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has any intercourse; he has always shown a worthy public-spiritedness and has heartily sympathized with all local improvements and enter- prises; he has marked social powers, which have gained the love and es- teem of his friends and acquaint- ances; in 1879 he was selected by his fellow-citizens to represent the county in in the senate of the State legislature, and thus far his private life and public record are alike un- tarnished; he was married to Miss Lucina A. Clark on the 16th day of March, 1871; she was, also, born in Wyoming county, New York; they have one son: Arthur.
GOODYKOONTS, T. J., drug- gist and stock dealer, Ogden; among those who are prominently identi- fied with the business interests of this place, is the subject of the fol- lowing sketch, who was born in An- derson, Madison county, Indiana, October 8, 1834; when only five years of age his parents removed to Grant county, where he lived till twenty years of age; he then came to this State and located in Allama- kee county in 1854, where he made his home till 1865, when he came to Boone in this county; he has been engaged in the drug business for twenty-two years; he came to his present location in 1875; he re- ceived the advantages of a common school education, supplemented with an academic course, and a marked characteristic of Mr. G. during his entire career, has been his untiring energy and enterprise; a man of strong will and determined purpose, he turned the whole current of his life-force into one channel, and as a result has secured that reward and success which must follow persis- tent honorable effort; he was mar- ried, in Allamakee county, to Miss Lucretia M. Bean, October 16, 1860; she is a native of Chicago; have three sons and three daughters: Jessie
L., Carrie M., Mamie J., Eddie J., John and Frank.
H UNTLEY, F. C., of the firm of Sylvester, Huntley & Os- borne, bankers, grain merchants, etc., Ogden; the subject of this sketch was born in De Kalb, De Kalb coun- ty, Illinois, July 27, 1844, where he grew to manhood and was married there to Miss Louie Wright, a na- tive of Ohio, November 21, 1865; he came to Ogden in 1871 and en- gaged in his present business, since which time he has been closely iden- tified with Ogden's best interests; he is prompt, energetic and upright in all his dealings, and has secured the esteem of all with whom he has had business transactions; he commenc- ed life a poor boy and by close at- tention to business has attained a well merited success; his family cir- cle are: Mabel, Burt, Alva and Ralph; they have lost one daughter: Lillian.
L ORENZEN, F., of the firm of Brammer & Lorenzen, dealers in dry goods, groceries, etc., Ogden; was born in Schleswig, Germany, Janu- ary 2, 1850, and when twenty years of age emigrated to the United States, locating at Ogden; he spent the years of 1873 and 1874 in Wy- oming territory and with that excep- tion has lived here since coming from Germany; he was raised on a farm; was married in Ogden, in 1875, to Miss Wiebke Clanson, a native of Germany; they have two children: Ferdinand M. and Anna M .; the firm of which Mr. L. is a partner commenced business in January, 1878. and enjoy a liberal patronage,
LORD, JOHN S., proprietor of Ogden mills, Ogden; was born in Carroll county, New Hampshire, March 29, 1846; was raised there, and in 1870 came to this county; he lived in the town of Moingona for one year and then came to Ogden, engaging in the grain business; on
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the 27th of December, 1877, he was united in marriage to Mrs. Eliza- beth Sturtevant, a native of the State of New York; they have no family.
M CLIMANS, HENRY, saloon- keeper, Ogden; was born in Mercer county, Pennsylvania, in 1835, and in 1870 came to this State, locating in Beaver township, this county; he was raised on a farm and has been in Ogden for four years; he has been married twice, first, to Miss Rachael Kitling of Wisconsin; she died, leaving two children: Sylvester and Nancy; he married again, Mrs. Margaret Honghton, a native of Pennsylvania; Mr. McLimans keeps a good stock in his line and is quite successful.
MELOTT E. H., physician and surgeon, Ogden; was born in Berks county, Pennsylvania, April 2, 1850, where he grew to manhood; his father was a miller, but afforded his son the advantages of a good educa- tion; he graduated at the State nor- mal school of Pennsylvania; at the age of eighteen he began the study of medicine with Dr. L. R. Lentz, and completed his education at the Bellevue Medical Hospital, New York, March 1, '68; afterward with Professor Flint; he began the prac- tice of his profession in 1869, in Berks county, and came from there to this county, and to Ogden in 1871, and has been engaged in the prac- tice of his profession ever since, and has always made it an invariable rule never to let the weather pre- vent him from answering the calls of suffering humanity; he has the most thorough qualifications as a physician; he adds promptness and energy in his professional duty, and is a welcome visitor in the sick room; he was married in Ogden to Miss Ida Mnllen, December 12, 1877; she is a native of Illinois.
MERTZ A. H., butcher, Ogden; was born in Berks county, Penn-
sylvania, October 11, 1836, and was raised there; in April, 1866, he came to Iowa, locating in Jones county ; three years later he came to Ogden, and has been engaged in business here for five years, he being the oldest one in his line in the town; he married in Pennsylvania, Sep- tember 15, 1860, Miss Susanna High, a native of that State; they have three sons and two daughters: Orlando, Catharine A., Irvin, Mary M. and Ezra T.
TELSON DAVID C., of the
N firm of Nelson & Farley, dealers in agricultural implements, grain, lumber and hardware, Ogden; one of the leading business men of Ogden: born March 24, 1841, in Portage county, Ohio; after reach- ing his majority he left his home and made no permanent settlement till 1867, locating in Amaqua town- ship, of this county, on a farm, where he followed agricultural pur- suits up to December, 1876, where he still owns a well improved farm of 310 acres; he received a good common school education in his na- tive State; February 26, 1865, he was married to Miss Maria E. Tay- lor, of Elkhart county, Indiana; their family consists of two sons and one daughter: Wallace E., Lillian E. and Fred. T .; Mr. N. is a gentle- man whom one meets only to wish for a more intimate acquaintance; as a citizen he is quiet and unassum- ing, and one of Ogden's best busi- ness men.
NOYES, JAMES H., physician and surgeon, Ogden; was born in Gardner, Massachusetts, July 20,1835, where he grew to manhood; he at- tended the common schools till fourteen years of age, and supple- mented it with three and one-half years study at Burr Seminary, of Vermont; he then began the study of medicine with Dr. J. G. Graves, of Nashua, New Hampshire; four years later he graduated M. D. in Colum-
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bia College, New York; at the out- break of the late rebellion he entered the army as assistant surgeon in the Sixth New Hampshire; three months later he was promoted to surgeon of the same regiment; he continued in that capacity, and as brigade sur- geon till the close of the war: he was taken prisoner at the second battle of Bull Run, and was detained fourteen days and then paroled; in 1867 he located in Ogden, being the first resident physician of the place, there being but three or four persons here prior to his coming; in his medical relations he has built up his own reputation by skill and en- ergy, and has acquired an extensive practice; he is a genial gentleman, a quick observer, and as prompt in his business as he is generous in his so- cial relations, and thoroughly merits the esteem in which he is held by his fellow-citizens; he was married to Miss Sarah F., daughter of Na- ham Stone, Esq., editor of the Keene "Sentinel," Keene, New Hampshire, May 31, 1866, a native of Nashua, New Hampshire; they have by this union one daughter: Mary S.
VERMAN, L. H., farmer and stock raiser; Sec. 8; P. O. Og- den; was born in Indiana, Decem- ber 16, 1838; was educated in the common schools, and in 1856 came to this county, where he still lives, owning a fine farm of 432 acres of land; in 1861 he was elected town- ship treasurer, and held that office for two years, when he resigned; in 1872 he was again elected to the same position, which he still holds; was inarried in this county, January 16, 1862, to Miss Susannah Ecclis; they have four children: Reuben A. (born December 7, 1862), Abijah B. (born December 23, 1864), Mary A. (born September 19, 1869), and Charlie G. (born May 3, 1873).
OVERMAN, M. H., farmer and stock-raiser: Sec. 6; P. O. Ogden; was born in Indiana, August 20,
1847, and when young was brought by his parents to this county, in 1856; here he still resides, owning a fine farm of eighty acres, nicely fenced with rails; he received his ed- ucation in the commnon schools, and in 1876 was elected constable, hold- ing that position for two years; at present he is dealing largely in the milk business, having a large route in Ogden; he was married here, June 7, 1868, to Miss Mary E. Haines; they have five children living: An- nie E. (born February 14, 1871), Susan M. (born April 22, 1873), Marinda (born April 20, 1875), Levi C. (born April 12, 1877), and Martha M. (born June 20, 1879); have lost one: Esther (born Februa- ry 24, 1879, and died July 31, 1879).
P HINNEY, N. N .. farmer; Sec. 28; was born in Allegany coun- ty, New York, April 28, 1851, and when quite young accompanied his- parents to Rock county, Wisconsin; in 1865 he came to Iowa and set- tled in this county in 1874; owns seventy-five acres of land; was mar- ried March 23, 1870, to Miss Jose- phine Prahan, of New York; they have four children : James A., Julia M., Charles A. and Oscar D.
PITMAN, J. S., druggist and postmaster, Ogden; prominent among the self-made men of Boone county, none are deserving of more especial notice than the subject of this sketch, who was born in New York City, August 8, 1845, where he resided until seven years of age; his parents then moved to Philadel- phia, and four years. later came to Iowa, locating in Tipton (1857); on the breaking out of the rebellion he enlisted as a private in company B, Twenty-fourth Iowa infantry, in which capacity he served nearly three years, when he was obliged to. resign on account of a wound re- ceived in the hip at Winchester, Virginia; participated in the siege of Vicksburg, the Red River ex-
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pedition, and numerous skirmishes; he came to Boone in 1867, where he worked for some time at day labor; being a man of good habits and economical, he soon saved enough money to go into business himself in a small way; for two years he was engaged in the drug business at Boonesboro, and in December, 1872, he removed to Ogden, where he now keeps a well assorted stock of drugs, books, stationery, etc .; he has also been postmaster for five years; in March, 1868, he was married in Boone to Miss Sarah A. Brown; they have one son and one dangh- ter: Mary A. and Homer K .; Mr. Pitinan, by close attention to busi- ness and observing the wants of his patrons, has built up his prosperity on the business principles that in every fair bargain both parties gain, consequently, he has become a man of mark and influence in the com- munity, and has made an enduring impression on the business and so- cial life about him.
PRITCHARD, JOHN, of the firm of Pritchard & Laport, proprie- tors of coal mine; Sec. 2; P. O. Og- den; was born in England, July 19, 1849, and was educated in the high school; when fourteen years of age he commenced coal mining, and fol- lowed the same until 1864, when he emigrated to America, landing in New York; he soon went to Penn- sylvania, still following mining, and in the spring of 1867 he went to the State of Delaware, and there fol- lowed quarrying; the following fall he came to this county, continued his trade here, and in 1879 came to Yell township, where he still lives, being a partner in the coal mine; he was married, December 31, 1874, to Miss Frinzina Bennett; they have two children: Maud P. and John J .; the area of this mine is ten acres, depth thirty-five feet, thickness of vein four feet; it was first opened in the fall of 1876 by Eli Myers; six-
teen hands are at present employed, and about 7,000 tons of coal are taken out annually.
R ATTRAY, PETER, merchant, Ogden, one of the representa- tive business men of Boone county ; was born in Canada West, in 1840; in his youth he learned the carpen- ter's trade, and in 1868 came to the United States and settled at Lake Superior and worked at his trade; after remaining there one year he removed to Buffalo, New York, and thence to Troy, and after remaining there one year went to Washington, D. C., and joined the engineer corps in the employ of the government, and continued in the service until 1864, and then went to California; in the spring of 1866 he commenced mining in Montana, and with satis- factory results; in 1868 he came to Boone, Boone county, Iowa, and en- gaged in the manufacturing of to- bacco and cigars and continued the business for three years, and then came to Ogden and purchased the business of Angsbury & Dingman, dealers in general merchandise, and it is the pioneer house in his line now in business in the town; but few men have a better record or have achieved more grand results from a small and discouraging beginning; he is known as a man of sterling integrity, decided character and un- tiring energy, and as a business man has been eminently successful; he was married to Miss Hattie Cook in 1869; she was born in Canada; they have two daughters: Hattie M. and Ada L.
REED, H. R., farmer and stock raiser; Sec. 33; P. O. Ogden; was born in Oneida county, New York, August 24, 1843, and at the age of four years accompanied his parents to Erie county, same State, where he resided for twenty-five years; his time was occupied in teaching school and store-keeping, and he was town- ship clerk in that place; when twen-
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ty-nine years of age he came to Boone, where he resided for six months; bought eighty acres of land near that city, but did not retain it very long, and soon came to this township, where he has since re- sided, and now owns 160 acres on section 28 and forty acres on section 33; he was married, March 19, 1872, to Miss Cora C. Ring, a native of Wyoming, New York: she is a lady of rare accomplishments and fine culture; they have three children: Willie B., Charles H. and Irvin C.
RICE. I. W., dealer in lumber, agricultural implements, barbed wire, doors, sash, etc., Ogden; a na- tive of Rutland county, Vermont, born May 7, 1838; when six years of age his parents removed to Au- rora, Illinois; on the outbreak of the rebellion he enlisted in company A, Thirty-sixth Illinois cavalry, August 2, 1861, and served two and one-half years, and then veteranized and was mustered out December, 1865; he was engaged in the following bat- tles: Pea Ridge, Iuka, Corinth, Vicksburg, and numerous skirmish- es; after leaving the service he re- turned to Aurora and was married there to Miss Mary E. Shoemaker, February 20, 1868, a native of New York; they have one daughter: Liz- zie .B .; in 1879 he came to Ogden and started his present business, in which he has been eminently suc- cessful, although he has been here but a short time, but being energetic, self-reliant and an enterprising man, and by dint of his own indefatigable exertions, has made a place of influ- ence and standing among his fellow citizens.
RUNDBERG, JOHN, furniture dealer, Ogden; was born in Sweden, August 19, 1834, and there grew to manhood, learning the trade of cab- inet maker; he emigrated to the United States in October, 1868, and stopped in Pepin county, Wiscon- sin, for six months; he then came
to Boone in 1869, where he remained about four years; he was in Moingona for nine months previous to coming to Ogden in October, 1874, and has since been engaged in the above business, and has been closely identi- fied with the interests of Ogden; he has built up a large trade, and with great prudence and industry he has combined unswerving honesty and has always claimed the highest re- respect of his fellow-citizens; Mr. R. has been twice married: first, to Miss Joannah Rundberg, October 24, 1858; she died September 10, 1877, leaving a family of five chil- dren: Augusta (now Mrs. Charles Rosen), David, John, Emma and Emil; he took for his second wife Hannah Ruston, January 5, 1879; she is also a native of Sweden; they have by this union one daughter: Jennie C .; they are both members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. AWYER, L. L., farmer and stock raiser; Sec. 17; P. O. S Ogden; was born in Porter county, Ohio, May 24, 1826, and remained there until he was twenty-one years of age; he received his education in that place, and in the fall of 1847 he moved to St. Joseph, Indiana, re- maining there until 1866; when young he learned the cooper's trade and worked at it during the summer and in winter was engaged in teach- ing school; in August, 1862, he en- listed in company E, One Hundredth Indiana infantry, and while in the army was orderly sergeant; he was discharged in 1863 on account of disability; he came to this county and in 1874 was elected to the office of county auditor, by a very large majority; he was married, October 31, 1857, to Miss Julia L. Ballow, a native of St. Joseph county, In- diana; they have three children: Clara R., Elmer B. and Dora E .; Mr. Sawyer owns 320 acres of land, forty-five of which are in timber.
SCOTT, JOHN F., farmer and
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stock raiser; P. O. Ogden; was born in Indiana. January 21, 1846; when seven years of age he commenced school and continned it until he was twenty years old; in 1863 he came to this State, locating where he now resides; he now owns 171} acres of land, eighty acres of which are under" cultivation, and nicely fenced with rails and boards; February 28, 1871, he was married to Miss Sarah Pert- mean; they have a family of four children: Laura E., Flora A., Pearl and John F. Jr.
SICKLER, DR. DANIEL, physi- cian and surgeon, Ogden; the sub- ject of this sketch is a native of Andes, Delaware county, New York; was born the 20th day of May, 1850, and was there raised; when twenty- three years of age, having developed a taste for the study of medicine as a profession he commenced its study with Drs. Bassett & Montgomery, and gradua- ted in the medical department of the Union University, of Albany, New York, in the class of 1878-79; the same year, in April, he came to Ogden and commenced the practice of his profession; although Dr. Sickler has been here but a short time, by close attention to business and with untiring zeal, he has built up for himself an enviable reputa- tion in his medical relations, and the respect shown him is as wide as his acquaintance; his intellect is quick and incisive as well as com- prehensive, and possessing fine con- versational powers, is a most excel- lent, social companion.
SNELL, J. J., cashier of Ogden Bank, Ogden; was born in Leicester, Massachusetts, April 20, 1852; when three years of age his parents moved to Dane county, Wisconsin; some time afterward he removed to Jefferson county, and in 1866 moved to Ogle county, Illinois; his boy- hood was passed on a farm, and he received all the advantages of the
common schools and passed his junior year at the Agricultural Col- lege, at Ames; he came to Ogden in February, 1869; he was married here to Miss Mary A. Palmer, Au- gust 13, 1876; she is a native of Ohio; they have by this union two daughters: Eloise W. and Viavian E .; although Mr. Snell is yet a young man, by fine business qualifications and steady habits he has gained the confidence of his em- ployers and the respect of all who know him.
SYLVESTER, C. B., agent American Express Company and insurance agent, Ogden; was born in Franklin county, Maine, in 1832, and when twelve years of age he removed with his parents to Iowa county, Wisconsin, where he lived till he reached his majority; he had all the advantages of the common schools, supplemented with an academic education, under the tuition of Hon. J. L. Pickard, of Plattville, Wisconsin, graduating in class of '59; he traveled more or less throughout Minnesota, Colora- do, Kansas and Wisconsin, and en- gaged in teaching, surveying, etc., until 1870, when he came to his present location, and has since made it his home; he was married, Decem- ber 8, 1869, to Miss Lizzie Chyno- weth, a native of England, who was educated at Rockford, Illinois, graduating in the class of '68; they have one daughter: Edna; such is the brief outline and history of one whose career has been marked by enterprise, energy, pure motives and honest effort; he has made himself what he is, a worthy type of inde- pendent manhood.
SYLVESTER, F., of the firm of Sylvester, Huntley & Osborne, bankers, grain merchants, etc., Og- den; was born in Franklin county, Maine, July 23d, 1841, and when only four years of age his parents removed to Iowa county, Wisconsin,
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where he was raised ; he came to Ogden in October, 1869, and en- gaged in the grain and lumber busi- ness; he was married in Wisconsin, November 19, 1863, to Miss Emma Osborne, a native of England; they have by this union a family of four sons and two daughters: Anna, Loren, Osborne, Frank, Myra and Robert; Mr. Sylvester received the advantages of a good common school education, supplemented with three years in high schools; he is a practical, upright business man, the best evidences of which are seen in the success that has attended his career.
W AGERS, H. B., of the firm of Brice & Wagers, dealers in dry good, hats, caps, etc., Ogden; was born on the 6th of December, 1845, and is a native of Trumbull county, Ohio; when fourteen years of age moved with his parents to Grant county, Wisconsin, where he lived until he came to Ogden in 1870; he clerked for about four years and then engaged in traveling for the same length of time; in Sep- tember, 1877, he engaged in his pres- ent business; he was married to Miss Martha E. Sturtevant, Decem- ber 6, 1871; she is a native of Cleveland, Ohio; they have, by this union, one son: Harry O .; lost two sons and one daughter: Willie N., Charles R. and Florence.
WELLS, W. C., carpenter and builder, Ogden; was born in On- tario, Lenox county, Canada, Octo- ber 23, 1841, and lived there until he became of age; he then went to Owego, New York, remaining there about two years; soon went to Mich- igan, stayed there for three years, and in February, 1869, came to this town and was one of its first set- tlers; was married in Michigan, to Miss Kate Eaton, of Livingston county, Michigan; they have one son, born in Michigan: Marquette C .; lost one son and three daugh-
ters: Hattie, Mabel, Beauty and Lillian.
WILLIAMS, REV. EBENEZ- ER, deceased; was born in South Wales in 1806, and was educated at one of the first universities in En- gland; while yet a young man en- tered the ministry; in his twenty- third year he moved to Canada; was married and soon afterward moved to the United States, which he con- tinued to make his home; he was ordained deacon of the Episcopal Church by Bishop Benjamin Tred- well Onderdonk, of New York, July 15, 1838; at Sing Sing, New York, he was ordained priest of the Epis- copal Church, by the same bishop, on the 13th day of September, 1839; he was very active in the ministry until age forced him to yield to younger men; and it may be men- tioned in this place that he was in- strumental in building up the Epis- copal Church at Cold Springs, New York, also one at Racine, Wiscon- sin, and one at Mineral Point, same State; he moved to Ogden in 1869 and had been identified with the in- terests of the place, until his sudden and tragic death, December 8, 1878, from an apoplectic stroke, while on the way to a neighbor's house dur- ing the evening, and remained out doors until found by friends; he took an earnest and active part in the erection of the church edifice in this village; was liberal in his do- nations for the support of the min- istry; to the poor he was a friend and greatly loved by all who knew him.
OUNGBERG, ALFRED, har- ness maker and shoe maker, Ogden; was born in Sweden, Octo- ber 12, 1841, and came to the Unit- ed States in July, 1868, locating in Henry county, Illinois; the follow- ing two years he spent in Colorado, for his health; this being improved he came to Boone, where he lived for five years and then located in
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Ogden; he was married in this place to Miss Fina Carlson, December 3, 1878; they have one son: Alfred O. Mr. Y. commenced life without funds or favor with which to pave his pathway to success, but by de- voting himself strictly to his bnsi- ness, he has built up a lucrative trade and faithfully studies his pat- rons' interests.
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