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HON. EDWIN WILLIAM DAVIS.
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There are few men whose lives are crowned with
the honor and respect which were uniformly accorded
to Edwin William Davis, a brother of J. W. Davis;
but through long years of active connection with
the history of Pottawattamie county and western
Iowa his was an unblemished character. With him
success in life was reached by his sterling qualities
of mind and a heart true to every manly principle.
He never deviated from what his judgment would
indicate to be right and honorable between his
fellowmen and himself. He never swerved from the
path of duty and he had the consciousness of having
gained for himself by his straightforward career
the confidence and trust of the entire community
in which he lived. He was a man of kindly spirit,
of broad philanthropy, of marked patriotism and
of excellent executive and business ability, and
all these combined to make him a man of prominence
and influence in every locality in which he resided
for any length of time.
Several generations of American ancestry precede
Edwin William Davis, the family having been founded
in the new world at an early period in its colonization.
His father, Randall Davis, was a typical New Englander,
large of frame and of marked mental vigor. Independent
in thought, he was unable to accept the narrow
creeds of his day and yet was rugged and sturdy
in his integrity, teaching the severest ethics
of honor and of honesty and most absolute righteousness.
His wife, Mrs. Phylia (Kies) Davis, was a woman
of great intellectual strength and exceptional
Godliness. She was a great-aunt of the fate Dr.
Marietta Kies, altruist, who was the first woman
upon whom the University of Michigan ever conferred
(1891) the Doctor of Philosophy degree and who,
accepting the invitation of Edwin W. Davis to
spend some time at his home in Colorado for the
benefit of her health, there died of consumption
in 1899, her needs being ministered unto by Mrs.
Davis during her last days. Randall Davis was
one of four brothers whose united height exceeded
twenty-four feet and whose united weight, mostly
bone and muscle, was over eight hundred pounds.
His son, Hon. Edwin William Davis, was born at
the old family homestead in Danielson, Connecticut,
about a mile and a half above the postoffice,
on what is now Main street, April 25, 1839. At
the usual age he began his education by attending
the public schools of Danielson and subsequently
continued his studies in Killingly in the West
Killingly Academy and in the Rhode Island Normal
School at Bristol. The liberal education .which
he thus acquired qualified him for teaching and
he followed that profession for several terms
in Windham and New London counties in Connecticut.
Attracted by the opportunities of the middle west,
he made his way to Michigan in 1862 and taught
in the schools of Saginaw and Ontonagon. His next
step brought him into the field of commercial
operation. He entered the employ of the firm of
Condon & Holland, of Hancock, Michigan, and
soon afterward was given charge of their branch
store at Carp Lake, Michigan. Later he purchased
the store and removed the stock to Rockland, Michigan,
where he disposed of it.
In 1866 Mr. Davis arrived in Iowa and taught
one term of school in Prairie City. In the spring
of 1867 he began general merchandizing at Har-
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lan in partnership with his friend, A. G. Vinton,
under the firm style of Vinton & Davis. This
relation was maintained until Mr. Vinton's health
failed in 1868, when he sold his interest to his
partner, Mr. Davis conducing the store alone until
1870, when he was joined by his brother, J. W.
Davis, to whom he sold a half interest. In April,
1871, nearly two years after the completion of
the Rock Island Railroad to Council Bluffs, Edwin
W. Davis, in partnership with his brother and
his former partner, A. G. Vinton, established
at Avoca, Iowa, a large general mercantile store,
which they conducted until 1873. In that year
Mr. Vinton became proprietor of the Avoca store,
while the firm of Wood & Robbins (soon afterward
and better known as William Wyland & Company)
became owners of the store which the firm of Vinton
& Davis had established at Harlan. E. W. Davis
disposed of his commercial interests in order
to give his entire time and attention to banking
and for some years was closely associated with
the financial interests of the county. On the
1st of August, 1872, the banking house of J. W.
& E. W. Davis was organized and opened for
business in the brick building now occupied by
the Journal-Herald office in Avoca. In 1874 they
erected a business block especially designed for
banking purposes and now occupied by the Avoca
State Bank. To the new structure they removed
in the spring of 1875 and in less than ten years
this bank developed its business until it was
the largest of any financial institution in the
state of Iowa located in a town of like population.
The business was incorporated under the name of
the Avoca Bank on the 1st of August, 1885. About
two years later E. W. Davis sold his interest
to his partner and withdrew from the banking business.
In his early days Edwin W. Davis was known to
walk often from Dunlap to Harlan and from Avoca
to Harlan in the morning, taking a couple of hours
for the trip and making better time by an hour
than the stage when roads were good. In the evening
he would return to Avoca. He would even walk to
Council Bluffs at times, making the trip in eight
or nine hours from Avoca. Throughout those years
of remarkable physical strength he was making
steady progress in the business world, utilizing
his advantages in the best possible way and gradually
working upward from a comparatively humble position
to one of prominence and affluence.
In the autumn of 1885 Edwin William Davis removed
to Minneapolis, where he was identified with the
real-estate and brokerage business until 1890
and during that time laid out the Vinton Park
addition to the city, so naming it in honor of
his old-time friend and partner. During the succeeding
nine years he was connected with various financial
interests, particularly in Colorado, making his
home in Pueblo, where he opened up a brokerage
office in 1893. In 1899 he returned to Harlan,
having purchased on October 4 a controlling interest
in the Shelby County State Bank, and assumed the
presidency of that institution, which under his
capable control more than doubled its business
in three years. At the time of his demise, which
occurred September 17, 1903, the bank ranked among
the large institutions of the state in towns of
about three thousand population. On the organization
of the Commercial Exchange of Harlan for the purpose
of promoting the moral and new material growth
of the town Mr. Davis was chosen its president
and put forth most earnest and effective efforts
for the benefit of his city. He was instru-
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mental in securing the location of the canning
factory in Harlan, whereby employment was furnished
to a large number of men. A gasoline engine factory
and several other smaller business enterprises
were secured through his influence and Harlan
acknowledged its indebtedness to one of its earliest
business men for his effective efforts in its
behalf. He was also president of the Old Settlers'
Association and contributed largely to the success
of its annual reunions.
Mr. Davis' aid and co-operation could always
be counted upon to further progressive measures
and in fact he was the promoter of many movements
that were of decided benefit to the community
in which he loved. He presented on August 28,
1893, to his native town of Danielson, Connecticut,
a park in memory of his father and mother, now
called Davis park. He was the donor of a site
for the Congregational church and parsonage at
Harlan. He and his brother each gave five hundred
dollars toward the erection of a church of the
same denomination at Avoca. Edwin W. Davis gave
a block of lots to the Young Men's Christian Association
in Minneapolis, but perhaps the gift which he
made with greatest sacrifice was bestowed when
he was but a boy of twelve years. He attended
a Fourth of July celebration in Danielson, carrying
with him some spending money which his father
had given him for the occasion. At the celebration
he met the first and only Revolutionary soldier
he had ever seen and when some appeal was made
for contributions he gave freely all that had
been given to him. This was indeed a sacrifice
for a boy of his years when so many amusements
are offered that are dear to the heart of a youth.
The same generous spirit, however, characterized
Mr. Davis throughout his entire life and no worthy
person ever sought his aid in vain, while his
contributions to benevolent and charitable objects
were liberal and most freely bestowed.
Mr. Davis remained throughout his entire life
a student of current events, of the signs of the
times, and the questions of the day and a conversation
with him displayed a mind trained in the severest
school of investigation and to which close reasoning
had become habitual and easy. He was not rash
in forming his opinions but on the contrary gave
earnest consideration to each question which came
up for settlement. This was manifested in his
legislative career, when in 1884 he was called
to represent Pottawattamie county in the twentieth
general assembly. He never faltered in expressing
his opinions upon any question of public moment
and was ever loyal to his belief. He labored for
the interests of the commonwealth and for his
home locality as well and was foremost in encouraging
and advancing every enterprise that in any way
helped to make the city of his residence more
prosperous and more progressive. He loved the
plain people and early learned the invaluable
lesson concerning the brotherhood of man. .The
cause of his neighbors he made his own when he
felt that he might benefit or aid them in any
way. He was rugged but sympathetic and those who
knew him best trusted him most.
E. W. Davis was married on the 24th of May, 1874,
to Miss May Benham, a daughter of Dr. Lucius and
Rebecca (Van Horn) Benham, of Cascade, Dubuque
county, Iowa. Mrs. Davis is a lady of much native
ability and natural refinement and has carefully
utilized her advantages and. numerous opportuni-
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ties for self-culture through means of travel
and study. She has visited various sections of
the east and middle west in her native land and
has also made a trip abroad to include Egypt,
the Holy Land and various points of modern, historic
and scenic interest in Europe. She is an entertaining
conversationalist and her home surroundings indicate
her love of music, art and literature, while many
souvenirs of her travels are proof of the keen
interest which she felt in the places and scenes
which she visited in foreign lands. She was made
administratrix of her husband's estate in Colorado,
South Dakota and Minnesota and is now residing
in Minneapolis, being actively interested in the
management of property in that city belonging
to the family.
Four children were born of the marriage of Mr.
and Mrs. E. W. Davis, of whom three are yet living:
Vinnie D., a graduate of the Pueblo (Colorado)
high school and now the wife of Thomas A. Duke,
of the firm of Henckel & Duke, wholesale grocers
of Pueblo; Joseph V., who is a graduate of the
Providence (Rhode Island) Business College and
is now associated with the Farmers & Merchants
Savings Bank of Harlan, Iowa; and Ada E., who
will graduate from Wellesley College near Boston,
Massachusetts, in June, 1908. Mrs. Davis is a
member of the Minnequa club and of the chapter
of the Daughters of the American Revolution at
Pueblo, Colorado. Since her husband's death in
the administration of the estate she has displayed
excellent business qualifications, as well as
those truly womanly traits of character that indicate
natural culture and refinement and bespeak an
ease in the highest social circles.
In July, 1857, Mr. Davis joined the Westfield
Congregational church of Danielson, Connecticut,
and during the early days of his residence in
Harlan he became affiliated with the Masonic fraternity.
In his business career he was successful, justly
believing that the talent given him for business
was one which should be used. He was never selfish
in the accumulation of wealth, however, and was
ever ready to extend a helping hand to those less
fortunate than himself. He has been spoken of
as a large man, large in his intellect as well
as in his physique, large in his loves and his
interests. He belonged to that class of men and
women who shed around them much of the sunshine
of life, a man who though strong in his physical
and mental manhood yet was not without gentleness
and kindliness--a splendid type of that American
manhood which is the chief glory of the nation.
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NATHAN PHILLIPS DODGE.
Among the most prominent and reliable citizens
of Council Bluffs is Nathan Phillips Dodge, who
has been identified with that city fop more than
half a century. He has always been an active business
man ready to give aid and encouragement to any
enterprise he thought beneficial to the city.
A republican in politics, yet his duties and
inclination influenced him in refusing to enter
the field for public honors, hence he has held
no public office except treasurer of the city
and school district and trustee of a state institution.
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As a member of the Congregational church he has
been a liberal contributor to church and benevolent
objects; has often represented the church in its
national councils and was a delegate to the International
Councils in London in 1891 and Boston in 1899.
He is also a corporate member of the American
Board of Foreign Missions.
Mr. Dodge was born in Peabody, Essex county,
Massachusetts, on the 20th of August, 1837. He
was educated in New England, attending the public
schools. When Mr. Dodge was sixteen years of age
he came to Iowa and joined his older brother Grenville,
who was a civil engineer. During the summer of
1854 the party of which he was a member was engaged
in locating the line of the Mississippi &
Missouri Railroad, now the Rock Island, between
Iowa City and Des Moines, which had been completed
to the Mississippi river the year previous. In
the fall Mr. Dodge returned home to assist his
father in closing up his affairs and in the following
March they both came west, crossing Iowa in an
open wagon, on their way to Council Bluffs, which
they reached about the first of April, 1855. They
did not locate here, however, but crossed the
Missouri river into Nebraska and proceeded twenty-three
miles northwest of Omaha to the Emigrant Ferry
Crossing of the Elkhorn river, where the older
son had already located. There Nathan Dodge staked
out a claim adjoining his father's and brother's,
which he owns today.
The Dodge cabins marked the extreme western limit
of civilization. The next white settlement being
the Mormon colony in Utah about one thousand miles
west. The Indians in the region when they settled
were far more numerous than the white men. One
tribe of about two thousand Pawnee Indians was
located across the valley on the west side of
the Platte river in sight of their claims. The
Indians becoming hostile, the Dodges were forced
to leave their Elkhorn farms in the fall and return
to Omaha, which had been founded the year previous.
They took up their residence in the only available
house in the village, a log cabin, where they
remained during the winter, being joined by the
mother and sister on their arrival from Massachusetts.
Gov. Izard sent out a company of militia to the
relief of the Elkhorn settlers and this company
occupied the cabins which had been vacated and
under their protection Nathan Dodge gathered the
crops and brought them to Omaha.
It was in February, 1856, that Mr. Dodge returned
to Council Bluffs to make it his permanent home,
accepting a position in the banking and land office
of Baldwin & Dodge, a firm composed of John
T. Baldwin and Grenville M. Dodge. He remained
with them four years, when he succeeded to the
business. Three years later, in 1863, Caleb Baldwin,
then chief justice of the supreme court of Iowa,
resigned and joined him, and the firm was again
Baldwin & Dodge, but formed by brothers of
the original firm. This partnership continued
five years or until Judge Baldwin resumed the
practice of law in 1868, after which Mr. Dodge
carried on the real estate and banking business
alone until November 1, 1870, when he organized
the Council Bluffs Savings Bank. He served as
president of this bank for thirty-two years, resigning
in 1902, on account of impaired health. The
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real estate business he still continues under
the name of N. P. Dodge & Company, W. W. Wallace
being his partner.
During the early settlement of western Iowa this
real estate branch of his business was very large,
as he reptesented the men who had entered many
of the lands as well as the railroads, who had
obtained grants from the government. It is safe
to say he has sold more lands in Pottawattamie
county to the actual settler than any other agent.
His dealings in city property were likewise very
large during those earlier years.
In 1864 Mr. Dodge was married to Susanna C. Lockwood,
a daughter of Isaac Lockwood, of St. Louis, and
they became the parents of five children, of whom
two sons and two daughters are still living. John
Lockwood and Nathan Phillips, Jr., are both graduates
of Harvard University and also prepared for the
legal profession in the Harvard Law School, while
the daughters, Caroline Louise and Ellen, now
Mrs. E. H. Scott, are graduates of Smith College,
in Massachusetts, Caroline having graduated at
the Law.. School connected with the. New York
University, and is practicing law.
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John Clausen, known as "Honest John,"
one of the pioneers of Council Bluffs, who came
to the city in 1856, was for a long period proprietor
of what was known to the old settlers as the One
Horse grocery store, at the corner of Park avenue
and Broadway. Starting in life without capital
he placed his dependence upon the safe and substantial
qualities of enterprise and diligence and thus
gradually worked his way upward, justly earning
the proud American title of self-made man.
He was a native of Germany, his birth having
occurred near Hawkeye, on the 25th of September,
1832, so that he was about twenty-three years
of age when he arrived in Council Bluffs. His
parents were also natives of Germany, where they
spent their entire lives. The common schools of
the country afforded to John Clausen his educational
privileges and he continued a resident of the
fatherland until he attained his majority, when
he sought the opportunities and privileges of
the new world, hoping to benefit his financial
condition thereby. Accordingly he bade adieu to
friends and native country, and in 1853 sailed
for America. He reached New York without capital
and his pecuniary condition rendered it imperative
that he seek and obtain immediate employment.
He eagerly availed himself of every opportunity
that offered to secure work and was employed in
various ways. He saved his money, and after a
residence of three years in the east he came to
the Mississippi valley, establishing his home
in Council Bluffs in 1856. Here then was again
employed in different ways until he had saved
enough from his earnings to enable him to engage
in business on his own account. In a few years
he opened a small grocery store in an old log
school-building at the corner of Park avenue and
Broadway, where the Ogden Hotel now stands. This
was called by his fellow townsmen the One Horse
grocery store and it
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continued to be known by that name as long as
he was a factor in trade interests of this city.
As his patronage increased he enlarged his stock
to meet the growing demands of his business and
as the years passed by he won a goodly measure
of success.
Mr. Clausen was married in Council Bluffs to
Miss Anne Bergfieth, who was born 00tober 17,
1834, in Germany, whence her parents started for
the United States during her girlhood. The mother
died, however, on shipboard while coming over.
After living for a time in the east, Mr. Bergfieth
continued his journey toward the setting sun,
locating in Nebraska, where he resided until his
death.
There were eleven children born unto Mr. and
Mrs.. Clausen: Mary, the wife of D. F. Allen,
a resident of Minneapolis; Emma, the wife of S.
A. Herald, whose home is in Council Bluffs; John
H., who married Amanda Cook and is engaged in
the agricultural implement business at No. 1218
South Sixth street in Council Bluffs; Josephine,
who is a teacher in the Washington Avenue school
and makes her home with her mother; Lena, a stenographer
and bookkeeper in Council Bluffs; Fred, who married
Ethel Goode and is living in Council Bluffs; Belle,
residing at home; and four who died in infancy.
For some years Mr. Clausen continued to provide
for his family by engaging in the grocery business
and then turned his attention to the hardware
and implement business, in which he also continued
for a number of years. During his last days, however,
he conducted a transfer business. In whatever
line he was engaged he met with success, for he
was persevering, energetic and capable in his
management. He became widely recognized as one
of the enterprising merchants of Council Bluffs
land, moreover, his worth as a citizen was acknowledged
by his fellow townsmen, who called him' to the
office of city treasurer for two terms. He filled
the position in the years of 1876 and 1877 and
he was also auditor of Pottawattamie county for
some time. The school board found in him a worthy
member, his labors being effective and far-reaching
in behalf of the cause of education. In politics
he took a deep interest, giving his vote in support
of the men and measures of democracy. He was also
a veteran volunteer fireman, belonging to the
fire department of Council Bluffs at an early
day. His interest in community affairs was deep
and sincere and rose from an earnest desire for
the city's welfare and upbuilding. No movement
for the public good ever sought his aid in vain
and on the contrary he staunchly advocated every
measure that tended to benefit Council Bluffs
and the county at large. He died August. 26, 1900,
after a residence of forty-four years here. Thus
passed away one of the pioneers to whom the city
was indebted for much he accomplished in her behalf.
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The family are members of the Episcopal and Methodist
Episcopal churches. Mrs. Clausen owns the old
homestead at No. 407 East Broadway. The place
where the residence stands is a historic spot
in Council Bluffs, as it was one time the headquarters
for the Indians. As the work of civilization has
been carried forward, all trace of its original
use has been lost and only memory remains to tell
the tale of the early occupancy here. Mr. Clausen
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came to the county at a time when Indians still
visited this section of the country, for Council
Bluffs was at that time a frontier city of little
commercial or industrial importance. As the years
have passed the tide of empire has drifted steadily
westward and ere the death of Mr. Clausen the
city had become a metropolitan center of considerable
pretension, a fact which is due to the united
efforts of such men as he.
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Dr. Willis F. Pierce, one of the most capable
physicians of the county, his ability being attested
by a large practice at Carson and throughout the
surrounding district, was born in Dover, Bureau
county, Illinois, December 11, 1853. His parents
were Caleb and Martha F. (Paddleford) Pierce,
the former la native of Canaan, New Hampshire,
and the latter of Enfield, that state. The father
became a pioneer settler of Bureau county, Illinois,
and resided at Dover until his death. In 1852,
however, he came to Pottawattamie county and entered
land which was a part of his estate and was eventually
inherited by Dr. Pierce of this review. The father
made the journey westward by stage, for it was
prior to the era of railroad building. He was
a wagon manufacturer and repairer and in h)s later
life owned a number of farms but employed others
to cultivate them. His widow survived him and
died at the home of her son Dr. Pierce. Their
children were Mrs. Mary E. Huff, of Oklahoma;
Mrs. Abbie McKinstry, of Carson; Mrs. Shuah B.
Walker, of Carson; Willis F. and Mrs. Ida L. Curtis,
of Davenport, Iowa.
Dr. Pierce was reared in the place of his nativity,
where he resided until after he had become a member
of the medical profession. His education was pursued
in Dover Academy and in the Princeton high school
and when he had resolved to make the practice
of medicine his life work he entered the Rush
Medical College of Chicago where he completed
his course in February, 1876. He then practiced
at Malden, Illinois, near his old home, until
his removal to Carson, where he has engaged continuously
and successfully in general practice since February,
1880. He and Dr. Johnson, a druggist, were the
only two business men here at the time the village
was established. Dr. Pierce had invested what
he had received from his father's estate in property
in Grove township and it was this which led him
to establish his home in Carson that he might
superintend his realty interests in this locality.
He has a beautiful residence, which he erected
in 1900, it being by far the finest in Carson.
His practice is large and his strict conformity
to a high standard of professional ethics has
gained him the unqualified regard of his brethren
of the medical fraternity, while his skill is
uniformly acknowledged throughout Carson and the
community in which he makes his home. He is now
surgeon for both railroads that enter the town
and is a member of the County, the State and National
Railway Surgeons' Associations.
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In November, 1880, Dr. Pierce was united in marriage
to Miss Orlinda C. Childs, of Dover township,
Bureau county, Illinois, born February 19, 1859.
Her father, Rudolphus Childs, was a pioneer of
that locality, and his wife was a sister of Dad
Joe Smith, for whom Dad Joe Grove was named.
In his political views the Doctor is a republican
and is interested in all matters of progressive
citizenship. He has done much for the independent
and upbuilding of the village in which he mafues
his home, and his labors can always be counted
upon to further any movement for the public good.
He has erected not only the finest residence in
the village but one which would be a credit to
any city in the state. It is of most attractive
architectural design, two and a half stories in
height with basement. It is built entirely of
brick and contains ten rooms of convenient arrangement
and of fine interior finishing, while the furnishings
are all that refined taste suggests. Moreover
a spirit of hospitality and good cheer reigns
supreme there and the home is the center of many
a most entertaining social function. The Doctor
and his wife have traveled extensively, having
made four European tours, and on their last trip
abroad they made a tour of the world, leaving
San Francisco in December, 1906, and returning
by way of New York after five months spent abroad
amid scenes of rare beauty and of modern and historic
interest in Japan, the Philippines, India, China
and the Holy Land. They have visited all parts
of Europe, gaining that knowledge and culture
which only travel can bring. The Doctor is a member
of the Knights of Pythias lodge and has been a
delegate to the grand lodge of that order three
different times. He is a charter member of the
Elks lodge at Council Bluffs.
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Hans Wiese, who for more than a quarter of a
century was numbered among the enterprising and
representative agriculturists and stock-raisers
of Shelby county, Iowa, is now living retired
in a pleasant home in Avoca, in the enjoyment
of the fruits of his former toil. He is one of
the sturdy sons that Germany has furnished to
this country, his birth having occurred in Holstein
on the 11th of May, 1839. His parents were Hans
and Bertha Wiese, who were also natives of the
fatherland and passed away in that country. Of
their family of four children, two survive, the
sister of our subject being still a resident of
Germany.
Hans Wiese acquired his education in the schools
of his native country and maintained his residence
there until the year 1868, when, thinking to find
better business opportunities and advantages in
the new world, he set sail for America. On arriving
in this country he located first in Davenport,
Iowa, and for six years was there employed at
the carpenter's trade. On the expiration of that
period he removed to Shelby county, this state,
purchasing one hundred and sixty acres of raw
prairie land, which he immediately began to improve
in a most practical and progressive manner. He
broke the sod, tilled the fields, erected all
necessary buildings and in fact made it a
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model farm in every particular. As time passed
and his financial resources increased he added
one hundred and sixty acres more, thus becoming
the owner of three hundred and twenty acres of
highly developed and arable land. In addition
to his general agricultural pursuits he also carried
on stock-raising, both branches of his business
proving profitable and bringing to him the competence
which in 1903 enabled him to retire from the active
work of the fields. He purchased a fine residence
in Avoca and has here since enjoyed the life of
ease made possible by his well directed energy
and enterprise in former years.
Mr. Wiese was united in marriage January 11, 1874,
in Davenport, Iowa, to Miss Bertha Lamp, a native
of Germany. Her parents were also born in that
country but in 1887 crossed the Atlantic to America
and both the father and mother are now deceased.
Mrs. Wiese was one of a family of five children,
and by her marriage has become the mother of two
daughters: Minnie, the wife of John Eggert, of
Atlantic, Iowa; and Anna, who is clerking in a
store at Minden, Iowa.
In his political views Mr. Wiese is a democrat,
while fraternally he is connected with the Odd
Fellows lodge, No. 401, at Shelby, Iowa, in which
he has filled all the chairs, The family are members
of the German Lutheran church and are highly esteemed
in the community. Germany has furnished to the
United States many bright, enterprising young
men who have left the fatherland to enter the
business circles of this country with its more
progressive methods, livelier competition and
advancement more quickly secured. The hope that
led Mr. Wiese to leave his native land and seek
a home in America has been more than realized.
He found the opportunities he sought, which, by
the way, are always open to the ambitious, energetic
man, and making the best of these he steadily
worked his way upward to the goal of prosperity.
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