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Walters, Harvey, far., P. O. Wadena. Warner, J. G., far., S. 29 ; P. O. Wadena. WATTERS, MARTIN, farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 22; P. O. Wade- na ; came to this county in 1855; born in Carroll Co., Ohio, Jan. 1, 1828. Politics, Greenbacker. Belongs to the Methodist Church. Has 140 acres of land, valued at $3,500. Married Su- sannah Hess in 1844; born in Carroll Co., Ohio, 1829; has twelve children -Lydia, John, George, Anna L., Har- vey, Clara, Mary, Eugene, Ella, Alla, Addie and Margaret. Enlisted in the 38th Regiment I. V. I., Aug. 15, 1862, under Capt. J. J. Welch, Co. A ; was at the siege of Vicksburg, Blakely and Fort Morgan.
Wells, Jos., laborer ; P. O. Wadena.
White, S. B., far., Sec. 19 ; P. O. Lima. Wilson, C., far., Sec. 16 ; P. O. Wadena. WILSON, CHRISTOPHER, farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 9; P. O. Illyria; born in county of Durham, England, Oct. 26, 1823; came to this county July 28, 1852. Married Jane Morris in 1846 ; born in England, died Aug. 20, 1872 ; mother of seven chil- dren-Anna, William Morris, Judith, Christopher, John, Joseph and Mary. For his second wife, he married Rachel Davis ; born in Wales May 11, 1831 ; mother of one child-James, born April 12, 1877. Has 342} acres of land, val- ued at $8,000.
Wilson, Wm., Sec. 16 ; P. O. Wadena. Wychoff, Henry, far., S. 4 ; P. O. Illyria.
JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP.
A NN, FRED, saloon, Sec. 6 ; P. O. Oelwein. Appleby, R. B.
ARMISTEAD, G. G., represent- ing and superintending the business of Thorp Bros. & Co., in the general mer-
cantile business ; P. O. Oelwein ; born in Lauderdale Co., Ala., in 1850 ; located in this county May 1, 1877. Married Miss Rose Fenner in Jackson, Tenn , in 1871; she was born in Jack- son, Tenn., in 1854; they had one
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child-Bella A., born in May, 1873 ; Mrs. Armistead died in June, 1873. He has been representing the above- named firm in this town since 1877 as general superintendent and manager of this branch of their extensive business. AILEY, JOHN, farmer, Sec. 16 ; P. O. Oelwein.
BALDWIN, JARED, farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Oelwein; born in Gal- lipolis, Gallia Co., Ohio, in 1818; lo- cated in Montgomery Co., Ind., in 1829 ; returned to Gallipolis from In- diana in 1844 ; he located in Dubuque, Iowa, in 1850; returned to Gallipolis in 1854 ; in 1855, he located in Winona, Minn., and in 1866 in Burlington, Iowa; in 1867, he revisited Gallipolis ; in 1868, he located in this county. He married Mrs. Lucy E. Robinson in 1848 ; she was born in Lexington, Ky., in 1830; they have five children- Mary E., born April 9, 1850; Viola, March 22, 1852; Emma, Jan. 26, 1854 ; Jared, March 4, 1857 ; Gilbert, Oct. 23, 1859. Mrs. Baldwin had one child by her first husband-Mary P. Robinson, born in 1846. He was County Commissioner, Register of Deeds, and Justice of the Peace in Winona Co., Minn., while a resident of that county, and Assessor four terms in this county ; he is Assessor now. He owns 111 acres of land.
Baldwin, N. W., far., S. 20; P. O. Oelwein. Barns, W. P., renter, S. 29 ; P. O. Oelwein. Bates, W. L., far., S. 10; P. O. Oelwein. Becker, John, saloon ; P. O. Oelwein.
BEARE, ISRAEL, farmer, S. 22; P. O. Oelwein ; born in Westmoreland Co., Penn., in 1831; located in Cedar Co., this State, in 1854, in this county Jan. 1, 1861. He married Miss Susan Younkins, who was born in Westmore- land Co., Penn .; they have three chil- dren living and five deceased-Emma Mary, born May 27, 1860 ; Cordelia, Oct. 16, 1864 ; Everett, Dec. 22, 1869. He was School Director two years. He owns 130 acres of land, worth $30 per acre.
BELL, A. G., farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Oelwein ; was born in Hancock Co., Ohio, in 1841 ; located in Cedar Co., Iowa, in 1850, and in this county in 1856. He married Miss O. A.
Miller, in 1873; she was born in New York, Dec., 1853; have one child -L. Verney, born Sept., 1876; died June 5, 1877. He is a Democrat in politics. He owns 325 acres of land, worth $30 per acre; he is one of the prosperous farmers of this section.
Bell, W. R., far., Sec. 31 ; P. O. Oelwein. Bennett, A., plasterer, Oelwein.
Bennett, H. S., far., S. 25 ; P. O. Oelwein. BENNETT, BENJAMIN H.,
merchant, Oelwein ; born in Orange Co., N. Y., Nov. 15, 1822; he located in this county in 1856. Married Maria Bradner in 1845; she was born in Orange Co., N. Y., Aug. 22, 1823 ; children are John B., born June 15, 1846 ; Adam A., born Dec. 10, 1848 (now telegraph operator and station agent at Hazelton, Buchanan Co.) ; Herman S., born July 31, 1853; Will W., born June 24, 1857 ; N. B., born July 25, 1863; Bertha M., June 3, 1866. Mr. Bennett and family are members of the M. E. Church ; he has been a licensed local preacher since 1870. Was Justice of the Peace fif- teen years, and Postmaster at Otsego, seven years from 1858; School Director three te.ms ; County Superintendent of Schools two years; Secretary of the School Board two years ; he taught the second school ever taught in this town- ship; he has been Notary Public two years. He owns 400 acres of land worth $6,000.
Bennett, J. B., printer and stationer ; Oelwein.
BENNET, J. C., farmer and teacher, Sec. 15; P. O. Oelwein ; was born in Merrimack Co., N. H., in 1837 ; located in this county in 1863. Married Miss Cynthia L. Tole in 1863; she was born in same county and State in 1833 ; have four children-T C., born Feb., 1867 ; Netty B., born Sept., 1870 ; Irvin P., born May 1873 ; Lillie Dott, born August, 1876. He has been teaching school in the Winter months since he was 20 years of age. He owns 120 acres of land, worth $30 per acre, well fenced and improved.
Bently, A., blacksmith ; P. O. Oelwein. Bently, W., blacksmith, Oelwein.
Billsland, W., farmer, Ses. 26 ; P. O. Oel- wein.
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BLACKMAN, A. H., manufacturer
of agricultural implements, P. O. Oel- wein; was born in Chenango Co., N. Y ., in 1836; located in Grant Co., Wis., in 1853 ; in Manchester, Delaware Co., in 1868; and in this county in 1877. Married Miss Ursula C. Henderson in 1862 ; she was born in - , Penn.,
in 1840. He has been in the agricul- tural implement business since 1868 ; part of the time on salary ; he has a fine assort- ment of machinery in his line on hand, and is thoroughly familiar with all the details of his business.
BLAKE, WM. J., blacksmith and wagon shop, Oelwein; born in Seneca Co., N. Y., Jan. 18, 1853; located in Black Hawk Co., this State, in 1856; in Bremer Co., in 1874, and in this county October 15, 1877. He married Miss Hannah E. McIntosh Nov. 10, 1875 ; she was born in Black Hawk Co., Lester Tp., Oct. 25, 1855. They attend the Free-Will Baptist Church. Mr. Blake is a member of the firm of Rodgers & Blake, who do a general blacksmith business and machine work. They also control the patent in this sec- tion for an iron harrow, which they are manufacturing largely.
Blinn, Chas., Oelwein.
BROWN, CHARLES R., farmer, Sec. 9 ; P. O. Oelwein ; born in Liv- ingston Co., N. Y., in 1848 ; located in this county in 1868. He married Miss Rachel Burch in 1870; she was born in Greene Co., Ind., in 1845; they have two children-George H., born March 25, 1871; Ray J., Sept. 13, 1873. Mrs. Brown is Presbyterian; Mr. B. is a Democrat ; has been Secretary of the Board of School Directors, and a mem- ber thereof for two years, Owns 180 acres of land, worth $40 per acre.
BROWN, GEORGE W., farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Oelwein ; born in Livings- ton Co., N. Y., in 1818; he entered 1,800 acres of land in this State in 1855; and located in this county in 1868. He married Miss Mary A. McLean in 1843; she was born in Livingston Co., N. Y., in 1822; they had one child-Charles R., born July 12, 1848; Mrs. Brown died Sept. 4, 1856. He married his second wife, Miss Antoinette Hitt, in 1858 ; she was born in Delaware Co.,
N. Y., in 1830 ; she is a member of the United Presbyterian Church. He has been Township Treasurer, Road Super- visor and Sub-Director of Schools sev- eral terms ; owns 900 acres of land, all in improved farms, worth $35 per acre. He is extensively engaged in breeding fine stock, horses, Short-horn cattle, hogs and sheep, which is more for his own pleasure (being a fancier of such stock ) than for the profits he derives therefrom ; he has a choice selection of the differ- ent grades now on hand.
Butler, A., far., Sec. 17 ; P. O. Oelwein. Butler, Jos., far., Sec. 21 ; P. O. Oelwein. YARPENTER, WARREN, farmer, CA Sec. 34 ; P. O. Oelwein.
Carpenter, H., far., S. 31 ; P. O. Oelwein. Carroll, T. M., tinsmith ; P. O. Oelwein. CHAMPLIN, GRANVILLE E., farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Oelwein ; born in Otsego Co., N.Y., 1828; located in Connecticut ; learned the shoemaking business in 1849; returned to New York in 1851, and came to Elgin, Ill., in 1854, as the General Agent of the Trask Magnetic Patent Medicine Co., of Earlville, Madison Co., N. Y .; in this capacity he traveled over the States of Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois, until 1855 ; in the Fall of that year, he lo- cated 320 acres of land and purchased eighty of timber, in this township and county (which he has since improved and now occupies as a comfortable home- stead); he returned to New York in the Fall of 1857 ; worked at his trade of shoemaker in the Winter, and then acted as agent for the sale of Monk's Maps, which he continued to sell until Septem- ber, 1857 ; at the request of Ransom & Co. (successors to the Trask Magnetic Co.), he commenced to travel for that firm, selling patent medicine; in the Fall of 1857, he traveled in Minnesota and Iowa, stopping in Jefferson Town- ship, Fayette Co., in 1858; in 1859, he disconnected himself from Ransom & Co., and located permanently upon his previously located land. He married Miss Amanda Miller March 1, 1859 ; she was born in Chenango Co., N. Y., in 1838; they have three children liv- ing-Minnie F., born Nov. 14, 1859; Jay J., July 27, 1863; Myrtie O., Sept. 12, 1869. He is a Republican,
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and was the first member of the Board of Supervisors ever elected on that ticket in this township; was School Director and Township Treasurer of Schools ; also Justice of the Peace two years, commencing Jan., 1860. He is an oblig- ing and well-to-do farmer, respected by all who know him. He owns 488 acres of land, worth $30 per acre ; he is en- gaged in the nursery business, and breed- ing full-blooded stock, especially Norman horses ; also in producing pure grades of wheat for seed, especially " Lost Na- tion," of which he has sowed over 200 acres this season on his own farm, besides what he has sold to his neigh- bors.
CHAMPLIN, P. L., farmer, Sec. 27 ; P. O. Oelwein; born in Madison Co., N. Y., Dec. 7, 1827 ; located in Buffalo, N. Y., in 1863, as superintend- ent and manager of the traveling agents in the United States, of the house of D. Ransom & Co., for the sale of patent medicines ; previous to locating in Buf- falo, he traveled for the same house for eight years, as traveling salesman over all of the Western States. He married Miss Phebe Miller Jan. 24, 1864 ; she was born in Chenango Co., N. Y., 1830; had six children, two living-Almon H., born June 14, 1866 ; Carolton E., May 20, 1871. He and family are members of the First Universalist Church in Oel- wein ; he is Trustee of the Church, and Mrs. C. is Clerk of it. He was Road Supervisor in 1867, Township Trustee 1869, and member of the Board of Su- pervisors of the county three years, end- ing Jan. 1, 1878, and Chairman of the Board last year. From his extensive traveling, he had an opportunity of see- ing the Western country, and selected Iowa and Fayette Co. as the best for general agricultural purposes. He owns 300 acres of land in this county, worth $30 per acres ; 100 acres in Wisconsin, worth $10 per acre ; also a house and lot in Oelwein, and stock in the Oelwein Elevator Co., of which he is Secretary. Cheney, G. W., farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Oelwein.
Cheney, L. D., farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Oelwein.
Cheney, W. W., farmer. Sec. 36; P. O. Oelwein.
CHRISTMAN, E. J., photographic artist, Oelwein ; born in McHenry Co., Ill., in 1845 ; located in Minnesota in 1856, and in this county in 1874. He married Miss Jennie Jones Aug. 1, 1872; she was born in Paducah, Ky., in 1849. He has been in the photo- graph business seven years ; he owns his residence and store in this town and is the only photographic artist in it; he has a complete establishment, and makes a specialty of copying and enlarging every kind of pictures in ink and water colors.
CLARK, EDWARD W., Sec. 23; P. O. Oelwein ; born in Fairfield Co., Conn., Aug. 25, 1818 ; located in this county in 1855. He married Miss Laura J. Bell, Dec. 24, 1847 ; she was born in Fairfield Co., Ohio, Jan. 4, 1830 ; they have nine children living-Han- nah M., born Oct.11, 1851; Margaret E., Dec. 10, 1855 ; Cynthia M., Jan. 3, 1858; Clara J., Oct. 19, 1860; Sarah L., Dec. 6, 1861 ; Sanford S., Sept. 26, 1863; Homer F., March 22, 1866; Rose E., Dec. 18, 1867 ; Antoinette, Oct. 14, 1870; Mrs. Clark died Sept. 20, 1874. He married his second wife, Melissa Hartford, March 16, 1875 ; she was born in Canada in 1845. He owns 120 acres of land, worth $2.500.
Clark, Fred., Oelwein.
Clow, M., far., S. 34; P. O. Oelwein. Clow, O., far., S. 34; P. O. Oelwein.
CONKLIN, E. B., farmer, S. 35 ; P. O. Oelwein ; born in Saratoga Co., N. Y., in 1820; located in Wyoming Co., N. Y., with his parents, in 1825 ; in Black Hawk Co., Ia., Cedar Falls, in 1863; in this county in 1868. He married Miss Julia A. Ratlıburne on Dec. 9, 1848 ; she was born in Schoharie Co., N.Y., 1823. He owns 200 acres of land, worth $40 per acre ; he is engaged in stock raising, his farm being pecul- iarly adapted for that purpose, being well timbered and watered, having sev- eral large springs on the farm ; he has it fenced into thirty acre lots ; there is a brook of clear water meanders through this farm.
CONNELLY, JAMES, farmer, S. 26; P. O. Oelwein ; born in Roscom- mon Co., Ireland, in 1837 ; located in Providence, R. I., in 1847, and
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in Calumet Co., Wis., in 1850; in this county in 1870. He married Miss Margaret Higgins Nov. 14, 1859; she was born in Roscommon Co., Ireland, in 1839; they have ten children-George H., born Aug. 11, 1860 ; Libby, Dec. 5, 1862 ; James, Aug. 21, 1864 ; Cath- erine, Aug. 12, 1866; John, May 9, 1868; Patrick, Jan. 12, 1870, Mary A., Nov. 12, 1871; Ellen, Aug. 19, 1873; Margaret J., July 21, 1875; William F., June 6, 1877. They are members of the Catholic Church. He owns 172 acres of land, worth $30 per acre. He enlisted in the 4th Wis. V. C., Co. K, Oct. 8, 1864, and served with his regiment to the close of the war, taking part in all engagements with it, and was mustered out June 29, 1865.
COOPER, E. H., livery ; Oelwein ; born in Addison Co., Vt., in 1838; lo- cated in Milwaukee, Wis., in 1845; in Bremer Co., this State, in 1869, and in this county in 1876. He married Miss Adelaine A. Robinson May 24, 1865 ; she was born in Walworth Co., Wis., in 1848 ; she is the daughter of George W. Robinson, of the town of Troy, in that county ; they have one child- George H., born Dec. 9, 1866. Mrs. Cooper is a member of the Free- Will Baptist Church. He owns a farm in Bremer Co., this State, worth $2,000. He enlisted in the 1st W. C., Oct. 1, 1861 ; was transferred to the Veteran Res. Corps, in consequence of hav- ing been disabled in the right foot, at St. Geneva, Mo., in the Fall of 1863, which rendered him unfit for active service, and he was discharged on the 23d day of June, 1864.
Corky, F., Oelwein.
Culter, J., far., S. 31 ; P. O. Oelwein.
D AMON, H., farmer, Sec. 26 ; P. O. Oelwein.
Damon, Myron, far., S. 26 ; P.O. Oelwein. DAVIS, BENJAMIN, grain mer- chant ; Óelwein ; born in Susquehanna Co., Penn., in 1843 ; located in Mower Co., Minn., in 1868, and in this county in 1874 ; he has been in the grain business in this place four years; he owns two dwellings and stores, corner of Main and Charles streets, in this town, worth $4,000.
Day, John, laborer, S. 34; P. O. Oelwein. DAY, S. W., farmer, Section 26; P. O. Oelwein; born in Underhill, Chittenden County, Vt., in 1830; located in St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., in 1848 ; in Jackson Co., Iowa, in 1853, and in this county in 1863. He married Miss Eliza A. Hawkins Dec. 7, 1852 ; she was born in the town of Lawrence, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., April 5, 1834; they have five children-Alice Eliza, born Oct. 29, 1854; Wilson H., born Oct. 10, 1857; George A., May, 1860 ; Effie Louise, April 11, 1864 ; Gurty A., Oct. 22, 1869. Mr. Day owns 150 acres of land, worth $30 per acre ; he raises some valuable stock.
Dayton, John, retired, residence Oelwein. DORTHY, CHAS., blacksmith,
Oelwein ; born in Racine city and county, Wis., in 1849; moved to Wal- worth Co., Wis .. with his parents, same year, thence to Buchanan Co., Iowa, in 1866, and to this county in 1874. He married Miss Maria Delphane Sanders in 1873; she was born in this county, Nov. 14, 1858; they have one child- Hattie Delphane, born July 26, 1877. He owns a house and lot in this town, worth $500 ; he is one of the firm of Sanders & Dorthy, blacksmiths and wagon makers.
ELLINGWOOD, L., REV., minister, Oelwein ; born in Rutland, Jef- ferson Co., N. Y., Sept. 20, 1822 ; located Genesee Co. in 1835; experienced re- ligion at the age of 14; baptized into the regular Baptist Church in Castle, Wyoming Co., N. Y., in 1838 ; located in Ashtabula Co., Ohio, in 1841. Mar- ried Laura E. Anderson May 29, 1842 ; she died April 11, 1845 ; buried on the banks of the Ashtabula River, within two miles of the bridge disaster of 1877 ; returned to New York, and in 1848 married Olive Carpenter ; she was born in Livingston Co., N. Y., in 1824; had two children-Josephine E., born Oct. 29, 1850; Laura A., March 15, 1855. He was licensed to preach by the regular Baptist Church of Weathersfield in 1850 ; he became pas- tor of the regular Baptist Church in Boone Co., Ill., in 1862 ; ordained in 1864, located in this county in 1868, and became Pastor of Otter Creek Bap-
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tist Church in 1872; in 1874, resigned and became pastor of Sumner Church, Bremer Co., in 1875, and pastor of the Eden Church, then organized the Oel- wein Regular Baptist Church in 1877, and became pastor, still holding the pas- torate of Sumner Church.
ABER, R. H., Oelwein.
FAIRCHILD, A., farmer, S. 15 ; P. O. Oelwein ; born in Detroit, Mich., in 1819 ; moved to Ashland Co., Ohio, when a child with his parents, and to Terre Haute, Ind., in 1856, and located in this county in 1858 ; he spent five years in business in Chicago. Married Miss Elizabeth Lockheart in 1840; she was born in Pennsylvania ; he has three children by that marriage. Mar- ried Mary F. Perkins in 1865 ; she was born in Windsor Co., Vt., in 1850; they have two children-Ida May, born Feb. 13, 1868; Lula F., Sept. 10, 1872 ; Mrs. Fairchild died May 5, 1875. He owns fifty acres of land, scientifically and substantially improved and ornamented, worth $40 per acre.
FAIRLEY, ANDREW J., farmer, S. 25; P. O. Oelwein ; born in Lawrence Co., Ind., in 1833; located in this county in 1855. Married Miss Catherine I. Sayles Dec. 11, 1856 ; she was born in New York State in 1837 ; they have two children-Ella, born Sept. 30, 1857; Ada, Nov. 10, 1860. He is Town Trustee, and has been for three years. He owns 127 acres of land, worth $30 per acre, and is inter- ested in an agricultural implement agency in this town.
Farr, Chas., saloon, Oelwein.
Freeman, M., far., S. 29; P. O. Oelwein. ( ATES, R., tenant far., S. 36; P. O. Oelwein.
Gibson, J., far., S. 17; P. O. Oelwein. Godown, A. L., far., S. 8; P. O. Oelwein. Graff, Nic., boots and shoes, Oelwein.
H ACKETT, R. H., laborer, Oelwein.
Hager, A. W., lawyer, Oelwein. Hall, Austin, far., Sec. 3; P. O. Oelwein. Hall, Chas., far., Sec. 3; P. O. Oelwein. Hancock, Charles A., carpenter, Oelwein. Hanson, Chas., far., S. 17 ; P. O. Oelwein. HANSON, HIRAM, farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Oelwein; born in Yorkshire,
England, in 1823; located in Racine Co., Wis., 1843, and in this county in 1856. Married Miss Eliza Jones in 1849; she was born in Wales in 1822 ; they had one child-Eliza May, born May 4, 1850; Mrs. Hanson died soon after the birth of her child ; he married his second wife, Miss Ellen Jones, in 1853; she was born in Shropshire, England ; she had three children- William, born April 28, 1854; Charles F., born Aug. 19, 1855; Francis, born Aug. 9, 1857. Mrs. Hanson died the same month her last child, Francis, was born ; he married his third wife, Helen Eldridge, in 1858 ; she was born in New York State, Dec. 18, 1835 ; had two children-Ira, born Dec. 10, 1859 ; Agnes, born Aug. 15, 1860; Mrs Hanson died in 1862; he married his fourth wife, Miss Nancy A. Heckard, in 1865; she was born in Hancock Co., Ohio, Dec. 15, 1832; have four chil- dren-Mercy M., born July 5, 1868; Netty E., born April 15, 1870; Nelly, born June 7, 1876; Martha, born Nov. 11, 1877. He is a Republican ; was Township Trustee two terms; owns 200 acres of land, worth $35 per acre ; has good house improvements.
Hanson, Jonas, far., S. 18; P. O. Oelwein. Hanson, Jos., far., S. 17 ; P. O. Oelwein. Hanson, N., far .; P. O. Oelwein.
HANSON, THOS., farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Oelwein ; born in Keighley, Yorkshire, England in 1823; located in this county in May, 1858. Married Miss Ellen Smith June 21, 1846; she was born in the same town and county, in England, in 1823; their children are-Thos. L., born May 30, 1849; Isaac, born June 21, 1851 ; Sarah A., born Feb. 16, 1855; Joseph, born April 8, 1857; John W., born in this county March 9, 1860; Alfred, born in this county May 3, 1862; Martha Alice, born in this county April 6, 1869. She is a Baptist. He has been Township Trustee eight years. He visited his native town in England in 1871, and was in Chicago at the big fire of that year; he returned to the United States the following March. He owns 370 acres of land, 150 acres of which is well improved and worth $50 per acre; balance is worth $30; he
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has a pleasant and romantic location, selected by himself at an early day, when he had a large field to select from ; he owns two houses and lots in Oelwein, worth $1,000, also half interest in the harness and saddle shop of Hanson & Smith, and stock in the Oelwein ele- vator, of which he is one of the trus- tees.
HANSON, T. L., farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Oelwein; born in Yorkshire, Eng., in 1849 ; located in this county in 1859. Married Miss Viola Bald- win in 1872; she was born in Cascade Co., in this State, in 1854; they have three children-Effey May, born Dec. 12, 1873; Lucy Ellen, born March 7, 1875 ; Thomas, born Dec. 8, 1877. He is a Republican in politics. Owns eighty acres of land, worth $2,000, and one-third interest in Centennial Block of brick stores, etc., in Oelwein, worth $2,000.
Hanson, W., far., S. 15; P. O. Oelwein Hardin, F. M., carpenter, Oelwein. Harford, P. B., laborer, Oelwein. Harm, B., shoemaker, Oelwein.
Harvell, E. J., furniture, Oelwein.
Haskell, E A., R. R. Agent and druggist, Oelwein.
HASKELL, LEVI, retired manu- facturer, Oelwein; born in Franklin Co., Mass., in 1801; located in Winnebago Co., Rockford, in 1842; lie moved to Chicago in 1846, and returned to his farm at Rockford in 1849. He married Miss Mary Fuller in 1824 ; she was born in Hampshire Co., Mass., in 1802; they had three children, all of whom are de- ceased-Edward A., born March 31, 1826 ; Mary Ellen, 1840 ; Mrs. Haskell died in Rockford in 1855. He married Paulina Hall in 1859 ; she was born in Pleasant Valley on the Hudson River, N. Y .; she died in 1873. Has been a member of the Congregational Church fifteen years ; he was School Commis- sioner in Milford Tp., Winnebago Co., Ill .; he learned the business of manu- facturing woolen goods in the first woolen mill ever started in the United States in 1819 ; he followed the busi- ness six years, dyeing and dressing cloth. Hill, D. O., far., S. 12; P. O. Oelwein. Hindle, A., far., S. 10 ; P. O. Oelwein. Hoagland, Hull, merchant, Oelwein.
Hockings, John, far., S. 21 ; P. O. Oelwein. Hodgkinson, Jos., physician, Oelwein.
Hollenbeak, far., S. 28 ; P. O. Oelwein.
HOLROYD, JAMES, farmer, S. 28; P. O. Oelwein ; born in Yorkshire, England, April 28, 1812; located in Racine Co., Wis., 1849, and in this county in 1844. Married Miss Charity Hepworth in 1834; she was born in Yorkshire, England, March 20, 1815 ; he has one child living-Henry, born October, 1843. Mr. Holroyd is mem- ber of the Baptist Church ; he owns 106 acres of land, worth $40 per acre. There were only a few families located in this locality before him. Mrs. Hol- royd died Nov. 25, 1856. His business in England was preparing the warps for designs in a manufactory of silks and fancy woolen goods.
Holroyd, Henry, far., S. 28; P. O. Oelwcin. Howard, James, laborer, Oelwein.
Howell, N. B., P. O. Oelwein.
HOUGH, JESSE W., proprietor Jefferson House, principal hotel in Oelwein ; born in Canada, January 22, 1842; located in this county in 1876. Married Miss Isabella Codling July 12, 1860 ; she was born in England in 1844; have two children living-Cora May, born Aug. 7, 1868; Albert E., May 30, 1872. Members of the Free- Will Baptist Church, of which he has been Trustee two years ; he was Trustee of Oran Tp. three years, and Supervisor four years ; he owns the Jefferson Hotel in this town, which he keeps himself, equal if not superior to any country hotel in the Stat ?. He enlisted in the 6th I. V. C. Aug. 22, 1862, and was detailed into the 4th I. Bat. the follow- ing March ; he was No. 2 at his gun dur- ing his service, and took part in all en- gagements with his battery; was mus- tered out with it in November, 1865. Hough, A., farm implements, Oelwein. Hubbard, laborer, Oelwein.
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