The history of Lee county, Iowa, containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, &c., Part 98

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

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Stabb, John, gardener.

Stackman, William, carpenter.

Staub, William P., Ex-County Clerk.

STEMPEL, H. C., Deputy Clerk of the Courts of Lee Co .; was born in Prussia in 1833 ; when 14 years of age, he came to America, in 1847 ; he came to Iowa and located in Fort Madison, and learned the saddler's trade ; he aft- erward studied law with Hon. John Van Valkenburg, and was admitted to the bar in May, 1862; he was appointed Deputy Clerk of the Courts in 1864, and served two years, and since then has practiced law here, until he was ap- pointed to his present position in Janu- ary, 1879. He married Miss Anna B. Degenhardt, a native of Prussia, May 1, 1867 ; they have four children- Guido, Austin, Carl and Selma.

STEMPEL, HERMAN F .. M. ! D., physician and U. S. Revenue Gau- ger ; was born in Prussia, July 24, 1824. He was brought up and received

his education there, and studied medi- cine; he emigrated to America in 1847; came to Iowa and settled in Ft. Madi- son the same year ; practiced medicine until 1852; then held the office of Deputy County Treasurer and Recorder for eleven years, until January, 1864; in 1869, he was appointed U. S. Reve- nue Guager, and since then has held that position, and has also practiced his profession. He married Charlotte Walter, from Hanover, Germany, Nov. 10, 1853; she died in 1876, leaving six children - Eugene, Arthur, Valeska, Wolfgang, Willie and Herman ; they lost three children.

Stephenson, E., clothing dealer.

Stephenson, John, clothing dealer.

Stewart, Alex., traveling agent.

Stewart, Ed., inventor.

Stewart, H. C., grain dealer.

STEWART, WILLIAM,

COL., retired; was born in Sussex Co., N. J., June 4th, 1790. His father, Daniel Stewart, was born in Litchfield, Conn., November 18, 1762; when 15 years old, he enlisted as a soldier in the Revolutionary army, and served till the close of the war; he then removed to Sussex Co., N. J., where he engaged, successfully, in business for several years, and accumulated some property ; in 1801, he exchanged his property in New Jersey for two shares in the Ohio Company's purchase, and closed out his business with a view to moving West. Col. William Stewart, his son, who ac- companied his father to Ohio, says : "In October, 1802, father returned to the old farm to rig out a team for emigration to the Northwest Territory ; the prepar- ations having been completed, a day and hour was set for starting; at the appointed time, 8 o'clock A. M., about a hundred friends and neighbors from all quarters came flocking in to bid us farewell, and I shall never forget the scene that followed ; they all thought we were going so far beyond the world's boundary that we should never be heard of again ; the hubbub lasted till 5 o'clock in the afternoon before father could say good bye with a strong voice, and then we started ; went three miles and camped for the night. The next morning, we moved on; the teams were heavily

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loaded and the roads tolerable till we approached the Alleghany Mountains, when they became terribly rough and dangerous ; crossing the mountains the family were afraid to ride in the wagons, and, therefore, walked this part of the way ; at the very steep descents, father would cut saplings, fasten them, top- foremost, to the tail of the wagon, and then go down, depending on the sap- lings as a brake. The journey was a long, wearisome and dangerous one, but we finally reached thé Hockhocking in safety." This was in the winter ; Mr. Stewart settled on a fine tract of land on the river about a mile above the mouth of Federal Creek ; possessing considerable means, great energy and uncommon business talent, he soon had the best farm in the county; as early as 1810, he had an orchard of three thou- sand bearing fruit trees-two thousand peach and one thousand apple trees-at that time, probably, the largest orchard in the State; he was one of the first two Justices of the Peace in the town- ship (Elijah Hatch being the other), and acted as such altogether more than twenty years ; he was County Commis- sioner for many years, and was appointed by the Legislature one of the early Ap- praisers of the College lands. Mr. Stew- art was an active member of the Meth- odist Church for sixty years of his life ; always contributed liberally to the sup- port of its ministers and the erection of churches; he died Feb. 20, 1858. The subject of this sketch came to Ohio with his parents in 1802 ; when 17 years of age, he was elected a Lieutenant in the Militia, and was Captain of a com- pany raised there in 1812, which ex- pected to be but was not called into the service ; some years later he was appoint- ed a Colonel. The contract for erecting the Ohio University Building was awarded to him in 1817. He married Julia Hulbert, a native of Connecticut, in 1813; she died in 1823, leaving two children-William R. and Emeline ; he afterward married Miss Julia C. Car- penter, a native of Connecticut ; they emigrated to Iowa, located in Lee Co. in 1840, and engaged in the mercantile trade ; in 1847, he was elected Superin- tendent of schools, and during that and

the following year he organized one hundred and five school districts ; he has held other offices. There are very few men now living who have seen the first President of the United States, yet Col. Stewart has seen George Wash- ington, and was well acquainted with Aaron Burr. Col. Stewart has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church since 1810-nearly seventy years. Col. Stewart and his wife have six children-Charles, living in Chicago; Mary (now Mrs. Knapp) ; Alexander, living here; Edward, living here; D. Wallace, living in Ottumwa ;. Lucy (now Mrs. Hawley), living in Ottumwa.

Stilwell, William, blacksmith.

STOEVENER, JOHN T., Depu- ty County Treasurer ; was born in Ger- many, April 30, 1845 ; attended school and entered the seminary at Buerin, West- phalia, where he completed his education, graduated and received his certificate as teacher ; he came to the United States in November, 1866; after remaining in St. Louis a short time, he taught school in Madonnaville, Monroe Co., Ill., three and a half years ; then came to Fort Madison, in 1869, and was engaged in teaching over five years, and resigned May 1, 1875 ; was a partner in the- Concordia Brewery until Jan. 1, 1876, when he was appointed to his present position ; he has held office of Town Clerk for three years. He married Miss Nellie Scheid in August, 1868 ; she is- native of Germany, but has lived in this State since 4 years of age; they have. four children-Theodore, Lizzie, Minnie, Nellie ; they lost one son, Ferdinand. Storms, Jacob, guard, Prison. Styner, Jacob, carpenter.

Suesse, August, Sec. 2. Sweeney, George W., guard, Prison. AMME, FRED., retired. T

TEWKSBURY, J. R., photograph artist ; born in New Hampshire, near Concord, May 17, 1831 ; his parents, who were from Tewksbury, England, removed to Western New York, where he was brought up; he came to Iowa in 1854 ; in April, 1856, he opened the first railroad ticket office in Keokuk ; he held the position of General Western

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Agent of the C., B. & Q. R. R., for six years ; went across the plains to Idaho and Montana ; was engaged in fruit cul- ture in Southern Illinois ; was in business in New York City ; then returned to Iowa and was engaged in photographing at Farmington for eight years, and established the business here in the fall of 1875. He married Miss E. Carrie Grubb May 27, 1856 ; she is a native of McConnellsville, Morgan Co., Ohio ; her father, Walter Grubb, came to Iowa in 1841, and was an old settler ; he was Postmaster at Farmington for many years.

Thomas, Gustar, merchant.

Tieken, Henry, stone-mason.

TIEKEN, JOHN B., stone-mason ; was born in Hanover, Germany, July 20, 1818; he came to America in January, 1841 ; lived in Vicksburg and St. Louis for three years; came to Iowa and settled in Fort Madison, in December, 1844, and began working at his trade of stone-mason ; he has continued at it since then ; when he came here he had nothing, and now owns several houses and lots and four acres of land in the city limits. He married Margaretta Meier, from Germany, June 24, 1844 ; she died in October, 1875 ; they have three children-Heinrich, living in Mil- waukee; Elizabeth, teaching in High School ; Anna Mary, at home, keeps house for her father.

Traga, Frank, Sec. 4. Traga, John, grocer.

Treusch, Peter, shoemaker.

TREMAINE, HARMON H., of the firm of Dawley & Tremaine, publishers of the Fort Madison Plain- dealer ; was born in Oconomowoc, Waukesha Co., Wis., Aug. 3, 1852; when 14 years of age, removed to Web- ster Co., Iowa, attended school and pre- pared himself for teaching; he began teaching when 19 years of age, and taught for seven years, until coming to Fort Madison; he associated with John M. Dawley, and purchased the Plain- dealer in November, 1878.

Troener, Frank, tinner.

NVERZAGT, HENRY H.,

merchant and dealer in groceries and provisions ; was born in Brunswick, Germany, Dec. 24, 1839 ; when only 6

years of age, his parents emigrated to America, and came to Iowa and settled in Fort Madison in the same year, in 1845 ; he was guard at the prison seven years ; he has been engaged in mercan- tile business for the past thirteen years ; he has held the office of City Alderman for seven years; held the office of Mayor pro tem. for two years, and was Repre- sentative in the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows; he was initiated in the Order in 1861. He married Miss Mary A. Kingsley, a native of Pennsylvania, at Greensburg, Penn., Oct. 25, 1863; they have one daughter-Sadie.

ASKE, HERMAN, wagon-maker. V

VAN VALKENBURG, JOHN, attorney, of the firm of Van Valkenburg & Hamilton; was born in Lincoln Co., Canada, April 16, 1832; when 9 years of age, he came with his parents to the States ; they came to Iowa and located in Lee Co. in 1846, settling on a farm; when 17 years of age, John entered the preparatory school of Prof. Howe, at Mt. Pleasant ; be re- mained there about three years, then went to Oberlin, Ohio, and completed his education at Knox College, Gales- burg, Ill .; while there, he was elected Principal of the State Normal School of Iowa; by the recommendation of the President and Faculty of the College- after occupying this position for one year with ability and satisfaction to all -they tendered him the appointment for another year, but he declined; hav- ing chosen the study of law as his pro- fession, he entered the law office of Cornell, Jamison & Wait; he completed his law studies with Miller & Beck, of this city, and was admitted to the bar Oct. 15, 1857; the following July, he began the practice of law ; has con- tinued for over twenty years, and is the oldest lawyer now in practice in Fort Madison ; he was Congressional Elector in 1864, and Presidential Elector at large in 1876 ; in 1874, he was a can- didate for Congress, and came within one vote of receiving the nomination ; George W. McCrary was nominated on the 147th ballot ; he held the office of Deputy District Attorney for two years ; he is prominently identified with secret

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societies, being Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows, and is also in the highest chair of the order of Knights of Pythias in this State, and for three sessions he has been a member of the National Council of the Grand Lodge of the World ; he is the author of the Standard Manual of the Order of Knights, which is about to pass to its third edition ; he has now prepared and ready for the press, "The Jewels of Pythian Knighthood ;" Mr. V. is a self-made man, acquired his education by his own efforts, and worked his way to his present position. He married Miss Mary J. Douglass July 3, 1861 ; she is a native of this city and county, daughter of James Douglass ; they have three children-Edward Douglass, Clement Lincoln and Joel Walker.

Viele, Philip, retired. Voss, John G., saloon.

W AGNER, W., guard, prison.

WALKER, J. C., DR., retired ; was born in Springfield, Ohio, Feb. 7, 1813 ; he received his education in that State, and studied medicine and gradu- ated at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, in 1836; he came to Iowa, and located in Fort Madison in December, 1836, and is one of the few old settlers now living, who emigrated here during that year ; he engaged in the practice of medicine. On the 10th of October, 1838, he married Miss Martha N. Stewart; she was a native of Missouri, and daughter of Dr. Abraham Stewart, Surgeon in the United States Army ; she came to Lee Co. in October, 1835, and is the oldest settler in Fort Madison; she has lived in three Territories without removing; when she came here, this was Michigan Territory, until July, 1836 ; from that time until 1838, was Wisconsin Territory, and in 1838, it became Iowa Territory. Her mother, now 84 years of age, lives with her. Dr. Walker practiced here for fifteen years. He held the office of Clerk of the United States District Court for five years, under the Territorial Govern- ment, and held the office of Collector of Internal Revenue of the First Iowa Dis. trict, from August, 1862 until July, 1867. He has always been a strong

Antislavery man, and has been actively identified with the interests of the city and county ; he has held the office of Mayor of the city. Dr. and Mrs. Walker have had six children; three survive-Emily W., who married Rev. Geo. D. Stewart, Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, of this city ; Mar- garet, living in Washington, D. C., and Buffon S., who is a civil engineer.

Walter, Abraham, furniture-maker.

Walter, Daniel, fruit-grower.

Walter, Francis, merchant.

Watson, Abraham, painter and paper- hanger.

Weitman, Michael, miller.

WELSING, HERMAN, Treas- urer of Lec County ; was born in West- phalia, Germany, April 23, 1829; he emigrated to America in 1855; came to Iowa in 1857; located at West Point, in this county, and engaged in the mer- cantile business ; he continued until the fall of 1875, when he was elected County Treasurer ; re-elected in the fall of 1877 ; he has held office of Assessor, Justice of the Peace, Mayor and Postmas- ter of West Point, and other town and school offices. He married Miss Mary Ann Benjamin, of New Orleans, Oct. 11, 1863; they have six children-August,

Annie, Theresa, Emrich, William, Ida. Werner, Frank, tailor.

Westerhoff, Theodore, tailor.

Westhalen, Ignatus, carpenter.

Westphalen, William, far., See. 7.

WESTON & CO.

WESTON, JOHN H., of the firm of Weston & Co .; among the large man- ufacturers of lumber in the West is the firm of Weston & Co., of La Crosse, Wis., and Fort Madison ; the principal member of the firm, John H. Weston, was born in Skowhegan, Me., June 5, 1848; when 14 years of age, he came West and attended school in Chicago and in Bureau Co., Ill. for two years ; then entered the office of his father, who was carrying on the lumber business ; from his close application to the interests of the business, its direction devolving largely upon him, when 21 years of age he became associated with his father, and since then he has had the entire active management of the large and extensive business conducted by this firm ; during

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the winter season they employ 300 to 400 men in getting out logs ; besides their mills at La Crosse and Fort Madi- son, they have mills and warehouses in Wisconsin ; their mills have a capacity of manufacturing 12,000,000 feet of lumber yearly ; they also do a large logging business, selling from 8,000,000 to 10,000,000 feet of logs, in addition to what they cut for their own milling. Mr. Weston married Miss Adett V. Plotte, of Virginia, Dec. 13, 1871. Wetzstein, Christ, shoemaker.

WEVER, LAURA C., MRS., formerly Miss Laura C. MeConn, is a native of this city, aud a daughter of Daniel MeConn, Esq., one of the earliest settlers of Lee Co. ; she grew up here, and was educated in St. Louis. She married C. R. Wever, a native of Jeffer- son Co., N. Y .; he was engaged in the banking business, and died in February, 1874, leaving a large property.

Whiteaker, John, retired Judge.

Wibkes, John B., gardiner.

Wiebler, Barney, carpenter. Wiebler, Frank, carpenter.

Wiebler, Henry, tailor.

Wilde, Jonathan, grocer.

Wilkin, William, carpenter.

Wilmotte, Henry, plasterer. Willing, Henry, farmer, Sec. 5. Wilson, Cromwell, retired.

Wilson, E. G., merchant.

WILSON, HAZEN, retired ; was born in Windsor Co., Vt., June 21, 1825 ; when 12 years of age, his parents emigrated to Iowa; they came by wagons, his father driving one ox-team and he and his brother drove the other ; they started May 19, 1837, were ten weeks on the way, and arrived in Lee Co. the last of July, 1837 ; they located in Washington Tp., on Sec. 1, and made a farm; they built a saw-mill on Lost Creek, started it in December, 1838, and sawed the first lumber in Lee Co .; in 1849, they rebuilt their mill; in the spring of 1850, Hazen started overland to Oregon ; he went with an ox-team, and was six months on the way ; he re- mained there three years, was engaged in manufacturing lumber ; he built five saw- mills while there ; he returned in 1853, and in 1855 bought his brother's mill on Skunk Creek : operated that a short

time, and then removed to Mendota Ill., lived there three years ; and went to Southern Illinois and engaged in fruit- growing ; he had the largest fruit orchard in the State, if not in the country ; it contained 1,100 trees and he grew small fruits in proportion ; he returned to Ft. Madison in 1870, and since then has not been engaged in active business, ex- cept attending to the care of his prop- erty. He is a strong Republican and was an Old-Line Abolitionist when it cost- men something to stand by their princi- ples. He married Miss Susan Dean, a native of Ohio, Dec. 3, 1853; they have two daughters-Ada and Birdie. May.

Wilson, John, lumber-dealer.

Wilson, J. G., Consul to Jerusalem.

Windmeier, Alexander, liquor-dealer.

WINTER. I ILLIAM, City

Assessor of Fort Madison; born in York, York Co., Penn., Jan. 27, 1827 ; when 9 years of age, his father moved to Ohio ; William lived there until the spring of 1847, when he enlisted for the Mexican War, in the 4th Regiment, O. V. I., Co. G; the regiment voted to enlist for the war; he was discharged Ang. 20, 1848, returned to Ohio, and, in the spring of 1849, married Miss Mary A. Crisher, a native of Pennsyl- vania; they came to Iowa, settled in Ft. Madison, and opened a bakery; in the summer of 1852, his wife and one child died of cholera, leaving one son- William H .; he returned to Ohio, re- mained two years, and there, on Dec. 17, 1853, married Minerva L. Cook, of Ashland, Ohio ; they came here in 1854, and since have resided here. Mr. Win- ter has held the office of City Assessor for sixteen years ; they have six children -Charles F. (pilot on the ferry), George, Albert, Clara, Julia and Sher- man.

WITZ, FRED, bricklayer ; was born in Baden, Germany, Sept. 26, 1826 ; he learned his trade there ; he emigrated . to America in 1854, and lived in St. Louis until 1872, when he came to Iowa and settled in Fort Madison ; since then he has followed his trade, and has made what he owns by his earnings. He married Amelia Nachtwine, from Prussia, in 1854.

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Wolter, William, far., Sec. 5. Woodward, A., river pilot. Wright, John, engineer. Wright, Thomas, engineer.

WRIGHT, ROSANNA, MRS.,

formerly Miss Rosanna Irvin ; was born in Virginia ; came to Indiana, where she married Thomas Wright in 1827; he was a native of South Carolina and was born in 1801; they lived in Indi- ana about ten years, then removed to Illinois, where they lived until coming here in 1851; Mr. Wright died of cholera in 1850, leaving nine children -Margaret (now Mrs. Henderson, who lives here), Mary, Perry C. (living South), Thomas W. (an engineer), Car- oline (now Mrs. Col. Sanford, of Mar- shalltown), Nancy M. (now Mrs. Sam- uel Atlee), Ella (now Mrs. Strain, liv- ing in California), John T. (an engin- eer), Artemisia (now Mrs. Myers, of Kansas); during the war, Perry C. en-

listed, served as ensign in the navy and had charge of the tug dispatch-boat Ivy. WRIGHT, SAMUEL, retired ; was born in England in 1812; he learned the trade of machinist and emi- grated to America in 1832, and lived in Ohio until he came here, in 1840, and located in Lee Co .; has made a farm close by Keokuk, where the west part of the city now stands ; he was engaged in steamboating for fifteen years, acting as engineer. He married Miss Leonora Dowd, of Missouri, in July, 1874 ; she is a native of Vermont. When 'Mr. Wright began life, he had nothing; has earned what he acquired by his own in- dustry.

Y AEKEL, GEORGE, expressman.

Z IMMERMAN, F., cabinet-maker.

ZOOK, JACOB, fruit-grower.

MONTROSE TOWNSHIP.

A DAMS, A., far., Sec. 24; P. O. Mon- trose.

Adams, W. J., far., S. 24; P. O. Montrose. Anderson, Andrew, far., Sec. 31 ; P. O. Summitville.

Anderson, Frank, harness-maker, Montrose. Anderson, J. G., far., Sec. 13 ; P. O. Mon- trose.

Anderson. Geo., boat builder, Montrose. ANDERSON, JOHN M., M. D.,

Montrose; was born in 1818, in Ken- tucky; he removed from Kentucky to Quincy, Ill., in 1829, and to Van Buren Co., Iowa, in 1836; he came to Mon- trose in 1844; he received his medical education in Van Buren Co. He was married in 1843, to Electa Miles, a native of Vermont; they have had six children ; four now living-Flora J., Frank, Josephine and Lilly; two de- ceased-Augusta and Viola. The Doc- tor has been engaged in the practice of medicine, in Montrose, for thirty-five years; has also been engaged in the mercantile business; was a member of the Legislature in 1851 and 1856.

Andrews, W. C., Jr., far., Sec. 3; P. O Montrose.

B ALLEAU I. P., carpenter, Mon- trose.

Ballinger, F. M., far., Sec. 36 ; P. O. San- dusky.

Ballinger, Wm., far., Sec. 35; P. O. Ke- okuk.

Barber, J. P., Rapids pilot, Montrose.

Barrett, Wm., Sec. 24, Montrose.

Bassett, Wm., farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Mon- trose.

BECKLEY, CHARLES A., farmer, Sec. 9 ; P. O. Montrose ; Mr. Beckley was born in Lawrence Co., Ohio, in 1831; his father, Solomon Beck- ley, was a pioneer of Lee Co .; he came to Farmington, Van Buren Co., in 1841, and removed in 1844, to Montrose, where he engaged in mercantile business for one year; he then purchased the farm now owned and occupied by his son Charles ; he was a member of the Presbyterian Church for fifty years, al- ways contributing liberally to the sup- port of the Gospel. Ever laboring in

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the cause of education, and in all projects for public improvement ; he was form- erly a Whig; a Republican after the or- ginization of that party, and strongly Antislavery in his views : he was a lawyer by profession. He planted a fine or- chard on his farm in 1846; its fruit was about the first evidence of the taet that apples may be successfully cultivated in this portion of Iowa. Mr. Solomon Beckley died in 1874, at the age of $2 years ; his wife, Mrs. Laura Beckley. still survives, at the advanced age of So Years. Mr. Charles A. Beckley married in 1855. Josephine Simmons, a native of Ohio; born in 1834; they have had eight children : four now living-Henry S .. Mary I .. Laura C. and Louis S. Mr. Beckley was Township Clerk for the years 1872 and IS73: is Assessor for 1879. Mr. Henry Simmons, a brother-in-law of Mr. Beckley's, resides with the latter; he was born in Ohio in 1832: came to lowa in 1844, and to Montrose in 1851; was educated at Yellow Springs College, Des Moines Co. He enlisted in 1861, in the 2d lowa Inf. : remained with his regiment two years : participated in the battles of Fort Donelson, Pittsburg Landing, Corinth, luka, ete : was promoted to a aeptainey in the 55th U. S. C. Inf. : was discharged at Baton Rouge, La .. December. 1865 ; he went to Montana in 1866, and engaged in mining: he lost his sight by an ex- plosion in the mines, in 1870, and re- turned ; is now an occasional contributor to several newspapers, under the nom de plume of Petros.

Beebe. A. S., farmer, See. 36; P. O. Sandusky.

Best. James, steamboatman, Montrose.

Bishop, Edward, farmer, Sec. 23 ; P. O. Montrose.

Blair. E. A., farmer, Sec. 30 ; P. O. San- dusky.

BLAKELY. W. T., M. D .. Montrose : was born in Grundy Co .. Mo., in IS41 ; his father, Ira Blakely. M. D., was one of the early settlers of that county ; the Doctor pursued his medical studies with his father, and be- gan the practice of medicine with Dr. George Hay, at Corydon. Wayne Co., Iowa ; he graduated at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Keokuk, in

February, 1873; came to Montrose, and began the practice of his profession, in December of the same year. Married in 1873, Lettio Zern, a resident ot Wayne Co .: they have two children -George H. and Mand.

BLISS. JAS. T .. REV .. Pastor of Presbyterian Church, Montrose : Mr. Bliss was born in Massachusetts in 1813: he obtained his literary ednes- tion in Massachusetts; he removed to Indiana in 1837, where he engaged in teaching ; he graduated at the Theolog- ical Seminary, New Albany, Ind., in 1844; he passed the first twelve years of his ministry at Auburn, Ind; then removed to Alton, Ill., where he passed seven years; then to MeDonough Co. Ill., where he remained five years : ho then removed to Chili, Ill .. where, his health failing, he remained but one and one-half years ; he then engaged in bus- iness at Bigysville. Ill., where he remained seven years ; his health im- proving, he decided to re-enter the ministry: came to Montrose, and took charge of the church here in 1876. Mr. Bliss is now living with his third wife : he was married in 1839 to Mary Ann Abels : they had one son-William H .. now deceased; Mrs. Bliss died in 1841. he married in 1844. Eliza M. Merrill : had three children by this marriage, two of whom are living-Carrie I and Leonard M. : Eleanor M, died in 1875: Mr. Bliss lost his second wife in 1851; he was married in 1853 to Janet Brown, a native of Glasgow. Scotland ; has had nine children by third marriage. only three now living-Mary E .. Alice E. and Nettie M.

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The history of Lee county, Iowa, containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, &c., Part 98

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