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Occupation |
Residence |
Receives mail |
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Alger |
I. N. |
farmer |
Sec.19 |
P. O. Delhi |
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ALLISON |
SAMUEL, Sr. |
farmer |
Sec. 26 |
P. O. Delhi |
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born in
Orange Co., N. Y., July 19, 1826; moved to Ohio in 1840; married
Miss Rachel Bell in 1854, who was born in Licking Co., O.,
December, 1833. They have six children living: Cora A., Wm.
R., John L., Ella, Alice, and Samuel E. Came to this county
in 1852; returned to Ohio the following year, and returned with
his wife in 1854. Owns 680 acres of land. |
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ALLISON |
SAMUEL, Jr. |
farmer |
Sec. 24 |
P. O. Delhi |
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born in Orange Co., N. Y.,
March 19, 1828; moved to Ohio in 1841; married Miss Emeline J.
Harris, March 2, 1852; she was born in Licking Co., O., Oct
24, 1831. Mr. A. came to this county in 1830, entered his
land and made some improvements; returned to Ohio, got married
and came back in 1852. They have eight children living: Oscar
H., Anna L., Mary E., Minnie M., Laura E, Frank E., Eugene
and Ida L. Mr. A. was elected Assessor in 1876, a position he
now fills; has taught school nearly every Winter since he
resided in the county. Owns two sections of land, and is an
old and influential citizen of Delaware County. |
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Ammerman |
J. J. |
laborer |
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P. O. Delhi |
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Angel |
G. G. |
farmer |
Sec. 4 |
P. O. Delhi |
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Angel |
James G. |
farmer |
Sec. 3 |
P. O. Delhi |
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Anthony |
H. |
farmer |
Sec. 19 |
P. O. Delhi |
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Armstrong |
Elmira |
farmer |
Sec. 19 |
P. O. Delhi |
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Atwood |
J. P. |
well driller |
----- |
P. O. Delhi |
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BABCOCK |
V. M. |
----- |
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P. O. Delhi |
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was born in Jefferson Co., N. Y., June 16, 1836. Went to New
Orleans in 1856; remained South until May, 1861; returned
to Jefferson County, N. Y.; enlisted in Battery H, 1st New
York Artillery; was appointed First Sergeant at its organization;
was promoted to a Lieutenancy June 1st, 1862, in which capacity
he served during term of service; participated in all the
principal battles during the Peninsula campaign; Fair Oaks and
Malvern Hill, were the most severe; retained to New Orleans, the
Fall of '64, from there to Fort McIntosh, Tex, where he remained
until 1868. Have since been in the Western Stales. Was married to
Mrs. Esther E. Clark, Oct. 8, 1873. Mrs. B. had two children, J.
Byron and Alonzo L., by her former husband, Alonzo Clark. Have
one boy, Carl Eugene. |
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BAKER |
WILLIAM H. |
clerk |
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P. O. Delhi |
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born in Genesee, N. Y.; his father emigrated to Illinois in an
early day; seven years after came to this county; his father was
known during his life as an able lawyer who enjoyed the
confidence and respect of the people and the esteem of the other
honored and privileged members of the bar; served in several
official capacities as Justice of the Peace, State's Attorney,
etc.; died at his house, Delhi, in 1856; William was sent to
school at Mount Vernon, Iowa, and expected to complete the
course, but owing to the illness of his father was called home,
and the anticipated college course abandoned; the family now
consist of Charles M., now residing in Wamego, Kan.; Mrs. Helen
Hook, of Wamego, Kan., and Esther J. Griffin, of Delhi. |
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Ball |
Wm. |
farmer |
Sec. 5 |
P. O. Delhi |
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Banta |
Abraham |
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Barber |
J. M. |
STONE MASON |
Sec. 2 |
P. O. Manchester |
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Barker |
C. J. |
farmer |
Sec. 21 |
P. O. Delhi |
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Barker |
Loran |
farmer |
Sec. 31 |
P. O. Delhi |
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Barker |
Newell |
farmer |
Sec. 32 |
P. O. Delhi |
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Barnes |
A. D. |
farmer |
Sec. 20 |
P. O. Delhi |
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Barnes |
A. R. |
farmer |
Sec. 30 |
P. O. Delhi |
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Barnes |
B. H. |
farmer |
Sec. 20 |
P. O. Delhi |
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Barnes |
J. W. |
farmer |
Sec. 29 |
P. O. Delhi |
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Beal |
Frank |
farmer |
Sec. 17 |
P. O. Delhi |
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Beal |
James |
farmer |
Sec. 17 |
P. O. Delhi |
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Beal |
Lewis |
farmer |
Sec. 17 |
P. O. Delhi |
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Bennett |
Joseph |
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Blanchard |
I. D. |
tinner |
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P. O. Delhi |
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BOGGS |
JEREMIAH B. |
auditor |
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P. O. Delhi |
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Born
in Onondaga Co., N. Y., Jan. 12, 1833; lived there till 1846,
when his father emigrated to McHenry Co., Ill. Came to
Delaware County in 1850; was married to Miss Catharine A.
Black, Nov. 1861. They have three children: Amy, Orin T. and
Ennis. Served as Deputy Sheriff in 1857 and '58; was elected
Sheriff in 1861; elected County Judge in 1865: Auditor in
1869, a position that he now occupies. The Judge is among the
oldest settlers of this county, and is a gentleman who is no
lea remarkable for his social and intellectual abilities than
for his generosity toward his fellow men. |
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Boomer |
Albert |
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Bondurant |
Robert |
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Bowman |
Austin |
farmer |
Sec. 24 |
P. O. Delhi |
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BRAYTON |
JOHN M. |
attorney at law |
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P. O. Delhi |
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born in Sept. 15, 1831. At the age of 14 he went to Whitestown
Seminary, where he remained four years; graduated at Hamilton
College, Clinton, in 1853; attended the law school connected
with the College, under Prof. Theodore W. Dwight; admitted to
the Bar of the Supreme Court of New York, in April, 1854;
spent that Summer in the law office of B. Davis Noxom, of
Syracuse. He came to Delhi in Fall of same year, District
Court of the 9th Judicial District, from January,
1871, to July, 1872. Married Miss Helen M. Martin,
May 4,1859; she was born in Schoharie County, July
21, 1833. One daughter living: Emma
L., born Feb. 24, 1860; lost one child: Helen A. |
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Brown |
J. M. |
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P. O. Earlville |
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Brown |
P. A. |
farmer |
Sec. 1 |
P. O. Earlville |
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Bruget |
Ludwig F. A. |
farmer |
Sec. 35 |
P. O. Delhi |
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Burdick |
Wm. |
laborer |
Sec. 26 |
P. O. Delhi |
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Burrow |
Wm. |
farmer |
Sec. 11 |
P. O. Earlville |
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farmer |
Sec. 17 |
P. O. Masonville |
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Carter |
R. |
laborer |
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P. O. Delhi |
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Clark |
N. H. |
teacher |
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P. O. Delhi |
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Charter |
A. E. |
laborer |
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P. O. Delhi |
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Cook |
A. J. |
farmer |
Sec. 13 |
P. O. Delhi |
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CORBIN, |
JOHN |
retired |
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born in Chenango Co, N. Y, Feb. 12, 1812. His father moved
near Rochester; lived in that part of the State for some time;
emigrated from there to Ohio; Mr. C. came to this county in
1837; most of the prominent pioneers of the county came that
season; remained here about two years and returned to Ohio
where he married Miss Eliza Phillips in the Spring of 1840.
She was born in Chautauqua Co., N. Y., Nov. 16. 1817. Her
father was one of the earliest settlers of this county, being
a member of the first board of County Commissioners. Mr.
Corbin made the first assessment of the county; have three
children living: John W. Corbin, Esther E, now Mrs. Babcock,
and Doran S. Corbin. |
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CORBIN |
JNO. WINTHROP |
farmer |
Sec. 26 |
P. O. Delhi |
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born in South Fork Township, this county, Jan. 7, 1841: he was
the third child born in Delaware Co. His father sold his
property in this county, and moved to Ohio in 1856; remained
there three years, during which time he was attending school
at Oberlin; served in the army in 4th Iowa V. Cavalry; was in
many severe engagements; received three bullet wounds; was
honorably discharged Dec., 1866; married Miss Augusta H.
Plash, Dec. 13, 1866; she was born in Hanover, Germany, Feb.
27, 1843; have two children living: Guy Winthrop Corbin, and
Ira Hyde Corbin; Mr. C. was Sheriff of this county two years
from 1875, an office he filled ably and well. Owns 280 acres
of land.
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COWLES, |
ETHAN S. |
sheriff |
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P. O. Delhi |
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born in Hampshire, Mass., June 25,
1829; at the age of 15 came to St. Charles, Ill.; came to
Delaware Co. in 1852, but soon after returned to Illinois and
married Miss Phoebe Eddy in 1854; she was born in Wyoming Co.,
N. Y., Sept. 27, 1829; returned to Delhi in 1854, where they
lived one year; in 1856, went to Richland Township, and
entered the land which he now owns. He established the
Champion P. O. in 1857; was appointed P. M. at the time, and
still holds the position; served as Justice of the Peace for
nine years; was elected Sheriff of Delaware Co. in 1877, a
position which he fills ably and well; served in the army in
the 7th Iowa Cavalry.
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Crawford |
J. C. |
laborer |
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P. O. Delhi |
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Crosier |
H. C. |
farmer |
Sec. 32 |
P. O. Delhi |
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Cross |
C. H. |
constable |
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P. O. Delhi |
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Cummings |
A. |
carpenter |
Sec. 20 |
P. O. Delhi |
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Cummings |
E. |
farmer |
Sec. 8 |
P. O. Delhi |
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Cummings |
J. A. |
clerk |
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P. O. Delhi |
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Cummings |
Richard |
carpenter |
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P. O. Delhi |
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CUTLER |
GEORGE |
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P. O. Earlville |
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born in Somerset, Eng, Dec. 15, 1817; came to
America, with his father's family, in 1836; lived near
Syracuse eighteen months; went to Michigan, from there to
Wisconsin, and finally to his present home which was at that
time in the wilds of a new and desolate country; broke the
first prairie in Ede's Grove, in the Spring of 1839; has been
surrounded by 700 Indians and not a white man to be seen;
carried mail from Dubuque to Independence, when no other man
could begotten to do it, in 1832; no bridges, no roads but
Indian trails; went from where he lives four miles above
Dubuque to mill, snow four feet deep and no road; kept
bachelor's hall till 1859, when he married the widow Lupton
(maiden name Elizabeth Jones); owns 120 acres of land; Mr. C.
has never been under the care of a physician till Feb.
23,1878, when his leg was broken by a vicious colt.
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Dauberman |
John |
laborer |
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P. O.Delhi |
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Davis |
Wm. |
farmer |
Sec. 7 |
P. O. Delhi |
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Delematter |
E. J. |
farmer |
Sec. 7 |
P. O. Delhi |
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Donaho |
F. |
laborer |
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P. O. Delhi |
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Dooley |
T. J. |
attorney |
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P. O. Delhi |
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DOOLITTLE |
CHAS. B. |
liveryman |
Sec. 8 |
P. O. Delhi |
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born in Madison Co., N. Y, Oct 15,
1837; came to Clayton Co. at the age of 18: came to Delaware Co.
first in 1863; was here three years; returned to Clayton Co.,
remaining there five years, after which he moved back to Delhi
where he has been engaged in livery business since 1872; married
Miss Theodosia M. Lawrence, Feb. 14, 1859. She was born in
Madison Co., Ohio; have four children living: Josephine E.,
Frederick A., Benjamin A. and Harley O.; lost one child in
infancy. Mr. D. is now Constable and is an efficient
officer, has a fine livery and is doing a good business. |
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Doolittle |
F. A. |
livery hand |
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P. O. Delhi |
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Doolittle |
F. P. |
dept. clerk Delaware co. |
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P. O. Delhi |
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DOOLITTLE |
HON. F. B. |
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P. O. Delhi |
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whose portrait appears in this work; was born in Delaware Co.,
N. Y., Dec. 24, 1825; his parents, William and Polly A.
Doolittle, in the Fall of 1835, emigrated to Monroe, Mich., and
in 1836, to Calhoun Co., Mich., which was then outside of
civilization, and inhabited by Indians; his father being a poor
man, with a family of twelve children, could give the subject of
this sketch no facilities for an early education, except for
twelve weeks' schooling in a log cabin, for a few Winter terms;
having to work hard the balance of his time clearing up a farm in
the wilds of Michigan forests. In 1845, when 19 years old,
he negotiated with his father to pay him $150 for the balance of
his time, and started out into the world with neither money,
education, or friends. When 20 years of age, he hired out
to a nurseryman for $10.50 a month, and by close attention, soon
became master of the business, Having, during the years of
1848 and 1949, his attention called to this western country for
settlement, in the Fall of 1849, he set out and came to Delhi,
and after viewing the country concluded to settle here; then
returning to Michigan to make final arrangements for a permanent
settlement; he returned in the Spring of 1850, and landed in
Delhi, May 1st, his entire estate being worth about $300, and has
remained here ever since. The county at that time was new,
with not much civilization and less refined society. The first
Summer he worked part of the time for farmers at established
wages of 50 cents per day, and balance of time made preparations
and started Silver Late Nursery which he followed up, introducing
many valuable varieties of fruit and inspiring the settlers
to cultivate fruit of all the hardy kinds, and afterward
published a pamphlet on fruit culture, entitled "Fruit Culture in
Northern Iowa," which has been copied from extensively by
Horticultural writers and State Agricultural Reports, and has
done more to induce fruit culture in Northern Iowa, than any
other person. He continued the nursery about fifteen years,
giving employment to a large number of men, having the largest
nursery that has ever been in the State. Soon after
coming to Delhi he found a field opening for operating in a small
way with his limited means in real estate, of which he availed
himself, and he continued in such more or less until the present,
and now owns about 2,000 acres of land in various parts of this
State. He now owns three cultivated farms which he
superintends, and has twenty acres of or Harding, where he
resides, situated on the banks of Silver Lake, which is the
finest residence, with the finest surroundings of any in the
county. Married Miss Anne Comber, Oct. 4, 1851; she
was born Oct. 27, 1828, at Wythaham, Sussex County, England,
and came to America with her father's family in Spring of
1847, and settled in Dubuque Co., Iowa. They have six
children, all born in Delhi and now living: Hattie B, born
Feb 8, 1853; Fred. William, July 8, 1855; Olie R., Jan. 1,
1858; John Comber, April 16,1860; Nellie Anne, Nov. 9, 1862,
and Minnie A., Aug. 6, 1865. His wife died Oct. 26, 1876,
greatly esteemed by both rich and poor. Mr. Doolittle has
always been in the front rank, in all public enterprises,
doing active work, especially such as tended to develop the
community; was one of the agitators in organizing a company to
build a railroad to Delhi, and charter member of and did
effectual work in organizing the Davenport & St. Paul Railroad
Company, and most active in preparing its talkies of
incorporation and setting the company on its feet; was
Director and Assistant Treasurer of the Company about four
years. He inducted the organization of the Delaware County
Construction Company for the purpose of building the Davenport
& St. Paul R. R. through Delaware County, a distance of thirty
miles, and was elected Treasurer of the Company, and the
general agent to manage its business, and had the management
of its construction through Delaware County; with limited
means and very unfavorable route, he held the line through
Delhi against strong opposition from towns on other lines,
which were much more favorable, and which represented much
greater wealth. He founded and laid out the town of Delaware,
Delaware Co., on the Illinois Central R. R., and secured a
station, and afterward secured the Davenport & St. Paul R. R.
W mate its crossing at that place. Was elected Judge of
Delaware County in April, 1855, to fill a vacancy, and
afterward re-elected for full term. Was the first United
States Revenue Collector, under the United States Revenue
laws, in Delaware County, and held the office five years; has
been active in politics from his first settlement in the
county; was originally a Whig, and one of the first to
advocate no more slave territory and look an active part in
the county convention that organized the Republican party in
this county, and has ever since been identified with the
party. Has always been a temperance man (but not fanatical),
consistent, not having taken a drink of intoxicating liquors
since he hag been in the State, and always identifying himself
with its interests. |
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Doxee |
Harry |
laborer |
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P. O. Delhi |
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Duart |
James |
farmer |
Sec. 17 |
P. O. Delhi |
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Dutton |
Horace |
farmer |
Sec. 24 |
P. O. Delhi |
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Dutton |
J. W. |
Ea. |
Sec. 24 |
P. O. Delhi |
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Pat |
laborer |
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P. O. Delhi |
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Eddy |
R. |
grain dealer and lumberman |
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P. O. Delhi |
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Ellison |
Geo. |
farmer |
Sec. 29 |
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carpenter |
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P. O. Delhi |
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Fear |
E. |
farmer |
Sec. 4 |
P. O. Delaware |
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Fear |
Henry C. |
farmer |
Sec. 4 |
P. O. Delaware |
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Fear |
W. S. |
farmer |
Sec. 4 |
P. O. Delaware |
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Fitzimmons |
C. F. |
farmer |
Sec. 4 |
P. O. Delhi |
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FLEMING |
CHARLES F. |
proprietor Rockynook Mills |
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P. O. Delhi |
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born in Stockholm, Sweden, June 3, 1829. Came to the United
States in 1839; settled at Kingston, Mass; was trained at for the
seas and sailed for nine years on "old ocean's" surging billows.
In 1848 went to the gold regions of California, where he remained
for seven years. Returned home in 1855, and married Miss Mary S.
Holmes in same year; she was born in Plymouth, Mass. Have six
children living: Charles P., Jr., Andrew M., David A., Edmund H.,
Mary L., and Elise C. Mr. F. owns 2,000 acres of land. When
he first came to this county, he built a steam grist-mill on the
banks of Silver Lake, and afterward purchased the Rockynook mill property
(water power) on the Maquoketa, which he now owns. |
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Follett |
W. H. |
shoemaker |
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P. O. Delhi |
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FULLER |
FRANCIS E. |
laborer |
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P. O. Delhi |
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Proprietor Billiard Hall, Delhi; born in McHenry Co., Ill.,
June 27, 1853; came to this county in 1874; married Miss
Nellie Danforth Oct. 5, 1875; she was born near Niagara Falls,
New York; one child: Earl, born July 27, 1876; died April 1,
1877; his wife died Oct. 10, 1877.
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FULLER |
GEO.H. |
physician and surgeon |
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P. O. Delhi |
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born in Stowe, Vt, Aug.
13, 1841; parents emigrated to Massachusetts in 1854, and came
to Buchanan Co. Iowa, in
1856; served in the army during the war in the 27th Iowa V.
I.; was appointed Hospital Steward in March, 1865, and Second
Lieutenant 87th U S. Col Inf., March, 1865; was in command of
a Company till 1966; was honorably discharged at New Orleans;
attended his first course of medical lectures of Ann Arbor,
Mich., and graduated at the Chicago Medical College in the days
of 1869; practiced in Delhi till 1873; was then employed
by the Government as physician at the Crow Indian Agency,
Mont., and at the Fort Hall Indian Agency of Utah; returned
home in 1877; has settled in Delhi, where he is engaged in the
practice of his profession; married Miss Adelaide Boomer, Jan.
3, 1873; she was born at Garden Prairie, Boone Co., Ill.,
April I8, 1847; she is the daughter of Dr. A. Boomer, who
moved to this county in 1853. |
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Furman |
Charles |
miller |
Sec. 30 |
P. O. Delhi |
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Furman |
Geo. B. |
grain dealer and lumberman |
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P. O. Delhi |
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FURMAN |
RUSSEL W. |
prop. Hartwick Mills |
Sec. 29 |
P. O. Delhi |
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born in Cayuga Co., N, Y, Feb. 5,
1822; came to Hanover, Jo Davies Co., Ill., in 1842, where he
lived till he moved to this county; he
came to Delaware Co. in 1869; has been connected with the
milling business since his residence here. Owns 300 acres of
land and is extensively engaged in stock growing and farming;
married Miss Cynthia Tyler Oct 24, 1847; she was born in
Benton Co., N. H.; have two children living: Charles H. and
George R.; lost one daughter: Sophronia. |
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Galpin |
Charles |
merchant |
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P. O. Delhi |
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GAINES |
E. P. |
retired |
Sec. 29 |
P. O. Delhi |
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born in Washington Co., Penn., Oct. 24, 1846; moved to
Madison Co., Indiana 1854; then to this State, Dubuque in 1857;
settled in Earlville in 1859. He was married in February, 1875,
to Miss Minnie A. Butcher. She was born in Galena, III, Nov. 16,
1854; they have one child, Beulah L., born Aug. 29, 1876. Mr.
Gaines held the position as clerk in dry goods and grocery houses
in Earlville for seven years. He carried on the mercantile
business on his own account for three years; he opened the Iowa
House at Delhi 1st of March, 1878. |
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Gleason |
A. L. |
postmaster |
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P. O. Delhi |
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Gleason |
B. F. |
millwright |
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P. O. Delhi |
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Gibbs |
J. W. |
farmer |
Sec. 11 |
P. O. Earlville |
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Ginger |
J. A. |
laborer |
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P. O. Delhi |
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Goestel |
Geo. |
farmer |
Sec. 30 |
P. O. Delhi |
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Griffin |
H. M. |
farmer |
Sec. 17 |
P. O. Delhi |
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GRIFFIN |
JUNIUS A. |
farmer |
Sec. 15 |
P. O. Delhi |
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born in Summersworth, N. H.,
April 22, 1839; came to this county in 1851, where has since
resided; his father entered a Section of land where he now
lives, a part of which he owns; married Miss Isabella B. Gray,
March 19, 1862. She was born in Scotland, March 19, 1846;
there are seven children living: Clarence K., James A.,
Arthur H., Hattie E., Harry M., Eva M. and Ralph E.; owns 45
acres of land. |
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