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two years ; in 1877, they commenced their present business. His father came to Bellevue in 1846; died in 1870, aged 53 years. His mother resides in Bellevue.
CHARLES HERRON, Agent C., C. D. & M., and C., B. C. & W. Rail- roads, Bellevue ; he was born in May, 1843, in Schoharie Co., N. Y .; he enlisted, in 1861, in Co. D, 1st Regt. United States Sharpshooters; continued with this corps till 1863, when he enlisted in the 2d N. Y. V. C .. Co. M ; participated in the Red River expedition under Gen. Banks, afterward with Gen. Canby to Florida and Mobile; in 1869, he came to Dubuque; was appointed railroad agent in 1871, at Spike's Ferry ; has been with the company since he was transferred to Bellevue, in 1875. Married Asenath Borst in August, 1866; she was born in Schoharie Co., N. Y .; have three chil- dren-Leroy S., Walter A. and Charles H.
DR. JAMES HOLLISTER, physician and surgeon, cor. Front and State streets, Bellevue ; he is a native of Kentucky ; when a child he came to Cler- mont Co., Ohio, with his parents. He commenced the study of medicine in 1852; graduated Feb. 19, 1853, at the Ohio Medical College ; in 1854, he came to Champaign Co., Ill .; in 1856, came to Jackson Co .; he was appointed Assistant Surgeon in the 3d Mo. V. C .; served about two years, then transferred to hospital duty ; served till August, 1865. He married Eliza J. Barker in 1861 ; she was born in Ohio; have six children-two sons and four daughters:
CYRUS HUNTOON, retired, Bellevue ; he was born July 21, 1815, in Unity, N. Y. In 1833, he came to Massachusetts, thence to Vermont ; in 1843, to Dayton, Ohio ; in 1847, to Bellevue, where he has since resided ; has held the office of Deputy Sheriff. Married Emily Harrington in 1839; she was born in Montpelier, Vt. Have three children-Helen, David and Jay Frank.
J. C. HUGHEY, retired; residence on Third street, Bellevue; was born in 1825, in Allegheny Co., Penn. In 1852, moved to Wheeling, W. Va .; in 1848, to New Orleans ; in 1852, he came to Jackson Co. and commenced the hardware business, which he continued till 1876, when he sold out to Stampfer & Young. He is one of the oldest merchants in Bellevue; is President of the School Board; has been a member of the Board for the past twenty-two years. He married Ophelia Seward in 1854; she was born in Chemung Co., N. Y. Have three children-Delia A., Elmer K. and Jennie O.
MAHLON G. HYLER, merchant, on Water street, Bellevue; was born Sept. 2, 1823, in Jefferson Co., N. Y. His parents were farmers, and the subject of this sketch passed his boyhood amid the healthful influences of rural scenes, and there acquired that sympathy with nature animate and inanimate, which still characterizes him in an eminent degree. When but 11 years of age, he, with his parents, removed to St. Clair Co., Ill., where both continued to reside until 1842, when be located in Bellevue, and began farming, which he continued for ten years. In 1844, he started in general merchandising at Bellevue, but carried on his farming also until 1862, since which date he has attended to mercantile matters exclusively. He is now the oldest merchant in Bellevue. June 10, 1849, he married Miss Jerusha Durham, who is a native of Broome Co., N. Y. He gallantly concedes full honor to his wife for her wise counsels and faithful co-operation. They have four children-Lucy L., Julia H., Charles G. and Benjamin. Mr. Hyler has held several minor positions of trust and honor, but is wholly unambitious for political distinction. Although a stanch Republican, he is not aggressive, but liberal. A man of strong convictions, he nevertheless has little of the spirit of a missionary. He is not contentious, but is a good conversationalist, social, frank and fluent. In all his business experience, he never had a lawsuit, preferring to suffer wrong rather than resort to the ills of litigation. His good-natured lenieney has, no doubt, heavily increased the debit side of his profit and loss account. He is an intel- ligent user of his finely selected library. Theologically, he is broadly liberal, has faith in mankind and the present life, but is largely skeptical as to the hereafter ; might justly be called, in the lest sense, an humanitarian. He enters with keen zest into outdoor sports and games. Ile is at home either in the woods or on the water. He is the Treasurer of the Bellevue Schutzenverein, of which J. W. Week is Schutzenmeister. His equipments for shooting or boating would arouse the enthusiasm of a professional.
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His skiff is in form, a model, in material, sheet-iron, and its equipment is "Lyman's Patent Oars," whereby the oarsman is enabled, like other travelers, to "face forward, march." His rifle and shotgun are polished pets of first quality, and in his hands sel- dom fail to send the missile to the mark, whether it be the fleet game or the professional target. He is still chief salesman in his own store, and retains the customers who first gave him their patronage thirty-five years ago. Although plain spoken, his candor does not offend. Strict conformity to the law of rectitude is the duty of all men, but his neighbors and patrons declare that he is "peculiar ; " and one peculiarity is that his " word is as good as his bond." His claim to unassuming honesty is unquestioned, and 'tis a pleasure to remind the reader that poetry and philosophy crown the " honest man " as one of the " noblest works of God."
JERRY JONAS, farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Bellevne ; he was born Nov. 15, 1809, in Somerset Co., Penn .; in 1818, he came with his parents to Perry Co., Ohio; in 1834, he came to what is now Jackson Co., and settled on his present location ; he at first entered about 400 acres land, and has since sold all but 145 acres ; he is one of the oldest settlers of the county. He married Sarah Howe in 1847; she was born in Kentucky ; have five children-Edwin, Byron, Franklin, Daniel and Sarah E.
CHARLES JUSTMAN, P. O. Bellevue ; born in Prussia Nov. 21, 1826 ; was a farmer in the old country ; also in the regular army of Prussia, under the command of Gen. Wangel three and a half years; came to this country in September, 1851, to Milwaukee, then to Illinois ; worked on the Illinois.Central Railroad ; enlisted in the 2d I. V. I .; served nine months; was discharged and engaged in farming in Jackson Co., and is the owner of 213 acres of land in Section 36. His wife was born in Ohio, and moved to Illinois; they were married in Jonesboro, Union Co., Ill., May 1, 1852, and have twelve children-Charlie, Rosa, Lewis, Henry, Fred, Lena, George, Frank, Mary, Clara, Carl, William. Democrat.
JOHN N. KASS, saloon and restaurant, corner of Front and Market streets, near the wharf boat, Bellevue; born in Luxemburg, Germany, Sept. 29, 1842; learned the trade. of gardener ; he traveled throughout the old country considerably ; came to this country May 6, 1867, and settled in Bellevue; employed part of the time as storekeeper; he owns town property, and was President of St. Joseph's Society in 1871. His wife was born in Luxemburg in 1841, and came to America and located at the same place. They were married May 6, 1867, at Galena, Ill. Members of the Catholic Church ; {they have six children-Lizzie, Maggie, Nick, Mary, Francis, Josie.
A. G. KEGLER, dry goods, Front street, Bellevue ; he was born in 1843 in Nassau, now Prussia ; in 1853, he came to Jackson Co., and engaged in farming for about ten years ; in 1863, he engaged in the dry-goods business, and, in 1870, he commenced this business on his own account; has held the office of Township Clerk three years. He married Catharina Lemkuhl in 1869 ; she was born in 1848, in Germany ; died in 1873 ; have one child-Katie B. Second marriage, to Catharina Herbst, in the fall of 1873; she was born in Germany ; have three children-August T., Wm. C. and Harry C.
HON. JOSEPH KELSO, banker, Bellevue ; a native of Ireland ; at the age of 20, he came to America and first settled in Virginia. In 1840, he went to Pike Co., Ohio; engaged in teaching school and reading law; in 1845, he commenced a regular course of law studies, under the supervision of N. K. Clough, and afterward with John M. Douglass, who is now a resident of Chicago; after being admitted to the bar, he removed to Bellevue, in 1849, and practiced his profession ; he also joined himself with W. L. Redmond, of Bellevue, in the banking business, under the firm name of Kelso & Redmond; this connection continued till 1868, when the firm was dissolved, since which time the business has been carried on by Mr. Kelso, alone. He was elected Prosecuting Attorney, and served very acceptably in that office ; in 1857, was elected County Judge of Jackson Co., which office he held for one term ; he has held the office of Mayor and many other places of trust, within the gift of the citizens of this city and county. He is a man of strict integrity, and a shrewd business finan- cier, and is held in universal esteem by all who know him. He married Miss Eliza
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Cressy, who was born in Beverly, Essex Co., Mass. ; she died in Bellevue in 1864; they had two children-Walter C. and William. His second marriage was in 1872, to Miss- Sophia F. Shaw, of Maquoketa; she was born in Dubuque ; they have three children -Carrie, Joseph and Jennie.
W. M. KEISTER, retired farmer; P. O. Bellevue; born in Virginia in 1840; came to Iowa in 1847 and engaged in farming thirty-two years, six miles from Bellevue; moved into town and built a red brick residence on the bluff back of the town, commanding a fine river view. As a public man, he has the confidence of the people ; has been elected to all the offices in the township ; is a member of the City Council. His wife was born in Germany and came to America at the age of 1 year ; they were married at Andrew, Jackson Co., May 16, 1864, and have two children- Hattie C. and Myron B.
G. KEMPTER, dealer in furniture, Bellevue; born in Wurtemberg in 1826; came to America in 1854; settled in Bellevue in 1860. Secretary of St. Joseph's Society three years ; was Treasurer three years, and since re-elected as Secretary. He married Mary Gnegler, born in Austria in 1839; came to this country in 1853; married at Galena July 22, 1861, and have six children-Lizzie, Annie, Josephine, John, Paul and Mary.
NATHANIEL KILBORN, miller and farmer, Bellevue; was born May 24, 1821, in Coshocton Co., Ohio; his father, Benjamin Kilborn, died in 1826, leaving the mother without resources and with four dependent children. Struggling in the school of honorable poverty, the children early learned the lesson of self-reliance, which possibly has been the key to his subsequent success. In 1830, his mother married again, and, two years afterward, removed to what is now Effingham Co., Ill., and settled on the National road, twenty-four miles east of Vandalia, then the capital of the State. Here, twenty-four miles from schoolhouse or post office, the family lived until 1836, when the mother died, leaving the four children to battle for themselves in a new country and among strangers. Under these circumstances of pioneer life, the subject of our sketch received his early education ; in this vicinity, he labored at various occu- pations until 1841, when he went to Galena, Ill., where he worked two years as a smelter in a lead furnace , his first visit to Jackson Co. was in 1841, but he did not settle there until after his Galena experience. In company with David . Harris he hap- pened to be in Bellevue on the 3d of April, 1843, when the real estate of the " late notorious Brown" was being sold by his administrator, Shaderick Burleson. The terms were nine months' credit at 10 per cent, secured by the property itself. Messrs. Kil- born & Harris bought for $195 what was known as the "Brown Hotel " and which had been the rendezvous of the Brown gang of horse-thieves. This hotel had been rendered famous in 1840 as the place of Brown's death and as the principal scene of the " Bellevue war." The lot where the family of Mr. Harris now resides was bought for $12 at the same sale, making the entire purchase $207. In August of the same year, 1843, Messrs. Harris & Kilborn started a variety store with a joint capital of $500. Business for a time was prosperous, the Brown property was paid for and other invest- ments made, including the building of a storehouse, the latter of which so embarrassed the firm as to compel them in 1845 to close "business. After spending the next year in the pineries of Wisconsin, he returned to Bellevue, and, in the autumn of 1846, mar- ried Miss Hannah Vanderburg, step-daughter of J. C. Mitchell, who was quite prominent in the " Bellevue war." Mrs. Kilborn has proved a worthy companion and true helpmeet and has contributed her share in achieving their present position of hon- orable competence. They have had five children ; two only are living-James Mitchell, now at home, and Hannah, married E. T. Healey and resides in Dubuque. For two years after marriage, Mr. Kilborn worked at whatever occupation would afford a liveli- hood ; in 1849, he gathered the necessary material, and, unaided, made himself a com- fortable house. The "gold fever " took him off to the mines of California one year, and, on his return in 1851, he and Andrew Woods went into business on a joint capital of $1,600 ; this partnership, which was pleasant and profitable, was terminated in 1862. He spent three years of the war in Government employ with W. A. Warren,
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who was Captain and Assistant Quartermaster. In 1866, the Gammel's mills were purchased by Kilborn & Co., the partners being J. Kelso and A. Reiling. The Jasper Mills were bought in 1871 by the same company, and Mr. Kilborn now has the general management of both mills, together with a large stock farm connected with the same. Mr. K. has been actively instrumental in securing the construction of the Chicago, Bellevue, Cascade & Western Railroad now (1879) nearly completed. In politics, he is a Repub- lican, although not an active politician ; he has held several minor offices, and once in this county of 500 Democratic majority, he lacked but 40 votes of being elected Rep- resentative to the State Legislature; his political bias was determined while yet a mere lad by observing the difference between representative men of the two parties in relation to character and culture. In that day, illiteracy was quite general, especially among the rank and file of Democracy. Effingham Co. has always been strongly Democratic, and then two of the County Commissioners were compelled to make their mark, only one of the three being able to read and write. At a joint discussion which he attended, the Democratic speech was a disgusting appeal to personal prejudice and ignorance ; the rostrum was a wagon in the shade of a large tree. The Whig speaker began a candid and sensible talk, without any rough stories or broad jokes, when Democracy immediately ran off with wagon and speaker; thus breaking up the meeting and pre- venting the hearing of both sides. This act did violence to the boy's sense of fair play and right ; and his subsequent reflection upon the matter and manner of that political meeting led him in early life to affiliate with that party now known as Repub- lican. Mr. Kilborn is a tireless worker and never postpones until the morrow what can and ought to be done to-day ; neither does he ask another to do for him what he can do himself. While not a church member, he is a public-spirited citizen and contributes to sustain the moral forces of the community. Without educational advantages in early life, he has, in the rongh discipline of experience, wrought out a strong character and is emphatically a representative self-made man. By energy, industry and executive ability, he has built up a competency and won the respect of his fellow-men. Physically, he is tough, wiry, mentally, clear and vigorous, and doubtless has many years yet in which to serve himself and the race.
RICHARD KIMBEL, livery and feed stable, and also proprietor of river ferry, and dealer in fine stock, Bellevue; born in Saxony, Germany. in 1840; came to this country at the age of 7 years, going to Galena, Ill., and from there to Rush Creek and engaged in farming; returned to Galena, thence to Bellevue, and ran the only dray in town. Was elected to the office of Constable, but did not accept. He was a contractor on the river road, and distributed the tics from Gordon's Ferry to Sabula ; He is owner of 220 acres in Illinois opposite Bellevue. His wife was born in Gainesville, Ky .; they have had nine children, eight living and one deceased.
J. B. KLEINE, farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Bellevue; born Oct. 2, 1818, in Germany; in 1857, came to Wisconsin; in 1861, came to Jackson Co .; he owns 190 acres of land. Married Theresa Walters in 1841; she was born in 1818, in Germany ; had six children-one son and five daughters ; his son John died in 1877, aged 27 years.
HENRY KOLKER, farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Bellevue; born April 17, 1836, in Hanover, Germany ; in 1861, came to New Orleans; in 1862, came to Jack- son Co .; he owns 109 acres of land. Married Theresa Daters in 1875; she was born in Hanover, Germany ; have two daughters. He has two daughters by a former mar- riage ; she has two sons by a former marriage.
PETER KOPPES, farmer ; P. O. Bellevue; born in Luxemburg, Ger- many, in 1834 ; came to America in 1855; settled in Tete des Morts; remained there about thirteen years, then came to Bellevue, and has been here about eleven years ; bought 140 acres from Frank Muller ; his wife was born in Luxemburg, Germany ; came to this country in 1843, and settled in Tete des Morts; she was the daughter of Barney Stiffen ; they were married June 24. 1863; have four children-Jake, Mary, John and Elhart ; one child died in 1866. Catholic; Democrat.
JOHN D. KOSTER, merchant tailor and dealer in clothing, Front street, on the bank of the river, Bellevue ; born in Hanover, Germany, Jan. 20, 1831; came
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te America in 1859 ; remained in New York about two years, then returned to Europe and visited Sweden, Norway, England and Germany ; returned to America in 1865 ; settled in Jackson Co., and engaged in farming; removed to Bellevue and entered into the merchant tailor business. His wife was born in London, England, in the year 1837 ; he married, in Sweden, Sept. 16, 1863, Miss Salina Duhm, and have three children --- Albert, Edward and Clara.
CHARLES KUNZ, retired druggist, Bellevue; born in Germany, in the town of Niederbromvach Vergenfelt, April 9, 1826, and came to this country in 1845 ; settled in Randolph Co., and engaged in farming; came to Bellevue in 1853 ; has been in the dry-goods business for fifteen years as a clerk, and in the drug business eight years. His wife was born in Liesel Vergenfelt, Germany, and came to this country in 1844 ; she was Catharine Myer, born Nov. 30, 1826; they were married in Chester, Randolph Co., Ill., Dec. 22, 1847 ; they have had three children-William (now in the hardware business in Bellevue), Charles (born Aug. 2, 1849, and died June 10, 1873; he was in the drug store of his father, and was to be the successor in the busi- ness); Lena (died at the age of nine years).
S. H. LAMBORN, farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Bellevue ; born in April, 1839, in Venango Co., Penn .; in 1854, he came to Jackson Co .; he owns 280 acres land ; he has been Township Assessor and Collector of Jackson Township; is Township Treasurer of Bellevue. Married Ellen Shafer in 1860; she was born in Columbiana Co., Ohio ; have six children-Sarah J., Willard F., Charles W., Perry E., Jessie M. and Jennie.
FRIED LAMPE, farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Bellevue ; he was born Aug. 18, 1809, in Prussia, Germany ; May 5, 1849, he moved to Baltimore, thence to Cincin- nati ; August, 1849, he came to Bellevue; he owns 200 acres land. Married Christina Lelo in 1836; she was born in 1811, in Germany; died in 1849; had two children- Sophia and Mena. Second marriage to Christina Weber in 1850; she was born in Germany ; died May 5, 1861 ; had five children-Fred, Christine, Theresa, Battus and Sigfried. Third marriage to Augusta Menger July 10, 1861 ; she was born June 7, 1840, in Germany ; have eight children-Caroline, Anna, Lucy, Alfred, Leopold, John, Mary and William. Mr. L. served sixteen years and nine months as a soldier in Prussia.
WILLIAM LEGGE, retired, Bellevue; he was born Feb. 10, 1819, in Germany; in 1845, came to New York ; in 1848, came to Bellevue and engaged in farming; he married Catharine Spiegel in 1844; she was born in 1821, in Germany ; they have one son-John.
MICHAEL LEY, farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Bellevue ; he was born in January, 1833, in Germany ; in 1856, he came to Jackson Co .; he owns 120 acres of land. He married Barbara Kennen in 1866; she was born in Germany; died in 1868, leaving one child-Nicholas. Second marriage to Lena Williams in 1869; she was born Aug. 10, 1848, in Germany ; have one child-Lizzie.
JOHN LINTGEN, farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Bellevue ; he was horn Jan. 11, 1819, in Germany ; in 1854, he came to Jackson Co .; he owns 210 acres land. Mar- ried Margaret Zeimet in 1849; she was born June, 1819, in Germany ; have five chil- dren; Susan has been the past ten years in the convent, and is now named Mary Gan- golf; their son Henry has taught school for the past seven years, beginning at the age of 15, always giving good satisfaction ; has always been a very close and attentive stu- dent.
THOMAS LONG, tinner, Bellevue; he was born in Ireland in 1846; in 1853, he came to Galena ; in 1864, he came to Bellevue, and at once commenced work for J. C. Hughey; remained with him till 1878. He married Mrs. Patee in 1869; she was born in St. Louis, Mo., March 17, 1833 ; her former husband was killed in the late war. Mrs. Long is one of the earliest settlers in Bellevue; during the Bellevue war, a number of prisoners were temporarily held in her house ; they have one child ; she has two children by a former marriage.
GEORGE LUBBERGER, baker and confectioner, Front street, Belle- vue ; born in New York City Aug. 20, 1851 ; when a child, moved to the West, and
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settled in Galena, there learned the trade of baker in 1867. Married May 16, 1876, in Galena, Mary Burk ; they have one son, born May 2, 1877.
JOSEPH LUCKE, Bellevue; born in Germany in 1830; came to America in 1845 ; went to St. Louis ; learned the trade of shoemaker ; went thence to Quincy, Ill., then to Galena; remained there ahout ten years ; came to Bellevue Aug. 26, 1856. Married first wife in 1854, at Galena; had six children-Annie, Carrie, Eph, Joseph, Millie, Frankie; his wife died Feb. 28, 1872; he married again July 26, 1872; children by second wife-Henry, Johnie, Eliza, Susana.
A. G. McHENDRIE, farmer ; P. O. Bellevne ; born in St. Louis, Mo., July 14, 1844; from St. Louis, in 1847, he went on to a farm near Cottonville, Jack son Co., Iowa, and remained until he enlisted in the 5th I. V. C .; was wounded at the battle of Nashville, Tenn., and received an honorable discharge Ang. 17, 1865; returned to Bellevue Aug. 20, and worked in the foundry, a trade he had learned in St. Louis, Mo., working one year ; he then went to farming. Wife was born in Wash- ington Township, Jackson Co., June 30, 1844, was Miss Eliza Kiskaddon, the daugh- ter of one of the old citizens of Bellevue; they were married Feb. 23, 1873, at Belle- vue, and have three children-Andrew Watson, William Wilson (twin boys, aged 5 years), Margaret (infant daughter, born June 29, 1879). Republican ; liberal in religion.
DANIEL McLEESE, deceased; he was born in 1812, in Ireland; died Ang. 26, 1872; he came to Maryland in 1841; worked on public works till 1847, when he came to Bellevue Township and entered about three hundred acres of land ; this land he improved ; since his death, this property has been sold, his family remov- ing to Bellevue, where they now reside and own their residence. He married Miss Agnes McKillip in 1841 ; she was born near Glasgow, Scotland; they have a family of ten children, six sons and four daughters.
GEORGE W. MCNULTY, Postmaster, Bellevue ; he was born Nov. 11, 1822, in Pennsylvania ; here he was engaged in transportation business about seven years ; in 1855, he came to Bellevue; he was the first Mayor of Bellevue, but soon after resigned ; has been Town Recorder and Justice of the Peace several years; he was appointed Postmaster in 1859, and, with the exception of about four years, has held this office ever since. Married Arabella Rhea Jan. 17, 1853; she was born in Wash- ington, D. C .: have five children-Charles A., Belle, Virginia, Angus and George W.
HON. W. A. MAGINNIS, State Senator of Jackson Co., Bellevue ; native of Perry Co., Ohio; was born June 6, 1828; after receiving a common-school education, he commenced the study of law with his brother, and was admitted to the bar in 1850; since this time, he has been in constant practice ; in 1851, he came to Galena, Ill .; the following year, he came to Bellevue, where he has since resided; he was Prosecuting Attorney from 1854 to 1856 ; was elected State Senator in 1875 ; has held various other minor offices, all of which he has discharged with marked ability. He married Miss Amy Wood Angust, 1853; she was born in Herkimer Co., N. Y .; they have two children-Mary and Thomas.
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