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| NIES, PHILIP, proprietor
Hamburg brewery; born in Germany, August 31, 1838. When
eleven years of age came to America with his father's
family, and located in St. Clair county, Illinois. In
1867 he came to Fremont county. He was married January
15, 1864, to Miss Catherine Scharf who was born in Germany,
November 23, 1843. They are the parents of nine children,
six of whom are now living: Elizabeth, Sopha, John H.,
Fred and Charles. Mr. Nies is a member of the I. O.
O. F., and a Knight of Pythias. He is a member of the
German Lutheran church, as also is his wife. |
| NIES, HENRY, farmer,
P. O.,Hamburg; born in Germany, July 18, 1834. In 1849
came to America, which he reached after a voyage of
forty-eight days. He began farming in St. Claire county,
Illinois, where he remained four and a half years. In
the autumn of 1854 he came to Fremont county. He was
married November 29, 1859, to Miss Margaret Murback,
a native of Switzerland, born July 29, 1837. They have
eight children: Elizabeth, Catherine, Margaret, Henry,
Mary, Jacob, Philip and Gustave. He commenced life with
nothing, but by industry and economy has gained a fine
farm of 200 acres. |
| NEWMAN, H. A., dentist,
P. O. Hamburg; born in Louisiana, in 1843, in the common
schools of which state he was educated, and in a private
high school in New Orleans, from which he graduated
in the spring of 1861. In the summer of the same year
he enlisted in companv C., third Louisiana volunteer
infantry and served until the close of the war. At the
siege of Vicksburg he was promoted for gallant conduct
from the rank of a private to that of first lieutenant.
He was in every engagement in which his regiment participated.
At the battle of Iuka he was wounded in the left ankle.
From 1868 to 1870 he was in various cities and states.
In 1870 he went to Falls City, Nebraska, and remained
until 1879, when he came to Hamburg. He was married
November 9, of the same year, to Mrs. Hulda Benge a
native of Wisconsin. She has one child by her first
husband: Robert. |
| NIX, R. F., city marshal,
P. O. Hamburg; born in Georgia in 1843. In 1859 he moved
to Kentucky, and had, until 1865, no abiding place.
In (p. 640) that year he located in Hamburg. He has
been engaged in building railroads, and in the mercantile
business for a number of years. In 1876 he was deputy
sheriff of the county, Married Miss Mary Taylor in 1867.
They have six children: George K., Robert I., Estella,
Virginia, Russell and Franklin. |
639
| ORCUTT, H. K., merchant,
P.O. Hamburg; horn in New York in 1852. While he was
a child his parents moved to Massachusetts, where Mr.
Orcutt grew to manhood and was educated. In 1873 he
went to Missouri, and in 1879 came to this county and
town. In 1876 he married Miss Mary Owngo by whom he
has two children: Eva and Harry. |
| PARKHURST, K N., mail
contractor, P.O. Hamburg; born June 17, 1840, in Effingham
county, Illinois. In infancy he went to Johnson county
with his father's family. In July, 1861, he enlisted
in company K, 22d Indiana infantry, and served nine
months. He was wounded in the left hand at Glasgow,
Missouri, and was at the battle of Pea Ridge. He re-enlisted
in Missouri, in company A, 9th Indiana cavalry, and
served until May 26; 1865. He was in the army of the
Cumberland and saw service in Tennessee, north Alabama,
and Georgia. He was in the action of Sulphur Trestle,
Tennessee, where he distinguished himself by riding
for reinforcements to Pulaski, Tennessee, while the
stockade was surrounded by the forces of Wheeler and
Faust. He was wounded by a sabre cut near Athens, Alabama,
and shot through the left ankle at Linnville, Tennessee,
September 4, 1864. This wound never healed, but caused
him great suffering. It was amputated November 1, 1873.
In 1866 he went to Union county, Missouri; in 1871,
to Norwich county, Nebraska, and came to Hamburg, November
1, 1878. He was married November 29, 1859, to Elizabeth
Rairdon, by whom he has four children: William R., Emma
G., John C., and Alvah T. |
| PAYNE, JOHN, farmer, section
13, P.O. Hamburg; born in Monroe county, Kentucky, December
27, 1837, where he was raised on a farm and educated
in the common school. He resided in Monroe county until
1851, when he moved to Linn county, Missouri. In 1853
he went to Sullivan county; in 1862 moved to Nebraska
City, and in 1863 came to this county. He was married
in Sullivan county, Missouri, September 5, 1859, to
Miss Elizabeth Frazier. They are the parents of seven
children: Amanda, Victoria, Percy W., Reuben, Benjamin,
Tena, and Zella M. Mr. Payne is serving his second term
as a member of the board of supervisors. His farm comprises
four hundred acres of excellent land, and well cultivated. |
640
| PAYNE, MOSES D., farmer
and manufacturer, section 1, P. O. Hamburg; born in
Woodford county, Kentucky, October 25, 1807, where he
matured, and was educated in the city schools of Versailles.
In 1826 went to Madison, Indiana, and engaged in the
manufacture of cotton. In 1828 moved to Columbia, Boone
county, Missouri, and entered the mercantile business
in connection with his brother, J. N. Payne. In 1850
went to New Orleans as a cotton and sugar commission
merchant, in which business he continued until 1858.
Foreseeing the war he began to purchase land north of
Mason and Dixon's line. In Kansas and Nebraska he located
some 15,000 acres, and on the Missouri bottom in this
state owns some 14,000 acres. Mr. Payne is one of the
extensive land holders in the west, and his farming
is all done on a most extensive scale. His farms are
divided and rented, thus insuring him both speedy and
remunerative returns. His residence is on the "home
farm" in Missouri. He was married in June, 1829,
to Miss Mary D. White, a native of Virginia, who died
January 28,1858, having been the mother of three children,
one—Jacob A.—now living. Mr. Payne married
again September 12, 1867, to Miss S. H. Patton, by whom
he has two children, Sarah M., born August 11, 1868,
and Moses M., born March 8, 1872. Mr. Payne and wife
are members of the M. E. Church south, with the interests
of which, as a minister, he has been identified for
over forty years. He has been deeply interested in the
Sunday work, and in the cause of education, giving liberally
to endow and maintain several colleges in Missouri.
His gifts are all privately made, with no ostentation
whatever. Three years ago he gave 4000 acres of land
to the M. E. Female College at Little Rock, Arkansas,
and the same liberality has everywhere and always characterized
him. |
| PAYNE, JACOB A., P.
O. Lexington, Missouri; a son of Moses D. Payne, born
in Boone county, Missouri, March 26, 1843. He was educated
in the common school, and was three years in Moore's
Hill College in Dearborne county, Indiana. The president
and a part of the faculty entering the army the college
was closed before his graduation. From 1850 to 1858
he resided in New Orleans. From 1861 to 1873, he has
resided in Fremont county, acting as agent for his father
in the management of the large Payne estate. In 1873
he went to Missouri to engage in farming until 1877.
From that year until the present time he has been traveling.
He was married June 7, 1866, to Miss Bettie M. Wooldridge.
They are the parents of two children, one living: Mary
S., born February 15, 1868. He is a member of the A.
F. and A. M. The Paynes are among the oldest and most
respectable families of Kentucky, of which state they
became residents shortly after Daniel Boone settled
at Boonsborough. |
641
| RUEDY, ANDREW, farmer,
P. O. Hamburg; born in Switzerland, December 27, 1846.
In 1858 he emigrated to America and came directly to
Fremont county. His education, which had been commenced
in his native land, he finished in the common school,
and in Quincy Seminary in Illinois. He was married October
3, 1869, to Miss Elizabeth Giesler, born July 10, 1841,
in Germany. They are the parents of four children, three
living: Charles J. H., Walter W., and Lydia E., Edwin
F. died July 22, 1879. Mr. Ruedy and wife are members
of the German M. E. church. |
| RUEDY, JACOB, farmer,
P. O., Hamburg; born in Switzerland, June 24, 1832,
where he was educated. He came to America in 1850. From
the time of landing in the new world, until October,
1857, when he came to Fremont county, he lived in New
York, Ohio, Louisiana and Canada. He was married February
18, 1861, to Miss Mary H. Ruedy—no relative, however,—who
was born in Switzerland, July 1, 1828. They had two
children, one now living, Caroline L., born February
2, 1864, and Mary M., deceased, September 9, 1867. Mr.
Ruedy began life a poor man, but has by industry and
honesty acquired a competency. |
| READ, W. G., attorney and
editor Hamburg Republican, P.O., Hamburg; born July
10, 1844, in New Brunswick. In 1848 his parents came
to the United States and located in Illinois, where
Mr. Reed [Read?] was educated, in the common and high
schools. In August, 1862, he enlisted in company B,
124th Illinois Infantry, and served until the close
of the war. He was wounded at Cold Water, and on account
of the wound there received was discharged. On recovering,
however, he entered the quartermaster's department,
at Nashville, Tennessee. He was admitted to the bar
in 1870, by the supreme court of Illinois. In April
of 1871 he came to Hamburg and began the practice of
his profession, until 1880 when he became proprietor
and editor of the Hamburg Republican. Mr. Read was married
February 14, 1869, to Miss Amelia Madison, a native
of Ohio, by whom he has four children, three living:
Louis E., Farlie M. and Clement E. |
| RICHARDS, A. D., merchant,
P.O., Hamburg; born in Canada West in 1840. In 1853
he came to the United States, to Chicago. He remained
in the state of Illinois until the spring of 1858 when
he moved to St. Louis, to remain but a year. In 1868
he moved to Hamburg, and opened the first clothing store
ever started in that place. He was married February
19, 1871, to Miss Lamoureux. |
642
| (p. 642) SCHNEIDER RUDOLPH,
farmer, P. O. Hamburg; born in Switz- (p. 643) erland,
February 6, 1820. Came to America in 1847, and located
in Richland county, Ohio. In 1857 moved to Atchinson
county, Missouri, near the Iowa line, when, after a
residence of eighteen months, he moved into Fremont
county, Iowa. He was married in Richland county, Ohio,
near Mansfield, June 11, 1848, to Miss Sarah Thoms.
They have three children living: John, Elizabeth and
Mary A. Those deceased are Rudolph (died December 14,
1857), Elizabeth (died October 5, 1849), Josephine (died
October 25, 1858), Rebecca (died March 26, 1860), and
Matthew (died in July, 1865). Mrs. S. was born in Ohio,
November 19, 1819, where she resided until she married
and came to the west. Mr. Schneider was in military
service for seven years in the old country. He is a
member of the Evangelical Methodist church. |
| ST. CLAIR, P., postmaster,
and editor of Fremont Times; born July 14, 1835, in
Sullivan county, Indiana, where he attained his majority.
He was educated in the common schools and in the Illinois
Wesleyan University, from which he graduated in 1854.
He at once entered the ministry, and has continued to
minister until the present time. Mr. St. Clair came
to Iowa in 1867, and was pastor to various churches
in the state. He came to Hamburg in 1877, and became
proprietor and editor of the Fremont Times. He was chaplain
of the Eighty-first Indiana volunteer regiment during
the war In December, 1878, he was appointed postmaster,
and still holds the office. He was married, March 26,
18--, to Miss L. J. Trimkle, by whom he had five children,
two living: Wilbur F. and Stella. |
| STOW, W. A., attorney at
law, and editor Iowa State News; was born in Waybridge,
Vermont, July 8, 1842. In 1853 he went to Whiteside,
Illinois with his father's family. In 1857 went to Wisconsin,
and in 1859 came to Iowa, locating in Clayton county.
He began to read law in May, 1861, with Hunt & Murdock,
of Elkader, Iowa. In July, 1863, he enlisted in company
I, Eighth Iowa cavalry, and served until the close of
the war, being honorably discharged in the spring of
1865. Mr. Stow was admitted to the bar July 7, 1866,
by Judge Fairfield. In March of 1870 he came to Hamburg.
In 1873, he formed a partnership with J. M. Hammond,
which has continued until the present time. He was married
JuJy5, 1868, to Miss Eliza M. Tyler, a native of Ohio.
They are the parents of three children: Carl V., Frank
M., and Fred. The political history of Mr. Stow has
been one of unusual moment. In 1868, the Democracy of
the twelfth district nominated him as district attorney,
but he was defeated. In 1872 he was a member of the
fourteenth general assembly of the state of Iowa, serving
in both its regular and extra sessions. In the years
1875 and 1878 he was elected mayor of the city of Hamburg.
In 1876 he (p. 644) was a delegate to the democratic
convention at St. Louis, and in 1880 an elector on the
national democratic presidential ticket. He has always
been interested in education. He is a member of the
Hamburg school board, and in 1877 was appointed, by
Governor Kirkwood, one of the trustees of the state
normal school. |
643
| SMITH, WILLIAM N., merchant,
P. O. Hamburg; a native of Virginia, born May 9, 1829.
In 1850 became a resident of Baltimore, Maryland, and
was employed as clerk. In 1854: went to Texas, and then
came to Sidney, Iowa. From this time until 1863, he
was in various places, but in that year he came to Hamburg,
and has since been engaged in the mercantile business.
He was married in 1858 to Miss Hannah A. Moore, native
of Indiana. They are the parents of eleven children,
six now living: Imogene A., Estella H., Blanch, William
M., Harry and Arthur. Mr. Smith is a respected member
of the community in which he lives, and a successful
business man. He is a member of the A. F. & A. M.,
and the I. O. O. F. |
| SWIGGART, D. W., physician
and surgeon, P. O. Hamburg; born in Ohio, December 23,
1830. In 1845 went with his father's family to Sullivan
county, Missouri. When seventeen years of age he began
to teach school and followed that occupation until twenty-four
years of age. He then began the study of medicine, and
graduated from the St. Louis Medical College. In 1865
he located in Hamburg, being the first physician in
the place. He was married March 26, 1876, to Miss Julia
Coffie, a native of Iowa. They have two children: Loleta
and Frank. Dr. Swiggart enlisted in 1861 in fourth Missouri
regiment, confederate army, as assistant surgeon. He
served the "lost cause" manfully until the
close of the war, and then accepted the result. He is
a member of the A. F. & A. M., and of the K. T. |
| SWANEY, JAMES, farmer,
P. O. Hamburg; born June 24, 1849, in the state of Ohio.
In 1855, he came to this county with his parents, James
and Rosana Swaney. He was here educated and has made
his own fortune. |
| SCOTT, JOHN C., farmer,
section 26, P. O. Hamburg; born August 30, 1813, in
the state of Kentucky, where he attained man's estate
and was educated. In 1838 he moved to Platt county,
Illinois, where he lived until March 3, 1842, when he
came to and located in Fremont county. He was married
in 1837, to Miss Malinda Call, by whom he has seven
children: Elizabeth A., Sarah J., George W., Mary A.,
Malinda, Caroline C., Stephen A., living, and four deceased.
He was judge of Atchin- (p. 645) son county, Missouri,
before the state of Iowa was organized. He came here
at an early day and knows full well the hardships of
pioneer life. |
644
| WILDBERGER, JOHN,
farm, P. O. Hamburg; born in Switzerland, July 15, 1826.
He was educated in Switzerland, where he resided until
fifteen years of age. In the autumn of 1841 he first
set foot on American soil. Shortly after landing in
New Orleans, he was afflicted with the yellow fever,
which left him in a sad condition. In the spring of
1842 he went to St. Louis, and then to Madison county,
Illinois. In 1847 enlisted in third regiment Missouri
mounted volunteers, and engaged in the Mexican war.
He was discharged in 1848, from which year until 1853,
he resided in various places and engaged in various
kinds of business. In the year last named he came to
Fremont county. He was married February 25, 1854, to
Anna B. Uhlinger, by whom he had ten children, nine
living: Catherine A., Martha, John, George W., Emma
B., Albert A., Herman F., Henry H., and Clara E. The
wife of Mr. Wildberger was born in Switzerland, April
26, 1833, and came to America in 1852. |
| WYNN, C. H., attorney
at law, P.O., Hamburg; born April 23, 1848, in Monroe
county, New York. He was left an orphan at the age of
seven years. He enlisted, April 1, 1862, in company
I, Thirty-fifth Illinois, being then less than fourteen
years of age. He was honorably discharged April 1, 1865.
He was wounded in the neck at the battle of Stone river,
and taken prisoner at the same place, but was re-captured
three days later. His education was received at the
University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor. Mr. Wynn was admitted
to the bar in February, 1870, and in the spring of the
same year came to Hamburg, and began the practice of
law. In July, 1877, he formed a partnership with his
brother, W. S. Wynn, which has since continued. He was
married, January 1, 1871, to Miss Euphemia A. Ritenhouse,
a native of Pennsylvania. They are the parents of four
children: Carrie E., Wilbur W., Harmon R. and Ross. |
| WYNN, W. S., attorney
at law, P. O. Hamburg; born January 25, 1850, in Monroe
county, New York. His parents died when Mr. Wynn was
but five years of age. He then went to live with his
grandfather, with whom he remained until eleven years
of age, when he began to care for himself. When fourteen
years of age he went to Indianapolis, and resided with
an uncle, earning his living by the delivery of the
daily morning papers, and at the same time attending
the high school. When seventeen years of age he went
into the book business with an Indianapolis firm, remaining
with. them five years. He then engaged in the same business
in New York, with Pott, Young & Co, for two years,
when he (p. 646) returned to his old employers in Indianapolis.
In 1877 he came to Hamburg and formed a partnership
with his brother, having been admitted to the bar in
June of the year that he came west. He was married,
June 25, 1879, to Miss Kate Stock. |
645
| WOOD, W. H., merchant, P.
O. Hamburg; a native of Kentucky where, he was born
in 1832. In the fall of 1833 moved to Missouri, and
was there educated. In 11360 came to Sidney, Iowa, and
in 1878 moved to Hamburg. He was married in 1854 to
Miss Hattie A. Dale, by whom he had five children, three
now living: William R., Fannie L. and Frederick. Mr.
Wood is an active thoroughly reliable business man,
and is remarkably successful. |
| WOHLGAMUTH, J., merchant,
P. O. Hamburg; born in West Virginia in 11329. In 1834
moved to Indiana in which he resided until 1868. In
June of that year he came to Iowa and located in Benton
county. In the year following he moved to Page county,
and in 1870 came here. Since his residence in Hamburg
he has been in business of various kinds. He enlisted
in company C, 118th Indiana volunteers, in August, 1863,
serving until March 1, 1864. He was married in 1854
to, Miss Rebecca A. Pettinger, by whom he had three
children, two now living: Ellen J. and Mary I. |
| WHITE, H. F., insurance
agent, P.O. Hamburg; born in New Hampshire, June 17,
1844, where he grew to manhood and was educated in the
common school. In 1863 he went to Boston, Indiana, and
worked at book-keeping for three years. He then went
to Nebraska City, in the same capacity, in the Otoe
County National Bank. In 1868 he opened a bank in Hamburg,
Fremont county. In 1875 he went to Atlantic, remaining
there two years in the same business, when he returned
to Hamburg. Married Miss H. L. Hanford, in 1869. They
have one child—Florence. |
| WILKERSON, MRS. SARAH F.,
farmer, section 24, P. O. Hamburg; Mrs. Wilkerson is
a daughter of L. and Elizabeth Carman, and widow of
Jesse S. Wilkerson. She was born in Mason county, Illinois,
February 2, 1842. She came to Fremont county when thirteen
years of age, and has resided here ever since. She married
Jesse S. Wilkerson April 10, 18-, who was a native of
Jefferson county, Indiana, born April 10, 1831. Mr.
Wilkerson entered the army in 1864, and was discharged
in July, 1865. He died December 12, 1869, from an injury.
As a result of this union seven children were born to
them, five of whom are now living: Mary E., born December
17, 1849; Harriet E., born May 23, 1862; Jennie, born
December 31, 1864; Frank L., born May 25, 186-; and
Jesse L., born November 26, 1869. |
646
| WILKERSON, BENJAMIN O.,
farmer, section 5, P. O. Hamburg; born in St. Joseph
county, Indiana, January 3, 1836, where he resided until
the spring of 1852, when he came to Fremont county.
He remained, however, but a year, when he went to California.
He returned to Fremont in 1857. He was married in Atchinson
county, Missouri, August 10, 1863, to Miss Isabella
Duncan. They have two children: Fannie and Ellen. Mrs.
Wilkerson died May 9, 1873. Mr. Wilkerson enlisted in
April, ]862, in company C, 5th regiment M. S. M. He
was mustered out after a service of sixteen months.
He is a member of the A. F. & A. Mo, and A. O. U.
W. He has held several township offices, and has been
a member of the board of supervisors. |
| YOWELL, W. J., proprietor
Hamburg House; was born February 22, 1844, in the state
of Kentucky. In 1849 his parents went to Illinois and
located in McCoupin county. In 1864 Mr. Yowell came
to Hamburg and engaged in the mercantile business, in
conjunction with H. H. Baker. At the expiration of two
years, having received the appointment of Postmaster
at Hamburg, he disposed of his interest to his partner.
He held this office for a period of three years. In
the spring of 1880 he became the manager of the Hamburg
House. Mr. Yowell was married December 25, 1867, to
Miss Elizabeth P. Farmer, by whom he has five children,
four living: Angelo, Thomas, James and Bessie. |
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