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DR. J. F. H. SUGG, Preston ; born in Sabula in 1845 ; he is a son of Dr. J. G. Sugg, of that town ; he first turned his attention to the study of medicine
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while engaged as a clerk in the drug store of his father in Sabula; in 1867, he went to Carroll Co., Iowa, and engaged in surveying ; was County Surveyor there for several years ; he established the Western Herald newspaper, the first paper published in Car- roll Co .; he afterward engaged in mercantile business at Spragueville, in company with Mr. J. E. Reid; removed to Preston and engaged in the same business in 1871 ; he dis- posed of his business in the fall of 1875 ; he attended a course of ntedical lectures at Iowa City in the winter of 1878-79 ; will complete his course in February, 1880. He married Miss Sarah A. Reid. of Sabula ; they have two children -. James M. and Her- bert R. Dr. Sugg was the first Postmaster of Preston.
DAVID SWANEY, farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Van Buren; was born in Washington Co., Penn., March 7, 1807. His parents removed to Richland Co., Ohio, when he was about 15 years of age. He was married to Sidney Latter, of Ohio ; they lived for some time in Ann Arbor, Mich., and came to Van Buren Township in 1839, and settled where he now lives ; has eight children-Jane, James, Angeline, Mary Ann, William, Medora, John Milton and Ira A. Mr. Swaney has 320 acres of land where he lives, and eighty acres in Washington Township.
BENJAMIN VANSTEENBURG, Preston ; was born in Newport, Herkimer Co., N. Y., in August 1839 ; his father removed to Illinois in 1856, and to Jackson Co. in the autumn of 1858; Mr. Vansteenburg enlisted in August, 1862, in Co. A, 24th I. V. I .; was at the battle of Port Gibson, Miss .; lost an arm at Champion Hills, Miss., where he was taken prisoner, and after a few weeks paroled ; discharged, March, 1864; has been Clerk of the House of Representatives since 1866 ; in 1866, was elected Recorder of Jackson Co .; he also took the U. S. Census of the Ninth Dis- trict in 1870 ; his first wife was Miss Sarah Bradley ; she died in 1873; his present wife was the widow of Dr. C. Amos; had one son by first marriage-Ben B., born in 1869.
JONAS VANSTEENBURG, farmer, Secs. 27 and 34; P. O. Preston ; born in Greene Co., N. Y., in 1806; when 17 years of age, he went to Albany, and served an apprenticeship as carpenter and joiner ; he resided in Albany until 28 years of age. He married Miss Laura Lloyd, of Albany ; he removed from Albany to Newport, Herkimer Co., N. Y., where he lived about sixteen years, and where all of his children were born ; he has six children-Frances, George, Benjamin, Lines, Helen and Willard ; Mr. Van- steenburg removed to Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., in 1850, where he purchased a farm, where he resided four years ; in the spring of 1854, he came to Maquoketa, but left his family in New York ; he remained during the summer, and in the fall of that year pur- chased his present farm ; he was engaged at his trade; built the house at Mt. Algor, now owned by John Harrington ; returned to New York in fall of 1854 ; in spring of 1855, came back to Van Buren Township ; engaged in building; went back to New York in fall of 1855; came back the following spring; in September, 1856, went to Illinois, and engaged to build the academy at Malden, in that State ; finally, in October, 1858, he removed his family from New York,, to his farm in Van Buren Township, where he has since resided.
JOHN N. VIALL, farmer, Sec. 25; P. O. Miles ; born in Chautauqua Co., N. Y., in 1826. His parents, Burrill and Sarah Viall, removed to Summit Co., Ohio, in 1831. Mr. Viall came to Sabula in 1848 ; he returned to Ohio in the following spring. In the spring of 1850, he removed to Maquoketa, with his family, and engaged in the furniture business, where he continued ten years. He then purchased a farm in Maquoketa Township, where he lived till 1873; then sold his farm and purchased a farm in Iowa Township, Section 20, which he still owns. He purchased the farm where he now lives in 1877. He married Margaret Richley, of Ohio. They have three chil- dren-Martha (now Mrs. Frank Wilson), Sarah Belle (now Mrs. Arthur Kellogg) and Scott.
CHARLES WAGER, farmer. Sec. 27; P. O. Preston ; was born in Tomp- kins Co., N. Y., in 1835. He came to Jackson Co. in the fall of 1856, and worked for Mr. S. O. Kellogg about nine years. In November, 1858, he exchanged land in Min- nesota, which he had purchased in 1857, for his present farm of eighty acres. Was .
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married to Miss Helen Vansteenburg, daughter of Jonas Vansteenburg. He enlisted in October, 1862, in Co. A, 24th I. V. I .; was at the battles of Port Gibson and Cham- pion Hills; at the siege of Vicksburg, thence to New Orleans ; was in Bank's Red River expedition ; was wounded during the return of that expedition ; was in hospital at Baton Rouge four months ; returned home on furlough about Aug. 1; was discharged, with regiment, July 17, 1865. Has one daughter-Beulah.
SEYMOUR WELLS, farmer and well-driller, Sec. 24; P. O. Miles; was born in Ohio in 1834 ; he came to Van Buren Township in 1855, where he has since resided. He was married to Esther Guver, of Ohio. They have three children- Apama, Levi and Frank. Mr. Wells is a member of the County Board of Supervisors ; elected in 1877.
BORDEN T. WHIPPLE, carpenter, Mount Algor; P. O. Miles; was born in Washington Co., N. Y., in 1822. His parents removed to Buffalo when he was 13 years of age, where he lived till 1843, when he removed to Winnebago Co., Ill., where he lived till 1872, when he came to Jackson Co .; has lived in Iowa and Van Buren Townships since the fall of 1873. His first wife was Caroline Ames, a native of Pennsylvania. Has three children by this marriage-Welton W., Inmon and Salina. He was married to Mrs. Sarah J. Wycoff in June, 1875. Mrs. Whipple, whose maiden name was Truesdell, came to Jackson Co. with her parents in 1855. She has two chil- dren by her first marriage-Harriet E. and Vernal.
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WILLIAM W. APPLEGATE, farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Fulton ; was born in Trumbull Co., Ohio, in 1839; when he was 2 years of age, his parents removed to Mercer Co., Penn .; thence to Perry Township, Jackson Co., Iowa, in 1855. During the war of the rebellion, he served in Co. I, 31st I. V. I., and partici- pated in twenty engagements ; was honorably discharged at the close of the war. In politics, Mr. A. is a Republican.
WILLIAM R. BEGGS, farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Bellevue ; a native of Mercer Co., Penn. ; was born Feb. 3, 1829, where in early life he received a liberal education ; in 1856, he married, in his native county, Miss Mary J. Lockheart, a native of Lawrence Co., Penn., born in 1836; in 1857, they emigrated to Iowa, and settled in Jackson Co., near Springbrook ; in 1867, they removed to where they now reside ; they raised two children-Corelia J. Clarke and William J. Clarke. Mr. Beggs and wife are members of the U. P. Church. In politics, he is a Republican. He has been elected to various school offices, and was an efficient guardian of school and other public interests ; he owns seventy-five acres of land, and has a comfortable home, surrounded by all modern improvements; his father, Joseph Beggs, married, in Ohio, Rachel Beggs ; he died in Mercer Co., Penn., in 1850; she came to Iowa in 1857, and is still a resident of Jackson Co., where she settled ; their surviving children are William R., whose name heads this sketch ; A. M., Sarah, now Mrs. George Williams; Nancy and Leonard ; one of the deceased, Henry, enlisted in Co. K, 31st I. V. I .; he was a gallant soldier, and was killed at the battle of Lookout Mountain. William Lockheart, father of Mrs. Beggs, was in active service in our war with England in 1812, and a long while a clerk in the War Department ; he married Jane Kelso; one of their sons, Silas, served with distinction in a Pennsylvania regiment during the war of the rebellion.
JOHN CHRISTOPH BLESSING, Andrew; was born March 23, 1827, at Oberants, Goeppingen, Königreich, Wurtemburg, Germany ; in early life he received a liberal education in his native town; when about 15 years of age, he engaged to learn the mason trade, and on March 30, 1852, received the diploma of master mechanic. Mr. B. has been twice married ; first time in his native country, to Miss Sibilla Franck, a native of the same town he was, and born Sept. 19, 1827; in 1852, they emigrated to the United States, stopped at North Boston, Erie Co., where
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he worked at his trade a short time; then went to Chicago, Ill., where they remained until 1855, when they removed to Fulton, Jackson Co., Iowa, living there and working at his trade until 1863, when he removed to Maquoketa, where his first wife died on the 8th of February, 1864. By this marriage there were four children-William Albert, born Jan. 17, 1853 ; Gottfried Julius, July 6, 1864 ; Joanna Fredrica, Dec. 6, 1855; Anna Maria, July 30, 1860. Aug. 4, 1869, he married a second wife, Caroline Stan- der ; shortly after they moved to Andrew, where he has since lived ; his second wife died in Andrew Dec. 15, 1878. Mr. B. is a member of the Lutheran Church ; is a Democrat in politics.
HION. PHILIP B. BRADLEY, Andrew; born at Ridgefield, Fair- field Co., Conn., Jan. 5, 1809 ; his grandfather, Philip Burr Bradley, was also a native of Ridgefield, a lawyer, and a graduate of Yale ; during the Revolutionary war he was a Colonel in active service, and his commission is still preserved; he was a warm and trusted personal friend of Washington, and was appointed by him, when President, Marshal of the District of Connecticut, an appointment renewed in Washington's second term, and also under President Adams; his son, Jesse Smith Bradley, was also a graduate of Yale, and highly esteemed as a classical scholar ; he was elected by the Legislature one of the Judges of Fairfield Co., an office retained until his death in May, 1833 ; his wife, Eliza- beth Baker, the daughter of D. Amos Baker, a physician of note, was also a native of Ridgefield. The eldest son of these parents, Philip B. Bradley, pursued his studies at Ridgefield Academy until 1826, when he entered Union College at Schenectady, N. Y., from which he graduated in the Class of '29; in 1830, he commenced the study of law, at Danbury, in the office of Reuben H. Booth, Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut ; in 1835, he removed to Galena, Ill., then the most enterprising town in the Northwest ; there he was admitted to the bar by the Hon. Thomas Ford, afterward Governor of Illinois ; in 1836, Mr. Bradley was appointed Prosecuting Attorney ; in 1837, he received the appointment of Postmaster at Galena, which position he resigned in 1839 ; in the autumn of the same year, he moved to Clinton Co., Iowa, where he was elected the first Probate Judge in that county in 1840; in 1842, he removed to this county ; in 1843, he was appointed Clerk of the District Courts by Judge Thomas S. Wilson, and in April, 1845, was elected to the Territorial Legislature, and represented the counties of Jackson, Dubuque, Delaware and Clayton ; in 1846, he was elected a mem- ber of the Senate of the First General Assembly for four years, and in 1850 was Sec- retary of that body ; in 1857, he was elected a member of the House of Representatives for two years; in 1861, he was elected County Judge, and made the most efficient guardian of the public interests to whom they were ever intrusted ; in 1877, he was again elected a member of the House of Representatives for two years. In all the relations of life Judge Bradley has few, if any, superiors ; he is a public-spirited, enterprising citizen, and one whose honesty and fidelity to public and private trusts is unimpeachable ; he is an excellent scholar, a close reader and decp thinker, and is. eminently qualified by nature and education to be a leader in public affairs. Judge Bradley married in Galena, Ill., in 1835, Miss Lucinda, daughter of Samucl D. Carpenter of that city; they have nine children.
J. Y. BUCHANAN, Postmaster at Andrew, also a member of the firm of Butterworth & Buchanan, general merchants ; born in Mercer Co., Penn., in 1843; in 1855, removed with his parents to Jackson Co., served as Corporal in Co. G, I. V. C .; was honorably discharged; in 1875, he engaged, with O. P. Butterworth, in mercantile business at Andrew, where they now have a large and constantly increasing trade, and enjoy the confidence of the citizens in general ; in 1875, he was appointed Postmaster, and in 1878, was elected Justice of the Peace ; he is also a member of the Town Coun- cil of Andrew ; he is a member of the Masonic Fraternity, and the Ancient Order of United Workmen. Acts with the Republican party. Mr. Buchanan married, in Andrew. Miss Mary E. Van Meter ; they have had four children, three are living- Nellie E., Fred G., and Harry Y. ; they lost Pearl.
NATHANIEL BUTTERWORTHI, Andrew. Among the earliest and most prominent pioneer settlers of Iowa, we find none more worthy of special mention
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than the old and honored citizen of Andrew, Nathaniel Butterworth, whose portrait appears in this work. He was born in Bellingham, Norfolk Co., Mass., May 15, 1800, and, in early life, received a liberal education at Orange, Franklin Co., Mass. In 1827, he married, at Troy, in his native State, Miss Sarah Boomer. In 1829, they emigrated to the town of Mina, Chautauqua Co., N. Y., which was their home until their coming to Iowa in 1838. The year previous (1837), hearing the glowing reports of the Far West, and being favorably impressed with the many advantages claimed for the new country, he determined to brave all the hardships and privations that must necessarily be undergone by the pioneer settlers of any country. Therefore he started afoot from his home at Mina ; walked all the way to Iowa ; bought a claim in the vicinity of where the town of Andrew is; returned afoot to Mina, and the following year (1838), as before stated, removed his family to this (Jackson) county, and settled in the vicinity of where he now resides. Aug. 24, 1876, his wife died. She was a native of Troy, Mass., born April 13, 1801, and was one of those early pioneer mothers of whom we all feel so justly proud, an earnest and sincere Christian woman. Of their children, five are now living-Laura (now the wife of Caleb Sherman, Santa Barbara, Cal.) ; Nathaniel B. (one of Andrew's most influential citizens), Wales C. (an extensive farmer, living in the vicinity of Andrew), Otis P. (a leading merchant of Andrew ), Lorane (wife of George W. Downing, of Andrew). Mr. Butterworth's career has been useful and honorable, and has been one of ceaseless activity and industry. He is now in the 80th year of his age, and in good health ; possesses all his faculties, except his hearing, which is slightly impaired; his constitution is yet robust, and no weather will keep him indoors all day ; he must be out at least one-half of each day in viewing or in assisting in any work that may be going on. In political sentiment, he has always been an uncom- promising Democrat. But, although he has firmly adhered to and advocated the principles of his party, he has never been so biased by political prejudice as not to willingly allow those who differed from him the peaceful enjoyment of their opinions, recognizing the fact that men may honestly differ in their views. As a consequence, he has many warm personal friends among men with whose political views he has no sympathy. He has taken a deep interest in educational matters, and, in all public enter- prises tending to the prosperity of the county, he has co-operated to the extent of his ability. He filled the office of Treasurer of Jackson County; was the first Postmaster appointed at Andrew, and has filled various other offices of honor and trust. Such has been his course of life and his dealings with all with whom he has to do, that he has secured to himself universal confidence and respect. Mr. Butterworth has much force of character and great firmness, but is naturally very sociable and agreeable in his deportment. In every position he has filled, he has left a clear record. He has seen the hardships and trials attendant on a pioneer life, and now lives in the full enjoyment of a well-spent and successful life.
WALES C. BUTTERWORTH, Andrew ; son of Nathaniel and Sarah Butterworth, pioneer settlers and honored citizens of Perry Township ; he was born in Chautauqua Co., N. Y., in August, 1834. In 1838, he removed with his parents to Perry Township, which has since been his home. He married, in this county, Miss B. Brady ; they have four children living-Sarah, Addie, Ansel and Wilmot. Mr. Butterworth is extensively engaged in farming. He acts with the Democratic party.
O. P. BUTTERWORTH, of the firm of Butterworth & Buchanan, dealers in general merchandise, Andrew. Mr. Butterworth was born in Perry Town- ship, Jackson Co., Nov. 7, 1838 ; was the first white child born in the township. His parents were Nathaniel and Sarah Butterworth, who settled in Perry Township in 1838. In early life, he received a thorough business education. In 1860, he married, in Adair Co., Iowa, Miss Susan A. Barnhart, a native of Pennsylvania ; they have four chil- dren-Henry O., Clinton W., Mary C. and Laura E. Mr. Butterworth engaged in the mercantile business at Andrew in 1874; shortly after, Mr. J. Y. Buchanan became a partner; they have a large and constantly increasing trade, and enjoy the confidence of the community. Mr. Butterworth has filled various offices. He is a Democrat; is a member of the Masonic and Ancient Order of United Workmen.
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N. B. BUTTERWORTH, proprietor of the Franklin House, Andrew ; a native of Chantauqua Co., N. Y .; born in 1830. In 1838, his parents, Nathaniel and Sarah Butterworth (nee Boomer), came to Jackson Co., Iowa, and settled in Sec. 22, Perry Township. In 1850, Mr. Butterworth and his father went to California, and engaged in mining, with fair success ; in 1851, he returned home, and, a short time afterward, went to Central America ; here his health failing from the severity of the climate, he again started for home on a ship containing but eighteen days' provisions ; the wind rising, they were blown out of their course, and a calm falling, their voyage was prolonged to fifty-two days, thus placing them upon very short rations. In 1855, Mr. Butterworth married, in this (Perry) township, Miss Margaret, daughter of Alfred and Mary Snyder ; she was born in 1834; they have four children-N. Elliot, Alfred S., Wales T. and Willis F., twins; Wales T. died Aug. 8, 1879. Idolized by his parents, and a favorite among the townspeople and his playmates, he will be sadly missed.
" We only know that thou hast gone, And that the same returnless tide Which bore thee from us still glides on, And we, who mourn thee, with it glide.
"Shed not for him the bitter tear, Nor give the heart to vain regret ; 'Tis but the casket that lies here, The gem that filled it sparkles yet."
Mr. Butterworth has held various local offices, and is at present a member of the Town Council. He is a Democrat. Owns farm and valuable city property. Mr. But- terworth has been very successful in business, and is a genial, pleasant gentleman.
A. S. CARNAHAN, M. D., Andrew; born in Butler, Butler Co., Penn., in 1820, where he received an education which fitted him for the study of medicine ; early in life, he entered the Jefferson Medical College at Philadelphia, Penn., from which he graduated in 1852; he immediately afterward commenced attending the Cleveland Medical Institute in Ohio and graduated early in 1854; in the spring of that year, he came to Jackson Co., located at Andrew and entered actively in the practice of his pro- fession. In 1863, he abandoned a large practice at Andrew and entered the 8th I. V. C. as First Assistant Surgeon ; at the expiration of six months' service, was promoted to the office of Chief Surgeon and was subsequently made Brigade Surgeon, which position he filled with honor to himself and entire satisfaction of the Government. In performing the various duties of his office with the marked ability and conscientious fidelity peculiar to him, Dr. Carnahan has, by his urbane manner and kindness of heart, won for himself many warm and devoted friends. Dr. C. is the present Coroner, an office he has held a number of terms ; he has also held various local offices. On Aug. 20, 1854, he married, in Andrew, Miss Mary E., daughter of Alfred and Mary Snyder, a most estimable lady ; she was born in Licking Co., Ohio, in 1830. The Doctor is a member of the State Medical Society ; in addition to his profession, he is extensively engaged in the mercantile and drug business.
A. J. CHENEY, Andrew ; was born in Milford, Mass., Feb. 19, 1829; in 1833, his parents moved to Chautauqua Co., N. Y., and settled in the village of Mina, where the subject of this sketch attended school until 1838, when he removed in com- pany with his parents to Jackson Co., Iowa; they settled a short distance north of Andrew. In 1857, he married Mary V. Palmer, daughter of Ebenezer and Permelia Palmer, old and respected citizens of Jackson Co. Mr. Cheney and wife are members of the M. E. Church ; their children are Freeman, Orreson and Carrie May. He was Deputy Sheriff and Justice of the Peace several years and made a most efficient officer. His father, Carmel Cheney, was a native of Milford, Mass., where he married Miss Ursula Kiby ; they emigrated, as stated above, to Iowa in 1838, and settled north of Andrew, thus becoming pioneer settlers of Perry Township, enduring all the privations and hardships which the early settlers of any new country are subject to. They, by dint of industry and honest toil, improved the farm on which the county house now stands, which place they sold to the county, and, shortly after, removed to Missouri and are
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now honored residents of Harrison Co., that State; they had eleven children-Sarah .(now Mrs. Hughes, Harrison Co., Mo.), Cordelia (deceased ), John (is married and lives in Crawford Co., Iowa), Albert (served in the Union army during the war; was a good soldier ; is married and lives in Guthrie Co., Iowa), A. J. (whose name heads this sketch), Adeline (now Mrs. William Walker, Milford, Mass .; he is deceased), William (served in the Union army during the war; is married ; lives in Harrison Co., Mo.), Hannah Jane (married A. J. Gilbert ; he served in the cause of the Union during the war ; lives in Harrison Co., Mo.), Mary ( married A. Carpenter; he was also in active service in the army of the Union), David (was also a soldier of the Union ; is married ; lives in Missouri), Rossella (now Mrs. H. Robinson, Harrison Co., Mo .; her first hus- band, E. Nelson, died in the cause of the Union).
GEORGE COLLIPRIEST, farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Andrew; is a native of England ; was born in Somersetshire in 1822; he emigrated to Onondaga Co., N. Y., in 1848 ; thence to Pennsylvania ; returned to England in the early part of 1857 ; in the winter of the same year, he emigrated to Jackson Co., Iowa, and settled in Perry Township, where he now resides. He married in England Miss Hannah Churches ; their children are Mary S. (now Mrs. David Coyle), Sylvester (married Miss Rose Wheeler), Hattie, Marcellus, Elmer E., Samuel S. and Harry H. Mr. Collipriest and family are members of the M. E. Church; he has always taken an active part in advancing the religious and educational interests ; he is a Democrat. He owns 255 acres of land. Is a public-spirited, enterprising citizen.
D. H. DAUDEL, Andrew; was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, in 1832, where he received a liberal education, and, in early life, learned the blacksmith's trade, which he followed in Germany until 1851, when he emigrated to Buffalo, N. Y. ; remained until 1854, when he came to Jackson Co. and engaged in blacksmithing where the Poor Farm is now located ; in August, 1856, he moved to Andrew and engaged in the manufacturing of carriages, wagons and huggies; he does an extensive business, and his is the principal manufactory of that kind in this part of the county. He married, in Andrew, Miss W. E. Johnson March 25, 1857; she was born in Nor- den Ostfriesland, Province of Hanover, Germany; they have eight children-Annie M. E., Theodore J., Annetta L. P., Frederick H. C., Katrina M. L., Henrietta, Henry C. G. A. and Lydia U. W. E. Mr. Daudel and family are members of the Lutheran Church, in the organization of which he took an active part, and was elected the first Elder and Secretary of the Church at Andrew. He was one of the principal movers in the building of the Orphan Asylum at Andrew, and has been Secretary and Director of that institution since its organization ; he is a member of the City Council, an office he has filled several years. He is an energetic, self-reliant and enterprising citizen, and, by his own indefatigable exertions, has made a place of influence and standing for him- self among his fellow-men.
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