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J. P. MANN, livery and agent American Express Co., Bellevue ; a native of Mercer Co., Penn .; he engaged in live stock and farming till about the age of 34, when he came to Jackson Co .; he was engaged in merchandising in Andover from 1855 to 1858; in 1874, he removed to Bellevue. Married Elizabeth Paden in 1845 ; she was born in Pennsylvania; died in 1867 ; have three children-Alelia D. (now Mrs. Keck), C. T. and R. S. (now in Maquoketa ).
LAWRENCE MILLAR, M. D., now one of the oldest practicing physi- cians in Jackson Co .; is a resident of Bellevue, where he located in 1850 ; he is a native of Perthshire, Scotland. In 1833, when only 7 years of age, he, with his par- ents, removed to Canada. He began the study of medicine at the age of 15 in the office of the eminent physician and surgeon, Francis W. Sherreff, of Montreal ; he graduated with honor from McGill College, Canada, in 1847. He was married, in 1850, to Susan Agnes, daughter of the late Judge Booth, formerly of Orange Co., N. Y .; she is a native of Goshen, N. Y. ; they have three children-Mary A., Harriet H. and Ellen
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McKinzie. At commencement of the rebellion, he raised a company in Bellevue called the " Fremont Huzzars," but it was afterward merged into the 5th I. V. I., and he went into service as Surgeon. His recognized ability secured him responsible yet labo- rious positions ; army life soon told upon his health, and, finally, he was obliged to resign on account of rheumatism, and he still suffers from the same disease ; he has now . been in constant practice of medicine for thirty-two years ; he, nevertheless, takes time for study of sciences not necessarily associated with materia medica. He is an enthu- siastic naturalist ; he is President of the Farmers' and Fruit-Growers' Club, of Belle- vue ; on questions of Botany and Goology, he is standard authority in this region. He has held high positions among his Masonic brethren, and enjoys, at present time, the well wishes of all classes.
JOHN P. MONSELL, Bellevue; born in Luxemburg, Germany, in 1845, and came to America in 1867, landing at New York and came direct to Jackson Co. Mar- ried, in January, 1871, Mrs. Anna Sand, and have six children-Mary, Henry, Johnnie, Michael, Joseph and a babe 6 months old ; three children of Mrs. M. (by first marriage) -Gennia, Nicholas and Agie Sand. Mr. M. owns 181 acres of as fine land as there is on the ridge.
THEODORE NIEMANN, farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Bellevue; was born May 13, 1812, in Hanover, Germany. His first labor in America was in the smelting works of Gelena, Ill., in 1837 ; he came to Jackson Co., and, in October, 1839, located his present homestead ; his farm now consists of 625 acres, most of which came to him direct from the United States Government. The most important event of his life occurred on the 8th of June, 1839, when he was married to Miss Adelena Reiling, who was born in August, 1821, in Hanover, Germany. His residence is the first stone house ever erected in Jackson Co., and it will now compare favorably with the modern farm houses throughout the county. His good wife has borne him twelve children, eleven of whom are still living, five daughters and six sons; the old gentleman is erect and active, and does a man's work beside his three sons who remain at home ; two daughters still gladden the old homestead, but three daughters and two sons have found companions and hearthstones elsewhere ; three married children have settled in Jackson Co. ; one of the sons is a prosperous merchant in Bellevue, in the firm of Tiedt & Niemann: During the forty-one years of Mr. Niemann's life in this county, he has won and retained the respect of all who know him; he is social and intelligent ; he is liberal in principle and practice, and his hospitality is generous and hearty ; no hungry mortal goes unfed from his door, and a good meal would be sure to greet the unexpected guest ; in his family and in society, is ever kind and unassuming; but he has opinions, makes independ- ent decisions, and firmly adheres to them. Of his large family, he is the honored head, and in all the relations of neighbor and citizen, he is a good representative of the reli- able German-American.
HENRY NOLDURFT, farmer ; P. O. Bellevue ; born in Hanover Oct. 15, 1817 ; came to America in 1849 and settled in Missouri, buying 380 acres in Iron Co .; he left Missouri for Iowa in 1863, and came to Jackson Co. and bought 192} acres in Bellevue Township. Wife was born in Brunswick, Germany, in 1822, and ' married in Germany ; they have twelve children-Henry, Charlie, Henrietta, Caroline, August, Fritz, Louisa, Elizabeth, John, Samuel, Annie, Mary ; two deceased. Demo- crat ; Catholic.
PATRICK O'FARRELL, farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Bellevue; he was born in 1809 in Ireland ; in 1836, he came to New York City ; in 1837, to St. Louis ; in 1838, to Lebanon, Ill., thence to Galena; in 1840, he came to his present farm ; he owns 160 acres land which he entered. Married Elizabeth Williver, May, 1846; she was born July 12, 1826, in Columbia Co., Penn .; have nine children-William, James, Eliza J., John L., Russell P., Mary T., Caroline, Anna B. and Martha S.
HENRY J. PFIFFNER, Post Office Building, Bellevue; born in Galena, Ill., Oct. 29, 1855 ; at present engaged in the business of barber on State street ; came to Bellevue in the year 1865. Married, July 11, 1878, Miss Cora McDonald ; she was born in Bellevue May 20, 1860; is daughter of John McDonald, of Bellevue Town- ship ; they have one child-Henry.
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FRANK PIERET ; P. O. Bellevue; born in Luxemburg, Germany, in 1830; came to America in 1854, to Galena, and remained one year, then came to Jackson Co., and entered 198 acres of land in Section 38. His wife was Miss Mary Weber, born in Germany in 1834 and came to America in 1856, to Jackson Co .; mar- ried in 1858, and have seven children-Peter, 20; Annie, 9; Lizzie, 7; Mary, 5; Maggie 3, and twin boys, John Frank and Johnnie, 7 months old. Democrat ; members Catholic Church.
CAPT. ELBRIDGE GERRY POTTER, deceased, late of Belle- vue . Township, Jackson Co., Iowa ; was born Oct. 17, 1791, in West Brookfield, Worcester Co., Mass .; he was the oldest of a family of eleven children, and doubtless the care and responsibility of the younger members, which largely devolved upon him, may have served to develop his self reliance, energy and industry. When he was about 13 years of age, his father settled in the then wilderness of Houndsfield, Jefferson Co., N. Y .; he was brought up to the trade of mason, and worked with his father at that business in Jefferson Co., N. Y., until 1830, when he emigrated to Illinois and settled at Lebanon, county of St. Clair. Fourteen years before he removed West, he married Miss Lucretia Thompson, of Jefferson Co., N. Y .; she was a woman of remarkably strong character and a wonderful worker; she was a model of industry, frugality and benevolence, and her friends proudly report her as possessing " every virtue necessary to constitute a good wife, mother and citizen ; " she ruled her own household, and was the wise counselor of her husband, who gave her due credit for his success in life ; she pre- ceded him to the grave about eighteen months, after having lived in happy union full fifty-seven years. After locating in Lebanon, Ill., in 1830, he engaged for twelve years in the business of milling and distilling ; his mills and distillery were crowded to their utmost capacity, and realized him, some seasons, fully $100 per day profits on their products ; these earnings he wisely invested in lands, which, by their rise in value, con- tinued to enhance his property. With him at Lebanon were his father and mother, his brother Warren, the book-keeper ; Daniel, the distiller, and Philo, the school-boy, and his two sisters; these, with his wife, constituted the family, of which he was the honored head, and, because of his position, he was called " Captain." During the dozen years of his manufacture of whisky, he became fully convinced of its pernicious effects, especially, after witnessing its wrecking power upon a near and trusted relative ; such was his disgust with the business that, just before leaving Lebanon, he deliberately removed the roof of the distillery, and reduced it to firewood. Then he took down the stone walls of the same and scattered them broadcast ; then he dug up, and, with his own hand, chopped in pieces the "worm of the still." All this remained for many years unchanged, a complete wreck and desolate ruin. In 1842, he came to Lowa, and located on the farm known as " Paradise," four miles west of the city of Bellevue, in township of same name, in Jackson Co., where he resided until death. In 1843, he built at Bellevue the flouring-mills known as the Jasper Mills, and, in addition to carrying on his large farm, he did, thereafter, an extensive business in the manufacture and ship- ment of flour till he sold to the present proprietors, Kilborn & Co., in the autumn of 1871. "Paradise," by numerous additions, has become of immense size, and is one of the finest stock farms in the State, of rich rolling land, watered with living springs, and is under a high state of cultivation. Capt. Potter was noted as a thorough and sys- tematic farmer, and having selected this rich and beautiful tract of land, he devoted his taste, energy and skill to making it truly an earthly paradise. In a romantic spot, under the brow of a hill, he built his home, which, with its unassuming exterior will surprise the visitor with its revealed capacity, convenience and elegance ; a village of needed buildings are grouped conveniently near. In politics, Capt. Potter has been a Whig and Republican. His business cares and his tastes pre- vented his engaging actively in politics. He never held but one office-that of County Commissioner of St. Clair Co., Ill., and then, by his skillful financiering, the depreciated county bonds were raised to par. Capt. Potter would have been a marked man in any community. He had a vigorous intellect of more than ordinary caliber ; he was indus- trious, energetic, self-reliant and positive in character ; without the advantages of an
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early education, he was as persevering in self-culture as he was in business, and there- fore was well read and deeply interested in all that was transpiring in the busy world. His public spirit prevented his reaping the fruits of his inventive genius. In 1840, he invented and patented the spring coupling for machinery driven by reciprocating engines ; he applied this to his own mills and sold a few rights, but soon let it go to the public ; it is now, in the original or slightly modified form, in use in nearly every steam mill in the country, and a selfish yet justifiable management of the patent would have produced a vast fortune. He was original in suggestions, and.some of his acquaintances banked upon the capital of his brains ; his was the energy and pluck which, especially in the great West, seldom fails of financial reward; when he settled in Lebanon, Ill., his cash capital was just $1,100, but all his investments'were eminently successful, and he died one of the wealthiest men in Jackson Co. He was ready to help the deserving poor, and the afflicted and truly unfortunate found in him a liberal friend. He was not intemperate and would not allow card-playing or gambling on his premises ; he had a strong sense of justice and right with a kindly and 'generous disposition ; he lived according to his conception of duty, and, in old age, claimed the satisfaction of looking back upon a life governed by honesty and integrity and actuated by pure motives ; from boyhood, he was a pronounced atheist ; this early subjected him to prejudice, but soon his neighbors respected him for his character without regard to his creed ; he was long held in high esteem even among professors of religion. His standing in regard to sound judgment and sense of equity is illustrated by the confidence in him shown by two Methodist neighbors in Lebanon ; the two Methodist brethren, having differences in a business settlement, agreed to each choose, by ballot, a referee, and those two referees were to choose a third, and thus constitute a Board of Arbitration, by whom these dif- ferences were to be adjusted. Upon opening the ballots, it was discovered that both parties had chosen Capt. Potter, and he, unaided, settled the dispute to their mutual satisfaction. He always exhorted men to be helpful to each other, to deal justly and to live in peace among themselves ; and to these principles his own conduct was conformed. His religious, or, rather, irreligious, views were all that caused him to differ from the best of his fellow-men; in him, opposition to Christianity was not mere skepticism- passive non-belief-but an active working faith, and he labored earnestly to proselyte others to his views; for this purpose, he scattered broadcast in Jackson Co. homes, gratuitously, many infidel newspapers and publications and furnished atheistic literature to any young man who would agree to peruse it ; he also contributed liberally to the Abner Kneeland Fund, Tom Paine Monumental Building and similar objects. During his life, he selected a beautiful spot on his own farm, a little more than a mile from his home, " Paradise," where he was to be buried, and that ground was made by inherit- ance forever free as an Infidel Cemetery. His last illness was very short, and, at last, when conscious of approaching death, he bade his faithful attendant to lock the door so no one could hear the " foolish words of a dying man." He died on the morning of May 29, 1875, aged 83 years 7 months and 12 days ; his last hours were calm and peaceful, and he died as he had lived from the age of 10 years, a professed atheist. He directed that there should be no costly parade at his funeral and no praying, singing or lengthy remarks at his house or at his grave ; he directed that the picture of the Paine Memorial Building should be placed by his coffin, and that John Stuart, his valued friend for over forty years, should thank the people and perform the last duty of the living to the dead. All his requests were faithfully performed. His son and only child, Lucius Byron Potter, a prominent citizen, over 50 years of age, inherited the Captain's large estate and now resides upon the old homestead, " Paradise."
FRANK W. POTTER, of the firm of Anderson & Co., produce and steamboat agents, Bellevue ; he was born Jan. 10, 1852, in Philadelphia, Jefferson Co., N. Y .; he attended school and farmed until about the age of 18, then commenced the dairy business in Jefferson Co., N. Y .; continued it till 1875, when he came to Belle- vue. His father was born Jan. 6, 1827, in Jefferson Co., N. Y .; his mother was born in February, 1832, in Jefferson Co., and they are still living there.
LUCIUS BYRON POTTER, Sec. 10; P. O. Bellevue ; born May 25, 182+, in Jefferson Co., N. Y .; he is the only child of Capt. Elbridge Gerry Potter,
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who was born Oct. 17, 1791, in West Brookfield, Worcester Co., Mass., and died May 29, 1875 ; Capt. E. G. Potter was a mason by trade, and worked at this business in Jefferson Co., N. Y., till 1830, when he removed to Illinois, and settled in Lebanon, St. Clair Co., where he was engaged in milling and distilling; July 19, 1842, they came to Bellevue and settled on the farm now owned and occupied by L. B. Potter, known as the " Paradise," located four miles west of Bellevue ; this farm consists of about fourteen hundred acres, and is considered one of the best improved farms in the State ; Mr. Potter also owns several other large tracts of land and a large amount of property in Bellevue ; he is one of the largest tax-payers io the county ; his business chiefly is farming, although his time is largely taken up io attending to his real-estate interests ; he gratefully acknowledges owing nearly all he has to the teachings and examples showo him by his devoted and honored father, now deceased. He married, in 1854, Miss Isadore Hurd ; she is a native of New York; they have six children- Arion E., Maro T., Coleuso B., Marco P., Manzol and Alda L. Capt. E. G. 'Potter, up to the time of his death, was a member of no church, sect or creed, but was an open and avowed atheist, and much respected by all who knew him.
HERMAN RAVE, Jr., Bellevue; son of Herman Rave, Sr., who was born in Dena, Hanover, Germany ; came to this country and settled in St. Louis, and afterward in Iowa ; by hard work, accumulated a fortune, and died in 1876, leaving the property to the wife, until her death, then to the children. Mrs. Rave was born in the same place as her husband, and now resides with Herman, Jr., who was born in St. Louis, Mo., in 1853. Mary is the wife of Mr. Demperwolf, of Bellevue Township ; Caroline, Mrs. Joe Demperwolf, of Tete des Morts Township; Nesseta, the wife of Barry Rave, a cousin ; Herman, Josephine and Joe remain at home and attend to the farm of 245 acres in Secs. 3 and 4.
W. L. REDMOND, attorney at law, office on Front street, Bellevue ; he was born in Rochester, N. Y .; when about 6 years of age, he came to Meadville. Penn., with his mother; in 1846, he came to Jackson Co. ; in 1852, he returned to Meadville and attended college ; graduated in 1857, after which he returned to Iowa and studied law at De Witt, he has been in constant practice since 1860; was elected County Superintendent in 1859; was Recorder from 1864 to 1866; is now Mayor; has held this office several terms. Married Isadore Davis in 1860 ; she was born in Indiana Co , Penn. ; have five children-Charles E., Mary, Maud, Grace and Henry. Repub- lican.
CONRAD REEG, farmer; P. O. Bellevue ; born in Hesse-Darmstadt, Ger- many, Feb. 3, 1831 ; came to America Oct. 11, 1851, and settled in Lancaster Co., Penn., and, in 1855, came to Jackson Co. and rented land for eight years; now owns 320 acres in Secs. 17 and 8 of Bellevue Township. Mrs. Elizabeth Sheler, his first wife, was from Lancaster Co., Penn., where they were married in 1852, and had six children ; she died in the fall of 1875, and he married Margaret Felderman June 13, 1876 ; she was born in Hanover, Germany ; they have two children ; all Lutherans and Republicans ; children of first wife are Joseph, Adam, Henry, William, Conrad, John, Elizabeth (died in 1873), and of second wife, Herman and Elizabeth. Joseph mar- ried, Jan. 27, 1876, Miss Elizabeth Honselog. Mr. R. was School Director one year. DR. J. J. REED, physician' and surgeon, residence corner Church and Fourth streets, Bellevue; born in 1837, in St. Louis; in 1848, he came to Bellevue ; he commenced the study of medicine in 1858, with Dr. J. W. Cowden ; in 1861, he enlisted in Co. L, 1st I. V. C .; served till 1864; he then continued his studies and graduated at the Rush Medical College, Chicago, in 1865; he has been in constant practice since then, part of the time with Dr. Cowden. Married Phebe Drummond in 1874 ; she was born in California ; have one child-Julia.
. A. REILING, firm of Kilborn & Co., also owner of the steamer A. Reiling, Bellevue ; born Nov. 2, 1823, in Hanover, Germany ; in 1837, he came, with his par- ents, to New Orleans ; in the spring of 1838, he came to Jackson Co; he was one of the first members of the Board of County Supervisors, and was also a member when the number was reduced to three members for each county. He married Mary
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Hermier in 1845 ; she was born in 1825, in Germany ; have nine children, two sons and seven daughters ; they lost Catharine, aged 13 years.
JOHN B. REISTROFFER, farmer ; P. O. Bellevue ; born in France in 1841 ; came to America in 1858, settled in Jackson Co. and bought 120 acres of land in Secs. 20, 28 and 29. Wife born in Luxemburg, Germany, in 1841; came to America in 1865 ; her name was Kathrine Spittle; they were married in Spruce Creek in 1865, and have five children-Peter, Mathias, Andrew, Mary and Theresa ; two children died-Theresa and Charlie. Democrat; in religion, Catholic ; has held the office of Road Supervisor two years, and been School Director two years.
JAMES RHEEM, of the firm of Foster & Rheem, carpenters and joiners, Bellevue ; was born in Mercer Co., Penn .; came to Iowa at an early day ; he enlisted in the 5th I. V. C., Co. D, Dec. 14, 1863; received a bayonet wound at Duck River, Tenn .; discharged June 3, 1865 ; his age is 43; he left Bellevue on the 8th day of July, 1878, and, after traveling in Oregon, British Columbia, Washington Ter- ritory, California and the Far West, returned to Bellevue June 6, 1879.
DR. J. P. ROCHE, dentist, office on Front street, Bellevue ; he was born in La Fayette Co., Wis .; he commenced to learn dentistry in 1873, with H. H. & H. W. Ray, of Darlington, Wis., and commenced to practice in 1875, in Bellevuc. He married Miss Julia H. Hyler, April 8, 1879 ; she was born in Bellevue.
NICK ROBB, farmer ; P. O. Bellevue; born in Luxemburg, Germany, Nov. 15, 1837, and came to America September 20, -, and settled in Jackson Co .; bought 240 acres ; remained two years ; sold out and was employed by Capt. Potter as foreman on the farm known as Paradise for twenty years, when he bought 160 acres in Section 12, about one and a half miles from, and beautifully situated on the hillside, in full view of the city of Bellevue. Has held the offices of Assessor and Township Trustee. His wife, Ann Eliza Fry, was born in Pennsylvania in 1841, and came West in 1857 ; they were married in 1863, at Bellevue, and have six children-William, Thomas, Bryon Potter, Josephine Lucy, Susan and Isadora.
B. W. SEAWARD, banking and grain, res. Front street Bellevue ; born Jan. 29, 1830, in Chemung Co., N. Y .; in 1837, came to Peoria, Ill .; in 1840, to McHenry Co., Ill. ; engaged in merchandising till 1854, when he came to Bellevue ; he there continued merchandizing until 1870, when he commenced his present business. Married Maria Josephine Carman in 1860 ; she was born in New Jersey ; have four children-Benjamin W., Josephine, Juliette and Hattie R.
JACOB SELZER, wagon-maker, Front street, Bellevue ; he was born Jan. 8, 1847, in Baden Baden, Germany, and was in the army in the old country five years ; came to this country May 23, 1873, and went to Dubuque and remained two years, then came to Tete des Morts Township, Jackson Co., and from there he moved to Bellevue, in 1876, and engaged in his present business. His wife was born in Tete des Morts in September, 1860; she was Lena Johnson, daughter of John Johnson, of Tete des Morts ; they were married May 15, 1879, at Bellevue.
FRANK SCHLECHT, contractor and builder and proprietor of Bellevue Planing Mill and Sash Factory, Bellevue ; he was born June 12, 1831, in Bavaria, Germany ; after pursuing his regular school studies, he was appointed to learn building and general contracting ; he also attended the Government drawing school three years, and, at the expiration of this time, was awarded the first premium in his class-a silver medal. After completing his studies, he came to America, arriving at New York City February, 1849 ; the following year, he came to Pennsylvania, thence to Galena, and, in 1852, came to Jackson Co., where he has since resided ; he built most of the prin- cipal buildings in Bellevue, including the Roman Catholic Church, which is a very costly edifice ; he is now Superintendent of the bridge on the C., B. C. & W. R. R .; is a member of the City Council and County Superintendent of District No. 1. He mar- ried Josepha Moesle in 1854; she was born in Bavaria ; they have six children, three sons and three daughters.
ADAM SCHMIDT, butcher, Front st., Bellevue; born in Nassau, Prussia, March 29, 1834. Learned the trade of wagon-maker in the old' country, and worked
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ten years there before he came to America. May 26, 1869, he came to this country ; settled in Bellevue and engaged in butchering. He was Trustee of the town in the old country. His wife, Emma Bowen, was born in his native place Aug. 30, 1839 ; they were married in Germany Feb. 16, 1860 ; they have seven children-Annie, Joseph, Katie, Doney, John, Julius and Millie ; two children-Adam, born July 3, 1865, died March, 1867 ; Mary, born Nov. 6, 1869, died Aug. 15, 1870.
ASA SIMMONS, farmer, Sec. 25; P. O. Bellevue ; was born Aug. 3, 1833, in Trumbull Co., Ohio. In 1844, he came with his parents to Bollevue. He now owns 280 acres of land. Married, June 12, 1856, Emily F. Nicholson ; he was born in 1835, in Bellevue.
C. C. SIMPSON, farmer, Sec. 1 ; P. O. Bellevue; his father was a native of New Jersey, and removed to Ohio in an early day; in 1847, he came to Bellevue ; died in 1873. Married Miss Martha Billups in 1849; she was born in Galena, Ill .; they own 360 acres of land ; they had six children-George, Josephine, Charles C., Sarah E., Cora and Daniel.
EDWARD SMITH, farmer ; P. O. Bellevue ; born in Jackson Co., Tete des Morts Township, Sec. 9, in 1850 ; has eighty acres of land in Bellevue Town- ship, Sec. 1. His wife was born in Jackson Township Aug. 13, 1856 ; is a daughter of James Gardner, of Jackson Township. Married Nov. 27, 1878, at Maquoketa. Mr. Smith is the oldest son of David E. Smith and Miranda Smith, who were born in Illinois, and came to Iowa in a very early day. Mr. E. Smith held the office of School Director in 1874.
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