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JOHN LINDER.
John Linder is a wholesale liquor dealer of Omaha
but resides in Council Bluffs. He was born in
Berne, Switzerland, on the 27th of June, 1838,
and is a son of John Linder, who was throughout
his entire life a resident of Berne, dying in
1847 at the age of fifty-four years. His widow,
however, attained the advanced age of eighty-nine
years, passing away at her home in the land of
the Alps. In the maternal line John Linder of
this review comes of a very long lived race, many
of the family having attained the age of one hundred
years or more. His grandmother was one hundred
and four years of age at the time of her demise,
while the great-grandmother reached the astonishing
old age of one hundred and five years.
Mr. Linder of this review was only nine years
of age at the time of his father's death. He continued
a resident of his native country until October
13, 1855, when he crossed the Atlantic to America,
hoping that he might have better opportunities
for business advancement in the new world. He
went to Ga1ena, Illinois, where he remained for
two years and in 1858 he went to Dubuque, Iowa,
where he spent six months. He then returned to
Galena but in 1859 started for Pike's Peak, where
he engaged in mining for two summers and one winter.
He also carried the mail, often weighing as much
as one hundred rounds, on his back up the mountains,
going on snowshoes. He is familiar with all of
the experiences of such a life, meeting many of
the hardship and difficulties incident to early
mining days in the far west.
In 1860 Mr. Linder returned to Council Bluffs,
there he purchased forty-eight sacks of seed barley,
which was weighed out for him by C. Geise, then
a boy and now the well known brewer. Taking this
grain to Colorado, he sowed, it within five miles
of Denver and raised several crops, which he sold
to John Good, a brewer on the Platte river, receiving
about seventeen cents per pound. He was probably
the first man to sow and raise a crop of barley
in Colorado. He afterward engaged in freighting
between St. Joseph, Council Bluffs and Denver
and on one occasion hauled some corn for the government
from Mills county, Iowa, to Denver, Colorado.
In 1865 he purchased ten new Schottler wagons
from John Beresheim, the banker, who was then
engaged in general mercantile business, and these
he used in his freighting business across the
plains. He ceased to engage in freighting in 1856
but his memory is yet filled
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with many recollections of those early experiences.
He had many skirmishes with the Indians and his
route was often one of danger as well as difficulty,
occasioned by the poor condition of the roads
through a district where it was impossible to
obtain supplies, everything having to be carried
from the starting point. When he ceased to engage
in freighting Mr. Linder opened a baker and butcher
shop in Central City, Colorado, where he continued
for a year.
On July 18, 1869, he returned to Council Bluffs,
where he has since resided. Here he established
a little grocery store and later engaged in the
saloon business, while in 1878 he established
a wholesale liquor house, removing his business
to Omaha in 1901. He has since been located there
but maintains his home in the former city. The
prosperity that has come to him is due entirely
to his own labors, for he started out in life
empty-handed. His experiences have been varied
but he retains many pleasant recollections of
the early days in the west and relates many interesting
reminiscences of his life on the plains and in
the mountainous districts of Colorado.
On the 12th of October, 1870, Mr. Linder was
married, in Council Bluffs to Yonette Bircher
nee Scherling, the widow of Casper Bircher. Mr.
and Mrs. Linder have one daughter, Yonette. In
politics he is a democrat, out without aspiration
for office. He belongs to the Independent Order
of Odd Fellows and to the Knights of Pythias fraternity.
He is a kind hearted, lovable man, with hundreds
of friends, his generous disposition and considerate
spirit winning for him the warm esteem of those
who know him personally.
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Adolph F. Beno has had an eventful and varied
career and to his own efforts owes the prominent
and enviable position which he now occupies as
secretary of the John Beno Company, dealers in
dry goods, carpets, clothing and millinery in
Council Bluffs. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri,
in 1856, and was reared "all over the west."
In 1862 he accompanied his parents across the
plains on an overland trip from Council Bluffs
to Portland, Oregon, and was in that state and
in Idaho for nearly four years, followed by a
return to St. Joseph, Missouri. About 1867 or
1868 the family went to Cheyenne, Wyoming, where
they lived for about four years, Adolph F. Beno
there attending school. In 1871 he arrived in
Council Bluffs, where he again had the educational
privileges offered by the public schools.
He entered upon his business career in 1873 when
a youth of seventeen years as an employe of the
firm of Foreman & Beno, the junior partner
being his uncle, John Beno. He continued with
the house in the capacity of salesman until 1880,
when the senior partner withdrew and the firm
was reorganized under the style of John Bena &
Company, so continuing for twenty years, or until
1900, when the business was incorporated under
the name of John Beno Company, at which time Adolph
F. Beno, who had formerly become a partner, was
made secretary. Other partners in the enterprise
are his brother Charles A. Beno, also W. F. and
Lincoln R.
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Hypes, the latter being made vice president of
the corporation. The company carries a large and
complete line of dry goods, carpets, clothing
and millinery and the well appointed establishment
and the neat and tasteful arrangement of the store,
together with the straightforward business methods
there in vogue make the business one of the prosperous
and leading commercial enterprises of Council
Bluffs.
In 1895 Mr. Beno was united in marriage in this
city to Miss Louise M. Schindele, a daughter of
George Schindele. They have three sons, George,
Frank and Robert. Mr. Beno belongs to the Royal
Arcanum, the Benevolent and Protective Order of
Elks, and the Commercial Club. He is prominent
among the business men of the city, having for
more than a third of a century been closely identified
with its commercial interests. He is a man of
keen discernment and sound judgment and his executive
ability and excellent management have brought
to the concern with which he is connected a large
degree of success. With his associates he established
a safe, conservative policy which commends itself
to the judgment of all, and the company has secured
a patronage which makes the volume of trade transacted
over its counters of importance and magnitude.
The prosperity of the company is certainly due
in large measure to its secretary, who through
determined spirit carries forward to a successful
outcome whatever he undertakes.
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The rapid development of all material resources
during the closing years of the nineteenth century
and the opening years of the twentieth century
has brought business enterprises up from the day
of small things to gigantic proportions. New conditions
have arisen in the business world and men of capacity
and enterprise have met these and so utilized
their forces as to turn all things to good account
in the conduct of commercial and industrial interests
which constitute the real basis of a city's growth
and prosperity. Charles A. Beno stands as a splendid
type of the business man of the present age. He
is president of the John Beno Company, wholesale
and retail dealers in dry goods, carpets, clothing
and millinery in Council Bluffs.
His birth occurred in St. Joseph, Missouri, on
the 12th of March, 1860, and in his infancy the
family removed from Council Bluffs to Portland,
Oregon, four years being passed in the latter
state and in Iowa. Again they located in St. Joseph,
Missouri, and about 1868 went to Cheyenne, Wyoming,
where four years were passed. It was in 1871 that
the family home was established in Council Bluffs
and here Charles A. Beno attended school. He had
previously been a student in the schools of Cheyenne,
Wyoming, and he afterward attended the Commercial
College in Omaha.
He commenced business life as a clerk in the
store of Foreman & Beno in Council Bluffs,
remaining with the house until the dissolution
of the firm. The business, however, was continued
under the firm style of John Beno & Company,
at which time Charles A. Beno became one of the
partners.
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The business was carried on under that name until
1900, when it was incorporated under the name
of The John Beno Company, with Charles A. Beno
as treasurer. He so served until his election
to the presidency of the company, in which position
he is now found. He has been watchful of all of
the details of his business and of all indications
pointing toward prosperity and from the beginning
has had an abiding faith in the ultimate success
of his enterprise. Moreover, he has become known
in connection with other business interests. of
value to the city, being president of the Council
Bluffs Carpet Cleaning Company, of Council Bluffs,
and president of the Arion Mercantile Company,
of Arion, Iowa.
It was in this city that Mr. Beno was married
in 1891 to Miss Harriett Davis, by whom he has
two children, Katheryn and Bernard. Mr. Beno belongs
to the Council Bluffs Rowing Association, to the
Knights of Pythias fraternity, the Masonic lodge,
the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and
the Royal Arcanum. In the last named he is very
prominent and has attained high honors, being
a past grand regent of the order in the state.
He has never held nor desired office, yet he belongs
to that class of representative American men who
are much interested in the public welfare and
while advancing individual success also contribute
in large measure to the general good.
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The enterprise and diligence which are necessary
to successful farming are numbered among the salient
characteristics of George Lippold, a leading agriculturist
of Pleasant township. He was born in Scott county,
Iowa, on the 1st of November, 1870, his parents
being William and Hannah Lippold, who were natives
of Holstein, Germany, and came to America in the
early '50s, settling in Scott county, Iowa, where
the father purchased land and improved a farm.
They became the parents of nine children, of whom
three are yet living: Minnie, now the wife of
Al Zimmerman, of the Indian Territory; Herman,
a resident of Oregon; and George. After residing
for some time in Scott county, the father removed
to Pottawattamie county with his family and purchased
a tract of land of three hundred and twenty acres
in Pleasant township, upon which his son George
is now living. He became recognized as one of
the leading farmers of the community and carried
on his work with a spirit of progress and determination
which characterizes the German race. Both he and
his wife have now departed this life. The father
died August 1, 1897, and the mother, June 29,
1878, at the age of forty-eight years, ten months
and four days.
George Lippold accompanied the family on their
removal to Pottawattamie county and remained under
the parental roof until twenty-three years of
age. In the meantime he acquired a fair education
in the public schools and received ample training
in farm labor, for when not busy with his text-books
he aided in the work of the fields. At the age
of twenty-three he rented his father's farm, which
he operated on shares for four years, and
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upon the father's death he inherited the old
homestead which has since been his place of residence.
He is now the owner of four hundred and forty
acres, all in one body but divided into two farms,
the home farm comprising three hundred and twenty
acres. Here he is successfully carrying on general
agricultural pursuits and he also makes a specialty
of the raising and feeding of Hereford cattle.
In all that he does he is practical and progressive
and his farm presents an excellent appearance,
owing to the care and labor which he bestows upon
it.
On the 19th of February, 1896, Mr. Lippold was
married to Miss Emma Wulf, who was born in Scott
county, Iowa, January 6, 1878, a daughter of Henry
and Julia Wulf, who were natives of Germany and
who had a family of four children. The father
is now deceased, while the mother makes her home
in Knox township, Pottawattamie county, with her
children. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Lippold have been
born seven children, George, Laura, Anna, Freddie,
Mary, Bessie and Daniel.
The parents are supporters of the Lutheran church
and Mr. Lippold gives his political allegiance
to the democracy. He has served as school director
and is also constable of the township. He is recognized
as a young man of excellent business capacity,
with an aptitude for successful management, and
as the years have gone by he has met with success
in his farming operations because of his untiring
diligence and perseverance.
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Emmet Tinley, an able representative of the bar
of Pottawattamie county, who has successfully
engaged in practice at Council Bluffs for almost
twenty years, is a western man by birth, training
and preference. He was born on the 22d of September,
1867, in Macon county, Missouri, but was only
two years old when brought to Council Bluffs by
his parents, M. H. and Rosa (Dolan) Tinley, in
whose family were eight children, five sons and
three daughters, all residents of Council Bluffs
except one sister who lives in New York. The father
removed from Illinois to Missouri and from the
latter state came to this city in 1869.
Emmet Tinley passed the days of his boyhood and
youth here and is indebted to the city schools
for the educational privileges he enjoyed, completing
the high-school course by graduation in the class
of 1888. Deciding to enter the legal profession
he took up the study of law with Colonel D. B.
Dailey and on passing the required examination
was admitted to the bar on the 3d of October,
1888. Forming a partnership with Ambrose Burke,
he immediately began the practice of his profession,
but this connection was dissolved on the 1st of
June, 1890. In October, 1902, he became a member
of the firm of Burke, Harle & Tinley and since
the death of Mr. Burke, in July, 1903, the firm
has been known as Harle & Tinley. They are
today at the head of a large and lucrative practice
and are recognized as two of the most prominent
attorneys of the city.
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On February 19, 1901, Mr. Tinley was married
in Council Bluffs to Miss Elsie Pusey, a daughter
of N. M. Pusey, an old resident of this city,
and to them have been born two children, namely:
Gertrude Mary and Elsie Pusey Tinley. In his fraternal
relations Mr. Tinley is connected with the Knights
of Columbus and the Benevolent Protective Order
of Elks. The democratic party has always found
in him a stanch supporter of its principles and
he is recognized as a man of influence in the
community. He was made a member of the school
board in 1907 and is now serving as president
of the same, having always taken a deep and commendable
interest in educational affairs. As a public-spirited
citizen he does all in his power to promote the
interests of the city and never withholds his
support from any measure which he believes will
advance the general welfare.
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August Klopping; who in former years was actively
and closely associated with agricultural interests,
is now living retired with his children and the
fact of his long residence in this county, combined
with his sterling worth, renders it imperative
that mention be made of him in this volume. He
was born in Prussia, Germany, July 20, 1834, and
there resided to the age of twenty years, when
the opportunities of the new world attracted him
and he bade adieu to friends and native land preparatory
to sailing for America. Landing in 1854 on the
eastern coast, he continued his way across the
country to Freeport, Illinois. He is largely a
self-educated as well as self-made man, having
few advantages in early life. After his arrival
in Illinois he worked at farm labor by the month
for a year and in 1855 journeyed westward to Council
Bluffs, Iowa, where for two months he was employed
in a brickyard. He then secured a situation on
a farm, spending a year in that way, after which
he bought a team and engaged in hau1ing lumber
from St. Joseph to Council Bluffs, thus spending
one winter. He afterward engaged in teaming for
several years.
In the county seat, in 1858, Mr. Klopping was
married to Miss Ann Hatcher, a native of Germany.
They located on a farm in Shelby county, Mr. Klopping
opening up a new place of one hundred and twenty
acres, which he cultivated and improved, bringing
the fields under a high state of cultivation during
the four years in which he lived on that place.
He then sold out and returned to Illinois, where
he resided for a year, after which he again made
his way to Council Bluffs. Soon afterward he bought
a tract of land where the town of Underwood now
stands, a part of it lying within the corporation
limits. This was in 1866. He took up his abode
thereon and improved and farmed the place until
1901, rearing his family there and developing
from his land one of the best improved farm properties
of the community. He owns altogether six hundred
and seventy-two acres of land, of which forty
acres lies within the corporation limits of Underwood.
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There are three sets or buildings upon this place
and the land is now very valuable owing to the
care and labor which has been bestowed upon it.
He afterward purchased a home in Underwood and
lived retired there for three years, during which
time his wife died on the 31st of December, 1904,
and was laid to rest in Fairview cemetery of Council
Bluffs. In their family were ten children but
three are now deceased, the others being: K. W.,
who is mentioned elsewhere in this volume; A.
L., a substantial farmer of Norwalk township;
Anna, the wife of Ed Geise, a farmer of York township;
Sophia, the wife of John Anderson, an agriculturist
of Norwalk township; Emma, the wife of J. W. Stageman,
of Randolph, Nebraska; Louis, a farmer of Wayne,
Nebraska; and August, a rancher of Cherry county,
Nebraska.
Mr. Klopping was reared in the faith of the Lutheran
church but now attends the services of the Church
of the Latter Day Saints. He is a democrat in
his political views and has held various local
positions of honor and trust, serving as school
treasurer for fifteen years. His life is indeed
commendable, for in its various phases he has
commanded and enjoyed the esteem and trust of
his fellowmen, while in business circles he has
won that success which arises from honorable,
well directed and consecutive effort. He has made
judicious investments and as the years came and
went he carried on the farm work so ably that
his place constantly increased in value, His record
shows what may be accomplished when one has determination
and energy, these constituting the key that will
always unlock the portals of prosperity.
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John G. Wadsworth, who is successfully engaged
in the farm loan business in Council Bluffs, was
born in Pierce county, Wisconsin, in 1859, and
is a son of John G. and Mary A. (Wainwright) Wadsworth,
who were pioneers of that state, having located
there in. 1852. The father was born in East Aurora,
New York, and died in Blair, Nebraska, in 1900,
at the age of seventy-five years, while the mother,
who was a native of Newark on Trent, Nottinghamshire,
England, died at the same place in 1905, when
eighty years of age.
In 1865 John G. Wadsworth of this review accompanied
his parents on their removal to Eaton Rapids,
Michigan, but a year later they took up their
abode in Chippewa county, Wisconsin, remaining
there until he entered the Illinois State University
at Champaign, Illinois, in 1876. Owing to ill
health he was obliged to leave school in 1877
and went to Dakota to recuperate, remaining there
about two years. He then returned to Champaign
and was graduated in 1882.
After completing his education Mr. Wadsworth
went to Arizona as assistant bridge engineer for
the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad Company, in
whose employ he remained for two years, and in
the summer of 1884 came to Council Bluffs and
entered the service of Burnham, Tulleys &
Company in
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the farm loan business. On leaving that firm
in 1888 he went to Lincoln, Nebraska, where he
engaged in a similar business for four years and
then returned to Coun9il Bluffs. In 1892 he became
a member of the firm of Tulleys, Walters &
Wadsworth, which in 1895 was changed to Walters
& Wadsworth and since the death of Mr. Walters
in 1906 business has been carried on under the
name of J. G. Wadsworth, our subject having entire
charge.
In 1886 Mr. Wadsworth was united in marriage
to Miss Katharine M. Baker, a native of Champaign,
Illinois, who died in 1899, leaving one son, John
B., who was born November 8, 1898. He was again
married in 1906, his second union being with Mrs.
Lora L. Crossland, of Chillicothe, Missouri, and
to them has been born a son, Edwin H., born May
22, 1907.
Mr. Wadsworth is a member of the First Presbyterian
church, of which he is an elder, and also belongs
to Bluff City lodge, No. 71, A. F. & A. M.;
Star chapter, No. 47, R. A. M.; Ivanhoe commandery,
No. 17, K. T., and to the Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks. His political support has always
been given the men and measures of the republican
party and he has been a delegate to several conventions-state,
congressional and judicial. He is prominent in
business circles in Council Bluffs and is chairman
of the executive committee of the Commercial Club.
Keen and clear headed, always busy, always careful
and conservative in financial matters, moving
slowly but surely in every transaction, he has
few superiors in the steady progress which invariably
reaches the objective point.
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John B. Long is prominent both in business and
social circles of Council Bluffs and has for twenty
years been engaged in the wall-paper and paint
business in this city. He was born in Clermont
county, Ohio, in 1858. In 1869 he removed to Iowa,
settling first in Knoxville, where he spent two
years attending the public schools, so completing
the preliminary education which he received in
his former home. His family removed at the end
of two years to Council Bluffs and Mr. Long decided
that he would no longer attend school but would
enter the business world. For eighteen months
he was a most efficient clerk in a store and at
the end of that time concluded that the man who
made a success of his life in a business way was
the man who had a trade in which he was proficient.
Accordingly Mr. Long began to learn the painter's
trade and in 1887 opened a store for the sale
of wall paper and paints, taking contracts for
both and making a specialty of fine work.
Mr. Long was married in Council Bluffs to Viola
S. Niles, and this union has been blessed with
three children: Elmer R., Hazel G. and John B.,
a bright and interesting family. Though he belongs
to no church, he has always attended the Baptist
church and has given it a generous and hearty
support. He is a member of the Elks lodge and
of the Ancient Order
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of United Workmen as well as a most active member
of the Commercial Club, always ready to further
its every interest. He is an artist in his line
of business and those who desire exclusive designing
always find Mr. Long expert in satisfying the
most fastidious tastes. He is frank and open in
his dealings and devoted to the interests of his
business and of his family. For the twenty years
that he has been in business in this city he has
always been surrounded by a large circle of friends
who hold him in the highest esteem.
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GEORGE W.
CROSSLEY.
George W. Crossley is numbered among the pioneer
residents of Pottawattamie county, having resided
within its borders since 1853. At that time there
was not a home between the family log cabin and
Council Bluffs. Almost the entire countryside
was a trackless and windswept prairie without
indication of the work of cultivation which was
soon to transform it into one of the most productive
agricultural districts of the entire Union.
Mr. Crossley was born in Lincolnshire, England,
August 6, 1851, and was therefore but two years
of age at the time of the emigration of the family
to the new world. His parents, William and Susan
(Hand) Crossley, were both natives of England
and spent their last days in Garner township,
Pottawattamie county, Iowa, where the mother died
in 1862 and the father in 1882 at the age of seventy-two
years.
In early life William Crossley crossed the ocean
in a sailing vessel which was sixteen weeks in
making the voyage. They encountered a storm, in
which the mast was blown off and the ship was
given up for lost. At length, however, anchor
was dropped in an American port and, proceeding
into the interior of the country, Mr. Crossley
purchased land in Washington county, Ohio. He
then returned to England, was married there and
remained a resident of his native country until
after the birth of all of his children, when he
again came to the United States, this time accompanied
by his family. He never returned to his Ohio property
and got nothing from his first purchase.
It was in 1853 that Mr. Crossley brought his
family to the United States, landing at New Orleans,
whence they proceeded up the Mississippi river
to Keokuk and thence crossed the state with a
wagon and ox team, arriving in Pottawattamie county
in the month of June. The father bought eighty
acres of wild land where the house now stands
and continued to add to his first purchase from
time to time as opportunity offered until at his
death, in connection with his son, George W. Crossley,
he was the owner of three hundred and twenty acres,
the greater part of which was improved.
A t the time of the arrival of the family in
this state there was not a single dwelling between
their farm and Council Bluffs, nor was there a
railroad in the state. Many evidences of pioneer
life were seen, the homes being largely little
cabins which sheltered brave frontiersmen, who
had penetrated to the very borders of civilization
in order to found homes for
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themselves and family in a district where land
could be secured at cheaper rates. There was much
wild game, and George W. Crossley remembers seeing
many deer, but mast of these perished in the severe
winter of 1856-7. During the first winter after
the arrival of the family in Pottawattamie county
they lived in a dugout and the following spring
moved into the log cabin which was their home
until 1861, when a frame dwelling was erected
that was occupied by the parents of our subject
for many years. To the east of their home there
was not a house for five miles when they came
to the stage station, and the next stage station
was ten miles still farther. They endured many
hardships and privations incident to the settlement
of a new country, being far from market and mill,
while the implements for breaking land and developing
farms were very crude as compared to the modern
machinery of the present time.
William Crossley had four children, as follows:
Mary, who died at the age of sixteen years; Margaret,
the wife of Sidney Fletcher, of Council Bluffs;
Helen Jane, the widow of John A. Orr, of Harrison
county; and George W., of this review. The parents
of these children were members of the Church of
England while living in their native land, but
came to the United States to unite with the Mormon
church, but on account of the health of Mrs. Crossley
they did not continue their way to Salt Lake City
and in due time left the church.
George W. Crossley, the only son of the family,
always remained at home and worked with his father.
Since the latter's death he has continued to add
to his and his father's original holdings until
he is now one of the most extensive landowners
of this part of the state, his holdings embracing
twelve hundred acres, extending two miles east
and west and one mile north and south. Moreover,
his farm is one of the best improved properties
in this section of the country. About 1892 he
erected a goad residence upon his place, but five
years later it was destroyed by fire and up an
the original foundation he built his present home,
which is one of the most attractive in the township.
In 1884 he built a large stack and grain barn,
and has ample shed room for the shelter of grain
and stock. In all of his farm work he has been
progressive and he is now devoting his time and
energies almost exclusively to the raising and
feeding of stock, keeping between four and five
hundred head of cattle. Altogether, with his son,
he has nearly eight hundred head of cattle, horses
and sheep, his cattle being mostly graded shorthorns
and Herefords. He has recently taken up the sheep
industry and now has about five hundred head of
sheep on his place. He also has twenty-five head
of work horses and employs a number of men in
the cultivation and improvement of his farm. His
agricultural interests are equaled by that of
few other agriculturists of the county and his
success makes him one of the most prominent farmers
of western Iowa.
In 1885 Mr. Crossley was united in marriage to
Miss Jennie Holland, a daughter of Thomas Holland,
and unto them have been born five children, namely:
Bruce William, who was graduated from Ames College
on the 6th of June, 1907, and is now teaching
in that institution; Ralph, Mabel, Belle and George,
all at home.
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In his political allegiance Mr. Crossley is a
republican and keeps well informed on the questions
and issues of the day but has never been a politician
in the sense of office seeking. He has, however,
served as a member of the school board for many
years and the cause of public instruction finds
in him a stalwart champion. He is noted for his
generosity, always contributing liberally to worthy
causes and the most envious cannot grudge him
his success, so honorably, has it been won and
so worthily used. He shows none of that arrogance
or ostentation which is so often manifest in those
who have risen from humble financial positions
to a place of affluence, but on the contrary has
a cheery ward and pleasant greeting for all and
is quick to recognize the true worth of character
in others. The name of Crossley is inseparably
associated with Pottawattamie county and its development,
especially along agricultural lines, and it would
be difficult to find one in Garner township who
has more intimate knowledge of its history than
he whose name introduces this review.
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