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Robbins, of Athens county, Ohio; their children are: Hattie, now Mrs. B. A. Smith, Myron W., Ida E., Charley C., who died in April, 1878, and Frank H.
Chittenden, W. R., carpenter. Christy, O. H. & Co., dry-goods. CLARKE, J. CHAPPELLE, real
estate dealer; was born in Marietta, Washington county, Ohio, in 1828, and until seventeen years of age divided his time between attend- ing school and at work on a farm; he supplemented his education by nearly two years study at Mead- ville, Penn .; he commenced teach- ing at an early age, and with more than ordinary success; he followed this as an avocation for many years after coming to this county in 1857; he also served the county very efficiently as superintendent of public schools; the State Uni- versity, in recognition of his abil- ity as an educator, and the interest taken in educational matters, has honored him with degrees from that institution; he married Miss Ella De Lano August 28, 1854; she was born in Ohio and was for many years engaged in teaching; for the past few years Mr. Clarke has devoted his attention to real estate transactions and is one of the largest tax-payers of Warren county.
Clary & Bilderback, editors. Clark, W. J., stock-buyer.
CLAPP, L. B., salesman; was born in South Hampton, Mass., in 1827, and removed with his parents to Litchfield, Medina county, in 1831; his youth was spent on a farm and in a store; he came to Warren county in 1856, and he has been selling goods almost the entire time since he became a resident of the county; he married Miss Magdaline Wells in January, 1851; she died in September, 1857; he married for his second wife Miss Rebecca Fitzgerald in December,
1860; they have two daughters, twins: Martha and May, born March 20, 1862.
COCKE, A. R., druggist; the sub- ject of this sketch is the son of James R. and Margaret E. Cocke, born in Knox county, Tenn., Jan- uary 27, 1840; his father died when he was only six months old, leaving him the only son of a widowed mother, who has since died; his ancestry on his father's side came from France, his grand- father, General John Cocke, dur- ing the war of 1812, was comman- der of the army of East Tennessee, while Jackson was in command of that of the West; his great grand- father, Wm. Cocke, was one of the first two senators, with Wm. Blunt, from that State, who afterward en- listed in the army as a private; on his mother's side they came from Ireland; his grandfather, Gen. Andrew Lewis, of Revolutionary fame, as history shows, was a per- sonal friend of Washington, at one time being offered command- in-chief of the army; Mr. Cocke received his early training in his native State, and when about twen- ty years of age came to this county on a visit, but engaged in the dry- goods business for about ten months, and also read medicine for about six months with Dr. C. W. Davis, and in 1861 returned to his native State; after the battle of Fort Donelson he enlisted in Co. D, 2d Tennessee Cavalry, Con- federate States Army, and served under honest convictions till the close of the war; after which he returned to his native State for a short time; he then went to At- Janta, Georgia, where he remained for ten months, and came to In- dianola; after two months he went to Texas where he made his home for two years, and returned in December, 1868; in January, 1869, he married Miss Sarah J. Gran-
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tham, of this place; they have one son and four daughters: James R., M. Francis, Catharine A., Mary A. and L. Caroline; he has been con- nected with the drug business for twenty-one years, several years under the eye of a competent analytical chemist; from 1870 to 1874 he clerked for A. J. Little, then entered a co-partnership with W. M. Park, which continued for one year; he then purchased his interest and since that time has carried on the business himself.
COOK, MISS E. S., connty super- intendent of schools; was born in Warren county, New Jersey, and came to this county in 1868, and was educated at Simpson Centen- ary College, and graduated in the class of 1875; she was elected to her present position and has served the county faithfully .and accept- ably.
CORYELL, S., baker and grocer; he was born December 7, 1836, in Sciota county, Ohio; parents moved to Clark county, Illinois, in 1841, and to Washington, Iowa, in 1852; came to this county in the summer of 1860, and lo- cated in this place where he fol- lowed his trade of plasterer and brick-layer till 1877, when he em- barked in the bakery and grocery trade, which he has carried on since, and in which he has, by fair dealing built up a good trade; he enlisted in Company G, 3rd Iowa Infantry, June 21, 1864, when he was discharged; he was in all the battles in which his reg- iment was engaged; was taken prisoner at the battle of Shiloh April 7, 1862, and was taken to Tuskaloosa, Alabama, and from there to Mobile, and again returned to Tuskaloosa, where he was ex- changed in February, 1863; he was sent to St. Louis, Missouri, and then returned to his company, which was then at Moscoe, Tennes-
see, where he resumed his duties to Uncle Sam; he was never in the hospital while in the service; he was married June 27, 1864, to Miss Elizabeth E. Renfrow, of Indianola, Iowa, a native of Illi- nois; they have no children; she was born December 8, 1841, in Madison county, Illinois. Corbit, Sarah. Coryell, Hiram, plasterer. Cox, Amos E., clerk.
CROSSTHWAIT, T. P., saddle and harness-maker; was born in Fulton county, Illinois, in 1843, and at an early age removed to Davis county, Iowa, and lived there until 1865, and then moved to Missouri, and came to this county in 1862; July 15, 1863, he enlisted in Company M, 8th Iowa Cavalry, and served until the close of the war; the command, besides other fields of operation, was with Nelson in Georgia, and was mus- tered out at Macon, Georgia; he spent one year in Colorado; he learned his present business, and engaged in it on his own account in 1868; he has held the office of city treasurer, and is agent of the American Express Company at this place; he married Miss Lizzie D. Robberts in 1868; she was born in Indiana; they have two chil- dren: Eugene and Nellie. Crouch, H. O., farmer.
CREIGHTON. J. H., of the firm of Creigliton & Creighton, at- torneys, abstracters and loan agents; was born in Stark coun- ty, Ohio, in 1832; he was ed- ucated at the Mount Union Col- lege, and graduated in 1859; and read law and graduated at the Union Law College in 1861; he came in the State in 1861, and settled in Sigourney in 1862; he enlisted in the 18th Iowa Infantry, and was commissioned 1st Lieuten- ant of Company D; after serving three years he was mustered out
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at Springfield, Missouri; he en- -
gaged in the practice of his pro- fession at this place, and was ap- pointed prosecuting attorney of the 14th Judicial District of Mis- souri; he was also elected mayor of Springfield; he was appointed Judge of the 13th Judicial Dis- trict of Missouri, by Gov. Fletch- er, but he declined to accept it, and returned the appointment; he married Miss Laura C. Hudson, of Lebanon, Mo., in 1868; they have four children: Carl H., Abilena, Harry S. and Huglı McM. Cunningham, Jere, grocer.
DA AVIS, DR. W. C., son of Dr. Charles W. and Sallic A. Da- vis; was born in Warren county, and educated at the Simpson Cen- tenary College; he entered his father's office and commenced the study of medicine, and graduated from the Keokuk Medical College in 1878, and since that time has been associated with his father and Dr. Park in the practice of his profession; he married Miss Lizzie Jay in 1878; she was born in Chariton, Lucas county, Iowa. DAVIS, GAS. C., harness-maker and saddler; was born in Brook county, West Virginia, in 1848, and came with his parents to Warren county in 1854; he was raised on a farm; and in 1873 formed a partnership with A. P. Vance in his present business; in 1876 he bought Mr. Vance's in- terest, and continues the business alone; he married Miss Sue Pryor in 1871; she was born in Green county, Penn.
DAVIS, CHARLES W., A. M., M.
D .; one of Warren county's hon- ored citizens, and the oldest medi- cal practitioner in the city; was born in Ohio in 1828; his father, Ephraim P:Davis, was a descendant of an old Welsh family, and died in Indianola on the 31st of Angust, 1867; the maiden name of his
inother was Nancy Cottingham; the family removed to Lafayette, Indiana, when the subject of this sketch was twelve years old; he was educated at Wabaslı College, Crawfordsville, Ind., and gradua- ted in 1848; he turned his atten- tion to medicine, and read with Dr. E. Dening, of LaPorte, Ind., and graduated at Rush Medical College, Chicago, in 1853; after practicing three years at Lebanon and Carlisle, Indiana, he came to Indianola in the spring of 1856, and has been here in constant practice, excepting when absent in his country's service; in 1862 he was commissioned surgcon of the 34th Iowa Infantry, and in 1864 was promoted to Surgeon of U. S. Volunteers, serving in the latter capacity until the close of the war; prior to going in the service he was examining surgeon for volunteers, and after its close was offered the position of United States examiner for pensions, but declined; while Dr. Davis' spe- cialty is surgery, the business in Warren county is limited, and he does a general practice, standing at the head of his profession; he is a member of the Warren Coun- ty Medical Society, the State Medical Association, and of the American Medical Association; he has represented the State in the National Association, and has read papers before them; he is a good writer in medical science, and has contributed several valua- ble papers to the western periodi- cals in the interest of his profes- sion; he has pursned his chosen calling with untiring zeal, and with a success which has earned for him an enviable reputation; in his medical relations he has built up his own reputation by skill and energy, and has acquired an extensive practice; the Dr. is well known in every township,
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and the respect shown him is as wide as his acquaintance; he is kind to the poor, and has ridden hundreds of miles to administer to their necessities without expec- tation of pecuniary compensation; his intellect is quick and incisive as well as comprehensive, and pos- sessing a wide range of experience, and fine conversational powers, is a most excellent social companion; he married Miss Sallie A. Pursel, of Greencastle, Ind., October 19, 1834; they have one son: William C. Davis, who is a practicing physician, and associated with his father.
Dobbs, May F. Dyke, J. C., farmer. E MBREE, AMOS, blacksmith; was born in Vermillion county, Illinois, in 1834, and was raised there until sixteen years of age, when he removed with his parents to this county in October, 1850; he learned the trade of blacksmith, and has worked at it since that time, and has worked at the busi- ness in this county longer than any one in the county; he mar- ried Miss Rebecca Stiles, January 8, 1863; she was born in Fayette county, Indiana; their family con- sists of three children: Edward, Frank and Lizzie; he started out for himself without funds or favor, and has by industry, honesty and economy acquired a competency, and stands among the respected men of the town.
ENO, I. L., grocer, of the firm of Spray & Eno; was born in Cayu- ga county, New York, in 1830, and was raised there; he removed to Illinois in 1852, and came to this county in 1866, and settled in Washington township; owns 100 acres of land; in connection with his brothers, was the first to introduce successfully the hedge business, and have planted over 100 miles in the county; he en-
listed in the 77th Illinois Infantry during the late war; he married Miss Catharine Cronkhite in 1854; she was a native of New York, and died in 1856; he afterward married Miss Julia Allerton in 1858; she was born in Ohio; they have one son: Rufus A. Everett, Isaac, retired.
F "ALLIS, J. A., blacksmith; was born in Switzerland county, Indiana, June 29, 1832, and was raised there until nineteen years of age; he commenced work- ing at his trade May 20, 1850, and has pursued it steadily since that date, and a portion of the time has- carried on a farm in connection; September 27, 1865, he came to Iowa, and April 17, 1857, came to Warren county, where he has since resided; he owns a farm of 100 acres; has held office of jus- tice of the peace from eiglit to ten years; he married Miss Mary J. Tharp, July 10, 1853; she was a native of Bartholomew county, Indiana, and died January 9, 1864; he married for his second wife Miss Emily Lewis, February 26, 1866; she was born in Illinois; their family consists of two chil- dren by first marriage: Elizabeth L. and David W., and four by sec- ond mariage: Anna O., Allen F., Eva G. and John L .; lost three: Abigail, Ida May and Mary J.
Fernald, G. W., elevator. Fisk, Effie, Mrs.
Flummer, Alex, laborer.
Flummer, Andrew, laborer.
Fortney, E. W., planing mill.
Ford, Sarah A.
Freeman, Ira B., carpenter.
FOLGER, J. M., painter and writ- ing teacher; he was born June 23, 1834, in Union county, Indiana; his parents moved to Rush county, Indiana, in 1837; there he grew to manhood, and was educated in the common schools; he learned his trade in Rushville, Indiana;
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he came to this county in May, 1857, and settled in this town, and went to work at his trade, which he has followed during the sum- mers since; he being a professor of penmanship, he teaches writing during the winter; he is the an- thor of Folger's System of Pen- manship, which is soon to be pub- lished; he has taught forty-three terms in this town during the last twenty years, and ten classes in drawing; he enlisted August 13, 1862, in Company D, 34th Iowa In- fantry; he was promoted to Hospi- tal steward in May, 1863, and serv- ed to December 22, 1864, when he was discharged for general disa- bility, caused by exposure while in the line of duty; he was mar- ried October 4, 1855, to Miss Sa- rah A. Holland, who was born May 27, 1835, in Dayton, Ohio; they have a family of five children living: Ella K., Emma B., Ida C., Sallie D. and Flora; one son, John P., died in infancy.
ARDNER, JAMES C., collec- G tor.
GIFFORD, J. B., merchant; was born in Orange county, Indiana, in 1824, and was raised there on a farm; in 1855 he came to Iowa, and settled in Warren county; owns 255 acres of land; he has held various township offices; he married Miss G. Hoskins in 1849; she was born in North Carolina; they have two children: Albert, and Dora, now Mrs. Honnold, whose husband is associated with the subject of this sketch in busi- ness.
Goodman, C. F., plasterer. Goodman, Israel, brick-mason. Gordon, W., carpenter.
GRAHAM, T. W., justice of the peace; was born in Franklin coun- ty, Ohio, in 1828, and was raised a farmer, and resided on the farm on which he was born twenty-six years; his ancestry were of Scotch-
Irish origin; his father, mother and his grand parents and great grand parents are buried in the same cemetry; in his father's fam- ily there were five sets of children, and a discordant word or family jar was unknown; the subject of this sketch came to Illinois in 1856, and in 1871 came to Warren coun- ty; he married Miss Margaret J. Taylor in May, 1854; she was born in New Athens, Harrison county, Ohio; they have five chil- dren: Wm. Marshall, Martha E.,
David W., Andrew H. and May. Graham, R. J., attorney.
Graham, J. C., laborer.
GRAHAM, H. S., dealer in grocer-
ies and provisions; was born in Athens county, Ohio, in 1836; and learned the trade of black- smith and machinist; and came to this county in 1856, and worked at his trade, and at one time was the only man in business on the east side of the square; he enlist- ed in the 10th Iowa Infantry dur- ing the late war, and was dis- charged on account of disability; he has been a resident of Indian- ola about twenty-four years; he engaged in his present business in 1874; in 1877 he invented a pat- ent peanut roaster, and it is ac- knowledged the most perfect and complete invention of the kind ever made, and he is preparing to introduce it generally ; he married Miss Belvidera Ford in 1863; she was born in Pennsylvania; they have three children: Jennie A., Charles L. and Veda S; lost one son: Fay.
Graham, James M., farmer.
GRAHAM, A. J., editor; was born in Westmoreland county, Penn., in 1833; his youth was spent on a farm; he received an academical education at Fairfield, Penn., and graduated from the Westminster College, in New Wilmington, Penn., in 1864, and
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pursued his Theological studies at Monmouth, Illinois, and at Alle- gheny City, Peun .; he was licensed to preach in April, 1866, and came to Iowa in 1868, and was located in St. Charles, Madison county; in January, 1873, he por- chased an interest in what is now The Indianola Herald, as senior editor, and has retained the posi- tion since that time; he married Miss Jennie Reed August 31, 1864; she was born in Pennsyl- vania, and died June 11, 1872; he married for his second wife Mrs. Nannie M. Oliver December 31, 1874; she was born in Iowa; they have one daughter: Jessie; Mrs. Graham has one daughter, Mattie, by a former marriage.
GRIFFITH, J. H., physician; is a native of Fayette county, Ohio; born December 29, 1826, and em- igrated with his father to Ohio when about nine years of age, where he remained till August, 1850, when he came to this coun- ty, and since that time has made it his permanent home; he was married in this county in 1855 to Miss Cornelia J. Williams, of Monongahela county, Virginia; they have two sons: P. V. and A. G .; he was raised on a farm till about twenty years of age, when he bought his own books and be- gan the study of his profession; he attended two courses of lec- tures at the Rush Medical College and has followed the practice of his profession since 1853.
H ÁLLAM, DAVID, farmer.
Hall, J. A., cabinet-maker.
HALL, EDWARD, of the firm of
Hall & Carruthers, attorneys, real estate agents and money loaners; was born in Ireland in October, 1838; he came with his parents to the United States in 1840, and settled in Coshocton county, Ohio, and lived there until 1854, when
he removed to Poweshiek county, Iowa; he read law in the office of M. E. Cutts, and was admitted to the bar in December, 1865; he came to Warren county first in 1866, and remained here until October, 1868, when he returned . to Poweshick county, and settled in Monteznma, and engaged in the practice of his profession; in 1873 he again made his home in In- dianola, and established his pres- ent business; he has held school offices; served in the 46th Iowa Infantry in the late war; he mar- ried Miss Mattie Tyner Noble, October 1, 1868; she was born in Indiana, and was a daughter of the late Dr. Noble, one of the early settlers of Warren county; they have two children: May E. and Annie M .; lost one danghter: Jessie.
Halloway, S. B., engineer. Hamilton, Mrs. M. M.
Hanna, James, insurance agent.
HARBISON, W. P., dealer in mil- linery goods; was born in Monroe county, Ind., in 1841, and lived there until 1855, when he removed to Iowa, and came to this county in 1856; he enlisted in Company C, 34th Iowa Infantry, during the late war, and was discharged on account of disability; he married Miss Amanda Clelland in 1864; she was born in Pennsylvania; they have one son: Robert C., aged thirteen years; have lost two: Luella A. and J. Carl McQ.
Harvey, Geo., boots and slioes.
HARTMAN, E. W., attorney; was born in Mansfield, Richland connty, Ohio, in 1834, and lived there until 1846, when his parents. removed to Iowa, and settled in Richland township; his father, J. D. Hartman, one of the first set- tlers of Warren county, laid ont and owned the town of Hartford; the youth of the subject of this sketch was divided between at-
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tending school and clerking in his father's store; he has held office of deputy sheriff and justice of the peace seven years; he read law and was admitted to the bar in 1873, and in 1875 formed a connection with Lewis Todhunter, as attorneys, insurance agents and abstracters; he has held the office of mayor of the city, and assessor and collector of internal revenue for this county; he married Miss Celia McKimmy in 1858; she was born in Fayette county, Ohio, and died in February, 1863; lie mar- ried for his second wife, Miss Sallie S. McKee in 1864; she was born in Henry county, Indiana; has one son, Walter, by first mar- riage; and Estella A., Ida E. and Henry H., by second marriage.
HARBISON, R. T., merchant; of the firm of Graham & Harbison, grocers and provision dealers; was born in Bloomington, Ind., in 1836, and lived there until eigh- teen years of age, then came to this county in 1854, and has lived here since that time; he enlisted in the 3d Iowa Infantry during the late war, and was discharged on account of disability; he en- gaged in merchandizing in 1862, and has continued the business the greater part of the time; he married Miss Mary M. Pritchard in 1874; she was born in Iowa City, and died in Indianola in 1876; he afterward married Miss Alice C. Campbell, a native of Ohio, in 1877; they have one danghter: Ada May.
HARVEY, GEORGE M., boots and shoes; was born in Hamilton county, Ohio, in 1855, and came with his parents to this county in 1866, and in 1872 he began as clerk for W. A. Haskell, who was then in the boot and shoe business, and in 1875 he was left in charge of the stock, which he sold out and then went to Des Moines and
clerked for about thirteen months, and in August, 1877, he engaged in the business upon his own re- sponsibility.
Helmich, Simon, carpenter. Henderson, Mrs. M. C., milliner. Henderson, Thomas J., laborer.
HENRY, A. R., president of the
First National Bank; was born in Van Buren county, Iowa, in 1838; owing to the prevailing sickness in this locality, his parents re- turned to Illinois, and located in Stephenson county; in 1859 he came to Iowa, and settled in War- ren county, where he engaged in farming and dealing in general merchandise; he enlisted in the 34th lowa Infantry in the late war, as a private, and was muster- ed out a commissioned officer; he held various township offices in Union township; in 1874 he sold out his business in Sandyville and came to. Indianola, and took charge of the First National Bank, of which he is president; and since his connection with it has declared a dividend each year; his financial ability and in- tegrity have never been question- ed; careful and accurate, he has the fullest confidence of the peo- ple; as a man, npright, reliable and honorable, and justly rating his own self-respect and the de- served esteem of his fellow-citi- zens as more valuable than wealth or fame: he married Miss Eliza- beth E. Cottle, of Rock Grove, Ill., in 1865; she was born in Michigan; they have two children : Horace E. and Wirt C.
HENDERSON, JOHN H .; was born in Warren county on the 16th day of December, 1848, and re- ccived his education in the schools and the Seminary of Indianola; he chose the law as his profession, and in 1870 was admitted to the bar and began the practice; in September, 1873, he formed a part-
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nership with W. H. Berry, under the firm name of Henderson & Berry, which has since continued uninterrupted, and has been very successful; he was married on the 8th of October, 1868, to Miss Nancy J. Spray; Mr. Henderson had a fine business training under his father as deputy treasurer, which has stood him in good stead in the practice of law; few young men have met with a more rapid or a better deserved success than he, and he has demonstrated that work, always counts and gains that advancement which all men desire, but which but few command; Mr. Henderson has also taken an active part in educational affairs, and is a member of the executive com- mittee of Simpson Centenary Col- lege; he richly deserves the suc- cess he has won; his children are Edgar Brenton, born June 23, 1872; Frank Pervin, born Novem- ber 11, 1875, and Inez Spray, born September 6, 1877; his oldest, Alfred Judson, born September 18, 1869, is dead.
HENDERSON, PARIS P .; was born in Union county, Indiana, Jannary 3, 1825; removed with his parents to Hancock county, Indiana, in 1838, to Vermilion county, Illinois, in 1840; he came to Warren county on the 20th of October, 1847, and was among its earliest settlers; he was appointed organizing sheriff of the county by Judge Olney at the terin of the Marion county district conrt in October, 1848, and did the pre- liminary work of its organization; at the first regnlar election, Jan. 1, 1849, he was elected sheriff, and continued to hold the office until after the adoption of the Code of 1851; lie was also elected commissioner's clerk in 1850, to fill a vacancy, and held it until it was abolished by the legislature; in 1851 he was elected to the office
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