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MRS. SARAH BURNETT, farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Green Island ; born in Maine in 1828; came to Jackson Co. in 1855. Her husband, Mr. Isaac Bur- nett, was also a native of Maine, born in 1822 ; their parents are dead ; they were mar- ried in their native State in 1848; have ten children all of whom are living, named as follows-Nathaniel I., Sarah Elizabeth, Susan E., Jane L., Alson W., Albert, Almira, Lydia E., Isaac and Perry L .; of these children four are married, viz., Nathaniel, Sarah, Susan and Jane. Mrs. B. owns eighty acres, about all under cultivation.
GEORGE CALDWELL, farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Green Island; lives and carries on business with Mrs. George Hoy.
MORGAN CAVANAGH, saloon-keeper, Green Island ; born in Illinois in 1839 ; came with his parents to Iowa when he was about 2 years old. His father settled within two miles of Sabula and engaged in farming; lived there twenty-two years and until he died ; was one of the oldest settlers in Jackson Co .; Mr. Morgan Cavanagh's mother died July 8, 1858. His brother was Deputy Sheriff of the county for two years; was also in the war of the late rebellion, a member of the 2d I. V. C .; came out of the service as First Lieutenant of his company, which was Company L ; he first enlisted for three years, and, when his time expired, re-enlisted as a veteran and served until the war closed ; was wounded in the shoulder at the battle of Nashville, Tenn. Mr. Morgan Cavanagh's wife's name before being married was Mary Molson, a native of Germany ; they were married in 1877 ; have two children, one named Mary, the other not christened at time of writing. In religion, Mr. Cavanagh is a Catholic ; in politics, a Democrat.
MIRS. ANN CLARKE, Green Island; born in Fort Edward, N. Y., in 1823; came to Iowa in 1841 to Dubuque Co. and to Jackson Co. in 1842. Her hus- band settled first in Washington Township and was Postmaster at Wickliffe, in same township, for about thirty years; was Drainage Commissioner for a number of years ; was Justice of the Peace for about thirty-four years, and also County Supervisor and Tax Collector for Washington Township for a number of years ; he owned a farm and other real estate at different times during his life ; he died in February, 1877. Mrs. Clark's
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maiden name was McGinty. Mr. Clarke was a native of Ireland; born in Cavan County in 1810; was among the oldest settlers in Jackson Co., Iowa, and was the founder and owner of the town of Green Island, and, during his life, was highly respected and esteemed by the people and community among whom and in which he lived, and had always a host of warm friends. They were married in Illinois in 1839 ; have had twelve children, eight of whom are now living, as follows: Sarah, Margaret, Clotilda, Patrick Henry, Catharine, Anna, Joanna and Francis ; they have lost four, whose names were Mary, Jane, Regine Agnes and James.
HENRY CLAUSEN, farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Green Island ; born in Ger- many ia 1821 ; came to America in 1852, to Scott Co. first ; lived there eleven months, then went to California; was there four years and a half, then went back to his native country and remained nine months ; returned to America and lived a short time in Davenport and in Scott Co., then came to Jackson Co., where he has since resided ; was in the war of the rebellion, a member of the 2d I. V. I .; he enlisted on the 12th October, 1864; was discharged, July, 1865 ; participated in the battle of Bentonville, N. C., and also in some lesser engagements during the service. His wife's maiden name was Margaret Seaves, a native also of Germany; they were married in January, 1851; have had ten children, eight of whom are now living, named as follows : Henry, Julius, Frederick, Annette, Loui, Katherine, Margaret and Amelia; two died named Emma and Wena. Owns ninety-eight acres in Washington Township and forty in Iowa.
JOHN W. DAVIS, farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Green Island ; born in Maine Nov. 27, 1832; came to Iowa in 1867 ; first settled in Clinton Co ; came to Jackson Co. in 1869, to the place where he now resides. Owns 224 acres, has it all under culti- vation but ten acres of timber and bluff land. His wife's maiden name was Sarah Grant, a native of Maine also ; they were married in 1866; have had five children ; those now living are named Guiletti G., Ernest W., Theocrastes S. and John; the one dead was named George.
MRS. SARAH M. DITTOE, farmer, Sec. 25 ; P. O. Green Island ; born in Lexington, Ky., in February, 1834; came to Jackson Co., Iowa, in 1856, where she has since resided. Has owned 360 acres of land, and she and her husband owned the land upon which the village of Green Island now stands; she now owns her original home, with eleven acres of land surrounding it. Her husband, Francis R. Dittoe, died in May, 1879 ; they have had nine children, two living now, and seven are dead. The names of those living are Manueletta G. and William E. ; of those dead, one was named Charles, the other, Anna ; the remaining five were not named.
HENRY GOSCH, farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Green Island ; born in Germany in 1810 ; came to America in 1858, and immediately to Jackson Co., where he has since resided. His first wife died in 1860; her maiden name was Elsie Graves. Mr. Gosch married again ; his present wife's name (before marriage) was Musenbring; they were married in 1961; no children by last marriage; but by the first-seven, five of whom are still living, named as follows : Ella, Annie, Henry, Katherine and Mary ; those dead were named Jerry and Ellen. Mr. Gosch has a place among the early settlers of Jack- son Co. Owns 150 acres of land, 80 of which is under cultivation. Mr. G. is a Republican.
HENRY HAGEDOM, merchant, Green Island ; born in Germany in 1833; came to this country in 1857; came first to Iowa; remained a year and a half, then removed to Kansas, where he remained one year; then returned to Iowa, and came to Jackson Co., and engaged in farming; he followed that occupation sixteen years ; then commenced hotel-keeping, and was in that line of business for two years ; from that, he. went into the mercantile business, which he has since followed. He built the hotel in Green Island, called at the present time, the Green Island Hotel; also built the store building in which he now does business, and also owns; he sold the hotel property to John McVey. Mr. Hagedom is the Postmaster of the place, and has the only store doing a general merchandise business in the town ; deals in dry goods, boots and shoes, groceries, hats and caps, notions, etc., and keeps everything usually sold in a first-class establishment of the kind ; his trade amounts to from $8,000 to $10,000 a year. Is
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also Justice of the Peace in said village. In religion, Mr. Hagedom is Lutheran; in politics, Democratic. His wife's maiden name was Mangeler, a native of Germany ; they were married in 1856; have had nine children ; those living are Henry, Louisa, Mary, Emma, Minnie and Sophia ; those dead were John, Willie and Frederick.
JOHN HAZEN, farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Green Island; born in Pennsylvania in 1809; came to Jackson Co. in 1851, to the place where he now lives, and where he has continued to reside since he first came. Was Justice of the Peace for eight years ; also one of the Trustees of the town and School Director. His wife's maiden name was Mary Budd, a native of Ohio; born in 1816; they were married in December, 1829; have had five children, three of whom are now living, named as follows : William, Salina and Ade- laide; those dead were named Thomas B. and Emma Rensey ; those living are married. Thomas B. was in the army during the late rebellion; enlisted in 1862; died while in the service, of dysentery, and was buried at Vicksburg, Miss .; was a member of the
31st I. V. I., Co. I, and was First Lieutenant of that company ; participated in the siege of Vicksburg, and in other lesser engagements; he helped to organize the com- pany of which he was afterward chosen First Lieutenant. In religion, Mr. and Mrs. Hazen are Baptists ; in politics, he is a Republican. Owns 160 acres ; has about one hundred under cultivation, well watered, and considerable timber upon it.
BLYTHE HOPPER, farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Green Island ; owns forty- four acres, one- half of which is under cultivation. Born in Kentucky in 1812; came to Jackson Co. in 1843, where he has since resided. His wife's maiden name was Yocum, a native of Missouri ; second wife's maiden name was Davis ; they are both dead; had six children, four of whom are living, named as follows : James S., Annette Culve, George W. and Hazen E .; of the twodied, one was named Susan Clarke, the other not named. In religion, Mr. Hopper is a Baptist ; in politics, a Democrat.
JAMES JACKSON HOPPER, hotel keeper, Green Island ; born in Park Co., Ind., Aug. 15, 1829 ; came with his mother to Iowa in 1841, and to Jackson Co., in 1843; has been in Missouri since then, and other places at times; came to Green Island in 1875 ; for a time, lived on a farm belonging to his wife, and then moved into the village and commenced hotel keeping; his wife's farm is located two miles from town ; she has eighty acres. Her maiden name was Ann Hanson; she was married to Mr. Hopper in August, 1872; had been married before, and has had five children. Mr. Hopper was also married before, and had seven children by that marriage; the names of the children belonging to Mr. Hopper and now living are Henrietta, Winnie, James, Julia Ann, Susan and Stella ; the one dead was named Lucetta. The names of children belonging to Mrs. Hopper and now living, are Mary Ann and Ellen ; those dead were named Elizabeth, John, the third one name not given.
JAMES HOPPER, real-estate dealer, money loaner, etc., Green Island ; born in Kentucky Feb. 9, 1816 ; came to Iowa in 1843, and to Jackson Co., and com- menced breaking prairie ; followed that about three years; then commenced dealing in cattle and continued in that business for about thirty-three years; since quitting that has been loaning money and speculating in real estate ; owns a house and lot in the village of Green Island, where he has his home; also, owns one-half of a farm of 280 acres in Jackson Township, and has, besides, fifty acres of real estate across the river in Washington Township. His wife's maiden name was Susan A. Yocum, a native of Missouri ; they were married in 1863, in the month of April; have five children, as follows : Solomon, William, Lucinda, AnDie and Lucy.
JOATHAN JAYNES, farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Spring Brook; born in Illinois in 1830; came to Jackson Co. in 1846; parents both dead; has lived in this county continually, with the exception of the time he was in the army ; was in the war of the rebellion, a member of the 2d I. V. I .; was among those who were drafted into the service; was discharged May 1, 1865 ; was in several skirmishes. His wife's maiden name was Mahala Winebarger, a native of North Carolina, horn in 1832; her mother is still living; her father is dead. Mr. and Mrs. Jaynes were married in Iowa in 1857 ; have had four children, three of whom are living, named as follows : Walter, Catherine and Jerome Rollington ; the one dead was named Louis. In religion, Mr.
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and Mrs. J. are Methodists; in politics, Mr. J. is a Democrat. Owns eighty-eight acres, about seventy under cultivation, well watered and some timber upon it.
WILLIAM JONES, farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Bellevue; born in Berks Co., Penn., in 1824; came to Jackson Co. in 1855, where he has since resided. His wife's maiden name was Rowena Jones, a native of Iowa ; her father was from Ken- tucky ; she and Mr. Jones were married in 1870, and have three children-Mary, Isaac and Hettie. Owns 180 acres of land, about seventy-five under cultivation, well watered, and some timber upon it. In politics, Mr. Jones is a Democrat.
WILLIAM KRUMWIEDE, farmer, Sec. 25; P. O. Green Island ; born in Mount Algor, Iowa, March 16, 1852; his parents reside in Mount Algor ; came to his present home in March, 1877; has owned 100 acres of land, which he sold to his father in August, 1879; purposes buying another farm and remaining perma- nently in Jackson Co. His wife's maiden name was Louisa Jones, a native of Ger- many ; they were married in 1874 ; have two children-Frank, the other not named at time of writing. Republican.
CHRISTOPHER KYLE, farmer, Sec. -; P. O. Bellevue; born in Germany in 1833; came to America in 1853, to New Jersey, and was there 'about two months ; from there he went to Pennsylvania, and remained ten months ; then to Bellevue, Iowa, where he lived about five years; then went to Missouri, and was there two years; then came to where he now lives; came there in 1854, and has lived there continuously since. Has been School Director. His wife's maiden name was Sophia Lampe, a native of Germany; she came to this country when 3 years old ; they were married March 9, 1860; they have had eight children, seven of whom are living- Louisa, Henry, Christopher, Emma, Matilda, Frederick and Mena; the one dead was not named. Owns 200 acres of land ; has about one hundred under cultivation, well watered and timbered. Mr. Kyle and his family are members of the Lutheran Church. Republican.
PERRY LAMBORN, farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Green Island; born in Venango Co., Penn., in 1830 ; his parents are both dead ; came to Jackson Co. in 1853, where he has since resided. Has been Trustee of his town several times, once during a period of four years ; also Road Supervisor. His wife's maiden name was Winnie Cahalan, a native of Illinois ; they were married in Iowa in 1857 ; have had eight chil- dren, all living-John Alexander, Dora Amelia, Rachel Ellen, William Henry, Samnel Harrison, Katharine S., Charles E. and Robert P. Owns 220 acres of land ; has about 140 acres under cultivation ; farm well watered and considerable timber upon it. In politics, Mr. Lamborn is a Democrat.
JOSHUA LERAN, Sr., retired miller, Washingtonville ; P. O. Bellevue'; was born in Maxatanny Township, Berks Co., Penn., Aug. 4, 1809; came to Jackson Co. in May, 1851; came first to Jackson Township; remained in Bellevue awhile; went from Bellevue to Brush Creek, and engaged in milling; ran a mill on shares, and succeeded in getting a first-class reputation for the mill with which he was connected, customers coming from a long distance ; remained in that mill nine years; then went to farming. and was in that business from spring until fall; then came to the farm upon which he now lives, and where he has made his home, but has been actively engaged in the milling business during the time. Mr. Leran has never cared for public office ; was once elected Trustee of his town, but refused to serve. He is connected with the Ger- man Reformed Church, and, in politics, is a Republican. His wife's maiden name was . Rebecca Derr, a native of Lehigh Co., Wisenburg Township, Penn. ; they were married in their native State Nov. 1, 1829 ; she died in February, 1877 ; have had nine chil- children, four boys and five girls ; six of the children are still living, three boys and three girls-Charity, Joshua D., Benjamin, Francis, Emma and Mary ; of those dead, one was named Almira, and the other two were not named. The children that are living are all married, and one of them, Frank, was in the war of the rebellion, a mem- ber of the 31st I. V. I., Co. K ; enlisted July 6, 1862; was discharged July 3, 1865 ; was in the battles of Chickasaw Bayou, Miss., Arkansas Post, siege of Vicksburg, Jack- son, Miss., Resaca, New Hope Church, Kenesaw Mountain and Lovejoy Station, Ga.,
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and Bentonville, S. C .; was in the service until the war closed. Mr. Leran owns 167 acres of land in Washington Township, 240 in Jackson, and 9 acres near the village of Andrew, in Perry Township.
GEORGE LINGLE, farmer, Sec. 20 ; P. O. Spring Brook ; horn near Indianapolis, Ind., in 1831 ; came to Jackson Co. in 1855. Wife's maiden name was Susanna Wineburger, a native of Tennessee. They were married in Illinois in 1852 ; have twelve children, all of whom are living, as follows-William, Mary Ann, Daniel, Joseph, Jacob, Sarah Ann, Mac, Julia Ann, Henry, Dillie Ann, Albert and Francis. Mr. Lingle has been, and is now, a School Director in his district; he and Mrs. L. are members of the M. E. Church ; he is a Democrat. Owns 160 acres, about 120 under cultivation.
MRS. BRIDGET McGOVERN, farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Bellevue. Born in Ireland in 1823; father dead, mother still living; came to America in 1848, and to Jackson Co. in 1850, where she has since resided ; her husband, Mr. Francis Mc- Govern, died in this county in 1873; they were married in the old country in 1842; have had ten children, seven of whom are still living, named as follows-Julia, Mary, Delia, Margaret Amelia, Francis Thomas, Johnnie and Edward; two of the children are married, viz., Julia and Mary; those dead were named Sarah Jane, Sarah and Mary. Mrs. McGovern and her entire family are Catholics ; one of her sons, Edward, is in Montana ; her husband, during his life, visited California twice. Owns 240 acres, has about seventy under cultivation ; well watered and considerable timber upon it.
WILLIAM MANGELER, farmer, Secs. 34, 35, 36, 18; P. O. Green Island ; born in Germany in 1838; came to America and to Jackson Co., Iowa, in 1857 ; bought 80 acres of land, and has been adding to it from time to time, until he now owns 379 acres, 100 of which he has under cultivation. His wife's maiden name was Mene Lampe, a native of Germany ; they were married in 1862; have had nine children, eight of whom are living, named as follows, Louisa, Emma, Matilda, Sophia, Mary, Mene, Fred and William ; the one dead was named Edward.
LOUIS MOCH, farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. Spring Brook ; born in Baden, Germany, in 1825 ; came to America in 1851, landed in New Orleans ; came to Jack- son Co. in 1854, where he has since lived ; his wife's maiden name was Lydia Aun Lingle, a native of Indiana ; they were married in 1852, in Illinois ; have had eight children, three of whom are now living, named as follows: Joseph, Mary Ann and Elizabeth ; those dead were named Rosa Ann, Louis, Andon, Katharine and Michael ; they all died of scarlet fever. In religion, Mr. Moch and his entire family are Catholics ; in politics, Mr. M. is a Democrat. Owns 246 acres ; has about 120 under cultivation.
WILLIAM JOHN MOONEY, farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Green Island ; boro in New York in 1834; came to Iowa in 1845, and to Jackson Co .; he in com- pany with his mother and two brothers took a claim which embraced one-half section of land, and traded for said claim, which also included one-half an acre of broken ground, and the house which stood upon it, one rifle and one barrel of whisky, " Haun's best ;" his mother died in 1851, of cholera; his brothers are also both dead ; Mr. Mooney lived in Jackson Co. from the time of his first settlement therein until he went to Australia, which was in the spring of 1853; was in the last-named country six years ; also was in all of the South Sea Islands; visited the city of Amsterdam once, and was in California three times, and has made the voyage round the world ; during all this time, however, he retained his original home in Jackson Co., Iowa ; returned finally to Wash- ington Township, in 1859, and purchased the farm upon which he now lives, of James Clarke, and has continued to reside there since that time; owns 250 acres in Jackson Co., and eighty in Iowa Co., also owns one-half section in the Waukean Valley in Cali- fornia ; his wife's maiden name was Arnold, a native of Illinois; they were married in 1865; have had six children, five of whom are living-Margaret, Mary, Elice, Johnny, and one not named at the time of writing; the one that died was named Elexis. In religion, Mr. Mooney is a Catholic ; Democrat.
MRS. ELIZABETH O'NEAL, farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Green Island ; born near the city of Dublin, Ireland, in 1814; came to Jackson Co. in 1845; her
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husband came with her, and died in 1854; he and Mrs. O'Neal were married in 1834, in Dublin ; they had seven children, six of whom are now living, named as follows -James, Patrick, Mary, Lizzie, Rosie and Sadie; the one that died was named John ; died in New Orleans, aged 1 week ; the four girls are all married, three of them living out West, and the fourth one in Green Island; her name is Wright ; of the two boys, one is in Minnesota and the other at home with his mother ; James was in the war of the rebellion ; enlisted in 1862; discharged at the close of the war in 1865; was a member of the 26th I. V. I .; participated in several battles while in the service, but was sick a good share of the time, and has been suffering with pulmonary trouble since that time ; he was a true and faithful soldier for his country, and stuck to the old flag until his services were no longer needed. Mrs. O'Neal and her entire family are Catholics ; owns 200 acres, about ten acres under cultivation, the balance timber land.
MRS. WINNIE ANN PERKINS, farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Green Island ; born in Kentucky in 1817; came to Jackson Co., in 1851 ; her husband was among the earliest settlers of the county ; he was a native of North Carolina, born in 1809; after coming to Iowa, he lived for a time in Dubuque Co .; also in Galena, Ill., and in an carly day was a miner there ; he was in the Black Hawk war, and took part in some of the battles that occurred during that fierce and bloody struggle ; he lived for the most of the time after settling in Jackson Co. upon his farm in Washington Town- ship; he and Mrs. Perkins were married in Lincoln Co., Mo., in 1834: had nine children, six of whom are living, named as follows : Jesse, Franklin, James W., George W., Mary R., Virginia A. and Sarah Helen; of the three that are dead, one was an infant and died in Missouri ; one a child of 3 years, named William Francis, died also in Missouri, at St. Louis, and the other was a son who was a soldier in the late war of the rebellion ; his name was Henry E., a member of the 5th I. V. C .; enlisted in July, 1863, and was killed in a skirmish engagement at Wartrace, Tenn., in the fall of 1863; they own seventy-eight acres, about sixty of which is under cultivation.
ALEXANDER REED, farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Bellevue; born in Ire- land, Tyrone Co., in 1804; came to America in 1826, with a brother, Thomas ; parents are dead. Landed in New York; was there a few days, and then went to Philadel- phia ; stayed there about ten days, and from there he went to Norfolk, Va., and remained there one week: from there he went to City Point, Va., and was there a day or two; from there to Warrenton, in the same State, and from there to Milton, N. C., where he got employment as an overseer of a plantation, and remained on that plantation three or four years ; was in the gold mines about one year ; also run a distillery for a time, and was in employment variously, as an overseer, etc., in the South for about ten years, at the end of which time he came North, to Jo Daviess Co., Ill .; went into the lead mines in Dubuque in April, 1833; was in that line of business a few months, and then came into what was then called Michigan Territory, afterward changed to Wisconsin, and then to Iowa Territory ; came to his present home in 1833. Mr. Reed was the earliest settler in Jackson Co., and the man to turn the first furrow of land in the county with a plow. His first neighbor was a man by the name of Ship- ton, who afterward shot a man by the name of Faber, with whom he had quarreled about a claim ; it was some time after that before any white men came into the county. When Mr. Reed came, there was nothing but Indians and deer; during the first fall and winter that Mr. Reed lived here, he kilied seventy-five deer; the village of Keo- kuk, named for chief Keokuk, was then standing, upon what is now the land and property of Mr. Recd; he saw chief Keokuk; the latter passed Mr. Reed twice; also, saw Black Hawk in Galena. Mr. Reed was also in Jackson Co. two years before he found a wife, and then went to Galena to be married. His wife's father lived in Jackson Co. for a little time before they were married ; the hymeneal knot was tied by the Rev. Mr. Kent, in 1835. His wife's maiden name was Amelia G. Dyas; they have had three children, only one of whom is now living, named Samuel D., living in Washington Township ; he is married and has four children living, and has lost one; he and his family have their home with his father. Of. the two children Mr. Reed has lost, one was named Margaret, and the other Katherine; Mr. and Mrs. Reed have also raised several other
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children not their own, some of whom are now married and have good homes. Mr. Reed has been Supervisor in his town for five years; is now a Justice of the Peace ; has been Township Assessor, and has held all of the township offices but that of Clerk. In politics, he is a Democrat. Owns 480 aeres, 320 of which is in Washington Town- ship, and 160 in Bellevue Township ; land well watered, and good timber upon it.
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