The history of Lee county, Iowa, containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, &c., Part 93

Author: Western historical co., Chicago. [from old catalog]
Publication date: 1879
Publisher: Chicago, Western historical company
Number of Pages: 898

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Danielson, J. F., farmer.

DAVIS, S. M., Superintendent of Lee Co. Poor-farm; was born in Lebanon, N. H., Feb. 18, 1834 ; he was brought up and lived there until the war broke out, when he enlisted in Co. F, Berdan's 2d Regt. U. S. Sharpshooters ; he after- ward served in the Qartermaster's De- partment ; he was taken prisoner at Chan- cellorsville and also at the battle of Fredericksburg, but he was fortunate enough to escape each time the same day he was captured ; he was in the serv- ice four years. Came to Iowa and settled in Lee Co. in 1865; he has held his present office for three years. He married Miss Alma A. Moore, from Chelsea, Vt., in August, 1858; they have two daughters-Ellen F. and Laura J.

INGSTROM, GUST., farmer.

Engstrom, John, farmer.

FLEMING, JOHN, farmer.

Foley, Daniel, farmer.

Fowler, Edward, limekiln.

Fowler, John, farmer.

Funkhouser, Jacob, farmer.

G ORGAS, DANIEL, farmer.

H AISCH, ERNEST, farmer.

Haisch, Jacob, farmer.

Haisch, John, farmer.

Harrington, John, farmer.

Hayden, Pius, farmer. Hayden, William, farmer. Hedrick, V. P., farmer.

Heffleman, Henry, farmer. Hilt, William, farmer.

Hine, Charles W., farmer.

Hoffman, Sylvanus, farmer.

House, Elijah, farmer.

Howell, Thomas H., farmer.

NGERSOLL, E.M., farming and dairy, Sec. 22; was born in Nauvoo, Ill., in 1837 ; while he was a child, his parents, William and Hannah Ingersoll, removed to Des Moines Co., Iowa,

thence to this county, in 1847 ; during the war, he served as Corporal of Com- pany C, 45th Iowa Inf .; was honorably discharged. He married in Keokuk Miss M. A. Seymour ; they have three children, viz., Edgar L., Lucy C., Ida May.

J ASTER, M., farmer.

Jefferson, William S., stock-dealer. Johnson, John A., farmer.

Juhl, Gregus, farmer.

K ENNEDY, J. A., farmer.

KERR, ROBERT, farmer, Sec. 9; was born in Alleghany Co., Penn., in 1822 ; removed to this county with his parents, Alexander and Isabel Kerr, in 1839. In 1853, he married Miss Ruth, daughter of Thomas and Mary Colwell, who came to Iowa in 1836; they have eight children-Alexander D., William C., Olive, Clara, Robert Colwell, Walter Brown, Isaac Brrrett, Thomas Edwin, Mary Isabel. Mr. Kerr is a Republican ; he has held various offices ; is a member of the present Board of Township Trustees, which office he has filled for several terms ; himself and family are members of the U. P. Church. Mr. Kerr's farm contains over 196 acres of land, being well-improved. Kritchel, James, farmer.

AYTON, ERASTUS, farmer.

LEE, G. W., farmer, Sec. 13; was born in Jennings Co., Ind .; came to this county with his parents, Charles V. and Elizabeth Lee, who were pioneer settlers of Jackson Tp., in 1839. He married Miss Elizabeth Dwyer in Ap- panoose Co., Iowa, in 1859; they have nine children living. Mr. Lee acts with the Democratic party ; he has held va- rious school offices ; has resided in this township (Jackson) forty-one years.

Lindner, Conrad, farmer.

Lindner, Frederick, farmer.

LOCHHEAD, ALEXAN- DER, farmer, Sec. 7 ; Mr. Lochhead is a native of Scotland ; born near Glas- gow in 1828; came to America in 1850 ; lived in Pennsylvania until 1851, then came to Keokuk. He married Miss Jane Lyon ; she was born in Kentucky ; they were married in Keokuk ; have six

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children-Isabel, Ellen, Alice, Fannie, Lucy and John. Mr. L. owns 90 acres of land; he is a Republican. Mrs. Lochhead is a member of the U. P. Church.

LOOMIS, SARAH, MRS., (maiden name Sarah Chalfont), farming, Sec. 27; was born in Highland Co., Ohio, in 1822; removed to this county with her parents, Abner and Ruth Chalfont, in 1841. In 1846, she mar- ried John Loomis, a native of New York, born Jan. 17, 1817; he came to this county in 1840, and resided here until his death, which occurred in Feb- ruary, 1875. He was a member of the Baptist Church, in the advancement of which he took an active interest. Their children living are Clara Ellen (now the wife of M. V. B. Walker, of this township), Caroline (wife of W. H. Wyatt), Laura and Alice. Mrs. Loomis owns 110 acres of land in this county, and 300 acres seven miles north of Can- ton, Mo .; she is a member of the Bap- tist Church.

Lupton, Joseph A., farmer.

ATTERNICH, CHRIS, gardener. M

Meister, Conrad, gardener. Merrick, Seth, farmer. 'BLENIS, CHARLES, farmer.

O'Blenis, D. A., farmer. Orr, David, farmer.

ARKHURST, MOSES, farmer.

Parsons, A. L., student. Parsons, J. W., plasterer.

PATTERSON, E. R., far., S. 19; was born in Livingston Co., N. Y., Aug. 13, 1826; in 1840, he removed with his parents, George G. and Fannie Pat- terson, to this county; in 1845, he re- turned to his native State, remaining until 1860, when he again came to Iowa, and has made it his home since. Mr. Patterson has been twice married ; first wife was Betsy C. Devoe; present wife was Lucy A. Robinson ; has one child by first marriage-Josephine F., now Mrs. Adams ; five children by sec-

ond marriage, three now living-Frank J., Minnie R., Gracie M. Mr. Patter- son and wife are members of the Bap- tist Church ; he has held the offices of Deacon and Secretary several years ; he acts with the Republican party ; has held various local offices. Owns eighty acres of land.

Peterson, Alfred, farmer.

Proudly, George W., farmer.

Prouty, Oscar, farmer.

R EIMER, BENEDICT, farmer.

YCHNEIDER, ERASTUS, farmer.

Scholtie, Henry, gardener. *

Scholtie, Leopold, housemover.

Sibald, John, farmer.

Sikes, Henry, gardener.

Sleeth, J. S., farmer.

STEVENS, MANNING W., far.

was born in Litchfield Co., Conn., Dec. 30, 1823; remained in Litchfield and in the adjoining county in Massa- chusetts until 1852, when he came to this county ; in 1854, he married Miss Julia A. Wadsworth, a native of Berk- shire Co., Mass., born in 1832; they have six children-Mary M., Cecilia Irene, Charles M., Arthur S., Nellie M. and Julia R. Mr. Stevens has acted with the Republican party since its or- ganization ; he owns 310 acres of land finely improved.

Stonewall, Theo., farmer. TURNER, JAMES, farmer.

Turner, William H., farmer. "ANAUSDAL, ISAAC, farmer.

Vandoren, James, farmer.

ALKER, JAMES S., farmer.

Walker, Van Buren, farmer. Way, N. P., farmer.

Williams, John M., gardener. Weidlick, August, farmer.

Welcome, John P., farmer.

Wierather, John, gardener.

Wooster, J. A., farmer.

Y EISER, ABRAHAM, gardener.

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MADISON TOWNSHIP.

(P. O. FORT MADISON.)

A BEL JOHN, merchant.

ARENS, CASPER, insurance agent; was born in Prussia April 27, 1834 ; he lived there until 16 years of age, and emigrated to America in 1850 ; he came to Iowa the following year ; arrived in Fort Madison July 4, 1851 ; he learned the cooper trade, and fol- lowed that business for some years ; he was engaged in the mercantile business for eight years, and for the past three years has been engaged in the insurance business. He has held the office of city Alderman. He married Elizabeth Wen- ka, from Prussia, in March, 1859; she was born Sept. 8, 1841; they have two children-Anna, who is married, and Theodore, born July 28, 1853.

ALBRIGHT, JACOB W., in-

surance agent; was born in Lancaster, Penn. Aug. 31, 1811; he was brought up in Pennsylvania, and served an ap- prenticeship as a printer in Harrisburg; he came to St. Louis in 1833, when that city contained only 8,000 people, and started the Evening Herald, the first newspaper published west of the Mississippi River ; in 1837, he removed to Illinois, and was engaged on public works for a few years, then went to Philadelphia, and married Miss Rachel J. Wilson, a native of that city, July 5, 1840; they came to Iowa, and loca- ted in Fort Madison in the spring of 1841; he engaged in the mercantile trade with his brother, W. G. Albright; continued in business twenty-eight years; since 1869, has been engaged in the insurance business. He has held the office of City Treasurer for three years ; also City Alderman. They have three children-Katie, Jacob W., Jr., (in the Fort Madison Bank,) Daniel K. (in R. R. office in St. Louis) ; have lost four children.

ALBRIGHT, R. W., dealer in books, stationery and fancy goods ; born in Reading, Penn., in June, 1813; he lived there until 1841, when he came to Iowa; located in Fort Madison, and engaged in publishing the Fort Madison

Courier ; he conducted it as an inde- pendent paper for six months, then changed the name to the Lee County Democrat, and continued until 1846, when he was elected the first Clerk of the county after the State was organ- ized ; since then he has been engaged in mercantile pursuits. He has held the office of Mayor of this city, and other town and school offices. He married Miss Catherine O. Schoner, a native of Pennsylvania, in 1836 ; they have had six children, of whom three survive- John W., Robert W. and Katie.

ALBRIGHT, WILLIAM G., of the firm of William G. Albright & Son, merchants, dealers in dry goods and notions ; the senior partner of the oldest mercantile house in Fort Madison is William G. Albright; he was born in Berks Co., Penn., June 10, 1816 ; he lived there until 14 years of age; then went to Lancaster, and served an appren- ticeship in the dry goods trade, and re- mained there seven years ; he left Lan- caster March 8, 1837. and went to St. Louis ; came to Iowa and located in Fort Madison in the fall of 1839, and engaged in mercantile business, the firm being James Wilson & Co .; in 1841, his brother, J. W. Albright, bought out the interest of Wells and Wilson, and the firm became J. W. & W. G. Albright ; in 1847, R. W. Albright, another brother, entered the firm, which was changed to Albright Brothers, and so continued un- til 1856, when R. W. withdrew ; in 1864, J. W. withdrew from the firm, and the business was continued by Will- iam G. Albright; in 1867, his son Harry A. became interested in the busi- ness, the firm being William G. Albright & Son ; subsequently, he withdrew, and, in January, 1876, his son William G., Jr., became interested in the business, the firm name remaining unchanged ; Mr. Albright is one of the oldest mer- chants on the river, and has been actively identified with the interests and improve- ments of this city and county. He mir- ried in November, 1841, Miss Cynthia White, daughter of Edward White,

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Esq., one of the earliest settlers of Han- cock Co., Ill .; they have six children- Harry A., Caroline (now Mrs. R. B. Hatch), Grace, William G., Jr., Vir- ginia and Cynthia. Harry married a daughter of Joseph M. Edwards. Will- iam G., Jr., married Miss Annie J. Reed, of Council Bluffs. Members of the Presbyterian Church.

Aldrich, S., salesman lumber-yard.

ALLEN, TIMOTHY, retired ; was born in Hartford, Washington Co., N. Y., Sept. 13, 1823. There he mar- ried Miss Lucy Amelia Root, a native of Washington Co., N. Y., Dec. 18, 1846; they came to Iowa and located in Lee Co. in November, 1855 ; they settled on a farm near West Point ; en- gaged in farming and continued fifteen years ; in 1873, Mr. and Mrs. Allen re- moved to the city, where he has built a large, pleasant home ; he still owns his farm of 333 acres ; they have an only child, a daughter-Celia P .; she married Mr. S. E. Stephenson Feb. 12, 1872; they live on the farm of Mr. Allen, near West Point.

Alley, A. J., attorney.

AMBORN, CONRAD, manufact- urer and dealer in furniture; born in Byrne, Germany, Nov. 15, 1817, where he learned the furniture business. He married Louisa Deobald, of Germany, in 1847; they came to America in 1850 ; arrived at Fort Madison June 28, 1850 ; he engaged in the furniture business the following year ; was asso- ciated with his brother in business for fourteen years ; Mr. Amborn manufact- ures his furniture ; he made the furni- ture for the German American Bank, and manufactures as fine work as is made in the State. His son Conrad, Jr., is one of the most skilled workmen in the State ; draws all the designs for their best furniture, and is an expert carver. Mr. and Mrs. Amborn have nine chil- dren - Hannah, Josephine, Conrad, Louisa, Philip, Rudolph, Helen, Fred and Clara.

Amborn, William, Sr., furniture.

ANDERSON, BENJAMIN F.,

carpenter and builder; was born in Montgomery Co., Ky., April 10, 1815 ; his parents removed to Quincy, Ill., when he was 14 years of age; lived

there until he came to Iowa and settled in Dubuque, in April, 1833; he was brought up there, and learned the trade of carpenter and joiner ; while living there, he cast his first vote, for George W. Jones, of Dubuque, for delegate to Congress; in the fall of 1836, he came to Lee Co .; he lived in Van Buren Co. some years, and also several years in Mahaska Co., then re- turned-to Fort Madison, and since then has been engaged in building here ; Mr. "Anderson has been a resident of Iowa forty-six years, and is one of the oldest residents of the State now living; he helped build the first Methodist Church built in this State ; he has held the of- fices of Postmaster and Justice of the Peace. He married Louisa Davis, a native of Ohio, in April, 1849; they have five children-Attica (married), William Roy (conductor on railroad), Frances (engaged in teaching), Letitia and William.

Andrews, William J., carpenter.

ANGEAR, J. J. M., M. D., phy- sician and surgeon ; was born in En- gland Sept. 5, 1829; when 14 years of age, his parents came to America ; they located in Racine Co., Wis .; he attended school, then entered Racine College and completed his education, graduating with degree of Bachelor of Science ; he was the founder of the Berlin High School in Wisconsin, and was its Prin- cipal for four years; he studied medi- cine and graduated at Rush Medical College, Chicago, in the spring of 1860. During the war, he was commissioned Surgeon by President Lincoln, and served two years. He came to Iowa and located in Fort Madison in 1866; in 1871, he was appointed Professor of Physiology and Pathology in the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Keokuk, and still fills that chair; in 1872, he received the de- gree of A. M. from his Alma Mater ; he has been President of the Commis- sion of Insanity of Lee Co. since its or- ganization, in 1870 ; he is a member of the State Medical Society and the American Medical Association, which body he represented in the British Med- ical Association, which met at Bath, England, in August, 1878; after the meeting, he spent much time in the

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hospitals of London and Paris; he is author of a number of articles in the medical journals and State reports, and is a popular lecturer ; he has one of the best medical libraries in the State; Dr. Angear has given inch attention to microscopy, and has one of the finest instruments in the State, or, indeed, the West ; he is frequently called upon to testify in courts as a scientific expert. He is a Republican. He married Miss Sophia Smith April 19, 1855; she is a native of Racine Co., Wis., and is a daughter of Benjamin E. Smith, who was one of the earliest settlers of that county, who came there in 1836; Mrs. Angear is one of the first persous born in Racine Co .; Dr. and Mrs. Angear have two sons-William J. S., born March 27, 1863, and Benjamin Horace, born Jan. 29, 1871.

ANTHES, GEORGE, proprietor Central Hotel, Front street, opposite the depot; was born in Shelbyville, Shelby Co., Ind., March 21, 1840; when only 4 years of age, his parents removed to St. Louis, and he was brought up there; he came to lowa and settled in Fort Madison, and has been engaged in the hotel business for a num- ber of years ; he built the present large and commodious house known as the Central House in 1874, and opened it to the traveling publie Jan. 1, 1875, and it has the reputation of being one of the best hotels in the State, and is justly entitled to it. During the war, he enlisted in the 5th Regt. I. V. C., but only remained away a short time, on account of sickness. He married Miss Annie Leetje in St. Louis, Mo., in June, 1860; they have five children-George P., Amelia, Charlie, Albert and Eliza- beth.

Appleton, Charles H., painter. Arens, Casper, insurance.

Arnold, William B., retired.

AUWAERTER, JOHN M.,

wagon-maker; was born in Germany July 19, 1833 ; there learned the trade of wagon-making; emigrated to Amer- ica in 1853; lived in Ohio two years ; came to Iowa and located in Fort Mad- ison in 1855, and began working at his trade, and since then has been engaged in his present business. He married

Miss Elizabeth Faeth, from Germany, Oct. 25, 1859; they have seven chil- dren-Lizzie, Katie, Anna, Ellen, Mary, Eddie and Willie ; they lost one son.

ATLEE, JOHN C., native of Maryland, was born on the 22d day of March, 1816, the son of Samuel J. and Martha Atlee ; several years prior to his birth, his parents had removed from Lancaster Co., Penn .; upon the death of his mother, which occurred when he was only a few weeks old, he was left to the care of his grandmother, who lived at the old home of his parents in Pennsylvania ; there he remained until he attained his 12th year; and after the death of his grandmother, he lived first with his uncle, Henry Stickler, and afterward with an older brother, Will- iam A. Atlee ; at the age of 16, he was apprenticed to his brother, Jacob C. Atlee, to learn the carpenter's trade ; he continued thus employed during the next two years, and at the expiration of that time, his brother retiring from bus- iness, he went to Philadelphia to finish his trade ; soon afterward, in 1835, he went to New York, and there worked one year at his trade ; in 1836, he went by sea to Mobile, Alabama, and thence by Lake Pontchartrain to New Orleans ; he did not like the South, however as he had anticipated, and leaving New Orleans, he went up the Mississippi to St. Louis, and finally settled for a short time at Quincy, Ill .; in 1837, he spent a few months at Fort Madison, and was so thoroughly pleased with the place that he determined to make it his future home. Going to Quincy, he was there married to Miss Emeline S. Brooks, and immediately returning to Fort Madison, established himself at his trade, and continued it with good success for six years ; having accumu- lated from his hard-earned savings & sufficient capital, he purchased a farm within a few miles of town, and for several years employed himself in agri- cultural pursuits ; returning to Fort Madison in 1852, he formed a co-part- nership with his brother, Isaac R. Atlee, and during the next two years carried on a successful lumber trade ; extend- ing his operations in 1854, he, in com- pany with Nathaniel Bennet, built the

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first steam saw-mill that was erected at Fort Madison, and was doing a very prosperous business until 1856 and 1857, when they became somewhat in- volved and embarrassed in the financial crisis that swept over the country dur- ing those years; however, by close at- tention to business, and a course of economy and strict integrity, they avoided the serious consequences which befell many business men; Mr. Atlee afterward purchased the interest of his partner, and associated with himself. his son Samuel, and from that time until the present, the business has been con- ducted under the firm name of S. & J. C. Atlee ; the business tact, cool judg- ment and clear foresight of Mr. Atlee are best attested by the growth of his business; the mill, in all its appoint- ments, is inferior to none on the Mississippi River; at the time when the son became associated in the busi- ness, it was producing about 15,000 feet of lumber per day ; at the present time the mill has a capacity of 55,000 feet of lumber per day, and of 20,000,- 000 of shingles and 4,000,000 of lath per year, and employs 150 men. In local enterprise, Mr. Atlee has been some- what active, and heartily co-operates in all matters pertaining to the growth and prosperity of his city ; personally and socially, he is a man of excellent quali- ties, and throughout his life has main- tained an adherence to those principles of honor and fair dealing that have se- cured to him the confidence and esteem of all with whom he has had to do ; he has accumulated a handsome fortune, and lives in the enjoyment of a happy home; he has four children-Samuel J., (mentioned above), William H., (who is book-keeper for the firm), Martha and Maggie. .

Atlee, Isaac R., merchant.

ATLEE, SAMUEL, of the firm of S. & J. C. Atlee, manufacturers and dealers in lumber, sash, doors and blinds ; was born in Ft. Madison, Oct. 29, 1838, and is one of the oldest natives of Fort Madison now living here ; his father, John C. Atlee, is one of the oldest, most honored and enterprising citizens in Lee County. Samuel received his education here and entered his father's

mills, soon after becoming associated with him in the business ; now has the active management of the business ; they employ about one hundred and fifty men and boys, and have a capacity of manufacturing 12,000,000 feet an- nually ; are the largest manufacturers of lumber in this section of the State. Mr. Atlee married Miss Nancy M. Wright, a native of this State, Jan. 20, 1867.

Atlee, William H., book-keeper.

AHME. Christ., vineyard.

BACON, JAMES H., DR., capitalist ; was born in Washington Co., Tenn., July 19, 1816 ; he was brought up and received his education in that State; he studied medicine and, after graduating, practiced medicine in Nash- ville for some years; in 1840, he came to Illinois, located at Macomb, and remained there eleven years, and then came to Iowa and settled in Ft. Madi- son in 1851, and practiced here for seven years ; in 1861, he engaged in banking here, with Judge Johnson, of Keokuk, and they continued together for ten years, when Dr. Bacon retired on ac- count of his health, and bought a tract of land and improved it, in Green Bay Tp; the farm contains 1,200 acres, and is known as "Bayview ;" the improve- ments have cost $25.000 ; his son James H., Jr., lives on it. Dr. Bacon is a prominent member of the Christian Church, and preached for twenty years, in Illinois and Iowa ; he married Sarah Lester, from Dayton, Ohio, in May, 1839; she died Dec. 25, 1878, leaving son, James H. Bacon, Jr .; they lost one daughter, Alice. James H. Bacon, Jr., was born in Macomb, Ill., June 13, 1849 ; when 2 years of age, his parents came here, where he was brought up, and attended school; completing his educa- tion at Abingdon, Knox Co., Ill., where he took his collegiate course ; he mar- ried Miss Lizzie Case, of Ft. Madison, May 16, 1871 ; they live on his father's " Bayview Farm ;" they have two chil- dren-James M., born July 8, 1872, and Alpha, born Jan. 1, 1874.

BAKER, CHARLES O., homeo- pathic physician and surgeon ; was born in Norwich, Chenango Co., N. Y.,

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June 8, 1849 ; when 14 years of age. he removed to Michigan, where he at- tended school; he entered the Univer- sity of Michigan at Ann Arbor, where he received his classical education ; he studied medicine, and graduated in the medical department of that institution ; the spring of 1878, after spending a few months in Keokuk, he came to Ft. Madison, and since then has practiced his profession here.

Banger, Frank, far., Sec. 5. Bardt, Henry, miller. Bauder, George, saw-filer. Bechrens, Martin, carpenter.

Beck, A., laborer.

BECK, JOSEPH MARCUS,

HON., was born April 21, 1823, in Clermont Co., Ohio; he was the youn- gest of eight children, whose parents were Samuel Beck and Hannah Morris, who were prosperous as agriculturists, and distinguished for piety, both earnest members of the Baptist Church ; his mother was a daughter of Isaac Morris, of Virginia, and a brother of Senator Morris, of Ohio, distinguished as an early and fearless advocate of human freedom, and for his opposition to the monstrous anomaly of a slave-holding republic ; the Morris branch of the family were of Welch extraction, and the Beck of English ; his education was ac- complished by his own exertion ; teach- ing school, with other employments of an honorable nature, gave him the means of securing a thorough education at Hanover College, which institution he left in 1843, and began teaching as Principal of the seminary at Vernon, Ind .; remained for one academical year, then removed to Kentucky, where he taught two years ; read law in Madison, Ind., in the office of Miles C. Eggle- stone, distinguished, at that time, as an eminent jurist, and, in 1846, was ad- mitted to the bar ; after teaching school six months in Kentucky, he came to Lee County, Iowa, settled in Montrose and practiced for two years ; in 1850, he came to Fort Madison; in 1852, was elected Prosecuting Attorney and also Mayor of Fort Madison; in 1867, was elected Judge of the Supreme Court ; served six years ; in 1873, having re- .ceived the nomination of the convention

without a dissenting voice, he was re- elected ; he is now Chief Justice of the Supreme Bench. In 1854, he was united in marriage to Clara C. Rine- hart, daughter of Dr. William Rinehart, of Fort Madison ; they had three chil- dren, two still living-William J. R. Beck, who is reading law with his father, and Vallie E., now attending Glendale College, near Cincinnati; will graduate in June, 1879; in politics, the Judge is a strong Republican, but his first vote was for Henry Clay ; he has always been Antislavery, and when young, engaged in teaching school in a slave-holding State at a time when the advocacy of the rights of the black man was perilous ; was distinguished for his manly and fearless attacks on the evil of human servitude ; the Judge pos- sesses a powerful mathematical mind ; when pursuing his collegiate education, he was remarkable for his proficiency in mathematics ; it will be only justice to remark that he was prominent as a scholar in all his classes. He is a mem- ber of the Baptist Church, which he joined when quite young; was Superin- tendent of a Sabbath school in his youth, while pursuing his first legal studies ; from that time forward, he has taken a great interest in the Sunday-school cause ; he is distinguished for his inter- est in education and our common schools, as one of the great institutions of the land ; he has always led a temperate life ; temperance in language, action and intercourse, is, with him, a natural char- acteristic ; his life has been one of cease- less activity and industry ; and. his as- siduous attention to the legal interests of the commonwealth, within the province of the Supreme Court, is a matter of ad- miration to his intimate legal acquaint- ances ; in society, the Judge is earnest ; the educational discipline imparted to his mind by studies of a mathematical and abstract nature, have given it a a permanent bias ; it may be said with truth that on " his features sits delibera- tion and public care." His constitution is yet robust, and his labors appear to have left unimpaired a body of more than natural vigor.

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The history of Lee county, Iowa, containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, &c., Part 93

Author: Western historical co., Chicago. [from old catalog] Publication date: 1879 Publisher: Chicago, Western historical company Number of Pages: 898

Author: Western historical co., Chicago. [from old catalog]
Publication date: 1879
Publisher: Chicago, Western historical company
Number of Pages: 898