USA > Iowa > Washington County > The history of Washington County, Iowa : containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, &c. : a biographical directory of its citizens, war record of its volunteers in the late rebellion, general and local statistics, portraits of early settlers and prominent men > Part 82
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46 | Part 47 | Part 48 | Part 49 | Part 50 | Part 51 | Part 52 | Part 53 | Part 54 | Part 55 | Part 56 | Part 57 | Part 58 | Part 59 | Part 60 | Part 61 | Part 62 | Part 63 | Part 64 | Part 65 | Part 66 | Part 67 | Part 68 | Part 69 | Part 70 | Part 71 | Part 72 | Part 73 | Part 74 | Part 75 | Part 76 | Part 77 | Part 78 | Part 79 | Part 80 | Part 81 | Part 82 | Part 83 | Part 84 | Part 85 | Part 86
C RAVEN, CALVIN, farmer and
stock-raiser; Sec. 33; P. O. Washington; was born in Franklin county, Indiana, November 4, 1816, and was there raised a farmer, being educated in the common schools; came to Iowa while it was yet a ter- ritory in 1839 and bought his claim of one John Duke by name, and in October of the following year moved with his family where he now re- sides; owns a fine farm of 480 acres well stocked with various grades; has from fifty to 100 head of cattle besides other stock; he was married in Franklin county, Indiana, February 14, 1839, to Miss Martha Shirk, a native of that county, and born April 11, 1820; they have three children : Andrew F., born March 13, 1840; Mary J., born January 30, 1842, (now the wife of W. Olney, of California); Rhoda E., born Decem- ber, 18, 1843, (now the wife of S. S. Howell, of Iowa City); her husband died May 10, 1879; they are mem- bers of the Baptist Church; Mr. Craven is a man who has always taken part in any enterprise to ad- vance the progress of the county; he has held various township offices and is a mau well respected by all who know him.
CRAVEN, W. P., farmer and stock-raiser; Sec. 26; P. O. Wash- ington; was born in Oxford county, Ohio, September 24, 1829; in 1830 he moved with his parents to Frank- lin county, Indiana; at the age of seven he went to common school and remained till he was twelve when he came to Washington county, Iowa; his farm consists of 80 acres nicely fenced with hedge; he was married April 23, 1848, to Miss Martha A.
668
BIOGRAPHICAL.
Ayres; by this union they have seven children: John A., Theodore K., Robert H., George W., Charles T., Inza A. and Emma A., and one de- ceased.
E LROD, REV. JOHN, farmer; Sec. 16: P. O. Lexington; was born in Indiana July 11, 1818, and was principally raised in that State, and from there came to this State and located in Davis county, in 1850; he was closely identified with the late rebellion from the fact that he raised a company of men and was commissioned its captain, and par- ticipated in many of the hard fought battles of the war; previous to the war he had become a member of the Methodist Episcopal Conference and was ordained a minister of the gospel; he was made a chaplain of his regiment February 3, 1863, and held this position till he was inns- tered ont, November 3. 1864, and re- turned to this State in the fall of 1865 and continued working in the Methodist Episcopal Conference un- til the fall of 1871; he came to this county in 1877, and engaged in his present occupation, where he owns 120 acres of land.
ARDNER, A. M., farmer; Sec. T 8; P. O. Lexington; was born in Franklin county. Ohio, July 30, 1830, and emigrated from there to Fulton county, Illinois, where he worked as a farm hand and came from there to this connty, where he bonght 160 acres of land and shortly after added to this one hundred acres more; he was married in Madison county, Ohio, September 15, 1853, to Miss Susan Martin; they have five children: Charles Commodore, Wm. P., Mary E., Frank P., John S., now deceased, born April 21, 1864, and died May 21, 1868.
GARDNER, JAMES, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Lexington; was born in Franklin county, Ohio, March 15, 1819, and removed to · Madison county in the fall of 1849,
where he engaged in farming and stock-raising as an occupation; from there he went to Fulton county, Illi- mois, in the fall of 1853 and came from there to this county in 1857; he owns 160 acres of land; he was married in Madison county, Ohio, in 1842, to Miss Eliza A. Mar- tin; have nine children living and three dead: Margaret A., born Jnly 12, 1844; Z. E., born July 10, 1846; Francis M., born Jnly 9, 1848; Jo- seph N., born May 28, 1850; Winfield S., born October 13, 1852; William M., born November 27, 1854; Lewis E., born October 17, 1858; James E., born November 6, 1860; Samuel C., born February 29. 1864; Charles M., born July 23, 1843, and died Jnly 27, 1843; Mary S., born Janu- ary 2, 1857 and died March, 13, 1859.
M cKEE, ANDREW, farmer and stock-raiser; Sec. 23; P. O. Washington; was born in County Derry, Ireland, November S, 1803, and at the age of five years he com- menced going to the common school and remained there until he was sixteen; he then commenced the slating trade and continued the same until he emigrated to Canada which was in the year 1831; he then ob- tained work in the U. S. ship yards and remained there about one year, when he went to Upper Canada, where he commenced the mercantile business, and continued said bnsi- ness till 1835; then he emigrated to Pennsylvania where he followed farming until the year of 1857, when he moved to Washington county, Iowa, where he still resides; his farm consists of eighty acres, which is partly fenced with young hedge; he was married April 23, 1835, to Miss Rosannah Lyon, who died Jan- mary 5, 1880, and left a family of four children: Thomas L., Samnel, Nancy J., and Sarah E .: has been a member of the United Presbyterian
669
CEDAR TOWNSHIP.
Church since he was nineteen years of age.
MOORE, WILLIAM A., farmer and stock-raiser; Sec. 20; P. O. West Chester; is a native of Jeffer- son county, Ohio; was born January 24, 1835, and made that State his home up to the time he came to this county in December 1856; he was married in this county to Miss Mag- gie C. Dayton; have two children: John Bruce, born September 27, 1870, and Charles Walker, born February 3, 1876; his farm consists of 350 acres of well improved land.
P HILLIPS, J. S., farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Washington; was born in the State of Virginia, July 1, 1837; at the age of six years his parents moved to Augusta county, Virginia, in 1843, where he was ed- ucated in the common school till 1853, then moved to Rockbridge county, Virginia, where he attended school till 1857; in that year moved to Miami county, Ohio, and com- menced farming and remained till 1863, when he moved to Washing- ton county, Iowa, where he still re- sides; he was married to Miss Mary J. Lyon, of Miami county Ohio, February 13, 1861; have a family of four children : Ida A., born Novem- ber 11, 1861; Willie A., born July 4, 1853; Maggie B., born June 12, 1865; and James N., born May 26, 1870.
S CRANTON, WM., farmer and
stock-raiser; Sec. 27; P. O. Washington; was born in Indiana November 8, 1831; he was educated in the common schools; after leav- ing school he came to Washington county, Iowa, which was in the fall of 1844; lie has a fine farm of 412 acres, which is nicely fenced; he was married to Miss Catharine Hartzler, of Washington, Iowa; by this union they have three children: Flora, Mary E., Lois; lost three: Levi, Clara and Nancy H.
SMITH, T. M., farmer and stock-
raiser; Sec. -; P. O. Washing- ton; was born in Lycoming coun- ty, Pennsylvania, near Williams- port, April 13, 1806, and was. raised here at farming as an occupation, and also received his ed- ucation in the schools of this coun- ty; after he arrived at the age of maturity he worked at shoemaking for a while, and was also engaged in teaming to Philadelphia; in 1835 he emigrated to Ohio and settled in Marion county of that State, and en- gaged in agricultural pursuits; he remained till 1852 when he came to. this county and stopped in Clay township for about one year, and since 1854 he has lived on his pres- ent homstead, which now consists of 360 acres of improved land; he has. been connected with various offices of the township; he has been twice married: first in Marion county, Ohio, to Miss Harriet Hutley, a na- tive of Connecticut, November 21, 1827, who died March 19, 1841, and left one son: Franklin H., now de- ceased; was married a second time- in Marion county to Rebecca P. Huntley, also a native of Connecti- cut, May 11, 1843; they have by this. union a family of one son and two. daughters living: Harriet H. (wife of F. F. Wilson, now in California), Mary J., and Ezra H .: they have lost five: Esther W., died October 1, 1848; Alexander, died February 25, 1851; Eunice S., died Septem- ber 30, 1851; Lucy E., died October. 2, 1859; Melissa H., died April 4, 1861; his father was born in this- county, but of English parentage, and his mother was born in New- Jersey.
STEWART, G. D., farmer and stock-raiser; Sec. 21; P. O. Wash- ington; was born in St. Lawrence- county, New York, April 16, 1813; he emigrated from there to Seneca county, that State, where he was. principally raised, and in 1850 he. emigrated to Ohio, and in February,
670
BIOGRAPHICAL.
1864, came to this county, where he owns over 100 acres of land; he was married in New York State March 13, 1834, to Miss Jane Carres; they have two children: Edgar B., born January 1, 1835; Geo. C., born May 24. 1843.
STORY, S. C., farmer and stock- raiser; Sec. 29; P. O. Lexington; was born in Delaware in 1814, and his parents emigrated in the spring of 1816 to Ohio, and in 1852 came to this county and located where lie now lives; he has been twice mar- ried: first in 1858 to Miss Lizzie Lambert, and was married a second . time in Ohio, in 1866, to Emily A. Levain, and by this union have two children: one son and one daughter; he owns 160 acres of land.
TIPTON, B. F., farmer and stock-raiser; Sec. 17; P. O. Lexington; was born in Franklin county, Ohio, June 27, 1828, and in 1838 he emigrated to Fulton county, Illinois, and after a short time re- moved to Knox county, that State, and came from there to his present location in 1851, where he now owns -- acres of land; he was married in Knoxville, Illinois, July 5, 1849, to Miss Lucinda Jackson; by this
union they have a family of seven children living: Israel, born June 25, 1850; Jolin A., born September 24, 1851: Malinda F., born June 1, 1856; Alvanso, born February 6, 1858; David H., born May 6, 1862; Myrtle V., born December 4, 1864; Hazzard S., born October 24, 1867; Cassius M., born February 4, 1860, and died July 29, 1860; Clarence G .. born July 3, 1871, and died Oc- tober 30, 1871.
TOUNG, ROBERT H. & AL- Y EXANDER H., farmers and stock-raisers; P. O. Washington; sons of A. Young, deceased; they manage the old homestead, which consists of 280 acres of well improved land; they were both connected with the late war of the rebellion; Robert H., enlisted in company C, Nine- teenth Iowa infantry, in February, 1864, and was discharged at New Or- leans at the expiration of his enlist- ment and returned afterward to this county; Alexander H., enlisted in the same company and regiment, August 9, 1862, and was discharged at New Orleans, July 18, 1865, and at the close of his service came back to Washington county and has since resided here.
JACKSON TOWNSHIP.
A PPLEGATE, W., farmer; Sec. 24; P. O. Washington; was born in New Jersey in 1832, and when about three years of age his parents emigrated to Ohio, and here was were he was raised and made his home until 1855 when he came to Illinois, and from there to this .county in the fall of 1867 and settled ·on his present farm; he was princi- pally raised on a farm but followed the boot and shoe business for a while both in Illinois and Olio; he was married in the State of Illinois in 1857, to Miss N. E. Unangst, of New Jersey; they have a family of two
sons and two daughters living: John' H., Etta May, Elias, and Carrie C. ERDO, THOMAS J., farmer; B Sec. 8; P. O. Washington; is a native of this county and township; was born August 17, 1854; he was raised here and has always made it his home; he received his education partly at the Washington Academy, and partly at Iowa City; he was married in this county, March 19, 1879, to Miss Chattie Wright, a na- tive of Pennsylvania; has held the office of township supervisor; he owns an improved farm of 70 acres. BEVERLY, CHARLES, teacher;
671
JACKSON TOWNSHIP.
P. O. Richmond; the subject of this sketch was born in Louisville, Bar- bour county, Alabama, September 28, 1855, and when only about one year old his father died, and when thirteen years of age he emigrated with his mother to Williamson county, Illinois, and here was where he was principally raised and received his education; his mother died when he was fifteen years of age leaving him without parents, brothers or sis- ters. and when twenty-one years old he went to Wisconsin and engaged in railroading from Janesville, of that State, to Chicago; in October of 1876, he came to this county and has since resided here and followed teaching; he is of English ancestry on his mother's side, although she was born in New York; his father was born in South Carolina, but of Scotch origin.
D AWSON, JOHN, deceased; P. O. Washington; was born in Ohio, October 2, 1815, and came from there to this county and first engaged in farming as an occupation, and in 1857 he engaged in the gro- cery business at Washington, which he continued for about eight years, and then engaged in farming again, which he followed up to the time of his death, which occurred August 28, 1876; he was married July 27, 1847, to Miss Mary McCulley, of Greene county, Ohio; they have a family of seven children: Joseph P., Belle, Emma A., Thompson W., Lee W., Cora E., Nannie R., and two deceased: John M., and Robert F .; he had formerly been married to Jane Marshall, who died leaving five children, of whom only two are now living: Jeanette and George.
DONALDSON, DAVID, farm- er; Sec. 36; P. O. Washington; among the pioneers of this township is the subject of this sketch, a native of Harrison county, Ohio; was born January 5, 1823, but was raised in Carroll county, that State, on a farm,
and has always followed farming as an occupation; he came to this county as early as the fall of 1853, and entered land and returned to Ohio that same fall, and in 1857 came out and located on his present homestead, which now consists of 180 acres; he is justice of the peace, and has has held various other offices. of trust; he was married in Ohio, Novemder 24, 1846, to Miss Louisa. Wycoff; by this union they have a family of three sons and one daugh- ter living: John A., David C., Wil- liam H., and Catharine Mildred, and two deceased: Isaac, and Martha L.
DIHEL, R. M., farmer; Sec. 24; P. O. Washington; the subject of this sketch is a native of Fountain county, Indiana; was born in 1836; in 1846 his parents emigrated to Illinois; he was principally raised there, and August 29, 1861, he was mustered into company A, Thirtieth Illinois infantry, of the late war of the rebellion and served till the ex- piration of his term of enlistment, which was for three years; he was wounded in the knee at the battle of Britton's Lane, Tennessee, and par- ticipated in several other engage- ments, among which was the siege of Vicksburg; for the last six months he was on detached service; he was married in Illinois, March 8, 1860, to Miss Catharine Cabeen, a native of Muskingum county, Ohio; they have no children but an adopted daughter, Minnie Adella; Mr. D. came to this county and settled on his present homestead in 1868, and has made farming his occupation.
M ARTIN, ROBERT, farmer and stock-raiser; Sec. 32; P. O. Washington; was born in Guern- sey county, Ohio, in 1823; he was raised in that State up to the time he came to this county and first located at Washington, but entered land in Jackson township to the amount of 800 acres and also located a large number of acres throughout the
672
BIOGRAPHICAL.
central portion of the State; he still owns an improved farm fifteen miles north of Des Moines of 640 acres which he manages himself, one in Page county, and also owns land in various other counties; his home in this township consists of 160 acres of finely improved land; he is at present farming 1,000 acres him- self; when he came to this county he engaged in the nursery business which he continued for sometime, and also followed the stock business to some extent, but of late years has given his entire attention to his present business; he was married in Monmouth, Illinois, in 1855, to Miss Maggie Black, of Ohio; they have two sons and two daughters: Frank L., Lenora, Madora and John H.
MAUCK, JOHN J., farmer and stock- raiser; Sec. 6; P. O. Rich- mond; was born in Meigs county, Ohio, November 21, 1826, and was raised there at farming as an occu- pation; he also received his early education in the schools of that county, and made it his home up to the time he came to this county in the fall of 1850 and located on what is now the present site of Riverside and lived there for about fourteen years, except one and one-half years that he lived at what is known as the "Old McClure Mills"; he came to his present farm of 240 acres of well improved land in 1865; he was elected justice of the peace in 1854 and held the office for four years and also filled the office of assessor in Iowa township, and was member of the board of county supervisors from Iowa township; he was married in Meigs county, Ohio, in July 1848, to Miss Augusta Holland, of that county; they have five children living: Emma (wife of E. Helwick), Laura B., John A., Ida A. (wife of Isaiah Bush), O. K., and three de- ceased.
R ATHMELL, HENRY, farmer and stock-raiser; Sec. 18; P.
O. Washington; was born in Ly- coining county, Pennsylvania, Feb- ruary 15, 1822, and was raised there till about twenty-two years of age; when about eighteen years of age he learned the cabinet trade and stayed till twenty-one past and then en- gaged in boating, and in 1846 drove a team to Indiana and there hired out to work on a farm at ten dollars per month, and one year later he was married in La Porte county to Miss Catharine Page; he then rented a farm and worked it for two years, and in 1850 went overland to Cali- fornia, driving an ox team to pay his passage, and was seven months and three days on the road; he there engaged in mining and made it a success and started back in the fall of 1852 and landed in Indiana; the following spring he came to this county and has since made it his home, where he owns a finely im- proved farm of 590 acres altogether; his family consists of six sons and two daughters living; John M., Samuel, William, Sierra Nevada (wife of Isaac Hartman), Henry H., James, Frank P. and Minnie; three deceased: Mary, Henry and Daniel.
ROUND, WM., farmer; Sec. 1; P. O. Washington ; is a native of Wor- cester county, Maryland; was born January 11, 1822, and was raised there till about fourteen years of age; his father followed farming as an occupation, and as a natural result he was raised on a farm; at this age he emigrated with his parents to Indiana and located in Ripley county; this was in 1836; he came to this county in April, 1853, and entered his present homestead from the government and returned to In- diana, and two years later in 1855, in October, he came out and perma- nently settled on the land that he had formerly purchased and has made it his home since; in 1857 he was ap- pointed to the office of justice of the peace to fill a vacancy caused by the
673
HIGHLAND TOWNSHIP.
resignation of Thomas Blanchard, which office he held by election for about six years; he has been con- nected with various other offices of the township; at present owns 520 acres of land; he was married in In- diana in 1847 to Miss Lurena Nick- erson, of that State; they have three sons and three daughters living: Irena A., Dr. F. L., Anna A., Wın. M., M. J. and Alice A.
SHAW, E. M., farmer; Sec. 26; P. O. Washington; was born in Mercer county, Illinois, November 16, 1838, and when about five years of age his parents emigrated to Knox county, that State, where they remained for about seven years, and from there to Fulton county, that State, and remained there up to the time he came to this county in 1865 and settled on his present farm which consists of 280 acres of improved land; he was raised on a farm and has always followed it as an occupa- tion; he was married in Fulton county, Illinois. February 14, 1858, to Miss Sallie Wheeler, of New York State; they have by this union a family of nine children living:
HIGHLAND
A NDERSON, SAMUEL, farm- er and stock-raiser; Sec. 19; P. O. Ainsworth; was born in Inde- pendence, Pennsylvania, April 30, 1845; at the age of ten years accon- panied his parents to Wisconsin, where they remained one year and a half, and then removed to Washing- ton county and settled on Secs. 19 and 20, Highland township; he was married January 1, 1868, to Miss Mary Davidson, a native of Penn- sylvania; they have a family of four children: . Charles O., Mertie V., Frederick E., George F .; Mr. A. owns a farm of 120 acres.
B ROCKWAY, E. F., farmer; Sec. 29; P. O. Ainsworth; was born in Brockwayville, Jefferson
Bertha, Jasper L., Euphemia, Rosa, Cora, Ida, Susan, Allie and Edna; on his father's side he is of the New England stock and on his mother's side of the same, but of Irish descent.
STEDMAN, W. J., farmer; Sec. 7; P. O. Richmond; was born in Meigs county, Ohio, June 1, 1827; was raised in this county till about twenty-four years of age on a farın and then came to this county in 1853 and purchased his present home- stead November 15th of that year, and in 1865 he went to Riverside and only remained for one year and then came back to his farm, which now consists of 260 acres; he moved to Washington in 1872 and lived there one year and returned again to his farm; he was married in Meigs county, Ohio, in 1848 to Miss Mary M. Mauck, a native of that State; they have by this union a family of one son and one daughter living; Amanda V. (wife of W. S. Wright), and D. M .; they have lost two; Mr. Stedman's ancestry on his father's side were natives of this country, yet „of Danish descent, and on his moth- er's side of English origin.
TOWNSHIP.
county, Pennsylvania, on the 28th day of April, 1834; his parents, James and Lydia Brockway, were natives of New York State and were the pioneers of that county; they cut their way for six iniles into the pine forest and built the first mill on Taley creek, cleared the stream of obstruction, and ran the first lumber from the stream; in the spring of 1842 they removed to Iowa Terri- tory and settled in Mucatine county, where the boyhood of the subject of this sketch was spent; there being no schools, his father and mother became his teacher and fortunately inspired him with a strong desire for knowledge; young Brockway asisted his father and brothers in
674
BIOGRAPHICAL.
managing the farm and in breaking prairie for the neighbors; after he reached his majority he attended school at Muscatine and also at Cor- nell College at Mt. Vernon, Linn county; in 1856 he learned the daguerrian art and in May of the same year opened a gallery in Wash- ington; from there he went to Rich- mond and thence to Muscatine; in February of the year following he went to Jackson county, Wisconsin, and engaged in his business with excellent success; in June, 1857, he decided to change his business and returned to Iowa and improved some wild lands; he put his entire avail- able means into lumber and rafted down the Black and Mississippi rivers to Muscatine; the following year was divided between breaking prairie and driving cattle to the Îumber districts of Wisconsin; in 1866 he sold his farm in Muscatine county and came to this county and settled in Highland township, where he owns a fine farm of 400 acres; he has turned his attention to some ex- tent to the nursery business, but more largely in the raising of fine stock; he has served as a member of the board of supervisors, and in the fall of 1873 he represented the county in the State legislature; he has been president of the County Agricultural Society for five years; he was married September 11, 1860, to Miss R. Letts (daughter of A. M. Letts, of Lettsville, Louisa county); their family consists of three chil- dren: Elizabeth, born July 25, 1866; Allie, born March 7, 1871, and James, born January 27, 1879.
BUSBY, JOHN H., farmer and stock-dealer; Sec. 5; P. O. River- side; was born in Fairfield county, Ohio, in 1833; he was raised as a car- penter; and followed that occupation until three or four years ago; during the late war he enlisted in company G, Eighty-eighth Ohio volunteer in- fantry, as a private, and was pro-
moted to various positions, finally to that of captain of the One Hundred and Eightieth Ohio, which commis- sion he held until the close of the war; served for four years mostly on detatched duty; participated in the battles of Shiloh, Chattanooga and Kenesaw Mountain; at the latter battle he was wounded, and on that account he was discharged; he was married in Ohio in the winter of 1856 to Miss A. M. Wilson, a native of Washington county, Ohio, and born in 1831; they have three chil- dren living: Charles W., Katie V., and William C .; lost two: Frank and George; they are members of the United Brethren Church, and one of the children is a Methodist; owns a farm of 160 acres.
F OSTER, J. Y., farmer and stock- raiser; Sec. 36; P. O. Ains- worth; was born in Pike county. Ohio; March 3, 1837; he went with his pa- rents to Missouri when quite young, staid there four years, then returned to Ohio and remained for four years more; in 1851 he came to Muscatine county, Iowa, where he staid four- teen years. then came to Washington county, Highland township, where he settled on Sec. 36; he owns 120 acres of land; he was married De- cember 24, 1864, to Miss M. J. Mc- Curdy, of Muscatine county, Iowa; they have five children: Dora, Ida, Ida, Millie J., and Carrie E.
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.