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goods, with whom he remained until his removal to Burlington in 1856.
OSGOOD, J. C., President of the Whitebreast Coal & Mining Co .; born in Brooklyn, N. Y., March 6, 1851 ; came to Iowa in 1870; he was con- nected with the Union Coal & Mining Co. at Ottumwa until 1874; he then came to Burlington, and was Cashier of the First National Bank here until the fall of 1877 ; he has held his present position since January, 1878.
Osterberg, Christ., copper works, Boundary; res. 1200 Valley.
Ostrander, J. A., Gen'l Freight and Ticket Agt. B. & S.W., Central Block ; res. 109 S. Marshall.
Otten, J. M., boots and shoes, 4223 S. Main ; res. 204 Vine.
OVERTON, D. Y., attorney at law ; born near Morristown, N. J., Oct. 31, 1822; admitted to the bar at general term of the Supreme Court held at Binghamton, N. Y., in 1852; he was engaged in practice at Elmira, N. Y., until 1857; then came to Burlington. Mr. Overton has held various municipal offices ; he was active in the work of organizing the present public school system of this city; Secretary of the Board of Education for some time. He married Mary C. Scott, in October, 1864; they have one child-Anna C .; by for- mer wife he has two children-Frank A. and Percy.
Owen, F. L., printer, 1001 10th.
Owen, Owen, clerk, 1001 10th.
PAI AIN, WM. W., carp., 1118 South.
Palm, John, cabinet-mkr., 520 Jefferson ; res. 161 S. Adams.
Palmer, Luke, capitalist, 303 6th.
Palmer, Luke, jr., attorney, cor. Main and Jefferson ; res. 303 S. 6th.
PALMER, M. M., drug store, 906 Maple st. ; he was born in Madison Co., Ill., Oct. 7, 1842. Enlisted, August 1862, in Co. F, 83d Ill. V. I. ; served till the close of the war; mustered out July 5, 1865 ; was in all the battles of his regi- ment; he served most of the time as druggist of the regiment. Came to Burlington, March, 1876. Married, Sept. 19, 1871, Florence Everett; she was born in Knoxville, Tenn., Oct. 14, 1850 ; they have one child-Walter E.,
born Oct. 4, 1875. Members of the Baptist Church; Republican.
Parmeter, A. M., engineer, 549 S. 8th.
Parr, Wm., Supt. Burlington Mfg. Co .; res. 509 S. 3d.
Parsons, Albion, clerk, 927 Jefferson.
Parsons, C. B., dry goods, 309 and 311 Jefferson ; res. Starr av., cor. Spray.
PARSONS, F. T., with T. W. Bar- hydt & Co .; born in York Co., Me., June 27, 1832; came to Burlington in 1852; Mr. Parsons was engaged in banking business here for fourteen years; afterward carried on lumber business for twelve years; while in the banking business, he was connected with the Old State Bank and its predecessors; Cashier of the Branch of the State Bank ; sub- sequently held same position with the National State Bank ; he is now serving second term as Alderman; he is also Treasurer of University.
Parsons, T. I., capitalist ; res. 422 Jeffer- son, cor. of 5th.
Parsons, W. W., homeopathic phys., 214 N. 3d ; res. 205 S. Pond.
Passmore. W. W., 1118 10th.
PATCHEN, G. H., DR .; born in Schuyler Co., N. Y., Sept. 27, 1845; moved to Wisconsin with his parents when 10 years of age. He entered Monmouth College in 1862, and gradu- ated in 1866; immediately after, he be- gan the study of medicine under his father, U. R. Patchen, then residing in Burlington ; during the winter of 1866 and 1867, he attended a course of lect- ures in Chicago ; also in New York, from 1867-68, where he graduated in March, 1868; he returned to Burling- ton, and at once began practice, and has been very successful as a homeo- pathic physician. For three years, he was Secretary of the former Society of Homeopathic Physicians of Iowa, lately known as the Hahnemann Medical Asso- ciation of Iowa. The Doctor is a member in good standing of the American Insti- tute of Homeopathy, and the Western Academy of Homeopathy. On Oct. 26, 1875, he was married to Laura A. Spen- cer, oldest daughter of Richard Spencer, Esq, of Burlington ; they have one daughter-Jessie L. Mr. and Mrs. Patchen are both members of the Con- gregational Church.
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Patterson, Chas. T., clk. Summer st. car station ; res. 1115 Summer.
PAULE, C., MRS., owns a vine- yard and vegetable garden on the ex- tension of S. Main st .; she was born in Germany July 17, 1827. Married Philip J. Paule Feb. 14, 1849 ; he was born May 1, 1822, at Wurtemberg, Germany ; they came to America and to Burlington May 13, 1853; he bought a farm and followed farming till 1868, then purchased and moved on the place that his family still occupy ; Mr. Paule died Aug. 3, 1869. He and his wife were members of the Evangelical Zion Church. They have eight children- Christina R .. Mary U., Paulina P., Louisa, Philip J., Anna P., Charles C., Emma R.
Payne, A. C., carpenter, 1301 13th.
Peabody, Samuel, police, Union Depot ; res. Henry, cor. of Division
PEARCE, JOHN S., plumber and gas-fitter, 622 Jefferson ; also agent for the Pneumatic gas-machine; he was born in England May 29, 1816 ; came to America with his parents in 1818, and to Burlington in 1855; in 1861, was elected Justice of the Peace. He married, in 1840, Anna M. Hewitt ; they have two children-George H. and Anna H.
Peasley, D. W., northwest cor. of Marshall and Valley.
PEASLEY, JAMES C., Presi- dent of the National State Bank of Burlington, was born in Henderson Co., Ill., on the 30th of March, 1840 ; his father, Francis J. C. Peasley, was one of the first settlers of Illinois, hav- ing emigrated from Lower Canada in 1835; he removed to Burlington in 1842, and died there ten years later ; James C. attended Illinois College, at Jacksonville ; having a decided prefer- ence for a business career, did not wait to graduate, but left school in 1860, and not long after secured a situation in the Des Moines County Savings Bank ; in 1864, he received the appointment of Assistant Treasurer of the Burlington & Missouri Railroad Company, where he remained until the spring of 1866, when he became Cashier of the National State Bank, at that time under the Presidency of F. W. Brooks; after the death of
Mr. Brooks, in the spring of 1869, Mr. E. D. Rand was elected President, and he was succeeded by Mr. Peasley in the spring of 1871. Mr. Peasley married on the 10th of October, 1866, Miss Louisa S. Green, of Lawrenceville, N. J. Mr. Peasley is a Republican.
Peele, Vincent ; res. 615 Pine.
Pefferman, Wm., capitalist, 603 S. Main. Pegan, Leonidas, commercial agent, 626 Foster.
Peich, F. W., organ-builder, 920 S. Bound- ary
Penny, J. W., grain-buyer, 917 Jefferson. PENROSE, WM., dealer in farm machinery ; born in Morgan Co., Ohio, Nov. 7, 1834; he lived in Ohio until 1868, when he came to Burlington ; en- gaged in present business ever since he came here. Mr. Penrose married Olivia Thompson June 9, 1858; she was born in Columbiana Co., O., March 11, 1839; they have five children-James R., Re- becca L., John T., Mary L. and Wm., Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Penrose are mem- bers of the Presbyterian Church.
Perkins, Albert A., china and glass ware 314 N. Main ; res. 1228 Smith.
Parkins, Chas. E., Vice-President and Su- perintendent C., B. & Q. R. R .; res. Dill, cor. of White.
Peterman, J. M., manager billiard-hall, Board of Trade.
Peterson, Andrew, clk .; res. 417 Mar- shall.
Peterson, Frank, cabinet-maker 116 S. Gunnison.
Peterson, Nels, proprietor Burlington House, 321 N. Front.
PETERSON, P. G., manufacturer and refinisher of straw goods and dealer in plaster blocks, 405 Valley st .; born in Norway, May 14, 1845 ; came to the U. S. in 1866. Mr. Peterson was con- nected with several railway companies as civil engineer ; among others, the Lake Superior & Mississippi, Northern Pacific, and Chicago, Dubuque & Min- nesota Companies. He was for four years in straw goods business in Chicago and Milwaukee ; he came from Milwau- kee to Burlington in February, 1876; en- gaged in present business ever since he came here. Mr. Peterson married Liz- zie Foreman Jan. 7, 1875; she was born in Wisconsin ; they have two chil-
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dren-Guild, born Oct. 19, 1875, and Anna, Nov. 19, 1877.
Phelps, Chas. H., District Judge; res. 935 N. 5th.
PHELPS, FRANK ; was born in Middlebury, Vt., a little village under the shadow of the Green Mountains, where he passed his childhood and youth. He received a classical educa- tion, and graduated at Union College in 1854; in 1855, he sought the Western wilds. One pleasant summer morning, in 1857, he went to the office of the Burlington Daily Hawk- Eye to carry a message; the proprietor, Clark Dunham, asked him to write an item of a runa- way on Jefferson street ; he wrote it, and Mr. Dunham offered him a position on the paper ; under that good man (whose memory he holds in affection), he tried to learn the newspaper trade. In 1859, he went to Louisiana, and spent a pleasant year among the planters of Rapides, as a school-teacher. Dur- ing the war, he was a clerk in the Quar- termaster's Department of the regular army ; after this unpleasantness had been settled (together with the bills, which lasted for three years after the war), he returned to civil and newspaper life ; he was for a season, the editor of the Toledo (Ohio) Times ; returning to Burlington, he returned to his first-love, the Hawk-Eye ; after laboring for a time there, he established the Burling- ton Daily, which, after a year of hard work and fun, fell among thorns. Mr. Phelps is now the city editor of the Burlington Gazette ; he has the honor of age in Burlington newspaper work, no other person connected with Burling- ton journalism, having started in the newspaper world at the time that he commenced it with his good friend, Clark Dunham.
Phillips, M. W., hats, caps, etc., 201 Jef- ferson ; res. 531 S. 10th.
Pierson, A. G., far .; res. fair grounds.
Pierson, John, far. ; res. Agency road.
Pierson, J. L., Sec. and Treas. Burlington Lumber Manufacturing Co .; res. 501 Pond cor. of Amelia.
Pierson, Johnson, postal clerk, 119 S. Marshall.
Pietsch, Ferdinand, dry goods, 1425 Os- born ; residence same.
Pilger Brothers, wholesale grocers, 209 N. Main.
Pilger, Jacob ; res. Sunny Side.
Pilger, L. W .; res. 1015 N. 10th.
Pilger, T. L., retired ; res. 715 N. 6th.
PILGER, WM., of the firm of Pil- ger Bros., wholesale grocers, was born in Louisville, Ky., Feb. 15, 1845 ; when an infant, his parents removed to Burlington. In his business career he was first in the harness trade, later a commercial traveler, and has been en- gaged in his present business since Feb. 1, 1873; the trade of the firm of Pil- ger Bros. is chiefly in Iowa, Northern Missouri and Western Illinois, though it also extendsinto Kansas and Nebraska. Their average sales are $260,000 per annum.
Pilling, A. H., physician, 304 S. Bound- ary.
Pilling, W. E., attorney at law ; office 312} Jefferson ; res. 304 S. Boundary.
Pollock, Granger & Chittenden, furniture, etc., 102 3d.
Pond & Co., butter, eggs, etc., 827 Jeffer- son.
POOR, CORNELIUS L., at- torney at law ; was born in Allegheny Tp., Venango Co., Penn., May 13, 1845, and lived there until May, 1875. He was educated at the State Normal Insti- tute, at Edinboro, Erie Co., Penn., and admitted to the bar at Franklin, Pen., September, 1874, and has been in prac- tice ever since. He has been City So- licitor since April, 1878.
Poor & Millspaugh, attorneys at law, 312 Jefferson.
Poppe, Ewald, teacher high school; res. cor. 7th and Walnut.
Poppe, Max E .; res. cor. 7th and Walnut. Potter, T. J., Div. Supt. C., B. & Q. and B. & M., Central Block; res. 400 S. 8th.
POWER, JOHN C., HON., at- torney at law ; was born in Mt. Vernon, Ohio ; previous to his coming to Bur- lington, in 1856, he resided ten years in Cincinnati. His first business in the West was farming. In May, 1863, he enlisted in Co. D, 8th I. V. C .; he was mustered in as 2d Lieutenant, and mus- tered out as Captain, in 1865. In the fall of 1862, he was admitted to the bar, and three years later was elected County Judge, which position he held until Jan.
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1, 1869, when he resigned, having been elected Circuit Judge in the fall of 1868. Heheld that position for four years, and, since 1873, has been engaged in the practice of his profession.
Prenzler & Althof, wholesale liquor dlrs., 214 Washington.
Price, J. W., 1013 3d.
Price & Henry, druggists, 320 N. 3d.
Prugh, Isaac, undertaker, 700 N. Main. PURDY, HIRAM, wholesale liquor merchant ; was born at White Plains, Westchester Co., N. Y., Sept. 12, 1814 ; when 5 years of age, his parents moved to New York City; the first business he engaged in was the manufacture of sash, show-cases, etc., in the Bowery, New York, in 1835, which he continued until 1857 ; he originated the first metal show-case about the year 1844, he was also the projector of the first street- railway. During his residence in the metropolis of America, he took an ac- tive interest in all political issues, and his influence was largely felt. in elections, both municipal and national. He came to Burlington in 1857, and engaged in his present business in 1860. Mr. Purdy's remarkable inventive genius is well known and conceded by experts, a large number of valuable and useful in- ventions being the result of his labors in that direction, among which may be mentioned a patent process for guaging liquor; an improvement patented for distilling purposes, another for odorizing ; he is also the patentee of a Steam Boiler, Cyclone principle, a Cyclone Heater, Grain-Car Doors, Cattle-Bar for stock- cars, Fruit-Jars, etc. The Cyclone Heater deserves more than a passing mention. It combines the gas and smoke burning principles, making it fuel- saving and desirable on account of clean- liness and increased heating qualities. The arrangement of the apparatus is simple, not liable to get out of order, and adapted to every form of heating apparatus now in use, and to every con- dition where artificial heat is required. Putnam, James, President Iowa & Mo. Land Co., 116 Market ; res. 705 N. 5th. UELL, WM., carp., 830 Foster.
Quick, C. B., Union Furniture Co .; res. cor. Smith and Gunnison.
Quigley & Reiner, saloon, 105 S. Main. Quinby, George ; res. 814 Walnut.
R AAB, EMANUEL, 901 N. 5th.
Raab, R. M., 318 Franklin.
Raab Bros., merch. tailors, 217 Jefferson. Rabistein, Louis, 135 S. 6th.
Raesch, John, shoe-shop, 835 Jefferson ; res. 1429 Osborn.
Ramge, Ferdinand, painter Burg & Sons ; res. Sunny Side.
Ramge, George, 800 N. 6th.
Ramge & Reusch, meat mkt., 806 N. 6th. Ramge, Wm., meat market, 1510 Osborn. RAND, E. D., President of the Bur- lington Lumber Co .; office on the cor. of South and Front sts .; he was born July 23, 1814, at Watertown, Mass .; moved to Burlington in the fall of 1839; in 1856, was elected to the State Legis- lature. Married, April, 1837, Sarah A. Pond; have two children now living- Geo. D., born February, 1838, and Mary A., born in September, 1840; Mrs. Rand died in June, 1850; Mr. Rand's second marriage occured June, 1852, to Caro- line A. Sherfey ; have four children- Elbridge D., Jr., born August 11, 1853; Charles W., born Feb. 12, 1855 ; Horace S., born May 11, 1861; Carrie, born March 17, 1867.
Rand, E. D., & Co., mfrs. of lumber, 846 Jefferson.
Rand, E. H., dlr. in wood and coal, 630 Jefferson ; res. 136 S. 6th.
Rand & Carson, mfrs. of lumber, near rail- road bridge, foot of South.
Randall, George, grocer, 1100 N. Oak.
Rankin, Thos. R., 107 S. Marietta.
Rankin & Dodge, com. merchants, 605 Jefferson.
Ransom, H. B., 425 N. 5th.
Ransom, H. B. & J. J., physicians and surgeons, 215 Jefferson.
RAPER, T. J., Chief of Police, ap- pointed April 1, 1878; born in Greene Co., Ohio, May 20, 1844; moved to Burlington in 1868. Enlisted in Co. C, 1st Ohio V. I .; served fourteen months ; then transferred to an Indiana regiment ; promoted to 2d and then to 1st Lieutenant; mustered out, Jan. 27, 1866. Served one year as policeman, and, in 1873, resigned; was elected Constable in the fall of that year, and served two years ; re-elected,
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and served up to the time of present ap- 1
pointment. Married Jan. 21, 1864, to M. E. Shearer of Indianapolis. Re- publican.
Raper, Hiram, farmer, 1315 Summer. Rapp, Jacob, locksmith, 309 Washington ; res. 419 Maple.
RAPPOLD, GEORGE, born in Wiesenbach, a small town in the King- dom of Wurtemberg, Dec. 4, 1826; came to America in 1849, and settled in Waterville, Oncida Co., N. Y., where he was for two years engaged at the cooper business ; in 1851, Mr. Rappold spent several months in Connecticut, at the carpenter's trade, and from there went to Georgia, where he worked at his trade of carpenter and joiner until the beginning of the rebellion; during his nineteen years' sojourn in the South, Mr. Rappold was engaged in the grocery and saloon business, working also part of the time at his trade as carpenter ; in 1871, he came to Burlington, where he has since been engaged in the saloon business. In 1852, George Rappold and Miss W. Rahner were united in mar- riage.
Rasche. Wm., 1333 N. 8th.
RAY, GEO. O., of Ray & Filley, dealers in farm machinery and seeds, corner 3d and Market sts .; is a native of Burlington, educated here: has been engaged in his present business twelve years, and a member of the present firm since 1877. Ray & Filley do an exten- sive jobbing trade. principally along the lines of the C., B. & Q. R. R .; have a branch house at Red Oak, from which they supply their Southwestern Iowa trade; Mr. Filley has charge of the Red Oak branch, and resides in that city ; the firm occupies about 10,000 feet of floor room in this city; their sales run from $75,000 to $100,000 per annum and are rapidly increasing since the establishment of their new house at Red Oak.
Ray, Harvey, Jr., 927 N. 7th.
Reed, L. P., Reed House, cor. 4th and Division.
Reid, Frank, shoemaker, 206 Jefferson ; res. 503 Wood.
REINER, C., saloon-keeper, 105 S. Main st .; born in Oedendorf, Germa- ny, in 1845; came to Louisa Co.,
Iowa, in 1869, and to Des Moines Co. in 1873 ; worked in the Eagle Hotel one year; started present business in 1874. Democrat.
Reinert, Daniel, saloon, 213 Valley.
REMEY, JOHN T., Cashier of the National State Bank ; born in Burling- ton, Iowa, June 4, 1844; Mr. Remey was connected with the Union National Bank of Chicago, from 1863 to 1871; since 1871, he has held the position he now occupies. Married Mary L. Rorer Oct. 30, 1872; she was born in Bur- lington; they have one child-David Rorer, born July 11, 1878.
Renshaw, M. R., painter, 1115 S. 13th. Renshaw, S. J .; res 859 High.
Reppert, Christian, wine mfr .; res. head of Bodeman.
Reppert, Henry, blacksmith ; res. head of Bodeman.
REUSCH, FRANK, meat market, No. 703 6th st. ; born in Europe, Sept.
11, 1847 ; came to America and to Bur- lington in 1865. Married November, 1870, to Mena Flead.
REUSCH, JOHN, meat market at 1204 8th st .; born Sept. 26, 1848, in Germany; came to America and to Burlington in 1869. Married January, 1874, Serena Strotman ; they have two children-Clara and Wm. F.
Reynolds, J. H., photographer, 211} Jef- ferson ; res. 415 S. Marshall.
Rhodes, Jno. W., dry goods and groceries, 117 Jefferson ; res. cor. Madison and Denmark.
RICHTER, A., druggist, No. 1319 N. 8th st. ; born in Germany in 1844; came to Burlington in 1870, and en- gaged in the newspaper work in connec- tion with the Iowa Journal and Iowa Tribune; started present business in 1871. Married Lydia Baucer in 1870 ; she was born in Germany in 1849; they have three children-Mary, Johanna, Frederick. Members of the Latter Day Saints Church ; Liberal.
RIEPE, CASPAR, Constable; born in Germany Sept. 27, 1834; came to America in 1853, and to Burlington in 1855 ; in Benton Tp. he was elected, and served two terms, as Road Supervisor ; in 1863, he was elected Constable in the same township, and served three terms ; in 1878, was elected Constable in Bur-
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lington Tp. He married in 1854 Hannah Benne ; she died in 1857, and he married, second time, Louisa Pogge- mnoaller, 1858 ; they have seven children -Anna L., August H., Mary, Matilda, Frank A., Louisa and Arthur. They are members of the Evangelical Church ; he is Superintendent of the Sabbath school ; Democrat.
Riepe & Hulsebus, grocers, 323 Jefferson. Rinker, Andrew, shoe-shop, 904 Maple ; res. 808 S. 10th.
Ripley, I. N., accountant, 408 S. 9th.
RITZMAN, J. B., dealer in gro- ceries, provisions, erockery and glass- ware; born March 12, 1834, in Switz- erland ; came to America in 1854, to Bur- lington in 1856. Enlisted in Co. F, 5th I. V. C., September 1861 ; served over three years; was in several battles; mustered out October, 1864. Married September, 1861, Mary A. Michler; they have six children-Rosalia, Adalheit, Clara, J. W., Matilda, Mary. He has been en- gaged in business since 1865.
ROBB, R. L., M. D., 302 N. Main st .; born in Logan Co., Ohio, in 1840 ; came to Burlington in 1875; is a grad- uate of the St. Louis Homeopathic Medical College. In 1872, married Miss Sarah L. Miller ; she was born in Orange, N. J .; Mrs. Robb is a graduate of the Hahnemann Medical College, ! Chicago; they have four children- Henry, Nettie, Emma and Lizzie. Mem- bers of the Presbyterian Church; Re- publican.
ROBERTSON, GEORGE, at-
torney at law; born in Jessamine Co., Ky., May 9, 1831; he graduated from the law department of Transylvania University, in Kentucky, in the spring of 1854; came to Burlington in the fall of 1854. Mr. Robertson was Mayor of Burlington in 1872 and 1873; was Chairman of the Board of Supervisors in 1874.
Robinson, S., commercial agent, res. 307 S. Augusta.
Roesch, John, shoe shop, 835 Jefferson ; res. 1429 Osborn.
Roesner, Muenzenmeyer & Bro., meat mar- ket, 1120 Angular, and corner 9th and South.
ROESENER, ERNST, meat mar- ket, 1121, corner of South and 9th sts .;
born Jan. 23, 1848, in Germany, and moved to America and to Burlington Oct. 28, 1873. Married March 31, 1875, Louisa Muenzenmeyer.
ROHDE, H. FREDERICK,
attorney at law ; was born in Holstein. Germany, May 9, 1852; he came to Iowa City in 1871; he was educated at St. Joseph's Institute and Iowa State University, until 1876, when he attend- ed Cornell University for one year, after which he was graduated from the Law Department of the Michigan University in 1878; he has been engaged in the practice of his profession in Burlington since May 1, 1878.
Rolfsmeyer, E. H., clerk, 1210 N. 9th.
Rollins, J. H., sewing machines, 412 Jef- ferson.
Ronaldson, M., merchant tailor, 315 Jef- ferson ; res. 214 S. Pond.
ROOT, RICHARD, COL.,
Deputy U. S. Marshal for the Southern District of Iowa ; born in Carroll Co., Md., February 21, 1836; located in Leavenworth, Kan., in 1859, where he resided until the breaking-out of the rebellion, when he entered the army as Ensign of Co. E, 1st Kan. V. I., serving six months in that regiment ; he then came to Mt. Pleasant and or- ganized Co. K, 19th I. V. I., of which he was elected 1st Lieutenant ; soon after, he was promoted to the captainey of Co. E, Sth I. V. C., and then made Major of his regiment; subsequently, he was commissioned to organize scat- tering regiments of Sherman's army ; after organizing the 35th, 36th and 37th U. S. Regulars, he was commissioned Colonel of the 36th. After leaving the service, he returned to Mt. Pleasant, and there resided until 1877. He has served as U. S. Marshal eight years ; he was first appointed in March, 1871.
ROOT, R. T., book publisher ; was was born in Ontario, Sept. 21, 1848 ; he came to Chicago in 1866, and for three years engaged in book canvassing; in 1869, he came to Burlington, where he started in the publishing business. Among his list of works produced are : "The Life of Christ," and " Foot- Prints of Time," copyrighted and issued in 1874. This specialty has proven a great success; through agents, he has
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canvassed many sections of the country and sold a very large number of copies ; in addition to these, he has also published several religious works. He was mar- ried to Miss Anna F. Pine, a native of Philadelphia, Nov. 24, 1870, by whom he has three children-Richard Willis, Nellie May and Florence Anna. Mr. and Mrs. Root are members of the M. E. Church.
RORER, DAVID, HON.,
native of Pittsylvania Co., Virginia ; born there in 1806; came to Bur- lington March 27, 1836, about two years after the city received its name ; has been constantly engaged in prac- ticing law since coming to this city ; for the past twenty-five years, has been the attorney of the C., B. & Q. R. R .; is author of a work on Judicial Sales, which has already passed into a second edition, and has now ready for publication a work on railroad law of two large vol- umes, which will be issued from the press very shortly ; has also in course of pre- paration an exhaustive history of the Northwest, and in course of publication by Callahan & Co., of Chicago, a work on American Inter-State Law. Judge Rorer was one of the founders of the Historical Society, founded here in 1843, the records of which were after- ward burned; his colleagues in this work were Greenleaf Nealy and Dr. Hoyt; Judge Rorer is also a member of the Historical Societies of Pennsyl- vania and Wisconsin, and has a most valuable historical library, comprising some exceedingly rare and ancient vol- umes ; Judge Rorer wrote the original Articles of Incorporation of the city (then town), and has been intimately identified with all its history.
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