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LEWIS CARMAN, farmer, Secs. 22 and 23; P. O. Sabula ; was born in New Brunswick, N. J., in 1808; he entered Rutger's College in 1825 ; completed the Junior year ; his health failing, he left college and began the study of medicine, but poor health compelled him to discontinue this study ; he was then engaged in the lum- ber business for several years at different places ; first at New Brunswick, N. J., then in the State of New York at Angelica ; he then returned to New Jersey. Was mar- ried, in 1831, to Miss Juliaette Smith, of New York City; they came to Sabula in September, 1842, where they lived two years, then located where they now live, three miles west of Sabula; they have had six children, three of whom are living-Mrs. Kate Louisa Miller, Maria J. Miller and Charles P .; their first child, Simeon, died in infaney ; William died Dee. 25, 1862, aged 25 years; Louis A., born November, 1842, enlisted in 1862, in Co. A, 24th I. V. I .; he was mortally wounded at the bat- tle of Winchester, 1864; he died Nov. 14 of that year.
HENRY CARRATT, farmer, See. 8; P. O. Sterling; born in Lineolo- shire, England, in 1816. He was married to Miss Sarah French, who was born in Not- tinghamshire, England, in 1820; they emigrated to Canada West in 1849; came to Iowa Township in the spring of 1861, and purchased and located on the farm where he now lives. They have one son, George, who resides in Cherokee Co., Iowa ; have one adopted daughter, Mary A. Bradt, now Mrs. Meneky. Mr. Carratt's farm contains 100 acres ; has also 40 acres in Cherokee Co. They are members of the Free Metho- dist Church.
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JOSEPH CHAFER, farmer, Sec. -; P. O. Sabula; was born in Lin- colnshire, England, in 1813. He married Harriet Marshall; they came to the United States July, 1850 ; he went to Kenton Co., Ky., where he lived six years; then came to Iowa Township and settled where he now lives. Has six children-Robert M. (resides in Florida), Mrs. Jane Dickinson, Mrs. Harriet Eby (resides in Jones Co., Iowa), Simpson, William H. and Lucy M.
WILLIAM CRAWFORD, farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Miles; was born in Ireland in 1824; he came to this country in June, 1846; he lived for several years in Livingston Co., N. Y., engaged as a farm hand ; he came to Jackson Co. in March, 1855; in the fall of that year, went to Minnesota; returned to Jackson Co. in the spring of 1863; he located where he now lives in March, 1871. He was married to Mary Martin, a native of Ireland ; they have three children-Mary J., William, born May, 1859, and James, born February, 1861. Mr. Crawford came to Jackson Co. a poor boy ; by industry and economy has acquired a fine property. He and wife are members of the M. E. Church.
MRS. A. R. DARLING, teacher, Miles; came to Iowa from Ohio in 1849; she has long been one of the most prominent educators of Jackson Co .; she taught her first school in Iowa in Julien Township, four miles west of Dubuque; taught for a time in the city of Dubuque, also at Galena, Ill .; in 1852, she went to Beloit, Wis., and was for some time engaged in one of the public schools of that city, and also assisted Superintendent Ladd in institute work,; in 1860, she came to Mt. Algor, Jackson Co., where she taught four years ; during the greater part of this time, Mrs. Darling conducted a select school on the Normal plan ; this school was very suc- cessful, and furnished Jackson Co. with many thorough, successful teachers ; in 1864, Mrs. Darling went to Sabula and opened a select school, where the same success attended her labors as elsewhere; in 1871, she accepted a position in Andrew, Jackson Co .; was afterward Principal of the school at Preston; in the autumn of 1875, Mrs. Darling came to Miles and taught the Grammar Department of the public school; in the spring of 1876, she was appointed Principal ; for the last two years, she has con- ducted a select school on the Normal plan; this school, many of the youth of the town and surrounding country have attended; probably Mrs. Darling has given instruction to more teachers than any other educator in Jackson Co .; she has acted as Deputy County Superintendent ; in 1879, her name was presented to the Democratic Conven- tion as a candidate for the County Superintendency.
ISRAEL DAVIS, farmer ; P. O. Sterling; was born near Hamilton, Canada, in 1828; his father, John Davis, with his family, came to Iowa Township in the autumn of 1852. They settled in Sec. 22, where his father died in the spring of 1869; his mother still lives where the family settled in 1862. Mr. Davis located where he now lives in 1854; he was married to Eliza McFarlane, daughter of Thomas McFarlane, of Van Buren Township; she died January, 1803. His present wife was Mary Wills, daughter of Mr. John Wills. Has one daughter-Sarah, by first marriage. Lost one daughter-Susan.
WILLIAM B. DAVIS, farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Sterling; was born near Hamilton, Canada, in 1841. He came to Iowa in August, 1852; he owns the farm where his father, Mr. John Davis, settled when the family came to the county, in 1552. His father died in the spring of 1869; his mother still resides with her son on the homestead. Mr. Davis enlisted in August, 1862, in Co. A, 24th I. V. I .; was at ยท battle of Champion Hills, at the siege of Vicksburg, at battle of Winchester, at Cedar Creek, etc. ; was wounded and taken prisoner at battle of Champion Hills, but escaped; was discharged August, 1865. He was married to Miss Mary Green, daughter of George F. Green, Esq. They have five children-George F., John O., Mary, Lucy and Lizzie. Mr. Davis and wife are members of the Congregational Church.
HENRY DICKINSON, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 2; P. O. Sabula; was born in Lincolnshire, England, in November, 1832. His parents, William and Elizabeth Dickinson, came to the United States in the fall of 1842; they came by way
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of New Orleans, and passed the following winter at Alton, Ill. In April, 1843, his father made a claim of a farm, in Secs. 2 and 3, now owned by his son, Isaac. He died on the place April 12, 1873, aged 73 years. His mother still lives on the home- stead, with her son Isaac. Mr. Dickinson was married to Miss Jane E. Chafer, daughter of Mr. Joseph Chafer. They have eight children-Herbert W., Joseph H., Charles W., Harriet E., John W., Eva J., Bessie L., and Alfred R. Mr. Dickinson has 700 acres of land, and is quite extensively engaged in stock-raising.
ISAAC W. DICKINSON, farmer, Secs. 2 and 3; P. O. Sabula ; son of the late William Dickinson ; he was born in Iowa Township, January, 1847 ; he owns the farm on which his father settled when he came to this county from England in 1843. He was married to Mary J. Adams, of Jackson Co .; native of the State of New York ; they have five children-William J., Ida, Capitola, Levantia and Leo. Mr. Dickinson has 270 acres of land ; is engaged in general farming.
MARX ERICHSON, farmer and machinist, near Mt. Algor ; P. O. Miles ; was born in Schleswig, Germany, in 1836 ; he came to this country in 1856 ; he lived in Davenport, Iowa, about four years, where he worked at his trade, machinist ; he came to his present location in 1863. He married Christina Seeman, a native, also, of Schleswig ; they have five children-Henry P., Theodore F., Julius M., Dora R. and Walter. Owns 208 acres of land : carries on blacksmithing in connection with farming. ALBERT C. FERGUSON, merchant, Sterling; was born in Oakland Co., Mich., June 18, 1837; his parents were Chauncy S. and Olive Ferguson ; his father came to Sabula in the summer of 1837; he returned to Michigan in the follow- ing winter, and, in March, 1838, returned to Sabula with his family, where they lived until 1847, when his father purchased a claim of Mr. R. C. Westbrook in Sec. 21, Iowa Township, where he lived till 1851 ; he engaged in mercantile business at Ster- ling in 1852; he built the store now occupied by his son, and, also, erected several other buildings at Sterling; he was born in Tioga Co., N. Y., in 1813; he died in Sterling, Iowa Township, in 1875. Mr. A. C. Ferguson was married to Frances Diffin, a native of Canada ; they have one son-Chauncey S., born in 1859.
THOMAS FRAHM, farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Miles; was born in Schles- wig, Germany, in 1831 ; he came to the United States in 1857 ; he settled on the farm which he now owns, in 1860; has 160 acres of land. He was married to Mrs. Anna Struvie, formerly Anna Plan, born in Germany; they have three children-John, Anna and Ernest H .; Mrs. Frahm has two children by former marriage-Bertha and Maggie Struvie ; she lost two children-William and Henry.
JAMES D. GAGE, farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Sterling; was born in Upper Canada, in 1832; in the spring of 1855, he came to Jackson Co. from Canada and settled on his present farm. He was married January, 1855, to Miss M. Bates, daugh- ter of Capt. P. B. Bates ; they have seven children-Gerard, Josephine, Jennie, Eliza- beth, Mamie, James P. and Phebe. Mr. Gage's farm contains 120 acres. Was elected Justice of the Peace in 1868, and held that office four or five years ; he was elected Captain of a militia company raised in Iowa Township during the rebellion. Two brothers of Mr. Gage, John M. and Asahel, lost their lives in the Union service during the rebellion ; they were members of Co. A, 24th I. V. I .; they were natives of Canada, and, at the time of their enlistment, were not citizens of the United States, yet they responded promptly to the call of their adopted country, and laid down their lives in her defense; John died of discase contracted in the service, April, 1863 ; Asahel was mortally wounded at the battle of Champion Hills.
ALFRED GIDDINGS, farmer and nurseryman, Sec. 14; P. O. Sabula ; was born in Northamptonshire, England, in 1827. He was married to Mary A. Hen- frey ; they came to the United States in 1848; first settled in Avon, Lorain Co., Ohio, where they lived four and one-half years; in the fall of 1853, they came to Iowa Township and purchased forty acres of his present farm, which exhausted his resources ; he added to his first purchase from time to time, as he became able ; has now one of the best improved farms in Iowa Township; his nursery and seedling-grounds inclose .about thirty acres ; has, also, a fine hot-house for the production of flower plants, of
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which he ships large quantities each year. He has seven children-Hannah Mundt, Harriet, Ellen Clement, Virginia J., Spendlove, Alfred G., Emma and John L.
HENRY F. GRAHAM, farmer ; P. O. Sterling : was born in Northum- berland Co., Penn., in 1803; in 1826, Mr. Graham went to Canada to reside ; he lived near Hamilton, Canada, till 1854, when he came to Jackson Co. and located where he now lives. He married, in 1830, Agnes Rosenberger, of Canada; they have four sons and four daughters-John R., Jane M. (now Mrs. John G. Davis), Eleanor F. (now Mrs. George F. Laing), Agnes ( now Mrs. B. Gage), Henrietta (now Mrs. Forrest M. Miles), Mathew H., Jane and William; have lost two children-Eliza and Barbara ; their children were all born in Canada.
JAMES A. GRAY, farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Miles ; born in Lyons, Clinton Co., in 1852; his parents died when he was about 3 years of age; he was brought up by George F. Green, in whose family he lived till he was married in 1876; his wife was Miss Kate Davis, of Iowa Township. Mr. Gray has 200 acres of land ; is engaged in general farming and stoek-raising.
GEORGE F. GREEN, capitalist and stock-dealer, Miles; was born in Rhode Island Ang. 15, 1809. He married Miss Sarah Kimball, of New London Co., Conn., in April, 1839; immediately after his marriage, he started for Iowa, reaching Iowa Township in May; he entered a farm which lies in Secs. 32, 33 and 34; resi- dence in 33, where he resided till 1877, when he removed to Miles. Mr. Green was elected to the Territorial Legislature of Iowa in 1846; but a State constitution having been adopted at the same election, another election was held for State officers, and he was elected to the State Legislature ; he served two years, and was again elected in 1852; in 1859, he was elected to the State Senate; he was County Commissioner one term, previous to his election as Senator ; has served frequently as administrator of estates and as guardian for minors. He has two children-Mrs. Mary Davis and Mrs. Susan K. Walker. Mr. Green is a Democrat; he and his wife are members of the Congregational Church.
WM. HASSON, farmer, resides at Mt. Algor ; P. O. Miles; born in Ohio in December, 1828; he went to Lee Co., Iowa, in 1846; in the spring of 1847, to St. Louis, and enlisted as a soldier for the Mexican war, in the St. Louis battalion ; crossed the plains to Santa Fe, New Mexico, where the battalion joined the forces under Gen. Sterling Price, thence to Chihuahua, Mexico ; at the close of the war, he returned to Ohio; went to California in 1850; engaged in miniog for three years; was Sheriff of Placer Co., Cal., for several years; on his return, in 1855, he took passage in the Golden Age; the steamer was wrecked, and he and his family, who accompanied him, narrowly escaped with their lives. Mr. Hasson settled at Sterling in the fall of 1856, where he sold merchandise for about one year; since then, has lived in different parts of the county and been varionsly engaged ; he farmed for a time in Elk River Town- ship, also on Maquoketa Bottom; went to Sabula in the fall of 1862, thence to De Witt the following year, thence to Camanche, thence to Independence, Buchanan Co., thence to Sabnla ; bought a farm in Iowa Township in 1872, sold it in 1873; bought another farm in 1874, sold it in 1878; in the spring of 1879, removed to present place of residence. His first wife was Maria Hollis. His present wife was Ann McKer- lie ; has one daughter by first marriage and five children by second marriage.
A. C. HEYNEN, of the firm of A. C. Heynen & Co., Miles; Mr. Heynen was born in 1849; he is a brother of Mr. O. W. Heynen ; he resided for several years in Chicago, in the employment of the North-Western Railway Co .; was after- ward in the employ of Stark Bros., wholesale dealers in dry goods and millinery goods, Chicago; the present business was purchased of Overholt & Day. Mr. E. Hammersmith, partner of Mr. Heynen, is a native of Prussia ; came to America in 1963; he came to Miles and engaged in business with Mr. Heynen in March, 1878.
O. W. HEYNEN, merchant, Miles; born in Prussia in 1846 ; his parents, E. W. and Matilda Heynen, emigrated to this country in 1848; they reside in Du Page Co., Ill. Mr. Heynen came to Maquoketa in 1870; he located in Miles in 1876, where he has already built up a fine trade. He married Elizabeth M. Sipes,
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native of Pennsylvania ; they have three children-Ada, Alvin C. and Edward O. Mr. Heynen and wife are members of the Congregational Church ; Mr. Heynen is Superintendent of the Methodist Sunday school of Miles ; was Superintendent of the Congregational Sunday school at Maquoketa when he resided there.
DOMINIQUE JOANNIN, retired farmer ; P. O. Miles; Mr. Joannin was born in France in 1805; he came to America in 1829; he lived in Canada about twelve years; came to Jackson Co. in 1842; he first settled near where Maquoketa now stands, where he lived three years ; then removed to Bloomfield Township, Clinton Co., where he lived about seven years; returned to Canada for a short time, then located in Fairfield Township, Jackson Co., where he lived one and one- half years, when he came to Iowa Township; he located in Miles in 1875. He mar- ried Mary Carver, native of Germany ; they have three children-George, Carrie and Mary. Mr. and Mrs. Joannin are members of the Wesleyan Methodist Church.
LUCIUS T. KIMBALL, farmer ; P. O. Miles ; born in New London Co., Conn., in 1823; his father died in 1829; the family, consisting of his mother and eight children, came West in June, 1839; they settled in Iowa Township, about three miles east of the present town of Miles, where Mr. Kimball resided till he came to his present location in March, 1879; now resides but a short distance east of Miles. He married Miss Catharine Canfield, a native of Canada; they have five children-Adelaide R., Arden D., Elmer, Minnie and Ella. Besides his present place, he still owns his original farm of 200 acres; has also a farm of 80 acres in Clinton Co. Members of M. E. Church.
JUSTICE O. LEGG, farmer ; P. O. Miles; Mr. Legg was born on the place which he now owns Sept. 25, 1853; his father, O. H. Legg. died in Decem- ber, 1878. Mr. J. O. Legg purchased the homestead of his father but a short time previous to the death of the latter. He married Miss Elva C. Kellogg April 16, 1879. Mrs. Legg's parents were early settlers of Van Buren Township.
MRS. LYDIA A. LEGG, widow of the late O. H. Legg; Mrs. Legg was born in Steuben Co., N. Y., in. 1827 ; her parents, Eli and Lucretia Denton, removed to Pennsylvania when she was about a year old; thence to Canada, and to Michigan about 1837 ; they came to Jackson Co. and located near the present site of Miles in 1850; they now reside at St. Charles, Minn., at the advanced ages of 91 and 95 years, her mother being the elder. Mrs. Lydia A. Denton Legg was married to Mr. O. H. Legg in Michigan ; they came to Jackson Co. at the time Mrs. Legg's parents came ; Mr. L. entered a farm, which includes the site of the present residence of Mrs. L .; the farm is now owned by her son, Justice O. Mr. Legg was born in Homer, Cortland Co., N. Y., in 1822 ; his parents removed to Michigan about 1836; he learned the trade of carpenter and joiner when a young man ; engaged, also, in teaching for several years, but, after coming to Iowa, devoted himself entirely to the cultivation and improvement of his farm ; he died Nov. 8, 1878. Mrs. L. possessed a natural love for the study of medicine, and, early in life, having free access to the library of her brother, Dr. T. E. Denton, made rapid advancement and attained a high degree of proficiency in the science of medicine ; when she came to Iowa, the country being new and physicians being scarce, she was induced to put her knowledge into practice ; the result was a more thorough preparation and an extensive practice-in fact, from the time she came to Iowa, in 1850, till 1877, when failing health compelled her to discontinue her work, she may be said to have made the practice of medicine a profession. Mrs. Legg has four children-Marian D. ( now Mrs. Engene A. Allen), Edgar B., Justus and Lydia.
BERNARD M'NALLY, farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Miles; born in County Tyrone, Ireland ; he emigrated to New Brunswick in 1841 ; he went to Boston in the following winter ; he enlisted in the U. S. Service in 1842; he was attached to a com- pany of artillery, which was sent to the State of Maine; the company, while there, was under the command of Gen. Albert Sidney Johnson; on the annexation of Texas to the Union, he was ordered to Corpus Christi, and to the Rio Grande in 1846 ; he served during the Mexican war ; was at the battles of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palmi ; was
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also at the battle of Monterey, under Gen. Worth ; was discharged at the expiration of his term of service, July 15, 1847 ; he remained, however, with the army till the close of the war. Was then employed to drive Government teams from Monterey to Califor- nia ; he remained ahout two years in California, engaged in mining; in 1851, he returned from California ; came to Jackson Co. and purchased the farm which he now owns. He was married, Jan. 1, 1852, to Laura Sutton, daughter of John Sutton, who was born in England in 1804, and came to Jackson Co. in 1844, and settled where he now lives ; Mr. and Mrs. McNally have six children-George, Ellen, William, Edna, Frank and Lizzie. Mr. McNally's farm contains 210 acres.
HIRAM A. MILES, farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Miles; born in Wayne Co., Ohio, in February, 1834 ; he came to Iowa Township in the fall of 1853 ; he returned to Ohio the following spring, but came back in the autumn of 1854; he located in Deep Creek Township in 1857, where he lived till 1861, when he located where he now lives. He married Sophia Prussia, whose parents were carly settlers of Jackson Co .; they have three children-Alida L., Mary and Edith ; they lost one child-Effie, aged 14 years. Mr. Miles is a brother of J. W. Miles, Esq .; he and his wife are members of the Christian Church.
JOHN MILGROVE, farmer; resides in Miles; born in England in December, 1823; his father, John Milgrove, with his family, emigrated to Canada in 1830. Mr. Milgrove came to Iowa Township and settled on Sec. 20, where he still owns a farm of 110 acres ; he removed to Miles in March, 1879. He married Mrs. Susan A. Crane, a native of Pennsylvania ; they have one child-Cora A. Mrs. Mil- grove has two children by former marriage-Wm. F. and Homer.
GEORGE SCARBOROUGH, farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Sterling ; born in Yorkshire, England, in 1813; he accompanied his brother Thomas to the United States in the spring of 1836 ; he went to Albany, N. Y., where he remained about one year ; then returned to England. Was married to Miss Jane Barker, born in Lincoln- shire, England, in 1820. He returned to the United States in September, 1842 ; came to Jackson Co. in January, 1843, and lived with his brother Thomas for about three years ; located on the farm which he now owns in 1855; has nine children-Mary J., born in England ; Rosanna, Elizabeth, Sarah, Harriet, John, Phebe, George and Douglas ; they lost two children in England-Jane and George; lost their fourth child, Thomas, in America. Mr. Scarborough has a well-improved farm of 180 acres.
THOMAS SCARBOROUGH, farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Sterling ; horn in Yorkshire, England, in 1808 ; he came to the United States with his brother George, ia 1836; he remained in the State of New York one year, then went to Ann Arbor, Mich., where he lived about two years ; he came to Jackson Co. in the spring of 1839, and took a claim in Washington. Township, which he kept about two years ; he after- ward made a claim of the farm now owned by Mr. Henry Dickinson, Iowa Township, which he sold to Mr. Wm. Dickinson, the father of Henry; then purchased claim of the farm which he now owns ; he went to California in 1849; returned in 1850. He was married to Mrs .. Elizabeth Maxton, born in Cambridgeshire, England, in 1831 : has- three sons and three daughters-Thomas N., Charlotte E., Mary E., James W., Sarah A. and John O .; have lost four children.
ANDREW SMITH, farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Sabula; was born in Ireland in 1808; he came to the United States in 1827; he lived in Canada; thence to Malone, N. Y .; he was engaged on public work for many years, in different parts of the country ; he came to Jackson Co., and made a claim of the farm he now owns in 1837. He married Mary Sheridan, a native of Ireland ; she died in February, 1879 ; has eight children-Hannah, Henry, Andrew, Mary, Elleu, Kate, Bridget and Julia. He belongs to the Catholic Church.
MRS. CATHARINE SWANEY, widow of the late James Swaney, Miles ; was born in Richland Co., Ohio, June, 1823 ; he married, in 1849, his present widow, Catharine Edmonds, born in Wayne Co., in March, 1830; they came to Van Buren Township in 1851; returned to Ohio the following year. In the spring of 1853, they returned to Jackson Co. and settled on their farm in Van Buren Township,
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which Mr. Swaney had secured when he came to the county, in 1851. About 1867, Mr. Swaney sold his farm in Van Buren Township, and removed to Clinton Co., Elk River Township; bought the farm near Miles, where the family now resides, in March, 1874; Mr. Swaney died December, 1875. Mrs. Swaney has six children-Alexander L., Ella E., Lemuel H., Mary M., Annie D. and Linda May. Mrs. Swaney is a mem- ber of the M. E. Church.
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WILLIAM BEATTEY, farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Bellevue ; born in the North of Ireland in 1835; came to America in 1852; his father lives in the old coun- try ; his mother is dead; came to Jackson Co. in 1858; lived in Bellevue six years, and while there worked at his trade, which is that of a plasterer; came to his present home in 1864, where he has since resided ; has a fine farm, well watered, and some tim- ber upon it. Has been Assessor, School Director and Trustee of his town. His wife's maiden name was Susan Legross, a native of France; they were married in 1856, in this county ; have had seven children, six of whom are now living, named as follows : John Clinton, Cora, Eugene, Sadie, Ionia and Thomas; the one dead was named George William ; was 18 years old when he was killed in the following manuer, in Sep- tember, 1878: He jumped on a horse that was harnessed, and put his foot into the lines, that were tied up; the horse threw him, and he was dragged a considerable dis- tance, over a rough piece of ground, his foot hanging in the lines, and was badly torn and instantly killed. Mr. Beattey also met with a severe loss in the death of his wife; she died in December, 1877. Mr. Beattey was raised an Episcopalian; he owns 160 acres, about 100 under cultivation.
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