The history of Washington County, Iowa, its cities, towns, and c., a biographical directory of its citizens, Part 80

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Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Des Moines : Union Historical Co.
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JAMES, GEORGE W., merchant and station agent, West Chester; was born in Delaware county, Penn- sylvania, November 16, 1848, and was there raised; he received the ad- vantages of a graded school educa- tion and there prepared himself for the business pursuits of life; he en- gaged in the mercantile business at Philadelphia and other points until

1869, when like other young men, he resolved to seek a fortune in the west and came to this State stopping in Louisa county in 1870; remained there for some two years in the em- ploy of J. & F. Colton, dealers in general merchandise; from there he came to this county, locating at West Chester; he is a partner in the firm of James & Gillespie, and has at present the post-office, which through his influence was established at this. place; was appointed postmaster in 1873 when the office was established; in 1876 he was elected justice of the peace and has filled the office to the present time; is also agent for two fire insurance companies: the Phœ- nix, of Hartford, and the American, of Chicago; April 23, 1871, he was- married to Miss S. E. Garner, daugh- ter of colonel W. W. Garner, of Co- lumbus City, Louisa county; she was born in Iowa in May, 1849; they have three children : Lanra G., born in January, 1872, Bessie C., born in October, 1875, Aggie G., born in December, 1878; one son, Chester, who was born in July, 1873, died in infancy; he was the first white child born in West Chester.

K LEESE, ISAAC, farmer; Sec .. 9; P. O. West Chester; was- born February 28, 1837, in Pennsyl- vania; there he was raised on a farm and was educated in the common schools; in 1855 he went to learn the blacksmith's trade with James. Green at Hughesville, Pennsylvania, and after learning the trade followed it till the breaking out of the rebel- lion; he enlisted August 6, 1861, in company F, One hundred and sixth Pennsylvania infantry, and served his three years and was discharged September 10, 1864, at Philadelphia ;. at this time he went to work for the government at his trade and contin- ned it till the spring of 1864, when he returned to his home in Hunters- ville, Pennsylvania, where he again resmined his trade; in 1869 he came

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to this State and located in Jackson township, this county, and went to farming; he came to his present farm, where he owns 160 acres. in 1872 and has continued farming since, although he does a little work at his trade at odd times; he was mar- ried November 17, 1866, to Miss Em- ma F. Gortner, a native of Pennsyl- vania; they have three children: Walter M., Harry D., and Maggie N., all living.

McCONNAUGHEY, DAVID P., farmer; Sec. 17; P. O. Washington; was born November 14, 1805, in Venango county, Penn- sylvania; his parents moved to Beaver county, Pennsylvania, in 1808; there he was raised on a farm and was educated in the common schools; at the age of twenty he went to learn the hatter's trade with Jacob Courtney, of Darlington, Pennsylvania; after getting his trade he worked at journey work about two years; in 1829 he went into partnership with Robert Tate in the hatting business at Mt. Jack- son, Pennsylvania, where he re- mained about two years; in 1832 he started his business on his own ac- count in New Bedford, Pennsylva- nia, where he remained till 1850, wlien he sold out and went to farm- ing, which he continued about three years; in 1853 he came to Iowa and located in Denmark, Lee county, where he lived two years coming to this county in 1855 and locating where he now lives; he owns a farm of 200 acres which is well improved; he is one of the oldest settlers now living in the township and has seen the ups and downs of a pioneer's life; he was married in October, 1830, to Miss Catharine Thompson, a native of Mercer county, Indiana; they have had nine children: David S., John, Samuel, and Lizzie (wife of Mr. P. B. West, of Missouri), living, and five deceased.

TTASH, I. S., farmer; Sec. 18; P. O. Dublin; was born An- gust 24, 1815, in the State of Ver- mont; his parents came to Licking county, Ohio, in 1829; there he grew to manhood on a farm and was edu- cated in the common schools; in 1854 he took the western fever and came to the broad praries of Iowa, and located where he now lives; at the time he settled here there were but two houses between his house and Washington; he has held the office of justice of the peace five or six terms, as also several minor offi- ces; has a finc farm of 266 acres of well improved land, upon which he has made all the improvements him- self; he was married February 13, 1851, to Miss Elizabeth O'Neal, a native of Cincinnati, Ohio; they have a family of five children: V. B., John D., Laura A., Isaac N., living, and an infant deceased.

R OBERTSON, A. C., farmer; Sec. 34; P. O. Washington; was born in Kentucky, July 8, 1839, and in the fall of 1848 he moved to Knox county, Ohio; came to Iowa in the spring of 1860 and located in Louisa county, and in the fall of the same year came to this county loca- ting where he now resides; he owns 70 acres of land; was married De- cem'ber 23, 1863, to Miss Elizabeth J. Covit, a native of Pennsylvania; they have seven children living: El- mer E., John E., Charles W., Ella M., Dessie A., George L., and Annie E .; Mr. Robertson has held the office of constable for two terms.

S CHILLING, JOHN M., farmer; Sec. 16; P. O. Washington; he was born in Bavaria, Germany, April 11, 1823; at the age of twenty- two he came to the United States and landed in New York in No- vember 1845; there he remained about three years working on a farm at six dollars per month for two months, and seven dollars

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for the balance of the year; in 1848 he went to Maryland, where he lived about two years, working most of the time in a brick yard at one dollar per day and board him- self; he then went to Virginia, where he remained about three years, working most of the time at the weaver's trade, which he l'earned in the old country while young; he then returned to Maryland, where he re- mained till 1856, when he came to Washington, this county; he engaged in the grocery trade, which he con- tinued till the spring of 1871, when he moved onto his present farm; which consists of 205 acres of well improved land, which he had purchased in 1869; in 1875 he moved to Lucas county, where lie lived three years, at the end of which time he returned to his farm, where he has since remained; he was mar- ried June 3, 1851, to Miss Sarah A. Twigg, a native of Maryland; they have a family of eleven children: Thomas M., Norman, Minnie A., Zimri, Sarah A., Stasia E., Garrison, Lana, and Harrison living, and two deceased; John F., and Nora.

SINGMASTER, FRANKLIN, farmer; Sec. 14; P. O. Washington; was born in Pennsylvania, January 7, 1837, and in 1839 he moved to Missouri, and came to Iowa in 1858, locating in this county; he located on his present farm of 140 acres in 1875, and his farm is well supplied with stock; August 27, 1864, he married Miss N. J. Iams, a native of Iowa; she died April 5, 1876, leaving three children : Sarah, Mary, and Fannie; was again married De- cember 19, 1878, to Miss Lizzie Van Etten, a native of Pennsylvania.

SMITH, WESLEY, farmer; Sec. 7; P. O. West Chester; he was born October 25, 1844, in Franklin county, Ohio; his parents came to Iowa in 1856, and located in Dutch Creek, this county, where they now live; he was raised on a farm and educated

in the common school; he came to his present farm in 1876; he owns two hundred acres of land which is under a high state of cultivation, and is well stocked; his principal product from his farm is corn, which he always feeds instead of hauling to market; he was married Decem- ber 27, 1870, to Miss Maria Wells, daughter of W. W. Wells, of Dutch creek, township; they have one child: Sidney S. living.

SOWASH, WM. N, farmer; Sec. 8; P. O. West Chester; he was born November 28, 1843, in Lawrence county, Pennsylvania; there he was raised on a farm and educated in the common schools; his parents came to Iowa in 1855, and located near where now lives; he came onto his pres- ent farm of 80 acres in 1868, and has lived there since; he enlisted in Au- gust. 1862, in company H, Seventh Iowa infantry, and served till the close of the war, and was discharged in June, 1865, at Clinton, Iowa; he was in all the battles in which his company was engaged while he was in the service; he was married No- vember 27, 1866, to Miss Hannah E. Dayton, a native of Maryland; they have two children: Zueleta M., and Earl D., both living

STEWART, JOHN G., farmer and stock-raiser; Sec. 9; P, O. Washing- ton; the subject of this sketch was born December 28, 1842, in the State of Maryland; his parents came to Iowa in 1844, and located in township 76; there he grew to manhood on a farm; he was educated in the Wesleyan College of Linn connty, and Washing- ton College, of this county; he has made farming and stock-raising his business all his life;he now owns what is known as the Clemmons' Grove farm, which consists of 200 acres of fine land well adapted to the use to which he is putting it, and is as fine a stock farm as there is in the country ; he now owns and has upon his farm a fine herd of twenty head

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of short-horn thorough-bred cattle, at the head of which he places the celebrated Bell Duke, No. 11,357, A. M. H. B., and the Duke of the Plains, No. 29,383, two years old, an animal of great merit; as to females, Mattie Highland, by Highland Lad, No. 6,871, stands at the head; while these are of the purest blood, still Mr. Stewart is selling at a price which will barely justify him in rais- ing them; he is also raising the pure blood Berkshire hogs, and so popu- lar has his stock become that he can scarcely supply the demand for them; any one desiring any of the above class of stock will do well by calling oh Mr. Stewart before buying; he came upon his present farm in the spring of 1867,and it is known far and wide as being the farm upon which the first herd of short-horned cattle ever brought to Washington county was placed by Mr. Clemmons; Mr. Stewart was married September 27, 1864, to Miss Mary L. Bradford, a nativeof Indiana; by this union they have two children: Charles Wm., and Mary C., both living.

STEWART, D. F., farmer; Sec. 23; P. O. Washington; was born in Mercer county, Pennsylvania, Feb- ruary 16, 1831, and in 1844 he came to Iowa and located in this county; here he was raised and educated and in 1861 moved where he now re- sides; owns 115 acres of land well improved; he raises quite an amount of stock; was married July 11, 1861, to Miss Mary J. Benson, a native of Ohio; she died January 2, 1866, leaving two children: Flora E. liv- ing, and one deceased; was again married March 11, 1868 to Miss Agnes Dill, a native of Ohio; they have one child: Mary L.

W ALLACE, DR. G. C., phy- sician and surgeon, Grace Hill; he was born, February 16, 1851, in Columbiana county, Ohio; his parents came to lowa in 1856 and located in Appanoose county;

there he grew to manhood on a farm and was educated in the common schools; in 1870 he began the study of medicine with Drs. Huffman & Moravia, with whom he remained about two years, and then with Dr. Alverson, of Eldon, with whom he also remained about two years in a drug store of which he was half owner; he attended the Keokuk Col- lege of Physicians and Surgeons in 1874 and '75, where he graduated in 1877; he came to Grace Hill and began the practice of his profession in the spring of 1875 and lias re- mained here since, except . while attending medical lectures at Keokuk; he has a fine practice which he has built upon his own merits and skill in his profession; he was married, February 17, 1877, to Miss Mary E. Miksch, a native of Ohio; have two children: Sarah E., living, and Nettie E., deceased.

WARFEL ,ELI., farmer; Sec. 25; P. O. Washington; was born in Lan- caster county, Pennsylvania, June 20, 1827, and in 1835, with his pa- rents, he moved to Ohio; there grew to manhood, receiving his education in the common schools; he came to this county in 1855 and located where he now resides; owns 300 acres of well improved land; is of the oldest farmers in the county; his place nsed to be called the half- way house between Washington and the timber; has been town trustee several terms and has held several minor offices; married, March 10, 1870, to Miss Eliza Miller, a native of Illinois; have three children: Isabelle, Anna Laura and Frederick M.

WHITACRE, THOMAS, farm- er; Sec 28; P. O. Washington; was born in Pennsylvania on the 29th of August, 1833, and lived there until 1847, when lie mnoved with his pa- rents to Logan county, Ohio; came to Iowa in the fall of 1852 and located near Brighton and was here educated

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in our common schools; on the 3d of February 1859, Miss Isabelle E. Griffith, daughter of Robert W. Griffith, became his wife; she is a native of Ohio; have six children: Samuel G., Robert J., Mary E., Ben- jamin F., Edith E. and George E.

Y OUNG, JOHN, farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Washington; was born in Kentucky, January 21, 1811, and there grew to manhood and received his education from the schools of his commonwealth; he came to Iowa in the spring of 1846 and located in Washington, where he lived till 1858 and then moved upon his present farm which consists of 240 acres of well improved land with everything to make farm life a pleasant one; he was married, An- gust 31, 1838, to Miss Mary J. Adams, a native of Kentucky; have six children: James A., Robert S., John N., Sarah A. (now Mrs. W. O. Bane of Pottawattamie county, Iowa), William H. and Mary A. A .; lost three.

YOUNG, ARCHIBALD, retired farmer; Sec. 26; P. O. Washington;

was born June 15, 1829, in the State of Ohio; there he was raised on a farm; he was educated in the com- mon schools; he came to Iowa in October, 1860, and located in Ma- haska county and came to this county in 1864 and located on Sec. 15, where Mr. Cochran now lives; he canie to his present farm in 1866; he lias followed farming most of his life and has handled and shipped a great deal of stock; he is about to retire from his farm of 128 acres and move to Washington, that he may spend the rest of his days in a more quiet way; he has been mar- ried three times: first, March 6, 1851, to Miss Sabra J. Crawford; she died Jannary 4, 1855, leaving no children living; again November, 20, 1855, to Rebecca Conner, who died January 6, 1870, leaving five children: Elmer C., Emmet W., Ulysses L., living, and two deceased; again January 12, 1871, to Hannah E. Reasoner, a native of Indiana; by this union they have two children: Clarence R. and Edna J., both liv- ing.

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A NDERSON, MRS. JOAN- NAH, farmer; Sec. 1; P. O. West Chester; was born in Ohio, Feb. 18, 1849; at the age of four years she came with her parents to Dayton, Iowa; and in April, 1874, she came to Dutch Creek township, Washing- ton, county, Iowa; she was married June 17, 1875, to Mr. H. An- derson, who was a widower at the time; Mrs. Anderson owns a honse and thirty-four acres of land; Mr. Anderson died in 1877; she has no children.

AUGUSTINE, G., farmer and stock-raiser; Sec. 33; P. O. Dublin; was born in Whetonburg, Germany, in 1825; he came with his parents to this country when quite young; he lived in Lancaster county, Pennsylva-

nia, and at the age of six years moved to Butler county, Ohio; after remain- ing there two years, they moved to St. Joseph county, Indiana; in about eighteen months started for Iowa, Washington county, Dutch Creek township; he entered the farm he lives on in 1849; he was married to Margaret Ann Harvey, October 25, 1848; the have nine children: God- frey. Margaret A., John A., Mary V., William D., Hester A., George W., Emily J. and Sheridan; Sarah, deceased.

B UXBAUM, JOHN, merchant and farmer; Sec. 36; P. O. Grace Hill; was born April 14, 1837, in Germany; at the age of nine years his parents came to the United States, landing in Castle Garden, N .

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Y .; they went immediately to Utica, N. Y .; there he was raised and educa- ted in the common schools; at the age of nineteen he came to Burling- ton, Iowa, where he remained about one year; when he took a trip through the Southern States; while in Texas he caught the yellow fever which came near causing him his life, and from the effects of which he has never fully recovered; 1860 found him in Tennesee, with the political excitement running high, and he being a Union man and be- lieving human slavery to be wrong, and who was not afraid to speak his sentiments at any and all times it soon became hot for him and he was "spotted" as an abolitionist and sev- eral times a mob had assembled to hang him; but he, undaunted and ever ready with an answer to their wily questions, so baffled them that they dare not take his life; thus it went on till 1861, after the State had seceded; he concluded that he would return north, which he did, remaining in the northern cities till the fall of 1862, when he returned to Utica, N. Y .; his desire was to join the Union army, that he might avenge the insults given him by the rebels, but being the only support of his aged mother, she would not consent to his going; in 1868, he came to Iowa and located where he now lives, where he established a general country store, and has con- tinued since; he is an upholster by trade, having learned it while in Utica, in his younger days; he owns thirty-five acres of land where he lives and has his store; he was mar- ried November 17, 1867, to Miss Mary Cohler, a native of Germany; they have a family of six children: Johnnie, William, Charles, Augusta, and Emma living, and an infant de- ceased.

C ALHOUN, SAM. S., farmer; Sec. 22; P. O. Dublin; was born in Allegheny county, Pennsyl-

rania, August 22, 1822; at the age of nine years he came with his pa- vents to Richland county, Ohio; in October, 1854, came to Washington county, Dutch Creek township; he owns 100 acres of land which he has improved nicely; he is a jovial and kind-hearted man, and the life of Dublin; Mr. Calhoun enlisted Au- gust 18, 1862, in company H, Sev- enth Iowa infantry; he served until the close of the war and was at the battle of Atlanta and several other engagements; he was married Jan- nary 23, 1844, to Miss Almanda Crowden, of Richland county, Ohio; they have no children.

CRAWFORD, JAMES, farmer and stock-raiser; Sec. 18; P. O. Paris; was born in Carroll county, Ohio, in 1835; in 1844 he came with his parents to Iowa and settled in Dutch Creek township; he has seventy-three acres of land well im- proved; Mr. Crawford went to Ne- vada in 1862, in company with fif- teen others; they crossed the plains with ox teams, and on their way at Snake river, they were attacked by Indians, and all their stock captured and their wagons destroyed; he was wounded in the a arm during the fight; they afterward fell in with another train and went throngh safely; he stayed there nine years and then returned; while there he was engaged in mining and ranching; April 15, 1871, he was married to Miss Hollingsworth; they have four children: Charlie, born December 18, 1872; Rocksey, born August 19, 1872; I., born Feb- rnary 21, 1874, and Martin, born November 2, 1878.

F ORD, E. M., carpenter and joiner, Dublin; was born September 1, 1831, in Richland county, Ohio; farmed there until at the age of twenty years; in 1851 he came to Iowa, Washington county, Dutch Creek township; he filled the office of constable in 1866; Mr.

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Ford was married November 3, 1857, to Ellen J. White, of Ashland county, Ohio; their family consists of five children: Charles M., Jasper B., Edwin C., Ellie and Thomas P .; one deceased: John D.

K IEFHABER, C., fariner; Sec. 19; P. O. Paris; was born in Bavaria, Germany, February 23, 1817; at the age of thirty-six years he came to New York and from there to St. Louis; he is a machinist by trade, and followed that occupa- tion while there, and also worked in Quincy, Illinois, and Burlington, Iowa, for nine months; he after- ward came to Brighton, Washing- ton county, Iowa; he owns forty acres of land in section 19, where he now resides; Mr. Kiefhaber was a soldier in Germany for twelve years; he is a pleasant and agreeable neigh- bor; he was married in 1865 to Miss Marie Newbolt; they have six chil- dren: Mary, Celitha, William, Letha, Emma and Andy; three de- ceased.

L ATTA, F. M., farmer and stock-raiser; Sec. 23; P. O. Dublin; was born in Ross county, Ohio, February 24, 1831, and in 1841 was brought by his parents to Louisa county, Iowa; there he was raised as a farmer and has followed it as an occupation since that time; he came to Washington county, Iowa, in 1866, and settled in Dutch Creek township on section 23, where he owns 500 acres of improved land in a high state of cultivation, and his buildings are among the best in the township; he was married March 14, 1865, to Miss Sarah M. Cowles, of Monroe, Jasper county, Iowa; she was born in Chenango county, New York; a lady of refined taste, whose life is devoted to making home happy, an excellent manager of householu affairs, and her hus- band's best counselor; they have five children : Carl C., born in 1867; William F., born in 1868; Eddie

L., born in 1871; Katie M., born in 1873, and Rose J., born in 1877; Mr. Latta commands the. respect and confidence of all who know him in the community where he resides. cCALEB, R., farmer and M stock raiser; Sec. 22; P. O. Dublin; was born in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, November 13, 1819; at the age of twenty-one, he moved to Richland county, Ohio; he left there in the fall of 1845 and came Iowa, Keokuk county; staid there that winter and in the spring of 1846, came to Washington county, Dutch Creek township; he owns 685 acres of land in Secs. 21, 22, 24 and 28; he was married June 20, 1848, to Miss Phebe E. Swires, of this county; they have eleven children: John A., born March 9, 1850; Thomas S., born March 3, 1855; James B., born July 12, 1857; George E., born August 9, 1861; Clement V., born September 12, 1863; Robert S., born September 12, 1868; Saralı M., born April 28, 1853; Adel S., September 6, 1859; Martha W .; Viola A., born April 28, 1866 and Almanda N., born May 29, 1874.

MAUTHE, JOHN, farmer and stock raiser; Sec. 25; P. O. Grace Hill; was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, Angust 23, 1835; he left there January 23, 1854, and arrived in New York city, August 27, 1854, with but six dollars cash; he went from there to Genesee, Seneca county, and worked on a farm for Mr. Z. Ferry, for five years; he then re- turned to Germany, November 5, 1859, and back to this country in May, 1860; he was married May 18, 1862, to Miss Anna Kohler; in April, 1865, he rented a farm and worked on that till 1869, when he came to Washington county, Iowa, and settled on Sec. 25, Dutch Creek township; he has eighty acres of land, with very nice improvements and good buildings; they have six

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children: John A., Fred R., Ursula, Catharine, Mary M. and Lucy E .; two deceased: Annie H. and Annie. OBERTSON, J. C., physician ;

R Sec. 15; P. O. Dublin; was born January 6, 1845 in Dutch Creek township, Washington, county, Iowa; he received a common school educa- tion and his father being a farmer he followed that as an occupation until twenty-one years of age, when he went to the University at Iowa City, for two years and for three years took a medical course of stud- ies; he graduated March 5, 1873, and returned to his native place, where he is now praticing; he is well respected by all who know him and they place the utmost confidence in his skill; Dr. Robertson's parents, were formerly from Pennsylvania and were among the early settlers of this county; they have 200 acres of land all well improved; Dr. Rob- ertson was married in this county, to Miss Helen Howck; they have one child: Andrew E.

ROLSTON, JAMES, farmer and stock-raiser; Sec. 1; P. O. West Chester; was born February 17, 1800, in Lancaster county, Pennsyl- vania; he followed farming in that county until November, 1836, when he moved to Washington county, Pennsylvania; in March, 1842, he moved to Franklin county, Ohio; June 26, 1856, he came to Washing- ton connty, Dutch Creek township, and settled on section 1, range 9; he owns 160 acres of land; Mr. Rolston was married April 26, 1831, to Miss Jane Smithi, of Philadelphia county, Pennsylvania; they have eight chil- dren: Thomas, John, Lee, Paul, Ann, Mary, Ellen, and Marinda.

SAID, W., farmer and stock- raiser; Sec. 31; P. O. Paris; was born in Bath county, Kentucky, August 11, 1814; at the age of seven years he accompanied his parents to Delaware county, Ohio, and from there to Washington county, Iowa;

he settled in Dutch Creek township, section 31, where he owns 105 acres of land with very nice improve- ments; Mr. Said was a member of the legislature in 1876; he also held the office of county supervisor in 1869; he was married in Dayton, Ohio, to Miss Jane Warrington, in 1850; she died in September, 1851; he was married again October 23, 1859, to Miss Albright, of Wash- ington county, Iowa; they have six children: Addie, William, Eva May, Ella, and Nora; Mr. Said is post- master at Paris, and well respected by his neighbors.

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The history of Washington County, Iowa, its cities, towns, and c., a biographical directory of its citizens, Part 80

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