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Rapids again in September, 1872, and engaged in present business ; established the first coal and wood yard in Cedar Rapids. Mr. Brock married Frances E. Doe, March 14, 1865 ; she was born in Newbury, Orange Co., Vt .; they have one child-William Wallace, born Jan. 24, 1874.
Brown, D. T., physician.
BROWN, NICHOLAS B., real estate, office No. 12 N. Commercial st., residence (block 38), between Linn and Benton and Madison and Monroe sts .; Mr. B. was born in Sanderson, Sussex Co., New Jersey, July 10, 1814; in 1837 removed to Henderson, Hender- son Co., Ky .; visited Linn Co. in June, 1840; after visiting different parts of the Western country, he returned to this county in Oct., 1840 ; in 1840-41 he built a saw mill at Bertram for a Mr. Doty; in the Fall of 1840, Mr. Brown purchased property where Cedar Rapids is now located, and in 1841 he com- menced the first dam across the Cedar River at this point, completing the dam in 1842; he was also engaged in the construction of a saw and grist mill at the same time he has carried on milling business extensively here and elsewhere in the county, continually from 1842 to 1877 ; he built a woolen factory here in 1846-47; carried that on until he con- verted it into a knitting factory in 1873 ; he had a grist mill and distillery in Rapids Tp., one and a half miles north of the city, which was destroyed by fire in 1861 ; he had a mill on Indian Creek at Bertram, also another on the west side of river, Cedar Rapids, which he carried on for several years. Mr. Brown has been one of the most enterprising men of this State ; he has been an ex- tensive operator in real estate, largely engaged in building and making public improvements ; he has built several large and elegant blocks of buildings in this city ; in 1870 and 1871 he built a block known as Brown's Hotel, and six stores on N. Commercial st., near the Hotel Block, also other buildings on the opposite side of the street, in one of which he carried on mercantile business for many years ; he did a general mer- cantile trade here from 1850 to 1875. He was one of the first Mayors of this
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place. His first wife was Catharine Craig ; present wife's maiden name was Susan Emery. They have had five children, lost three-James P., Ella and Susan ; the living are-Nathan Emery, born April, 1852, and Harry T., born Sept. 18, 1857. Brown, Thomas, miller.
Bryan, James, granary.
Bryan, John, carpenter.
BUCHANAN, JNO., bookkeeper for F. J. Upton & Co., residence on Front street, between Iowa av. and Eagle st .; born in Cedar Rapids Aug. 22, 1852. Married Josephine Hall Nov. 22, 1876 ; she was born in Wisconsin. Mr. Buchanan was bookkeeper for G. L. Henderson & Co., bankers, at Leroy, Minn., three years prior to com- ing here, in March, 1877.
BUCHANAN, WM., bookkeeper First National Bank ; born in Stirling- shire, Scotland, Jan. 29, 1831 ; came to Cedar Rapids in 1859; Mr. Buchanan was for several years Auditor and Pay- master of the Sioux City & Pacific R. R. Co., and held various offices in connection with the companies which control the railroads from Cedar Rapids to the Missouri River; he was Secretary of the St. Louis, Hannibal & Keokuk R. R. Co. from 1872 to 1876; since 1876 he has been connected with the First National Bank of Cedar Rapids ; in 1877 and 1878, he served six months as Alderman ; he is one of the partners in the Carbonized Stone Pipe Works here. Mr. Buchanan laid out an addi- tion to Cedar Rapids (on west side of the river) in 1871, and another, on same side of the river, in 1874, in con- nection with Dr. McClenehan. He married Jennie E. Thompson, in Au- gust, 1876; she was born in Pennsyl- vania. Mrs. Buchanan is a member of the United Pretbyterian Church.
Bull, J. R., carpenter.
BULL, JOSEPH W., attorney at law and dealer in real estate; residence 111 Eagle st .; born near Reading, Penn., Feb. 22, 1841; in 1843, went with his parents to Pike Co., Penn .; lived in that county until he was 22 years of age ; came to Tipton, Iowa, in 1864; engaged in the practice of law, and doing real estate business there
until he came to Cedar Rapids in Feb- ruary, 1872 ; Mr. Bull was educated at Ft. Edward Institute, New York, and University of Albany, N. Y .; gradu- ated from the Law Department of the latter institution in June, 1863. He married Hattie A. Boynton Aug. 8, 1866; she was born in Dudley, Hardin Co., Ohio, June 17, 1842; they have three children-Bertha M, born May 5, 1869; Emerson K., born Feb. 1, 1874, and one infant daughter, born June 8, 1877. Mrs. Bull's father, Benjamin L. Boynton, came to Tipton, Iowa, in 1855. Mr. and Mrs. Bull are members of the M. E. Church. Bunger, Jacob, carpenter.
BURR, ISAAC P., grocer, S. Wash- ington st .; born in Haddam, Conn., Jan. 2, 1837; removed to Perry, Wyoming Co., N. Y., in 1839 with his parents ; lived there five years ; then went to Port- age, Livingston Co., N. Y .; remained there four years ; then moved to Nunda, where they lived one year ; then went to West Sparta, in the same county, and lived there about twelve years; then he went to Rochester, N. Y., and re- sided two years; from Rochester he went to Syracuse ; after eight years res- idence in the latter city, he removed to Clyde, Wayne Co., N. Y., and made that his home for about a year ; then re- moved to Jordan, Onondaga Co., N. Y .; resided there two years, and in 1874 he came to Mt. Vernon, Linn Co., Iowa ; resided there until he came to Cedar Rapids, in May, 1877. Married Ella Fritcher Dec. 29, 1868 ; she was born in Athens, Penn .; they have had one child -William F .; he died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Burr are members of the Sec- ond Presbyterian Church.
Bunenek, Frank, laborer.
Bures, John, laborer.
Buryonick, Vaclaw, blacksmith.
Burt, Lorenzo, drayman.
Burtis, Benj. E.
Burton, C. W., insurance agent.
BUSER & RIFENBURG, pho- tographers and dealers in frames, pict- ures of all kinds, etc., 53 S. Commer- cial st .; H. R. Buser, 51 S. Commercial st .; he was born in Williamsport, Ly- coming Co., Penn., April 3, 1840; en- gaged in present business fifteen years ;
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came to Cedar Rapids in 1870. Mar- ried Elizabeth Gann Feb. 7,1868 ; she was born in Lycoming Co., Penn .; they have one son living-Edgar, born June 30, 1872 ; lost one son-Louis ; he died at the age of 2 years. Mr. Buser en- listed in Aug., 1862, in Co. K, 96th Ill. V. I .; was mustered out in July, 1865. Bushnell, C. C., carpenter.
Bushnell, E. K., carpenter.
Bushnell, Geo. S., cooper. Butler, Green, drayman.
Buttolph, Edwin, printer.
C YALDER, JOHN, teamster.
CALDER, CHAS. E., of the firm of Calder & Garrison, proprietors of meat market, corner S. Washington and Eagle sts .; residence 195 S. Washing- ton st .; born in Cherry Valley, Otsego Co. N. Y., July 5, 1840 ; came to Cedar Rapids in 1861 ; engaged in the butch- ering business here since 1863. Mar- ried Alcinda A. Roberts in Oct., 1862 ; she was born in Cumberland, Md., in 1841 ; they have six children-Mary E., Edith M., Charles A., Ada E., Louis B. and Cornelia B. Mrs. Calder is a mem- ber of the Lutheran Church.
Calder, Jos. I., butcher. Callaghan, Samuel, laborer.
Camp, Henry S., Treasurer Star Wagon Co.
CANFIELD, J. M., proprietor of the Cedar Rapids Steam Dye Works, 50 S. Commercial st .; residence on W. S. River st., third door South of Pearl st .; born in Charlton, Saratoga Co., N. Y., July 22, 1834; came to Van Buren Co., Iowa, in the Fall of 1853 ; came to Ce- dar Rapids in 1864; he was for several years Superintendent of the Woolen Factory here ; established his dye works in 1869. Married Miss Mollie Mills April 30, 1863; she was born in Indi- ana ; they have five children living- William P., John M., Katie, Stacy P. and one infant son. Mr. and Mrs. C. are members of the Baptist Church.
Cantelo, James, railroad man.
Carmach, John, laborer.
Carnicle, Isaac, carpenter.
CARPENTER, GABRIEL,
capitalist, Sec. 27 (adjoining city limits) ; P. O. Cedar Rapids ; born in Earl Tp., Lancaster Co., Penn., Sept. 11, 1801 ; removed with his parents to Bern Tp.,
Fairfield Co., Ohio, in May, 1802; lived in Fairfield Co. until he came to Cedar Rapids, April 16, 1852; engaged in farming and dealing in real estate ever since he came here; he now resides where he first located, in 1852 ; he built a brick block (known as Carpenter's block), corner of S. Commercial and Eagle sts., in 1855; Jan. 12, 1876, it was destroyed by fire; herebuilt in 1876; Mr. Carpenter has been a Director of the First National Bank of Cedar Rapids since its organization ; he is a stock- holder in the Cedar Rapids Water Co. and is President of the Marshalltown Gas Light Co. His first wife was Cath- erine Pierce, of Pennsylvania; they were married at Lancaster, Ohio, Feb. 8, 1822; she died in July, 1849 ; they had eight children ; one died at the age of 3 years and two died in infancy ; the living are Seymour David (now a resi- dent of Ottumwa, Iowa), Rebecca, Mary S. (now Mrs. George Weare, of Sioux City), Emanuel Bruff (now living in Kansas) and Susan. Mr. Carpenter's present wife was Maria Clifton ; married in Oct., 1853 ; she was born in Ross Co., Ohio ; they have had five children ; one died at the age of 2 years ; the liv- ing are Delia Diana, John Fremont, Taylor and George Pierce. Mrs. Car- penter's children by former marriage are Anna Wiley and Harriet (now Mrs. Ju- lius Henry Reed of Boone, Iowa). Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter are members of the Episcopal Church.
Carpenter, Geo. P., physician.
Carpenter, John, salesman.
Carpenter, O. C., salesman.
Carroll, I. W., firm of Charles & Carroll.
Ceyk, Wenzel, laborer.
Cernin, John, capitalist.
Chadina, Mathias, cooper. Chaka, Frank, mason.
Chaka, John, 1st, stone mason.
Chaka, John, 2d, mason.
Chandler, D. D., farmer.
Chanpar, Michael, farmer.
Charipi, Wencel, laborer.
Charles, James F., merchant.
Cherney, Mathias, farmer.
Chick ering, Edwin, mason.
Child, Jos. J., lawyer.
CHRISLER, WM. J., dealer in agricultural implements, seeds, etc., 27,
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29, and 31 N. Commercial street ; residence 40 Linn street; born in Schenectady, N. Y., July 11, 1842 ; came to Freeport, Ill., in 1864 ; engaged in farming near there until 1869, when he came to Cedar Rapids; he has been engaged in the present business ever since he came here. Mr. C. enlisted in 1862 in Co. A, 18th Indiana Vol. Inf .; he raised the company and went out as First Lieutenant ; the company was aft- erward consolidated and he was made Or- derly Sergeant; mustered out in 1863. Ae has been connected with the fire de- partment at Cedar Rapids ever since he located here ; he is now Second Assist- ant Chief Engineer of the department. He married S. Ada Tisdel in October, 1864; she was born in Harlem Tp., Stephenson Co., Ill .; they had seven children, one son died in infancy ; the living are Peres S., Frederick P., William, Nora Pearl, Edith G. and Georgie.
Christle, Frank, laborer.
Christle, Jos., Sr., dealer in lime and stone. Christle, Jos., Jr., lime and wood.
CHURCHILL, A. C., of the firm of A. C. Churchill & Son, dealers in hardware, stoves and tinware, 25 S. Commercial street, residence, 40 Eagle street ; was born in Broadalbin, Ful- ton Co., N. Y., July 3, 1813; came to Freeport, Ill., in 1856; came to Cedar Rapids in 1860. Married Lucy A. Cornwall; she was born in Broadal- bin, N. Y .; they have three children- Julia A., (now Mrs. John C. Holton, of Omaha, Neb.) ; Henry N., associated with his father in· business, and Emma F. Mr. C. was Alderman of the First Ward several years, also President and Treasurer of the School Board. He and his family are members of the Baptist Church.
Churchill, Henry N., hardware.
CLARK & LYNCH, attorneys, 8 and 9 Carpenter's Block, corner Com- mercial and Eagle streets. Frank G. Clark was born in Roxbury, Washington Co., Vt., April 17, 1838; educated at Middlebury College, Vermont. He en- listed in Co. G, 16th Vermont Vol. Inf., in August, 1862; was commissioned Second Lieutenant when the company was organized ; promoted to First Lieu-
tenant of Co. I, same regiment, April 1, 1863; served one year; re-enlisted in the 26th New York Vol. Inf., Jan. 1, 1865 ; was mustered out as First Lieu- tenant in June, 1865. Mr. Clark re- sided in Vermont until 1867, when he came to Belle Plaine, Benton Co., Iowa; practiced law there until he came here in November, 1876; he was a member of the 14th General Assembly (1872 and 1873), from Benton Co. District. Mr. C. resides on Daniels street, between Washington and Adams.
Clark, Chas. H., Register Iowa Railroad Land Company.
Clark, Warren, carpenter.
Coe, O. B., dealer in cigars and tobaccos. Cogswell, Geo. E., homeopathic physician. COLLIER, A. D., attorney at law,
Mansfield Block, corner S. Washington and Eagle streets ; residence northeast corner Third and Pearl streets ; born in Wyoming, Muscatine Co., Iowa. Mr. C. enlisted April 19, 1861, in Co. K, 1st I. V. I .; re-enlisted in Co. D, 44th I. V. I., in the Spring of 1864 ; mus- tered out in September, 1864; he was engaged in the recruiting service in Linn and Johnson Counties most of the time during the war, except when he was out with his regiments mentioned above. He commenced reading law in 1866; admitted to the bar in 1867 ; practiced law and attended College at Western from 1867 to 1871, when he graduated ; first attended College at Western previous to entering the U. S. service ; after he graduated he came to Cedar Rapids, and has been engaged in the practice of law here ever since; was City Attorney in 1874, and has been U. S. Commissioner since Dec. 29, 1874. Married Jennie H. Perry ; she was born in Stark Co., Ill .; they have four chil- dren-Katie J., Libbie A., Wm. S. and Alfred D., Jr
Collman, John, gunsmith.
Colton, F. B., dealer in pianos and organs. Connatty, Jas. B .. railroad engineer.
Conner, Patrick, laborer.
Consigney, Geo. J., boots and shoes.
Cook, Herman L., Conductor.
COOK, J. S., of the firm of J. S. Cook & Frick, wholesale grocers, 92 and 94 Iowa av., residence 100 Iowa av. Mr. Cook was born in Argyle, Washington
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Co., N. Y., April 9, 1828; came to Cedar Rapids in July, 1857; com- menced wholesale grocery business in Aug. 1857. He married Vealssa L. Burnell, daughter of Madison Burnell, of Jamestown, N. Y .; they have four daughters-Isabel A., Ella, Maggie B. and Sarah. Mr. Cook is a member of the First Presbyterian Church.
Cook, James V., policeman.
Cook, Thomas, cooper.
Cook, Thomas Z., crockery.
COOK, WILLIAM, Taxpaying Agent for Iowa Railroad Land Co., Iowa Falls and Sioux City Ry. Co., Missouri Valley Land Co., Blairstown Lot and Land Co., Sioux City and Iowa Falls Lot and Land Co., Sioux City and Pacific Ry. Co., Moingona Coal Co., etc .; office in residence on Sec. 7, Marion Tp,, where he owns 144 acres. Mr. Cook was born in Chester Co., Penn., May 23, 1824 ; removed to Jasper Co., Iowa, in 1851; resided there about eighteen months, then came to Marion ; resided in Marion village and township ever since ; in 1853 and 1854, he was Deputy County Recorder and Treasurer ; in 1859 he was elected Recorder and Treasurer of Linn Co. and served in that capacity from Jan. 1, 1860, to Jan. 1, 1864; from Jan. 1, 1864, to April, 1870, he was engaged in farming; he has held his present position since April, 1870. Married Mary C. Swayne, Feb. 17, 1848; she was born Feb. 5, 1828; they have had six children, two died in in- fancy ; the living are Mary Elizabeth, Eva, Emma and Charles Henry. Mrs. Cook is a member of the Society of Friends.
Cooper, Samuel, merchant.
Cooper, W. S., miller.
Coulter, J. P., physician.
Coulter, Nathaniel, laborer.
Crafts, Enoch, lawyer. Craft, G. D., (firm of Craft & Bowman). Croghan, Thomas, policeman.
Cumer, Delano, carpenter.
Curless, John M., laborer. ALE, GEORGE, mason.
D Dale, John, mason.
DANIELS, LAWSON, dealer in dry goods and notions, No. 2 N. Com- mercial st., corner Iowa av., residence southeast corner Eagle and Monroe sts .;
born in N. Brookfield, Mass., Oct. 4,1828; removed to Oakham, Mass., in 1837 ; resided there four years, then went to Springfield, Mass., where he attended school, and for a short time clerked for the publishers of Webster's Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam; was in Springfield about two years, then returned to North Brookfield, and remained until the Fall of 1848, when he came to Cedar Rapids and engaged in mercantile business ; continued in same business ever since. Mr. Daniels was Secretary of Cedar Rapids Bridge Co. and Secretary of Cedar Rapids Transportation Co. during its existence ; from 1849 to 1853 he was Postmaster of Cedar Rapids; he is now a director and also Secretary and Treas- urer of the Oak Hill Cemetery Co.
Davidson, Wm., blacksmith. Dawley, Darius, compositor.
Dawson, L. B., grain merchant.
DAWSON, L. L., grain dealer ; ele- vator and office on C. & N. W. Ry. track, corner Benton st .; residence 135 Greene st .; born in Manchester, Ontario Co., N. Y., Dec. 30, 1837 ; came to Ce- dar Rapids Aug. 31, 1865 ; engaged in present business ever since he came here. He married Eliza A. Stone Nov. 5, 1862 ; she was born in Monroe Co., N. Y .; they have had five children ; one died in infancy ; the living are May, Frederick S., Jessie and Adah.
Deacon, Chas. J., attorney. Dean, Geo. W., mechanic.
DEAN, JOHN F., cashier of the First National Bank ; residence N. E. corner King and Second sts .; born in Raynham, Bristol Co., Mass., June 24, 1817 ; removed to Norwich, Chenango Co., N. Y., in 1832 ; lived there twenty- two years, and in July, 1854, came to Cedar Rapids. Mr. Dean has been con- nected with the First National Bank of Cedar Rapids since its organization in 1864. He married Charlotte Tay Sept. 8, 1859 ; she was born in Salem, Mass., in Nov., 1833; they have one son- Frank P., born Feb. 18, 1862. Mr. and Mrs. Dean are members of the First Presbyterian Church.
De Geare, D. H., engineer.
Deihl, Amos, teamster.
Deihl, Hamilton, mechanic.
Denlinger, David, retired.
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Dennis, A. B., surgeon dentist.
Derby, E. R., dealer in books, stationery,etc. DEVENDORF & MANN, dealers in dry goods, carpets, etc., 29 S. Com- mercial st. Thos. Devendorf was born in Frank fort, Herkimer Co., N. Y., Aug. 25, 1837; came to Cedar Rapids in the Fall of 1867 ; he has been a member of the Board of Education five years ; en- gaged in mercantile business ever since he came to this place. He married Re- becca Crosby, of Frankfort, N. Y., May 14, 1861; they have two children- Ella and Nella. Mr. Devendorf's resi- dence is at 140 Franklin avenue.
Dilchman, John.
Dobrosky, Wenzel, laborer.
Donahue, Michael. laborer.
DOUGLAS, GEORGE, of the firm of Stuart & Douglas, proprietors of the North Star Oat Meal Mills, corner John- son and Adams sts .; Mr. D. was born in the County of Caithness, Scotland, April 17, 1817 ; came to Rochester, N. Y., in 1848 ; from 1848 to 1852, he was actively engaged in the construc- tion of railroads, canals, etc., in Monroe, Livingston, Wyoming and Cattaraugus Cos., N. Y .; in 1852, he came to Chi- cago ; the same year he took a contract for doing stone and mason work for the Illinois Central Railroad Co. at Dixon and in that vicinity; continued there until 1855; he then took contract on the Dubuque & Pacific road, which he completed in about one year ; in Jan., 1857, he took a contract for bridging and grading the Dubuque & Sioux City road at and near Waterloo, Iowa ; went to Austin, Minn., in the Fall of 1858, and took a contract for grading and masonry work of a portion of what was known as the Cedar Valley & Indian- apolis Road ; other contracts for building railroads, etc., by him are as follows : In 1859, masonry work on part of W. U. Ry. in the vicinity of Davis Station, Ill .; some work at Coffin's Grove, same year; in 1860, engaged in doing a por- tion of the work on the Webster County court house, at Ft. Dodge ; grading and masonry work on the Cedar Rapids & Missouri River Ry., ten miles, in 1861 ; in 1862 and 1863, engaged in building road from Cedar Rapids to Marion and from Marshalltown to State Center ; |
grading, ironing, etc., Nevada & Des Moines River road in 1864 and 1865 ; in 1866, he did the grading and masonry work from Des Moines River to Mis- souri River, a distance of 153 miles ; did the same work on 103 miles of the Sioux City & Pacific Ry. in 1867 and 1868 ; also built fifty miles from Iowa Falls to Ft. Dodge in 1868; 130 miles of work from Ft. Dodge to Sioux City in 1869 and part of 1870; fifty miles of the Elkhorn Valley Road in 1870 ; went to Texas in Dec., 1870, and was engaged in building 155 miles of road for the International Ry .; built the road, laid the rails, built depots, etc., the entire distance ; after finishing this work, he returned to Cedar Rapids and for one year was not engaged in active business ; in 1874, he engaged in present business ; he is a Director of the Oak Hill Ceme- tery Association. He married Margaret Boyd Nov. 6, 1855; she was born in the North of Ireland ; they have three children-George Bruce, born Sept. 21, 1857; Walter D., born April 21, 1861, and William Wallace, born in Aug., 1864. Mrs. Douglas is a member of the First Presbyterian Church.
Dorwart, David, insurance agent.
Dorwart, Samuel S., clerk.
Dostol, Michael, laborer.
Dow, Alphonso, carpenter.
Dowd, Peter, laborer.
Dows, Stephen L., railroad contractor and real estate dealer.
DRAPER, EDWARD C., manu-
facturer and dealer in organs, and dealer in pianos of popular manufacturers, 21 S. Commercial street ; residence 97 Dan- iels street.
Dudeycha, John, grocer.
Dudley, Thomas J., Jr., lawyer.
Dusill, Joseph, wagon maker.
DVORAK, FRANK, manufac- turer and dealer in boots and shoes, 45 S. Commercial street ; residence on Car- penter street, between Adams and Wash- ington ; born in Bohemia July 28, 1838; came to Racine, Wis., in 1854 ; lived there until 1860, when he came to Cedar Rapids. Married Rosa Kucera in December, 1862; she was born in Bohemia; they have three children- Frank, Jr., Annie and Charles.
Dvorak, Philip, Sr., harness maker.
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E ARL, C. F., carpenter.
Earl, E. R., carpenter. Eastlach, John, capitalist.
Eastman, A. V., lawyer and insurance agt. EATON, CYRUS W., of the firm of Jones & Eaton, wholesale and retail hard- ware dealers, 48 Iowa avenue ; residence 222 Iowa avenue ; born in Brownington, Orleans Co., Vt., Sept. 21, 1837; went to St. Paul, Minn., in 1856 ; lived there until 1858, when he went to Canada ; located near Ottawa. and was for five years Superintendent of the Buckingham Lumber Mills ; at the expiration of that time, he returned to Vermont and spent a few months; he then went to Colum- bus, Ohio, and was for five years em- ployed as traveling salesman for a whole- sale grocery house of Columbus ; in Feb- ruary, 1869, he came to Cedar Rapids, and has been engaged in the hardware business ever since; he has been Super- intendent of the Fire Department for the last two years. He married Lydia Taylor, of Marysville, Union Co., Ohio ; they have had one son, Cyrus F., who died in September, 1869, aged about 1 year.
Eaton, F. T., foreman Premium Marble Works.
Eaton, Mortimer O., teamster.
EDES, J. W., M. D., No. 19 North Washington st .; born July 17, 1815, in Peterboro, N. H .; received his early education at Hillsboro, N. H .; clerked in Boston, Mass., from 1830 to 1833, when he went to Andover, Mass., attending school at the Andover Acade- my three years; in 1836, went to Rich- mond, Va., and entered Richmond Col- lege, remaining two years; in 1839, went to Fredericksburg, Va., and studied medicine with Win. F. Browne; took first course of lectures at Yale College, New Haven, Conn., in 1843, and second course in Hampden, Sidney Co., Va .; in 1844, he went to Western, Platt Co., Mo., practicing medicine eleven years ; he came to Cedar Rapids in 1856, since which time he has been actively engaged in his profession. He married Mrs. Ann Cunningham in Fredericksburg, Va., in 1840 ; had two children-Ann E. and Edward W. In 1856, married Mrs. Agnes P. Wood, of Indianapolis,
Ind. ; one child-William J .; married Fannie L. Black, of Blairstown, Iowa, Jan. 11, 1877 ; one child-Edward B. Egermayer, J. J., harness and saddlery.
ELY, JOHN F., DR., Vice Presi- dent of the Union Bank, residence 153 Eagle st. ; born in Rochester, N. Y., June 25, 1821; removed to Stock- bridge, Mass., in 1833; resided there three years, then went to Michigan, where he lived five years ; returned to Rochester, N. Y., and remained three years ; came to Michigan again, and lived there two or three years ; came to Cedar Rapids and engaged in the prac- tice of medicine here until he entered the United States service as Surgeon of the 24th I. V. I .; he was Medical Director of Fiske's Division, also Act- ing Director of Hovey's Division. The Doctor is one of the Directors of the Union Bank and of the First National Bank of Cedar Rapids; he was for several years Treasurer of the B., C. R. & N. R. R. Co .; for a long time he was one of the Directors of the C., R. & Mo. River R. R. Co., and has always taken an active interest in the railroad and other enterprises which had a tend- ency to benefit Cedar Rapids, being a stockholder in nearly every company that has been organized which would be likely to advance the public interests here. He married Mary A. Ely in January, 1853; she was born in Ver- mont ; they have two children-John S. and Mary D. The Doctor, his wife and danghter are members of the First Presbyterian Church.
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