IOWA IN THE CIVIL WAR
BIOGRAPHIES AND OBITUARIES
Surnames beginning with "J"
IOWA
ITS HISTORY AND TRADITION
VOLUME III
1804 - 1926
Transcribed by Debbie Couch Gerischer
ORVILLE JAMES
Orville James, popular ex-sheriff of Buena Vista county and for a number of years one of the leading business men and enterprising citizens of this locality, and now living in honorable retirement in Storm Lake, was not favored by inherited wealth or the assistance of influential friends at the outset of his career, but by perseverance, industry and the exercise of sound judgment, has attained a comfortable station in life, and has mae his influence felt for the general good of his community and county. mr. James was born in Wyandot county, Ohio, on the 19th of September, 1844, and is a son of Benjamin and Melissa (Ritcheson) James, the former a native of Maine and the latter of Ohio, where they were married and spent their remaining years. They were the parents of eleven children.
Orville James was reared in the Buckeye state and attended the public schools of his home neighborhood. On September 23, 1863, at the age of nineteen years, he enlisted in Company A, Twelfth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, with which command he served until the end of the Civil war, escaping without injury, though he took part in a number of the most hotly-contested battles of
that conflict. He was mustered out at Nashville, Tennessee, and received his honorable discharge at Camp Chase, Ohio. He then went to Crawford county, Ohio, where he was employed at day labor until 1872, when he came to Storm Lake, Iowa. For a time he followed farming and also handled live stock for a number of years but at length engaged in the livery business in Storm Lake, to which he devoted his attention for twenty-seven years. In 1909 he retired from active business affairs and has since lived quietly in his attractive home in Storm Lake.
In 1872, in Ohio, Mr. James was united in marriage to Miss Mary L. Hanks, who also is a native of Ohio, and a daughter of William and Margaret (Thompson) Hanks. Her parents were natives of Ohio, whence they came to Iowa in 1875 and engaged in farming, though maintaining their residence in Storm Lake, and there they both died. They were the parents of eleven children, of which number two are living. Mr. and Mrs. James became the parents of a daughter, who died in infancy. Mr. James has always been an earnest supporter of the republican party and in his earlier years took an active and effective part in public affairs. He served four years as sheriff of Buena Vista county and ten years as constable, faithfully discharging the duties of those offices and earning the reputation of an able and fearless officer. He is a member of E. D. Baker Post, No. 8, Grand Army of the Republic, of which he has been commander for the past ten years. He has led an active and useful life and at all times has been as true and loyal to his country as when he followed the nation's starry banner into the southland as a defender of the Union.
JAMISON, SAMUEL Samuel was residing in Ringgold County when the Civil War broke out & he served with the 29th IA Infantry.
This well-known citizen was one of the boys who, forty years ago, went out to fight for the preservation of the Union when the slaveholders undertook to separate the slave states from the free states and establish a slave republic in the southern half of the United States. Everyone knows the result — how their attempts failed after four years of bloody warfare and after filling the land with cripples and lamentations. He was born in Dauphin county, Pennsylvania. May 22, 1830, and is the child of John and Anna (RAY) JAMISON.
The JAMISON family had settled in the Keystone state many years before and were of mixed descent, in which German and Irish predominated. The RAY family claim a Germanic descent. John and Anna JAMISON were reared in Pennsylvania, and there met and were married, and some time afterward they came to the West. Five children were born to them, as follows: Samuel, the subject, born in 1830: Mary Ann, born November 30, 1831, died in 1834; George W., born February 26, 1834, died in 1836; Daniel, born November 19. 1835, died in 1837; John, born January 10. 1838.
John JAMISON in youth learned the shoemaker's trade, which he worked at in the summers and at the pilot's profession in the winters. His life was spent without noteworthy event. His son Samuel, at the age of eight years, was bound out to learn the hatter's trade, and after having served his apprenticeship worked at that trade for over eight years. In 1846 he left Pennsylvania and came to Kosciusko county, Indiana, walking most of the way, and located himself in Clay township; he remained with his uncle during the succeeding winter. In the spring of 1847 he went to work at the carpenter's trade, and assisted in building the old Pelton Hotel, the first hotel building in Warsaw. During the following winter he worked for Thomas POPHAM for fifteen dollars per month and continued for him three years, laying aside his earnings.
On October 24. 1854, he was united in marriage with Miss Sylvia A. CALKINS, a native of New York, and to this marriage four children were born: Florence M., born August __, 1855, is the wife of John ROBERTS and resides in Arkansas; Aleth E., born June 19, 1860, became the wife of Emanuel ROWEN and lives in Lordsburg. California; Charles E., born June 30, 1867, married in the South and resides in Louisiana; Franklin U. R., born March 9, 1872, who also married a Southern lady, lives in Louisiana. He was born in Nebraska and all the others in Iowa.
After his marriage Mr. JAMISON worked a year for Mr. POPHAM at the carpenter's trade, and then removed to Iowa and entered forty-eight acres of land. Later he sold out and followed the carpenter's trade two years, and then moved to Johnson county, Iowa, and continued his trade, and while there he bought forty-eight acres in Ringgold county, Iowa, and was living there when the Rebellion broke out. At its commencement he enlisted in a company of scouts for three months, and saw severe duty scouting through southern Iowa and northern Missouri. Succeeding this he returned to his family and moved to North English and while there enlisted in the Twenty-ninth Iowa Infantry, under Thomas H. BENTON, colonel, and Andrew JOHNSON, captain, and was sent down on the Red River expedition, fighting all the way. After that he returned to Little Rock, Arkansas, and was transferred to Mobile and was in the battle and siege of that name. He next fought at Blakely, and then was transferred to the West and sent to the Rio Grande. At the close of the war he went to Mexico and then to New Orleans and was there mustered out in August, 1865. He fought in eleven hard-fought battles, and was always ready for duty. He draws a pension of six dollars per month.
He returned home and went into the huckster's business, continuing thus for two years. Later he sold out in Iowa and removed to Nebraska and bought a tract of one hundred and sixty acres near Lincoln and remained upon the same for twelve years. While living there his wife died, May 29. 1873.
He returned to Kosciusko county, Indiana, and soon afterward married Miss Silena, daughter of Samuel and Minerva C. BALL, the marriage occurring in October, 1874, The BALLS came to this county from Knox county, Ohio, in 1849. They came through in wagons and all were required to assist in clearing away the heavy timber that covered their land.
Mr. JAMISON is a Republican, was at one time a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and is a member of Kosciusko Post, No. 515, G. A. R., Warsaw. In Nebraska he served as deputy sheriff. He lived in Claypool township, this county, for sixteen vears, but eleven months.
~ SOURCE: Progressive Men and Women of Kosciusko County, Indiana Pp. 288-90. B.K.BOWEN & Co. Logansport, Indiana. 1902.
~ Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, June of 2009, http://iagenweb.org/ringgold/biographical/bio-jamisonsamuel.html
William H. C. Jaques- Residence Abingdon IA; 20 years old. Enlisted on 8/13/1862 as a Private.
On 8/20/1862 he mustered into "D" Co. IA 19th Infantry He was discharged for promotion on 4/25/1864. On 4/25/1864 he was commissioned into "H" Co. US CT 56th Infantry He was Mustered Out on 9/15/1866. Promotions: * 7th Corpl 5/20/1863 * 2nd Lieut 4/25/1864 As of Co. H 56th USCT Infantry * 1st Lieut 2/1/1865 As of Co. B (estimated date)) * Capt 3/15/1866 Intra Regimental Company Transfers: * 2/1/1865 from company H to company B (Estimated Date) Civil War Mailing list - Sue Trout.
Portrait and Biographical Album of Washington County, Iowa, Acme Publishing Company, 1887.
WILLIAM R. JEFFREY, capitalist, came to Washington County, when a small boy, and has since made it his home. He was born in Fayette County, Ind., Feb. 22, 1836, and is the son Asahel and Nancy (Stephens) Jeffrey. His father was born on Long Island in 1812 and moved to Indiana at a very early day, and there married Nancy Stephens, March 16, 1835. They were the parents of seven children, five of whom are yet living, as follows: William R., of Washington, Iowa; Marion, a farmer; Jeremiah, a resident of Wymore, Neb.; Jane, the wife of Frank James, express agent, Greenfield, Adair Co., Iowa; Hiram, stock and grain dealer in Page County, this State. Asahel Jeffrey in early life was a Democrat, but in consequence of the position of the party on the slavery question, became a Republican, casting his first vote with that party in favor of Abraham Lincoln for the Presidency. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and died in March, 1887, at his home in Washington. He came to this county in 1843 and located in Oregon Township, where he entered 200 acres of land with a land warrant, and where he resided until his
page 617death. Few men were better known or more highly respected by those who knew him than Asahel Jeffrey. A sketch of him will appear in this work.
William R. Jeffrey was the first child of Asahel and Nancy Jeffrey, and came with his parents to this county when a lad of seven years. Notwithstanding his tender years, he helped haul the logs to build the first school-house in Oregon Township, and attended the first school. It was three miles from his home, but for three months in winter he was in daily attendance. Here he grew to manhood, assisted his father on the farm, and by home study as well as in the school, obtained a fair education. He engaged in teaching school himself until the call of President Lincoln in 1862 for "300,000 more," when he dropped his books and enrolled as a member of Co. C, 19th Iowa Vol. Inf., was appointed Color Sergeant, and as such marched with the regiment to the front. The regiment rendezvoused and was mustered into the service at Keokuk, from which place it was sent to St. Louis and from there to Springfield, Mo., on a raid after the bushwhackers infesting that portion of the State, and who were commanded by Marmaduke, who in 1884, was elected Governor of Missouri.
While on the battle-field where Gen. Lyon was killed a few months previously, the regiment received orders for a forward movement, and with others engaged the rebel army at Prairie Grove, Dec. 7, 1862, where Mr. Jeffrey was wounded by a piece of shell near the knee, carrying away a portion of the flesh, and with it the nerve, thus disabling him for life. While lying upon the field one of his toes was shot off. The battle raged until night, the men sleeping upon their arms, expecting to renew the engagement the next morning. When daylight came the rebels were not to be seen, having disappeared in the night. Mr. Jeffrey had his wounds dressed in the field hospital, where he remained for a short time and was then sent to Fayetteville, then to Springfield, Mo., and then to St. Louis, where he remained until Nov. 2,1 863, when he was honorably discharged.
Returning home and being incapacitated for outdoor employment, he began teaching school, in which profession he continued until the fall of 1864, when he was elected Recorder of Washington County, and was re-elected in 1866, serving for four years. While Recorder he compiled the abstract books of Washington County, and on the expiration of his term of office engaged in the abstract and real-estate business, in which he continued until 1882 with good success. In the organization of the Washington County Savings Bank, Mr. Jeffrey took an active interest and was one of its principal stockholders. He was elected its first Vice President, a position which he yet holds, and is also one of the Directors.
Mr. Jeffrey was first married in Louisa County, Iowa, in 1860, to Miss May Olds. By this union there were four children: Lillie, the wife of S. R. Wallace, of Washington; William R., Jr., a student at Mt. Pleasant; Hiram G., of Harlington, Neb., and A. P., a farmer in this county. Mrs. Jeffrey died March 9, 1869. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and a sincere Christian woman. Mr. Jeffrey's second wife was formerly Miss Lida Wright, by whom he has four children—Mertie, Kate, Jessie and John H. In politics, Mr. Jeffrey is a Republican, and is a member of the G.A.R.
GEORGE W. JOHNSON
George W. JOHNSON, farmer and stock-raiser, living on section 2, Jefferson Township, is a native of Indiana, born in Madison County, February 3, 1842, his father, Lewis JOHNSON, being a native of Highland County, Ohio, and among the early settlers of Madison County, Indiana. George W. JOHNSON was reared on a farm, and educated in the schools of Warren County, Iowa, to which county his parents had moved in 1847. He was united in marriage November 29, 1860, to Miss Eliza J. MAHAN, a daughter of Herran MAHAN. They are the parents of two children - Eugene J. and Minerva. Eugene married Frances CASE and has three children - Roy, Edis and Early. They live in Taylor, Texas. Minerva married Frank LOOMIS, of Jefferson Township, Ringgold County, and has one daughter - Minerva V.
Mr. JOHNSON was a soldier in the war of the Rebellion, enlisting in Company B, of the Fourth Iowa Infantry. He served his country [as a Private] about one year, and participated in the battles of Goldsboro, Columbia and others of minor importance.
He has been a resident of Ringgold County since August, 1865, when he settled on his present farm in Jefferson Township, which contains eighty acres of valuable land. Mr. JOHNSON is a member of the Odd Fellows order, and is one of the respected citizens of his township.
NOTE: George W. JOHNSON enlisted as a Private on October 6, 1864 at the age of 22 years and was assigned to Company B of the 4th Iowa Infantry Regiment. He was mustered out of service July 24, 1865 at Louisville, Kentucky.
George W. JOHNSON died in 1929. Eliza J. (MAHAN) JOHNSON was born in 1841, and died in 1922. George and Eliza were interred at Graceland Cemetery, Creston, Union County, Iowa. (Section B., Lot 14, Graves 6 & 7)
SOURCES:
Biography & Historical Record of Ringgold County, Iowa, p. 340, 1887. Lewis Publishing Company of Chicago, 1887, p. 340Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System Database
WPA Graves Survey
Transcription and note by Sharon R. Becker, January of 2009
CAPTAIN ANDREW JOHNSTON
Captain Andrew JOHNSTON, one of the principal stock-breeders of Ringgold County, is a native of Jefferson County, Ohio, born February 11, 1829. His parents were Michael and Jane (NIXON) JOHNSTON, his father born at Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, and his mother near Steubenville, Ohio. They located in Jefferson County after their marriage, and when he was about ten years old they moved to Holmes County, where they lived fifteen years, and then went to Knox County, and from there to Richland County, where the father died, aged sixty-seven years. The mother is still living, now making her home in Ringgold County, where she has lived since 1876. Their family consisted of ten children, eight of whom are living, Andrew being the eldest.
He was given a good education, attending some time the Wooster Academy, and also was a student of Ohio Wesleyan University, at Delaware. His youth, when not in school, was spent in assisting his father on the farm, and in teaching school, remaining at home until manhood.
He was married in Knox County, Ohio, June 10, 1855, to Phoebe RUSH, a native of that county. In September of the same year they came to Iowa, and lived in Muscatine County the following winter, and in the spring of 1856 located in Ringgold County, entering eighty acres of his present farm in Liberty Township, from the Government. He built a house of round logs 16 x 18 feet in dimensions, in which he lived until able to have a better one. He went to work to improve his land, doing the best he could with his limited means, and by perseverance was successful, and now owns 410 acres, which is well adapted to his present business of stock-breeding. For some time he engaged in general farming, and then began dealing in sheep on a small scale. He gradually increased his stock until he had 700 head, herding them on the prairie. At that time prairie wolves were troublesome, and he had no small difficulty in protecting his sheep from their ravages. After engaging in that industry about fifteen years he disposed of his sheep and turned his attention to short-horn cattle.
He purchased his first stock of cattle in 1866, of one of the principal stockmen of Iowa, Tim DAY, and later bought of others. He now has over fifty thoroughbred cattle on his farm, all eligible to registry. Some of them are of fine families, Young Mary being his favorite. He also has a number of very fine grade horses of the Percheron and Clydesdale draught breed, and has been very successful in the various branches of stock-raising, and has gained a wide reputation, extending beyond the limits of his own county.
In 1862 Captain JOHNSTON enlisted in the defense of his country, and was assigned to Company G, Twenty-ninth Iowa Infantry. He was subsequently promoted to Lieutenant, and then to Captain of his company. He participated in the battle at Helena, Arkansas, July 4, 1863, and the capture of Little Rock. Was with General STEELE on this Camden expedition, and took part in the battle of Saline River, the siege of Mobile, Alabama, and thence to the Rio Grande on the borders of Mexico. On account of sickness of the Colonel he commanded his regiment during the last month of service. From there went to New Orleans, where he was mustered out in August, 1865. He was wounded twice, but not severely, never being obliged to leave his regiment.
Since returning home he has served his county and township in several official capacities, and has made an efficient and capable public officer, devoting the same care and attention to his duties that characterized his life as a soldier. He has served one term as county superintendent of schools, and two terms, Fourteenth and Fifteenth General Assembly, in the State Legislature.
Has served three terms as a member of the Board of Supervisors, being at the present writing a member of the Board. His family has been four children, three of whom are living - Sophronia, Hattie, wife of Joseph Atwood, and Poe. A son, Ray, died in early childhood.
The wife, Phoebe, after nearly thirty-one years of married life, died suddenly, from paralysis, April 17, 1886; thus ending the history of this JOHNSTON family, as a united family among us. The Captain says that whatever of popularity and character as a soldier and citizen he may have acquired, he must attribute a very large portion of his success to his wife, who in courage and industry, as also in many of the finer qualities, he has always regarded as more than his equal. "Without her I have no history."
NOTE: Captain Andrew JOHNSTON died December 19, 1917. Phoebe (RUSH) JOHNSTON was born October 24, 1832, and died April 17, 1886. Captain and Phoebe JOHNSTON were interred at Johnston Cemetery near Kellerton, Ringgold County, Iowa. Of Captain and Phoebe JOHNSTON's children:
Sophronia was born August 17, 1857, and died September 27, 1939. Harriet "Hattie" (JOHNSTON) ATWOOD was born in 1860, and died in 1940. Hattie's husband Joseph E. ATWOOD was born in 1858, and died in 1947. Poe was born in 1868, and died in 1949. Ray was born March 10, 1859, and died September 8, 1860. They were interred at Johnston Cemetery near Kellerton, Ringgold County, Iowa.
SOURCES:
Biography & Historical Record of Ringgold County, Iowa, Pp. 264-65, 1887.WPA Graves Survey
Transcription and note by Sharon R. Becker, January of 2009
ROBERT & EMMA "Mariah" (HOSKINSON) JOHNSONRobert and Emma "Mariah" (HOSKINSON) JOHNSON were married in December of 1850, and lived in Caledonia, Ringgold County, Iowa. They were the parents of five children. At the age of 42 years, Robert enlisted as a Private on February 29, 1864, and was mustered into service with Company M of the 3rd Iowa Cavalry. He died of disease November 3, 1864, Memphis, Tennessee and was interred there.Mariah starved her self to death in her attempts to support her five small children. She died in 1864 and was interred in Cuba Cemetery, Cuba, Monroe County, Iowa.
SOURCE:
American Civil War Soldiers, ancestry.comTranscription by Sharon R. Becker, February of 2009
EDMUND L. JOY was born at Albany, New York, October 1, 1835, and was educated at Anthony's Classical Institute, Albany Academy and the University of Rochester. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1857 and immediately thereafter removed to Iowa, making his home at Keokuk where he entered upon practice. Later he settled in Ottamwa where he was chosen city attorney in 1860. At the beginning of the Civil War he was active in raising troops and upon the organization of the Thirty-sixth Regiment of Iowa Volunteers he was elected captain of Company B. He participated in the campaigns in Tennessee, the siege of Vicksburg and the Yazoo Pass expedition, taking part in the engagement at Fort Pemberton. At the Battle of Helena he commanded the left wing of the regiment and was in the Little Rock campaign. In 1864 he was appointed by President Lincoln Judge Advocate, with the rank of major, and assigned to the Seventh Army Corps, serving in the Department of Arkansas. He assisted in the organization of the judicial system of the State under reconstruction and sided in the reestablishment of the State government after the close of the war, under a new Constitution. After retiring from the service he removed to Newark, New Jersey, where he served in the Legislature of that State in 1871-2. He was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1880 and in 1884-5 he was a Government director of the Union Pacific Railroad Company by appointment of President Arthur. Mr. Joy died at Newark, New Jersey, February 14, 1892.
IOWA
ITS HISTORY AND TRADITION
VOLUME III
1804-1926
transcribed by Debbie Couch Gerischer
A. F. JUDIESCH
August F. Judiesch, an honored member of that rapidly diminishing body of men who fought for the Union during the dark days of the Civil war, was long identified with business affairs and is now living retired in Holstein, havingreached the venerable age of seventy-ning years. A native of Germany, he was born December, 5, 1847, and was but three years old when his parents, Frederick W. and Louisa (Weisse) Judiesch, came with their family to the United States, settling in Muscatine, Iowa. The father was a Congregational minister and for many years was pastor of a church in Davenport, Iowa. He passed away in that city and the mother's demise occurred in Treynor, this state. Their family numbered seven children: Emma, deceased; August F.; William, who has passed away; Bertha, the widow of the Rev. Jacob Fath, also a Congregational minister, by whom she has two sons, one a geologist and the other an astronomer; Louisa and Frederick, who died in infancy; and Mary, also deceased.
August F. Judiesch received a common school education, and in those early days the nearest schoolhouse was situated three miles from his home. Imbued with the spirit of patriotism, he ran away from home when a youth of sixteen and enlisted in the federal army. He joined Company A of the Ninth Iowa Cavalry and was in the service for two years and twelve days, participating in many important battles. After the close of the war Mr. Judiesch learned the trade of a harness maker under the direction of his uncle and in 1868 established a business of his own at Wapello, Iowa, where he spent about four years. He engaged in business at Grandview, Iowa, for two years and for a year was a student at the academy of that place. He next located in Davenport, opening a shoe store, and for twelve years was one of the leading merchants of that city. After selling the business he moved to Winterset, Iowa, and four years later came to Holstein, where he has since resided. He was the first rural carrier in this locality and also acted as assistant postmaster of Holstein, ably discharging the duties of the position.
On the 6th of May, 1876, Mr. Judiesch married Miss Carolyn C. Condit, a daughter of Jabez and Ruth (Scott) Condit, natives of Pennsylvania. They came to Iowa in 1862, settling in Washington county, and Mr. Condit was one of its pioneer farmers. He had five children: Cyrus, deceased; Ezekiel C., whose home is in Denver, Colorado; William D., who is living in Los Angeles, California; Carolyn C.; and Elizabeth, the wife of William K. Mallory, of Denver, Colorado. Mr. and Mrs. Judiesch have become the parents of three children: Alice Ruth, a resident of Los Angeles, California; Frederick W., whose home is in western Nebraska; and Florence Edna, the wife of Carl H. Tourgee, of Spencer, Iowa.
Mr. Judiesch belongs to the Grand Army of the Republic and is also identified with the Modern Woodmen of America. He is affiliated with the Methodist church and his political allegiance is given to the republican party. For over seventy-five years Mr. Judiesch has lived in Iowa, loyally supporting all projects destined to prove of benefit to his community and state, and in the course of a long, honorable and useful life he has gained the enduring regard of many friends.
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E. C. JUNGER
One of the leading physicians and surgeons of northwestern Iowa is Dr. Emil C. Junger, of Soldier, Monona county, where he has been engaged in active and successful practice of his profession for a quarter of a century. He was born in Klein Petersdorf, Austria, November 17, 1874, and is the youngest of the ten children of Anton and Rosina (Schindler) Junger, of whom the former died in 1887. After the death of her husband, the mother brought her children to the United States and here spent her remaining years, her death occurring in 1908.
Dr. Junger attended the public schools of Austria and accompanied his mother to this country in 1887. They settled in Texas, where he remained about five years, and in 1892 came to Iowa. He graduated from the high school at Charter Oak in 1898, and then matriculated in the Sioux City Medical College,where he was graduated with the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1902. Immediately afterwards he came to Soldier and engaged in practice, to which he has since closely devoted his attention. An accurate diagnostician, familiar with the medicinal properties of drugs and skilled in the science of surgery, he has
through the years built up a large and remunerative practice and has long stood in the front rank of the physicians of Monona county.
On December 10, 1903, at Ames, Iowa, Doctor Junger was united in marriage to Miss Caroline Carr, whose father was a minister and evangelist of the Christian church and Mrs. Junger has always taken an active part in church work. To their marriage have been born the following children: Esther Ruth, who is attending college at Rockford, Illinois; Emil, Jr., who is a student in Wentworth Military Academy, at Lexington, Missouri; and Rosina Quinton, attending school in Onawa. Politically, Doctor Junger is a republican and has taken a commendable interest in local public affairs, serving at this time as health
officer of Soldier. He is president of the Parent-Teachers Association,which aided materially in the erection of the present school buildings, and is a member of the local chapter of the American Red Cross. His religious affiliation is with the Christian church. Fraternally he is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Modern Woodmen of America. He belongs to the Monona County Medical Society, the Sioux Valley Medical Society, the Missouri Valey Medical Society, the Iowa State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. Doctor Junger is a writer of ability, having contributed to the medical magazines a number of articles on medicine, clinic work and surgery. During the years of his residence in this locality he has risen in the confidence and respect of the people and has many warm and loyal friends.
IOWA
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A. F. JUDIESCH
August F. Judiesch, an honored member of that rapidly diminishing body of men who fought for the Union during the dark days of the Civil war, was long identified with business affairs and is now living retired in Holstein, having reached the venerable age of seventy-nine years. A native of Germany, he was born December, 5, 1847, and was but three years old when his parents,Frederick W. and Louisa (Weisse) Judiesch, came with their family to the United States, settling in Muscatine, Iowa. The father was a Congregational minister and for many years was pastor of a church in Davenport, Iowa. He passed away in that city and the mother's demise occurred in Treynor, this state. Their family numbered seven children: Emma, deceased; August F.; William, who has
passed away; Bertha, the widow of the Rev. Jacob Fath, also a Congregational minister, by whom she has two sons, one a geologist and the other an astronomer; Louisa and Frederick, who died in infancy; and Mary, also deceased.
August F. Judiesch received a common school education, and in those early days the nearest schoolhouse was situated three miles from his home. Imbued with the spirit of patriotism, he ran away from home when a youth of sixteen and enlisted in the federal army. He joined Company A of the Ninth Iowa Cavalry and was in the service for two years and twelve days, participating in many important battles. After the close of the war Mr. Judiesch learned the trade of a harness maker under the direction of his uncle and in 1868 established a business of his own at Wapello, Iowa, where he spent about four years. He engaged in business at Grandview, Iowa, for two years and for a year was a student at the academy of that place. He next located in Davenport, opening a shoe store, and for twelve years was one of the leading merchants of that city. After selling the business he moved to Winterset, Iowa, and four years later came to Holstein, where he has since resided. He was the first rural carrier in this locality and also acted as assistant postmaster of Holstein, ably discharging the duties of the position.
On the 6th of May, 1876, Mr. Judiesch married Miss Carolyn C. Condit, a daughter of Jabez and Ruth (Scott) Condit, natives of Pennsylvania. They came to Iowa in 1862, settling in Washington county, and Mr. Condit was one of its pioneer farmers. He had five children: Cyrus, deceased; Ezekiel C., whose home is in Denver, Colorado; William D., who is living in Los Angeles,California; Carolyn C.; and Elizabeth, the wife of William K. Mallory, of Denver,Colorado. Mr. and Mrs. Judiesch have become the parents of three children:Alice Ruth, a resident of Los Angeles, California; Frederick W., whose home is
in western Nebraska; and Florence Edna, the wife of Carl H. Tourgee, of Spencer, Iowa.
Mr. Judiesch belongs to the Grand Army of the Republic and is also
identified with the Modern Woodmen of America. He is affiliated with the Methodist church and his political allegiance is given to the republican party. For over seventy-five years Mr. Judiesch has lived in Iowa, loyally supporting all projects destined to prove of benefit to his community and state, and in the course of a long, honorable and useful life he has gained the enduring regard of many friends.August F. Judiesch died September 29, 1939 and is buried in Los Angeles National Cemetery, along with his wife, Carolyn Condit Judiesch, who died on May 27, 1933.
