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Randall, W. W., stock dealer.
Raumaker, F. S., mail carrier.
Rehkoff Bros., carriage mnakers. Rickey, C. D., farmer, Sec. 35. Richmiller, A., farmer, Sec. 17. Rice, J. W., retired.
RICHARDSON, JOEL., clerk of the courts of Keokuk county; born in MeDonoughi county, Illi - nois, in 1839, and lived there un- til 1845, when his parents remov- ed to this county; he was raised a farmer and owns a farm of 130 acres in Lancaster township; he has held various township offi- ces previous to his election to his present position; he married Miss Mary Brown, in 1860; she was born in Indiana,
and died in 1875; he afterward married Miss Lizzie Hubbird, in 1876; she was born in Keokuk county; their family consists of four children: Schuyler, Julia and Viola by first marriage; and a daughter: Lucie, by second mar- riage.
Robison, A. G., tailor.
Robison, T., cashier of Union Bank. ROGERS, JOHN, justice of the peace; born in Bedford county, Pennsylvania, in 1808; when eight years of age his parents re- moved to Ohio; here he learned the trade of shoemaker, and in 1839 he removed to Indiana, and in 1856 came to Keokuk county, bringing with him a printing press, and published the first pa- per published in Sigourney; he has held the office of county judge seven years, from 1861 to 1868; and mayor of the city for two terms, and justice of the peace for seven years; he has been thrice married: first, to Elizabeth Davis, in 1830; she was a native of Ohio, and died in 1846; he inarried for his second wife Eliza- beth Derrick, in 1846; she was a native of Ohio, and died in 1853; he was married a third time to Diadana C. Adamson, in 1853; she was a native of Ohio; he has two children by first marriage: Howard S. and Mary (wife of G. W. McKean); by the second mar- riage, one son: Horace; and by the third marriage, one daughter:
Alice (wife of Charles A. Gray). Rohloff. farmer, Sec. 18. Rosecrans, H. C., miller.
S AMP.SON, HON. E. S., attor- ney; born in Huron county, Ohio, on the 6th of December, 1831, and is the son of Ezekiel Sampson and Polly, nee Meri- field; his father was' of English origin and his mother a native of Vermont; the family, when the subject of this sketch was young,
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moved to Fulton county, Illinois; thence to what is now Keokuk county, Iowa, in 1843, the first year the whites were permitted to enter upon that portion of the ter- ritory called the New Purchase; the subject of our sketch attend- ed the public and subscription schools a portion of the time be- tween the age of seven and twelve years; from twelve to nineteen he worked on his father's farm, at- tending school but one winter; he was, however, a diligent student, and extremely fond of his books; he studied arithmetic and gram- mar at night and during intervals of labor; his father, being in lim- ited circumstances, was able to render but little assistance to his son in the way of procuring an education, so that he was mainly thrown on his own resources; from 1850 to 1853 he attended the high school of Prof. S. S. Howe, at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa; the last two years of his stay at the academy he was enabled to pay his board and tuition by learning to set type, setting type mornings and evenings and on Saturdays; in the autumnn of 1853 he entered the sophomore class of Knox College; his father died during the year, which .. terminated his educational privileges; having de- veloped a taste and aptitude for professional studies, he entered the office of Messrs. Eastman & Rice, of Oskaloosa, as a law stu- dent; in the year following he was admitted to the bar, and in the spring of 1856 moved to Sig- ourney (which has since been his home); in August, 1856, he was elected prosecuting attorney, and held the position till January, 1859, at the same time carrying on a general civil practice; he en- , listed in the late war, and was commissioned captain of Co. F, Fifth Iowa Infantry; in 1862 he
was promoted to lieutenant-col- onel, and served in that capacity until mustered out in 1864; on re- turning from the army he entered again upon the practice of law, in partnership with G. D. Woodn, Esq., and soon took a leading rank at the bar; in 1865 he was elected to the State Senate, and in the autumn of 1866 he was elect- ed Judge of the Sixth Judicial District of the State, and served in that capacity till the end of 1874, having been re-elected in 1869, without opposition; in this situation he won and maintained the reputation of being one of the foremost jurists in the State, re- ceiving on his retirement the most flattering testimonials as to his ability from the bar of every county in the district; while yet on the bench, and after having de- clined to become a candidate be- fore the convention, he was nomi- nated to represent the Sixth Dis- trict of Iowa in the Forty-fourth Congress; he was elected by a majority of two thousand, four hundred votes, and .. re-elected, in 1876, by a majority of four thousand; he served on several important committees with credit to the State, to his district, and honor to himself; he is at present engaged in the practice of his profession, and is associated with C. M. Brown; he is character- ized as a man of great industry,- and is governed by the most rigid principles of honesty and integri- ty; he was married to Miss Eu- nice McCann, in 1855; she was a resident of Keokuk county but a native of Indiana; they have a family of seven children: Lee, Ed- mund, Flora (now Mrs. C. M. Brown), Leona, Clara, Ellen and Lavina.
Sanders, Samuel, farmer, Sec. 3.
Schriever, Wm., cigar maker.
Snodgrass, H. S., clergyman.
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SCHIPFER, F.A., merchant, and dealer in general merchandise; born in Germany, in 1832; he was raised there, and came to the United States in 1852, and settled in Sigourney in 1856; he has al- ways been engaged in selling goods, and is the oldest house in jis line in the city; he married Miss Emily Knape, in 1857; she was born in Germany; their fam- ily consists of seven children: Francis A. (who is associated with his father in business), Herman, Lewis, Oscar, Eugene, Clara and Freddie.
SCHOTT, ANDREW,lumber deal-
er; born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1843, and lived there until 1856 when he came to Iowa and set- tled in Muscatine; he enlisted in the Second Iowa Cavalry and served until the close of the war; he then received the appointment of post-trader in Texas, and re- mained there two years; he came to this county in 1871 and engag- ed in the lumber business; he is also connected with a firm in the same line at What Cheer, and also at Keswick, in this county; he is associated in business with Charles M. Harlan; they deal in all kinds of lumber, doors, sash, blinds and wagon stock; he married Miss Emma Berry, in Muscatine, in 1865; they have one son: Edward H., born September 9, 1866.
Seevers, Paul, farmer, Sec. 13. Scott, John, retired.
Seamans, H. A., telegraph operator. SELBY, MRS. M. D., whose mnaid- en name was Cissna, was born in Ohio, and removed to Michigan in 1859; she married Dr. H. W. Selby in 1860; he was born in Knox county, Ohio, and after making choice of the medical pro- fession he prepared himself for its practice and followed it for an occupation for several years; ow- ing to impaired health, he engag-
ed in mercantile pursuits, and while absent in Chicago purchas- ing goods, was taken sick and died, April 11, 1876.
SEAMANS, H. A., telegraph op- erator; born at Wheaton, Illinois, in 1853, and came to Iowa in 1876; he married Miss Libbie A. James, daughter of S. A. and Sarah James, April 3, 1878; they have one son : Worth J.
SHAFER, E., dealer in general merchandise; born in Knox coun- ty, Ohio, in 1838; he came to this State in 1844 and settled first in Washington county, and after- ward removed to Jefferson county and remained there until he settled in this county, in 1858, where he has been engaged for the greater portion of the time selling goods: he has held school and township offices; he married Miss Cynthia A. Jones, in 1863; she was born in Jefferson county, Iowa; they have six children: Alta E., Mary L., Nina L., John E., Mattie, and an infant; lost one daughter: Car- rie.
SHAWHAN, JOSEPH H., dealer in agricultural implements; born in Rush county, Indiana, in 1838, and when seven years of age was brought by his parents to Keokuk county, lowa, settling here in 1845; his father, Benjamin P. Shawhan, was born in Kentucky, and his mother's name was Maria A., and she was a native of Vir- ginia; Mr. S. enlisted in Co. B., Thirty-third Iowa Infantry dur- ing the late war, and was commis- sioned first lieutenant; he was com- pelled, on account of sickness, to resign, and as soon as he had suf- ficiently recovered, he recruited Co. K, Ninth Iowa Calvary, and remained in service until Feb- ruary, 1866; he married Miss Mary A. Jackson, in March, 1861; she was born in Piqua, Miami county, Ohio; their family consists
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of six children: Benjamin P., Harry H., William J., Ethel G., Bessie and Glenn.
Shilling, E., tinner.
Shilling, S, farmer, Sec. 35.
Shiflett, A. J., farmer, Sec. 6.
Shults, F. W., shoemaker.
Sidenbender, S., horse dealer.
Sims, E. T., painter.
Simpson, Nic, farmer, Sec. 8.
SKILLMAN, DR. E. H., retired
physician ; prominent among the citizens of this county who have passed the ordeal of pio- neer life in the west and whose early struggles well deserve a place in these memorals, is the subject of this sketch, Dr. E. H. Skillman; he was born in Highland county, Ohio, on the 21st day of June, 1812; he received his education at Washington, Fayette county, Pennsylvania; having made choice of medicine as a profession, and after preparing himself, he attend- ed the Medical College, at Cin- cinnati; in 1842, following the star of empire westward, he came to Iowa and settled in Columbus City, Louisa county, and lived there four years, and then remov- ed to this county, in 1846, and engaged in the practice of his pro- fession; he pursued his chosen calling with untiring zeal and en- ergy and with a success which has earned for him an enviable repu- tation and acquired an extensive practice; to the poor he was ever kind and obliging, and has ridden hundreds of miles to administer to their necessities without expectation of pecuniary compensation ; after practicing his profession for several years he engaged in mercantile pursuits and finally abandoned his practice, and in this, as well as in other pursuits, was eminently success- ful; he owns over 700 acres of land and is one of the large tax- payers of Keokuk county; he mar-
ried Miss E. A. Browder, in 1838, she was born in Green county, Ohio; they have a family of six children: Nancy J. (now Mrs. Moore), Lizzie (now the wife of Hon. Geo. D. Woodin), Allen C., Elnora (now Mrs. Havens), Evan H., Jr., Eliza A. (now Mrs. Mar- shal,) Sarah (now Mrs. Kelley); he is a man of strong convictions and bold and fearless in advocating them; he is modest and unassum- ing in his habits and manners and an upright citizen.
Smith, Samuel, billiard hall.
Smith, Albert, farmer, Sec. 7. Smith, J. G .. farmer, Sec. 35.
SMITH. G. H., attorney; born in Hancock county, Indiana, in 1843, and when three years of age his parents removed to Jefferson county, Iowa, and remained there until March, 1856, when they came to Keokuk county, and settled in Jackson township; in October, 1862, he enlisted as a private in Company A, Seventh Iowa Cavalry and after serving three years was mustered out sec-
ond lieutenant, November 25,
1865; having been denied school privileges in youth, and ashamed of his backwardness, he hired a teacher after he became of age; having a taste for the profes- sion of law, he studied and was admitted to the bar October 3, 1871; he has held various township offices and owns a farm of forty- six acres of land; he is associated in business with W. J. Gaston and H. L. Richardson, who in connec- tion with their general business make a specialty of collecting pen- sions and U. S. claims; they also do a large insurance business and represent a large line of compa- nies, among which may be men- tioned the Commercial of Hart- ford, National of Hartford, Ori- ent of Hartford, Meriden of Con- necticut, Fire Association of Phil-
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adelphia, American of Philadel- phia, Glenn Falls of New York, Niagara of New York, Watertown of New York, Newark of New Jersey, British America and Com- mercial Union of London; Mr. S. married Miss C. Porter January 31st, 1866; she was born in Indi- ana; they have five children: Frankie, David B., Samuel S., Gad O. and Eva.
Sonwalts, Fred, farmer, Sec 17. Sparks, J. S., restaurant.
STARR, J. C., editor of the Sig- ourney Courier; born in Colum- bus, Ohio, in 1848, and was raised there until eighteen years of age, at which time his parents remov- ed to this county; he divided his time between the farm and at- tending school; having a taste for the practice of law, he entered the office of Mackey, Harned & Fon- da, and was admitted to the bar April 6, 1877; he married Miss Minnie Mohme, in 1871; she was born in Prussia, Germany; they have four children: Rosa, Ella, Annie and Mertie.
Startzman, C. D., harness maker. Stevens, W., teamster.
STEVENS, OWEN., farmer; born in Frederick county, Maryland, in 1811, and was taken by his par- ents to Belmont county, Ohio, in 1816, where his father engaged in farming; he also gave his atten- tion largely to tobacco culture, curing and shipping; the subject of this sketch remained in Ohio until 1864, and then removed to this county, where he owns a farm of 230 acres, adjoining the city, and is devoting his attention mostly to stock; he married Miss Ann Chambers, in 1838; she was born in Ohio; they have a family of seven children: Oliver P., Lida, Mollie (now Mrs. McLean), John Q. A., Belle, Pauline and Pigeon.
Stewart, R., farmer, Sec. 14.
STRANAHAN, A .; born in Phil- adelphia, in 1841, and lived in Pennsylvania until 1855, when he- came to this county, where he has since resided ; he was raised a farm- er; in 1868 he was elected sheriff of Keokuk county, and served eight years in this capacity; since his retirement from the sheriff's of- fice he has been engaged in rail- road building; of his promptness and success in arresting criminals mention is made in another part of this work; he married Miss C. E. Smith, in 1867; she was born in Illinois; they have three children: Lizzie, Melinda P. and Carrie. Stuck, H., carpenter.
Swails, D. P., planing-mill.
"HORNLOE, W., stock raiser. T
THOMPSON, DR. JAS., dentist; born in Harrison county, Ohio, July 9, 1846, and was raised in that State; he enlisted in the 172d Ohio Infantry during the late war; he made choice of the den- tal profession, and has followed it for twelve years; he came to Iowa in 1868, and settled in Washing- ton county, and in 1872 changed his residence to Sigourney; he married Miss Anna M. Snyder, of Jefferson county, Ohio, March 26, 1868; they have one son: Robert A .; lost one daughter: Minnie V. TODD, H. D., formerly county su- perintendent of schools; born in Decatur county, Indiana, in 1847, and came to this State in 1854 and settled in Washington county, and lived there until 1858, when he made his home in this county; he was educated at the Oskaloosa College and the Iowa State Uni- versity, and was engaged in teach- ing four years previous to his elec- tion as county superintendent, in 1873; he married Miss Mary E. Deering, March 20, 1877; she was born in Maine.
Trussler, H. C., farmer, Sec. 18.
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Trussler, H. O., farmer, Sec. 7. Trussler, G. D., farmer, Sec. 18. Trussler, R. M., farmer, Sec. 7. Turner, H. J., farmer, Sec. 2.
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PDEGRAFF, A., dealer in groceries and provisions, boots and shoes; born in Ohio, in 1836, and was raised there a farmer; he enjoyed the benefits afforded by the common schools, and supple- mented his education by attend- ing the McNeely Normal School, in Harrison county, Ohio; he fol- lowed teaching as an occupation very successfully for ten years; he came to this State in 1863, and settled in Mahaska county, and came to this county in 1872; he married Miss Hannah Harlan, in 1869; she was born in Musk- ingum county, Ohio; they have two children : Harlan and Zena M. ALERIUS, PETER, saloon;
V born in Fondulac, Wiscon- sin, in 1846, and was raised there a farmer; he came to this county in 1867; he married Emma Fritz, June 15, 1878; she was born in Germany; they have five children : Henry, Michael, Mary, Johnnie and Jennie.
VEITCH, WM., proprietor of the Sigourney woolen mills; born in Paisley, Scotland, in 1839, and emigrated to the United States in 1844, and settled in Guernsey county, Ohio; his father was a practical woolen manufacturer, and the son was educated in the business from boyhood: he came to Iowa in 1859, and settled in Henry county, and while living here had the experience of build- ing two mills; he came to this county in 1872, and established his present business of manufac- turing-principally, cassimeres, flannel, jeans, blankets and knitting yarn, giving employment to about twenty hands; the goods manu- factured by these mills are of a
good quality, and meet with a ready sale; Mr. Veitch was mar- ried in 1859, to Miss Lydia A. Booth, a native of Ohio; they have a family of six children: Marietta, Frank, Minnie B., Pearl E., Paul L. and Margaret; lost three: William, Annie and .
Janes.
- Vert, John, farmer, Sec. 7. Vickery, C., stock dealer.
.Vogle, Andrew, farmer, Sec. 2.
V EAVER, T. C., assistant cashier of the First Na- tional Bank; born in Mechanics- burg, Pennsylvania, in 1847, and removed to Lafayette, Indiana, in 1850, and was principally raised there; he came to Washington, Washington county, Iowa, in 1871, and in 1872 came to this county; he married Miss Hattie Adams in September, 1878; she was born in English River town- ship, this county; they have one son: Waldo T.
Wait, Wm., farmer, Sec. 2.
Warren, Geo., farmer, Sec. 35. Wallace, J., teamster.
Warick, Oliver, farmer, Sec. 16.
Wells, Edward, farmer, Sec 35. Welsch, John, blacksmith.
WELLER, R. F., grain dealer; born in Nelson county, Kentucky, August 9, 1820; the family re- moved to Indiana when he was an infant; his early life was spent on a farm; he then learned the coop- er's trade, and in 1841 removed to Illinois and lived there four years, and in 1845 came to Keokuk county and worked at his trade, and afterward engaged in general merchandise; Mr. W. has endur- ed all the hardships of pioneer life; he taught the first school in Steady Run township, in a log school-house, 14x14, with punch- eon floors, and for light one log was left out and paper pasted over the opening thus made;
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the roof was so open that when it snowed the floor would be covered with snow; he married Miss Harriet Jacobs, in 1848; she was born in Harrison county, In- diana; she died November 30, 1859; he was again married, in 1867, to Miss Jane R. Shafer; she was born in Knox county, Ohio; he has one daughter by first mar- riage: Julia M. (now Mrs. Dunn); lost four; and two by second mar- riage: Mabel and Alexander J .; lost three.
Wallace, J., teamster. Welch, John, blacksmith. Westman, G. E., tailor. Westman, G., tailor.
Williams, Henry, farmer, Sec. 7.
WILLIAMS, MATT., attorney; born in Rush county, Indiana, in 1834, and lived there until he came to this county in 1846, and settled in Lancaster township, where he now owns a farm of 160 acres; he was engaged in agricul- tural pursuits the early years of his life and has held various town- ship offices; having a taste for the profession of law, after preparing himself, he was admitted to the bar, in April, 1870; in 1877 he was elected to the lower house of the State legislature and served his term acceptably to his constitu- ents and creditably to himself; he married Miss Martha Vittetoe, in 1856; she was a native of Johnson county, Indiana; she died in June, 1864; He married for his second wife Henrietta Morrow, in 1867; she was born in Missouri; has one daughter by first marriage: Mar- garet (wife of Wm. Eulin); and four by second marriage: Martha, Lillian, Jettie and Mattell.
WHITE, J. S., dealer in general merchandise; born in Indiana, in 1842, and lived there until 1855, when he removed to Missouri, and after a residence of a few years in
that State came to Iowa in 1859; has been engaged in selling goods eighteen years; he married Miss Phebe A. Williams in 1863; she was a native of Indiana; they have a family of four children : Ida, Ellsworth, Eddie and Bertie. WIGHTMAN, M., grocer; born in
Fayette county, Indiana, in 1835, and lived there until eleven years of age, when his parents removed to Bloomington, McLean county, Illinois, in 1844, where he was raised on a farm; he came to this county in 1855; during the war he enlisted in the Seventh Iowa Infantry, as a private, and was mustered out as first lieutanant; after his discharge from the army he returned to the county and has since been elected county clerk three successive terms; he mar- ried Miss Hattie Forgrave in March, 1860; she was born in Ohio; they have four children: Louie B., Abbie E. George R. and Hattie V.
Whiteman, Calder, farmer, Sec. 4. Woods, Pack, farmer, Sec. 35.
WOODIN, GEORGE D., attorney
and counselor-at-law, born in Warren county, Pennsylvania, on the 27th of February, 1827, and is the son of David and Parthena Woodin, natives of Monroe county, New York; his father was a de- scendant of Puritan stock, the orig- inal ancestor having come over with the Massachusetts Bay Com- pany, in 1628; the mother of our subject traces her ancestry to Irish
origin; the youth of Mr. Woodin was spent at work on his father's farm during the summer, and at- tending school in winter until 1844, when he attended one term at the Waterford (Pennsylvania) Academy, and the next winter taught a district school; the two following summers were spent at Jamestown Academy, New
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York, and the winters were spent in teaching; with one term of preparatory still to complete he entered Allegheny College, at Meadville, in 1847; the full course of one term in the preparatory de- partment, and four years in the college were completed in four years, while at the same time he taught school for three months each winter and made one year in his law studies with A. B. Rich- mond of Meadville, Pennsylvania; he graduated with honors at the head of his class in 1851, having defrayed the entire expense of his education by teaching, except ten dollars given him by his mother; after leaving college he taught in the academy at Warren, Pennsyl- vania, for one year, reading law at the same time in the office of L. D. Wetmore; he was admitted to the bar in 1862, and for one year after practiced his profession with his preceptor, developing at the same time rare powers and genius as a practitioner; in 1853 he decided to come to Iowa and he made the then incipient town of Iowa City, his future home; his entire stock in trade consisted, on arrival, of a few books, a suit of clothes and four dollars in money, the bar of Iowa City, at that time being one of the ablest in the State, and had as its shining lights Gilman Folsom and W. Penn Clark; in 1854 he was elected prosecuting attorney of Johnson county and in 1855 was elected mayor of Iowa City; in 1856 he was elected to the legis- lature from Johnson county and served one term with credit to his constituents and honor to himself; in 1857 he moved to Sigourney, which has since been his home, and in 1858 was elected district attorney for the Sixth Judicial District, and served four years, during which time he earned for
himself the reputation of being one of the most skilled and suc- cessful criminal lawyer's in the State; Mr. Woodin has had great success as an attorney and has been engaged on one side or other of almost every important case since he came to Sigourney, and during a period of twenty years he has not been absent from the court room one full hour at any one time during the session of court; his addresses to the jury are quick, pungent and exceed- ingly earnest and he rarely fails of success with either judge or jury ; he is a man of great pene- tration, seeming to know a client's case before it is half stated; he has steadfastly refused all offices since those above named which were in the line of his profession; he has devoted himself to the duties of his profession and may emphatically be termed a man of one work; in July, 1859, he was married to Miss Mary E. Skill- inan, of Sigourney; she was a native of Louisa county, Iowa; they have three children, Link, Guy and Grace.
YERGER, J. P., president of the Union Bank; born in Pittsburg, Pennsylvinia, in 1825; he studied dentistry and followed it as an occupation for some years; he came to this county in 1856, and after relinquishing the practice of his profession engaged in mercan- tile pursuits; his investment in this direction proving satisfacto- rily remunerative, in connection with E. Laffer, vice president, T. Robison, cashier, and others, he organized the Union Bank, July 1, 1875; his financial ability and integrity have never been ques- tioned; careful and accurate, he has the fullest confidence of the people as a man, upright, reliable and honorable; he has served the county as a member of the board
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