Edgar E. Pomeroy

COLLINS, CRAMER, HILL, KING, MARTIN, POMEROY, SAYRES, WILCOX

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Date: 10/13/2005 at 20:05:50

Edgar E. Pomeroy, a carpenter of St. Charles, has also been identified with agricultural interests in the county. He was born and reared in South township, this county, his birth occurring on the 7th of January, 1871. His parents, N. P. and Sarah (Collins) Pomeroy, were natives of Ohio, the former of Holmes and the latter of Clinton county. The paternal grandfather, John Pomeroy, farmed in Ohio, but passed away in St. Charles while on a visit here. The maternal grandfather, James Collins, followed agricultural pursuits in Clinton county, Ohio, for many years, but his death occurred in this county.

N. P. Pomeroy remained in Holmes county, Ohio, until he was twenty-seven years of age and in 1854 made his first visit to Madison county. He returned to Ohio but subsequently purchased land in this county and took up his residence thereon. His brother George also bought a farm in South township, which is now in possession of our subject. N. P. Pomeroy subsequently bought two hundred acres more, his second farm being located in Ohio township. He resided upon the homestead for many years and was very successful as a general farmer and stockman. His political belief was that of the democratic party and he and his wife were both members of the Methodist Episcopal church. He was connected with the financial interests of the county as a stockholder in the Bank of St. Charles. He passed away on the i5th of September, 1911, at St. Charles when he was eighty-three years of age and his wife is still living there at the age of seventy-three. To them were born seven, children, as follows: G. C., of Gray county, Kansas; Margaret, who died in this county; J. C., a farmer of Phelps county, Nebraska; Mrs. Amanda Wilcox, of Madison county; Mrs. Ella Sayres, of Gray county, Kansas; Edgar E.; and Mrs. Daisy Hill, of this county. Margaret, who became the wife of Stephen Bradshaw, was a teacher for some time and Daisy served for two terms as deputy county recorder.

Edgar E. Pomeroy owns about one hundred and thirty-seven acres of land in South township and operates a part of his land. He learned the carpenter's trade and for a number of years has given the greater part of his time and attention to work along that line, finding it more congenial than farming. For the past six years he has resided in St. Charles and has gained recognition as one of the leading carpenters of his town.

On the 17th of January, 1894, Mr. Pomeroy was united in marriage to Miss Margaret Martin, who was born on the i2th of November, 1865, in South township, this county. Her parents, James and Mary (Cramer) Martin, who are now both deceased, were married in Pennsylvania and came here in the fall of .1853 from Edenburg, that state. Mr. Martin was of Irish parentage, his mother being born in Derry county, Ireland, and his father upon the ocean while his parents were crossing to America. The paternal grandparents of Mrs. Pomeroy located in Pennsylvania in 1794 and her grandfather, Boyd Martin, was a soldier in the War of 1812. He was a surveyor by profession and laid out the city of Newcastle, Pennsylvania. Her father was a farmer by occupation and died in this county in 1865 when still a young man. Her mother survived until the 8th of March, 1892, being seventy-three years of age when called to the home beyond. They were the parents of five children: Martha, the wife of Thomas Scriviner, of South township; Isabelle, now Mrs. King, of St. Joseph, Missouri; J. B., of South township, who is farming a part of the homestead; J. G., a stock buyer of Patterson; and Mrs. Pomeroy.

Mr. Pomeroy is a republican and is stanch in his allegiance to that party. Fraternally he belongs to the Yeomen and his wife is a social member. He was formerly identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows but is not active in that organization now. Both he and his wife attest their religious faith by their membership in the Methodist Episcopal church and by their uprightness and charity. They have a comfortable home in St. Charles.

Taken from the book, “The History of Madison County, Iowa, 1915,” by Herman Mueller.