The history of Linn county, Iowa, containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, &t., a biographical directory of its citizens, war record of its volunteers in the late rebellion, general and local statistics history of the Northwest etc, Part 101

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BUCHANAN, GEORGE, farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Cedar Rapids ; owns 177 acres, probable value, $8,850; Mr. B. was born Aug. 28, 1818, in Stirlingshire, Scotland, where he was sent to school from the time he was 4 years until he was 8 years old, when he went to work in a cotton factory, where he re- mained until he was 15 years of age; at this time (1833) he began his appren- ticeship at shoemaking, and after serving three years, worked as a journeyman until 1843; he then took charge of his father's business in the boot and shoe trade, which he conducted until he emi- grated to the United States in 1849, arriving in New York City in July of that year ; he at once traveled as far west as Brown Co., Ohio, where he lived until the Spring of 1852, when he came to Linn Co., Ia., and settled in Clinton Tp. in April of the same year (1852). He was married June 24, 1845, to Mary, daughter of James Thomas, of Stirlingshire, Scotland ; she was born June 5, 1819; they have seven children-Agnes was born Feb. 24, 1846; Thomas, Jan. 28, 1848; James, March 4, 1850 ; John, Aug. 22, 1852 ; William, Aug. 15, 1854 ; George,

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Nov. 20, 1856, and Janet, April 15, 1858. Mr. Buchanan is Township Trustee, and is serving his second term ; he was Township Supervisor two terms, Assessor two terms, and School Director two years. In politics he is a Repub- lican, and is a member of the United Presbyterian Church, of which denom- ination Mrs. Buchanan is also a member. Burch, Leroy, farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Cedar Rapids.

Burt, Samuel, far., S. 11; Cedar Rapids. Burt W. S., farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Cedar Rapids.

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YALDWELL, EDWIN, farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Cedar Rapids.

Christopher, John, farmer, Sec. 21 ; P. O. Cedar Rapids.

CHAMBERLAIN, LAFAY-

ETTE, farmer, Sec. 7 ; P. O. Cedar Rapids ; owns forty acres land, probably worth $1,200; he was born Dec. 16, 1829, in Washington Co., Ind. ; at an early age he moved with his parents, John and Terzey Chamberlain, to La- fayette, Tippecanoe Co., Ind., where he learned the trade of harness mak- ing and followed that business for four years. He was married Sept. 6, 1849, to Felicity, daughter of John and Sarah A. Dolly, of Ross Co., O .; she was born Nov. 14, 1831 ; they have two children-Sarah E., born June 28, 1850, and John D., Sept. 21, 1860; they lost one child who died in infancy, not named. Mr. Chamberlain came to Linn Co. and settled in Cedar Rapids in 1854, and became engaged in the livery business, which he conducted for several years ; in the Spring of 1864, he came to Clinton Tp. and engaged in farming. He is a Republican in politics, and was School Director three years, and Presi- dent of School Board three years ; he is strictly temperate in the fullest sense of the word, never having tasted any kind of intoxicating drink, or used tobacco in any form-an example which many persons would do well to emulate.

Clark, G., far., S. 7 ; P. O. Cedar Rapids. Conley, B., far., S. 5; P. O. Palo.

CONLEY, JOHN W., farmer, Sec. 6 ; P. O. Palo ; owns 120 acres, probable value, $3,600 ; was born Aug. 7, 1831, in Jefferson Co., N. Y .; in 1847, he went to Kane Co., Ill., where he was en-

gaged in farming for two years ; in 1849, he came to Linn Co., Ia., and lived for ten years in Clinton Tp., where he fol- lowed farming. He was married Jan. 1, 1857, to Mariette J., daughter of Bradley and Minerva Hutchins, of Clin- ton Tp .; Mrs. Conley was born April 9, 1836 ; they have one child, Effie, born July 21, 1864; they are providing for three orphans, children of Mrs. Con- ley's sister, Juliette A. Hutchins, who was born Nov. 14, 1837, and was mar- ried Jan. 1, 1857, to David Sisley, whose father was the owner of what is known as " Sisley's Grove," in Clinton Tp. Mrs. Sisley died Aug. 21, 1864; the names of the children are Charles W. Sisley, born Dec., 1858 ; Capatolia Sisley, born June, 1860, and Edgar Sisley, born Aug. 30, 1862. In 1859, Mr. Conley went to Colorado and lived there until 1863, engaged in mining ; he then returned to. Linn Co., Iowa, and in 1864 he went to Montana, where he engaged in mining until the Fall of 1865, when he returned to Clinton Tp., where he has since re- sided. He is a Republican in politics, and is School Secretary, now serving his third year; he was School Director for about eight or nine years.

Coolahan, John, farmer and carpenter, Sec. 5 ; P. O. Palo.

Coolahan, Michael, farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Cedar Rapids.

Countermine, Wm., farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Cedar Rapids.

EPOY, J., far., Sec. 3; P. O. Cedar Rapids.

DONOHUE, JEREMIAH.

farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Cedar Rapids ; owns 208 acres land, probable value $6,000. Mr. Donohue was born Aug. 15, 1832, in County Kerry, Ireland, where he was engaged in various occu- pations until he emigrated to the United States, arriving in New York City Oct. 27, 1854 ; he went directly to Cayuga Co., and lived there for about three years, engaged in farm work, and in the Spring of 1858 he came to Iowa and lived in Cedar Rapids, where he worked as a laborer for four years ; in 1862, he was employed as tank man by the C. & N. W. R. R. Co., at Norway Station, in Benton Co., and stayed three years, when he bought eighty acres of land in Ben-

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ton Co., and commenced farming ; after working his farm for about two years, he returned to Cedar Rapids and invest- ed in some property and engaged in keeping boarders, which occupation he followed for a year ; he then engaged to work for the B., C. R. & M. R'y Co., and continued in their employ for two years ; in 1870, he came to Clinton Tp., and settled on the place where he now resides, March 27 of that year. He was married Dec. 21 or 22, 1857, to Anna, daughter of James and Bridget Waters, of County Roscommon, Ireland ; she was born in 1834; they have four chil- dren-Edward, born March 1, 1861; Ellen, Oct. 12, 1862 ; John, Aug. 20, 1866, and Jeremiah, April 12, 1868 ; they lost four children in infancy. Mr. Donohue is Republican in politics, and is now serving his fourth term as School Treasurer ; he is a Catholic, and his wife and children are members of the same Church.

Drake, J., far, S. 7; P. O. Cedar Rapids. Dustal, F., far., S. 12 ; P. O. Cedar Rapids. INDERS, FRED., farmer, Sec. 22;

E' P. O. Cedar Rapids.

Engle, G. J., far., Sec. 17 ; P. O. Cedar Rapids.

ENGEL, JOHN G., farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Cedar Rapids ; owns 120 acres, probable value $4,200; he was born Oct. 3, 1845. in Baden, Germany, and came to the United States in 1856, with his grandfather (Martin Kohl), ar- riving in New Orleans about the month of February of that year; came up the Mississippi River to Muscatine, Iowa, with a view of locating in Linn Co., and eventually settled in Clinton Tp., April 9, 1856 ; he hired out and worked for $4.00 per month for a period of three years ; he continued in this way (work- ing for his father between times on a rented farm) until he was in his 23d year. He was married April 2, 1868, to Eva, daughter of Andrew Keller, of Baden, Germany ; she was born Sept. 25, 1846; they have three children- George, born Jan. 12, 1869 ; Charles, Aug. 1, 1872, and Ida, Aug. 8, 1875. Mr. Engel is Independent in politics, and is a member of the Lutheran Church, of which denomination Mrs. Engel is also a member.

F OLEY, JOHN, far., Sec. 27; P. O. Cedar Rapids.

Foot, L., far., S. 10 ; P. O. Cedar Rapids. FRITZ, JACOB, farmer, Sec. 32 ; P. O. Fairfax, Fairfax Tp., Linn Co., Towa; owns two hundred acres land ; he was born May 17, 1840, in Wittem- burg, Germany, where he attended school between the ages of 6 and 14 years ; when 15 years old, he was ap- prenticed to a tailor, and after serving three years, worked as a journeyman until 1867, when he emigrated to the United States, arriving in New York City April 13, of same year, and imme- diately went to Chicago, where he worked for a month, and them came to Iowa and went to the Dutch Colony in Iowa Co., where he worked at farming one year ; in 1868, he came to Linn Co., and was married June 6, 1868, to Mrs. Mag- dalena Fox, of Clinton Tp .; she was born Aug. 15, 1830; by her first hus- band she had five children-Mary, born May 6, 1857 ; Louis, March 15, 1862; John, April 13, 1863; Anna, March 10, 1865, and Lena, Feb. 21, 1863 ; she lost two children-Louis and Ella, who died in infancy. In politics Mr. Fritz. is Republican, and is a member of the Reformed Lutheran Church; Mrs. Fritz and the children are members of the Catholic Church.

FURMAN, WILLIAM H., dairyman and apiarian, Sec. 23; P. O. Cedar Rapids ; owns 175 acres land, probable value, $9.850. Mr. F. was born March 11, 1831, in Chenango Co., N. Y., where he attended school from the time he was 5 years until he was 15 or 16 years old, when he turned his at- tention to speculating in Yankee notions, etc., for a couple of years ; in 1851, he turned his attention to the trade of har- ness making, and in course of time suc- ceeded his employer in that business in the town of Norwich, Chenango Co., N. Y., and carried it on until 1855. He was married Sept. 8, 1853, to Betsey W. Barnes, of the same county ; she died in May, 1858. In the Spring of 1855, Mr. Furman came to Iowa and settled in Linn Co. He was married Jan. 12, 1859, to his present wife, Emily C., daughter of John and Mary A. Bar- ger, of Linn Co., Iowa ; they have six

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children-A. Lincoln, born Jan. 1, 1860; Elmer E., April 5, 1861; Jessie F., May 19, 1863 ; Nellie G., Jan. 31, 1870; Queen Beatrice, May 14, 1872, and Gertrude L., Nov. 3, 1876; they lost three children-Willie S., born in Aug., 1865, died in Feb., 1867 ; Maude, born in Sept., 1867, died in Feb., 1868, and Granger, born in Nov., 1874, died in Oct., 1876. Mr. F. is Republican in politics and was School Director for two years and Road Supervisor three terms. He was one of the originators of the Central Iowa Bee Keepers' Association and was its first President for two years ; the society was organized in Sept., 1871, and Mr. F. introduced throughout the State of Iowa the movable comb system of the Rev. L. L. Langstroth Bee-Keep- ing Association ; he was also the first man to introduce in Linn Co. an improved stock of hogs, known to all as “ Ches- ter Whites."

G Y ARRISON, JOHN, far., S. 10; P. O. Cedar Rapids.

GARD, WILLIAM, far., S. 27; P. O. Cedar Rapids ; owns 40 acres of land, valued at $1,600 ; he was born in Preble Co., Ohio, Nov. 17, 1813 ; he engaged in the occupation of farming ; in 1845, he went to Delaware Co., Ind., and lived there until he came West to Mus- catine Co., Iowa, in 1856, when he en- gaged in the practice of medicine. Dur- ing the war of the rebellion, he enlisted in Co. B, 37th I. V. I., to serve three years or during the war, and was en- gaged with his regiment in doing guard and picket duty, at Memphis and other points, until he was honorably discharged because of disability, Nov. 22, 1864, at Gallipolis, Ohio; while in the army, he be- came disabled by rheumatism, brought on by fatigue and exposure, so that now he is a cripple, and obliged to go about on crutches; Mr. Gard not only served his country in person, but gave four sons to his country's cause-Benjamin F., William H., John W., and Bartley G .; William H. was wounded in the shoulder at the battle of Shiloli, and was disabled ; Benjamin F. served three years and received slight wounds on the lip and hip, at Atlanta, but was not de- terred from serving with his regiment ; John W. served for four years and was

wounded in the scalp ; all of them, though engaged in the most severe bat- tles of the Southwest, had the good for- tune of returning to their home, after being honorably discharged; Mr. G.'s son-in-law, Capt. Wm. D. Conn, of the 35th I. V. I., died in Muscatine Co., Iowa, from sickness brought on while in the army ; his son-in-law, Homer Yea- ger, of the 11th I. V. I. served four years in the army. Mr. G. was married Nov. 8, 1834, to Chloe, daughter of Richard Shamlee, of Wayne Co., Ind. ; they have nine children-Benjamin F., Mary A., William H., John W., Bart- ley G., Clarissa J., Levi K., Hannah M. and Rachel R. ; they lost one child, Lucretia E., who died Feb. 15, 1854; Mrs. Gard is a member of the Morgan Creek Christian Church; she was born Sept. 3, 1816. They settled in the place they now reside in 1866. In pol- itics Mr. G. is a Republican, and was School Director two years ; he is a mem- ber of the Morgan Creek Christian Church, and is Clerk of it; in 1877, he was president of the Northeastern Iowa Christian Conference, and is now a mem- ber of the standing committee of the same.

Gibney, T. far., Sec. 16; P. O. Cedar Rapids.

Gordon, J. W., far., Sec. 24 ; P. O. Cedar Rapids.

H ALL, J. I., farmer, S. 36; P. O. Cedar Rapids.

HALE, JOSIAH, far., S. 36, P. O. Cedar Rapids ; owns 90 acres of land, probable value, $6,700 ; born Dec. 15, 1810, in Greensboro, Vt., where from boyhood he had been engaged in farm- ing. He was Justice of the Peace there for about six years, Township Assessor for two years, and held a Lieutenant's com- mission in the Vermont State Artillery for four or five years. He was married June 19, 1831, to Betsey, daughter of Henry Huntington, of Greensboro, Vt .; she was born Oct. 6, 1812; they have three children-Edward J., born in Jan., 1844 ; Ellen S., born in 1846, and John P., born Aug. 27, 1848 ; they lost three children-Agnes C., Ashbel H. and George W. In the Fall of 1855, Mr. Hale came to Linn Co., Iowa, and lived in Cedar Rapids, where he was en-

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gaged in running a steam saw-mill for about a year ; in 1859, he came to Clin- ton Tp., and bought the farm he now resides on. In politics, he is a Repub- lican, and is Justice of the Peace, now serving his fourth term ; was Deacon in the Congregational Church for two years ; Mrs. Hale is a member of the same denomination. Their son, Ed- ward J. Hale, enlisted in the army in 1862, for three years, in the 7th I. V. C., and served under Gen. Sully on the frontier, fighting Indians in Dakota Territory ; he was engaged in the battles Tahkahokutah, Falling Springs, and White Stone Hill, and suffered all the hardships the frontier soldiers have to bear, until he was honorably discharged, Oct. 17, 1865, at Sioux City, Iowa, when he returned to his home in Clin- ton Tp.

Hall, J. G., far., Sec. 31; P. O. Cedar Rapids.

Hall, S., Sr., far., Sec. 28; P. O. Cedar Rapids.

Hall, T., far., S. 36; P. O. Cedar Rapids. Heater, S., far., S. 21 ; P. O. Cedar Rapids. Heilman, F. L., far., Sec. 1; P. O. Cedar Rapids.

HEILMAN, JOHN, far., Sec. 18; P. O. Cedar Rapids ; owns 90 acres of land, probable value $3,150 ; he was born Nov. 5, 1816, in Saxony, Germany, where he attended school between the ages of 6 and 14 years ; he is a stone mason by trade, having begun his ap- prenticeship when he was 18 years old, and served three years; he came to the United States, arriving in New York City in April, 1849. Married in Dec. 1840, to Sophia, daughter of Paul and Anna Heinneg, of Saxony ; she was born in 1815, and died May 2, 1849; there are four children by that marriage- Ernestine, born July 25, 1841; Will- iam, born March 13, 1843; Emma, born April 13, 1845, and Anna, born Sept. 17, 1848; they lost one child, Henry, born May 7, 1847, died May 1, 1849. In May, 1849, he came to Linn County, Iowa, and lived in Marion Tp. until the Spring of 1850, when he moved to Rapids Tp. He was married May 16, 1850, to Mrs. Mary Ann Carman; she was born in Louisville, Ky., Jan. 5, 1818 ; they have four children-George, born May

1, 1851 ; John H., born Dec. 20, 1854 ; Wilber F., born Nov. 8, 1858, and Ed- ward, born Sept. 6, 1862; by her first husband (Sydney Carman), Mrs. H. had four children, one of whom is living, David S. Carman, born April 29, 1845 ; the deceased are Anne, Delia and Lucin- da. Mr. H. followed his trade in Rapids Tp., until the Spring of 1864, when he came to Clinton Tp., and engaged in farming ; in 1865, he bought the place he now resides on. He is a Republican, and is now serving a three years term as School Director.

Henry, M., farmer, S. 35 ; P. O. Cedar Rapids.

HILES, ELI D., farmer, Sec. 22 ; P. O. Cedar Rapids ; owns ninety acres of land, probable value $3,300 ; he was born Dec. 15, 1835, in Livingston Co., N. Y., and when 11 years of age, moved with his parents to Erie Co., Penn., where he lived until 1856, assisting his father on the farm, and then moved to this State and lived in Kingston, Rapids Tp., until the Spring of 1857, when he came to this township and eventually settled on the place where he now re- sides, in October of the same year ; his father, Isaac Hiles, was born in 1791 and died in 1867, from the effects of in- juries he received, having accidently fallen down the stairs in his son's (Mr. H. Hiles') house at Cedar Rapids ; Mr. Hiles' mother, Mrs. Hannah Hiles, was born about the year 1793, and is still living and comfortably provided for by her son ; his brothers, Isaac and Gil- bert F., enlisted in Co. I, 20th I. V. I., in August, 1862 ; unfortunately there is no record at hand to show the battles those brothers participated in, but that will appear in the war record of this county, which will be found in an- other part of this book; one thing is certain, Gilbert F. Hiles died Jan. 10, 1863, from consumption brought on by the hardships to which our brave soldiers were always exposed, at Springfield, Mo .; Isaac Hiles, Jr., died of chronic diarrhoea at New Orleans, La., Jan. 8, 1864. Mr. Hiles is a Democrat in politics, and hir mother is a member of the Baptist Church.

Hiles, H., far., S. 23 ; P. O. Cedar Rapids. Hoppel, A., far., S. 30 ; P. O. Cedar Rapids.

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Howard, J., far., S. 15; P. O. Cedar Rapids. HUTCHINS, ALONZO B., farm- er, Sec. 5; P. O. Palo; owns eighty acres of land, probable value $2,400 ; he was born Oct. 22, 1824, in Onondaga Co., N. Y., and when very young went with his father (Bradley Hutchins) to St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., where he worked on a farm and attended school between times until he was 19 years of age; in the Spring of 1844, he went to Danbury, Conn., with a drove of cattle, and after selling them returned to his old home in Onondaga Co., where he lived for four years, then went to St. Law- rence Co., and in 1850 came west to Dane Co., Wis., where he worked by the month for a year. He was married Aug. 10, 1851, to Rosetta, daughter of James and Susan Weed, of Alleghany Co., N. Y. ; she was born April 7, 1833 ; they have eight children-Abigail, born Nov. 16, 1855 ; Wilton L. and Willis L. (twins), born Dec. 19, 1857; Eu- gene A., born Feb. 17, 1862; Guilford L., born Nov. 29, 1863 ; Alice A., born Scpt. 23, 1865 ; Lawrence W., born April 2, 1872; Jesse, born Oct. 12, 1877. Mr. Hutchins came to Iowa and lived in Clinton Tp. for three and a half years, assisting his father to improve his farm ; in 1856, he went back to Dane Co., Wis., and worked there until the Spring of 1861, when he went to Free- born Co., Minn., andlived there engaged in farming, until the Fall of 1876, when he returned to Iowa and settled in Clinton Tp., where he now resides. He is Independent in politics and was the first Constable elected in this township, to serve one year; when in Freeborn Co., Minn., he was County Supervisor four years, and Assessor of Freeborn Tp. one year ; during the war of the rebel- lion he was one of the Supervisors of Freeborn Co., Minn., who voted for is- suing of county bonds to raise money to pay the bounty of soldiers who enlisted in that county. In religious matters he leans toward the doctrine of the Advent- ists, and Mrs. Hutchins is a member of the Seventh Day Baptists' communion. Mr. H's father, Bradley Hutchins, was born June 10, 1798, in Rutland Co., 1 Vt., and was married in July, 1823, to Cyreva, daughter of James Lovless, of

Onondaga Co., N. Y .; she was born in Feb., 1808, and died in April, 1830; his son, Torrance F., who was born Nov. 7, 1834, died Jan. 22, 1873 ; his daugh- ter Betsey, was born June 16, 1827, and Sally, born Jan. 10, 1829. He married his second wife, Minerva, Feb. 6, 1834 ; she was born May 12, 1803, and died Sept. 23, 1876. Mr. Hutchins was- Township Trustee two terms, and School Director three or four years, and through his exertions the independent school district of Lincoln was set of; he came to Clinton Tp. in 1852, and for seven years he provided school room for the little ones in this district.

SHAM, J. D., farmer, Sec. 35 ; P. O. Cedar Rapids.

OHNSON, WM. O., farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Cedar Rapids ; owns 182 acres of land, probable value $7,280 ; Mr. Johnson was born March 15, 1833, in Tyrone Co., Ireland, where when old enough he attended school and helped his father to work the farm between times ; in 1850, he came to the United States, arriving in New York City on the Fourth of July of that year, and im- mediately went west to Coshocton Co., Ohio, where he lived for four years, and then came to Iowa and settled in the city of Cedar Rapids, where he lived until March, 1875, when he moved to Clinton Tp., where he now resides; when in Ohio, he learned the trade of cooper- ing, and did journey work in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, for a short time, when he established himself in business at his trade, which he conducted for about four years ; in the Spring of 1862, he sold his interest in the cooper shop, and after- ward superintended the concern for the parties who succeeded him. He was married Oct. 23, 1861, to Susie J., daughter of William H. and Nancy Par- ker, of Decatur Co., Ind .; she was born April 7, 1844 ; they have four children -John E., born Aug. 3, 1862 ; Lelia, born March 13, 1865 ; William P., born July 28, 1868 ; David O., born Aug. 31, 1870. Mr. Johnson is a Republi- can in politics and was Township Trus- tee one term, Road Supervisor one term, and was elected in 1877 to the office of Township Assessor, but declined to serve. He is a member of the Presbyterian

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Church, and Mrs. Johnson is a member of the same denomination.

K APLAN, VINCENT, Sec. 12 ; P. O. Cedar Rapids

KELSEY, JAMES C., farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Cedar Rapids ; owns 144 acres of land, probable value $7,200 ; Mr. Kelsey was born July 13, 1821, in Niagara Co., N. Y., where he followed the business of farming; he came to Linn Co., Iowa, in 1850, and while im- proving the farm he now lives on, he resided in Cedar Rapids. He was mar- ried Nov. 16, 1853, to Miss H. Jane Rogers, daughter of Amos and Jane Rogers, of Niagara Co., N. Y .; she was born Aug. 7, 1823; they have six chil- dren-Heinrich, born Jan. 12, 1856; Ettie A., born July 3, 1857; Ida M. C. A. and Ada I. C. M. (twins), born Nov. 11, 1858 ; Erie C., born Sept. 5, 1860 ; Louis J., born Aug. 26, 1862; they lost two children-Louise J., born Aug. 26, 1862, and died Aug. 21, 1863; one child that died in infancy. When Mr. Kelsey left his home in New York, he traveled by rail to Buffalo ; around the lakes to Detroit on the steamer Ni- agra, which was since destroyed by fire ; from Detroit he traveled by rail to New Buffalo, Mich., and thence by steamboat on Lake Michigan to Chicago ; from this point he journeyed with a wagon, via. Bellevue, Iowa, to Fairview, Jones Co., Iowa, where he ran out of funds; and was in a tight fix, but through the generosity of the landlord of the tavern at which he stopped, he was furnished with the loan of five dollars, which suf- ficed for his wants until he reached Cedar Rapids; it took him twenty days to travel from Chicago to Cedar Rapids. Mr. Kelsey is a Republican in politics, and was Postmaster of this township for three years under James Buchanan's ad- ministration ; he was enrolling officer of this township in 1862, during the war of the rebellion ; was Township Super- visor sixteen or eighteen terms, and School Director for twelve or thirteen years, Township Assessor two terms, and Road Commissioner for many years. He is one of the very few now living of the first settlers of Clinton Tp. Mr. and Mrs. Kelsey are members of the M. E. Church of Fairview.

King, J. B., S. 24 ; P. O. Cedar Rapids. Kline, H., far., S. 7 ; P. O. Palo.

KUHN, PHILIP, farmer, Sec. 24;

P. O. Cedar Rapids ; owns sixty acres land, probable value $3,000 ; was born June 20, 1825, in Frederick Co., Md., and was married Jan. 23, 1846, to Mary, daughter of Jacob and Julia Ann Kuhn; she was born Jan. 12, 1826 ; they have twelve children-Simon P., born Oct. 22, 1848; Josiah, Feb. 13, 1851; James R., March 13, 1853 ; Mary E., May 19, 1855 ; Eva A., April 12, 1857; Louisa, Aug. 17, 1859 ; Sarah J., Aug. 30, 1861 ; Martha E., March 28, 1863; Emma, March 9, 1865 ; Stella, April 4, 1867 ; Auster P. L., Nov. 24, 1868, and Esther M., March 19, 1874; they lost one child- Lydia A., born July 6, 1847, died May, 1852. Mr. Kuhn left Maryland in the Fall of 1855, for the West, and lived in Lee and Ogle Counties, Ill., for about four years ; he came to Iowa in 1865, and settled in Linn Co. In 1862, he enlisted in the 75th I. V. I., and be- cause of disability was honorably dis- charged the same year at Nashville, Tenn. He is a Republican in politics, and a member of the Lutheran Church, of which denomination Mrs. Kuhn is also a member.

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The history of Linn county, Iowa, containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, &t., a biographical directory of its citizens, war record of its volunteers in the late rebellion, general and local statistics history of the Northwest etc, Part 101

Author: Publication date: 1878 Publisher: Chicago : Western Historical Company Number of Pages: 840

Author:
Publication date: 1878
Publisher: Chicago : Western Historical Company
Number of Pages: 840