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but was persuaded to serve as mayor of Clinton in 1864. Of extremely active and intelligent mind and great business ability, he was one of the most in- fluential men in the development of the Mississippi lumber trade and of the city of Clinton. His philanthropic gifts were large, but given in a quiet way, and include the Esther . Young Sunday school chapel at Clinton, erected and presented to the Methodists, a twenty thousand dollar building given to the Clinton Young Men's Christian Association, and gifts to Cornell College at Mount Vernon. Iowa, and to various other churches and institutions, besides personal charities. An earlier biographer has said of him: "However, it was the fatherly interest which Mr. Young took in his army of employes which best illustrates the warm heart and Christian character of the man ; none may ever know the extent and value of the kindly words and timely aid which helped many of the less fortunate in the hour of depression or misfortune. When there was no work for all, he made work, that no deserving employe should suffer from poverty." This tribute from a personal friend shows well his character.
WILLIAM HASENMILLER.
One of the up-to-date farmers of Orange township, Clinton county, is William Hasenmiller, a man who has earned the excellent property that is today his, because he has worked for it along legitimate lines and has never depended upon others to assist him in the "struggle men call existence."
Mr. Hasenmiller was born in Scott county, Iowa, August 15, 1871, and he is the son of Joseph and Dora (Schoolmeyer) Hasenmiller, both born in Germany, where they were reared, educated and married, and from which country they came to America about 1860 and located in Scott county, Iowa, living for some time in the vicinity of Davenport. They became very com- fortably established there and had a good home. They are now living at Leclare, Scott county, where Joseph Hasenmiller has one hundred and seven- teen acres of land and where he now lives retired. He has been very success- ful since coming to the United States. In politics he is a Democrat and he and his family are members of the Catholic church. Eight children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hasenmiller, five of whom are living.
William Hasenmiller was reared on the home farm and when but a lad was put to work in the fields and he has always followed farming. He was educated in the Davenport public schools. He came to Clinton county, Iowa, in 1898 and has since made this his residence. In 1908 he purchased an ex-
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cellent farm of one hundred and sixty acres, three-fourths of a mile from Grand Mound, and here he carries on general farming and stock raising and his labors are being rewarded properly, bounteous harvests being reaped from his well improved place annually. He has a very comfortable home.
Mr. Hasenmiller was married in 1896 to Julia Hesse, who was born in Clinton county, Iowa, and reared and educated here. She is the daughter of Frank and Hannah Hesse. The mother is deceased and the father is now living retired. He is a highly respected man in his neighborhood and he has lived in Clinton county for over forty-two years, since the pioneer days, hav- ing taken much interest in the general development of the same and always doing what he could in the interest of his community. To Mr. and Mrs. Hasenmiller three children have been born, namely: Kerney A., Elma and Evaline; they have also reared one step-child, Emil Grell.
In politics Mr. Hasenmiller is a Democrat and he and his family are members of the Catholic church and faithful in their attendance upon the same.
NICK KALLENBACH.
The farm owned and occupied by Nick Kallenbach, of the vicinity of Grand Mound, Clinton county, will rank with any in the township in point of productiveness and general appearance, showing conclusively that he has been a man of modern ideas and that he has not passed a large number of idle hours since taking possession of the same, for he believes in keeping busy, always finding something to do in his regular crop and farm work or in keeping up the fences, buildings in repair, weeds cut and his live stock proper- ly cared for.
Mr. Kallenbach was born in Muscatine, Iowa, in 1860, and he is the son of Anton Kallenbach, who is mentioned in another part of this work under the sketch of John Kallenbach. The subject was only eighteen months old when he was brought to Clinton county, the parents settling in the township where he now resides, and his life has been spent in this vicinity, for he knew that he could not find a better locality in which to carry on the operations of a farmer. which line he selected when very young in years. He was educated in the local schools, which he attended during the winter months, and re- mained at home with his parents during their lifetime. It was not until 1905 that he moved to his present place of eighty acres and here he carries on gen- eral farming.
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Mr. Kallenbach was married on July 10, 1895, to Anna Palmquist, who was born in Moline, Illinois, the daughter of John and Clara (Salvander) Palmquist, both natives of Sweden, from which country they came to the United States when their daughter, Anna, was two years old. They settled in Moline, Illinois, in which city Mr. Palmquist engaged in the shoe business as a retail merchant, spending the latter years of his life in retirement there, dying in 1906. His widow is still living in Moline at the age of seventy-three years. To Mr. and Mrs. Kallenbach these children have been born : Clarence, who was fourteen years old on June 6, 1910; Raymond, who was ten years old on August 7, 1910. Mrs. Kallenbach had been previously married to Albert Peterson, a hardware merchant of Galesburg, Illinois, and to them one son was born, Albert.
Mr. Kallenbach is a member of the Catholic church, while his wife affili- ates with the Lutherans. Politically he is a Democrat. Mrs. Kallenbach has two brothers: Dr. Nathaniel Palmquist, located at Sioux City, where he is connected with the hospital, and Luther Palmquist, located at St. Louis. Missouri.
JOSEPH KALLENBACH.
One of the citizens of Orange township, Clinton county, who enjoys distinctive prestige among the enterprising men of his locality is Joseph Kallenbach, who has fought his way upward to a prominent position in in- dustrial circles, and in every relation of life his voice and influence are on the side of right as he sees and understands the right. He was born in Muscatine county, Iowa, in 1857, and is the son of Anton Kallenbach and wife, who are mentioned under the sketch of John Kallenbach elsewhere in this work.
The subject was a child when he came to Clinton county with his parents. in 1862, and located in Clinton county. He was reared on a farm and edu- cated in the public schools. He was put to work in the fields of his father's farm when a boy and learned the business, and he has followed farming all his life. having begun working in the crops when ten years of age. He re- mained with his father on the home place until he was twenty-six years of age. He then bought where he now lives, eighty acres in Orange township. He has prospered and is now the owner of a fine farm of two hundred and one acres in his main farm and fifty-one acres of timber. His land is all well improved, and he has a substantial and comfortable home and convenient out-
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buildings. Besides general farming, Mr. Kallenbach is a successful stock raiser, giving especial attention to the breeding of Poland-China hogs.
Mr. Kallenbach is a very successful business man and is a director of the German Mutual Telephone Company, of Clinton and Scott counties, which is a very paying venture. He has long been interested in the good roads movement and has taken a very active part in the road work of his county. He has been road boss for many years, and he now takes contracts for road construction work. He has also taken a great deal of interest in promoting the telephone company mentioned above, and was one of its organizers in 1896.
Mr. Kallenbach was married on November 21, 1881, to Elizabeth Hesse, daughter of an excellent and well known family of this county, and this union has resulted in the birth of the following children : Ollie H .; Anna C. died when seventeen years of age; Orsena F., Viona J. and Alfred B.
This family are faithful members of the Catholic church and Mr. Kallen- bach is a Democrat politically. He is regarded by all who know him as one of the township's leading and most progressive citizens in every respect and well deserving of the respect and success he has won.
GUNDER J. ROSLAND.
Many of the most progressive people of Clinton county were born in the northern countries of Europe, and they have made excellent citizens, for they come from a section where everybody works and where good citizens are produced who assist in developing the new countries of the world. One of this large class who is deserving of mention in this book is Gunder J. Rosland, who has made a success of farming and has established a good home by his energy and thrift. He was born in Norway in 1862 and is the son of John and Maggie (Larson) Rosland, both natives of Norway, in which country they lived and died on a farm. They were the parents of three children, and members of the Lutheran church.
The subject of this sketch received a good education in the common schools of Norway and grew to maturity in his native community. Believing that greater opportunities awaited him in America, he emigrated to our shores in 1880, locating in Olive township, Clinton county, Iowa, and, with the exception of three years spent in Wright county, Iowa, he has lived here con- tinuously to the present. He has always followed farming and has a good
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farm of one hundred and ninety acres in Olive township, on which he carries on general farming and stock raising.
Mr. Rosland was married in 1888 to Anna Johnson, who was born in Olive township, this county, the daughter of Aaron Johnson, who settled here very early, a pioneer farmer in this township, having come here from Norway. He married, after coming here, Anna Olson, who also came from Norway single, each having accompanied their parents to this country, the parents of Aaron Johnson having settled on a farm in this vicinity. To Mr. and Mrs. Rosland the following children have been born : Marcus, Alma, Ella, Mar- garet, Gracie, Alvin, Minnie, Reinert and Orlaf. Mr. and Mrs. Rosland are members of the Lutheran church and politically Mr. Rosland is a Republican.
NILS O. OLSON.
One of the native sons of Olive township, Clinton county, who has pre- ferred to remain on his native prairie rather than seek uncertain fortune in some foreign locality is N. O. Olson, a man who has won success because he has worked persistently and along proper channels. His birth occurred here in 1861 and he is the son of John and Engel (Thorson) Olson. the father born June 4, 1827, in Norway and the mother on December 26, 1837. The father emigrated to America in 1856, unaccompanied, and located in Kendall county, Illinois. In 1859 he came to Clinton county, Iowa. The mother came with her parents from the old country direct to Olive township, this county. The maternal grandparents, Thor Nelson Waagen and Ingeborg (Halvorson) Thorson, came to America, located on a farm in Clinton county, Iowa, and spent the remainder of their lives here. The paternal grandfather, Ole Olson, died in Norway, but his widow, who was known in her maiden- hood as Kari Johnson, came to Illinois with the father of the subject in 1856, and there died three weeks after her arrival. When the father of N. O. Olson of this review came to Clinton county in 1859 he settled in Olive town- ship on the farm on which the subject now resides. At the time of his death he owned one hundred and eighty acres, having taken up prairie land and transformed it into a valuable farm and established a good home here. He first bought forty acres and had to mortgage his team, but he was a man of thrift and relied entirely upon himself at all times. His death occurred on December 26, 1895, and his widow still lives on the home place.
Nils O. Olson was the only child of John Olson and wife. He was edu-
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cated in the home schools and has always resided on the homestead here. He is a very successful farmer, now operating one thousand and sixteen acres, practically all in the same body. He has put on many of the later improve- ments and keeps the place well tilled and well improved in every way, being one of the up-to-date and most progressive farmers of the county. As he has prospered, he has purchased various adjoining farms to the home place, and he has been wonderfully successful as a general farmer and stock raiser. He has maintained the old home in good order, and everything about the place, which is substantial and attractive, indicates thrift and prosperity and that a gentleman of splendid tastes has its management in hand.
Mr. Olson was married in 1884 to Rachel Christensen, who was born in Olive township, this county, on April 7, 1865, and is the daughter of Hans and Bertha (Faltin) Christensen, natives of Norway, from which country her father came to America in 1857 and located in Olive township, Clinton county, Iowa, making the voyage on the same ship that bore the mother of the subject to our shores. The entire trip required from April 12th to July 8th. The mother of Mrs. N. O. Olson came alone to America in 1861 and she was married in 1862, and this family located on a farm in Olive town- ship, Clinton county.
To Mr. and Mrs. Olson the following children have been born : John, Bertha, Hans, Walter, Engelena, Isabell Karina, Thore, Ole, Mary, Rachel and Nels, all living.
This entire family are members of the Lutheran church, and Mr. Olson is a Republican. Although he has never aspired to political offices, he has been township trustee. He is a man who has justly earned the esteem and confidence of his fellow men, and is a progressive, neighborly, genial and broad-minded gentleman who ranks among Clinton county's best citizens and most enterprising farmers.
J. F. ROCK.
Of the farming townships of Clinton county, which is for quality of soil scarcely excelled by any section of the whole country. Berlin is among the richest. In the present sketch is briefly mentioned one of Berlin township's representative farmers, a large land owner, who accumulated his property by his own industry and good management. and now is reaping in prosperity the reward of his labors.
J. F. Rock was born in Germany, on February 23. 1847, the son of Fred
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and Louisa (Schnare) Rock, both of whom spent their entire lives in the fatherland. J. F. Rock received his education in the German schools, and in his early manhood, conceiving that greater opportunities were to be found on the Western continent. he emigrated to America in 1866, coming to Scott county, Iowa, which he left in 1868 to come to Berlin township, Clinton county, where he settled on a farm, first renting. In 1876 he bought a farm of eighty acres and as he slowly accumulated money added to his holdings until he now owns two hundred and forty acres of land, on which he has erected substantial buildings. General farming and stock raising has proved very profitable to him. In politics Mr. Rock is a Democrat. With advancing age, he has seen fit to retire from active labor, and his sons Charles and Ed- ward now rent the farm.
In 1876 Mr. Rock was married to Minnie Kranz, a native of Germany. who bore to him four children, Charles, Amelia, Louisa and Edward. The family are members of the Lutheran church. Mrs. Rock, after having been a faithful wife for twenty-one years, died in 1897.
Mr. Rock is an excellent representative of the German-American farmer of Clinton county, whose thrift and frugality have done so much to win for that county its prominent place in the ranks of Iowa counties. Personally, he is a very agreeable gentleman, and is much liked in his neighborhood. where he is considered one of the solid men.
NORMAN BOARDMAN.
In the list of Clinton county's successful and highly honored citizens of a past generation Norman Boardman long occupied a prominent place. In his career there was much that was commendable and his life forcibly illustrated what a man of energy can accomplish when his plans are wisely laid and his actions governed by right principles, noble aims and high ideals. He was a man whom to know was to respect and admire, for he was a genteel, kind- hearted, staightforward man of affairs in all the relations of life, one of those estimable characters who live for others-unselfish and solicitous of the wel- fare of his friends : thus his memory is rightly revered by the citizens of this county.
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for those early days and he became a teacher in the local schools, living at home until he was twenty-five years of age, teaching in order to equip him- self for the law. He attended Johnson Academy, then began reading law and was admitted to the bar in 1839, and he practiced with much success for a period of fourteen years, and during that time he was deputy collector of cus- toms and state's attorney, the latter from 1850 to 1852. In 1855 he came West and settled in Lyons, Iowa, where he engaged very extensively in real estate and became well-to-do in due course of time. He took an active part in political affairs and in 1861 he was elected to the state Senate on the Re- publican ticket and served in this high office for a period of four years in a manner that reflected much credit upon himself and to the entire satisfaction of his constituents. He made his influence felt for the good of those whom he sought to serve while in the Legislature, ever vigilant and ever active for the general welfare. His ability and fidelity to every trust reposed in him attracted widespread attention and President Grant appointed him United States collector for the second district of Iowa in 1869 and he filled this very responsible post until 1875, when he resigned, having given the department the highest degree of satisfaction and won the admiration of all who had occasion to know of his work in this connection.
Mr. Boardman founded the town of Osage, Iowa. He was widely known as a man who devoted a great deal of time to promoting public enter- prises. He devoted the latter years of his life to his farms, real estate, etc., and was one of the leading business men and most influential citizens of the county.
Mr. Boardman was first married to Lois B. Knight, of New York, in 1846, whose death occurred in 1857. To this union three children were born. In 1858 Mr. Boardman was united in marriage with Sarah M. Knight, a native of New Hampshire, a lady of culture and the daughter of an influential family. This union has been without issue.
As a business man fully in touch with the progress of the times. Mr. Boardman easily stood in the front rank among his compeers in eastern Iowa, being broad-minded and liberal in his relations with the public and possessing a genius for large and important undertakings. His judgment was ever sound and seldom at fault, his foresight clear and accurate, enabling him to achieve a series of continued successes such as few in a much longer life at- tain. He was a painstaking, logical and discriminating attorney, an earnest and often eloquent pleader at the bar and profoundly versed in the law. As a citizen he was public spirited, always ready to lend a helping hand in pro- moting the general good, and, being a man of unquestioned integrity and
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imbued with the highest principles of honor, he was popular with all classes and had the friendship of all. As a public servant he rendered faithful service, always looking as carefully to the interests of others as if they were his own and his splendid record in this connection is without a shadow of wrong or suspicion of evil.
Mrs. Boardman, a lady of gracious personality. lives in a beautiful and cozy home in Lyons, which is frequently the gathering place for her many friends.
THOMAS ANDERSON.
After a long course of years of daily observations on the part of his neighbors, it would be out of the question for them not to know the worth, moral standing, public sentiment and social conduct as well as something of the private life of Thomas Anderson, one of the substantial agriculturists of Olive township, now living retired, because. as has been said, "actions speak louder than words." In his community and, in fact, anywhere in Clinton county, there is heard nothing concerning Mr. Anderson but good words and well deserved praise, for he has passed so many years here that his worth is well known, but it will be of interest to run over the busy events of his life in these pages.
Mr. Anderson comes to us from a foreign shore, having been born in Norway, August 10, 1835, and he is the son of Aaron and Barbara Peters, both born in Norway, who came to Clinton county, Iowa, in 1869, landing here on May 15th of that year. Here they spent the rest of their lives, the father dying in 1893 and the mother in 1887. They were the parents of seven children, of whom four are living.
Thomas Anderson was reared to manhood in Norway and educated in the schools there. It was in 1856 that he came to Rock Island, Illinois, where he remained several years, coming to Clinton county, Iowa, in 1861, and locating in Olive township on a farm. This he sold in 1865 and bought forty acres, then added forty acres more, then sixty and later forty. He finally had a fine farm, and he bought and sold land extensively. He is now the owner of eighty acres, which is well improved. He has been very successful and is now living retired, having ceased active work about six years ago.
In politics Mr. Anderson is a Democrat and he has held a number of local offices, such as township trustee and school director. He and his fam- ily are members of the Lutheran church.
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Mr. Anderson was married in July, 1857, to Betsey Oleson, who was born in Norway, February 17, 1834, the daughter of Martin and Sarah (Petersen) Oleson, and they came to Canada in 1852 and to Rock Island county, Illinois, in 1854. There the father died in 1859, and the mother came to Clinton county in 1861 and her death occurred in Audubon county, Iowa, in 1871.
Eight children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Anderson, named as fol- lows: Aaron, born in Rock Island county, Illinois, is living on a farm in Audubon county, Iowa; Barbara, born in Rock Island county, Illinois, is the wife of Henry Robley of Spring Rock township; Henry is farming in Olive township; Sarah is the widow of Knut Stee; Tilda is the wife of James Cook, of Grand Mound; Lona is the wife of Hans Johnson; Anna is the wife of Henry Vetter of Grand Mound; William lives in Kansas City, Missouri. Politically Mr. Anderson is a Democrat.
JOHN G. GOHLMAN.
No man of recent years who has lived in the vicinity of Charlotte, Clinton county, Iowa, is deserving of a higher place in the estimation of the people here than the late John G. Gohlman, one of the prominent early settlers of Clinton county, who resided in section 24, Waterford township, and who is now sleeping the sleep of the just. He was born near Haderslebun, north of Schleswig, Germany, September 16, 1828, and is the son of John C. and Christina (Holgersehsen) Gohlman. John C. was reared on a farm in the province of Holstein, Germany, where he remained until 1853, when he came to America and lived with his children in Waterford township, Clinton county, Iowa, where his death occurred in 1877, at the advanced age of eighty years. His wife died in her native land in 1847. Five children were born to the parents of the subject, all of whom came to America, namely : John G., of this review: Mathias lives near Sabula, Iowa; Christina is the wife of Julius Langhinn, of Charlotte, Iowa; Henry lives near De Witt: August lives at Goose Lake.
John G. Gohlman received an excellent education and worked on a farm in his boyhood days. When sixteen years of age he began active farming. which he continued until 1849, when he enlisted in the army of the revolu- tion in Germany and served two years, and in 1851 he came to America, direct to Davenport, Iowa, and he found employment as a farm hand near
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