The history of Jackson County, Iowa, containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, &c., biographical sketches of citizens, war record of its volunteers in the late rebellion history of the Northwest, history of Iowa miscellaneous matters, &c, Part 73

Author: Western Historical Co., pub
Publication date: 1879
Publisher: Chicago, Western Historical
Number of Pages: 788


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HISTORY OF JACKSON COUNTY.


afternoon, and further parleying with Brown and his men was deemed useles's I was not suffered to return to Brown's house. We immediately marched toward Brown's house, but, before reaching it, one of my men, Mr. Palmer, was shot down by a volley fired from the windows of the upper story of Brown's house.


An order to charge was given, when a general engagement took place. Brown's friends, outside, fled as soon as they realized that there was peril ahead of them, and deserted their friend and chieftain in his hour of need and danger.


I have already written and published an account of this bloody encounter, and its results, and have here reproduced this scrap of history for no other pur- pose than to show how much of an effort was made on our part to accomplish the service commanded by the warrant of arrest, without having to resort to violence and bloodshed.


Now, this " Old Settler " seems to know all about the Bellevue war, and repeats word for word what Brown said on the day of the fight. He further says " the mob was very drunk" (meaning the Sheriff's posse), "and that they passed the whisky around frequently, and afterward swore they would have blood." Now, can we come to any other conclusion than that this " Old Set- tler " was on the ground ? He has detailed what he says did occur on the day of the struggle, but he fails to tell us which party he belonged to. There were but two parties in Bellevue on that day-the Sheriff, his posse, and the law- abiding citizens constituted one party ; and Brown, his companions and sympa- thizers in crime, constituted the other party. "Old Settler " says "they passed the bottle around, and swore they would have blood." Of course they did, and it was in Brown's house where the bottle was passed, and all the liquor drank that was drank in Bellevue on that day. Can any one come to any other conclusion, after reading " Old Settler's " statement, than that he was, to say the least of it, one of Brown's sympathizers ?


" Old Settler " states " that he met Fox soon after the fight, when Fox declared to him that he would never do another day's work ; but would rob, steal, etc., for a living." When and where did " Old Settler " meet Fox, to hold these familiar and confidential conversations ? No one in this county, I heard of before now, has seen or conversed with Fox after the time he was seen on Golden's Island, where he went after the fight to get a little money he had left with Mrs. Brown. Why this long silence in relation to Fox? Now, acknowledge the corn, "Old Settler." Was it not on the 4th day of July, 1840, when Fox fired the fatal shot that killed Col. Davenport that " Old Set- tler " saw him ? and was not your conduct on that day similar to that in Belle- vue ? which you have been to so much pains to describe-not forgetting to tell us you were only a looker-on, and that in the hour of danger you were missing.


I have already, in plain terms, spoken of Brown's hospitality, his pleasing and gentlemanly address, and how well calculated he was to win the favorable opinions of those who knew him only as a private citizen, and not as a leader of a bandit gang of plunderers and counterfeiters.


The bloody Ist of April, 1840, had passed, and the lifeless bodies of Brown, Burtis and Day, on the part of the gang, and those of the brave, dauntless and humane Palmer, Brink, Farley and Maxwell on the part of the citizens, told the story of the struggle, and what determined resistance Brown and his men had made the officers of the law in their efforts to arrest him and his band. Now, go with me to the court room. Hon. T. S. Wilson, of Dubuque, was then presiding Judge of this Judicial District, and James Crawford, Prosecuting Attorney.


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Court being opened by the Sheriff (W. A. Warren), the grand jury was called. A petition was presented to His Honor, signed by citizens, asking that the present grand jury be discharged, and that a special Sheriff be appointed to select a special grand jury, to inquire into the wholesale slaugh- ter of human life on the 1st of April, 1840. Anson Harrington, being pres- ent, addressed the Court, and stated that he was one of the parties to that transaction, and that he was authorized by the Sheriff and all those that par- ticipated in the bloody encounter, to say that they not only desired but demanded an investigation at the hands of the Court, and that the chief peti- tioner be authorized by the Court to select a special Sheriff and grand jury, whose duty it would be to inquire into the merits and demerits of the bloody affair of the 1st of April, 1840.


The new Sheriff selected was J. S. Kirkpatrick, then residing near Fulton. He empaneled a new grand jury, who thoroughly investigated the whole mat- ter, and reported that they found the Sheriff and his posse had acted under legal authority in an endeavor to enforce the law; and that they were guilty of no unlawful act or acts, save in the whipping of several of the bandits after they had been captured and were prisoners. They even justified that, on the ground that there was no jail in the county capable of holding them, and that the course taken by the Sheriff was for the best interests of the county. These judicial proceedings may be found in the records of the spring term of court for Jackson County, in 1840. I don't pretend to give the exact wording of the report, but its substance and meaning.


Now, "Old Settler," forty years have passed away since we were tried by a jury of our fellow-citizens, selected by Brown's own friends. That jury not only acquitted but exonerated us from all blame in the matter of driving Brown and his bandits out of the country. We acted under and by authority of law, and were guilty of no crime when we undertook to do our duty by enforcing the law. We have written this article more to vindicate the charac- ters and memories of the honored dead, than to defend the living from the base and baseless charges brought by this man who signs himself " Old Settler."


Very truly yours, W. A. WARREN.


DUBUQUE, September 30, 1879.


W. A. WARREN, Bellevue, Iowa-Dear Sir: I am surprised that any one now living in Jackson County would attempt to vindicate the character of W. W. Brown, who was the leader of a gang of desperadoes that infested your county prior to 1840. I was then your Presiding Judge for several years prior to that time, and know that the criminal docket in Jackson showed the worst state of things there of any county in my district. The criminal docket sbowed crime from the highest to the lowest degree. A conviction for crime was simply impossible. Brown stood ready to prove an alibi, or would man- age, some way, to obtain an acquittal whenever one of his band was brought before the courts. The acts of yourself and posse on the memorable 1st day of April, 1840, had my full approval ; and yourself, and all those honorable men that took a part in that transaction met the approval of a grand jury, selected at the instance of Brown's sympathizers. Your court record should show that fact. Yours truly, T. S. WILSON.


SABULA, Iowa, October 6, 1879.


EDITOR LEADER : My attention has been called to an article in your paper, published over the signature of "Old Settler," purporting to be a leaf


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of early history, in which my name is given for reference to verify the state- ments of this anonymous " Old Settler."


I do not know the author, and he had no authority to use my name for ref- erence. Silence on my part would be tacitly admitting that the statements of this writer were true. I am not and never was a sympathizer with Brown and his clan. I believe he and his men were guilty of many of the crimes charged against them. I know of my personal knowledge that they were guilty of committing many crimes and misdemeanors; and I justify the steps taken by the representative men of the county who drove them from our midst.


Respectfully yours, E. A. WOOD.


[From the Sentinel. ]


TO THE EDITORS OF THE SENTINEL : I noticed an article in the Excelsior, calculated to mislead the minds of the people with regard to the (so-called) " Bellevue war." The writer has withheld his name, yet from the very tone of the language of the article, I know the writer just as easy as the boy knows his daddy. He says: "When organized into Iowa Territory, Cox represented the county in the Legislature (thus far he writes the truth). The people, however, began to think they had better not trust him with so responsible a position any longer. Cox saw that unless something was done he must go down, and William Brown, of Bellevue, was bound to be the leading man of the county." The writer says that Cox told his friends that Brown was getting rich too fast to get it honestly, and that he thought there was a gang of thieves and counterfeiters at Brown's, and he proposed driving them out of the country. But I here say that the mob sent the Sheriff twice to conciliate with Brown, but without success ; the mob of sixty men then marched in front of Brown's house and demanded a surrender, which was refused, and a shot was fired from Brown's house and killed a man by the name of Palmer; then the war began. When the gang were conquered and captured, scourged and driven off, somebody came to Col. Cox and said: " Colonel, why didn't you let me know of this and I would have been with you," when at the same time somebody's rifle was in Brown's house. Somebody was always suspicioned of being accessory to the depredations, directly or indirectly; but, one or two queries I must ask. First, why did the gang of desperadoes happen to be at Brown's house armed to defend him, if Brown was innocent? Stand up, Mr. Somebody, and explain. Second, why was the writer of the article so familiar with Fox, to be told by him, after being scourged and driven off, that he would never do another day's work for a living, but would steal, rob and murder? Rise up, Mr. Writer, and speak out, and clear your skirts. Some- body knows who stole Mr. Scott's mare and run her off, and somebody was accessory in helping to acquit Montgomery, after being convicted of murder by conclusive testimony and sentenced to be hung. Now let us see how much danger Cox was in of being swindled in office by Brown. They nominated their best man as candidate, and Cox wiped him out so clean that there was not a grease-spot left of their candidate. But I must go back and close up the Brown estate. The writer says that "Brown bought his hotel of one Peter Dutel (that is true) and owed Peter Dutel $700 or $800 for the same when he was killed." But somebody stepped in and administered Brown's estate, and imitated the monkey that divided the cheese between the two cats. The mon- key bit off a piece for each cat, but one piece being smaller than the other he bit off another piece to add to the small piece which made the small piece too large, and he kept changing until he got the whole himself and kept nothing


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for the cats. But you will notice that somebody was more liberal than the monkey, for the administrator bit off a good chunk for the widow and a good chunk for himself, then a good chunk for the widow and then a good chunk for himself, until there is nothing left for the creditors, and Peter Dutel never got one dollar. But the widow went off with several hundred dollars, and some- body brought home $300 or $400 in gold, a cow worth $40, a nice bureau, and a good feather bed. Another item I had forgotten. As. the writer said so much about Col. Cox sticking to his Monongahela, I will merely say that I have seen the writer carry a bottle of whisky to the election to buy a drunken man's vote, and he bought it for a drink of whisky. If I have not hit the right man, I have hit one who resembles him very much. A PIONEER.


P. S .- The named article was calculated to be damaging to the history of Jackson County, by misrepresenting the facts of the Bellevue tragedy ; but 1 think the writer of the article had better awaited until every honest man was dead, who knew the facts, before he wrote such an article, and as the Excelsior has published the article without the writer's name, I offer mine with same reserve against the publisher's rules.


VOTE OF JACKSON COUNTY, IOWA, AT THE GENERAL ELEC- TION, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1879-(OFFICIAL).


STATE TICKET.


COUNTY TICKET.


GOVERNOR.


LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.


SUPERIOR JUOOE.


BUTT. PUBLIO INSTRUCTION.


SENATOR.


REPRESENTATIVES.


(Republican).


(Democrat).


(Greenback ).


(Republican).


(Democrat).


(Greenback).


(Republican).


(Democrat).


(Greenback).


(Republican).


(Democrat).


(Greenback).


(Republican).


Pierce Mitebell


John Watson


J. W. Miles


G. W. Kelsall


S. S. Simpson


A. W. Richardson


John Stuart.


E. S. Hathaway


Bellevue


162


228


55


165


225


55


164| 226


55


164


56


182


212


50


104


138


255


189


106


38


Brandon


99


131


7


99


131


7


100


130


97


133


7


110


123


6


105


118


115


164


187


6


5


Fairfield


30


119


11


30


119


11


30


119


11


30


119


11


41


113


4


34


33


104


135


2


0


Farmer's Creek ..


143


130


22


143


130


22


143


130


22


144 152


130


21


149


129


17


1431


136


132


133


85


73


2


5


Jackson


38


126


2


38


12G


222


141


89


10


155


82


10


149


71


110


3


79


100


3


81


70


93


107


8


3


South Fork


240


159


119


250


158


119


250


158


102


2


33


102


2


41


95


2


13


20


121


89


16


2


Union


123


94


11


123


94


11


124


93


11


122


94


12


115


105


8


106


152


146


105 116


15


18


Washington


26


114


5


26


114


5


26


114


5


26


114


5


39


99


5


25


26


109


113


8


4


Total ..


1797|2353


421 1843 2353


420 1854 2354


420 1816 2358


445


1978 2246


387 1760 1807 2350 2311


460


394


Majorities,


COUNTY TICKET-CONTINUED.


SHERIFF.


TREASURER.


AUDITOR.


SCHOOL SUPER- INTENDENT.


SUB- VEYOR.


CORONER.


SUPERVISOR FOURTH DIST.


TOWNSHIPS.


(Republican)


(Democrat).


(Greenback).


(Republican).


· (Democrat).


(Greenback)


(Republican).


(Democrat).


(Greenback).


(Republican).


( Democrat).


(Greenback ).


(Rep. and Greenb'k).


A. C. Simpson


James Hollister


A. S. Carnaban


P. L. Lake


B. F. Thomas


A S. Carnahan


George Collimiest


Bellovue


319


107


15


170


228


45| 181


203


60


191


45


186


259


232


169


45


105


124


8


90


146


2


135


103


1


76 153


3


121


117


125


7 97


123 12


Butler


20


170


6


2


195


30


158


2


1


196


1


11


187


5


188


G


Fairfield


41


108


10


24


133


2


40


118


1


31


124


3


32


127


30


124


G


125


2%


137


123


29


Iowa.


157


72


2


149


76


2


160


67


122


162


31


239


169


55


233


231


179


217


71


Monmouth


163


80


76


165


90


138


64


102


114 140


118


85


238


194


92


308


178


93


33


102


2


Union


140


82


5


107


115


5


13Ł


90


117


104


7


19


109


171


145


113


21


61


77


1


41


101


7


27


113


5


27


113


5


31


214


20


114


5


2262 2002


319 1728 2568


289 2271 2047


297 1879 2409


Majorities.


260


890


224


520


750


379


171


SCATTERING .- Dung in, Prohibition, for Governor: Iowa Township, 17; Msquoketa, 4; Perry, 4; South Fork, 7; Van Buren, 19. Tots , 51. W. C. Gregory, for Treasurer, 1. John Donnelly, or Treasurer, I. M. Mshoucy, for Sheriff, 1 John Stuart, for Senator, 2. Divis, for Sher ff 3.


We hereby certify the above to be a true and correct abstract of the votes cast at the General Election he'd Octo- ber 14, 1879, in the county of Jackson, State of Iowa, for the offices named, as shown hy the po 1-books returned from the severs! townships and elect on precincts thereof. JAMES DUNNE, Chairmsn,


Witness our hands this 20th day of October, 1879.


BENJAMIN A SPENCER, W. C. MORDEN.'


Attest: W. C. GREGORY, County Auditor.


FRANK SCHLECHT,


Bosrd of Supervisors of Jackson County, Iowa.


5


189


6


5


189


6


5


190


5


5


190


5


21


173


4


5


27


(Greenback).


( Republican).


(Republican).


(Democrat).


(Democrat).


(Greenback)


(Greenback).


John H. Gear


H. H. Trimble


Daniel Campbell


Frank T. Campbell


J. A. O. Yeoman


H. H. Moore


J. M. Beck


Renben A. Noble


M. H. Jones


Carl W Von Coelln


Erwin Baker


J. A. Nash.


62


80


141


25


17


148


81


9


9


31


152


1


30


152


1


30


153


1


30


153


1


30


152


1


31


30


149


153


3


1


71


110


3


71


110


3


71


110


3


119


242


159


126


258


123


114


214


245


155


155


115


123


Tets des Morts ...


35


101


2


31


102


2


18


146


111


18


137


112


27


138


119


21


185


185


218


59


GO


Monmouth.


171


70


81


171


70


81


180 171


223


65


180


222


67


203


216


1 52


31


33


132


75


67


76


80


Perry ..


150


82


10


155


9


156


152


122


109


99


7


7


Van Buren ...


134


110


17


145


112


510


500


542


268


543| 504


( Republican ).


(Democrat).


(Greenback) ..


T. H. Davis


D. T. Farr


120


32


132


147


15


201


83


11


122


155


13


168 90


141


12G


40


1


40


110


3


Maquoketa.


158


264


42


149


289


36


274


177


70


7


144


133


45


252


70


169


70


82


140


Perry ..


199


42


4


152


89


6


133 42


94


90


69


107


3


58


125


73


108


9


113


Tata des Morts.


71


65


1


33


103


33


103


2


42


94


2


45


18


210


123


95


Van Buren


154


104


16


156


11%


7


177


91


12


145


113


32


152


30


153


1


109


74


197


99


219


210


97


323


1


46


137


1


159


87


151


90


4


68


157


2


78


103


1


29


155


69


112


3


W. C. Gregory


O. P. Butterworth


James A. Ferrell


W. H. Fort


Charles A. Miller


R. W. Henry


S. Perin


(Democrat).


(Republican).


(Democrat).


(Greenback).


...


...


Jackson


68


95


1


35


129


1


43


1


50


115


1


133


18


148


26


Otter Creek


48


118


26


Asber Riley


M. Mahoney


Hosea Goodenow


76 126


3 2


38


126


2


42


123


Maquoketa.


179


221


65


181


152


76


3 2


38


70


81


,171


70


81


179


Otter Creek.


25


141


25


25


141


25


141 82


16


181


56


145


75


10


149


141


123


1


1


Iowa


135


76


4


171


168


140


G


7


Butlar


76


3


25


Prairie Spring. Richlaod


556


Alfred Fellows


Farmer's Creek


139


124


143


151


77


3


121


Prairie Spring Richland


South Fork


229


248


155


404/


342


513


40


Total


304 1910 2660 1907 2286


1


79


3


151


33


157


82


208


Brandon


.


124


22


152


64


224


84


225


T. E. Cannell


(Democrat).


TOWNSHIPS.


Washington


39


65


34


BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY.


ABBREVIATIONS.


.. company or county I. V. I. Iowa Volunteer Infantry dir. .........


.dealer


P. O ... . Post Office I. V. A .. Iowa Volunteer Artillery


S. or Sec. Section


I. V. C .. Iowa Volunteer Cavalry .street


MAQUOKETA TOWNSHIP.


DR. J. H. ALLEN, physician and surgeon ; is a native of Coos Co., N. H .; was born June 13, 1818; his family removed to Albany, N. Y., when he was very young ; after reaching manhood, he studied medicine with James F. Sargent, M. D., of Lowell, Mass .; he attended lectures four terms, and graduated at Hanover, N. H .; he practiced medicine in New Hampshire ten or twelve years. While there; he married Miss Judith Sargent, of Concord; she died in 1852, leaving three children-Kate, James H. and Sarah J .; in 1856, Dr. Allen determined to come West; he took passage on the steamer Niagara, which was burned off Sheboygan, in September, 1856, when there were 200 lives lost; he was among the few saved, but he lost all he had; he came to Iowa and located in Maquoketa in the following November ; he practiced his profes- sion here until 1862, when he was appointed surgeon of the 18th I. V. I .- served two years, and was discharged for disability ; after his return from the service, he held the office of Assessor for three years, and also the office of Postmaster and Mayor of the town. On the 24th of September, 1857, he married Mrs. Nancy R. Lyon, formerly Miss Nancy R. Hall, daughter of Asahel Hall, one of the early settlers. Mrs. Allen is a graduate of Miss Field's Seminary, at Erie, Penn. She married P. A. R. Brace, of Prairie du Chien, Wis .; he died, leaving one daughter, Mrs. William Stephens, of Maquoketa. In 1853, Mrs. Allen married G. D. Lyon, who died in 1855, leaving one son, George B., now practicing dentistry in Philadelphia. Dr. and Mrs. Allen have one son, Ethan Allen, who graduated in the Law Department of Michigan University, in March, 1879. Mrs. Allen is an active worker in the reform movements of the day; she was the first Secretary of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, of Iowa ; she was a delegate to the National Temperance Convention, at Cleveland, in 1875, and is Secretary of the State Woman's Suffrage Association.


D. H. ANDERSON, of the firm of Derby & Anderson, general merchants, Main street, Maquoketa; is a native of Rockingham Co., Va .; born Aug. 24, 1843; with his parents, came to Iowa and located in Jackson Co. in 1854; he grew up to manhood here, and in 1863, engaged in mercantile business, in Maquoketa, and con- tinued for nine years; he was on the road for five years, selling goods, and in June, 1879, he associated with W. S. Derby, in mercantile business; he held the office of Town Treasurer for five years. Aug. 15, 1871, he married Miss Mary L. Goodenow, daughter of John E. Goodenow, one of the oldest and most honored settlers of Jackson Co. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson have two children-Alice and Berthia.


LYMAN BALLARD, retired ; was born in Georgia, Franklin Co., Vt., Feb. 14, 1798, and learned the trade of carpenter and joiner; he lived there until 1848 ; September 5, of that year, he started for Iowa, and arrived in Jackson Co. Sept. 30, and located in Maquoketa ; the following year, he built the house where he now lives, and has lived here over thirty years; he engaged in building, and continued until


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within the past four years, and has been connected with that business over fifty years. He married Miss Lucy Mears, of Georgia, Franklin Co., Vt., March 22, 1822; they celebrated their golden wedding March 22, 1872, and have lived together over fifty- seven years ; they have five children-Lepha, Lucy Ann, Frances Jane, Amanda and Wayland L.


W. SCOTT BELDEN, publisher of the Jackson County Record, Maquo- keta ; is a native of Hornellsville, Steuben Co., N. Y., and was born Sept. 4, 1835; when 17 years of age, he went South, and taught school in Kentucky for four years ; he then came to Jackson Co., and arrived in Maquoketa March 1, 1857, and engaged in the drug trade. He enlisted July 24, 1861, in Co. L, 2d I. V. C., and was commissioned First Lieutenant ; he served in the Adjutant General's Department for two years, and was in every battle and skirmish of the department; he was commis- sioned Captain in August, 1863 ; after the war he returned here, and in the fall of 1865, was elected Sheriff of Jackson Co .; he was editor of the Excelsior for seven years ; over one year ago, he established the Record. He married Miss Evelyn Humphrey, from Erie Co., N. Y., Oct. 31, 1874; they have one son-Howard H., born March 28, 1876.


T. E. BLANCHARD, of the firm of Gregory & Blanchard, attorneys at law ; is a native of Jackson Co., Iowa, and was born Feb. 15, 1842; he lived near Sabula, until 18 years of age; enlisted in August, 1862, in the 24th I. V. I., and was Sergeant of Co. A; he was in all the battles of the regiment ; among the most severe engagements, was the battles of Port Gibson, Champion Hill, siege of Vicksburg; he was in the Red River campaign, and also in the Shenandoah campaign, in battles of Winchester, Fisher's Hill and Cedar Creek ; he was wounded twice in the last battle at Cedar Creek ; honorably discharged in May, 1865 ; after his return to Iowa, he engaged in teaching in the Commercial College, in Burlington, for a time, then returned here, and served as Deputy County Recorder ; he was appointed County Auditor, to fill a vacancy; was elected to the same office in 1869, and re-elected in 1871; he read law, and was admitted to the bar in January, 1878; he has held town and school offices. In 1862, he married Miss Sarah E. Walker, a native of Sabula, Jackson Co., Iowa; they have four children-Minnie A., Edward P., Luella M. and Edoa.


ROBERT L. BLESH, of the firm of Wolf & Blesh, brick 'manufactur- ers, Maquoketa ; is a native of Germany ; born in April, 1842 ; his parents emigrated to America when he was very young; came to Iowa and located in Jackson Co. in 1847 ; he lived in Tete des Morts Township until 1854, when he went to Rock Island Co., Ill .; he eulisted in the 126th I. V. I., Co. E; he was at the sieges of Vicksburg and Little Rock, and in many fights and skirmishes; he served three years ; after the war he returned to this county ; he associated with Mr. Wolf and engaged in manufac- turing brick, and they make an excellent quality. He married Miss Etta Springer, from Canada, in 1871 ; they have two children-Caddie and Archie.


WILLIAM C. BOARDMAN, retired, Maquoketa ; is a native of Wind- sor Co., Vt., and was born March 22, 1804; he grew up to manhood there, and, when 22 years of age, removed to St. Johnsbury and became connected with the scale works of Fairbanks & Co .; remained there until 1856, when he came to Iowa and located at Maquoketa and since then has resided here. In 1832, he married Miss Mary Benton, a native of Waterford, Caledonia Co., Vt .; after living together forty-six years she died May 12, 1878, closing an honored and useful life. Mr. Boardman, although taking a deep interest in the affairs of the city and county, has steadily avoided politica; when he began life he had nothing, and, by industry and good management, he has become one of the most substantial and wealthy men of Jackson Co.


DR. A. B. BOWEN, physician and surgeon ; is a native of Eastford, Windham Co., Conn .; born April 12, 1842; he attended Mexico Academy, in Oswego Co., N. Y .; afterward studied medicine and graduated at the Albany Medical College in 1868; the following year he came to Iowa and located in Maquoketa and since then he has practiced his profession here ; he is a member of the Iowa and Illinois Central District Medical Association and the Iowa State Medical Association, and also of the




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