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GEORGE MAHAN, farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Elvira; owns 567 acres of land; he was born on the 10th of May, 1821, in County Wicklow, Ireland ; in 1847, he emigrated to this country and located in Columbiana Co., Ohio, where he remained for two years, when he removed to Clinton Co., Iowa., and located upon the land which he now owns ; he has held for several years the offices of Township School Director and Road Supervisor. He married Mary Smith, of Center Township, Iowa, on the 5th of May, 1862, and have five children, one boy and four girls-Roger, Maria, Luella, Minnie and Katie. He and his family are members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, of Elvira. When he landed in America, he was a poor man and had nothing ; but, by hard work, has a beautiful homestead and a fortune aggregating from $40,000 to $50,000.
DANIEL, MANLEY, farmer, Sec. 27 ; P. O. Elvira. Owns 280 acres of land. Born at North Bridgewater, Mass., March 4, 1831, and educated there. In the spring of 1855, he removed to Center Township, where he has lived ever since. When he reached Iowa, he had just enough money to purchase his land and a team, and thus began the battle of life, which has proved a success, as he has a beautiful homestead, and can now be said to be worth from $12,000 to $15,000, thus showing the fruits of honest industry and economy. He has served for several years in various county and township offices, Township School Director, Wood Supervisor, Justice of the Peace and Road Supervisor. During the war, he went into service, but was honorably discharged
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on account of disabilities. He married Fanny F. Spear, of West Randolph, Vt., June 17, 1855, who died on Oct. 2, 1872. He married again on the 1st of December, 1874, Charlotte Einwichter, a native of Boston, England. He has six children-Cassius M., Dauiel, Solomon, Charlotte I., Lizzie N., Fanny Alice. He and his family are regular attendants of the United Presbyterian Church of Elvira.
JACOB MAIER, farmer, P. O. Lyons. He lives in See. 26, and owns 280 acres of land. He was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, Feb. 2, 1823, where he was educated. In 1854, he came to the United States, settled immediately in Clinton Co., where he has lived since. He is a Democrat of the conservative stamp, always voting for the best man in local elections, but, in Presidential or Gubernatorial, standing by the nominations of the Democratic Party. He married Lizzie Ammer in Wurtemberg, Germany, April 2, 1850, and had eight children, seven are living. His wife died Sept. 27, 1877. His children are-Jacob, Frank, John, Barbara, Dora, Lizzie and Mathilda. Family are attendants of the German Lutheran Church. He had but small capital when he first started in this country ; and now, by hard work and economy, he has a fine homestead, and a fortune estimated at from $25,000 to $30,000. In addition to the property owned by Mr. Maier in Clinton Co., he owns 640 acres of fine land in Crawford Co., Iowa ; this property is valued at about $20 per acre.
E. D. MOREY, farmer, See. 6 ; P. O. De Witt. Owns 360 acres of land. He was born in Berkshire Co., Mass., July 22, 1830, where he lived until 7 years old, when his parents removed to Ashtabula Co., Ohio. In 1853, he removed to Clinton Co., where he bas lived since. He has served as Clerk, Justice of the Peace, School Director and Township Trustee. He is a stanch Jacksonian Democrat. He married Charlotte J. Mathar, a native of Ohio, in 1848, and had nine children, five are living- Nathan Monroe, Emma Anna, Edward A., William Albert and Minnie Francis. His family are inclined to the Baptist belief. He was very poor when he started in Iowa, and has by industry secured a five homestead and a fortune of from $35,000 to $40,000. In 1855, the second year of his stay in Clinton Co., he lost nearly everything he had by a prairie fire which swept over an area of the county ten miles long, and about two miles wide, carrying everything before it. Nothing daunted by his loss, he immediately commenced work, and in a short time had everything in as flourishing condition as before.
NICHOLAS NAEVE, farmer; P. O. Lyons. He lives in Sec. 24, and owns 400 acres of land, 160 in Clinton Co., and 240 in Crawford Co. He was born in Schleswig, Germany, Aug. 23, 1831, where he was educated. In 1849, he emigrated to this country and located at Davenport, where he lived for twelve years, when he removed to Clinton Co., where he has lived ever since. He has been a Republican since he took out his papers as a naturalized citizen of the United States. He married Eliza- beth Hoenecke, of Schleswig, Germany, Oct. 10, 1854, and has eleven children, all living-William ( who married Mary Schneider, a native of Germany), Henry, Mary ( who married Peter Bodhold, of Cedar Falls, Black Hawk Co., Iowa), Louisa, Frederick, Christian, Annie, Nicholas, John, Caroline and Albert. Family all members of the German Lutheran Church. When he first started in Clinton Co., he was very poor, without capital, but, by hard work and economy, he has built a beautiful homestead, and amassed a fortune of about $15,000.
HENRY PAYSON, farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Elvira ; owns 118 acres of land ; he was born in Schleswig, Germany, Feb. 10, 1837 ; in 1860, he emigrated to the United States and settled in Clinton Co., where he has lived since. He has served his township as Road Supervisor. He has always been a stanch Republican. He married Mary Katherine Peters, a native of Schleswig, Germany, in Clinton Co., November 6, 1866,- and has one son, Peter Martin, born in Clinton Co., Jan. 4, 1869 ; came to this country with no capital ; hired out as a laborer. saving his earning and putting it into a little farm, which he has yearly increased until he has a fine homestead and a fortune of from $8,000 to $10,000.
JOHN C. RICE, farmer, Sec. 35 ; P. O. Elvira ; owns 160 acres of land ; born in Center Township, Indiana Co., Penn., May 11, 1817 ; brought up and educated there; removed in 1849, and located in Scott Co., Iowa, in 1850, after looking over the
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county for a few months, but becoming dissatisfied, moved to Clinton Co., and located in Lyons, now Hampshire Township, where he lived for three years, when he bought the property on which he lives at the present time. He has held for several years the offices of Township Assessor, Township School Director and Road Supervisor. He mar- ried Elizabeth Kinkaid, of Cumberland Co., Penn., on the 19th of October, 1864, and, not having any children, adopted a son and a daughter, Francis Xavier Albert and Mary A. Shambaugh. He and his whole family are members of the Evangelical Luth- eran Church of Elvira. When Mr. Rice landed at Davenport, on his first arrival in the State, he had only 50 cents, and, by strict economy and hard work, he has succeeded in making a fine home and amassing a fortune of $5,000.
JOHN F. RICE, farmer, Sec. 35 ; P. O. Elvira ; owns eighty acres of land ; he was born in Indiana Co., Penn., on the 15th of September, 1825 .; he was educated there ; he removed from his old home and located in Center Township, where he now lives, on the 4th of March, 1863. When he landed, he had only enough money to buy a team and some farm implements, when he rented and went to farming, since which time he has bought the tract on which he lives, built a good homestead and is worth about $8,000 to $10,000. He has held for several years the offices of Township School Director and Road Supervisor. He married Eliza Hice, of Indiana Co., Penn., on the 13th of February, 1851, and had six children, four boys and two girls-George C., Will- iam S., Harry S., Albert E., Maria C. and Mary J .; he and his whole family are mem- bers of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Elvira.
. WILLIAM F. RICE, farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Elvira ; owns eighty acres of land ; born in Indiana Co., Penn., March 15, 1833, and educated there ; in 1854, he removed to Freeport, Ill., and located, but in 1856, becoming dissatisfied, he removed to Center Township, where he has lived ever since. He has held during his residence, for several years, the offices of Township Trustee, Township Assessor and Road Supervisor. During the war, he was a stanch Union man, and assisted in raising several companies who went out and battled for the Union. He always voted the Republican ticket. He married Maria A. Schott, of Indiana Co., Penn., on the 5th of February, 1863, and had three children-John C., Mary C. and Bella M. He and his family are members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Elvira. When he first came to the county, he had not a dollar, but by perseverance and energy, he managed to buy the place he now lives upon, and has also accumulated about $25,000.
CHARLES C. SCHRADER, farmer, Sec. 21, Center Township; P. O. Charlotte; born in Holstein, Germany, in 1836 ; he came to the United States in 1862 ; he first purchased a farm in Sec. 19, Center Township; settled on his present farm about 1865. His present wife was Charlotte Schrader ; he has four children by a for- mer marriage. He has 200 acres of land. Mr. Schrader has just completed a house at a cost of about $3,000.
A. A. SCHWARTZ, farmer; P. O. Elvira ; lives in Sec. 23, Township 82, Range 5 east ; he owns 240 acres of land ; was born in Prussia Feb. 24, 1825 ; removed to Iowa and settled in Center Township in 1856. He married Louisa Stude- man, in Prussia, Feb. 17, 1850 ; had five children-William F., Henry, Robert J., Ber- tha L. and Rosa J .; members of the German Lutheran Church. He was a poor man when he came to Clinton Co., but by hard work and strict economy has an elegant home and a fortune of from $20,000 to $25,000.
JOHN SHAMBAUGH, farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Elvira; owns 720 acres land ; born in Cumberland Co., Penn., Feb. 17, 1830, and educated there ; removed to Towa in 1853 and settled on the property owned by him at present. During his resi- dence he has held the office of Township Trustee for eight years, School Director for ten years, Township School Treasurer for five years, and served on the County Board of Supervisors for three years. Married Eva Ann Ressler, of Cumberland Co., Penn., March 10, 1853, and have seven children, five boys and two girls-Samuel R., Charles A., Herbert, George, Benjamin F., Anna Margaret, Edith Ella; his danghter Margaret married a farmer living near them-Valentine Bohart. Although a God-fearing man,
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he is not a member of any church, yet his family are all either members or regular attendants of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. Came to the country poor, and by dint of industry accumulated a good fortune, and owns one of the finest and largest places in Center Township. ; he commenced labor on his own account at the age of 17, without a dollar, working for $5 a month through the summer months, saving his money, and paying his own schooling through the winter months. Owns a large num- ber of cattle, horses, hogs, etc., while his good wife keeps one of the finest poultry yards in the county.
FREDERICKA STUDEMAN, widow of Frederick Studeman, Sec. 24; P. O. Lyons; owns 280 acres of land ; she was born in Prussia Feb. 17, 1832; March 28, 1854, married Frederick Studeman, and, May 17, 1854, emigrated to this country, and, within two months after landing, made their home in Center Township, where they have lived ever since; her husband died Aug. 27. 1867; she has two chil- dren-Ida (married Louis A. Pohlman, a druggist of Carroll City, Iowa); Albert Henry is living with his mother, managing her farm. All members of the German Lutheran Church. When her husband began work in Clinton County he was a very poor man, but on his death left his widow and children a handsome fortune of from $25,000 to $30,000.
WILLIAM L. THOMAS, farmer; P. O. Elvira ; owns seventy-seven acres of land ; he was born in South Wales, Great Britain, in 1809, and, in 1835, after being educated, emigrated to this country ; after spending some time in Louisiana, Missouri and New York, he removed to Center Township, Clinton County, Iowa, in 1859, where he has lived ever since. Has been Road Supervisor of the township. He married Ann Morgan, of Gloucestershire, England. in Lyons, April 6, 1869 ; he has three chil- dren by a former marriage-John E., Sarah and Mary, all married. He and his fam- ily are all members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Elvira. He was a poor man when he started, and now has a fortune of from $8,000 to $10,000; he is also a retired merchant of Elvira. Republican.
CYRUS TRAVER, farmer, P. O. Elvira; he lives in Sec. 36, and owns ninety-five acres of land ; he was born in Dutchess Co., N. Y., on the Hudson River, Nov. 21, 1825, where he was educated ; in the spring of 1857, he moved to Iowa and settled upon the property now owned by him. He has filled the offices of Township School Director and Road Supervisor. He is an old and tried Republican. He mar- ried Abby Moorehouse in Livingston Co., N. Y., Jan. 1, 1855; she is daughter of Ezra and Marietta Moorehouse, and was born in Hartford, Conn., Nov. 6, 1824; they had four children ; three are living-Charles Henry, Edgar Moorehouse and Elmer Ezra. Family all members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Elvira. When he first started in the county he had no capital, but by dint of perseverance, economy and hard work, has a very pretty homestead and a fortune estimated at from $8,000 to $10,000.
RUFUS A. TRAVER, farmer, Section 2; P. O. Elvira; he owns 160 acres of land; he was born in Dutchess Co., N. Y., Nov. 6, 1831, and, in the winter of 1855, removed to Whiteside Co., Ill .; resided for one year, then removed to Center Township, where he now lives. Has held for several years the offices of Assessor, Jus- tice of the Peace, member of the County Board of Supervisors, Township Trustee, Township School Director and Road Supervisor. Republican. He married Mary J. Valentine, of Hardin Co., Ohio, Oct. 21, 1858; has four children-Mary Ellen, Will- iam Rufus, Daisy Agnes and Roy L. Members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, of Elvira. When he first started farming in Clinton Co. he had a capital of about $2,000, and, by hard work and strict economy, he has managed to erect a beautiful homestead, and has amassed a fortune of from $25,000 to $30,000.
JOSEPH W. WINTERS, farmer; P. O. Elvira; lives in Section 5, and owns 520 acres of land; he was born in Philadelphia, Penn., March 19, 1839; his family removed to Pittsburgh, where he lived until he was 7 years old, when his family removed again to Washington Co .. Penn., and, in 1850, he moved to Clinton Co., and is now residing upon the old family homestead, which was entered by his father in 1851 ;
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he is the oldest son of Henry and Mary Winters, both natives of Ireland ; emigrated to this country when quite young, and married in Philadelphia ; had fifteen children; ten now living-Ellen, Catherine, Joseph W., Michael, Mary Ann, Patrick Henry, Hugh, Rosanna, Clara and Caroline (twins). Mr. Winters has never married. Since his resi- dence he has filled the office of Township Trustee. He follows in the footsteps of his ancestors, and is a true blue Jacksonian Democrat. He resides upon the homestead with four of his sisters, who keep house for him, and render his old-bachelor days pleasant and comfortable. Family are all Catholics. When his father died he left no will, and, consequently, he had to buy in the old homestead, as well as the lands men- tioned above; he has accumulated by industry, economy and hard labor, a handsome competency, and is worth from $35,000 to $40,000.
TREVER WILLIAMS, farmer, Seetion 33; P. O. Elvira; owns 320 acres of land in Clinton Co., and 1,680 in Cherokee Co., Iowa; he was born in Lin- colnshire, Eng., April 15, 1820, where he was educated; in 1854, he emigrated to the United States and settled in Clinton Co., where he has lived since. He married Char- lotte Shepherd, a native of Nottinghamshire, but lived and was educated in Lincoln- shire, Eng. Their marriage was on June 29, 1844; they had seventeen children ; ten are living-Rachael, Job Shepherd, John, George, Esther Anna, Harriet, Thomas, Charles, Mary Elizabeth and Mary Ann. They have four children married and ten grandchildren. He was for several years Road Supervisor. Always has been a stanch Jacksonian Democrat. Members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Elvira. Aug. 7, 1870, he was at work in the field when he was prostrated by sun stroke, from which he lost his hearing, which he has never recovered. When he first landed in the State of Iowa, he had not a shilling in the world, and went out upon a farm as a laborer at $200 a year ; he has now a pleasant homestead, and a fortune esti- mated at about $75,000.
MICHAEL WINTERS, farmer ; P. O. Elvira ; he lives on Section 4, and owns 160 acres of land; he was born in Washington Co., Penn., Oct. 31, 1840, where he lived until 11 years old, when he removed to Iowa and settled in Clinton Co., where he has lived ever since. Since his residence he has held the offices of Township School Director, Secretary of the School Board and Justice of the Peace. He is a Democrat. He married Kate Clinton, a native of Montgomery Co., Penn., in Chicago, Nov. 20, 1874, and has three children-Mary Augusta, Frances Lillian and Louis Clinton. All members of Catholic Church. He was a poor man when he started, and is now the possessor of a fine homestead, and a fortune estimated at from $15,000 to $20,000.
JOHN A. YOUNG, farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Elvira ; born in Orange Co., N. Y., June 8, 1815 ; family removed to Pennsylvania in 1815, where he was edu- cated ; in 1848, he moved to Oakland Co., Mich., where he remained for eight years, when he moved to Iowa and located at Elvira, where he has lived ever since ; owus 160 acres of land. He was elected to the 16th and 17th Assembly of Iowa as Rep- resentative on the Democratic ticket, where he served his country faithfully for four years ; he was elected, in 1860, to the office of County Supervisor, which he held for six years. He married Martha Ann Cox, of Pennsylvania ; they have eight children, four boys and four girls-John C., James W., Edward E., Charles A., Martha A., Anna C., Sarah L. and Hattie Irene; three of his daughters are married ; one the wife of the Rev. G. W. Hamilton, Pastor of the United Presbyterian Church of Elvira, and the other two marrying farmers. He and his family belong to the United Presbyterian Church. Capt. Young, while in his 25th year, was elected Captain of the Shippensburg Troop, an old cavalry company which had served in the war of 1812, and during the time of his captaincy volunteered for the Mexican war; the Captain, although now in his 64th year, is still a member of the 17th Assembly of Iowa, which office he will hold until January, 1880; he was Collector of taxes of his township, Township Clerk and President of the Township School Board for several years.
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SAMUEL ALBRIGHT, farmer; P. O. Goose Lake; lives on Sec. 21, and owns 200 acres of land; he was born in Columbia Co., Penn., May 10, 1833, where he lived until he was 9 years old, when his father removed to Clinton Co., Iowa, where he has lived since. He married Mary Ann Killam, a native of Lincolnshire, England, in Clinton County, Dec. 17, 1861, and had two children, one is living- Albert Burdet. His family were all raised in the Evangelical Lutheran faith, while his wife was raised in the belief of the Church of England ; he is a Republican ; he has served his county and township faithfully as Township Trustee and Road Super- visor. When he first came to Clinton Co. he was a poor boy, without any capital ; now he has a good and comfortable homestead and a fortune of from $10,000 to $12,000.
JOHN S. BASCOM, farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Preston ; owns 370 acres of land. Ile was born in Windsor Co., Vt., August 12. 1834; his parents removed, in 1835, to Montgomery Co., N. Y., in 1850 removed to Racine Co., Wis., and, in 1854, he removed to Clayton Co., Iowa, where he lived till the spring of 1845, when he permanently located iu Clinton Co., Iowa, where he has lived since. He has served as Collector, Trustee, School Director and Road Supervisor. He furnished considerable money during the rebellion, to aid the Government in crushing it ; he is a Republican. He married Phebe A. Spencer, a native of Racine Co., Wis., February 23, 1858, and had five children-Allison Walter, John Luman, Fayette Spencer, Homer Lincoln and Abbie Orilla ; his wife died December 20, 1873, and was buried in Clinton Co. He married his sceond wife, Martha Brown, a native of Pennsylvania, in Clinton Co, Iowa, September 24, 1874. He started in Clinton a comparatively poor man, but through industry and economy he has built a homestead and a fortune of from $25,000 to $30,000. He and his family are members of the Congregational Church. He is a son of Luman and Abigail Bascom ; his father is dead, and he cares for his aged mother, who lives with him. Mr. Bascom is a man of considerable influence in his township, and universally respected and admired.
DANIEL CONRAD, local minister of the M. E. Church and farmer, Sec. 35 ; P. O. Bryant ; owns 200 acres of land in Clinton Co. and 200 acres in Sac Co., Iowa. He was born in Center Co., Penn., May 8, 1820, where he received an ordinary common-school education ; he is entirely a self-made minister, never having received a theological education. He emigrated to Iowa in 1844, and located in Scott County, where he lived for fourteen years, then removed to Clinton County, where he has lived since. When he first came to Clinton County he was without capital, but by industry and economy he has obtained a fine homestead and a fortune of $15,000 to $20,000. He has been a minister for thirty years ; he has for several years been Justice of the Peace, County Supervisor and Secretary of the School Board ; he is a Republican. He married Nancy Harpster, a native of Center Co., Penn .; they were married November, 12. 1840, and had twelve children, eight of whom are living-Elizabeth, who married Alfred Bedford, and resides in Hamilton County ; Mary, who married Amos Hunt, and resides in Storey County ; Martin L., who married Marcia L. Coting, and resides in Jackson County ; Margaret Jane, who married R. W. Northrup, and resides in Hamilton County ; Samuel H., who lives in Colorado ; Anna E., who married G. W. Curtis, railway agent at Bryant; Wilbur F. and Alice C., the latter being twins ; he also has a boy by the name of August Meyer, whom he has raised and tenderly cared for as if really his own, since a babe of five months old ; Mr. Conrad had a son named John, who went out at the beginning of the war, and was killed while doing brave service on the battlefield at Iuka Springs, Miss.
JOHN DICKEY, merchant amd farmer, See. 21; P. O. Goose Lake ; owns 300 acres of land ; he was born in Butler Co., Penn., Dee. 6, 1827, where he was edu- cated ; while very young, his parents removed to Trumbull Co., Ohio, where he lived
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till 1846, when he came to Iowa and settled in Clinton Co., where he has resided since. He married Miss Anna Morrill, a native of Vermont, in Clinton Co., in 1858, and had five children ; four are living-Frank L., Clara A., Minnie and Nellie. In 1872, he had the misfortune to lose his wife; in his church views he is liberal ; he is a stanch Republican ; he was, for many years, Postmaster at Goose Lake, and has faithfully served his township as School Director and Road Supervisor ; when he came to Iowa, he was poor and dependent upon his own labors for support; but, possessed of great energy and determination, he put his shoulder to the wheel, and, as a result of his well- spent life, has a homestead and a fortune of from $25,000 to $30,000.
ROBERT C. DICKEY, farmer. Sec. 16; P. O. Goose Lake ; owns 220 acres of land ; he was born in Butler Co., Penn., June 26, 1834, where he lived until 10 years of age, when his parents moved to Trumbull Co., Ohio; in 1847, they moved to Clinton Co., Iowa, where he has lived since. He married, in this county, Julia Clark, a native of Vermont, Nov. 7, 1861, and had seven children ; six are living- Alice C., Hattie, Fred, Mary, Emma and Lydia; he and his family attend the Meth- odist Episcopal Church ; he has held the offices of Township Trustee, School Director and Road Supervisor ; he is a stanch Republican ; he came with no means to Iowa, and is now worth from $15,000 to $20,000; he enlisted in Co. K., 26th I. V. I., where he did active service for three years. In 1859, Mr. Dickey was seized with the Cali- fornia excitement, and, with wagon, made the overland route to the "gold regions," returning to his home by vessel, via the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, landing at New York, and from thence by rail.
N. D. FARLEY, druggist ; firm of C. Farley & Co., Goose Lake; he was born in Jackson Co., Iowa, July 24, 1853, and is a son of James and Margaret Farley, of the same county ; he received his education in Davenport, Iowa; he was Township Clerk at Preston, Jackson Co., for three years; he commenced in the drug business at Goose Lake in 1878, and has a very fine business established. He is a steady Green- backer, ever maintaining and defending the principles of that party.
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