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SPICER, NATHAN, jeweler, Main st .; was born in Trumbull Co., Ohio, in 1828 ; in 1836, he removed to Henry Co., Ill., with his parents ; he re- mained in Illinois until 1844, in which year he went to Iowa City; thence to St. Paul, Minn, in 1849; on the 27th of April, 1852, he married Miss Mar-
tha M. Boyl ; they moved to this city in 1867 ; they have five children. Re- publican ; members of the Latter-Day Saints' Church.
SOELLINGER, M., proprietor of Eclipse Saloon, corner of Main and Eighth sts .; born in Germany in 1832; came to America in 1857; to Lee Co. in 1858 ; started present business in 1876. Married Miss Louisa Chart in 1859; she was born in Paris, France, in 1843; they have eight children ---- Matilda, Amanda, Emma, Joseph, Jo- sephine, Theodore, Louis, Morris; Mr. Soellinger keeps the summer beer garden, between Eighteenth and Nine- teenth sts .; belongs to the I. O. O. F. . Lodge.
Solomon, L., clothing.
Spiesberger, Jacob, clothing.
Spiesberger Brothers, dry goods. Sprague, D. N., attorney.
SPRING, J., proprietor of Floral Hall, No. 153 Main st .; born in Ba- varia, Germany, in 1823; came to Ke- okuk in 1855 ; has been in the saloon business since 1856. In 1856, married Miss Catherine Frieker ; she was born in Eloise, Germany, in 1838 ; they have eight children-Mary, Kate, Amelia, Josephine, Lizzie, Frank X., Clemen- tius J., Edward ; members of the Cath- olic Church.
Spring, S., hotel-keeper.
Springer, L. D., coal-dealer.
Stafford, M., grocer.
Stahl, Charles, butcher.
Stahl, John A., shoemaker.
STANWOOD, GEORGE, gen- eral collecting agent ; born in Newbury- port, Mass., May 22, 1818 ; removed to Natchez, Miss., in 1837; engaged in mercantile pursuits there, until 1854 ; in March, 1854, he came to Lee Co., Iowa, and engaged in farming in Section 31, Charleston Tp., where he purchased a handsome farm of 288 acres, which he still owns. Mr. Stanwood was engaged as traveling salesman for J. M. Shelley & Son for five years previous to 1876 ; although, at the same time, his farm was carried on under his supervision ; Dec. 1, 1878, Mr. Stanwood removed to Ke- okuk. He Married Charlotte P .. Hen- derson Feb. 14, 1843; she was born in Maryland; they have six children-
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Charles C., George, Jr., Joseph A., Isaac H., Minnie S. and Samuel D. Mr. Stanwood served four years as Supervisor from Charleston Tp.
STRIPE, W. C., Secretary and En- gineer of the Keokuk Water Works ; born in Woolwich, Eng., Jan. 18, 1812; came to Ft. Madison, Iowa, in 1840 ; Mr. S. was associate editor of the Lee Co. Democrat for about two years ; after- ward, he was engaged in hotel keeping in Ft. Madison and Keokuk for several years ; in 1852, he and James L. Estes took charge of the sale of Hon. Charles Mason's lands, which comprised -4% of what was known as the "Half-Breed Tract." Upon the adoption of the Internal Revenue Law, Mr. Stripe was appointed Assistant United States In- ternal Revenue Assessor, which position he held until the office was abolished ; for four years he was employed by the Government as Clerk and Assistant Engineer in the construction of the Canal, for the improvement of the Des Moines Rapids ; afterward originated, planned and superintended the construc- tion of the present system of water works at Keokuk, which he completed in about ten months after the commence- ment of the work. Mr. Stripe's first wife was Eliza Payne; she died in July, 1842; they had four children, none of whom are now living ; his second wife. was Ellen Anderson ; she died in 1851; they had three children, only one now living-William A., a resident engineer of the Toledo, Wabash & Western Rail- way Co. Present wife was Eliza An- derson, a native of Tennessee ; they have had ten children-three deceased ; the living are Frederick H., Iowa O., George M., Frank and Lyda (twins), Mary and Harry.
STATE NATIONAL BANK,
capital, $150,000; surplus $35,000; Arthur Hosmer, President ; Guy Wells, Vice President ; Oscar C. Hale, Cashier ; the bank is located on the southwest cor. of Main and Second sts.
Steele, A. M., fine dry goods. Steele, William, wholesale liquors.
Steiger, J. W., teamster. Steinmetz, Peter, baker. Stern, I. N., & Co., clothing. Stevens, Jacob, carpenter.
Stoddard, John, R. R. shops. Story, Bogus, hostler.
Sutton & Co., brass works. Sutton, P. R., brass foundry.
SUTHERLAND, ROBERT.
way-bill clerk K. D. & M. Division of C., B. & Q. Ry .; was born in Caith- ness, Scotland, in 1841; came to Can- ada in 1853, and to Keokuk in 1867, and engaged in the capacity of check clerk on the Des Moines Valley R. R. Married Miss E. Fulton, of Van Buren Co., in 1865 ; has five children-Robt. D., George C., William, Kate and Margaret. Republican.
Swanson, L. P., carpenter.
Swartz, D. W., R. R. shops. Swasey, O. T., clerk A. Hosmer & Co.
Swede, Charles, stone-mason. Swede, Fred., stone-mason.
TABOR, B. P., lumber.
Tallon, P. J., coal-dealer. Tally, James
TAYLOR, C. W., Police Recorder ; born in Morgantown, W. Va., Jan. 5, 1834; lived in Virginia until 1852, then removed to Ohio, where he resided two years; in 1854, came to Keokuk ; worked at his trade of iron-molder until September, 1861, when he enlisted in Co. C, 3d I. V. C .; re-enlisted in January, 1864; mustered out in August, 1865, after serving nearly four years. After Mr. Taylor returned from the army, he resumed his employment of molder and continued in that work until he was elected Recorder in April, 1875; re-elected in 1877. He married Maria Lynch May 27, 1857; she was born in Indiana; they have had nine children; lost two; the living are Arthur, Charles, George S., Willie, Margaret, Susan and Harry.
Taylor, J. W., carpenter.
Thieme, M., tailor.
Tieke, Henry, cigars.
Tighe, Patrick M., contractor.
Timberman, William, pork-packer.
TINSMAN, J. B., of the firm of Wycoff & Tinsman, dealers in new and second-hand merchandise, on Main street, between Fifth and Sixth streets. Mr. Tinsman was born in Westmoreland Co., Penn., in 1826. In 1854, he removed to Meigs Co., Ohio; thence to Ripley
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Co., Ind., in 1856 ; removed to this city in 1865. He married in Beaver Co., Penn., Miss Lavina Nagle. They have one child-Annie (now the wife of J. Wycoff). Mr. T. acts with the Na- tional party ; is a member of the I. O. O. F. Lodge.
Tolmie, Alexander, miller.
Tooke, David, grocer.
Trimble, W. H., saloon.
Trott, S. A. & M., shoemakers.
Tucker, Howard, Secretary Iowa State
Insurance Company.
Tucker, S. W., insurance agent. Tuckman, M., Tailor.
TYLER, LOREN S., of the firm of Brown & Tyler, auction and commis- sion merchants, Main st., between Sixth and Seventh ; Mr. Tyler was born in Bos- ton, Mass., April 21, 1845; came to Keokuk in 1856. Enlisted as drummer in Co. H, 15th I. V. I., Dec. 20, 1861; was mustered out at Vicksburg, Miss., Dec. 31, 1863; re-enlisted as veteran in Co. H, 15th I. Vet. I., Jan. 1, 1864; was mustered out with regiment July 24, 1865 ; was in all the battles his regiment participated in, from the first at Shiloh, April 6 and 7, to the last at Bentonville, N. C., in March, 1865. In June, 1870, he engaged with his father in the furniture busi- ness under the firm name of A. S. Tyler & Son. In May, 1872, he was mus- tered into Torrence2 Post, No. 2, G. A. R., and was appointed Post Adju- tant, rank of 1st Lieutenant on the 17th of September, and was re-appointed in December for the ensuing year; was was elected Post Commander, rank of Colonel, in 1873; In 1874, was ap- pointed Assistant Adjutant General, with rank of Colonel. At the organiza- tion of the Keokuk Battery, he was appointed 2d Lieutenant of that organ- ization. In December, 1875, he formed a partnership with I. L. Brown, under the firm name of Brown & Tyler, and engaged in the auction and commission business. Served as Assistant Adju- tant General of Department of Iowa, G. A. R., to second annual encampment, convened at Keokuk, January, 1876 ; in February, 1876, he was elected Adjut- ant and Commander with rank of 1st Lieutenant, of the 2d Regiment Infant-
ry, Iowa State Guards ; was a delegate to the State Military Convention held at Des Moines in 1878; was elected Vice President of the same; in April of the same year, he was appointed Major and Assistant Inspector General of the 1st Brigade, 1st Division I. N. G .; appointment was approved and he was commissioned by Gov. John H. Gear and John H. Looby, Adjutant General of Iowa, to rank from June 8, 1878.
U LRICH, AUGUST, carpenter.
Upham, W. P., boots and shoes. AIL, S. S., retired.
V Vanorsdal, Valentine, farmer
Vancamp, L. C., hostler. Vanderheyden, H., retired.
VAN GRIEKEN, S., photogra- pher, 80 Main st. (old number), be- tween Third and Fourth sts .; Mr. Van Grieken has been engaged in the busi- ness of making pictures for twenty-two years ; he has the best possible facilities for doing first-class work ; all kinds of photographic work done; enlarging and copying of every description done in a satisfactory manner, and at reasonable prices. His charges are in accord with the times. Mr. Van G. was born in Holland Dec. 6, 1840; when he was about 5 years of age he was brought to New York City by his grandparents (his father and mother being both de- ceased) ; while living in New York his grandfather died, and when he was 13 years of age he came to Keokuk with his grandmother, and he has re- sided here ever since.
VANORSDAL, VALEN- COURT, residence on Timea, between Twelfth and Thirteenth streets; was born in Illinois in August, 1817 ; when he was 6 years of age, his parents re- moved to St. Louis, then to this county, 1827, since which Mr. Vanorsdal has been a resident of Lee Co., with the ex- ception of the period from 1853 to 1858, which he spent in California. He has- been twice married ; first wife was Miss Louisa Wright ; present wife was Ade- line Taylor ; children by first wife are Maria, Arthur, Kate, Claude, Amos ; one child by present wife-Simon. Mr. Vanorsdal acts with Republican party.
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Vansant, John S., grocer. Van Werden, G. C., clerk.
Vermullen, D., gas works. Vermillion, Green, grocer. Villannis, E., shoemaker.
Vogel, R. & Bro., wholesale clothing.
Vogel, S. & H., clothiers.
Voght, Jacob, plasterer.
Voitmeier, V., saloon.
Voorhies, J. O., capitalist.
Voorhies, S. F., capitalist.
Vonvucht, William.
Vorieter, Charles, produce.
Vorwaart, R., grocer.
W AKEFIELD, SAMUEL, machin- ist.
Walde, Joseph, dairyman.
Waldsmith, Robert, drayman. Walker, A. H.
Walker, D.
WALSMITH, E., of the firm of Narrley & Walsmith, butchers, 614 Main street; was born in Germany in 1841. Married Miss Elizabeth Law- renz in 1860 ; she was born in Germany ; they have four children-Emma, Lena, Odilla and Rosa. Mr. Walsmith is a member of the Knights of Honor, and holds the position of Treasurer; Repub- lican.
WAPPICH, WILLIAM, resi- dence Johnson, between Fourth and Fifth streets ; was born in Baden, Ger- many, Dec. 31, 1828 ; in 1848, went to Paris, France, and was there during the three-days revolution ; in 1849, he en- tered the regiment known as the Paris Legion, which was entirely composed of Germans living in that city, and were enrolled for the purpose of establishing a Republican form of government in Germany ; they were, however, defeated at the battle of Rastavt, and Mr. Wap- pich, in consequence, became a refugee ; he fled to Switzerland, where he remained six months ; then returned to Germany ; was there only a short time before he was taken prisoner and kept in durance three months ; was tried and convicted to one year's imprisonment ; the sentence was commuted to twenty days' dark im- prisonment ; at the expiration of the twenty days, he had to enter the army and serve until 1851 ; in 1852, he came to this country ; lived in St. Louis until 1853 ; then went to California ; remained
there until 1855, in which year he re- turned to St. Louis, and came to this city in the winter of the same year. He married Miss S. Lorz, of this city ; have three children-Henrietta, William and Julia.
Ward, Charles, farmer.
Warner, J. T., watchmaker.
Waters, John, carpenter. Waters, O. A., teamster.
Weed, Samuel R., retired.
WEESE, NICHOLAS, proprie- tor meat market, corner of Sixth and and Palean streets ; was born in Ger- many in 1822 ; came to America in 1848; lived in Pittsburgh, Penn., the greater portion of the time until 1855, when he removed to this city, and has been en- gaged in his present business since. He married in this city Miss H. Redmacher, a native of Holland.
Weigner, Henry, tobacconist.
WEISMANN, ADOLPH, phy- cian and surgeon; born in Germany June 24, 1833; came to the United States and located at Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1853; lived there three years, and in May, 1856, came to Keokuk. From 1856 to 1863, he was engaged in the drug business here. Since 1863, he has been engaged in practice ; the Doctor is a graduate of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, of Keokuk. He is Ex- amining Surgeon for Pensions ; has held that position for the last three years. He is Vice President of the Medical Society of Keokuk. Dr. Weisman married Bina Stuckert Sept. 17, 1855, in Cincinnati, Ohio; she was born in Germany. They had eight children, lost one; the living are Adolph, Bina, Charley, George, Mary, Ida and Anna. WELLS, GUY, Vice President of the State National Bank; born in Wya- lusing, Bradford Co., Penn., July 21, 1813. In the spring of 1838, he came to La Salle, Ill .; for two years, he was connected with the construction of the Illinois Railroad ; he then came to Fort Madison, Iowa, via. Galena and thence down the Mississippi River. He im- mediately entered into a contract for the construction of a portion of the Peni- tentiary at Fort Madison; for about three years, he also carried on mercantile business there, and for about five years,
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operated the ferry at that point, James Wilson being associated with him as a partner ; served two years as Deputy Sheriff. In the spring of 1847, Mr. Wells removed to Keokuk. For eleven years, Mr. Wells was Chief Engineer of the Des Moines River Improvement ; surveyed and superintended the con- struction of the railroad between here and Clayton, Ill. He was Superintend- ent of the company several years, the road being owned by Sample, Hornish & Wells, afterward sold to the Toledo, Wabash & Western Railway Co. ; then, for two years, Mr. Wells continued as Assistant Superintendent. Mr. Wells owns one-third interest in the Sonora Stone Quarries ; is one of the owners of the saw-mill at Montrose; also stock- holder and Director in the Iowa State Insurance Co. For seventeen years he was a member of the School Board of Keokuk; several years President of the Board. He is now serving a three- years term as member of the Board. Nearly all the present school edifices were constructed under his supervision. He served a long time as City Engineer. Mr. Wells has always taken an active interest in all public improvements, and is one of the foremost men of the community. He married Ellen Hawk- hurst Oct. 1, 1850; she was born in Vermont Feb. 15, 1827. They have had four children, one deceased. The living are Carrie (now Mrs. James Ros- sell), Kate and Robert Ross.
Welsh, James N., gents' furnishing goods. Wende, Henry, wagon-maker.
WERSE, J. C., proprietor meat mar- ket, Main st., between Seventh and Eighth ; this gentleman, an old citizen and business man of Keokuk, is a native of Germany ; was married in Holland; came to Keokuk in 1850, and since 1852 has been engaged in his present business. West, William, Rapids pilot.
Westcott, S. C., book store.
WESTCOTT, J. HENRY, Jus- tice of the Peace and insurance agent ; Mr. Westcott was born in Wheeling, Va., in 1823, where he remained until 1837, when he removed with his parents to Ohio, thence to Indiana, in 1862; removed to this city, 1855 ; he has been engaged in mercantile business the greater
part of his life ; has been Justice of the Peace since 1877. Has been married twice ; first wife was Miss Frances M. Ward; present wife was Miss Adelaide Holsey, of this city ; himself and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church ; politically he acts with the Republican party. Mr. Westcott represents the fol- lowing insurance companies, Meriden Fire Ins. Co., of Meriden, Conn .; Will- iamsburg Fire Ins. Co., of Brooklyn, N. Y .; Northwestern National Ins. Co., of Milwaukee ; Merchants' Ins. Co., of Newark, N. J .; The People's Fire Ins. Co., of Trenton, N. J .; Union Ins. Co., of Philadelphia, Penn.
Wheeler, James H., stone-mason.
White, D. P., produce.
White, Mason, produce.
Wicke, John, carpenter.
Wierather, Frank, gardener.
Wies, F. J., butcher.
Wies, John C., butcher.
Wilkinson, A. J., wholesale and retail drugs.
Williams, Horace, dairyman. Williamson, Geo., sawyer.
Wills, G. W., miller.
Wilson, George, grocer.
Wilson, J. L., machinist.
WILLER, H., proprietor of Depot House, Deutches Gasthaus, Levee st., between Main and Johnson ; born in Hanover, Germany, in 1834; came to Keokuk in 1868. Married Louisa Hal- masm in 1861 ; she was born in Hanover, Germany, in 1840 ; they have four chil- dren-Augusta, Harmon, Emma, Pau- lina. Mr. W. belongs to the Druid's Society; is Democratic.
WITZ, JOSEPH, cigar manufact- urer, No. 148 Main st. ; born at Bur- lington, Iowa, in 1847; came to Keokuk in 1867; started present business in 1877. Married Caroline Heissel in 1871 ; she was born in Warsaw, Ill., in 1853 ; Mr. Witz is a member of the Druids' Society ; in politics, Liberal.
Wirtz, Carl, tailor.
Wiseman, A., physician.
Wittich, F. W., musician. Wolf, Peter, blacksmith.
Woolley, William, carpenter.
WORLEY, S. T., proprietor carriage- factory, First street between Main and Johnson ; he manufactures and keeps
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constantly on hand the various styles of one and two seated phaetons, rockaways, single and double buggies, with or with- out tops, also manufactures all the styles of democrat and spring wagons called for in this market. Mr. Worley was born in Portsmouth, O., in 1832, where he remained until 1860, when he removed to Quincy, Ill. ; in July, 1862, he entered Co. A, 119th Ill. V. I., as 1st Lieutenant ; was promoted Captain of the same company in 1863 ; honorably discharged at the close of the war in 1865. Mr. Worley married in Ports- mouth, Ohio, Miss E. J. Hicks, a native of that place ; they have nine children- Laura E., Charles M., William H., Em- ma, Ida, James H., Harry, Grace, Mary ; Mr. Worley and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church ; he is Trustee and Steward in Methodist Episcopal Church ; Republican.
Worley, Samuel, bricklayer.
Worley, W. J., brick maker.
Worster, Oscar, R. R. conductor.
WULFF, ADOLPHUS, editor and proprietor of the Keokuk Post; is a native of Schleswig, Germany ; having studied law at the German Universities of Kiel (Holstein), Tuebingen (Wur- temberg) and Gottingen (Hanover) ; he commenced practicing that profession in 1843, and continued it until 1851, when he came to the United States ; in 1867 and 1868, he edited the Volks- blatt, a German paper at St. Joseph, Mo .; was editor of a German paper at Kansas City, Mo., from 1870 to 1873, when he was a Government official under the Commissioner of Internal Revenue ; since Feb. 1, 1877, he has been editor and proprietor of the Keokuk Post, which, under his management, is in- creasing in circulation and influence.
Wycoff, I. C., carpenter.
WYCOFF, J. F., of the firm on Wycoff & Tinsman, dealers in second- hand furniture and new merchandise, on Main, between Fifth and Sixth sts .; born in this city in 1851. Married Miss Annie Tinsman in Burlington, Iowa, in 1874; have two children- Alice Belle and George Edward. Mr. W. is a Republican.
Wycoff, Jonathan, ship-carpenter.
WYMAN, F. W., M. D., office, Third street, between Main and Johnson ; born in Van Buren Co., Iowa, in 1848; came to Keokuk in 1852; in 1863,. owned a drug store in partnership with Mr. Masburg, the firm name being Wyman & Masburg; continued in the drug business until 1869, then sold out and commenced the study of medicine. with his father, Dr. R. H. Wyman ; graduated at the Keokuk Medical Col- lege in 1876. Dr. W. is one of the charter members of the Free-for-All Church ; Democratic.
Wyman, R. H., physician.
Wyringa, Bernard, farmer.
Y ALES, F. R., farmer.
Yenawine, W. H., miller.
Younker, Mannasse, dry goods.
Younker, Marcus, dry goods. Younker, Samuel, dry goods.
ERR, JOHN, dealer in dry goods, notions, etc., Main street, be- tween Third and Fourth streets; Mr. Zerr was born in St. Charles, Mo., April 6, 1851; resided there until he came to Keokuk, in 1869. For ten years he was engaged in the dry goods business as a salesman ; since 1873, has been engaged in the same business as proprietor.
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BURNS, JOHN, residence on Elev- enth and Blondeau sts., Keokuk ; this gentleman, a pioneer settler of the North- west, was born in Bucks Co., Penn., in 1813; in 1835, he came to Quincy, Ill., where he remained until 1837, when he came to Van Buren Co., Iowa, and en- gaged in mercantile business in that
county until 1840, in which year he came to this city (Keokuk) and has been engaged in mercantile business the greater part of the time until 1877, when he retired from it. Mr. Burns was married in Quincy, Ili., in 1839, to Miss Maria C. Rentgen, now deceased, a native of Pittsburgh, Penn. Mr.
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Burns in early life acted with the Whig party ; on the organization of the Re- publican party, he became a Republican, and has remained a consistent supporter of the same.
EVANS, A. H., of the firm of Evans & Sheppard, grocers, and dealers in draining-tile, fire-brick, Louisville cem- ent and plaster, 526 Main st .; Mr. Evans was born in Mercer Co., N. J., in 1840. At the breaking-out of the war of the rebellion he entered the three-months militia; at the expiration of the three-month service, he enlisted in Co. F, 9th N. J. V. I. ; was mustered into the veteran service in November, 1863, appointed Second Lieutenant, April 13, 1864, promoted First Lieu- tenant on Sept. 28 of the same year, and to that of Captain, April 22, 1865; was appointed Regimental Treasurer,
May 22, 1865; honorably discharged July 18, 1865 ; was in twenty-two reg- ular engagements and in numerous skirmishes. Politically, Mr. Evans is Republican to the core. In the fall of 1865, he went to Arkansas, and in connection with his present partner, Mr. Sheppard, engaged in the mercantile business. In 1868 and 1869, he was Senator from that State; was also a member of the Constitutional Conven- tion. The maiden name of Mr. Evans' wife was Miss R. N. Sheppard ; they were married in Cumberland Co., N. J. ; they have three children-Mabel, Lewis S. and Elizabeth H. Mr. Evans and family are members of the Presby- terian Church. He is also a member of the Masonic society. Came to Keo- kuk in 1877, and has since been en- gaged in the grocery trade.
JACKSON TOWNSHIP.
(P. O. KEOKUK)
A DAMS, ROBERT, farmer.
Anderson, William, farmer.
B AWDEN, JOHN, marble-cutter.
BIRD, GEORGE, farmer, Sec. 20; a native of Germany, born in 1828; emigrated to this country in 1838; lived in Pennsylvania until 1845, in which year he came to Lee Co. The maiden name of Mr. Bird's wife was Mary Kite; they were married in Keo- . kuk; have six children-Benjamin, Adeline, Charles, Louisa, Simeon and George W.
Black, H. H., teacher.
Black, H. M., farmer.
Boardman, James H., trunk manufact- urer.
Boyce, David, farmer.
Brunat, Justine, farmer.
BUELL, LYMAN, farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Sandusky; was born in Connecti- cut in 1832; he came to Lee Co. in 1854, and engaged in the photograph business ; he came to his present place in 1866. He married, in 1855, Nancy H. Doolittle, also a native of Connecti-
cut ; has two children-Margaretta A. and Hortense Josephine. Mr. Buell is engaged principally in dairying and fruit-growing.
Burrell, Green, gardener.
CHENOWITH, T. J., far., Sec. 11; Mr. Chenowith is a native of Jefferson Co., Ky. ; born near Louisville, in 1809; in 1816, he removed with his friends to Jefferson Co., Wis., thence to Clinton Co., Ind., in 1831. While in Clinton Co., he married Miss Mary Wright, a native of Adams Co., Ohio, born in 1807; they removed to Adams Co., Ill., in 1836, and came to Lee Co. the following year ; she died in July. 1878 ; she was an earnest Christian woman, and one of the pioneer mothers in whom we all take a just pride ; they bave four children now living-Melvina, Joseph H., Ruhamah (now Mrs. John Downey) of Charleston, Lee Co., and Henry C. In early life, Mr. C. acted with the Whig party, on its decline be- came a Republican and a firm supporter of the party : in the early history of the county, he was elected County Commis- sioner five terms ; has been member of
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Board of Trustees of, Jackson Tp. eighteen years, and has always taken an active part in the religious and educa- tional interests of the county.
D ANFORTH, JOSIAH, farmer.
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