The history of Washington County, Iowa, its cities, towns, and c., a biographical directory of its citizens, Part 77

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Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Des Moines : Union Historical Co.
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WHITE, WILLIAM V., black- smith, Brighton; was born in Penn- sylvania September 26, 1808; when young he moved with his parents to Ohio, locating in Jefferson county; when seventeen years of age, he went to learn his trade with David Irvin, of St. Claresville, Ohio, where he worked for two years; in 1855 he came to Iowa and located where. he now lives; he opened a shop which he has since carried on, although for a year or two he engaged in farming but found the blacksmith trade bet- ter suited to his taste and stopped farming; at this time although well advanced in years, he can wield the hammer with the agility of his youth; December 15, 1829, he mar- ried Miss Sarah Waters, a native of Ohio; they have had thirteen chil- dren, seven of whom are dead and six living: Celia A., Joseph W., Mary M .. Benjamin F., G. W., Clara E., JOSEPH W. WHITE was born in Ohio December 8, 1838; he came to Towa with his parents in the spring of 1855, locating in Brighton; in 1856 he commenced to learn his trade (that of blacksmith) with his father and has followed it ever since; May 27, 1861, he enlisted in com- pany HI, Second Iowa infantry and served three years, then was honor- ably discharged; he participated in all of the battles in which his regi- ment was engaged; at the close of the war he returned home and re- sumed work; in 1872 he took a trip to Arizona, but not liking the conn- try he returned to Missouri and re- mained there for three years, work- ing at his trade all the time; he again came to Brighton and has since remained here; Angust 17,

1864, he married Miss Anna M. Jacobs, a native of Ohio; they have three children: Edwin, Gilbert and Blanche.

WILKINS, ELISHA, farmer; Sec. 19; P. O. Brighton; was born in North Carolina, February 15, 1815, and when young his parents moved to East Tennessee where the subject. of this writing was raised and edn- cated; on the outbreaking of the. war he left that State on account of his political views not being in keeping with the majority of the population, and in 1863 he came to. this State and county; September 22, 1840, he married Miss Nancy Burnett, a native of Tennessee; they have seven children: Arthur C., Frank, Taylor, Samuel B., George, John and James; have lost four.

WOODFORD, CAPTAIN S. E., carpenter and millwright, Bright- on; was born in Trumbull connty, Ohio, October 20, 1829; he was there. raised and educated at the Vienna Academy; in the fall of 1850 he came to Iowa and located in this- county, and in 1851 came to Bright- on, where he has since remained; September, 1861, lie enlisted as pri- vate in company K, Thirteenth Iowa infantry, and was elected by the men of his company to the posi- tion of captain; he served until Au- gust, 1862, when he was obliged to resign his commission on account of ill-health; his health was so poorly that for more than a year he was un- able to attend to his daily avoca- tions; after his recovery he prsned and followed his trade, and owns his present homestead; the first rail- road that he ever rode on was when he went to the army; when he came to this county he came to Keokuk by water and from there to Brighton. on foot; he was one of the four men who voted the abolition ticket in 1852; has been town trustee and member of the school board for sev- eral years, a member of the town

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council, and is at present chairman of the board of supervisors of the county; on the 14th of March. 1854, Captain Woodford was married to Miss Abigal Moore, a native of Ohio; they have four children: Ed- mond N., Ella A., Frank W. and Charles S.

Y OCKEY, DANIEL, lumber dealer, Brighton; was born == in Westmoreland county, Pennsyl- vania, April 10, 1818; during the winter of 1831-32 he moved to Starke county, Ohio, with his pa- rents; he was there raised and on be- coming of age he returned to Penn- sylvania; in 1839 he returned to Ohio, and in April, 1840, he came to Wayne county, Illinois, remaining there about one year; he then moved

to Iowa City in March of the follow- ing year and in April, 1842, he came to Washington, this county; there are but two men now living in Wash- ington (Mr. Norman Everson and David French), that were here when he camne; in 1872 he came to Brigh- ton and opened a lumber yard for John Mesner, which he continued for about three years; he then open- ed a lumber yard on his own ac- count and has continued the same ever since; March 12, 1844, he was married to Miss Jane B. Kilgore, a native of Ohio; they have a family of six children: Grezelda, John K., Jennette, Susan M., Martin M., Maggie B .; have lost two, Lizzie Jane and David G.

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A ULD, HON. G. T., farmer and stock-raiser; Sec. 3; P. O. Crawfordsville; is a native of Harri- son county, Ohio, and was born Feb- ruary 7, 1825; was raised on a farm; has followed farming as his ocenpa- tion, and came to this State, settling in Henry county, in 1851; while there he served two terms as mem- ber of the board of supervisors, and in the fall of 1875 was elected to represent the county in the Six- teenth General Assembly; came to this county in 1867 and located on his present homestead, which con- sists of 320 acres; has held varions township and school offices; was married in Harrison county, Ohio, September, 1847, to Miss Martha A. Maxwell, of that county; they have by this union a family of five chil- dren: John M. (married to Elizabeth Love), Elizabeth J., (wife of J. M. Bailey), Martha A., Nettie M., and Alma L .; have lost four sons: Robert M., Wm. W., Samuel R. and George B .; Mr. Auld is of Scotch-Irish descent; his grandpa-

rents came from Ireland, but his parents were natives of this country.

B ODEN, WILLIAM, farmer; Sec. 29; P. O. Crawfordsville; was born in Marshall county, Vir- ginia in 1821; he was raised there until 1837, and then came to the State of Ohio; his father carried on the blacksmithing business in Vir- ginia, and liere he learned the trade and also followed it as an occupa- tion in Ohio; he lived there until May, 1855, when he came to this county and first settled in Oregon township where lie lived till 1866, and then came to his present home- stead which consist of 210 acres of well improved land; since he came here he has followed farming as his sole occupation; has held the offices of trustee, supervisor and others; he married in Morgan county, Ohio, in 1844, to Miss Elizabeth Geddes, a native of that State; they have a family of one son and two dangh- ters: Mary Cassie (wife of Wm. S. Randall), Mantie E. (wife of Charles O. Bailey), John W .; the father of

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Mr. Boden was of English descent and his mother of German ancestry. C RAWFORD, J. W., grain- dealer, Crawfordsville; was born in Harrison county, Ohio. Septem- ber 30, 1825, and was raised there until about sixteen years of age; his father was a native of New York and a medical practitioner by profession ; his mother was a native of Ohio and died in 1831; his father then mar- ried again and emigrated to this State, settling at what is now Craw- fordsville in July 2, 1841; the sub- ject of this sketch was raised a farmer and followed farming as an occupation after he came to Iowa; for about twenty-three years he has been engaged in public works, that of bridge building; he is now in the same business in this county with his sons; he worked for a number of years for the railroad which is now completed, the Burlington & North- western; he is one of the directors of that road; he was married in 1846 to Miss Jane Crawford, a native of Trumbull county, Ohio; they have six sons and one daughter: J. B., W. D. (a physician in Coal Valley, Illinois), R. E. (a druggist in Coal Valley), Frank H., John R. (attend- ing medical college in Keokuk), T. I. and Minnie; but few men have a better record or have achieved more. grand results from a small and dis- couraging business than the above; he is known as a man of sterling in- tegrity, decided character and untir- ing energy and reccives and merits the esteem and confidence of his fel- low citizens.

CUMMINGS, E. B., farmer; Sec. 31; P. O. Crawfordsville; was born in the State of New Hampshire in 1810; when quite young his parents moved to Ohio; he was principally raised in Tuscarawas county on a farm and has followed farming the most of his life; he moved from Ohio in 1840 to St. Clair county, where he lived up to the time of his coming to

this county in 1847; he moved on his present homestead of 280 acres in 1849; he was married in Ohio in 1842 to Miss Matilda Young, of that State; they have a family of ten children living, six sons and four daughters: John E., Sylvester C., David H., Alfred, Enos M., Harland E., Emily (wife of Harvey Millhone, deceased), Nancy, Salinda, Lepha (wife of Miles Peck); Mr. Cum- mings is of the early settlers of New England.

F ERGUSON, W. C., farmer; Sec. 7; P. O. Crawfordsville; was born in East Tennessee in the year 1826; he was raised there and made it his home until he came to this county in the spring of 1851; he settled where he now resides, and owns 440 acres of land, mostly im- proved; he was raised on a farm and has followed farming as an occupation all his life; he was married in East Tennessee in 1851 to Miss Ann Trow, of that State; by this union they have a family of two sons and two daughters: Thomas A., Mellie J., S. Belle, William Ir- win; as far back as he can trace, the ancestors of Mr. Ferguson are natives of the Southern States, having been born and raised there.

FERGUSON, ANDREW, JR., farmer and stock-raiser; Sec. 5; P. O. Crawfordsville; the subject of this sketch was born in Blunt county, Tennessee, April 5, 1829, and was raised there on a farm until about nineteen years of age; he then spent three years in Bradley county, that State, and on the 6th of April, 1851, came to this State and remained in this and Louisa connties until the 19th of November of that same year; he then went to LaCrosse, Wisconsin, and engaged in the lumber business for the first winter, and after that was engaged in various pursuits; Noven ber 19, 1853, he returned to this county, purchased 80 acres of land and engaged in farming; when

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the war broke out he enlisted, An- gust 4, 1862, as a private in compa- ny I, Twenty-fifth Iowa infantry, and in March, 1863, he was detailed as teamster, serving in that capacity nn- til August of that year; he was then appointed wagon-master of head- quarters first division, fifteenth army corps, and in February, 1864, receiv- ed the appointment of corral-master, which he held until the close of the war; he returned to this county and engaged in his present occupation, which he has since followed; he now owns over 500 acres of good land; was married in this county Jannary 21, 1857, to Miss Mary A. Ferguson; they have by this union a family of two sons and one daughter: Martha J., George A., and John: Mr. Fer- guson's ancestors on both his fath- er's and mother's side were among the early settlers of this country- his father of Scotch and his mother of German descent.

F TULL, H. C., physician aud sur- geon, Crawfordsville; was born in Knox county, Ohio, Febrn- ary 3, 1826, and was raised there un- til the spring of 1850; then went to northeastern Indiana, remained there for two years and then came to this State in July, 1852, locating at Crawfordsville; he is the owner of two farms, one consisting of 157 and the other of 106 acres; he received his early education in his native county and attended the Medical College at Cincinnati, graduating therefrom in 1852; he has always practiced his profession at Craw- fordsville since that time and was the only physician in that place dur- ing the war; was married in this county in 1854 to Jane L. Nabb; they have two children living: Dr. J. H. Hull, of Ainsworth, and Mag- gie (wife of J. B. Crooks, of Wash- ington); Dr. Hull's great grandfather was an Englishman and worked for Washington; his grandfather was a Virginian and came to Ohio at an

early day; his ancestors on his moth- ers side were of German descent; his reputation for professional skill is excellent and his kindly nature and sympathetic disposition makes him a welcome visitor to the sick room.

L EASE, N., proprietor ot lum- ber yard and dealer in general merchandise, Crawfordsville; was born in the State of Virginia in 1829, and was raised there, mostly on a farm until twenty-one years of age; he then came to this county, located in Washington and until 1865 followed farming near that city ; he then came to his present location and engaged in the mercantile busi- ness, which he has followed since; he owns abont 600 acres of land which he rents, all of which is under culti- vation; he has started a creamery on some of his land which, no doubt, will be a great success; he was mar- ried in this State in 1859 to Miss Mary Kurtz, of Ohio; they have a family of nine children: Lydia M., Susan C., John H., Emma May, Joseph R., N. J., Nellie, Richard, William; in a business point his life has been a grand success and the les- son of his indomitable industry and his unflinching rectitude is now be- fore the young men of the county; let them study it.

LONG, N. L., of the firm of Schwaebe & Long, dealers in dry goods, groceries and clothing, Craw- fordsville; was born in Hampshire county, Virginia, February 28, 1843; his parents came to this State when he was only two years of age and set- tled in this county, but after remain- ing here for eighteen months they returned to Virginia, and two years later again came to Washington county where he has since made his home; in January, 1864, he enlisted in company I, Thirteenth Iowa in- fantry, and served until the close of the war, and in February, 1877, he engaged in his present business, al-

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though he had previously followed farming; was married in Henry county in March, 1867, to Miss Mar- tha J. Kurtz, of Iowa; they have six children living: Susanna, Evaretta, Hattie B., Bessilla, Cora Etta, Anna; there are lives more sensational in their career, but none confer greater benefit on society or is more honored than the successful self-made man; his private life, character, and his public record are alike unblemished. cCALL, J. D., farmer and

M stock-raiser; Sec. 3; P. O. Crawfordsville; was born in the State of Ohio, in what is now Mahon- ing county in 1830; he was raised there and made it his home until he came to this connty, September 11, 1856; he was raised on a farm and his first occupation was broom mak- ing, which he followed up to 1868, and since that time has followed his present occupation; he now owns a finely improved farm of 109 acres; he was married in this county to Miss C. J. Maxwell, of Ohio; they have by this union three danghters: Sarah Lela Rose, Laura Myrtle, and Nellie Dell; Mr. McCall's ancestry on his father's side is of Scotch de- scent, and on his mother's side of Irish descent; he is a nian of culti- vation, and much interested in edn- cational matters, a public spirited, gencrous citizen and one who has an excellent standing in the commu- nity.

McCALL, J. F., farmer; Sec. 10; P. O. Crawfordsville; was born in Mahoning county, Ohio, March 31, 1828, and was there raised; he made it his home until October, 1853, when he first visited this county on a prospecting tour , and remained only one year, then returning to his home in Ohio; two years later he came back here and engaged in the manufacture of brooms; he then went to Missouri and entered 1,000 acres of land; at the same time owned 120 acres in Madison county,

which they traded for before he went to Missouri; during that sum- mer he returned to this county and purchased his present homestead of" 110 acres of well improved land; he- still carried on his broom business, raising his own corn and shipping the goods all over the country; his. machine which he bronght with him into this connty was supposed to be the first in the State; for a number of years he engaged in the stock bus- iness and in 1862 discontinued the broom business and since that time has followed his present occupation of farming, at the same time feeding and handling stock; he was married in this county to Miss Maria Culey ;. she was born in Wayne connty, Ohio, September 7, 1838; Mr. McCall was elected to the office of county super- visor and served two years, and has- held various other offices of trust in his township; his father was a native of Washington connty, Pennsylvania, and his mother was born in Mahon- ing connty, Ohio; in the discharge of all public trusts that have been imposed on him, he has given entire satisfaction and he is highly esteemed by those who know him.

MoCLEARY, J. H., farmer; Sec. 4; P. O. Crawfordsville; was born in Pennsylvania in 1835, and was raised there until twenty-two years of age, in Adams county; he emigrated to Knox county, Illinois, in 1858, where he made his home for two years and then moved to Schnyler county, same State; in 1865 he came to Louisa county, Iowa, and from there to this conuty in 1871; he located on his present farm which consists of 245 acres of improved! land; he was raised on a farm and' has followed farming as an ocenpa- tion all his life; he was married in Schuyler county, Illinois, in 1861, to Miss Margaret C. McCoy, of Ohio; they have by this union four child- ren: John S., J. B., Robert C., Char- les W .; the ancestors of Mr. C., whose

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history is outlined in this sketch, were among the early settlers of this country; his parents were both na- tives of Pennsylvania.

McCOY, J. B., farmer; Sec. 14; P. O. Crawfordsville; was born in Harrison county, Ohio, in 1834; he was raised there until about twenty- two years of age when he moved to Schuyler county, Illinois, where he lived until the outbreak of the late war when on the 24th of May, 1861, he enlisted in the Sixteenth Illinois In- fantry as a member of the brass band, a position which he held nntil his muster ont in 1863; in May, 1864, he re-enlisted in the govern- ment service and was put into the car shops; he performed various du- ties as a soldier and citizen np to the close of the rebellion; in June, 1866, he came to Iowa and located on his present homestead in this county; he followed his trade of carpenter nntil abont five years ago; he was married in 1868 to Miss Mary R. Pearson; have a family of three children: Jesse H., Mary E. and Charles H .; his father was of Scotch descent and his mother of Welsh ancestry; he is a man that reads a great deal and is well posted on the issnes of the day; he takes an interest in the political matters of the day and is very firm in what he believes to be right.

McKEE, WM., farmer; Sec. 29; P. O. Crawfordsville; was born in County Down, Ireland, Angust 19, 1811; he was raised there and when abont eighteen years of age he learn- ed the shoemakers' trade, which he followed as his occupation; in 1840 he emigrated to the United States and located first in Indiana, remain- ing there only fifteen months and then came to Mt. Pleasant in the fall of 1841; here he worked at his trade of shoemaker, and July 3, 1846, he came to his present location and has lived here ever since; his homestead now consists of 20S acres of improv-

ed lands; he was married in his na- tive county, April 30, 1840, to Miss Nancy J. Kingam of the same county; have by this union three- sons and one daughter: Mary J .. (wife of Andrew J. Mitchell, now in Kansas), J. A., Wm., S. S .; lost three; his son J. A., enlisted in Au- gust, 1862, in company I, Twenty- fifth Iowa infantry and served until the close of the war; Mr. McKee is a cautious, skillful, and prudent man, one who has few eqnals and: fewer superiors.

MAXWELL, J. H., farmer; Sec .. 9; P. O. Crawfordsville; was born in Harrison county, Ohio, in 1830; he was raised there until about 15 years of age, when he emigrated to this connty in the spring of 1846; he was raised on a farm, and has. followed farming as an occupation during his life; he now owns an im- proved farm of 175 acres; has been twice married ; first in Louisa conn- ty, in 1855, to Miss Susannah A. Jolinson, who was born in Alabama,. and died in the year 1856; he was. married to his present wife in 1857; her maiden name was Esther A. Cunningham, of Tennessee; her- parents came to this county as early as the fall of 1842; they have by .this union three sons and two dangh- ters: Jno. M., Thomas E., Nancy R.,. James F., and Elizabeth M .; lost two :: William C. and Walter E.

N TEAL, CALDWELL, fariner ;. Sec. 14; P. O. Crawfords- ville; was born in Crawford county, Pennsylvania, in 1813; he was raised in that county on a farm, and mnade it his home until he moved to Bel- inont, Ohio, when he was 24 years of age; from there he came to this county in April, 1839, and located in this township, where he has since- lived; he was one of. the men who. located both Washington and Craw- fordsville; he located on his present homestead about 1843; previous to. that he had followed various occu --

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pations; when the gold fever of Cal- ifornia broke out, in 1849, he went across the plains by teams, remain- ing there about two years, then re- turning to his old home in this county; he owned a farm north of his present homestead, which he sold when he went to California, and, on his return, purchased the one he now owns; he was married in Pennsyl- vania, August 27, 1836, to Miss Maria L. Anderson, a native of that 'State; they have by this union a family of three sons living: Wil- liam M., Samuel W., Cassius M. C. {who was born in Crawfordsville, May 6, 1847); lost one son: Warren S., who enlisted in the Twenty-fifth Iowa infantry, and died near Vicks- burg; Win. M. was in the Eighth Iowa, and Samuel W. was in the Twenty-fifth Iowa: Mr. Neal is one of the pioneer settlers of the county, a man of excellent character, and a valuable citizen.

S CHWAEBE, FRED, retired merchant, Crawfordsville; was born in Prussia, January 26, 1812, and lived there until 1838, and then came to the United States; in his early boyhood he worked at wagon making and after his coming to America he followed the same trade until 1850; he first settled in Bel- mont county, Ohio, and after remain- ing there for seven years he came to Iowa in 1845, and settled in Craw- fordsville; in 1852 he engaged in the mercantile business, which hefollowed up to the time of his retirement from business, which was in March 1878; he was married in Prussia in 1835 to Miss Caroline Otta, who died in 1864, leaving a family of three chil- dren; they lost five: Angusta, Ber- tie, Lonisa, William, Rebecca; of the three children only one is now living, HENRY O. SCHWAEBE of the firm of Schwaebe & Long, deal- ers in general merchandise and cloth- ing, Cawfordsville; he was born in Crawfordsville,this county, December

19, 1848, and has always lived here; when young his father was engaged in the mercantile business, and he has always been in a store more or less; he was in co-partnership with his father for five years previous to his engaging in his present business; he was married in this county and town in 1870 to Miss S. A. Lewis, a native of Ohio; they have a fam- ily of two children living: Fredrick and Lewis; the career of Mr. Fred Schwaebe has been both honorable and successful and he has always enjoyed the confidence and respect of the community, in which he has resided, and among the successful young men of the county, none are more highly respected than Mr. Henry Schwaebe, as a business man he is persevering energetic and indus- trions; we predict for him a bright future.

STEWART, J. H., dealer in drugs and books, Crawfordsville; was born in Ohio in 1840, and was raised there until he came to this State; he first settled in this county at his present location; he was raised partly on a farın, as his father was engaged in farming and also in the mercantile business, and he was more or less in the store as a clerk; his father was also engaged in coal mining, ship- ping coal to Cleveland, and the subject of this sketch was in that business from the time he was of age; in 1866 he engaged in the drug business, which he followed up to the time of his coming to this county; he then entered upon his present business and has followed it ever since; he was married in his native State in 1862 to Miss Rachel Moore, of the same State; they have by this union a family of three children living: Anna R .. Mary A., Charles W .; one deceased: James F; he was elected justice of the peace in 1876, which office he now holds; his ancestry on his father's side is traced back to the early settlement of the

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country; on his mother's side (her name was Mary Walker), to the early pioneers; her father was cap- tain in the United States army, in the War of 1812; Mr. Stewart is a man of good, sound understanding, of large practical experience and of genial manners; he is one of the fortunate individuals, who almost invariably succeed in what they undertake.

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The history of Washington County, Iowa, its cities, towns, and c., a biographical directory of its citizens, Part 77

Author: Publication date: 1880 Publisher: Des Moines : Union Historical Co. Number of Pages: 720

Author:
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Des Moines : Union Historical Co.
Number of Pages: 720