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Shaney. Jacob, e. Oct. 23, 1861, vet. Jan. 2, 1864.
Smith, John L., e. Oct. 26, 1861, vet. Jan. 2, 1864.
Shepherd, Joseph, e. Jan. 2, 1964.
Sorie, Samuel. e. Feb. 27, 1864.
Schlecht, John, e. Aug. 22, 1862.
Schwirtz, N., e. Aug. 20, 1863.
Vaughn. Thomas, e. Oct. 22, 1861, vet. Jan. 2, 1864.
Wasmund, C., e. Oct. 21, 1861, vet. Jan. 2, 1864.
Williams, P. D., e. Oct. 21, 1861, vet. Jan. 2, 1864.
Warren, Wm. 1., e. Feb. 6, 1864, vet. Jan. 2, 1864. Williams, S. H., e. March 29, 1864.
Watkins, Win. W., e. April 2, 1863.
Winsor, Wm. E., e. Aug. 11, 1863. Williams, George, e. Aug. 24, 1862. Williamson, S., e. Aug. 12, 1862.
Wilcox, 1). II., e. Aug. 11, 1862. Young, J. S., e. Aug. 13, 1862.
Company L. .
Brendis, Henry, e. Aug. 21, 1862. Billips, W., e. Sept. 1, 1862. Christnock, M., e. Aug. 11, 1863. Eltz, Peter, e. Aug. 21, 1862.
Graff, H., e. Feb. 8, 1863, wd. and captd. at Cheraw Station. Gangler, Jos., e. Aug. 19, 1862.
Giffert, Conrad, e. Aug. 14, 1862. Hilbert, C., e. Ang. 13, 1862. Hilger, Jolm, e. Aug. 15, 1862. Lee, Jos., e. Oct. 21, 1861, vet. Jan. 1, 1864.
Mertes, M., e. Feb. 7, 1864. Rockwell, Asa, e. Feb. 27, 1864. Tienan, Aug., e. Oct. 19, 1861.
Vanslycke, Jacob, e. Oct. 19, 1861, vet. Jan. 1, 1864. Vanslycke, Geo., e. Ang. 19, 1862.
Vanslycke, Jacob, e. Aug. 19, 1863, vet. Jan. 1, 1864.
COMPANY UNKNOWN.
Bain, William.
Curran, M., e. Nov. 1, 1864.
Deltz, Elbridge, e. Sept 30, 1864.
Henry, John A., e. Nov. 1, 1864.
Jonas, Hiram, e. Dec. 16, 1863.
McNish, Jas. A., e. Nov. 1, 1864. Rea, A. W., e. Nov. 1, 1864. Stacy, Jos., e. Jan. 26, 1864.
Watson, Geo. F., e. Oct. 18, 1864.
Krotz, Adolph, e. Dec. 16, 1863.
Miles, Ettw., e. Jan. 8, 1864.
Organ, Alex., e. Jan. 8, 1864.
Shepard, Jos., e. Jan. 2, 1864.
EIGHTH CAVALRY.
[NOTE .- This regiment was mustered out at Macon, Ga., Aug. 13, 1865.]
Surg. A. S. Carnahan, com. asst. surg. Aug. 5, 1863, prmtd. surg. April 5, 1864, re.d. Nov. 19, 1864.
Company C.
First Lieut. Wilbur F. McCarron, com. Sept. 30, 1863, captdl. at Newnan, Ga., restl. Dec. 23, 1864.
Second Lieut. Jos. H. Cobb, com. May 15, 1864, kld. (while sergt.) in action, at Lovejoy's.
Sergt. D. W. Trump, e. Aug. 15, 1863, disd. May 20, 1864, disab.
Corp. James Jones, e. Aug. 19, 1863.
Corp. James Y. Buchanan, e: July 28, '63, disd. May 20, 1864, disab.
Corp. E. F. Manning, e. July 29, 1863.
Corp. Jacob Smith, e. Ang. 5, 1863.
Corp. Jas. II. Blakesley, e. July 29, 1863.
Teamster Daniel S. Reed, e. July 27, 1863, capt. at Newnan, Ga.
Farrier Mark J Miller, e. Ang. 29, 1863 captd. at Cassville, Ga.
Brown, Oscar, e. Aug. 7, 1863.
Burd, Jas., e. Aug. 29, 1863 .-
Day, Geo., e. June 27, 1863.
Deharty, Thos. B., e. Aug. 19, 1863.
Ellis, Lewis W., e. July 27, 1863, captd. at Florence, Ala. Head, Wm. A., e. Aug. 12, 1863.
Jordan, Jas., e. Aug. 5, 1863, captd.
Jordan, Win. K., e. Aug. 2, 1863. Kimball, A., e. July 27, 1863.
Livingston, R., e. July 27, 1863, captd. at Newnan, Ga.
Lovell, Win. B., e. Aug. 25, 1863.
Marikle, De Forest, e. Aug. 17, 1863. Martin, W., e. Aug. 5, 1863, died.
Mitchell, HI. H., e. Aug. 20, 1863, captd. at Newnan, Ga.
James quinn
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Millsap, DeM. L., e. Aug. 6, 1863, disd. March 22, 1864, disab.
Morris, Geo., e. July 29, 1863.
Moger, Charles A., e. Aug. 17, 1863, disd. Dec. 8, 1863, disab.
Murray, M. D., e. Aug. 8, 1863, died at Naslıville.
Murray, J. G., e. Aug. 8, 1863.
Myer, F., e. Ang. 27, 1863.
Newell, R., e. July 19, 1863.
Snyder, John, e. Aug. 2, 1863.
Thompson, Abner, e. July 30, 1863.
Van Pelt, Daniel, e. Aug. 22, 1863.
Welch, Henry C., e. July 13, 1863.
COMPANY UNKNOWN.
Knowlton, H. A., e. Oct. 24, 1864. Robbins, H. C., e. April 8, 1864.
MISCELLANEOUS.
First Infantry.
Quigley, E. B., e. April 23, 1861, m. o. Ang. 25,1861.
Second Consolidated Infantry (2d and 3d.)
Lieut. Col. Geo. L. Wright, from private, com. 2d lieut. Co. A July 8, 1864, prmtd. capt. Nov. 10, 1864, prmtd. lient. col. Jan. 4, 1865, resd. April 3, 1865.
Second Infantry.
Rosecrans, T. B., e. Aug. 29, 1862, m. o. 1864.
Willey, R. P., e. May 5, 1861, disd. Nov. 2, 1861.
Third Infantry.
First Sergt. Geo. L. Wright, e. May 18, 1861, mı. o. 1864.
Sergt. James Mayne, e. May 18, 1861, m. o. 1864.
Isbell, Geo. B., e. May 18, 1861, died Oct. 2, 1863.
Sixth Infantry.
Washburn, Reuben, vet. Jan. 1, 1864.
Barrowcliff, Elmer, e. Sept. 26, 1864, m. o. July 21, 1865.
Carll, E. G., e. Sept. 26, 1864, m. o. July 21, 1865.
Dodson, John, e. Sept. 27, 1864, m. o. July 21, 1865.
Kefovar, John M., e. Sept. 27, 1864, m. o. July 21, 1865.
Lane, Lewis, e. Sept. 26, 1864, m. o. July 21. 1865.
Smith, J. C., e. Sept. 24, 1864, m. o. July 21, 1865.
White, John T., e. Sept. 24, 1864, m. o. July 21, 1865.
Eighth Infantry.
Blake Henry, e. Sept. 21, 1864, m. o. April 20, 1866.
Conklin, Mase, e. Aug. 10, 1861, mn. o. April 20, 1866.
Flannegan, James, e. Aug. 10, 1861, m. o. April 20, 1866.
Thirteenth Infantry.
Fisher, Frank, e. Oct. 1, 1861, m. o. July 21, 1865.
Fourteenth Infantry.
Jewett, N., e. Oct. 12, 1861, m. o. Nov. 16, 1864.
Widel, E. D., e. Oct. 16, 1861, died July 14, 1862.
Loy, John W., e. Jan. 4, 1864, m. o. Nov. 16, 1864.
Residuary Battery, Fourteenth Infantry.
Jewett, M. L., e. Dec. 1, 1863, m. o. Aug. 8, 1865.
Fifteenth Infantry.
Orill, Aaron, Feb. 20, 1862, kld. Shiloh.
Eberly, Allen, e. Feb. 20, 1862, vet. Feb. 21, 1864, m. o. July 24, 1865.
Seventeenth Infantry.
Stevens, Warren N., e. Feb. 29, 1864, m. o. July 25, 1865.
Eighteenth Infantry.
Surg. John H. Allen, coin. Aug. 8, 1862, resd. March 22, 1864.
Dickenson, Nathan S., e. July 12, 1862, disd. Nov. 22, 1862.
Twenty-first Infantry.
Hoff, Jesse, e. June 4, 1862, m. o. July 15, 1865.
Lody, H. C., e. June 9, 1862, m. o. July 15, 1865.
Morgan, F. W., e. June 9, 1862, m. o. July 15, 1865.
Smith, John, e. June 9, 1862, died.
Sawdy, H. C., e. June 9, 1862, m. o. July 15, 1865.
Winterstein, M., e. June 4, 1862, disd. Aug. 25, 1862, disab.
Winterstein, Philip, e. June 4, 1862, wd. May 22, 1863.
Corp. Alexander Milne, e. Aug. 2, 1862, wd. at Vicksburg.
Twenty-seventh Infantry.
Jewell, Jas. E., e. Nov. 10, 1864, mn. o. Aug. 8, 1865.
Allers, Charles, e. Nov. 10, 1864, m. o. Aug. 9, 1865.
Street, Calvin, e. Aug. 22, 1862, captd. Aug. 29, 1864, m. o. Aug. 8, 1865.
Thirty-fourth Infantry.
Shattock, Benjamin L., e. Aug. 9, 1862, died March 1, 1863.
Thirty-seventh Infantry.
Easton, A. P., e. Oct. 15, 1862, m. o. at Davenport.
Pearson, Thomas, e. Oct. 15, 1862, m. o. at Davenport.
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Forty-sixth Infantry.
Larkey, Alexander, e. May 10, 1864, m. o. Sept. 23, 1864.
Lias, C. C., e. May 12, 1864, m. o. Sept. 23, 1864.
Mitchell, D., e. May 10, 1864, m. o. Sept. 23, 1864.
Third Battery Light Artillery.
Jr. First Lieut. Jos. Julius Deagl, e. as sergt., prmtd senior 2d lieut. Dec. 13,
1861, prmtd. junior 1st lieut. Oct. 4, '64, resd. June 17, 1865.
Borget, Adolph, disd. Aug. 27, 1862, disab. Mayne, Jas., e. Sept. 27, 1864, m. o. Oct. 3, 1865.
Wilson, A. J., disd. June 23, 1863, disab. Farrington, Geo. L., vet. Dec. 22, 1863, m. o. Oct. 3, 1865.
Sixth Cavalry.
Sergt. Jacob Oswald, e. Oct. 17, 1862, m. o. Oct. 17, 1865.
Corp. John P. Murray, e. Oct. 20, 1862, m. o: Oct. 17, 1865.
Wagoner Samuel Gilmore, e. Oct. 28, '62, m. o. Oet. 17, 1865.
Burdick, Alfred, e. Nov. 29, 1862, m. o. Oct. 17, 1865.
Doyle, Geroy. e. Dec. 8, 1862, m. o. Oct. 17, 1865.
Griffith, Charles, e. Oct. 6, 1862. m. o. Oct. 17, 1865.
Preston, Charles, e. Nov. 5. 1862, disd. Jan. 15, 1863, disab.
Ping, Henry, e. Dec. 8, 1862, m. o. Oct. 17, 1865.
Shirley, Daniel, e. Nov. 6, 1862, in. o. Oct. 17, 1865.
Tripp, H. W., e. Oct. 27, 1862, m. o. Oct. 17, 1865.
Littell, J. H. R., e. Oct. 11, 1862, disd. Jan. 3, 1864.
Martin, C. C., e. Nov. 8. 1862, disd. Aug. 12, 1863.
Nims, Philo, e. Oct. 9, 1862, m. o. Oct. 17,1865.
Peters, Valentine, e. Oct. 12, 1863, m. o. Oct. 17, 1865.
Van Hook, Wm. H., e. Oct. 14. 1862, m. o. Oct. 17, 1865.
Wilson, John D., e. Oct. 14, 1862, m. o. Oct. 17, 1865.
Hotchkiss, H. S., e. Sept. 17, 1862, m. o. Oct. 17, 1865.
Raymond, Jos., e. March 13. 1863, m. o. Oct. 17, 1865.
Hoyt, Wm. F., e. Oct. 10, 1862, m. o. Oct. 17, 1865.
Seventh Cavalry.
Johnson, Geo. W., e. March 6, 1863, m. o. May 17, 1866.
Maberry, Calvin, e. May 4, 1864, m. o. June 22, 1866.
Maberry, Wm. E., e. May 4, 1864, died Aug. 30, 1866.
Ninth Cavalry.
Luzere, Jacob, e. Nov. 25, 1863, m. o. Feb. 3, 1866.
Stickley, A., e. Nov. 25, 1863. m. o. Feb. 3, 1866.
Casser, S .. e. Sept. 21, 1863, m. o. Feb. 3, 1866.
Fourth Illinois Cavalry.
Smith, Anderson, e. Sept. 5, 1861, m. o. Nov. 3, 1864.
Eleventh Illinois Infantry.
Baldwin. A. W., e. Aug. 10, 1861, died Nov. 13, 1861.
Thirteenth Illinois Cavalry.
Bacon, Wm. F., e. Nov. 1, 1861, prmtd. sergt. maj., date of ni. o. not given
Nineteenth Illinois Infantry.
Allison, J. S., e. June 12, 1861.
Beardsley, H., e. June 13, 1861, m. o. July 9, 1864, as corp.
Cowden, Harrison, e. June 12, 1861, mn. o. July 9, 1864.
Frost, Wm., e. July 13, 1861, kld. on rail- road Sept. 17, 1861.
Fowler, Peter M., e. June 13, 1861, kld. on railroad Sept. 17, 1861.
Foley, M. V., e. June 12, 1861.
Galloway, Wm., e. June 12, 1861, trans. to Signal Corps.
Jones, L. M., e. June 17, 1861, m. o. July 9, 1864,
Rhea, Chas. H., e. Jnne 10, 1861, m. o. July 9, 1864, as sergt.
Twenty-second Illinois Infantry.
Henneberry, Michael, e. July 5, '61, trans. to Inv. Corps.
Forty-fifth Illinois Infantry.
Brown, Barnard. e. Ang. 30, 1861.
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HISTORY OF JACKSON COUNTY.
MAQUOKETA.
Maquoketa, the county seat of Jackson County, is located on the line between Maquoketa and South Fork Townships, about one-half mile south of the Maquo- keta River, and is, therefore, only two miles from the south county line.
The first building upon the present town plat was erected by John E. Good- enow, upon his arrival here in 1838. Mr. Goodenow, who is still an honored citizen of Maquoketa, was from Warren County, N. Y, though living in Essex County at the time of his emigration to Iowa. He had been preceded by Alfonzo Gowan, who located in this vicinity. and was in communication with his friend Goodenow. So, previons to his departure from the "Empire State," he had full knowledge of the country he was coming to, and the needs of a settler in these Western wilds.
Mr. Goodenow and Lyman Bates, who yet lives near Maquoketa, made the trip from New York together. They left there early in January, 1838, with a four-horse team and wagon. They had a heavy cargo, consisting largely of blacksmith's tools, hardware, boots and shoes, clothing, harness, etc. These were brought, partly because they were more easily to be obtained than money, and partly because their owners thought it would be a good investment to bring some goods on sale to this new country.
Some nine weeks were consumed in their journey. They arrived at the Mississippi March 9, and crossed that stream on the ice. At this time, Mr. Gowan had a small hut on the Maquoketa, just below the forks. It was a very small and crude affair, being about ten by twelve feet, and just high enough for · a pioneer to stand erect in. Here our adventurers stopped for a few days, until they could prepare for themselves other quarters.
One morning, not very long after the arrival of our party, when the spring thaw had commenced, the inhabitants of this shanty awoke to find eight to ten inches of water on the cabin floor; and only by means of a canoe anchored near the door on the bank of the river, were the settlers able to reach dry land in safety.
Mr. Goodenow already had his logs cut and on the ground for the erection of his cabin, which was under roof in a few days after, and which stood on the corner now occupied by Cohn's store, i. e., the southeast corner of Main and Platt streets in the present city.
Some time in the previous spring, in 1837, Messrs. Hooper, Peck & Scales, a firm then doing business in Galena, sent one Joseph Henry to this section to erect a saw-mill. He selected a location south of the river on Mill Creek. Owing to mismanagement and other causes, the project proved a failure, and was abandoned. This was unfortunate for the settlers in this vicinity, for, had this mill succeeded, it would have saved many weary miles of teaming, and would have given a very decided impetus to improvements in this part of the county.
S. Burleson, William Vosburgh and Calvin Teeple were then living on their claims about six miles west of this point. Mr. Burleson and Mr. Teeple still occupy the lands which they had then selected. One Phillips also lived on a claim about one mile north of Goodenow's. Hence we discover the founders of Maquoketa not to have been altogether without neighbors.
February 23, 1839, less than a year after the arrival of Goodenow and Bates, came from Warren County, N. Y., Mr. Thomas Wright and family, with
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a sister of Mr. Goodenow by the name of Adaline, and Amasa Nims. It might be well to mention here, parenthetically, that these latter two were married soon after their arrival and were, consequently, the bride and groom at Maquo- keta's first wedding.
Soon after Mr. Goodenow's arrival, he arranged to run by horse-power a little corn-cracker, under the shed which adjoined his cabin. This proving inadequate to the wants of the community, he soon after secured from one Absalam Montgomery the claim which included what is now known as the McCloy mill site, at an expense of $25. Here he built a small dam, putting in his own corn-cracker. This mill had no bolts and the patrons were obliged to use Graham flour unless they sifted out the bran with a meal-sieve. At this time, no bolted flour could be obtained nearer than Sage's Mill, on the Maquoketa, six miles north of Dubuque.
Previous to 1840, various settlers had arrived in this vicinity, among whom might be named John and Jonas Clark, Zalmon Livermore, John Shaw, the Gordons, Alonzo Spaulding and Mr. Pangborn.
Mr. Livermore made a claim on the quarter-section cornering at the present junction of Main and Platt streets, and lying northeast of the same. Mr. Spaulding was on the northwest corner and Mr. Shaw on the southwest, the southeast quarter-section being occupied by Mr. Goodenow, as already mentioned.
Up to this time, there had been no talk of a town at this point, thongh there were prospective villages all around it. The first effort of this kind went by the name of New Rochester. It was planned in 1837, and located just north of the present city limits, by two men, Banner and Morse. Their quar- relsome disposition put an end to their attempts, and, under the circumstances, their departure was considered a good riddance by the peaceable settlers in the neighborhood. After this failure, an attempt was made by Col. Cox to estab- . lish a town called Bridgeport, on the Maquoketa, about two and one-half miles northeast of the present county seat, and which is now occupied by a few houses, forming a village known by that name. The project was short-lived, and was abandoned because it was a difficult matter to make a town out of a wilderness when nobody wanted to settle there.
In the spring of 1840, Messrs. Sears and Doolittle arrived from Coving- ton, Ky., and purchased the claim of Joseph Henry, being the spot where the latter had made a failure in an atttempt to build a saw-mill, just above men- tioned. After some litigation, they lost this claim and made another on the south fork of the Maquoketa, about one mile north of the present corner of Main and Platt streets. Subsequently they platted a town at this locality, to which they gave the name Lowell. Samuel B. Munson came to this point from Kentucky, and was taken into partnership. Munson was a good draughtsman and executed a gorgeous map of the new town, with public squares, broad avennes, etc., in gay colors, so as to look to Eastern capitalists, who were expected to invest heavily in corner lots, like a second New York or Philadelphia. Sometime later a brick dwelling was erected at this point, and then was commenced a brick flouring-mill, called the Lowell Merchant Mills. Thomas Wright moved his woolen-mill to this point, and between the two mills the town prospered for some time. But a few years later, the treacherous Maquoketa cut a new channel above the mills and left them high and dry, which circumstance was a death-blow to the city of Lowell. This event gave an opportunity to a clerical wit of the Methodist Church, who passed the abandoned site after the dam had been removed, with the remark that "that mill was not worth a dam."
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Another brief existence was breathed by a town called North Maquoketa, located on the north fork of the river by Thomas Wright and Zalmon Liver- more, who had erected a saw-mill there. This project was thought by some to be the town, notwithstanding other failures, but it only lived to learn that sym- pathies and hopes were not so substantial materials out of which to make a town as bricks, mortar and lumber, with mechanics and money.
About 1840, a mail route on horseback was established from Davenport to Dubuque, and a post office was established at the point where Maquoketa now stands, called Springfield. John E. Goodenow was appointed first Postmaster. After Harrison came into the Presidency in 1841, the post office was changed to Bridgeport, where it remained only a few months, when it was changed back to its original location. A short experience developed the fact that there were too many Springfields for the convenience of the Post Office Department, and, to avoid confusion, the name was changed to Maquoketa, being the name of the stream near by.
At this point had been erected a blacksmith-shop by Mr. Goodenow soon after his arrival. This was converted into a schoolhouse about 1841, and a school was opened for the youth of the vicinity. Of this we will speak more particularly in recording the history of Maquoketa schools.
About 1843, Goodenow and Spaulding platted a portion of their claims in a quiet way, without recording the same, and when any one came along who would build, they gave them a lot, describing the same by giving dimensions, etc., and making a deed therefor.
The first store in the village was kept by S. M. Marr, a refugee who came here from Nauvoo, Ill., with a stock of goods which he displayed in a little room which Mr. Goodenow had once used as a corn-crib, and which he fitted up for Marr. This building was 20x22 feet, and was subsequently the start- ing-place for several merchants of Maquoketa. The building stands to this day. Sears & Mitchell, the junior partner of which firm was Peirce Mitch- ell, who is still a prosperous merchant of this city, began in 1847, in the frame building, recently burned, north of the Opera House. Marr had not remained many months in Maquoketa when he sold out to Dr. A. B. Malcolm, who was succeeded by a branch store established by Murphy & Burke, mer- chants of Dubuque.
To review slightly, we will name a few of Maquoketa's beginnings :
The first house on the present city plat was a log cabin built by John E. Goodenow on his arrival, and which was 20x26 feet, of hewn logs, with shingle roof and stove-pipe through the same for a chimney.
The first frame house was built by Zalmon Livermore.
The first brick dwelling was built by Daniel Rhodes.
The first brick kiln was burned by John E. Goodenow.
The first sermon was preached by Oliver Emerson, of Sabula, in 1838.
The first movement toward the organization of a church was the forming of a Methodist class in the house of Thomas Wright, in the spring of 1839. This class was the nucleus of the Maquoketa M. E. Church.
The Methodists built the first meeting-house.
The first hotel was kept by John E. Goodenow in his cabin, with a sign - board naming it the Maquoketa House.
The first building built for hotel purposes was a brick structure by D. Rhodes. The first post office was kept by John E. Goodenow.
The first wedding in Maquoketa was the marriage of Amasa Nims to Adaline Goodenow, in 1839.
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The first child born on the town plat was Wesley Nims, son of the last- named, in 1840.
The first store was kept by S. M. Marr.
The first physician was Dr. A. B. Malcolm, though Thomas Wright, who had read medicine in New York, was from necessity called upon frequently, in the early days of the village.
The first bridge across the Maquoketa River was built near Maquoketa Town by A. Hall as contractor.
The first school was taught by a master named Steers in the frame school- house already named.
Various improvements continued to be made, and Maquoketa threw the rival towns in the background. Rockville and Bridgeport surrendered, and Jonas Clark, after a quarrel with his partner over removing his stock of goods to Maquoketa, in which revolvers were drawn, finally became master of the sit- uation, and removed his store from a point now occupied by the residence of Mrs. S. D. Tubbs to the corner of Main and Platt streets. The corn-crackers of Mr. Goodenow, on Mill Creek, passed into the hands of Platt Smith, and then to Joseph McCloy, who completed a regular flouring-mill in 1842.
These early days were trying ones. The products of the farm found no ready market here, and the settlers were compelled to haul their wheat, which in that day was the farming staple, to Dubuque, Bellevue or Davenport, and there dispose of it at 50 cents per bushel.
Most of the houses were of rude construction, especially those on surround- ing farms. A crib of rough logs was occasionally laid up, poles placed across the top, and this covered with prairie grass; then a hole cut through each of the four sides of the cabin for the stove-pipe, and the latter, as well as the stove, were moved about whenever the wind changed.
In the villages, more pride was taken in the buildings. In 1849, in Maquo- keta, Mr. John E. Goodenow commenced the erection of a fine brick building, to be used as a hotel. This was 64x32 feet, two and a half stories high, at first called the Goodenow House, and kept by Goodenow himself. This build- ing was the making of Maquoketa. It presented a finer appearance than any other house for miles around, and the prospective settler would conclude that the village which could afford such a hotel was the one for him to settle in. This hotel was used for a good many years, and stood on the corner of Main and Platt streets. It rented at one time, about 1856, for $1,200 per year.
AS A TOWN.
The town of Maquoketa was platted October 1, 1850, and recorded on page 207, Book E of the Records of Jackson County. , The town was surveyed by Surveyor Scarborough and recorded as platted by J. E. Goodenow, Alonzo Spaulding and Zalmon Livermore, the proprietors.
The first steps on record taken toward its incorporation as a town, are those recorded as follows on the County Judge's record :
IN THE MATTER OF THE INCORPORATION OF \ Petition for a Town Incorporation. THE TOWN OF MAQUOKETA.
Upon hearing the petition of the citizens and legal voters of the village of Maquoketa, in Jackson County, Iowa, praying for a town incorporation, satisfactory proof having been given that said village contained more than three hundred inhabitants, and that the said petition was signed by more than one-fourth of the legal voters of the village, therefore be it ordered by the Court that that the preliminary steps be taken for incorporating said towu of Maquoketa by hold- ing an election for Incorporation and against Incorporation, on the 17th day of February, 1853,
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at the schoolhouse in said village of Maquoketa, after giving five days' notice of such election, by posting notices in writing, in the most public places in said town, and that Jonas Clark, John E. Goodenow and A. Hall, he appointed Judges, and P. Mitchel, J. P. Edie, Clerks of said election.
Election to be held and returns made, etc., in all respects as provided by law for general elections.
The notice above contemplated shall be given by said Judges of Election, and expenses of said election paid by the citizens of the corporation.
D. F. SPURR, Judge of County Court.
The election, in accordance with the above order, was held on the date named in the order, and 13 ballots were cast for, and 1 ballot against a corpo- ration, showing a decided indifference on the part of citizens in exercising their privilege of citizenship.
Following the returns of this election by order of the County Judge, the three Judges of said election were ordered to call another election, on the 9th day of March, 1853, to choose five delegates to frame a charter. The delegates. elected for that purpose were: J. E. Goodenow, John Pope, J. P. Edie, J. Clark and A. Hall. In favor of the acceptance of the charter drawn by these parties, 21 votes were cast, with none against the same.
At the first town election, held on the 15th day of March, 1853, 49 ballots were cast for Mayor, viz .: J. E. Goodenow, 32; Jonas Clark, 17. For Recorder, John Pope, 48 votes. For Aldermen, Daniel Rhodes, 31 votes; Zalmon Liver- more, 46 votes; J. N. Vial, 34 votes ; Pierce Mitchell, 25 votes; A. Hall, 34 votes. Other candidates with scattering support were : Alonzo Spaulding, C. P. Gordon, J. E. Goodenow, J. Clark, M. Edie, J. Windsor, J. B. Rhodes and E. S. Piper.
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