TEMPLEMAN, J. H. - 1914

TEMPLEMAN, HAMMERSLEY, PAYNE, SHORE, LEONARD, WINE, HOBERT, JOHNSON

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HISTORY OF
Cherokee County
IOWA
VOLUME II
ILLUSTRATED
CHICAGO
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY
1914
by Thomas McCulla

J. H. TEMPLEMAN.

J. H. Templeman, who since 1877 has resided continuously upon his farm in Pitcher township, transforming it from a raw tract into a valuable and productive property, was born in Indiana, December 4, 1840. He is a son of Joseph and Lodema A. (Hammersley) Templeman, the former a native of Kentucky and the latter of New York state. Their marriage occurred in Indiana, where they lived for a few years, afterward moving to Carroll county, Illinois, where the father was appointed first assessor of Cherry Grove township. He gave his attention to general farming and followed that occupation until his death. Afterward the mother came to Iowa and died in Lyon county, this state. Six children were born to their union: Hannah, the wife of John Payne, of Lyon county; J. H., of this review; W. O., of Story county, Iowa; Henrietta, who married N. C. Shore, of Geddes. South Dakota; Robert, who died in Chicago; and Joseph, of Clay county, Iowa.

J. H. Templeman acquired a limited education in the public schools of Illinois. When he was thirteen years of age his father died and he afterward took charge of the home farm, operating it until he was twenty, afterward spending two years as a monthly laborer. He followed farming in Illinois until 1877 and then moved to Cherokee county, this state, buying one hundred and sixty acres of railroad land on section 13, Pitcher township. This was entirely unimproved, but with characteristic energy Mr. Templeman broke the soil and has since carried forward the work of development along progressive and modern lines. From time to time he has added to his holdings and now owns three hundred and twenty acres—land which he bought at eight dollars an acre and which he now values at two hundred dollars an acre. He is a stockholder in the Farmers and Merchants National Bank of Aurelia and the Farmers Elevator Company and is well known and favorably regarded in business circles.

Mr. Templemans marriage occurred on the 2d of November, 1860, when he wedded Miss Mary Leonard, a native of Ohio and a daughter of Keelin Leonard. Mr. and Mrs. Templeman became the parents of four children: Carrie, who married P. D. Wine, of Aurelia; Lelia, the deceased wife of Edward Hobert; Ollie, who married A. J. Johnson, cashier of the Farmers National Bank of Aurelia; and Robert, also of Aurelia.

Mr. Templeman is a member of the Life and Advent Union and is a republican in his political views. Living in Cherokee county and upon his present farm since 1877, he has become well known in the locality as a man of tried integrity, business ability and progressive public spirit.