DANIEL ALBAUGH

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Daniel Albaugh and Mrs. Daniel Albaugh

Daniel Albaugh, an honored veteran of the Civil war and a prominent citizen of Linn township, residing on section 9, has made his home in Cedar county since 1852 and throughout his business career has been identified with agricultural pursuits. He was born on the 11th of December, 1839, in Carroll county, Ohio, of which state his parents, John and Catherine (Simmons) Albaugh, were also natives. The father, who was a farmer by occupation, continued to reside in Ohio until 1852, when he brought his family to Cedar county, Iowa, and purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land in Linn township, which had been partially improved. To the further development and cultivation of that property he turned his attention, continuing to follow farming for many years. At different times he owned three farms, but finally retired and removed to Cedar Bluffs, where he died about 1889. His wife passed away later in the same year. They were the parents of the following children: William was reared and married in Ohio and later came to Iowa, his home being now in Mechanicsville. John removed to California in 1853. Samuel is deceased. Daniel is the next son. Jacob makes his home in North Dakota. Joseph is a resident of Cedar county, Iowa. The daughters are: Rebecca, who was married at the time of her death; Maggie, now the wife of Cyrenus Terwhilleger, of Oregon; Mary, the wife of David Zollers, of Nebraska; Sarah, who died in O’Brien county, Iowa; and Leah, who makes her home with her brother Daniel.

Daniel Albaugh was about thirteen years of age when he accompanied his parents on the removal to Cedar county and upon the home farm he grew to manhood, assisting in the labors of the fields and attending the district schools, near his home. When the Civil war broke out his patriotic spirit was aroused and in 1862 he joined Company C, Twenty-fourth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and was first under fire at Fort Gibson. He was later with Grant in the battle of Champions Hill, the siege of Vicksburg and subsequently followed Banks to New Orleans. He was in the Red river expedition and later went to Virginia, participating in the battles of Winchester, Fishers Hill and Cedar Creek. His command joined Sherman’s forces and went as far as Goldsboro, North Carolina. When the war was over and his services were no longer needed, Mr. Albaugh was honorably discharged and mustered out in August, 1865. Fortunately he was never sick or confined in the hospital for a single day.

Returning home Mr. Albaugh resumed farming, remaining on the old home place until he was married, in Tipton, July 2, 1868, to Miss Jane Glancy, a native of Linn county, Iowa, who spent her early life in that county and Johnson and Cedar counties, Iowa. She is a daughter of Thomas Glancy and by her marriage has become the mother of six sons and one daughter, namely: Eugene, who is married and lives near Iowa Falls; Glen Roy and Park, both at home; Emmett, who is married and resides in Linn county; Bert, who is married and follows farming in Jones county, Iowa; Louis, who is conducting a livery stable in Mechanicsville, Iowa; and Effie, the wife of O. J. Seylar, of Kossuth county, Iowa.

After his marriage Mr. Albaugh located upon a farm of one hundred and sixty acres which was practically unimproved and he and his wife began their domestic life in a log cabin. As the years have passed he has transformed the place into one of the most attractive farms of the locality, has erected a neat and substantial two-story residence, has built two good barns and other outbuildings, has set out an orchard and now has one of the best improved farms of Linn township, consisting of three hundred and forty acres. Besides this property he owns another forty-acre tract in Cedar county and has eighty-four acres of pasture land in Johnson county. He gives considerable attention to the raising and feeding of stock, shipping three carloads of hogs and one of cattle to market each year.

Since attaining his majority Mr. Albaugh has affiliated with the republican party, casting his first presidential vote for Abraham Lincoln in 1860, and for every presidential nominee of that party since that time. He has served acceptably as school director and township trustee and has been a delegate to the county conventions of his party. He is today an honored member of the Lisbon Grand Army post and is one of the few remaining soldiers of the rebellion, who valiantly fought for the old flag and the cause which it represented. He has been found as true to his country’s interests in days of peace as in time of war and is justly regarded as one of the best citizens and most reliable men of his community.