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O 'HARA, CHAS., bridge contractor and builder.
O'Hara, E. R., bridge contractor and builder.
O'Hara, John, contractor.
Ohler, Geo. A., furniture manufacturer. Oliver, Geo., restaurant.
Olmsted, Geo. M., soap manufacturer.
Olmsted, W. J., physician.
Otterbein, Philip, grocer.
OTTMAR, M., boots and shoes, 13 Iowa av .; born in Wurtemberg, Ger- many, Feb. 25, 1840 ; came to Ameri- ca when 16 years of age, stopping a short time in Detroit, Mich., thence to La Fayette, Ind., where he was engaged in the boot and shoe business ten years ; came from there to Cedar Rapids in 1869, where he has continued in busi- ness till the present time. He married Mary E. Moore, of Cedar Rapids, April 27, 1875 ; have two children-Eliza A. and Fred M.
Otto, E. W. S., clothing.
OTTO, J. H. B., of the firm of Otto Bros., dealers in clothing, hats, caps, and gent's furnishing goods, 20 Eagle st., residence on Franklin av. ; born in
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Frederick Co., Md., Feb. 7, 1833 ; came to Cedar Rapids in September, 1866 ; engaged in present business ever since he came here. Married Anna E. Flowers; she died in October, 1862; one child by that marriage, a daughter now living -- Jessemine F., born Aug. 24, 1861. Mr. Otto's present wife was Rachel Archer, married Aug. 17, 1868; she was born in Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Otto are members of the M E. Church. P ALMER, J. H., produce dealer.
Pardubsky, Frank, laborer.
Parker, B. F., with Star Wagon Co.
Parker, George, plasterer. Parkhurst, N. D., attorney at law.
Parks, B. F., contractor.
Parks, James, carpenter.
PARSONS, CHARLES F., of
the firm of Shafer & Parsons, proprietors of livery stable, Washington street be- tween Iowa avenue and Eagle street, near the Post Office ; residence corner of Washington street and Franklin avenue; born in Smithfield, Jefferson Co., Ohio, Nov. 28, 1830 ; came to Tipton, Iowa, in 1853 ; removed to Cedar Rapids in 1859 ; he carried on the hardware busi- ness here for a while ; engaged in present business since 1866. He married Eliz- abeth Rudolph Dec. 31, 1860; she was born in Ohio; they have four children -Susie, Nellie, Louie and Libbie.
Patten, James M., blacksmith. Patterson, J. A., salesman. Pavlat, John, saloonist.
Peak, James L., saloon keeper.
Pentz, William J., fireman.
Peremsky, Frank, laborer.
Petranck, Frank, wiper.
Petranck, John, Jr., mechanic.
Petranck, John, mechanic.
Petrowitsky, John, butcher.
Pettinger, Theodore, dealer in building ma- terial.
Phares, Jos. E., hackman.
Phelps, A. G., retired merchant. Pichner, John, clerk.
PIRKEL, F. J., Pirkel's String Or- chestra, 12 North Commercial street ; born in Bohemia, Austria, May 19, 1842; came to America in 1869. He was married the same year to Josephine Strebel of Iowa City. In 1870, he went to Cleveland, Ohio, remaining two years,
and then one year in Buffalo, >N. Y .; came to Cedar Rapids in 1873 ; engaged in music dealing and teaching. Has four children-Frank E., Erhard H., Charles J. and Joseph W.
PIPER, W. F., (Tibbets & Piper, ) Carriages, 53 Iowa avenue; born in Great Falls, N. H., Sept. 15, 1857 ; came to Cedar Rapids in March, 1878, and engaged in his present business.
Puvanka, Joseph, mason. Pizinger, Albert, tailor.
Pfletcher, Amos, switchman.
PLUMB, ALBERT G., City Treasurer and Collector ; office in City Hall ; residence Iowa av., nearly opposite Coe Collegiate Institute ; born in Halifax, Windham Co., Vt., Feb. 13, 1827 ; re- moved to North Adams, Mass., in the Spring of 1849 ; lived there and in that vicinity seventeen years ; came to Cedar Rapids May 1, 1866 ; engaged in mercan- tile business here for two or three years ; City Recorder and Assessor for city and State purposes for three years previous to holding present position. He married Louisa M. Chandler Sept. 18, 1849 ; she was born in Colerain, Mass .; they have three children-James A., Susan E., and Frank C. Mrs. Plumb is a member of the Universalist Church.
Podhusky, Frank.
Phillips, Jeff., Chief Clerk Grand Hotel.
Podhasky, Jos., saloon keeper.
Polah, Jacob, stone quarryman.
Pollans, Geo. H., painter. Polansky, Chas., blacksmith.
Pomeroy, E. F., Excelsior Soap Mfg. POPE & BILLAU, wholesale and retail druggists, 22 Iowa avenue. N. D. Pope resides on S. s. of Linn st., two doors east of Monroe st .; he was born in Erie Co., Ohio ; came to Vinton, Benton Co., Iowa, in 1869; came to Cedar Rapids in 1873; Mr. Pope has been in the drug business since 1862. He mar- ried Susan C. Rock ; she was born in Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Pope are members of the Episcopal Church.
Pope, Thos. L., retired farmer.
Pospischil, Jos., grocer.
Powell, J. J., attorney at law.
Powers, James, laborer.
Pratt, E. F., blacksmith.
PRATT, FRANKLIN M., pro- prietor of bakery and dealer in flour,
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confectionery, fruit, etc., S. Washington st .; residence corner Third and Pleasant sts .; born in Lee Co., Ill., Jan. 13, 1845 ; in 1866, he removed to Fremont Tp., Benton Co., Iowa ; engaged in farming there about four years ; then removed to Vinton, same county ; engaged in carry- ing on bakery business in Vinton until 1874, when he came to Cedar Rapids and established his present business. Mr. Pratt married Sarah L. Fullenwider March 12, 1867 ; she was born in In- diana ; they have had five children; one died in infancy ; the living are Ella L., born Jan. 13, 1869; Eddie R., born Dec. 12, 1870 ; Le Roy E., born Jan. 24, 1874, and an infant son, born March 23,1878.
Presak, Joseph, soap maker.
Price, Erasmus G.
Price, T. J., far., Sec. 13; P. O. Fairfax.
Prohasky, Joseph, laborer.
Prohasky, Wenzel, laborer.
Prohobratsky, Jos., laborer.
Prusak, Thomas, mason.
Q UAPEL, John, laborer.
R ADAMENSKY, JOHN, laborer.
Ramsdell, D. B., carpenter.
Randall, B. F., surveyor.
Rank, Albert, brakeman.
Rebec, Wenzel, Jr., laborer.
Reed, Ephraim, dealer in wood.
Reed, James S., mechanic.
REEDER, CHARLES. REEDER, PERRY W .. resi- dence, 90 S. Adams ; born in Bellefonte, Center Co., Penn., July 25, 1825; when he was 18 years of age, he removed to Strattonville, Clarion Co., Per n .; spent three years there working at chair- making and house painting; he then entered Allegheny College, at Meadville, and devoted four years to study there ; in 1849, he went to California, where he remained three years, then returned to his native State; in 1853, he located in Cass Co., Ind .; taught in the public schools of Logan Co., Ohio, in 1854. He came to Cedar Rapids in 1855; since he came here, he has been engaged principally in the business of carpenter, contractor and builder, except during the Winter season, when he has taught in the public schools of the county ; he
was County Superintendent of Schools in 1866 and 1867. Mr. Reeder married Sophia Kingsbury at Wadsworth, Me- dina Co., Ohio, April 4, 1855 ; she was born in Wadsworth Sept. 4, 1828 ; they have three sons-George K., Charley and Herman E. Mrs. Reeder is a mem- ber of the M. E. Church.
Rehah, Wenzel, laborer. Renchin, Jos., insurance agent.
REPUBLICAN CO.
Rhodes. George, hackman. Rhodes, John.
Richard, Charles, mechanic.
Richards, D. H., boots and shoes.
Richardson, Frank, printer.
RIFENBURG, A. G., 26 Daniel street; he was born in Auburn, N. Y., March 4, 1847 ; came to Bureau Co., Ill., in 1851; came to Cedar Rapids, in 1874; engaged in present business twenty years. He married Mollie Mil- ler Jan. 22, 1874; she was born in Cincinnati, Ohio; they have one child living-Mollie, born Nov. 4, 1874; lost one son, who died in infancy.
RISTINE, HENRY, physician and surgeon, office on Adams street, between Iowa avenue and Eagle street ; residence 80 Eagle street; born in Madison, Jefferson Co., Ind., Sept. 21, 1818; lived in Indiana until 1842, when he came to Marion, Liun Co., Iowa; his classical education was re- ceived at the public schools of Indiana and at Wabash College; he is a graduate of the Ohio Medical College, at Cincin- nati, and he has in later years attended several courses of lectures at the leading medical colleges of New York and the West; he was for thirty-two years engaged in practice at Marion ; also car- ried on the drug business there from 1847 to 1866; during that time he held the office of Postmaster several years ; he was appointed Surgeon of the 20th I. V. I., in August, 1862 ; served about one year, then resigned on account of disability. The Doctor has been U. S. Pension Surgeon for this county since 1864; he was President of the State Medical Society in 1877 ; he is a member of the American Medical Society and of the Iowa Union Medical Society. He married Catherine M. McMasters Nov. 1844; she was born in Ohio, in
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1825; they have four children-John M., Nellie M. (now Mrs. Z. T. Mullen, of Minneapolis, Minn.), Mary C. and Bella M. They are members of the Congregational Church.
Robertson, John P., mason.
Robins, Oliver, carpenter.
Robins, W. D.
Robinson, Christopher H., restaurant. . Robinson, Henry, restaurant.
ROBINSON, JOHN P., brick-
layer and contractor, residence northeast corner Jefferson and Sandford sts .; born in Philadelphia, Penn., June 24, 1834 ; removed to Dixon, Ill., about the year 1856 ; lived there until he came to Cedar Rapids in May, 1873. Mr. R. commenced work as a bricklayer when he was 13 years of age. He married Mary E. Peasley ; she was born in Can- ada ; they have had nine children; only six now living ; their names are Sarah A., William, John P., Andrew, Mary J. and Frank P. Mr. and Mrs. Robin-
son are members of the Catholic Church. Robinson, W. G., teamster. Rocarek, Albert, tailor.
Rocarek, Wenzel, mechanic.
Roch, Reuben C., bookkeeper.
Rochester, Wm. B., carpenter.
Rockingfield, Henry, laborer.
Roddy, Edward, laborer.
Rollins, J. P., pattern-maker.
Ross, James, book-dealer.
Rowley, D. W. C., Sec. Coe Collegiate In- stitute.
Rumil, Wenzel, laborer. SADILEK, MATHIAS, tailor.
Safronek, John.
Safronek, Joseph, laborer.
Sanford, Edward, mason.
Sankup, Frank, carpenter.
Sankup, Joseph, shoemaker.
Sankup, Wenzel, carpenter.
Saunders, Wm. O., tinner.
Sawyer, James L., house painter.
Schleagel, Chris., laborer.
Schmidt, H., capitalist.
Schneider, Conrad, stone cutter.
Scott, Géo., blacksmith.
Scott, Jacob C., foreman painter Star Wa- gon Works. Scott, Wm. H., drayman.
Seabury, Nath., retired.
SEARLES & BAXTER, pro- prietors of marble works, 76 S. Commer-
cial st. James M. Searles resides on south side of King st., three doors west of Third st .; he was born in Johnson Co., Iowa, June 5, 1844; in 1846, moved with his parents to New Diggings, Wis .; he lived in Wisconsin until Aug. 13, 1862, when he enlisted and was mustered into the United States service in Co. C, 21st Wis. V. I .; in Feb., 1864, he was promoted to Second Lieutenant of Co. A, 38th Wis. regiment; afterward pro- moted to First Lieutenant and Captaincy of the company ; mustered out as Cap- tain Aug. 13, 1865 ; commenced marble cutting work in 1858; in 1867, he en- gaged in the business which he now car- ries on. Married Nettie E. Rhodes Nov. 17, 1865 ; she was born at Naper- ville, Ill .; they have three children- Maud A., born Nov. 14, 1866; Nettie May, born May 31, 1870, and Charles, born May 26, 1878. Mr. Searles' father was a M. E. clergyman, who came to Iowa in 1843, and it is claimed that he preached the first sermon in Cedar Rapids ; it was addressed to a boat-load of Mormons in 1843 ; he died at Bran- don, Wis., in 1870 ; his name was Isaac Searles.
Searles, W. A., spring bed manufacturer.
Searles, W. W., foreman Star Wagon Wks. Seblacek, Chas., laborer.
Secora, Jacob, tailor.
Seeley, Chas. E., plasterer.
Seely, S. F., salesman.
Seitz, Philip, saloon keeper.
Semans, Wm., capitalist.
Shaeffer, Casper, butcher.
Shaffer, Jacob, gas maker.
Shaeffer, Samuel B.
Shafer, Samuel, engineer.
Shattuck, S. A., pump dealer.
Sharon, Frank, laborer.
Sharer, I. H., prop. C. R. Steam Bakery.
Shefler, F. J., carpenter.
Shinanek, Jos., laborer.
Shufeldt, Noxon, Constable.
Shuster, J. B., teacher in Bohemian > chool.
Simon, John, saloon keeper.
Simon, Joseph, tobacco store.
Simonds, Henry, barber.
SINCLAIR, THOMAS M., of the firm of T. M. Sinclair & Co., pork pack- ers ; residence Brown street, between Madison and Monroe ; Mr. S. was born in Ireland ; he came to New York City,
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where he was engaged in the packing business for nine years, having previously been engaged in the same business in Belfast, Ireland ; came to Cedar Rapids in 1871, and established his present es- tablishment, which now stands among the largest in this country for pork pack- ing; ranks eighth among the cities of the United States, and Mr. S. is the the only packer here.
Sise, Frank, laborer.
SKINNER, GEORGE R., phy- sician and surgeon, office, 41 Iowa ave- nue ; residence, 126 Park Avenue ; born in Parma, Monroe Co., N. Y., May 19, 1836 ; removed to Polo, Ogle Co., Ill., in 1954; engaged in the drug business there from 1857 to 1861. He enlisted in Co. D, 92d Ill. Mounted Infantry, July 22, 1862; was immediately com- missioned First Lieutenant ; made Brev- et Major, in June, 1865 ; a considerable portion of the time he was in the serv- ice, he was Inspector of Cavalry ; mus- tered out July 8, 1865. The Doctor is a graduate of Bellevue Hospital Med- ical College, New York ; he was engaged in practice in Polo, Ill., until 1871, when he came to Cedar Rapids ; in 1876, he was President of the Iowa Union Med- ical Society, and Secretary of the same society from 1872 to 1876; he is now Treasurer of the Iowa State Medical So- ciety, elected in May, 1877 ; and also a member of the American Medical Asso- ciation. He married Miss Anna P. Coleman, in Rochester, N. Y., Oct. 30, 1867 ; she was born in Rochester ; they have had five children ; two died in in- infancy ; the living are George C., Alice M., and Frank S. The Doctor and his wife are Presbyterians.
Skinner, Stephen, retired.
Skror, Jolın, saloon keeper.
Sladma, Thomas, laborer.
Slocum, M. C., carriage painter. Smith, A. G., engineer.
Smith, Almon S., gunsmith.
Smith, Almon S., Jr., gunsmith.
SMITH, A. St. CLAIR, attorney at law, office corner Iowa avenue and Commercial street.
Smith, Benjamin, laborer.
Smith, Benton W., teamster.
Smith, Clark, cooper.
Smith, Frank A., laborer.
Smith, Jeremiah, flour and feed store.
SMITH, JESSE H., DR., Pres-
ident of the Farmers' Insurance Co., cor- ner Washington and Eagle streets ; res- idence 166 Linn street ; was born in Elkhart Co., Ind., Aug. 27, 1837 ; came to College Tp., Linn Co., July 27, 1853 ; came to Cedar Rapids in 1858 ; he en- gaged in farming when he first came to the county, and has carried on farming ever since ; he is a graduate of Rush Medical College ; commenced the prac- tice of his profession in 1860. He has been Alderman of the First Ward ; was Mayor from March, 1875, to March, 1877; he has been President of the Farmers' Insurance Co. since 1869. The Doctor's first wife was Lucy Hen- derson, daughter of John W. Hender- son ; she died Oct. 20, 1863 ; one child by this marriage-Edward H, born March 20, 1863; his present wife was Mary E. Ward; she was born in Illi- nois ; they have one child-Isaac B., born Jan. 20, 1868. Dr. S. and his wife are members of the Episcopal Church.
Smouse, Jonathan, teamster.
SMITH, J. Wilson, carpenter.
Smith, John, laborer. Smith, Jos., cigar dealer.
SMITH, W. W., wholesale and re- tail dealer in groceries, crockery. glass- ware, etc., 20 S. Commercial st .; res., 130 Park avenue; born in Nova Scotia April 17, 1820; removed to Pembroke, Maine, in 1827; to Calais, Maine, in 1833 ; came to Cedar Rapids May 5, 1850 ; he was engaged in con- tracting and building here until 1860 ; he was then appointed Sheriff of Linn ; was afterward elected Sheriff and served in that capacity until 1862, when he resigned and raised a company, which was organized as Co. G, 24th I. V. I .; he was immediately commissioned First Lieutenant Sept. 18, 1862 ; in October, 1862, he was promoted to Captaincy ; was mustered out as Captain in August, 1865. In September, 1865, he estab- lished his present business ; he has been a member of the Board of Education ; served ten or twelve years ; he now rep- resents the Second Ward of this city as Alderman ; he was Mayor and Council-
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man under the old charter of this place. He married Anna T. Wadsworth, of Calais, Maine, Jan. 1, 1845. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are members of the M. E. Church.
Smith, Wenzel, tinner. Smith, Wm. B., drayman. Smouse, Wm. H., bookkeeper. Snook, Thos. B., drayman. Snouffer, J. J., miller.
Snouffer, J. T., salesman. Snyder, Jas. P., teamster.
Soukal, Frank, shoemaker.
SOULE, B. M., of the firm of Soule & Miller, manufacturers of carriages, spring wagons, sleighs, etc., 77, 79 and 81 S. Commercial st .; residence, 272 Eagle st. Mr. S. was born in Fairfax, Franklin Co., Vt., Dec. 13, 1840 ; came to Cedar Rapids in 1870; he was en- gaged in the furniture business here for one year ; carried on a fruit farm for two years, and in 1873 engaged in his present business ; twenty years of his life he has been engaged in wagon manu- facturing in its various departments. He married Maria L. Hawley for his first wife ; she was born Feb. 24, 1840, and died Nov. 16, 1873 ; two children by first marriage ; their names are Fred H., born Feb. 9, 1868; and Alice, Dec. 31, 1869. Present wife was Arabella C. Olds, married in August, 1875; they have one child-Josie May, born July 6, 1876. Mr. and Mrs. S. are members of the Second Presby- terian Church. In 1861 Mr. S. enlisted in the U. S. service as musician in the 5th Vermont Regimental Band; re-en- listed in 1862, and was musician in the First Brigade Band, 6th Army Corps ; served two years.
Soule, David, mason.
Soutter, H. B., Cashier F. M. Sinclair & Co.
Sosel, Joseph, lawyer. Spalding, S. S., carpenter.
Spangler, A. H., firm of Leech & Span- gler, lawyers. Spangler, Jacob, molder. Speakman, Griffith, blacksmith. Springer, Bernard, saloon keeper. Stark, Lawrence, expressman. Starman, Frank, blacksmith. Starman, John, laborer. Stary, George, saloon.
Stary, John, grocer.
Staves, Anthony, laborer.
STEARNS, GEORGE L., re- tired ; residence 158 Iowa av .; born in Phelps, Ontario Co., N. Y., Sept. 10, 1825; removed to Albany, N. Y., in 1849 ; in employment of Wells & Co.'s Express Co .; afterward, in 1853, agent of National Express Co. at Saratoga Springs; in 1858, went to Rochester, N. Y., was in the freight department of the N. Y. C. Ry. Co. there; came to Cedar Falls, Iowa, in 1861. Aug., 1862, he enlisted in Co. B, 31st Iowa V. I .; mustered out in July, 1865. Messenger for American Express Co. between Boone and Sioux City from April, 1866, until 1867, when he came to Cedar Rapids ; was agent of the American and United States Express Cos. from that time until April, 1877 ; he has been Street Com- missioner here for the last year. Mar- ried Helen A. Streeter Nov. 7, 1849 ; she was born in Phelps, Ontario Co., N. Y .; they have four children-Charles G., Helen A., Henry A. and Theodore A. Mr. and Mrs. S. are members of the Episcopal Church.
Stefan, Frank, laborer. Stefan, John, Sr., laborer.
Stefan, John, Jr., laborer.
Sternad, Anton, laborer.
STERNEMAN, C. R., dentist, 8 S. Commercial st .; born in Lancaster Co., Penn., where he received his early edu- cation ; in 1850, he went to Gallipolis, Ohio ; attended Ohio Dental College in Cincinnati in 1853 and 1854, then re- turned to Gallipolis and practiced until 1865, when he came to Cedar Rapids, where he has since continued in the prac- tice of his profession. Married Sarah Stamm, of Lancaster Co., Penn., 1843; have had six children-Mary Ann Eliza- beth (deceased), Dr. Casper H., Ellen R., David S., Arizona and Fred S.
ST. JOHN, G. B., President of the Iowa Iron and Steel Fence Co., Linn st., between Commercial and Washing- ton st .; residence, 201 S. Washington sts .; born in Jackson Co., Mich., March 10, 1842; was with Lawrence & Cha- pin, manufacturers of agricultural im- plements, etc., from 1865 to 1873, when he came to Cedar Rapids ; was with the Farmers' Manufacturing Co. one season,
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then organized the company which he is now connected with ; this company does the work of casting for the B., C. R. & N. Ry. Co., manufacture wind mills, etc., and general foundry and machine work. Mr. St. John enlisted in the Fall of 1861 in the 1st Michigan Regiment of Engineers and Mechanics ; served in the army of the Cumberland; was with Buell, Mitchell and Sherman.
Stepanek, Wenzel, cabinet maker.
Stephens, Wesley, traveler.
Stephenson, W. B., drayman.
Stretesky, Frank, wagon maker.
Stewart, William, farmer. .
STIBBS, HENRY B., Cashier of the Union Bank, cor. Iowa avenue and Washington street ; residence 146 Eagle street ; born in Wooster, Wayne Co., Ohio, Jan. 20, 1838; came to Cedar Rapids, January, 1856; he has been engaged in the banking business since he came here ; has been Cashier of the Union Bank since 1870.
Stickney, Theo., clerk.
Stiles, P. B., carriage maker.
Stoddard, Eleakim, teamster.
Stoddard, J. C., foreman Times bindery. Stoddard, W., drayman.
Stolba, John, laborer.
Stolba, Wenzel, tailor.
Striak, Wenzel, laborer.
STUART, ROBERT, of the firm of Stuart & Douglas, proprietors of the North Star Oat Meal Mills, cor. Johnson and Adams streets ; residence 71 Park avenue; he was born in Oxford Co., Ontario, Nov. 22, 1856 ; came to Cedar Rapids in the Spring of 1873; engaged in present business ever since he came here; his firm gives employment to about seventy-five men ; the capacity of the mills is 8,000 bushels per day ; their shipments are very great to Liverpool, London, Glasgow, and other European points.
Stussak, Frank, laborer. Stussak, John, laborer. Swab, John, laborer.
SWAB, JOSEPH, dealer in hard- ware, stoves, tinware, etc., 6 S. Com- mercial street; born in Bohemia, Jan. 9, 1851; came to Cedar Rapids in 1854; engaged in present business ten years, including four years learning his trade ; for the last six years he has been
engaged in business for himself. Mr. Swab married Mary Biscup October, 1872 ; she was born in Bohemia ; they have three children-Alloisus, Henry and Wilhelmina.
Swab, William, butcher.
Sweeny, Daniel.
Sweeny, John, laborer.
Sweet, A. A., expressman.
Sweet, M. W., teamster.
Swem, E. L., constable.
T NAFT, Ira B., carpenter.
Taylor, A. C., jeweler. Taylor, A. H., physician.
TAYLOR, EDWIN H., pro-
prietor of livery stable, Eagle street, between Washington and Commercial ; residence on his farm, Sec. 26, in this township; he owns eighty acres ; he was born in Johnson, Vt., April 12, 1830 ; when he was about 2 years of age his parents removed with family to Sherbrooke, Canada East; lived there ten years, then went to Stanstead, Canada East; remained there eight years; in 1852, he went to California ; engaged in mining there two years ; then returned to Stanstead, Canada East ; remained there one year; then he went to California again, and was . there three years longer ; he then went to Coventry, Vt., and there married Abby H. Kidder; she was born at Irasburg, Vt., now deceased ; they had two children ; one daughter, Florence, died at the age of 3 years ; Jennie is now living. Mr. Taylor's present wife was Angie Nelson; she was born in Iowa; they have had four children ; lost one daughter, Jessie ; she died aged 2 years ; the living are Cora, Gertie and Edwin.
THE STANDARD.
Thieman, Jacob, laborer. Thomas, Edwin C., laborer.
THOMAS, JOHN, wholesale dealer in leather and saddlery hardware, 49 Iowa avenue; residence 108 Greene street; born in Bethany, New Haven
. Co., Conn., Jan. 16, 1833; came to Linn Co. in March, 1866 ; engaged in present business ever since.
Thomas, O. Z., jeweler.
Thompson, Allen, carpenter. Thompson, A. W., mason.
CEDAR RAPIDS CITY.
Thompson, Edward, wagon maker.
Thompson, J. G., mechanic.
Thompson, Robert J., traveler.
Thompson, W. H., jeweler.
TIBBETS, W. S. (Tibbets &
Piper), carriages, 53 Iowa avenue ;
born in Great Falls, N. H., March 2, 1854 ; came to Cedar Rapids in March, 1878, and engaged in present business. Tisdale, Daniel.
Tishcher, Abraham, laborer.
Tobey, E. F., physician.
Tomasek, Jos., shoemaker.
Tomasek, Wenzel, shoemaker.
TOMLINSON, RICHARD B.,
merchant tailor, dealer in clothing, hats, caps and gents' furnishing goods, 44 Iowa av .; also member of the firm of Lyon, Tomlinson & Co., wholesale deal- ers in hats, caps, furs, gents' furnishing goods, etc., 56 and 58 Iowa av. Mr. T. resides at 180 Eagle st .; he was born in Champlain, Clinton Co., N. Y., May 4, 1835 ; removed to Ripon, Wis., in 1856; lived there one year, when he returned to New York and remained one year,then went to McGregor, Iowa, where he was for several months Principal of the Mc- Gregor Select School; in the Spring of 1859, he started for California ; from the Fall of 1859 until March, 1860, he was engaged in teaching in California ; in March, he went to the Washoe mines, Nevada, but in the Fall of 1860, re- turned to San Francisco and engaged in stock speculations until the Spring of 1861, when he went to Silver City, Ne- vada; he was largely engaged in mer- cantile business there until 1867 ; he also owned large blacksmith and wheel- wright shops there, which he conducted from 1864 to 1867 ; dealt extensively in grain and wood ; he also had a store at American City, Story Co., Nevada, which he carried on from 1864 to 1867 ; in the Spring of 1862, he came overland to York, Delaware Co., Iowa, where he was married April 5, 1862, to Miss Amanda Ames ; returned to Nevada with his wife by the Pacific Mail Steamship route, having made a trip of 11,000 miles to secure a wife; Mrs. T. was born in Clintonville, N. Y., June 15, 1834 ; they have one son-Richard Burton, born at Silver City, Nevada, Dec. 17, 1863. Mr. and Mrs. Tomlinson are members of
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