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E. Bacon, in 1857; she was born in White county, Indiana; he has four children : Minerva, Ira, Ralph, and Matilda.
CLEVENGER, JACOB W., far- mer, Sec. 12; P. O. Granville; born in Bedford county, Penn., in 1833; came to this county in 1863; previous to his coming to this State he lived six years in Indi- ana; he married Miss Sarah Hol- enshead, in 1854; she was born in the same county; has one child, Thomas J.
CLEVENGER, THOMAS J., far- mer, Sec. 12; P. O. Granville; born in this State in 1857; owns 80 acres of land.
Coakley, J. J., farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Peoria.
Coakley, John, farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Peoria.
Coakley, Mary, farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Peoria.
Crayton, M. C., farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Peoria.
D EBRUIN, JOHN, farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Pella.
Dickey, Win. E., farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Pella.
Dunwoody, James, farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Granville.
DYSART, M., farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Flint; born in Henry county, Indiana, August 18, 1844; came to this county in 1855; he married Miss Fannie E. Osborn September 12, 1872; she was born in Connec- ticut April 10, 1849.
DYSART, JOHN, retired farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Flint; born in Vir- ginia October 15, 1808; in 1827 he emigrated to Ohio, and in 1839 he removed to Indiana, coming to this county in 1855; owns 86 acres of land; he married Miss Susanna Williams in 1839; she was born in Virginia, and died in 1866; has four children, Margaret, Mark, Phillip, and Rachel A.
Dysart, Mark, farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Peoria.
E LSCOTT, JOHN, farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Pella.
Emerson, J. D., farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Peoria.
ENGLE, JAMES, farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Peoria; born in Pennsylva- nia in 1813; lived many years in Ohio, coming to this county in 1869; owns 320 acres of land; he married Elizabeth Swisher in 1833; she was born in Pennsylva- nia; have two children, Susan and George; lost three.
Engbers, A., farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Pella.
ESPY, R. H., farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Granville; born in Franklin coun- ty, Penn., July, 1832; came to this county in 1855; owns 87 acres of land; he married Barbara A. More- head in 1851; she was born in Franklin county, Penn .; have two children, Maria A., and Ellsworth. Evans, Amos, farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Granville.
F ENDERSON, IVERY, farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Peoria.
Fenderson, Win., farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Granville.
FLEMING, R. L., farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Peoria; born in Harrison county, West Virginia, September 3, 1811; came to this county in October, 1852; owns 168 acres of land; has held office of assessor, school director, and township trus- tee; he married Miss Amy Mad- dox in June, 1833; she was born in Virginia; have nine children, Martha V., Charles, Orin, Justin, Austin, George, Cornelius, Nancy and Amy Cornelia.
Fleming, Charles, farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Peoria.
G ASTON, J. G., farmer, Sec. 4 ; P. O. Peoria.
Garner, Jacob, farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Granville.
GODBEY,ALLEN, farmer, Sec .-; P. O. Peoria; born in Indiana in 1826; came to this State October 15, 1842, and to this county in
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1843 (his father, John Godbey, being the first man with a family to settle in Richland township); he has known his father's family to be without bread from three to four weeks at a time, and lived on bacon rinds and greens, and it has taken them six weeks to go to mill to Iowa City, the river being so high it was with difficulty they could get across; the first election in the township was held at his father's house; he helped drive the first drove of hogs to Keokuk that was shipped out of the coun- ty; he married Miss Mary E. Bart- lett in 1848; she was born in Ohio; have five children, Sylvester, Cam- eron, Viola, Edward, and Luke.
Goodhart, J., farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Pella.
Gosselink, B., farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Pella.
Gooselink, G. J., farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Pella.
Grunden, Thomas, farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Granville.
H ASSELMAN, H. J., farmer, See. 30; P. O. Pella.
HESS, SAMUEL, farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Peoria; born in Virginia, August 7th, 1833; his parents removed to Ohio while he was young, where he remained until 1859, when he came to this county ; he owns 160 acres of land; he married Miss Elizabeth Swisher in 1859; she was born in Cham- paign county, Ohio; they have five children, George, Harrison, Edward, Cyrus, and William.
Hess, O. G., farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Peoria.
Hewitt, S. S., blacksmith, Peoria.
Hessing, Dirk, farmer, See. 29; P. (). Pella.
HUNT, A., wagon maker, Peoria; born in Hunterdon county, New Jersey in 1805; came to this coun- ty in 1852; he has worked at his trade since 1823; he has a large apiary and is giving attention to
raising bees; he married Miss Malı- ala Deaver in 1827; she was born in Maryland; they have five children, Nathaniel B., Nancy, Ellen, Eden and Mary; one son, Levi, enlisted in the 33rd Iowa Infantry and died from disease contracted in the army.
HUNT, W. N., farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Peoria; born in Henry county, Ind., in 1842; came to this coun- ty in 1862; he enlisted in the 19th Indiana Infantry in the late war and was discharged on account of sickness; he afterward enlisted in the 9th Iowa Cavalry and served until the close of the war; he married Sarah A. Block in 1863; she was born in Pennsylvania and died July 15th, 1873; he after- wards married Mrs. M. M. Allen in 1873; she was born in Virginia; he has two children by first mar- riage, Wilbur and Rosetta H. Mrs. Hunt was previously mar- ried to Jonathan Allen, who died in 1871.
Holmes, Dennis, farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Pella.
Huit, Levi, farmer, Sec. 23; P. O Peoria.
Huit, Smith, farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Peoria.
Hull, A. G., farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Granville.
Hunt, S., farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Peoria.
Huit, Nathan, farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Peoria.
Huit, Isaac, farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Peoria.
JACKSON, G. L., farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Peoria.
Jackson, L. M., farmer, Sce. 23; P. O. Peoria.
Jarard, J. R., farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Peoria.
Jarard, John, farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Peoria.
JOHNSON, CHARLES, farmer and miller, See. 9; P. O. Peoria; born in Berkshire county, Massa-
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chusetts, in 1840; came to this county in 1857; is the owner of the mills known as Johnson's Mills, with a capacity for sawing 2500 feet per day and grinding 75 bushels of feed; he married Miss Rebecca E. Beale in 1872; she was born in Ohio; have two children: William B. and Melis- sa E .; in connection with his mills he has also a carding ma- chine.
JOY, C. C., harness maker and ho- tel keeper; P. O. Peoria; born in Ohio in 1821; came to this coun- ty in 1857; owns 93 acres of land; has held offices of school director and township trustee; he married Eunice Davis in 1842; she was born in Ohio, and died in 1850; he afterward married Mary Fost in 1851; she was born in Ohio; has four children living: James M., William M., Benjamin F. and Solomon H .; James and William both enlisted in the 18th Iowa In- fantry in the late war.
JONES, T., farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Granville; born in Virginia in 1812; came to this State in 1843, and to this county in 1866; owns 85 acres of land; he married Nan- cy Williams in 1847; she was born in Wayne county, Indiana, and died in 1851; he afterward mar- ried Rachel Cook, in 1852; she was born in Wayne county, Indi- ana; has three children: Saul, Mary E. and Henry.
Jones, L., farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Granville.
Joy, Solomon, farmer; P. O. Peoria. K ELLEY, E. S., farmer and ma- son, Sec. 22; P. O. Peoria; born in Barbour county, West Virginia, in November, 1830; came to this county in 1856; owns 78₺ acres of land; he married Miss Amanda M. Curry, a native of West Virginia, in 1852; has eight children: Lloyd, Arthur,
John, Joseph, Mary, Ina, Duey, and Cleo.
KITCHING, A. P., farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Granville; born in Indiana, in 1830; came to this county in 1849, and to this township in 1850; owns 140 acres of land; has held the offices of township trustee, township clerk, and justice of the peace; he married Miss Je- mima J. Fansher in 1855; she was born in Indiana, and her pa- rents were among the first settlers of the county, her father being one of the men who carried the chain when Oskaloosa was laid out; has six children : Thomas B., Florence V., Asa A., Willie C., Laura A. and Minnie M.
Kizer, R. C., quarryman, Peoria.
Kiser, J. H., farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Pella.
Koontz, Israel, farmer and black- smith, Sec. 33; P. O. Pella.
ATHROP, WARREN, retired;
L P. O. Granville.
Lane, John, farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Peoria.
Lathrop, Lord, retired; P. O. Gran- ville.
Leanhart, W., farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Peoria.
Lipps, Joseph, farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Peoria.
Lunt, G. F., farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Peoria.
Lucky, Abraham, farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Granville.
LUNDY, JOHN, farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Peoria; born in Union county, Ohio, in 1822; came to this county in 1845; owns 375 acres of land; he married Miss Martha Mershon in 1842; she died in 1844; he afterward mar- ried Nancy Godby, in 1848; she was born in Kentucky; has five children: Martha, Ann, Milton, Lafayette and Cornelia.
LUNDY, ELI, farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Granville; born in Union coun-
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ty, Ohio, September 10, 1826; came to this county in March, 1845, being among the earliest settlers; he has served as township treasurer of the school fund; he married Miss Lucinda Lathrop in 1848; she was born in Ohio; he enlisted in the 15th Iowa Infantry in the late war, and served until discharged.
M ABERLY, C, farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Granville.
McCarter, Joseph, postmaster, Peo- ria.
Mccutchen, J., farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Peoria.
Mitchel, George, farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Peoria.
Miller, John, blacksmith, Granville. MILLER. A., farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Peoria; born in Starke county, Ohio, in 1824; came to this coun- ty in 1856; owns 227 acres of land; has held office of constable; he married Miss Sarah Stokes, in 1867; she was born in Ohio, and died in 1869; he afterward mar- ried Miss Susan Turner, who was born in Maryland; has one son: Ellis.
MILLEDGE, ISAAC, farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Peoria; born in 1854;, owns 88 acres of land.
MILLEDGE, O., farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Peoria; born in Pennsylvania in 1821, came to this county July 3, 1854; owns 310 acres of land; he married Matilda Runyan in 1844; she was born in Virginia, and died in August, 1872; he married for his second wife Mrs. Mary Heminger in 1873; has three children by first marriage, Isaac, Otis and Zalra.
Mortland, W. H., farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Peoria.
N EEDHAM, S. S., merchant, Granville; born in Ohio in 1829; came to this county in 1853, and to this town in 1867, and has been engaged in general merchan- dise since that time; holds office
of postmaster; he married Miss Mary E. Croney in 1856; she was born in Ohio, and died in October, 1872; he afterward married Nancy Warren in 1873; she was born in Pennsylvania; has three children by first marriage, Elliott C., Nat- tie H., and Leslie H., and two by second marriage, John N., and baby.
Noel, James, farmer, Sec. 25; P. O. Peoria.
O USTANK, B., Sec. 29.
Osborn, William, farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Peoria.
OSBORN, LAUREN, farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Peoria; born in Connec- ticut in 1813, came to this State in 1843, and to this county in 1846; owns 160 acres of land; has held offices of justice of the peace, assessor, township trustee, etc .; he married Miss Lois Osborn in 1839; she was born in Con- necticut; has three children; Fannie, Ann and Frank.
P ARKS, SIMPSON, Granville.
l'aisley, T. J., farmer, Sec, 1; P. O. Granville.
Perfect, Washington, farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Peoria.
PHELPS, CHARLES, farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Granville; born in Ohio in 1831, came to this county in 1847; owns 120 acres of land; has held offices of school director and justice of the peace; he married Miss Evaline Walter in 1858; she was born in West Vir- ginia; has seven children: Emma A., Edna S., Lida M., William H., Julius C., Leslie and Oliver.
Q UINN, JAMES, farmer, Sec.
26; P. O. Peoria; born in Ohio in 1813, came to this State in 1838 and settled in Scott Co., and while living there represented his district in the Legislature of the State; he is also one of the original organizers of the Repub-
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lican party in the State; he mar- ried Miss Patty Swain in 1836; she was born in Ohio; has four children living, Flavius Josephus, Aurelius J. C., Mary E., and Al- fred S. Aurelius J. C. enlisted in the 2nd Iowa Infantry and served 3 years, and then went as a substitute for his brother who had been drafted, but could not be spared from home; one son Christopher enlisted in the 8th Towa and was killed at Shiloh.
QUINN, WILLIAM D., farmer, Sec. 46; P. (). Peoria; born in Kentucky in 1805, came to Scott county this State in 1837, and to this county in 1867; owns 211g acres of land.
R HINE, JOSEPH, farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Granville.
RHINE, WILLIAM, farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Granville; born in Ohio January 16, 1824, came to this county November 16, 1855; owns 310 acres of land; he married Cynthia J. Eblin, who was born in Ohio; has five children, John, Joseph, Hugh, George and Har- lan; lost four.
Ridpath, J. T., farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Peoria.
Ryan, Absalom, farmer, Sec. 9; P.O. Peoria.
Ryan, C., farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Pe- oria.
Ryan, J. B., farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Peoria.
Ryan, J. R., farmer, Sec 24; P. O. Peoria.
SAIUE AMUELS,JAMES, farmer, Sec.
36; P. O. Peoria; born in Har- rison county, Indiana, October 26, 1825; came to this county in 1844; owns 40 acres of land; he married Miss C. Petty, in 1850; she was born in Ohio; has 4 children, En- ily I., Gilbert D., Eldora and Lucy J.
Sheehy, Miles, farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Peoria.
SHIELDS, C. C., farmer, Sec. 21;
P. O. Peoria; born in Adams Co., Pa., in 1812; in 1842, he removed to Ohio, where he remained until his removal to this county, Sep- tember 30, 1868; owns 973 acres of land; he married Susan Mey- ers, in 1860; she was born in Pennsylvania, has two children, Mary E. and Julia A.
SHIELDS, C. B., farmer and mer- chant, See. 16; P. O. Peoria ; born in Washington Co., Pa., in 1834; came to this Co., in 1868; previous to his removal here, lived 21 years in Champaign county, Ohio; owns 160 acres of land; he is also en- gaged as a dealer in general mer- ehandize, at Peoria; has served as township clerk and township trus- tee; he married Miss Susan Engle, in 1857; she was born in Cham- paign county, Ohio; has 3 chil- dren, Eva M., Della G. and George E.
Shene, Martin, farmer, Sec. 5.
Shroger, Lewis, farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Grandville.
SHEESLEY, GEORGE, farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Peoria; born in Fair- fiield county, Ohio, in 1827; came to this county in 1854; owns 340 acres of land; has held offices of school director and assessor; he married Miss Eliza Peffers, in 1850; she was born in Licking Co., Ohio; has 9 children, David E., George P., Mary R., William M., John S., Phebe A., Martha E., Eddie A. and Joseph L.
Shelley, J. N., farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Peoria.
Smith, J. F., physician, Granville. Spain, P. D., merchant, Peoria.
Steenhoek, A., farmer, P. O. Pella. IMBREL, J. J., farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Peoria.
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Timbrel, Jacob, farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Peoria.
V TER STEE, CORNELIUS, farm- er, Sec. 18; P. O. Peoria.
Van Engen, G., farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Pella.
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Van Gort, Jacob, farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Pella.
Van der Kamp, E., farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Peoria.
Van Roekel, R., farmer, Sec. 32 ; P. O. Pella.
Van Haaften, C .; farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Pella.
Valthuisen, Jacob, farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Pella.
Vancleave, Milton, farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Peoria.
Van der Kroll, G., farmer, Sec 29; P. O. Pella.
Vancleave, S. C., farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Peoria.
Vanheaftere, J., farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Pella.
Van der Waal, Peter, farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Pella.
Vancleave, C. M., farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Peoria.
Vanclieve, P. T., farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Peoria.
Van Middendorf, Win, farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Pella.
Van Steenwyk, J. J., farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Pella.
VAN HOUTON, H., farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Pella; was born in Wehe, pro- vince of Groningen, kingdom of the Netherlands, in 1812; he was educated at Wehe, until he was eleven years of age-after this time until he was seventeen years old, at Kloosterburen, kingdom of the Netherlands. In 1835 he married Miss Indiana S. Borg- man; he came to the U. S. in 1849, and located at Scotch Plains, Essix county, New Jersey; his wife died in 1851; he came to this county in 1853, and settled on the place where he now lives; his farm contains 316 acres; he mar- ried again to Reino Borgman, wid- ow of Everet B .; her maiden name was Van Peyma, she is from Lan- caster, Erie county, N. Y. Mr. V. has six children by his first mar- riage, Nellie V., Elko, Worp B., Nellie B., Wm. B. and Everet B., 49
and has one child by his second marriage, named Syke; Mrs. V. has four children, Wort, Nellie, William, and Everet Borgman.
VAN CLEAVE, THOMAS J., farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Peoria; born in Shelby county, Kentucky, in 1812; came to this county in 1844; owns 120 acres; he marri- ed Miss Mary E. Nicholson, Aug. 7, 1836; she was born in Ohio; has nine children, Joshna, Henry, Mary E., Albert, Milton, James F., Amaritta, Martha and Thom- as.
Vermeer, Brand, farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Pella.
Verduct, C., farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Pella.
Vermeer, G., farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Pella.
Vogelaar, T., farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Pella.
W ARREN, WM. T., farmer. Sec. 33; P. O. Pella; born in Black Oak Grove, in 1850, his parents being among the earliest settlers; he married Miss A. Mc- Cutcheon in 1873; she was born in Ohio; has three children, Clar- ence, James and John.
WASSOM, MONROE, farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Granville; born in this township, in 1851; owns 75 acres of land; he married Miss Mary Williams in 1873; she was born in Richland township; has one son, Cyrus Thomas; lost one daughter, Florence A.
Warren, J. R., farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Peoria.
WARREN, R.B., miller and farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Peoria; born in Tennessee, in 1829; came to this state in 1841, settling at that time in Lee county; in 1843 he came to this county, his father being one of the first settlers, and built the mill known as Warren's Mills, in 1846; they were afterwards burned, and rebuilt in 1850; they have three run of stone, and do
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both custom and merchant work; he has held office of township trustee, township clerk, and jus- tice of the peace; he owns 199 acres of land; he married Emily A. Bingaman in 1855; she was born in Kentucky; has eight chil- dren, Ida E., J. Lincoln, Granville E., Mary E., R. Wilbur, Mattie M., Orra E. and O. Lillian; he has seen wheat sold for 30c per bushel, and $2.70 ditto, and pork from $1.25 he cut dressed, to $11 gross; they used to go 80 miles to mill, and it took them three weeks to make the trip.
WASSOM, MOSES, farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Peoria; born in Tennes- see, in 1817; came to this county in 1843; owns 280 acres of land; has held office of school director, constable, township trustee, and justice of the peace; he married Miss Elizabeth Wordside, in 1839; she was born in Tennessee; has three children, Monroe, William and Laura A.
Wells, Nathan, farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Granville.
Wehrly, Samuel, farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Granville.
Wehrly, John, farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Granville.
White, A. C., farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Peoria.
Wharton, J. M., farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Flint.
Whaling, O. M., blacksmith, Gran- ville.
Winters, J. C., farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Granville.
Wintermute, H. M., farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Peoria.
Wingfield, F. G., farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Granville.
WOODWORTH, E. N., physician, Peoria; born in Ohio, in 1831; came to this county in 1854; has been practicing his profession twenty years; he owns 78 acres of land; he married Miss Emmeline Hinkle in 1858; she was born in Ohio; has two children, Alice E. and Cora E.
Woolard, Adam, farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Peoria.
Woolard, Henry, farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Peoria.
Woolard, George, farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Peoria.
EDDY VILLE.
THE town of Eddyville is located principally in the northwest corner of Wapello county, but extends over into Mahaska county, from which it re- ceives a large portion of its trade. The town was named after J. P. Eddy, who laid out the village in 1843. He was a trader among the Indians, and for sometime after they left he kept the only store in this part of the country. Before rival points were made and unmade by railroads, Eddy- ville was a place of much promise, but when the C. B. & Q. R. R. "went west" via Ottumwa, the prospects for building up a city at Eddyville waned; yet the town has many elements of attraction: 1st. It is beauti- fully located on the river, and has two railroads, the K. & D. M., and the Central R. R. of Iowa. 2d. A wagon bridge spans the Des Moines river. 3rd. Coal in great abundance is found near the city, also good building stone, brick and pottery clay. 4th. Among the "prospective speculations" through which Eddyville has hope of an outcome, is a branch of the Burl- ington Narrow Gauge R. R., which may some day gravitate to that point, and run thence northwest to Des Moines, or west to connect with the southern extension of the D. M. & M. (Narrow Gauge) R. R. Eddyville
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has about 1,500 inhabitants, and has a fine school building that cost $20,000; also Presbyterian, Congregational, Baptist, Methodist and Roman Catholie elmurches, Odd Fellows and Masonic halls.
B AUMSTARK, A., dealer in confectionery, choice cigars, tobacco, etc .. wine and beer saloon. Eddyville, Iowa; born in Baden, Germany, in 1835; came to Iowa in 1853, and located in Burlington; removed to this place in 1871, and engaged in his present business; married Anna Singer in 1873; she was born in Gatten- berg, Germany. Democrat.
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cCREA, F. M., physician and surgeon; born in Montgom- ery county, Indiana, in 1848; came to Iowa in 1850, and located in Oskaloosa; engaged in the practice of medieine in Eddyville in 1876.
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TOSLER, JAMES, dealer in drugs and medicines; born in Montgomery county, Virginia, in 1802; he settled in Iowa in 1843, and removed to this county in 1846, and engaged in the practice of medicine. Mr. N. has been twice married; in 1826 he married J. Moore; she was a native of
Kentucky, and died in 1873; married again to Sarah Nelson in 1874; she was born in Alabama; he has seven children by his first wife, Martha Ann, Thomas M., Mary J., Irene, Armilda C., Ellen and Henry C; has been a member of the M. E. church since 1824. Greenbaek.
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TOCK WELL, W. W., of the firm of Stoekwell & Son, deal- ers in clothing and furnishing goods; was born in Licking Co., Ohio, in 1850; married E. E. Fredrick in 1872; have two chil- dren, John C. and James E. Re- publican.
W ALZ, B., proprietor Eddy- ville brewery ; born in Ger- many in 1838; came to America in 1859; married Mary Meeher in 1867; she was born in Musca- tine county, Iowa; they have five children, three sons and two daughters. Mr. W. enlisted in Co. G., 57th Illinois Infantry in 1862, and was discharged in 1865.
ADDENDA .*
HON. WILLIAM LOUGHRIDGE,
Attorney-at-law, Oskaloosa, is of Scotch-Irish ancestry, his grand-parents having emigrated to America before the Revolution, settled in Pennsylva- nia, where his parents were born. His father, John Loughridge, was born in 1795; married Miss Rebecca McRea, and in 1820 removed to Ohio, where his wife died in 1850. He was a cabinet and chair-maker, which occupation he followed all his life, and died at Youngstown, Ohio, in 1857. The family consisted of James M., Mary, William, Susan, Samuel B., Eliza- beth and Margaret.
William, the subject of this sketch, was born in Youngstown-formerly Trumbull-Mahoning connty, Ohio, July 11, 1827; he had the advan- tage of a common school education. During his minority he worked in his father's shop, gaining a practical knowledge of the business, and was a " tramping jour " for two years, working in Rochester, and Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and Stubenville, Ohio, studying law at every spare moment. In 1850 he entered the law office of Judge James Stewart, of Mansfield, Ohio, and the same year, at the fall term of the Supreme Court of Ohio, was admitted to the bar and practiced till April, 1852, when he formed a co-partnership in law with Gov. Mordica Bartley; subsequently he re- moved to Oskaloosa, Iowa, and engaged in the practice of law. In 1855 he was elected mayor of Oskaloosa, and in 1856 was elected to the State Senate. In 1856 Mr. Loughridge was married to Miss D. L. Jones, of Lon- don, Ohio, the daughter of a Buckeye mechanic. She died in October, 1860, leaving two children, Charles and Willian. William followed his mother to the summer-land in March, 1861. In 1861 he was appointed by Gov. Kirkwood to fill the vacancy on the bench occasioned by the resigna- tion of Judge Stone, of the Sixthi Judicial District; and at the fall election of the same year, he was elected to the same office, and re-elected in the fall of 1862, this time to a full term, and served on the bench till January, 1867. In 1866 he was elected by the Republicans as Representative in Congress, for the then fourth Congressional district, embracing the counties of Appanoose, Monroe, Wapello, Keokuk, Mahaska, Marion, Jasper, Pow- eshiek, Iowa, Johnson, Benton and Tama, which was the most populous district in the United States. IIe was re-elected to the same office in 1868, and served to March 4, 1871. £ His Democratic opponent in 1868 was John P. Irish, of Iowa City, and his successor, after March 4, 1871, was M. M. Walden, of Centerville, Appanoose county.
* 'These few biographical sketches were obtained too late for classification, and appear under the above heading.
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In 1872 he was again elected as Representative in Congress from the Sixth District, comprising the counties of Appanoose, Davis, Monroe, Wapello, Keokuk, Mahaska, Marion, and Jasper. During his services as member of Congress, Mr. Loughridge stood as an able exponent and de- fender of the policy of the Republican party, and far above the average in the advocacy of the interests of the West. His career as a public man is too extensive for publication in such a work as this, and many of his speeches in Congress have attracted attention throughout the Nation; yet Mr. Loughridge himself is prouder of his office of mayor of the city of Oskaloosa, in 1855-6, than of any other office he ever held. He stands more than six feet high, and is a powerfully built man, being possessed of great energy and force of character. In his manner he is quiet and un- assuming, yet positive and earnest in his sentiments.
TERRY MAY,
Farmer, Sec. 23; P. O., Oskaloosa; born in Highland county, Ohio, August 6, 1820; lived in Ohio until nineteen years of age, and moved to Knox county, Illinois, and lived there ten years. He married Miss Phebe J. Haslett, from Indiana, in 1857; they came with their own conveyance to Iowa, and located in Jasper county; lived there two years, and came to Mahaska county in November, 1851, and located in Black Oak township, and made a farm; is one of the early settlers and has lived in this eounty twenty-seven years; they own a small farm, nicely located, just outside of the city limits; they have two children, William S., engaged in the drug business, in Oskaloosa, and Martha E., now Mrs. H. W. Fisher, agent of the C., R. I. & P. R. R. at Oskaloosa.
PHILLIP AKERMAN,
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Farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Fremont, Cedar township; born in Baverum, Ger- many, in 1829; his parents emigrated to the United States and settled in Butler county, Ohio, in 1833; he lived there until 1851, and then removed to Fremont, Iowa; has been a resident of this county ever since; owns 5393 acres of land; November 3, 1851, he married Miss Rachel Goehring, who was born in Germany, and came to the United States in 1848; they have three sons and three daughters, Harman, Emma C., George W., Albert M., Mag- gie M., and Lettie B.
PORTE C. WELCH.
PORTER CLAY WELCH, whose literary nom de plume is " Proxy," was born near Jacksonville, Morgan Co., Ill., Angust 6, 1837. His father's name was John Welch, of North Carolina; that of his mother, Rachel Smith, of Tennessee. His grand-parents were all born in America, except grand- mother on father's side, who was born in Scotland; hence he is descended from Scotch and Welch ancestors on his father's side, and English on his mother's side. Although the life of our subject is one full of interesting incidents, and deserves to be treated fully, we have but room to give a brief sketch :
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When about eleven years of age (July 19, 1848) he removed with his father's family to Iowa, and settled near the present town of Otley, in Ma- rion county. A year later he removed to near Pella, and remained on a farm until seventeen years old; after which he went to work in a steam saw-mill, and in 1856, when his father sold out, he remained in charge of an extensive lumbering business, having, as head-sawyer, at the first steam mill in Pella, and in other places in that locality, sawed more than two million feet of the "pick and choice " of the great forests of that vicinity.
All told, he never attended school twelve months as a pupil, but lie ob- tained a fair education by studying at odd hours; he was frugal in his habits, subsisting independently on the earnings of his own hands, working all day and posting books and studying at night. In 1859 he commenced teaching school, and in 1860 learned the photographing business, pursuing these at intervals and studying in the meantime, for a number of years.
At Knoxville, Iowa, July 4, 1861, Mr. Welch was married to Miss Mary Elizabeth Harding, eldest daughter of Mason Harding, of Kentucky (a distant relative of James M. Mason of " Mason and Slidell" fame). Mrs. Welch was born near Rockville, Parke county, Indiana, January 8th, 1842, and emigrated to Iowa with her parents in 1855; they settled near Coal- ridge, in Marion county, where her mother died the following year. Their children are as follows: Porter C., born in Pella, June 12, 1862; died in Pella, August 12, 1863 ; buried at Knoxville. John Mason, born in Pella, January 12, 1864. Rachel Anna, born in Pella, January 12, 1866. Olla Mary, born in Oskaloosa, January 28, 1868. William Francis, born in Os- kaloosa, January 8, 1870. Emma May, born in Oskaloosa, May 28, 1871. Fannie Belle, born in Oskaloosa, May 17, 1874. Peter Cooper, born in Os- kaloosa, February 6, 1877.
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V. D. CORYELL,
Farmer, P. O. Oskaloosa; born in Ohio, April 30, 1801; came to this county in October, 1849; owns 200 acres of land; has held office of school director; he married Miss S. McClannahan in 1825; she was born in Adams county, Ohio; has nine children, Sarah, James W., Isabella, John, Robert, Elizabeth, Carry, Louisa Matilda and Daniel F.
N. W. GRAY,
Farmer, P. O. Oskaloosa; born in Ohio in 1828; came to this county in 1855; owns 180 acres of land; has held office of school director; he mar- ried Ann M. Stanley, in 1858; she was born in Ohio; has two children, Eva E. and Walter S.
ISAAC M. VATAW,
Farmer, P. O. Oskaloosa; born in Indiana in 1850; came to this county in 1869; owns 80 acres of land; married Delia Merritt, who was born in Michigan; has one son, Charles.
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