sherman in his march to the sea. He came to Marshalltown in 1875, and engaged in the milling business. He is Colonel commanding the 1st Independ- ent Batallion Infantry I. N. G. He married Miss Nannie Matthews, from Springfield, Ill., March 9, 1865; they have four children-Lulu M., William M., Nellie M. and Henry G.
Bellinger, R. A., engineer C. R. R.
Bellows, Frank, railroad conductor.
Benedict, H. W., soap manufacturer.
Benson, Peter, laborer.
Beutter, Frank J., carpenter.
Bently, John, newspaper carrier.
Berg, Charles, engineer.
Berg, John, laborer.
Berry, W. S., far., T. 32.
BEVERAGE, M. C., photograph artist ; born in Maine, June 8, 1841 ; he went to Canada in infancy, and lived until 15 years of age, and then removed to Michigan and Wisconsin, where he learned his business. He came here in Jan., 1876, and associated with Mr. Jarvis in his present business. He married Hattie Crumb, from Wisconsin, in 1871 ; they have two children-Maud and Herbie.
BINFORD, BENJAMIN, attor- ney and Justice of the Peace; born in Salem, Columbiana Co., Ohio, April 23, 1837 ; received his education there and studied law, and came to Iowa, to Mar- shalltown, in 1834, and was engaged in
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the grain business for some time. Was elected Justice of the Peace in 1876. Married Miss M. H. Duncan from Fay- ette, Penn., Dee. 25, 1867 ; they have three children living-Kennedy D., Fan -. nie M. and Martha J.
BINFORD, O. L., attorney at law ; born in Columbiana Co., Ohio, Sept. 20, 1841, and received his education there ; came to Marshalltown in 1868, and studied law, and was admitted to the bar in March, 1872, and since then has practiced his profession here. Married Miss Abbie Fawcett, from Mahoning Co., Ohio, in March, 1870 ; they have one son-Ernest F. Binford, born Jan. 8, 1871.
BINFORD, THADDEUS, at- torney at law, firm of Brown & Binford ; born in Columbiana Co., Ohio, May 14, 1849; received his education there and graduated from the Cleveland Law Col- lege in 1862; after teaching for two years, he came to Marshalltown, and commenced the practice of his profession ; is associated with Hon. Timothy Brown. Married Miss Angie Beasley from La Fayette, Ind., Oct. 18, 1864 ; they have four children-Maggie J., Mamie L., Eugene B. and Jessie F .; lost one little girl-Luella.
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