[page 629 ]JOHN S. MILLARD represents the farming interests of a much respected gentleman who was formerly a citizen of Cherokee County, Mr. John C. Brougham. He is a man of large and favorable acquaintance [page 630 ] in the county, and conducted an extensive business while residing here. Mr. Millard controls over 1,000 acres of farming land and pasture, including the well-known farm upon which Mr. Brougham made his home. John S. Millard was born near Harrisburgh, Pennsylvania, February 15, 1846, and is a son of John and Sarah (Strominger) Millard, also natives of Pennsylvania. HIs father died in 1875, but his mother is still living in York County, Pennsylvania, at the ripe old age of eighty years. John remained at home until he had reached his majority. Although employed by different parties, he ever called the old place "home." Mr. Millard was united in marriage July 7, 1871, in York County, Pennsylvania, to Miss Mary E. Cocklin, a native of Sherherdstown, Pennsylvania, and a daughter of Peter and Lovina Cocklin. She was born August 25, 1854. After his marriage Mr. Millard worked at the forge as hammerman in the Penn Steel Works at Steelton, Pennsylvania. HIs father-in-law becoming interested in the Halbach Hotel, a noted summer resort a few miles from Harrisburgh, he worked for him in the hostelry one season, and then rented a farm and engaged in agriculture for three years. In February, 1883, he came to Iowa, and his first employer was Mr. Brougham, for whom he and his wife worked for nearly two years. Since that time he has rented Mr. Brougham's farm, and does an extensive business. He keeps 250 head of cattle, feeds about 100 hogs, and breeds Norman and Morgan horses, having about thirty head. Mr. and Mrs. Millard have one child, Peter Carey, born June 30, 1876. Mr. Brougham, now a resident of London, is kindly remembered by all who came in contact with him while he personally had charge of his farm in this county. He could not have been more fortunate in getting a man to care for his interests in his absence than he has been in securing the services of Mr. Millard, who stands in the highest estimation of his neighbors and business associates. Politically he affiliates with the Democratic party. JOHN WHITNEY has been identified with the interests of Cherokee County since June, 1867. He was born in Onondaga County, New York, June 26, 1838. His father was Warren Whitney, a native of Vermont, of French descent, and his mother's name was Lorinda Austin; she was born in the State of New York, and was of Dutch descent. Young Whitney was only thirteen years of age when he went to Wisconsin and settled in Dane County; thence he removed to Outagamie County. In 1866 he decided to go to Iowa and look up a location, and the year following he brought his family to their new home. He had entered eighty acres of Government land in Afton Township, on which he built a house and made many other improvements. He sold his place and invested in land in Spring Township; as his means increased he made additions to his first purchase until he now owns 500 acres in Spring and Cedar township, which is well improved and in an advanced state of cultivation. He devotes his exclusive time and attention to agricultural pursuits, and his success is evident to the casual observer, as there is an unmistakable air of thrift about the Whitney farm. Mr. Whitney was united in marriage to Miss Harriet Brott, a native of Outagamie County, Wisconsin, and a daughter of Michael and Hannah (Paris) Brott. Mr. and Mrs. Whitney are the parents of eight children: Mary, wife of Henry [page 631 ] Coleman; Laura, wife of Ezra Ware; Hattie, wife of Peter Farley; John J., Hannah, Warren, Nellie and Walter. Since his residence in the county Mr. Whitney has done his share in forwarding all enterprises having for their object the advancement of the community, and he is recognized as one of the reliable and leading farmers of the county. -631- LEWIS JAMES McCULLA is one of three original homesteaders still living in Spring Township. He settled upon the land which is now his home in the spring of 1870, and his farm now consists of 700 acres of fine land, lying principally in O'Brien County. Mr. McCulla was born in Montreal, Canada, September 20, 1843, and is the eldest of four children, the others are Ellen, Sarah, and the well-known editor of the Cherokee Times. When but a boy our subject removed with his family to buffalo, New York, and in 1857 he migrated to Iowa, and settled in Muscatine County. At the age of fifteen years he secured a position on a river steamboat, and for three years followed the river. He then decided to further fit himself for the battle of life by learning a trade, and accordingly entered a machine shop at Muscatine, Iowa, working for one year, in which he made satisfactory progress. It was at that time there was a call for men to go to the defense of this nation's flag, and Mr. McCulla responded, enlisting in Company H, Eleventh Iowa Volunteer Infantry. At Lake Providence, Louisiana, he was transferred to the Sixty-first Missouri Light Artillery, with which he served until the battle of Atlanta, when he was sent on a foraging expedition, and was captured by guerrillas, and for six months was confined in prison. But one besides himself of the eight men captured from his county came out alive. He had participated in many of the severest battles of the war, among them Shiloh, the siege of Corinth, Meadow Station and Vicksburg. He received his discharge at St. Louis, and returned to his old Iowa home. There he engaged in farming until 1869, when he went to what is now the flourishing village of Creston, Iowa, and there assisted in building the first house in that place. The following spring he came to Cherokee County and secured his home. He devotes his time and energies especially to live-stock, breeding and shipping. He feeds from two to four car-loads annually, and 150 head of hogs. Mr. McCulla was married in Cherokee County to Miss Mary Adel Coleman, a daughter of Philo G. and Rachel (Baldwin) Coleman. they have had six children born to them: Walter, Carrie, Ben B., Thomas, Mary and Asa. Philo G. Coleman removed from New York to Iowa, settling in Johnson County. In 1872 he came to Cherokee County, and since that time has made it his home. Politically Mr. McCulla is a Republican, and is one of the leading men of his party in Spring Township. WILLIAM MILTON COOMBS. Few men are living in Cherokee County who are able to relate so vividly the experiences of suffering in their country's cause as the subject of this short biography can, and it is to such men that the nation is indebted for its existence to-day. W. M. Coombs was born in Putnam County, Indiana, November 26, 1841, and is a son of Joseph and Delilah (Wright) Coombs. He is the only son in a family of four children. His mother dying when he was five years old, he was without a mother's care until the -632- marriage of his father to Miss Amanda Wright, a cousin of his first wife. Four children were born of this union. when William was twelve years old the family removed to Champaign County, Illinois, where they remained four years. They then came to Iowa, and settled six miles east of Jefferson, Greene County, and there the father and mother still reside. William grew up to the life of a farmer, and remained under the parental roof until the "war alarm" sounded all over this land. He enlisted in Carroll County, Iowa, in June, 1861, in Company H, under Captain Orr, and was mustered into the service at Iowa City, September 28, 1861. Soon after he was sent to the front, and did gallant service until he was severely wounded. He participated in the first and second battles of Corinth, where so many boys laid down their lives. He was also at Iuka and Champion Hill, being wounded at the latter place May 16, 1863. He was in the hottest of the fight, and received wounds in both arms, one leg, and lost the sight of one eye. He was placed in a hospital where he was detained seven months, but was able to attend to guard duty. He rejoined his regiment, but soon after received an eighty days furlough and went home. During the latter part of his service he was company Commissary. He was detailed on special duty to assist the Sixth Wisconsin Battery, and at the time of the battle of Iuka was acting as driver for that battery. His pension of $17 per month seems inadequate compensation for such service. Returning to Greene County, Iowa, he bought a farm and lived there until the spring of 1870, when he came to Cherokee County and entered a homestead, on which he now resides. He has added to his land until he now owns 240 acres, which is well improved and adapted to general farming purposes. He left the farm in 1884, and the three following years lived in Aurelia, returning to the farm in 1887. Mr. Coombs was married January 22, 1865, to Miss Matilda McKinney, daughter of William and Elizabeth McKinney. Her mother is now the widow of Governor Beal, of Clark County, Iowa. Mrs. Coombs was born March 17, 1848, in the State of Iowa. They have a family of eight children living: Ida, wife of Hiram Johnson; Etta, Libbie, Aoma, Charles, Effie, Millie and Pearl. They have lost one daughter, Alice, who died at the age of twelve years. Miss Libbie Coombs is a successful teacher and has been engaged in her profession in Diamond and Spring townships. Mr. and Mrs. Coombs are members of the Congregational Church, and are held in high estimation by all who know them. Politically our subject is a Republican. S. G. JAMES was born in Monroe County, New York, January 20, 1819. His parents were Samuel B. and Anna (Bailey) James, natives of Rensselaer County, New York. He is the youngest of four children; his eldest brother is the widely-known Amaziah B. James, who represented the Ogdensburg District in Congress for two terms as successor to Hon. W. H. Wheeler, when that gentleman resigned to accept the nomination to the Vice Presidency. He had early became an able attorney, and was elected a justice of the Supreme Bench of New York about 1852. He filled that position faithfully and honorably for nearly a quarter of century. It was his son, Henry R. James, a publisher of Ogdensburg, who nominated Mr. Wheeler Vice President at Cincinnati in a forcible and telling speech. Edward C. James, a prominent attorney of New York City, is the -633- only living son of Judge James. After two terms in Congress Judge James chose to retire from public life, and the remainder of his days were passed pleasantly at Ogdensburg in his elegant home, where he died July 6, 1885. His widow, who also comes form a remarkable family, still survives him. One sister, Mary L., was the wife of James G. Wilson, of Kalamazoo, MIchigan, where she died three years since. The remaining sister, Ann, wife of R. J. Marvin, resides in Garden City, Minnesota. The family is of Welsh origin, and settled at an early date in Rhode Island, where Amos James, S. G.'s grandfather was born. The subject of this notice, S. G. James, lost his mother when he was three years of age. He was taken by his grandfather, Amos James, to Rensselaer County, where he remained until he was fourteen years old. He then went to Ogdensburg where his brother, Amaziah, was publishing a paper called the Northern Light, an anti-Masonic organ. Entering this office he learned the printer's trade, and remained there seven years, the last four years being foreman. His brother sold out meantime, and the paper became successively the Ogndensburg Times and Advertiser and the Ogdensburg Sentinel. He then returned to Rensselaer County, New York, and in July 16, 1844, was united in marriage to Miss Emma C. Lewis, a native of that county. Mr. James engaged in farming and lived mainly in St. Lawrence County until 1854, when he emigrated to Wisconsin, settling in Fond du Lac County. He farmed for eleven years, and then was in the grain trade at Brandon, and about eight years in the lumber business at the same place. In the summer of 1876 he discovered that there was land beyond, and chose Iowa for his future home. He bought his fertile farm and began his improvements upon it. His place adjoins the town limits of Aurelia, and is situate upon a ridge of ground making it a most desirable tract of land. Mr. James and his excellent wife have reared a family of four children: Lewis M., the oldest, is an engineer, residing in New York City; Anna B., wife of Henry E. Durland; Fred S. and Charley E. Fred S. holds the responsible position of train dispatcher at Fort Dodge, on the Illinois Central Railroad. He is the youngest train dispatcher in the country, and his friends may well be proud of his rapid rise in his profession. He was but twenty years of age when called to fill this position. S. C. James cast his first vote for William Henry Harrison, and has missed but one Presidential election since that time, always supporting the Republican party. He has twice passed all of the chairs of the I.O.O.F. Lodge. Respected by all who know him, he stands for what he is; plain in speech, earnest in convictions of right and wrong, be it said to his praise that there should be more like him. PETER LINQUIST, of Diamond Township, Cherokee County, is one of the most intelligent, industrious, enterprising and respected citizens of foreign birth residing within the limits of the county. He was born in the southern part of Sweden, January 26, 1846. His parents were John and Stena Swenson, and he is the youngest of a family of six children who grew to maturity. While a young man he learned the cabinet-makers's trade, and when he had reached the age of twenty years he decided to emigrate to the United States, believing he could better his condition. Accordingly he took a steamer at Copenhagen for Quebec, which city he reached, having passed through the usual incidents of an ocean voyage. His destination -634- was Chicago; for a few months he was employed at Logansport, Indiana, on a railroad construction site. He then went farther west and spent two years in Wyoming, at work on the Union Pacific Railroad; he then was in the employ of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, and for one season was engaged in quarrying stone. His next move was to Minnesota, where he worked on the Northern Pacific Railroad, then building into Duluth. He was soon transferred to Kettle River, where he became section foreman; he attended to the arduous duties of that position for nearly two years, when he concluded to engage in farming. In order to carry out this desire he purchased eighty acres of land abut sixty-five miles from St. Paul. After one year's farming in that rigorous climate he determined to come farther south, and we next find him a resident of Iowa. His first business there was employment in a hardware store at Sheffield, where he became a partner of John Mohl, who afterward came to Cherokee County with Mr. Linquist, in 1876. Our subject first purchased eighty acres in Diamond Township, which he improved and made his home until 1887, when he removed to his present home in section 30, Diamond Township. This place is known as the Maxey farm, and contains 160 acres in an advanced state of cultivation. Mr. Linquist has excellent improvements of the farm, and his surroundings show the management of an experienced hand guided by an intelligent brain. He still retains his original farm, upon which most of his life in the county has been passed. He has met with financial prosperity and stands to-day one of the stanch farmers of Cherokee County. Mr. Linquist was married at Kettle River, Minnesota, October 5, 1871, to Miss Mary Mohl. She was born in Scandinavia, in May, 1844. they have an interesting and intelligent family of four children: John, Louisa, Nicholas and Herman. Like most of his countrymen, Mr. Linquist believes that the Republican part is the one that has done most for him and his people, and in consequence he supports it enthusiastically. No man in Diamond Township has more firm friends than he, and no man has to a greater degree the qualities of head and heart that win and hold friends. He believes in becoming an American, having adopted this country, and in giving his children the advantages afforded by an English education. GEORGE S. JONES.—Few men have made more comfortable homes and have placed themselves in the midst of convenient and agreeable surroundings at so early an age, unaided by others than a most helpful wife, than he whose name stands at the beginning of this brief biography. George S. Jones is the fourth of family of ten children,and first saw the light March 19, 1858. He is a son of Samuel and Adelia (Campbell) Jones. The father is a native of Canada, and the mother was born in Vermont; her parents settled in Illinois when she was in her eighth year, and she was married to Mr. Jones at Rockford, Illinois. Of the ten children, seven survive: Viola, wife of R. H. Hench, and Elmira, wife of William H. Johns, reside in the State of Iowa; Flora, wife of William Halsey, died in Diamond Township, Cherokee County, December 30, 1883. The parents still reside in Illinois, and Frank, Della, Willie and Mamie are with or near them. George S. passed his youthful days on the farm, and attended th common schools sufficiently to attain a fair proficiency in the fundamental branches. He remained with his father until he was -635- united for life with Miss Laura A. Moon, a native of the same county as himself, born September 7, 1859. they were married February 15, 1883, and at once migrated to their new home. Mr. Jones had purchased the body of land the year prior to coming to the State. He had about $1,000 invested in his farm and a fair start in horses and live-stock; with about $40 in cash he fitted up a home among strangers. Both he and his wife are gifted with determined spirits, and they started with energy and confidence that they would succeed; after six years they are beginning to realize the fruits of their labors. Their farm comprises the southeast quarter of section 10, Diamond Township; the improvements are of the best, the buildings having been erected by Mr. Jones himself. Having a naturally mechanical mind, he has put his inclinations into practical use. Mrs. Jones is the daughter of Robert and Hannah (Marston) Moon, both of whom were natives of the Empire State. She is a person of prepossessing appearance, and is a most excellent mother to her three children: Robert Raymond, George Ellis and Lela Pearl. Mr. and Mrs. Jones are consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Diamond Center, and have done much to further the cause of their Master. Mr. Jones is a steward and trustee of the church, and it is largely due to his efforts that the society is in its flourishing condition. Politically he affiliates with the Republican party. HIRAM LORD.—When this gentleman settled in Cherokee County it was indeed new, and neighbors were few and far between. In the fall of 1870 he located on section 2, Diamond Township, and at that time C. H. Johnson, Charles White and R. B. Rutherford were the only settlers beside himself in the township east of Maple; on the south there was not a house until near Ida Grove; all was a vast unbroken prairie, and woe to the belated traveler who chanced to be out on this wide expanse after nightfall. Hiram Lord's ancestors were noted people. His great-grandfather was Russell Lord, who came form England and became a soldier in the Revolutionary War, distinguishing himself in many actions of that terrible period. A third of a century afterward, when England again laid an oppressive hand upon American citizens, his son Russell Lord, Jr., became a soldier, and fought for the freedom of his country from the oppression of English tyranny. Alonzo Lord, son of Russell Lord, Jr., was a fit man to be father to a pioneer, for it takes such blood to withstand the hardships and brave the dangers of frontier life. Hiram Lord was born in the historic town of Chautauqua, New York, September 14, 1833. As has been stated, his father was Alonzo Lord, and his mother was Mary Crosby; she died when Hiram was but four years old, leaving three other small children: Harriet, who died in 1865; William, and Mary Jane, wife of William Gott. The father was married afterward to Mrs. Sallie Shadock, a widow with four children, and by this union three other children were born: Frederick was killed at Fort Richmond in 1863, aged twenty-two years; Lucy, wife of William Converse, and Hubert, who died in infancy. Alonzo Lord died in 1877, at Batavia, New York, aged eighty-four years; his widow died at Elgin, Illinois, in 1881. When Hiram Lord was sixteen years of age he went to live with his sister in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, where he remained twelve years. There he acquired a fair education in the public schools, and January 1, 1856, he was married to Miss Mary Jane Bates, who was born in -636- Crawford County, July 18, 1835. Her parents were P. H. and Emma J. (Fish) Bates, natives of the State of New York. They were married in Pennsylvania, and lived the remainder of their lives upon a farm which they had improved. The close of a peaceful life came to them both about seven years ago, aged respectively eighty and seventy-five years. Mr. Bates's death was the first to occur in a family consisting of nine children and the parents. Mrs. Lord is the third child, all of whom are living. After his marriage Mr. Lord lived about three years in Ohio, and then returned to Pennsylvania. In 1867 he went to Portland, Michigan, where he remained two years, coming thence to Iowa. One year was passed in Jasper County, and he then came to Cherokee County, and since that time his life has been closely interwoven with the history of the county. His sphere of action has been limited, but within that sphere few men have accomplished more. Five years ago Mr. Lord sold his old home, and removed to his present place adjacent to the village of Aurelia, that his children might enjoy better educational privileges. He and his wife have had six children: Eldorus, who died at the age of thirty-one years; Frank and Will, farmers in Holt County, Nebraska; Grant, Elton and Bessie May. The Methodist Church casts its protecting arms about Mr. and Mrs. Lord, and he is a member of the I.O.G.T. His first vote was cast for Fremont, and he has never since missed an opportunity to cast a Republican ballot. JACOB KIRCHER, a prominent farmer of Rock Township, was born in Germany, March 7, 1837, and is a son of Nicholas and Mary (Styer) Kiercher. The father served in the French police under Napoleon. When our subject was thirteen years of age he emigrated to America, and spent the first year in Buffalo, New York; thence he went to Milwaukee, and remained there until 1864. When there was a call for more men to go to the defense of the old flag, he took up arms in behalf of his newly adopted land, and enlisted in October, 1864, in the First Wisconsin Battery, under command of General Grant. After the close of the war he returned to his home, and remained there until 1874, when he removed to Cherokee County. He bought a farm of 200 acres in Rock Township, where he still resides. Mr. Kircher was united in marriage in 1860, to Miss Mary Monday, a daughter of Jacob and Mary (Lauter) Monday. ASA C. BAILEY was born in De Kalb County, Illinois, October 30, 1858, and is a son of Cyrenius and Jane (Morey) Bailey, natives of Saratoga County, New York. They settled in Illinois in 1854, and are now residents of De Kalb County. Asa C. is the third of a family of seven children, of whom two are now living, himself and one sister, Anna, wife of George Flinders, of Spring Township. Our subject was reared to the life of a farmer, and received a good common-school education. About the year 1877, his father had purchased 400 acres of land in the Sioux Valley; the fall before Asa reached his majority his father deeded him 160 acres of this land, and he at once removed to the land, and began the task of improving it. D. W. Young, a relative of the family, had settled in the same part of the township three years before, and it was while making him a visit that Cyrenius Bailey decided to make some investments in this county. Asa C. Bailey's farm now consists of 480 acres, a -637- portion of which is fine bottom land, and the remainder better adapted to grazing. The place is well improved, having a comfortable dwelling, a large barn, and plenty of stable room. He feeds two car-loads of cattle annually, and fattens from 100 to 150 head of hogs. He breeds only such horses as he needs on his farm, but they are of the best Clydesdale stock. Mr. Bailey was married March 15, 1885, at Renwick, Iowa, to Miss Jennie M. Rose, who was born in Scott County, Iowa, August 15, 1865. She is a daughter of William and Ruth (Boyce) Rose. Mr. and Mrs. Bailey had the misfortune to lose two children in infancy, but have been blessed with another child, born August 8, 1889. In political thought and action Mr. Bailey is a Republican. He is a man of unusual energies, and is making his work and influence felt in the township in which he lives. He has excellent business qualifications, good judgment, and is much respected by all who know him. DAVID LOWELL, a prominent citizen of Cedar Township, became identified with Cherokee County in 1881, when he bought the A. C. Salisbury homestead, one of the well-known farms in the township. Mr. Lowell was born in St. Lawrence County, New York, March 5, 1837, and is a son of Amos and Mary Lowell. When he was nine years old his parents removed to Lee County, Illinois, where he grew to manhood. He received training in agricultural pursuits, and a fair education in his native State, and in Illinois. In 1859 he determined to see the country beyond the Rockies; he went overland to Colorado, and remained there twenty-two months, engaged in mining and freighting. In 1861 he returned to Illinois, and afterward settled in Jackson County, Wisconsin, at Black River Falls, where he resided four years. He then removed to Ogle County, Illinois, and after a residence there of three years he went to Carroll County, Illinois, and embarked in the lime and stone business at Lanark. In 1881, as before stated, he came to this county. His farm contained 240 acres of well-improved land; there is a good two-story house on a natural building site surrounded by shade and ornamental trees, and all the necessary buildings for stock grain. Mr. Lowell devotes his whole time to farming and stock-raising, and has been very successful in his undertakings. Having always had a great love for animals and especially horses, he has made a study of veterinary surgery, and has become quite popular in this business, being an unusually skillful surgeon. Mr. Lowell was married September 22, 1855, to Miss Jane Bailey, a daughter of Lute and Elizabeth (Gaffen) Bailey. She was born in Canada, near Niagara Falls, and when two years of age was brought by her parents to the State of Michigan; at the age of eight years she was taken to the Illinois, and there grew to womanhood. Eight children have been born of this union: Charlotte E., Harriett J., Frederick F., Gertrude, Albert, William P., Ida and Harry. the parents are worthy and consistent members of the Christian Church. Politically Mr. Lowell affiliates with the Republican party. DAN GRUNDY is one of the well-known and enterprising farmers of Cedar Township. He was born in Lancashire, England, November 12, 1856, and is the son of Joseph Grundy, deceased, a well-known pioneer of Cedar Township. Dan was thirteen years of age when his parents came to -638- Cherokee County; his father took a homestead of eighty acres, and he being the only son at home, much of the work of clearing and improving the land fell upon him. He received his education in the common schools of England, and after coming to this country he availed himself o the opportunities afforded by the district school. Mr. Grundy was untied in marriage September 27, 1883, to Miss Agnes Macy, a woman of culture and education, who was a popular teacher. She is a daughter of D. S. and Delilah (Gardner) Macy, early settlers of Marshall County, Iowa, but formerly from Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Grundy have had born to them two children: Paul Macy and Ione; one child died in infancy named Harrison. To those who came to this county at an early day the task of making a new home was not an inviting one, and hearts less brave and hands less willing would not have overcome all the difficulties. Mr. Grundy is now in the full enjoyment of all the efforts made in his young manhood and youth. He is living in the old home, rests beneath the shade trees planted by his own hand, and gathers fruits from the trees which he tended and watched when a child. Politically he supports the issues of the Republican party. He is a faithful member of the Christian Church, and has ever been interested in all movements tending to benefit the community in which he has so long resided. He enjoys the respect and esteem of all who know him. J. H. KIRCHER.—Kircher, Begler & Co., dealers in coal, grain, lumber, lath, lime, cement, stucco, etc., became established in business in Larrabee, Iowa, in February, 1889. They own a large elevator that can handle 2,000 bushels of grain per day, and has a storage capacity of 10,000 bushels. Larrabee, although a small town, is surrounded by a rich and productive country, and ships as much stock and grain as any other town in the county. J. H. Kircher's family has been identified with the interests of Cherokee County since the year 1873; he was born in Shiawasse County, Michigan, in March, 1864, and is a son of Jacob Kirchner, a prominent and well-known farmer of Rock Township. J.H. was reared to the life of a farmer, and received a thorough education at Storm Lake, Iowa, an advantage not enjoyed by many of the early settlers of the county. After leaving agricultural pursuits he was engaged in carpenter's work for some time, and finally left that trade to embark in his present business. He is a young man of excellent business qualifications, and has attained an enviable position in the community both from a financial and social standpoint. He has just erected a fine dwelling house which adds much to the appearance of the residence portion of the village. Mr. Kircher is numbered among Larrabee's most popular and energetic business men. H. H. CARNAHAN, dealer in general merchandise at Larrabee, Iowa, is one of the enterprising and energetic men of the village. He was born in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, in 1834, and is a son of Charles Stuart and Elizabeth (Wolf) Carnahan. The parents, full of courage and bravery to encounter the dangers and hardships of a pioneer life, removed to Lee County, Illinois, in 1850, and settled at Malugin's Grove. There H.H. grew to manhood, receiving his education in the common schools. In 1865 he engaged in the mercantile business at Malugin's Grove, which business he followed for -639- fifteen years. In 1882 he decided to make a change in his place of residence, and located in Cedar Township, Cherokee County; he has a farm in a an advanced state of cultivation, well improved with good buildings. All the surroundings bespeak thrift and wise management on the part of the owner. Mr. Carnahan was married in 1859, in Lee County, Illinois, to Miss Matilda Beringer. By this union twelve children have been born, six sons and six daughters: Elsie I., Mary E. Margaret I., Edwin, Eliza, Charlotte, Wilbert, Minnie, Harry, Clyde, Walter and Herbert. Politically Mr. Carnahan affiliates with the Republican party. The people of his township have attested their confidence in him by calling him to fill the offices of township treasurer, clerk and justice of the peace, acquitting himself with much credit, and to the entire satisfaction of the public. He was made a Mason in Illinois in 1859 by Brooklin Lodge, No. 282. He is also a member of the I.O.O.F. Mr. Carnahan is a worthy and respected member of the Methodist Episcopal Church; he is a man strong in his convictions of right and wrong, and lives a life accordingly. He represents the Phoenix Insurance Company of Brooklyn, and the Etna of Hartford.

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