BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY

ABBREVIATIONS

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FAIRFIELD

• Ackerman, M., shoemaker.
• Adams, William, laborer.
• Alexander, R. W., clerk.
• Allender, E. M., farmer, Sec. 13.
• Alexander, F. W., clerk.
• Alexander, R. E., merchant.
• Alexander, W. K., shoemaker.
• Allen & Co., dealers in groceries, feed, flour and grain, north side of square, Fairfield; commenced business in 1877; they carry a full line of goods, and the patronage of the people. Their flour is manufactured by Allen Allen & Co., at Brighton, Washington Co.
• Allmayer, Benjamin, merchant.
• Alston, William, retired.
• Alters, D. M., farmer, Sec. 1.
• Anderson, A. P., laborer.
• Anderson, James, farmer, Sec. 16.
• Anderson, Louis, farmer, Sec. 16.
• Angstead, I. F., clerk in saloon.
• Armstrong, Frank, farmer, Sec. 9.
• Armstrong, Henry, farmer, Sec. 9.
• Armstrong, John, Rev., President of Parsons College.
• Armstrong, Johnson, medical student.
• Ashby J. N., lumber merchant.
• Ashby, William, laborer.
• Atkinson, J. H., clerk.
• Axline, John T., teacher, Fairfield; born in Jessamine Co., Ky., in 1846; came to Jefferson Co., in 1865. Married in 1877 Miss Laura J. Whitson, of Jefferson Co. Mr. Axline has taught in Jefferson Co. for ten terms, and is regarded as one of the best teachers in the county. He was one of the founders of the Lutheran Church in Fairfield; has always been a active, working member. Republican. Was educated at Fairfield College.
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• BAKER, N.H., pump-peddler.
• Balderson, R. C., laborer.
• Ball, Geo. W., far., Sec. 19; owns 295 acres of land, valued at $40 per acre; born in Hancock Co., Va.; came to Jefferson Co. in 1845. Married in 1872 Miss Maggie Laughlin; has three children—Chas., born in 1874; Harvey, born in 1876; and Joseph L. born in 1878. Mr. B. has held various offices of trust in the township. House cost $1,600. Liberal.
• Ball, Wm. C., farmer and stock dealer, Sec. 24; owns 93 acres of land, valued at $100 per acre; born in Hancock Co., Va., in 1846; came to Iowa in 1852. Married in 1872, Mary Campbell, of Fairfield; has two children—Annie, aged 5, and Frank, aged 2. Enlisted, in 1863, Co. I, 45th I.V.I.; mustered out at Keokuk. Mr. Ball is a

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• lawyer; has practiced for four or five years, but left the office for the farm on account of his health; was for two years with D. P. Stubbs, of Fairfield.
• Baltzell, A. C. shoemaker.
• Barger, E., farmer.
• Barnes, W. H. laborer.
• Barnes, T., sexton of cemetery.
• Barr, John C., farmer, Sec. 6; owns 365 acres of land, valued at $35 per acre; born in Erie Co., Penn., in 1819. Married, in 1847, Miss Eliza Markham; has eight children—Emma, born in 1849; Alonzo, born in 1851; John A., born in 1853; Caroline, born in 1855; Anna, born in 1857; Hettie, born in 1860; Mary, born in 1862; Kate, born in 1864. Mr. Barr took an active part in the Mexican war; was wounded several times; was a member of the 1st Ill. V., and fought in the battle of Buena Vista, under Col. Harden.
• Barley, Josiah, carpenter.
• Bartholomew, Thomas, farmer.
• Bartlett, J. W., carpenter.
• Bates, Jeremiah, farmer, Sec. 12.
• Bates, William H., farmer, Sec. 12.
• Beatty, D. R., Township Clerk.
• Beatty, Guy, clerk.
• Beatty, Walker, clerk.
• Beck, D. R., clerk.
• Beck, D. R., clerk.
• Beck, J. A., merchant.
• Beck, W. G., farmer, Sec. 1; residence in the city; born in Uniontown, Fayette Co., Penn., March 9, 1819; moved with his parents to Wheeling, Va.; thence to Fairfield in March, 1847; in 1851, was Route Agent for the Western Stage Company; in 1854, engaged in farming; in 1856, sold out, and moved with his family to Owen Co., Ky.; in 1860, returned to Fairfield. Married, Oct. 4, 1847, Margaret Ramsey, daughter of Alexander Ramsey of Washington Co., Penn.; they have five children living—James A., David R., Charles E., Fannie M. and Kate W. Democrat.
• Belknap, D. C. laborer.
• Belknap, R. N., laborer.
• Bell, J. J., peddler.
• Bell, Thomas, merchant.
• Bennett, J. D., carpenter.
• Bickford, S. M., retired.
• Bickford, Wm., farmer.
• Bigelow, S. W., shoemaker.
• Bills, C. M., dealer in marble and granite tombstones, Fairfield, with a business extending into adjoining counties; born in Marshall Co., Tenn.; settled in Iowa in 1861. Enlisted Aug. 15, 1862, in Co. E, 39th Iowa V.I.; was one of the youngest members of the regiment; participated in the marches and battles of his command through the war; Atlanta campaign—from Atlana, via New York and the Carolinas and Virginia, and the grand and closing review of Gen. Sherman's army at Washington City, at the close of the war; during the campaign from Savannah, was on detached service at his brigade headquarters under Gen. Rowett. Married Laura E. Hickenlooper July 2, 1868; they have two children—Lillie M. and Annie L.
• Birt, Jemima, Mrs., farming, Sec. 27; owns twenty-five acres of land, valued at $35 per acre; born in England in 1823. Married Mr. John Birt in 1850, also a native of England; have three children living—James J., aged 23; Frank, aged 17; and Lincoln, aged 15; came to Iowa in 1857. Mrs. Birt has made all the improvements on her place, and is very pleasantly situated, three miles west of Fairfield. Member of the Congregational Church.
• Black, F. J. L., clerk.
• Black, Henry, broom manufacturer.
• Black, Wm. G., grocer.
• Black, Wm., loan agent.
• Blair, George H., M.D., office over post office, Fairfield; born May 3, 1830, in Oneida Lake, Madison Co., N.Y.; graduated in 1851, at the Cleveland Homeopathic College; came to Fairfield in 1871. Married in January, 1853, Mary J. Wilson, sister of Hon. J. F. Wilson; they have three children—Minnie W., Alice W. and Susan W. Dr. Blar was surgeon at the U.S. Marine Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio, during the years 1868-69; was President of the Visiting Board of the Wilson Street Hospital, Cleveland; Physician to the Protestant Orphan Asylums at Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio; was Professor of Theory and Practice at the Woman's Medical College, Cleveland; in 1874, was elected President of the

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• Iowa State Homeopathic Society; and at present is Examiner in the Homeopathic Medical Department of the Iowa State University; also U.S. Examiner of Pensions.
• Bleakmore, F. F., insurance agent.
• Bloss, J., carpenter.
• Bockins, A. W., plasterer.
• Boerstler, C. H., clerk.
• Boling, S. M., County Auditor.
• Bond, J., mason.
• Bonewitz, J. E., merchant.
• Bourmaster, F. A., far., Sec. 17.
• Booth, J. T., far., Sec. 14.
• Boswell, H. M. Laborer.
• Boyd, A. J., saloon.
• Bradley, Joseph, merchant.
• Bradshaw, A. C. D., druggist.
• Brier, John, laborer.
• Bright, N. M., merchant.
• Bright, N. S., merchant.
• Brown, C. N., gardener, Fairfield; owns fifty acres of land, valued at $50 per acre; born in Suffolk Co., N.Y., Feb. 29, 1824; came to Jefferson Co. in 1864. Married, in 1856, Miss R. Morris; has three children—Edwin M., 21 years old; Rosa I. and Lillia A., twins, 13 years old; Edwin graduates next year at Parsons College, Fairfield; is now teaching school. Mr. B. is a member of the Fairfield Congregational Church; Republican. Mr. B. was born on the 29th of February; has a birthday only once in four years.
• Brown, H. L., merchant.
• Brown, J. L., plasterer.
• Brundage, E. W., laborer.
• Bryant, R., far., S. 5.
• Burgess, W. T., P.M., Fairfield; born Nov. 25, 1837, in Mt. Vernon, Ohio. His father, W. P. Burgess, died in 1846 and left him entirely on his own efforts; he acquired a good common-school education, learned the tin and copper smith trade; during this time he studied law and soon after was [ad]mitted to the bar; removed to Bloomfield, Iowa, in 1860; in 1861, was admitted to practice in this State; moved to Brighton the same year, and was engaged in recruiting for the army; in July, 1862, organized Co. E, 30th I.V.I., and was commissioned Captain; was engaged with his regiment in the battles at Haines' Bluff, Vicksburg, Fort Hindman and Grenada; in 1863, was confinedin hospital at Memphis for several months with heart disease and pneumonia; was finally compelled to resign and return home. The following winter, removed to Fairfield and engaged in merchandising. Has served three years as member of the Board of Supervisors in his county, and chairman one year; was Overseer of the County Farm during the same time; in 1873 and 1874, was Clerk of the Committee on Railways and Canals, House of Representatives, Washington D.C.; received his appointment as Postmaster at Fairfield in January, 1875; took charge of the office April following; in the spring of 1878, was chosen as a member of the School Board for the term of three years. His marriage with Kate Downs occurred at Brighton July 4, 1862; has two interesting children—George L. and Nellie P.; lost one child.
• Burnett, John W., hardware, stoves, and lumber dealer, south of C., B. & Q.R.R., near depot, Fairfield; born April 28, 1847, in Passaic Co., N.J.; moved to Ohio with his parents in 1855, thence to Union Co., Iowa, in 1869, and to Fairfield in 1874. Married May 3, 1871, Rozetta Zimmerman, who was born in Mansfield, Ohio; they have two children—Jennie E. and James M.
• Burrow, H. B., far., Sec. 2
• Byrkett, A. R., gunsmith.
• Byrkett, Jesse, gunsmith.
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• Cade, Martin, laborer.
• Cambell, Ed., clerk.
• Campbell, Joel E., far. Sec. 11.
• Campbell, J. W., plasterer.
• Campbell, Moses, clerk.
• Canaday, J. W. and J. L., fars., Sec. 7.
• Canaday, Hugh, blacksmith.
• Canterbury, James M., stone and brick mason, Fairfield; born Nov. 9, 1846, in Lawrence Co., Ohio; moved to Jefferson Co., in 1867. Enlisted Feb. 14, 1865, in Co. I, 189th Regt. Ohio V. I.; mustered out at the close of the war. Married, Dec. 12, 1867, Mary E. Orth; have three children—Viola A., Nellie B. and Rosa B.
• Canterbury, W. A., far., Sec. 28.

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• Carbough, A. R. laborer.
• Carpenter, William, far., Sec. 19.
• Caster, James, far., Sec. 12.
• Carson, Alexander, far., Sec. 12.
• Carter, H. B., laborer.
• Carter, Sprague, laborer.
• Chester, S. J., trader.
• Clarke, C. S., druggist.
• Clarke, George E., druggist.
• Clark, Peter, far., Sec. 33.
• Clark, Walter A., farmer, Sec. 8.
• Clinkenbeard, Jos., teamster.
• Clinton, John, retired.
• Cockley, Samuel, trader.
• Coffin, S. W., City Marshal.
• Cole, Joel, laborer.
• Cole, Thomas L. H., barber.
• Comegys, Jacob.
• Compo, Peter, laborer.
• Conners, James, R.R. employe.
• Corey, Eric, miller.
• Corey, William, farmer.
• Cottle, W. W., retired.
• Cowen, Charles, saloon.
• Cox, Brunson, farmer.
• Craig, A. C., far., Sec. 12.
• Crail, B. F., retired.
• Crail, James, far., Sec. 5.
• Crail, J. B., clerk.
• Craine, Edward, carpenter.
• Craine, George, contractor.
• Crawford, J. J., merchant.
• Crawford, M. S., Clerk of the District and Circuit Courts, Fairfield; born Nov. 25, 1836, in Sycamore, DeKalb Co., Ill.; moved to Jefferson Co. April 30, 1852. Enlisted in Co. F, 3d Iowa Cav., Aug. 22, 1861, and was engaged in all the battles in which his regiment participated; April 1, 1862, was commissioned 2d Lieutenant, and was mustered out as 1st Lieutenant at the close of the war. First elected to the office he now holds, in November, 1872. Married, April 25, 1867, Anna E. Alexander; have three children—William W., Frederick M. and Nellie H. Republican; members of the M.E. Church.
• Crawford, Nathaniel, far., Sec. 13.
• Creamer, George, far., Sec. 2.
• Crew, Ebenezer, coal dealer and miner, Fairfield; owns thirteen acres, valued at $150 per acre; native of Wales; born in 1832; came to America in 1855. Married in 1861 Miss Grover, a native of England; have five children—Ella M., aged 15; Mamie, aged 13; Eddie, aged 10; Eliza A., aged 8, and Alonzo J., aged 5. Mr. C. is the owner of the best coal land in the county—the demand much greater than the supply; has three shafts sunk, and all doing a paying business. Members of the Congregational Church; Republican.
• Croy, Mat., horse dealer.
• Culbertson, John W., farmer, Sec. 36; owns 500 acres, valued at $100 per acre; born in Westmoreland Co., Penns., in 1807; moved to Wayne Co., Ohio, in 1821, and, in 1834, to Wood Co., Ohio, where he engaged in merchandising; in 1838, moved to Lawrenceville and remained eighteen months; in February, 1840, he became a permanent resident of Jefferson Co., at Fairfield. The handsome property acquired by Mr. Culbertson is the result of his individual exertions. He married in 1834 Miss Elizabeth A. Eagle, of Wayne Co., Ohio; have two children—William B., born Oct. 25, 1835, and Edward B., born Dec. 15, 1837; the latter died May 17, 1862. Mrs. Culbertson is one of the six members of hte first Methodist Church organized at Fairfield, and the only one living. Mr. Culbertson, in moving to Fairfield, purchased his furniture in Burlington, and exhausted the stock in that city, having to wait till a chair was finished. He served two years in the Territorial Legislature of Iowa, first representing Jefferson Co., and afterward the district composed of Wapello, Jefferson and Monroe Counties; served four years as Clerk of the District Court; appointed Receiver of Public Moneys, at Fairfield, by President Pierce, in 1853, and held the office until it was transferred to Chariton.
• Culbertson, William B., of law firm of Culbertson & Jones, Fairfield; born in Mt. Gilead, Morrow Co., Ohio, Oct. 23, 1835; moved with his parents to Fairfield in February, 1840; worked on the farm in the summer, and attended school in the winter, until 1852; in the fall of that year began attendance at Howe's Academy, Mt.

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• Pleasant; continued for two years, then entered the law office of Judge Negus as a student; in August, 1857, was admitted to the bar; the same year, entered the senior class of law department of Yale College, where he graduated in 1858; opened a law office in Fairfield, Sept. 1, 1858. Married May 12, 1859, Lucy Seymour, daughter of Allen Seymour, of Massachusetts; she died April 17, 1862; second marriage, Feb. 13, 1866, to Sarah E. Day, daughter of Timothy Day, of Van Buren Co., Iowa; he has one child living by his first wife, named Frank S.; no children living by second wife.
• Cummings, J. J., Mayor, Fairfield; born in Marshall Co., Virginia, March 6, 1828; his father died when he was only 1 year old, and when he was 7 years old, he was sent to live with an uncle in Ohio; was there till 1846; then enlisted in the United States army, 12th Regiment, and went to Mexico; participated in all the battles of his regiment until the close of the war in 1848. Returned to Ohio in the spring of 1850; entered Alleghany College, where he remained three years; taught school and studied law until 1856, when he was admitted to the bar; attended the spring term, 1856, of the law school, at Poughkeepsie; in September of the same year, moved to Appanoose Co., Iowa, and, in January formed a law partnership with Judge Tannchill, which continued for five years; in 1862, removed to Fairfield, where he opened a law office; in 1864-65, was out West in the mountains; returned in 1867, resumed his law practice, and has followed it since. In 1858, was elected Superintendent of Public Schools in Appanoose Co.; in 1870, was elected Mayor of Fairfield, and re-elected for six terms in succession. Married May 15, 1860, Kate Steel; has two children—Annie M. and Frank S.; Mrs. Cummings died Oct. 18, 1867.
• Cummings, Thomas, retired.
• Curry, William, farmer, Sec. 23.
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• Dana, G. L., farmer, Sec. 1.
• Dahlman, Jacob, shoe merchant.
• Dana, D., retired.
• David, Charles, merchant.
• Davis, Samuel, hotel-keeper.
• Dealy, Edward, farmer, Sec. 10.
• Deardorff, Ely, bridge-builder.
• Deaver, M. V., butcher.
• DeGalleford, J., Supt. Gas. Co.
• DeMarce, Anthony, foundry.
• Dill, Francis, farmer, Sec. 5.
• Dill, John, Jr., proprietor of the Omnibus Line and dealer instock; Fairfield; was born Sept. 4, 1845, in Van Buren Co., Iowa; moved to Fairfield in 1874. Married December, 1865, Agnes Lowden; have three children living—John A., James A. and Cora M.
• Dixon, Thomas, retired.
• Dole, Charles A., farmer, Sec. 9.
• Dole, J. R., farmer, Sec. 8; owns 300 acres of land, valued at $40 per acre; born in Rush Co., Ind. Married, in 1849, Miss Maria E. Armacost; has five children—Charles, aged 28; Mary E., age 23; John T., age 21; J. W., age 9; T. W., age 7. Mr. D. has been elected to many differnt offices in the county and township. Made all the improvements on his farm. Democrat.
• Donaldson, C., carpenter.
• Dorsey, A., railroad man.
• Dorsey, T., far., S. 28.
• Daugherty, J. E., insurance agent.
• DuBois, John W., Fairfield, was among the early settlers of Iowa; on the 10th of August, 1840, he first saw the "Black Hawk PUrchse," and moved with his family into Jefferson Co. on the 15th of January, 1843. Mr. DuBois is of French Huguenot descent, tracing his lineage with singular accuracy back to the year A.D. 1050, to Geofroi du Bois, appointed by the Crown, "Grand Master of the Forests of France;" he has now in his possession a fac simile of the original coat of arms of this ancient family; he was born in New York City Oct. 10, 1817; his wife, Elizabeth Dill, of Welsh extractions, was born in White Co., Tenn., July 12, 1818, and came with her parents, in June, 1830, to Illinois, whithin twenty miles of Burlington. Married Feb. 2, 1840; they have five sons and two daughters, all residing at the suburban residence of "Maple Shade," partly within the corporate limits of Fairfield City. Mr. Du Bois has probably purchased more live-stock

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• direct from farmers' hands than any other man in the community, and his character as a business man among bankers, farmers and stock men is without stain. Member of the Christian Church; Democrat.
• Du Bois, N. R., butcher.
• Du Bois, R. D., teamster.
• Dunshee, W., grocer.
• Dunwood, W. P., tinner.
• Dwyer, A., far., S. 21.
• Dwyer, T., farmer.
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• Edmunston, J., tailor.
• Eichorn, G., merchant.
• Elder, J., far., S. 32.
• Elliott, W., farm machinery.
• Eckert, D. E., clerk.
• Eckert, James, Deputy Treasurer; born Oct. 4, 1823, in Washington Co., Penn.; moved to Fairfield about May 1, 1844. Married Feb. 12, 1850, Lenna L. Wise, a native of Prince Edward Co., Va.; they have four children—Mary, Susan E., James S. and Annie R.
• Evans, J., far., Sec. 1.
• Evans, T. C., furniture.
• Evans, Thos. D., Justice of the Peace, Fairfield; born March 8, 1809, in the city of New YOrk; in 1817, moved with his parents, to Richmond, Va.; in 1832, entered his brother's store in Lynchburg, Va., as a clerk. In 1836, began merchandising on his own account in Charlotte Co., Va.; closed out in 1839, and bought a farm, which he conducted until 1842, when he removed to Fairfield; in 1846, opened a store in connection with Gen. Bridgeman, which, after several years, they closed out; in the spring of 1858, was elected Justice of the Peace, an office he has held continuously to the present time. Married at Lynchburg, Va., March 23, 1836, Jane B. Ross, daughter of Col. William Ross.
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• Faulkner, U. G., far., Sec. 2.
• Farmer, Samuel C., & Sons, bankers, Fairfield, south side of square.
• Fawcett, P., retired.
• Fee, W. P., teamster.
• Fegan, Frank R., fire and accident insurance and loan agent; represents none but the old American reliable companies; office with John R. Shaffer; was born March 15, 1852, in Fairfield Iowa. Married Oct. 9, 1877, Miss Iowa Fetter.
• Ferguson, A. B., carpenter.
• Flegg, G. W., farmer.
• Flowers, O., farmer.
• Fogerty, T., railroad man.
• Foland, E., laborer.
• Foley, M., saloon.
• Forgrave, A. J., shoemaker.
• Fowler, G., far., Sec. 15.
• Fox, John, laborer.
• Freeman, J. D., tailor.
• Freeman & Townley, dealers in jewelry, watches, clocks, silverware and notions; house established in 1871; place of business, No. 510 east side of square; repairing of all kinds done promptly and satisfactorily.
• Freshwater, A., far., Sec. 28.
• Fuller, B. J., barber.
• Fuller, John, agent.
• Fulton, Alexander, farmer, Sec. 10; owns a quarter section of land, valued at $100 per acre; born in Huntington Co., Penn.; moved to Baltimore, thence to Chillicothe, Ohio, where he worked as a millwright until he moved to Jefferson Co. in 1833; was proprietor of the first drug and book store in Fairfield; also built the first schoolhousein the county. Married, in 1826, Miss Eliza Jones; have four children—Robert J., born Feb. 27, 1831 (deceased); Joseph, born May 6, 1833; Wm. C., born Jan. 13, 1836, and Martin A., born Feb. 14, 1838. Joseph Fulton was appointed by the Governor to represent the agricultural interests of Iowa. Mr. Fulton hauled the material for his house from Ft. Madison, Iowa, his nearest trading-point at that time. Members of the M. E. Church for fifty-six years. Republican.
• Fulton, William H., carpenter.
• Furman, Jacob, teamster.

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