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very few men in this county that have been in business as long as he has. In 1853, at Davenport, he married Miss Elizabeth Mandler ; she was born in the Rhine Province of Prussia ; came to America in 1835, when only 4 years of age; they have eight chil- dren, two sons and six daughters.
SENIUS GODSKESEN, of the firm of Ries & Godskesen, dealers in groceries and provisions, corner of Second street and Seventh avenue ; a native of Den- mark ; came to America in 1859, and lived in Ohio until the war broke out; enlisted in the 1st Ohio Light Artillery ; he was in the battles of Shiloh, Murfreesboro, Perry- ville, Tullahoma, and all the Georgia and Atlanta campaigns, and the battle of Nash- ville ; was in the service four years, then returned to Ohio ; afterward visited his home in Denmark ; he returned to this country, and came to Clinton Co. in 1868; he was engaged as traveling salesman for six years, and has been engaged in his present busi- ness for the past four years. He married Miss Barbara Metzger, a native of Frankfort on the Main, Germany, in 1870; they have four children-Botilda, Annie, Selma and Otto.
L. P. HARADON, manufacturer of windows, doors, blinds, screen-doors, and dealer in paints and oils ; is a native of Steuben Co., N. Y., and was born Nov. 16, 1834; when 20 years of age, he came to Wisconsin, and came to Iowa in June, 1860, and located in Buchanan Co .; he came to Clinton in October, 1867, and engaged in his present business ; he built his factory in 1868, with a capacity of employing twenty- five to fifty hands. Mr. Haradon married Miss Hannah M. Pierce from Steuben Co., N. Y., in 1856 ; they have four children-Ida, Edwin, Hattie and Nathaniel ; they have lost one daughter.
H. W. HARRISON, foreman of the machine-shops of the Chicago & North- Western Railway, at Clinton ; is a native of England, and was born in 1842; his parents came to this country when he was only 4 years of age, and lived in the city of New York, where he began learning his trade. He came to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in 1857, and came to Clinton in February, 1863, and sinec then he has been connected here with the Chicago & North-Western Railway, and has held the position of foreman of the machine shops since 1868. He had charge of the Fire Department of Clinton for a long time, and he assisted in organizing the new department, and was its chief for a short time. In 1866, Mr. Harrison was united in marriage with Miss Cornelia Brown, from Dutchess Co., N. Y .; they have three children-Edna., Estella and Benjamin.
CHARLES C. HARROUN, of the firm of Harroun & Cole, black- smiths, Fifth avenue ; was born in Monroe Co., N. Y., in 1826 ; he lived in Michigan, learned his trade in Albion ; he came to Iowa in 1852; he was in the army, enlisted in the 31st Regt. I. V. I., Co. I; he was in a number of battles ; served three years. He came to Clinton in 1865, and has been in business here since. He married Helen J. Bucklin, of New York ; they have three children-Mary, Jennie and Frank.
E. S. HART, Vice President of the Clinton Bridge Company ; is a native of Rochester, N. Y., and was born Oct. 20, 1832; he was brought up and attended school there, and entered Hamilton College; he completed his collegiate education there, taking the law course, and graduating at the Hamilton College Law School in 1855 ; he came to Iowa and located in Lyons in June, 1856; he associated with J. H. Flint, and engaged in the practice of law, and continued until 1861 ; he then removed to Chi- cago, where he practiced his profession about ten years ; on account of failing health, he returned to Clinton Co. in 1870. Mr. Hart is Vice President of the Clinton Bridge Company, and gives his attention to the active management of the business of the com- pany. In 1861, Mr. Hart married Miss Olive M. Williams, the eldest daughter of Ward W. Williams, one of the early settlers of this county ; he came here and bought a claim in the spring of 1842; Mr. and Mrs. Hart have three children-two daughters and one son ..
J. T. HARVEY, apothecary and chemist. Second street; is a native of Dover, County Kent, England, and was born Aug. 22, 1816; he there learned the business of apothecary and chemist ; he lived in London and various other places until 1851, when he came to America; he lived in New York and Cincinnati, and was · engaged in business in Sterling, Whiteside Co., Ill., for eight years ; he came to Clinton July 6, 1865, and engaged in the drug business ; he holds the office of City Assessor,
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and is serving his seventh term ; he built the first store south of Lee's drug store, on Second street. He married Emily J. Smith, a native of Massachusetts ; he has one son by a former wife.
WALTER I. HAYES, Judge of the Seventh Judicial District of Iowa; is a native of Marshall, Mich., and was born Dec. 9, 1841, and is the son of Dr. Andrew L. and Clarissa Selden Hayes; he was brought up and attended school there, and, at the age of 19 years, he entered the law office of Hughes & Woolley, at Marshall, and commenced reading law. He subsequently graduated at the Law School of Ann Arbor, Mich., and was admitted to the bar of that State in 1863 ; the following year, he became a member of the firm of his late preceptors, which was changed to Hughes, Woolley & Hayes. In 1866, being offered a desirable partnership by Gen. N. B. Baker, late Adjutant General of Iowa, he removed to Clinton, Iowa, and engaged in the practice of law, the firm being Baker & Hayes; this partnership continued until Gen. Baker removed permanently to Des Moines; he remained without a partner until 1872, when he became associated with Hon. George B. Young, then Circuit Judge, which position he resigned in order to resume his practice ; the firm of Hayes & Young continued until August, 1875, when, upon the recommendation of the bar of the Sev- enth Judicial District, he was appointed by Gov. Carpenter to complete the unexpired term of Judge Brannan, resigned, and, in October following, was elected to the same position by the people, without opposition, and since then has filled this honored posi- tion. He was United States Commissioner for the Eastern District of Michigan, from 1864 until coming to Iowa, and was City Attorney for his native city in 1865. He was appointed United States Commissioner for Iowa in 1867, and held the office until he went upon the bench. He was elected City Attorney of Clinton in 1869, and was City Solicitor in 1870 and 1871, and again in 1875. He is a stockholder and also a Director in the Clinton National Bank. On the 28th of June, 1865, Judge Hayes was united in marriage with Miss Frances L., daughter of William F. Coan, Esq., President of the Clinton National Bank ; they have no children.
GEORGE HAYWOOD, of the firm of George Haywood & Son, bank- ers, Fourth street ; is a native of Columbia Co., N. Y., and was born June 19, 1823; he grew up and lived there until coming to Iowa in 1857 ; he located in Louisa Co., and was connected with the railroad there; he came to Clinton in 1871, and was engaged in buying and shipping grain until 1874; he engaged in banking in 1875. Mr. Haywood is one of the organizers of the Fourth Street Building Association, and is Treasurer of the Association, which has its office in his bank. His son, Murray Haywood, who is associated with his father in the bank, is Secretary of the Associa- tion. Mr. Haywood has held the office of Assessor. He married Miss Margaret M. Murray, a native of Columbia Co., N. Y., in 1847 ; they have three children-Murray, who is associated with his father; George, Jr., attorney at law in Minnesota ; William, at home.
DANIEL HESS, farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Lyons ; was born in Otego, Otsego Co., N. Y., 1807 ; in 1824, he, with his parents, removed to Oxford Co., or District of the Province of Upper Canada, where they resided about fourteen years; removed to Michigan, tarrying there about one year; in 1839, they crossed the Mississippi River at Camanche, to the part of Iowa that was then known as the Black Hawk Purchase. They laid claim to quite a large tract of land, and, when it came into market, entered the same. Mr. H. still resides on some of the same land; his farm consists of 120 acres. In 1839, he was appointed Deputy Postmaster at Lyons, under Mr. C. A. Hoag, who had been appointed to the office, but, owing to failing health, did not accept the office, and, before his commission came, left the State, appointing Mr. H. as his deputy and recommending him for the office; in the same year, he received his appoint- ment and commission from Postmaster General Niles, so that he was the first acting and appointed Postmaster of Lyons, and the third in the county ; he held the office for some seven years. when he resigned and moved on his farm. He married, in 1843, Miss Franees Wright, of Pleasant Valley, Scott Co., of this State. She was a native of Union Co .. Ind .; born in 1821. They have had seven children ; three are still liv- ing-Elvira A., Louie O. (now Mrs. Kerr) and Elmer A. Mr. H. and wife have been ·
members of the Methodist Episcopal Church for over fifty years. His parents,
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Frederick and Mary (McDougal) Hess, were natives of New York, and raised eight chil- dren-Katharine (Mrs. Calvin L. Dutcher), Daniel, Eve, Eliza (Mrs. Stephen Tripp); Frederick, Margaret (Mrs. John Sloan), Charles and David. The mother departed this life in 1852, in the 70th year of her age. The father died in 1870, in his 86th year. Mr. H. was formerly a Democrat, but, at the breaking out of the war, joined the Republican party, and has acted with it since.
DR. A. J. HOBART, physician and surgeon, Fifth avenue; is a native of Yates Co., N. Y., and was born July 15, 1829; when 8 years of age, his parents removed to Michigan, where he attended school and completed his education at Oberlin College ; he studied medicine and graduated at the University of Michigan, 1nn Arbor, in 1859 ; he also took the Ad eundem degree at Bellevue Hospital College, New York, in the spring of 1873, taking a special course in Normal and Pathological His- tology ; he came to Clinton in the fall of 1866, and since then has practiced here ; dur- ing the war, he was appointed Assistant Surgeon of the 1st Mich. V. I .; after serving fifteen months, he was commissioned Surgeon of the regiment, and served two years ; he is connected with the County and State Medical Societies, and the American Med- ical Association. Dr. Hobart married Miss Alice G. Holmes, in October, 1864; she was born in Cleveland, but was brought up in Detroit, Mich .; they have three children.
ABRAM P. HOSFORD, President of the Clinton Lumber Company ; is a native of Orange County, Vermont, and is a son of John and Lydia (Perkins) Hosford, and was born Dec. 8, 1811; he attended the common schools of the neighbor- hood, and afterward received a thorough and practical course of instruction, both liter- ary and scientific, in an academic institution intermediate between the common school and college; when 19 years of age, he engaged in teaching, and continued for five years; in the fall of 1836, he left home and started for Chicago, coming from Buffalo by lake ; owing to the lateness of the season, he could come no further than Toledo, or where the city now stands; from there, he continued his journey on foot to La Salle Co., Ill., where he determined to settle; he walked back to where Toledo is now located, and, taking twenty-eight pounds of baggage on his shoulders, returned to La Salle Co. on foot, averaging thirty-five miles daily for the entire distance and requiring some seven days to accomplish the journey. He began making a farm, built a log house, and, in 1837, married Miss Julia C. Carter, daughter of Joel Carter, of New York; she died Jan. 24, 1844. He continued in agricultural pursuits, adding to his original purchase until he owned between seven hundred and one thousand acres of land, finely improved ; in 1853, he disposed of his interests in Illinois, and, in 1854, he came to Iowa and located in Black Hawk Co .; in 1857, he established himself in Lyons, Clinton Co., and built a saw-mill ; in 1859, he removed his saw-mill to Clinton, and the firm of Miller & Hos- ford continued until 1866, when he purchased his partner's interest, and, the same year. organized the Clinton Lumber Company, a majority of the stock being held and owned by himself, the mill having a capacity of manufacturing, annually, 15,000,000 feet of lumber, independent of a large amount of lath and shingles, employing 125 men and boys. Mr. Hosford, in addition to his extensive lumber business, is President of the Union Iron Works, which do an extensive business, and is also President of the Clinton Paper Company ; he is actively identified with the interests of the city and county. He is a Republican in politics, and is a consistent member of the Congregational Church. On the 10th of September, 1844, Mr. Hosford, while living in La Salle Co., Ill., married Priscilla N. Davis, a native of Maine; she died Feb. 13, 1863. He was again united in marriage to his present wife, Lucy M. Bonney, from St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., May 10, 1864. He has three children living, two daughters and one son.
PHILIP HOWES, proprietor of Howes' Nurseries and Gardens, Camanche avenue; is a native of England, and came to America when only 6 years of age ; he lived in Schuylkill Co., Penn., until 1849, then lived in Indiana three years and returned to Pennsylvania, and, on the 2d of March, 1852, he married Esther Waters, and they came to Chicago the same year; he lived there and in Aurora, Ill., until 1855, and was in the employ of the C., B. & Q. R. R .; he came to Clinton in 1859, and ran on the Chicago, Iowa & Nebraska Railroad ; he continued in the train- service of the railroad until June, 1872, when he gave it up and engaged in the fruit
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and nursery business ; he owns thirty-six acres of land, finely improved with fruit and ornamental trees and small fruits. Mr. Howes was left an orphan at an early age, and had to depend upon himself; he began railroading in 1849, and has succeeded by his own efforts ; has held the offices of Town Trustec and Alderman. They have nine sons and two daughters-Edward M., Archie F., Thomas, William, Philip, George W., Richard N., Benjamin, John Lewis, Elizabeth and Esther.
GEORGE W. HUSTON, druggist, corner Fourth street and Tenth ave- nue ; is a native of Cincinnati, born July 18, 1838; he received his education there ; he came to Illinois and was engaged in the drug business in Ashton, Lee Co. ; he came to Clinton, August, 1877, and since then has been engaged in business here, and is building up a good trade; while living in Illinois, he held the office of Treasurer of the School Fund, and other town offices. He married Miss Mary L. Robinson, a native of Hamilton, Ohio, Oct. 4, 1859 ; they have five children-James T., Nellie M., Will- iam R., Mary L., Grace A. ; they are members of the Presbyterian Church.
JUDSON HYDE, saw-filer in W. J. Young & Co.'s upper mill; is a native of Madison Co., N. Y .; born in 1827; he was brought up in Oswego Co .; he came to Clinton in 1859; the following year he entered the employ of Mr. Young and has been with him for nineteen years; he is filer, in charge of the upper mill. He married Miss Mary Wesson, from Dundee, Ill., in 1856.
ALBERT INSCHO, of the firm of Pierson & Inscho, dealers in dry goods and notions, Fourth street ; is a native of Tioga Co., Penn .; he lived there until 1866, when he came to Clinton, and entered the employ of P. S. Towle, as salesman ; he was with Mr. Towle over ten years. He became associated with Mr. Pierson in the dry goods business in 1878, and he has the management of the business ; they are building up a large trade. In November, 1874, Mr. Inscho married Miss Jennie E. Noble, a native of the State of New York ; they have one daughter-Inez Isabel.
A. JENSEN, dealer in groceries and provisions, South Second street, opposite Lamb & Son's lumber-yard ; is a native of Germany, and was born Aug. 14, 1845; he emigrated to America in 1869; the following year, in 1870, he came to Clinton, and has been engaged in business here for the past five years. He married Rosina Wogens, from Germany. in 1871 ; they have three children-Oscar, Gustav and John.
GEO. KENDALL, plumber, gas and steam fitter, and dealer in guns, revolvers and sporting goods, 519 Second street ; was born in England Oct. 1, 1850 ; came to America when only 5 years of age, coming to Davenport, Iowa, the same year, and lived there five years ; he learned his trade in Rock Island, and came to Clinton in April, 1874, and engaged in his present business, and is building up a good trade, doing the largest part of the plumbing and gas-fitting that is done here. He was married in Rock Island Aug. 1, 1874, to Miss Florence H. Johnson, a native of England ; they have two children-Pearl and Alice, and have lost one daughter.
S. B. KENRICK, of Fisher & Kenrick, proprietors of the Clinton Ice Co., office, Fifth avenue ; is a native of Franklin, N. H .; he was brought up there and in Concord, N. H .; he has been engaged in railroading for the past twenty years ; he came West, and for a number of years held the position of Superintendent of the Green Bay & Minnesota Railroad, from Green Bay to Winona and LaCrosse. He purchased a one-half interest in the Clinton Ice Co., and came to Clinton and assumed the financial management of the business in October, 1878; increasing the business from 2,500 tons to 6,000 tons-doing the principal part of the trade here. Mr. Kenrick married Miss Lizzie R. Rowe, a native of Grafton Co., N. H.
E. H. KING, physician and surgeon, cor. Fifth avenue and Second street ; was born in De Witt Co., Illinois, Aug. 21, 1841 ; he was brought up in Clinton, the county seat of that county ; when the war broke out, he enlisted in Co. B, 107th Regt. I. V. I .; was in the service until the close of the war ; he was not absent from duty, nor would he receive a furlough during the whole time; he returned a non-commis- sioned officer with his company, in July, 1865; after his return, he came to Fairfield, Jefferson Co., Iowa ; studied medicine, and graduated in the spring of 1868 at Hahne- mann Medical College, Chicago ; he came to Clinton, March 21, 1868, and engaged in his profession ; since then he has built up a large and successful practice ; has occupied
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the same office on the corner of Fifth avenue and Second street. He is a member of the Homoeopathic State Medical Society and the American Institute of Homoeopathy. Dr. King's father and grandfather and his great-grandfather were physicians. Dr. King married Miss H. M. Case, of Fairfield, Iowa, a native of Ohio, Sept. 1, 1868; they have two sons-Walter J., born May 23, 1873, and George H., Aug. 9. 1875.
WILLIAM KOONS, retired ; residence corner Camanche avenue and Har- rison street, Riverside ; is a native of Perry Co., Penn., and was born in 1820; he was brought up there, and then he removed to New York State, where he learned the trade of carpenter and joiner ; he lived in that State for seventeen years, and came to Iowa and located at Clinton Nov. 1, 1856, and engaged in building; there was very little here when he came, and Clinton was only about one year old ; he continued contracting and building for a number of years, and then, after erecting for himself a fine, large, commodious home, he retired from active building business ; when he began life he only had $6 in his pocket, and walked 350 miles to Lockport, N. Y., and his success in life is owing to his own efforts and good management. He has been twice married ; his first wife was Ann Tomlinson, a native of England; she died, leaving two children- George B. and Sarah S .; his present wife is Philipi Jane Retallick, a native of England ; they have three children-Nellie, Charles and Frank.
HENRY KRELM, dealer in hardware, cutlery and nails, Second street; is a native of Cologne, River Rhine, Germany, and was born in 1822; he there learned the trade of baker and confectioner ; after reaching manhood, he emigrated to America in 1846 ; he came to Iowa City in the spring of 1848; lived there one year, and in Davenport two years ; came to Lyons in 1851, and opened a hotel; he afterward started a bakery and confectionery and then a grocery store, and for the past four years he has carried on the hardware business ; he built and owns the block where he now carries on the hardware and grocery trade ; when he began life he had nothing ; had but $16 when he reached this country. He married Mary C. Myers, from Germany, in 1849 ; they have four children-Harmonn, Mary. Henry and Willie. Mr. Kreim and Henry carry on the hardware store ; his sons Harmonn and Willie carry on the grocery store.
PROF. CARL V. LACHMUND, Director of the German Conservatory of Music, Eighth avenue, west of Fourth street ; is a native of Missouri, and was born March 27, 1853; he was brought up principally in this State; he very early in life developed a taste for music, and having determined to make the profession a study, lie went abroad and studied six years, under the ablest professors in music, enjoying rare advantages; after perfecting himself in his profession, he engaged in teaching; in 1877, he organized the Conservatory of Music, and is meeting with an unusual degree of suc- cess, having over two hundred names enrolled, and having pupils from throughout the State ; he has labored indefatigably to raise the standard of classical music, and there are very few professors of music his equal in piano, organ and violin theories combined ; his sister, Miss Emma Lachmund, is also connected with the Conservatory ; she studied in Europe, and received a thorough musical education, and in piano, violin and vocal music she enjoys a high reputation. Prof. Lachmund has had several offers to become professor of music in several Eastern institutions of high standing, but has declined. In 1877, he was united in marriage to Miss Carrie J. Culbertson, of Fulton, Ill. ; she, also, has a good musical education ; they have one daughter-Helen Reed.
WILLIAM LAKE, attorney at law ; office over Stone & Smith's Bank ; is a native of Monmouthshire, England ; he received his education there ; came to Amer- ica in 1849, and lived in Elgin, Ill. ; he arrived in Clinton March 9, 1857. He has held the office of Justice of the Peace for seven years, and was City Alderman for four years, and is a member of the Board of Education ; he also holds the office of County Supervisor. He has practiced law here for the past seven years. Mr. Lake married Miss Elizabeth Meredith, a native of Monmouthshire, England; they have three chil- dren-William, John and Eleanor E.
ARTEMUS LAMB, of the firm of C. Lamb & Sons ; is a native of Steu- ben Co., N. Y .; was born Sept. 11, 1840; when 16 years of age, he came with his parents to Clinton, Iowa ; he entered his father's mills; after reaching manhood, he became interested in the business with his father ; their business is very extensive, and
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has grown to great magnitude, and, to a great extent, the management devolves upon him. He has had charge of the Fire Department of Clinton for the past five years, and has been a member of the City Council. Mr. Lamb married Miss Henrietta S. Smith, a native of Ohio; they have five children-Emma R., Garrett D., James D., Clara J. and Lafayette B.
LA FAYETTE LAMB. of the firm of C. Lamb & Sons, manufacturers of lumber ; is a native of Carroll Co., Ill., and was born Feb. 26, 1845 ; when 12 years of age, his parents came to Iowa and located in Clinton, where he was brought up and attended school, and afterward entered his father's mills ; in 1875, he became interested in the business with his father and brother, the firm becoming C. Lamb & Sons, and they carry on a very extensive business ; he is connected with the Order of Masons and the Consistory of Lyons, the Order of Workmen and the Knights of Pythias. He married Miss Olivia Hufman, a native of Schuylkill Co., Penn., Aug. 21, 1866 ; they have two children-Merette and Chauncey.
J. W. LEAKE, dealer in fresh and salt meats, Fifth avenue ; is a native of Jefferson Co., N. Y .; born in 1833; lived there until 1850; removed to Rochester, and lived there until 1869, when he came to Iowa, and located in Clinton, and sinee then he has been engaged in business here. He was in the army, and served in the 1st Battalion, New York Sharp-Shooters; he was wounded three times. When he began life, he had nothing ; he only had $3 when he left home in 1850, and walked thirty miles to Sackett's Harbor, and owes his success to his own efforts. He married Jennette Campbell, of New York, in 1854.
FRANCIS LEE. druggist and dealer in fancy goods, corner Second street and Fifth avenue ; a native of Onondaga Co., N. Y .; after reaching manhood, he came to Iowa, in the spring of 1856; located in Clinton Co., and engaged in buying lots and building ; on the Ist of January, 1860, he engaged in the drug trade in the same build- ing, and in the same location he now occupies ; it was built by Ward & Taylor in 1857; they established the business in the spring of 1858, and, two years later, Mr. Lee suc- ceeded them ; it is the oldest and best-known drug-house in the county. When Mr. Lee first came to his present location, the business part of Clinton was on Front street, and his was the only business house for several years on the corner of Fifth avenue and Second street, which is now the business center of the city. Mr. Lee has held town and school offices. He married Mrs. Mary Pratt, a native of Massachusetts; of six children, only two daughters survive.
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