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Lester, T. R., minister.
LEVI, MORRIS L., dealer in ready made and custom clothing, and
gent's furnishing goods, Oska- loosa; born in Clear Spring, Wash- ington county, Maryland, August 5, 1845; he lived there until sixteen years of age, when he removed to Goshen, Indiana, and was engaged in clerking for his father until 1866, when he came to Iowa, and engaged in his present business May 1, 1866, and has continued since then doing a large and ex- tensive business; he has held the office of city councilman, and is treasurer of Masonic Lodge, and has been connected with several other organizations.
LEIGHTON, CHARLES, business manager of the Weekly Oskaloosa Herald, Oskaloosa; was
born twelve miles east of Ottumwa, Wapello county, Iowa, January 21, 1846, and in 1847 his parents removed to Oskaloosa. When fif- teen years old, he commeneed in the Herald office to learn the printing business; but in May, 1864, dropped his stick and enlist- ed in company I, Forty-seventh Iowa Infantry, and served till Oc- tober, 1864. In Dec., 1865, he went west and spent five years on the plains, and in the mountains. September 21, 1870, he was mar- ried to Hester A. Wray, who was born in Shelbyville, Indiana, De- cember 13, 1850. The issue of this marriage was one son, Harry, and one daughter, Ida, both of whom are deceased. After mar- rying he went into the lumber bus- iness in Oskaloosa, in which he was engaged until February, 1878, when, by the death of his brother, the lamented Henry C. Leighton. he was called to the administra- torship of the estate of the deceas- ed, and became business man- ager of the Herald. The subject of this sketeh is a self-made man, and is noted for his energetic and methodical business habits; which, together with his quiet and reserv-
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ed manner, stamp him with the indelible impress of those ele- inents of his elder brother, whose place at the desk he so worthily fills.
Levi, Solomon, clothing store. Lindsley, F. W., printer.
LINDLY, E. D., cashier of the National State Bank; born in Washington county, Pennsylvania. December 18, 1849, and was brought up and received his edu- cation there; came to Iowa in 1867, and located in Oskaloosa, and has been connected with the bank since 1870, and has held the position of cashier for the past three years.
LINDLY, W. A., cashier and man- ager of the Mahaska County Sav- ings Bank, Oskaloosa; born in Washington county, Pennsylva- nia, October 3, 1846; he was brought up there, and received his education at Waynesburg; he came to Iowa in 1866, and located in Oskaloosa; he was engaged in mercantile business for two years. and since then has been connected with banking business; he held the office of city treasurer for six years; married Miss Eliza Wray, from Indiana, near Indianapolis, September 20, 1870; they have two children, Mabel and Henry.
Little, H. N., stereoscopes and views. Little, Rebecca.
Little, Joel H., photographer.
Lauglin, Prof. G. H., Oskaloosa Col- lege.
LOFLAND, COL. JOHN, collector internal revenue, Oskaloosa; born in Belmont county, Ohio, January 10, 1830, and was brought up and received his education in that State; he came to Iowa and loca- ted in Oskaloosa in 1855, and en- gaged in the marble business; af- ter the breaking out of the war he went in the army; enlisted in the Thirty-third Regiment Iowa Infantry, and was captain of Con-
pany D; was in the battle of Helena, July 4, 1863; also at Shell Mound, Mississippi, and in the skirmishes from Helena until the taking of Little Rock; also at Jenkin's Ferry, Spanish Fort, nine day's fight at the taking of Mo- bile; he was promoted, and com- missioned Lient. Colonel; though the shot passed through his clothes and hat, he was never wounded, and never lost a day's duty; after the war he returned, and was ap- pointed assistant-assessor of in- ternal revenne, August 1, 1869, and in 1873 was appointed to his present position, deputy-collector internal revenue; married Miss Sarah J. Bartlett, from Harrison county. Ohio, December 4, 1851; they have two children, Frank C., clerk in the post-office at Oska- loosa, and Charles E., civil en- gineer on the Burlington & Mis- souri R. R .; they lost one son, George B.
LONG, JOHN, firm of John Long & Sons, manufacturers of brick and draining tile; born in Eng- land, December 12, 1814; he was brought up and learned his busi- ness of brick and tile making, and was engaged in that business until 1868, when he came to America and located in Pennsyl- vania, and was engaged in the same business there until 1877, when he came here, and associated with his sons; they selected ten acres of land, and engaged in man- ufacturing brick and tile; they have three kilns, having a capacity of 50,000 each, and have a capac- ity of making 20,000 per day; they built their own machinery, and have their drying sheds heat- ed by steam, requiring from 3,000 to 4,000 feet of steam pipe, there- by enabling them to manufacture all winter; they make an excel- lent quatity of tile, and have a capacity of making 10,000 daily;
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he married Elizabeth® Dawson, from England, Angust 30, 1838, and they have seven children, John D., Edward, Thomas, Henry, Ann, Mary J., Hannah E.
LORING, MAJOR F. H., firm of Shaw & Loring, grocery and pro- vision dealers, Oskaloosa; born in Centre Belpre, Washington coun- ty, Ohio, July 9, 1832, and was brought up there; during the war he enlisted in Ninety-second Reg- iment Ohio Infantry, Company G, July 26, 1862; he, having raised the company, was elected and commissioned captain Com- pany G; was in battles of Reseca and Dalton, and from there to Kenesaw Mountain and Atlanta; in active service most of the time; he was under Sherman from " At- lanta to the sea "; was discharged June 25, 1865; he was in the ser- vice three years and did not re- ceive a scratch, and was not re- ported off duty a single day; the last year in the army he com- manded a battalion, and was pro- moted major by brevet; he came to this county in 1865, and since then has been engaged in business here; he married Miss Delia Armstrong, from Washington county, Ohio, in 1863; they have four children, Lizzie M., Charles M., Carrie A., Mabel HI .; C. R. Loring, father of Major Loring, died in 1873, at eighty-four years of age, and at that time was the oldest native born citizen in the State of Ohio.
LORING, D. W., dealer in dry- goods; born in Belpre, Washing- ton county, Ohio, December 1, 1821, and was brought up there; he came to Iowa and located in Oskaloosa December 17, 1851, and engaged in the mercantile business; he used to hanl his goods from Keokuk; it was a long, tedious trip, and during the win- ter season it was attended with
much suffering from cold and ex- posure; Mr. Loring is the oldest merchant in this city, there being no one in business here now that was here when he came; he has held town and school offices; mar- ried Miss Mary K. Sonle, from Marietta, Ohio, in March, 1853; they have two children, Mary L. and Frank W., and have lost two children, Henry and Willie. Lord, R. T. C., coal dealer.
Longhridge J. M., Insurance agent. LOUGHRIDGE, WM., lawyer.
Lough, David, route agent, C. R. R. of Iowa.
Lundy, James, flour and feed.
Lundy, William, janitor.
Lupton, David G., retired.
Lynch, Con., section boss.
Lyons, Mrs. P. A., physician.
Lyster, W. A., butcher.
MCAYEAL, REV. R. A., pastor of the United Presbyterian Church, Oskaloosa; born in Washington county, Pa., January 9, 1825, he was raised in Westmorland coun- ty, and received his literary edu- cation at West Geneva College, and entered Alleghany Theologi- cal Seminary; he was licensed to preach in August, 1855, and came to Oskaloosa, Iowa, in June, 1856, and assumed the pastoral charge of the church, where he has preach- ed for the past twenty-two years, and is the only pastor here now that was here when he came, there being one other, and possibly two ministers in this State that have preached for twenty-two years to the same congregation. He was chaplain in the army of the Thir- ty-third Regiment Iowa Infantry one year during the war. He married Miss Mary E. Sharpe, from Delaware, Ohio, June 2, 1856; they have four children, one son and three daughters.
McCALL, FRANCIS W ., propri- etor of the Oskaloosa marble works, Oskaloosa; born in Galea county,
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Ohio, October 9, 1831; he came at an early age to La Salle county, Ill .; his father died when he was only seven years old; he worked ont for four dollars a month; he was bound ont to learn the wagon maker's trade; after serving his time, he married Miss Emma Woodward, from Taunton, Mass., in La Salle county, Ills., November 3, 1852; they came to Iowa by wagon, and arrived here in Oska- loosa; in May, 1855 engaged in wagon making and carpenter bus- iness; in 1862 he engaged in his present business; he had nothing when he began, and by energy and good management his busi- ness has grown, and in this line is one of the most extensive in the State, extending over this State, and beyond it. They have four children, Lewis H., Ella, Lilly and Charlie, and they have lost four children.
McCOY, BEN, attorney, firm Bolton & McCoy, Oskaloosa; born in Jef- ferson county Indiana, March 22, 1846; when nine years of age he removed with his parents to Mitch- ell county, Iowa, and came to Ma- haska county in March, 1856. He received his education in this State, entered Cornell college at Mt. Ver- non,in the class of " 68"; he stud- ied law in Seevers & Cutts of this city, and was admitted to the bar in 1871, and since then has practiced his profession here; he enlisted in Forty-seventh Regiment of Iowa Infantry, company C; has held of- fice of city solicitor, and is a member of the school board; mar- ried Miss Mary M. Dixon, from Ohio, January 1, 1870; they have three children, Eva, John N., and Samuel R.
McCoy, W. F., grocer.
McCarty, Dennis, laborer.
McCarty, Cornelius, second-hand furniture.
McCULLOUCH, JAMES, of the
firm of McMullin & Co., livery and boarding stable; born in Holmes county, Ohio, March 29, 1836, he was brought up and liv- ed there until 1864, when he came to Iowa, and located in the county and engaged in farming and stock raising; he was also engaged ex- tensively in buying and shipping stock. He owns a farm of one hundred and sixty acres; he sold off most of his land and came to Oskaloosa and associated with Major McMullin in his present business; he has held office of city councilman; he married Miss Har- riet Devers, from Ohio, in Jan., 1865; they have two children, Charlie and Vida.
MCCURDY JONAS B., firm of J. B. McCurdy & Co., furniture dealers, Oskaloosa; born in Frank- lin county, Ohio, August 4, 1843; he lived there eleven years, and came to Iowa in 1854; lived in Cedar and Poweshiek counties; was in the army; enlisted in the 28th Regiment Iowa Inf'y, Co. C, August 14, 1862. On account of ill-health was on detached service in V. R. C .; was discharged July 5, 1865; after the war he came to Oskaloosa and was connected with the woolen mill; they put in the first woolen machinery. He has been engaged in the furniture and undertaking business for the past eight years; has held the office of city councilman; married Miss Marcella P. Moore, from Morrow county, Ohio, in September, 1872; they have two children, Lena A., and Ralph B.
McGee, Thomas, Sr., shoemaker.
McGee, Thomas, Jr., shoemaker. McKamey, Andrew, occulist.
McKee, A. W., carpenter.
McKinley, John, clerk, A. M. Abra- ham.
McMillen, B. F., physician.
McMikel, Dan, conductor buss line. McNalty, Pat, works on railroad.
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McNeilan, J. S., baker. McQuiston, James, undertaker. McMULLIN, JAMES W., firm of Mullin & Co., livery, sale and boarding stable; born in Adams county, Pennsylvania, December 29, 1827, and when ten years of age removed with his parents to Dark county Ohio; lived there and in Piqua, Miami county, until 1855, when he came to Oskaloosa; he went in the army; enlisted in the 7th Regiment Iowa Infantry, and was commissioned Captain Co. C; was in the battles of Ft. Donelson, Pittsburg Land- ing and the advance on Corinth, and the battles of Iuka, Corinth, and in the whole advance from Chattanooga to Atlanta, and oth- ers. He was wounded in the bat- tle of Corinth, and lost his horse. He was promoted and commis- sioned Major at battle of Pitts- burg Landing. After the war he returned here and has been en- gaged in business here ever since. He married Miss Carrie E. Mun- sell, from Miami Co., Ohio, April 24, 1855; they have one daughter, now Mrs. J. R. Noble, of Fort Madison.
Mansfield, Pat, laborer.
Martin, Alexander, carpenter.
Mark, Bannar, minister.
Martin, John N., foreman, L. L. Hull's harness shop.
Marks, J. G., retired.
Martinstein, A. W., book-keeper.
Mason, Jacob, well digger.
Mason, John, laborer.
MATTISON, JAMES, flour deal- er, Oskaloosa; born in Westmore- land, England, Nov. 19, 1838, and came to America in 1844, and lo- cated in Stark county, Ohio; after living there twelve years, he came to Cedar county, Iowa, in 1856, and lived there until 1865, when he came to Oskaloosa and engaged in the grocery trade, also, in the grain and produce business. For
the past three years has been en- gaged in dealing in flour. He en- listed in the 47th Regiment Iowa Infantry, Co. G, one hundred day's service, and was at Helena Arkansas. He married Martha Mendenhall, from Columbiana county, Ohio, November, 1873; they have two children, Charles Wesley and Eva Meriam.
Mattison, William, grocer. Mattox, C. M., clerk.
MATTOX, HENRY, dealer in groceries and provisions, Oskaloo- sa; born in Logan county, Ohio, December 27, 1827; he was brought up there and learned the trade of brick mason; he came to Iowa, and arrived in this county, at Oskaloosa, Saturday evening, July 29, 1854; he began work- ing at his trade and continued in it many years. He has lived in this county over twenty-four years. He has been engaged in the gro- cery business since 1873; he has held the office of city councilman. Ile married Miss Letitia A. Mc- Beth, from Logan county, Ohio, March 18, 1852; they have three children, Laura Alice, Lucy Ann, and Mattie J .; and have lost two children.
Mays, William S., druggist.
MENDENHALL, MOSES, re-
tired, Oskaloosa; born in Beaver county, Pennsylvania, in 1808, and when ten years of age, re- moved to Columbus, Ohio, and was brought up there. He was connected with iron interests in Belmont county, Ohio, and opera- ted the first iron blast furnace within a section of one hundred miles; he yet retains an interest in the iron works. He came to Iowa in 1871, and located in Os- kaloosa; he owns a farm of two hundred and forty acres in Mar. shall county. He was elected to the State Legislature in Ohio, in 1855. He married Sarah John-
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son, from Fayette county, Penn- sylvania, in 1843; they have five children, and have lost three. Mendenhall, T. W., farmer. Mendenhall, Ezekiel, carpenter. Mendenhall, J. C., farmer.
Mendenhall, E., house mover.
MERRILL, JESSE J., tonsorial parlors, Oskaloosa; born in Harri- son county, Ohio, in 1848; when seven years of age he came with his parents to Iowa, and located in Jas- per county, in 1855; came to Os- kaloosa in 1871 and engaged in the insurance business with Cook & Hunt; has been engaged in his present business for the past five years. He married Miss Alta L. Orvis, from Wisconsin, June 10, 1877; she was principal of the school at Beacon, and was en- gaged in teaching for a long time. Merrill, Thomas, minister. Mershon, G., grocer.
Metler, Wesley, teamster.
MILLER, FENTON, furniture dealer, Oskaloosa. Born in Lou- den county, Va., December 27, 1826; he removed at an early age with his parents to Muskingum county, Ohio, and was brought up there and at Zanesville, and learn- ed the chair making business; he left Zanesville, Ohio, March 20, 1854, and arrived in Oskaloosa April 5, 1854, and has lived here almost a quarter of a century; en- gaged in painting, and then was clerk in store for three years, and then went to work at his trade; he has been engaged in the furni- ture business for himself since 1866 and is the oldest furniture house here; married Cynthia J. Yerian, from Muskingum county, Ohio, near Zanesville, December, 1852; they have three children, Laura J., Harry and Cora, and have lost three children, two sons and one daughter.
Miller, George, blacksmith.
Minnick, David, coal man.
Mitchell, G. B., teamster. Mitchell, J. M., cooper.
Montgomery, J. C., carpenter. Montgomery, John C., carpenter.
MOORE, H. C., dealer in lumber, Oskaloosa. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, October 23, 1831; he was brought up in that State and lived there until 1856, when he came to Iowa and located at Wat- erloo; removed to Waverly and was elected clerk of the courts of Bremer county and held that of- fice for six years, and also held town and school offices; he came to this county in 1868; has been engaged in the lumber business for the past three years; married Miss Elizabeth L. Parkhurst, from Norwalk, Ohio, in March, 1858; they have one daughter, Ella L.
MOORE, DAVID R., clerk of the courts of Mahaska county, Oska- loosa. Born in Lawrence county, Pennsylvania, March 9, 1840; he was brought up and received his education there and prepared him- self for teaching; he commenced teaching when seventeen years of age; he came to Iowa in 1865 and located in this county, and was engaged in teaching for some years; he was elected clerk of the courts of this county in 1874, and re-elected in 1876, and again re- elected in 1878; he married Miss Nora King, from Washington county, Ohio, October 26, 1869. Moore, John M., carpenter. Moony, D., clerk.
MOGRAN, PROF. Wm. B., presi- dent Penn College, Oskaloosa. Born in Henry county, Indiana, December 2, 1830; he was brought up there receiving the advantages of a common school education, and then attended the Friends' Boarding School, now Ehrlan Col- lege, at Richmond, Ind .. He af- terward entered school at Haver- ford, Pa., and graduated there in
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1853; after graduating there he was engaged in teaching at West- town, Pa., and had charge of the classical department; while there he became acquainted with Miss Sarah Henley, from North Caro- lina, who was also engaged in teaching there, and they were married October 10, 1855; after teaching in Ehrlan College he en- tered the University of Michigan and took a course in engineering, and graduated; he was appointed professor of mathematics, in Ehrlan college, and continued for some years; he was professor of mathematics and engineering, in Perdue University, at Lafayette, and was afterward appointed governor of Ehrlan College; he was called to the presidency of Penn College in the fall of 1876; he has taken a high position as an educator, and the institution is prospering under his manage- ment; he has two children, Wil- liam Earl and Jesse Henley.
MORGAN, Dr. J. W., druggist and physician, Oskaloosa. Born in East Tennessee, November 20, 1836, and lived there unlil twen- ty-four years of age, when he came to Oskaloosa, November 27, 1860. Being engaged to open Spring Creek Institute, he con- tinned in the management of the institution for eighteen months, and on account of failing health was obliged to retire and removed to Warren county and went on a farm; his health becoming restor- ed he studied medicine and at- tended lectures in Cincinnati, and after graduating practiced his pro- fession in Warren county until 1876, when he removed to this city and engaged in the drug bus- iness; he married Miss Lizzie Cox, from Indiana, in 1862; she died in 1872; he married Mrs. Col. McCowan, from Illinois, in 1876; she has one daughter, Anna.
Morris, Geo. W., laborer. Munroe, Charles, carpenter. Murray, Ed., laborer.
Musgrove, Sam., laborer. Myers, J. C., pump mannfacturer. TACHMAN, M., meat market.
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Naegle, John, shoemaker.
NASH, WM., agent and dealer in agricultural implements and farm machinery, Oskaloosa; born in Green county, Ohio, May 3, 1832, and removed in infancy to Warren county, Illinois, and was brought up and lived there until 1867, when he came to Iowa and lo- cated in Oskaloosa, and engaged in his present business; married Miss Ann E. Boyd, from Colum- bus, Ohio, in 1859; they have 6 children, Carrie, Charles, Eddie, Howard, William, and little son not nanied.
Needham, David, retired.
NEEDHAM, WM. H., born in Guernsey county, Ohio, August 22, 1840, and when 13 years of age came with his parents to Iowa; they came by wagon, and were 21 days on the way and ar- rived here in October, 1853; he attended school here, and in 1857 entered the Herald office and learned the printing business; after working at his trade here, and at Des Moines, and Albia, he enlisted in the 22d Regiment. Iowa Infantry, Co. D; was in the battles of Port Gibson, Champion Hills, Jackson, Black River Bridge, and in the charge on Vicksburg, May 22d, 1863, and during the siege of Vicksburg; was also under Sheridan in the Shenandoah valley, at battle of Fisher's Hill and Cedar Creek; he enlisted as private and was pro- moted sergeant, then 2d Lieuten- ant, and afterward 1st Lieuten- ant Co. D; after the war he re- turned and bought an interest in the Herald, and was connected
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with it for 12 years; he held the office of postmaster for 6 years, from February 1st, 1870, to March 1st, 1876; and is president of the Mahaska county blne rib- bon club; married Miss Olive A. Knowlton, from Clinton county, Ohio, December 20, 1866; they have four children, Charles K., John R., Edna Panline, and a little girl; lost one danghter, Alice Pearl.
NEWBRANDT, CHRISTIANA, MRS., of the firm of Blattner & Newbrandt, Oskaloosa; was born in Germany, and when 17 years of age emigrated to this country; in 1853 she went to Ohio and lived there 5 years; while living there she married David New- brandt in 1858; he was born in Germany in 1832, and emigrated to America in 1849; he lived in Cincinnati, and in Delaware, O .; after they were married they came to Iowa and settled in Oskaloosa, May 7, 1858; engaged in brewery business, and continued in the business until his death, which occurred June 10, 1877, leaving 6 children, Charles, George, Wil- lie, Christina, David and Rosa; Mrs. Newbrandt still retains an interest in the business.
Newell, Thomas, stone cutter.
NICHOLS, A. S., retired, farmer, Oskaloosa; born in Highland county, Ohio, December 25, 1811; he was brought up in that State, and learned the blacksmith trade; in 1836 he removed to Wolf Lake, Indiana, and in 1837 he removed to Abingdon, Knox county, Illinois, and was one of the early settlers there; he mar- ried Miss Mary Edgar, July 10, 1833, in Springfield; she was from Highland county, Ohio; they came from Illinois in their own wagon, started April 22, 1843, and arrived at the boundary line of the Indian territory, April 29th on Friday, and came
in the Indian purchase Sunday, May 1st; after staking out his claim, the following Wednesday he returned to the boundary line after his family; he bought a claim which proved to be in four townships and in two connties; the claim he first made was claimed by others, and he would not contest for it, but gave it up, and did much better by not do- ing so; he started the first black- smith shop in this county, and the first one west of Agency City; he has had persons come 50 miles to have a plough sharpened, which cost $25; in the following Sep- tember he sold out down in Har- rison township and came here to the county seat at Oskaloosa, and bought the claim where he now lives, and engaged in blacksmith- ing, which he continued un- til 1856; he planted the first apple and cherry trees, and dug the first well in Mahaska county; he went 80 miles to Bonaparte to mill; he used to do work in his shop here for customers 50 miles above Des Moines, making the distance over 100 miles; he was one of the commissioners on the first board of commissioners elected in this county; he was again elected county commissioner but did not serve; he was elected assessor, but as a rule he has steadily avoided office. Mr. and Mrs. Nichols are old and honored settlers of this city and county; they have brought up four chil- dren, all of whom are married except one, who is now living at home with them.
Niehol, Thomas, retired.
Nidiver, G. M., plasterer. Ninde, H. P., insurance.
NOE, J. B., proprietor Oskaloosa Hotel and Marble Works, Oska- loosa; born in Licking county, Ohio, January 10, 1832; when five years of age he removed to
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Noble county, Indiana, and lived there until 1856, when he came to Knoxville, Iowa, and to Os- kaloosa in 1859; was engaged in preaching for several years, was laboring in the interests of the college, and was a director in that institution; has been actively identified with temperance inter- ests; has been engaged in marble business for the past twelve years; married Miss Sarah Balantine, at Fort Wayne, Indiana, July 4, 1854; she was from Franklin Co., Ohio; they have six children, one son and five daughters.
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