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GEORGE EDLEMAN, farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Spragueville ; was born in Berks Co., Penn., on the 14th of March, 1834, where he was raised and educated ; in 1854, he went to Ohio, where he remained one year, and, in 1855, he came to Iowa, where he has lived, in Jackson Co., ever since ; he has served several years as Road
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Supervisor. He is a strong Democrat in his politics, although very liberal in his views when it comes to local elections. He married Mary Ann Bixler, a native of Jackson Co., Iowa, on the 27th of January, 1861, and had five children, all of whom are living -Mary Augusta, Charles, Franklin, James and Katie. He is liberal in his church views ; he was extremely poor when he first came to Jackson Co., and now, by dint of industry and perseverance, and strict application to business, he has a magnificent home- stead, and a fortune of from $14,000 to $15,000 ; owns 310 acres of land. During the war of the rebellion, he was a member of Co. K, 26th I. V. I., where he did gal- lant service for three years.
WILLIAM L. FOWLER, farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Union Center. Owns eighty-four and one-half acres of land ; he was born in Kanawha Co., W. Va., Nov. 10, 1834; when 9 years old, his family moved to Lawrence Co., Ohio, when, after one year's residence, they moved to Jackson Co., Iowa, where he has remained since. He has steadily declined to hold township or county offices. He is a conservative Repub- lican. He married Harriet E. Luckey, a native of Pennsylvania, in Jackson Co., Nov. 22, 1865, and had eight children, seven are living-Henry Braxton, Mary Amba, Eliz- abeth, Parmelia, Ida Angeline, Ada Ann, William . Allen and Grace Belle. He is liberal in his church views.
JOSEPH GILMORE, farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Maquoketa; he was born in County Down, in Ireland, on the 4th of January, 1826, where he grew to manhood and received a good common-school education. He emigrated to the United States in July, 1847, and located in Monroe Co., N. Y., where he resided for five years, when, in 1852, he came to Iowa and settled in Jackson Co., where he has lived ever since, in Fairfield Township. He has for several years been prominently connected with the edu- cational interests of his township, and is now the Secretary of the School Board, and has also served for several terms as Road Supervisor. He has ever been a stanch Democrat since he became a naturalized citizen of the United States. He married Mary Marshall, a native of County Down, Ireland, in Monroe Co., N. Y., the 1st of November, 1850, and had eight children, five of whom are living at the writing of this history, namely, Robert, David, Susanah, Hannah and Adelle. He and his family all attend the Methodist Episcopal Church. When he first came to the United States and located in Jackson Co., he was extremely poor, and had no capital whatever, while now he has a good and comfortable homestead, and a fortune valued at from $5,000 to $6,000. Owns 125 acres of land.
JOHN HAYLOCK, farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Union Center; owns 131 acres of land in Jackson and forty acres in Clinton Co. He was born in Canada, May 26, 1836. When 8 years old, his parents moved to Pike Co., Ill., and, after spending some time in Illinois and Missouri, he moved to Jackson Co., Iowa, in 1847, where he has lived since, with the exception of three years spent in Clinton Co. He married Anna Stewart, a native of Ireland, in Jackson Co., Iowa, Dec. 11, 1862, and had five .children, three now living-Albert, Hannah and Dick. He and his family are attend- ants of the Methodist Church. Mr. Haylock has served his township for several years as Trustee, School Director, Constable Collector and Road Supervisor. He is emphat- ically Democratic. He is a son of William and Hannah Haylock, old residents of Jack- son Co.
WILLIAM HAYLOCK, Sr., retired farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Union Center ; owns 125 acres of land. He was born in Cambridgeshire, England, May 10, 1802. He emigrated to the United States in 1833, and temporarily located in Mis- souri ; resided one year there ; moved to Illinois, where he lived for five years ; removed to Iowa in 1840, and settled in Fairfield Township, Jackson Co., where he has resided ever since. When he first settled where he now resides, there was not one settler between him and Maquoketa on one side and Deep Creek on the other. He married Hannah Host, a native of Cambridgeshire, England, in 1824; they had eight children, five still living-William, Joseph, Samuel, John and George. He has served his town- ship for several years as School Director. Although his wife died Jan. 31, 1878, he celebrated his " golden wedding " three years before her death. He had eight children,
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twenty-six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. He has had a wonderful career and an eventful life, living for four years where he first settled before he ever saw a dollar in money. He is a Democrat.
. E. H. HOOVLER, farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Union Center ; owns eighty acres of land ; he was born in Mercer Co., Penn., March 26, 1840, where he was edu- cated ; in 1866, he removed from his native county and settled where he lives at pres- ent; during the war, he did gallant service for his country, enlisting as a private in Company G of the 100th Penn. V. I., formerly known as the Round Heads; on his return home after the war, he came with the honors of the First Lieutenancy of his company, and three wounds received in battle; he was in the battles of Port Royal, Vicksburg, Antietam, Wilderness and the second battle of Bull's Run ; he is a stanch Greenbacker; he married Esther A. Doty, a native of Pennsylvania, in Jackson Co., Iowa, Nov. 26, 1873, and has two children-Margaret Jane and Charles Albert ; his family were raised in the Baptist faith ; he is liberal in his church views.
B. F. IFULL, farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Union Center; owns 147} acres of land ; he was born in Franklin Co., Vt., Nov. 17, 1832, where he lived until he was 5 years of age, when his parents moved to Jackson Co., Mich., and resided until 1840 ; then moved to Upper Canada, on the Thames River, where they resided until 1844, when another move was made for Iowa, and a permanent home was found in Jackson Co., where he has resided ever since; he has served his township faithfully for several years as President of the School Board, School Director, Trustee, Constable and Road Super- visor ; he has always been a stanch and independent Democrat of the old school. He- married, in Jackson Co., on July 6, 1862, Hannah M. Blakely, daughter of David Blakely, a native of Washington Co., Penn .; had six children, all are living-David Arthur, Lois Henrietta, Milton Cassius, Franklin Anderson, Hugh Edgar and Char- lotte Bertha. He is liberal in church views, his wife inclined toward the Presbyterian faith ; he started in life entirely without capital; now has a good homestead and a for- tune estimated at from $6,000 to $8,000.
H. KUKKUCK, farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Spragueville; owns 557 acres of land. He was born in Hanover, Germany, Aug. 18, 1829, where he grew to man's estate and received a good common-school education; in 1853, he emigrated to the United States and located in Sheboygan Co., Wis., for four months, then removed to Chicago and lived there two years; in 1855, moved to Iowa and settled in Lyons, where he lived six years, then removed to Jackson Co., where he now resides. He has been a strong Democrat since he became a naturalized citizen of the United States ; he served his township as Trustee one term. He married Mary Storm, a native of Meck- lenburg, Germany, in Lyons, Oct. 28, 1856, and had six children, five are living- Henry, Emma, Charles, Bertha and Louis. He and his family are members of the German Lutheran Church. When he first came to Iowa, he was very poor and in debt ; now he has a good and comfortable homestead, and a fortune estimated at from $30,000 to $35,000.
W. H. LUCKEY, farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Brown's Station ; owns forty acres of land ; he was born in Goshen, Orange Co., N. Y., Nov. 24, 1822; he adopted the trade of a painter, serviog six years apprenticeship ; in 1844, he left New York, and moved to Wyoming Co., Penn., remained one year, then moved to Bradford Co., Penn., where he resided until 1857, when he came to Iowa, and made it his permanent home ; has since lived not further than five miles from his present residence ; he has for several years held the positions of Township School Director, Trustee and Road Supervisor. He is a Democrat. He married Parmelia Harding, a native of Wyoming Co., Penn., in that county, Feb. 9, 1843; had eleven children, eight still living-Mary Elizabeth, Harriet Emma, Francis Lyman, Lydia Belle, Charlotte Parmelia, Cathrine Lamyra, Samuel Warren, Hannah Mathilda. He and his family are members of the Baptist Church. He was a very poor man when he started in Iowa, and wholly without capital, now he has, after passing through many vicissitudes and trials, a comfort- able homestead, surrounded by a delightful family, and a fortune of from $3,000 to $5,000.
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JOHN McCA W, farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Union Center ; owns 160 acres of land. He was born in County Down, Ireland, Dec. 22, 1824; in 1846, he emigrated to the United States and settled in Monroe Co., N. Y .; resided until 1855, then removed to Iowa and located upon the property where he now lives. in Fairfield Town- ship. He has faithfully served his township as School Director, Trustee and Road Supervisor ; he also holds the contract for transporting the United States mail from Union Center P. O. to Maquoketa twice a week. He has been a stanch Democrat since becoming a naturalized citizen of the United States. He married Susanah McCullagh, a native of Ireland, in Upper Canada, June 26, 1856; had seven chil- dren ; one survives-Susanah Margaret. He and all his family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. When he first started in Jackson Co., he was a very poor man and nearly without capital, but, by hard work and close application to bus- iness, he has a nice homestead and a fortune of from $10,000 to $12,000.
PETER McPOOL, farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Brown's Station ; owns forty acres of land ; he was born near London, Upper Canada, Dec. 21, 1827 ; in 1865, he came to the United States, immediately to Jackson Co., and located upon the property where he now resides. He has faithfully served his township as School Director ; he is a stanch Republican. He married Emeline Dean, a native of Canada, in that country, Jan. 1, 1851, and had eleven children, nine still living-Ammy C., Simeon, Katie, Clarissa, Joseph, Hiram, Peter, James, Florence. He and his family were raised in the faith of the Close Communion Baptists.
JOHN MARTIN, farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Spragueville; he was born in Delaware Co., Tenn., in 1842, where he was raised until he was 10 years old, when his father moved to Iowa and settled in Jackson Co., where he has lived ever since. Never had any desire to hold office in his township ; he is a strong Republican and has ever been a firm supporter of the principles of that party. He has never married. He is a liberal in his church views. Owns 120 acres of land.
MICHAEL M. MAYERS, farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Spragueville; was . born in Richmond, Va., on Ang. 12, 1805, where he grew to man's estate and received his education at the Lancasterian Academy, of Richmond ; in 1819, he emigrated to Randolph Co., W. Va., where he was apprenticed to a cabinet maker for seven years, when he went to Cincinnati and followed the occupation of a drayman, when he tired and moved to Lexington, Ky., where he was apprenticed to the shoemaking trade for three years, when he gathered his effects together and moved to Shelby Co., Ind., where he resided for twenty-two years, and where he followed the life of a farmer; in 1854, he moved to Jackson Co., Iowa, where he has resided ever since, still sticking to the profession of a farmer. He has served his township faithfully for several years as Town- ship School Director and Road Supervisor ; he is a stanch Republican in his politics and has always been a steady supporter of the principles of that party. He married his first wife, Mary M. Zahn, a native of Germany, in West Virginia, and has no chil- dren ; he married his second wife, Martha Ann Hodges, a native of Mercer Co., Ky., in Shelby Co., Ind., July 3, 1832, and had two children-Maria Jane (who died in her infancy), and Melissa Adeline, who is living and is married to William W. Brans- com, a resident of Jackson Co., Iowa. He and his family are all stout defenders of the Christian Church. When he first came to Iowa, he had some little means in Indiana State money, which he had to sacrifice at 90 cents on the dollar, which nearly bank - rupted him, hut, nothing discouraged, he commenced work in Jackson Co., and now he has the satisfaction of seeing his family happy around him, a good and comfortable homestead and a fortune of about $2,000. He is a strong and devoted Mason, having taken thirty-two degrees and also all the degrees in the Temple of Honor. On June 16, 1855, he had his place totally demolished by a terrible fire, which again forced him to commence at the bottom of the ladder ; owns sixty acres of land.
ALFRED MILLER, farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Maquoketa ; was born in Shelby Co., Ohio, on the 2d day of July, 1824, where he was raised to manhood. In 1856, he emigrated from Ohio to Jackson Co., Iowa, where he has lived ever since, his residence always being confined to Fairfield Township. He has served one term as
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Road Supervisor. He married Ann Stone, a native of Shelby Co., Ohio, in which county they were married on the 3d day of July, 1848; had seven children, five of whom are living at the writing of this history, namely, Mary, William, Franklin, Charles, Adison, John and Elmer. He is liberal in church views; in politics, he is a strong Democrat. When he first came to Jackson Co, he was exceedingly poor, and had no capital whatever to begin life with, while now he has a good and comfortable homestead and a fortune ranging from $7,000 to $8,000 ; owns 160 acres of land.
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BENJAMIN NOCKS, farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Spragueville ; was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Nov. 23, 1817, and when but an infant his family moved to Dear- born Co., Ind., where he was raised and educated. In 1853, he moved to Iowa and located in Jackson Co., where he has lived ever since, excepting about two years, dur- ing which time he located in Clinton Co., Iowa. During his residence in Jackson Co .. he has served his township as Constable, School Director and Road Supervisor. He is a stout Republican in his politics. He married Climena Cleveland, a native of Ohio, in Dearborn Co., Ind., Nov. 11, 1838, and had ten children, all of whom are living at the writing of this history, namely, Olive H., born in 1839; Thaddeus, born in 1842 ; Elvira, born in 1844; Lorin, born in 1847 ; Luther C., born in 1849; Climena L., born in 1853; Jefferson, born in 1855; Reuben C., born in 1858; George, born in 1860; Letta S., born in 1863. He and his family are attendants of the Baptist Church. He was a very poor man when he came to Iowa, and had no capital to begin life with, while now, after a life of hard work, economy and strict attention to business, he has a good and comfortable homestead and a fortune of from $3,000 to $4,000; owns 120 acres of land.
FRANK NOWAK, farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Spragueville; born in Poland, on the 21st of January, 1845, where he was raised and educated ; he emigrated to the United States in 1868, and after spending seven years in the States of Michigan, Wisconsin and Indiana, came to Jackson Co. and permanently located in 1875. He is a strong Democrat in politics ; is an unmarried man, but a hard-working and thrifty citizen, and is much liked for many good qualities; he has accumulated con- siderable during his short residence and is repated to be worth about $5,000 and owns 120 acres of land.
STEPHEN J. PALMER, farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Spragneville ; was born in Chautauqua Co., N. Y., on the 6th day of March, 1828, where he lived until he was'11 years old, and was partly educated, when his parents removed, in the year 1839, to Jackson Co., Iowa, where he has lived ever since, and where he finished the balance of his education ; has faithfully served his township for several years as Justice of the Peace, Township Clerk, School Director and Road Supervisor ; is a strong Jacksonian Democrat, and has all his life, since his majority, been an ardent and influential supporter of the principles of that party. He married Mary Hanley, a native of Jo Daviess Co., Ill., in Jackson Co., on the Ist day of July, 1849, and had five children, all of whom are living at the writing of this history, namely, Louis Lee, Charles Boltus, Ellen, Ida May and Clara ; he and his family are attendants of the Baptist Church. Beside his lands, Mr. Palmer owns two lots and one fine dwelling in the city of Maquoketa. When he first commenced work on his swn account in Jackson Co. he was a poor man and nearly without capital, while now he has the proud satisfaction of looking back over a life not idly spent, and has a magnificent resideuce and homestead, and a fortune variously estimated at from $10,000 to $12,000; owns 200 acres of land in Jackson Co. and 205 acres in Greene Co., Iowa.
DANIEL PAUP, farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Spragueville ; was born in Mercer Co., Penn., Feb. 9, 1842, where he was raised until 10 years of age, when his parents removed to Jackson Co., Iowa, where he has lived ever since; he is a son of Daniel and Lydia Paup, of Jackson Co., the latter being deceased. During his residence, he has served several years as School Director and Road Supervisor. During the war of the rebellion, he did gallant service in Co. K, of the 31st I. V. I., for three years. He is a stanch Republican of the old school in his politics. He married Mary Sylvester, a native of Jackson Co., Iowa, in which county he married on the 12th of September,
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1866; had nine children, four of whom are living at the writing of this history-Sher- man, George, Oma and Ida. He and his family are attendants of the Methodist Epis- copal Church. When he first started on his own account in Jackson Co. he was comparatively a poor man, and had but a limited capital, while now, after a life of hard work and strict attention to business, has a good and comfortable homestead and a for- tune of from $12,000 to $15,000. Owns 280 acres of land.
M. H. PIERCE, farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Union Center ; he owns 200 acres of land. He was born in Bradford Co., Penn., Feb. 20, 1819. and, when a boy of 9 years of age, his parents moved to Genesee Co., N. Y., where he received the greater part of his education ; when 16 years old, removed to Sandusky Co., Ohio, where he lived until he reached his 20th year, when he commenced a series of travels all over the Southern and Western States, which he continued till 1846, when he settled down and com- menced farming in Montgomery Co., Ind .; in 1855, he removed to Iowa and located in Winneshiek Co .; in 1866, he came to Jackson Co., and permanently settled on the property where he now resides. He has for several years served his township as School Director and Justice of the Peace. He is a stanch old Jacksonian Democrat. He mar- ried his first wife, Martha Hughes, a native of Indiana, in Montgomery Co. of that State, Jan. 28, 1844, and had five children, four living-Joseph G., George D., William B. and Martha May. He married his second wife, Sarah A. Clark, a native of Mercer Co., Penn., in Jackson Co., Jan. 12, 1864; they have two children-Lester C. and Grace. He is liberal in church views. When he first came to Iowa, he had but a mod- erate amount of capital, but by industry and close attention to business he has acquired a pleasant homestead, and a fortune of $15,000 to 820,000, besides having settled handsome competencies on his three sons.
S. A. RICHARDSON, farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Union Center ; owns 320 acres of land in Jackson and 136 acres in Dallas Co., Iowa ; he was born in Ulster Co., N. Y., in Peterboro, Nov. 22, 1820 ; when a boy of 10 years, his parents removed to Upper Canada, on the Thames River, where they lived for fourteen years, then removed and settled in Jackson Co., Iowa; his father, in the mean time, having died and left him the head of the family ; in July, 1844, he settled in Fairfield Township. He has for several years actively served his township as School Director, Trustee and Road Supervisor ; he is an active Democrat, although conservative in his utterances and inclined to favor paper currency. He married Lois G. Hull, a native of Franklin Co., Vt., in St. Clair Co., Mich., Jan. 11, 1844, and had four children-Jehial Hull and Elizabeth Helen, both now deceased; William Edgar and Albert Winfield, who are living. His son, William E., married Clara Belle Blakely, a daughter of D. B. and Rebecca Blakely, of Jackson Co., Iowa. He is liberal in his religious views. He was a poor man when he started in Jackson Co. and totally without means, but by dint of perseverance, energy and enterprise, he has a delightful homestead and a fortune of from $23,000 to $25,000.
MATHEW RILEY, farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Preston; was born in the county of May, in Ireland, in 1812, and was an infant when his parents emigrated to the United States ; on the 15th day of November, 1864, he emigrated to Jackson Co., Iowa, and has lived there ever since. He married Catherine Strong, a native of Ireland, in Jefferson Co., N. Y., on the 19th of May, 1844, and had fourteen children, nine of whom are living-Kate, Annie, Mary, Margaret, Rosa (the afflicted), Ellen, Johanna, William Henry and Terressa Jeanie ; his deceased children are Maggie, Thomas Mathew, Edward William, Patrick Edward and Joseph. He is a stanch Dem- ocrat in politics ; he is a Roman Catholic in religion. He had but a limited capital when he first came to Iowa, and now he has a beautiful homestead and a fortune of from $25,000 to $30,000 ; owns 170 acres of land, also one town lot and dwelling in the town of Preston.
ENOCH SEAMANDS, farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Andrew ; he was born ยท in Cabell Co., W. Va., on the 18th day of February, 1824, where he grew to man's estate, and received a good common-school education, partly in his own State and partly in Lawrence Co., Ohio, where he lived for several years, and emigrated to Iowa in the .
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fall of 1855, and settling in Jackson Co., where he has lived ever since ; he has served his township several years as School Director and Road Supervisor. He is a strong Democrat of the old school in his politics. He married Ruth Brammer, a native of Lawrence Co., Ohio, in which county they were married, on the 11th day of December, 1845, and had seven children, all of whom are living at the writing of this history- John Henry, William Grant, Mary Jane, Lucy Ann, Charles Alfred, Joshua Taylor and Enoch Wesley. John Henry, married Elizabeth Howard, of Hamilton Co., Iowa, where he resides ; William Grant, married Alice Van Dorn, of Jackson Co., and resides in Hamilton Co. ; Charles Alfred, married Ellie Wheeler, of Jackson Co., where he resides ; Lucy Ann, married Frank Fretts, a native of Jackson Co., but whose residence is in Hamilton Co. He and his family are liberal in their church views, and are inclined toward the Methodist Episcopal Church. When he first came to Jackson Co., he was a very poor man, and had no capital to begin life with, while he has now a good and comfortable homestead, and a fortune estimated at from $1,800 to $2,000; owns eighty-five acres of land.
THADDEUS C. SEAMANDS, farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Andrew ; he was born in Cabell Co., W. Va., March 8, 1826, where he lived until he was 16 years old, when he moved to Lawrence Co., Ohio, and resided for five years; in 1847, he removed to Jackson Co., and settled, living here till 1850, then went to California, remained until 1873, returned to Jackson Co., and has lived there ever since; he is a son of Mrs. Mary B. Mann, of Mann's Ferry; Mr. Seamands is a widower, with one daughter -Mary Josephine. He is a conservative Democrat. During the war, he was a mem- ber of Co. E, 2d Cal. V. C., with the rank of First Duty Sergeant. He is a free- thinker in his religious views.
JOHN SHEETS, farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Spragueville; he was born in Columbiana Co., Ohio, Feb. 17, 1828, where he lived until he reached man's estate, and received a good common-school education ; in the year 1846, he went to Pennsyl- vania and worked in the iron works for four years, when he returned to his home in Ohio, and, in 1852, he moved to Jackson Co., Iowa, where he has lived ever since ; held the office of School Director and Trustee, which two offices he holds at the writing of this history, and also has served as Road Supervisor. He married Sarah Ann Paup, a native of Pennsylvania, in Jackson Co., Iowa, on the 13th day of April, 1853; had twelve children, nine of whom are living at the present time, namely, Franklin, Harriet, Elizabeth, Rosa, Lottie, Dora Belle, Otis, Eva and John. He and his family were all raised in the belief and faith of the Baptist Church ; he is a strong Democrat of the old school, and has been all his life an upholder and stanch supporter of the principles of that party ; when he first came to Iowa, he was comparatively poor, his whole amount of cash on hand not quite reaching $100, while he has now, after a life of industry and economy, a nice, comfortable homestead and a fortune of from $10,000 to $12,000 ; owns 160 acres of land.
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