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M. M. HOOD, farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Cottonville; born June 16, 1803, in Lycoming Co., Penn .; in 1859, came to Jackson Co .; he owns ninety acres land. His sons, William and John, served in the late war. He married Elizabeth Hazen in 1835 ; she was born in New York -; had six children, four living-William, Mahala, Nancy and John.
A. HURD, farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Cottonville; born March 10, 1823, in Wyoming Co., N. Y .; in 1841, moved to Ohio; in 1849, to Jackson Co .; remained here till 1852, when he went to California; in 1854, returned and has resided here since ; he owns 160 acres land, which he entered. Married Helena Sawtell in 1854; she was born in Michigan ; died in 1864; had two children-John H. and George E.
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Second marriage to Hannah Lias in 1865 ; she was born in Pennsylvania; have four children-Margaret H., Calvin E., Osceola and Frank.
MRS. LAURA A. HURD, farming, Sec. 28; P. O. Cottonville ; was born in Ohio April 3, 1844, and moved to the West with her parents, who settled in Jack- son Co. She married Elias Hurd Dec. 2, 1860 ; he died March 19, 1872. Mr. Hurd, at the time of his death, owned 140 acres in Sec. 28. Mrs. H. is now the owner of seventy-seven acres in Sec. 28. They had four children-Elijah H., Annie A., Ella A. and Almond E. Mr. Hurd enlisted in the 2d I. V. I. in 1864, and served until the close of the war.
JOHN A. HUNTER, farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Cottonville ; born Feb. 13, 1839, in Trumball Co., Ohio; in 1849, he came, with his parents, to Jackson Co. ; he owns eighty acres land. Married Melissa Campbell in 1859; she was born in Pennsyl- vania ; have four children-Charles, William, May and Byron.
JOSEPH HUNTER, Sr., farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Cottonville; he was born in 1815, in Cumberland Co., Penn .; in about 1831, he came to Trumbull Co., Ohio; in 1849, came to Jackson Co. and has since resided here; he owns about one section of land; 240 acres of this he entered, and has improved a large portion of it ; he was County Supervisor when each township had a representative; is now Township Treasurer. Married Miss Jane Buttles in 1839; she was born in 1818, died in 1869; had seven children, three living-John A., Levi and Mary. Second marriage to Mrs. Warson in 1873 ; she is a native of New York.
P. B. JAMESON, farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Cottonville ; born Aug. 29, 1814, in Monroe Co., N. Y .; in 1850, came to Jackson Co .; he owns 220 acres land. Mar- ried Lucinda Tyrrer Nov. 1, 1837 ; she was born in January, 1816, in Erie Co., N. Y. ;. died in 1863, leaving two children-F. G. and R. M. Second marriage to Nancy Davison in 1864 ; she was born in Chautauqua Co., N. Y. His two sons, F. G. and R. M., served in the late war. He has been Constable, Township Treasurer, etc.
JOHN KREAR, farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. La Motte; he was born in June, 1842, in Germany ; in 1866, he came to Jackson Co. Owns 120 acres of land. Mar- ried Anna Hemes in May, 1872; she was born in Germany in 1850 ; have four chil- dren-Mary, Kate, Catharena and John.
DANIEL McALLISTER, deceased; born in September, 1827, in Ireland ; came to Iowa in 1847, and resided in Jackson Co. till his death, March 29, 1872. His wife was born in Ireland in 1827, and came to America at the age of 16, and was mar- ried in 1845, in New Jersey. They own 120 acres of land; have three children- John, Elizabeth and Matthew; lost four children-James, Susan Ann, David and Rhodie. James was killed March 20, 1873, by accident while blasting a log at their residence. Susan A. married Mr. Donahue, of Dubuque, and died in April, 1879 ; Rhodie died in infancy.
WILLIAM MALONE, farmer, Sec. 23 ; P. O. Cottonville ; born in 1816,. in Ireland ; in 1841. came to Troy, N. Y .; there hired out for farming ; in 1854, he . came to Jackson Co. He now owns 380 acres of land. Married Ellen Dunne in 1853; she was born in Ireland ; they had seven children, four now living.
JOHN MANDERSCHIEF, farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Cottonville ; born in Luxemburg on May 12, 1833 ; came to America in 1855 ; settled in Tete des Morts, Jackson Co., and bought 195 acres of unimproved land, and, by hard work, he has made one of the finest farms in Richland Township. He has held the offices of Collector and Assessor two years, Constable, Trustee and School Director. He is a man of influence in the community in which he resides. His wife was born in Germany, and came to this country when quite young; they were married in 1861, in Tete des Morts Township, and have eight children, five boys and three girls.
JAKE MARSO, farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. La Motte ; born in Luxemburg in 1839; came to America in 1869 ; settled in Jackson Co. and bought 365 acres in Secs. 8, 9, 4, 5. His wife, Mrs. Mary Bank, was born in Luxemburg in 1839, and came to this county in 1859 ; she had four children by former marriage-Kattie, Mary, Grit- tichen and Annie. Mr. Marso was married Feb. 15, 1871, at the Bond Settlement Church, and they have five children-Louisa, Mike, Johnnie, Frankie, Susie.
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PETER MARKK, farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. La Motte ; born in Luxemburg, Germany, in 1833, and came to America in 1855; worked for Garrett Hurkesmire, and then bought eighty acres in Sec. 9. His wife, Miss Catherine Camp, of Tete des Morts, came to this country in 1853; they were married in 1858, and had thirteen children (two died when infants)-John P., Christina, Catherine, Amelia, Peter, Annie, Mary, Lizzie, Josephine, Susanna, Mathias.
HENRY MEYER, farmer, Sec. 1 ; P. O. Bellevue ; born Feb. 22, 1819, in Germany ; in 1854, he came to Jackson Co .; owns 172 acres of land. Married Mary Gunter in 1857 ; she was born in 1835, in Hanover, Germany ; have twelve children, six sons and six daughters ; before coming to America he served three years as a soldier in Germany.
JOHN McQUEEN, farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. La Motte; born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1817, and came to America in 1840, and settled at Galena, Ill .; thence went to California and remained three years ; returned to Illinois, and in 1852, settled in Jackson Co .; bought 200 acres of land in Sec. 6; his wife was Miss Phebe Pool, born in Northamptonshire, England, in 1824; came to America in 1834, to New Jer- sey, and then to Terre Haute, Ind., and, in 1844, to Galena, Ill. Married in 1848, at Galena, and have ten children-John, Henry, Charlie, George, Annie, Donald, Joseph, Judson and William ; Oliver died in 1873. Mr. McQueen has been Trustee and School Director for ten years.
J. D. MILLMAN, farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. La Motte; he was born Nov. 18, 1846, in St. Louis, Mo .; in 1848, he came with his parents to Jackson Co .; he now owns 180 acres of land. Married Mary Geopfert, in 1870; she was born in Germany ; had four children, three living-Hannah, Hermann and George. Is Justice of the Peace.
MICHARL O'CONNOR; P. O. Bellevue ; born in Ireland in 1823; came to America in 1848; settled in Jackson Co., Richland, and entered 280 acres of land in Sec. 25; wife was born in Scotland, and has been in America forty years. They were married in Jackson Co .; have three children living, lost two; his wife was the widow of Mr. Dougherty ; has two children by former marriage.
JOHN ORTMAN, farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Cottonville; born Feb. 28, 1820, in Prussia, Germany ; in 1857, came to St. Louis ; in 1861, came to Jackson Co .; he owns 160 acres of land. Married Caroline Hosteck in 1859; she was born in 1831, in Germany ; have nine children, five sons and four daughters.
DANIEL PAGE, farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Cottonville ; was born in Livings- ton Co., N. Y., in 1829, and came West in 1855 ; bought 245 acres in Richland Town- ship ; his first wife, Melinda Webb, was born in Mckean Co., Penn., in 1829 ; died Jan. 17, 1865 ; they had three children-Willis G., Henry F. and Ida, who died in. 1873. He married his second wife, Miss Electa Smith, of Wyoming Co., N. Y., April 27, 1867, at Perry Springs, Iowa; they have one child. He held the office of Road Supervisor for the years 1872-73-75.
ALLEN PARMELY, farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Cottonville ; born in Erie Co., N. Y., June 16, 1818 ; came West in 1841, and settled in Jackson Co. ; he entered ~ 200 acres of land in Section 22. His wife was born in Jefferson Co., N. Y., in 1831. They were married in Michigan in 1857, and have two children-Myron and Ella. He has held the office of Road Supervisor and School Director several terms.
A. H. POTTER, farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. La Motte; born in Oneida Co. April 24, 1820, and came to Iowa in 1854; settled in Jackson Co., and has 134 acres in Section 3. The improvements are all of the best, and made by his own labor. His wife, Miss Louisa Woodard, was born in Jefferson Co., N. Y., in 1824, and married in 1853. They have three children living. Mr. Potter has been School Director several terms.
A. L. POTTER, farmer, Sec. 9 ; P. O. La Motte'; born in Oneida Co., N. Y., in 1832, and came West in 1854; settled in Jackson Co., and bought 250 acres in Sections 9 and 16. His wife, Miss Eliza Hall, was born in Jefferson Co., N. Y., in 1838, and they were married in New York in 1853, and have five children living-John
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A., Charles H., Herbert D., Elbert and Francis E. Mr. Potter was Principal of the Bellevue High School for a year, and as a farmer he is successful, carrying on a large dairy, known as the Mount Airy Farm, and supplying the city of Dubuque largely with a fine quality of butter.
F. M. PURDY, farmer and dealer in general merchandise ; P. O. Cottonville : born in Erie Co., N. Y., April 1, 1837; came to Jackson Co. in 1847 ; was engaged at farming until he enlisted in the 31st I. V. I., Aug. 6, 1862, and received a gunshot wound at Ringgold Heights, Ga., Nov. 27, 1863; was mustered out of service July 4, 1864. His wife, Mrs. Lucina Crawford, was born in Erie Co., N. Y., in 1835. They were married in October, 1861, and have one child-Fred H.
P. E. PURDY, retired farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Cottonville; born in Wash- ington Co., N. Y., in 1804; came to Iowa in 1847, and settled on 120 acres of land near Cottonville. His wife was born near Buffalo, N. Y., March 21, 1816, and married Oct. 2, 1834, at Hamburg. N. Y., and they have two children-Henry E. and F. M.
JOHN S. SAWTELL, farmer, Sec. 33 ; P. O. Cottonville ; he was born July 27, 1845, in Richland Township. His father, Obediah Sawtell, was born Jan. 15, 1805 ; came to Richland Township in 1837, being one of the oldest settlers here; he entered 320 acres of land, which he improved ; he died Jan. 6, 1879. John S. Sawtell owns 120 acres with the old homestead. He married Ada E. Rhey Jan. 27, 1878 ; she was born in Perry Township, Jackson Co. They have one child-Fred.
MRS. SARAH A. SAWTELL ; P. O. Cottonville ; daughter of Samuel Cotton, who came to Jackson Co. iu 1839, and located where the village of Cottonville now stands; he married in New York Miss Mary Bemis Oct. 8, 1808, and had ten children-Sarah, now Mrs. Sawtell, the youngest daughter, married Julius Sawtell, who died Oct. 21, 1864, in Hillsboro, Ga., being a soldier in the 2d I. V. I., and left to the wife a farm of 100 acres of land. Mr. Sawtell was the father of one child, a boy-Junius G. Sawtell.
PETER SCHILLING, farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Cottonville ; born July 21, 1846, in Germany; in 1868, he moved to Minnesota; in 1869, removed to Jackson Co .; he owns 160 acres of land. Married Anna Duning in 1872; she was born in Germany ; they have five children, two sons and three danghters.
PETER SCHELTZ, farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. La Motte; born in Luxem- burg, Germany, in 1825 ; came to America in 1853; came to Iowa and bought eighty acres. His wife, Miss Mary Willbiss, was born in Luxemburg in 1823; they were married in the old country in 1848; their children are Mary, Katie, Annie (now Mrs. Dr. Nick Hoffman), John, Mary Ann, Michael, Nicholas, Kittie ; deceased, Michael and Nick.
E. W. SMITH, farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Cottonville ; he was born in 1832, in Erie Co., Ohio ; in 1854, he moved to Dubuque, and engaged in mining; in 1874, he came to Jackson Co; they own 118 acres of land. He married Mrs. Matheny in 1874; she was born in Ohio; he has three children hy a former marriage -- Willie J., Albert G. and Alonzo B .; she has six children by a former marriage-J. E., Alfred S., Marilda A., Martha and Luanna Stevens. Her eldest son, J. E. Stevens, served in the late war.
W. H. STOVER, farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. La Motte; born June 22, 1841, in Huntingdon Co., Penn .; in 1851, came to Savanna, Ill., with his parents, afterward to Carroll Co., Ill. ; in 1852, he came to Belleville; he owns thirty-two acres of land. Married Miss Alice A. Potter in 1871 ; he was born in New York ; have one child -- Gazelle. He enlisted in 1862, in. Co. I, 24th I. V. I .; served to the end of the war ; participated in the battles of Fort Gibson, Black River Bridge, Champion Hill, siege of Vicksburg, Red River expedition, Sabine Cross Roads, Pleasant Hill, Shenandoah Valley, Winchester, Cedar Creek, Fisher's Hill, and others.
SIMEON TEBBENS, farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Andrew ; was born in Ger- many in 1811; came to America in 1854; settled in Tete des Morts, and remained about two years; then came to Richland, and bought 160 acres in Sec. 36, and has at the present time 235 acres. His wife was born in Germany; they were married in
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Germany in 1838; they have seven children-Herman, Lizzie, Tibbo, Beekie, Rachel, John and Hannah. His children have all married and left him but John, who is attending to the farm.
PETER TERNES, farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Cottonville ; born Nov. 25, 1832, in Prussia, Germany ; in 1852, went to Chicago ; in 1854, to Wisconsin ; in 1859, he came to Jackson Co. He owns 177 aeres of land ; he enlisted in 1864, in Co. G, 15th I.V. I. ; served to the end of the war. Engaged in the battles of Bentonville, N. C. ; Savannah, Sherman's march to the sea, and others. Married Catharine Walter in 1860 ; she was born in Germany ; have three children-Peter, John and Charles.
BENJAMIN THOMPSON, farmer, See. 11; P. O. La Motte. Born Feb. 10, 1807, in England. In 1834, he came to Canada ; in 1837, he came to Jackson Co .; has resided here ever sinee. Is now the oldest settler in Richland Township. Ile owns 240 acres of land, where he entered. Married Ann Elizabeth Duff, in June, 1849 ; she was born in Pennsylvania. They have eleven children-four sons and seven daughter.
WILLIAM H. VIRGIL, farmer; Sec. 18, P. O. La Motte. He was born in 1832, in Otsego Co., N. Y. In 1858, he came to Jackson Co .; he owns 100 acres of land. Married Miss E. M. Smith in 1866. They have two children-Luey and Angie. The greater part of his time has been engaged in teaching school, and has always been a very reliable and efficient teacher ; he has also been Township Trustee, Assessor and Collector ; he was elected Justice of the Peace, but refused to serve.
JOHN P. H. WOHLENBERG, Richland Mills, See. 32; P. O. Cot- tonville. He was born May 7, 1832, in Prussia, Germany, in 1852 ; he came to Lyons, Iowa, and engaged in the milling business till 1878, when he removed to his present locality. He married Johanna E. Ommen in 1866. She was born in Hanover in . 1840. They have three children-Herman, Behrendina and Emma; lost Louisa and Dora, aged 2 and 4 years.
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JOHN E. BABBITT, mail agent from Sabula to Cedar Rapids, on Mil- waukee & St. Paul R. R .; born in Lower Canada in 1827 ; when he was 14 years of age, his parents removed to London, Canada West; in 1850, he went to Cleveland, Ohio, where he learned the trade of briekmason ; in 1855, he came to Sabula ; he built the Eldridge House in 1855, and the Methodist Church in 1856 ; these, except two small dwellings, were the first briek buildings in Sabula; he purchased a farm in Van Buren Township in 1857, which he sold in 1861 ; he also owned a farm in Iowa Town- ship, Section 20, which he sold in 1878 ; was appointed mail agent in 1872. His wife was Miss Charlotte A. St. John, born in Medina Co., Ohio; they have four children- Almina J., Wade, Nerilla and Frank.
ABRAM BEESLEY, of the firm of Young Brothers & Beesley, Sabula ; born in Birmingham, England, in 1834 ; his parents came to the United States in 1848 ; they first went to Muscatine, thenee to Moline, Ill., the same year ; in 1852, they came to Sabula. His father died in 1870. His mother resides in Sabula ; iu the spring of 1853, he, with his brother Thomas, ereeted a saw-mill for Mr. Jerry Wood ; was engaged on the Mississippi River as engineer for nine years, then resided in town and worked for Mr. Stiles in packing-house for twelve years; in July, 1878, he became connected with the firm of which he is now a member; he has charge of the oat-meal mill owned by the firm : is a machinist by trade. His first wife was Miss Agnes Oak ; has four children by this marriage-George, Lincoln, Thomas and Agnes D .; his present wife was Elizabeth Kelsey.
AUGUST H. BENNER. proprietor of the Benner House, Sabula ; born in Holstein, Germany, in 1825 ; he emigrated to the United States in 1847 ; he went to Davenport, where he remained two years, then went to Moline, Ill .; remained till the
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spring of 1849, when he went to California with a company organized at Rock Island ; he there engaged in mining, which he followed for two years, then engaged in the hotel business on Feather River, in the mining regions, which he followed for three years, then sold the hotel and followed mining again for one year. He returned to Davenport in 1855 ; he purchased a farm in Iowa Township, Jackson Co., in the spring of 1856, where he lived ten years ; he then sold the farm and purchased his present property in Sabula, where he has since resided. He married Margaret Bloel, a native of Germany ;. have three children-William, John and Herman ; has lost four children, one son and three daughters.
GEORGE CANFIELD, furniture dealer, Sabula ; born in Delaware Co., N. Y., in 1818. His parents, James and Elizabeth Canfield, removed to Canada when be was 2 years of age; in July, 1838, they came to Jackson Co. and made a claim of 160 acres of land in Section 26, Union Township; George also made a claim at the same time of eighty acres in Section 25 which he still owns together with eighty acres adjoining. His father resided on his farm till his death, which occurred in April, 1852 ; his mother died at the house of her son George in December, 1853. Mr. George Can- field followed the. occupation of farming till 1864, when he leased his farm and has since resided in Sabula ; he engaged in the furniture business in 1866. His wife was Ade- line Cohenour, a native of Ohio ; they have had seven children, five of whom are living- Henry resides in Illinois ; Elizabeth (now Mrs. Charles Eldredge), of Sabula ; Jennie (now Mrs. Albert McDole), of Sabula ; Charles a resident of Illinois, and Kate; the others died in infancy.
GEORGE W. CONFARE, present Mayor, carpenter and wagon-maker, Sabula; born in Cumberland Co., Penn., in 1826; he went to Scott Co., Iowa, in 1848; in 1850, went to Galena, Ill .; came to Sabula in 1852; in 1859, he went to Memphis, Tenn., where he remained till 1864, when he returned to Sabula. He married Rosetta Each, a native of London, England; they have four children-William H., Kate, Thomas R. and John G. Has been a member of City Council two years, Marshal one and one-half years, and is at present Mayor of Sabula.
AARÓN W. DAY, merchant, Sabula; born in Tioga Co., N. Y., in 1826 ; he came to Sabula in April, 1849 ; went to California in 1852, and engaged in mining ; remained one year ; returned to his farm in Iowa Township. Married Catharine Each, a native of London, England ; they have two children-Mrs. Maria Kimball (resides at Maquoketa) and Seymour E. (born December, 1856, and became associated with his father in business in March, 1877; he married, October, 1877, Miss Alice M. Weeks; born in Cedar Co., Iowa; they have one child-Albert, born September, 1878). Mr. Day enlisted in 1862, in 24th I. V. I .; was at battle of Port Gibson and at the siege of Vicksburg; soon after the surrender of the latter, he was placed on detached duty at Washington ; discharged in July, 1865. Mr. Day engaged in mercantile business. in 1874; had previously been engaged in the mercantile trade in Sabula.
EUGENE S. DAY, son of Israel Day ; was born in Savanna, Ill., Sept. 11, 1848, where his parents were then residing; his father purchased the Iowa Exchange Hotel, Sabula, where he removed in the fall of that year; his father died Oct. 22, 1867 ; he became `associated with his father in business about one year previous to the death of the latter; in 1868, he engaged in the flouring-mill business with his father- in-law, Mr. O. H. Risley; in 1872, disposed of this business to F. C. Young & Co .; since then, has been engaged as book-keeper for his uncle, Mr. J. C. Day. He mar- ried, in 1868, Miss Ella S. Risley ; has two children-Lizzie E. and Freddie E.
J. C. DAY, general hardware and agricultural implements, Sabula ; Mr. Day was born in Tioga Co., N. Y., in 1829 ; his mother died when he was 7 years of age ; his father, Elias B. Day, came to Sabula in 1848, and lived with his sons, Israel and A. W. Day. till his death, Feb. 16, 1848; Mr. J. C. Day came to Sabula in 1850; he was engaged as clerk for Dr. E. A. Wood for about one year; he then went into the dry-goods trade with his brother ; continued till 1857 ; he engaged in the hardware business in 1861. He married Sophia Cotten, whose family came to Sabula from Syracuse, N. Y., in 1852; they have three children-Lulu, born in 1859 ; Charles, born in 1864, and
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Sophia, born in 1872. His brother Israel was born in Tioga Co., N. Y., in 1820 ; he came to Sabula in 1841, and died October, 1867.
JOHN DICKINSON, proprietor of Beaver Creek Mills, Sabula ; was born in Lincolnshire, Eng., in 1838; he is a son of the late Mr. William Dickinson. Mr. Dickinson settled on a farm in Sec. 8, Iowa Township, in 1863, which he sold in 1876 ; he purchased a half-interest in his mill in 1868, the remaining interest in 1879; mill was built in 1840, once destroyed by flood in March, 1868; rebuilt the same year by Eby & Dickinson ; the mill has three run of buhrs ; capacity about one hundred bushels per day ; besides custom work, do merchant work, amounting to about two thousand barrels of flour per year. Mr. Dickinson was married to Elizabeth S. Chafer, daughter of Mr. Joseph Chafer ; she died in December, 1875. His present wife was Mrs. Char- lotte Cleveland ; has six children by first marriage-Mary H., Harvey W., Don H., Percy J., Alva and Elizabeth.
CHARLES G. ELDREDGE, druggist, Sabula; born in Sabula in 1847; he is the son of Mr. Wade H. Eldredge, one of the prominent pioneers of Sabula, who came here in January, 1837. He engaged in the drug business with his father, and, in 1867, became sole proprietor of the business. He married, in March, 1875, Miss M. E. Canfield, daughter of Mr. George Canfield ; they have one child- Wade H. : they lost a daughter-Mary Edna.
WADE H. ELDREDGE, retired, Sabula; Mr. Eldredge was born in Burlington, Vt., Aug. 27, 1815 ; in the fall of 1836, he went to Dixon, Ill .; in Janu- ary, 1837, he came to Sabula, where he has since resided; he was engaged in various occupations till the fall of 1849, when he secured a charter for a ferry between Sabula and Savanna, Ill., which he continued to operate till 1855 ; in 1854, he built the hotel known as the Eldredge House, which he still owns, and which he conducted till 1860. Mr. Eldredge is a worthy representative of the pioneers of our country. Thrown upon his own resources in early life, he has, by honest industry, acquired a competence. A severe attack of typhoid fever, some years since, destroyed, to a great extent, bis sense of hearing, so that he has retired from the active duties of business. His first wife was Mary J. Wood, a sister of E. A. Wood; she died in December, 1862. His pres- ent wife was Barbara Ackerman, a native of Pennsylvania. He had five children by first marriage ; only one is living-Charles G., who resides in Sabula.
FRANCIS ESMAY, proprietor of planing-mill, Sabula ; born in Cortland Co., N. Y., in 1829. He married Nancy Seeber, also from Cortland Co. He came to Sabula in May, 1850 ; he worked at the carpenter business for one year with his father, Mr. Thomas Esmay, then purchased a farm in Iowa Township; he sold his farm and returned to Sabula in 1857. Has had eleven children, nine are living-Edgar, Thomas, Luella, Addie, George, Frank, Lavina, William and John H.
JOHN ESMAY, photographer, Sabula ; Mr. Esmay was born in Cortland Co., N. Y., in 1834. His parents, Thomas and Maria E. Esmay, came to Sabula in May, 1850; they had four children at that time-Francis T., Michael, John and George; George died in February, 1851. John married Philena C. Seeber, a native of New York ; have had six children, three are living-Mary A., born in December, 1857 ; Fred. I., born in August, 1867, and Luzerne, born in October, 1873. They lost their second child, Clara E., and their fourth, Clarence W., who was drowned in August, 1877, and their sixth, Elmo, died in June, 1877. His father died at Sabula in Octo- ber, 1874; his mother died in March, 1877. Mr. Esmay has followed his present business for twenty-five years ; has also been agent for the Singer sewing machine for eighteen years ; Republican.
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