The History of Muscatine county, Iowa, containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, &c., Part 78

Author: Western historical company, Chicago. [from old catalog]
Publication date: 1879
Publisher: Chicago, Western historical company
Number of Pages: 684


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same year, in company with his servant and six cavalrymen, he was cut off from camp while out on a tour of inspection as a picket officer, and hewed his way with his saber through two lines of rebel infantry, reaching his camp in safety, with the loss of two men ; he had also the honor of commanding the left skirmish line of the army of the Mississippi, in front of Corinth, at the time that stronghold was evacuated by Beaure- gard. On the 22d of May, 1862, the gallant commander of the regiment, Col. W. H. Worthington, was killed, and at a meeting of the officers of the regiment, called to nominate his successor, an informal ballot gave Maj. Robertson every vote for the vacancy, and he was accordingly nominated by acclamation ; duly appreciating this expression of confidence from his fellow-officers, he resolved to accept the position to which he had been so flatteringly nominated, and desiring to arrange his affairs at home, he applied for a thirty-days leave of absence, which, however, he was refused in conse- quence of orders issued from department headquarters, detaining all officers able for duty in the field ; having some important business imperatively demanding his presence at home, by the advice of Gen. Halleck, and with the distinct understanding that he would rejoin his command on receipt of his commission as Colonel, his resignation as Major was tendered and accepted on the 23d of July, 1862; notwithstanding the fact that the officers of the regiment, when asked by the Governor why they did not recon- mend promotion in their regiment according to seniority of rank, reiterated their demand for his appointment by a unanimous vote, giving good and sufficient reasons therefor, and without making any charge against the gallant Lieutenant Colonel of the regiment except his lack of familiarity with our language and the system of tactics and regula- tions of our service, for some reason still unexplained, his commission as Colonel was withheld, and he did not again enter the military service, though he was repeatedly im- portuned to do so. In politics, the Doctor has always been recognized as of the radical Republican type. He was one of the original stockholders and a member of the first Board of Directors of the Muscatine Water Works Company. In 1873, while acting as City and County Physician of Muscatine Co., his attention was specially attracted by the sad condition of the feeble-minded children then in the County Poorhouse, and for the first time realized the fact that the State had made no provision for the care, education, or maintenance of this unfortunate class ; in visiting other parts of the State, he found the same condition of affairs existing; when contrasting this state of things with the munificent arrangements which the State had made for the education of other classes of unfortunates less helpless and forlorn than these, it occurred to him that it was time the subject was forced upon the attention of the people and their legislators; and that it was the bounden duty of the State to make some provision for them ; deeply impressed with this idea, he brought the subject to the notice of the State. Medical Society in his annual address as its President, in January, 1874, and asked the co-opera- tion of that body to that end ; the society " resolved," but took no further action at that time; the subject was again brought forward at the next meeting, and Dr. Robertson appointed a special committee of one to present the subject to the Legislature; he accordingly drafted a bill as a guide in the formation of a law, and prepared a " Plea for the Feeble-Minded Children of the State of Iowa," which he had printed at his own expensc, and a copy placed upon the desk of each member of the Legislature; the subject was subsequently presented to the respective houses by Hon. C. C. Horton, of Muscatine, and Hon. J. Y. Stone, of Glenwood ; to the action of our subject, seconded by the gentlemen named, is due the fact that Iowa has now a magnificent institution in successful operation located at Glenwood, Mill's County, for the education and mainte- nance of this lowest class of unfortunates, Dr. Robertson being very properly the Presi- dent of the Board of Trustees of the institution ; he is also a member of the Muscatine County Medical Society ; late President of the Iowa State Medical Society ; late Presi- dent of the Eastern Iowa District Medical Society ; member of the Judicial Council of that body; he has also been for many years a distinguished member of the Masonic fraternity ; in June of 1877, the Trustees of Knox College, Illinois, conferred on Dr. W. S. Robertson, the honorary A. M. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church. On the 10th of June, 1856, he married Miss Annie E. Charlton, a native of Cattaraugus


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Co., N. Y., but of English parentage, a lady of high culture and refinement; Dr. Robertson has had five children born to him, three sons and two daughters, only two of whom survive, named Charles and Nellie. As a physician, Dr. Robertson is prompt to respond to the calls of duty, and is a skillful surgeon.


J. RUBELMANN, of the firm of J. Rubelmann & Co., jobbers in leather, saddlery and hardware; is a native of Germany, where he was brought up and learned the business of manufacturing leather ; he emigrated to this country in 1847, and came to Iowa in 1849; he went South and carried on the farming business for some years; in 1861, he came to Muscatine and established the house of J. Rubelmann & Co .; they still continue the tanning business in Tennessse and finish the leather here ; have the leading leather, saddlery and hardware house here, doing a large and extensive trade and an exclusively jobbing business. Mr. Rubelmann married Miss R. A. Renz, a native of Germany, in 1855 ; they have four children-George J., John G., Julia V. and Katie M.


J. J. RUSSELL, of the firm of Burk & Russell, attorney at law ; is a native of Long Island, N. Y. ; when 3 years of age, his parents came to Muscatine Co., where he received his education ; he studied law, entered the State University and graduated in the law department in 1878; he has recently associated with W. D. Burk in the practice of his profe-sion.


GEORGE A. SCHAEFER, dealer in groceries, provisions, etc., on Lucas Grove road, corner of Green street; also proprietor of brickyard on Lucas Grove road; Mr. Schaefer was born in Bavaria, Germany, in 1841; in 1852, emigrated with his parents to Muscatine. In 1865. he married Miss Anna Derfler ; they have four children -John George, Anna Mary, Frank Xavier and Mary K. Politically, Mr. Schaefer is a Democrat, but his business engrosses his time and leaves none for political matters ; he is a member of no church, is liberal in religious opinions; he has built up a large and remunerative business by his square dealing and honesty.


GEORGE SCHNEIDER, dealer in boat stores, groceries, provisions, etc., Front street, opposite steamboat landing; was born in Germany in 1829; in 1850, he emigrated to Buffalo, N. Y., remained until 1851, then went to Sandusky, Ohio; in 1855, he came to this city. He married Miss Katharine Bike, daughter of Frederic and Sarah Bike, who were born in Germany, emigrated to this country and settled in Louisa Co., lowa, where they now reside, in 1845; she was born in 1840. Married Mr. Schneider in 1858; they have five children-Katy, Annie, George, Henry and Ella. Mr. S. is an old " Jackson " Democrat; he has held various local offices, among them that of Wharfmaster, and a member of the City Council, and at present is Steam- boat Registrar, which office he has held for nine years; he is a member of A., F. & A. M .. and is President of the Mechanics' Aid Society, is also Dictator in the Knights of Honor. Member of the German Lutheran Church. Mr. S. has ever been identified with Muscatine's interests, and is well and honorably known for those qualities which constitute a thorough business man and a gentleman.


G. W. SCHREURS, of the firm of Schreurs & Son, proprietors of the Young America Mills ; was born in Holland Sept. 19, 1839; he came with his parents to this country in 1846; they came to Iowa in the spring of 1847, and settled here, where he learned the milling business; when the war broke out, he enlisted in the 7th Regiment I. V. L., Co. A, the first company that went in the three years' service from this place; he served as Orderly to Gen. Rice ; he was wounded twice in the battle of Belmont ; was in many battles and was in the service over three years. After his return, he married Miss Mary J. Groters, a native of New Jersey, Feb. 14, 1865 ; they have four children-John A., Esther, Freddie and Paul. Mr. and Mrs. Schruers are mem- bers of the Congregational Church. Mr. Sehruers has been engaged in the milling business since the war; on the 19th of August, 1875, their mill burned down, but was rebuilt the same year, regardless of cost, with special reference to improved machinery ; the buhrs being all made to order ; their engine is the only one of the kind in the State, Este's Patent, unequaled for its regularity of movement; the reputation of their mills stands ahead of anything in the county, and they do both custom and merchant work ;


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Mr. Schreurs has invented and patented a millstone attachment for starting and stopping the burhs at pleasure, and is also interested in a patent millstone driver; they are both inventions of great utility and benefit to the milling interest.


JOHN A. SCHRUERS, of the firm of Schruers & Son, proprietors of the Young America Mills ; was born in Holland July 29, 1814; he lived there until 1846, when he emigrated to America, landing at New Orleans Dec. 26, 1846; the following year, he came to Muscatine and arrived here March 29, 1847 ; he engaged in farming four and one-half miles west of the city; in 1870, he engaged in the milling business, . and has continued in it since then. He married Seena Willemina, from Germany, in 1838; she died in March, 1863; they have five children-Garrett W., Henry, Mena, Jennie and Seena. Mr. Schruers married Hannah Reesink June 11, 1867; they have one son -- George.


FREDRICK SEIFERT, tailor, corner of Sixth and Mulberry streets, Mus- catine ; was born in Germany May 11, 1825; came to this country in 1855; settled in Lehigh Co., Penn., where he remained until 1866, in which year he came to Mus- catine ; four years later, he returned to Pennsylvania and remained there until 1877, when he again came to this city. He was married in 1865, to Miss Amanda E. Blose, a native of Canton Co., Penn .; they have one child-Laura Jane. Mr. Sefert and wife are members of the Lutheran Church ; he is a Democrat.


P. SHANNON, dealer in groceries, provisions, etc., Chestnut street, between Front and Second streets ; a native of Ireland; emigrated to Missouri in 1846; came to Muscatine County in 1853. Married first wife, Margaret Burns, in Washington Co., Mo .; she died in this county; present wife was Rosa Fale; they have one child -- Mag- gie. Mr. Shannon is a Democrat. Member of the Catholic Church. Mr. S. has an extensive trade and may be considered one of the enterprising business men of Mus- catine.


ABRAHAM SMALLEY, retired ; was born in Somerset Co., N. J., Oct. 24, 1815 ; the following year, his parents removed to Ohio, where he lived until 23 years of age, when he came to Iowa; arrived in the county Aug. 10, 1838; he bought a claim for his father's family to settle upon, and they came the following year, in April ; he voted and was Clerk of the Election in Storms Precinct, now Cedar Tp., in the fall of 1838; Muscatine only contained about eighty persons at that time ; he engaged in farming; he came to Muscatine and engaged in manufacturing plows, culti- vators and fanning-mills; in 1850, he connected with his business the manufacture of sash, doors and blinds ; since 1855, he has been engaged in dealing in real estate. He laid out the town of Musserville, and, with Green, Stone and Jacob Butler, laid out South Muscatine. He had little when he started in life, and owes his success to his own efforts ; he held office of Clerk of Board of Supervisors for two years, and other town and school offices. He married Eliza E. Mathis, a native of Atlantic Co., N. J., in 1861 ; they have two children-Ettie and Harry ; he has one son, George, by a by a former wife.


W. B. SPRAGUE, dealer in marble and granite monuments, headstones, marble, slate and iron mantels, corner of Walnut and Second streets; was born in Lynn, Mass., in 1844; in 1858, removed, with his parents, to Dixon, Ill. Married in 1867, in Aurora, Ill., to Miss Frances E. Buck, a native of St. Louis, Mo .; they have one child-Mabel. Mr. Sprague has been engaged in his present business over eighteen years, and has a well-established reputation and an extensive business; his close application, his constant study to give satisfaction to his patrons, his wide experience and judgment in his business, place him in the front rank of the monument dealers of Iowa as a citizen he is public-spirited, ever identified with the best interests of the commu- nity. He acts with the Republican party ; is a member of Masonic and A. O. U. W. societies.


SIMON G. STEIN, President of the Merchants' Exchange Bank ; among the oldest and most substantial business men of Muscatine, or, indeed, of this section of Iowa, is the subject of this sketch, who was born in Lebanon Co., Penn., March 17, 1817 ; he lived there until 19 years of age, when he removed to Ohio, and lived three


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years, then came to Illinois, where he lived in Rock Island Co., until the fall of 1849, when he came to lowa, located in Muscatine and engaged in the lumber trade ; by strict attention to business, coupled with natural business ability and good management, he has become one of the most successful merchants, and is one of the oldest lumber dealers on the river ; aside from his own large lumber-trade, he is Vice President of the Her- shey Lumber Company, which does a very extensive business; he is also senior member of the firm of , large manufacturers and dealers in furniture ; he is a stockholder in the Great Western Type Foundry of Chicago, and is a member of the Des Moines Marble Company, at Des Moines; he is President and has the active man- agement of the Merchants' Exchange Bank, and is half owner and President of the Ferry Company ; he was President of the Muscatine Western R. R. Co., and he is now President of the Muscatine, Tipton & Anamosa R. R .; he was elected Mayor of Mus- catine, in 1870, receiving the nomination from both parties, first by the Republicans and then by the Democrats; he was re-elected in 1871, receiving the nomination first by the Democrats and then by the Republicans; the other city offices being contested by a strict party vote; when Mr. Stein began life, he had nothing; he owes his success in life to his own efforts. Politically, he acts with the Republican party. Attends the Presbyterian Church. He married Miss Ann C. Borntheisel of Lebanon Co., Ohio, in May, 1841 ; they have two children-Angie (now Mrs. A. M. Barnhart, of Chicago), and Simon G., Jr., attending the University in Chicago.


BENJAMIN STEINER, dealer in stock, Muscatine; was born in St. Louis Dec. 24, 1841 ; removed to Muscatine Co. with his parents while a boy. He married Miss Sarah Fanlsner of this county. Politically, Mr. Steiner is a Democrat. Resides on Second street, near the fair ground.


THEODORE S. STEWART, merchant, dealer in boots and shoes, 186 Second street ; is a native of Marietta, Ohio; was born in 1847, and is a son of Will- iam H. Stewart and Cynthia A. Morton; when 7 years of age, his parents came to Iowa, and located in Muscatine, where he attended school and afterward entered Fulton College ; while there, he enlisted, when only 16 years of age, with the rest of his class, in the 140th Regiment, Ill. V. I., Co. D ; after his return, he entered his father's store ; when 21 years of age, in 1868, he became interested in the business with his father ; he has now succeeded his father in the business, which is the oldest boot and shoe house in Muscatine. He married Miss Mary Foulk Oct. 13, 1875; they have two children-a son, Morton, and an infant daughter.


WILLIAM H. STEWART, retired merchant, Muscatine ; was born in Greene Co., N. Y., March 12, 1813, and is the son of James HI. Stewart and Betsey, nee Osborne ; he died in Meigs Co., Ohio, in 1865, when 93 years of age ; his wife, the mother of our subjeet, is still living in Ohio, and is in the 94th year of her age; Will- iam H. was raised on his father's small farm, and for several seasons he worked for the neighboring farmers, receiving 6] cents per day ; his wages were afterward increased to 12! cents per day ; when 14 years of age he began learning the boot and shoe trade ; after completing his trade, he removed to Ohio, and, in 1836, he engaged in business in Marietta and continued until 1854, when he came to Iowa and located in Muscatine, and engaged in the boot and shoe trade; after continuing in the trade over twenty-one years, he retired from active business, his son Theodore succeeding him. Mr. Stewart has served in the City Council in Marietta, Ohio, and after coming to Muscatine was elected to the Board of Supervisors of the county, where he served for eight years, and was Chairman of the Board during the last three years ; he was one of the original organizers of the Merchants' Exchange National Bank of Muscatine, and has been one of the Board of Directors since it was organized; he is a prominent member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and has filled all the chairs and positions of the Order. On the 15th of November, 1838, he married Miss Cynthia Mouson at Mar- ietta, Ohio ; their children are William, Purchasing Agent of the St. Paul & Mil- waukee Railroad ; Sylvester N., living in Philadelphia, Penn .; Marcus, engaged in the boot and shoe business in Tipton, Iowa; Theodore S., who succeeds his father in the boot and shoe business in this city ; Edward C., engaged in boot and shoe business at


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Creston, Iowa; Rita, the only daughter, married Mr. E. H. Betts, publisher of the Tribune.


JOHN STOCKDALE, of the firm of Stockdale & Grady, proprietors of wagon, general repair and horse-shoeing shop ; Mr. Stockdale is a native of Yorkshire, England, born in June, 1828; when he was 6 years of age, his parents emigrated to Syracuse, N. Y .; when in his 16th year, Mr. Stockdale learned the blacksmith trade in Oswego, N. Y., and has since been engaged in it; he came to Muscatine in March, 1859. Mr. S. has been married twice-married first wife, Precilla Goodman, in . Oswego, N. Y .; married present wife, Maria Curran, in this county ; have four children -Mary C., James F., Hattie C., Nannie. Mr. Stockdale is Republican in politics. Mr. Stockdale is the owner of the brick shop where he does business, which is one of as large and commodious of any in the city ; he is one of those active go-ahead men who are sure to succeed in whatever enterprise they undertake.


T. J. THOMPSON, proprietor of livery-stable and farmer ; Mr. Thompson was born in Pittsburgh, Penn., Jan. 25., 1828; when he was 1 year old, his parents removed to Ohio. In 1850, he married Miss Jane C. Black, of Portage Co., Ohio ; in 1852, they removed to Clinton Co., Iowa., thence to Monmouth, Jackson Co., in 1858, where they remained until 1862, when they came to Bloomington Tp., Muscatine Co. ; remained in Bloomington Tp. until February, 1878, when they removed to Muscatine ; they have four children -- Mary E., George A., Sarah and James Albert. Mr. Thomp- son and wife are members of the Baptist Church ; he is National in politics. Owns 320 acres of land-160 in Bloomington Tp., Muscatine Co., 80 in Marshall Co., 80 in Sac Co. His oldest daughter, Mary, married James W. Bickford; they reside in Clarke Co., Iowa. Sarah, the second child, married Marshall Kyle; they reside in Keokuk Co., Iowa.


J. W. VARNER, proprietor of the Commercial Hotel; is a native of Green- brier Co., near the White Sulphur Springs, Va .; when only 2 years of age, his par- ents removed to Stanton, Va., where they lived until he was 10 years of age ; then removed to Portsmouth, Ohio, where he was brought up; he and his brother were engaged in contracting when the war broke out. His brother, afterward Col. Samp- son E. Varner in October, 1861, was commissioned Major of the 56th Regiment Ohio V. I. ; he was promoted and served with distinction during the war ; he died in Ports- mouth, Ohio, in June, 1877. John W. was engaged in steamboating for seventeen years ; the last boat that he commanded was the " Navigator ; " he afterward engaged in the hotel business at Savanna, Ill .; was proprietor of the Griggs House ; he came to Muscatine and became proprietor of the Commercial House April 27, 1876. He mar- ried Miss Caroline L. Noel, a native of Portsmouth, Ohio ; they have three children- Emma (now Mrs. Van Patten of this city), Caddie and Allie, both at home.


JOSIAH P. WALTON, architect and builder, residence No. 39 East Eighth st .; is a native of New Ipswich, Hillsboro Co., N. H., and was born Feb. 26, 1826 ; when 12 years of age, his parents emigrated to Iowa and settled in Muscatine Co .; the family arrived here in June, 1838 ; he was brought up on a farm ; at the age of 22 years, he came to Muscatine and learned the carpenter's trade ; in the fall of 1849, he began business for himself as architect and builder ; the high-school buildings of Muscatine and Wilton, the Episcopal Church, the large mansion of B. Hershey, Esq., besides many others in Muscatine were built by him from plans of his own devising ; he has taken meteorological observations for the Smithsonian Institution and the War Depart- ment for the past fifteen years, and has now in his possession the oldest continuous records of this kind in the State of Iowa, commencing in 1839. He was one of the Trustees of the Library Association of Muscatine for several years, and one of the organizers of the Scientific Club. In 1864, he was appointed by Gov. Kirkwood to receive the vote of the 37th I. V. I. for President and State officers. Mr. Walton was one of the twelve men who signed the call for the first Republican Convention of the State of Iowa. He married June 2, 1857, Miss Mary E. Barrows, of Oneida Co., N. Y., a graduate of the Liberal Institute of Clinton, N. Y. ; they have three daughters- Alice B., Lilly P., Mary O .; the two eldest are graduates of the city High School, and


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have given much attention to the study of Entomology, Botany and Natural History ; they have accumulated one of the finest collections of entomological specimens in the West, and are enthusiasts in this department of science ; Miss Alice B., the eldest daughter, is the author of the chapter on Entomology in this volume, and her father, author of the chapter on the climate.


A. O. WARFIELD, ticket and freight agent of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad, Muscatine ; one of the oldest settlers of Muscatine, and the veteran freight and ticket agent on the line of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad is Maj. A. O. Warfield ; he was born in Frederick Co., now Carroll Co., Md., and was brought up there until he reached manhood; in company with David R. and Charles A. Warfield, he came to Iowa, and arrived in Burlington in November, 1837; on account of the ice in the river, he and David, with their guns on their shoulders, started on foot for Bloomington, now the city of Muscatine; when only four miles from Burlington, they stopped at night at a log cabin, and had pickled pork, corn dodger, and tea sweetened with wild honey for supper and breakfast, and were very glad to get that; in the morning they bought a horse, saddle and bridle, and paid $110 for it ; then one of them would ride for a while and then tie the horse and walk on ahead, and when the one following came up to the horse he would ride on some distance in advance of the other, tie the horse and walk on again ; in this way they continued, stopping at cabins nights, and in three and one-half days reached Bloomington ; they began looking for a mill-site in the following August, 1838; he settled here perma- nently, and he and David R. Warfield built a mill on Mad Creek ; he afterward sold his interest in the mill to David and engaged in mercantile business for several years ; in November, 1855, he was appointed freight and ticket agent of the Mississippi & Missouri Railroad ; he began selling tickets in the old Ogilvie House (keeping his tickets in a small tin box) before any depot was built; he has held this position about twenty-four years, a greater length of time continuously than any other agent on the line of this road.


WESLEY W. WEBSTER, of the firm of Webster & Williams, import- ers and dealers in Scotch, English and Irish granite, and manufacturers of marble, Sec- ond street, corner of Cedar; was born near Chester, Meigs Co., Ohio, Sept. 9, 1835 ; son of Isaac A. and Lydia Webster; his father removed to Ohio in 1810, and was among the pioneers of the West; Wesley received what was then a good common- school education, and afterward attended an academy, where he completed his educa- tion ; in the autumn of 1859, he removed to Muscatine, where he spent two years in learning the marble and granite monument business. In August, 1862, he enlisted in the 126th Regt. Ill. V. I .; he was at the siege of Vicksburg and at the capture of Lit- the Rock ; after being in the service two years, on account of ill health, he was obliged to return home. In the summer of 1865, he returned to Muscatine and bought out the establishment with which he had been connected, and since then he has given his entire energies and personal attention to the marble and granite trade, giving special attention to monumental work, and has built up an extensive business throughout the West ; he is prominently identified with the interests of the city and county ; has served as President of the Citizens' Association, as member of the Board of Directors and of the Executive Committee of the Muscatine Water Works, and Director of the County Agricultural Society ; during the past year, he has erected, on the corner of Second and Cedar, the finest business block in the city ; his show-room and office is a model of taste, and his display of monumental work very large and tasteful. On the 25th of May, 1865, he married Miss Eliza Jane Galbraith, a native of Pennsylvania, of Scotch ancestry, who in childhood removed to Ohio ; they have three daughters- Nola Alice, Jesse Bell and Inez.




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