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Sherman S. Elliott, of the Harle-Haas Drug Company,
of Council Bluffs, was born on a farm in Harrison
county, Iowa, January 30, 1869. His father, William
Elliott, was born in England, in 1825, and came
to America in early manhood. For years he resided
in Harrison county, Iowa, where he died in 1897.
Sherman S. Elliott is one of the seven surviving
children of the family. He was reared in his native
county, spending his boyhood days on the home
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farm under the parental roof, while in the public
schools of Missouri Valley in Harrison county
he acquired his education, pursuing his studies
to the age of sixteen years, when he entered upon
his business career as an employe in a drug store
in Missouri Valley. There he acquainted himself
with the trade and in two and a half years had
become a registered pharmacist. He remained in
Missouri Valley until 1889, when he removed to
Council Bluffs and opened a drug store, where
he conducted business for two years. He then moved
his stock to Missouri Valley, where he again carried
on business, but in 1900 he returned to Council
Bluffs and became interested in the present firm.
In 1903 he was chosen secretary of the Harle-Haas
Drug Company and is thus associated with the commercial
interests of the city, being also manager of the
Elliott Medicine Company of Council Bluffs.
In 1892 in this city Mr. Elliott was married
to Miss Theresa Kuhn, and unto them have been
born three children, Gladys Theresa, Arthur Sherman
and Cornelia Clara. Mr. Elliott belongs to the
Masonic fraternity and to the Modern Woodmen of
America. He is now serving on the school board
of Council Bluffs and is much interested in community
affairs, giving active aid to various movements
for the material, intellectual and social progress
of the community. He is a young business man,
imbued with the progressive spirit of the age,
and realizing that success lies in the individual
and not in any outside condition or environment,
he has worked persistently to win the measure
of prosperity which he is now enjoying.
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Conrad Geise, Sr., is proprietor of the bottling
works of Council Bluffs and is conducting a successful
business, putting forth the enterprise and energy
so necessary to mold business interests into a
prosperous outcome. He was born in Germany, November
5, 1842, and from that country made his way direct
to Council Bluffs, where he arrived on the 10th
of June, 1858, when about sixteen years of age.
During the first summer succeeding his arrival
he worked at farm labor and afterward spent two
years in a brickyard. The succeeding six months
were passed in the employ of Officer & Pusey,
and later worked for Hagg for two years. In January,
1863, in association with Frank Hagg he took charge
of the brewery which they conducted for five years,
when Mr. Geise withdrew from that enterprise and
established a brewery of his own, conducting it
until 1887, when it was closed on account of the
prohibition law. He then began bottling beer and
has since continued in the bottling business.
In 1905 he established a cereal mill, which he
is also operating, and the dual industrial interests
make heavy demands upon his time and attention.
In 1864, in Council Bluffs, Mr. Geise was united
in marriage to Miss Ludowike Horn, and unto them
have been born nine children, three of whom died
in childhood, while Frederick H., whose sketch
is found elsewhere in this volume, died in 1904,
at the age of thirty-eight years, leaving a daughter,
Marie. The other children of Mr. and Mrs. Geise
are: Edwin H.; Conrad; Philip E.;
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Ludowike, the wife of Wynn Wilkinson, of Waterloo,
Iowa; and Louisa, the wife of Charles Brandt,
of Neola, Iowa.
Mr. Geise has membership relations with the Benevolent
and Protective Order of Elks and with the Sons
of Hermann. His political allegiance is given
to the democracy and for one term he served as
alderman from the first ward, in which he has
always lived since coming to Council Bluffs, almost
a half century ago. His capital was very limited
at the time of his arrival here and the success
he has achieved has come in recognition of his
capable management and unfaltering industry.
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The name of Casady is inextricably interwoven
with the history of central and western Iowa in
connection with the development of its financial
interests and the work instituted by a former
generation-the father and uncles of our subject
is now being continued by James N. Casady, Jr.,
banker, broker and real-estate dealer of Council
Bluffs. Endowed by nature with a sound judgment
and an accurate, discriminating mind, he has not
feared that laborious attention to business so
necessary to achieve success and this essential
quality has ever been guided by a sense of moral
right which would tolerate the employment only
of means that will bear the most rigid examination,
by a fairness of intention that has neither sought
nor required disguise.
A native resident of Council Bluffs, born June
10, 1869, he is a son of J. N. and Ellen M. Casady.
The father, a pioneer of Iowa, came to this city
in 1853 and organized the real-estate and banking
firm of J. P. & J. N. Casady, with which he
was actively connected until 1893, when J. N.
Casady, Jr., succeeded to the large and increasing
business of the firm, so that the family name
still figures prominently in connection with the
financial interests of the city. The father is
now a resident of Spokane, Washington, while the
mother passed away in Council Bluffs, April 6,
1904.
Passing through successive grades in the public
schools, J. N. Casady, Jr., left the high school
of Council Bluffs in the year 1885 and continued
his studies in a private school in Chicago, known
as Allen Academy, situated at Nos. 1832-1836 Michigan
avenue, where the home of Ferd Peck now stands.
Putting aside his text-books in 1888 to take up
the actual lessons of life in the school of experience,
Mr. Casady entered the Des Moines Savings Bank
owned by his uncle in the capital city and now
the largest bank of the state. There he continued,
receiving his business training under the personal
direction of the Hon. P. M. Casady until 1892,
after which he pursued an extra course of training
in Bryant & Stratton Business College of Chicago.
He completed his studies in 1893 and having acquired
through technical and practical training a comprehensive
knowledge of the banking business, he returned
home and succeeded the firm of J. P. & J.
N. Casady, bankers, brokers and real-estate dealers.
In 1907 the business was incorporated under the
name of the J. N.
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Casady, Jr., Company. Mr. Casady has associated
with him as counsel and as vice president the
Hon. Emmet Tinley, one of the ablest lawyers of
the west.
He possesses the ability so characteristic of
the family for the successful management of financial
interests, seeming to recognize almost intuitively
a judicious investment. He entered business circles
in this city well qualified for the responsibilities
that devolved upon him and the opportunities which
came to him, having received a most practical
and comprehensive training in Iowa's largest banking
institution. He stands today in his mature years
a strong man-strong to plan and perform, strong
in his credit and good name, his record adding
new laurels to an untarnished family history.
He has been connected as director with several
other enterprises bearing upon the business activity
and consequent prosperity of the city. In addition
to the banking and brokerage business the Casady
Company takes charge of estates and manages property
for non-resident tax-payers. They have a large
acquaintance in financial circles and are enabled
to obtain loans, mortgages, bonds and first class
collateral at the lowest rate-in fact are equipped
to carry through to a successful issue all business
placed in their hands. They represent the Prudential
Insurance Company as special agents and travel
over Iowa also for the Standard Fire Insurance
Company of Iowa located at Keokuk, Mr. Casady
being state agent.
On the 24th of July, 1903, Mr. Casady was married
at Burlington, Kansas, to Miss Henrietta Ewing
Cowgill. Her father, now deceased, was one of
the prominent representatives of the professional
life in Kansas and Cowgill, Missouri, was named
in his honor. In his fraternal relations Mr. Casady
is an Elk,.having joined Council Bluffs lodge,
No. 531, B. P. O. E., in the year 1902, when Hon.
Emmet Tinley was exalted ruler. Mr. Casady has
been treasurer of the Driving Park Association
for many years of the Council Bluffs Roadster
Club, an association which indicates what is to
him a favorite sport and relaxation from the onerous
cares of a large and complex business. Politically
he is an old line democrat. As an energetic, upright
and conscientious business man and a gentleman
of attractive social qualities, he stands high
in the estimation of the community.
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Louis Mischler, well known as a leading representative
of business interests in Minden, being the senior
partner of the firm of Pieper & Mischler,
was born in Moniteau county, Missouri, October
10, 1865. His father, John Mischler, was a native
of Germany and on coming to the United States
settled first in Missouri but in 1871 removed
to Iowa, locating in Webster county near Fort
Dodge. There he remained for four years and in
1875 came to Pottawattamie county. He bought land
in York township, where he developed a farm and
reared his family. At a later date he went to
Kansas, settling in Osborne county, and is now
living retired in the city of Osborne.
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Louis Mischler was reared in this county and
acquired a common-school education. He remained
with his father until he had attained his majority.
In early manhood he married Miss Louisa Ida Singleman,
who was born, reared and educated in Ogle county,
Illinois, but the wedding was celebrated in Minden
township about 1890. Following their marriage
they began housekeeping on a farm in Minden township,
Mr. Mischler owning and cultivating two hundred
and forty acres of land. He further developed
and improved this place raising, feeding and shipping
stock in addition to the work of cultivating the
fields. He was a successful farmer and stockman,
continuing the business year after year with gratifying
results uhtil1907, when he rented his farm and
purchased an interest in the business with which
he is now connected. As a member of the firm of
Pieper & Mischler he is interested in a general
mercantile enterprise. They own a large and well
selected line of goods and occupy a commodious
and well lighted double store, which affords them
excellent opportunity for the attractive display
of their goods. Their business methods are thoroughly
reliable, conforming closely to a high standard
of commercial ethics. The courtesy which is always
extended the patrons secures to them a continuance
of the trade and their business is gradually increasing.
Unto Mr. and Mrs. Mischler have been born two
sons and three daughters: Marguerite, Elva, Lloyd,
Paul and Myrtle, all of whom are yet under the
parental roof. The parents are members of the
German Evangelical church and are greatly esteemed
by many warm friends, while the hospitality of
the best homes is freely accorded them. In his
political views Mr. Mischler has always been a
republican and has served on the school board
for several years, the cause of education finding
in him a warm and stalwart friend. Political office,
however, has had no attraction for him as he has
preferred to give undivided attention to his business
interests, and as a farmer and merchant he has
made continual advancement in business circles,
while his laudable ambition and close application
promise well for a prosperous future.
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William C. Droge is a member of the firm of Droge
Brothers, proprietors of a large grain elevator
at Council Bluffs, and is thus closely associated
with the grain trade at this point. He was born
here on the 5th of November, 1876, and is a son
of Herman Droge, a native of Germany, born in
the year 1833. He spent the first fifteen years
of his life in that land and in 1848 came to America
with his parents, settling in Iowa. Later he arrived
in Council Bluffs and for a long period was an
active factor in the business interests of the
city. At the time of the Civil war he espoused
the Union cause and during his service at the
front he participated in a number of important
engagements. He was married in this city to Miss
Minnie Schaffer, and unto them have been born
eleven children, nine of whom reached adult age,
while eight are yet living.
William C. Droge spent the days of his boyhood
and youth in the city of his nativity. At the
usual age he entered the public schools, passing
through
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successive grades to the age of sixteen years,
when he put aside his text-books and started in
business. He has since been dependent upon his
own resources and his success has come as the
merited reward of earnest labor. In 1894, in company
with his brother, Henry F. Droge, he began buying
hay and also followed farming to a limited extent.
They continued in the hay trade until 1902, building
a warehouse in Council Bluffs, after which they
dealt in hay and grain. They carried on a wholesale
business and were in that line until 1906, when
they sold out and have since given their attention
to the elevator. They are thus still closely connected
with the grain trade and are well known to the
farmers and others who pr9duce cereals and other
products which are handled by the firm.
Henry F. Droge, the brother and partner of our
subject, was born in Council Bluffs in 1874, was
here reared and educated and became a partner
of William C. Droge in 1894. The latter belongs
to the Commercial Club and is well known in business
circles of the city as a young man who accomplishes
results by reason of well defined plans and untiring
activity.
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HENRY F. SAAR.
A well developed and highly improved farm comprising
eight hundred and forty-six acres situated on
sections 10, 15, 21 and 22, Keg Creek township,
Pottawattamie county, is the property of Henry
F. Saar, who was born in Moniteau county, Missouri,
March 21, 1848, a son of Henry and Sophia (Plummer)
Saar, both of whom were natives of Germany, the
former having been born in Bavaria, August 5,
1822. His death occurred in 1888, when he had
reached the age of sixty-six years and he was
for a long period survived by his wife, who passed
away in 1902, at the advanced age of seventy-eight
years. The father emigrated to America in 1842,
locating first in Jefferson City, Missouri, where
he worked in a stone quarry, for the meager sum
of five dollars per month. Noting the opportunities
which were offered in agricultural lines, he then
purchased eighty acres of land, but hearing favorable
reports concerning the state of Iowa, he rode
on horseback to Mills county to look over the
country. Being pleased with that section of the
state, he returned to his home in Missouri, disposed
of his land arid returned to Mills county, making
the trip with ox teams, the year of his arrival
there being 1851. He purchased forty acres of
land in a district which later became known as
the Plummer settlement. Taking up his abode thereon
he began the active work of farm life and as the
years passed and he prospered in his undertakings
he added to his original holdings until at one
time he owned three thousand acres of land in
Mills and Pottawattamie counties, his home place
comprising fourteen hundred acres, situated in
the former county. Thus through his own well directed
efforts he became a very wealthy man and at the
time of his death was regarded as one of the substantial
citizens of his section of the state.
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Henry F. Saar is one of a family of thirteen
children, of whom four survive, his brothers being
Julius and Otto, both of whom are residents of
Keg Creek township, while his sister, Eliza, is
the wife of Dr. Charles Deetken, a resident of
Council Bluffs, Iowa. He was a little lad of three
years at the time of the parents' removal from
Missouri to Mills county, Iowa, so that practically
his entire life has been spent in this state.
His educational privileges were very limited,
for at that early period few schoolhouses had
been built and he was ten years of age before
he had any advantages in this direction, and it
was then that he attended a subscription school,
wherein he acquired a fair knowledge of the more
common English branches. He was early trained
to the duties of the home farm and assisted his
father in the operation of the fields until he
had reached the age of twenty-three years, when,
in 1871, he began business on his own account
by operating land which was given him by his father
and which comprised what is now a portion of his
home place. However, his father wished him to
return home and take charge of the homestead farm,
where he continued until 1875, when he removed
once more to his own property and has since made
this his place of residence. He has, however,
added to his landed holdings until he owns at
the present time seven hundred and seventy-six
acres after giving to his son Arthur a tract of
eighty acres. This is a valuable property, on
which stands a fine country residence and substantial
barns and outbuildings, also a good orchard and
small fruit, all of which have been placed there
by the owner. In addition to tilling the soil
he is engaged quite extensively in raising and
feeding stock and this branch of his business
has proved a valuable source of income to him.
He makes a specialty of polled Angus cattle arid
Poland China hogs.
It was on the 27th of June, 1872, that Mr. Saar
was united in marriage to Miss Caroline W. Rickman,
who also comes of German parentage. She was born
in Davenport, Iowa, a daughter of E. H. and Maria
(Spetman) Rickman, the former a native of Germany.
Their marriage was celebrated in Davenport, after
which they located on a farm near that city, the
father being engaged in general agricultural pursuits
until the last year of his life, which was spent
in honorable retirement in the city of Council
Bluffs, where his death occurred in 1889, when
he had reached the age of sixty-five. The mother
is still living and makes her home in Council
Bluffs. This marriage was blessed with four children,
all of whom survive, namely: Adolph, a resident
of Nebraska; Caroline W., now Mrs. Saar; Christina,
who lives in Nebraska; and Teresa, who resides
with her mother in Council Bluffs.
The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Saar has been blessed
with seven children, as follows: Albert, who assists
his father in the operation of the home farm;
Arthur, who wedded Annie Schultz and is engaged
in the hardware and furniture business in Treynor,
Iowa; Clara, the wife of H. H. Guttan, of Washington
township, Pottawattamie county; Carl, who wedded
Ollie Miller and makes his home in Keg Creek townhip;
Hattie, who died in 1903 at the age of twenty
years; and Ernest and Lulu, both under the parental
roof.
Mr. Saar holds membership relations with the
German Lutheran church, while his political allegiance
is given to the democratic party. He has been
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called to fill some public offices, having served
as township trustee and road supervisor and is
acting as treasurer of the school board. He has
made good use of his opportunities and has prospered
from year to year, conducting his business affairs
carefully and successfully until he is today numbered
among the well-to-do citizens of his section of
the state.
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Fred J. Schnorr, engaged in the real-estate,
loan and investment business in Council Bluffs,
was born in McHenry, Illinois, on the 8th of July,
1859. His father, Fred Schnorr, Sr., was a native
of Germany, the year of his birth being 1833.
He came to America in 1852, when a young man of
about nineteen years, and after spending two years
in the state of New York .removed westward to
McHenry, Illinois, where for many years he was
engaged in the boot and shoe business, becoming
well known in commercial circles in that place.
In the year 1855, in McHenry, Illinois, he wedded
Catharine Waldeis, and they have two children:
Frank A., who was born in 1857 and now resides
in Spencer, Iowa; and Fred J., of this review.
Fred J. Schnorr, the younger son, was a pupil
in the public schools of his native town to the
age of sixteen years, when he put aside his text-books
and started out in life on his own account. Leaving
McHenry in 1876, he went to Elgin, Illinois, where
he learned the tinner's trade, which he followed
for three and a half years. He then removed to
Chenoa, Illinois, where he worked for three years,
and on the expiration of that period went to Nunda,
where he spent one year as manager of a hardware
store. A removal to South Dakota made him a resident
of Aphol, where he opened a hardware store, conducting
business at that point for two years. Later he
became a resident of Liberty, Nebraska, where
he purchased a hardware store and on selling his
stock he turned his attention to the loan business,
in which he continued for a year. His next location
was at Quinter, Kansas, where he organized the
Bank of Quinter, a private banking institution,
of which he was one of the proprietors and cashier
for three years.
Seeking a still broader field of labor, Mr. Schnorr
came to Council Bluffs in 1890 and has here since
engaged in the real-estate, loan and investment
business. He has made it a point to acquaint himself
thoroughly with realty values and few if any men
of the county have more intimate knowledge of
the property interests of the city. He knows almost
every piece of property on the market, recognizes
its possibilities for advance in price and has
negotiated many important realty transfers. He
has also succeeded in placing many loans and in
this connection is well known in financial circles.
He allows nothing to interfere with the conduct
of his business interests, and his duty to his
clients and his close application has been one
of the salient features in his business success.
In 1883 Mr. Schnorr was married at Crystal Lake,
Illinois, to Miss Nellie A. Hill, and they have
one son, William F. Mr. Schnorr belongs to the
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olent & Protective Order of Elks, and he
exercises his right of franchise in support of
the men and measures of the republican party.
He has made various removals, each time with the
hope of enjoying better opportunities, and gradually
he has worked his way upward until he is now in
control of a large and gratifying business, while
his activity and enterprise have gained him recognition
as a foremost factor in business circles in Council
Bluffs.
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George Henry Jackson, in charge of the claim
department at the transfer depot of the Union
Pacific Railroad Company, is perhaps equally well
known in political and Masonic circles, and in
all these varied lines, whatever his hand has
found to do he has done to the utmost of his ability
and with a sense of conscientious obligation,
He was born in Selby, Yorkshire, England, November
10, 1844. His father, John Jackson, also a native
of that place, was born in 1823, and in England,
in 1843, was married to Miss Mary Dickinson, also
a native of that country. They came to America
with their family in 1858, but he was not long
permitted to enjoy his new home, his death occurring
at Utica, New York, in 1859. His wife, long surviving
him, died in Manchester, England, in 1902.
The eldest of five children, George H. Jackson
pursued his education in the public schools of
England, after which he was engaged as buyer in
a wholesale dry-goods house at Selby and later
in Manchester for a few years prior to coming
to America with his parents. He was married in
his native town, March 24, 1869, to Miss Maria
Green, a daughter of Thomas and Mary Ann (Cliffe)
Green. Her father, who was a shipbuilder, died
in England in 1888. The daughter was educated
in a young ladies' boarding school in Selby and
is a lady of culture and refinement. Crossing
the Atlantic to the new world, they were thirteen
days upon the water and traveled by land for two
days before reaching Council Bluffs, on the 11th
of June, 1871. Mr. Jackson then entered the employ
of the Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company
as cashier and served in that capacity for five
years, after which he went to the Union Pacific
Railroad, in May, 1881. He is still in charge
of the claim department at the transfer depot,
a position of large responsibility, demanding
keen sagacity, discernment and business tact,
all of which qualities he possesses in large degree.
Mr. Jackson is even better known perhaps in Council
Bluffs as a leader in political circles and throughout
the state in connection with his work in the Masonic
fraternity. As candidate of the democratic party
he was elected alderman from the first ward in
1880 and served for two years. In 1896, because
of the free-silver plank in the democratic platform,
he transferred his allegiance to the republican
party. In matters of citizenship he is always
progressive and champions every measure for the
general good. He is a prominent Mason, a member
of the Order of the Eastern Star and of the Royal
Arcanum. Of the last named he has been state regent.
He joined Excelsior lodge, No.
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258, A. F. & A. M., of Council Bluffs, in
1876; Star chapter, No. 47, R. A. M., in 1877;
Ivanhoe commandery, No. 17, K. T., of which he
is a past commander, in 1877; Joppa council, R.
& S. M., in 1887; and Kaaba shrine, at Davenport,
in 1896, in all of which he still retains membership.
He has also attained the thirty-second degree
of the Scottish rite. With his wife he joined
Harmony chapter, No. 25, O. E. S., at Council
Bluffs, and they have both been actively interested
in its work. He is a past worthy patron and Mr.
and Mrs. Jackson are the only persons who, as
husband and wife, have had the distinguished honor
of filling the positions of past grand patron
and past grand matron, respectively, of the Iowa
Order of the Eastern Star at the same time. Mrs.
Jackson also belongs to the P. E. O., and is now
state secretary of the Eastern Star.
Unto Mr. arid Mrs. Jackson have been born three
children: Marion, born in Manchester, England,
in January, 1870, died in Council Bluffs in 1888.
Lillian, born in Council Bluffs, November 21,
1873, is a graduate of the high school of this
city and was married, June 9, 1897, to F. H. Ellis,
who was general baggage agent for the Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company for several
years, but retired a few years ago on account
of his health. He and his wife now live at No.
513 South First street. Jessica, born in Council
Bluffs, November 5, 1876, and educated in the
city schools, became the wife of William F. Siedentopf,
December 11, 1897. He is a real-estate dealer,
living at No. 525 South First street.
Mr. and Mrs. Jackson have a beautiful home at
No. 517 South First street, besides other properties
in the city. They hold membership in St. Paul's
Episcopal church, are deeply interested in its
work and Mrs. Jackson is connected with the Ladies'
Guild. In social circles, where true worth and
intelligence are received as the passports into
good society, they occupy an enviable position.
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With all of the modern processes and methods
of photography Joseph O. Booth, of Council Bluffs,
is familiar, having kept thoroughly abreast with
the advancement which has been made in this art
and today he conducts one of the best equipped
and most complete studios in his adopted city.
The liberal patronage accorded him is an indication
of the general satisfaction which he gives in
his work and in his chosen field of labor he is
meeting with good success.
Mr. Booth is a native of Stockton, California,
born on the 31st of May, 1866. In 1868 he was
brought to Iowa by his parents, Nathaniel and
Sarah M. (Osgood) Booth. The father, a native
of London, England, was born in 1832, and when
a youth of eleven years came to America in 1843.
He is now living in Harlan, Iowa, where he is
engaged in the implement business. He married
Miss Sarah M. Osgood, who died in 1868, leaving
three little sons, William N., John H. and Joseph
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At the removal of the family to Shelby county,
Iowa, in 1868, they settled upon a farm, where
Joseph O. Booth remained far twelve years, his
experiences being those of the farm lad of the
period. He attended the district schools, enjoying
the sports of the playground, and he assisted
to some extent in the work of the fields. Following
the removal of his father to Harlan, Iowa, he
there attended school for five years, or until
he reached the age of seventeen, when he started
out in business life, beginning work in a photographic
studio in that place. Six months later he went
to Sioux City, Iowa, where he continued for ten
years, and during the last three years of that
time he was proprietor of a gallery. He had in
previous years thoroughly acquainted himself with
the best and most modern processes of photography
and his labors brought him added knowledge and
experience.
On leaving Sioux City Mr. Booth went to Denver,
Colorado, and after being located at other places
he came to Council Bluffs in 1902. The following
year he established his present studio, which
he has now conducted for four years, having a
well equipped photographic gallery with all of
the latest appliances known to the art. He has
thorough appreciation far the excellent effects
that may be obtained through light and shade and
pose, and in his work he has been very successful
in securing the natural results which are to be
so much desired in photography and because of
the high grade of his pictures he has secured
a most liberal patronage.
Mr. Booth was married in 1889, in Sioux City,
Iowa, to Miss Leni Leoti Rice, a daughter of M.
E. Rice, and they have three children, George,
Gladys and Joseph O. Jr. Mr. Booth belongs to
the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter
Day Saints.
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William P. Andersen carries on general farming
and stack-raising an section 29, York township,
where he has a good farm property of one hundred
and twenty acres and also has ten acres of timber
land. He has lived upon this farm since 1885 and
during the intervening years his labors have worked
a marked transformation in its appearance. He
was barn in Holstein, Germany, October 29, 1856,
a son of John C. Andersen, of Germany, in which
country the father died. The mother bore the maiden
name of Mary Mass. Following the death of her
husband, which occurred when he was fifty-three
years of age, Mrs. Andersen and her five children
came to America. This was in 1883.
William P. Andersen, who was reared and educated
in the fatherland, came with his mother, and after
arriving in the new world rented land for three
years. He then purchased one hundred and twenty
acres, where he now resides. It was raw land but
with characteristic energy he began the work of
plowing, planting and cultivating and in due time
harvested good crops. The work of improvement
has been carried forward along modern lines and
he has here built a good two-story residence,
substantial barns and in fact has added all of
the improvements known to a model farm of the
twentieth century. He
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has set out an orchard of two acres, planted
much small fruit and also many shade trees, which
now adorn and enhance the beauty of the place,
making it one of the attractive features of the
landscape.
On the 17th of November, 1889, Mr. Andersen was
married to Miss Mattie Rehder, a native of Germany,
and a daughter of John Rehder, who in his native
country was a teacher. On coming to America he
located in Pottawattamie county. Following his
marriage Mr. Andersen took his bride to the farm
and in the support of his family has since successfully
prosecuted agricultural interests. In addition
to tilling the soil he bas raised and fed shorthorn
cattle, shipping from one to three carloads per
year, and he has also made a specialty of Chester
White hogs, feeding from one to two carloads annually.
In his business he is watchful of all of the details
pointing to success and in the control of his
affairs manifests an aptitude for successful management.
His labors are effective in that they have won
him a place among the leading agriculturists of
the community and his business methods, too, are
at all times straightforward and reliable.
Unto Mr. and Mrs. Andersen have been born a daughter
and son, Lydia and William. By a former marriage
Mrs. Andersen had two children, Otto and Louis
Falk.
In his political views Mr. Andersen is independent
and takes no active part in politics, yet as a
citizen interested in local affairs he has advocated
many measures that have proven of benefit in promoting
the interests of the community. He is a member
of the Lutheran church of Minden and during his
residence of twenty-two years in this county he
has become widely known, displaying those substantial
qualities which in every land and clime command
respect and regard.
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Frank H. Morgan, who for twenty-one years has
been connected with the drug business in Council
Bluffs, also selling paints, oils and glass, is
well known in commercial circles and deserves
mention with the representative business men of
the city. He was born in Glenwood, Mills county,
Iowa, on the 13th of August, 1869, and in 1871
was taken by his parents to Council Bluffs, where
he received his schooling in part, although his
education was largely acquired in Burlington,
Iowa, to which place the family removed in 1878.
When a young man of seventeen years Mr. Morgan
returned to Council Bluffs and entered the drug
store of Dell G. Morgar & Company, the senior
partner being his uncle. He was with the firm
for ten years and on the expiration of that period
purchased the stock and has since engaged in business
on his own account. His long connection with the
trade had thoroughly qualified him for the responsibility
which he then assumed and as the years have gone
by he has enjoyed a constantly increasing prosperity.
In 1897, in Council Bluffs, Mr. Morgan was united
in marriage to Miss Minnie P. Whitaker, and they
are well known in the social circles of the city.
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Mr. Morgan is a member of St. Paul's (Episcopal)
church and although he never seeks to figure in
any public light, outside his business interests,
he is yet known as one whose aid and influence
can be counted upon to further progressive public
movements.
It will be interesting in this connection to
note something of the history of Mr. Morgan's
family. He is a son of Frank P. Morgan, of Omaha,
who was born in Jamestown, New York, in 1847 and
came to Iowa in 1864. In May of that year he joined
the Forty-seventh Regiment of Iowa Infantry, with
which he served until October, when he was mustered
out at Davenport. He was married in 1868 in Des
Moines, to Miss Elizabeth Harrison, and they have
three children: Frank H.; Carrie M., the wife
of W. L. Perkins, of Granite, Oklahoma; and Robert
P., of Omaha.
The elder son has spent his entire life in this
state and it has been through his close application
and unremitting diligence in business affairs
that he has gained the creditable position which
he now' occupies as a successful merchant of Council
Bluffs. He has recently removed to the new building,
just completed by F. T. True, at the corner of
Broadway and Eighth street, which affords finer
facilities for the conduct of his business.
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Dell G. Morgan, prominent in business and political
circles in Council Bluffs and well known to the
drug trade throughout the state, is now engaged
extensively and successfully in dealing in drugs,
paints, oils and glass, but though his business
makes heavy demands upon his time and attention
he yet finds opportunity to co-operate in many
progressive measures and the city has benefited
by his efforts in its behalf. He comes of a family
of Welsh ancestry and ex-Governor Edwin Morgan,
of New York, and J. Pierpont Morgan are also descended
from the same line. The founder of the family
in America was the great-great-great-grandfather
of our subject, a native of Wales, who in the
seventeenth century settled in Herkimer county,
New York, where the family was represented for
three generations, or until Russell Morgan, the
father of Dell G. Morgan, removed to Chautauqua
county, New York.
Russell Morgan was born in Herkimer county, New
York, in 1819, and lived at various points in
his native state and in Pennsylvania. He was engaged
in the manufacture of furniture at Jamestown,
New York, and about 1861 removed to Corry, Pennsylvania,
where he conducted an undertaking establishment
until 1876, when he came to Council Bluffs. Here
he continued in the same line of business for
twenty years, or until 1896, when he retired.
His death occurred in December, 1906. He was married
in 1843 to Miss Clarissa Palmer, a sister of Frank
Palmer, late public printer under Presidents Harrison,
McKinley and Roosevelt. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Morgan
were born eleven children, seven of whom are yet
living: Frank P., Alton B., Carl A., Emma J.,
Amos S., Fred E. and Dell G. The daughter is the
wife of W. J. Lauterwasser.
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Dell G. Morgan, whose name introduces this record,
was born in St. Clairsville, Chautauqua county,
New York, on the 27th of August, 1861, and when
still quite young was taken by his parents to
Corry, Pennsylvania, where the family lived for
seven years. When about nine years of age he came
alone to Iowa, making his way to Glenwood, where
his eldest brother, Frank P. Morgan, was then
editor and owner of the Glenwood Opinion, a weekly
republican newspaper. After a year the brothers
came to Council Bluffs and Dell G. Morgan here
completed his education. He left school at the
age of eighteen years and entered the drug store
of Harle & McKune, with whom he remained for
about four or five years, thoroughly acquainting
himself with the business during that period.
He then opened a drug store, in which his elder
brother Frank became the silent partner under
the firm style of Dell G. Morgan & Company,
which relationship continued until 189'6, when
he opened his present store. He has a well equipped
establishment, carrying a large line of drugs,
paints, oils and glass, and from the beginning
the new enterprise has proved a profitable investment.
Regarding no detail of the business as too inessential
to claim his attention, watching carefully for
every indication pointing to success, keeping
abreast with the modern methods of the commercial
world, he has gained recognition as one of the
leading merchants of the city in which he has
now resided for almost a third of a century.
On the 6th of July, 1887, Mr. Morgan was married,
in Council Bluffs, to Miss Ada G. East, and they
have two children, Grace E. and Paul Morgan. Mr.
Morgan is prominent in fraternal circles, being
a valued member of the Benevolent & Protective
Order of Elks, the Woodmen of the World, the Modern
Woodmen, and Excelsior lodge, No. 259, A. F. &
A. M., of which he is a past master. He also belongs
to the Presbyterian church and is deeply interested
in all that pertains to the welfare and progress
of the city along intellectual, moral, social
and political lines. He has co-operated in many
movements for the public good, was for three years
a member of the school board and for one year
its president; and for two years administered
the public affairs of the city as mayor. He is
a stanch advocate of republican principles but
never allows partisanship to stand in the way
of faithful performance of public duties. That
he is prominent and well known in drug circles
is indicated by the fact that he was honored,
in 1903, with the presidency of the Iowa Pharmaceutical
Association. His social qualities render him popular
and all who know him have thorough respect for
his strength and worth of character.
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