SUNDERLIN, F. L.

SUNDERLIN, BARNEY, NOURSE, JONES, FIFIELD, PULVER, BARTER, BANKER, SCOTT, CANFIELD

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Date: 1/19/2003 at 20:42:35

F. L. SUNDERLIN. 

F. L. Sunderlin, the well-known editor of the Delmar Journal, was born in Sunderlinville, Potter county, Pennsylvania, November 30, 1837, and is descended from good old colonial families, which were well represented in the Revolutionary war. His father, Samuel Sunderlin, was also a native of that place. He was married in Independence, Allegany county, New York, September 10, 1856, to Miss Laura A. Barney, a native of that place and a daughter of Dr. Anthony Barney. She was of a literary turn of mind, and not only wrote for newspapers and magazines, but also published a number of books, among them being “Pencilings from Immortality” and Lyric of Life.

At the time of his marriage, Samuel Sunderlin was engaged in the manufacture of potash at Sunderlinville, Potter county, Pennsylvania, where he made him home until 1863, when he came to Iowa. After spending three years in davenport he removed to Grand Mound, Clinton county, and engaged in farming and dairying until 1876. The following five years were passed in Maquoketa, and at the end of that time he took up his residence in Calamus, where he made his home until his death, which occurred September 27, 1886, His remains being interred there. His wife subsequently married William A. Nourse, of Moline, Illinois, where she lived until she, too, was called to her final rest January 9, 1899. She was buried there. By her first marriage she had three children, of who F. L., our subject is the oldest. Gertrude is the wife of C. B. Jones, of Redfield, Iowa. Stella first married Fred Fifield, who was accidentally killed, and she is now the wife of Arthur Pulver, of Moline, Illinois.

Mr. Sunderlin acquired his primary education in the district schools of this county, and later attended the public schools of Maquoketa, Iowa, until seventeen years of age, after which he engaged in teaching school for two years. During the following two years he was a student in the law office of T. E. Elwood, of Maquoketa, and on the 25th of June, 1879, he was admitted to the bar, after which he was engaged in the practice of his profession in that city for a time.

Mr. Sunderlin then removed to Calamus, where he was married April 5, 1884, to Miss Stella Barter, a Native of Wisconsin and a daughter of H. L. and Julia (Banker) Barter, who were residing at that time in Calamus, Iowa, but are now living in Cripple Creek, Colorado. By this union our subject had one son, Ray, who makes his home with his maternal grandparents, the wife and mother having died, November 5, 1885.

In June, 1887, Mr. Sunderlin located in Delmar and established the Delmar Journal, which he now edits. Here he was again married, May 3, 1892, his second union being with Miss May Scott, who was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, May 6, 1871. Her parents, D. R. and Julia (Canfield) Scott, were both natives of England and in early life came to America, their marriage being celebrated in Iowa. Both are now deceased. Mrs. Sunderlin has two brothers: Rev. W. C. Scott, of Freeport, Illinois; and William J. Scott, of Delmar, Iowa. Her father was a second time married and by that union has three children: Laura, who resides with our subject; and Sylvia and Earl, who are living with their mother in DeWitt, Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. Sunderlin have three children: Howard, born February 20, 1893; Gertrude, born September 27, 1893; and Olive, born August 2, 1897.

Socially Mr. Sunderlin is a member of Monitor Lodge, No. 330, A. F. & A. M., of Delmar; Mystic Chapter, O. E. S.; Delmar Camp, No. 982, M. W. A.: Bloomfield Lodge, No. 119, M. B. A.; and politically he is stanch supporter of the Republican party and its principles. He is now serving as justice of the peace and is engaged in the practice of law in connection with the publication of his paper. The Journal has a large circulation, which extends, and is one of the most popular newspapers of this section of the state. Mr. Sunderlin takes an active interest in public affairs, and personally and through the columns of his paper does all in his power to advance the interests of the community in which he lives. He is widely and favorably known and has a host of warm friends.
Source: The 1901 Biographical Record of Clinton Co., Iowa, Illustrated published: Chicago : S. J. Clarke Pub. Co., 1901.