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W ILLIAMS, A., farmer; Sec 5; P. O. Boone; was born in Lancaster, England, May 4th, 1830, and at the age of thirteen years went to London; lived there until 1865, when he came to this country; he is a blacksmith by trade, and fol- lowed that as an occupation; he came to Boone, this county, and re- mained some time, and in 1877 moved to Dodge township; in 1880 he moved where he now resides; and owns eighty acres of land; Jan- uary 19, 1880 he married Miss Ara- bella Cornwell; they have eight chil- dren: Margaret M., John W., Alice E., Anna A., Harriet L., Jessie C., Fred. O. and Joseph R.
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B LUNK, WM., farmer and stock raiser: Sec. 1; P. O. Zenors- ville; was born in Indiana June 24, 1821; at the age of eleven he com- menced school, and continued same till he was twenty years of age; in 1844 he commenced the shoemaker's trade and continued the same till 1856, when he emigrated to Boone
county, Iowa, where he bought a fine farm; his farm consists of 380 acres, mostly under cultivation and nicely fenced; he was married in In- diana, January 2, 1844, to Miss Catharine Arnold; by this union they have five children: Salona (born August 31,1847). Mary (born March 5th, 1852), Rosella (born July 27,
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1854), Drusilla (born December 5, 1857); living: Elizabeth (born Janu- uary 28, 1850, died June 24, 1855). CLEMENS, JOHN, proprietor of coal mines; Sec. 12; P. O: Zenorsville; was born in Ireland, November 1, 1826, and attended school until twelve years ofage; then went to England, completed his ed- ucation there; he soon commenced farming, and in 1850 emigrated to America, landing in New York; he then went to Illinois, where he con- tinued farming, and in 1859 moved to California, there engaging in gold mining; in 1867 he left that State and came to this county, where he has since resided, dealing in coal; his mine is situated on Sec. 12, and its area is forty acres; it was opened in 1873; the thickness of the vein is four feet, and the distance under the surface forty feet; the an- nual amount of coal mined is about seven thousand tons; has forty men employed; February 1, 1867, he married Miss Helen Clemens; they have four children: James W., John W. F., Anna L. and Henry H.
E INGLER, JOHN, farmer and stock raiser; Sec. 20; P. O. Boone; was born in Switzerland, August 20th, 1829; at the age of six he commenced school, and con- tinued till the age of nine- teen; he then laid aside his books for the purpose of pursu- ing the avocation of a farmer, and continued the same till 1848; he then emigrated to America, landing at Wisconsin, where he continued farming, and in the spring of '67 he emigrated to Boone county, Iowa, where he bought a fine farm of two hundred acres of well improved land; he was married to Miss Mary Tichhouser, January 15th, 1858; by this union they have six children: Christian, William, Margaret and John, living, and Christian and John, deceased.
H ITCHCOCK, ALFRED B., farmer and stock raiser; Sec. 31; P. O. Boone; was born in Courtland, N. Y., March 10, 1847, where he was educated in high school; after leaving school he com- menced farming; in the spring of '68 he emigrated to Boone county, Iowa, where he still lives, following farming; his farm consists of eighty acres of well improved land, nicely fenced; he was married in Boone county, lowa, to Miss Lucy Bur- lingame; by this union they have two children: Louis A. (born No- vember 17, 1872), Alice E. (born November 25, 1873).
HUTCHISON, JOHN, of the firm of Hutchison & Bros., proprietors of coal mines, Zenorsville; was born in Pennsylvania, April 1, 1838; he at- tended school until eighteen years of age, and then commenced min- ing, and followed the same for about ten years; in 1865 he followed the carpenter's trade, continuing the same until 1870, when he moved to Missouri; the fall of the same year he went to Chicago and followed his trade for nearly two years, and in May, 1872, came to this county, where he still resides; he married, in Pennsylvania, Miss Emma Young; they have five children: Edward C., Robert F. Jean, Emma and John.
HUTCHISON, JAMES, of the firm of Hutchison & Bros., proprie- tors of coal mines, Zenorsville; was born in Scotland, September 30, 1829; in the spring of 1832 he emi- grated with his parents to this con- tinent, landing in Nova Scotia, and in 1837 moved to Pennsylvania; he there attended school until sixteen years of age, when he got a position breaking coal with a hammer; con- tinued the same until about 1848; he was engaged in various positions in the mine and in 1852 went to California, and engaged in gold mining, owning a claim there;
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three years later he returned to Pennsylvania and again opened a coal mine; he there employed about thirty men and continued that busi- ness until 1860; in 1861 he became foreman of the Union coal mines, and remained with said company until 1866; in 1872 he came to Boone county, where he at present resides; his mine is located on Sec. 1, and has an area of forty acres; the distance below the surface is 100 feet and the thickness of the vein is three feet and nine inches; about forty hands are employed and about 7,000 tons taken out annually; the mine was first opened in the fall of 1871 by William Parker & Bro., and in March, 1872, the present owners bought the lease, put up an engine, and obtained water; Mr. Hutchison was married in Pennsyl- vania, December 25,1855, to Miss Jane Love; they have cight chil- dren: Robert, Lillie, William, Alex- ander, David, John, Charles and James.
"OHNSON, GUSTAF, farmer; Sec. 8; P. O. Boone; was born in Sweden, September 16, 1835, where he got a common school edu- cation, he being one of the first scholars in his district; in the spring of '52 he emigrated to America, landing in New York; from there he went to Dunkirk and from there to Salem, New York; he went from there to Rockford, Illinois, where he learned the tailor's trade, and con- tinned the same till the spring of '64, when he went to Princeton, Illinois, where he continued his trade; in 1875 he emigrated to Boone county, Iowa, where he still lives, owning a fine farm of eighty acres of well improved land, well fenced; he was married in Rockford, Illi- nois, November 18th, 1855, to Miss Johanna Johnson; by this union they have three children: Charles J., Ella E. and Oscar E.
M ITCHELL, JOHN, farmer and
stock raiser; Sec. 3; P. O. Boone; was born in Campbell coun- ty, Virginia, September 26, 1807, and in 1813 moved with his parents to Kentucky, where he was raised and educated; in 1831 he went to Indiana, followed farming, and in the fall of 1854, came to Boone county, Iowa, where he still resides; he owns a fine farm of 350 acres of improved land; on coming to this State his nearest neighbor was three miles distant, although there were plenty of Indians who became very friendly with him, he always using them well; the wolves were frequent visitors, often carrying off poultry from his door yard; he was married in Kentucky, September 8, 1821, to Miss Mary Atkins; they have thirteen children: Greenbary, Ollie, Minnie, Mallichier, Margaret, Clay, Mary A., Malissa J. and Millie, living, and four deceased: John, James, Thomas and an infant.
MOTT, SILES, farmer and stock- raiser; Sec. 21; P. O. Boone; was born in Germany, January 29, 1806; he was educated in Germany, and at the age of fourteen he commenced the shoemaking trade, and continued the same about eighteen years; he enlisted in the German army, April 21, 1827, and continued in. service till August 19, 1846, when he emi- grated to America, landing at Buf- falo, New York, September 18,1846, where he was engaged at his trade; in 1848 he emigrated to Ohio, where he continued liis trade until 1865, when he went to Wisconsin; there commenced farming, and con- tinned the same till the year '69, when he came to Boone county, Iowa, where he has a fine farm of 354 acres, all nicely fenced; he was married in Buffalo, New York, October 2, 1846, to Miss Mary Denc; by this union they have eight children: Fred., George, Jo-
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seph, Frances, William, Charles, James and Mary.
P ATERSON, ALEXANDER, farmer and stock-raiser; Sec. 15; P. O. Zenorsville; was born in Scotland, August 3, 1830, and was ยท educated in the schools of his com- monwealth; at the age of sixteen he commenced coal mining and fol- lowed the same until June, 1870, when he emigrated to America, landing in Castle Garden, New York; from there he went to Penn- sylvania and remained about three months, when he went to Ohio, and there continued mining; in July, of 1874, he came to this county and has since resided here, following farming and mining; his farm con- sists of 160 acres; July 11, 1851, he was married, in Scotland, to Miss Agnes Kirkwood.
R EED, L. R., farmer and stock raiser; Sec. 18; P. O. Boone; was born in Pennsylvania, April 13, 1834, and was there educated; in 1852 he moved to Warren county, Illinois, where he became engaged in farming and continued the same until his coming to this county in the fall of 1863; he has since resided here, and now owns eighty-four acres of good land; he was married in Illinois, November 19, 1861, to Miss Caroline Gaston; they have three children: Alva S., Mary E. and Carrie V.
S LOCUM, J. W., farmer and stock raiser; Sec. 20; P. O. Boone; was born in New York, July 30, 1826; at the age of five years he commenced school, and continued the same till he was fifteen, when he commenced farming; in the fall of 1853 he emigrated to Illinois, and remained there till the spring of 1855, when he returned to his place of birth, remaining there till the spring of 1861, when he returned to Illinois, and continued farming till October, 1865; he then emigra- ted to Boone county, Iowa, where
he bought a fine farm of 215 acres, nicely fenced; he was married in New York, Jannary 1, 1850, to Miss Laura Canfield; they have by this union five children: Mary D .. Frank M., Victoria A., Jay W. and John S.
SMALLEY, R. F., farmer and stock raiser; Sec. 10; P. O. Boone; was born in Illinois, December 12, 1842, and at the age of six years moved with his parents to Ohio; in the spring of 1854 he came to Iowa and remained in this State until 1857, when he moved to Missouri; three months later he returned to Iowa and commenced school, and in 1862 commenced farming; the year following he went to Minnesota, there followed farming, and in 1867 came to this county, where he got a position as teamster; in 1869 he bought a fine farm of 120 acres of well improved land; he was inarried in Boone, March 23, 1868, to Miss Ellen E. Bentley; they have two children: Albert R. and Einma.
SMITH, E., farmer and stock raiser; Sec. 29; P. O. Boone; was born in England, on the 17th day of April, 1834, and was educated in the high schools; when thirteen years of age he emigrated to the United States, landing in New Or- leans; from thence he removed to Texas, remaining there until 1849, then went to Mobile, Alabama, and the year following came to Iowa; in 1863 he enlisted in the Twenty-first Iowa as private, remained in service for nine months, and was discharged for disability; in the fall of 1866 he came to this county and still resides here, owning a fine farm of 182 acres, nicely fenced; in the fall of 1854 Mr. Smith returned to Eng- land, and on the 10th of February, 1855, he was married to Miss Mary Walden; their family consists of eight children: Rosie, Jennie, Ella, Jessie, Hattie, Maud and Etta; Wil- liam, deceased.
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W ANE, W. S., farmer and stock raiser; Sec 29; P. O. Boone; was born in Boone county, Iowa, February 19, 1854; at the age of five years he commenced school, and continned the same till he was eighteen years of age, when he com- menced farming, which occupation he still follows; he is the owner of eighty acres of as fine land as there is in the township; he was married to Miss Alice Latham, in Boones- boro, December 31, 1874; have one child: Charles B. (born October 27, 1875).
WESTON, CHARLES, farmer and stock raiser; Sec. 11; P. O. Zenorsville; was born in Jefferson county, New York, April 4, 1826; at the age of six years he com- menced school, and continued the same till he was nineteen years of age, when he commenced teaching, and continued the same about fonr years when he commenced farming, and in October, 1859, he emi- grated to Boone county, Iowa, and December 20th he moved on the placed where he now resides; his farm consists of 174 acres, mostly under cultivation and nicely fenced; January 1, 1861, he was qualified as supervisor, and in 1862 he was re- elected and remained in said office till January 1, 1865; he was also elected clerk of the courts, holding said office two years; he was elected assessor of Jackson township in 1867, and held said office seven years; in April, 1873, he was elected township school trustee, and held the same office till May, 1878; he was married to Miss Alida Kelsey, in Jefferson county, New York, September 12, 1849; by this union they have three children: George M. (born April 6, 1853), Rebecca J. (born July 25, 1855), Julia H. H. (born July 29, 1857).
Y EAGER, HENRY, farmer and stock raiser; Sec. 29; P. O. Boone; was born in Pennsylvania, November 7, 1834; he remained in Pennsylvania until he was twelve years of age, when he emigrated to Illinois, where he got a position as clerk in a wholesale grocery house with his uncle and remained there till 1856, when he went to Minne- sota, where he started in the gro- cery business and continued the same till 1862, when he removed to St. Louis, where he became extensively engaged in the commission business and remained there till 1866, when his health became poor, and left there for Boone county, Iowa, where he re- gained his health and is now en- gaged in farming; his farm consists of eighty acres of well improved land, and is nicely fenced; he was married in Rock Island, Illinois, February 25, 1868, to Miss Catha- rine Fox; never having the opportu- nity of attending school he is a self- made man, and his business qualifi- cations may be inferred from the success that has attended his career. ENOR, JAMES, farmer and
Z stock raiser; Sec. 12; P. O. Zenorsville; was born in Indiana, March 19, 1845; when he was five years of age he emigrated with his parents to Des Moines, Iowa, and in the fall of 1861 he came to Boone, Iowa, where he was educated; he then commenced farming; his farm consists of 160 acres of well improved land and nicely fenced; he was married in Boone county, March 19, 1868, to Miss Ella Walker; by this union they have four children: Estella (born February 3, 1869), Floyd (born October 20, 1871), Hat- tie (born September 5, 1873), Al- bertice (born June 2, 1876).
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A LLEN, J. H., proprietor of liv- ery, Ogden; was born in War- ren county, Indiana, July 17, 1845, and when five years of age his pa- rents came to this county and locat- ed in Marcy township, and have lived on the same farm since; he came to this place in 1874 and en- gaged in his present business, which he has followed successfully.
B ILLINGS, EARL, editor and proprietor " Ogden Reporter," Ogden; was born in Montgomery county, New York, May 1st, 1837, and when abont fifteen years of age he with his parents moved to Rock county, Wisconsin; while there he was married to Miss Ada Grinnell, November 7th, 1859; a short time afterward he removed to Madison, Wisconsin, and engaged in a fonn- dry and machine shop with his fath- er-in-law, and from there he went to Evansville, Wisconsin, and three years later to Parkersburg, Iowa, and engaged in the sale of agricul- tural implements, and soon after- ward began the study of law with Judge Converse and was admitted to practice in November, 1871, by Judge Ruddick; in October, 1873, he removed to Lake City, Calhoun county, bought and edited the " Cal- houn County Journal," where he continued about one year, coming to Ogden October 1st, 1874; he pur- chased the " Ogden Reporter," which he has managed very successfully since; his family consists of one daughter: Lula.
BLANFORD, CHARLES, jus- tice of the peace, Ogden; the sub- ject of this sketch was born in Charles county, Maryland, near Alexandria, November 17th, 1813; when quite young his parents moved to Bullett county, Kentucky, and was raised there and in Nelson conn- ty until four years of age; he then went to Breckenridge county and
learned the trade of blacksmith; in 1836 he moved to Grant county, Wisconsin, where he lived up to the time of his coming here in 1870; he has been justice of the peace for eight years past; Mr. Blanford has been twice married; first, March 16th, 1841, to Miss Anna Hudson, a native of Kentucky; she died leav- ing one son and one daughter: Ozoro E. (now Mrs. A. S. Hill), and Ben H .; he was again married to Mrs. Ellen M., widow of Wm. Mc- Allister (maiden name Hill), April 25th, 1871; she is a native of Ver- mont; they have one son: Charles, Jr .; Mrs. B. has one son by former marriage: William E.
BROWNE, J. H.,Ogden ; was born in Liverpool, England, June 18, 1840, and when very young was brought by his parents to the United States, locating in Brooklyn, New York; remained there about two years and then removed to Oneida county, New York; in 1855 he came to Iowa and to Burlington, and attended school that year and in the spring of 1856 at Denmark, Lee county; then removed to Ottumwa, where he lived about five years; his mother died there in the meantime, and from there he came to Des Moines; in May, 1861, he enlisted in company D, Second Iowa, was transferred to the Seventeenth, and was mustered out as captain in March, 1865; par- ticipated in all of the principal bat- tles of the West under Grant, Sher- man and McPherson; he was taken prisoner at Tilton, Georgia, and confined at Columbia, South Caro- lina, about four months, when he was paroled; he came to this county in 1870, and has resided in Ogden for about four years; December 23d, 1853, he was married to Miss Matil- da Reiher, a native of New York; by this union they have one dangh- ter, aged five years.
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C ADWELL, S. W., farmer and stock-raiser; Sec. 10; P. O. Ogden; was born in the State of Massachusetts, and when four years old he moved with his parents to Ohio, where he resided about thir- teen years; there worked at wagon- making, and in 1845 came to Lee county, Iowa, and in 1849 moved to Lee county, Illinois; in 1866 he came to this county, locating where he now resides; he owns 40 acres of land on section 10 and 35 acres on section 3; he was married to Miss E. C. Ackert in 1839; she is a native of New York; they have one child liv- ing, who is now Mrs. Martha Cline; have lost two: Edward H. and Ed- win S.
CASWELL, L. A., proprietor of Commercial Hotel, Ogden; was born in Cumberland county, Maine, March 15th, 1830; he lived there until he reached his majority and in 1855 came to Chickasaw county, Iowa, entering from the government 200 acres of land; in 1865 he came to this county and located in Boones- boro, and since coming here has been principally engaged in the saw- mill business; he came to Ogden in November, 1879, and started in the above business; he was married in Freeborn county, Minnesota, Octo- ber 7, 1857, to Miss Louisa Loomis, a native of Pennsylvania; they have five sons and two daughters: Lulu, Carl, Fannie, Roy, Ned, Norville and J .; have lost two daughters: Flora and Eva.
CHAMBERLAIN, C. K., farm- er ; Sec. 27; P. O. Ogden; was born in Allentown, New York, January 18th, 1817, and lived there until 1830, when he moved to Warren county, Ohio; in 1836 he went to Indiana, and followed wagon-mak- ing in different parts of that State for nineteen years; after that he came to Boonesboro, this county. where he lived for three years, and then came to this township, where
he has since resided; he was mar- ried in Indiana in July, 1845, to Sarah Freeman, of Cleveland, Ohio; his wife died March 7, 1880, leaving nine children: Belle, Smith M., George, Mary, Lucy F., Jerry F., Minnie M., Albert E. and Ida M .; his son George was married and his wife and another son, Albert, are living at home; he owns 160 acres of land; Mr. Chamberlain is an early settler of this county and has en- dured many privations that generally fall to the lot of early settlers; has held various township offices.
CLARK, C. W., proprietor of liv- ery, Ogden; was born in Trumbull county, Ohio, March 7th, 1831, and in 1869 he went to Minnesota; re- mained there for one year and then came to Ogden; he has been engag- ed in his present business for eight years and is the oldest of his line in the town; on the 25th of September, 1867, Miss Frank Mason, of Ashta- bula county, Ohio, became his wife; they have no family.
CLARK, W. W., farmer; Sec. 21; P. O. Ogden; was born in Hartford county, Connecticut, March 19, 1834; he lived there until the spring of 1856, when he came to Cedar county, Iowa; during the late war he enlisted in the Sixth Iowa cav- alry and spent the most of his time in Dakota among the Indians; in the spring of 1866 he came to this county, locating where he now re- sides; he owns 250 acres of land in a fine state of cultivation; he has held the offices of township clerk and secretary of the school board, and is at present president of the Old Settler's Union; he was married March 19, 1859, to Miss Mary J. Sloderd, of Hartford county, Con- necticut; they have six children: Mary F., William H., John S., Fan- nie E., Alvin B. and Franklin D.
CLINE, A. M., farmer and stock raiser; Sec. 15; P. O. Ogden; was born in Fairfield county, Ohio, and
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when very young accompanied his parents to Indiana, where he re- mained seven years, then moved to St. Joeseph county, same State, and staid there for twelve years, and when twenty-two years of age he came to this county, settling on Sec. 10, and afterward moved to where he now resides, owning 360 acres of land; in 1870 he took a trip to Kan- sas with his family, and was obliged for one year to travel through Mis- souri and Nebraska for his health; he was married, September 25, 1856, to Miss Mary J. Spickelmire; they have six children: Mary E., Edward M., Nancy J .. Collin M., Sarah M. and Martha E .; they have lost two: James A. and Warren L.
CURELL, DAVID, farmer; Sec. 34; P. O. Ogden; was born in Franklin county, Pennsylvania, Oc- tober 25, 1804; he lived there until eighteen years old, when he moved to Tuscarawas county, Ohio; farmed in that place until 1841, and re- moved to Union county, same State; in 1864 he came to this county and settled where he now resides, owning forty acres of land; in February, 1854, Mr. Curell was married to Johanna Pugh, of Carroll county, Ohio; their family consists of four children living: S. P., Mary R. (now Mrs. Pughsley), Melinda A. (now Mrs. Whitehead), and Johanna M. E MERSON, F., dealer in agri- cultural implements, Ogden; was
born in Manchester, May 6, 1852, and in 1873 came to Ogden; when eleven years of age he learned the trade of blacksmith; he received the advantages of a common school education supplemented by a course in Bryant & Stratton's Business Col- lege, in Chicago; he has been twice married; first, in Illinois. January 2, 1875, to Miss Mary McClelland; she died June 14, 1877, leaving one daughter; he married again May 2, 1878, to Miss Ella Kinknor, a native of Pennsylvania; they have one
daughter: Gertrude; Mr. Emerson is a member of the town council.
ARLEY, WALLACE, of the firm of Nelson & Farley, dealers in agricultural implements, grain, lumber and hardware, Ogden; is a native of Canada West; was born March 4, 1848; when eight years of age he with his parents came to the United States and made their home in Jo Daviess county, Illinois, for ten years; they then re- moved to Jones county, this State, where Mr. Farley continued to reside for about four years; in 1870 he came to this county and located on a farm of 160 acres but now owns 380 acres, in Amaqua township; he came to Ogden in 1876, and engaged in his present business; May 6, 1869, he was married to Miss Julia A. Bridgman, a native of Ashtabula county, Ohio; they have one dangh- ter: Edith May; although Mr. Far- ley is yet in the prime of life it has been one of ceaseless activity and industry; he is loyal to truth, honor and right; he is pleasant and affable and has the confidence and esteem of his fellow-citizens.
G ILLETT, HON. J. D., banker, Ogden; among the younger men who have, during the past few years, taken a somewhat promi- nent part in the business and politi- cal interests of Boone county, may be mentioned the subject of this sketch, who was born in Wyoming county, New York, on the 28th day of July, 1848; his early life was passed like a majority of the sons of well-to-do farmers, by first attending common schools; this he supple- mented by two years collegiate study; in 1871 he came to this county and was the first to engage in banking in the town, and in which he has been eminently suc- cessful; in his business transactions he is peculiarly clear and transpar- ent, and has the unlimited confi- dence of every one with whom he
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