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Barnes, G. C.
Barton, J. G., teamster.
Beatty, Joseph, laborer.
Bauer, John, brewer.
Bayliss, W. J., shoemaker.
Bayston, Henry, laborer.
Beck worth, C. L.
Bedwell, G. T., clerk.
Beeler, J. J., laborer.
Bell, A. W., railroad conductor.
Bellmont, James, wagon-maker.
Berry, D.
Berrý, P., blacksmith.
Betts, C. W., traveling salesman.
Bickley, T. R., plasterer.
Bigham, Robert, cigar-maker.
Bigham, Thomas, attorney.
Bills, J. C., painter.
BLACKLEY, JAMES T., born
in Adams Co., Ill., March 10, 1847 ; came to Ottumwa in 1870, and is acting as Constable, which office he has held for two years. Is a member of A., F. & A. M., belonging to Lodge No. 465, of Illinois. Republican.
BLAKE, CHARLES F., Presi- dent of the Iowa National Bank ; born in Prussia Oct. 12, 1823; in 1837, came to this country, locating in Hamilton Co., Ohio; after three years, removed to Indianapolis; Feb- ruary, 1845, came to Ottumwa ; has re- sided here since, with the exception of a three-years sojourn in California from 1850 to 1853; in 1865, engaged in the drug business, under the firm name of Taylor, Blake & Co., and followed that for nine years ; was one of the original stockholders and directors of the Iowa National Bank ; has always been identi- fied prominently with the railroad and other public enterprises which have so greatly benefited Ottumwa; was Vice President of the bank until December, 1873, at which time was elected Presi-
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dent, and has since retained that responsi- -
ble position. Was elected Alderman from his ward for eight or nine years ; has also served as City Treasurer, City Assessor, and in other capacities. Mar- ried Polly Kingsley, of Onondaga Co., N. Y., June 9, 1856; she died June 13, 1876 ; left two children -- Juliette K., now Mrs. Calvin Manning, of Ot- tumwa, and Cyrus K .; Mr. Blake was married to Mrs. Jennie E. Stevens.
Blind, Conrad, saloon.
Blunck, H .; cigar maker.
Boline, W. H., molder.
Bolinger S., clerk, with J. B. Miller. Boltz, T. J., attorney.
BONNIFIELD, W. B., was born in Randolph Co., W. Va., Feb. 23, 1827 ; removed with his parents to Jefferson Co., Iowa, in the spring of 1837 ; lived on a farm, nine miles east of Fairfield ; was there when the county was surveyed, and remained until 1843, when he attended school at Mt, Pleas- ant for a year and a half ; taught school near Burlington ; was engaged in teach- ing and farming until 1849, when he attended Alleghany College, Meadville, Penn., for two and a half years ; in the fall of 1857, he went to Kentucky, and taught for two years ; afterward, to Missouri, and taught one year; in 1854, he went to California and engaged in mining and stock-raising, until April, 1860, when he came to Ottumwa ; here he engaged in private banking, under the firm of Bonnifield Bros, from Oct. 15, 1861, until the organization of the First National Bank, Oct. 19, 1863, the first national bank in this section of the State ; he was appointed as Cashier, and soon after, as President, which position he has held ever since, with the excep- tion of one year, during which time Mr. Hawley filled that place ; Mr. Bonni- field was President and Treasurer of the Iowa Central Coal Co., at Oskaloosa, for one year ; he was Treasurer of the St. Louis & Cedar Rapids R. R. Co., about six years, until the road was sold out, and has always been prominently identified with railroads and other pub- lic enterprises likely to improve the ma- terial interests of Ottumwa; he has been President of the Ottumwa Water- Power Co., from 1875 up to date. Mar-
ried to Alcinda Inskeep Oct. 28, 1862; she was born at Hillsboro, Ohio, Sept. 30, 1833; have three children-Mary T., Lizzie B. and Willie B. Members of the First M. E. Church.
Bosworth, L. D., traveling agent.
BAUDE, CHARLES E., was born April 23, 1844, in Butler Co., Ohio; moved with his parents to Carthage, Ill., in 1854; to Ottumwa in 1866; was in the employ of the K. & D. R. R. Co., till they leased the road to the C., R. I. & P., and since, with the present company, as station agent. Married Mary M. Sharp Oct. 9, 1873 ; have one child-Louis M.
Boulton, B. J., wholesale confectioner. Boulton, G. W., wholesale confectioner.
BOWEN, GEORGE W., proprie- tor of flouring-mill; born in Jackson Co., Ohio, Feb. 21, 1831 ; when he was 4 years of age, his parents moved from there to Shelby Co., Ohio, near Sidney ; four years after, to Adams Co., Ind .; to Ottumwa in October, 1848; Mr. Bowen worked at the milling business as en- gineer from 1851 to 1857; then pur- chased one-half interest in the business. His first marriage, to Ellen M. Hack- worth, took place in 1854; she died Dec. 29, 1862; had four children, three living-William P., Clara E. (now Mrs. Christopher Haw) and Emma A. Mar- ried to his present wife, Angeline S. Miller, May 12, 1864; she was born in Champaign Co., Ohio ; have one child, George M. Members of the Main St. M. E. Church.
Bowen, W. P., miller.
Bowers, G. B., dentist.
Bowles, J. J., proprietor restaurant.
BOWLES, J. T., job-printer ; was born in Jacksonville, Ill., Dec. 14, 1847 ; came to Ottumwa twenty-three or four years ago ; has been engaged in printing since he was 13 years of age. Married Margaret J. McGrew, Oct. 28, 1869 ; born in Keokuk Co., Iowa; have four children-Carrie May, Charles W., Arthur H. and Frederick Wilson. Mrs. Bowles member of the Presbyterian Church.
BOYER, A. D., born Sept. 9, 1835, in Tuscarawas, Ohio; came to Iowa in 1864 and to Ottumwa in 1867. Enlisted in Company H, 82d Ohio Infant-
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ry, Nov. 22,1861; mustered out Nov. 22, 1864. Married Mary A. Pomeroy,
Dec. 14, 1865. Business-meat mar- ket, on Main street, between Jefferson and College. Have three children- Minnie, Charlie and Gertie.
Brady, P., shoemaker.
Bramhaust, Otto, clerk.
Brewer, James.
BRIGGS, W. S., official reporter Second Judicial District : born in Indiana Co., Penn., Jan. 23, 1844. Enlisted in Company K, 14th Penn. Cavalry, Sept. 11, 1862, and served until June 7, 1865; then returned to Pennsylvania and studied law and short-hand report- ing ; winter of 1867, went to Leaven- worth, Kan., and was in the law office of Hurd & Stillings ; March 28, 1868, was admitted to the bar; located at Clarinda, Iowa, in partnership with John R. Marledge, and practiced one year ; then formed a partnership with his brother, which continued until Sep- tember, 1871, when he removed to Albia, as a partner with W. P. Hammond. This continued for nearly two years, when he was appointed official short hand re- porter for the Second Judicial District, and took up his residence in Ottumwa, May 1, 1873. He married Jennie McMichael Dec. 15, 1869; she was born in Ireland ; had four children, two living-Mattie J. and Orrell Blanche. Members of the Presbyterian Church.
BRISCOE, J. O., real estate and loan agent.
Brown, C. P., ex-Internal Revenue .Col- lector.
Brown, G. A., insurance agent.
Brown, Hugh, carpenter.
Brown, J. W., boarding-house.
Brown, W. H., barber.
Brumley, Jacob, carpenter.
Buffington, H., railroad employe.
Bulson, George, milk dealer.
Burnham, S. L., real estate.
BURNS & ROUNDS, real estate, insurance and loan agents.
BURTON, EDWARD L.,
HON. There is scarcely a person in the county to whom the name of E. L. Burton is not familiar ; for nearly twenty years he has been prominent profession- ally in its eourts, and there has scarcely been a case of importance, during that
time, in which he has not taken an ac- tive and leading part ; he is a native of Waterloo, Seneca Co., N. Y., where he was born on the 17th day of February, 1831 ; his father, John Burton, Esq., was one of the early settlers of Seneca Co., moving there as early as 1812; was a soldier in the last war with England ; a careful and accurate surveyor, having surveyed, it is said, nearly every farm in the county, and a lawyer of prominence in that part of the State; his mother, Elizabeth Hooper, was a daughter of Pontius Hooper, also an early settler of that county, and a granddaughter of Gen. Clark, of Revolutionary fame ; having received a thorough legal educa- tion in the offices of his father and his brother, William H. Burton, also a prominent lawyer, and at the law school of Prof. Fowler at Ballston Springs, N. Y., he turned his steps Westward, and settled in Keokuk Co., in this State, in 1858, where he practiced law until his removal to Ottumwa in January, 1859. Upon his removal to Ottumwa, he formed a partnership with Hon. H. B. Hendershott, then, as now, an able and distinguished lawyer ; this partner- ship continued for twelve years, and en- joyed a large and lucrative practice, when it was dissolved with mutual good-will, Mr. Burton retiring from the firm ; in 1872, he formed a partnership with Hon. Edward H. Stiles, of the Ottumwa bar, and then reporter of the Supreme Court of the State, under the name of Stiles & Burton ; this firm has, during its entire existence, had a large and con- stantly-increasing practice, and partici- pated, on one side or the other, in nearly every case of importance that has been tried in the county during the existence of the partnership. In politics, Judge Burton has always been identified with the Democratic party, and frequently has it honored him by placing his name on its ticket for important offices of honor and trust; but that party, having gen- erally been in the minority, has never succeeded in making his official duties interfere with his legal practice until the late election, October, 1878, when he was overwhelmingly elected Judge of the District Court of the Second Judicial District, comprising the counties of Van
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Buren Davis, Appanoose, Wayne, Lu- cas, Monroe and Wapello ; in this con- test, Judge Burton's majority over his competitor, Capt. Fee, was nearly 2,500. The following sketch of Judge Burton is furnished us by his late partner, Mr. Stiles, to whom we have before referred : The biographies of men should properly be written after they are dead ; yet it may with propriety be said, that among the leaders of the bar of Iowa, Mr. Burton deserves, by reason of his pre-eminent talents, to rank con- spicuously ; and were he as ambitious of distinction as some of his compeers who are striving to mount the ladder of professional fame, he would before this have been regarded as having at- tained the topmost round. He has all the real qualifications that go to make up the able and successful lawyer- those inbred traits essential to marked distinction in the legal profession. A sound judgment, combined with nice powers of discrimination, quickness and accuracy of thought, with great aptness of illustration and expression ; a phys- ical and mental fortitude able to bear him up against the stress of great emergencies, and aided by fine powers of logie, constitute him a lawyer of very extraordinary ability. As such he is universally recognized by the people of this county and district, as well as the Supreme Court of the State, be- fore which he has presented many able arguments in the course of his prac- tice. It has been the good fortune of the writer to witness in the State and Federal courts the forensie efforts of all, or nearly all, the leading lawyers of the State, and he is frank to say that, while Mr. Burton has some su- periors as an advocate, yet, for readi- ness and legal accuracy, strength and perspicuity of argument, he has yet to see his superior. That he will fill the judgeship, to which he has been re- cently elected, with distinguished ability and fairness, ean scarcely be doubted. With him, we feel assured, there will be no prejudgment, nor will his de- cisions be influenced by any timorous considerations of policy, or warped from their just bearings by feelings of per- sonal favor or personal enmity. There
is in the life of Lord Coke a single instance, which is sufficient to justly perpetuate his fame and relieve it from the dark shadows which his intolerance and persecutive disposition have cast upon it. When he and his associates of the bench were summoned before an angry King, because they had ventured to protest against his claimed right to prohibit the hearing of any cause in which his prerogative was concerned, it is said that all save Coke threw themselves upon their knees and prayed for pardon ; and when the King im- periously put the question, " In a case where the King believes his prerogative or interest to be concerned, and requires the Judges to attend him for their ad- vice, ought they not to stay proceedings until His Majesty has consulted them ?" all but Coke responded eagerly in the affirmative. But he replied, "When the case happens, I shall do that which it shall be fit for a Judge to do." This historic incident, if we may be allowed · to use it, illustrates the spirit of inde- pendence which, in our opinion, will characterize Mr. Burton's course as a Judge. Had Mr. Burton been identi- fied with the political party that has held control of the State for the last twenty years, he would, in all probability, have been placed, before this, on the Supreme Bench ; and, we may add, should his party succeed in regaining the lost seep- ter, it would show its wisdom and sagac- ity by placing Judge Burton in a posi- tion which he would both strengthen and adorn. In private life, Mr. Burton is domestic, in every sense of the word ; while he always cheerfully welcomes his friends to his home, and is pleased at their coming, he seldom seeks society outside of his own family. Mrs. Mary J. Burton, wife of Judge Burton, is a daughter of the late Col. James G. Crocker, formerly of Fairfield, Jefferson Co., but more recently of Lancaster, Keokuk Co., and sister of that distin- yuished soldier and civilian, Gen. M. M. Crocker, whom the people of Iowa delighted to honor, and whose memory they hold dear.
BURTON, SAMUEL H., attor- ney at law; born in Waterloo, Seneca Co., N. Y., Jan. 24, 1842; came to
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Ottumwa in January, 1862; read law with his brother, Wm. H. Burton, in Waterloo, and with Hendershott & Bur- ton, of Ottumwa, and was admitted to the bar in June, 1862; in August, 1862, when S. B. Evans entered the army, he went into the office of the Democrat as business superintendent ; in November, 1863, he purchased a half-interest, and conducted the paper in connection with his brother until that series of the paper was discontin- ued; taught school until 1873, when he engaged in the practice of law. He was County Surveyor for several years, and now holds that office by appoint- ment. Married Julia A. Day Nov. 20, 1861; she was born in Waterloo, in October, 1844, and died Feb. 23. 1876; they had six children; two died in infancy ; the living are, May E., Lydia, Grace, Mary F. and Edward L. Bush, J. S., painter.
BUSTARD, FRANK, bakery, East Main st .; born January, 1842; in Ireland; in 1856, came to New Orleans, thence to St. Louis, then to Tennessee, then to Chicago; in 1874, came to Ottumwa and worked for P. C. Danm for two years; in 1878, he com- menced his present business. He en- listed in 1861, in the 1st Missouri confederate army ; served to the end of the war. Married Rosa M. Erbacher Aug. 13, 1877 ; she was born Aug. 24, 1858, in Ottumwa; have two children by a former marriage-Frank and Henry ; John fell from the Missouri bridge and was drowned, in 1874, aged 7 years.
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YAMPBELL, G. W., laborer.
CALHOON, D. D., proprietor hotel ; born in Holmes Co., Ohio, July 9, 1828; moved with parents to Van Buren Co., Iowa, in 1839 ; in October, 1869, moved to Ottumwa : has been in the hotel busi- ness for nine years ; was elected Con- stable and served two terms, Supervisor one term and Captain of the Home Guards two years. Married Margaret E. Hope Feb. 22, 1855; have three children-Charles A., John W. and James HI. He is a real estate owner. Canfield, A.
Carnes, J. P., carpenter.
CARNES, W. A .; born Sept. 1, 1854, in Crawfordsville, Ind .; moved to Iowa in 1874 ; now in Ottumwa ; he is a carriage-trimmer by trade. Married Lan E. Gray, Nov. 11, 1875. Carpenter, D., laborer.
CARPENTER, J. W .; born Feb. 11, 1810, in Ontario Co., N. Y .; moved with his parents, in 1815, to Kentucky ; five years after, his father died; with his mother, he returned to Hamilton Co., Ohio; two years after, his mother died ; he was 14 years of age, and up to that time had received no education ; but be- ing of a determined disposition, by the time he was 20 years old he received a certificate from the Board of Examiners for the public schools of the city of Cincinnati to teach ; that he followed for sixteen years, and helped two brothers and a sister along in the world ; in 1846, came to Wapello Co., Iowa ; engaged in farming a number of years ; then moved into the town of Dahlonega, and followed merchandising about two years; held the office of Justice of the Peace and was a member of the School Board ; moved to the city of Ottumwa in 1858; since that time, has been engaged in loaning money and dealing in stocks ; he is one of the old settlers of the county, and has accumulated quite a large prop- erty. Married Lucinda Robertson April 22, 1833 ; have only one child-Ann M. Robertson.
Carpenter, R. B.
CARPENTER, SEYMOUR
D., descendant of a Swiss family, who emigrated from the canton of Berne in 1706, and settled in Lancaster Co., Penn .; a part of the family, including his grandfather, left Lancaster, in that State, and settled in and named Lan- caster, Ohio, in 1802 ; he was born near that place April 20, 1826 ; educated at Granville College, Ohio ; when 19 years of age, he went to Holly Springs, Miss., as a teacher ; returning to Lancaster in 1847, he commenced the study of medi- cine with Drs. Boesther & Edwards; in 1849, he graduated as M. D. from the University of Pennsylvania, and re- moved to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, then a place of 200 inhabitants, where he prac- ticed for five years ; in 1854, he left his practice and engaged in real estate trans-
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actions, and, in 1858, with John Weare and Henry Stubbs, opened a banking house, which continued until the estab- lishment of the First National Bank of Cedar Rapids. When the rebellion broke out, he took an active part in rais- ing the first company enlisted in Linn Co., and, by order of Gov. Kirkwood, clothed, subsisted and transported it to Keokuk, where the first regiment was organized ; in 1862, he received the ap- pointment of Assistant Surgeon in the army, and joined our forces on the Po- tomac; from there he was ordered to Benton Barracks, St. Louis, and in a few weeks to Fayetteville, Ark., where he had charge of the general hospital ; while there, Fayetteville was attacked by the enemy, and he, with 300 patients and nurses, fell into the hands of the enemy ; he was taken out of the rebel lines under flag of truce, and ordered for duty at Memphis, where, after a few months of hospital service, he was made Medical Director of the District of the Border, with headquarters at Kansas City ; later, he was made Medical Di- rector of the important District of St. Louis ; he again fell into the enemy's land at Pilot Knob, and was released under flag of truce; he was mustered out of service in July, 1865, and for faithful and meritorious service received the commission of Lieutenant Colonel. In 1865, and for several years following, he was active in building the B. & M. R. R. R. from Ottumwa to the Missouri River, and the St. L. & C. R. R. R. from the south line of the State to Ot- tumwa ; since that time, he has been engaged in the construction of gas and water works; he is Secretary of the gas companies of Streator, Ill., and at Mar- shalltown, Iowa, and President of the gas company at Appleton, Wis. In 1850, he married Sarah Weare, of Ce- dar Rapids ; they have four children- Catharine (now Mrs. J. Asbury Taylor), Mary (now Mrs. Albert G. Harrow), Sarah and Ralph Weare.
CARR, AARON A., dealer in groceries and provisions, cigars and to- bacco ; born at Toledo, Ohio, Oct. 5, 1849 ; his parents removed to Ottumwa in the fall of 1856 ; he has been en- gaged in the mercantile business most of
the time since 1860, and alone since 1869.
Carr, J. P., printer.
Carr, Samuel, shoemaker.
Carter, W. T., employe C., B. & Q. R. R.
Caster, Paul, Caster House Medical In- firmary.
Castle, C. B., patent medicine dealer.
CHAMBERS, EDWARD A., of the firm of Egan, Harper & Co., wholesale and retail dealers in hardware. established Feb. 1, 1875; born in Gra- tiot, Muskingum Co., Ohio, Nov. 30, 1843; parents removed to Dresden, Ohio, when he was about 2 years of age; resided there one or two years ; then removed to McConnellsville ; lived there seven or eight years, and went to Zanesville, where they resided two years ; came to Farmington, Van Buren Co., Iowa, in 1858 ; resided there until he came to Ottumwa in 1860. He en- listed in Co. D, 15th Iowa V. I., in January, 1864; mustered out as Second Lieutenant in August, 1865 ; has been in the hardware business since 1866; connected with the present firm since February, 1874. Married Leonora Tinkham in Feb. 23, 1875; she was born in Marietta, Ohio ; they have two children-John E. and an infant daughter. Members of the Baptist Church.
Chambers, J.
Chambers, J. L., dairyman.
Chambers, Robert, laborer.
CHAMBERS, S. G., retired ; born in Zanesville, Ohio, Nov. 21, 1810; moved to Iowa in 1858, and arrived in Ottumwa in 1860. Married Louisa Adams in April, 1839; have six chil- dren-Alice, Maria L., Edward A., Horatio C., Harriet Y., David. Mem- bers of the Baptist Church.
CHAMBERS, WM. E., attorney at law; born in Darrtown, Butler Co., Ohio, June 7, 1846. Mr. Chambers was educated at Hadley's Academy at Richmond, Ind., and at Earlham Col- lege, of Indiana ; admitted to the bar in May, 1869 ; came to Ottumwa in June, 1869. Married Ida M. Eaton Oct. 9, 1878; she was born in Worcester, Mass. Members of the First Presbyte- rian Church. Mr. Chambers has been Secretary of the School Board for the
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last eight years ; he has also been Town- ship Clerk.
Chaney, Simeon, dealer in flour and feed. CHILTON, JACOB, born in England July 17, 1832 ; came to America in 1854; to Ottumwa in 1859. Elected Alderman in 1878. Married Sarah Williams May 2, 1853; have eight children-Joseph, Solomon, Albert, Fannie, Charles, George, Clara, Mary. His business is that of builder and contractor. Republican.
Chilton, Joe, teamster.
CHINN, FRED, of the firm of
Potter & Chinn; born in England March 7, 1850; came to the United States in February, 1867; located in Lake Co., Ill. ; moved to Macoupin Co., thence to Missouri; located in Ottumwa in April, 1871, and engaged in the dairy business, in which he continued for one year, then entered upon his present business. Married in February, 1870, Grace Wheeler, also born in England; have six children-Nellie, Annie, Emma, Maud, Fred, and an in- fant son.
Chodat, D. H., laborer. Claflin, C. M., broom-maker. Clark, M. E.
Clark, T., employe C., B. & Q. R. R. Cochran, E., teamster.
COCKERILL, H. M., wholesale and retail tea merchant ; was born near Washington, Fayette Co., Ohio, Sept. 13, 1848; came to Ottumwa in 1869; was salesman for one year in a dry goods store; one year in a grocery; traveled for a firm in Cincinnati eight months; in the livery business a year ; and two years selling musical instru- ments ; since September, 1875, has been in his present business. Married Lizzie Gorman, Jan. 9, 1875 ; she was born in Keokuk Co., Iowa; have one child- Harry F. Owns real estate valued at $2,000.
Coday, E. F., laborer.
Coday, J. B., foreman of McGavic's lum- ber-yard.
Coday, Nicholas, laborer. Conant, A. W., jeweler. Conantz, J., employe C., B. & Q. R. R. Conrad, Max, druggist. Converse, H. D., dealer in fruit-trees. Cook, L. C., miller.
Cook, Miles, teamster. Cook, Walter, laborer.
Cooper, J. B., barber.
COOPER, W. H., of the firm of Cooper & Hammond, furniture and upholstery, East Main st .; was born Jan. 25, 1843, in Caroline Co., Md .; in 1851 came to Pittsburgh, Penn .; his mother died in 1853; he then removed to Carmichaeltown, Penn .; attended college there two years; then came to Greene Co., Penn .; in 1865, removed to Fairfield, Iowa, and en- gaged in the manufacture of corn- planters, in the firm of Keck, Burkhart & Cooper ; in the spring of 1869, he removed to Ottumwa and commenced his present business in 1873; this firm carries one of the largest stocks of goods in the State. Married Miss Lydia J. Wisecarver Nov. 21, 1868 ; she was born in 1845, in Greene Co., Penn .; had sis children ; five living- James C., Abbie F., Georgia L., Eddie G. and Guy; lost Garra E., in 1876, aged 1 year, 1 month, 7 days. Repub- lican. Baptist.
Correlius, Fred., saloon.
Corrick, George, carpenter.
Corry, W. W., attorney. Coughlin, Patrick, laborer. Creighton, Geo. F.
Crider, Jackson J. Criley, E. B., grocer. Criley, J. M., grocer. Criswell, R., teamster. Critchfield, B., laborer. Crowley, James, grocer. Crowley, Thomas, laborer.
CUMMINGS, JOHN E., police- man ; born in Rockbridge Co., Va., Dec. 3, 1833; moved with his parents to Parke Co., Ind., in 1834 ; came to Jeffer- son Co., Iowa, near Fairfield ; in 1866, came to Ottumwa. He culisted in Co. F, 3d Iowa V. C., Sept. 4, 1861 ; served three years ; mustered out in November, 1864. Was Alderman of the Fourth Ward in 1870: Married Hannah W. Kirkpatrick March 22, 1855 ; she was born Aug. 25, 1835, near Greenburg, Decatur Co., Ind. ; had one daughter -Florence Olive, born July 27, 1856, who died May 4, 1870, aged 13 years. Members of the Presbyterian Church. He owns property here valued at $3,000.
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