The pioneer history of Pocahontas County, Iowa, from the time of its earliest settlement to the present time, Part 111

Author: Flickinger, Robert Elliott, b. 1846
Publication date: 1904
Publisher: Fonda, Iowa, G. Sanborn
Number of Pages: 1058

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furniture business.

His father, who died in Fonda at 74 James, Annie, Mary, Maggie, Julia, in 1896, was the first Presbyterian and Hannah are at home.

minister to preach in Dixon, Ill. He

Hanke, Albert (b. 1849), a pioneer served faithfully and well the church of Cedar township, is a native of es of Cambridge and Hanover, Ill, and Germany. In 1871, he and his brother, of West Irving, Millersburg, Deep Frank, located on homesteads in Ce- River, St. Charles, Rock Creek, and dar township. Albert married Augus- Iowa Center, Iowa. Walter Forbes, ta Stry and is still the occupant of a an older brother of John, was a resi- farm on sec. 6. His family consisted dent of Fonda and assisted in the of seven children. Edward married store from 1895 to 1900, when he loca- Mary Netski, lives in Buena Vista ted in Colorado.

county and has three children, Mar-

John was a member of the Fonda tin, Ella and Annie. Bertha, Aman- council three years, 1897-99. In 1885, da, George, Carrie, Lillie, Ethel and he married Emma Woodring, of Car- Albert are at home. roll, and his family consists of tive

Frank Hanke, his brother, in 1882, sons, Judd, Bert, Linn, Newell and moved to Buena Vista county and Donald.

Fouch, Daniel, miller, Rolfe, is a nie Stry, a sister of Augusta, and five native of Ohio. After a residence of of his family of nine are living, name- tive years in Carroll county, Iowa, ly, Rineholt, Olive, Nettie, Elizabeth

died there in 1899. He married Min-

where he was engaged in the milling business, in 1895, he came to Rolfe ac-

and James

Hardy, Verlin Elijah (b. 1873), far- companied by his brother, Richard, mer and stock breeder, Fonda, is a and built a fine grist and feed mill. native of Richland county. Wis. In In 1898, this mill was nearly destroy- 1880, he located in Cherokee county, ed by fire but was rebuilt. In 1900, Iowa, where in 1886, he married Ada, his brother relinquished his interest daughter of Walter and Elizabeth and Fouch & Patterson have been the Rice. In 1887, he located on his pres- proprietors since. Daniel Fouch has ent farm, on sec. 31, Cedar township, served a number of years as an elder three miles west of Fonda. He has of the Presbyterian church. His fam- improved this farm with large and

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substantial buildings and during re- several years as a member of the cent years has acquired considerable Rolfe school board, and is a democrat. prominence as a breeder of fine stock. His family consisted of two children one of whom died in childhood. His family consists of two children. Mabel and Elby Ray.

George Otto Hauck, his son and associate in business, in 1894, married Hattie May, daughter of Ross and Juliette G. Potter Dennis, and his family consists of four children, Ida May, Esther, Margaretta and Valen- tine.

Harrington, Jermiah W. (b. 1808; d. Mar. 26, 1901), was a native of Ire- land, and coming to this country at 18, located first in New York and then further west. He served as a section boss nearly half a century, and continuously for a quarter of a century on one section of the Colum- bus and Indiana railroad in Ohio. He resided at Fonda and vicinity during the last twelve years of his life, and died at 93 in 1901. He was a tall strong and well preserved man, genial modest and dignified in his manners. He never used tobacco nor indulged in profanity. He was the father of a large family of children, who have married and established homes of their own. He was the oldest resi- dent of Fonda at the time of his death. His wife survives him.

Hauck, Valentine (b. 1837), mer- chant, Rolfe, is a native of Coburg, Germany. In 1852, he came to Amer- ica and located in Jo Daviess county, Ill. In 1866, he married Maria Kehl (b. 1847), a native of that county, and two years later became proprietor of a grocery store at Marshalltown, Iowa. Later he located at Glenwood, Mo, and in 1882, associated with Martin Weible, a brother-in-law, opened a general store in the new town of Rolfe. The firm, Weible &

Haven, James Henry (b. 1841), a carpenter, is a native of Rutland county, Vt., the son of Solomon and Charlotte (Tower) Haven. At five he came with his parents to a farm near Rockford, Ill. In 1857, he located in Clayton county, Iowa, where his father purchased a tract of land that had on it a saw-mill. July 18, 1861, he enlisted at Colesburg as a member of Co. G. 9th, Iowa, passed from Du- buque to St. Louis on the Mississippi, then through Missouri and Arkansas with the army of Gen. Curtis, partic- ipating in the battles of Pea Ridge, the siege of Vicksburg and Lookout Mountain. After that he was in the army of Gen. Sherman until the close of the war, and altogether partici- pated in 28 of 32 battles in which his regiment or a part of it was engaged. He was twice slightly wounded but was never marked "off duty." He was mustered out July 18, 1865, after having rendered four years of military service.

In 1866, he married Mary M. Bushee Hauck, have been doing business in and located on a farm near Dyersville. Rolfe ever since, though August Wei- After three years he learned carpen- ble, in 1894, became the successor of try and pursued that vocation. In his father as a member of the firm. 1880, he located at Fonda, where he This is one of the oldest business has been prominently identified with firms in the county, and it has grown the G. A. R. Post. His wife, while stronger financially and in favor with she lived, was an active member in the people as the years have passed. the M. E. church. She died at 56 in He is the owner of the store building, 1900. She was twice president of the considerable other town property and Fonda W. R. C. and later, its treas- 480 acres of farm land most of it in urer. Mr. Haven is a charter mem- the vicinity of Rolfe. He has served ber of Fonda G. A. R Post, and on

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many public occasions has served as their sister, Mrs. M. C. Ransom, and leader of the drum corps. their mother still reside at or near

His family consisted of five children Rolfe, and Mrs. Geo. W. Horton lives but the first born died in childhood. at Cedar Rapids.

Wallace W., a painter, in 1899, mar- Hornor, Squire Finley (b. 1845; d. ried Myrtle Bailey and lives at Poca- Fonda, 1897), was a native of Boono hontas. Adah A. in 1892, married county, Ind. In his youth he moved Frank Cheney and lives south of to Bloomington, Ill., where in 1866, Newell. Lurean and Albert are at he married Harriet E. Crosby, In home. 1895, he moved to Iowa, and located

Hawkins, B. K. (b. 1864), photog- near Fonda, where he died at 52 in rapher, was a native of Fountain Co, 1897. He was held in high esteem Ind. In the fall of 1865, he came with and honored by all who knew him. his parents to Polk county, Iowa, He took the lead in effecting the or- where he grew to manhood and learn- ganization of the Christian church at Fonda and the erection of the taber-

ed photography. He maintained a photographic gallery at Fonda from nacle in 1895.

His family consisted of nine child- hontas. He was a good violinist and ren. Laura Jane in 1892, married Ira took the lead in organizing and- de- Hair and died at 31, at Fonda in 1898, veloping local musical talent.

Hayden, Tullius C. (b. 1852; d. 1890) and Paul. Martha May, a graduate merchant, was a native of Union Co., of the normal department of Drake Ind., and at twenty in 1872, located University, and her sister, Anna P., at Panora, Iowa, where he served are engaged in teaching. Cora S. in successively as clerk in a store, depu- 1903, married Amos Eaton and lo- ty sheriff and deputy clerk.

After cated near Fonda. William N., a three years service in a bank at farmer, in 1898, married Edna J. Hef- Guthrie Center he became a member lin and has one son. of the mercantile firm of Hayden & Perry E., Eber G., James F., and Ferree and established a store at Fon- Russell are at home.

da, where he died at 38 in 1890. In

Kay, Emmet (b. 1848), mayor of 1875, during his residence at Pan- Fonda in 1903, is a native of Kewanee, ora, he married Maggie Townsend, Henry county, Ill., the son of James who with two children survives him. and Julia Post Kay. In 1867, he mar- Blanch in 1898, married David Rose, ried Mary B., daughter of John W. an Illinois Central railway agent, and and Sarah A. Clark, and located on a now lives in Washington. Teddie lives

farm. In 1872, he moved to Warren with his mother in the state of Wash- county, Iowa, and in 1885, to Fonda, ington.

where he has been engaged first in

Hewlett, Alfred (b, 1816; d. 1901), the livery, and later in the real e. tate was a native of Somersetshire, Eng- business.

land. In 1849, he came to America His family consisted of three child- ren. Claude C, married Ellen Russ- and located in Dubuque county, Iowa, where in 1864, he married Christiana ell and lives in Fonda. Maud mar- Rigg. In 1873, with a family ( f five ried Albert Ehline, a tailor, lives in children, he located in Pocah. ntas Fonda and has one daughter, Ethel. county, near Rolfe. He died at 81 in Zola is at home.

1901, leaving to his children the neri- Leece, Samuel Edgar (b. 1863) den- tage of an honest, upright man. tist, Fonda, is a son of John and Mary James, John and George Hewlett, (Sweeney) Leece. He is a native of

1892 to 1898, when he located at Poca-

leaving three children, Pearl, Ruth,

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LaFayette county, Wis., where he where he still resides. In 1894, she grew to manhood, received his early died leaving a family of two sons and education and began the practice of five daughters. his profession. After taking a com- George A. Loats (b. 1856) in 1882, married Gacha (Tessie) Weimers, They own and occupy the old home farm and an additional quarter on sec. 27, bought in 1881, making 320 mercial course in the normal school at Valparaiso, Ind., he entered the Chicago Dental College and graduated from it in 1894. In 1895, he married and located in Fonda, where he has since been engaged in the practice of dental surgery. He performs all dental operations without pain to his patients and has attained a high de- gree of skill as a workman. He has

Susie L. Benston of LaFayette, Wis , acres. Both farms are improved with good buildings, fences and groves. The large new house on the home farm was built in 1898. Mr. Loats is a man who concentrates his interest in his family and farm, and has been very successful in raising good crops. served as mayor of Fonda two years, He was president of the school board 1900 and 1901. He has one daughter, in 1884, and a trustee three years, Marie.

1893-95, but has no desire to hold of-

Loats, Albert G. (1823-1895), Bell- fice. He is a liberal supporter of the ville, was a native of Germany, where Emmanuel German church, and was in 1850, he married Sceta Shap (b. one of its original members and first 1823). In 1868, they came to Amer- officers. He has a family of six child- ren all of whom are at home, Sacha (Sadie), Garrett (Charles), Albert, ica and resided two years in Living- ston county, Ill. On March 4, 1870, with a family of five children, John Henry, Richa (Frederika) and Jennie. A., George A., Albert A., Jennie A., Albert A. Loats in 1883, married Swancha (Susan) Dewall and two and Folka A., they located on a farm of 160 acres on sec. 28, Bellville town- years later bought a farm of 160 acres, ship, which they were the first 10 in Lincoln township, which they were occupy and improve. At the time of the first to occupy and improve. They moved to South Dakota in 1898, to their arrival all the money possessed was $84.00 and with this amount a Havelock two years later, and in 1897, frame shanty, 12x14 feet was erected, located in Minnesota. They have a that served as the home of the family family of five children, Albert, Mary, more than ten years. During the Hannah, Sadie and William.

Folka A. Loats in 1889, married

thirty years that have passed since they began to occupy this humble Gustave Boteen and located in Lin- structure, great changes have taken coln township, where they own a place. The country has developed farm of 160 acres on sec. 16 which rapidly, cozy and substantial improve- they have improved with good build- ings. They have a family of four

ments have been erected at the old home, and all the members of the children. family have married and secured August, comfortable homes of their own. The

Lena, Sadie, Albert, and

Jennie A. (b. 1851), the eldest, in venerable patriarch died at 72 in 1895, 1872, married Anton Ringering in and his aged wife lives in comfort at Illinois. In 1884, she died leaving a the old home with her second son, family of seven children. George A. Loats.

The second initial "A" in the name

John A. Loats (b. 1854) in 1881, mar- of the children of Albert G. Loats, ried Irene Johnson and located on a stands for Albert. It was not an un- homestead in Turner county, S. D., usual custom in Germany for all the

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members of the family to have the raiser, and, by all who know him, is same name, and in this instance no highly esteemed as an industrious, reason can be assigned for the use of prosperous, and upright man. He is Albert,except that their father mani- a member of the Swedish Mission fested a preference or fancy for it.

church, and a republican, but has

Long, Andrew O. (h. 1837), Bell- never cared to hold office.

ville, is a native of Sweden and in He raised a family of nine children: Annie in 1892, married John A. 1863, married there Karin, John Peters' daughter, (b. May 30, 1842). Sodestrom, who engaged in the lum- Four years later, with two children, ber and implement business at Sac they came to America and located in City. She died at 36, in 1901, leaving Webster county, Iowa. In June 1870, four children, Emma, Ellen, Andrew, they came to this county and began and Anna.

to occupy as a homestead, the s} nw} sec. 8, 80 acres, Bellville township.

Peter (b. Sweden, 1867), came to America with his parents in 1868, and

Their first improvement was a after two years in Webster county, little frame shanty, and the following located in Bellville, where he has incident, related by a neighbor, is grown to manhood and still resides. suggestive of their early struggles to In 1894, he married Sophia Youngberg keep the wolf from the door. During and lives on a farm on sec. 5, which the period of impassable roads in 1870 he was the first to occupy and im- their supplies having become ex- prove. He has four children, Helen, hausted, he walked to Pomeroy, a Clara, Esther and Edna, twins.

Alma in 1892, married John W ..

distance of five miles, for a sack of

flour. Having no money and being a Swalin, the pioneer occupant of a stranger, his request for flour was farm of 120 acres on sec. 6, Bellville, refused and he was compelled to re- on which he has erected all the im- turn empty handed. Relating his ex- provements.

His family consists of perience to a neighbor on whom he six children, Mabel, Huldah, David, called, the latter said, "Why did you Esther, Earl, and Albert.

not call on me, I would have loaned . Mary in 1896, married Charles Swa- you the money?" Mr. Long replied, lin. They own and occupy an im- "Perhaps you would let me have - it proved farm of 80 acres in Bellville, yet." He gave him the money and, and have four children, Carl, Edward, retracing his steps to Pomeroy, car- Oscar, and Emil.

ried the flour all the way home on his shoulders that same day,

Amanda S. in 1894, married Ole Sodestrom and located on a farm of

This act of kindness in the hour of 80 acres on sec. 8, Bellville. which need is still gratefully remembered they were the first to occupy and im- and great are the changes that have prove. She died at 26 in 1901, leaving since occurred. The old homestead four children, Alice, Walter, Ada, and is still occupied but it has been en- Mabel. larged from time to time by addition- Frank (b. 1877) in 1901, married Carrie, daughter of P. Akerman, and al purchases, so that the home farm now includes 560 acres and the first, lives on the Akerman farm.

and even second, sets of buildings Emma, Albert, and Charles are at have been replaced by a large dwell- home. ing house in 1885, and several un- usually large barns for the care of farmer, at Fonda since 1879, is a horses, cattle and hogs. He has been native of Brooklyn, N. Y., the son of very successful as a farmer and stock John and Bridget McDermott, who

McDermott, John J. (b. 1851), -

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were natives of Ireland. At ten he county six years, 1888-1893. In 1894, moved with them to Ashland county, he moved to Des Moines where he O., where he grew to manhood and in still resides. He has devoted some 1875, married Martha E Bonney. A time and attention to raising fine few months later he located in Weber horses and in 1898, received from the county, Utah. In 1879, he located Louisville Trotting Association the west of Fonda, first on the Mackey, flattering price of $10,000 for Pilatus, then the Jack Hamilton farm, and in a six year old, that had been pur- 1883 on his present farm, which he chased at the Berry sale in Chicago has improved with good buildings, in 1894. He is a man of portly bear- ing, was a gallant soldier and a popu- grove and orchard,

His family consisted of three lar public officer.

daughters. Loueila in 1899, married . His wife died in 1901, leaving a William C. Lookingbill, a real estate family of five children.

William Boyd, a jeweler, is located

agent and proprietor of a feed store at Sac City. Daisy, the eldest, and at Pocahontas. He is the proprietor Jessie are at home. of the Pocahontas telephone ex- change. In 1899, he married Ella,

Mclellan, James Nelson (b. 1838), ex-county treasurer, is a native of daughter of R. D. Bollard and has Chautauqua county, N. Y. He receiv- one daughter, Phyllis Roberta.

ed a good common school education Stephen Alexander, a graduate of and enjoyed two terms at Wheaton the medical department of Drake College. July 10, 1861, he enlisted at University in 1902, in the same year Camp Douglass, Chicago, as a mem- married Alice Weaver and engaged

ber of Co. K. 42d Ill., the same com- pany that Abram O. and William E. Buckeye.

in the practice of medicine at

Garlock belonged to, and remained in Philip Sheridan, a horse trainer, the service until Feb. 20, 1865. He Affa Roberta. a Des Moines graduate served under Gen. Fremont in in 1900, and Laora Bell are at home.

Missouri, and passing down the Moulton, John (1828-1893), resi- Mississippi river participated in the dent of Cedar, was a native of Ohio capture of Island No, 10, Fort Pillow county, Ind. In 1848, he married and Pittsburg Landing. passed to the army of the Cumberland on a farm. He then Nancy D. Bush (b. 1829) and located In 1860, he moved to under Sheridan, and later under Gen. Livingston county, Ill., and remained Newton, the man that blew up Hell there until 1876, when he located on a gate in the harbor of New York. He farm of 80 acres in Cedar township, also served under Halleck, Rosecrans, which he improved, increased and oc- Sherman and Thomas, and participa- cupied until his death at 65 in 1893. ted in thirty-seven different battles, He left a family of nine children. including those at Farmington, Stone Elizabeth (b. 1849) in 1870, in Peoria River, Chickamauga, Missionary county, Ill., married John Garton,

Ridge and Nashville. He was under and in 1881, located on a farm of 80 fire 100 of the 120 days occupied in acres on sec. 18, Cedar, which he im- the Atlantic campaign. proved and occupied until his death

In 1868, he married at Waterloo, in 1897, when he left a family of four, Iowa, Ellen Hagenbuch and located children, Emma, who in 1891, married on a farm. In 1879, he became a resi- Frank Hamilton, Cora, who in 1893, dent of Pocahontas county and en- married Charles Moore, Isaac, who in gaged in the drug business at Fonda. 1900, married Clara Perry, and Pearl. He served as treasurer of Pocahontas

Thomas (b. Ind. 1848), a farmer, in

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1881, in Livingston county, Ill., mar- P., dealers in live stock and imple- ried Elizabeth Dudley and located ments at Pocahontas and Fonda, that year in Cedar township, Poca- have been residents of Fonda and vi- hontas county. Three years later he cinity since 1879. Terrence Mullen located on sec. 18, Dover and remain- (b. 1821), their father, is a native of . ed there thirteen years. His family Ireland, where in 1860, he married consisted of four children, Chester, Margaret Ward (b. 1841) and located Reuben, Walter and Charles.

farm. In 1881, he came to on a

Delilah in 1872, married Daniel America and located on a farm of 80 . Scribbins and located on a farm in acres south west of Fonda, which he = Livingston county, Ill., but later near still owns, increased to 640 acres, im- Peoria, and died while visiting proved with good . buildings and oc- friends at Fonda in 1900, leaving a cupied until 1899, when he and family family of ten children. moved to Fonda.

His family consisted of seven child-

Arthur (b. Ind. 1854), in 1881, mar- ried Cora, daughter of John Lemp, ren. and is now the owner of a farm of

Margaret in 1889, married Michael

400 acres in Cedar township, which he Kelly (b. Ire. 1848), who came to has recently improved with new and America in 1863, and located in New very commodious buildings. He has York state. In 1884, he came to a family of eight children, George, Iowa and located on a farm of 160 John, Wilford, Roy, Grace, Henry. acres south of Fonda. He improved Fay and Nettie. He died in 1904.

and enlarged this farm, by the pur-

Floyd (b. Ind. 1856) in 1889, married chase of neighboring tracts, to 640 Ella Decorah. He is the owner of a acres and occupied it until 1900, farm of 160 acres in Cedar township, when he moved to Fonda. His family and has two children, John A. and consists of five children, John, Eva, Elsie.

Dennis, Terrence and Michael.

Frank (b. Ill. 1860) in 1881, married Owen W. (b. Ire. 1863), senior mem- Lucy, daughter of William Eaton, ber of the firm of Mullen Bros., in who died in 1886, leaving two child- 1900, located at Pocahontas, where he ren, John W. and Belle. In 1894, he has since been engaged as a dealer in married Pearl Shreves and is now a live stock and implements.

resident of Dover.

John P., (b. Ire. 1864) junior mem- Stephen J. (b. Ill. 1863) married ber of the firm of Mullen Bros., has Bertha Walters, lives in South Dako- been a dealer in live stock and imple- ta, and has two children, Dottie and Mary.

ments at Fonda since 1899. He spent three and one half years at Buena

Mary Ann in 1886, married James Vista College and taught seventeen Trude, a drayman, Fonda, (See terms of school during his residence Trude). on the farm. In 1899, he married Rose

Jared L. (b. Ill. 1886) owner and oc- Brady, of Storm Lake, and has three cupant of the old home farm in Cedar, children, Margarite, Marie, and Ed- in 1898, married Anna Larson and has ward. one son, Clarence.

Rose, a dress maker, lives at Sioux

In 1895, Nancy D. (Brush) Moulton City. married Americus V. Sargent and Michael J. after taking a scientific after a few years' residence at Fonda, course at St. Mary's Academy at returned to the old Moulton home, Omaha, Neb., in 1895, became a civil west of town,

engineer for the Amalgamated Copper

Mullen Bros., Owen W. and John Company, of Butte Montana. Dur-

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ing the war with Spain in 1898, enlist- five children. Lena married Robert ing in the vicinity of the Black Hills, Boothby, a farmer. and lives at Chero- he rendered patriotic service as one kee. Huldah in 1885, married Charles of the rough riders under Col. Griggs- Woodward, a railroad agent, lives at by. Mount Vernon, S. D. Lydia, Hattie,

Mary married Thomas P. Fitz- and Viola May, a Fonda graduate gerald, an implement dealer, and lives (1899) and teacher are at home. at Varina.

Jettie E., a teacher, is at home.

Nichols, Nelson Clark (b. 1828), farmer, Fonda, is a native of Union

Murray, Hugh J. (b. 1859) Pocahon- county, Coun., the son of Warren and tas, is a native of Sharpsburg, Pa., Matilda Parrish Nichols, In 1846, he the son of Peter and Ellen Murray, went to Worcester, Mass , and found with whom in 1860, he came to Iowa, employment as a machinist. In 1853, and located south of Des Moines. In he married Lucy Jane Patch (b. 1830) 1889, he located on the swa sec. 25, 160 and remained there until 1858, when acres, Marshall township, Pocahontas he came to Clayton county, Iowa. In county, which he was the first to oc- May 1869, he located on a homestead cupy and improve. He herded cattle five miles south west of Fonda, and he two years in Marshall and Sherman is still its owner and occupant. He townships, having 350 head the first planted fruit trees suited to this sec- year and 800 the next. In 1893, he tion and has one of the finest fruit located at Pocahontas, where he has bearing orchards in this vicinity. He since been engaged in the insurance has not yet forgotten the experiences business, He is the owner of a fine of 1869, when he and his neighbors, dwelling and two business houses at William Strauss, C. D. Lucas, and Pocahontas, and a half section of land Orlando O. Brown, hauled the mate-

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The pioneer history of Pocahontas County, Iowa, from the time of its earliest settlement to the present time, Part 111

Author: Flickinger, Robert Elliott, b. 1846 Publication date: 1904 Publisher: Fonda, Iowa, G. Sanborn Number of Pages: 1058

Author: Flickinger, Robert Elliott, b. 1846
Publication date: 1904
Publisher: Fonda, Iowa, G. Sanborn
Number of Pages: 1058