The history of Clinton County, Iowa, containing a history of the county, its cities, towns &c., biographical sketches of citizens, Part 102

Author: Western Historical Co
Publication date: 1879
Publisher: Chicago : Western historical company
Number of Pages: 812

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G. W. FIELD, M. D., physician, Bryant, Deep Creek Township; he was born in Utica, N. Y., May 8, 1849; during his infancy, his family removed to Madison, Wis. ; Nov. 14, 1878, he removed to Bryant, and started in the practice of medicine, which he has followed since: he engaged in practice first at Mineral Point, Wis., for three years ; he is a graduate of the Chicago Medical College; he is a stanch Jacksonian Democrat ; he was raised in the Episcopal Church.

HERMAN GLAHN, farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Goose Lake; own 160 acres of land ; he was born in Holstein, Germany, June 4, 1836, where he was educated; in 1854, he emigrated to the United States, and immediately settled in this township, where he has lived since. He is a Republican ; he has served as School Director, Township Trustee and Road Supervisor. He married Magdaline Dammon, a native of Germany, in Scott Co., Iowa, Feb. 26, 1862, and has eight children-Anna Margaret, Caroline Rebecca, Paul John, George William, Emma Dorris, Herman, Henry Rudolph and Ida Kathrina; all members of the German Lutheran Church, of Charlotte, in Waterford Township. When he came to Iowa he was very poor, but, by industry, has made a nice home and a fortune of from $10,000 to $12,000. In his passage from Germany, he was eight weeks at sea ; the only thing of interest which happened was the birth of an infant.

JACOB HICKS, farmer, See. 17; P. O. Goose Lake; owns 130 acres of land in Clinton Co., and eighty acres in Calhoun Co. ; he was born in Schoharic Co., N. Y., May 21, 1815, where he was educated ; in 1856, he removed to Clinton Co., Iowa, where he has lived sinee. During his residence he has been County Supervisor, Town- ship Trustee, School Director and Road Supervisor; during the war, he sent one son, Madison, who was a member of Co. L, 2d Iowa V. Cav., and did gallant service from the beginning to the end of the war. He is a stanch Republican. He married Ange- line Rodman, a native of Sehoharie Co., N. Y., Oct. 18, 1836; had nine children, six still living-Joseph Asa, Madison, Andrew, Philetus, Sara Ann and John. He and

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his family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church ; he came to Iowa without capital, and, after a life of hard work, economy and enterprise, has built a good home- stead and accumulated a fortune of from $8,000 to $10,000. He lives surrounded by his children, all of whom are successful farmers, as well as live and energetic mien.

CHRISTIAN HASS, hotel keeper, Bryant ; owns two town lots; he was born in Holstein, Germany, Jan. 8, 1839; in 1858, he emigrated to the United States and located in Scott Co., Iowa, where he lived for two years ; then removed to Clinton Co., where he has since lived. He had the honor of building the first house in Bryant, where he has kept the hotel from the beginning of his residence there. . He has served as Constable and Road Supervisor for several years; has always been a stanch Demo- crat. He married Louise Guth, in De Witt. Jan. 8, 1862, and had eleven children, ten now living-Rosa, Edward, John, Christian, William, Charles, Louisa, Louis, Hen- rietta and Alfred. He was raised in the belief of the German Lutheran Church. When he first started in Clinton Co. he was very poor, and worked as a farm laborer, and now he has a delightful home and a fortune estimated at from $15,000 to $20,000.

ALPHEUS HUNTER, farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Preston ; owns 175 acres of land ; he was born in Cortland Co., N. Y., Dec. 20, 1820, where he was educated; in the fall of 1842, he removed to Clinton County, Iowa, and located where he has resided sinee. Ile has served his township for several years as School Director, School Treasurer, Township Assessor, Township Trustee, Constable and Road Supervisor. During the war of the rebellion, he paid out considerable money in securing substitutes to serve as Union soldiers, not for himself, however, but purely from patriotic principles. Ile is a strong Republican. He married Margaret Ramsey, a native of Virginia, in Clinton County, Oct. 9, 1853, and had six children ; all are living-Almer Sylvester, Julia Alice, Fanny Adelia, Martha Eliza, Marion Lorena and Frank Alonzo. In his religious belief, he was raised in the Congregational Church. He was wholly without means when he came to Clinton County; now has, after a life of industry, perseverance and energy, a homestead and a fortune valued at from $10,000 to $12,000.

SYLVESTER HUNTER, farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Preston ; Mr. Hunter was born in Cortland Co., N. Y., in 1826 ; he came to Deep Creek Township with his parents, Robert and Eliza Hunter, in July, 1843; his father had come to the county the previous year (1842), and being pleased with the country, had decided to remove his family ; the family consisted at that time of his parents and seven children; the children are still living, except one daughter; three of them reside in Iowa; one sister of Mr. Hunter's resides in Dakota and two brothers in Kansas. Mr. Hunter went to California in 1852 and returned in 1857. He owns the farm where his father's family located in 1846. He was married to Miss Ann E. Reed, born in Pennsylvania ; died Dee. 20, 1866; they had five children-Robert P., died Aug. 28, 1877, Blanche, Jessie M., Annetta B. and Sylvester R.

JOHN E. AND NICHOLAS A. JURGENSEN, merchants; com- prising the firm of Jurgensen Bros., Goose Lake; they own two town lots in addition to their rapidly increasing and flourishing general merchandise business. John E. Jur- gensen was born in Schleswig, Germany, June 14, 1848, where he was educated ; he emigrated to the United States in 1868. He married Miss J. B. C. Neilson, a native of Denmark, in Clinton County, Sept. 17, 1872, and has two children-J. H. C. and Josie. Nicholas A. Jurgensen was also born in Schleswig, Germany, Dec. 27, 1853, where he was educated ; he followed the example of his brother and emigrated to the United States in 1871. He married Miss Edel Neilson, a sister to his brother's wife, in Clinton County, Sept. 15, 1875, and has two children-Herman and Edwin. The two brothers were raised in the German Lutheran Church, although they terin them- selves "freethinkers." They are conservative Republicans. They were both travel- ing salesmen from their arrival in the United States till 1875, when they permanently located themselves in Clinton County, at Goose Lake, in the merchandise business, which they have successfully carried on since.

PETER KRUSE, farmer, Section 15; P. O. Goose Lake; owns 170 acres of land ; he was born in Holstein, in Germany, Dec. 25, 1842, where he was educated ;

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in 1852, he emigrated to the United States and located in Scott Co., Iowa, where he lived one year, when he removed to Deep Creek Township, in Clinton Co., where he has lived since. He married Lena Geise in Clinton Co., Iowa, in 1867 ; had six children, four living-Paul, Amanda, Bertha and Lena. He was raised in the German Lutheran faith. He is a Republican. He has held the positions of School Director and Road Supervisor. He was a very poor man when he started, and is now worth from $8,000 to $10,000.

CLAUS H. KRUTZFELDT, mechanic and wagon manufacturer, Bryant ; lives in Section 35, and owns two acres, besides his places of business ; he was born in Holstein, Germany, May 29, 1847, where he received a common-school education ; in 1865, he emigrated to the United States, and immediately coming to Clinton Co., settled, and has resided there ever since ; he has built up a good and lucrative business, and has hosts of friends throughout the county ; his property is estimated at $2,000 to $2,500. Since he took out his naturalization papers, he has been a Democrat.

JAMES MCLAUGHLIN, farmer, Section 16; P. O. Goose Lake ; owns 360 acres ; he was born in Kenosha, Wis., March 28, 1838, whence, after a residence of thirteen years, he removed to Clinton Co., Iowa, where he has lived since, excepting four years, which he spent in Jackson Co., Iowa, within six miles of where he lives at the present time. He has served his township faithfully for years as Township Clerk, Township Trustee, School Director and Road Supervisor. He is a stanch Jacksonian Democrat. He married Jane Collins, a native of Jackson Co., Iowa, daughter of Dennis and Mary Collins, in that county, April 8, 1860, and had eight children, seven still living-John, Mary Ann, Susan Jane, Dennis, Julia, James Bernard and Eliza Jane. All are members of the Roman Catholic Church. Started totally without capital ; now has a comfortable homestead, and a fortune estimated at from $20,000 to $25,000.

B. M. PETERSEN, hardware and tinnery, Goose Lake, where he owns one town lot on which he does business ; he was born in Holstein, Germany, Sept. 11, 1858, where he was educated; he emigrated to the United States in 1873, and located in Lyons, Iowa, where he lived one year, then went to Fulton, Ill., and learned his busi- ness, then came to Goose Lake and started in the hardware and tinnery business, which he has followed since ; he has built up a good and paying business, always buying and selling strictly for cash ; he is a son of Momme and Marie Petersen, who reside in Germany, never having emigrated to the United States. He is a Republican ; is a member of the German Lutheran Church.

CHARLES R. SHULTS, farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Preston. Owns 191 acres of land in Clinton County, and twenty acres in Jackson Co., Iowa. He was born in Seneca Co., N. Y., May 4, 1843, where he was educated. In 1859, he removed to Clinton Co. and located, and has lived there since. He has served his township faith- fully for years as Constable, Trustee, School Director and Road Inspector. He paid considerable money during the war in securing soldiers to fight for the preservation of the Union. He is a stanch Republican. He married Cynthia A. Ransom, a native of Lake Co., Ill., where they were united Feb. 17, 1859, and has one child-Emma J. He and his family attend the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was a poor man when le first started in Clinton Co., and, by industry and economy, he has a fine homestead and a fortune valued at $15,000 to $20,000. Included in the valuation of his property is one good dwelling-house and two town lots in Preston, Jackson Co., Iowa.

J. F. THIESSEN, hotel-keeper, Goose Lake. He owns five town lots in Goose Lake, where his hotel is known as the " Railroad Hotel." He was born in Hol- . stein, Germany, Aug. 22, 1830. After serving one year in the German army, in 1853, he emigrated to the United States, and, landing in Chicago, made his way on foot to Davenport, where he remained for six months ; then in Rock Island about two years, and, in 1856, he took up his permanent residence in Center Township, Clinton Co., where he bought land and lived until 1875, when he moved to Goose Lake and com- menced the hotel business. „He married Menie Plaht, a native of Germany, in Center Township, in 1862, and has seven children-Frederick W., Eliza Katherina, JJohannes

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Herman, Jacob Ferdinand, Wilhelmina Theresa, Emma Amanda, Adolph Edward. He and his family are attendants of the German Lutheran Church. He is a Democrat. His fortune is estimated at about $10,000.

THOMAS WATTS, farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Charlotte ; owns 627 acres of land in Clinton Co., and 670 acres in Marshall Co., Iowa. He was born in Caledonia Co., Vt., Nov. 7, 1816, where he was educated ; in 1835, he emigrated to Stark Co., Ill., where he resided till April, 1838, when he removed to Clinton Co., and settled upon the property he now occupies. He has filled many positions of trust and ability : Rep- resentative to the Seventh General Assembly, County Supervisor under the old admin- istration, Justice of the Peace, County Surveyor, School Director, Township Trustee and Road Supervisor. He was a Whig, since a stanch Republican. He married in this county on Jan. 8, 1844, Emeline Hunter, a native of Cortland Co., N. Y., and had nine children, six are living-Isaac, who resides in Marshall Co .; Thomas, married and resides in Marshall Co .; Jane, married Andrew Howatt, attorney at law, De Witt; Mary, mar- ried Edward Hull, a farmer of Ida Co .; Emma and Fremont. He and his family are attendants of the Congregational Church. When Mr. Watts first came to Iowa, he was very poor, but after a life of strict attention to business, industry and perseverance, he has a comfortable homestead, and a fortune estimated at from $45,000 to $50,000. The greatest misfortune which has befallen him since he has lived in Clinton Co. was the terrible tornado of March 10, 1876, which swept over his place, totally demolishing his barn, part of his dwelling and his entire orchard, causing a loss of about $5,000.

M. E. WILCOX, hotel keeper, propr. of Western Hotel, Bryant; he was born in Tompkins Co., N. Y., Aug. 25, 1853, where he lived until 1863, when his family removed to Clinton Co., where they have lived since. Mr. Wilcox is a stirring, energetic man, who has devoted much of his life to literary pursuits and outdoor employments ; he once went to Nebraska, settled on pre-empted Government land, and was engaged in hunting and trapping ; he is a son of Jairus and Mary Jane Wilcox, of Clinton Co. He married Anna C. Rounfeldt, of Center Township, March 2, 1879; his wife is a member of the German Lutheran Church ; he is a strong supporter of Republican principles. He has rented the property on which he is located for about one year. and contemplates making a purchase of it ; before taking charge of the hotel, he was for a number of years Prin- cipal of a large school in Clinton Township. .

JAMES WILSON, farmer, Sec. 15 ; P. O. Bryant ; owns 280 acres of land ; he was born in Ball, McClellan, Scotland, Oct. 3, 1813, where he was educated ; in the fall of 1860, he emigrated to the United States, and located in Clinton Co., Iowa, where he has resided ever since. He married Jane Campbell, a native of South Scotland, in that country Oct. 9, 1843, and had eleven children-eight still living-Virginia, John Campbell, Ebenezer, Alexander, James Pearson, Joseph, Robert George and Sarah Ann. He and his family were raised in the Congregational Church. He is a stanch Republi- can. During his residence, he has served as Township School Director and Road Super- visor. He came to the United States without capital and has the satisfaction of possess- ing a homestead and a fortune of from $12,000 to $15,000. His daughter Virginia was born on the sailing vessel " Virginia," from which she takes her name, while mak- ing the passage to Canada, in 1844, where he lived with his family for sixteen years before coming to the United States. A sad misfortune befel his family in 1872, which resulted in the death of his son David, who gallantly went to the assistance of a neigh- bor named Henry Kruse, who was lying at the bottom of a well which he was digging, dying from suffocation, caused by foul air. Young Wilson descended into the well and lost his life in the vain endeavor to save that of his friend.

PERRY G. WRIGHT, planter of broom-corn and maker of brooms, Sec. 9 ; P. O. Goose Lake; owns 160 acres in Clinton Co. and 640 in Osceola Co., Iowa; he was born in Schoharie Co., N. Y., July 4, 1830, where he was educated ; in 1849, he emigrated to Delavan, Wis., where he remained until 1864, when he removed to Clinton Co., Iowa, and located upon the property where he now resides. He has served his township as School Director and Road Supervisor; during the war, he raised two companies in Walworth Co., Wis., who enlisted and did gallant service through the

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entire war ; he is a stanch Republican. He married Charlotte Underhill, a native of Schoharie Co., N. Y., in that county, April 29, 1846; had six children-Charles P., Frank G., George D., David, Melbourne and Lottie. He and his family were raised in the M. E. Church faith. He emigrated to Iowa very poor and totally without capital ; by per- severance, industry, economy and enterprise he has a homestead, a good paying business, and a fortune of from $25,000 to $30,000; he is a member of the Broom Corn Grower and Manufacturer's Association of the United States, and is one of its oldest members, and is also one of the largest growers of broom-corn west of the Mississippi River ; his gross sales for simply broom-corn and brooms alone, from April 15, 1864, to April 10, 1879, amounted to the astonishing sum of $123,000 ; this does not include a loss of from $8,000 to $10,000 in the great Chicago fire of 1871, which was covered by insur- ance, but completely lost by the failures of the insurance companies. During the present year, 1879, he has one of the finest crops of broom-corn ever grown by him.

ELK RIVER TOWNSHIP.

H. B. ATWOOD, farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Bryant; 160 acres; was born in 1828, in Upper Canada. He married Miss Henrietta Whitewood, of New York, and came to the West in 1851, settling in Clinton Co .; their children are May, Carrie, Arthur W., Ernest, Patten Hendrick and Bertie.

W. C. CLIFTON, farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Almont ; he was born Sept. 15, 1816, in Yorkshire, England ; in 1849; came to Clinton Co .; he has carried on the blacksmith trade, but has now disposed of it; he own 235 acres of land. He married Miss Emma H. Popple, in 1846; she was born in 1822, in England. Mr. Clifton was Postmaster from 1861 to 1864; has also been Township Trustee.

W. C. DETERMANN, farmer ; Sec. 34; sixty acres ; P. O. Lyons ; came to the West from Hanover in 1853, where he had previously married Mary Ann Suier ; their children are Henry, August, Louisa, Bernard, Frank, Herman, Lena, Mary and Ann.

C. G. FOREST, farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Miles; he was born in Onandaga Co., N. Y .; at the age of 14 he came to Wisconsin ; in 1856, he came to his present farm; when he reached here, he had but $16, and now owns 530 acres of land, and is one of the largest tax-payers in the township; this property he has acquired by strict attention to farming pursuits. He married Carrie Joannan, in 1869 ; she was born in Canada ; they have five children-George, Elmer, Minnie, Effie and Lizzie.

THOS. GILSHANAN, farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Almont; he was born, in 1812, in Ireland ; in 1839, he came to New Orleans; in 1840, he came to Elk River Township; he owns 200 acres of land. He married Ellen Gilford in November, 1847; she was born in 1830, in Pennsylvania; died May, 1851 ; had two children-Ellen, Mary and Nancy Ann; second marriage to Bridget Reynolds, in 1852; she was born in Ireland ; have five children-Elizabeth, Catharine, Bernhard, Mary and Henry.

GRIFFITH MILLER, farmer, Sec. 25; P. O. Almont ; came to Clinton Co., Iowa, from Clermont Co., Ohio, in 1857 ; owns 120 acres, all in cultivation. His first wife's name was Mary Lloyd; had nine children-Elizabeth, George, Joseph, Walter, John, Alfarata, Anna, Maggie and Florence, the last-named four married; George and Joseph served in the late war, Co. I, 2d Iowa V. I.

G. A. GRISWOLD, farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Almont ; he is a native of New Haven, Conn .; born June 11, 1825 ; in 1839, he came to Clinton Co., and has since resided here. He married Mary C. Cook in 1850 ; she was born Jan. 6, 1828, in Can- ada ; they have two children-Bertha M. and Stark W. Mr. G. was the first Assessor of this township ; has been Constable, Justice of the Peace, Township Supervisor ; was Sheriff from 1861 to 1866, and has never been defeated in any office in which he was a candidate ; his information regarding Clinton Co. is more extended than that of most other citizens of the county.

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D. P. NAEVE, farmer. Sec. 23; P. O. Almont ; he was born in Germany in 1853 ; he came with his parents to Clinton Co. Married Lydia Roeh, December, 1878; she was born in Jackson Co. He has been Township Collector. His father, John, was born in 1811, in Germany ; he married Catharine Peters, in about 1838; she was born in 1811, in Germany ; there are three children-D. P., Catharine (now Mrs. Ahrens) and F. P .; they own 310 acres of land, which is managed exclusively by the eldest son, D. P.

I. L. SMALL, deceased; he was born in 1828, in Franklin Co., Penn. ; he came to Illinois in 1849; came to Clinton Co. 1854; died Nov. 25, 1875. He mar- ried Miss Charlotte Small, in 1854; she was born in Washington Co., Md .; she owns 214 acres of land ; she has five children-Mary E., Clara, Lottie, Ida, May and Ada.

ROBT. E. WALKER, farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Teed's Grove ; he is a native of Columbia Co., N. Y .; in 1843, he came with his parents to Jackson Co .; in 1864, he removed to Clinton Co .; his farm is the first-settled one in the township, having been improved in 1838; he now owns 280 acres. He married Miss Susan K. Green in 1862 ; her father is one of the oldest settlers of Jackson Co .; they have five chil- dren-Charles. Sybil, Clarence, Burt and Gertrude. Is Secretary of the School Board ; has been Township Trustee and Clerk, School Director, etc.

SPRING ROCK TOWNSHIP.

S. L. BANKS. retired merchant, Wheatland ; born Sept. 10, 1811, in Fair- field Co., Conn .; his father died when he was quite small; in 1816, his mother removed to Dutchess Co., N. Y., where he received his early education ; in 1835, he moved to Cortland Co., remaining until 1843; moved to Walworth Co., Wis., and in 1-51, to Elk River Township of this county; in 1867, came to Wheatland and engaged in the mercantile business a little over a year. Married Miss Sarah N. Hub- bell Nov. 3, 1835; she was born in Dutchess Co., N. Y., in September, 1817 ; have six children living-Henry N., Sarah E., Hattie E., Charles E., Ida I., Albert L. ; lost two-Edward A. and George E .; both were members of Co. I, of 2d Iowa V. I .; the first was killed at Fort Donelson, and the second died at St. Louis. Mr. B. served as Justice of the Peace several years in Elk River Township, also in other official positions. Is a member of the Presbyterian Church ; Republican.

DIETRICK BECKMANN, farmer, See. 7; P. O. Wheatland ; son of Dietrick and Sophia Beckmann; born July 24, 1853, in Hanover, Germany ; his mother died in Germany in 1861, and in 1866, he came with his father to the United States, locating on the farm upon which he now lives, which contains 240 acres, valued at $40 per acre. His father married a Mrs. Christine Acker, whose maiden name was Sittler, in March, 1867 ; father died Aug. 1; 1876. Mr. D. Beckmann, Jr., married Miss Flora Riedesel, daughter of Ludwig and Catharine Riedesel, March 13, 1877; she was born in this county Feb. 27, 1858; have one daughter-Ernestine. Members German Reformed Church ; Independent.

JOHN L. BENNETT, retired, Wheatland ; born April 27, 1804, in Dela- ware Co., N. Y .; was engaged in the lumbering business on the Delaware River about twenty-five years ; in the spring of 1846, moved to Rock Co., Wis., and in the spring of 1857, removed to Clinton Co., having previously purchased 200 acres of land, part of which the town of Wheatland was laid out on in 1858. Married Eleanor Wake- man in July, 1828; she was born Oct. 4, 1810, in Delaware Co., N. Y .; have two children-Edwin W. and Almeda. Mr. B. has served as Trustee of this township, grand juror, etc. Democrat.

DAVID BROWN, farmer; P. O. Wheatland ; owns and has the care of 120 acres of land in the township, also a residence in Wheatland where he lives, valued at 82,000 ; son of John and Polly Brown; was born March 22, 1819, in Delaware Co., Ohio ; in the fall of 1867, he emigrated to Clinton Co., locating in Liberty Township,

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where he purchased 240 acres of land, which he disposed of in 1872, and came into Wheatland. Married Miss Fanny B. Page Jan. 14, 1844; she was born in 1824, in Broome Co., N. Y .; had nine children, six living-Fletcher L., Eliza A., Florence E., Charles W., Enolia D. and James F .; deceased were Hannah, Herman and Clarissa V .; wife deceased April 1, 1867; second marriage, to Mary Growell, Dec. 8, 1875 ; she was born Feb. 7, 1842, in Otsego Co., N. Y .; no children by second marriage. His son, Fletcher L., served his country during the late rebellion in the 21st and 121st Ohio Inf. Regiments. Mr. Brown is a member of the Presbyterian Church ; Repub- lican.

MATTHEW CARRAHER, farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Wheatland ; owns ninety-three and one-half acres of land, valued at $35 per acre; son of Matthew and Alice Carraher; born in Monahan Co., Ireland, Nov. 10, 1841 ; his mother died when he was about a year old, and father when about 5 years old ; when 10 years old, he came to New York City ; stopped there about one year, then went to Connecticut, Mid- dlesex Co .; in 1856, came to Chicago, Ill. ; from there to Davenport, Iowa, in 1857, and to Clinton Co., Iowa, in 1858. In August, 1862, enlisted in Co. I, of the 26th Iowa V. I .; participated in the battle of Arkansas Post and siege of Vicksburg; at the latter place he was wounded, causing his discharge in September, 1863. Married Miss Jane Organ March 4, 1864; she was born July 16, 1844, in Harrison Co., Penn. ; have eight children-William J., Joseph P., Elizabeth A., George M., Julia A., Mary J., Francis J., Hattie A. ; lost one daughter-Alice. Members Catholic Church ; Democrat.

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The history of Clinton County, Iowa, containing a history of the county, its cities, towns &c., biographical sketches of citizens, Part 102

Author: Western Historical Co Publication date: 1879 Publisher: Chicago : Western historical company Number of Pages: 812

Author: Western Historical Co
Publication date: 1879
Publisher: Chicago : Western historical company
Number of Pages: 812