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T OPPING, C. A., druggist, Richmond; was born in Jef- ferson county, Wisconsin, April 12, 1850, and was there raised, being ed- ucated in the common schools and later in the high schools of his na- tive town of Waterloo; the father of young Topping was an early set- tler of Waterloo and a prominent merchant of that city; when about fifteen years of age the subject of this sketch was employed in a drug store, when out of school, thus ac- quiring from youth a knowledge of- drugs and medicine, and by later study he became a chemist of no mean order; in August, 1869, he came to his present home and engaged in the business for which he is so admirably fitted; on the 21st of March, 1877, Miss Sarah Robinson became his wite; she is a native of Upper Can- ada, but raised in Wisconsin, and is a lady of more than ordinary grace and accomplishments; Mr. Topping enjoys the confidence of all who know him and as a business man is excelled by none.
W ITMAIER, NORBERT, farmer; Sec. 28, P. O. Rich- mond; was born in Germany, October 2, 1826, where he enjoyed good cdn- cational advantages until he was thirteen years old, when he served an apprenticeship as stone-mason, fol- lowed that trade until, at the age of twenty years, he entered the army and served five years, when he was
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severely wounded in the Baden revo- tion in 1851; he drew a pension un- til he emigrated to this country in 1853; he located in Columbiana county, Ohio, and worked at his trade until 1875, when he removed to this county, where he has devoted his time since to farming; he owns
forty acres of choice land under good improvements; he was married November 1, 1852, to Miss Rosana Booz, who is a native of Germany; they have five children living: Mary (wife of Jesse Morrow, of Illinois), Susannah, Maximillian, George and Peter.
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A LLEN, JOSEPH, farmer; Sec. 14; P. O. Riverside; is the son of Joseph and Mary Allen, who came to this county and township in October, 1841; the former died in Oc- tober 1867, and the latter in January, 1878; the subject of this sketch was born March 1, 1846, on the farm he now owns, consisting of 184 acres, a part of his father's homestead of 440 acres; this land was entered from the government and upon it the first brick house in the township is still standing; July 3, 1878, he mar- ried Miss Eva Craig, a native of this township; they have a family of two children: Clay D., and Josie; Mr. Allen is a member of the A. F. & A. M.
B OYD, JESSE, proprietor of Riverside elevator mills, Riv- erside; was born in Ross county, Ohio, June 5, 1830; when a child his parents, Christopher and Susanna Boyd, moved to Tippecanoe, county, Indiana, where he was raised; after living there for twenty-five years he came to this county in 1858, and has since resided here; for twelve years he owned and ran the Yatton flour- ing mills; in 1874 he built his pres- ent mill, which is 32x44 feet, three stories high, with a capacity for storage of 5,000 bushels of wheat; it has three run of burrs, capable of turning out forty barrels per day, and is controlled by an engine of fifty-horse power; also owns 400 acres of land in this township, be- sides good property in Riverside; he engages to quite an extent in the
raising and shipping of stock; in 1852 he married Miss P. J. Coyner, a native of Ohio; they have a family of eight children: Martha M. (now Mrs. Holmes), Christopher C., Oliver C., Mary M. (now Mrs. Fes- ler), William R., Jesse G., Belle J., and John J. K .; have lost two infants; Mr. B. is a member of the Christa- delphian Church; he is also one of the proprietors of the town of River- side.
BRAY, JOHN W., farmer; Sec. 16; P. O. Riverside; was born in 1850 in this county; here he has grown to manhood a farmer; he was married in 1869 to Miss Ellen E. Fesler; she was born in Johnson county, Iowa, in 1850; they have two children: E. E., and Georgiana; lost one: Owen E., who died Sep- tember 13, 1878; he is the owner of forty-seven acres of land and is one of this township's most enter- prising young farmers.
BRAY, WILLIAM A., farmer; Sec. 22; P. O. Riverside; was born September 24, 1847, in this county; here he has grown to manhood a farmer; owns 100 acres of land; he was married December 31, 1869, to Miss M. Pfoff; she was born in 1843; they have by this union two chil- dren: Minnie, born November 1, 1870, and Jessie E., born January 11, 1879; both living.
BRAY, BRANTLEY, farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Riverside; was born in Chattam county, North Carolina, in 1820; when young, he, with his parents, Horace and Rachel Bray,
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moved to Morgan county, Indiana, and was there raised as a farmer; af- ter living there until 1845, he settled where he now resides; owns 200 acres of land; in 1840 he was mar- ried to Miss Fannie Plummer; she was born in Morgan county, Indi- anna, in 1822; they have a family of four children: William A., born in 1847; John W., born in 1850; Ida U., born in 1861; and Levi H., born in 1841; the latter named was in the Twenty-second Iowa volunteer infan- try, during the late war, and served for three years; they have lost one daughter: Mary E., born in 1854, and died in 1859; Mr. and Mrs. B. are members of the M. E. Church; they were among the first settlers in the county, and are well acquainted with all the hardships of a pioneer life.
BUCHWALTER, JACOB, farm- er; Sec. 22; P. O. Riverside; was born in Lancaster county, Pennsyl- vania in 1814; when twenty-six years of age he moved to Miami county, Ohio, and remained there until the spring of 1854; on the 13th of April of that year he came to Iowa City ; about one year later he moved on his present homestead of 120 acres; in 1839 he married Miss. Susan Kauffman, of Lancaster conn- ty, Pennsylvania; they have a family of five children: Benjamin, born in 1841; Hettie (now Miss Harrison, of Jewell county, Kansas), born in 1843; Mary A. (now Mrs. Rose, of Boone county, Iowa), born in 1844; Chris- tian H., born in 1849; Wetha (now Mrs. Moore, a resident of this town- ship); have lost two: Martha J., died February 2, 1871, and John G., died in 1854; his eldest son, Benja- min, enlisted in the Forty-fifth Iowa volunteer infantry, and served for 100 days; Mr. and Mrs. B. and three children are members of the M. E. Church.
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ARR, G. C., farmer; Sec. 5; P. O. Riverside; was born in 43
the State of New York, in the year 1818; he was there raised principally as a farmer, and lived there until 1839, then moving to Illinois, re- maining there for six years, and then came to this connty, where he has since resided; owns a nice farm. of twenty-eight and one-half acres, with good improvements; Mr. Carr is also a wheel-wright by trade, and has done more or less at that busi- ness for some time, and still follows it in connection with his farming; in 1848, he married Miss Hannah Stone; she is a native of New York, and was born in 1825; they have a family of four children: Esther E. (now Mrs. Carr, of Riverside), Frelore E. (now Mrs. McLaughlan of the same place), Edgar D. and Lilly G .; Mr. and Mrs. Carr are of the Universalist faith; Mr. G. C. Carr's brother, H. D. CARR, makes his home with him; he was born in 1834, in New York; during the late war he was a member of com- pany E, Thirty-sixth Illinois volun- teer infantry, and served for two years; was discharged for general disability; he is at present unmar- ried.
CARR, CHANCY, farmer; Sec. 5; P. O. Riverside; was born in New York on the twentieth of March, 1817; was raised there and there lived until 1838, when he went to Kane county, Illinois; lived there until 1857, when he came to this county; he has since lived here with the exception of seven years spent in the gold fields of Nevada and California; he owns a fine farm of 150 acres and has an orchard of 400 apple trees; has been married four times; first April 10, 1842, to Miss Sophia Evans, a native of North Carolina; she died April 21, 1844, leaving one child: Warren D., resident of this township; married again March 23, 1845, to Hannah A. Moore, a native of Ohio; by this nnion they had one child: Phebe S.,
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died in 1870; this wife died April 9, 1847; on the sixth of June, 1847, Emma Morgan, of New York, be- came his wife; by this union they had eight children: James E., Sarah C., Frank E., Fila A., Fred H., Charles H., Alva J. and Virginia A .; his son Frank was killed four years ago in Sac county, by a tramp by the name of Monroe, who is now serving out a fifteen years' sentence at Fort Madison; this wife died March 22, 1873; and he was mar- ried to his present wife, Catharine Snyder, October 1, 1873; she is a native of Pennsylvania; they have two children: Matilda E. and Mary L .; Mr. and Mrs. Carr, are members of the M. E. Church.
COE, SYLVESTER, farmer; Sec. 10; P. O. Riverside; was born in Ohio in 1821; when six years of age he moved to St. Joe county, Indiana, and was there raised a far- mer; remained there until 1839, when he moved to Iowa City; was present at the laying of corner stone of the University; his father kept the first hotel ever kept in that city; in 1842 he came upon the place where he now resides; he took a claim, and owns 365 acres of land with a nice brick house upon it, built in 1860, and an orchard of 300 apple trees; has been twice married; first in 1849, to Miss A. Walker, a native of Indiana; she died in 1851 leaving two children: Robert S. and Addie; was again married in 1854, to Annie Rowland; they have four children living: Samantha A., Win- field S., Clarence S. and William T .; lost three: Joseph G., John R. and Jennie.
COE, B. W., farmer; Sec. 10; P. O. Riverside; was born in Miami county, Ohio, in 1817; when ten years of age his parents, Joseph and Sarah Coe, moved to St. Joseph county, where they remained till 1837; in 1839 they came to Iowa City and there he helped put up
the first house ever built in that city; he also was one of the num- ber who cooked the dinner for the first 4th of July celebration ever held in that county; in 1840 he moved on the place where he now resides; he owns 320 acres of well improved land which he entered from the government; in the fall of 1862 he enlisted in company G, Twenty-second Iowa volunteer infan- try; served fourteen months and was discharged on account of disability; participated in the battles of Vicks- burg, Port Gibson, Champion's Hill; in April, 1838, he married Helinda Ireland, a native of Ohio; she died August 12, 1846, leaving two children: Jane P. and John living, and Gibbons deceased; in 1850 he was married to Elizabeth Godlove; she died in 1851; they had one child which died in infancy; July 6, 1856, he was united in mar- riage with Lydia C. Hoover, a native of Ohio; by this union they have ten children: Joseph G., born in 1857; Anna, born in 1859; Mary R., born in 1861; Benjamin W., born in 1864; Edwin M., born in 1866; James W., born in 1868; Sylvester K., born in 1870; Alvira, deceased, born in 1872; Indepen- dence, born in 1875; and Jessie, born in 1878; Mr. Coe is a member of the Universalist Church.
CRITZ, JOSEPH, farmer; Sec. 18; P.O. Riverside; was born in 1833, in Hautrilin, France; in 1847 his pa- rents, Joseph and Mary Critz, emi- grated to the United States and first settled in Lee county, Iowa, and re- mained there for three years; in the fall of 1851 he came to this county, where he has since resided; he was raised a farmer, but was engaged in the mercantile business for nine years: seven years at Yatton and two at Tama City; he owns 130 acres of land well improved; he deals quite extensively in stock; also raises and feeds some; in 1861 he
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married Miss Sophia Gimble, a na- tive of Ohio; they have three chil- dren: Katie S., Sylvester and Mand; he is a master farmer; he also suc- ceeded well when in business; he is a member of the Catholic Church.
CUMMINGS, ANDREW J., farmer; Sec. 34; P. O. Riverside; was bord in Vermont in the year 1829, and here he was raised and educated as a farmer; in 1854 he be- came a resident of this county and has since resided here; his present homestead consists of 400 acres of splendid land well improved; he deals to quite an extent in stock; April 1, 1855, Miss Phebc A. Myers, of Fulton county, Illinois, became his bride; they have a fami- ly of four children : Tilla M., Chas. G., Joseph E. and Arthur E .; have lost seven : Mary E., Byron, William A., Washington I., Rosa B., Win- nie M. and Andrew W .; Mr. Cum- mings has taken great pains to give his children a good education; his danghter, May, is at present attend- ing high school in Washington.
D' RUF, FRED., of the firm of C. C. Druf, dealers in lumber, sash, doors, etc .; was born in Indiana in 1842; when two years of age liis parents, C. C. and Catharine Druf, came to this county; here he has grown to manhood a farmer; in 1861 he enlisted in the First Iowa cavalry; served abont nine months and was discharged on account of disability; he owns a splendid farm of 200 acres; was married in De- cember, 1863, to Miss Mary White- head, a native of Ohio; his parents were born in Germany; they are still living and are residents of this township.
DRUF, C. C., farmer and lum- ber dealer; Sec. 17; P. O. River. side; was born in 1812 in Prussia, Province of Saxony; in 1832 he em- igrated to the United States; he is a miller by trade; he first located at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; from
there he moved to Mississippi; af- ter stopping there for eight years he went to Indiana, and remained there for two years, and then re- turned to Mississippi; in 1844 he came to this connty and has since resided here; on his arrival in this county he had nothing with which to commence again, in this country; but by industry, economy, etc., he has now excellent property; owns 215 acres of land; he was married in 1845 to Miss Catharine Peters, a native of Germany; they have a family of two children: Mary (now Mrs. Rose), and Fred; on the 4th of July, 1845, the first fourth of July celebration in the town- ship was held in his door-yard on section 17; Messrs. John McClure and Scott were the orators of the day; at that time there were about forty persons in the township; Mr. and Mrs. Drut are members of the Universalist Church.
E DELSTINE, JOHN H., far- mer; Sec. 25; P. O. River- side; was born March 14, 1843, within one mile of his present home, and is the son of Joseph and Frances Edelstine, who settled in this township in the fall of 1838; here they reared a family of six children: George, Joseph S., John H., Caro- line, Josephine and Mary E .; George, the eldest, was the first white child born in the township; the father of the above died Jan- uary 21, 1875, and the mother in February, 1867; the subject of this sketch was married February 24, 1870, to Miss Caroline Mellecker; she was born in Wisconsin in the year 1851; their family consists of two daughters and one son: Mary C., John F. and Florence; also one adopted son: George W .; Mr. Edel- stine owns 100 acres of good land, somne of which was left him by his father; he can speak fonr languages: German, French, Bohemian and
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English; is an excellent farmer and a live business man.
ELIAS, LEYNORD, farmer; Sec. 33; P. O. Riverside; was born No- veinber 20, 1815, in Germany; when a child his parents emigrated to the United States, locating in Pennsyl- vania, where the subject of this sketch was raised as a farmer; in 1849 he concluded to come west, and did so, becoming a citizen of this county, and has lived here since that time; during the Mexican war he enlisted in the Third New York vol- unteer infantry, and served two years; participated in several battles, among which were Cerro Gordo and Buena Vista; at the city of Mexico he was wounded; he entered 160 acres of land with his land warrant obtained in that war; he was mar- ried in 1848 to Miss Mary A. Tay- lor, a native of Pennsylvania; they have lost five children: Albert and four infants; have one adopted: Martha J.
F ESLER, JACOB, proprietor of hotel, grain dealer and farmer; Sec. 6; P. O. Riverside; was born in Virginia, November 16, 1827; when five years of age his parents, John and Elizabeth Fesler, moved to Henry county, Indiana, remaining there until the fall of 1840; he then came to Iowa, locating in Johnson county; he resided there until 1856, and then came to this county, where he has since lived; he owns 155 acres of land; in 1862 he enlisted in company A, Twenty-second Iowa volunteer infantry, and served for three years; owing to bad health he was unable for field service, and was therefore on picked dnty for most of the time; he was married in 1848, to Miss Mary Slief, a native of Ohio; they have a family of four children: John, Daniel A., Eldora L. and Eddie S .; lost two: Charles T. and William R.
FESLER, D. A., (successor to Clark & Fesler), dealer in hardware,
tinware, stoves, agricultural imple: ments, etc., Riverside; was born in Johnson county, Iowa, in 1850, three miles north of Riverside; he resided there until 1868, when he removed to this township, and has since re- sided here; he was raised a farmer, but in September, 1874, he com- menced business at Riverside; in 1877, he married Miss Mary Boyd, a native of Iowa; they have one child: Zella E., born August 16, 1878;' Mr. Fesler's parents, Jacob and Mary Fesler, are still residents of this county; they came to Iowa in 1840.
FLYNN, PETER, farmer, stock- raiser and stock-dealer; Sec. 17; P. O. Riverside; was born in Chenango county, New York, March 17, 1828, and was raised there on a farmn; he moved from there to Michigan, where he remained for some time, and, being impressed that the new State of Iowa offered superior in- ducements to men of industry and perseverance, he came to this county, and settled in Iowa township in 1853; he owns a farm of 220 acres of fine land, and has devoted consid- erable attention to raising and ship- ping stock; he is one of the early settlers, and did the first fall plow- ing in the township, and has been very fortunate in his operations, an evidence of good judgment com- bined with industry and economy; he married Miss Elizabeth Goble, in .1853; she was born in Michigan; they have a family of five children: Edward S. J., Lyman, Bertrice F., Lavina and Nettie.
FOGG, N. U., farmer; Sec. 22; P. O. Riverside; was born in New Hampshire, October 12, 1814, and was there raised; in 1833 he went to Rockesbury, near the city of Boston; from there he moved to Illinois in 1839; in June, 1840, he came to this county where he has since resided; he owns 244 acres of land; in 1858 he was married to Miss E. M. Wood-
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burn, a native of Bradford county, Pennsylvania; she was born in 1820; they have no children of their own, but have on adopted son, James W., born in 1863 in this township; Mr. Fogg entered the land upon which he now resides; he is one of the old settlers and is well acquainted with the trials and hardships of pioneer life; his land is well improved and he is well fixed.
FORD, THOMAS H., dealer in dry goods, groceries and general mer- chandise, Riverside; was born in 1845 in Johnson county, Iowa, and was the third child born in that county; he lived there until 1875 when he came to Riv- erside and engaged in his present business; he is the owner of a good house and lot in the city, besides sev- eral town lots; in 1866 he was united in marriage with Miss Rosa Brindle, a native of Pennsylvania; they have four children: John W., Ira W., L. H., Frederick, and an infant not named, deceased; Mr. Ford is a member of the A. F. & A. M .; his stock of goods average from five to eight thousand dollars; Mr. F. is a practical business man; this firm is backed up by real estate and other property that make it one of the wealthy and fixed institutions of the town.
H AWTHORN, JOHN R.,
farmer; Sec. 31; P. O. River- side; was born March 7, 1852, about one mile east of his present home; here he has grown to manhood; has always followed farming, and now owns 160 acres of. well cultivated land, comfortable home and good orchard; October 28th, 1875, Miss Nannie Fuller, of Illinois, be- came his wife; she was born in 1857; their family consists of two sons: William E., and James F .; Mr. H. is still a young man, but an energetic, wide awake farmer and full of busi- ness.
HAWTHORN, WILLIAM E.,
farmer; Sec. 32; P. O. Riverside ; was born in Pennsylvania in 1820; he was there raised as a farmer; in 1840 he came to this county where he has since resided; he owns 145 acres of land; in September, 1861, he en- listed in company K, Thirteenth Iowa volunteer infantry; he was dis- charged October 18, 1862, on ac- count of disability caused by a gun- shot wound in the right hand, re- ceived during the battle of Shiloh; owns a comfortable house and lot; he was first elected justice of the peace in 1848, and has served a number of terms since and at pres- ent holds that office; he has also served as township clerk and trustee; in 1845 he married Miss Prudence Elliott, a native of Ohio; they have six children : Margaret S. (now Mrs. Broadway), Sarah I. (now Mrs. Shif- flet), Thomas T., John R., Ermine D. (now Mrs. Chas. Morgan), and Wilson Grant; Mr. and Mrs. H. are members of the United Brethren Church.
K AYE, J. I., farmer; Sec. 5; P. O. Riverside; was born in Yorkshire, England, in 1818, and there grew to manhood, following the trade of mechanic; in 1849 he came to the United States, settling first in Philadelphia; followed his trade there until 1855, when he set- tled on his present homestead, fol- lowing farming; he is the owner of 131 acres of as good land as can be found in the township, all under good cultivation; he has been twice married; first in England, in 1840, to Miss Nancy Drausfield; by this union they liad four children, one of whom, Eliza (now Mrs. Switzer, of Jewell county, Kansas), is now living; Sarah, Emma, and Samuel 1., are de- ceased; his wife died in 1850 and he was married a second time Decem- ber 25, 1853, to Anna L. Kling; she is a native of Philadelphia, Pennsyl- vania, and was born in 1828; they have seven children: Sarah G. (now
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Mrs. Ridabangh), Charles A., Jessie W., George D., James F., William W., Percy L .; have lost four: Joseph G., Ruth M., Mary E., and an infant; two years ago he visited England after an absence of twenty-nine years; Mr. and Mrs. Kaye are mem- bers of the New Church.
M ARLING, JOHN, farmer; Sec. 27; P. O. Riverside; was born in Greene county, Ohio, in the year 1812, and there grew to manhood; was raised a farmer, and in 1836 he moved to Marion county, Indiana, and after remaining there for eleven years, returned to his birthplace; he stopped in various counties in that State until 1852, and on the 8th of November, of that year, he moved on his present home- stead, and has since resided there; he entered his land, and has himself improved it, and now owns 190 acres; he was married in Guernsey county, Ohio, July 8th, 1834, to Miss Hannah C. Warden, a native of Greene county, Ohio; she was born July 26, 1813; they have a family of three children: John. A., James O. and Samuel T .; have lost fonr: Aaron A., Harriet A., Maria I. and an infant; Mr. and Mrs. Marling have been members of the U. P. Church for over 40 years.
MRAZ, JOHN, dealer in beer and wine, and proprietor of billiard hall, Riverside: was born in Bohe- mia in 1847, and there grew to man- hood; he learned the trade of stone- mason, and in 1867 emigrated to the United States; in the same year he came to this county; although he was unable to speak a word of Eng- lish, and without a cent in his pock- et, he went to work, first on a farm, and then at his trade-anything to gain a livelihood; he mastered the English language after a time, al- though not without some pretty hard labor, and at present can speak it quite well; about six years ago he commenced in his present busi-
ness, and keeps an orderly house; in 1870 he married Miss Anna Fiala, also a native of Bohemia; they have four children: Ruzerne, Ladiniel, Jaroslev and Milada; Mr. Mraz has taken out his naturalization papers, thereby showing his determination to become an American citizen.
TTICOLA, C. (of the firm of Ni- cola, Cress & Co., dealers in general merchandise), Riverside; was born in Virginia in 1844; when young he moved with his parents, Jacob and Sarah Nicola, to Pensyl- vania; lived there for two years; then moved to Ohio, and, after re- maining there for a short time, came to this county in 1854; here he has developed into manhood, a farmer; he was married in 1867, to Miss Sarah Essly, a native of this State and county; she was born in 1848; they have lost two children: Henry and Alta; Mrs. Nicola has been a resident of the county since 1848; the firm of which Mr. Nicola is a member is a strong one: all being good, practical business men, and having a sufficient amount of capital to carry a good stock of goods.
NICOLA, E., of the firm of Nicola, Cress & Co., dealer in general mer- chandise, Riverside; was born in Virginia in the year 1840; when nine years of age he moved with his parents, Jacob and Saralı Nicola, to Pennsylvania, where he lived for two years; from there he moved to Wayne county, Ohio, and after re- maining there for nearly two years went to Johnson county, and one year later (1855), came to this county where he has since resided; he owns a nice residence besides other town property; he married Miss Susan Smith in 1861; she is a native of the same State as himself; have a family of four children : John H., Jacob C., Clarissa A., Walter E .; he and his brothers own the house where they do business and
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