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their stock averages from $3,000 to $4,000.
O VERFELT, CHARLES A., farmer; Sec. 22; P. O. River- side; was born in the State of Mis- souri, February 27, 1835; he there learned the trade of blacksmith, and in 1857 left the State and came to Iowa City, living there until 1860; he then moved on the place where he now resides; he owns 180 acres of land well cultivated, etc .; in 1861, at the outbreak of the war, he answered his country's call for vol- unteers and on the 12th of July enlisted in company G, Sixth Iowa volunteer infantry and served until January 18, 1862, when lie was dis- charged on account of general disa- bility caused by sore eyes; in 1862 he was joined in marriage to Miss Nora Williams; have a family of two children: Katie L. and Charles L .; have lost three: Ollie O. and two twin infants; Mrs. Overfelt has the finest collection of pictures in the township and her home is a museum in itself.
P ARKER, W. G., farmer; Sec. 36; P. O. Riverside; was born in Canada West on the 12th of Feb- ruary, 1837; lived there until 1854 and then came to the United States, first settling in Jones county, Iowa; remained there for three years and in 1857 moved to this township where he has since lived; he owns 160 acres of land all nnder cultivation and finely improved; in August, 1861, he enlisted in company E, Tenth Iowa volunteer infantry; served three years and was in several battles, among which were Charleston (Missouri), New Madrid (Missouri), Corinth (Mississippi), Iuka and Jackson (Mississippi), and at Vicksburg; he was a good soldier and ever ready for duty; in January, 1859, he was married to Miss Lydia A. Webster, of Ohio; she was born in 1840; their family consists of four children: William B., Lillian G.,
Maggie E. and Mary E .; Mr. and Mrs. Parker are members of the Bap- tist Church; Mr. Parker is a good neighbor, a kind husband and father, and is respected by all who know him.
R OSE, JOSEPH R., farmer; Sec. L 8; P.O. Riverside; was born in this township in 1845, and has here grown to manhood; was raised a farmer, and on the 1st of August, 1867, he was married to Mary C. Druff, a native of Natchez, Missis- sippi; she was born in 1842; have two children: Nettie M., born An- gust 27, 1868; and Charles A., born February 8, 1872; Mrs. Rose is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and Mr. Rose belongs to the Ancient Order of United Work- men.
ROSE, E. M., son of A. B. Rose, was born in Washington county on the place where he now resides, Feb- ruary 9, 1857; his father, who was born December 7, 1816, in Ohio, came to this county in 1840; he was one of the number who helped to lay out the town of Riverside; died April 15, 1879, leaving a family of seven children living: Eliza C. (now Mrs. Hardy), Hannah E. (now Mrs. Glasgow), Columbus J., Joseph R., John A., Mary E. (now Mrs. Marner), and E. M .; two are dead; John and Alvah; the subject of this sketch was married August 21, 1877, to Miss S. C. Whittington, a native of Iowa; they liave one child: Stewart I. E., born September 11, 1879; Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Rose were members of the M. E. Church; when he died he left a nice farm of 320 acres. S CHNOBELEN, N., of the firm of Schnobelen & Knebel, black- smiths, Riverside; was born on the Rliine, in France in 1833; when young he was brought by her parents Joseph and Elizabeth Schnobelen to the Uunited States; first settled in Starke county, Ohio, and in 1845 came to this county; he was, until
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eighteen years of age, raised as a farmer and then commenced liis present trade; he is one of the pio- neers of this county and can fully realize all that is contained in that life; he has been married three times; first to Miss Mary L. Shehart, a na- tive of Germany; she died in 1861; in 1871 he was married to Annic Heitzman, a native of the same place; she died in 1872 leaving one child: Rosa M .; in 1877 he was united in marriage to Miss Mary Buquot, of this county; they have two children : Crecesenica and Anna.
SCHNOEBELEN, F. J., farmer; Sec. 12; P. O. Riverside; was born in France in 1822 and lived there until fifteen years of age when with his parents, Joseph and Elizabeth Schnoebelen, came to the United States; they first settled in Starke county, Ohio, where the subject of this sketch grew to manhood; follow- ed farming successfully all his life; in 1843 he became a resident of this township and has since resided here; he now owns 460 acres of good land, an excellent home and a large orch- ard, and all the land is under culti- vation; he married, in 1845, Miss Mary A. Weber, a native of France; they have eight children: Mary M., Frank A., Elizabeth, Nicholas S., Mary M., Sigasmont, Frances and John H .; have lost three: Edward, Peter and Cecelia; Mr. and Mrs. S. and their children are members of the Catholic Church.
SCOTT, THOMAS C., farmer; Sec. 21; P. O. Riverside; was born in Ashtabula county, Ohio, in 1820; when seventeen years of age he came west and followed steamboating on the Mississippi river and its tribu- taries; in 1847 he enlisted in the Mexican war in the First Louisiana battalion, company B, Lieutenant- colonel Briscoe; served nearly one year; owns 303} acres of land, 240 of which are under cultivation; he entered 160 acres of land with his
land warrant obtained during the war; he was married in 1851 to. Miss Saloma Martin, a native of In- diana; she died in 1853, leaving one son living: Irvin S., and one, George deceased; he married again in 1854 to Miss Jane Martin, a sister of his first wife; they have four children living: A. (now Mrs. Orr), Carrie, Almedia, Etta; lost one Elnora; Mr. Scott is a member of the A. F. & A. M .; this wife is also deceased.
SHELLADY, ROBERT, farmer; Sec. 3; P. O. Riverside; was born in County Armah, Ireland, in 1822; when eleven years of age he with his parents emigrated to the United States and settled in Vermont; after remaining there for five years he moved to Elkhart county, Indiana, where he stayed until 1841 then re- moving to Johnson county, Iowa; in 1864 he came to this county and set- tled where he now lives; owns a finely improved farm of 279 acres with a good orchard of 1,500 trees; he was married March 11, 1849, to Isabel Russel, a native of Ireland; they have seven children: George A., Sarah J., Samuel A., Catharine C., Robert R., Charles B., Isabel E., and an adopted daughter Pearl E .; Mr. and Mrs. Shellady are members of the M. E. Church.
SHILLIG, GEORGE, farmer; Sec. 23; P. O. Riverside; was born in Washington county, on the farm where he now resides, in 1848; his parents John and Jane Shillig set- tled on this farm, which they en- tered, at an early day; the former is now a resident of English River township; Mr. George Shillig now owns 91 acres of land with a good house, barn, etc .; he has held the office of assessor for two terms; in 1873 he married Miss P. Fettweis, a native of Missouri; their family con- sists of four children: Roland H., Viola M., Elnora E. and Oscar J .; Mr. and Mrs. Shillig are members of the Catholic Church.
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SMALL, CHARLES C., farmer, dealer in fine stock, grain and pro- duce; Sec. 19; P. O. Riverside; was born in Pennsylvania, December 25, 1841; lived there until the breaking out of the war when he enlisted (August 3, 1861), in company A, One Hundred and First Pennsylva- nia volunteer infantry; served for three years; was in seven battles and twenty-six skirmishes, wounded three times, and now draws a pen- sion; was in the battles of Williams- burg (Virginia), Siege of Yorktown, Bottom's Bridge, Fair Oaks, Siege of Richmond, Fortress Monroe, Sav- age Station, and others; at the close of the war he went to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and from there to Chicago; in 1873 he came to this county and has since resided here; owns 67 acres of land upon which he has a fine residence, his place of business in Riverside, beside a dwell- ing there; he was married in 1863 to Miss Mary E. Downie, a native of Pennsylvania; they have one child living: Irma L .; have lost three: Charles, and two infants; Mr. and Mrs. Small are members of the M. E. Church at Riverside.
STINSON, C. M., of the firm of Stinson Brothers, millers; Sec. 18; P. O. Riverside; was born in Ohio in 1842, and was there raised a farmer; in 1862, when twenty years of age he enlisted in company A, First Ohio heavy artillery; served for three years and for one year was in General Muster's department at Covington and Knoxville, Kentucky; in 1868 he was married to Miss Rosa Clapp, a native of Illinois; she was born in 1851; they have one child: Nettie, born in 1869; lost one: Nellie, a twin sister of Nettie; she died in September, 1870; Mr. Stin- son is a member of the A. F. & A. M. lodge, No. 359.
STINSON, J. H. C., of the firm of Stinson Brothers, proprietors of Yatton Mills; Sec. 28; P. O. River-
side; was born in Jackson, Ohio, in 1832; he was there raised as a farmer, and in 1854 came to this county and engaged in farming until 1869; in 1874 he completed the mills, which are situated one mile west of Yatton; it has three run of burrs and has a capacity of 150 barrels per day; flour is sold both by the wholesale and retail; he was married in 1861 to Miss Catharine McKee, a native of Ohio; they have seven children: Archibald E., Bertie, James L., Maggie M., Pearl, Nellie, Walter; Mr. S. is a member of the A. F. & A. M .; owns 140 acres of land; this mill is turning out as good flour as any mill in the county; Mr. S. is a practical business man, and is deserving the liberal patronage he is receiving from the public.
SWIFT, HENRY L., wagon- maker and justice of the peace, Riverside; was born in Johnson county, Iowa, January 1, 1849; when a child he came with his pa- rents to this county and in 1852 settled in this township; here he was raised as a mechanic; Novem- ber 7, 1871, he married Sarah Wom- bacher, a native of this township; they have a family of four children: Mary L., Lilly M., Stella A., and Lucy A .; Mr. Swift is of Irish and French parentage, and his wife of German ancestry; both are mem- bers of the Catholic Church at River- side; he is an excellent workman and is doing a good business.
T ENER, FREDERICK, farmer; Sec. 9; P. O. Riverside; was born in Carroll county, Maryland, Angust 28, 1813; he was there raised a farmer, and in 1832 he moved to Perry county, Ohio; re- mained there until 1840 when he came to this county where he has since lived; has been a resident here for thirty-nine years; owns 275 acres of well improved land; he helped build the first house in Washington in 1841, and also in the same year
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was present at the first celebration ever held there; March 19, 1840, he was united in marriage with Miss Mary A. Younkin; she was born in Ohio in 1825; they have a family of six children living: Elizabeth (now Mrs. Sims), Catharine, Maggie, Wil- liam M., Hulda J., John W .; lost two: Abner A., and Leonidas; Mr. and Mrs. T. are members of the M. E. Church; he has been elected to various township offices in the county.
W ARD, JOSIAH W., farmer; Sec. 15; P. O. Riverside; was born in Crawford county, Illinois, in 1848; when twelve years of age he, with his parents, moved to this county in the fall of 1860; here he has been raised a farmer; he owns a good farm of 80 acres, well improved, upon which is a good orchard; he was married March 21, 1877, to Miss El- len Tansey, a native of this township and county; they have one child: Alice, born March 8, 1878.
WILLIAMS, THOMAS, carpen- ter, manufacturer, undertaker and dealer in furniture, Riverside; was born in Swansea, South Wales, Eng- land, in 1846; he remained there un- til the year 1871, when he emigrated to the United States, first settling in Chicago; he was for two years en- gaged in contracting and building in that city; he came to Riverside in 1873 and has since resided here fol- lowing his trade; he carries a full stock in his line and owns a fine bus- iness house and residence; he rents five town lots and one house in Riv- erside; he married Miss Elizabeth Clement in 1867; she is a native of the same place as himself; they have a family of seven children: Clement W., William J. L., Kate, Girshon, Frederick C., Mary M., and George T .; Mr. and Mrs. W. are members of the Christadelphian Church.
WOMBACHER, SYLVESTER, livery and drayman, Riverside; was born in Washington; this county, in
the year 1850, and has been raised here; about four years ago he com- menced in his present business; the father of Mr. Wombacher died in Johnson county abouteighteen years ago, and his mother in August, 1878; October 28, 1874, he married Miss Frances Doll, a native of Johnson county, Iowa; they have one child: Katie; have lost one: Hubert; Mr. and Mrs. W. are of German parent- age; both are members of the Catho- lic Church.
WOMBACHER, J. C., farmer; Sec. 8; P. O. Riverside; was born in Maryland in 1841, and is of Ger- man origin; when about nine years of age his parents, John and Eve Wombacher, settled near Washing- ton, this county; after a residence there of about three years, he moved to this township, where he has since resided; owns a farm of 222 acres, all under cultivation, good house, etc .; in Angust, 1862, he enlisted in company F, Twenty-second lowa vol- unteer infantry, and served for three years; participated in the battle of Port Gibson, siege of Vicksburg, Jackson, (Mississippi), Winchester, Fisher's Hill and Cedar Creek, (Vir- ginia); was never wounded and was mustered out at the close of the war; February 4, 1868, he married Miss Elizabeth Fettweis, a native of Ger- many, born in 1842; they have a family of seven children: Maxie, Laura, Nettie, Ray, Irena, Gertrude and May; Mr. and Mrs. Wombacher are members of the Catholic 'Church.
OUNKIN, SAMUEL, farmer; Sec. 8; P. O. Riverside; was Y born in Virginia, November 2, 1798; at the age of seventeen years, he with his parents moved to Perry connty, Ohio; he was there raised and learned the trade of tailor, but when he became of age, he followed farming as occupation; he remained in Ohio for twenty-eight years, and in 1844, moved on the farm where
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he now lives; owns 305 acres of land, most of which he entered; his land is well improved, has a good house and barn besides a good bearing orchard; about the year 1821 hc married Miss Catharine Godlove, a native of Virginia; they have seven
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children living: Joseph, Mary A. (now Mrs. Tener), Henry A., Abner, Nancy, John F., George W .; lost five: Elizabeth, Iden, Margaret (Mrs. Temsey), William R. and Samuel; Mr. and Mrs. Younkin are members of the M. E. Church.
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C HILCOTE, JAMES, farmer; Sec. 18; P. O. Washington;
was born June 10, 1808, in Perry county, Ohio; in 1842 he emigrated to Washington county, Iowa; in his youth and middle life, he was a great hunter, and a skilled marksman; he is one of the earliest settlers of the county, and as such has experienced all the trials inci- dent to pioneer life; in 1847 he captured two horse thieves, who broke jail in Quincy, Illinois; they had stolen horses from sev. eral. parties in Henry county; he tracked them over the prairies sixty miles west of Des Moines, and cap- tured them; he was married in 1852, to Miss Maggie Cox, of Washington connty, Pennsylvania; by this union they have had a family of eight children, two son and six dangliters.
CLAPPER, WILLIAM, farmer. Sec. 1; P. O. Washington; was born in Wayne county, Ohio, on the 14th day of October, 1822; he came to this county, October 14, 1854; he was married May 17, 1853, to Susanna Harman; they have a fam- ily of five children: Marion O., Ira W., Oral K., George J. and Accie K .; Mr. C. has held various town- ship offices.
E DWARDS, ISAAC, farmer; Sec. 31; P. O. Washington. N EISWANGER, D., farmer; Sec. 27; P. O. Washington; was born in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, August 18, 1825; re- moved with his parents to Wayne county, Ohio, in 1831, and re-
mained with his father on the farm until he was twenty-one years of age; was married to Mary Warfel February 20, 1851; by this union they have had eleven children: seven boys and fonr girls; he began life as a farmer, and still adheres to his first occupation; whatever is profit- able in the management of his farm Mr. Neiswanger devotes himself to, whether it be producing corn and wheat, or raising hogs and cattle; he is energetic and impulsive, and whatever he turns his attention to he proceeds to perform; he takes a square view of things, believing that through the advancement of agriculture, mechanic and industrial arts the best civilization of the world can be achieved; he is the friend of the educational movements of the age, and a zealous supporter of the common schools; in politics he is a Republican, and exceedingly popular with his party to the extent that when he is in the canvass he is generally the winning man; he has held all the township offices a num- ber of terms; was elected township secretary in 1868, and has held that office ever since; was elected justice of the peace in 1869, and has held that office ever since, and no appeal ever taken from his docket; he owns two good farms in Marion township which he superintends himself in connection with his other official business; he is also treasurer of the Farmer's Mutual Insurance Associa- tion of Washington county, and has been since its organization; he is a
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member of the Christian Church; has held the office of deacon in that Church since 1865.
NOBLE, E. C., farmer; Sec. 36; P. O. Berlin, Henry county.
XLEY, E. R., farmer; Sec. 18; P. O. Washington; was born
H OLSON, NATHAN A., Iowa City; was born in Crawford county, Ohio, Jannary 10, 1832; upon the death of his parents, which occurred in 1833 and 1834, respect- ively, he was raised by an uncle in Richmond county, Ohio; he enlisted in March, 1847, in company D, Fourth Ohio infantry, in the Mexi- can war, being 16 years of age, and participated in every march and en- gagement with his regiment, and was mustered ont with his regiment, at Cincinnati, in August, 1848; he attended the State University of Indiana for some years, and in the fall of 1853 went to California, and engaged in mining in Nevada conn- ty; returned in 1856, and in Angust of the same year was married to Miss P. J. Adams, a native of Ohio, and born in 1835; he removed to Iowa in 1857, and was engaged in selling goods in Richmond for some time; he was also engaged as principal of the schools in Richmond at the time of the breaking ont of the war; he organized a company for the service as early as June, 1861, but as it could not be accepted, let it disband,
October 7, 1854, in Linn county, Iowa, and came to this county in 1864, and has followed his chosen occupation ; he has held various town- ship offices.
some of the members going in other companies; he afterward organized. company E, of the Tenth infantry, on but a few days' notice, and had it in quarters; served with his company in every move, march and engage- ment until severely wounded at the battle of Champion's Hill, Missis- sippi, May 16, 1863; being consid- ered unfit for active duty, he was detailed as judge-advocate of the division, which position he retained whenever the court was convened until the regiment was sent home on veteran furlough. in June, 1863; after his return he was appointed provost-marshal of Kingston, Geor- gia, which position lie filled when he received notice of the acceptance of his resignation September 4, 1864; he owns a fine farm in Cedar township; he removed temporarily to Iowa City in order to educate his children; his family consists of seven children : Ida M., Alliene M., Butler, Ralph, John C., Luln C. and an in- fant; Mr. and Mrs. Holson are mem-' bers of the M. E. Church; Mr. Holson also belongs to the A. F. & A. M. and A. O. U. W.
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