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born to thêm, three of whom are now living ; one died in infancy. Mr. Pol- lard moved to Lee Co, in 1868. Was elected, in 1871. Superintendent of the public schools of the county; he is a Democrat of the old Jefferson and Jack- son school, always ready to take the stump for his party friends, but nooffice seeker, only having been a candidate when nominations were thrust upon him by his party ; he has, probably, since 1860, made more political speeches than any other man in the State.
Pollmiller, Jacob, See. S. Potts, W. C., guard, prison. Pranger, William, liveryman.
PRICHETT, WILLIAM. liv- ery business and buying and selling stock : was born in Greene Co., Penn .. May S. 1837 ; his parents came to lowa and located in Fort Madison in 1839; were early settlers here; William has lived here forty years ; he has been en- gaged in the livery business since 1870. and is also engaged in buying and ship- ping stock. He married Miss Mary E. Garrison in 1861 ; they have tive chil- dren-Richard, Alice, Albert, Frank and John. Mr. Prichett's father died in 1876; his mother died in 1867.
R EMPE, JJOSEPH H., blacksmith.
Kenne, John, wagon-maker.
READER. L. B., manufacturer and dealer in cigars and tobacco ; was born in Montgomery Co., Poun., April 5, 1846 ; he was brought up in Pennsyl- vania, and came to lewa in 1868 ; lived in Clinton two years, then in Cedar Rapids; came here in 1872; in 1875. he engaged in the cigar and tobacco business, and has built up a good trade. He married Miss Matilda Gelander in October, 1872; she was born in Vir- ginia and was raised here ; they have one daughter-Lottie.
Rhode, Henry, teaming.
RICHARDSON. A. J .. farmer, Section 6; he owns 326 acres of land ; he was born in Hamilton Co., Ohio, in 1826; his parents, David and Jomi- ma Richardson, came to Ise Co. in 1846: his father purchased the farm which A. J. now owns, the same year ; his father died in April, 1862; his mother died in August, 1863. Mr.
Richardson married, in 1856, Susan Bullard, a native of Illinois; they have tive children-Edward, Ellen, Milton, Absalom and Theophilus; have lost two children-Enuna, aged 14 years, and Caroline, who died at about the same
Riefenacht, George, wagon maker. Rippensal, Conrad, gardener.
Ritter, William, physician.
RIX. JOHN, surgeon dentist ; was born in Canada Jan. 4, 1839; came to the States in infancy, and was brought up in Western New York, theuce came to Michigan. During the war, he en- listed in Detroit Ang. 28, 1862, in the Ith Regt. Mich. V. C., Co. A; he was promoted and commissioned Lieutenant of Co. G March 19, 1863 ; his regi- ment was in seventy-tive battles and skirmishes, and was the banner regiment of the State : it was the regiment which captured Jeff Davis ; was mustered out at Nashville JJuly 1, 1865. After the war, Lient. Rix returned to Michigan, studied dentistry, and took a medical course at the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor; he came to lowa and located at Fort Madison in August, 1874, and since then has practiced here. He married Miss Maria E. Hazlit, from Cass Co., Mich., Jan. 1. 1867 ; they have one daughter- Lottie A.
ROBERS. GEORGE, manufact- urer and dealer in harness and saddlery hardware; was born in Holland Aug. 25, 1833; his parents emigrated to the United States in 1837 ; they lived in St. Louis two years ; went to Cincin- nati in 1840, where George learned his trade of his father: the latter died in 1819, and George came to Fort Madison in July, 1850, and engaged in his pres- ent business, and has continued it twen- ty-nine years longer than any other harness house in Lee Co., except Los- pold, of Keokuk. He married in (0- tober, 1857, Miss Catharine Shields, a native of Philadelphia ; they have eight. children- Gertrude. Heury, Emily, Ka- tie. Minnie, Edward, Lewis and Pet.
ROBERTS. ABEL CUM- MINGS. H. D., was born in Queens- bury Tp., Warren Co., N. Y., Jan. 15. 1830; he was the titth child of Jona- athan and Melita (Cummings) Roberts,
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who had a family of fourteen ; in his youth, he attended the winter district. schools, and, in the summer, worked on his father's farm; as he grew older and advanced in education, he attended the High School at. Adrian, Mich., for one term, but most of his studies were pur- sued at odd times at home ; he selected medicine as a profession, and bent, all his energies to require a sufficient do- gree of knowledge to enable him to prop- erly pursue it ; after making such prog- ress as he could with this end in view, he attended lectures during the winter of 1850-51 at the University of Michi- gan ; his means being too limited to complete his studies, he went to the Eldorado of America- California- where he spent two years; in 1853, having accumulated a considerable sum, he returned, again attended lectures at the University, and graduated as M. D. in 1854; the same year, he began to practice in Otsego, Mich .; in 1859, he removed to Fort Madison, and engaged actively in the practice of his profession ; in 1862, he was appointed Contract Surgeon in the Government Hospital at Keokuk ; in March, 1863, he was com- missioned Surgeon to the 21st, Missouri Regiment, and served with it until mus- tered ont in April, 1866; returning home, he resumed practice ; the doctor is a man of wide popularity, and, in 1869, was elected Treasurer of the county, holding the office for six success- ive years ; in 1873, he was elected Mayor of Fort Madison. He was united in marriage, in 1854, to Emily A. Colo, of Ann Arbor, Mich., but a native of New York ; they have three children- all sons-Frank, the oldest, is a physi- cian, now a partner in practice with his father ; Dr. Roberts is often called upon to perform important surgical operations on patients from a distance; this was particularly the case since his return from service in the army, when he found a number of cases waiting for him; he has, for instance, ligated successfully the left subclavian artery, and performed many other capital operations; he was in all the battles in Mississippi, Tennes- see and Alabama ; after cach, the med- ical officers were kept busy operating for several days and nights without rest ;
when the army was disbanded, he ro- turned home and was appointed Pension Surgeon ; but being then, as now, owner and editor of the Fort Madison Demo- erat, he was deposed, for political rea- sons, in 1876; he is a member of the Towa Medical Society, and was a dele- gute from it to the American Medical Association, in 1871 ; he was Professor of Theory and Practice of Medicine in the College of Physicians and Surgeons at. Keokuk, in 1862-63, and delivered two courses of lectures; the doctor is a man of great mental activity and un- tiring industry and perseverance, and popular and successful in whatever he undertakes. He is a member of the Masonic order, and at present High Priest of the Chapter at Fort Madison, a member of the Fort Madison Medical Association, American Medical Asso- ciation and an honorary member of the California State Medical Society. Rollett, George, salesman.
Rose, William, gardener. Rosen, J. B., carpenter.
ROTHI, J. F., restaurant, and saloon ; born in Wittenberg, Germany, in 18.47; when 12 years of age, he emigrated to Amerien and came to Burlington in 1859 and learned the baker's trade. He enlisted in the army in March, 1864, in the 15th 1. V. 1., Co. H, and served until Aug. 3, 1865, and was discharged. He came to Fort Madison March 15, 1868, having taught school the winter previous at Niota ; has been in business since 1868; owns the building he oc- eupies and other property. Ho married Miss Catharine Doerr, a native of Germany, May 28, 1868; they have one son-Rollin G. ; lost one son. Rump, George, merchant.
RUSSELL, ROBERT A., insur- ance agent; was born in Maryville, Blount Co., Tenn., Dec. 12, 1803; he received hiseducation there and prepared himself for teaching. He married Miss Lonisa D. Spyker, a native of' Abingdon, Va., in August, 1833; in October, they came to Illinois and lived there until 1839, when they came to lowa and lo- cated at Fort Madison. Ho engaged in teaching for three or four years. Was elected to the office of County Treasurer, Collector and Recorder; he held the
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position of Secretary and Agent of the projected railroad from Fort Madison ; he was elected County Judge and served four years ; he was appointed Assistant Assessor of Internal Revenue for this distriet. le is now engaged in the in- surance business. Judge and Mrs. Russell have had three children, none of whom survive. They are members of the Presbyterian Church : Judge Rassell has served as Elder in this church for over fifty years.
YAND. JOHN H., clothing merchant. S
Sandross. Charles, clerk. Salmon, Joseph F., druggist.
Salmon. Theodore, drugyist.
SAWYER, JENNETT. MRS ..
is a native of Middlesex Co., Conn ; she was brought up in that State. She married Joseph Sawyer at Seneca Falls, N. Y. in 1838; he was a native of England ; the year following, they emigrated to Fowa; arrived in Fort Madison in September, 1839, and were among the early settlers ; he brought a stock of boots and shoes : they spent the first winter in West Point : about one year atter, they removed to Fort Madison, and Mr. Sawyer built the third brick house here : he was actively engaged in business here for many years, and died in October, ISTT, leaving quite a large property : Mrs. Sawyer has no children : she is actively interested in all charitable enterprises. Is an active member of the Presbyterian Church and has been a teacher in the Sabbath school over thirty years.
Sawyer. Samuel, fruit grower.
SCHAFER. GEORGE H .. of the firm of George H. Schafer & Co .. wholesale manufacturing druggists ; was born in Fort Madison July 15. IS6 : he attended school here and completed his education at Western Union College. Lyons, Iowa : he commenced to learn the drug business with Samuel Eckhart, of this city, who died in 1864; after his death. Mr. Schafer managed the business for MeFarland & Eckhart ; when he became of age in 1868, he be- came a partuer of Robert MeFarland under the firm name of MeFarland, Eckhart & Schater, which continued until the spring of 1872, when the firm
became George H. Schafer & Co .; they have the only steam laboratory in the West for the manufacture of the purest and best goods for the drug trade ; they are pioneers in this line of business in the West : Mr. Schafer has the manage- ment of business and has labored inde- fatigably, and by his determined energy built up a large and constantly increas- ing trade. He married Miss Natalie Koester June 15, 1869: she was born in Soest. Prussia, and came with her parents to America : they came to St. Lonis, where her father died of cholera ; he was an intimate friend of Carl Schurz. Miss Koester was brought up by Rev. Mr. Reis, former Pastor of the Lutheran Church here, under the guardianship of Mr. Shullenberg, of St. louis; she was educated and graduated at Fulton. Ill. : after graduating. sho went to Europe to visit relatives in Prussia and Belgium, and upon her re- turn, they were married at the Astor House, in New York City, and now live in the old homestead in this city ; they have two children-Robbie and Lulu.
SCHAFFER. JOHN D., was born in Wurtemberg. Germany. April 22, 1817 : he emigrated to America in July, 1838; he worked as a journeyman baker successively in Philadelphia. Cin- cinnati and Detroit, until he settled in Cairo. Ill .. in 1840, where he started in business for himself, with William Ben- der, now a prominent merchant in Memphis, Tenu. ; in 1843, he removed to lowa: settled in Fort Madison. On the 2'd of June, 1846, he married Louisa Peters, daughter of Matthias Peters : they have six children. He is still living in the residence-part of the old homestead, which, with two store- rooms, constitutes what is known as Schaffer's Corner, built by him in 1844, and where he carried on the general mercantile business, until the hard times, bad debts, Eads' securities, and other reverses, compelled him to sell off his stock at cost, pay all of his debts, one hundred cents on the dollar, and seek to recover his fortunes as sutler in the army; for most of the time since the war, he has been and is still en- gaged as Guard at the lowa State Peu- itentiary. He is a quiet man, of unas-
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suming manners, kind to his family. and loved by all who really know him. Schaper, Courad, merchant.
Schindhehn, Bernard, tailer.
SCHLAPP. GEORGE, of the firm of Geo. Schlapp & Bro .. Fort Mad- ison Brewery ; was born in Germany, Nov. 27. 1839 ; his parents emigrated to America when he was only 12 years of age : vame to lowa in 1853, and located in Lee Co; he engaged in the brewing business in 1858, and in 1866, ho built the large brewery on Front street, where they carry on the business; it has a capacity of manufacturing 4,600 barrels yearly. Mr. Sehlapp is promi- neutly identified with the building of the Fort Madison Western Narrow- Gauge R. R., and is also actively identi- tied with the interests of the city and county ; he is a stockholder and one of the Directors of the German-American Bank. He married Miss Mary Du- puis, from Germany, in October, 1863; they have six children-Otto, Charlie, Max, Ida, Mary and George.
SCHLAPP, HENRY, of the firm of George Schlapp & Bro., Fort Madi- son Brewery, was born in Germany Jan. 15, 1841 ; with his parents emigrated to America in 1851, and came to lowa and settled in Des Moines Co. When the war broke ont, he enlisted in 1861, in the 5th I. V. C., Co. F; he was in the battles of Fort Henry and Fort Donel- son, and in many other fights and skir- mishes ; was taken prisoner, paroled and left on the field with the wounded ; he was in the service until 1865 ; after the war, he lived in Davenport. He came here and began working in the brewery in 1871, and became associated with his brother in the business. He married Miss Augusta Platscher, a untive of this county, in August, 1875; they have two children-Ilelena and Fanny.
SCHLEMER, HENRY, billiard hall and saloon ; born in Marion Tp., Lee Co., lowa, May 1. 1843; he was brought up on a farm and lived there until March 2, 1869, when he removed to Fort Madison, and went in the gro- cery business; he was City Marshal one year, and was elected Justice of the Peace and served three years ; then was
appointed Deputy Sheriff; also, held school offices ; he then engaged in farm- ing for four years ; in January, 1879, he came in the city and engaged in his present business. He married Miss Mary Ann Kern Nov. 24, 1864; she was born in Lee Co., in Marion Tp .; they have five children-John T., Eliza- beth, William H., Anna C. and J. Bennie.
Schmidt Balthaser, rag-seller. Schmidt, John, shoemaker.
Schneider, L., jeweler.
Schomaker, Henry, gardener.
Schomaker, J. B., tailor.
Schomaker, John B., carpenter.
Scholtz, Robert, brickmason.
Schott, William, furniture-dealer.
SCHROEDER, HENRY L., of
the firm of Roberts & Schroeder, pub- lishers of the Fort Madison Democrat ; was born here Aug. 25, 1848; entered the office of the Plain Dealer, where ho learned the printing business ; he re- mained there nine years; in 1874. he became associated with Dr. Roberts, and since then they have published the Democrat. He married Miss Lizzie Borchers, of this city, May 21, 1872; they have two children-Ida and Gene- vieve.
Schulte, Franz, shoemaker. Schulte, Herman H., merchant.
SCHULTE. STEPHEN, plaster-
er; was born in Prussia Jan. 18, 1821 ; he emigrated to America Dee. 25, 1846; came to lowa and settled in Fort Madi- son in the spring of 1847 ; worked in brickyard and at steamboating; then learned the plasterer's trade, and has worked at the business ever since then ; he has worked longer at the trade than any other plasterer in Fort Madison ; when he came here he only had $7 in money ; now owns a nice home and other city property. He has held the office of City Alderman ten years. He married Anna Mary Steffensmeyer, from Prussia, Feb. 22, 18-46 ; they have seven children ; they lost three sons ; Theresa is teaching in Baltimore ; John. Mary, Stephen, Frank, Katie, Joseph.
Schume, Martin, retired. Schurek, Fred, See. 2.
SCHWARTZ, JOHN H., dealer in dry goods and clothing; was born in
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Fort Madison Jan. 10, 1846 ; he at- tended school here, then in Kentucky for three years ; in 1861, he entered a store in Keokuk, and continued there until the spring of 1864, when he engaged in business here ; from a small beginning he has, by his energy and business ability, built up a large and extensive trade. He married Miss Pauline Hellman, a native of Galena, Nov. 13, 1875; they have three children-Eddie, Albert, Ernie.
SCHWARTZ. JOSEPH G.,
merchant dealer in boots and shoes ; was born in Fort Madison, Lee Co., Iowa, Oct. 1, 1851 ; his parents being early settlers, Joseph was brought up here, and attended school ; completed his ed- ucation in St. Louis; he was engaged in business about five years; in 1876, he engaged in the boot and shoe busi- ness here ; carries a well-selected stock of fine goods, and has the best class of trade.
SEMPLE, F. H., attorney ; was born in Bradford Co., Penn., June 24, 1841 ; when only 4 years of age, his father re- moved to Iowa; settled in Lee Co. in 1845, near Franklin, and practiced law in this county from 1847 to 1875; F. IL. received his education in this coun- ty, and studied law with his father; was admitted to the bar in December, 1867, and since then has practiced law here. He enlisted July 25, 1862, in Co. E, 19th Reg. Iowa Inf., and served three years. He married Miss Catharine G. Walter, a native of Venango Co., Penn., Sept. 25, 1866; theyhave four children -Edgar H., Jessie W., Albert HI. and Francis.
SHAW, WM. B., retired bricklayer; was born at New Albany, Ind., April 30, 1825; when 11 years of age, moved to Illinois ; came to Iowa, and located in Fort Madison, in the spring of 1841, and learned the trade of bricklayer ; worked at that business until 1868, and since then, for the past ten years, he has been engaged in buying and selling real estate and attending to his property ; when he began life, he had nothing, and by industry and good management, he now owns a number of houses and lots here, 100 acres adjoining the city and two other farms. He married Julia
McGinley, of Ohio, in 1851 ; she died in 1860, leaving two children-Mary and Eddie. He married Elizabeth Boley, from Indiana, in 1864; they have oue daughter-Cora.
Shepherd, Addison.
Siemer, Clemens, bricklayer.
Sieman, Henry, janitor, Court House.
Sierweke, Joseph, tailor.
SLACK, THOMAS A., black- smith and agent for agricultural imple- ments ; was born in Greene Co., S. C., May 30, 1829 ; he came to Cincinnati in early childhood, lived there and in In- diana, and learned the trade of black- smith ; he came to Iowa and located in Lee Co., in 1852 ; he has been engaged in selling agricultural implements for fifteen years and has done an extensive business; in the fall of 1874, his place of business was burned out ; he lost con- siderable ; he has a taste for fine horses, and his daughter, "Kittie," is one of the most expert drivers in the State. He married Emily Sargent, from En- gland, in April, 1877; they have one son, Thomas Edward, born Feb. 12, 1879. Mr. Slack has had three dangh- ters by former marriage-Juliet, Lizzie and Kittie.
Smith, Albert R., tinner. Smith, Charles A., tinner.
SMITH, EDWIN D., dealer in hardware, stoves and house-furnishing goods ; was born in England Nov. 21, 1840; his parents emigrated to Amer- iea when he was only 6 years of age; came the same year to lowa, and settled in Fort Madison ; he enlisted in the 19th I. V. L., Co. E; he was in the battle of Prairie Grove, capture of Vicksburg, Fort Brown, Texas, Spanish Fort, and many other severe fights and skirmishes ; he received four flesh wounds; was taken prisoner at Morganza, but was held only a few minutes, when, with two oth- ers, he escaped; after his return, he engaged in the hardware business. He married Miss Bessie M. Smith, a native of Virginia, in October, 1876.
SMITH, EDWIN F., of the firm of E. F. Smith & Co., meat market ; was born in England April 29, 1847; his parents emigrated to this country in 1848 ; came to Iowa the same year, and located in Fort Madison, in June, 1848 ;
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Edwin was brought up here; he was engaged in steamboating for three years, holding the position of clerk and ex- press agent ; he established his present business in 1872, and since then has carried it on successfully ; in 1875, his brother became interested with him in the business. Mr. Smith does a strictly cash trade, and never asks credit of any one, nor will he buy anything unless he pays for it when he gets it.
Smith, Frank R., tinner.
Smith, George H., tinsmith.
Smith, J. P., barber.
Smith, John A., blacksmith.
SMITH, JOSEPH A., DR., Cashier of the Fort Madison Bank ; was born in Greensburg, Westmoreland Co., Penn., Feb. 27, 1821; his father was a native of Boston, Mass., and was a graduate of Yale College, and took a degree at Harvard; he removed to Pitts- burgh, Penn., and published The Hespe- rus, the first literary paper published west of the Alleghanies, and was the first editor of The Saturday Evening Visitor, which is still published there. Dr. Smith was brought up and attended school in Pittsburgh; took his classical course and completed his education at Danville, Ky .; he studied medicine and graduated in 1844; practiced medicine in Ohio until the spring of 1851, then came to Iowa, and located in Farming- ton and practiced his profession for some years ; then engaged in the mercan- tile business, also, in the packing and provision business; he carried on this business very successfully ; in the fall of 1868, he removed to Fort Mad- ison ; in 1875, he associated with him Mr. Charles Brewster, engaged in bank- ing; they are men of large property and sterling integrity, and enjoy the confi- dence of the citizens of Lce Co. and the whole State; when Dr. Smith began life, he had nothing, and owes his success in life to his own efforts. He married Miss Ellen E. Laws, from Barnesville, Belmont Co., Ohio, Dec. 3, 1845; they have one adopted child, Ellen E. P. Smith.
Smith, Robert E., salesman, lumber-yard. SMITH, ROSWELL J., Re- corder of Lee Co .; born in Denmark Tp., Lec Co., Feb. 12, 1841, where he
received his education; he has used crutches since he was 4 years of age ; yet he educated himself, and when he was 16 years old, began teaching. and when 21 years of age, he had a good horse and saddle and $200 out at inter- est, all saved from his carnings ; he taught ten years, and was engaged in the boot and shoe business ten years, and was elected Recorder in 1876, and re-elected in 1878. Married Miss Car- rie A. Sheffield Sept. 3, 1867 ; she was a native of Indiana, but her childhood was passed in the city of New York; they have two children-Winnifred A. and John Owens; they have lost two children.
SMITH, THOMAS, dairyman and ice-dealer ; was born in England Aug. 20, 1815; lived there until 1848, when he emigrated to America; came to Iowa and located in Fort Madison the same year, arriving there in June, 1848. While in England, married Mary Ekins in 1837; after coming here he kept a dairy for a long time; he owns Island No. 14 in the Mississippi River, oppo- site Fort Madison, and has served steam- boats with milk day and night during the summer season for twenty-cight years; he has also been engaged in the ice business over twenty years. Has held the office of City Alderman. They have six children-Robert, . Wal- ter, Ekin, Edwin B., Mayme and Sid- ney T.
Smith, Walter, butcher.
SOECHTIG. AUGUST, Jr., of the firm of Socchtig & Diedrich, grocers and bakers ; born in Brunswick, Germany, Nov. 25, 1841; his parents came to America when he was only 2 years of age; after living in New Or- leans, and Belleville, Ill., they came to Iowa and located in Fort Madsion in 1844; August was brought up here and learned the baker's trade; he was in St. Louis about three years. He cn- listed in the army Oct. 6, 1861, in the 5th Regiment I. V. C., Co. F, and was inbattles of Fort Donelson, Murfreesboro, and many fights and skirmishes ; he was in the service three years; was mus- tered out Oct. 10, 1864; after the war, he returned and engaged in business here Oct. 1, 1866. He married Miss
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Elizabeth Diedrich, a native of Germany, Sept. 25, 1865; she died April 23, 1874, leaving four children ; three sur- vive-Freddie, Dora and Lulu. He married Miss Louisa Diedrich in 1875 ; she was born in this county Dec. 5, 1848; they have one son-Charlie. Spach, James, works on R. R.
SPREEN, HENRY C., saloon ; was born in Germany Sept. 13, 1843 when 15 years of age, he came to Amer- ica in 1858, and lived in Pittsburgh, Penn., until the war broke out, when he enlisted as private in August, 1861, in the 77th Regiment Penn. V. I., Co. B, Army of the Cumberland; he was in the battles of Shiloh, Stone River, Lib- erty Gap, Chickamauga, where his regi- ment was nearly all captured, also at Lookout Mountain, in the Atlanta cam- paign, at Jonesboro, Franklin and Nash- ville; he was wounded in the battle of Stone River ; was promoted and com- missioned Lieutenant, and received the Badge of Honor; it is of gold; the tri- angle represents the 4th, the acorn, the 14th, and the star, the 20th, army corps; after the war, returned to Pittsburgh ; he came to Iowa and located in Fort Madison in January, 1875. He mar- ried Miss Sophia Voight, a native of Germany, in September, 1867.
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