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PETER MAHER, architeet and builder, corner Pine and Third streets ; is a native of Queens Co., Ireland, and was born March 16, 1836; when 14 years of age, he came to this country ; he lived in Trenton, N. J., where he learned the trade
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of carpenter and builder ; in April, 1857, he came to Iowa; was in Cedar Rapids a short time ; in November, 1857, he came to Muscatine, and since then has lived here. He has been engaged in contracting and building for many years, and has erected some of the best buildings in the city. He married Miss Louisa S. Heaton, a native of Indi- ana, May 1. 1861 ; they have eight children, five sons and three daughters.
FRANK W. MAHIN, attorney at law; is a native of the city of Mus- catine, and was born Nov. 6, 1851 ; he was brought up here, and entered the printing office of his brother, Hon. John Mahin, and learned the printing business ; then entered the Iowa Wesleyan University, at Mt. Pleasant, and remained there two years ; after being in the post office, at Muscatine, for three years, he studied law ; he entered the Harvard Law School, and remained there one year, and afterward entered the Columbia School ; remained there two years, and graduated from that institution in 1878 ; since then, he has practiced his profession here. He is connected with the Library and other societies here.
HON. JOHN MAHIN was born in Noblesville, Ind., on the 8th of Decen- ber, 1833, and is the son of Jacob and Elizabeth Mahin. John was placed in a print- ing office at an early age. From his earliest childhood, he was possessed by a strong desire to learn the art of printing. Moving to Bloomington, now Muscatine, Iowa, in 1847, he found an opening in the Herald office since, changed to the Journal, where, for five years, he was a diligent and industrious journeyman, pursuing the study of books and men as circumstances permitted. In his 19th year (July, 1852), he com- menced publishing and editing the Muscatine Journal on his own account ; this he continued for two years, with very satisfactory pecuniary results, having succeeded where others failed, when he sold his interest, intending to pursue a classical course of study, with which end in view he entered the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, in that State, but was obliged to abandon this cherished scheme after a few months, on account of a serious attack of illness, which, for a time, threatened his life. In 1856, he re-purchased his interest in the Muscatine Journal, and resumed editorial control of the paper, which he has since retained ; in April, 1861, he was appointed Postmaster of Muscatine by Pres- ident Lincoln, and retained the position for eight years ; in October, 1869, he was elected to the House of Representatives of Iowa for a period of two years, and served with distinction ; in June, 1873, he was re-appointed Postmaster, and held that office until 1878. During the war, he was one of the most vigorous defenders of the Administration ; he threw his whole power into the Union cause, and was instrumental in raising a large number of volunteers ; he was Secretary and actual manager of the Soldiers' Monu- ment Association of Muscatine Co., which erected the beautiful shaft to the memory of the heroes who fell in the cause of Union and freedom upon Southern battle-fields, and which now ornaments the Court House Square of Muscatine ; he was also active and mainly instrumental in organizing the Muscatine Building and Loan Association, of which he continues to be a Director, an organization which is accomplishing untold good in providing homes for the mechanics and laboring men of the city ; he is also President of the Iowa Press Association, an organization which has existed for several years ; he has also been a member and promoter of the several temperance organizations of the city and county, and is among the foremost in every good work, whether charitable, benevolent or reformatory, undertaken in his neighborhood; he has been a Methodist since his 18th year ; one of the most active and prominent members of the Church. Politically, he was raised in the communion of the old Whig party, and since the organization of the Republican party, lic has been one of its most devoted adherents. Mr. Mahin has been twice married ; first, on the 17th of May, 1859, at Muscatine, to Miss Anna Herr, who died on the 12th of March, 1862, childless ; second, on the 20th of September, 1864, to Miss Anna Lee, of Johnson Co., Iowa, who still lives, and is the mother of four children, the eldest of whom-Ella Cassel, died in 1870 ; and three survive-J. Lee, Mabel and Florence.
HENRY MARTIN, cooper, East Ninth st. ; was born in Hanover, Germany, May 21, 1832 ; he was brought up there, and learned the cooper's trade ; he emigrated to America in 1854; he came to lowa and settled in Muscatine in September, 1855; he commenced working at his trade, and has continued ever since for twenty-four years,
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and longer than any cooper here. He married Miss Amelia Hillis, from Hanover, Ger- many, Sept. 6, 1859 ; they have seven children-Charlotte, Fred, Henry, Caroline, John, Theodore and William.
H. F. MARTIN, proprietor of restaurant and confectionery, west side of Second st., near the bridge. Mr. M. was born in Lockport, N. Y., in 1852; when 9 years of age, removed with parents to McGregor, Iowa; at the age of 15, he went to Cleveland, Ohio, and served an apprenticeship of three years in the confectionery busi- ness, at the end of which time, he returned West. He married Miss Agnes Stoughten of Wapello, Louisa Co., Iowa ; they have one child-Mabel C. Members of the Epis- copal Church ; Mr. M. is a Democrat.
JAMES K. MARTIN ; was born in Ciermont Co., Ohio, May 25, 1839 ; when 14 years of age, he went on the river and served as engineer on the Mississippi River most of the time for fifteen years; he came to Muscatine in 1856, and was engineer for Chambers Bros. for eight years ; he afterward engaged in the milling busi- ness, and has continued it since then. He is connected with several different orders, and has held offices in them. He married Miss Maria Hern, of this city, in December, 1863 ; they have three children-Harry B., Mary P. and Lydia V.
GEORGE MEASON, Justice of the Peace ; was born in Fayette Co., Penn., in 1806; he grew up to manhood there, and married Miss Mary Ewing, of Fayette Co., Penn. ; in 1832, while living in that State, he was chosen by the people to offices of trust and distinction ; he was elected Treasurer of Fayette Co., and was also elected Sheriff of the county ; was Commissioner, and held the office of Associate Judge ; he came to Iowa in 1852, and located in Muscatine. and has lived here since then, except six years he spent in Kansas ; he was elected County Judge in 1855, and held that office two years ; he was Assistant Assessor of Internal Revenue; afterward was appointed Assessor of Internal Revenue ; he has held the office of Mayor of this city for eight consecutive years ; he was elected Justice of the Peace in October, 1876. Mr. and Mrs. Meason have six daughters and one son living.
E. E. MILLER, proprietor of restaurant ; confectioner and dealer in choice candies, fruits, nuts, cigars and tobaccos. Mr. M. was born in Boston, Mass., June 9, 1855. In September, 1878, married Miss Anna B. Reece, of this city. Mr. Miller has a good record as a pedestrian, and at present is the champion walkist of Iowa ; he is an enterprising citizen, courteous to all, and since his coming to Muscatine has made many warm friends.
WILLIAM P. MOLIS, Superintendent and Engineer of the Muscatine Water-works; was born in Muscatine April 7, 1854; he was brought up here and attended school, and afterward learned the business of mechanical engineer at Clinton and in St. Louis ; he assisted in building the water-works at Clinton and Davenport ; he was appointed to his present position in September, 1876, and since then has filled the office with ability and satisfaction.
G. O. MORGRIDGE, physician and surgeon, Muscatine ; is a native of Marion Co., Ohio, and was born Jan. 26, 1840 ; lived there until 16 years of age, then removed to Bloomington, Ind., where he attended the University one year ; then came to Iowa, settled in Cedar Co., and lived there until the war broke out. He enlisted in the fall of 1861, in the 11th Regt. I. V. I., Co. HI ; was in the battles of Shiloh, Corinth and the siege of Vicksburg; after the fall of Atlanta, he was commissioned Captain of Co. H, and commanded the company until the close of the war ; he was wounded at the battle of Shiloh and at the fight of Nicojack Creek, and at the battle of Atlanta, July 22, 1864; he was with Sherman in his march to the sea, and was in the last battle of the war; marched to Washington, took part in the grand review, and was mustered out at Davenport. After the war, he returned, entered the State University and remained two years, then studied medicine in Keokuk under Dr. J. C. Hughes, and graduated at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1870; he afterward attended the full course of instruction at Bellevue, New York ; he practiced medicineat West Liberty until July, 1878, and since then he has practiced here. He married Miss Ruth A. Casebeer, a native of Iowa, in 1867 ; they have two children-Henry W. and Myrta E.
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AUGUST MOZER, proprietor of Railroad House, Front street ; is a native of France; was born in 1837; emigrated to New York in 1866, removed thence to Ashtabula Co., Ohio, remained until 1867, when he came to Muscatine. In 1869, he married Miss Zeraphine Ferry, in this city ; she was also a native of France; they have four children-August, Paul, Albert and Martha. Mr. Mozer acts with the Demo- cratic party ; members of the Catholic Church. He has been engaged in business in Muscatine since 1876.
M. MURPHY, of the firm of Byrne & Murphy, dealers in groceries, provis- ions, produce, flour, feed, confectionery, fruits, etc., Muscatine, Iowa ; Mr. Murphy was born in Tipperary County, Ireland, in 1830; emigrated to this country in 1847. He married Miss Elizabeth Coffey, of Muscatine; they have cleven children. Mr. Murphy and his wife are members of the Catholic Church. Politically, Mr. M. is a Democrat. Was elected Alderman of the Fourth Ward four years ; has also filled the office of Street Commissioner ; in both offices he performed his duties in an able and efficient manner.
P. M. MUSSER, of the firm of Musser & Co., manufacturers of lumber, Musserville, Muscatine, and also of the firm of Cook, Musser & Co., bankers ; is a native of Lancaster Co., Penn., and was born April 3, 1841 ; he was brought up and received his education in that State ; after reaching manhood, he came to Iowa in 1862 and located in Muscatine and engaged in the lumber business ; the following year, in 1863, he removed to Iowa City and engaged in the lumber business, the firm being R. Musser & Co., which was afterward changed to P. M. Musser & Co .; he retained his interest in the business of the firm of R. Musser & Co. here while living in Iowa City ; in the spring of 1873, Mr. Musser returned to Muscatine, and, since then, has been actively identified with the management of the extensive milling and lumber business of Musser & Co .; in March, 1877, he associated with S. B. Cook and H. Funck and engaged in banking, the firm being Cook, Musser & Co. In December, 1855, Mr. Musser was united in marriage to Miss Julia E. Hutchinson, daughter of Robert Hutchinson, Esq., of Iowa City ; they have two children -- one son and one- daughter- Robert Clifton and Helen Jeff; they have lost one daughter-Laura.
RICHARD MUSSER, senior partner of the firm of Musser & Co., man- ufacturers of lumber, Musserville, Muscatine ; is a native of Lancaster Co., Penn., and was born Nov. 15, 1819, and he was brought up there; after reaching manhood, he removed to Schuylkill Co. and lived there until 1854, when he came to Iowa and located in Muscatine the following spring ; in 1855, he engaged in the lumber business, and has been engaged in it nearly a quarter of a century, building up a large and extensive trade ; their mills are among the largest and most complete on the river, having a capacity dur- ing a full season of making from eighteen to twenty million feet of lumber, employing over one hundred men and boys. Mr. Musser was twice elected Mayor of the city of Muscatine, and has also held the offices of Alderman and County Supervisor, and is actively identified with the interests of the city and county. He married Miss Sarah Berger, a native of Schuylkill Co., Penn., in 1855 ; they have had nine children, only five of whom survive.
B. NEIDIG, of the firm of B. Neidig & Son, proprietors of meat market and ice-dealers, Muscatine, Iowa; Mr. Neidig is a native of Pennsylvania; he came to Muscatine in 1847. Has been twice married ; first wife was Miss Catharine Snavely ; present wife was Miss Mary M. Smith. Mr. Neidig, in early life, acted with the Whig party ; on its decline, became a Republican, and has remained a firm supporter of its principles. He is essentially a self-made man, and an honored member of society ; he has been established in business in the city of Muscatine over thirty years, and during that time has enjoyed the confidence and respect of all.
M. O. NEIDIG, of the firm of B. Neidig & Son, ice dealers, also proprietors . of meat market, on Second street ; Mr. Neidig was born in Frederick Co., Md., in 1833; in 1849, removed to this city with his parents. He married Miss Elizabeth H. Ryer- son, of this city ; she was born in New Jersey, and came to this county with her parents in 1855 or 1856; they have four children-Frank A., Haddessah, Alice and Ralph.
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In politics, Mr. Neidig is Republican ; in religion, himself and wife are Presbyterian. He is a member of the A. O. U. W. ; he was elected a member of the Muscatine Council two years; is a man of excellent character, a valuable citizen and an energetic business man.
JOHN NESTER, proprietor of blacksmith shop on Mulberry street, Musca- tine; a native of Germany, born in 1828; emigrated to Indiana in 1844; remained until 1854, then came to this city. He married in Toledo, Ohio, Miss A. Bangea ; they have five children-John T .. Andrew, Mary Theresa, Joseph and May Agnes. Mr. Nester is a Democrat ; members of the Catholic Church. Mr. N. is always pre- pared to do first-class horse-shocing and repairing of all kinds ; in fact, anything requir- ing mechanical skill and practical workmanship.
G. J. NYENHUIS, proprietor of brick yard on Lucas Grove road, South Muscatine; Mr. Nyenhuis was born in Holland, in 1820; emigrated to Baltimore, Md., in 1848; came to Muscatine in 1853. He married, in Holland, Miss Anna E. E. Boyenk ; they have eight children-Mary, now Mrs. A. Hine; Hattie, now the wife of M. Bodeman; Dennie, Senni, Annie, Vandal B., Hiram and James. Mr. Nyenhuis and wife are members of the Baptist Church; he is a Democrat ; he has been engaged in the manufacture of brick fourteen years, and does an extensive business.
J. S. PATTEN, of the firm of S. S. Patten & Co., wholesale and retail dealers in lumber ; is a native of Columbus, Ohio; born Jan. 25, 1826 ; he lived there until 24 years of age, when he came to Iowa and located in Muscatine; arrived here April 1, 1850; he engaged in manufacturing sash, doors and blinds for six years, then went in the marble business for three years, and since then he has been engaged in the lum- ber business; he has held the office of City Councilman, has been a member of the School Board for many years. He married Miss Sarah A. Neidig, a native of Harris- burg, Penn., May 5, 1853; they have three children-May V., Ellsworth C. and Milton H.
J. P. PHELPS, artistic photographer, Second street, over Post Office : Mr. P. was born in this city, in 1848. In 1872, he married Miss Louisa Waller, of Natchez, Miss .; they have two children-Florence P. and Effie L .; Mr. P. acts with the Demo- cratic party ; he has been engaged in his present business since 1862.
MAJ. J. A. PICKLER, attorney at law, of the firm of Hoffman, Pickler & Brown, was born in Washington Co., Ind., Jan. 24, 1844; when 9 years of age, his parents came to Iowa and located in Davis Co., where he was brought up ; after the breaking out of the rebellion, he enlisted in 1862, as private in Co. D, 3d Regiment I. C .; he was promoted through all the non-commissions to Second Lieutenant, then to First Lieutenant, and afterward commissioned Captain of Co. D; he was in a number of battles ; was commissioned Major of the 138th Regiment U. S. C. T .; after his return from the service, he entered the State University and went through the collegiate course ; then studied law, attended the law school in Chicago. and afterward entered the Law Department of the Michigan University, and graduated at that institution in 1872; he practiced law in Missouri for two years, and held the office of Prosecuting Attorney of Adair Co .; in 1875, he came to Muscatine and associated with Mr. Hoff- man, and since has practiced his profession here. He married Miss Alice M. Alt, of Johnson Co., lowa, in 1870; they have two children-Lulu A. and Madge E.
B. PRIESTER, proprietor of general repair and horse-shoeing shop, South Muscatine; Mr. Priester is a native of Ilolland; was born in 1836 ; emigrated to Buffalo, N. Y., in 1869 ; came to Muscatine in 1870. In 1875, married Miss Minnie Mager ; she was also a native of Holland ; have five children-Josephine, George, John, Nicholas and Katie. Mr. Priester and wife are members of the Protestant Church ; he is a Republican in politics. He is fair-dealing and straightforward in all his transactions, and all who favor him with their patronage will be satisfied.
J. A. REULING, dealer in all kinds of family groceries, Second street; Mr. R. is a native of Germany, born in 1824; emigrated to Burlington, Iowa, in 1838; came to Muscatine in 1848. Mr. R. has been twice married; his first wife was Miss W. Schneir; his present wife was Louisa Schneir; their children are-Annie, James,
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Risley, George W., Louisa, John A., Nellie, Ella and Walter. Members of the Lutheran Church; a member of the I. O. O. F. and the Knights of Honor ; in the latter society he is one of the Trustees; has ever acted with the Democratie party.
DE WITT C. RICHMAN, Judge of the Circuit Court of Scott and Muscatine Counties ; is a native of Somerset, Perry Co., Ohio, and was born Sept. 1, 1826, and is the seventh child of Evert and Mary Scott Richman, natives of Pennsyl- sylvania ; he was named after Gov. De Witt Clinton, an intimate friend of his father ; his father was a Methodist minister and died when De Witt was only 3 years of age, leaving the care of a family of seven children upon his mother ; her watchful care of her children was unceasing, and her widowed life was apparently planned and lived for the great purpose of so rearing her children that they might be prepared for honorable and useful lives ; De Witt C. was educated in the public schools of Bucks Co., Penn., to which place his mother removed soon after his father's death ; he was very fond of books, particularly of history ; from the age of 12 to 16 years, he worked on a farm in Bucks Co., except a short time in a store in Philadelphia ; he also served one year as clerk in a store in Trenton, N. J. ; at the age of 18, he came to Muscatine and entered the grocery store of his brother, John W. Richman, and remained two years, and returned to Trenton, N. J., and resumed his clerkship and remained there until 1853, when he returned to Muscatine to pursue the study of law in the office of his brother, J. Scott Richman, and was admitted to the bar the following year ; he was subsequently admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court of Iowa, and, in March, 1869, was admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court of the United States ; in 1855, he became a partner of his brother, J. Scott Richman, which continued until December, 1863, when the latter accepted a seat on the Bench of the District Court, whereupon our subject formed a copartnership with Mr. J. Carskaddan, which continued until June 1, 1878, when he was appointed by the Governor Judge of the Circuit Court of Scott and Muscatine Counties, and to which position he was subsequently elected and still holds with honor to himself and his constituents ; though naturally averse to litigation, it has been his lot to be engaged in some of the most important and hotly contested suits arising in his district, among which may be mentioned the special railroad tax cases growing out of the special tax voted in aid of the Muscatine Western Railroad in 1871, the collection of which was strongly resisted by many taxpayers ; the State vs. Mori, for the murder of Dr. C. Hershe in 1864; the State vs. Prosser, for the murder of Silas Ferry ; Cole vs. Cole, a leading divorce suit; Arzt vs. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad, an action for personal injuries ; Musser vs. Hershey and Brewster vs. Hershey, concerning riparian rights, in the District and Circuit Courts of the State; Finlay vs. Brewster and cases of bonds of the City of Muscatine issued to the Mississippi & Missouri Rail- road Co., in the United States Circuit and Supreme Courts. In politics our subject was raised a Whig, and, on the expiration of that party, he united with the Republican, to which he still adheres, though he has never sought office ; during the war, he was among the stanchest supporters of the Government. While living in Trenton, N. J., Judge Richman made the acquaintance of Miss Mary Berdine, and they were married in Brooklyn, N. Y., on the 1st of September, 1855 ; she is a daughter of Jacob C. and Matilda Berdine, both natives of New Jersey and still living in Davenport, Iowa ; they are of Revolutionary ancestry ; they have had two children born to them-the eldest, Scott Clinton, born in 1856, lived but two weeks; the other, Irving Berdine, born on the 17th of October, 1861, is quite a student, developing a taste for the profession of his father. Judge Richman and his wife are both consistent members of the Congre- gational Church ; he is very active as a Sabbath-school worker and was for five years President of the Sabbath-School Association of the county, and was also President of the Young Men's Christian Association and is actively identified with the best interests of the city and county in which he lives.
REV. ALDEN B. ROBBINS, Pastor of the First Congregational Church, Muscatine ; the subject of this sketch is a native of Salem, Essex Co., Mass., and was born Feb. 18, 1817 ; when 12 years of age, his parents removed to the city of New York, where he remained for several years ; after attending school in various places, he
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returned to Salem to prepare for college under Col. Henry C. Oliver, a prominent man and distinguished as a teacher ; he completed his preparatory studies and entered Amherst College and graduated in 1839 in the same class with Rev. R. S. Storrs and Bishop Huntington, of the city of New York; after graduating, he was a tutor in Hopkins Academy, at Hadley, Mass .; then entered the Theological Seminary at Andover, where he spent two years, and, afterward, spent one year in Union Theological Seminary in the city of New York ; he came to Iowa in 1843 with a band of twelve young men, arriving here in November of that year, and, since that time, he has served as Pastor of the First Congregational Church of this city over thirty-five years, it being the longest continuous pastorate in the State ; he received the degree of D. D. from his Alma Mater ; he has held the position of Trustee of Iowa College for twenty-five years and is a Director of the Chicago Theological Seminary ; he was chosen Chairman of the Triennial Convention of this denomination, recently held in Chicago. In 1843, he married Miss Eliza C. Hough : she was a niece of Prof. Hough, of Middlebury Col- lege, Vt .; she died in 1850, leaving three children-Dana H., Horace H. and Anna M .; in September, 1851, Dr. Robbins married Mary S. Arnold, of Bath, Me .; they have two children-Esther B., a member of the ladies' course in Iowa College, and John, at home.
WILLIAM STEPHENSON ROBERTSON, M. D., Professor of theory and practice of medicine and clinical medicine in Iowa State University ; was born at Georgetown, Lancaster Co., Penn., June 5, 1831 ; son of James M. Robertson and Maria, nee Armstrong, the former of Scotch and the latter of English ancestry ; his juvenile education was obtained in the common schools of the country, and his more advanced studies were pursued in the preparatory department and Freshman Class of Knox College, Illinois ; being an ardent student, he applied himself to his studies with such diligence as seriously to affect his health, so that in the third term of his Freshman year, he was obliged to discontinue his studies and spend a year at home in recuperation, after which, he returned to college ; but six months incessant mental application brought him down again, and he was compelled to return to his home a second time; this termi- nated his college course. In 1852, having recovered his health, he entered the office of his father as a medical student; in the autumn of 1854, he attended his first course of lectures in Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia; the ensuing summer was spent in his father's office in assisting him in his practice. In September, 1855, he returned to Jefferson College and graduated from that institution on the 8th of March, 1856 ; in the same year, he located at Columbus City, Iowa, his old home, where he entered upon his career as a physician ; his studies had led him to cultivate a fond- ness for surgery, and while attending to the duties of a general business with fidelity, he was especially careful to treat all the surgical cases that came legitimately within the scope of his practice. His senior professional friends, seeing his inclination in this direction, sent him many interesting and important cases ; he remained at Columbus City for a period of twelve years, enjoying a large general and surgical practice ; he spent the winter of 1868-69 in the hospitals of New York City, under the special direction of Prof. Frank H. Hamilton, M. D .; in the spring of 1869, he sold his property at Columbus City and moved to Muscatine, Iowa; at the opening of the med- ical department of the Iowa State University, he was offered the chair of theory and practice of medicine and clinical medicine, which he accepted, and was commissioned accordingly on the 22d of December, 1869. At the outbreak of the rebellion in 1861, he raised the first company of volunteers that was recruited in the State, and tendered them to the Governor ; but for some reason, which has never been made public, they were not accepted. On the 13th of June, 1861, he was mustered into the army as Major of the 5th I. V. I., being present at and participating in every mareh, siege, skirmish and battle of that gallant regiment, till the 23d of July, 1862; in a night attack in front of New Madrid, on the 4th of March, 1862, and in an afternoon skirmish on the 6th of March, he was made the special target of the enemy's sharpshooters, and had five minie balls through his eoat, his horse shot down, and the hair shaved off both sides of his head at once by bullets; near Rienzi, Miss., on the 10th of March, in the
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