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American Medical Association ; he is a member of the Insane Commission of Jackson Co .; during the war, in 1864 and 1865, he was in the United States Navy ; he served on the United States steamer Neptune, stationed in the West Indies Convoy Squadron, Capt. J. P. Sanford, Commander ; he is Examiner for some twenty life insurance com- panies ; in the summer of 1878, he was appointed Assistant Surgeon to the D. & N. W. R. R .; he was also appointed United States Examining Surgeon for Pensions. In 1874, he married Miss Minnie Clark, a native of Jackson Co., Iowa; they have two children -- Franees and Cora.
JACOB BOWMAN, farmer, S.c. 32; P. O. Maquoketa; he was born in Virginia, March 14, 1793, where he resided until 1851, when he came to Jackson Co., and soon bought and located on the farm where he has since lived. He married Eliza- beth Keiser in 1823; they have had fourteen children, ten now living -- George W., Jacob K., Mary F., Sarah E., Annie L., Nancy, Lizzie, William M., Benjamin F., Stephen H. He owns 240 acres of land, valued at $55 per acre. Himself and wife are members of the Christian Church ; Democrat.
WILLIAM BOWMAN, farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Magnoketa; born in Rockingham Co., Va., June 1, 1845; he came to Jackson Co in March, 1851, and located in Maquoketa Township ; he has lived at his present residence ten years. Mir- ried Mary C. Farr Sept. 30, 1869 ; she was born in Canada Sept. 13, 1848; have six children-Emma, born Sept. 20, 1870; Carrie E., May 20, 1871 ; Lannie J., Feb. 6, 1874; Mansel W., Jan. 2, 1875; Claude B., Aug. 29, 1877, and an infant. Owns 120 acres valued at $60 per aere. Democrat.
HENRY BROOCKMAN, cabinet maker and furniture dealer; was born in Germany Sept. 15, 1823 ; he emigrated to America in 1851 ; he came to Iowa and lived in Dubuque four years; came to Maquoketa in 1855 and began working at his trade, and has continued in the business since then for twenty-four years, and has built up a good trade. He married Frances Krause, a native of Germany ; they have no children.
SILAS F. BROWN, carpenter and builder, Maquoketa; is a native of Allegany Co, N. Y., aod was born July 1, 1827 ; he grew up to manhood, and learned his trade there ; he came to Iowa, and located in Muquoketa, May 8, 1854, and began working at his trade, and since then he hes been engaged in building; there is no one here, now engaged in building, that has worked at the business as long as he and A. M. Morey. In February, 1861, he married Miss Frances S. Tower, a native of Vermont. They have four children-Alice, Eddie. Earl and Engene.
TRUMAN CHAPMAN, farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Maquoketa; is a native of Warren Co., N. Y .; he grew to manhood there, and came to Iowa in 1863, and located in Jackson Co., just south of Maquoketa, and engaged in farming and stock-raising ; he owns a good farm of sixty aeres. In June, 1872, he married Miss Marietta E. Wilcox, a native of Clinton Co., Iowa. They have two children-one daughter, Luella, and one son, Harry.
D. C. CLARY, retired, Maquoketa ; is a native of Franklin Co., Vt. ; born Jan. 31, 1821 ; he grew up there, and learned the trade of carriage and wagon making ; after reaching manhood, in April, 1845, he married Miss Jane F. Ballard, of Vermont; two years after they came to Iowa, and arrived in Jackson Co. June 16, 1847; in the spring of 1848, he began business at Wright's Corners, two miles south of the city, which then was larger than Maquoketa; he erected a building for carrying on his business the following winter, and at that time it was one of the largest buildings in Jackson Co .; Mr. Clary continued his business there until 1856; when he came to this city he engaged in business until 1869; afterward engaged in the hardware trade for a short time, but has retired from active-business; he is one of the oldest business men in Maquoketa; has held town and school offiers; Mr. and Mrs. C'ary have three children-Fred. E., now Postmaster at Sidney, Neb; Lucy A., now Mrs. John Van Evera, of this city, and Nellie, at home.
HEZEKIAH R. CORNELL, retired, Maquoketa; is a native of New York City ; born Jan. 11, 1811 ; he was brought up in that city and State ; he came
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West to Iowa in 1851, and located in Jackson Co., and engaged in farming for a num ber of years, then came to Maquoketa and engaged in the drug and grocery trade for some years. He married Miss Sophia Mayer, of Ohio, in 1859; they have had four children, and lost them all. Mr. Cornell had five children by a former wife-Augusta, now Mrs Wheaton, of Illinois ; Emeline, now Mrs. Smith, of this county ; Mary, now Mrs. Armitage, of Indiana ; George, now lives in Amboy; Nettie, now Mrs. Orcutt. Mr. Cornell had two sons in the army; Thomas enlisted in Co. A, 9th I. V. I., and died in the hospital in Memphis ; his son George H., during the war, although only 16 years of age, went to the army and served in hospital duty, then went to Michgian and enlisted in a cavalry regiment ; was transferred to the navy, and was wounded; he after- ward enlisted in an Indiana regiment, and went with Sherman to the sea, and, while on a foraging expedition, was taken prisoner and sent to Andersonville; he afterward escaped, was recaptured, and, having on a rebel uniform, he was tried as a deserter and sentenced to be shot, and, on the morning of the day the sentence was to be carried into execution, a comrade prisoner recognized him and testified to his being a Union soldier, and so his life was saved ; he was only 19 years of age when he returned from the army, and now lives in Amboy.
F. W. CRANE, Postmaster, Maquoketa; is a native of Essex Co., N. Y., and was born Nov. 20, 1829; he grew up to manhood there; came to Iowa in 1855, located in Jackson Co. and engaged in farming; continued in that business until 1870, when he removed here in the city ; he has held the office of County Supervisor, and was a member of the Board of Supervisors for five years. In March, 1875, he was appointed to his present office of Postmaster. He married Miss Amoretta Reed, a native of Essex Co., N. Y., Jan. 1, 1852; they have three children, all sons-Harlan, Elmer and Clyde.
GEORGE DAHLING, harness-maker, Maquoketa; was born in Ger- many, Nov. 3, 1822; he came to America in 1851 ; lived in New Orleans two years, then went to Dubuque and lived there two years; came to Maquoketa in 1855, and engaged in harness-making, and has continucd in that business since; in 1873, he was burned out; three of his buildings were burned, and he lost $4,000; he has been in business longer than any harness-maker in Jackson Co., and has a large trade. He married Miss Bertha Stender, of Germany, in 1853 ; they have five children-Emma, Hildah, Willie, George, Alvina; they have lost two sons.
J. C. DAY, farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Maquoketa ; he was born in Chittenden Co., Vt., July 5, 1813; came to Jackson Co. and located in Maquoketa ; bought the farm where he now resides in 1867. He married Mary Ripley March 14, 1839; they have had two children, both deceased-Harrison, born March 13, 1841, enlisted in a regiment of I. V. I., and died from wounds received in the battle of Champion Hills ; Mr. Day owns fifty acres of land, valued at $50 per acre ; in politics a Republican.
JOHN DOSTAL, of the firm of Dostal & Hoffmann, proprietors of the Maquoketa Brewery, Maquoketa ; is a native of Bohemia, and was born June 24, 1839; he lived there until 15 years of age, and emigrated to America and came to Iowa, and arrived in Iowa City Aug. 8, 1854 ; he afterward settled in Jones Co., and lived there until 1865, when he came to Maquoketa and engaged in the brewery, business; he associated with Mr. Hoffman ; they are both practical business men, and have built up a good trade, manufacturing from 1,800 to 2,000 barrels annually. Mr. Dostal has held office of Town Trustee and School Director ; he has served the city as councilman for the past six years, and still fills that office. He married Miss Anna Fischer, a native of Bohemia, July 11, 1864 ; they have three children-John, Joseph, Mary.
CHARLES M. DUNBAR, attorney at law, Maquoketa ; is a native of Charleston, Coles Co., Ill., and was born Dec. 21, 1833. In 1836, his father removed to Milwaukee, Wis., and, in 1846, cawie to Iowa and located in this county, where he died in 1848 ; the family being broken up, Charles M. lived with John E. Goodenow, in Maquoketa, for two years; he then entered a store as a clerk. In 1852, he went to Chicago and took a course in Bell's Commercial College; on his return, he engaged in the capacity of clerk and book-keeper, and, during his leisure time turned his attention
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to the study of the law, and was admitted to the bar in November, 1858, and since then has practiced his profession in this county ; he is the senior attorney in practice in this city ; he has a very lucrative practice, and has accumulated considerable property ; his law library is the largest and best in the county. In 1858, he married Miss Charlotte L. Walker, of New York ; she died March 1, 1865, leaving one daughter, Emma. In July, 1868, he married Mrs. Myra A. Fiske (formerly Miss Myra A. Shore), a native of New York ; they have one son -- Louis S. Mrs. Dunbar has two children-Ferdima C. and Charles W. Fiske.
HON. LEWIS B. DUNHAM, Maquoketa. Among the best business men and successful bankers of Eastern Iowa, is Lewis Brigham Dunham, a native of Connecticut ; he was born on Oct. 16, 1812, his parents being Lewis Dunham, mer- chant, and Mary Brigham ; his maternal grandfather was in the Revolutionary army ; the Dunhams were from England, and the Brighams from Massachusetts ; Lewis spent his earlier years in procuring an education, preparing for college at Monson, Mass., under the instruction of Rev. Simeon Colton ; was graduated from Union College in 1829 ; he read law at Utica, N. Y., with Judge Beardsley ; traveled through most of the States of the Union and Canada, and was admitted to the bar in Brookfield, Jeffer- son Co., Penn., in 1836 ; Mr. Dunham practiced at Brookfield, the county seat, twelve years; when David R. Porter was in the gubernatorial chair, was Deputy State's Attorney. In 1845, he came as far West as Rock Island, Ill., and spent two years prospecting ; returning to Pennsylvania, he practiced in Jefferson Co. until the spring of 1856, when he returned to the West, this time crossing the Mississippi River, and settling at Maquoketa, Iowa ; here, in company with O. Von Schrader, he started a private bank, which was subsequently merged into the State Bank of Iowa, and still later into the First National Bank of Maquoketa. In 1872, Mr. Dunham sold his interest in this institution and started a bank of his own, the Exchange Bank of Maquoketa, of which he is Vice President, D. M. Hubbell, President, and his son, L. H. Dunham, Cashier ; it is a prosperous institution. While a resident of Pennsylvania, in 1842 and 1843, Mr. Dunham was a member of the State Legislature, representing Jefferson, Warren and Mckean Cos. ; he was in the Senate of Iowa in the sessions of 1868 and 1870, he being on the Committees on Banking and Constitutional Amendments. He is a thoroughly practical business man, and his mature judgment and solid common sense made him a highly serviceable member of the Iowa General Assembly. Mr. Dunham was reared in the Jeffersonian school of politics ; was a Jackson boy and a Van Buren man, casting his first Presidential vote in 1836, and never voting any but the Demo- cratic ticket. He has a third wife; was first married, in 1831, to Miss Mary Stewart, of Hartford, Conn., she dying in 1842. His second wife was Miss Techla Von Schrader, of Clearfield, Penn., married in 1844, and died in 1846. His present wife was Miss Mary B. Sloane, of Wooster, Ohio; they were married in 1856. Mr. Dnuham has two sons now living, both by his first wife, both married, and both first-class business men. Fredric Stewart, the elder, is a merchant in Monticello, Iowa, and Lewis Hamil- ton, as has already been intimated, is a banker. Mr. Dunham has been a generous encourager of the railroads which connect Maquoketa with the metropolitan cities of the Northwest ; lends a prompt and liberal hand in local enterprises generally, and takes great pride in the growth and prosperity of his adopted home.
LEWIS H. DUNHAM, Cashier of the Exchange Bank, Maquoketa ; is a native of Jefferson Co., Penn., and is a son of Hon. Lewis B. Dunham, of the Exchange Bank ; he was born May 5, 1837, and he grew up and attended school there ; after completing his education and arriving at manhood, he came to Jackson Co. and located at Maquoketa ; he afterward entered the First National Bank and remained for five years; he held the office of Deputy County Treasurer for two years and has also held the office of City Treasurer ; he has been connected with the Exchange Bank for the past seven years, occupying the position of Cashier. In 1874, he was united in marriage to Miss Julia Brown, a native of Little Falls, N. Y .; they have no children.
GEORGE W. EARLE, farmer, Maquoketa; is a native of Essex Co., N. Y., and was born June 9, 1824; he is a son of William Y. Earle, an old and
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honored citizen of Maquoketa; George W. came with his parents to Jackson Co. in 1840, and remembers very clearly the privations and incidents of pioneer life ; after reaching manhood, in 1850 he went to California, remained there three years and returned in 1853; since then he has most of the time been engaged in farming and stock-rais- ing ; he owns a good farm of 146 acres, only a short distance from town. In February, 1860, he married Miss Helen M. Prime, of Vermont; they have four children-E. George, Virginia, Florence, Lena.
W. Y. EARLE, retired, Maquoketa ; is a native of Windsor Co., Vt .; was born July 19, 1796 ; he removed to Essex Co., N. Y., in 1820 ; lived there about sev- enteen years ; removed to Ohio in 1838 ; he came to Iowa and located in Jackson Co .; arrived here Oct. 9, 1840 ; during the following winter, he threshed 700 bushels of wheat, with oxen tramping it out ; he was engaged in farming for many years ; he has held the offices of Town Trustee, Assessor, Justice of the Peace and School Fund Com- missioner ; Mr. Earle is over 83 years of age, retains his faculties and is as active as most men twenty years younger. He married Miss Amelia Adams, a native of Chester, Vt., Dec. 31, 1819 ; they have seven children living-William Y., in Missouri; Fred W., in California ; George W., at home; Catherine, in Clinton Co .; Susan, lives here; Warren, California ; Hattie lives in Monticello ; two children died-Judson and Lizzie. Very few families in Iowa have furnished as many teachers as that of Mr. Earle ; seven of his children have been engaged in teaching school.
J. P. EATON, contractor and builder of railroads ; is a native of Windham Co., Conn .; after reaching manhood, he engaged in farming and manufacturing; in 1855, he came to Iowa, located in Jackson Co. and engaged in building railroads ; he was elected to the State Legislature, and served two sessions; Mr. Eaton has been here over twenty-four years engaged in railroad building on the Iowa Central, the Dubuque & Southwestern, the Davenport & St. Paul and the Iowa Midland railroads ; he has been very actively identified with the interests of this town and county and with rail- road interests through this section of the State ; he was President of the School Board and City Alderman. He married Miss Martha C. Brown, a native of Vermont ; her father, James Brown, was one of the earliest settlers of that State; Mr. and Mrs. Eaton have five children-Joseph, William, Sybil, Martha and Frank.
S. L. EDDY, retired, Maquoketa; is a native of Chester Co., Vt., and was born July 31, 1816 ; he was raised in Windsor Co., at Saxton's River ; he served apprenticeship to the tailor's trade at Bellows Falls; he worked four years, his average pay being $30 a year and he clothed himself. After reaching manhood, he married Miss Martha A. Seaver, a native of Saxton's River, Windsor Co., Vt., on Sept. 30, 1837 ; the following year, they removed to Livingston Co., N. Y .; they lived in that State until 1853; on account of the ill health of Mr. Eddy, they came to lowa and located in Maquoketa and bought eighty acres of land where they now live, and, the following year, he built upon it ; they have lived here ever since ; it is one of the most attractive locations in or around the city ; Mr. Eddy has been engaged in farming for a number of years ; besides his city property, he owns two good farms ; when he began life, after he had learned his trade, he only had $5.02 in money. Mr. and Mrs. Eddy have had five children, three of whom survive-William S., living on his father's farm ; Clifford S., farming in Nebraska, and Mattie, at home; they lost two children-Willard and Mary Alice; Willard was a young man of unusual promise and recognized ability, and was editor of the Excelsior for some years before his death.
DANIEL T. FARR, farmer, Sees. 9, 10, 15 and 16; P. O. Maquoketa ; he was born in Seneca Co., N. Y., Jan. 6, 1826 ; he went to Canada West in carly life, where he remained nine years ; came thence to Maquoketa and located on the farm where he has since resided. Married Anna Haines Jan. 26, 1846; she was born in Canada Aug. 24, 1827 ; they have had eight children, six are living-Candace M., born Sept. 13, 1847 ; Bethel M., April 9, 1850 ; Harmon S., Dec. 12, 1853; Emma E., Dec. 27, 1855; Edgar C., Jan. 11, 1838; Charles W., March 15, 1860. He was elected County Supervisor in 1861 ; was Justice of the Peace eight years; was County Supervisor from 1874 to 1877 ; owns 460 acres and has the finest set of farm buildings in this part of the county ; value, $40 per acre. Democrat.
N. R. Allen.
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A. FELLOWS, of the firm of A. Fellows & Co., druggists, Main st., Maquoketa; is a native of Carroll Co., N. H., and was born Jan. 1, 1824; his parents came West to Illinois, and settled at Dixon, when he was 11 years of age ; in the fall of 1852, he came to Jackson Co., and located at Bellevue ; in the spring of 1853, he came here and started the first drug store in Maquoketa ; he was appointed Postmaster by President Lincoln, and held the office for twelve years ; he has also held the office of Mayor of Maquoketa, and other town and school offiees. He married Miss Harriet McDowell, of New York, in 1844. They have two children-Miranda, wife of Rev. E. K. Young, of Cedar Falls ; Charles A., in the store with his father.
DEXTER FIELD, of the firm of Field & Sutherland, bakery, confectionery and restaurant ; is a native of Brattleboro, Windham Co., Vt .; was born Feb. 7, 1827; he came to Iowa in the spring of 1853, and engaged in the nursery business ; he con- tinued that until 1859, then went to California, and returned in December, 1861 ; he engaged in the bakery and confectionery business in February, 1876; their store and business was destroyed by fire, and the same year he and his partner, Mr. Sutherland, built the Centennial Block, where they are now located, one of the finest buildings on Main street. He has held office in the City Council and School Board. In 1856, he married Miss S. E. Millard, of Canada. They have two sons and four daughters- Anna. now Mrs. Edson ; Emma, Jennie, Lewis, Kate, Fred.
DR. D. L. I. FLANDERS, physician and surgeon, Maquoketa; was born in New Hampshire Feb. 25, 1824; cameto Jackson Co. in 1848; remained two years, and went to Michigan, where he remained twenty-seven years, and returned to Jackson Co. two years ago, where he now resides. Married Julia A. Chandler, daughter of Gen. Samuel Chandler (who came to Jackson Co. in 1843), June 14, 1853; she was born March 31, 1831. They have three children, Francis W., born March 21, 1854; Mary E., Jan. 15, 1856 ; Aon E., Jan. 9, 1865, all born in Michigan. He has been in medical practice thirty years. Mrs. Flanders is a Methodist ; he is an Adventist ; Greenbacker. They own and occupy the old homestead of Gen. Chandler.
ADAM W. FLATHERS, buying and shipping stock, Maquoketa ; is a native of Montgomery Co., Ind .; was born Nov. 9, 1841 ; his parents came to Iowa iu 1842, and located in Jackson Co .; he was brought up on a farm, north of Maquoketa ; in 1861, he enlisted, when only 19 years of age, in the 2d I. V. C., Co. M ; he was in a great many fights and skirmishes, and served three years; after his return from the service, he engaged in farming ; since 1874, he has been engaged in the stock business, buying and shipping. He married Miss Eliza J. Priaulx, a native of Ohio, Feb. 22, 1866. They have three children-Rosa Belle, Edward and Lydia Winifred.
D. A. FLETCHER, attorney at law, Maquoketa ; is a native of Essex Co., N. Y., and was born May 18, 1831; he received his early education there, and then entered the University of Vermont, at Burlington, where he remained five years, and graduated in 1852; he taught school for a time, and then went Sonth and engaged in teaching for two years, and began reading law ; he returned to New York and eompleted his law studies, and was admitted to the bar in 1855; the following year, in March. 1856, he came to Iowa, located at Maquoketa, and engaged in the practice of law, When the war broke out, he took charge of the public schools here, and occupied that position in all about six years ; he was elected Superintendent of Schools of Jackson ('o., and served in that position for four years ; he has also held the offices of City Attorney and President of the School Board. He married Miss Martha Megee, a native of Tennessee, in 1854. They have four children-Minnie B., Henry J., Dean and Charlie.
GEORGE W. FOLTZ, farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Andrew ; he was born in Wayne Co., Ohio, Sept. 17, 1816 ; came to Iowa in 1842; he bought and occupied the farm where he is now located, in 1852, and has remained there since. Married Kittie Ann Zimmerman Sept. 12, 1839; she was born June 13, 1818, in Pennsylvania ; owns eighty acres of excellent land ; value per acre, $30. His wife is a member of the Christian Church. Democrat.
F. M. FORT, attorney at law ; was born in Monmouth Township, Jackson Co., Nov. 9, 1848 ; he is a son of S. D. and Elizabeth Fort ; they came to Jackson Co.
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in 1846, and were among the early settlers; educated at the Iowa State University ; he studied law at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Mich., and graduated from the Law Department of that institution in March, 1871, and since then he has prac- ticed his profession here. He has held offices of City Solicitor, Secretary of the School Board. On the 4th of June, 1878, he married Miss Emma Wynkoop, of Bellevue, Jackson Co .; she is a daughter of the late N. T. Wynkoop, of Bellevue.
W. H. FORT, Superintendent of Schools of Jackson Co., Maquoketa ; is a native of Iowa; born in Cedar Co. Oct. 28, 1845 ; his parents came to Jackson Co. the following year, in 1846, where he grew up and received a common-school education ; in the spring of 1865, he entered Lombard University at Galesburg, Ill., and remained two years and a half, and then entered the State University at Iowa City, where he completed his scientific course ; in 1869, he went South and engaged in teaching for a short time ; in spring of 1872, he became Principal of the graded school at Wyoming ; he was afterward elected Principal of the public schools both in this city and De Witt. In 1875, engaged in the mercantile business at Monmouth, and continued until 1877, when he was elected to his present position as Superintendent of Schools of Jackson Co. ; he has filled the office acceptably to all. On September 1, 1874, he married Miss Carrie M. Thompson, of Conneautville, Penn.
B. B. FRASE, of the firm of Sargent, Smith & Co., agents and dealers in agricultural implements and farm machinery ; is a native of Wayne Co., Ohio, and was born Oet. 26, 1842; he grew up to manhood there, and, when 18 years of age, at the breaking-out of the war, he enlisted in the 16th O. V. I., Co. B, under Col. DeCour- cey ; he was in a number of battles ; he was wounded at Vicksburg, when the 16th Ohio Regiment went in the charge with 1,009 men, and only 253 could answer at roll- call the following morning ; after serving over three years, he enlisted as a veteran, and served under Gen. Kilpatrick in the cavalry service, and was with Sherman in his march to the sea and through the Carolinas; after the war, he returned to Ohio. and held the position of foreman for eight years for J. F. Seiberling & Co., manufacturers of reapers and mowers, at Akron ; for four years, he held the position of general agent of Iowa, Nebraska and Dakota for the same firm, for the sale of their machines ; he came to Des Moines, Iowa, in 1869, and lived there until September, 1874, when he came to Maquoketa, and since then has been engaged in business here. He has held office of Town Trustee and City Councilman. In 1867, he was united in marriage to Miss Sophia F. Rahm, a native of Wooster, Wayne Co., Ohio; they have three children-Neddie C., George D. and Harry B.
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