The history of Lee county, Iowa, containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, &c., Part 94

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

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Beck, Valentine, basket-maker. Becker, Charles, blacksmith.

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Beckert, Joseph, farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Madison.

Behrens, Conrad, shoemaker.

Beimer, Anton, carpenter. Beimer, Henry, carpenter. Beine, Stephen, shoemaker.

Benbow, J. W., grain and elevator.

BENDLAGE, JOHN B., cooper ; was born in Hanover, Germany, Dec. 22, 1826, where he learned the carpenter's trade ; he emigrated to America, and landed at New Orleans, March 4, 1845, thence went to Cincinnati, and learned the cooper's trade; in 1849, he moved to St. Louis ; came to Iowa, and located in Fort Madison June 16, 1855; he worked at his trade two years, then engaged in business for himself; has continued in business for over twenty years and has built up a large business ; he manufactures 6,000 lard tierces, 1,000 pork barrels and 10,000 apple and egg barrels yearly; when he came to this country, he only had two 5-franc pieces ; he has held the office of City Alderman for eight years ; also, has represented the county in the Board of Supervisors ; has been Town Trustee. He married Miss Elizabeth Menke, from Germany, Oct. 7, 1849; they have six children-Kate, Hermon, John, Theodore, Henry, Eliz- abeth-have lost six children.

Bennet, Stephen, boatman.

Bendlage, J. B., cooper.

Bergman, Ignatius, teacher Catholic school. BERNHARD, EDWARD, of the firm of Peters & Bernhard, Potowo- nok Mills; born in Prussia Jan. 22, 1818 ; there learned the baker's trade ; he emigrated to America in 1854 ; came to Iowa; lived in Burlington three years ; came to Fort Madison in 1857; was in the bakery business seven years ; in 1868, he engaged in the milling business with Mr. Peters; they built the large mill now operated by them and do an extensive business. He married Mrs. Dorothy Woolgast, from Germany, in 1870 ; his wife had two children-Henry and Charlie.

Biethan, Fred, merchant.

BLACKBURN, JACOB C.,

DR., Auditor of Lee County ; was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Jan. 8, 1832; he received his education there, studied medicine, and graduated at the Cincin-

nati College of Medicine and Surgery, in February, 1856 ; after graduating, prac- ticed in Cincinnati for seven years; came to Iowa, and located in Fort Madison in August, 1863 ; engaged in the practice of his profession and continued it until he was elected Auditor of Lee County, in the fall of 1873; he was re-elected to the same office in the fall of 1875, and again in the fall of 1877, each time being elected by the largest majority of any officer in the county. He married Miss Eleanor Davey, of Newport, Ky., May 20, 1855 ; they have had four children, and lost them all in infancy ; they have one adopted son, W. G. Davey. Blender, Joseph, far., Sec. 2.

BONNELL, JOHN W., retired ; was born in EssexCo., N.J., July14,1812; he was brought up and lived there until 31 years of age, when he and two of his brothers emigrated to Iowa, and located in Lee County, in October, 1843 ; the following spring, two other brothers came here ; they engaged in the mercantile business here, and in Salem, Henry County, two years after, they bought a large tract of land, about 1,500 acres ; engaged in farming and continued in this way for five or six years, then they divided up their property ; John contin- ued farming until within a few years ; he has rented his land and removed to Fort Madison ; with his brother, owns about 600 acres of good land. He married Rosanna Houver, from this county, in 1857 ; she died the following year. He married Eliza M. Pittman in April, 1864 ; she is a daughter of W. G. Pitt- man, one of the earliest settlers of Lee County ; they have had four children, only one son survives - Burton, born Feb. 22, 1872.

Borgman, George, teamster.

Brandes, William, gardener.

Breidenbend, H., merchant.

BREWSTER, CHARLES,

President of the Fort Madison Bank ; was born in Ireland in 1813; when only 12 years of age, with his grand- father, he emigrated to America and was brought up in Philadelphia ; he afterward removed to Indiana, lived there six years, cameto Iowa and located in Fort Madison in 1844; he engaged in mercantile trade and successfully con-

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ducted that business for thirty-two years ; there are only one or two merchants here who have been in business the same length of time; in 1876, he associated with Dr. J. A. Smith and engaged in the banking business ; he is also a large landholder ; when Mr. Brewster began life he had nothing, and, since he was 12 years old, he has cared for himself and owes his success in life to his own efforts, and is a man of strict integrity in all his dealings. He has been twice mar- ried ; his first wife was Margaret Badol- ler, of Vincennes, Ind .; she died in 1852; in 1855, he married his present wife, Eliza J. DeForest, of Sharon, Penn. ; they have three children-James, William and Martha.

Brieker, James E., millwright.

Broekelman, Stephen, carpenter.

Brown, A. P., stationery and books.

Brown, Daniel T., stationery and books. BUCHHOLZ, ROBERT P.,

barber and hair-dresser; was born in Germany on the 12th of February, 1840 ; when 15 years of age, he came to America, to Iowa the same year, and settled in Lee Co. in 1855 ; he lived in Keokuk for six years; he established his business here in 1864, and has built up a good business ; he has the oldest business and the largest trade in his line in town. He married Miss Lizzie Fricke, a native of Fort Madison, in April, 1872, they have four children- Emma, William, Minnie and a little boy not named.

Buchholz, William, paper hanger.

Buckingham, George, laborer. Buckler, Frank, cooper. Buckler, Herman, mechanic.

Buckler, Stephen, cooper.

BUECHEL, VALENTINE, re-

tired; was born in Prussia June 11, 1826, and educated there ; he emigrated to America in 1848, and went back to Prussia, but returned to America, came to Iowa and located in Fort Madison Aug. 19, 1850, and engaged in the grocery business; in 1851, he engaged in teaching, and continued until 1859, when he was elected to the State Senate and filled that office during two sessions ; he has held office of Deputy Clerk of the Courts for two years, Deputy County Treasurer six years and also Deputy

Recorder ; he has held school offices for many years, and now holds office of City Alderman. He married Dorothea Dag- enhardt, from Germany, in the fall of 1850 ; they have had ten children, only three survive-Mary R., Catharine A., Amelia C.

Buehrig, Charles, boots and shoes.

Buehrig, F., boots and shoes.

Buescher, Christ, butcher.

Buescher, J. G., farmer ; Sec. 5.

Buescher, John G., carpenter.

BULLARD, A. J., far., S. 6; born in Des Moines Co., Iowa, May 19, 1835 ; came with his parents to Lee Co., May, 1836 ; they were among the early set- tlers of this county. Married Miss Amanda Walker in 1859 ; she was a na- tive of York State; died April 4, 1868; he married again, Miss Fannie Sniveley in 1870 ; born in Lee Co., Iowa, in 1847 ; has three children by former wife- Matilda, James and Rachel, and two dead-Oliver and Ellen ; and by pres- ent wife, four-Charley, John, The- ophilus and Sarah J. Owns 270 acres of land. Mr. and Mrs. Bullard are mem- bers of Methodist Church ; Mr. Bullard is a Democrat.

Bullard, James, farmer, Sec. 7. Bullard, James, farmer.

BURSTER, ANTON, proprietor of Concordia Brewery ; was born in Wittem- berg, Germany, Oct. 26, 1825 ; he there learned the trade of stone-cutter; in 1847, when 22 years of age, he emi- grated to America, and lived in Chicago for three years, and also lived in St. Louis and New Orleans a short time, and came to Fort Madison in 1851, and began working at stone-cutting; in 1865, he engaged in his present business, and has continued it since then ; he has held the office of City Alderman and has just been re-elected. He married Miss Au- gusta Henneberg, from Germany, Dec. 10, 1853 ; they have had nine children; six survive-Adolph, Otto, Julius, Louise, Ernest and Emma.

BUTTERFIELD, MANLY T., Clerk of the State Penitentiary ; was born in Franklin Co., Me., June 29, 1836 ; his parents removed to Dear- born Co., Ind., where he lived until 1857, when he came to Iowa, located in Lee Co., and engaged in teaching school;

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was afterward engaged in farming; he continued farming and teaching until 1872 ; then removed to Fort Madison and was in the mercantile business for six years and was appointed to his pres- ent position. He married Miss Sarah E. Tibbetts, a native of Indiana, Oct. 28, 1858 ; Mr. Butterfield has held the office of County Supervisor and other town and school offices.

Butz, John, wagon-maker.

C YAROL, FRANK, far., Sec. 8.

Carroll, Frank, laborer. Case, Morton, grocer.

CAMPBELL, J. W., now a resi- dent of Ft. Madison, Lee Co., Iowa, was born on the North Fabius, Lewis Co., Mo., June 17, 1825, and became a resident of Lee Co., Iowa, in October 1830, and is to-day the second oldest in- habitant living in the county ; while re- siding at Keokuk, in his boyhood days, he devoted a large share of his time to catching catfish and drift logs ; this occupation inclined him in after years to a nautical life, and, in 1844, he shipped on board the steamer Mermaid in St. Louis, to learn to pilot on the Up- per Mississippi River ; he followed this occupation until 1851, when he was promoted to the position of Master of the steamer Badger State, plying between St. Louis and Galena ; in succeeding years, he commanded the following boats : Hindoo, in 1852 ; Envoy, 1853 to 1856; he built and commanded the Henry Clay in 1857 and 1858; City Belle and Kate Cassell in 1859 and 1860 ; Flora, in 1861 ; Fannie Harris, in 1862; Jenny Whipple, in 1863 and 1864; Keithsburg, in 1865 and 1869; built and commanded the steamer Rock Island in 1870 to 1871, and, in October of this year, after spending twenty-seven years on the waters of the Upper Missis- sippi, he voluntarily stepped down and off the hurricane deck, and requested President Rhodes, of the Northern Line Packet Company, to fill his place with Capt. Albert Woempner, who had at one time been an apprentice pilot with him on the steamer Envoy. There are probably living in Iowa at this time 50,000 persons who have been guests of Capt. J. W. Campbell during his career

as a steamboatman ; for many of these people he entertains a kindly regard, and feels assured the friendship is recipro- cated. In 1871, he secured the origi- nal autographs of all the prominent boat- men on the Upper Mississippi from 1819 to 1871, and arranged them as an auto- graphical chart, and presented it to the Historical Society of Iowa, at Iowa City, endeavoring thereby to perpetuate the names of many good and generous pioneer boatmen who would have soon been forgotten. The writer of this sketch is more indebted to him and his father, Isaac R. Campbell, for informa- tion in regard to the pioneer history of Lee Co. than any other authorities ; they seem to have forgotten nothing relating to the county, or the men who have lived in it. Capt. J. W. Campbell mar- ried Miss Eliza J. Eversole, in St. Louis, in 1849, with whom he is now passing along the journey of life with all the happiness that man can ask ; he has three sons-J. W. Campbell, Jr., B. H. Campbell and I. R. Campbell, whom he is endeavoring to train up to be good and useful men. In the years 1872 and 1874, Capt. Campbell built several grainhouses on the B. & S. W. R. R., in Van Buren, Davis and Appa- noose Cos., and has bought and shipped, in the past year, to Chicago and St. Louis, about 300,000 bushels of grain. CAMPBELL, ISAAC R., re- tired; P. O. St. Francisville, Mo .; Mr. Campbell was born in Oneida Co., N. Y., May 2, 1798, cotemporaneously with the crection of the first house in Utica ; the day Mr. C. was born, his father hauled the shingles that covered that first house ; at the age of 18 years, the subject of this sketch left home with the intention of engaging in nau- tical pursuits, and went as far as Al- bany, and from thence to Pittsfield, · Mass., to visit an uncle, where he spent the winter ; his uncle persuaded him to abandon his seafaring intentions, and, in the following spring, he engaged as a laborer on the construction of the Erie Canal ; he afterward went to Pennsyl- vania, where he remained a short time, and then went to the vicinity of Wells- ville, Ohio, where he became an em- ploye in a stillhouse ; one evening when

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he desired to go courting, he turned a hot slop out into the hog-tronghs, and started on his mission of wooing; when he returned home early the next morning, before his employer was out of bed, he found the hogs all dead; anticipating the displeasure of the owner of the stillhouse, he packed his worldly goods in a cotton handkerchief, and, without waiting for a settlement and to receive the wages dne him, Mr. C. started for other quarters; he shipped as cook on a keelboat, under the command of Col. Kinney, and finally landed at the mouth of the Wyaconda, Missouri Territory ; there he became a " jack-of-all-trades," tinker, shoemaker, farm laborer, etc. In 1823, he married Miss Sarah White, and settled down to the improvement of a tract of forty acres of land, of which he had become the owner. In 1825, he sold his little farm, and in October of that year, loaded his household effects on a couple of canoes and " pad- dled " up to the present site of Nauvoo, at which place he remained until 1830, keeping a boarding-house, working at shoemaking, keelboating to the lead mines at Galena, etc .; in 1830, he sold out his possessions at Nauvoo, where he had lived five years, and returned to Ah-wi-pe-tuck, now Nashville, Lee Co .: he remained there until the spring of 1831, and then in April, removed to Puck-e-she-tuck, now Keokuk, where he engaged with Dr. Samuel C. Muir, as an Indian trader ; during his resi- dence in Illinois and Iowa, he held negro slaves; in 1834, he applied to Hon. Mr. Spaulding, M. C., from Penn- sylvania, to secure the passage of an act to enable the half-breeds to dispose of their reservationary rights in the Half-Breed lands, which comprised a large part of Lee County ; the act was passed, immediately after which Mr. C. organ- ized the St. Louis Land Company, con- sisting of J. and E. Walsh, of St. Louis, J. H. Overhall, of St. Charles, Mo., and Col. Crossman, U. S. A., and himself, and purchased the first claim ever sold, from Isaac Antyer; in 1836, he sold one-half of his interest in Puck- e-she-tuck, consisting of a " potato- patch " of a few acres, to Dr. Isaac Golland; in 1838, he disposed of his

remaining interest in the Half-Breed Tract, consisting of one-thirteenth part of 119,000 acres of Half-Breed lands to Dr. Golland, a man named Knight and Joseph Smith, the Mormon Prophet, for the sum of $14,000; of this amount, $2,000 was paid down, in old chairs, horses, carriages, etc .; he failed to take a mortgage on the lands to se- cure the payment of the balance and lost the whole amount ; he still holds. the notes of Golland, Knight and Smith as souvenirs of the friendship that once existed between him and them ; in 1837, in consequence of the Antislay- ery feeling in Iowa, he removed to St. Francisville, Mo., where he still' resides ; he is now in the S1st year of his age, and in full possession of good health and all his faculties, except his hearing; he is an active old man, and no weather will keep him indoors all day ; he must be out, and spends at least one-half of each day in working around among his trees and shrubs and in his garden ; he has lived within thirty miles of his present home ever since 1820-fifty- nine years ; in that time he has made and lost several fortunes, but no man ever suffered the loss of a single dollar by him ; from the time he landed from Col. Kinney's keelboat, at the mouth of the Wyaconda, until the years bore too heavily on his shoulders, he was en- gaged in active business pursuits ; he was always liberal and enterprising, hospitable and charitable, and many is the man and woman that had occasion to thank Isaac R. Campbell for relief in times of distress and want ; no one ever applied to him for relief and went away empty-handed; from the time he killed the stillhouse hogs at Wellsville, Ohio, by feeding them hot slops, to the present, he has never been intoxicated, although he has handled thousands of bar- rels of liquors ; it is safe to assume that he has outlived at least 50,000 men who were cotemporaneons with him since he first ascended the Mississippi River and cast his fortunes in Missouri Ter- ritory.

CASEY, JOSEPH M., HON. firm of Casey & Hobbs, attorneys ; Jo- seph M. Casey, a native of Adair Co., Ky., was born on the 25th of March,

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1827 ; the youngest of a family of six children. His grandfather was one of the pioneers of Kentucky, and his father, Green Casey, was the first male child born in Adair Co. His mother, Jane, nee Patterson, was a native of Rock- bridge Co., Va. Both of his parents were well educated, and zealous mem- bers of the Presbyterian Church. When Joseph was 11 years old, his father died, leaving his family in moderate cir- cumstances. He received a good aca- demical education, and at the age of 17 began the study of law in the office of Judge John F. Kinney, who was then a prominent jurist in Lee Co., Iowa, and who afterward became Judge of the Supreme Court of Iowa. After a three- years course of diligent and thorough study, young Casey, in 1847, was ad- mitted to the bar, and settling in Keokuk Co., was at once elected Prosecuting At- torney. He held that office for five years, and in that time established an enviable reputation as a prosecutor and a lawyer. In October, 1859, he was elected County Judge of Keokuk Co., and satisfactorily performed the duties of his office until April, 1861. Desiring, however, to make Fort Madison his per- manent home, he removed thither, ar- riving on the 12th of April of the last- named year, leaving a lucrative practice and many true friends. Although Judge Casey's attention has been devoted mainly to the practice of his profession, he has yet found time for literary cult- ure. He was for two years editor of the Iowa Democrat, while a resident of Keokuk Co., and for three years editor of the Fort Madison Plaindealer. In po itical sentiment he has always been an uncompromising Democrat, and cast his first vote for Gen. Cass. But although he has firmly adhered to and advocated the principles of his party, he has never been so biased by political prejudice as not to willingly allow those who differed from him the peaceful en- joyment of their opinions, recognizing the fact that men may honestly differ in their views. As a consequence, he has many warm personal friends among men with whose political views he has no sympathy. Personally Judge Casey is kind, courteous and affable. He has a

decidedly mathematical turn of mind» and his arguments, especially those be- fore the Supreme Court, have been styled by superior jurists, as models of logical strength and literary excellence. He has taken a prominent stand in the Masonic fraternity, and been honored with the highest offices of the craft. As a Royal Arch Mason, he is acknowl- edged to have few superiors. He has ta- ken a deep interest in educational matters, and in all public enterprises tending to the prosperity of his city he has co-operated to the extent of his ability. He has. twice filled the office of Mayor. As a lawyer, his aim has been to be true and faithful to his clients. He resolved, when he began his practice, that he would never resort to deception or dis- honesty, and has rigidly adhered to his principles, so that courts and jurie- never doubt the sincerity of his argus ments, and it has become a common say- ing for safe counsel and honest advice, go to Judge Casey. His life has been spent in the interests of his fellow-men, with a full realization of the truth that while he should seek to develop in him- self a true manhood, he should do all in his power to assist others. Such has been his course of life, and his dealings with all with whom he has to do, that he has secured to himself universal confi- dence and respect. Judge Casey mar- ried in 1854 Miss Sarah J. Ward, a na- tive of Ohio, and daughter of Thomas and Nancy Ward. They have had five children, four of whom are now living. Such, in brief, is an outline of the life- history of one whose career has been marked by enterprise, energy, pure mo- tives and honest effort. He has made himself what he is, a worthy type of in- dependent manhood, and may justly be- placed upon Iowa's roll of honor.

Cattermole, A. C., pork-packer.

Cattermole, Henry, banker.

Chambers, George, minister.

Chambers, O. F., engineer.

Chambers, Thos. C., plow factory.

Chamberlin, M. S., insurance.

Chegka, Joseph, farmer, Sec. 5.

Chott, Peter, tailor; musician.

COLE, A. J., M. D., physician and

surgeon ; was born in Seneca Co., N. Y., Nov. 8, 1837; when 12 years of

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age, went with his parents to Michigan ; he received his education at Ann Ar- bor; studied medicine, and graduated at the Michigan University in 1860. Upon the breaking out of the rebellion in 1861, he was commissioned Surgeon of the 14th Reg. Mich. Inf .; was in the servire until 1865, then returned and practiced medicine in Ann Arbor until 1872, when he came to Fort Mad- ison, and since then has practiced his profession here. He is United States Examining Surgeon for Pensions.

CONRAD, CHARLES, meat- market; was born in Germany Dec. 29, 1819; he emigrated to America in 1840 ; he was on the river about seven years ; he came to Iowa and settled at Fort Madison in 1847, and engaged in his present business, and has continued it since then-thirty-two years ; he has the longest-established meat-market in Lee Co. He married Miss Barbara E. Ruckerman, from Bavaria, Germany, in August, 1849; they have six children -George, Charles, Harry, Albert, John and Jeannette.

CORIELL, JULIAN D., grocer ; born in Dubuque in March, 1840 ; when 10 years of age, his parents came to Ft. Madison, where he was brought up ; his father was one of the Government Com- missioners who laid out this city. Julian enlisted July, 1861, 7th Reg. Iowa Inf., Co. D; served eighteen months; after- ward served two years in the Navy ; af- ter the war, he was engaged in the book and stationery business ; he went to Montana, thence to California; remained eight years on the Pacific coast. He was in the Government Survey establishing the boundary line between Washington Territory and Idaho ; he held the office of Deputy Sheriff of Stevens Co., Wash- ington Territory ; Mr. Coriell has a rare collection of old books, the best in Lee Co., some of them being of great age. He married Miss Jane Hesser, daughter of Fred Hesser, Esq., of this city, in December, 1876.

Corse, Barney, carpenter.

COURTRIGHT, ARCHI-

BALD L .. insurance and loaning money ; was born in Franklin Co., Ohio, Oct. 16, 1839 ; when 14 years of age, he came with his parents to Lee Co.,

where he received his education ; after reaching manhood he engaged in teach- ing-was also engaged in farming; he was elected County Treasurer in the fall of 1873, and held that office two years. He owns a farm of 240 acres in this county, and nearly 1,000 acres of good land elsewhere ; he has held the office of Town Trustee, Town Clerk and school offices. He married Miss Anna H. Eakins Sept. 21, 1876 ; she is a native of Clarke Co., Mo. ; came to Ft. Madison when quite young; Mr. Courtright's father died Sept. 27, 1877 ; his mother died in 1863.

Cowles, E. F., lath sawyer.

COWLES, PHILOTUS, carpen- ter and builder, and foreman of S. & J. C. Atlee's shingle mill; was born in Unadilla, Otsego Co., N. Y., Oct. 10, 1816 ; he was brought up in that State, and learned the trade of carpenter and joiner ; he came to Iowa ; arrived at Ft. Madison May 3, 1838, and began work- ing at his trade; he continued in the building business until the spring of 1863, and since then he has been fore- man of the shingle mills at Atlee's mills. Mr. Cowles is one of the earliest settlers and has lived here over forty-one years ; he has been prominently connected with the Order of Odd Fellows, and was the member initiated in this Order in Fort Madison, and he is authority in all mat- ters relating to the Order here ; he has held the office of City Collector and City Marshal. He married Miss Jane Sim- mons, a native of the State of New York, Nov. 6, 1836; she died March, 1841, leaving one daughter-Melissa ; for some years she has been in the B. & M. Land Office at Burlington. On the 5th day of January, 1842, he married Diana Freeman, a native of Rutland Co., Vt .; they have seven children-Elijah, Cal- vin, Samuel, Alva, Jane, George, Ella ; Elijah and Calvin were in the army ; Elijah enlisted in 1861, in the 7th Reg. Iowa Inf., Co. D; Calvin enlisted in the same company in February, 1862 ; he was wounded in the battle of Corinth ; they both re-enlisted and served as vet- erans until the end of the war; Samuel enlisted in the 100-day service in the 45th Reg. Iowa Inf., Co. E. Creps, R., carpenter.

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The history of Lee county, Iowa, containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, &c., Part 94

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