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In the Spring, another railroad project was started, under favorable au- spices. An immediate connection with Dubuque, and thence with Eastern markets, was offered, and the energetic citizens worked successfully for the cul- mination of the scheme.
Since that time, the Sabula, Ackley & Dakota Railroad has made Marion it western terminus, and more recently, in the present year, it has consolidated with the Dubuque Southwestern Railroad.
Marion had a rapid growth in 1860-61, and in March, 1861, had the fol- lowing business interests : Ten dry-goods, clothing, etc., firms ; three hardware stores, four groceries, seven boot and shoe shops, two book stores, three drug stores (two of them wholesale), four hotels-the American, Iowa, Wilson and Session Houses ; three banking houses, two newspapers, three tailor shops, two bakeries, two jewelers, three harness shops, four carriage and wagon shops, two cabinet shops, four millinery stores, three livery stables, one meat market, two fanning-mill manufactories, one steam flouring mill, two steam saw-mills, one water-power saw-mill, one foundry, one distillery, one brewery, one barber shop, six blacksmith shops, two marble workers, seven painters, one ambrotypist, two coopers, twenty-three carpenters and ten brick-masons ; nine religious societies twelve ministers, sixteen lawyers and five physicians. Such was the character of Marion in 1861,. with 2,000 inhabitants.
Marion Institute was established in 1860 by the Misses Isbell, who con- ducted it successfully for several years. The first term closed December 21, 1860.
Then came the war, and every town in the nation was affected. Marion's progress was not, however, fully arrested ; but soon after there began the erection of new brick business blocks, elegant residences and general improvements. The city was incorporated in 1865.
CITY GOVERNMENT.
June 19, 1865, a petition, signed by 198 voters, was presented to Judge Johnson Elliott, praying for the incorporation of Marion. It was accordingly granted and organization was effected by the election of the following officers : Mayor, Thomas J. McKean ; Recorder, G. A. Gray ; Trustees, D. H. Mc- Donald, S. W. Rathbun, G. F. Woods, O. C. Wyman, N. W. Owen.
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The first Council meeting was held November 27, 1865. Meetings were held on the first Monday of each month, but the time has since been changed to the second Monday.
Tuesday, May 15, 1866, the Council met and adopted the following resolu- tion unanimously :
Resolved, That the Mayor be and he is hereby authorized and empowered to issue the bonds of this town, to the amount of $2,000, in such sums as may be by him adopted. Said bonds to bear interest at the rate of 10 per cent, payable semi-annually, and not to be sold for less than 90 cents on the dollar ; and that the fund arising from the sale of said bonds be called the " im- provement fund :" said bonds to be payable in three years from the date of their issue.
May 7, 1870, $500 was voted by the City Council to assist in the survey of the Sabula, Ackley & Dakota Railroad, via Marion.
April 15, 1871, the following resolution was adopted unanimously :
Resolved, By the Town Council of Marion, that said incorporated town of Marion, Linn Co., Iowa, borrow the sum of $2,000, and for the payment of said sum, issue therefor its bonds of $500 each, payable on or before eighteen months from the date of the same, with 10 per cent. interest thereon, payable semi-annually ; which bonds shall not be disposed of at less than par value ; and the funds so raised shall be and constitute a fund to aid in the construction of a railroad to the town of Marion, subject to the disposal of the Council.
April 25, 1871, by an order of the Council, the Mayor was authorized to issue said bonds to the principal officers of the Sabula, Ackley & Dakota Rail- road.
May 5, 1871, the City Council adopted the following resolution unani- mously :
Resolved, That the Town Council appropriate the sum of $2,500, or so much as may be necessary, to pay the expenses to defeat the removal of the county seat, and for that purpose that bonds be issued in the sum of $50 each, and that said bonds be disposed of at 100 cents on the dollar.
August 3, 1872, a pair of six-ton scales were purchased as city scales, and located on the north side of the Park, at a cost of $376.05.
At different times, a large number of lamp posts and lamps have been placed in the Park and on the principal streets of the town.
August 15, 1872, it was ordered, by a unanimous vote, to issue a bond for $500 to pay for the city scales, etc. It was also ordered, by unanimous vote, to issue the bonds for $5,000 voted by the tax payers, at the special election held for that purpose, for repairs on Court House. Accordingly, bonds for $5,500 were issued on that day, payable five years from date, with interest at 10 per cent. per annum, payable semi-annually.
August 27, 1872, bonds to the amount of $1,425.25 were issued to obtain means for defraying necessary expenses to defeat the re-location of the county seat.
September 15, 1853, a wind-mill, force pump and water tank were pur- chased and placed at the northeast corner of Park Square.
January 16, 1874, an ordinance preparatory to the adoption of the provi- sions of the code of 1873, ranking Marion as a city of the second class, was adopted, whereby said city was divided into four wards, etc. The first election under the new organization was held March 2, 1874.
By order of the Council, a special vote was taken April 24, 1874, to deter- mine, through the expression of the legal voters of Marion, whether the sale of intoxicating liquors should be prohibited within the city boundaries.
This election resulted in 106 votes for prohibition and 103 against prohibition.
The Council then passed Ordinance No. 43, fixing the saloon license at $300, and placing saloon keepers under bonds for the faithful observance of all ordi-
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nances regulating the sale of liquors, and requiring the view in saloons from the street to be unobstructed.
July 10, 1874, bonds to the amount of $1,800, payable in three years from date, with ten per cent. interest, for improvement of the fire department, were issued.
March 29, 1875, the Council passed an ordinance prohibiting the sale of intoxicating liquors, including wine and beer, under penalty of $100 fine or thirty days' imprisonment.
After a few months this ordinance was revoked.
In the Fall of 1875, active measures were taken to erect a two-story brick City Hall, just east of Granger & Howe's butcher shop, but this plan did not culminate.
In May, 1876, a new cemetery ground was purchased, adjoining the south side of the old one.
At present-July, 1878-the bonded indebtedness of the city is $18,950. All the bills for the past year, and all interest to April, 1878, have been paid, while there is in the city treasury $1,454.73.
This showing is encouraging, as, two years ago, bills to the amount of $700 were carried over, to be paid during the next year. The outgoing Council reduced the bonded indebtedness $3,000, besides losing $780 in the failure of Twogood & Elliott's bank. Interest has been paid to the amount of $2,000, and $1,600 has been expended on the city cemetery.
The city made many improvements in the public park, water tank, wind- mill, street gradings, sidewalks, etc.
The only city building at present is the engine house, where Council meet- ings are now held.
A pound for shutting up stray animals has been established back of the engine house, and is under the charge of the Marshal.
The following list embraces all the city officers :
March, 1866-Mayor, Daniel Lothian; Recorder, G. A. Gray; Marshal, R. C. Shinn ; Treasurer, D. H. McDonald. Trustees-D. H. McDonald, H. W. Owen, S. W. Rathbun, G. F. Woods, Wm. Wise.
March, 1867-Mayor, D. Lothian ; Recorder, I. C. Whipple; Marshal, M. B. Allen ; Treasurer, George W. Wilson. Trustees-George W. Wilson, Wm. Ledyard, Wm. Dunn, P. L. Hinckley, Wm. Wise.
March, 1868-Mayor, Thomas Corbett ; Recorder, J. K. Gibson; Marshal, W. P. Crawley ; Treasurer, G. W. Wilson. Trustees-S. P. Yeomans, J. V. Dewitt, Ed. Evershed, Geo. W. Wilson, W. J. Patterson.
March, 1869-Mayor, Thomas Corbett ; Recorder and Treasurer, J. K. Gibson ; Marshal, John G. Hayzlett. Trustees-B. F. Seaton, R. M. Jackson, George Cook, George Busby, Phileman Stone.
March, 1870-Mayor, David Carskadden; Recorder and Treasurer, J. K. Gibson ; Marshal, P. Stone; Marshal and Night Watch, John Cone, Trust- ees-P. Stone, B. H. Nott, M. H. Crosby, E. I. Bixby, N. Rathbun.
March, 1871-Mayor, J. C. Davis ; Recorder and Treasurer, J. K. Gibson ; Marshal, John Logan. Trustees-D. R. Wallace, N. W. Owen, J. N. Howe, M. L. Elliott, John Cone.
March, 1872-Mayor, J. C. Davis ; Recorder, R. M. Jackson ; Treasurer, R. J. Thompson, afterward, J. C. Twogood. Trustees-D. R. Wallace, J. N. Howe, M. L. Elliott, John Cone, D. T. McAfee.
March, 1873-Mayor, J. C. Davis; Recorder, R. M. Jackson ; Treasurer, J. C. Twogood. Trustees-J. N. Howe, M. L. Elliott, J. G. Hayzlett, A. G. Simpkins, P. Leach, R. M. Jackson.
(DECEASED) MARION
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March, 1874 (Marion having been organized as a city of the second-class and divided into four Wards)-Mayor, J. C. Davis ; Recorder, R. M. Jackson; Marshal, John Magee ; Treasurer, J. K. Gibson ; Aldermen-First Ward, J. G. Hayzlett, S. A. Hoagland; Second Ward, H. P. Elliott, George W. Cone ; Third Ward, M. Parmenter, A. B. Dumont; Fourth Ward, J. D. Giffen, D. R. Hindman. (Those italicized received by lot the shorter term, one year, the others, two years).
March, 1875-Mayor, D. T. McAfee; City Attorney, E. C. Preston ; Treasurer, E. L. Samson ; Clerk, R. M. Young ; Surveyor, S. W. Durham. New Councilmen-First Ward, D. Carskadden; Second Ward, H. P. Elliott ; Third Ward, D. R. Wallace ; Fourth Ward, Earl Granger. Salaries, per annum -Treasurer, $50; Clerk, $75.
March, 1876-Mayor, J. C. Davis; City Attorney, E. C. Preston ; City Treasurer, R. M. Jackson ; Clerk, R. M. Young; Marshal, C. M. Wing. Councilmen-First Ward, D. Carskadden, S. W. Rathbun ; Second Ward, H. P. Elliott, B. F. Seaton ; Third Ward, D. R. Wallace, J. S. Alexander ; Fourth Ward, Earl Granger, T. F. Mentzer.
March, 1877-Mayor, W. G. White; City Clerk, C. W. Braska ; Marshal, C. M. Wing ; Treasurer, A. J. Mckean. New Councilmen-First Ward, A. Keyes ; Second Ward, A. Caldwell ; Third Ward, John Cone; Fourth Ward, Earl Granger.
March, 1878-Mayor, T. F. Mentzer; City Clerk, C. W. Braska; Treas- urer, R. D. Stephens ; Assessor, G. F. Woods ; Attorney, J. D. Giffen ; Mar- shal, C. M. Wing ; City Weigher, J. V. McClain. Councilmen-First Ward, S. W. Rathbun, A. Keyes; Second Ward, A. Caldwell, George Cone; Third Ward, John Cone, J. I. Berryhill ; Fourth Ward, Earl Granger, George Busby.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
A meeting was held in May, 1874, in a room over Shed & Wallace's store, for the purpose of organizing a company of men to take charge of the fire en- gines that had been purchased by the city. A company was organized as the Phoenix Engine ; and the Hook and Ladder Company, of the "J. C. Davis " truck, was also perfected. The Chief Engineer was Mr. Latta. D. P. Thurber was elected Foreman of the Phoenix Company, and Arthur Keyes, of the " J. C. Davis " truck.
After the organization had been perfected one year, D. P. Thurber was appointed Chief Engineer, and was subsequently elected two terms. The first organization consisted of eighty-three members. The engine is a large-sized Bab- cock Chemical Fire Extinguisher, supplied with two tanks, and was purchased for $2,500. The truck is a late pattern, and cost $800. The old Baptist church was transformed into an engine house, and the engines are kept there.
The present officers of the department are : A. B. Dumont, Chief Engineer ; T. M. Jones, Assistant Engineer ; Ben. K. Reichard, Secretary of the Depart- ment.
The officers of Phoenix Company are : M. J. Teeter, Captain ; D. R. Kin- ley, First Foreman ; J. S. Horn, Second Foreman ; M. Burns, Treasurer ; E. H. Ward, Secretary ; J. N. North, Engineer.
The officers of Hook and Ladder Truck "J. C. Davis " are : S. A. Par-, menter, Captain ; S. P. Owen, Foreman ; Jeff. Crawford, Assistant Foreman ; T. K. Parkhurst, Treasurer ; Ben. K. Reichard, Secretary.
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SCHOOLS.
The first schools taught in Marion were such as might be supposed to exist in any of the frontier settlements of that early day. Schools were either taught in private dwellings or cabins erected for " school purposes." If there was any one in the midst of the settlers who desired to teach school, he went about among the residents and solicited pupils from the heads of families, and opened a school at once. The major part of the students were children, though in the Winter the larger boys and girls attended. ' Such was the condition of the Mar- ion schools until 1855. They were supported by a county tax, which was apportioned to the districts. If the tax failed to make up the requisite amount, private subscriptions supplied the deficit.
In the Fall of 1854, the citizens began to discuss the question of the estab- lishment of a graded school system. Marion was at that time and until 1860 a sub-district, but in 1860 it became an independent district.
A public meeting was called and held in the old Court House, at which meeting a committee was appointed, consisting of R. D. Stephens and others, to prepare a plan for the establishment and government of a graded school. The plan was drawn up and presented by Mr. Stephens, at a subsequent meeting, and adopted.
A building was erected in the Fall of 1854 (but not completed until 1855), on the West Side, and is still used for school purposes.
A man came on from Philadelphia, who claimed that he was competent to conduct a graded school properly, but upon being subjected to an examination by Mr. Stephens and Robert Holmes, he failed to convince these gentlemen that he was the proper man for the place. He was dismissed.
Teachers were not so plentiful then as they are now, and it was difficult to determine what course to pursue. Mr. Stephens, however, soon saw a way out of the dilemma, for the time being. He volunteered to conduct the school him- self, until a teacher could be procured, and under this arrangement the first graded school in Marion was opened in November, 1855, with 200 pupils. R. D. Stephens, Principal, and Miss Crosby, now Mrs. Elrod, of Marion ; Miss Hunter, now Mrs. Vosburg, of Missouri; and Miss Mary Boynington, now a married lady and a resident of Nevada, Iowa, composed the corps of teachers.
Mr. Stephens conducted the school four weeks, for which he received the munificent sum of $40. At that time, a Mr. Linderman gave evidence of his ability to take charge of the school, and it was handed over to him. Since then, the graded school system has been carefully fostered, and Marion, to-day, in point of thoroughness, is second to no city of its size in the State. There are four grades in this first school, and algebra, geometry and Latin are taught.
In 1868, the present commodious structure was built, at a cost of $24,000. School was taught in the old building and two small ones that had been erected, until the people felt that a larger building was needed. The present school house is situated on Block 33, the entire block being occupied. The edifice is three stories, including basement, built of brick, and contains eight rooms. The average daily attendance is 500, there being 800 children of school age in the city.
The building is supplied with all the modern school comforts. A good library is maintained in connection with the school, and a fine lot of philosoph- ical apparatus.
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The officers of the Board are : R. M. Jackson, President; R. D. Stephens, Treasurer; J. D. Giffen, Secretary ; R. M. Jackson, N. G. Thompson, John M. Booth, M. L. Elliot, John A. Howe and H. M. Bailey, Directors.
A small brick building was owned by the district, prior to 1854, where school was taught by any one who chose.
CHURCHES.
Methodist Episcopal Church .- The first Methodist service in the county was held at the house of Nathan Brown, in Linn Grove settlement, by Rev. Mr. Hodges, in the years 1839-40. The circuit then embraced parts of Cedar and Jones Counties and all of Linn. The conference included all of Iowa and Wisconsin and the northern part of Illinois. The first Presiding Elder was Rev. Mr. Reed.
Mr. Hodges held meetings in 1840 in Marion. Mr. O. S. Hall was an active Methodist, and led the first class in that town. This service was observed under a large white oak tree at the foot of Meridian street. There were present Mr. and Mrs. Hall, John Clark, William and Thomas Downing. John and James E. Brownell were members of the orginal society. Regular devotional exercises were held in Mr. Hall's house. Rev. Mr. Ingham was the first loca- ted Pastor, in 1842. The second Pastor was Rev. Mr. Hayden. In 1845, the old Court House building was fitted up for a church.
The ladies organized a benevolent and sewing society early in the '40's, and earned money for church purposes. Of this association, Mrs. Dr. Bardwell was President ; Mrs. O. S. Hall, Vice President, and Mrs. Jacob Hare, Mrs. Rob-' ert Holmes, Mrs. Dumont and Mrs. Dr. Crummey members. In this connec- tion, an amusing incident may be related. The ladies had saved sufficient money to warrant the repairing of the Court House, and it was proposed to paper the walls. Mr. A. Daniels and Mr. Smyth volunteered aid. The ladies managed to find enough paper of one kind to cover the sides and rear end of the room, and concluded to go ahead with the undertaking. Without examin- ing the hangings closely, they proceeded to place them in position and succeeded nicely in doing the work.
After the walls were adorned, the Pastor, Rev. Uriah Feree, was called in to inspect the edifice. To his astonishment and the good ladies' consternation, it was discovered that the figure stamped on the paper was nothing less than a cotillion party in full performance of a vigorous dance, with the fiddler seated in a prominent position above them ! What to do, was then the question, and it was answered by a determination to keep still. The plan was followed, and not one word of censure or ridicule ever reached the ears of the enterprising ladies. The meetings were held regularly, not only by the Methodists, but others, as well, and it was never discovered that the suggest- iveness of the wall-paper detracted from the grace and efficiency of the labors of the society. Sentiment has changed somewhat since those days, and dancing is not considered, by all denominations, as an unpardonable sin ; but even now it would be regarded as a gigantic joke to place such decorations on church walls.
Presbyterian Church .- The Presbyterian Church of Marion was organized February 5, 1842, by the Rev. J. Stockel, and consisted of the following mem- bers : John Margrave, wife and daughter, Elizabeth, Mrs. Mary Blackman, Rufus Dodd and wife, J. W. McKnight, wife, and daughter Hannah.
J. W. Margrave and J. W. McKnight were elected Ruling Elders.
From the time of its organization until its re-union. in 1870, this church belonged to what was known as the " old school."
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There have been two other Presbyterian organizations in Marion, but both were short-lived. One was called New School, afterward organized into the present Congregational Church ; and the other was called the Free Presbyterian Church.
At the time of the organization of the present Presbyterian Church, and for some time afterward, services were held in the wooden building at the southwest corner of the park, now known as Stow's corner, but then used for a County Court House.
After the present Court House was completed, the Presbyterians sometimes held their services in it, and sometimes in the building now known as the Old Brick School House.
In the Autumn of 1851, the lot on which the Presbyterian Church now stands was purchased from Mr. Addison Daniels ; and during the Summer and Winter of 1852, a building was erected, but not completed until after the ar- rival of the present Pastor, in the Spring of 1856.
The Rev. S. Cowles, State Missionary, preached to this church from two to four times a year, until 1849, when the Rev. J. S. Fullerton was engaged to supply this church, in connection with the church at Linn Grove, giving one- half his time to each.
In the Spring of 1855, Mr. Fullerton ceased to preach to this church, giv- ing all his time to the Linn Grove Church.
During the Summer of 1855, the Rev. R. W. Morrow, of the Second Pres- byterian Church, Cedar Rapids, preached occasionally to this church ; and the following Winter it was supplied by the Rev. R. F. Wilson.
The Rev. Alexander S. Marshall, the present Pastor, preached his first ser- mon to this church, then worshiping in what is now known as the Old Brick School House, April 20, 1856; and on the following day, at a meeting of the congregation, was unanimously invited to supply them for one year, which he accepted, and at once entered upon the work.
Six months after, at a meeting of the congregation, called for the purpose, the Rev. J. D. Mason, then of Davenport, presiding, a call for Mr. Marshall to become their Pastor was made, and on November 18, 1856, presented to the Presbytery of Cedar, then in session, at Iowa City; and on the 11th of April, 1857, he was ordained and installed Pastor, a relation which has remained unbroken ever since, he being now the senior Pastor in his denomination in the State.
At the beginning of the present pastorate, twenty-two and a half years ago, there were only twenty-five members in the church, fifty in the Sabbath school and only thirty-five in the entire congregation. Now, there are 180 members in the church, 200 in the Sabbath school and 350 in the congregation. Then, the church was in debt, and their house of worship unfinished. This building has since been enlarged and repaired, at a cost of $3,000, and the church is out of debt. They then promised to pay their Pastor $300 per annum. Now, $1,500. Then, the church gave nothing to missions. Now, the annual con- tribution to this cause is from $200 to $300.
This church has a Women's Missionary Society, which supports a native missionary Bible Reader, in Colisco, Africa; a Young People's Missionary Society, which works both for home and foreign missions, and a Children's Missionary Society, which pays the expense of educating a child in the Co- lisco Mission.
Of those received to membership in this church, on examination, during the present pastorate, two have devoted themselves to the work of the minis-
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try-Jacob K. Pierce and Ellis W. Lamb. Both are young men of great promise. The former, J. K. Pierce, had been raised a Quaker, and being a minor at the time of his conversion, and not in control of his estate, as soon as he became of age he gave one-tenth of all he had to missions, the gift amounting to $300 or $400. He died while a student of Princeton College. The latter, Ellis W. Lamb, after serving his country all through the war, graduating with distinction at the State Law School, had come to spend a few weeks at his uncle's, the Hon. Isaac Cook, near Marion, when he was converted, and soon after decided to study for the ministry. He graduated at Princeton Theological Seminary ; was licensed and ordained as an evan- gelist, by the Presbytery of Cedar Rapids, at Marion, and was under appoint- ment as a missionary to the Pacific Slope; but before the time of his depart- ure to his field of labor arrived, his health was gone. He has ceased from his labors, and his works do follow him. His body rests in the Marion cem- etery.
This church, during the present pastorate, has lost one Elder by removal to another field-George Justice, at present an Elder in the Presbyterian Church of Mechanicsville-and two by death-J. H. Morrow, cut off suddenly, in the midst of his days and of his usefulness, and William Vaughn, in a good old age, like a shock of corn, cometh in in his season.
It has lost four Deacons-one, J. C. Wallace, by dismission to the Congre- gational Church ; Thomas McKee, by removal; George W. Logan, by death, while in the army; and Daniel Mitchell, by death.
The Hon. Isaac Cook, Joseph S. Carson, Wm. M. Sample, John Stuck- slager, R. M. Jackson and Lysander Jones are the present Members of Ses- sion, and E. A. Vaughn, Allen Lutz and Wm. G. Erwin are the present Deacons.
Baptist Church .- The Baptist Church of Marion was organized in January, 1843, in the log cabin of Elihu Ives, five miles east of Marion, on the old Davenport road. Its constituent members were only six, viz. : Elihu Ives, Rachel Ives, Norman Ives, Tandy Brockman, Catherine Brockman and Ann Cone. Rev. W. B. Morey, of Iowa City, was present and preached on the occasion from 1 Pet. ii : 5.
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