Rundall, Charles C.

RUNDALL

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CHARLES C. RUNDALL
born May 6, 1846, Ohio

History of Warren County, Iowa; Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns & Etc., by Union Historical Company, 1879, p.611
RUNDALL, CHARLES C., farmer, Virginia Township, Sec. 3; P. O. New Virginia; was born May 6, 1847, in Delaware county, O.; emigrated to Clinton county, Iowa, in 1855; married April 27, 1869, to Miss Mollie D., daughter of Jacob Kimes, of Clinton county, Iowa. He has no children. Came to this county and settled on his present farm, where he has 250 acres of well improved land, in the fall of 1874. Raises mixed crops; feeds cattle and hogs.

C. C. Rundall, one of Iowa's early settlers, now living a retired life in New Virginia, where for a year and a half he has rested from the arduous duties of the farm, was born in Delaware county, Ohio, May 6, 1846, and is a son of Shadrach and Rhoda (Nettleton) Rundall. The father was born in Putnam county, New York, July 18, 1804, was reared on a farm, and acquired a common school education. In his younger years he worked in a tannery, and soon after his marriage he started with his wife for Ohio, locating in Delaware county. His home was a rude log cabin in a comparatively wild region, but in time he developed a good farm, and had accumulated a comfortable competence ere coming to Iowa. In 1854 he again became possessed with the spirit of emigration, crossed the Mississippi river at Davenport and took up his residence in Clinton county, Iowa, where he spent his remaining days, his death occurring July 24, 1872. He was a life-long Democrat and an honored and esteemed citizen. His remains repose in Wheatland cemetery, where a monument has been erected to his memory. His wife was a native of Connecticut, whence her parents removed to New York during her early girlhood. She survived her husband for several years and became a resident of Clarence, Cedar county, Iowa, where she spent her remaining days, passing away January 12, 1887, at the age of seventy-four years. Her remains were then interred by the side of her husband's. She was a member of the Baptist Church, and a lady whose many excellencies of character won her high regard. This worthy couple were the parents of ten children, three sons and seven daughters, six of whom are yet living, namely: George, a retired farmer, residing in Wright county, Iowa; Louise, wife of Joseph Organ, a farmer of Clinton county, Iowa; Helen, widow of L. D. Risden, of Berry county, Missouri; Mrs. Frances McCudden, of New Virginia township, Warren county, Iowa; Roxie V. Bumbarger, of Jackson township, Warren county, Iowa; and Emma H., wife of S. N. Wade, of Taylor county, Iowa.
Our subject was the seventh in order of birth in this family. His educational privileges were those afforded by the common schools, and he was early inured to the labors of farm life. At the age of eight he accompanied his parents to Iowa, since which time he has been a resident of this State. After reaching his majority, he wedded Miss Mollie V. Kimes, the second in order of birth in a family of four sons and two daughters, whose parents were Jacob and Sarah (Hicks) Kimes. About the year 1862, her father brought his family to the Hawkeye State, locating in Wheatland, Clinton county. The wedding Mr. and Mrs. Rundall was celebrated at home of the bride April 27, 1869, the ceremony being performed by Jerome Dutton, Justice of the Peace. In the fall of 1874 Mr. Rundall located in New Virginia township, Warren county, and on section 3 erected a comfortable home on raw prairie land. His first purchase comprised 160 acres, to which he added from time to time until he became owner of a rich tract of 480 acres, which he placed under a high state of cultivation. His life has been an active and useful one, and his earnest toil has brought to him a comfortable competence, which now enables him to live retired in the beautiful home that he has recently erected in New Virginia. Since casting his first presidential vote, for Samuel J. Tilden, he has been a supporter of the Democracy. His estimable wife holds membership with the Christian Church. Source: A Memorial and Biographical Record of Iowa, Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago, Illinois, 1896, vol.1, p.587

History of Warren County, Iowa from Its Earliest Settlement to 1908, by Rev. W. C. Martin, Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago, Illinois, 1908, p.486
CHARLES C. RUNDALL
Throughout his active business life C. C. Rundall carried on farming with marked success and is still the owner of three hundred and forty acres of valuable land in this county, though he is now living retired in New Vir­ginia. Like many of Iowa's best citizens, he was born in Ohio, his birth occurring in Delaware County, May 6, 1846. His father, Shadrack Rundall, was a native of New York, and of English descent. He brought his family to Iowa in 1854 and purchased government land in Clinton County, where he continued to make his home until called from this life on the 24th of July 1871. His occupation was that of farming. In early manhood he married Miss Rhoda Nettleton, who was born in Connecticut and died in Cedar County, Iowa, January 16, 1884. They were the parents of ten children, of whom five are still living but our subject is the only one residing in this county. Two of his brothers were members of the Twenty-sixth Iowa Volunteer Infantry during the civil War. Leland died of lung fever on his way to the front, only thirty miles from home, leaving a wife and two children. George served throughout the war and was honorably discharged. He is now a resident of Oregon.
C. C. Rundall spent the first eight years of his life in Ohio and then ac­companied his parents on their removal to this state, growing to manhood in Clinton County. For some time he pursued his education in an old fash­ioned log schoolhouse with slab seats and a desk made by placing a board on wooden pins driven into the wall. He remained under the parental roof until his father's death and then conducted the home place for three years. In 1874 he came to Warren County and in connection with a brother-in-law purchased one hundred and sixty acres of unimproved land on the South River in Virginia Township. Four years later he purchased his partner's interest in this property and subsequently became the owner of other lands, owning farms in the same township. He made farming his life occupation and still has three hundred and forty acres of good farming land besides twenty-five acres adjoining the village of New Virginia, where he located in 1894. Here he has built a beautiful home and amid many comforts he is now enjoying a well earned rest. In addition to his property in this county he owns one hundred and sixty acres of land in Wyoming.
On the 27th of April 1869, in Clinton County, Iowa, Mr. Rundall was united in marriage to Miss Mollie V. Kimes, who was born in Meigs County, Ohio, June 14, 1849, her parents being Jacob and Sarah (Hicks) Kimes, both now deceased. Her father, who was also a native of the Buckeye state and of German descent, removed to Clinton County, Iowa in 1862, and there fol­lowed farming throughout the remainder of his life. Mr. and Mrs. Rundall have one child living, Nora V., a little girl, at home, and one daughter, who died in infancy.
Mr. Rundall casts his ballot for the men and measures of the Democratic Party but has never been a politician in the sense of office seeking. Both he and his wife belong to the Christian Church of New Virginia, of which Mrs. Rundall is a charter member. Their upright, honorable lives have gained them a host of friends and in business circles. Mr. Rundall has the confidence and esteem of all with whom he is brought in contact.