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SINGMASTER, E., farmer and stock-raiser; Sec. 30; P. O. Paris; was born March 29, 1843, in Clarke county, Missouri; at the age of eleven years came with his parents to Washington county, Iowa, and settled in section 30, Dutch Creek township, where he now owns 205 acres of land which is well improved; he was married July 6, 1865, to Miss Rebecca Hotel, of Keokuk county, Iowa; they have three children: Anna, Charles E. and Owen L .; one deceased: William.
SINGMASTER, W., farmer and stock-raiser; Sec. 14; P. O. Dublin; was born October 11, 1830, in Berks county, Pennsylvania; he moved to Clarke county, Missouri, in 1871, and from there he moved to Center- ville, Appanoose county, Iowa, and in 1876 moved to Washington county, Dutch Creek township, where he owns 222 acres in section 14; it is well improved; Mr. Sing- master was married March 11, 1854, to Miss Sophia B. Flowers, of Clarke county, Missouri; they have four children: Adalaska E., born Septem- ber 8, 1855; Rosamond E., born July 18, 1862; Mary D., born August 1, 1868, and Grace A., born March 28, 1875; have lost one: Eliza E., died December 8, 1871.
W TELLS, W. W., farmer and stock-raiser; Sec. 14; P.
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O. Dublin; was born October 26, 1820, in Wethersfield, Connecticut, and at the age of six years accom- panied his parents to Cuyahoga county, Ohio, and remained with them until 1839 when he camne to . Iowa and settled in Mount Pleasant; he rented the Lewis House and ran it for two years and afterwards rented a saw-mill near the forks of Skunk river; he staid there but one year and then came to Washington county, Iowa, and located on section 33, Dutch Creek township, where he owned 80 acres of land and from which place he moved three years dater to his present home in section 14, Dutch Creek township; Mr. Wells is one of the leading farmers of this place; he owns over 1,500 acres of land; he has a very fine dwelling house and his farm is well improved; he was married October 20, 1844, to Miss Rebecca Jackson, of this county; they have four chil- dren: Marie D., born December 5, 1847; Curtis R., born November 12, 1850; William P., born August 29, 1852, and Inez Adel, born January 7, 1860 ; four are deceased.
WILLIAMSON, J. H., farmer; Sec. 16; P. O. Dublin; was born in Preble county, Ohio, December 27, 1821, and at the age of twelve years moved with his parents to Warren county, Illinois, and lived there for seventeen years when he made a visit to Louisa county, Iowa, for a few months and then returned home; he staid but a short time, and then moved to Lonisa county, Iowa, where he farmed near the vicinity of Wap- ello for seven years; in 1855, he moved to Marion county, Iowa, and farmed seven years more; and from there lie came to Washington county, Dutch Creek township, where he has been living ever since on Sec. 16, with the exception of a visit he took to Washington Territory in 1872, remaining there for about three years and a half; he returned September
29, 1876; he owns 240 acres of land; he was married October 10, 1850, in Louisa county, to Miss Susan J. Er- win, by the Rev. W. Graham, of Morn- ing Sun; they have three children: Jennie E., born June 15, 1852; Sam- nel S., born July 18, 1855, and Wil- liam E., born August 8, 1865; have lost three: Maria E., Mary E. and Jasper E.
WOLFE, SIMON, farmer; Sec. 14; P. O. Dublin; was born in Ash- land county, Ohio, April 17, 1840; at the age of twenty-one years he went to DeWitt county, Illinois, where he farmed far one year, and then came to Keokuk county, Iowa; farmed one year there; he then came to his present home where he works eighty acres of land in Sec. 14; Mr. Wolfe was married March 1, 1864, to Miss Rebecca Konkle; they have three children: Mary E., Dora E. John E .; he was township super- visor in 1877.
WORK, JOHN H., farmer and stock-raiser; Sec. 2; P. O. West Chester; was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, November 25, 1825; at the age of 20 years he learned the trade of tailoring, in Porterville, Butler county, Pennsyl- vania; in October, 1849, he went to Chicago, and from there to Harding county, Ohio; in April, 1850, he got aboard the cars for the first time; he went to Cincinnati, and from there took a steamer to St. Louis and St. Joe, from there to Council Bluffs, at which place he fitted up an ox team and, in company with sixty otlier wagons, started for California; stopped at Salt Lake that winter; starting in the spring they arrived at Carson Valley, April 1st, 1851, where he tried his hand at mining; he went from there to Hang Town; stopped a short time, and then started for Sacramento, and from there to Yankee Jim's Diggings: he had two cows, which he sold for $200; he stayed at that place from
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July until October, and then went back to Sacramento, where he and two others bought some ponies, and went to Indian Digging, and stayed there all winter; in June, 1852, he came to Stockton, where he engaged in cutting and hauling wood for the town, and also furnishing some to steamboats; he tried mining once more in the dry diggings, but it was not a success, so he started back home by way of San Francisco, on the steamer Golden Gate, and arrived safely in New York, from which place he came to Mount Pleasant,
Iowa; after a short visit there he came to Washington, May 15, 1859, where he stayed until September; he went back to Pennsylvania and on his way there stopped in Ohio; he bonglit the farm he now lives on, and which consists of 160 acres in . Sec. 2;'he was married November 31, 1858, to Anna McClelland, of Washington county, Iowa; they have three children: Marian D., Harry P. and John McC .; one de- ceased: Anna E .; Mr. Work owns 260 acres of land in Ottumwa, Iowa.
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B ENNETT, A. D., farmer and stock-raiser; Sec. 15; P. O. Keota; was born on the 28th of May, 1843, in Knox county, Illinois; he was there raised as a farmer, and in 1869 came to this county, locating where he now resides; he owns a farm of 360 acres, well-cultivated and supplied with stock; has held various township offices; Agngust 19, 1861, he enlisted in company I, Ninth Illinois cavalry; served until May, 1863, when, on account of dis- ability, he was discharged; re-enlisted in March, 1865, in company I, Forty- seventh Illinois infantry, and served until the close of the war, when he was mustered out; participated in all the battles in which his regiment was engaged; he was married Sep- tember 10, 1869, to Miss Mary C. Melick, a native of New Jersey, and born January 2, 1847; she came to this county with her parents, in 1868; their family consists of three children: Frank, Emerson and Alexa M.
E YESTONE, J. W., farmer and stock-raiser; Sec. 1; P. O. Lexington; was born in Rush conn- ty, Indiana, September 28, 1837, and when about eight years of age came with his parents to this county; was raised a farmer, and received a com-
mon school education; September 28, 1861, he enlisted in company K, Thirteenth Iowa volunteer infantry, as a private, and April 14, 1863, was promoted to second lientenant; was engaged in various battles with his regiment up to the 22d of July, 1864, when he was taken prisoner at the battle of Atlanta, Georgia; he was in various rebel prison.pens, among which were Macon, Georgia, Charleston, Sonth Carolina, Colum- bus, same State, Charlotte, Raleigh, Goldsboro and Wilmington, North Carolina, during Sherman's cam- paign in both those States; at Wil- mington he was paroled March 1, 1865, and came home on a 30 days' furlough; was mustered out at An- napolis, Maryland, April 28, 1865; returned to his home in Cedar town- ship, and, after remaining there for four years, came, in 1869, to the place where he now resides; he owns 280 acres of well improved land, well-stocked; October 12, 1865, he married Miss Maggie A. Gardner, of Madison county, Ohio; she was born July 12, 1845; they have five children living: Ralph E., born No- vember 13, 1866; James B., born March 24, 1870; Mary J., born Oc- tober 5, 1872; Maggie L., born July 17, 1876; and Carrie A., born Jan-
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uary 29, 1878; Mr. and Mrs. Eyestone are active members of the M. E. Church at Lexington in this county. LEMING, JOHN, farmer and stock-raiser; Sec. 1; P. O. Lex- ington; was born in Madison county, Ohio, December 9, 1838; when quite young he moved with his parents to McDonough county, Illinois; was raised a farmer, and attended the Heading Seminary; Angust 14, 1862, he enlisted in company H, in the One Hundred and Nineteenth Illinois infantry ; served three years and was mustered out at Mobile, Alabama, August 14, 1865; was in all the battles in which his regiment was engaged, and was never wounded; after the war he returned to McDonough coun- ty, where he remained some months; came to this county in 1866, and in 1868 settled where he now resides; owns 120 acres of good land; he makes the raising of fine stock a specialty ; has a number of thorough- bred Poland-China hogs; in his com- petition with noted stock-raisers, among which are Clark & Branigan, of Winfield, Henry county, this State, Sisson & Bro., of Galesburg, Illinois, and Hinkle, of Canton, Ful- ton county, Illinois, he has nearly always come off best; he claims that he now owns the best herd in the county; was married January 24, 1861, to Miss Angie R. Greene, a native of New York; she was born October 12, 1841; came to Illinois with her parents in 1851; their fam- ily consists of three children living: Clarence E., born December 7, 1866; Jessie, born May 4, 1870; Everett E., born January 10, 1879.
G REGORY, G., farmer, stock- raiser and feeder; Sec. 30; P. O. Keota, Keokuk county; was born in Orange county, New York, December 5, 1831. and was there raised on a dairy farm; his parents still reside there; like many other young men he heard of the great west and in order to satisfy himself,
left his home and in 1852 came through Illinois to Iowa, locating in Chickasaw county; he there pur- chased some land, but soon departed for Minnesota and there engaged in various pursuits; in 1857 he re- turned to New York, and on the 18th of February, 1858, he was mar- ried to Miss K. Sinsabangh, a native of the same county. as himself; she was born September 17, 1839; after his marriage he returned to Rice county, Minnesota, and for eight years was engaged in farming; but concluding that Iowa was the better State, he sold his farm in Minne- sota and in 1866 came to this county, settling on the place where he now resides; he is the owner of 320 acres of good land, the improve- inents of which are second to none in this county; has a large two story dwelling house, well furnished, a good barn and ont-buildings; his location is a pleasant one and his homestead is surrounded by ever- greens and other beautiful shrubery; his farm is well supplied with good graded cattle, having from seventy- five to one hundred head of them; he has from two to three hundred head of hogs and some ten to fif- teen horses; McGregory has held va- rious offices of honor in his township; is an honorable and well respected citizen; their family consists of five children: Frank H., born in 1859; Kate E., born in 1861; Libbie E., born in .1866; Bartlett S., born in in 1874; Willie S., born in 1876.
TAMILTON, R. M., fariner;
H Sec. 26; P. O. West Chester; born in Clinton county, Indiana, February 29, 1840; there he lived until fifteen years of age, when with his parents he moved to Mercer county, Illinois and was there raised and has followed farming all his life; Angust 16, 1861, he enlisted in company A, Thirtieth Illinois Infan- try; served three years and partici- pated in all the battles in which his
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regiment was engaged; was mustered out August 29, 1864, at Chatta- nooga, Tennessee; re-enlisted March 29, 1865, in company K, Forty-third Illinois infantry, served until the close of the war and was mustered ont November 30, 1865, at Lit le Rock, Arkansas; in 1870, Mr. Ham- ilton canie to this county and town- ship, and in 1875 moved where he now resides; owns 100 acres of good land well stocked; January 4, 1870, he married Miss Josephine Cabeen, a native of Ohio and born February 17, 1848; they have five children: Ralph C., Clara J., Margaret J., John R. and Frank E.
HAMILTON, L. H., farmer, stock-raiser and shipper; Sec. 9; P. O. Keota; born in Medina county, . Ohio, June 2, 1833, and was there raised a farmer; he was educated in the common schools and 1853 went to Michigan, Branch county, and after remaining there a short time came to this county in 1854 and settled on the place where he now resides; he came to the township when it was new and has seen all the hardships known to the pioneer life; has held various township offices; owns a farm of 120 acres well improved and well stocked; has from fifty to seventy-five head of cattle; Mr. Hamilton lias been twice married; first in January, 1856, to Miss Susan E. Brooks, a native of Licking, Ohio; she did in January, 1861, leaving a family of one child: Walter B., who died Angust 13, 1877; he married again May 3, 1863, to Miss Mary D. Welton, she is a native of Ohio; by this union they have four children living: Harry G., born March 26, 1865; Frank L., born December 1, 1867; Katie E. born July 3, 1870; and Myra B., born February 27, 1873.
HAMILTON, W. S., farmer, stock-raiser and shipper; Sec. 3; P. O. Keota; was born in Medina county, Ohio, March 14, 1827; was
there raised and educated; came to this county in 1852 and entered 880 acres of land in Seventy-six town- ship; he went to Branch county, Michigan and after remaining there for one year, returned to this State, settling where he now resides; owns a farm of 400 acres; he has im- proved over two thousand acres of the prairie land of this township. and inside of four years improved 100 acres of the Ohio beech and maple timber land and built on the same the finest barn in that section; since 1860 he has been engaged in the stock shipping business and in it has been very successful; has from fifty to one hundred head of cattle and also other stock; for three years he was engaged in shipping horses to the mountains, and bring- ing back cattle; Mr. Hamilton made the first improvements in this town- ship and his family was the first. and for a time the only one here; he was the first member of the board of supervisors from that town- ship; has held various offices here; April 12, 1849, he inarried Miss Priscilla Miner, a native of Chan- tauqua county, New York and born June 23, 1831; they have five chil- dren living: George A., born March 28, 1850; Nathan L., born March 28, 1852; William F., born February 3, 1862; Grace, born February 18, 1864; and Emma, born February 5, 1866; have lost two: Henry E., died August 25, 1859; and Ella, died April 6, 1861; Mr. and Mrs. Ham- ilton are members of the M. E. Church at Lexington; he is a gener- ous friend and as a citizen is spoken well of by all.
L ONGENECKER, JOSHUA, farmer and stock-raiser; Sec. 29; P. O. Keota, Keokuk county; was born May 18, 1820, in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania; he was there raised on a farm and received his ed- ucation in the common schools; in 1858 he moved to Illinois, and dur-
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ing the same year to Muscatine county, Iowa; he was there engaged in farming and remained there until 1868, when he came to this county settling on the place where he now resides; he owns 240 acres of well improved land and his farm is well supplied with stock; he is a mem- ber of the Brelker Church; is a thriving young farmer and one well respected; he was married on the 10th of Jannary, 1843, to Miss Ann F. Winnemore, a native of Philadel- phia, Pennsylvania; she died March 10, 1862, leaving a family of five children: Helen J., Maxwell S., John, Zigler, Frank.
PRINGLE, A. M., farmer, stock-raiser and feeder; Sec. 19; P. O. Keota, Keokuk county; was born in Clark county, Ohio, April 5, 1827; the same year he moved with his parents to Warren county, Indiana, where he remained until twelve years of age; he then came to this State (then a territory), settling in what is now Clay town- ship, Washington county ; his parents were among the pioneers of Iowa, and also of the first settlers of this county and were fully acquainted' with the trials and hardships inci- dent to such a life; Burlington was the nearest trading point, and their nearest mill was about 40 miles dis- tant; his father went east on a visit and died in 1851 while at Lonisville, Kentucky; his mother lived until 1873 on the place where they first settled; the subject of this sketch was, in his youth, engaged in buy- ing cattle and driving them to Penn- sylvania and there selling them, but the railroad was soon built and driv- ing became unnecessary; he then engaged in splitting rails during the summer and attending school during the winter until he became of age; he then commenced farming and stock-raising and has continued the same to the present; in 1853 he crossed the plains and returned in
1854 meeting with good success; Mr. Pringle settled where he now resides in 1867; he has a finely cul- tivated farm of 480 acres, well im- proved; he also owns the farm left to him by his parents; this farm con- sists of 350 acres, well improved with a well arranged farm house; he is the owner of 14 acres of coal land in Scott county, ten miles from Daven- port; February 2, 1860, he was mar- ried to Miss Mary Garvey, a native of Holmes county, Ohio; she was born on the 13th of November, 1839; their family consists of six children: Arthur W., born December 29, 1860; Marvin J., born February 22, 1863; Clarence D., born July 1, 1866; Charles R., born March 22, 1868; Holly H., born September 22, 1869; Frank R., born August 31, 1871; Mrs. Pringle came with her parents to Scott county, Iowa, in 1847, where she remained until her marriage.
T AYLOR, JOHN C., farmer and stock-raiser; Sec. 11; P. O. Lexington; was born in Sussex county, Delaware, in January, 1824; when young he moved with his pa- rents to Pickaway county, Ohio, re- maining there until 1839, then moved to Franklin county, Ohio, . and was there raised; in 1840 he went to Illinois and after stopping there for some four years removed to Ohio; he was educated in the comnion schools, and came to Iowa, settling where he now resides in 1855; owns 190 acres of well im- proved land, supplied with stock; has held various offices in his town- ship and has been justice of the peace for ten years; he organized the first township board at his house, and the first election was held at his place in 1856, and also for three snc- ceeding years; he was married in Franklin county, Ohio, May 28, 1845, to Frances Tipton, a native of Franklin county, Ohio; by this union they have seven children; Richard H., Sarah F., Margaret M.,
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Lydia J., Malinda K., William E., Dora E .; Mr. and Mrs. Taylor are active members of the M. E. Church.
TEATS, WILLIAM, farmer; Sec. 20; P. O. Keota, Keokuk connty; was born in New Jersey, May 11, 1836: when abont fourteen years of age he with his parents moved to Illinois, where he was principally raised; in his early days he received the advantage of a graded school education; in 1869 he came to this county and settled upon the place where he now resides, then nothing but prairie; he owns 160 acres of land well improved and finely cul- tivated; he was married August 23, 1860, to Miss Margaret Bell, a native of Licking county, Ohio; she was born May 5, 1837, and in 1855 moved with her parents to Illinois; their family consists of eight children: John F., Peter U., William N., George W., Simon E., Florence E., Mary M. and Sarah A.
W ATTERS, J. W., farmer, stock-raiser and feeder; Sec. 10; P.O. Keota; was born in Belmont county, Ohio, May 10, 1852; he was raised a farmer and during his early years received the advantages of the common schools; for about five years he was engaged in teaching in the public school; in 1874 he entered the Minneapolis Business College and graduated from that institution and then engaged in teaching for a short time; in 1878 he entered into the drug business continuing the same for some twelve months; September 17, 1879, he married Miss Emma (dangliter of N. M.), Letts, of Louisa county, Iowa; she was born July 26, 1859, in that connty; they came to this township on the 15th of Novem- ber, 1859, and located on the place where they now reside; they have a fine farm of 400 acres, beantifully located and well improved; Mrs. Watters is an active member of the
M. E. Church at Lettsville, Louisa county.
WILSON, D. A., farmer and stock-raiser; Sec. 23; P. O. Keota; was born in Licking county, Ohio; he was raised a farmer and attended the common schools; came to Iowa in 1865 and settled in Mabaska county where he remained some two years and came to this county in 1867, settling where he now resides; owns 160 acres of well improved land upon which is good stock; he makes Spanish Merino sheep a spe- ciality, but also has from two to three hundred of the Cotswold breed; of the former (Merino) he has from one to two hundred head; in all about 450; his farm is well adapted to stock raising; April 6, 1860 he mar- ried Miss Lotta Elliott, a native of Knox county, Ohio, born April 3, 1843; they have four children: Ella, born November 2, 1864; Lydia M., born March 13, 1870; Jennie B., born October 11, 1875, and Maud, born July 27, 1878; lost two: Clara A., died November 14, 1876, and one died in infancy; Mr. and Mrs. Wil- son are active members of the United Presbyterian Church at Keota, Keo- kuk county.
WINTER, JOHN, farmer, stock- raiser and shipper; Sec. 13; P. O. West Chester; was born in Alle -. ghany county, Maryland, April 16, 1837; was there raised and attended the comnion schools; he was engaged for twelve years in the feeding and shipping of stock; while in this busi- ness he came to this county remain- ing for some four years and was en- gaged in the same business in vari- ons States; in 1872 he returned to this county and settled where he now resides; owns 800 acres of well im- proved land, the location of which is one of the best in the county; his farm is well supplied with as fine stock as the county affords; Novem- ber 17, 1872, he was married to Miss
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S. Beall; she was born in Alleghany county, Maryland, in August, 1851; by this union they have two chil-
dren living: Nelson B., born August 29, 1875; Ethel C., born June 17, 1878.
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B ISHOP, D. S., farmer and stock- raiser; Sec. 2; P. O. Wasling- ton; was born in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, June 9. 1838, and at the age of eighteen years learned the carpenter's trade, and followed it for about five years and then came to this county and began farming as an occupation ; he now owns a well im- proved farm of 160 acres; he was married February 13, 1862, to Miss Kate A. Eichelberger, born February 6, 1842, in Pennsylvania; they have by this union a family of two chil- dren: Jacob W., born September 27, 1863; Eberly S. born February 2, 1866.
BROWN, B. F., farmer and stock- raiser; Sec. 2; P. O. Washington ; was born in Knox county, Ohio, May 3, 1833, and in 1845 his pa- rents emigrated to Brooks county, West Virginia, where he attended Bethany College for three years; at that time the founder of the Chris- tian Church, Alexander Campbell, was its president; after this he en- gaged in farming as an occupation; he came to this county in 1863; his homestead consists of 200 acres of fine land with good improvements; while in Virginia he was captain of the home guards; in 1873 he was elected member of the Fifteenth General Assembly to represent this county in that body, having been elected by the anti-monopoly party; he was married in Keoknk county, this State, August 21, 1860, to Miss Sarah Kinkade by Rev. Wm. Van- atta, of the United Presbyterian Church; they have by this union one son and one daughter: Charles R., born October 1, 1862; and Ella M., born June 25, 1871.
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 otlier 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- hers 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 man well respected by all who know him.
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