Kitchel, Ed M.

KITCHEL, ROBERTS, DARLING, JACKSON, STEVENS, DODD, KUHNS

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Date: 9/6/2009 at 16:16:53

Kitchel, Ed M.

We find a man of unswerving enterprise and courage that halts at no obstacle in Ed M. Kitchel, one of the well known citizens of Clear Creek Township, and we are always glad to give such as he just notice, for when a man faces the world courageously and honestly wins in the face of opposition his example is worthy of emulation by others.

Mr. Kitchel was born in Clear Creek Township, Jasper County, Iowa, on April 8, 1875, and here he grew to manhood, was educated in. the common schools and has followed the general occupation of this community, farming. He is the son of Prince Albert Kitchel and Lusetta (Roberts) Kitchel, the father born in Michigan on February 9, 1837, and the mother in Ohio on March 9, 1841, and they now make their home in Collins, Iowa. The father is a veteran of the Civil War, having enlisted in Company B, Second Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, in which he served his country gallantly for a period of four and one-half years, after which he received an honorable discharge. He came to Iowa first in 1848, in pioneer times, and it was in 1869 that he moved to Jasper County. The mother of the subject of this sketch was one of the earliest settlers of Jasper County, having come here in 1853. She had a daughter by a former marriage, who is now deceased. The children by the second union, all of whom were born in Clear Creek Township, this County, and all still living, are: Mrs. Gertrude Darling, born January 1, 1870, is living at Rhodes, Iowa; Mrs. Laura Jackson, born March 8, 1872, lives in Forest City, Iowa; Ed M., of this review; Mrs. Kate Stevens, born March 27, 1877, lives near Britt, Iowa; Warren A., born November 8, 1880, is living on the old home farm in Clear Creek Township.

Ed M. Kitchel was married on January 13, 1895, to Stella Dodd, who was born in Jasper County, Iowa, March 23, 1871. She is the daughter of Charles E. and Elizabeth (Kuhns) Dodd, the father born near Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1841, and the mother born in Ohio in 1846. The father came to Jasper County, Iowa, in 1854 and was reared here, and in 1884 he purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land in Collins Township, Story County, where he still resides. The mother came to this county in 1855 with her parents. To Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Dodd thirteen children were born, nine of whom died in infancy; those living are Ulysses of Collins Township, Story County, Iowa; John, Dennis, Stella, wife of the subject; Milo, Edward, Horace and Creed; they all live in Collins Township with the exception of Milo, whose home is in northeastern Iowa.

To Mr. and Mrs. Kitchel five children have been born, namely: Mildred, born June 6, 1896, is deceased; Warren, born in January 1898; Gladys, born December 25, 1900; Fay, born July 23, 1907; Gwendolyn, born July 18, 1911.

Politically, Mr. Kitchel is a Republican and, fraternally, he belongs to the Modern Woodmen of America of Collins, Iowa. Mrs. Kitchel is a member of the Christian Church of Collins.

Mr. Kitchel cultivates very successfully and scientifically eighty acres of good land in Collins Township and he has a good home. Past and Present of Jasper County Iowa B. F. Bowden & Company, Indianapolis, IN, 1912 Page 1330