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ELLIS, F. M., architect ; born in Cortland Co., N. Y., July 18, 1837 ; learned the business and trade of archi- tect and builder ; removed to Pennsyl- vania ; lived there eleven years : then came to Chicago and was there five years ; was architect and superintendent of many fine buildings there ; came to Marshall- town in 1876, and since then has taken a leading position in his business, which extends over this part of the State. Married Miss Martha J. Davis, from the State of New York, in 1862.
Englehart, Andrew, retired.
Englehart, A., laborer.
Engstrom, J. A., clerk.
Entriken, J. E., farmer.
Evans, S. W., farmer.
F ERLL, M. B.
Ferguson, G. W., farmer, Sec. 25.
FISHER, WILLIAM, Chief En- gineer of Marshalltown Water Works ; born in England Sept. 2, 1838, and came to America when 10 years of age ; came to Iowa in 1852; commenced learning engineering and was in machine shops ten years ; was in the army. En- listed in Co. A, 1st Iowa V. I .; was in the battle of Wilson Creek ; saw Gen. Lyon when he was killed. He assisted in building the water works, and run them for a while. He built water works at Anamosa in 1875, and in Muscatine in 1876; was employed to take charge of the works here Sept. 5, 1876. Mar- ried Martha Loucks, from New York, Sept. 15, 1861; she was born in 1840 ; they have two children-Lizzie J. and Lillie May.
Fleming, Peter, merchant tailor.
Fletcher, T. J., cashier 1st National Bank. Force, Isaac, furniture. Ford, Calvin.
Ford, F. L., carpenter.
FORNEY, HENRY, retired ; born in Franklin Co., Pa., May 6, 1820, and
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lived there twenty-two years, and learned the wagon making business ; he removed to Ohio and to Michigan, and then to La Porte, Ind., and lived there until coming to Iowa, and arrived in Mar- shalltown May 6, 1856 ; he engaged in carpenter work and building and dealing in land ; he is one of the early settlers, having lived here over twenty-two years. He married Mrs. E. A. Brown, formerly Miss E. A. Williams, from Seneca Co., Ohio, Aug. 18, 1859 ; they have five children-Calvin H., Russell, Edith R., Maurice and Lee. Mrs. Forney has one son-Arthur, by her first husband. Forney, Jerry, grocer.
Frazier, James, mason.
FREDERICK, B. T., firm of B. T. Frederick & Co., proprietors of the Marshall Iron, Brass and Stove Foun- dry and Machine Shops ; born in Fred- ericktown, Columbiana Co., Ohio, Oet. 5, 1834 ; he lived in Ohio and Pennsyl- vania eighteen years ; came to this tòwn in 1855, and engaged in selling dry goods, in the Winter of 1855-56 ; has ridden over the prairie all day when the thermometer was 33° below zero; in 1857, went to California, and returned in 1859; lived in Mahaska County four years; in 1864, he bought one-half interest in his present business, in which he has built up a large and extensive trade in this State, Minnesota and Da- kota ; he is Director in the First National Bank. Married Miss W. T. Putnam, from Ohio, April 24, 1860; they have three children-Bethsheba L., Mary E. and Maggie Belle; they lost two little girls-Addie F. and Gem.
FRENCH, ALFRED N., Auditor Marshall County ; born in Charleston, Portage Co., Ohio, Jan. 18, 1838; lived in Ohio until 17 years of age ; he lived in New York and Pennsylvania ; came to Iowa in 1859. Was in the army ; enlisted in the 19th Regiment Ohio Infantry, Company D; was in the battle of Rich Mountain. After leaving the army, came to this county, and engaged in building. He was appointed Deputy County Auditor in September, 1871 ; he was appointed Auditor of this county in the Fall of 1873, and was elected Auditor in 1875, and was re- . elected in 1877. Married Miss Sarah
J. Howell, from Ohio, July 12, 1863; they have four children-Fred B., Elsie, Mabel and Ray ; lost one son.
Frisbie, J. H. H., City Treasurer and Deputy County Treasurer. Friedland, John, laborer.
Fuller, D., traveling agent.
G Y AFNY, JOHN, fruit wagon.
Gannon, Thomas, saloon. Gebhart, Isaac, physician. Gifford, C.
GILCHRIST, J. M., of the firm of of B. F. Frederick & Co .; born in Sar- atoga Co., N. Y., Sept. 15, 1836 ; after his father's death, he had charge of the farm, until 22 years of age; then went. to Wisconsin and taught school, and · was engaged in engineer corps in Min- nesota ; went to Chicago and engaged in the wholesale grocery trade for some years, and afterward became member of the firm of MeKindly, Gilchrist & Co. ; came to this city in 1874, and associ- ated with Mr. Frederick in his present business. He is Secretary of the North- western Iron Fence Co. Married Miss Ida S. White, from New York, Jan. 19, 1876; they have one daughter-Jennie Gilchrist.
Gillespie, N., farmer.
GILMAN, CHARLES C., Chief Engineer of the Central R. R. of Iowa ; was born in Chelsea, Mass., July 28, 1848 ; he received his education there ; entered the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, at Boston, and is a grad- uate from that institution ; he came to [owa in 1868, and for the past seven years has held the position of Chief En- gineer of the Central R. R. of Iowa. He married Miss Lorette Eastman, daughter of Gov. Eastman, in Decem- ber, 1872; they have two children- Carrie and Walter.
Ginder, G. W., grocer.
GINGRICH, E., miller, Woodbury Mills ; born in Pennsylvania Oct. 24, 1825 ; lived in Pennsylvania twenty- one years, then went to Ohio, and came to Iowa in 1856, and came to Marshall Co. in 1859 ; has lived here nineteen years, and has been engaged in farming and the milling business. Married Mary Matthews, from Maryland, in 1848; they have five children-Ann Eliza,
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Rhoda A., Alice S., Emma B. and Ulysses G.
GLICK, GEORGE, President of the First National Bank ; born in Ger- many March 18, 1827 ; came to Amer- ica, located in Mansfield, Ohio, and lived there until 1849; removed to In- diana, and in the Spring of 1850, went across the plains to California ; was there five years, and returned to Ohio in 1855, and came to Marshalltown, Iowa, in 1856; engaged in the dry goods and grocery trade with Mr. Rice, one of the founders of the town ; in 1858, he en- gaged in the drug business, and con- tinued until 1870, when he engaged in the banking business ; has been Director of the First National Bank since it was organized in 1864, and has been President for the past five years. Has held the office of Postmaster and town offices. Married Miss Jane Ziegen- felder, from Pickaway, Ohio, Novem- ber 1, 1855; they have five chil- dren-Charles, Alice, Albert G., Frank and Fred.
Goff, S. D., carriage trimmer. Goodrich, William, farmer.
Goss, George, sexton. Gourley, Jas., farmner, Timber Creek.
Gowland, Frank, carpenter.
Greene, Merritt, agent Plow Works.
Gregory, Thaddeus, R. R. conductor. Griffith, H., retired.
GRINNELL, JOHN, farmer and gardener ; born in Columbia Co., N. Y., Jan. 8, 1815 ; he lived in New York State and Massachusetts until 1836; in 1837, he came to Chicago, when it was in its infancy ; then he came to Lyons, lowa ; he made a claim on each side of the river ; Clinton was called New York then ; only three shanties there; in the Fall of 1859, he went to Detroit, and was in the shoe and leather business there ten years ; in 1869, he came West again, and has been engaged in contract- ing on railroads and farming ; he came here in 1877, and engaged in farming and gardening. He is a member of the State Board of Agriculture, and also is Vice President of the State Agricultural Society, and has held town and school offices. He married Caroline Hulbert, from Schenectady, N. Y., in 1842; she died in Jan. 1872; they have one son
-John T .; lost one son-George, and one daughter-Mary.
Griswold, F. H., shoemaker.
Groff, E. M., packs butter and eggs.
GRUMME, FRED, firm of Grom- me Bros., dealers in leather and saddlery hardware; born in Germany Oct. 19. 1839 ; came to America in 1855 ; came to Galena, Ill., and learned his business of his brother there; after living in Kansas and Nebraska, came to Marshall- town in 1860; worked for E. A. Collins here ; then engaged in business, firm of' Murphy & Grumme ; afterward, Wil- lard & Grumme; in 1869, he and his brother William engaged in the business together. He married Mary Lindstrum, from Sweden, in 1866.
Gustafson, Fred, laborer.
H AYLE, E. R., farmer.
Haines, J. R., shoemaker.
Hall, Arthur, carpenter.
Hall, A. T., far., S. 30.
Hall, James, butter and eggs.
Halsted, G. W., laborer.
HAMBEL, JAMES W., retired farmer ; born in Columbiana Co., Ohio, Nov. 17. 1820; he lived there twenty- five years, and moved to Michigan ; he came to Iowa with his own team, and reached Iowa City Jan. 1, 1856, the day the railroad first reached there ; he came to this county in 1856, and lo- cated here in Marshalltown, and engaged in the grocery trade ; continued in busi- ness for fourteen years, and used to haul his goods from Iowa City here for nine years ; he owns one farm of 330 acres, and one of sixty acres. Married Mis- Lucelia Cole, from Cleveland, Ohio, July 1, 1858 ; they have three children -Ella, Cora and Bessie, and have lost one son-Harry.
HANNA, T. B., retired ; born in Co- lumbiana Co., Ohio, May 22, 1818; he was engaged in the mercantile business / at New Lisbon for some years, and in in 1850, he went to Lake Superior, and was in the trade there for three years. when he returned to New Lisbon, Ohio, and was engaged in the mercantile busi- ness there until 1865, when he came to Iowa. to Marshalltown bought a farm and engaged in stock business for a few years ; he removed here in the city, but
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still owns the undivided half of a farm of 400 acres. He has held town and school offices. Married Sophia T. Tabor, from Vermont, March 2, 1842; they have two children-Mrs. Nettie Adams, Cedar Rapids, and Mary, at home ; they have lost one daughter-Lovina, and two sons-Oscar and William.
Hanson, Charles A., laborer.
Hanson, Charles, laborer.
Hanson, Nels P., blacksmith. Haradon, A. F., attorney.
Hardy, T. H., harness and saddles.
Hargrave, R. W., attorney.
Harrington, L. P. Harris, B., foundryman. Harris, C. W., employ Central R. R.
Hartman, G. A., Street Commissioner.
HARTWELL, H. D., farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 34; born in Canada Ang. 11, 1813; at a very early age, his parents removed to Huron Co., Ohio, where he lived until the Fall of 1854, when he came to Iowa, and located in this county upon the same farm where he now resides. He has been married twice; his first wife was Miss Sarah Rogers; they were married February 26, 1837, and she died Oct. 31, 1841 ; his present wife was Miss Elizabeth Rogers ; they were married in Erie Co., Ohio, Dee. 25, 1843 ; she was born Oct. 23, 1825; the names of the children are Sarah E., born July 16, 1838; Henry E., May 21, 1840, he died Nov. 8, 1861; Horace R., Sept. 19, 1844, died Jan. 11, 1871 ; Louisa M., March 23, 1847, died Aug. 3, 1850; Calvin, Dec. 17, 1849; Mary E., March 24, 1852; Melvina, Oct. 25, 1854; John L., April 2, 1857 ; Martha E., Nov. 2, 1859, and died May 14, 1862. Henry E. enlisted in the Sth Regiment Iowa V. I., and died in the service at Spring- field, Mo. Mr. Hartwell is one of the old settlers here ; he owns a farm of 300 acres, and is a stanch Republican, and has held various offices of trust in this town and county.
Hartwell, O. E., teamster.
HASKELL, JAMES S., livery stable ; born in Rome, New York, Feb. 13, 1848; lived in that State twenty-one years, and came to Boone, Iowa, and was engaged in the livery business there eight years, and in buying and selling
horses ; came to Marshalltown in Spring of 1877. Married Miss Delia C. Waldo, from Bridgewater, N. Y., in September, 1872. His grandfather was one of the founders of Madison University, at Hamilton, N. Y., and his father was Professor in the same institution.
Havens, John, laborer.
Haviland, M. H., insurance agent.
Hayne, John, retired farmer.
Haynes, J., shoemaker.
Headstrum, John, teamster.
Heald, Chester, retired.
HEALD, EDMUND, firm of Drum
& Heald, dealers in groceries and pro- visions ; born in La Porte Co., Ind., Jan. 28, 1843; he lived in Indiana until 13 years of age, and came with his parents in their own wagons to Iowa ; they were eighteen days on the way, and arrived here in Marshalltown August 17, 1855; they were early set- tlers, and there was but little here when they came. Associated with Charles Drum ; he engaged in his present busi- ness in October, 1877. He was in the army; enlisted in the 100-day service, in the 44th Regt. Iowa V. I., Co. G. He married Miss Ladrona Stone, from Canada, in January, 1870 ; they have two childrn-Clarence and little boy not named.
Healon, Matthew, on railroad.
Healon, Matthew, Jr., foreman. Hearn, J. H., carpenter.
HEATH, J. D., contractor and builder ; President Iowa Building and Manufacturing Co .; born in Lower Canada July 25, 1838; lived there twenty-seven years, and then came to Iowa in 1865, and since then has been engaged in contraeting and building here. Was in the army; enlisted in Co. H, 10th Wis. V. I. ; was in battles of Perrysville, Bridgeport, Stevenson, Ala .; was in service two years. Mar- ried Sarah A. Rhem, from Canada, in 1864 ; they have five children - J. Alton, Lyman H., Ada, Ida and Minnie. Hleighton, J. H., painter.
HEMMINGSEN, JOHN P., wagon maker; born in Denmark Feb. 2, 1841; learned his trade there and came to America in 1866; came to Moline, Ill., and came to Marshalltown, in 1867, and engaged in his business.
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Married Mary Rasmussen, from Den- mark, in April, 1870; they have one daughter ; born June, 30, 1871; lost one daughter-Emma, born April 15, 1875, and died Dec. 9, 1877.
HENDERSON, HENRY C.,
attorney at law : firm of Henderson & Merriam ; born in Brownsville, Tenn., Dec. 6, 1827 ; lived there until 8 years of age, and removed to Illinois in 1836, and lived there nine years; and re- moved to Iowa City ; he lived in John- son and Linn Counties three years ; Was appointed Clerk in the First Audit- or's Office of the Treasury Department ; while there, he studied law and was admitted to the bar in August, 1852; in 1853, he entered the practice of his profession in partnership with Hon. G. W. Pleasant, now Judge of the Circuit Court; in Sept., 1856, he came to Marshalltown, and has practiced his pro- fession here since, except two years when he was editor and proprietor of the Marshall County Times. In 1863, he was elected to the State Senate, and held that office four years; in 1864, he was Presidential Elector, and cast one- eighth of the vote of the State for Lin- coln and Johnson. He married Miss Ianthe Fuller, of Stark Co., Ill., June 12, 1850 ; they have six sons and three daughters ; lost two children.
Henly, A., coal, lime and cement.
Herbert, E. H .. clerk court house. Herbert, John, Saloon.
HICKOX, GEORGE S., Sheriff of Marshall Co .; born in Branch Co., Mich., Feb. 28, 1840 ; lived there four- teen years, and came to Iowa with his parents in an ox team ; they were seven weeks and three days on the way, and arrived here in this county in Marion Township in 1854; they were among the early settlers and engaged in farm- ing. Was in the army ; enlisted in the 13th I. V. I., Co. H. He was elected Sheriff of Marshall Co. in 1875, and was re-elected in 1877. Married Miss Fannie Harris, from Pittsburgh, Penn., Aug. 3, 1862; they have four chil- children-Hattie, Herbert H., Alma and Fanny.
Hitchcock, David, railroad employe.
Hixon, O. F., physician.
Hodgins, W. S., carpenter, C. R. R.
Hoeck, Henry, grain buyer. Hokason, John, laborer.
Holindale, Charles, commission merchant. HOLMES, JOSEPH, manufact-
urer of vinegar ; was born in Columbi- ana Co., Ohio, April 9, 1836, and lived there until 17 years of age ; then came with his parents with their own convey- ance to Marshall Co., and arrived here Nov. 15, 1853. He married Miss Mary R. Arnold July 30, 1862; she was from Chautauqua Co., N.Y., and is a sister of the Hon. Delos Arnold. Mr. Holmes was engaged in mercantile bus- iness in Marietta, and afterward was in mercantile business in this city. Held the office of Postmaster at Marietta under President Lincoln's administra- tion ; has held the office of Township Treasurer and other town offices. Had two children- Hattie and Andrew ; Hattie died in infancy, and Andrew was 10 years old at the time of his death.
HOLMES, LOT, retired farmer, born in Loudon Co., Va., in 1806, and lived in that State until 1833, and came to Columbiana Co., Ohio, and en- gaged in the mercantile business; in 1853, with his family, started for Iowa, with two wagons and a carriage, and was five weeks on the way, and arrived in Marshall Co., Nov. 15, 1853, and located in Marietta and engaged in farming, being early settlers. He has carted wheat to Iowa City and Musca- tine, and has sold wheat at 40 cents per bushel. He continued farming until 1864, and since then has made his home in Marietta and in this city. Mr. Holmes has always been prominently in- terested in the anti-slavery cause and at a time when it cost something to live up to his convictions. Married Mrs. Eliza Dixon Jan. 14, 1841; she was born May 26, 1816, and was a daughter of John, and granddaughter of Joshua Dixon, founders of Columbiana Co .. Ohio.
Hollingshead, F. R., retired.
HOLT, L. E. B., physician ; born in Lowell, Mass., Oet. 10, 1833, receiving his education in that State ; removed to Whiteside Co., Ill., and studied medi- cine of his father, and graduated at Cleveland, Ohio, in 1853 ; practiced his profession in Illinois, and also in Texas.
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Entered the army in Illinois, and, was Assistant Adjutant General of the 34th Regiment, and also in the 140th Regt. Ill. V. I. ; was in the service three years and three months. After his return from the army, came to Marshalltown, and since then, has practiced his pro- fession here. Holds the office of Coroner of this county. Has held the offices of Secretary and Treasurer, and also Presi- dent, of the State Medical Society. Is now Adjutant of the 1st Regt. Iowa State Guards. Married Miss Nettie M. Ballow, from New York, in 1854 ; they have one son-Claude L.
Hopkins, F., tailor.
Harrigan, Peter, employe C. R. R. Howe, Heman, retired.
HOWE, HENRY J., Secretary and Treasurer of the Le Grand Quarry Co. ; was born in Northfield, Washing- ton Co., Vt., Jan. 2, 1848 ; he received his education at what is now known as Norwich University, and lived in Ver- mont until 1869, when he came to Iowa, and was connected with the Clinton Na- tional Bank ; he came to Marshalltown in 1873. He has the financial manage- ment of the Company ; they also do an extensive loan business. He is Secre. tary of the Le Grand Water Power Co., and is Director of the Marshalltown & Sioux City R. R. He married Miss Anna L. Belknap, daughter of Lorenzo Belknap, of Northfield, Vt., May 31, 1876.
HOWES, J. C., proprietor of Howe's Vitapathie Institute; born in Somerset Co., Me., July 10, 1840, and received his education in that State ; prepared himself for a physician; he came to Iowa in 1863, and came to Marshalltown in 1871 ; he passed through College, the Vitapathic System, at Cin- cinnati, Ohio; he established his Insti- tute here in 1874, and it is the only one in this State. He belongs to the Re- incorporation of the Vitapathic School of Cincinnati, Ohio, and is one of the four members of the School Vitapathic American Health College ; one of the members promoted to the ministry of the Religio-Philosophical Medical Col- lege. Married Sophia Rickel, from El- dora, Iowa, in April, 1878.
Hoyt, Amasa, employe C. R. R.
Hublar, Isaac, laborer. Hubler, Jacob, laborer.
HUGHES, JOHN B., retired farm- er ; born in Bourbon Co., Ky., Dec. 16, 1826, and came with his parents to Tazewell Co., Ill., when 4 years of age; was raised on a farm, and came alone on horseback to Iowa ; came to Van Buren Co. in the Spring of 1852, and came to Marshall Co. in the Summer of 1852 ; lo- cated 200 acres of land with land warrant, he bought at 90c. per acre ; he then went to Van Buren Co. after his wife, and moved in a log house with two other families ; three families lived in one room, which they used for a parlor, bed- room and kitchen, and they always had room for their friends ; they were among the earliest settlers there ; the first crop of wheat he raised he took to Oskaloosa, 65 miles, to mill. Mr. Hughes has lived here over twenty five years, and has cul- tivated the soil over twenty-five years, and has never had the failure of a crop, but he has had enough for feed and seed ; when he came, he only had $200 and a team, and now, by industry and good management, he owns over 1,000 acres of land. He has held the offices of Justice of the Peace and County Sur- veyor and other town and school offices. Married Martha J. Reed, from Guernsey Co., Ohio, in December, 1851 ; they have six children-Walter S. is in the navy, graduated June 21, 1875; Mrs. Lizzie Burnside, Mrs. Laura Smith, John, Charles and Adella.
Hull, Samuel, carpenter.
TNGLEDUE, J. L., farmer, S. 28.
ACKSON, HANS, laborer.
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Janney, A., clerk.
JARVIS, BENJAMIN, photo- graph artist ; born in England Oct. 1, 1835 ; came to America about Jan. 1, 1855 ; he lived in Germantown, Phila- delphia, and came to Iowa in 1857, and was engaged in building. He was in the army ; enlisted in the 5th I. V. I., Co. D, under Capt. Rice; he was in the battles of luka, Champion Hills, in the siege of Vicksburg and taking of Jack- son ; was wounded at the battle of Cham- pion Ilills. He has been engaged in his present business four years and a half.
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He married Miss Ida L. Bishop, from Illinois, in 1864; they have three chil- dren-Lucius E., Blanche A. and Grace B.
Johnson, Christ, laborer.
Johnson, Charles, laborer.
Johnson, George, laborer.
Johnson, Hans, laborer.
Johnson, Isaae, far., Sec. 30.
Johnson, J. P., painter.
Johnson, John, painter.
Johnson, John B., painter.
Johnson, Lewis, clerk.
Johnson, Nels, tailor.
Johnson, Simon, laborer.
Johnson, William, blacksmith.
Johnston, J. H., laborer.
JOHNSTON, JOSEPH H., firm of Ketchum & Johnston, dealers in agri- cultural implements and farm machinery ; born in Warren Co., N. J., Oct 16, 1839; when 13 years of age, removed to Rock Island Co., Ill .; was in the army. Enlisted in Co. G, 126th Ill. V. I .; was in the siege of Vicksburg, tak- ing of Little Rock, and on the White River Expedition after Price ; in the serv- ice three years and never got a scratch. Came to Iowa in 1865; engaged in the grocery business, and was burned out ; he engaged in the agricultural implement business, and afterward became associ- ated with Mr. Ketchum, his present partner. Was Foreman of the Alert Hose Co. until the water works were built. Married Miss Libbie C. Gilbert, from Princeton, Ill., Oct. 31, 1865. Johnston, L. F., Court House.
JOHNSTON, THEO., Assistant Postmaster ; born in Cumberland Co., Penn., Sept. 1, 1844 ; when 10 years of age, he came with his parents to Iowa ; in 1854, lived in Iowa City one year, and came to Marshalltown in 1855; is one of the early settlers ; only few peo- ple and few houses here then. He was appointed Assistant Postmaster in 1864 ; since then, with the exception of six months during Andrew Johnson's ad- ministration, he has held that position. Ile married Miss Martha Jones, from Ohio, Oct. 14, 1871; they have one daughter-May.
Jondro, Francis, carpenter.
JONES, E. R., Clerk of Courts of Marshall County ; born in Summit Co.,
Ohio, Oct. 29, 1837, lived in Ohio nine years, then removed to the State of Wisconsin, and lived there four years, then went to Boston and attended school for three years, and afterward engaged in mercantile business for seven years ; came to Wisconsin and lived there four years, and came to Marshall County in 1865; engaged in farming for eight years. Was elected Clerk of the Courts in 1873 and was re-elected in 1874, and again re-elected in 1876; he has held town and school offices. Married Miss Louise Bear, from Rock Co., Wis., in January, 1864 ; they have three children -Anna M., Theresa P. and Edwin Lawrence.
Jones, H. C., baggageman C. & N. W. Ry. Jones, J. D. real estate.
Jones, Job, mason.
Jones, Samuel, tailor.
Jordon, Michael, blacksmith.
K ATELL, DANIEL, laborer.
KAUFMANN, F. S., merchant ; dealer in hats, caps and gents' furnishing goods, 121 West Main street; born in Lancaster Co., Pa., in 1845, and at an early age removed with his parents to Sterling, Whiteside Co., Ill., and lived there twenty-five years and came to Marshalltown in 1874, and since then he has been engaged in business here. Married Miss Fianna Burkholder, from Sterling, Whiteside Co., Ill., they have one son-Branch L.
Kavanaugh, M. L., employe R. R. Keiff, Michael, employe Central R. R.
KEIM, P. R., Agent American and U. S. Express Companies ; born in Reading, Pa., May 23, 1850; lived in Pennsylvania until 5 years of age, and came to lowa, then returned to Reading, Pa., until 1861, when he again came to Iowa, and lived in Cedar Rapids and Clinton ; was express messenger on the C. & N. W. R. R .; in 1877, he was appointed to his present position. Mar- ried Miss Lilly Seymour, from Fairfield, Ohio, Sept. 19, 1876.
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