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he has succeeded in building up a good practice, and in which he has been very successful; he has been twice married, first to Miss Laura Armstrong in 1868; she was a native of Lake county, Ohio; she died in 1870; he married for his second wife Miss Kittie Smuller, in 1879.
ENSLEY, GEORGE, farmer and stock-raiser; Sec. 27; P. O. Boone; was born in Pennsylvania March 20, 1826, and received his education in the common schools; when eigh- teen years of age he commenced farming and continued the same un- til the fall of 1849, when he went to Dayton, Ohio; he there attended high school for two years, after which he followed his old trade; he came to this county in the fall of 1853 and still resides here, owning a fine farm of 160 acres of well-im- proved land, nicely fenced; he was married in Story county, Iowa, to Miss Jane Worrell October 10th, 1861; they have seven children: Hannah (born May 24th, 1863), John (born April 21st, 1865), Mary (born March 2d, 1867), Flora (born April 27th, 1869), Lewis (born March 29th, 1871), George (born August 26th, 1873), and Mabel (born October 31, 1877.)
EPPERSON, J. R., retired mer- chant, Boone; among the early set- tlers and successful business men of Boone county, may be mentioned the subject of this brief sketch, who was born in Bartholomew county, Indiana, on the 3d day of June, 1829; he was principally raised in Clay county, and lived there until he came to this county in 1852; he learned the tanner and currier trade in his youth, and had experience in farmning; in 1853 he ran the first steam saw mill in the county, and continued the business for four years ; he then engaged in the grocery busi- ness; in 1871 he was elected treas- urer of the county and held the office two years; he married Miss
Cynthia Gildea, in February, 1852; she was born in Harrison county, Indiana; they have one son: Edward B .; lost one daughter: Eva.
ERICSON, C. J. A., cashier of the city bank, whose portrait ap- pears in this work, is a native of Sweden, and was born on the 8th day of March 1840, and lived in his native place until 1852, when he emigrated to the United States and settled in Rock Island county, Illinois, and engaged in agricultural pursuits; he afterward was em- ployed in a saw and flouring mill; in 1855 he removed to Altoona, Knox county, Illinois, and lived there until 1859, and then changed his residence to Iowa, and settled in Ridgeport, Boone county, and en- gaged in general merchandise and the stock business; he was appoint- ed postmaster by James Buchanan, held the office until 1870, and was a member of the 14th general assem- bly of the State legislature; he was engaged in business at Ridgeport until 1870, and then came to this city and engaged in general mer- chandising; he was one of the organ- izers of the First National Bank, and vice-president of the same; this bank surrendered its charter January 1, 1878, and re-organized as a private bank, with the subject of this sketch as cashier; he is eminently a self- made man, commencing life
with little means, and is
good illustration of what an indus- trious man can accomplish by giving his time mainly to one subject and bending his ener- gies in one direction; a marked characteristic of his entire ca- reer has been his untiring en- ergy and enterprise; a man of strong will and determined purpose, and his character as a busi- ness man may be inferred from the success that has attended his efforts; his private character and his public record are alike untarnished; he was
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married in 1873 to Miss Nellie Lin- derblad, a native of Sweden.
EVANS, W. T., assistant post- master; was born in Greene county, Ohio, July 20, 1851, and accompan- ied his parents to this State in 1853, and settled in Marshall county, where he resided until he came to this county, in 1867; he has been connected with the Boone post-office for seven years, and in connection with which he does an insurance business, represent- ing some of the best Eastern com- panies; he married Miss Flora B. Potter in 1878; she was a resident of Iowa, but born in New York; they have one son: Ralph P.
EVANS, C. S., proprietor of Evans' saw mill, Boonesboro; was born in New York, July 25, 1841, and in 1852, his parents moved to Illinois; he was principally raised there, and was educated in the com- mon schools and Eureka College; in 1861 he went to work at the wagon and carriage making trade, which he followed about fourteen years; in 1875 he started a newspaper, called the "Boonesboro News," which he ran about eighteen months, but on account of his health he was com- pelled to sell out and get out-door employment; he spent two years in the mountains and returned here very much improved in health; in 1879 he bought a portable saw-mill, and has been running the same since, with good success; he belongs to company A, (Lincoln Guards,) eighth regiment, I. N. G .; shortly after its organization he was com- missioned first lieutenant, but re- signed on account of not having time to attend to the duties; Decem- ber 23, 1862, he married Miss Rachel McGee, a native of Illinois; have four children: Ella J., Everett, Albert and Peter living, and one deceased.
F EIGLEY, D. S., weigh-master of the Lower Vein Coal Com-
pany; P. O. Boonesboro; was born in Perry county, Ohio. April 8, 1846, and was there raised and en- gaged in farming until December, 1861, when he enlisted in company E., Thirty-first Ohio volunteer infan- try, and served until the close of the war, being discharged Jnne 20th, 1865; he participated in the battles of Pittsburg Landing, Chickamauga, Storm Lake, Mission Ridge, and Atlanta, in all twenty-six battles escaping unhurt; he returned to Ohio and was engaged in farming until 1869, when he removed to Mc- Donough county, Illinois; in 1871 he went to Minnesota, for two and one-half years, and worked at the carpenter's trade, and then went to Montana and remained for one year; he then came to Boonesboro, and was employed as weigh-master, and is perfectly competent and reliable, having charge of the weighing and also of the men employed by the company; September 20, 1866, he married Miss Nancy Edington, a native of Perry county, Ohio; they have one daughter: Lulu.
FOGG, A. P., machinist, Boone; was born in Boston, Massachusetts, December 24, 1839, and when two years of age his parents removed to Concord, N. H., where he was raised; his youth, until twenty years of age, was spent in acquiring an education; he then learned the trade of ma- chinist, and in 1864 came to Iowa and entered into the employ of the C. & N. W. railroad, in their shops at Clinton, and has continued with the company since that period; in 1866 he came to Boone and set up the machinery in the company's shops at this place and set it in op- eration; he organized the fire de- partment, in the city of Boone, in 1877, and was elected fire marshal and has held the position since, and for efficiency the fire department of Boone is equalled by few and sur- surpassed by none; he married Miss
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S. A. Hartford, in August, 1863; she was a native of Fayette, Maine; Mrs. Fogg died on the first day of September, 1877, leaving two danghters: Helen and Mary F.
FOLSOM, JAMES, dealer in eggs and butter, Boone; was born in Franklin county, New York, on the 11th day of June, 1843, and lived there until 1856, and then removed to Janesville, Wisconsin, where he remained two years and then chang- ed his residence to Clinton county, Iowa; he entered the army in 1862, in company C, Twenty-sixth Iowa infantry, and served three years; (the regiment was attached to the fifteenth army corps); he was taken prisoner and held eight months; af- ter his release he returned to Clin- ton and thence to Boone; in connec- tion with his produce business he is also agent for the Schlitz Brewing Company of Milwaukee; he has been twice married; first, to Miss Sarah McGonagle, in 1863; she was a na- tive of Pennsylvania; she died Feb- ruary 8, 1874, leaving one daughter: Sallie, who died six months after the death of her mother; he married for his second wife, Miss Minnie Stone, in 1879; she was born in Ft. Dodge.
FOX, ISADORE, manufacturer of plows and cultivators, Boones- boro; was born in Plattsburg, New York, February 6, 1836, and at an early age accompanied his parents to Vermont, and was there raised; in 1862 he removed to Boston, Mas- sachusetts, where he engaged in the tin and wooden-ware business, fol- lowing that for some three years; from there he went to Lacona, New Hampshire, and was employed in a woolen mill for five years, and in 1870 he came to Boonesboro; he was married October 23, 1862, to Ellen H. Hamlin, born in Brookfield, Ver- mont, May 30, 1839; Mr. Fox is now engaged in the manufacturing of agri- cultural implements, under the firm
name of Cummings & Fox, and is doing quite an extensive business.
G ALPIN, N. C., merchant and postmaster, Boonesboro; was born in Michigan, January 10, 1840, and received his education in the common schools and an academy; upon arriving at majority he came to this place and engaged in the blacksmith trade, which he followed for seven years, and then engaged in the meat-market business for two and a half years; he had a leg brok- en and was compelled to give that up; upon his recovery he was ap- pointed postmaster, in connection with which office he keeps quite an extensive stock of books, stationery, etc .; he commenced life with scarce- ly any means, but by energy, indus- try and rare good judgment, having worked hard in his early manhood and made his widowed mother & comfortable home, went to work with a will and made one for him- self; September 1, 1863, he was mar- ried to Miss Olive A. Cummings, a native of Jefferson county, New York; they have four children : Mel- vin W., Flora E., Edward L. and Curtis R.
GARST, DR. M., retired physi- cian, Boone; was born in Botetourt connty, Virginia, on the 17th day of June, 1815, and lived there until eighteen years of age, his time to this date being employed in acquir- ing an education; in 1833 he re- moved to Dayton, Ohio, and com- menced the study of medicine with his brother, Dr. Elias Garst, as pre- ceptor; he attended lectures at the Jefferson Medical College in Phila- delphia, and was graduated from that institution on the 15th day of March, 1837; he returned to Day- ton and engaged in the practice of his profession; from Dayton he re- moved to Champaign county, Illi- nois, and here was engaged more or less in real estate operations and with satisfactory results; during the
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war he entered the Seventy-first Illi- nois infantry; he came first to this county in 1858 and returned to Champaign county, and in 1866 he changed his residence to Boone coun- ty; he owns a valuable farm adjoin- ing the town; he was united in mar- riage with Miss Maria L. Morrison, on the 5th day of May, 1840; she was born in Dayton, Ohio; Mrs. Garst died on the 21st day of Au- gust, 1873, leaving eight children: Morrison (now living in Chicago), Edward (now living in Carroll conn- ty, Iowa), Laura (now Mrs. Kennard, of Champaign county, Illinois), Perry. (lieutenant in the United States navy), Warren (now living in Carroll county), Chas. E., (lieuten- ant in United States army), Julius a practicing physician of Carroll county), and Mary E.
GEDDES, JOSEPH, black- smith, Boone; was born in Arm- augh, Ireland, April 22, 1830, and at the age of fourteen went to Eng- land where he remained until he came to the United States; during the time he was in England he was engaged in working at the black- smith trade most of the time as a helper, and through his own exer- tions he became able to make a full hand in the business; he came to the United States in 1856, locating in Philadelphia, where he worked for thirteen years in one shop; in 1869 he came to Boone and for four years worked in the blacksmith shops of the Northwestern road; after which he bought a farm in Har- rison township, and resided on the same one year, when he returned to town and engaged in his present business, which he has since fol- lowed; he was united in marriage in 1869 with May A. Hughes, who was born in Ireland, but was brought by her parents to Philadelphia when a child; they have one child: Samuel, eight years of age; Mr. Geddes has been rather successful
in business, and now that he is go- ing down the shady side of life, can look back on his past efforts with no little degree sf satisfaction.
GOEPPINGER, L., of the firm of L. & H. Goeppinger, jobbers of leather and saddlery hard- ware, and manufacturers of sad- dles, harness and collars; is a na- tive of Wurtemberg, Germany, and was born on the 9th day of June, 1829; in his youth he learned the trade of tanner; in 1849 he emi- grated to the United States and set- tled in Pennsylvania and remained in Pittsburgh three and a half years working at his chosen occupation; he then removed to Malvern, Carroll county, Ohio, and lived there twelve years; he became impressed from the best sources of information that Iowa offered superior inducements for a man of energy and persever- ance to succeed; he made a prospect- ing tour through the State and se- lected his present location and came to the county in 1866; he is a man of sterling integrity, decided charac- ter and untiring energy, and is en- dowed with rare good sense and a well balanced mind, and as a citizen he is public spirited, and ever iden- tified with the best interest and sub- stantial progress of the city; he has never sought or held public office, preferring the quiet and peace of his legitimate business, and as a busi- ness man has been eminently suc- cessful; he was married to Miss Catharine M. Lebeau in 1857; she was a native of Malvern, Ohio; they have a family of five children: Mary, John, Charles, Lewis, Emi- lie.
GOEPPINGER, H., of the firm L. &. H. Goeppinger, manufactur- ers, wholesale and retail dealers in harness and saddlery hardware, etc., Boone; was born in Germany in 1843, and accompanied his parents to the United States in 1851, and settled in Columbiana county, Ohio;
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he learned the trade of tanner and followed it for a number of years as an occupation; in 1866 he came to Boone and with his brother estab- lished his present business, in which they have a large patronage; they have built up their trade by adhering to principles of honor and honesty, and fully merit the esteem in which they are held; Mr. Goep- pinger has ever taken great interest in educational matters, and at the present time is president of the board of education of the city; he married Miss Anna M. Labeau in 1867; she was a native of Ohio; they have a family of four children: Caroline, John H., Emma and Ma- tilda.
GOETZMAN, HENRY, farmer; Sec. 24; P. O. Boone; was born in France, November 16, 1831, and in the spring of 1840 emigrated to the United States, locating in Musking- um county, Ohio; was raised there on a farm and educated in the com- mon schools; in 1853 he came to Iowa and located where he now lives, it being the old family home- stead; owns a fine farm of 280 acres well improved, with all conveniences necessary; February 12, 1856, he married Miss Harriet L. Lamb, a native of Ohio; they have eight children living: Mary J., Charles H., La Fayette L., Frederick W., Willie J., Hattie L., Annetta B, and Edna; one died in infancy.
GOETZMAN, CHARLES, harness and saddle maker, Boone; was born in Elsos, Germany, in 1834, and when six years old came with his parents to the United States and settled in Ohio; in his youth he learned his present trade and has followed it as an occupation very successfully since that period; he removed from Ohio to Indiana and thence to Dav- enport, Iowa, and from this place removed to Des Moines; in 1855 he came to Boonesboro and established his present business, and is the pio-
neer house in his line in the central and northwest portions of the State; as a business man he has been up- right, honorable and reliable, a man of quick perception, clear judgment and possessing a high sense of honor; as a citizen he is public-spirited and generous and much interested in educational matters; he has ever proved himself a faithful friend and ontspoken opponent; he was mar- ried in September, 1858, to Miss P. C. McCall, a native of Tennessee, but a resident of Boone county; they have a family of eight child- ren: Wallace H., Mary L., Florence, Albert L., Lottie, Kate, Texie and Daisy; lost one: Willie.
GRACE, JAMES, dealer in meats and provisions, Boone; is the son of James and Julia Grace, and was born in Ireland on the 10th day of October, 1844; he accompanied his parents to the United States .in 1855, and settled in La Salle county, Illinois, and came to this county in 1865; he married Miss Maggie Hamilton in 1872; she was born in Iowa; they have three daughters: Julia, Kate and Maggie; lost one son, John.
GREEN, E. L., one of the rising young attorneys of Iowa; was born in Carroll, Greene county, N. Y., on the 17th day of June, 1853, and re- moved with his parents to Lone Rock, Richland county, Wisconsin, in 1857; he was favored with good educational advantages, of which he made the best use; having a preference for the practice of law as an occupation, he read in the office of John Winans in Janesville, Wis- consin, and was admitted to the bar in October, 1865; in April, 1876, he came to this county and engaged in active practice of his profession; few young men have made a better start with more satisfactory results than the subject of this brief sketch : he was united in marriage with Miss Emma B. Williams on the 6th
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day of April, 1878; she is a native of Susquehanna county, Pennsylva- nia.
HAFF, TAFF, E. L., of the firm of E. L. Haft & Co., deal- ers in boots and shoes, Boone; was born in Evansville, Indiana, on the 24th day of October, 1848, and resided there twenty years; when he was fifteen years of age he commenced his mercantile experience in the boot and shoe trade and for ten years was employ- ed as a traveling salesman in this line, and he has been thoroughly educated in all its details, and his success as a merchant may be attrib- uted to his early training; he has succeeded in building up a lucrative business and his trade has increased from year to year; he is associated in business with Mr. R. F. Hobson; he was married to Miss Luella Hob- son of Chicago in 1874.
HALL, JOHN C., of the firm of Hindman & Hall, attorneys, Boone; was born in West Windsor, Richland county, Ohio, in 1849, and was rais- ed there until sixteen years of age and then removed to Crawford coun- ty; he decided in early life to make law a profession and entered the of- fice of Stephen P. Harris as a stu- dent, and afterward with Scott & Harris; he was admitted to the bar in 1873, and the same year came to this county ; his early experience was that of the majority of young attor- neys, his business at first came slow- ly but sure, and the attention he gave to the business entrusted to him attracted the attention of the officers of the First National Bank and he was selected as their attor- ney, and after the bank reorganized as the City Bank he still con- tinued its attorney; he was married to Miss Josephine Reynolds in 1878; she was born in La Porte county, In- diana.
HALL, CHARLES, proprietor of the Club Livery Stables, of
Boone; was born in New Hamp- shire December 31, 1845, and was there raised and educated; he came to Iowa in 1875 and located in Boone and became a fireman on the rail- road; this he followed one year and then returned home, remaining some eighteen months; came again to Boone, remained about two months and then went to Kansas and was engaged firing on the rail- road there; two years later he bought ont the stable and stock of J. C. Perrigo and has been running it since; he keeps good teams at the lowest possible prices; is unmarried.
HALLIDAY, JOHN W., mer- chant, Boonesboro; was born in Guernsey county, Ohio, September 15, 1828; his parents emigrated from Scotland in the spring of 1828, and when he was about six years of age they died, and young Halliday was raised by an uncle; when seven- teen years of age he learned the shoemaker's trade at Senecaville, Ohio, and followed the same as his principal business until 1879, when he entered into the general merchan- dise business under the firm name of Halliday & Ellis; he worked at his trade in different places in Ohio until 1853, when he came to Iowa, remaining here for one year, and was then called to attend his sick uncle, who had brought him up; in 1856 he came to Boonesboro, where he remained a short time and then moved to Webster City, living there until 1866, and then returned here; he had very limited educational ad- vantages in childhood, but perceiv- ing the necessity of a thorough knowledge, he used every effort and acquired a fair education; he has been town clerk for two years, trus- tee for two years, and a member of the city council for several years; January 25, 1854, he married Miss Caroline Stenger, of Ohio; they have two children: Orlando J. and
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Joseph F .; have lost one son : Harry, and one daughter: Mary.
HARNER, E., proprietor of Har- ner's art gallery, Boone; was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, De- cember 16, 1846, and in 1876 he re- moved to this State, locating in Sioux City, where he remained a short time; he then came to Boone; he learned his trade while in Penn- sylvania, and worked at it while in that State for some ten years; being an excellent workinan he, of course, enjoys a large trade; March 6, 1872, he was united in marriage to Miss F. C. Spencer; they have one child : Lloyd C., five years of age.
HAZLETT, JAMES, clerk of Boone county; was born in Starke county, Ohio, May 8, 1830, and is of Scotch and Irish origin; his father being an active business man of great ability, he had good common school advantages, and when four- teen years of age was employed in a mercantile firm as salesman; this he continued for sixteen years, and in 1852 came to Clinton county, this State, and entered into the mercan- tile business there under the firm name of Hazlett & Co., which was carried on until 1857; he then re- moved to Clarksville, Butler connty, engaged in the same busi- ness, and in 1864 came to Boonesboro; there engaged in the general merchandise business, which he followed until 1870, then being employed in the banking business; in 1875 he went to Ogden and resumed merchandising, under the firm name of Schleiter Bro.'s & Hazlett, and continued the same until 1876, when he was elected to the office he now holds, this being his second term; March 31, 1853, he was married to Miss Sarah J. Sim- mons, of Coshocton county, Ohio; her grandfather was Col. William Simmons, of Revolutionary fame; this gentleman was appointed ac- countant of the department of war,
by President George Washington, 1795, which office he held until Madison's administration, when he resigned; a highly prized family relic, now in the possession of Chas. S. Hazlett, is the commission issued to Col. William Simmons, signed by George Washington, president, and Edmund Randolph; Mr. and Mrs. Hazlett have three children: Charles S., James C. and Carrie.
HEAD, JOHN A., Boone; was borne in Hooksett, New Hampshire, in 1830, and was raised on a farm; in 1850, he went to California and engaged in mining; after remaining two years he returned to the States and settled in Ohio, where he com- menced his railroad experiences; from Ohio he removed to Wisconsin, and was in the employ of the North- western railroad and remained there until 1866, when he came to Iowa, and settled in Boone; he was ap- pointed train dispatcher, and promo- ted to assistant superintendent, and finally superintendent of the west division of the road extending to Council Bluffs; in 1875 he was elect- ed auditor of Boone county, and re-elected to the same office in 1877; in his business transactions he is prompt, energetic and upright, as well as peculiarly clear and trans- parent, and has the unlimited confi- dence of every one with whom he has any intercourse; as a public official, he is attentive and obliging, but inflexible and unswerving in the discharge of his duty; in all places and under all circumstances he is loyal to truth, honor and right, justly rating his own self-respect and the deserved esteem of his friends; he married Miss Abbie F. Davis in 1862; she was born in Maine; they lost one son: Frank M.
HELD, GEO., butcher, Boones- boro; was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, July 3d, 1840, and at the early age of thirteen years he left his parents to seek his fortune in
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America; he came to Pennsylvania and entered the employ of his uncle, who carried on an. extensive meat market; he was engaged in working at this occupation at various places until 1859, when he opened a meat market in Chicago, running the same for six years; in 1865 he came to Boonesboro and engaged in the same business, which he has carried on quite extensively; in 1879 he es- tablished a market in that town in connection with which he is now en- gaged in shipping stock; August 15th, 1869, he married Miss Eliza- beth Jones, a native of Pennsylvania; she is of Welsh origin; their family consists of six children: Harry, El- mer, Alex., Elsie, Gertrude and Fannie.
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