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rence. Mr. A. engaged in his present business in 1871. Himself and wife are members of the Lutheran Church.
Ackley, Thomas, railroad fireman.
Ackler, William, laborer.
Adair, William T., bricklayer.
Adamson, A. M., soap manufacturer.
Agne, Jacob, saloon.
AGNEW, C. N., baggage-master and
yardmaster of C., B. & Q. R. R .; born in Rushville, Schuyler Co., Ill., in 1846 ; came to Keokuk in 1873, and has since been engaged in railroading. Married Miss M. C. Ycate, of Augusta, Ill., in 1868 ; they had two children-Alulelia, and Charles E. (died in 1871). Mr. A. is a member of the Masonic Lodge. Enlisted in 1862 in Co. G of 73d Ill. V. I .; he was in all the battles of the At- lanta campaign; was mustered out at Nashville, Tenn., in August, 1865. In politics, Republican.
Ahlstedt, P. A., shoemaker.
Aiken, Joseph S., teamster.
Albert, E. T. & Son, boots and shoes. Alden, Charles.
ALEXANDER, FONTAINE,
of the firm of R. F. Bower & Co,, wholesale grocers, Main st., between Second and Third sts .; Mr. Alexander was born in Cumberland Co., Ky., Dec. 28, 1841 ; came to Keokuk in 1857 ; he was employed as a clerk for his father, Miller Alexander, and for the firm his father was afterward connected with- Cleghorn & Alexander, pork-packers, for several years ; in 1865, he went to Salt Lake City, Utah, and was for one year engaged in the produce business, freighting, etc .; in 1866, he went to Louisville, Ky., lived there and in St.
. Louis, Mo., until February, 1868, when he returned to Keokuk, and, from that time until 1872, he was engaged as traveling salesman in the wholesale grocery business ; from 1870 to 1872, he was a member of the firm of Collier, Robertson & Co., wholesale grocers ; from 1872 to 1875, he was engaged in merchandise brokerage business; after- ward he became a member of the firm with which he is now connected.
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he is a graduate of Miami University in Ohio, Class of 1867 ; Mr. Allyn has been engaged in the practice of law for the last ten years.
Alton, Charles, molder. Alton, Henry, livery. Alton, James, blacksmith. Anderson, Daniel, plasterer. Anderson, D. G., plasterer.
Anderson, Frank, laborer.
ANDERSON, ISRAEL, was born in Greene Co., Penn., Feb. 28, 1815 ; came to Van Buren Co., Iowa, in 1837, thence to this county in 1840. In 1861, he was appointed Captain of Co. C, 3d I. V. C .; was engaged in the battle of Pea Ridge; the company were march- ing by columns of four ; the rebels were coming from the right ; Capt. A. looked about and cried out where is the Colonel ? (Licut. Col. Trimble had been severely wounded and compelled to leave the field.) Not seeing the Colonel or Maj. Perry, he gave out the following order, not found in cavalry tactics, in a loud and determined voice, " Fours right ! draw revolver and give them hell, boys." The order was promptly obeyed. One of Gen. Pike's Indians just then fired at him from where he was lying on the ground in ambush ; the ball missed the Captain, but struck his horse; the Captain, knowing his horse was hit, saw the Indian, fired at him with his revolver and also called to one of his men to shoot that scoundrel ; his cavalry was repulsed, the company moved to another part of the field, and, in half a mile from where the Captain's horse was shot, he dropped dead, and he imme- diately remounted another ; next day, on looking over the field, several of Gen. Pike's Indians were found dead, piled upon the very spot from whence his horse was fired upon and killed ; Capt. A. was subsequently wounded at Batesville, Ark., in 1862. He is tall and straight, six feet two inches in height, with dark complexion and keen, piercing eye; he is generally known as old " Black Hawk," with which chief and Keokuk and other leading Indian chiefs he was well acquainted. Capt. A. has been married three times ; present wife was Sarah Hamilton. Has been twice Sheriff of Lee Co.
ANDERSON, J. G., attorney at law ; born in Cincinnati, Ohio; came to Keokuk in 1857; Mr. Anderson gradu- ated from the State University of Missouri, where the degree of A. M. was conferred upon him in 1869 ; studied law with Gilmore & Anderson. and was admitted to the barin February, 1871 ; he continued in the office of Gilmore & Anderson until March 1, 1873, when he became a member of the firm of Howell & Anderson; he and Mr. Howell continued in partnership until July 1, 1877 ; the firm was then dissolved, and Mr. Anderson was en- gaged in practice alone until Jan. 1, 1879, when headmitted Wm. J. Roberts to partnership, the firm name being at present Anderson & Roberts. Mr. A. married Miss Emily Tomlinson Sept. 22, 1876 ; she was born in Kentucky; they have one child-Joseph R.
ANDERSON, JAMES H., of the firm of Gilmore & Anderson, attorneys, came to Keokuk in 1856; from 1860 to 1863, he resided in Clarke Co., Mo. He enlisted and served about eight months in the 21st Mo. V. I .; in Jan- uary, 1863, he returned to Keokuk, and, in May of that year, he enlisted in Co. A, 45th I. V. I .; served in that regiment until September, 1863. Mr. Anderson was admitted to the bar March 12, 1866 ; he is a native of Cincinnati, Ohio.
Anderson, Jerry, barber.
Anderson, John, laborer. Anderson, R. J., retired. Annable, D. H., clothing. Anschutz, F. W., brewer.
Anschutz, H. W., retired.
Armitage, Seba, Alderman.
ANWERDA, J., retail dealer in liquors, cigars and tobaccos; born in Holland in 1825; came to America in 1848, to Keokuk in 1851 ; started pres- ent business in 1869. Married Miss Sophia Harriet in 1854; she was born in Holland in 1827; they have three children-Theresa, Burnett and Henry. members of the Catholic Charch. Mr. A. is Liberal.
Ayres, T. R. J., & Sons, jewelry and musical instruments.
AKER, S. F., & Son, patent medi-
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BALBACK, A., proprietor of Frank- lin House, between 10th and 11th sts. ; born in Wurtemberg, Ger., in 1838; came to Keokuk in 1872; started present business in 1873. Married Miss Annie Vale in 1873; she was born in this county in 1854; they have one child -William, born in 1876. Members of the Lutheran Church; Mr. B. is a mem- ber of the Druid's Society ; in politics, Liberal.
Baldwin, Theo. F., lumber.
Bales, Charles.
Ballinger, M. A., attorney.
Ballinger, William, attorney.
Bancroft, W., physician.
Banks, Henry, painter.
Barnisconi, Lewis, saloon.
Barney, Lewis T., Supt. Barney's Vine- yard.
Barr, W. J., clerk.
Barrett, Jacob.
Barrett, Wilson, prop. Barrett House.
BARTLET, H. D., grocer, 71 Johnson st., Keokuk ; was born in St. Louis in 1824. On the 25th of Decem- ber, 1846, he married Miss Sarah Ann Hayden, a native of Bartholomew Co., Ind .; have three children living-Char- lotte, now Mrs. George Hagney, of Hancock Co., Ill .; Martha Ellen, now Mrs. H. C. Lemming, of this city, and Fannie Gertrude. Mr. Bartlett was several years Marshal of this city ; has been a resident of Iowa since 1833 ; he is an energetic business man, whose public spirit is ready at all times to ad- vance the interests of any deserving en- terprise, public or private.
Bauer, George, grocer.
Bawden, Benjamin, marble works.
Beck, John, stock-dealer.
Beddenstadt, J. A., gardener.
Beede, S. E., commercial traveler.
BELKNAP, WILLIAM W., GEN., is the son of Gen. William G. Belknap, of the United States Army, who distinguished himself in the war of 1812, in the Florida war, and at Resaca and Buena Vista in the war with Mexico, and died in the service in 1851, in Texas. He was born at New- burg, New York, in 1829, and, after attending the high school and academy there, and pursuing his studies in Florida, where his father was stationed,
he entered Princeton College in 1846, and graduated in 1848. After studying law in Georgetown, D. C., and being admitted to the bar in Washington City, he went, in July, 1851, to Keo- kuk and commenced the practice of the law, shortly afterward forming a part- nership with Hon. R. P. Lowe (who was soon after elected) District Judge, and later Governor and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the State), and brought his mother and two sisters there in 1852. He was a member of the Legislature from Lee County, in 1857, as a representative of the Democratic party; but, being a strong Douglas Democrat, and not uniting with the members of that party who favored what was known as the Lecompton Con- stitution of Kansas, which was an im- portant and exciting question in the politics of the party, he joined the Re- publican party. He was appointed Ma- jor of the 15th Iowa Vols., by Gov. Kirkwood, in 1861, of which regiment Gen. Hugh T. Reid was Colonel, and participated in that capacity in the bat- tle of Shiloh, where he was wounded and had his horse shot under him. He remained in the army until the close of the war, rising gradually through the grades of Lieutenant Colonel and Colonel; was appointed Brigadier Gen- eral of Volunteers, by President Lincoln, in 1864, on the recommendation of his Commanders, Gens. Blair and Sher- man, and was brevetted Major General in 1865 for gallant and meritorious serv- ices during the war. Having, as Brig- adier General of Volunteers commanded the 3d Brigade, 4th Division, 17th Army Corps (Blair's) of the army of the Tennessee (McPherson's) ; he was in numerous battles; among them, Shi- loh, Corinth, the several battles near Atlanta, and the battle of Bentonville, N. C. He was engaged in the siege of Corinth, Vicksburg and of Atlanta, and commanded his Brigade (composed of the 11th, 13th, 15th and 16th Iowa Regiments), under Sherman in his march from Atlanta to the sea; thence to Goldsboro', Raleigh and Washington. He was repeatedly mentioned for cool- ness and courage, and in the battle of Atlanta, July 22, 1864, he took pris-
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oner Col. Lampley, 45th Alabama, by pulling him over the works by his coat collar. At the close of the war, he was appointed Collector of Internal Revenue for the 1st District of Iowa. On the accession of Gen. Grant to the Presi- dency, he was offered the choice of either one of three important public positions in another State, and one at Washing- ton, which he declined, and remained Collector of the 1st District (comprising the counties of Lee, Des Moines, Louisa, Washington, Jefferson, Van Buren, Henry, and Davis), until October, 1869, when he was appointed Secretary of War by President Grant, and his many friends point to the records of that office for the proof of his faithful labors for a term of over six years. Prior to this appointment, he was selected as the ora- tor for the Army of the Tennessee at the re-union of all the Western armies, at Crosby's Opera House, Chicago, De- cember, 1868, and delivered the address at the great Re-union of Iowa soldiers, at Des Moines, in September, 1870. After his resignation of the office of Secretary of War, articles of impeach- ment were presented against him, and, after a protracted and thorough trial, he was acquitted by the Senate. Gen. Belknap married, in 1854, Miss LeRoy, of Keokuk, the sister of Mrs. Hugh T. Reid, and their son, Hugh Reid Bel- knap, is now a student at Phillips Acad- emy, Andover, Mass. His present wife, whom he married in 1873, formerly Miss Tomlinson, of Harrodsburg, Ky., is the daughter of the late Dr. John Tomlinson, an able and famous physi- cian of that locality. They have one child, a daughter, Alice Belknap. Since leaving the War Department Gen. Belknap has been engaged in legal prac- tice ; his residence is Keokuk, but his business before the Departments at Washington, a large part of which re- sults from his employment as attorney by several Railroad Corporations, re- quires him to be absent from home dur- ing a portion of each year.
Bennett, James A., produce.
BENSON, C. L., carpenter, contrac- tor and builder ; shop, corner 5th and Johnson streets. Was born in Stowe, Vermont, where he remained until the
breaking-out of the war, when he en- listed in a Vermont regiment and served until July, 1865; he came to Keokuk in 1866; married Miss Ella E. Ackley, in this city ; have one child -- Eldon L. Mr. Benson acts with the Republican party.
Benton, Jacob, watchman. Bepler, Jacob, molder.
BERG, MARTIN, saloon-keeper,
Fifth street, between Main and Blon- deau ; was born in Bavaria, Germany, in 1827 ; came to America in 1852, and to Keokuk in 1853, and has since been en- gaged in the hotel and saloon business. Married Miss Phebe Hiser in 1863 ; she was born in Ohio in 1843; they have five children-Lizzie, Albert, John, Amelia and Martin, Jr. Mr. B. is a member of the Druids and Turner So- cieties ; the family belong to the Ger- man Presbyterian Church ; Liberal.
Bermingham, Thomas, grocer.
Berry, Thomas, teamster.
Berryhill, John, Sr., carpenter.
Beverenger, Charles, brickmason.
Billings. J. B. dry goods.
Biloff. C., laborer.
Bindel, Adam, traveling salesman.
Birge, C. P., wholesale grocer.
Bisbee, John M., wholesale grocer.
Bishop, J. W., Supt. Iowa Coal Co.
Blackburn, D. W., conductor C., B. & Q. R. R.
Bland, Austin, bill-poster.
Bland, George, blacksmith.
Blom, Nicholas, lye and soap factory.
Blom, Wm., wholesale grocer,
BLOOD, H. B., passenger agent of the St. Louis, Keokuk & North- western Railway Co. Col. Blood was born in Charlton, Worcester Co., Mass. During the late rebellion, he entered the U. S. service as Assistant Q. M. of vol- unteers with the Army of the Potomac ; in the winter of 1864, he was appointed Chief Quartermaster of the 25th Army Corps; mustered out in November, 1865. He then engaged in the coal min- ing business in Pennsylvania ; continued in the mining business until 1875, two years of the time in Clay Co., Ind .; the Colonel was connected with the construc- tion of the Philadelphia & Baltimore Central Ry. in Pennsylvania ; he also superintended the construction of the
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road with which he is now connected from Hannibal to Louisiana, Mo .; came to Keokuk in 1876, and has held his present position since that time; he has been connected with railroad business more or less since 1858.
Blose, E. A., tailor. Blixt, H. A.
Bode, Charles, drayman.
Bode, Louis, clerk.
Bolte, Louis, brushmaker.
Booth, E. C., foreman in porkhouse.
Bostwick, H. N., dry goods.
BOTTE, P., boots and shoes, Fourth street, bet. Main and Johnson ; born in Germany, in 1841 ; came to Keokuk in 1874. Married Miss Mary Grienwald in 1871 ; she was born in Germany in 1848 : they have three children-Paul, Elizabeth and August. In politics, Lib- eral.
BOWDEN, T., of the firm of T. Bow- den & Son, dealers in wrought-iron, pipe, gas and steam fittings of every de- scription, Third st., between Main and Johnson. Mr. Bowden was born in Der- byshire, England, in 1824, emigrated to Newport, Ky., in 1849, thence to this city in 1849. He married in England, Miss Hannah Lee; they have four chil- dren-Joseph, who is engaged in business with his father, Sarah (now Mrs. Wm. Holt), Matilda (now Mrs. Chas. Zerr), and Hannah. Mr. Bowden is a Democrat. He built the Keokuk Gas Works, and was Superintendent of them for ten years. Residence, 720 Main st. Bower, B. B., retired.
BOWER, R. F., of the firm of R. F. Bower & Co., wholesale grocers, was born in Philadelphia, Penn., Sept. 15, 1823. In 1837, his parents removed with their family to Louisville, Ky., where R. F. Bower was brought up and learned the drug business ; in 1848, he went to Madison, Ind., where he was engaged in flouring-mill business until his mills were destroyed by fire in 1854. R. F. & F. Bower commenced business in Keo- kuk as wholesale grocers in 1856; F. Bower afterward died, and Mr. R. F. Bower carried on the business alone until July, 1865; he then admitted as partners J. Finigan and Alexander Col- lier ; they were associated together until May 25, 1875, when Mr. Bower again as-
sumed entire control of the business; July 1, 1876, he admitted Fontaine Alexander as a partner ; their business is princi- pally in Iowa, Missouri and Illinois ; average annual sales, about $400,000. Mr. Bower is President of the Commercial Bank, President of the Keokuk Loan & Building Association, and also a Direct- or of the Iowa State Insurance Co. To him more than to any other man, is the city indebted for the founding and success of the Keokuk Library Associa- tion, which, under his Presidency and fostering care, has outgrown all others of its kind in our State; has also been Treasurer of the city; his library. of miscellaneous and Masonic books is one of the largest, most valuable and well- selected in the West. Mr. Bower was made a Mason in Union Lodge, No. 2, at Madison, Ind., in the fall of 1850, in which Lodge he served as Secretary for a number of years; on the 14th of No- vember of the same year, he was exalted in Madison Royal Arch Chapter, No. 1 ; in 1855, in Raper Encampment (as Commanderies at that day were desig- uated), at Indianapolis, he was dubbed a Knight Templar, in which order he has since won high honors. Shortly after removing his residence to Iowa, he became a member of Hardin Lodge, No. 29, of Keokuk, in which he has ever since sustained a membership, and of which he has served as Senior Warden and Master ; he became a member of Gate City Chapter in 1857 or 1858, and was elected its High Priest in 1868 and 1869 ; he received the order of High Priesthood in 1869, at Mt. Pleasant, and in the year 1873 was chosen Grand High Priest, and has served for two years, retiring from the position in 1875 ; in 1865, he passed the circle of Perfec- tion in Parvin Council, No. 5, of Royal and Select Masters, at Keokuk, over which body he presided for a number of years ; in the Grand Council he has been a steadfast worker for many years; in 1866, he was chosen Treasurer of that body, and has been annually re-elected until, at the last annual assembly (in 1875), he was elected Grand Master, which position he now holds; in 1874, he represented our Grand Chapter at the General Grand Chapter, at Nashville,
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where he was chosen General Grand King ; in 1877, Deputy General Grand High Priest, which office he now fills ; in his Grand Chapter and Grand Com- mandery, he holds the honorable position of Representative from several corre- sponding Grand Bodies, and St. John's Commandery, No. 4, of Philadelphia, whose semi-centennial anniversary he at- tended, clected him an honorary mem- ber Sept. 15, 1869; on the 20th of August, 1868, by special dispensation, he received the Ancient and Accepted Rite, thirty-second degree, in Philadel- phia Consistory, No. 1, and was created an honorary Sovereign Grand Inspector General, thirty-third degree, of the Southern Jurisdiction at St. Louis, in September, 1868, and on the 18th of September, 1868, was crowned an active thirty-third degree for Iowa; May 31, 1876, he was made a Knight of the Order of the Red Cross of Constantine, and on the 4th of May, 1878, he received the degrees of the Royal Order of Scotland.
Boud, E. L., clerk.
Boudewyns, Frank, boiler-maker.
Boudewyns, Joseph, collar-maker. Boyle, John, traveling salesman.
Brackelsburg, C., works in foundry. Brannan, J. H., trader.
BRIDGES, SAM. G., Government contractor ; came to Keokuk in the fall of 1858; engaged in the jewelry busi- ness here for a great many years ; from 1868 to December, 1873, he was con- tractor for furnishing supplies to the United States Government in the West ; in December, 1873, he received the contract from our Government to furnish headstones for the deceased Union sol- diers ; from that time to November, 1877, he erected over 256,000 head- stones ; he is still engaged in soldiers' monumental work. Mr. Bridges is a native of Newton, Mass .; in 1853, he went to Boston. where he remained un- til he came to Keokuk.
BRIDGEMAN, ARTHUR, GEN., Secretary of the Keokuk & Des Moines Railroad Co .; bornin Hamp- shire, Mass., July 6, 1808; came to Burlington in 1838; engaged in mer- cantile business there for six years ; then removed to Fairfield, Iowa, where he re-
sided until 1849; during his residence in Fairfield, he was for a time Register of the General Land Office, and also carried on mercantile business while there; in 1849, he came to Keokuk, and, until 1861, he was engaged in mer- chandising here; since . then, he has given his entire attention to railroad business; for several years, General Manager and Secretary of the K. & D. M. R. R.
Brinkman, J. W., retired.
Brown, Andy, Special Deputy U. S. Mar- shal.
Brown, Jeremiah, painter.
Browne, Gibson, lawyer.
Brown, William, salesman.
Brownell, Ed. F., Cashier Keokuk National Bank.
Brownell, William, retired. Brunat, Ernst, wood-engraver.
BUCK, ASAPH, of the firm of Kellogg, Birge & Co., wholesale grocers ; born in Switzerland Co., Ind. ; came to Henry Co., Iowa, in the spring of 1846 ; lived there fifteen years, and one year in Van Buren Co .; in 1862, he came to Keokuk ; he has been connected with the grocery business ever since; in 1865, he became connected with the firm he is now associated with, as salesman ; in 1872, he was admitted to partnership. BUCK, A. G., proprietor of second- hand store, and dealer in miscellaneous goods, Main between Eighth and Ninth streets ; was born in Patriot, Ind., in the year 1842; in 1848, his parents re- moved to Henry Co., this State; thence to this county in 1863; in 1864, Mr. Buck enlisted in Co. C, 45th I. V. I .; was honorably discharged. He married Miss Mary Holt, of this city ; they have four children-Frank F., Walter R., Nellie and Amy.
Buck, William C., traveling salesman. Buel, Hamden, hardware.
Burgess, John, Methodist minister.
BURKE, JAMES E., retired ; born in Ireland ; came to Ohio in 1836 ; in 1843, he removed to Wood Co., W. Va. ; lived there until 1849, and, in May, 1849, he came to Keokuk, having visited this place and decided to locate here in April of the same year ; in Ohio, he was engaged in the contracting business ; the first seven years of his residence in Keo-
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kuk, he was engaged in mercantile busi- ness ; he afterward engaged in steamboat- ing, which he continued for about four years ; he afterward returned to mercan- tile business, which he continued until 1865, since which time he has not been engaged in active business.
Burke, John, soda water.
Burkett & Co., wholesale notions.
Burnell, Henry, cooper.
Burnell, Henry, machinist.
Burns, John. (See Biography on last page of Keokuk City.)
Burns, Robert, carpenter.
Burns, Thomas, retired.
BURT, B. C., U. S. Mail Agent, Burlington & Keokuk route, C., B. & Q. Ry. ; Mr. Burt came to Harrison Tp., Lee Co., Iowa, Nov. 9, 1842; en- gaged in agricultural pursuits until he entered the U. S. Army in September, 1863; he was 1st Lieutenant of Co. A, 60th U. S. Colored Infantry, and had command of the company until he was mustered out, Nov. 4, 1865 ; he then returned to Harrison Tp., and was located at Primrose, until he came to Keokuk in 1870; at Primrose, he held the offices of Justice of the Peace, Con- stable, Postmaster, etc .; after leaving the army, he was appointed Postmaster at Primrose, and held that office until he came here ; since 1870, he has held the position he now fills.
Bush, George, bootmaker.
Bush, Jacob, coppersmith.
Buss, Diedrich, roofer.
Buss, G. H., roofer.
Buss, John T., roofer.
CABUS GEORGE, hair-dressing loon. sa- Cahalan, John, stone-mason.
CAHALAN, J. & W., dealers in all kinds of family groceries and coun- try produce, on the corner of 5th and Palean sts., Keokuk, Iowa; established -in 1868.
Caldwell, George, porter. Calhoun, C. A., carpenter. Calkins, Lawrence, clerk.
CAMP, E. R., druggist, cor. Fifth and Palean sts .; was born in Chenango Co., N. Y., in 1850; removed to Charles- ton, this county, with his parents in the year 1855. Married Miss H. Roberts in 1868 ; she was a native of Beverly,
Ohio ; they have three children-Edgar W., Curtis B. and Cora Belle. Mr. C. is Republican. His father, S. W. Camp, was born in Campstown, Penn., June 8, 1824. Married Adelia O. Chase in 1843; she was a native of Bainbridge, N. Y., born April 28, 1824; they removed to Charleston, this county, in 1855, where he engaged in the manufacture of wagons, until the breaking-out of the war, when he en- tered the service and served until his death, which occurred in December, 1861. In early life, he was a firm sup- porter of the Whig party ; on the or- ganization of the Republican party, he joined its ranks and remained a faitlı- ful supporter of the same.
CAMPBELL, N. C., Principal of Keokuk High School.
CAREY, SAMUEL E., whole- sale and retail dealer in china, glass, queensware, silver and plated ware, etc .; born in Rochester, N. Y., came to Keo- kuk in 1853; engaged in present busi- ness ever since he came here; Mr. Carey established the first store of this character in Iowa; he has been a mem- ber of the School Board seventeen years ; Director of the Keokuk National Bank ; has held that position since the organi- zation of the bank ; he has been connected with the Iowa State Insurance Co. for over twenty years ; he is now a Director and Treasurer of the Company ; he is also one of the Directors of the Keokuk Loan and Building Association.
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