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E. W. GA WLEY. physician and surgeon, Anamosa ; is a native of Ireland ; he grew up and received his education there and commenced the study of medicine ; he came to this country and completed his medical education, and graduated in 1875; he practiced medicine in Detroit until he came to Iowa and located in Anamesa, and since then he has practiced his profession here.
O. E. GILLEN, proprietor Gillen House, Anamosa; is a native of New York City, and was born Sept. 22, 1830 ; he grew up to manhood there, and came West to Iowa in 1855; upon the breaking-out of the rebellion in 1861, he enlisted in the 5th I. V. C., Co. I ; he served as Commissary Sergeant of the regiment; he remained in the service three years, and returned to Iowa and opened the City Hotel at Mechan- icsville, and remained there five years ; in July, 1>73, he engaged in the hotel business at Monticello, and remained there until January, 1876, when be came to Anamosa. and, in February, 1577, he opened the Gillen Ilouse. In February, 1864, he married Miss Margaret R. Milligan, from Cedar Co., Iowa; she was a native of Pennsylvania ; they have four children-Jennie B., John B., Maggie A., Addie ; they have lost three children.
F. W. GILLETT, retired, Anamosa; is a native of Hartford Co., Conn., . and was born March 19, 1814; he was brought up in that State and Massachusetts, and came West to Iowa in 1842, and located in Muscatine ; in 1845, he came to Tip- ton, Cedar Co., and. in August, 1847, he came to Jones Co. and located in Anamosa, and engaged in the mercantile business ; he built the store now occupied by Dr. Josliu in 1850; it was opposite the old Court House, and was the first building covered with pine siding built here; he did a large business, and he had customers who used to N
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come twenty and twenty-five miles to trade with him. Mr. Gillett is the oldest mer. chant in Jones Co. ; he has frequently seen deer between his old store and the .... ] Court House; he has never desired or had a taste for official life, and has steadily refused office ; he retired from active business a few years ago. He was united in mar- riage to Miss Louise Osborne, a native of Otis, Mass., March 31, 1840 ; they have on. son-Frank M., engaged in business in Cedar Rapids, and lost one son -- Ralph, in infancy.
DAVID GRAHAM, farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Anamosa ; is a native of Vir- ginia, and was born in Nieholas Co. April 17, 1814; he grew up there and learned the cooper's trade; in 1833, he came to Morgan Co., Ohio ; he came to Iowa in April. 184 1. and located in Jones Co., on Bowen's Prairie; there were only two houses in Monticello at that time; he entered land and made a farm and engaged in farming and carried on the cooper's trade ; he has seen dressed pork sell for $1 per hundred ; he was one of the earliest settlers in this country ; in 1856, he came to Anamosa and helped to build the mills at the river ; in the spring of 1861, he moved where he now lives, just outside of the city limits, one of the most pleasant locations, and owns a farm of forty acres. Mr. Graham is a natural mechanic, and has made several useful and practical inventions : he has held the offices of County Supervisor and City Councilman. In 1835, he mar- ried Frances Kinzel, from Ohio; she died in January, 1853, leaving seven children. five of whom are living-Ellen, Caroline, Johnson, John and Samantha. On the 21st of December, 1854, he married Rachel Bates, from Montgomery Co., N. Y. ; she came to Iowa in 1853. Mr. Graham had two sons in the army ; William J. was in Co. B. 9th I. V. I .; he was wounded in the battle of Lookout Mountain. John was in Co. E, 31st I. V. I. ; he was also wounded in the army.
G. B. GRAVES, billiard saloon. Anamosa ; was born in Allegany Co., N. Y .. Sept. 11, 1843; when he was 13 years of age, his parents came to Iowa, in 1856; he grew up to manhood in this county. and has lived most of the time in Anamosa ; in 1864, he married Miss Rebecca Groves, a native of Linn Co., Iowa ; they have one son-William O.
JOHN A. GREEN, proprietor Champion Quarry, See. 6 ; P. O. Stone C'ity : born Dec. 13, 1843, in Ireland ; August, 1852, he came to Massachusetts; in 1865. to Illinois and, in 1863, to his present locality ; he also owns ninety acres of land ; he opened this quarry in 1868, and has had it in operation sinee ; he employs about sixty- five men during the season. Married Ellen Kane in February, 1875 ; she was born in New Jersey ; came to Joliet, Ill., with her parents, when about 1 year old ; they have three children-Mary, Anna and Joseph.
JAMES HALE, farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Anamosa ; born April 4, 1827. in Delaware Co., N. Y. ; in 1837. he came with his parents to Illinois ; in 1838, eathe to Linn Co. ; in 1876, he removed to his present farm ; he owns 140 acres of land. Mar- ried Lovina Young in 1862; she was born in Illinois in 1847; they have two children -Don R. and Louis A. Republican.
EDWIN HARVEY, farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Anamosa; was born in Cort- land Co., N. Y., Aug. 26, 1833 ; when he was 13 years of age, his parents emigrated to Iowa, and they came by wagon ; they started May 7, and arrived in Jones Co. June 14, 1847, and located on the place where they now live ; they were among the earliest settlers here. After reaching manhood, he married Miss Marion Haymaker, a native of Ohio, Sept. 29, 1856. Mr. Harvey is engaged in farming, and owns a good farm of 120 acres of the old home place just outside of the city limits. They have had seven children, only one son of whom survives-John I., born Feb. 14. 1864. Mr. Harvey'- father died March 29, 1864; his mother is still living in Anamosa ; she was born Nov. 9, 1797, and is now 82 years of age, and is very active and well preserved.
E. M. HARVEY. contractor and builder. Anamosa ; is a native of Onon- daga Co., N. Y., and was born Sept. 24. 1835 ; he grew up to manhood in that State. and served an apprenticeship of three years, and learned the trade of carpenter and joiner ; on the 9th of January, 1858, he was united in marriage to Miss Lucy Clark, from the city of Syracuse, N. Y .; they came to Iowa, and located at Anamosa in
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March of the same year. 1858, and since then he has been engaged in contracting and building. He has erected many of the best business blocks and residences in Anamosa. and has taken a leading position as a builder ; he has held the office of Township Trustee for many years, and also City Alderman. He is a member of the Order of Odd Fellows, joined Anamosa Lodge, No. 40. in 1860; he served as Deputy Grand Master two terms ; he has served as Representative to the Grand Lodge, and is elected to serve at the next session ; he is also a member of MeDaniel Encampment. and has served as District Deputy Grand Patriarch, and is also a member of the Grand Encamp- ment of the State. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey have three children-Hattie, Charlie. Jennie ; they have lost one son. James E.
MARTIN HEISEY. proprietor of stone quarries, Anamosa ; is a native of Pennsylvania. and was born Feb. 24. 1517 : he grew up to manhood in Union Co., and learned the milling business : he emigrated from Perry Co., Penn., and came to Iowa ; arrived in Burlington May 3. 1846, when Towa was yet a Territory ; he was engaged in the milling business for many years. In 1861. he was elected Sheriff of Des Moines Co., and was re-elected in 1863, and held the office until Jan. 1, 1866 ; he was elected Warden of the State Penitentiary at Fort Madison by the General Assembly, and held that office from April 1, 1866, until April 1, 1872; he was elected one of the Com- missioners to locate the Additional Penitentiary at Anamosa, and removed here in May. 1872; he afterward received the appointment of Warden, and served until April, 1876. since then he has been operating stone quarries. Mr. Heisey has been married three times ; his first wife was Elizabeth Jacobs, of Pennsylvania ; married in 1837; she died in December, 1854, leaving three children, only two of whom survive-John W. and Mary E. His second wife was Susan Messick, of Ohio; she died Jan. 1. 1866, leav- ing one son, Martin E. He married his present wife, Anna Hull. a native of England, in 1867 ; they have two children-Grace Darling and Vallie MI.
AUGUSTUS HEITCHEN. dealer in hardware and house-furnishing goods, Main street, Anamosa : is a native of Breslau, Prussia, Germany, and was born Oet. 24, 1829; he grew up to manhood, and learned his business there; he emigrated to America in 1853, and came to Iowa the following year, and located in Anamosa in 1854. Ile worked at his trade for two years, and. in the fall of 1856. he engaged in hardware, tinware and house-furnishing goods, and has continued in the business since then, over twenty-three years. and has the oldest hardware business in Jones Co. He was with the army over two years, during the war, but carried on his business during. that time. He has held the office of City Councilman, and has served on the School Board. He is connected with the Fraternity of Odd Fellows, and is Treasurer of Anamosa Lodge, No. 40, the oldest Lodge in the county. He is also a member of the. A. O. U. W. He was united in marriage to Miss Margaret May, a native of Balti- more, April- 28, 1857 ; they have two children-Charles and Stella ; they have lost one daughter, Marietta; she died March 25. 1879.
EDWARD C. HOLT, contractor and builder. Anamosa; is a native of Ireland, and was born Jan. 8. 1832; when only 3 years of age, his parents came to St. John, New Brunswick ; he grew up to manhood there and served an apprenticeship. and learned the trade of stonemason with Otis Small. of Bangor. Me .: in 1857, came to Iowa, and, on the 30th of May, arrived in Anamosa, which was then only a small place ; he began working at his trade, and afterward engaged in contracting and building; he has erected many of the best buildings here ; in 1867, he built the brick block and Opera House on the corner of Main and Garnavillo streets, which he still owns, with other city property. He has held town and school offices, and is now serving as Chair. man of the Democratic Central Committee. In August, 1861. he was united in mar- riage to Miss Mary A. T. Sales, daughter of Dr. Sales, one of the early settlers of lowa. Mr. and Mrs. Holt have six children-Tirzah C., Josephine A .. Harry J., Eddie S., Clara and Nellie.
J. HOLT, contractor and builder, Anamosa; is a native of Ireland ; when 9 years of age, he came to Canada, and was brought up and learned his trade there ; he came to Iowa in 1958, and located in Anamosa, and since then has been engaged it:
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building and contracting. He married Maggie Dellahunt, from Galena, Jo Daviess C'n., Ill. They attend the Catholic Church.
MRS. NANCY HUGGINS ( whose maiden name was Nancy Brundage. is a native of Saratoga Co., N. Y., and was born only three miles from Saratoga Springs Nov. 14, 1797 ; she grew up to womanhood in that State. and, in 1830, she was united in marriage to Amasa Harvey, a native of Connecticut ; in May, 1847, they started West, coming by wagon, and were about five weeks on the way; one of her daughter- was sick, and her child broke its leg on the way, and Mrs. Huggins had her hands full day and night in taking care of them at such a great disadvantage while traveling; they arrived here in June, and went into a log shanty covered with bark, prepared for them by Dr. Matson ; when it rained hard. the water came through the roof of their cabin, and they were obliged to hoist their umbrellas until the rain was over ; it is more amusing now to hear Mrs. Huggins speak of their early trials than it was then to go through them ; they bought land of a squatter, the place where her son Edwin now lives, and began making a farm ; when they came West, they could not bring all their things in the wagons, and shipped the best of them, and did not get them for nine months, and had to go with an ox team to Chicago after them. Mr. Harvey was successfully engaged in farming until his death, which occurred March 28, 1865; he left quite a large estate. They had six children, four of whom are living-Sarah Jane ( now Mrs. Mead ), Lydia P. (now Mrs. Graham), Edwin (living on the home place), Lucetta (now Mrs. Stephens ), all living in this county except Mrs. Graham, who lives in Woodbury Co .; their son, Ira E., was in the army, and was killed in the last battle of the war. On the 15th of August, 1876, Mrs. Harvey was united in marriage to her present husband. William Huggins; he was born in Oneida Co., N. Y .. Oct. 7. 1790; in the war of 1812, he was drafted, but was away only a short time: was discharged Oct. 30. 1814. On the 10th of March, 1814. he married Miss Alice Ransford, a native of Berkshire Co., Mass. ; they came to Fowa in 1864; after living together sixty-one years, his wife died Feb. 26, 1875, leaving eight children, one living here, two in New York State, and five living in Oregon. There are very few persons of the age of Mr. and Mrs. Huggins who are as active and as well pre- served and enjoy life as they are doing. Mrs. Huggins is one of the lawful heirs to the Trinity Church property, New York City.
WILLIAM O. JACKELLS. farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Anamosa; born May 2, 1841, in Lower Canada ; in 1861, he came to Jones Co. Owns ninety-six acres of land. Married Miss R. A. Graves: she was born in New York Ang. 30, 1847; died June 25, 1878; have one child-Mina : second marriage to Miss Eva Brown May 11, 1879 ; she was born in Fairview Township. Enlisted in 1862 in Co. F, 74th Ill. V. I .; was wounded at the battle of Stone River in December, 1862. Republican.
DR. CLARK JOSLIN, physician and surgeon. Anamosa ; is a native of Bricksville, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, and was born April 2, 1816; his father. John G. Joslin, was a native of New York State, and he served in the war of 1812 under Gen. William II. Harrison, and drew his land warrant for 160 acres of land ; after peace was declared, he came to Ohio and located sixteen miles south of Cleveland, at Bricksville. and engaged in farming; in the fall of 1827, he removed to Michigan, and remained in that State until the summer of 1837. when he sold his farm and emigrated to Iowa. and located in Jones Co .; he bought a large quantity of prairie and timber lands; the fol- lowing year he returned to Michigan, and brought his family by wagon to Iowa; they were about four weeks on the way, and arrived in Jones Co. Sept. 22, 1838; they located permanently about four miles southwest of Anamosa, in Fairview Township; he was one of the first to settle in this township ; he and his sons helped to raise the first saw-mill in Jones Co .. and he was a member of the first grand jury that sat in Joncs Co., and he served as foreman; he died Aug. 25, 1868; his son, Dr. Clark Joslin, received his education in Ohio and Michigan, and when 16 years of age, gave his atten- tion to the study of medicine; he continued the study of medicine for three years under Dr. H. Wright and Dr. Moses Rider, and commenced the practice of medicine in Michigan ; he came to Iowa with his father's family, and arrived in Jones Co. Sept. 22, 1838, and engaged in the practice of medicine at Fairview ; he was the first regular
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medical practitioner in Jones Co. ; after several years he removed to Anamosa, and has had an office here ever since the town was laid out. and has practiced medicine in this county over forty-one years ; his practice used to extend sixty miles, and many times he came near freezing to death. Dr. Joslin was elected the first County Recorder of Jones Co .; he is a member of Jones County Medieal Society. Dr. Joslin has been twice married. On the 25th of April, 1837, he married M. L. Woleott, of Michigan ; she died, leaving one daughter-Mary L., who married C. H. Bingham, now living here ; on the 20th of January, 1842, Dr. Joslin married Elizabeth Hale, a native of Delaware Co., N. Y .; they had five children ; three survive-William C., born Dec. 25, 1842; James (now a practicing physician here), born Jan. 1, 1848; Mary Ann I., July 20, 1845 (now Mrs. David Ellis ).
HIRAM JOSLIN, farmer, See. 26; P. O. Anamosa ; born June 24, 1823, in Cuyahoga Co., Ohio; when a child. he came with his parents to Michigan ; in August. 1837, he came to Jones C'o., Iowa ; there were but two other families in the county at. that time, viz., Clement Russell and David Mann ; he, with his father, entered about twenty-two hundred acres of land ; he now owns about five hundred and forty acres. Married Sarah J. Hale in 1843; she was born in Delaware Co., N. Y., in 1826; they bave four children-James L., Emily J., Laura E. and Sarah F. Democrat.
THURSTON JOSLIN. farmer, Sec. 28: P. O. Anamosa ; born Oct. 15, 1828, in Washtenaw Co., Mich .; in 1837, he came to Jones Co., Iowa, with his father, and now lives on the old homestead formerly occupied by his father ; he owns 477 acres of land. Married Polly Worden in 1867 ; she was born in New York ; have four children-Lewis G., Rosetta B., George R. and Hannah C. Republican.
P. KEEFFE, retired, Anamosa; is a native of Ireland, and was born in May, 1832; he grew up to manhood there, and emigrated to America in 1852; he came to Dubuque in 1852, and engaged in surveying and engineering, acting as assist- ant engineer to James Potter ; he went to Minnesota, and engaged in contracting on the Minneapolis & Cedar Valley Railroad; he was engaged in engineering on the Illi- nois Central Railroad in this State, and has been largely and successfully engaged in contracting and building railroads in Iowa, Nebraska and Minnesota ; when Mr. Keeffe landed in this country, he only had £10, and his success in life is owing to his own efforts. In June, 1860, he was united in marriage to Miss Marietta Chaplin, daughter of B. Chaplin, one of the earliest settlers of Jones Co.
EZRA KEELER. attorney at law, Anamosa ; is a native of Macomb Co .. Mich .; he grew up and attended the common schools there, and then entered the State Normal School, where he remained for three years, and entered the Law Department of the State University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, and graduated in the spring of 1866. lle was appointed Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue. He came to Iowa and located in Anamosa in 1867, and sinee then he has practiced his profession here. Dur- ing the war, he enlisted in Co. B, 22d Mich. V. I .; after serving a short time in this regi- ment, he was transferred to the Signal Corps ; he remained in the service for three years. On the 25th day of December, 1872, he was united in marriage to Miss Mary Graham, of Dubnque; they have two children-Clarenee and Lorne.
DAVID H. KELLY, barber, Anamosa ; was born in Linn Co., Iowa, Feb. 19, 1845; when 10 years of age, he came to Jones Co .; he grew up and received his education here. He was in the army-enlisted and served in Co. L, Tth I. V. C., under Gen. Sully. In 1866, he engaged in his present business; he had nothing when he commenced ; by industry and attention to his business, he now owns the build- ing he occupies ; also owns a good home. He married Miss Emma Day, from Mount Vernon, Linn Co., Iowa. Oct. 3, 1870 ; they have two children-Eva and Jessie. Mr. Kelly's father, Samuel Kelly, came to Iowa in 1838, and was one of the earliest set- tlers; he died April 30. 1879 : his widow is still living.
COL. M. C. KEMPSEY, wholesale and retail dealer in millinery and notions, Main street, Anamosa; is a native of Ireland, and was born April S, 1832; when 15 years of age (in 1847 ), he emigrated to America ; when 18 years of age, he was fore- tuan of a large tannery at Montrose, Penn. He was brought up a Roman Catholic,
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and was educated and intended for the priesthood ; while living in Montrose, Penn., he experienced religion and became converted in 1851 ; he entered Madison University. at Hamilton, N. Y., and remained there eight years; after completing a full college and theological course of study, he became Pastor of a Baptist Church in Jersey City : upon the breaking-out of the rebellion, he was Pastor of a Baptist Church in Brooklyn . after the battle of Bull Run, he aided in recruiting and organizing the 176th N. Y. V. I .. and was commissioned Captain of Co. A .; he went with Gen. Banks' expedition to New Orleans ; in 1863, he was promoted and commissioned Colonel, and organized the col- ored troops at New Orleans. After the war, he had charge of the educational interests of the freedmen ; in 1865, he went to Alabama, with two other Union officers, and purchased a plantation, and he was the first to introduce free labor and free schools in Alabama; he was driven out of that State, and his property burnt and destroyed; in 1866, he came to Iowa and located at Independence. and remained there until 1868, when he came to Anamosa as Pastor of the Baptist Church here; after a successful ministry of two years, he went to Monticello: from there, he went to Illinois, and was Pastor of the Baptist Church at Batavia : in 1872, he hecame broken down in health, resulting from catarrh contracted in the army ; he was then appointed Secretary of the Challenge Mill Co., at Batavia : he was afterward appointed General Agent of the Continental Life Insurance Co .. for Western Iowa and Nebraska; declining this appointment, he came to Anamosa. and, since then, has been successfully engaged in business here. In 1867, he was united iu marriage to Mrs. Mabel Gillette, formerly Miss Mabel Young, from Buchanan Co., Iowa ; they have had one daughter, Lena, who died when 6 years of age.
J. C. KIMBALL, proprietor of Kimhall's Machine-shop, Anamosa ; is a native of Grafton Co, N. II .; he grew up to manhood there, and learned his trade there ; he went to Lowell, Mass., and was connected with the machine-shops there, in the same works with Ben Butler, who was a mechanic there at that time; in 1859. Mr. Kimball was among the first that went to the oil regions in Pennsylvania, and remained there until 1865, when he came West, to Iowa, on account of his health : be located in Anamosa ; he was some years in regaining his health ; he is engaged in the machinist business ; has the only machine-shops in Anamosa. He married Miss Luey D. Field. a native of Northfield, Vt .. March 4, 1849; they have three children -Willis, Charlie and Clemmie.
DAVID KINERT. proprietor of the Kinert House, corner of Main and Booth streets, Anamosa ; is a native of Perry Co., Penn., and was born Dec. 3, 1817 ; he grew up there until 17 years of age, when his parents removed to Ohio, where he lived for eight years and then removed to Indiana, and lived in that State ten years. and came to Iowa in 1852, and, in the spring of 1853. came to Jones Co. and located in Anamosa ; he bought a stock of goods and engaged in mercantile business ; in 1855. he was elected Representative to the State Legislature : in 1856. he sold out his stock of goods ; he served part of a term as Clerk of the Courts; in 1861, he was elected Sheriff of Jones Co., and was twice re-elected and held the office for six years. In Angust, 1858. he married Miss A. C. Cunningham, a native of York Co., Penn ; thev have three children-S. Alonzo. Carrie, Frank.
THOMAS KINNEY, farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Anamosa; was born in County Galway, Ireland, in 1823; he grew up to manhood there, and emigrated to America in 1854; he went to Charleston, S. C., and lived there fifteen years, and came to Jones Co., Iowa, May 4, 1869, and located in Anamosa; in 1875. he engaged in farming. lIe has been twice married; his last wife, Bridget Dorsey, a native of Ire- land, died Feb 4. 1979, leaving three children-John. 23 years of age; Luke. 22 years of age; Mary Ann, 17 years of age. When Mr. Kinney came here, he had only 810 ; he now owns a farm of forty acres and a house and lot in Anamosa.
JOSEPH F. KUHLMAN, manufacturer of cigars, Anamosa ; was born in Hanover, Germany. Feb. 3, 1830; when 16 years of age. he emigrated to America. and learned his trade in Boston ; he came to Iowa in 1857, lived two years in Dubuque, and came to Jones Co. in 1859, and engaged in cabinet-making, and since theu has
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lived here. He married Gertrude Kutzman, from Germany ; they have eleven ebil- dren. four sons and seven daughters.
SAMUEL LAWRENCE, farmer ; P. O. Anamosa ; is a native of Mass- achusetts, and was born in Groton, liddlesex Co .; he grew up and received his educa- tion in Massachusetts, and when 18 years of age, he eame West to Jo Daviess Co., Ill., and taught school in Galena ; he eame to Iowa in 1852, and, after spending a few months in Dubuque and the mining regions, eame to Jones Co. He was appointed Recorder of Deeds; he was appointed Deputy Sheriff under Frank Hicks and was Aeting Sheriff during his official term ; he was afterward elected Sheriff of Jones Co. and served two years, and was again re-elected for a second term ; he has also held school offiees. Mr. Lawrence has been engaged in farming and owns 265 aeres of land. During the war. he enlisted but did not go in the field.
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