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DAVID EDWARDS, carpenter and contractor, Epworth ; born in Penn- sylvania Feb. 24, 1823; came to Dubuque Co. in 1854; since the age of 18 he has been a carpenter, and for much of the time has carried on house-building on quite an extensive scale ; he was the contractor for the Epworth Seminary building, and also for the M. E. Church building in Epworth. For the last fifteen years he has been adding bee-keeping to his other industries, and is now quite extensively engaged in this busi- ness. He is a member of the M. E. Church and of the Republican party. Mr. E. was married, in 1845, to Miss Sarah Moore, of Pennsylvania; they have two children -James A. and Mary J.
F. A. FARLEY, Farley ; is a native of Dubuque Co., Iowa, and is a son of J. P. Farley, one of the oldest and most honored citizens of Dubuque Co .; he was born in Dubuque March 25, 1842; he grew up and attended school there, and completed his education at Cornell College; when 18 years of age, he began railroading under his
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father's supervision, and he has been engaged in railroading for the past eighteen years. In June, 1863, he was united in marriage to Miss Emma Kimber, from the city of Philadelphia ; they have three children-Jessie May, Frank A., Edwin.
JOSEPH FOGG, carpenter, Epworth; born in Waldo Co., Me., Jan. 16, 1824; farmed with his father at home until 21 years of age ; since that time his occu- ' pation has been that of a carpenter ; he came to Dubuque Co. in 1866, and has resided in Epworth since that time; besides his nicely located residence, carpenter shop, etc., here, he has a good mill, run by steam power, in which, while it is specially fitted up as a feed-mill, other industries may be carried on ; cheese boxes were for a time extensively manufactured there. Mr. F. is connected with the M. E. Church and with the Repub- lican party ; has been School Treasurer and Township Trustee, and is universally respected as a man of sterling worth and honesty by all who know him. He has been married twice; first, in 1847, to Miss Amelia Randall-died in 1858-a native of Freedom, Me .; second, in 1861, to Miss Mary M. French, also of Maine, his present wife ; her sister, a teacher of superior abilities, now employed in Epworth Seminary, and mother also reside with them ; there are three children-Edward P., married, and, with his wife, teaching in Albia, Iowa, and two daughters-Laura H. and Amelia Randall -both educated at one of the best institutions in the West-Mount Union College, Ohio.
JOHN W. FOSTER, farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Epworth; born in Maine Feb. 6, 1830; removed to Massachusetts in 1850, and from there to Dubuque Co. in 1854 ; has a beautiful farm in good cultivation, consisting of 120 acres with 10 acres of timber land in Iowa Township. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church and of the Republican party ; has held school and township offices, and gains an enviable name for integrity and business capacity. Having located here when their finances were a minus quantity, Mr. Foster and his good wife deserve infinite credit for achieving suc- cess in the face of difficulties. The first five years here were spent upon a rented farm, but wisely directed industry has made for them a comfortable home, within easy reach of superior social, educational and religious privileges. His wife, nee Miss Eunice Houghton, of Massachusetts, to whom he was married in 1852, has been a worthy helpmeet in all the years since; their only child-Charles Henry-is a bright, active youth, with every promise of a noble manhood.
G. J. FREEMAN, farmer, stock-raiser and stock-dealer, Sec. 21; P. O. Farley ; born in Lorain Co., Ohio, Oct. 22, 1842; removed with his parents to Dubuque Co. in 1853; his father, Samuel A. Freeman, born in Vermont, died in 1866; was a soldier in the war of 1812, and with his intelligent New England energy, had all the qualities essential to successful pioneer life ; his mother, Harriet Freeman, born in New Hampshire, died in 1874, was a worthy helpmate for such a man, and the sterling qualities of the parents are inherited by the son ; Mr. Freeman has 530 acres of land in Sections 20 and 21, seventy acres of timber land in Iowa Township-a farm grandly adapted to stock-raising, and effectively used for that purpose by its able proprietor. Mr. F. acts with the Republican party, but takes little time to work in the field of politics ; his best energies are devoted to the development of his business, and to the furtherance of good enterprises in his community, of which he is one of the earliest settlers, and his success is, beyond question, mainly the result of his own exertions. He was married in 1866, to Miss Catharine Carroll, daughter of Peter and Ann Carroll, who removed from Ohio to Dubuque Co., when she was only 10 years of age, so she too, was one of the pioneers of this locality ; they have six children-Cora G., Joseph A., Charles L., Anna, Harriet, and the youngest, very aptly named Winnie.
EDSON GRANVILLE FRENCH, was born July 2, 1820, in New Hampshire, and married Relief Walker, of Vermont, April 26, 1843; their children are Freddie Walker, born July 19, 1847, and Jennie Elizabeth, born Feb. 4, 1865. On attaining his majority, Mr. French left the hotel business because it was then con- sidered necessary to sell liquor with it, and has always been a strict temperance man ; he engaged in teaching school till the spring of 1844, when he went to Massachusetts and pursued a course of study in the State Normal School; he was appointed teacher
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in the public schools of Newburyport, Mass., in September, 1845, and continued in: charge till the fall of 1856, when he was compelled by ill health to leave the profession ; Mr. French came West during a vacation in 1854, and erected the second house in the prospective town of Epworth, and removed hither with his family in the fall of 1856, and purchased Hiram Young's new brick residence and land near by, and has now twenty acres ; he engaged in market-gardening and farming, and in April, 1858, suc- ceeded R. Wilmott in the brick store where he carried on the business till May, 1863; he then commenced fruit-raising, and also grew many shade trees which now adorn all parts of the town and the country around ; in November, 1872, Mr. French re-opened a general store, and, with his wife and son, still continues the business ; he was Secretary of the School Board of Epworth for six years, from 1871 to 1877, and is a stanch friend of our public schools. Mr. and Mrs. French are members of the Unitarian Church.
TIMOTHY FRENCH, farmer, Epworth ; born in Waldo Co., Me., Jan. 27, 1831; removed to Dubuque Co. in 1867; has a fine farm of 100 acres just out- side of Epworth, and evidently manages it in such a manner as to secure first-class results; quite a number of the seminary students find boarding at Mr. French's ; his large, nicely arranged and well-appointed house being admirably adapted for this pur- pose. Mr. F.'s denominational preferences are for the Free-Will Baptist Church ; politi- cally, he is identified with the Republican party. He was married in June, 1867, to Miss A. D. Mitchell, a worthy lady, of Kennebec Co., Me.
S. GOODALE, proprietor of the American House, Farley; is a native of Lewis Co., N. Y., and was born Dec. 9, 1825 ; he grew up to manhood and lived in that State until 1866, when he came to Delaware Co. and located in Farley ; he engaged in the hotel business and opened the American House in 1868; he built one part, and, in 1872, he enlarged it by building an addition; it, is an attractive, well-kept hotel; Mr. Goodale is also engaged in the livery business, and he has had the contract for carrying the mail from Farley to Cascade for the past six years ; he has held the offices of Assessor, Town Trustee and school offices. In 1854, he was united in marriage to Miss M. E. Hubbard, a native of Jefferson Co., N. Y. They have four children-Leon H., Everitt V. and Edna V. (twins), and Clark F.
W. W. HALLER, contractor and builder, Farley; is a native of Harrison Co., Va., and was born Sept. 15, 1826; he grew up to manhood in Illinois and Mis- souri; he came to Iowa in 1846, and located in Lee Co., where he lived three years. and came to Dubuque Co. in 1849, and engaged in farming; he continued farming fif- teen years ; then engaged in building, and has continued in that business since then, and is now the oldest builder herc; he has held school offices for many years. In 1849, Mr. Haller was united in marriage to Miss Jane Wilson, a native of Kentucky. They have six children-Arthusa, John, Campbell, William W., Paulina A. and Ellen.
JOHN HIGGS, farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Farley ; born in England June 1, 1825 ; came to America in 1851; remained one year in Pennsylvania, removing to. Dubuque Co. in 1852; has a farm of 80 acres; is a member of the Republican party ; has held township offices, and is held in universal esteem by all who know him; his wife was Miss Elizabeth Sobey, a native of England. They were married in 1851 ;. eight children are living-Lucy (now Mrs. Ogan), Nannie, Bettie, Kittie, Joseph, John, Amanda and Edith ; three are dead-Joseph, Richard and Sophia.
JAMES HILL, farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Farley ; born in Ireland in 1835 ; came to Dubuque Co. in 1837; has been engaged in farming, as a vocation, for all the years since old enough to transact business ; has a good farm of 80 acres, in a fine com- munity ; is connected with the Catholic Church, and identified with the Democratic party. He has been married twice ; his first wife was Bridget O'Connor, a native of Ireland; they were married in 1876; she died, 1877; his second wife was Annie Dowd, also born in. Ireland ; married, 1877 ; two children-Rosana and Jennie.
JOHN HINDE, farmer; Secs. 28 and 29; P. O. Epworth; born in the village of Incc, near Chester, Cheshire Co., England, in 1843; his ancestry of the Hinde family have lived in the above village for many past generations ; he came to.
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America and to Dubuque Co. in 1853; lived in Jefferson Township nineteen years, removing to bis present location in 1872; has a farm of 120 acres under good cultiva- tion. He is a member of the M. E. Church and of the Republican party ; has held school offices, and invariably acts well his part in aiding all worthy enterprises in his community. He was married, Nov. 16, 1871, to a worthy lady-Miss Louise V. Crosley, daughter of William Crosley, of Center Township, who moved to Dubuque Co. from ' Virginia, in September, 1856; they have five children living-Mary L., John William, Hannah Elizabeth, Thomas Joseph, Richard Henry; and one daughter died in infancy. Mr. Hinde's father, Thomas, his two brothers, Richard and Thomas, his cousin, Robert, and a more distant relative, Richard, are all residents of Jefferson Township, so that the long-time family associations of England are in great measure transferred to this portion of the New World.
EPHRAIM JACKSON, M. D., homoeopathic physician, Epworth ; born in Middlesex Co., Mass., July 25, 1816; he traces his ancestry back for eight genera- tions to Edward Jackson, born in 1616, who came to Massachusetts from London, England, in 1642, and took the " Freeman's Oath " in 1645 ; after him came Sebas, who was born on the passage to. this country; Edward ; Edward, born in 1698 ; Jona- than, first Collector of the port of Boston, 1757 ; Samuel; Ephraim; and in the eighth generation, Ephraim, the subject of this sketch. Dr. J. came to Dubuque Co. April 17, 1854 ; he settled at that time near his present place, being the pioneer physician here, there being only one other physician at that time between Manchester and Dubuque ; his success as a physician has brought him a large practice, which he still retains ; ten other physicians have, at different times, located in the place, but Dr. J. has remained a fixture here, and in the medical profession ; he has long been an active official member of the M. E. Church, and himself and wife were among the first Sunday- school workers in the town. He has been married twice ; first, in 1838, to Miss Har- riet N. Kidder, a native of Pittston, Me., and sister of Z. Kidder; she died May 17, 1864 ; his second wife was Mrs. Adaline McClellan, to whom he was married July 2, 1865; two children have died-Elma L., Jan. 30, 1842, and Joseph E., Oct. 27, 1849; eight children are living-Harriet E. (now Mrs. Tuttle), Sewell M., Mary T. (now Mrs. Brown), Abby Ann F., Etta E., Addie Valentine, Frank Winslow and Sarah J.
WILLIAM J. JOHNSON, farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Farley; born in Ire- land, July 11, 1852, and came to Dubuque Co. in June, 1869 ; is thoroughly well known as a farmer of good abilities, industrious habits and deserving qualities. He is a member of the Republican party, and much esteemed as a neighbor and citizen. He was married, April 14, 1875, to Miss Catherine Lawler; they have three children- Johnnie, Jennie and Willie.
CHARLES F. KANTHLENAR, farmer, Secs. 28 and 29; P. O. Farley ; born in Würtemberg, Germany, Dec. 14, 1842 ; came to America and to Dubuque Co. in 1848; lived at Shell's Mound until 1869, when he removed to his pres- ent location ; has a farm of 160 acres, with fine improvements, and in what is in some respects probably the finest location in his neighborhood. In religion, Mr. K. is a Methodist ; in politics, a Republican, and is highly regarded as a most cstimable citizen and worthy neighbor. He was married, in 1869, to Eliza Boyle, a native of Dubuque Co .; their only child is a bright, intelligent boy, named Henry.
P. KEAGY, merchant, Epworth; born in Bedford Co., Penn., April 4, 1822; came to Dubuque Co. in October, 1855; his occupation for many years was cabinet- making, and, for part of the time, carpentry and house-building; for the past sixteen or seventeen years, he has been a merchant, keeping a general store in Epworth. He is a member of the M. E. Church and a Republican ; has held local offices of honor and trust, but has no inclination for office-seeking. He was married, in 1843, to Miss Jane Moore, of Pennsylvania ; has six children-Charles W. (who lives in Manchester), Sarah (now Mrs. Husted, living in Manchester), William (now in Parkersburg), Anna (now Mrs. Crist, living in Clay Co.), Henry Reed and Edson F.
NELSON B. KING, blacksmith, Farley; is a native of Canada, and was born Nov. 8, 1848; his parents came to Iowa in 1855, and the following year they
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came to Dubuque Co. and located at Farley ; there were only two houses here at that time ; he grew up to manhood and learned his trade here ; he engaged in business in 1870, and has carried it on since then, and has built up a good trade. He is the only young man now engaged in business who was raised here. He married Miss Adaline Dickinson, a native of Pennsylvania, Feb. 13, 1872; they have three children-Nel- son, born Feb. 24, 1873 ; Anna J., April 7, 1877 ; Elizabeth A., Sept. 6, 1878.
J. M. KIRKPATRICK, farmer and real-estate dealer, etc., Sec. 10; P. 0. Epworth ; born in Pennsylvania Sept. 15, 1833 ; came to Dubuque Co. in Septem- ber, 1856; has been dealing in real estate and other property in the city of Dubuque ever since ; he has quite an amount of property in Dubuque, but, though he still does business there, he has for the last six years made his home on his pleasant farm of sixty acres near Epworth. He went from Pennsylvania to California in 1852, remain- ing there until 1856; a second trip to California was made in 1862, from which he returned to Iowa in 1865 ; part of every year from 1869 to 1873 was spent in Mis- souri, but he finally disposed of his Missouri property, and is probably a permanent citizen of Iowa. He is a man widely known for sound judgment, energy and integ- rity. He has served fifteen years as a school officer, with decided benefit to his community. Mr. K. was married, in 1859, to Mrs. Artemisa Loire, formerly of Tennessee-a lady who has much personal knowledge of the early settlement of Dubuque, having seen that city in 1833, when one log house (used as a store) was the only building, except bark houses and tents, then in the place.
J. T. LAMBERT, physician and surgeon, Farley ; is a native of Ithaca, N. Y., and was born Nov. 22, 1848; he grew up and received his education there ; after completing his literary course, he studied medicine and graduated at Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1870; he came West to Iowa in 1870, and located in Dubuque Co. at Farley, and engaged in the practice of his profession, and has established a good practice; he is local surgeon of the Illinois Central R. R., and belongs to the Masonic Fraternity and to the Order of United Workmen. Dr. Lambert was united in mar- riage, Jan. 17, 1878, to Miss Sadie Carpenter, daughter of L. W. Carpenter, of this place.
HON. E. W. LEWIS, attorney and counselor at law, Farley ; is' a native of New York State, and was born in Cooperstown, Otsego Co., Sept. 5, 1821 ; he grew up to manhood and received his education in that State ; he studied law in Watertown, N. Y., and was admitted to the bar in 1845 ; he practiced law there for twenty-five years. He held the position of Superintendent of Schools, Magistrate, and held the office of County Judge ; in 1857, he was appointed Adjutant General by Gov. Sey- mour on his staff, and was inspector of military matters for Northern New York ; he held the same position during the war, and his knowledge and familiarity with the duties of his position made his services valuable at that time. Mr. Lewis is a strong Democrat, and for many years was prominently identified with the interests of his party. On account of his health, he came West in 1869; he located in Farley, and has since practiced his profession here. In October, 1853, he was united in marriage to Miss Harriet Downs, a native of Massachusetts, and a lady of fine literary attain- ments ; they have two children-one son, Dixon H., living in this county, and one daughter, Ina E., living in New York.
N. J. LOOMIS, farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Farley ; born in New York June 23, 1831; removed to Northern Wisconsin in 1842; lived in that State eight years, and then, after three months' residence in Galena, Ill., came into Dubuque Co. on the 4th of July, 1850 ; for the last twenty years, he has been engaged in farming and kindred enterprises ; previously to that, his time was devoted to merchandising and general trading; his landed possessions are quite extensive, embracing 730 acres, located in Secs. 18 and 19, Taylor Township, and Secs. 13 and 24, Dodge Township ; his intelli- gence, business ability and unwearied, energetic industry have brought him an unwonted measure of success, and he is, in the best sense of the word, one of the solid men of his community. In religion, Presbyterian ; politics, Republican ; has held school and township offices. Mr. Loomis was married, June 17, 1854, to Miss Ellen Hooper, of
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Dubuque Co .; they have eight children living-Amasa N., May Frances, John N., Ben- nett E., Elizabeth E., Wellington W., Frank and George; two of their children died in infancy.
TERNES McDONELD, farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Farley ; born in County Longford, Ireland, in 1815; came to New York in 1851; resided in Orange Co., in that State, for five years, removing to Dubuque Co., Iowa, in 1856 ; has a good farm of 160 acres, and, with driving industry, is making it profitable. Is a member of the Catholic Church, and of the Democratic party. He was married in 1845 to Mary Slaven, also a native of Ireland; they have nine children living-Bridget, James, Mary, Ellen, Esther, Thomas, Fannie, Terence and Peter; four are dead-Thomas, and three who died in infancy.
WILLIAM McKINLAY, carpenter, builder and lumber-dealer, Epworth; born in Scotland May 28, 1828; came to America in 1849; stopping in New York till November of that year, he came to Chicago, where he remained until May, 1851, when he came to Dubuque, and was a resident of that city for ten years, removing to Epworth in 1861, with which pleasant town he has been identified ever since. His first wife was Miss Jane Miller, of Scotland, their marriage taking place Jan. 1, 1849; her death occurred in 1859 ; his second wife was Miss Mary Rose Wilkinson, a native of Williamsport, Penn .; they were married Jan. 22, 1863; six children are living- Margaret C., Adam D., Effie J., Henry W., Charles C. and Samuel C .; three are dead -William J., Robert A. and one who died in infancy. Three of Mr. McK.'s brothers came to America and Dubuque at about the same time-James M. (a book-keeper and lawyer, came to Dubuque in 1849; removed to New York City in 1868; married Catharine de Lorimier, born in 1829, died in 1864), David A. (came to Dubuque in 1851, now in St. Paul, Minn .; he is a book-keeper; wife nee Margaret Y. Atchison) and Robert M. (resides in Dubuque since 1849; carpenter and builder ; his first wife was Margaret Miller, second, Katie A. Yoar).
LUTHER MASON, farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Epworth ; born in Grafton Co., N. H., March 7, 1822; at the age of 21, he removed to Waltham, Mass., where he remained about seventeen years; in the latter part of August, 1859, he came to Dubuque Co., and is one of the most highly respected and substantial citizens of Taylor Township. He was one of the leading members of the Baptist Church in its organiza- tion in Epworth, and has ever given efficient aid to all worthy enterprises in his com- munity. Has a fine farm of 190 acres, which shows evidence of careful handling and intelligent management. Mr. Mason was married in 1850 to Miss Angeline S. Kidder, of Maine, a genial lady, who has illumined his household with the constant sunshine of a cheerful disposition ; they have six children living-Lewis K., Charles F., Z. K., William L., Fred and Sarah E., and one daughter, Eva, deceased.
LOUIS MILLER, proprietor of the Sherman House, Farley ; is a native of Germany ; and was born in Prussia June 29, 1836 ; he came with his parents. to the United States in 1850, and came to Iowa the same year ; they located in Dubuque Co., on a farm in Jefferson Township ; he continued on the farm until 1863, when lie came to Farley and bought the hotel, and has conducted it since then ; the building burned down in 1871, but was rebuilt. Mr. Miller has been several times elected a member of the Board of Supervisors of Dubuque Co .; has held the office of Justice of the Peace, and school offices. He has been connected with school interests since he was 21 years old. In 1858, he was united in marriage to Miss Lizzetti Barry, from Wheel- ing, W. Va .; they have nine children, two sons and seven daughters.
DENNIS MURPHY, farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Farley ; born in Burnford, Ireland ; came to America in 1866; resided two years in Cleveland, Ohio, and then removed to Dubuque Co., in 1868 ; has ninety acres of good land, forty acres of which is located in Taylor Township, and fifty acres in Whitewater Township. Mr. Murphy is a member of the Catholic Church, and an industrious, hard-working citizen. He was married, in 1863, to Miss Margaret Rairdan ; they have seven children living-Daniel, Allen, Patrick, Mary, John, Margaret and Dennis ; four children are dead-Mary, Dennis and two who died in infancy.
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ISAAC QUIGLEY, farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. Farley ; born in County Derry, Ireland, Feb. 17, 1813 ; came to America in 1832 ; settled in Pennsylvania ; lived five years in Westmoreland Co., and nineteen years in Philadelphia ; kept a dairy on Mr. Gratz's farm, quarter of a mile from Girard College ; removed to Dubuque Co., Iowa, in 1856; has lived on his present place for the past eleven years ; has a fine farm of eighty acres, well adapted to his joint business of farming and stock-raising, as a fine stream of water runs all the way through his farm. Religion, Catholic ; politics, Dem- ocrat. He was married, in 1840, to Mary McGlonan, a native of Ireland ; two of their children have died-Mary Ann and Thomas ; four are living-Ellen, Catharine, now Mrs. Winters, of Dubuque ; John, married, and living in Dubuque ; Margaret, now Mrs. Haley.
GEORGE RAW, farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Farley ; born in Yorkshire, England, Sept. 27, 1834; came to America in 1855, and, after stopping a year at Shellsburg, Wis., to Dubuque Co. in 1856 ; his first seven years in the county were employed in mining, which occupation he had previously pursued in Wisconsin and in England ; the last seventeen years he has been a farmer, and has every reason to feel gratified at his success, the result of his own efforts, as he came to the country a poor man ; he has 180 acres of fine land, with good improvements, and all that is requisite to make what he evidently enjoys-a happy home. Religion, Methodist ; politics, Republican. Mr. R. was married, in 1860, to Miss Margaret R. Simpson, of Dubuque; they have four children living-Isabella, George T., Bertha Hope, Myra Myrtle ; five have died-Mary A., Ellen, John R., Martha C. and Elsie M.
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