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But the Community could not hold together: dissatisfaction arose; and in or abont 1857 a considerable body left. In 1859 the concern broke up, most of the members leaving; but a remnant, consisting of less than a hundred persons, held together and re-es- tablished in Adams county, Iowa, where the colony still exists.
These people were nearly all French. On leaving the Commu- nity a number of them settled in the county at various points. and are generally regarded as good citizens.
At the time the Mormons were leaving Nauvoo, a great many persons. influenced by the hope of obtaining cheap property, settled in and around the city. A large portion of those in the city soon afterward left, and their places became gradually filled by foreigners. most of whom came to establish permanent homes. and still remain. a class of industrious, frugal and peaceable citizens. These people brought their European habits and customs with them, and Nanvoo to-day is perhaps more of a German town than any in the country. Beer, the national beverage, flows like water; and the latter, though pure and good. has gone out of fashion.
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The business of grape-growing and wine-making is quite exten- sively followed by these people, and the city and suburbs are thickly dotted with well-planted and neatly kept vineyards. The · business, however, it may be observed, has met with its disappoint- ments, and the golden anticipations of many who entered into it have not been realized.
Among the early German settlers about Nauvoo, we mention the following : George Bratz, a native of Wurtemburg, came in 1847 ; John G. Bratz, eldest son of the above, served in the 57th Ill. Vol., and was afterward Mayor : Leonard L. Bratz, merchant ; Frederic Baum, from Baden : John Bauer, a Bavarian. Justice of the Peace, Notary, and Postmaster for many years; John B. Risse, a Prus- sian. a lawyer, elected County Judge in 1869, and still holds the position under successive elections : John Dornseif, Frankfort-on- the-Main, has held several offices, among others that of Supervisor; Gustav Eberdt, Max Reinbold. Peter F. Wahl. Albert Person, John Engler, F. Manck, G. H. Henckler, and others.
Among the native citizens since the Mormon period. we mention Christopher E. Yates, Samuel Slocumb, Bryant Whitfield, L. C. Bidamon, Wm. Clifford, Nathan Prentice, Luke P. Prentice, Adam Swartz, Bryant Bartlett, Daniel Brown, R. H. Loomis, Milton M. Morrill, Wm. McLennan, Prentice Pond, S. M. Wather, George Edmunds, Reuben Mason, John Gearhart. D. B. Smith, Thomas H. Owen.
RELIGIOUS PROGRESS.
There are four Church organizations in the city-all in posses- sion of handsome and substantial church edifices. Of the most of them we know but little. The Catholic has for its Pastor Rev. H. T. Reinbold. who has served several years. The German Lutheran. with Rev. Hertel for Pastor. The Methodist (German) Rev. S. Saegesser for its Pastor. The date of organization of any of these, or their condition, we are unable to state. For the following facts concerning the Presbyterian Church, we are indebted to the courtesy of Adam Swartz. Esq., its clerk : Organized March 1S. 1855, at the Seventies' Hall. by Rev. N. W. Williams. of Keokuk, with the following named members : Samuel Chapman, John Rice Mrs. H. Elliott, Mrs. Louise Walthus, Mrs. H. A. Carey, Mrs. John Rice, Mrs. M. E. Powers, Miss Sarah Dewey, and I. D. Stevens: Chapman, Rice and Stevens, ruling Elders. Revs. Mc- Cuistion, Waldenmeyer and Rice served as Pastors occasionally, or by regular engagement. Later particulars not stated. Mr. Swartz became a member at an early date, and has acted as its Clerk since 1568.
BIOGRAPHIIES.
Following are sketches of several citizens of Nauvoo township : John Bauer, one of Nauvoo's influential citizens, was
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born April 14, 1807, in Rhinish Province of Bavaria. He was the youngest of three sons of Jacob and Catharine (Deidesheimer) Baner. His father followed through life various businesses, of a mer- cantile, mechanical and agricultural nature. He attained eminent proficiency as a business man, an able cooper. a successful raiser of the vine, and manufacturer of wine. He died in 1847. mourned by a host of friends and relatives. Our subject received a common- school education when young, and has been a close reader through life. His memory is very retentive, and his powers of observation very discriminating.
At the age of 20 he began life in agricultural pursuits making the cultivation of the grape, its proper grafting, training, etc., a specialty.
In 1833 he came to America and settled in Ohio, where he remained for several years, engaged in various pursuits. He was also County Recorder in Ohio three years. In 1850 he came to Freeport, Stephenson county, Illinois, where he remained one year as a successful merchant in the boot and shoe business. He then came to Nauvoo, where he has since resided,'engaged in mercantile and agricultural pursuits; and he has held many public offices. such as Notary Public, Justice of the Peace. Alderman and Super- visor, and was also Postmaster of Nauvoo during the administra- tions of Pierce and Buchanan. In 1833 he was married to Mar- garet Ever, a native of Bavaria, by whom he had 13 children. She died in 185S in Nauvoo. In 1862 he was again married, this time to Elizabeth Fleck, a native of Prussia; she became the mother of 3 children. two of whom are living. Politically Mr. Bauer is an enthusiastic Democrat, of the Jacksonian and Stephen A. Douglas school. Although he started in life poor, his situation is now very prosperous.
Mr. Bauer was the first to introduce the making of wine in Nauvoo.
Emil Baxter was born in St. Quentin, France. in the depart- ment of the Aisne, and is a son of John and Agnes Baxter. He came to America in 1846, and returned the same year. He came to New York in 1847. where he engaged in importing dry-goods until the financial crisis of 1857: in 1858 he came to Nauvoo, where he engaged in the culture of the grape and the manufacture of wine. He tried many experiments, and made many improvements in grape culture.
He has made such improvements in the work that he has in his possession 18 silver medals awarded by the Illinois State Board of Agriculture at different times for the best wines from different varieties of grapes. He is the most extensive grape and wine pro- ducer in the country, and ships his wines to St. Louis and Chicago. being unable to supply the demand. Mr. Baxter has premiums and diplomas for his wines from societies elsewhere.
He was married in 1852 to Miss Annett Powel, by whom he has 6 children, viz .: Emil E. J., Alfred, Annett, Thomas, Cecil J. and
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Bertha. Mrs. Baxter died in 1863. He again married in 1864; this time Mary Wimer, by whom he has one child, Adele.
Emil E. J. Baxter, son of the preceding, was born in Newark, N. J., May 13, 1853. He was educated in the common school and at the Academy of Denmark, Iowa. He was married June 21, 1877, to Miss Eugenia Dadant. He studied law under McKinnie one year, in Nauvoo, and one year under John Lyle King, a prom- inent lawyer of Chicago. He now is engaged in the culture of the Italian bee, having a branch apiary of Charles Dadant's large institution of Montebello township. Mr. B. has 100 stands of bees in his care. and is doing a large business. He is at present a member of the City Council of Nauvoo, and was Supervisor for this township last year (1879).
John U. Bechtold, ex-Mayor of Nauvoo, is a native of Switzer- land; was born July 3, 1837; he emigrated to this country in 1S55, and settled in Nauvoo, where he has since made it his home. While in the old country he learned the business of blacksmithing, at which he labored in after years. . In June, 1861, he enlisted in Co. K, Sth Mo. Inf., under Col. Morgan L. Smith; this company was a division of Gen. Sherman's army. He fought in the battles of Vicksburg, Shiloh, Corinth, Fort Donelson, Jackson, Atlanta and Chattanooga, and was with Gen. Sherman on his " Meridian March." He was discharged in August, 1864, and returned home. Of late years he has been directing his attention to the culture of the vine. The year 1879 he manufactured 1,300 gallons of wine. He was married in 1866 to Margaret Wolff. They have had 4 children; viz .. Caroline, Angeline, Mary and Johnnie. Mr. Bech- told served as School Treasurer for 11 years, and Mayor for 3 years.
Maj. Louis C. Bidamon was born in Virginia in 1806; came and settled in Fulton county, and was a resident there during the early Mormon troubles in this county ; was a Lieutenant Colonel of the 32d Regiment of Illinois Infantry. He removed to Nauvoo in 1846, and thence took an active part among the new citizens in the then existing difficulties; was married to Mrs. Emma Smith, the prophet's widow, in --- 18-, and joined her in keeping the Mansion House; now occupying the new unfinished mansion at the Riverside.
Thomas Blake, agent for the Keokuk and Northern Line boats, is a native of Dublin, Ireland, and was born in 1835: came to this county in 1850, and first settled in New York; remained there till 1859, when he came to this city, and for a time engaged in quarry- ing for the Dubuque and Galena custom-house. He worked at that till 1862, when he went to Tennessee; was in the P. T. Hughes commission house there till 1868, when he returned to Nauvoo and engaged in the above-named business. IIe was married in 1860 to Alice Murphy, by whom he had 9 children-2 sons and 7 daughters.
Chas.G. Burmeister was born Dec. 10, 1840, in Germany; was brought by his parents to this country in 1848 ; they first settled 55
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in St. Louis ; there Charles grew to manhood and received his ed- ucation. In 1866 he went to Iowa, and in 1868 back to St. Louis. In 1871 he came to Nauvoo, where he has since followed wine-mak- ing. He was married, in 1866, to Magdalena Beckerle, by whom he has had 6 children; 5 of these are living.
A. W. Burt was born Nov. 28, 1836, in Marion county, Ill. He was taken by his parents, Benjamin B. and Adaline Burt, to Iowa, where he was reared to maturity. He received but an ordinary ed- ncation. He came to this city in 1856. In 1862 he enlisted in Cơ. E, 118th Ill. Inf., mounted; was mustered out Oct. 1, 1865. He fought in the battle of Vicksburg and others, being princi- pally in the Gulf Department. He was married, May 2, 1871, to N. J. Moffitt. Have had 4 children, 3 of whom are living.
Hugh D. Burt, proprietor of the Knob Mills, Nauvoo, was born April 17, 1842, in Marion county, Ill. He built the mills in October, 1879, at a cost of $7,000; they have a 30-horse-power engine, and all first-class machinery and latest improvements. The capacity of the mills is 20 barrels of " Fancy Merchants," flour per 12 hours. Mr. Burt followed milling in Kansas nine years. In August, 1861, he enlisted in Co. F, 7th Mo. Inf., and participated in the battles of Vicksburg, Fort Gibson, Champion Hills and in the famous " Peach Orchard Charge," in which all were killed except 10. He was also with Sherman on his Meridian raid. He was discharged in August, 1864, having served three years for the liberty of our country. Mr. B. was married January 9, 1866, to Louisa Tepper, and of 5 children born to them, 3 are sons and 2 daughters.
A. Burton was born in France, Dec. 24, 1816. He came to New Orleans and St. Louis in 1833. He has been an active busi- ness man through life, being engaged in trafficking in different lines. He was married in 1853 to Miss Rosanna Dowell, by whom he has had 2 children ; of these, 4 are living ; viz., Theodore L., Adda L., Vinne and Douglas. Mr. Burton was a sutler in Gen. Taylor's army in the Mexican war. He went to California in 1849, and re- turned in 1853, and came to this county in the fall of the same year. Mr. Burton owns 300 acres of land near Nauvoo, besides lands else- where, and property in St. Louis, New Orleans and San Francisco. He was formerly the most extensive grape-grower in Nauvoo.
Joseph N. Datin was born in the town of Bullitsville, Ky., Dec. 17, 1828, and is a son of Noel and Nancy (McDonald) Datin, who removed with their family to Hannibal, Mo., in 1829, or rather to the place where Hannibal now stands, for there was no town there then ; but instead, there were catamounts, wild cats, bears and other wild animals. Our subject had a vivid recollection of playing with wild turkeys in 1833. He also saw the " stars" fall the same year. He used to catch numerous turkeys by digging a narrow pit in the ground, about six feet in length, and erecting a rail pen over one end of it. Over this pit, on the inside of the pen next to the rails, he placed a broad board or other material so the turkeys could walk over it, leaving the pit open in the middle of the
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pen. The turkeys would go into the pen through the pit, and rise at the other end of the pit, only to find themselves caught ; for although they came in through the pit, they knew not how to get out ; for a turkey always looks upward instead of downward when he wants to get out of a confined place. Mr. D. was married in 1848 to Miss Catharine A. Sparks, by whom he has had 15 children; of these, 12 are living. Mr. Datin came to this county in 1849, and resides on sec. 10, Sonora tp. IIe is engaged in the sale of agri- cultural implements, grass seeds and school furniture in Nauvoo, and is doing a large business. His sales amount to $20,000 annu- ally. His sales on the 22d day of May, 1880, reached only the round sum of over $800.
Henry Disse, physician and surgeon, Nauvoo, was born in Germany, Feb. 22, 1828, and was reared in the "old country" and educated in medical department of the Berlin University. Oct. 8, 1853, Mr. Disse, in company with Dr. Fred Kuithan, started on a tour to South America. He visited the places of note, and after nearly a year spent, he returned to Germany. He came to this country in 1854 and first settled in Hamilton, Ohio, where he prac- ticed medicine till 1855, when he went to St. Louis; here he con- tinned in medical practice till 1872, when he came to Nauvoo. In 1859 he was married to Minnie Opermann, by whom he has had 4 children; viz., Ida, Anna, Frank and Richard. The Doctor owns a fine vineyard of 6 aeres.
Dr. L. C. Ford was born in Keokuk, Iowa, July 4, 1852, and is a son of Dr. E. R. and Margaret Ford, of Keokuk. The Doctor received his medical education at the Keokuk College of Physicians and Surgeons. He began the practice of medicine in Keokuk, in 1875, and in 1876 he located in Nauvoo, where he has built up a good practice. He was married October 16, 1878, and has one child, L. C. The Doctor's father came West in 1834, and laid out Ford's Addition to Keokuk, and was City Treasurer, and a promi- nent banker of that city. He was also one of the incorporators of the Keokuk College of Physicians and Surgeons, and was a Profes- sor in said institution for some time. The Doctor's mother was the first white child born in the city of Keoknk.
John Haas is a native of Black Forest, Germany, where he was born December 8, 1849; was brought to America and this county by his parents in 1859. They first settled in Appanoose tp., where our subject staid till 1863, when he went to Keokuk. In 1872 he went to Fort Madison, and in May, 1874, he came to Nauvoo. He was married April 8, 1875, to Rosa Humbrecht, and they had 2 children, John A. and Emma M. Mr. H. is the pro- prietor of the City Hall saloon.
Brooks R. Hamilton, M. D., physician and surgeon, Nauvoo, was born in Pennsylvania, April 21, 1837, and is a son of William and Margaret IIamilton. He was brought by them to Knox county, Ill., when eight years of age. There he was reared to man- hood. He received an academic education, and in the spring of
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1859 he began the study of medicine. He completed his medical course in the spring of 1862, and Sept. 4, the same year, he enlisted in the army. He was appointed 2d Lient. of Co. I, 126th Reg. Ill. Inf .; in February, 1864, he was promoted Captain of Co. B, of 126th Regt. He served in that capacity till the close of the war; he was mnstered ont August 1, 1865; he then returned home, having served nearly three years; he fought at Vicksburg, Little Rock, and in many other minor engagements. Soon after he returned home he attended the medical department of the Iowa University, at which he graduated, and soon after came and located in Nauvoo, where he has since resided, engaged in the practice of his profession. He has an extensive and continued patronage. In July 1859, he was married to Margaret O. Periton, by whom he has had 3 children, 2 living: Emma H., Wm. W. and Edgar R. . (deceased).
Politically, Mr. H. is a Republican. He served one term as Representative in the lower House of the General Assembly of Illinois.
Ernest Heck was born in Germany, May 19, 1817; his parents were Ernest and Lonisa (Heffrick) Heck. He was educated in his native country, and emigrated to St. Louis, Mo., in 1845, and pur- chased a farm afterward within three miles of Herman. He came to this county in 1868. He has been married twice, and is the father of 7 children, of whom 4 are living; viz., Wilhelmina, Emma, Ida and Ernest. He is a sugar refiner and farmer by occu- pation; and was also engaged in the culture of grapes, and the manufacture of wine to some extent, while in Missouri. Mr. Heck returned to his native land in 1865, and in 1867 he attended the Exposition at Paris, France. Mr. H. has been a hard worker, and by good management has laid by a goodly share of this world's goods, which will make him comfortable in his old days.
William D. Hibbard, attorney at law. Nauvoo, was born in this county, Oct. 22, 1848, and is a son of Wm. T. Hibbard; was reared in this county and educated in Notre Dame University. He began the study of law when seventeen years old, and was admitted to Bar, in the District Court in Madison, Iowa. He came back to Nauvoo, in 1870, where he has since resided, following his profession. He is also Police Magistrate and ex-officio Justice of the Peace. Mr. Hibbard was joined in marriage December 31, 1868, to Mittie Whitefield, and their three children are: Wade T., Emma and Robert I. Mr. H.'s grandfather was among the earli- est settlers of this county, settling here in 1829. For a more com- plete sketch of that pioneer's life, see Chap. II.
Phineas Kimball is a native of West Fairlee, Orange county, Vermont, and was born May 1, 1822. He is the eighth of ten chil- dren, whose parents were Phineas and Abigail (Colton) Kimball. They were natives of Vermont, and people distinguished for piety and intelligence. They were both ardent members of the Congrega- tional Church. His father, known as Capt. Phineas Kimball, held
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the rank of captain in the war of 1812. In 1842, when the sub- ject of this sketch was 19 years of age, he left his parental roof in Vermont and came to Nauvoo. He first engaged as clerk in the mereantile business for his brother Hiram, who had preceded him ' some years, and was one of the earliest settlers in the place. Mr. Kimball was here during the Mormon troubles. He delivered the cartridges to the cannoneer during the battle, which lasted over two hours. And after it was over, and the exeitement had sub- sided, he and a friend drove over the battle-field in a buggy. Clear and vivid are his recollections of that noted day. Mr. K. continued in the mercantile business until 1849, when he went to the gold regions of California to try his fortune. In 1852 he returned to Vermont, having bettered his fortune materially. He staid in his native State about six months and then returned to Nauvoo, where he has sinee resided. The same year (1852) he engaged in the foundry business, and continued at that for several years. Of late years he has turned his attention to raising live stoek. He owns a farm of 700 aeres, besides several other large tracts. He also owns his homestead in Vermont. He started out in life poor and he well understands the value of self-acquired experience and property. In 1857 he was united in marriage to Louisa Bartholomew, a native of Vermont, and a daughter of Erastus Bartholomew, a prominent manufacturer and business man of that State. His wife departing this life, he was again married, July 25, 1866, this time to Dina Icking, a native of this State. Mr. Kimball is the father of S children, 6 of whom are living. Polit- ically he is a strong Democrat. He has always been temperate. Temperance in language, action and social intercourse is with him a rule of conduct. His name is intimately identified with the inter- ests and early career of Nauvoo. Mr. Kimball was well acquainted with the leading men of the Mormons. He had the esteem and respect of them all; and refers with pleasure to his visits to Brig- ham Young in Utah. Socially, he is pleasant and affable, and is fond of company and conversation. He is a man who loves his family, and he is very hospitable and friendly.
He has a business turn of mind. He divides his time between his home in Nauvoo and his business interests in New England.
George A. Lane was born in Pennsylvania, July 13, 1830. He is a son of James B. and Jane Lane; the former a native of Penn- sylvania, and the latter of Scotland. Our subject was reared in his native State. In 1849 he went to St. Louis and some time after came to Nauvoo. He went to Kansas in 1873; staid a short time, and then returned to Nauvoo.
His father and grandfather were both soldiers in the Revolution- ary war under Gen. Washington.
Frank A. Marsh is a native of Quincy, Ill., and was born Sept. 14, 1856. He is a son of Augustus C. Marsh (dec.), a prominent man in Quincy. The father was for several years President of
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the First National Bank of that place and was in that position at the time of his death. April 6. 1865. He came to Quiner in 1847.
Mr. Marsh was reared and educated principally in his native city. He was clerk in a dry-goods store for several years in Quincy. He is also a school-teacher. December 25 Christmas day . 1877. he was united in marriage to Mattie Ward. daughter of Edward and Betsie Ward, of LaPrairie. Adams county. Mr. Ward is one of the leading farmers in that county.
Mr. and Mrs. Ward are natives of England: 'emigrated to this country in 1945. Mr. Marsh came to Nauvoo in 1878. Here he has since resided.
Joseph Nelson, editor of the Nauvoo Independent, is a native of Nauvoo, and was born Sept. 15. 1:50. His parents. George and Anna E. Nelson, died when he was an infant, and as soon as he was old enough he went out to work by the month:, as he had no guardian. At the age of 17 years be started from his former home with s fowling piece, a bloodhound. and five dollars in money. to seek his fortune. He soon obtained some money by hard labor and close attention to business, and at his own expense attended an academy in Missouri. He then taught school for some time. In the antamn of 1874 he became editor and proprietor of the Nauvoo Independent, on which he is still engaged: this is a spier little sheet, which has a good cirenlation. Mr. Nelson was mar- ried Oct. 2. 1879. to Miss Catharine L. Kuanst.
Samuel Palmer, dealer in all kinds of musical instruments and musical books, Nauvoo. was born in 1825. in Licking county. O .. and is s son of Rev. Ezekiel Palmer, a minister of the Christian Church. Samuel was brought up in his native conntv. being educated at Lee's Institute, in Franklin county. O .: he was for many years school and music teacher. In his doctrinal views he is a radical. being s decided materialist, ete. He came to this Siste in 1863. locating in Chicago: in 185; he went to Iowa, and in 1860 to this county. April 25. 1861. he enlisted in Co. C. 14th Ill. Vol. Inf .. and served eight months, and was discharged on account of disability. In 1846 he married Phoebe Dickson: she died in 1834, and in 1818. Mr. P. married Poline Mahin, s sister of the editor of the Moses- tine Journal, and of their + children 2 are living: Lily M. and Charles.
Dr. R. M. Parker is a native of Madison county. N. Y .. and was born March 21. 1818. His parents were Leonani C. and Betsey Parker, natives of Massachusetts. The Doctor was edues- ted in his native country. He received & medical education in the Homeopathie Medical College, of Rochester. N. Y. He moved to Cincinnati in 1843, where he build up a large practice. Having s desire to " go West," he removed to St. Louis in 1883. where he remained in the practice of his profession until 1sdd, when he removed to Nauvoo. He has a large practica here, which is still on the increase. He is the isther of 2 children: J. Willy and Bessie G. Mrs. Parker died in September. 1978.
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R. H.I. R. M.i. was born in Cologne, Prussia. Mar 31. 1542. Hi, father. John Reimboll, after extensive travels in Europe and Asia, held a position for some time nudes the Turkish Government. Oz returning to his native city. Cologne, he engaged several years in the real-estate and lumber business. In 154s he and his brother. Dr. Peter Reimbold, together with their families, came to America, and after a short stay in Cincinnati, finally, within the same year, located in Nauvoo, Hanevek county. Ill. Being of an enterprising disposition. he soon entered quite extensively in the grain trade. In the autumn of 1549 he returned home from a trip to St. Louis in poor health, having contracted a serious cold. from which he rever recovered: health continuing to decline, he resigned himself to the will of God. and died March 22. 1850. at the early age of 39 vears.
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