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JOHN BAKER, proprietor of the Muscatine Steam Boiler Works; Mr. Baker is a native of Bohemia ; was born May 11, 1840; came to Musentine in 1852; engaged in his present business in 1860. lle married, in Leavenworth, Kan., Miss Mary An- chutz; they have six children-Ida, Lilly, Emma, Maude, Myrtha and Paul. Mr. Baker manufactures the Estes engine, the most perfect engine made ; he makes the latest style of slide-valve engines, steam boilers, boiler fronts, and all of the latest styles of boiler fixtures, steam and water pumps, steam and water ganges ; also mill-gearing, pulleys, shafting, and mill machinery in general for flour and saw mills ; he furnishes plans for millwright work, also mining machinery ; he is the agent for Cupo & Max- well's boiler feeder. Mr. Baker's long practical experience, coupled with business ener- gy, has increased his business until it now ranks with any in the State.
R. M. BAKER, of the firm of Baker & Hoover, real estate and loan agents ; was born in Rockingham Co., Va., July 26, 1834 ; he lived there until 1865, when he came to lowa and located in this county; in 1867, he came to Muscatine, and since then he has been engaged in business here; in addition to his land and loan business, he carries on the livery business on Front street ; he owns the Commercial Hotel property and other city property. He married Miss Mary Ann Sheets, a native of Shenandoah Co., Va., in 1855.
N. BARRY & SON, plumbers, gas and steam fitters ; also dealers iu gas fixtures and globes, lead pipe, sheet lead, bath-tubs, water-closets, wash stands, hydrants, iron pipe, iron sinks and pumps, rubber hose and packing, hemp packing, etc., Second street, near Mulberry, Muscatine, lowa; N. Barry & Son are essentially business men, thorough mechanics, and, by their tireless personal attention to their business, have made it a decided success, constantly enlarging to meet the growing demands of the public; we venture to say that their establishment is one of the best arranged and most complete of the kind in the State.
NICHOLAS BARRY, of the firm of' Nicholas Barry & Son, plumbing and gas fitting ; Mr. Barry was born in County Wexford, Ireland, in 1824; emigrated to
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Cleveland, Ohio, in 1847, in which city he married Miss Alice Potts ; they removed to Rock Island. Ill., in 1857, thence to Muscatine in 1867 ; their children are Patrick J. Mary E. (now Mrs. P. Fahey ), James, Nicholas, Katie ( now Mrs. John Hadden), Silas, Thomas. Mr. Barry was Superintendent of the Gas Works in Rock Island dur- ing his residence in that city,'and has been Superintendent of the Muscatine Gas Works over ten years ; he is a man of much enterprise, and has placed himself in the front rank of the men in his business in the State of Iowa.
BENJAMIN A. BEACH. Postmaster of Muscatine, ex-Colonel of the 11th I. V. I., was born in Hamilton, Butler Co., Ohio, on the 20th of January, 1827. and is the son of John and Rosanna ( Wilson ) Beach, the former a native of New Jer- sey, and the latter of Pennsylvania. At the age of 13 years, he was apprenticed to a tinsmith in Richmond, Ind., to learn the trade of his master, at which he continued three years. At the outbreak of the Mexican war, he ran away from home and enlisted as a soldier in the 1st O. V., Col. A. M. Mitchell commanding, and remained in the service some sixteen months; he served through all the marches and campaigns of that struggle, fought at Monterey and in other engagements, and was honorably dis- charged at the close of the war. In 1850, he moved to Muscatine. Iowa, and opened a store; he continued in business until the breaking-out of the war, and on the 17th of April, 1861, he enlisted in Co. A. Ist Regiment I. V. I .. and was elected First Lieu- tenant: he was in the battle of Wilson's Creek, Mo., where Gen. Lyon was killed ; on the 17th of October, 1861, he entered the service for three years, and was commissioned Captain of Co. H. 11th Regiment I. V. I; in the battle of Shiloh he lost thirty men of his company, and took part in the campaign against Corinth ; in the battle of luka. and in the second battle of Corinth, where his regiment lost heavily ; he participated in the siege of Vicksburg; was in the Louisiana campaign, the seige of Atlanta and in the march to the sea and through the Carolinas, and was present at the surrender of the rebel Gen. Joe Johnston ; at the battle of Atlanta, Maj. Foster, of the 11th Iowa, was killed in the same engagement in which Gen. MePherson was killed; July 22, 1864. Capt. Beach was elected Major of the regiment; before his commission as Major was received, Col. Abercrombie resigned his commission and Maj. Beach was elected Colonel of the regiment and retained that position until the arrival of the army in Washington, when he was placed in command of an Iowa Brigade, consisting of the 11th, 13th, 15th and 16th regiments, and was offered a brevet to his rauk, which, however, he declined, the war having ended, the compliment was an empty one; during his long and active military career, except thirty days' leave of absence after the return from the Louisiana campaign, he was never a day off duty by sickness, never was wounded. captured or absent on leave : he was mustered out of the service at Louisville, Ky., July 19, 1865; he returned to Muscatine, and, with William T. Butts, engaged in the grocery business ; he received the appointment of Postmaster of Muscatine and was confirmed in January, 1878. He is a consistent member of the Presbyterian Church, and a generous con- tributor to all charitable institutions ; he is a member of the Masonic fraternity and is a Knight Templar. Col. Beach has been twice married-his first wife was Miss Mary R. Stevenson of Muscatine ; married Nov. 29, 1854; she died March 11, 1857; he married his present wife. Miss Josephine Mason, of Muscatine, Jan. 31, 1866; they have two sons-George and Fred.
HENRY BECKER, manufacturer, wholesale and retail dealer in cigars of the finest brands, also retail dealer in fine cut and plug tobaccos, snuff, pipes and a full line of smokers' artieles. Mr. Becker was born in Pittsburgh, Penn., in 1847 ; came to Muscatine in 1852; in 1876, he married Miss Emma Huttig, in De Soto, Wis .; he engaged in business in this eity in 1868. Mr. Becker is a Democrat ; is liberal in religious views; he has had seventeen years' experience in the manufacture of tobaccos of various kinds ; he thoroughly understands his business, and aims to keep only the best of everything in his line.
B. BEIL, of the firm of Molis & Co., dealers in guns, pistols, cutlery, ete., Sec- ond street, Muscatine, lowa ; native of Germany ; born in 1827 ; emigrated to Virginia, with his parents, in 1832; they removed thence to Crawford Co., Ohio, in 1833; in
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1845. Mr. B. came to Muscatine and engaged in his present business. He married Anna C. Wigand, of this city; they have two children-Lena and William B. Mr. B. acts with the Democratic party ; member of the Evangelical Church ; he is a mem- ber of the I. O. O. F., and has been Treasurer of his Lodge a number of years. Messrs. Molis & Beil keep a large stock of the different lines of goods embraced in their trade, and have a first-class establishment ; they do the largest business in their line in the city.
E. H. BETTS, of the firm of Betts Bros., publishers of the Daily and Weekly. Tribune, Muscatine; was born in Beloit, Wis., May 24, 1849; when only 8 years of age, he removed to Chicago, where he lived until he came to Muscatine, in 1865 ; in 1868, he entered the Journal office and commenced learning the printing business ; he remained there three years ; ou account of his health, he took a sea-voy- age and went to China, around the Cape of Good Hope; after remaining abroad for one year, he returned ; in 1873, he and his brother and Mr. Van Horn published the Weekly Tribune; the following year, in the spring of 1874, they started the daily edition ; in 1877, he and his brother purchased the entire interest, and now own and conduet the paper. Mr. Betts was united in marriage to Miss Rita Stewart, daughter of Wm. H. Stewart, Esq., of Muscatine, April 29, 1875; they have two children- Anna and Willie
W. C. BETTS, of the firm of Betts Brothers, publishers of the Daily and Weekly Tribune; was born in Beloit, Wis., Aug. 36, 1853; when ouly 3 years of age, his parents removed to Chicago, and when 11 years of age, came with his parents to Museatine, in 1865; he was brought up here and learned the printing business; he afterward, with his brother, took a sea-voyage and went to China; in 1873, with his brother and Mr. Van Horn, began publishing the Muscatine Tribune. In 1877, he and his brother bought the interest of Mr. Van Horn, and since then have owned it. He married Miss Minnie Reynold, from this eity, in August, 1875; they have two children-Charles and Nellic.
WILLIAM J. BOWERS, foreman of the iron-molding department of the Muscatine Iron Works; Mr. Bowers was born in St. Louis, Mo., in the year 1846 ;. remained in St. Louis until 1857, in which year he came to Muscatine and engaged to learn the iron-molding trade. During the war of the rebellion, he served in Co. E, 33d I. V. I .; was enrolled at Davenport Feb. 22, 1863, and honorably discharged at the close of the war ; his regiment was engaged in the battles of Little Rock, Helena, Saline River, Spanish Fort and Yazoo Pass. After his discharge from the service, Mr. B. returned to Muscatine, remaining until 1872, when he went to Detroit, Mich., thenee to Urbana, Ill., in 1873 ; in the fall of the latter year, he went to La Fayette, Ind., and took charge of the Wabash Foundry at that place ; he returned to Muscatine in June, 1878, and took charge of the molding department of the Muscatine Irou Works. He is a member of the Catholic Church ; Democrat.
ALLEN BROOMHALL, attorney and counselor at law, Muscatine; is a native of Belmont Co., Ohio; born May 26, 1824. His father settled in Ohio with his parents, in 1808, where he married Rebecca Bond, and died in 1837, leaving four orphan children. Allen attended the common schools and afterward took a course in the Classical Institute at Barnesville, Belmont Co., Ohio. He removed to lowa in 1856, and settled in West Liberty, where he purchased and improved several farms; in 1857, he removed to Atalissa and engaged in the lumber business and other enterprises ; he was also agent of the Rock Island & Pacific Railroad for five years. He commenced the study of law, pursued his studies under the direction of Hon. J. Karskaddan, of Muskatine, and was admitted to the bar in 1861 ; he afterward attended the Cincinnati Law School, and graduated there in the spring of 1866 with the honorary degree of LL. B. He was associated with Hon. D. C. Cloud in the practice of law for nine years. In 1875, he formed a law partnership with Hon. J. Scott Richman, which con- tinued until February, 1877. Mr. Broomhall has always been an earnest advocate of popular education, with better school facilities and a higher standard of scholarship. He had for several years agitated the question of the erection of a new high school
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building in Muscatine, and upon this issue he was elected President of the Board of Education in 1873, a position he has since retained. Few men are as deeply interested in educational matters, and he is among the best and most popular school officers in the State. He is a member of the Masonic Order, was Worshipful Master of a Blue Lodge for five years : is a member of the Royal Arch Chapter ; a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, and was the first presiding officer of Muscatine Lodge. No. 99, of this Order. He is a Director and Secretary of the Hershey Lumber Manufacturing Co. He married Miss Harriet Fowler, of Barnesville. Ohio, June 27, 1857. She died September 17, 1876. leaving three daughters-Ella, Elizabeth and Mary Rebecca ; the eldest is a graduate of the high school, and is preparing to complete her education at the Iowa State University ; the second daughter is attending the high school, and the other preparing to enter it.
W. D. BURK, attorney at law. of the firm of Burk & Russell. Muscatine ; is a native of Johnstown. Cambria Co., Penn .: he came to Muscatine Co. in 1859 : entered the law department of the State University at Iowa City and graduated in the class of 1873 : he entered the law office of Richman & Carskaddan and remained with them two years ; in the early part of the present year. he associated with J. J. Russell in the practice of his profession.
LEWIS G. BURNETT. dealer in book. and stationery. No. 20 East Second street, Muscatine : was born in Muscatine Jan. 23. 1855 : he received his edu- cation here and graduated at the high school : at the time of his graduation. he was the youngest graduate of the high school; he has succeeded his father in business since December, 1876. He married Miss Anna M. MeAlister. from the city of Mus- catine. May 2. 1877. and they are living in the house where he was born.
R. M. BURNETT. retired : residence corner Third and Locust ; is a native of Onondaga Co., New York, and was born July 11. 1821 ; he lived there until he came to Iowa. and located in Muscatine in 1852 and engaged in the book and stationery business ; he continued in the same business in the same location for a quarter of a century; it is the oldest book and stationery house without change in the State. He was twice elected to the State Legislature and served in the sessions of 1866 and 1868 : was appointed Regent of the State University and held that position four years : has been a stockholder and Director in the Merchants' Exchange Bank since its organiza- tion. He has been an active and earnest member of the Baptist Church for many years. On account of the loss of his eyesight. he has given up his business to his son. He married Miss Frances Edwards. of Onondaga Co .. N. Y .. in 1849; she died May 16. 1864 : they had four children. only one of whom survives -- Lewis.
JOHN BYRNE. of the firm of Byrne & Murphy. grocers, Second street ; Mr. Byrne was born in County Wieklow, Ireland. in 1836: came to Muscatine Co. in 1849. He married Miss B. Faley, of this county : they have five children. Mr. Byrne and wife are members of the Catholic Church ; politically. he aets with the Democratic party. He is President of the Muscatine Mutual Aid Society : was Alderman of the Second Ward. and as such exhibited marked executive ability. and performed the duties of that office in an able and efficient manner : Mr. Byrne is highly regarded by his fellow- citizens, and is deservedly very popular. The firm of Byrne & Murphy have been established in business a number of years, and have secured the confidence and patron- age of the public generally.
CORNELIUS CADLE. retired : is a native of New York City ; born March 11. 1809 : he spent one year in learning the cabinet trade ; lived there until 30 years of age ; came to lowa in August, 1843, and settled in Muscatine : he built the first steam saw-will ever built here, and has been engaged in the saw-milling and lumber business until within the past few years ; since then, he has retired from active business. He has held office of City Alderman, and is now holding the office of County Super- visor : he was Deputy County Treasurer for three years. He married Miss Abigail Larrabee. of Massachusetts. in 1835 ; she died in 1847. leaving four children-Cornelius. Jr .. Edward, William and Charles ; he married Ruth Lamuphrey, a native of Maine, but brought up in Boston, in 1849; they have two children-Henry and Abbie. Mr.
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C'adle had three sons in the army-Cornelius, Jr., was Adjutant General of the 17th Army Corps under Gens. McPherson, Blair and Ransom ; William was in the 2d I. V. . C. and held commission of Captain, and Charles was also in the 2d I. V. C .; Cornelius is in Alabama. Edward in California, William in Chicago, Charles in Victor, Iowa, and Henry in Princeton, Mo.
RICHARD CADLE. of the firm of Cadle. Mulford & Co., manufacturers of sash, doors and blinds. Front street, Muscatine : was born in the city of New York Feb. 20, 1819, where he learned the carpenter's trade; he emigrated to the West, and spent one year in Illinois; came to Iowa, and located in Muscatine in October. 1843. and engaged with his brother in the saw-mill business, and afterward worked at his trade ; in 1847. he was elected Clerk of the District Court. and held that office two years, then again engaged in the building business: he was appointed Postmaster, and held that office during President Fillmore's administration, then associated with J. S. Patten for two years, in the manufacture of sash, doors and blinds; was again elected Clerk of the Courts, and served as Clerk and Deputy Clerk until October, 1861, when he left the Court without a Clerk, and enlisted in Co. H. 11th Reg. I. V. I .; he acted as Quartermaster at the headquarters of Gen. Grant, during the siege of Vicksburg; he was in the service three years, and served as Quartermaster with rank of First Lieu- tenant ; after the war, was Chief Clerk of Transportation in the Quartermaster's depart- ment. at Louisville : returned to Muscatine. and engaged in manufacturing sash, doors and blinds; he held the office of City Clerk six years: also, Township Clerk for six years, and has held the position of Secretary and Treasurer and Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows. He married Miss S. A. Magoon, a native of Lancaster, Ohio, Oet. 5, 1847 ; they have had three children-two still living-George H. and Eva.
JEREMIAH H. CARL. confectioner and retail dealer in tobacco and cigars. Mulberry street, Muscatine. Mr. Carl was born in Perry Co., Penn., in the year 1$40; in 1858, he came to Washington Co., Iowa, where he remained until the break - ing-out of the war, when he enlisted in Co. C, Sth I. V. I .; was enrolled on the 11th of August, 1861; veteraned Jan. 1. 1864. and honorably discharged April 20, 1866. He participated in every battle, siege and skirmish his command was engaged in; the principal battles were Shiloh. Vicksburg and Spanish Fort ; he was captured at Shiloh, and detained as a prisoner of war two months. In 1867, he married Miss Lydia E. Long. of Washington Co., Iowa, Nov. 28, 1867: she was born Dee. 10, 1846; a native of that county; her parents among the first settlers; they have four children- Edith Evelyn, born March 24, 1869; Hilda Maude. Jan. 27. 1871; Clara Alice, July 23, 1873; Mary Ida, March 22, 1875. Mr. Carl is a member of the Masonic fraternity ; Republican. He has been engaged in business here since Feb. 10. 1867.
J. CARSKADDAN, attorney and counselor at law; was born in Seneca Co., N. Y., Nov. 6, 1829; the most of his boyhood was spent in Oneida Co., where he attended school; then entered Hamilton College, and graduated from that institution in the Class of '51; after graduating he studied law, and was admitted to the bar in New York in the spring of 1853; he came to Iowa the same year, and located in Mus- catine; about the 1st of January, 1854, he associated with T. M. Williams, and pub- lished the Democratic Inquirer for two years; then associated with E. H. Thayer, now of the Clinton Age, and engaged in the law and land ageney business, and since then he has mostly been engaged in the practice of law; in 1857. he was elected Prosecuting Attorney for this county, and held the office until it was changed to that of Distriet Attorney ; he was elected Probate Judge in 1861, and held that office until 1864: was associated with Judge Richman, in the practice of law, from December, 1863, until the latter went on the bench in 1878. He married Miss A. M. Brown, a native of Mad- ison Co., N. Y., in 1854.
ALEXANDER CLARK, retired ( more popularly known as the colored orator of the West) ; is a native of Washington Co., Penn., and was born Feb. 25, 1826 ; he received but a limited education in the common schools of his native village ; but he was a bright, intelligent lad, and seemed to learn by intuition. At the age of 13, he removed to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he learned the barbering business with his
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uncle, who also sent him to school for about a year, where he made considerable pro- ficiency in grammar, arithmetic, geography and natural philosophy. In May, 1842, he came to Iowa and located in Muscatine, which has since been his home ; he con- ducted a barber shop until 1868, when his health compelled him to seek a more active business ; having by industry and economy accumulated some capital, he invested in real estate ; bought some timber land ; obtained contracts for the furnishing of wood to steamboats ; did some speculating which proved successful, and the result is the accu- mulation of a competence on which he lives in ease and retirement. In 1851, he be- came a member of the Masonic Order by joining Prince Hall Lodge, No. 1, of St. Louis ; in 1868, he was Arched, Knighted, and elected Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Lodge; H. McGee Alexander, then Grand Master, died April 20, 1868, and Mr. Clark became Grand Master in his stead, and fulfilled his unexpired term ; the jurisdiction then extended over Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi ; he organized all the subordinate Lodges in the last three States and assisted in organiz- ing their Grand Lodges ; at the next annual meeting of the Grand Lodge of Missouri, he was elected Grand Treasurer, and appointed a delegate to the Most Worshipful National Grand Compact of Masons (colored) for the United States, held at Wilming- ton, Del., Oct. 9, 1869 ; in June, 1869, he was again elected Grand Master, and held that office for three years; in 1872, he was elected Grand Secretary, and, in 1873, was appointed Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Correspondence; in 1874, he was again elected to the position of Grand Master, and annually re-elected to the same position, his jurisdiction extending over the States of Missouri, Iowa, Min- nesota and Colorado, embracing S7 Lodges and 2,700 members ; he is said to be one of the most accomplished ritualists, and among the most able and successful executive officers that the Order, in any branch of it, has ever possessed. In 1863, he enlisted in the Ist I. (colored) V. I., and was appointed Sergeant-Major, but was refused on account of physical disability. In 1869, he was appointed by the Colored State Con- vention of Iowa a delegate to the Colored National Convention, which met at Washing- ton, D. C. ; he was also a member of the Committee from the same Convention to wait upon President Grant and Vice President Colfax to tender them the congratulations of the colored people of the United States upon their election ; in 1869, he was a member and Vice President of the Iowa Republican State Convention; in the following year, he was also a delegate to the State Convention and a member of the Committee on Resolutions ; he has stumped the State of Iowa as well as most of the Southern States at every election held since the rebellion, and is recognized as a very eloquent and powerful speaker; in 1872, he was appointed by the Republican State Convention of Iowa a delegate at large to the National Republican Convention at Philadelphia, and, in 1873, was appointed by President Grant Consul to Aux Cayes. Hayti, but refused the position owing to the meagerness of the salary ; in 1876, he was appointed by a colored convention of Iowa delegate to the Centennial Exposition at Philadelphia, for the pur- pose of preparing useful statistics for the colored race ; and later the same year, he was appointed alternate delegate by the lowa State Republican Convention to the National Republican Convention, held at Cincinnati. Mr. Clark became a member of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in 1850; continues in fellowship, and is Superintendent of the Sabbath school of that Church in Muscatine ; he is also Trustee, Steward, and the largest contributor to the support of the Church. On the 9th of October, 1848, at Iowa City. he married Miss Catharine Griffin ; they have had five children, two of whom, John and Ellen, died in infancy ; the survivors. Rebecca J., Susan V. and Alexander G., all inherit their father's intellectual endowments ; all graduates of the High School of Muscatine ; Alexander is studying law ; Rebecca is the wife of G. W. Appleton, of Muscatine; Susan is the wife of Rev. Richard Holley, a minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church.
DAVID C. CLOUD, attorney and counselor at law, Muscatine ; is a native of Champaign, Ohio; born Jan. 22, 1817; he is the fourth child of a family of four- teen children, ten still living; David C. lived on his father's farm until 16 years of age, when he was apprenticed to learn the bookbinder's trade; after six months he gave it
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up, and was apprenticed to the carpenter's trade, where he served the regular time ; shortly after this, in 1839, he removed to Muscatine, Iowa, where he has since resided ; after working at his trade for two years, he decided to study law, and all of his energies were directed toward this result ; he procured the necessary books and pursued his studies for five years, while working at his trade, when, after a strict examination, he was admitted to the bar in 1845, and engaged in the practice of his profession ; during 1851 and 1852, he held the position of Prosecuting Attorney for Muscatine Co., and was afterward elected the first Attorney General of the State of Iowa, on the Demo- cratic ticket ; he held this office for four years ; he was elected to the State Legislature and served during the winter of 1856-57; since then, he has devoted himself exclu- sively to his profession and to literature; he is the author of the law on the Iowa statute books, which makes railroad corporations liable for all deaths caused or dam- age done by them in the prosecution of their business, and he has, during his career as as a lawyer, tried over two hundred cases against railroads, and has recovered more damages against railroad corporations than perhaps any attorney in the Northwest. In politics, he was raised a Democrat ; he was a member of the convention that nominated Lincoln to the Presidency, and during the war he was a stanch supporter of the Gov- ernment; during the progress of the war, he wrote a book, entitled " The War Powers of the President," taking strong ground in favor of the administration ; in 1874, he pub- lished his work entitled, " Monopolies and the People," which had a circulation of over ten thousand copies, and it received high commendation from the press throughout the country. In 1839, he married Miss Annetta Dibble, of Columbus, Ohio, who died in 1846 ; in 1848, he married Mrs. Miranda H. Morrow, widow of the late Dr. James G. Morrow, of Muscatine, and daughter of William R. Olds, Esq., of Bennington, Vt., by whom he has two children-a son and a daughter; his son, George W., is associated with him in the practice of law ; the daughter, Annie, is unmarried.
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