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and that he has been the architect of his own fortune. The secret of his success is that he keeps posted.
BOWMAN, W. H .- The subject of this sketch has the principal meat market in Victor. Was born in Washington county, Mary- land, on the 7th day of March, 1839, where he continued to live until 1856, when he removed to Virginia. Only remained one year, then re- moved to Maryland and remained until 1861, when he enlisted in company D, First Maryland cavalry, in which regiment he served three years and participated in the first battle of Winchester, in 1862, and was engaged in all the cavalry engagements of the Shenandoah Vailey. Was captured on Pope's expedition and carried to Richmond and imprisoned in Belle Isle and Libby prisons, where he remained only five weeks and was exchanged. In his younger days he learned the trade of cabinet maker, which business he followed until entering the army and continued it after his return. In 1870 he became engaged in the produce business, which he followed until 1875, when he removed to Iowa and located at Victor, where he followed the business of carpenter for one year. He then became engaged in the meat market, which business he has followed ever since. He was married - on the 21st day of November, 1871, to Miss A. A. Hutzell, of Washing- ton county, Maryland, who is still living and by whom he has four chil- dren: Thomas W., Olo G., Flora A. and Lela M. He is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons and Independent Order of Odd Fel- lows, also of the V. A. S. Fraternity.
BROUGHTON, R. C .- Merchant. Among the business men of Victor there are none perhaps who have been more closely identified with its in- terests, or who deserve a special mention in a work of this kind more than the subject of this sketch. Having come to Victor at a very early day in her history he has remained through her struggles and shared her hard- ships. He was born in Essex county, New York, on the 28th of Novem- ber, 1835, where he continued to live until he was about twenty-seven years of age, being brought up on a farm and educated partially in the com- mon schools of the county and finally finishing his education at Fort Ed. wards Institute, where he attended in the year 1858 and 1859. He then became engaged as a public school teacher, which business he followed for some years. In 1864 he removed to Iowa and settled in the new town of Victor, which at that time contained but two houses. Here became en- gaged in the mercantile business, which he has followed most of the time since. He has been and is now a prominent member of the Masonic order, having been the first W. M. of Sharon Lodge, No. 287, at Victor and of which lodge he was master for several years. He own a nice farm four miles southeast of Victor, besides his nice residence and store building in the city. Was married on the 25th of December, 1860, to Miss Maranda Barker, of New York, who only lived about four years. By this union they had one child, Emerson B., who died at the age of two years and twenty-one days. In 1866 he was married a second time, to Miss C. Barker, asister of his former wife, who only lived about two years and, like her sister, died a victim of consumption. In June, 1869, he was married again to Miss Lucretia Hunt, of Victor, who is still living and by which union they have two children living: Porter C. and Taylor M., besides Es- tella, who died at the age of nine years, and Ella, who died at the age of one year and eight months, the two dying just one year to a day apart.
BRICKER, JOHN, M. D .- Section 14. No man in Hartford township,
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or perhaps in the county, is better known and more highly respected than the subject of this sketch. He was born in Richland county, Ohio, on the 6th day of July, 1831, where he lived on a farm until about twelve years of age, when he went to Fostoria, Ohio, and became engaged in the dry goods store of Mr. Charles Foster, who is now Governor of Ohio. He remained there as a salesman about six years. He then attended school at Tiffin, Ohio, where he finished his education and commenced the study of medicine at the age of twenty years with S. and J. W. Bricker, of Fostoria, with whom he read about three years, after which he took one course of lectures at the city of Cincinnati and one in the city of New York, where he graduated. He commenced the practice in Hartford township, in this county, in the year 1854, when the county was entirely a wilderness. His rides were necessarily very long and over wild prairies and without roads or bridges, but the Dr. being young and active enjoyed the hardships and after the work was done the money was always ready. He has always re- sided in the same place since coming, and besides his extensive practice he has superintended the opening and cultivation of a large farm of 225 acres of land, in sections 14 and 23, in Hartford township. He has fine build- ings, large two story house and large barn. His farm is well stocked. Dr. B. was married on the 6th day of April, 1856, to Miss Mary C. Sheden- helm, of Hartford township, who died on the 29th of Aug., 1857, and by whom he had only one child, Charles W., who is still living. He was married a second time October 1, 1858, to Miss. E. J. Shedenhelm, a sister of his former wife, who is still living and by whom he has had six child- ren: John L., Mary L., Ulysses S., Isaac and Rush, besides McCurdy, who died at the age of fourteen months. Besides his extensive practice and his farm he has a store in Ladora in company with L. W. WILSON, who is a fine business man and one of the oldest and most honored citizens of the county. He was born in Indiana in the year 1839, and emigrated to this county in 1849, where he was brought up on a farm and attended the common schools in his younger days. Attended Cornell University and graduated for Eastman's Business College. He has been five years an agent for the C., R. I. & P. R. R., in Ladora; has been engaged as a salesman for differ- ent parties in the goods business in the towns of Marengo, Belle Plaine, Koszta, Ladora and other places; is perfectly trustworthy and a fine sales- man. He was married on the 23d of June, 1867, to Miss R. J. Arbuckle, of Marengo, who is still living and by whom he has one child, a boy of twelve years, John W.
BRICKER, ISAAC .- Farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 22. The subject of this sketch was born in Richland county, Ohio, on the 8th day of Febru- ary, 1837, where he only remained until he was five years of age when his parents removed to Stark county, in the same State, and resided there about four years and then removed back to Richland county and lived in the city of Mansfield about three years. Young Bricker was educated in the com- mon schools of Ohio and in the city of Mansfield. At the end of the time above mentioned they removed to Fostoria, Seneca county, Ohio, and lived there about nine years, and then moved to West Unity, Ohio, where they remained one year, and again removed to DeKalb county, Indiana, where he remained but a short time and then removed again to West Unity, Ohio. There he remained until the 17th of September, 1861, when he en- listed in company H, Fourth Ohio cavalry, and was mustered into the ser- vice of the United States at Monroeville, Ohio, at Camp Worcester, from
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where they went to Camp Chase at Columbus and thence to Evansville, In- diana, and then south to Nashville, Tennessee. They marched across the country in the latter part of March and the first of April, 1862, under Buel, to Pittsburg Landing, arriving there at daybreak on the morning of the 6th of April, just in time to take part in the battle of Shiloh, which occured on the 6th and 7th of April. After this fight they participated in the siege of Corinth, and lay encamped around Corinth for some time and again re- turned to middle Tennessee, and were with Buel in his retrograde move- ment; and finally they returned to Nashville; whence, after some time they went to Mumfordsville and participated in the engagement there. Thence to Bardstown and Perrysville, where they were again engaged, and then back to Nashville, where they remained a short time and Mr. Bricker was detailed as one of the surveyors to survey the battle ground of Mur- freesboro and worked several days when he was returned to his command and engaged in skirmishing with the enemy at that place for eight days before the fight. From this place they removed south and did duty in the vicinity of Lookout Mountain, and remained in this part of the country un- til May, 1864, when Sherman started south. They went on his famous Georgia campaign and were engaged nearly every day at different places all along the route from Chattanooga to Atlanta, when his time expired and he returned home. He was married on the 24th of March, 1856, to Miss Mary J. White, who is still living. He removed from Ohio to Iowa in 1864 and settled in this township on a farm belonging to his brother, Dr. Bricker, and then moved to the farm where he now lives. He has been a trustee of his township for about six years and has held the offices of secretary and treasurer of the district and township. He is a member of the A. F. and A. M.
BUCHANAN BROTHERS-Dealers in general merchandise, Victor. Among the many successful business men in Victor none deserve special mention more than these brothers, T. H. and J. M. Buchanan. They were both born in Guernsey county, Ohio. T. H. on the 25th day of December 1845, and and J. M. on the 12th day of July, 1854. About the year 1856 their parents removed to Iowa and settled in Scott county. The sons were brought up to labor on the farm during the summer and attended school dur- ing the winter and both received good English educations. After about six years residence in Scott county they removed to Muscatine county and resided here until the year 1868 when they removed to Iowa county and settled on farms in Dayton township in this county where they resided until 1873, when they removed to Victor. T. H. became engaged in con- ducting the public scales and dealing in salt, Jime and coal which business he followed for about two years, after having taught school for some time. He then became engaged as a salesman for Joseph Holley with whom he remained about two years. J. M in the meantime was engaged in teach- ing school in Poweshiek county and was very successful as a teacher. In the year 1879 these brothers entered into a partnership under the firm name of Buchanan Brothers in the grocery business which they conducted for about nine months when they added a general stock, and by honesty and fair dealing they have succeeded in building up a fine trade. T. H. Bu- chanan was married in the year 1870 to Miss Rosa A. White of Muscatine, Iowa, who is still living and by which union they have two children: Fran- cis R. and T. H. Buchanan is a member of the A. O. U. W.
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and also the V. A. S., and J. M. Buchanan is a prominent Odd Fellow and the present N. G.
C ARY, JAMES B .-- Tinner and patent attorney, Victor, Iowa. Was
born in Knox county, Ohio, near Mt. Vernon, on the 24th day of June, 1835, where he lived on a farm with his parents, laboring in the sum- mer and attending school in the winter until he was about fifteen years of age, when he was attacked with white swelling in the right leg. After one year's excruciating suffering he recovered, but his great suffering had caused an upward luxation of the hip-joint shortening the limb about four inches. At the age of eighteen years he came with his parents to Iowa, and settled for one year near West Liberty, in Muscatine county; thence removing to this county in the year 1854, and settling near Millersburg, where he continued to make his home, attending school and doing such labor as he was able until the spring of 1864, when in company with other young men of the place he went to Nashville, Tennessee, as a carpenter in the employ of the government of the United States, and labored on the Nashville and Chattanooga depot and the ten hay sheds. At the end of one month he took sick and returned home. In September, 1864, he purchased a set of tinner's tools and alone with a small stock and without any assistance, he learned the tinner trade and learned it well; he is a fine workman. He followed this business for himself until 1867, when he came to Victor and engaged with Gridley & Tracy with whom he labored for five years. He then went into the insurance and sewing machine business which he followed for two years, and again entered the employ of Mr. Gridley, of the firm before mentioned, with whom he is still employed. Be- sides his regular business he has been justice of the peace in Poweshiek county for three years; and still continues his insurance business and is a patent right attorney, and an inventor, having invented several valuable tools and machines. He is a prominent member of the Odd Fellows and has filled all the offices of the subordinate lodge and encampment, and in 1879 was District Deputy Grand Master of the thirtieth district. He is also a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, and is now the highest officer; and a member of V. A. S., and an officer in that. He was married in April, 1867, to Mrs. Clara E. Penn, who is still living, and by whom he has two children living: James H. and Effa M .; besides one, who died at the age of eight years.
CARD, C. J .- Furniture dealer and undertaker, Ladora. The subject of this sketch is a fine young business man and mechanic, and has just established a business in the city of Ladora, where he bought the stock of furniture and undertaker goods formerly owned by John S. Black. He was born in Broome county, New York, on the 1st day of September, 1848, where he only lived until about two years of age when his parents removed to Wisconsin and settled in Baraboo. There young Card was principally brought up and educated in the schools of that city. In 1865, however, he went to Pennsylvania and attended school at Wilksbarre one year. He then came to Iowa and settled at Monroe, where he learned the trade of a cabinet- maker, and went into business for himself and continued in that place for about six years. Then removed in the year 1874 to Marengo, Iowa, where he did an extensive trade in furniture and undertaking business, which he followed until the year 1880, when he sold out and became engaged as tra- veling salesman for the Globe Casket Company, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, for which he traveled six months, and then bought the goods before men-
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tioned in this place and established himself here where he intends to carry a fine stock of furniture and undertaker goods as well as do any kind of work and repairing in his line. He was married in 1870, to Miss Rose G. Cowles, who is still living, and is a very intelligent lady. By this union they have one child, Fred. Mr. Card is a member of the A. O. U. W.
CLARK, A. J .- Farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 23. The subject of this sketch is one of the self-made men, having lost his father while he was very young, leaving him and two other brothers to the care for a widowed mother. He was born in Wood county, Ohio, where his parents had lived prior to the death of his father. The mother removed from Ohio to Indiana and settled in La Grange connty, and her sons, of whom our sub- jects was the youngest, did the work on the farm. Here they remained until the year 1871 when his mother with her two sons, Joel and the sub- ject of this sketch, came to Iowa. The father of the subject of this sketch died on the 11th day of June, 1857, and his mother on the 11th day of June, 1875, just eighteen years, to the day, from the death of his father. On coming to Iowa he came at once to this neighborhood where he first engaged as a hired man on the farm, which he followed for some years, and then en- gaged in farming for himself as a renter. He now owns a small farm in section 24, with a comfortable house and considerable amount of stock. He was married on the 19th day of September, 1876, to Miss Ida Kine, a daughter of N. Kine, who is still living. She is a young lady of refine- ment and taste, and a splendid house-keeper and a good cook. By this union they have one child, Cora E., who was born on the 20th of August, 1877.
CLARK, LEWIS-Harness-maker, Victor. Was born in Summit county, Ohio, in 1844, where he was brought up on a farm and edu- cated in the common schools. He went, at the age of sixteen years, to learn the trade of a harness-maker with Mr. Columbus Jewet, of Aurora, Portage county, Ohio, with whom he continued for three years. He then went to Tennessee and became engaged in manufacturing and repairing harness for the government of the United States, under the quartermaster at Nashville, Tennessee, where he remained one year; then returned to Ohio and worked for himself at Northfield, where he followed his business for one year; then to Victor in 1866, where he has remained ever since, and where, by honesty and integrity, he has succeeded in building up a fine trade. He was married in the year 1877 to Miss Sarah Jane Herrier, of Marengo, Iowa, who is still living. By this union they have one child, William. He is a member of the I. O. O. F.
CLEMENTS, WILLIAM J .- Dry goods and groceries, Ladora. Is a native Hawkeye, having been born in this county, one and one-half miles south of Marengo, on the 5th day of January, 1856, his parents having re- moved to this State from Ohio in the year 1855. He continued to live in this county until he was about seventeen years of age, when he moved to Colorado and engaged in herding cattle, which he followed, together with hunting and trapping for four years in Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Wy- oming, and other of the western Territories. He returned home in 1876 and became engaged in farming, which he followed for two years, and then went to Kansas and engaged in the lumber business for a few months; then returned home and took up farming for one year, and about the 1st of the year 1880 he came to Ladora and started a grocery store, which he has conducted ever since and has just now added a stock of dry goods and no-
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tions. He is a fine business man and sells his goods at a close margin. He was married on the 25th of December. 1879, to Miss Jessie Parkinson, of Ladora, by whom he has one child, William H.
CLYDE, JOHN-Farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 13, P. O. Ladora. Was born in Canada East on the 4th of September, 1835, where he lived until he was nineteen years of age, when he came to Iowa, and after trav- eling about from place to place in northern and eastern Iowa for some time, he came to this county on the 3d of March, 1854, Here he became en- gaged to Gilmore Danskin as a laborer, with whom he staid a short time, and then with George Kime, who kept a hotel on the State road in this township, for whom, and others, he worked until the year 1860, when he engaged in farming, on the place which he now owns and occupies. His farm consists of 220 acres of land, 150 of which are farming land and the balance timber. He was married on the 14th of January, 1860, to Mrs. Nancy C. Bair, who was born in Seneca county, Ohio, where she was brought up and always lived until after her marriage with Mr. John Bair, when in 1851 he removed to this State. By her union with Mr. Bair she had five children: George W., John L., Jacob A., Michael T., William H. Mr. Bair died on the 17th day of October, 1857. By the last marriage they have three children: Agnes A., Christina C. and Birdie M. All three are still at home with their parents. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde are both mem- bers of the Protestant Church. Mr. Clyde has been a prominent member of the Grange, of which he was the presiding officer as long as the society lived. He was also interested in the elevator built and operated by the Grange in Ladora. He is one of the justices of the peace elect in this township.
CLYDE, WILLIAM-Farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 26. The sub- ject of this sketch is one of the first farmers in the township and notwithstanding the fact that he is still a young man and came to this county poor, he has a splendid farm of 280 acres, all of which is im- proved, 40 acres of fine young timber, under good fences. He has a com- fortable residence and a splendid large barn and has his farm well stocked. He was born in Canada East, on the 16th day of January, 1838, where he was brought up to labor on a farm and educated in the excellent schools of that country. At the age of nineteen years he came to Iowa and labored on a farm for several years before he was able to own a farm for himself and he has been in the neighborhood ever since, except a short time that he spent in Canada, from the winter of 1861 and 1862 until the winter of 1863. He settled on the farm where he now lives in the year 1863. He was married on the 7th day of May, 1867, to Miss Catharine A. Stoner, who was born in Seneca county, Ohio, but whose parents removed to this county while she was in her infancy. By this union they have three chil- dren: Clara C., John W. and Nettie E.
COON, S. H .- Photographer, Victor. Was born in Mercer county, Ohio, ou the 29th day of September, 1844, where he resided until he was about nineteen years of age. Was brought up on a farm and educated in the common schools of that State. At the age of nineteen he removed to the vicinity of Austin, Minnesota, where he became engaged in farming, which business he followed until 1869, when he came to Iowa and learned the business of a photographer, at Charles City, Floyd county, which business he has followed in numerous towns in this State. He was married on the 8th of March, 1871, to Miss Martha E. Sanford, of Mason City, Cerro
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Gordo county, and as a result of this union they have four children: Cas- sius B., Edith P., Lulu L. and Samuel H. Mr. Coon is one of the finest artists in this part of the country and is fully prepared to take any kind of a picture that may be desired.
CRAVEN, JOHN B .- Postmaster at Victor. Was born in Knox county, Ohio, on the 18th day of November, 1845. In the year 1849 his parents removed to Delaware county, Indiana, where they remained until 1855, when they removed to Iowa and settled in Keokuk county on a farm. Here young Craven was brought up to labor on a farm in the summer season and attended school during the winter until the year 1867, when he went to lowa City and entered the university, which he attended one year and then went to Western, in Linn county, where he attended West- ern College one year. after which time he commenced teaching school. This he followed for about four years and then became engaged as clerk in the post-office at Victor for John Ludwich, who was then the postmaster, in which capacity he served until October 1874, when he was appointed post- master, which position he has since filled to the entire satisfaction of the people of Victor and vicinity. Besides his business as postmaster he has a fine stock of books, stationery, wall-paper, tobacco and cigars. He is the present secretary of the school board, a position which he has filled for four years and has been twice elected to the office of city recorder. He was married on the 2d day of September. 1874, to Miss Sarah Gooding, of Geneseo, Illinois. who is still living and by whom he has had three chil- dren: Nellie I., Minnie F. and Georgiana (who died at the age of sixteen months). Mr. Craven is a fine business man, genial and accommodating.
CRAMER, DAVID E .- Wagon-maker, Victor. Was born in Johnson county, Iowa, on the 20th of July, 1853, where he lived with his parents until he was twelve years of age when his father died. Prior to that time he had been brought up to labor in the shop with his father, who was a wagon-maker, and after his death he was obliged to labor on a farm until he was nineteen years of age when he went to learn the same trade with Mr. S. S. Albright, with whom he worked two years; then took charge of" the shop himself which he conducted for two years, and came to this county and worked two years at Marengo with J. J. Keen & Son. Then removed to Coralville, Johnson county, where he staid about one year, and removed to Victor, where he has ever since remained. He was married December 25, 1875, to Miss Katie L. Underhill, by whom he has two children: Sarah and George.
CRISMAN, ISAAC-Harness-maker, Victor. The prominent man of Victor and a first-class workman. Was born in Blairstown, New Jersey, on the 17th day of May, 1835, where he resided with his parents until he was twenty-one years of age. His father was a tanner and harness-maker, and hence Mr. Crisman was brought up in the business, but he has by no- means followed the same business all his life. At the age above mentioned he went to Scranton, Pennsylvania, and became engaged in railroading, first in the capacity of brakeman, but served only a short time when he was en- gaged as a fireman, and was soon promoted to the position of an engineer,. which position he filled with great credit for a few months, and was taken sick and compelled to quit the road. He then returned to his native State and engaged in teaching school, which he had followed for a short time be- fore going to Pennsylvania. After two years he again started out in the world and landed at White Rock, Ogle county, Illinois, where he became
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