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IL. M. WRIGHT, of the firm of Wright & Dewey, dealers in drugs and medicines, Monticello; is a native of Hartford Co., Conn., and was born May 22, 1837; he grew up to manhood there ; in 1857, he came to Michigan and lived in Adrian two years ; then came to Jones Co. and located at Monticello and engaged in mercantile business, and since 1569 he has been engaged in the drug, book and stationery busi- ness. He has held the offices of Town Clerk, City Reeorder and is now a member of the School Board. He married Miss Ellen M. Dewey, daughter of D. S. Dewey, an old and honored settler of Jones Co .; they have two children-one daughter, Kittie May, and one son, Harry.
JAMES YOUNG, wagon and carriage maker. Monticello; is a native of Scotland, and was born July 29, 1838 ; when 17 years of age, he came to Canada, where he learned the business of carriage and wagon making; in 1860, he came to the United States; he came west to fowa and located at Anamosa in February, 1865; he came to Monticello the same year, and since then has carried on his business here. He married Miss Margaret Rhea, a native of Scotland, Jan. 22, 1867; they have four children-James. Ellen. Ilenry and Margaret.
PETER YOUNG. blacksmith, Monticello ; is a native of Scotland, and was born Sept. 14, 1840; he came to Canada when 15 years of age, in 1855; he learned the trade of blacksmith ; in 1865, he came to Jones Co., Iowa, and located at Ana- mosa : he remained there over two years, and, in 1867, came to Monticello, and since then he has been engaged in business here. He married Mrs. Catharine Hogan, a native of Ireland, Sept. 13, 1868; they have five children-Ellen, William, Catherine, Peter and Frank.
SILAS M. VORAN, farmer, See. 12; P. O. Monticello; was born in Herkimer Co., N. Y., in 1833; he came to Bowen's Prairie in September, 1955 ; during the following winter was engaged at Decorah in the interests of Eastern land purchas- ers ; thence to Hopkinton, Delaware Co., where he was engaged in merchandising for about one year ; in the spring and summer of 1857 was engaged at Sioux City, in the interests of land purchasers ; in 1858, located at Sand Springs, Delaware Co .. and engaged in a general business ; in the spring of 1864, located where he now lives ; his farm contains 110 acres. In the fall of 1877, Mr. Yoran was elected to the General Assembly of Iowa ; was re-elected in the fall of 1879 ; he was a member of the Board of Supervisors for the years 1868-73. He was married to Maria L. Markell, of Herki- mer Co., N. Y .; they have five children-Libbie, George, William, Darwin and Louise.
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REV. HARVEY ADAMS, Pastor of the Congregational Church. Bow- en's Prairie ; was born in Cheshire Co., N. II., Jan. 16, 1809 ; he prepared for college at Montpelier Academy, Vermont ; entered the University of Vermont in 1535, where he graduated in 1839 ; graduated at the Andover Theological Seminary in 1843; he came to Farmington, Van Buren Co., Iowa, in the fall of that year, where he remained as Pastor of the Congregational Church for seventeen years; thenee to Council Bluffs
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in 1860, where he remained three years; then returned to Farmington, where he con- tinned three years ; thence to New Hampton, Chickasaw Co., where he remained about four and a half years; thence to Fairfax, Linn Co .. four years ; he assumed his present charge in July, 1865. He was married to Rhod. M. Codding, a native of Massachu- setts ; they have four children-Sarah L. Stoddard, Emily J. Babcock, Edward E. and Kate F.
WILLIAM BEATTY, farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Bowen's Prairie; born in Ireland in 1826; his father, James Beatty, removed to Philadelphia abont 1828, where Mr. Beatty was brought up; he was engaged in the grocery business in Philadelphia about twelve years ; he came to Jones Co. in the spring of 1856, and settled in Wash- ingtou Township, where he lived about one year and a half ; he then sold his farm there and removed to Buchanan Co., but soon after resumed the ownership of his former farm in Washington Township. Jones Co., where he returned; he bought his present farm in the spring of 1867. He was married to Ann Elliott, a native of Ireland, later of Philadelphia ; they have five children-William J., Mary A. S., James, Robert E. and Isabelle J .; lost two children in infancy. His farm contains 156 acres; has also 160 acres in Carroll Co. Mr. Beatty and wife belong to the United Presbyterian Church.
E. S. BLODGETT, farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Bowen's Prairie; was born in Deerfield, Mass., in 1810 ; his parents removed to New Hampshire when he was 7 years of age. He was married to Rebecca Whittemore, who was born in Cheshire Co., N. H., in 1811 ; they came to Jones Co. in 1848, and settled where they now live; they have had three children, none of whom are living-William B., Joseph T. and Frederick HI .; the latter was Orderly Sergeant of Co. H, 31st I. V. I .; he died in Memphis March 26, 1863. Mr. and Mrs. Blodgett are members of the Congregational Church.
GEORGE BRAZELTON. farmer, Sec. 7 ; P. O. Bowen's Prairie ; is a son of William Brazelton, and was born in Linn Co. in 1844, where his father removed from Illinois in 1840 ; he came to Jones Co. with his parents in 1845. He was mar- ried to Alice Byers, whose parents were early settlers of Madison Township, from Penn- sylvania ; they have four children-Lily C., Edgar G., Frank Leslie and George C. Mr. Brazelton's farm contains 224 acres.
JAMES CRAIG, farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Bowen's Prairie; was born in 1822, on the British brig Bartley, on the Banks of Newfoundland, his parents being then on their way from England to this country. His parents settled in Philadelphia. Mr. Craig has residedi n that part of Philadelphia known as East Kensington nearly all his life; he learned the trade of a carpenter, which business he followed for some years ; he was engaged in the machine-shops of I. P. Morris, of Philadelphia, for twenty-six years. He was married to Fanny J. Hayes, a native of Ireland, born in 1820. Mr. Craig purchased his present farm in the spring of 1877. He has four sons and two daughters-Jared, Margaret J., Charles, William J .. Laura L. and Robert; the first two mentioned are twins. His farm contains 1783 aeres ; he also owns a house and lot adjoining his farm.
JOSEPH HICKMAN, farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Bowen's Prairie; was born in Virginia in 1812; removed with his parents to Muskingum Co., Ohio, in 1819, where he lived until 1852, when he came to Richland Township and settled in Section 9; in the fall of 1872, he came to his present location.
He was married to Mary Bunting, of Belmont Co., Ohio; they have seven children-William H., Shelton, Kimble, Demarkus, Huldah J. Cline, resides in Nebraska ; George W. and John ; have lost two children-Lucy and Sarah A; the latter died Oct. 24, 1879. Mr. Hickman's present farm contains 100 acres ; his farm in Section 9 contained 350 acres. of which he gave his son ninety aeres. and sold the remainder to Mr. John May, for $10,000. Ile has been Township Trustee for about fifteen years. He is a Democrat in polities.
JOHN C. HUNTOON. farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Bowen's Prairie ; born in Hanover, N. II., in 1829 ; he came to Jones Co. in 1867, and purchased his present farm. He was married to Miss Ann Fairchilds, born in the State of New York ; they have four children-Johu W., Lizzie, Minnie and Sarah. His father, John Huntoon, lives with him ; he is a native of Hanover, N. H .; his mother died at his home iu 1877.
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THEODORE W. LITTLE, farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Bowen's Prairie ; was born in Middlesex Co., Mass., in 1818; his parents, Eben and Abbie Little, removed to Wayne Co., N. Y., in 1828; Mr. Little went to Albemarle Co .. Va., in 1842, where he was engaged in the drug business for many years; he was also engaged for many years in selling and establishing agencies for the sale of a lini- ment of which he was proprietor ; during this time, he spent many years in traveling, especially through the Southern States ; he came to Jones Co. in February, le66, and took possession of his present farm, on which his father had settled in 1848. His father died in January, 1876 ; his mother died in 1862. Mr. Little was married in 1846, to Sarah A. Bragg, born in Massachusetts, but then a resident of Michigan. Her father, Calvin B. Bragg, removed from Massachusetts to Ontario Co., N. Y., in 1826, thence to Michigan in 1843; he died in Jackson, in that State, in 1863 ; her mother, Mrs. Orpha Bragg, now 80 years of age, lives with her daughter, MIrs. Little. The father of Mr. Little was partially deaf from birth, entirely so after 10 years of age. His farm contains 160 aeres; he also owns a farm of sixteen acres in Michigan. 1Ie has five children-Frances A .. Charles C., Ella A., James M. B., Ebbie W .; lost three children in infanev.
JOHN, RICHARD AND THOMAS H. HeQUILLEN, farm- ers, See. 23; P. O. Cascade ; sons of' John McQuillen. who was born in Ireland, and came to the United States in 1830 ; lived in Albany, N. Y., till he came to Jones Co. in the spring of 1846; he settled where his sons now live; he died in the fall of the year he came to the county. Besides the three brothers mentioned above, is George, who resides in Washington Township ; another, Bernard, died in 1865; the homestead, now owned by John, Richard and Thomas, contains 500 acres, 300 of which is improved ; they are engaged principally in stock-raising. Thomas, born in 1846, is the only one of the brothers born in Jones Co .; he has held several township offiees ; has been Township Clerk and Collector for four years; was a Justice of the Peace from 1871 to 1875; he was one of the first Directors of the Cascade, Bellevue & Western Railroad. The brothers are Democrats in politics. Their mother, Margarette McQuillen, lives with them. They are Catholies in religion.
THOMAS MOORE, farmer. See. 20 ; P. O. Monticello; was born on the Isle of Man, August, 1822. His parents. William and Ann Moore, emigrated to Can- ada in 1825, where they lived until about 1830, when they removed to Detroit, Mich., thenee to La Porte, Ind .. about 1535. and to Jones Co. in 1837. His father took a claim of the farm where Rudolph Casper now lives, which he owned till 1865. when he sold to Mr. Casper ; he then purchased a farm in Castle Grove Township, where he died in January, 1875; Mr. Moore's mother died in Dubuque Co. in 1838; his father was after- ward married to Elvira Neal, who is still living. Thomas Moore came to Jones Co. with his father in 1837. but, with his brother William, went to Wisconsin, about 1840 ; soon after, returned to Dubuque Co .; soon after, went to Platteville, Wis., where he lived till about 1846, when he returned to Jones Co. and settled on the farm wbere he now lives, a part of which he had entered several years previous to that time. He was married to Eliza Mulligan, whose parents came from Staten Island to Dubuque Co. about 1844; has seven children-Thomas W .. Mary A., Sarah, Eliza, Jane, Clara Belle and Agnes ; lost two children-William, who was killed by accident March 17, 1879, in his 24th year ; Minnie died in infancy.
STEPHEN A. PALMER. farmer and proprietor of cheese factory, See. 5; P. O. Bowen's Prairie ; was born in Genesee Co., N. Y., in 1836 : his parents, Stephen and Martha Palmer. removed to Medina Co., Ohio, about 1840; they came to Jones Co. and settled on the farm now owned by their son in the spring of 1856 ; his mother died in July. 1874; his father. now 84 years of age, lives with him. He was married to Angeline Bennett, who was born in Ohio; they have ten children ; six sons and four daughters-George A .. Mattie C. Hicks, Almon E., Frank A., Ashiey B., Charles A., William G., Mary A., Nellie and Truly I. Mr. Palmer is engaged in stock- raising and dairying; he started his cheese factory in the fall of 1878 ; it has a capacity of about four hundred pounds of cheese per day.
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CHRISTIAN PRADER, farmer, Sec. 19 ; P. O. Monticello ; was born in France in 1847, where he lived twelve years, when his father returned to Switzer- land, his native country ; came to this country and Jones Co. in 1872. Was married to Mersula Casper, daughter of Rudolph Casper ; they have one child. Rudolph, born in 1874. Mr. Prader's farm contains 175 acres of land. Rudolph Casper was born in Switzerland in 1815 ; he is one of the large farmers of Riehland Township.
SIMON REICHART, farmer, Sec. 21 ; P. O. Monticello: was born in Bavaria, Germany, in 1805 ; he came to this country and settled in Dubuque in 1837; came to Richland Township in 1839; settled on his present farm in 1840. Has five children-John. Adam, Maggie, Barbary and Anna. John was married to Johanna Horner, whose parents were carly settlers of Dubuque Co .; have one child-Minnie. Adam married Ann Turnis; has four children. Mr. Reichart's farm contains 380 acres.
JOHN SCHWEITZER, farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Monticello; born in Switzer- land in 1824; he came to this country and Jones Co. in 1850 ; he went to California in 1851 and engaged in mining; remained in California ten years, returning in 1861; purchased his present farm in the spring of 1862, where he settled in the fall of that year. He was married to Charlotte Yousse, who died in 1866. His present wife was Margaret Bohnar. Mr. Schweitzer has one daughter by his first marriage-Seraphina ; and three children by his second wife-Charlotte, Lena and John. Mr. Schweitzer has about five hundred aeres of land.
JOHN D. SULLIVAN, farmer, See. 3; P. O. Caseade, Dubuque County ; son of John and Margaret Sullivan ; was born on the farm he now owns October 29, 1940; his father was a native of Ireland and was born in 1807; he came to this country in 1835, and entered the farm where his son now resides. His mother was born in Virginia in 1810 ; she was married in Illinois in 1827 to David Lindsay ; had three children by this marriage, none of whom are living ; she became a widow, and on Jan. 1, 1840, she married Mr. Sullivan ; she has four children by her second marriage-John D .. William T. (lives in Daviess Co., Mo .. and is editor of a paper called the Northern Missourian), Robert F. ( resides in Franklin Co., Iowa ), Den- nis (lives in Rieliland Township, Jones Co., Iowa ). John D. was married to Helen M. Simmons, who was born in Canada ; she died July 13, 1877. Mr. Sullivan has five children-Adda, William H., Emma J., John F. and Charles M. Mr. Sullivan was for about one year a member of Co. C. 2d I. V. I .; entered the army in 1864. His brother, William T., enlisted in Co. K, 17th I. V. I., in 1861; served till the elose of the war.
HON. JOHN TAYLOR, Cascade. Hon. John Taylor, or, as he is more familiarly called. Judge Taylor, is the son of David Taylor and Martha McNeil, and was born Feb. 16, 1808, in Rockingham Co., N. Il. This was his home until 17 years of age, when he removed to Essex Co., N. Y., where he resided two years. He afterward lived awhile in Greene Co., and then in Albany Co. In 1834. he went to Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, and, in the autumn of 1836, eame to Milwaukee, where he tarried about one year. He is a natural mechanie. but his chief occupation has been that of farming. The winter of 1837-38 he spent in the South. mainly in Louisiana. In the spring of 1838, he located in Dubuque, which continued to be his home for several years. In 1841, he purchased the place on which he now resides, on Sec. 1, in Richland Town- ship, about one mile from Cascade, which is his post office. In October, 1843, he was elected Probate Judge of Jones County, for a term of three years. He was elected from Jones Co. as a member of the first Constitutional Convention of Iowa, which con- vened in October. 1844. He was married in Dubuque, Dee. 25, 1844, to a native of Kentucky, Miss Elizabeth Graffort, on the occasion of her parents' golden wedding. In April, 1845, he was elected a member of the Territorial Legislature, by the counties of Cedar, Linn and Jones; the first session of said Legislature was held in May and June, and the next in the winter of 1845-46. He was appointed by the State Lezis- lature in 1847, one of the Commissioners to locate a permanent seat of government for the State. He was elected a member of the Legislature, the session of which was held
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in the winter of 1852-53. In 1859, he was again elected to the Legislature from Jones Co., which regular session was at Des Moines, in 1860, with an extra session in May, 1861. He has one son, John Taylor, Jr., born Dec. 22, 1846. He is now living near his father and upon the original purchase of 1841. Judge Taylor was a loyal sup- porter of the Government during the trial-period from '61 to '65, but has always been a Democrat from principle-a firin friend of the people and of their chosen government. Although Jones Co. is strongly Republican, yet the Judge has never been defeated in a political contest in his own county. The Judge is only a "brother-in-law " of the Evangelical Church-his wife being an acceptable member of the Baptist Church. He is kind, benevolent, and often sought as a counselor-is a humanitarian. Conservative and conscientious, with ripened wisdom, he is pursuing the even tenor of his way to that " bourne whence no traveler returneth."
BARRETT WHITTENMORE. teacher and farmer, Bowen's Prairie; is the son of William Snow Whittemore and Mollie Locke, and was born Feb. 26. 1806, in Cheshire Co., N. II .; he early exhibited a talent for mathematical and literary studies ; in his 12th year, he mastered "Adams' old Arithmetic," and, four years afterward, when he desired to enter the High School of his native town, he secured the needed books by gathering and selling immense quantities of pumpkin seeds, which were then in demand for the manufacture of a peculiar oil. Before he was of age, he and his young associates pledged " total abstinence from all that can intoxicate." He was a prominent actor in the Lyeeum of his town. He was early accustomed to farm labor, but his predominant taste was for literary pursuits. He came West in the spring of 1830, and leeated tem- porarily in Bureau Co., IN. In the autumn of 1831, he went to the vicinity of Galena and Dubuque. In October, 1834, he opened a school in Dubuque, which he taught abont four months. This was the second school taught in Dubuque. Mr. George Cub- bage having taught there the previous winter. In the season of 1835, he worked at farming in Dubuque Co .; he then engaged in a saw-mill on the Little Maquoketa River, in Dubuque Co., till the spring of 1838, when he came to Jones Co., and set- tled where he now lives. Mr. Whittemore has always taken a deep interest in the cause of education, and has been a teacher for fifty years of his life, having taught more or less every year for that period of time. In 1841. he taught the first school in Jones Co., Bowen's Prairie, and has taught fully forty terms of school in Jones Co. since that date, most of which were in Richland Township. Mr. Whittemore was an " Orderly Ser- geant " in the Black Hawk war. He has held various township offices, and was the first County Superintendent of Schools in Jones Co., having been elected in 1858. He was married in 1846, to Miss Louisa Blodgett, also a native of New Hampshire. They have no children. Both are consistent members of the Congregational Church at Bowen's Prairie. He is beloved by his pupils, respected by his neighbors and honored by his fellow-citizens. May he and his worthy wife continue for years on earth to enjoy the conscious rewards of a well-spent life. The old schoolmaster of Bowen's Prairie, sometime, with closing eye and fading memory, will whisper, "' Tis growing dark ; school is dismissed ; " then will our Divine Superintendent read the life-record of Bar- rett, Whittemore, and write thereon-" Enrolled for promotion to the High School of Heaven."
CYRUS WHITTEMORE, retired farmer, Bowen's Prairie; born in Troy, Cheshire Co., N. H .. in 1813 ; went to California in 1849, and engaged in mining. He passed about nine years in California, but returned several times to visit his family. He was married to Miss Mary D. Richardson. who was born in Greenfield, Hillsboro Co., N. H .; they came to Jones Co., in the fall of 1858, and settled at Bowen's Prairie ; they have three children-Frank A., residing in Monticello; Walter L., living in Aurora, Neb., and Effie G. They have lost several children-Julia S. and Mary E., each about 18 years of age, and Ella E., aged 2 years and 8 months.
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JOHN ATKINS. farmer, Sec. 7 ; P. O. Anamosa ; was born in Somerset Co., N. J., in 1526; his father, William Atkins. removed to Hamilton Co., Ohio, in 1844. Ile was married to Parmelia Dodson, who was born in Cincinnati in 1826; they came to Dubuque Co. in 1850, where they lived till 1864, when they came to Jones Co. and settled on their present farm ; they have five children-Edward, Adelbert, William D., George N. and Alta P. Mr. Atkins has 140 acres of land.
CHARLES P. ATWOOD, farmer. Sec. 5; P. O. Anamosa; was born in Susquehanna Co., Penn., in 1840; he came to Jones Co. in the spring of 1859; he enlisted May 15, 1861, in the 1st I. V. C., Co. K ; he served nearly five years, receiving his final discharge on March 15, 1866; he was in active service during all the time he was in the army ; prominent among the battles and campaigns in which he par- ticipated, the following may be mentioned : Prairie Grove, Dee. 7, 1862; Bayou Meter, Ark .; capture of Little Rock, Ark., Sept. 10, 1863; Steele's Red River Campaign. He came home on veteran furlough ; returned to his regiment June 18, 1864; operated in Missouri for some time ; served under Gens. Pleasanton and A. J. Smith ; returned to St. Louis, thence to Arkansas. thence to Pine Bluff, thence to Memphis, Tenn., thence to Gnntown, Miss., etc .; was finally mustered out of service at Austin, Texas, Feb. 16, 1866 ; final discharge, March 16, 1866. He returned to Jones Co. Was married in December, 1867, to Susan J. Porter ; they have five children-Clarence B., Leola A., Isora, Hurvy and Charles. Mr. Atwood located on his present farm in December, 1867.
R. S. BENTON, farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Anamosa; was born in Vermont in 1833; his parents, Joseph and Annie Benton, removed to St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., in 1842. Mr. Benton went to Illinois in 1854; he went to California the same year ; returned to New York State in 1868; came to Joues Co. in the fall of that year ; set- tled on his present farm in March, 1877. He married Anna McFadden ; they have one child-Jay.
WILLIAM BOWERS, farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Anamosa ; boru in Wayne Co., Ohio, in 1834; he came to Jones Co. with his parents, Henry and Catherine Bow- ers, in 1854; his father settled in Fairview Township; he died in 1868; his mother now resides in Ashland Co., Ohio. Mr. Bowers entered his farm in 1854, where he has since resided. He was married Jan. 9, 1555, to Susan E. Davis, of Ohio ; they have six children-Arminda V., Arthur W., Frances C .. May, Elmer and Mand ; they have lost five children, all of whom died in infancy. Mr. Bowers is a Justice of the Peace, and has held other township offices. He is a Republican in politics.
BENJAMIN CHAPLIN. farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Anamosa; was born in Cortland Co., N. Y., in 1816; his father's family removed to Jones Co. in 183S. and located in Rome Township ; his father, Daniel Chaplin, died in July of that year ; his mother subsequently married Mr. John Elliot. of Linn Co .; she has been dead many years. Mr. Benjamin Chaplin owned the farm where his father settled, from the time of his father's death till 1853. Ile was married to Ellen Baugh ; her parents were early settlers of Joues Co. ; formerly from Indiana. Mr. Chaplin removed to Dubuque in 1845, but returned to his farm in Rome Township in September, 1847; in 1853, he exchanged his farm for a hotel known as the Waverly House, in Anamosa, which he owned for about sixteen years ; has been engaged in farming most of the time since 1869 ; he located where he now lives in 1876. Mr. Chaplin was the first mail carrier if what was known as the Dubuque and West Liberty route ; he was thus engaged from the spring of 1840 till July, 1545. He was a Justice of the Peace of Cass Town- ship two years. He has had six children, four of whom are living-Marietta, now Mrs. Patrick Keeffe; Huldah, now Mrs. Oscar Twogood, resi les in Kansas ; Manville and Morris. . Names of deceased children-Melissa and Harry.
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JOSEPH S. CONDIT. farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Anamosa: was born in Delaware Co., Ohio, in 1834 ; he came to Jones Co. with his father. Alvin P. Condit. in June, 1856. Mr. Condit owned a farm in See. 21 ; afterward. another in Sec. 22 : in 1868 he removed to Monroe Township, Monroe Co .; returned and purchased present farm in 1870. He married Mary E. Ogden, of Ohio; they have seven children- Emery O., Eddie S .. Ida B .. Lizzie, Ora D., Jay S. and an infant. Has 185 acres of land.
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