Biographical Directory
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WALNUT TOWNSHIP.
ALDRICH, J. N., farmer, Sec. 24; P.
O. Waukee.
BALDWIN, M. H., farmer, Sec. 25; P. O. Waukee.
Bass, G. M., farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Waukee.
Beatty, David, farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Waukee.
BELL, J. B., farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Dallas Center;
born in Pierlll0nt, Rockland county, N. Y., November
27, 1823; he lived there until 1856, and then emigrated
to Laun Ridge, Marshall county, Illinois, where
he lived, twelve years, and where he worked at his
trade, that of a brick mason; he then removed to
Dallas county, where he now lives; his farm contains
150' acres; he married Miss Emma. Campbell, a native
of Rockland county. New York, June 30, 1847; they
have five sons and one daughter: Nathan, Cyrus,
Charley. Caroline, Oscar, Frank.
BINGHAM, LORIN, farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Waukee;
owns 151 acres of land, valued at $25 per acre;
born in Otsego county, N. Y., in 1817; came to Iowa
in
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1860, and located on his present farm in 1867;
married Cordelia Furgeson in 1838; she was born
in Canada; have eight children: Eunice, Sarah, Lydia,
Lorin, Franklin, Ellen, Jessie and Hattie.
Blackman, E., farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Waukee.
Blackman, A. F., merchant; Waukee.
Bolen, S., farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Waukee.
BRIGGS, JAMES G., fanner, Sec. 12; P. O. Waukee;
owns 240 acres of land, valued at $40 per acre;
born in Peoria county, Illinois, in 1846; came to
Iowa in 1855, and located with his parents in Dallas
county; in 1869 he 10-cated on his present farm;
married Lucy E. Carpenter, in 1870; she was born
in Vermont, in 1844; have four children: Marshall
R., Frank W., Dorcas C. and Lucy E. Are members
of Christian church.
Brier, George D., farmer; P. O. Waukee.
BROWN, JAMES B., farmer, Sec. 25; P. O. Waukee;
born in Morgan county, Ohio, January 27, 1838; he
lived there until the fan of 1851, and he then emigrated
to Bureau county, Illinois, where be lived four
years; he then went to Gentry county, Missouri,
where he lived until 1862; he then enlisted in Co.
E, First Missouri Cavalry; was mustered out April
4, 1865, at St. Louis; he was in the battles of
Kirkville and Hartville, and was in a number of
other battles and skirmishes; he married Miss Susanna
Carter, of Gentry county, Missouri, May 1, 1859;
they have four sons and four daughters: Sarah M.,
Mary E., Louisa A., Joseph J., Matilda J., James
B. Jr., and Julius H.
Buckley, D., farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Waukee.
Bullock, Albert, farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Waukee.
CAMPBELL, S. M., farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Waukee.
Carpenter, R H., farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Waukee.
Cartwright, Henry, Sr., farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Waukee.
CARTER, JOSEPH, farmer, Sec. 25; P. O. Waukee;
born in Campbell county, Tennessee, February 1,
1820; he lived there until he was about eight years
of age; his parents then moved to Fayette county,
Indiana, where they remained two years, and then
settled in Rush county, Indiana; he married Miss
Elizabeth Turner, of Rush county, Indiana, February
4, 1840; the same year they emigrated to Gentry
county, Missouri, where he lived until 1861, and
then, with his family, moved to Warren county, Iowa;
came to Polk county in 1864; lived there for two
years, and then came here, and has been here ever
since; has a farm of' 200 acres; has a family of
seven sons and seven daughters: John R., Peter W.,
Elijah T., Susanna, James M., Mary, Jane, Charles
R., Isabell D., Hannah, Hiram J., Ada M., Rachel
I., William. John R. and James M. served in the
late war; John was in the service nearly three years,
and James about seven months; both served in the
Thirty-fourth Iowa Infantry, Co. K.
Carson, M. L., shoemaker; Waukee.
CARTER, WM. A., physician and surgeon and dealer
in drugs and medicines, Waukee; born in Lincoln
county, Kentucky, in 1813; carne to Iowa in 1875
and located in Sac City; removed to Waukee in September,
1878, and engaged in his present business; married
Tempy Adams in 1832; she was born in Rock Castle
county, Kentucky, in 1814; have four children: Wm.
A., Hannah J., Sarah E., and Martin Luther. Mr.
C. is a clergyman in the Christian Church.
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CARRELL, E. S., dealer in grain and agricultural
implements, Waukee; born in Greene county, Ohio,
in 1833; came to Iowa in 1862, and located in Washington
county; removed to this county in 1869, and engaged
in farming; engaged in his present business in 1875;
married Elizabeth Corrgill in 1856; she was born
in Champaign county, Illinois, in 1832; have five
children: W. C., G. B., R. L., S. E. and F. M. Mr.
O. owns a farm of 200 acres in Sec. __, valued at
$30 per acre.
Caswell, Jos., farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Waukee.
CLARK, C. F. M., dealer in drugs and medicines,
Waukee; born in Medina county, Ohio, in 1840; came
to Iowa in 1861, and located in Tipton; removed
to Waukee in 1870, and engaged in his present business;
married Elizabeth B. Wright in 1861; she was born
in Bellville, Richmond county, Ohio, in 1842; have
five children: Addie, Forrest, Ernest, Victor and
Joseph. Mr. C. enlisted in Co. I, 15th Iowa Infantry,
in 1863, and was discharged in 1865; has been justice
of the peace eight years, and held other township
offices. Are members of the Episcopal Church.
Cornish, N. B., farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Dallas Center.
Cornish, L. R., farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Dallas Center.
Cowger, J. T., farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Waukee.
DALRYMPLE, D. W., steam corn-sheller; P. O. Waukee.
DAVENPORT, JOHN S.H., farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Waukee;
owns 120 acres of land valued at $35 per acre; born
in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1835; came to Iowa
in 1871, and located on his present farm; married
Sarah A. Douglas in 1857; she was born in Providence
in 1837; have two children: Wm. F. and Frank D.
Day, W. H., farmer; P. O. Waukee.
DUNCAN, T. M., of the firm of Herbert & Duncan,
Waukee; born in Industry, Illinois, in 1856; came
to Iowa in 1878 and engaged in his present business.
DUNCAN, T. K., farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Waukee; owns
240 acres of land valued at $25 per acre; born in
Washington county, Pennsylvania, in 1827; came to
Iowa in 1857, and located on his present farm; married
Mary A. Robbins in 1861; she was born in Fayette
county, Pennsylvania, in 1836; have four children:
Isaphine, Mary A., Frances E. and Jonathan J. Are
members of the Presbyterian Church.
DUNCAN, JAS. K. L., physician and surgeon, Waukee;
born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, in 1845;
came to Iowa in 1870, and first located in Decatur
county; removed to Waukee in January, 1871, and
engaged in the practice of medicine. Mr. Duncan,
at the age of eighteen, shipped as an ordinary seaman
in the United States Navy, in 1863, and received
a medal of honor from the governor of Florida for
galantry in an engagement at Hindman, Louisiana.
He was married to Miss Florence Maulsby in 1875;
she was a native of Indiana.
ELLIOTT, J., farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Waukee.
Ellis, Lyman, farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Waukee.
FILSON, JOSEPH, farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Dallas Center.
Finley, R. A., farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Waukee.
Finley, Abel, farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Waukee.
Finley, U. S., farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Waukee.
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GRIFFITH, J. W., farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Waukee.
HALE, A. H., farmer; P. O. Waukee.
Hall, J. M., farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Dallas Center.
Harkrader, G. J., farmer; P. O. Waukee.
Henderson, A., farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Waukee.
Hoff, Powell, farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Waukee.
Hoff, Nathan, farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Waukee.
Hoff, Nathaniel, farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Waukee.
Hogan, P., section boss, Waukee.
Holf, M., farmer; P. O. Waukee.
Houghtaling, K. F., farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Waukee.
Humphrey, W. E., station agent; Waukee.
HUSTON, J. A., firm of Tyler & Huston, Waukee;
born in Alleghany county, Pennsylvania, in 1852;
came to Iowa in 1875 and located in Waukee; married
Miss Florena Sloan in 1878; was elected assessor
in 1878.
JACKSON, J. T., farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Waukee.
James, T. T., farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Waukee.
JOHNSON, AARON, farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Waukee;
born in Greene county, Ohio, February 17, 1821;
when he was four years of age his parents moved
to Edgar county, Illinois, where he lived seventeen
years, and then went to Will county, Illinois, where
he lived nineteen and a-half years; from there went
to Poweshiek county, Iowa, where he lived seven
years; he came to this county and located where
he now lives in 1870; owns a farm of 428 acres;
he married Elizabeth Taylor, June 25, 1839; she
died June 8, 1845, leaving a family of one son and
one daughter: Charity A. and William J. He married
again to Sarah A. Taylor, January 7, 1846; she died
September 3, 1859, leaving a family of four sons:
Theodore F., Millard F., Cassius O. and Lewis- C.
F. He again married to Jennett E. Bolby, March 8,
1860; have five children: Ernest L. L., Newell E.,
Amelia J., Amma L. and Ulysses Colfax.
Jones, J. N., farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Waukee.
Jordan, J. T., farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Waukee.
Julius. Aaron, farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Waukee.
KENT, JOHN, farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Waukee.
King, Wm., P, O. Waukee.
LACKEY, WILLIAM, farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Dallas Center.
LEAMING, JEREMIAH, farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Waukee;
born in Potters county, Pennsylvania, in 1815; his
parents moved to Hamilton county, Indiana, when
he was about three years of age; was raised there,
and lived there until 1839; in 1838 he married Miss
Jane Reynolds, a native of Ohio; the following year
they emigrated to Jefferson county, Iowa; they drove
an ox team and were about five weeks on the road;
he came to this county in 1868, and located where
he now lives; has a family of three sons and two
daughters: Charles, Eunice, Jeremiah, Sarah and
John.
Leonard, H. L., farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Waukee.
Livingston, W.C., farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Waukee.
Livingston, G., P. O. Waukee.
MARSHALL, WM., farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Waukee; born
in Green county, Tenn., September, 1830; his parents
moved from there when he was very young and went
to Henry county, Indiana, where he lived until he
was about fifteen years of age, and
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then went to Howard county, Indiana; he married
Miss Caroline Lancaster, September 12, 1855, of
.Jackson county, Indiana; in 1856 they emigrated
to Marshall county, Iowa, and settled near Bangor,
where they lived seventeen years; Mr. M. was one
of the founders of the Stanford Seminary, located
near Bangor; was also postmaster at Stanford; he
came to this county in the spring of 1873, and located
one mile east of Dallas Center, where he still owns
a farm of 120 acres; he moved on his present farm
in the spring of 1877; farm contains 80 acres; also
owns a farm in Marshall county. of 133 acres; have
four sons and four daughters: Osborn J., :Mary E.,
John E., Olive A., Martha R., William E., Amanda
M. and Alveso.
Marshall, R., farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Waukee.
Merical, B., farmer; P. O. Waukee.
MIDDLEKAUFF, CHRISTIAN, dealer in dry goods and
groceries, Waukee; born in Maryland, in 1821; came
to Illinois in 1857, and located in Ogle county;
removed to Waukee in 1872, and engaged in farming,
and in 1878 engaged in present business; married
Amelia J. Keedy in 1849; she was born in Maryland;
have ten children: Susan Selest, Calvin E., Benjamin
F., Arbanna K., Admer, Charlie, Jacob C., Grace,
Victor and Oliver.
Miller, Martin, farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Dallas Center.
Morrison, W m., farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Waukee.
Morrison, D., farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Waukee.
MORRISON, J. R., farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Waukee;
was born near Montreal, Canada East, February 25,
1844; came to this county in 1865, and located near
Minburn; has lived on his present farm 8 years;
has a farm of 140 acres; he married Miss Mary Coffeen,
December 31, 1872, a native of Polk county, Iowa;
they have 3 sons and 1 daughter: Mary E., Arthur
R., Chas. M. and Chester O.
Myers, A. E., farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Dallas Center.
Myers, Martin, farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Dallas Center.
NICHOLSON, THOS., farmer; P. O. Waukee.
Nissly, N. M., farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Dallas Center.
OVERMYER, WM., Butcher; Waukee.
PARKER, JAMES, hotel; Waukee.
PIPER, GEO. L., physician and surgeon, Waukee;
born in Ogle county, Illinois, in 1850; came to
Iowa in 1874, and located in Clarence, and removed
to Waukee in 1876; married Jennie P. Wright in 1876;
she was born in Richland county, Ohio; have lost
one child: Georgie.
RAMSEY, MARY, farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Waukee.
Ratcliff, Eli, farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Waukee.
Rawson, E. A., farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Waukee.
Reynolds, G. H., farmer; P. O. Waukee. .
Riley, M. E., farmer; P. O. Waukee.
Robinson, J. H., farmer; P. O. Waukee.
Robinson, O. W., blacksmith, Waukee.
Row, Joseph, farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Dallas Center.
SHARP, W., farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Waukee.
Sines, M., farmer; P. O. Waukee.
Sines, Maggie, Waukee.
SLOAN, THOS. J., proprietor of Valley House, and
livery stable, Waukee; was born in Ashland county,
Ohio, August 1, 1832; came to Iowa in 1854, and
located
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in Adel, and was engaged in stage driving between
Des Moines and Adel; in 1861 he enlisted in the
2nd Iowa Battery; was wagonmaster 3 years; was discharged
in 1864; he married Miss Annie E. Frush in 1857;
she was born in Elkhart, Indiana, April 4, 1840;
they have 7 children: Florena J., Harry G., Edward
F., Larkin T., John K, N e11ie R. and Lizzie P.
Smith, Clark, farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Waukee.
Smith, R. A., farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Waukee.
Stahl, A. F., farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Dallas Center.
Stanbaugh, John, farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Waukee.
TAYLOR, JAMES, farmer, P. O. Waukee.
THATCHER, MILTON, farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Waukee;
owns 80 acres of land, valued at' $35 per acre;
born in Clinton county, Ohio, in 1840; came to Iowa
in 1863, and located on present farm; married Catherine
Crispin in 1861; she was born in Highland county,
Ohio, in 1841 ; have six children: Mary F., Silas,
Hattie, Virginia, Martha and Charles. Mr. T. has
been secretary of the school board 4 or 5 years,
and has taken an active part in all educational
enterprises.
Thompson, H. Y., farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Waukee.
Thorn, Nathan, farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Waukee.
Tribby, J.J., farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Waukee.
TYLER, C. C., dealer in grain, lumber and hardware,
Waukee; established in 1870; was born in Knox county,
Illinois, in 1843; carne to Iowa and Waukee in 1870,
and engaged in his present business; he married
Miss Maggie. Huston, in 1875; they have one son,
Harry. Mr. T. enlisted in the 132d Illinois Infantry
in 1864, and was discharged in 1865.
WHARTON, G. S., farmer, P. O. Waukee.
Whinnery, H. M., farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Waukee.
Williams, G., farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Waukee.
Woolman, A., farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Waukee.
Wood, B. F., farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Dallas Center.
YOUNG, HENRY, farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Waukee; owns
240 acres of land, valued at $25 per acre; born
in Prussia, Germany, in 1823; came to America in
1853; and located first in Cincinnati; removed to
his present farm in 1866; married Elizabeth Betz
in 1857; she was born in Guttenburg, Germany, in
1825; have three children: Charlie, Mary and Caroline.
ZIMMERMAN, J. D., fanner, Sec. 15; P. O. Waukee.
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ADEL TOWNSHIP.
AIG NER, I., farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. Adel.
Albin, Mary L., farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Dallas Center.
Anen, W. T., justice; Dallas Center.
BAILEY, J. A., P. O. Adel.
Batton, Joseph, farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Adel.
BARNGROVER, JOHN S., farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Adel;
born in Highland county, Ohio, September 26, 1822,
and was raised there until 20 years of age, then
removed to Indi!1na; he was in the Mexican war,
enlisted in 1846 in the 1st Regiment Indiana Volunteer
Infantry, 00. 0.; after his return he married Sarah
A. Kinnick, from Highland county, Ohio,
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April 13, 1848; they came by wagon to Iowa, and
arrived in this county, September], 1854, and located
where they now live; engaged in farming; he owns
150 acres of land; has held office of school director;
they have eight children: George W., Sarah A., Mary
E ,James A, Ohar1es E., Harvey M., Nettie and Frank
L.; have lost two children.
Barton, S. G, farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Dallas Center.
Bassart, A., retired, Dallas Center.
Bearr, Jacob, farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Dallas Center.
BECKER, PHILIP J., farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Dallas
Center; born in Germany, October 31, 1837; emigrated
to this country in May, 1849; came to Iowa and located
in Dallas county, at Adel, in July, 1853; he was
in the army, enlisted in April, 1861; he and William
Benton and John Gross were the first soldiers that
enlisted in Dallas county; he was in the battles
of Fort Donelson and Shiloh; and was discharged
On account of disability; after the war he engaged
in farming; married Miss Permelia Ellis, from Indiana,
July 16,1864; they have four children: George W.,
Allie, Caddie and Harry.
Booher, J. S., farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Ade1.
Bomberger, Charles, merchant tailor, Dallas Center.
Branniff, James, druggist, Dallas Center.
Branniff, B., clerk, Dallas Center.
BRENTON, WH. H., stock-dealer, buying and shipping
stock, Dallas Center; born in Johnson county, Indiana,
January 12, 1840; when thirteen years of age he
came with his parents to Iowa; they came by wagon
and arrived in this county in October, 1853, and
located about three miles south on Sec. 16; upon
the breaking out of the war he enlisted April 20,
1861, in the 2d Regiment Iowa Infantry, Co. D; he
was wounded in the battle of Fort Donnelson; after
the war he engaged in farming and stock-raising,
and feeding stock, and for the past few years has
bought and shipped stock extensively; he owns 960
acres of excellent land in this county; he married
Miss Mary E. Richmond, from Wayne county, New York,
May 25, 1862; they have three children: Charles
R., Clyde E. and Eva Ann.
Brockway, F., jeweler, Dallas Center.
Brown, John, laborer, Dallas Center.
Brown, Geo., retired, Dallas Center.
Brown, Martin, farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Adel.
Brown, Peter, laborer, Danas Center.
Buckley, C., retired, Dallas Center.
BURNS, MRS. MARY A., farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Dallas
Center; born in Pennsylvania; her maiden name was
Diddy; when quite young she came to Indiana, and
was brought up there; she married Samuel Burns in
Indiana; he died in 1855; after his death Mrs. Burns
came with her children to Iowa; she came by wagon
with other friends and was four weeks on the way,
and arrived in this county in 1855, and located
near where she now lives; she got 40 acres of land
and began farming and managed everything herself;
aided by her two sons, Henry T. and Peter E.; by
economy, industry and good management, they now
own 300 acres of good land, beside town property
in Adel and land in Kansas; Henry T. was in the
army; enlisted in August,
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1862, in the 39th Regiment Iowa Infantry, Co. B;
he was in the battles of Parker's Cross Roads; Altoona,
and in other fights and skirmishes; he was on duty
at headquarters, being escort and orderl.y for Gen.
Corse.
Burns, P. E., farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Dallas Center.
BYERS, CLAR, farmer and stockraiser, Sec. 22; P.
O. Ade1; born in Williams county, Ohio, in June,
1854; he came with his parents in infancy to Iowa;
they located in this county and he was raised here;
he is engaged in farming and raising fine horses,
and has some of great value; he married Mrs. Maggie
Orton, formerly Miss Maggie Brockway, from the State
of New York, in February, 1873; they own a farm
of 280 acres; have one son: Bert.
CADWELL, S. C., farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Dallas Center.
Cadwell, J. W., farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Dallas Center.
CHANCE, WILLIAM J., farmer, Sec. __; P. O. Adel;
born in Clay county, Indiana, October 13, 1852;
his parents came to Iowa and settled in this county
in 1855; he was brought up here and is engaged in
farming; he owns 72 1/2 acres of land; married Miss
Louisa Ellen Ganoe, a native of this State, March
30, 1873; they have one daughter: Mary Elizabeth.
Chance, J. A., Dallas Center.
Chance, L., farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Ade1.
Clark, Jesse J., farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Ade1.
Clark, John J., farmer, Sec. 28; .P. O. Ade1.
CLARK, M. F., farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 15;
P. O. Adel; born in Kentucky, November 13, 1818;
when ten years of age he came with his parents to
Indiana, and lived in Johnson county for twenty-five
years; then came to Iowa by wagon and arrived in
this county October 12, 1853, and located on his
present farm; he entered it from the government;
he was one of the early settlers; he owns a farm
of 160 acres; he has held school offices; he married
Miss Mary R. Burke, from Kentucky, May 10, 1840;
they have five children: Melinda M., Martha E.,
James W., George W. and Robert H.; they have lost
seven children.
Clary, Brothers, meat-market, Dallas Center.
Cler, Phillip, farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Adel.
Collins, Daniel, blacksmith, Dallas Center.
Collins, Edgar, Dallas Center.
Condron, M., farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Dallas Center.
Condron, John, farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Dallas Center.
Cook, Manervia, farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Dallas Center.
Craig, Joseph, farmer, Sec. 25; P. O. Adel.
Criley, B. H., Physician, Dallas Center.
Crookshank, J., farmer; Sec. 5; P. O. Dallas Center.
Crouch, Charles, farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Dallas Center.
CURTIS, CHARLES W., farmer and stock-raiser, Sec.
16; P. O. Adel; born in Ohio August 21, 1844; when
only ten years of age he came to Iowa, to Monona
county; he went in the army; enlisted in October,
1862, in the 2d Iowa Battery; he was in the siege
of Vicksburg, Jackson and Mobile, and in many other
battles; was in the service three years; after the
war he came to this county, in 1866, and engaged
in farming; owns 245 acres of land, and has held
town and school offices; he married Miss Susan E.
Kinnick, from Indiana, September 11, 1866; they
have six children: Kittie A.,
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Frank L., John, George, Enos and Willie.
DANIELS, W., farmer; P. O. Dallas Center.
Decker, J. C., farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Dallas Center.
Diddy, Peter, farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Adel.
DUGAN, JAMES, farmer, SM. 13; P. O. Dallas Center;
born in Ireland February] 5, 1843; he came to Canada
in 1848; in 1851 he came to the United States; lived
in the State of New York; then went to Wisconsin,
where he married Miss Margaret Markey, from Wisconsin,
June 28, 1869; they came to Iowa and located in
Dallas county in March, 1871, and engaged in farming
and stock-raising; he owns a farm of 160 acres;
they have four children: Katie, Thomas, James A.
and John L., and have lost two children.
Durkis, Adam, farmer; P. O. Dallas Center.
Durkis, Henry., farmer; P. O. Dallas Center.
Durkis, Y., farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Dallas Center.
EASTON, J. S., lumber-dealer, Dallas Center.
Emert, C., tree agent, Dallas Center.
FAIRFIELD, WM., drayman, Dallas Center.
FARLOW, I. J., farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Adel; owns
a farm of 420 acres; was born in Rush county, Indiana,
April 11, 1827: his parents moved to Madison county,
Indiana, when he was eight years old; he emigrated
to Iowa and Da1las county in 1854, and located in
Adel, where he worked at his trade two years (that
of a carpenter); he moved on his present farm in
1863; he married Martha E. Bringham, November 25,
1855; she was born in Tippecanoe county, Indiana,
in 1837; they have five sons and three daughters:
Henry M., James N., Edward J., Walter R., Mary E.,
Albert A., Julia E. and Ida L.
Ferguson, T. W., harness-shop, Dallas Center.
Ferguson, W. W., Dallas Center.
Finn, Michael, Dallas Center.
Finn, P.O., farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Adel.
FLEISCHMAN, J. E., dealer in dry goods, groceries
and clothing, Dallas Center; born in Mobile, Alabama,
in 1829; he was raised in St. Louis, and came to
Iowa in 18M; in 1856 he located in Des Moines, and
came to this county in 1861; he has been engaged
in business here since 1869--a longer time than
anyone here doing a general mercantile trade.
[Since the above sketch was written,
and as we were about to go to press, we have learned
of the death of Mr. Fleischman, which took place
the 8th of March, 1879.]
Fleming, Catherine, Dallas Center. Foster, T. R.,
farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Adel.
Fox, John, merchant, Dallas Center.
Freund, J., saloon, Dallas Center.
FREEMAN, NATHANIEL, farmer and buying and shipping
stock, Sec. 17; P. O. Adel; born in Johnson county,
Indiana, November 6, 1835; was brought up and raised
there until 20 years of age, when he came to Iowa
by wagon, and was 18 days on the way, and arrived
in this county October 2, 1855; he is engaged in
farming and owns a farm of 200 acres; for the past
10 years has been engaged in buying and shipping
stock; he has held town and school offices; he married
Miss Elizabeth Sutton from Indiana, in July, 1862;
they have six children: Amanda M., Alvaretta, Nathaniel
F., Lovell, Forest and a little boy infant; have
lost one daughter.
FRUSH, E. F., farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 26;
P. O. Adel; born
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in Harrison county, Virginia, November 17, 1833;
he was raised in Indiana, and came to Iowa with
his buggy and team, and was 16 days on the way;
arrived in Dallas county, at Adel, in August, 1855;
engaged in the livery business for 2 years; then
engaged in farming and stock business; he owns 440
acres of land; he married Mary E. Gregg, from Indiana,
June 29, 1859; they have two children: Mary and
Elizabeth.
GARMAN, W., wagon-maker, Dallas Center.
Garner, Peter, farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Dallas Center.
Garman, Wm., wagon-maker, Dallas Center.
GAROUTTE, C. P., farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Adel; was
born in Gloster county, New Jersey, October 12,
1810; he lived there until he was 19 years of age;
his parents then moved to Highland county, Ohio,
where he remained until 1834; he then emigrated
to Hancock county, Illinois; while there he married
Sarah A. Sheppard, November 8, 1843; she was born
in Vermont, November 6, 1821; they came to this
county in 1852, and located where they now live;
farm 124t acres; they have a family of five sons
and four daughter: Anne S., born October 2, 1844;
Michael, born August 24, 1846; George W., born August
29, 1848; Theodore C., born May 15, 1853; Charles
S., born September 8, 1855; Hattie R., born October
7, 1857; Flora C., born October 29, 1859; Mary E.,
born October 3, 1862; William M., born September
6, 1864.
GAROUTTE, GEORGE P., farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Dallas
Center; born in Gloucester county, New Jersey, May
1, 1809; where he lived until he was 21 years of
age; he came to Ohio in the fall of 1830; lived
in Cincinnati 7 years; he married Maria Eggman April
31,1833; she was a native of Port Elizabeth, New
Jersey; they lived in Cincinnati until 1843, and
then removed to Greene county, Missouri; they came
to Iowa and this county October 15, 1847, and were
among the first settlers; he entered the land from
the government on which he now lives; his wife died
March 21, 1870; they had eleven children, eight
of whom are living: Sarah, Joseph H., Howard N.,
Michael L. and Maria J--all living in Oregon; Washington
M., Adam and Lucy A. living at home; he married
again to Catherine Gross, in August, 1870; she was
born in Ohio; they have four children: Mark, Pomeroy,
May J. and Royal F. Mr. Garoutte owns 237 acres
of land. When Mr. Garoutte came to this county and
settled, in 1847, he found an uncultivated wilderness
about him-no white neighbors nearer than Adel (then
called Penoach), and none but Indians north of him;
one pair of horses, a wagon, and $30 in money embraced
all of his earthly possessions; he laid the foundation
of his future home in the construction of a rude
cabin; after thus providing a shelter for his fami1y,
with the characteristic energy of a frontier farmer,
he set to work to clear a portion of his land for
cultivation, and soon had 100 acres of heavy timber-land
subdued; the first winter demanded some provision
for his family, so he purchased a shoat of 80 pounds,
and a small quantity of corn; this with venison,
wild turkey, plenty of fish and coon, with coon
lard to shorten their corn dodgers, constituted
their supplies; Sammy Miller had a rude contrivance
for grinding corn; Oskaloosa furnished the nearest
mill; in the winter of 1848 Mr. Garoutte undertook
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journey of 90 miles to mill, the snow being so
deep that none of his neighbors would venture upon
it; on his return his supply of meal was divided
among his neighbors, but being insufficient for
all, it was soon exhausted, and they lived, as did
their neighbors during the rest of the winter, on
boiled corn, or, if they wanted to make bread, they
provided meal by pounding corn in a mortar; there
were plenty of Indians in this locality then, and
friendly disposed; often the women would visit Mrs.
Garoutte, particularly if she was sick, but never
allowed their men to come; a small amount of trading
was done at Penoach, and also at Des Moines.
Greene, Benj., farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Adel.
Grief, Conrad, blacksmith, Dallas Center.
Gross, I. H., farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Adel.
HALL, LORENZO, farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Dallas Center.
Hartwig, A., carpenter, Dallas Center.
Harris, James, farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Adel.
Hardison, P. S. farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Adel.
Harvey, Richard, farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Adel.
Harris, P. W., farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Adel.
Harper, M. W., farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Adel.
HARRIS, EDWARD, farmer, Sec. 25; P. O. Adel; born
in England, May 4, 1827; he came with his parents
in infancy to America. and was raised in the State
of New York; he came to Johnson county, Iowa, in
1855, and lived there until 1872; he came to this
county in 1874, and engaged in farming; he owns
200 acres of land; he was in the army, enlisted
in the 22nd Regiment Iowa Infantry, Co. K, but was
discharged on account of sickness; he married Sarah
E. Ford, from the State of New York, March 29, 1858;
they have five children: Nettie E., Emma B., Ella,
Mary and Rhoda; they lost one daughter: Annie.
HAWORTH, COLUMBUS, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec.
18; P. O. Ade1; born in Van Meter township, Dallas
county, Iowa, Oct. 28, 1849; when 16 years of age
he went with his parents to Oregon, and remained,
there three years, and returned to this county in
1868 and engaged in farming and stock-raising; he
and his father own 336 acres of land; he married
Miss Annie Slaughter, from this county, in Sept.,
1871; they have three children: Alice, Morris W.
and Minnie. George Haworth, father of Columbus,
was born in Vermillion county, Illinois, in 1821;
he came to Iowa, and located in this county in 1845,
and was one of the first sett1ers in the county;
he married Mary Stump, from Indiana, in 1847; she
was one of the earliest settlers of the county.
There are only a very few that have lived in this
county as long as they. They have four children:
Sarah, Columbus, Perry and John T; and have lost
two children.
Hayworth, Geo., farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Adel.
HOOPES, JOHN M., attorney at law, Dallas Center;
born in Montgomery county, Ohio, August 15, 1839;
when 18 years of age he came with his parents to
Iowa, and located in Dubuque county in 1857; he
was in the army, enlisted in the 1st Regiment Iowa
Cavalry, Co. M; was in the battles of Prairie Grove,
Little Rock, and many other fights and skirmishes;
was in the service three years; he came to Dallas
county in 1869; he
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read law and was admitted to the bar in 1877; he
married Effie Gibbs, from Lyons, Iowa, in Dec.,
1867; she died Oct. 26, 1876, leaving two children:
William A. and John W. He married Carrie Wickersham,
from Lee county, Iowa, Sept. 12, 1878.
Holmes, N., farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Adel.
HUBBARD, F., dealer in agricultural implements,
Dallas Center; born in Sangerfield, New York, December
;13,1824, and was raised in Orleans county; he married
Miss Eunice Potter, of Pennsylvania, in 1850; she
died in 1860, leaving two children: Mrs. Amelia
S. Pollard, and Mrs. Hattie K Johnson, now living
in Rock Island. He came to Illinois in 1860, and
located in Morrison, Whiteside county, and engaged
in business there; he married Charlotte Otis, in
Chicago, hl 1864; he came to Dallas county in 1871,
and located in Dallas Center, and engaged in dealing
in farm machinery, and is doing a large and extensive
business--during last year he sold over 100 Moline
wagons; he has five children: Olive, Fortunatis,
Otis A., Alexis and Asahel.
Humphrey, J. W., station agent, Dallas Center.
Hutchinson, Mrs. Lucy, proprietor of Grant House,
Dallas Center.
Hutchins, J. D., farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Adel.
Husband, M, miller, Dallas Center.
INESON, SAM'L, farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Dallas Center.
JAMISON, W. S., livery stable, Dallas Center.
Jennings, J. R., laborer, Dallas Center.
Jones, B. F., miller, Dallas Center.
KEIFL, F. X., soap-maker; P. O. Adel
Kenworthy Bros., grain and stock
dealers, Dallas Center.
King, J. H., farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Dallas Center.
KING, MRS. ESTHER, farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Dallas
Center; born in Chatham county, North Carolina;
her maiden name was Esther Washburn; when 13 years
of age she came to Indiana, and was raised there,
and married Coleman M. King, from Pennsylvania county,
Virginia, January 13, 1842; they came to Iowa in
a wagon, and Was 23 days on the way, and arrived
in this county Oct. 10; 1853, and located where
they now live, and were among the early settlers;
Mr. King died February 18, 1878, leaving nine children:
Martha J., Amanda K, Emily A., Sarah M., Marian
J., Obed T., Millie, Nancy and W Lavisa; lost one
daughter; Mrs. King owns a farm of 80 acres.
KING, ISAAC F., farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Dallas Center:
born in Highland county, Ohio, October 1,1818; he
was brought up in that and in Clinton counties;
he married Kate Hiltebrand, from Highland county,
Ohio, October 1, 1840; they came to Iowa, and arrived
in this county, on the farm where they now live,
November 4, 1852; there are very few except his
neighbors, George Garoutte and Judge Burns, that
were here when he came; he owns a. farm of 160 acres;
has held school offices for many years; they have
eight children: Sarah 0., Mary A., David, Jasper,
Nancy, Ella, Louie and Jackson; have lost two children.
David was in the army four years, in the Fifteenth
Regiment Iowa Infantry, Co. B.
KINNICK, WILLIAM B., farmer and stock dealer, Sec.
8; P. O. Adel; born in Johnson county, Indiana,
March 20, 1849; whim only five years of age he came
with ,his parents by wagon to Iowa; they were about
one month on.
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the way, and arrived in Dallas county in October,
1855; he and his brother have been engaged in feeding,
and buying and shipping stock; he married Miss Mary
J. Stump, from Indiana, March 3, ] 875; they have
one son: Frank B. Mr. Kinnick's mother, Mrs. Sarah
Kinnick, lives with him; her husband died in 1861,
leaving three sons and three daughters; two of their
sons were in the army; John T. was in the Second
Iowa Battery three years; Richard R. was in the
Thirty-ninth Regiment Iowa Infantry, Co. C, one'
and one-half years.
KINNICK, JOHN T., farmer and stock-dealer, Sec.
16; P. O. Adel; horn in Johnson county, Indiana,
March 16, 1842; when twelve years of age he came
with his parents to Iowa; they came by wagon, and
were about one month on the way; arrived in Dallas
county in October, 1855; on the breaking ant of
the war he enlisted, in 1861, in the Second Iowa
Battery; he was in every battle that the battery
was engaged in; was in the service three years;
after he returned from the army lie engaged in farming
and stock raising, and owns] 70 acres of land; he
married Miss Annie Graham, from Illinois, September
29, 1868; she died May 28, 1878, leaving two children:
Willie G. and Nellie; they lost two children.
Kramer, J. W., clerk; Dallas Center.
Kramer, J. I., drayman; Dallas Center.
LEAVERTON, MRS. MARY A., farmer, Sec. 18; P.O. Adel;
owns a farm of 40 acres; widow of Jolin Leaverton,
who was born near Indianapolis, Indiana, March 22,
1819; he came to this county in 1854, and located
in this township; Mrs. L's maiden name was Brobst;
she was born in North Hampton county, Pennsylvania,
July 3, 1829; they were married March 1, 1857 he
died March 9, 1864, leaving a family of three sons
and one daughter: Lucetta, Solomon A., John W.,
Aaron A. Mr. L. had four children by a former marriage:
Sarah J., James F., Thomas J. and Martin A. Mrs.
L. has two children by a former marriage: Martin
B. Yoxthermer and Edward.
LEAMING, WILLIAM J., farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Adel;
born in Jefferson county, Iowa, May 18, 1841; when
eight years of age he came with his parents to Dallas
county; they located at Learning's Point, and he
was raised here; he enlisted in the Second Iowa
Battery; was in the battle of Nashville, siege of
Spanish Fort, and in many fights and skirmishes;
after he returned from the army he engaged in farming;
he l1ad nothing, and by industry and good management
now owns 200 acres of land; he held the office of
constable three years; he married Miss Martha E.
Clark July 3,1861; she was born in Indiana, and
is a daughter of M. F. Clark, an old settler of
this county; they have three children: Mattie, Mary
and Rosa; have lost two children.
Leaming, Ed, farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Adel.
Lanning, Henry, farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Dallas Center
Long, Robert, farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Adel.
Long, W. K., farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Ade1.
LORING, .JAMES L., Dallas Center; born in Boston,
Massachusetts, September 20,1833; he was raised
and received his education there, graduating at
the Boston Latin school; when sixteen years of age
he went to South America; he also went to California
and remained three years; then came to
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Ohio, and was civil engineer an the Atlantic and
Great Western R. R.;- in 1856 he came to Iowa; at
that time there was only forty miles of railroad
in the State; he was one of the first engineers
in constructing the Des Moines Valley R. R., and
had charge of the division from Croton to Bentonsport,
and run the first lines on the Burlington &
Southwestern R. R. from Farmington to Upton; he
lived in Keosauqua, and was engaged as deputy in
the office of the county treasurer & recorder,
and other county offices far eight years; came to
Dallas county in 1870; was engaged in the hardware
business; holds the office of justice of the peace;
he married Miss Emma Gebhardt, from Ohio, in November,
1871; they have four children: Joseph, Harry, Frank
and John.
Lunn, Julia A., farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Dallas Center.
McCALL, JOHN, farmer, Sec. 1: P. O. Dallas Center.
McGrath, P., saloon; Dallas Center.
McGraph, J. F., blacksmith; Dallas Center.
McLane, P. C., farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Dallas Center.
Mann, Thomas, farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Adel
Martin & Woodward, hardware & agricultural
implements; Dallas Center.
MARTIN, D. P., firm of Martin & Woodward, dealers
in hardware and farm machinery, Dallas Center; born
in Washington county, Pennsylvania, April 20, 1838;
he was raised in Ohio; then removed to Indiana,
and lived there eight years; he married Miss Mary
A. Woodward, from Indiana, in April, 1864; they
carne to this county in 1868,and he has been engaged
in his present business since 1871; they have four
children: Willard R., Homer E., Herbert O. and Edith
W. They have lost one san and one daughter.
Melick & Fox, general merchandise, Dallas Center.
MERICAL, BENJAMIN, farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Adel;
barn in Ulster county, New York, May 22, 1812; he
was raised there and removed to Ross county, Ohio,
where he married Miss Magdalen Smith, from Montgomery
county, Virginia, March 12, 1838; they removed to
Indiana, and came to Iowa by wagon and were five
weeks an the way; arrived in this county in October,
1852, and settled an the place where he now lives;
entered their land from the government and engaged
in farming; he owns 275 acres of land and has held
office of school director; have seven children:
Levi, Henry, Mary B., Townsend, Paulina, Annie and
Sarah. Have last five; they had two sons in the
army: Abraham and John, who enlisted in the 39th
Regiment Iowa Infantry, Company C.; they died of
disease.
Merical, L., farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Dallas Center.
Mellick, S. P., merchant, Dallas Center.
Michener, J. C., farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Adel.
Miller, D. W., runs ditching machine, Dallas Center.
Miller, J. K., fanner, Sec. 33; P. O. Adel.
MILLS, I. J., farmer and stock-dealer, Sec. 18;
awns a farm of 85 acres; was born in Madison county,
Indiana, December 2, 1842; he came to this county
with his parents in 1856; he married Miss Mary J.
Clark, December 22, 1864; she was barn in Putnam
county, Indiana, May 12, 1848; have four sons, and
three daughters: Willard E., James N., Ellen B.,
Baxter, Rosa .L., Minnie M. and Jennie C. Mr. M.
was the greenback candidate for county
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clerk in 1878; was a member of the board of supervisors
one term; was secretary of the Dallas County Agricultural
Association two years; he taught school for thirteen
years, commencing when nineteen years of age.
MILLER, JOHN, farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Adel; born
in Clay county, Illinois, July 27, 1824; at an early
age he went with his parents to Indiana, and from
there he went to Illinois; he saw the corner stone
laid of the Mormon temple in Hancock county; he
came to Iowa and lived in Jefferson county; then
came to Polk county where Des Moines now is located
in 1843, the year the soldiers came; he was in the
government employ, splitting rails to fence the
government farm; he came to Dallas county in the
fall of 1845, and was one of the earliest settlers;
he made the claim where John Clark now lives, and
three others; he married Rachel Dailey, from Ohio,
in Wapello county, September 11, 1846; his marriage
license was the first one ever issued in Wapello
county; his wife died September 19, 1846, leaving
one daughter, who died; he again married Annis Bellotte,
from Tennessee, December 4, 1848; she was born August
30, 1824; there are only a few as old settlers as
Mr. Miller in this county; in 1866 he, with his
family, went to Oregon Territory, and after remaining
there three years he was satisfied to come back
to Dallas county, where he now lives engaged in
farming; he owns a farm of 90 acres; have nine children:
seven daughters and two sons. Lost three sons.
MORGAN, I. G., druggist and fancy goods, Dallas
Center; born in Addison, Addison county, Vermont,
February 8, 1831; when quite young his father bought
the old garrison grounds, across Lake Champlain
at Crown Point, and he went there with his parents;
the garrison was built by the French and rebuilt
by the English; his first recollection was of the
old barracks: the garden was called the King's Garden
surrounded by a lime-stone wall; when twelve years
of age he went to Brandon, Vermont, and was raised
there until nineteen years old; then went to the
city of New York and lived there five years; while
living there he married Miss Ann Eliza Martin, daughter
of Henry S. Martin, of Poughkeepsie, New York, July
18, 1854; they removed to Wisconsin; after living
there five years, and in Missouri one year, they
returned to Ithaca, New York; during the war he
went out with the 137th Regiment New York Infantry;
he was in the engineer corps, and afterward run
a commissary train for two years with General Sherman,
and was one of the very few in the commissary department
who, upon settling their accounts with the government
at the close of the war, accounted for and delivered
more than he was charged with; after the war, in
1868, he came to Des Moines, and was there six years;
came to Dallas Center in 1874, and engaged in business,
and has the finest drug store in Dallas county;
have three children: Franklin, Roola and Burdette
W.
Morgan Wm., Dallas Center.
Moran, D., farmer, Sec. 25; P. O. Waukee.
Morain, J. J., farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Adel.
Mosher, C., banker, Dallas Center.
NAREY, J., boot and shoe shop, Dallas Center.
Nazarene & Ringer, bakery and restaurant, Dallas
Center.
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Nazarene, E. L., bakery and restaurant, Dallas
Center.
Neff, D. F., carpenter, Dallas Center.
ORTON, R. Z., farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Adel.
Oswalt, J., farmer, Sec. 27; P, O. Adel.
PAYNE, J. M., farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Adel.
Perkins, Mrs. A. A., proprietor of Dallas Center
hotel.
Prime, F., wagon-maker, Dallas Center.
Piercey, J. T., farmer, Dallas Center.
PURINTON, J. K., dealer in hardware, stoves and
tinware, Dallas Center; born in Canada, January
31, 1842; he was mostly raised there and came to
the United States to live when nineteen years of
age; he came to Iowa and located in this county
in 1861; he came to Dallas Center in 1870 and engaged
in his present business; he has recently invented
and patented a useful furnace for cooking purposes,
on a large or small scale, with a wash-boiler connected;
it promises to become very useful; he married Miss
Mary J. Robbins, from Indiana, in 1866; they have
four children: Flora Belle, Cora Alice, Sophia May
and an infant son.
RATHBUN, H. G., plaining mill, Dallas Center.
RATHBUN, C, B., superintendent Dallas county Poor
Farm, Sec. 7; P. O. Danas Center; born in Franklin
county, New York, October 24, 1839, and was brought
up and lived there until the breaking out of the
war; he enlisted August 6, 1862, in the 106th Regiment
New York Volunteer Infantry, Co. E; was in the service
three years; was discharged in August, 1865; he
came to Iowa in 1871 and located in Dallas Center;
married Miss Eliza J. Owen, from Franklin county,
New York, in 1865; they have two children: Frank
C. and Willie E.
Rawson, A. E., dentist, Dallas Center.
RICHMOND, RUFUS R., farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Dallas
Center; born in Columbia county, New York, January
17, 1815; he was raised there and in Wayne county,
and came to Iowa and settled in this county in June,
1855; located near where he now lives and engaged
in farming; after the war broke out he enlisted
in the 23d Regiment Iowa Infantry, Co. G, and was
in all the battles of the Regiment except two; he
was in the service three years; he has held office
of assessor and was elected justice of the peace
at the recent election; he owns 330 acres of land;
he married Ann Rossman, from the State of New York,
in 1840; she died in January, 1866, leaving six
children: Mary E., Allen R., Cassius M., James A.,
Richard M. and Edward A.; Allen R. was in the 17th
Regiment Iowa Infantry, Co. G, and was killed at
the battle of Iuka; Cassius M. was in the 23d Regiment
Iowa Infantry, Co. G, and died in the hospital.
Mr. Richmond again married in 1868 to Elizabeth
Barton, from Columbia county, New York.
Richmond, R. M., farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Dallas
Center.
Richmond, .J. A., stock-dealer, Dallas Center.
Ridge, F., farmer, Sec. 25; P. O. Waukee.
ROSS, ROBERT H., farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Adel; born
in the State of Kentucky, April 29, 1823, when six
years of' age he removed with his parents to Johnson
county, Indiana, and was brought up there; he came
to Iowa and located in this county, where he now
lives, in 1854, and engaged in
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farming; he owns 195 acres of land; he was in the
army; enlisted in the 39th Regiment Iowa Infantry,
Co. C; was in the battles of Altoona Pass, Parker's
Cross Roads, and in many fights and skirmishes;
he has held school offices: married Tabitha J. Hubbel,
from Indiana, in 1836; they have seven children:
Mary Ann, Isaac L., Sarah, Belle, Henry, Cummings
and Walter; they have lost five children; one of
his sons was in the army, in the 5th Regiment Indiana
Cavalry, and was taken prisoner and died in, a Southern
prison.
Robinson, O. A., farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Dallas
Center,
Roberts, R., miller, Dallas Center.
Roland, G. W., farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Adel.
Rudrow, W. S., farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Adel.
SAUNDERS, HENRY, saloon, Dallas Center.
SCHLEYER, FRANK S., farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Dallas
Center; born in Germany, January 16, 1827, and was
raised there and learned the trade of white-smith;
he emigrated to America in 1848, and lived in Pennsylvania
and Ohio until 1855; he then went to California
and was there eight years; engaged in mining, blacksmithing
and engineering; he returned in 1869, and located
in Dallas county, and engaged in farming and stock-raising;
he owns a farm of 160 acres; he married Miss Kittie
Markey, from Wisconsin, August 20, 1875; they have
one daughter: Mary.
SCHLOHSER, JOHN, farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Dallas
Center; born in Germany in December, 1818; he immigrated
to America in 1843; settled in Pennsylvania, and
lived there four years; married Nancy Eshelman,
from Pennsylvania, in 1847; they went to Ohio and
lived there six years; they came to Iowa and settled
in Dallas county in the fall of 1854, and located
where they now live; he. entered 120 acres of land
from the government and began farming; he now owns
300 acres of land; they have six children: Willie
H., Kathrina, Mary, Sarah, Emma and Rebecca.
Schlosser, W., farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Dallas Center.
Schamel & Loughran, grain-dealers, Dallas Center.
Shaffer, Adam, farmer, Sec. 9; P, O. Dallas Center.
Sheller, John, Dallas Center.
Simpson, S. N., farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Dallas Center.
SLAUGHTER, MARTIN L., farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Adel;
born in Wayne county, Indiana, May 9, 1844; when
nine years of .age he came with his parents to Iowa
by wagon, and , was about a month on the way, and
arrived in this county in May, 1853.; he was in
the army; enlisted in the 39th Regiment Iowa Infantry,
Co. C, and was discharged in February, 1863; re-enlisted
in the same regiment, Co. C, February 24, 1864,
and was mustered out July 12, 1865; after the war
he returned and engaged in farming; owns a farm
of eighty acres in Sugar Grove township; married
Miss Sarah A. Mullen, from Indiana, January 27,1866;
they have two children: Oscar J. and Eulilla; lost
one daughter, Octavia.
Slocum, Joseph, farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Dallas Center;
SLOANE, SAM. G., publisher of the Dallas Center
Globe, Dallas Center; born in Clinton county, Ohio,
September 7, 1851; when only two years of age his
parents came to Iowa and located in Dallas county;
they removed to Chariton, Lucas county, and lived
there two years, and went to Sioux City,
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where they lived until the death of his father,
Dr. Sloane; in the fall of 1860 his mother returned
to this county and located in Adel, and he was raised
here: served apprenticeship in the printing business;
he established the Dallas Center Globe, and got
out his first issue December 31, 1875; he married
Miss Emma Louise Brockway, from Clyde, Wayne county,
New York, July 26, 1876; they have one daughter,
Verva Mary, born October 1, 1877.
Smart, David, land-agent, Dallas Center.
Smith, A. B., merchant, Dallas Center.
SQUIRES, CHRISTIAN, farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Adel:
born in Canada June 7, 1837; when sixteen years
of age he came to Warren county, Illinois; he married
Arminda McGahey, from Warren county, Illinois, January
23,1863; they came to Iowa in 1868, and he engaged
in farming; owns 120 acres of land; they have four
children: S. Edwin, Abbie May, Sciota J. and Nellie
F.
Starrs, W. H., farmer, Sec. 36; P.O. Waukee.
Stevens, E. J. M., boot and shoe, dealer, Dallas
Center.
STEELE, O. N., firm of Smart & Steele, Danas
Center; born in Loraine county, Ohio, August 25,
1843; he was raised there until thirteen years of
age, and came to Iowa in 1856; he returned to Ohio
and completed his education, and came to Lee county,
Iowa, in 1861, and was engaged in mercantile business
there for seven years; came to Dallas county in
1869 and brought the first goods to this town, and
engaged in the mercantile business; he has held
the office of postmaster for the past five years,
and also holds the office of justice of the peace;
he married Ella Russell, from Laporte county Indiana,
April, 28, 1877.
Stitzel, H., farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Dallas Center.
Sweezey, E. P., farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Waukee.
SYLVESTER, .JOHN, farmer, Sec. 8: P. O. Adel; born
in Boston, Massachusetts, Aug. 11, 1802, and was
brought up there, and served an apprenticeship to
the coopers trade; he followed a seafaring life
for three years, then went to North Carolina and
married Cassandra Slaughter from that State; they
came to Indiana in 1833; lived there twenty-one
years, and came, with their own wagon, to Iowa,
and located where they now live, in the fall of
1854, and engaged in farming; and has lived here
over twenty-four years; he owns a farm of seventy
acres; they have three children: John A., Elizabeth
and Maria L.
THOMAS W. H., farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Dallas Center.
Townsend & Cartright. hardware, queensware,
and furniture dealers, Dallas Center.
Turner, P.O., farmer, Sec: 35; P. O. Adel.
USTICK. N. M. Y., farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Dallas
Center; born in Marion county, Ohio, May 8, 1824;
and was raised there until fifteen years of age,
then removed to Morrison, Whiteside county, Illinois,
where he remained until coming to Dal1as county
in April, 1871; he located in Dallas Center and
engaged in the agricultural implement business with
Mr. Hubbard: has been engaged in farming for the
past two years; he owns a farm of 136 acres, besides
town and business property in Dallas Center; has
held office of assessor; married Amelia O. Barnum,
from Olean, New York, Feb. 12, 1867; they have four
children:
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May E., Myrtie A., Carl M. and Julia B.
VAN 0DUSEN, M. .S., carpenter, Dallas Center.
VOGUS, FRANCIS, farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Dallas Center;
born in Venango county, Pennsylvania, Sept. 25,
1820, and was raised there; he married Miss Sarah
Whitman, from Venango county, Pennsylvania, February
22, 1848; they emigrated to Illinois, and located
in Henry county, in 1855, and lived there until
1870, when they came to Iowa, and located in this
county; and since then have resided here; he owns
a farm of 160 acres; he was in the army, enlisted
in 1861 in the 9th Illinois Cavalry, Co. C; was
in the service four years, and was in many battles
and skirmishes; they have three children: James
M., Charles N. and Abbie A.; he has one son: William
J. by a former wife.
Van Fossen, W., farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Adel.
VAN FOSSEN, DR. EZRA, physician and farmer, Sec.
31; P. O. Adel; born in Alleghany county, Pennsylvania,
May 17, 1817; when only three years of age his parents
removed to Columbiana county, Ohio; and he was raised
there; he studied medicine in Ohio, and graduated
at Rush Medical College, Chicago, about 1850, and
began the practice of medicine in Indiana; he married
Miss Elizabeth Kinnear, from Indiana, in January,
1846; on account of his health not being good, and
having a taste for farming, and fruit culture, he
and his family emigrated to Iowa; they came in a
large "prairie schooner," he and his wife
and three children, and was twenty-eight days on
the way, and arrived in Adel October 7, 1852, and
were among the earliest settlers in Adel; he entered
most of the land where he now lives from the government;
he engaged in the practice of medicine about six
years, then gave his whole attention to farming
and fruit-growing; he owns a very fine farm of 350acres,
in one of the finest locations in the county; they
have five children: Walter, Sarah, Horace, Ralph
and Frank; and have lost two children: John and
Mary.
WHITE, JOHN, farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Dallas Center.
White, D. W., farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Adel.
Witham, Emily, farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Adel.
WOODWARD, ORVILLE R., firm of Martin & Woodward,
dealers in hardware and agricultural implements,
Dallas Center; born in Marshall county, Indiana,
July 26,1850, and was raised there until fifteen
years of age; then came to Iowa and located in Dallas
county, March 18, 1865; he has been engaged with
Mr. Martin in business since 1873; he married Miss
Sarah Read, from Toledo, Ohio, December 30, 1875.
ZEIGLER, J., Dallas Center.
Zook, G. W., dry goods, Dallas Center.
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