Jasper County, Iowa

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ACHTMIER, Fred; Farmer; Sec. 10; P.O. Horn.

ALSPAUGH, Wm.; Farmer; Sec. 10; P. O. Newton.

ALSPAUGH, E.; Farmer, S. 16; P. O. Newton.

ALTEMEIR, L.; Farmer; S. 12; P. O. Newton.

ARNOLD, S. A.; Preacher; P. O. Newton.

BAKER, S. S.; Farmer; P. O. Newton.

BARKMAN, H.; Farmer; S. 15; P. O. Newton.

BARKMAN, Wm., Jr.; Sec. 15; P. O. Newton.

BEATTY, John P.
Farmer and Stock Raiser; Sec. 10; P. O. Newton; born in Fayette Co., Ohio, Dec. 8, 1828. He married Miss Phebe E. CONDIT in Albany, Athens Co., Ohio, in 1856. They had one child - Harvey L., died Sept. 1, 1859. Mrs. Beatty died July 3, 1858. Mr. Beatty came to Iowa, October 1855; bought his farm and returned to Ohio in March 1856; returned to Iowa and settled on his farm, which he now owns, in March 1858. He married, for his second wife, Elizabeth J. KERR, in Ohio, in 1860. She was born in Ross Co., Ohio, in April 1835. They have six children - Maggie E., James A., Robert K., Minnie and Bertie (twins) and Mary E. Mr. Beatty was elected to the 14th General Assembly for two years; has held the office of Board of Supervisors four years, and held numerous township offices. He has 300 acres of land, valued at $50 per acre; has one of the largest and most expensive houses and barns in Jasper Co.; has 300 fruit trees and 200 forest trees; a fine location, with all the pleasant comforts of life. Mr. and Mrs. Beatty and eldest children are members of the Congregational Church.

BEISE, C.; Farmer; S. 4; P. O. Newton.

BENJAMIN, J. E.; Farmer; Sec. 11; P. O. Newton.

BIGELOW, L. M.; Farmer; S. 9; P. O. Newton.

BLAYZER, H.; Farmer; S. 36; P.O. Horn.

BODAKER, F.; Farmer; S. 22; P.O. Horn.

BOLIVAR, C.; Farmer; S. 13; P.O. Horn.

BOSWORTH, Wm.; Farmer; S. 34; P. O. Newton.

BRAHAM, M.; Farmer; S. 6; P.O. Horn.

BRIDGES, Green
Farmer and Stock Raiser; Sec. 8; P. O. Newton; born in Indiana October 19, 1829. He married Miss LOGSDON in Iowa August 24, 1854. She was born in Kentucky in 1834. They had three children - Edmond, Martha and Emeline. Mrs. Bridges died in 1857. Mr. Bridges then married for his second wife Sarah A. REYNOLDS in 1858. She was born in Kentucky. They has eleven children - Perrie, Rebecca, Hayden, Jane, Absalom, Joseph, Carrie Bell, Rillie and Charles; two children died in infancy. He has 349 acres of land, valued at $25 per acre. He moved to Kentucky as a child and remained until he was 19 years of age; thence to Illinois and remained fifteen months, and thence to Iowa in 1849. He was one of the very earliest settlers in Malaka Tp.; at that time there were but three houses from his farm to Oskaloosa. He had to haul goods and lumber from the Mississippi River and share all the disadvantages of the early settlers. He has taken an active interest in and gave his support to the schools, churches, etc., since the first settlement of the township. Mr. and Mrs. and Mrs.[sic] B are members of the Protestant Methodist Church; he is a Republican in politics.

BROKAW, A. J.; Farmer; S. 12; P. O. Newton.

BROWN, Hiram; Farmer; S. 5; P. O. Newton.

BROWN, H. W.; Framer; S. 5; P. O. Newton.

BROWN, Wm.; Framer; S. 5; P. O. Newton.

BUTLER, Adams
Farmer; S. 3; P. O. Newton; born in Ohio in 1830. Married Mary M. BEARD in Ohio in 1853. She was born in Ohio in 1834. They have eight children - Jonathan W., Joseph L., David W., James Franklin, Rosetta E., Louisa M., Hattie B., and Amanda O. He has 160 acres of land, valued at $30 per acre. He moved to Iowa in 1855; improved his present farm, set out groves, etc. Mr. and Mrs. Butler are members of the Congregational Church.

BUTLER, J.; Farmer; S. 30; P. O. Newton.

CARY, John; Farmer; Sec. 2; P. O. Newton.

CARY, W. T.; Farmer; Sec. 8; P. O. Newton.

CLEMENTS, L. R.; Grain Store; S. 16; P. O. Newton.

CONDIT, A. B.; Farmer, Newton.

CONDIT, E. E.; Farmer; S. 31; P. O. Newton.

COOK, S. C.; Att'y.; S. 28; P. O. Newton.

CRAWFORD, G. F.; Farmer; S. 4; P. O. Newton.

CRAWFORD, James R.
Farmer and Stock Raiser; S. 4; P. O. Newton; born in Pennsylvania, Nov. 25, 1832. Married Jennie VANLEW in Malaka, Iowa, in 1862. She was born in Pennsylvania, Aug. 26, 1836. They have five children - Arthur M., William M., Frank R., John W., and James C. He has 404 acres of land, valued at $40 per acre. Mr. C. moved in to Ohio with his father when a child, and moved to Iowa in 1854; entered land in Jasper and Taylor counties before the township was organized. Mr. C. is one of first pioneers in this county; had to haul his grain sixty miles, and his first lumber to build, 150 miles. He has given his support to build the first schools and churches in the Township; is now nicely situated with good improvements, bearing orchards, groves, etc. Mr. and Mrs. C. are members of the Congregational Church; he is a Republican in poilitics.

CRILE, Henry
Farmer; S. 33; P. O. Newton; born in Ohio May 27, 1826. Married Mariett EARL in Fulton Co., Ohio, July 4, 1848. She was born in Ohio in 1828. They have had two children, who died at the age of 3 and 6 years. He has eighty acres of land in Poweshiek Tp., valued at $30 per acre. Mr. C. followed carpentering twenty years in Ohio, and the mercantile business six years. He moved to Fulton Co., remained a while, and thence to Iowa in 1876, where he bought a farm. Is a member of the A., F. & A. M. Lodge; his wife is a member of the Protestant Methodist Church; he is a Republican in politics.

CUTLER, H. M.; Farmer; S. 27; P. O. Newton.

CUTLER, J. M.; Farmer; S. 28; P. O. Newton.

CUTLER, S. M.; Farmer; S. 6; P. O. Newton.

DAMMAN, Fred; Farmer; Sec. 12; P. O. Newton.

DAMON, L.; Farmer; S. 14; P. O. Newton.

DEIHL, Julius; Farmer; S. 5; P. O. Newton.

DODGE, I. I.; Farmer; S. 34; P. O. Newton.

DODGE, Joel
Farmer and Stock Raiser; Sec. 34; P. O. Newton; born in Sullivan Co., N. Y.; Nov. 27, 1839. Married Sarah D. GAGE in New York Dec. 19, 1867. She was born in Delaware Co., N.Y., Nov. 11, 1839. They have two children - Anna and Flora; they were born in Malaka Tp. Iowa. Mr. Dodge has 240 acres of good improved land, valued at $50 per acre, with fine buildings, orchards, groves, etc. He enlisted in Aug. 1862, in Co. I, 10th Iowa V. I.; was in the army of the Mississippi; was in the battles of New Madrid, siege of Corinth, battle of Corinth and fall of Corinth and Iuka; was wounded at the battle of Corinth in the left hand; lost two fingers and injured the balance of the hand so it remains almost useless; was also injured in the thigh and carried the ball two years; served fifteen months and was discharged by reason of his wounds. Mrs. Dodge is a member of the Congregational Church. Mr. Dodge had a bother[sic] (Israel) in the 13th Iowa V. I., who died at Bolivar, Tenn., from sickness contracted while in the service.

DOWDEN, John; Farmer; S. 25; P. O. Newton.

DORMAN, C.; Farmer; S. 11; P. O. Newton.

DREW, Alvin; Farmer; S. 33; P. O. Newton.

DREW, David; Farmer; S. 4; P. O. Newton.

DREW, O. G.; Farmer; S. 8; P. O. Newton.

DUNCAN, A. J.; Farmer; S. 11; P. O. Newton.

DUNCAN, G. W.; Farmer; S. 11; P. O. Newton.

EDGAR, James; Farmer; Sec. 6; P. O. Newton.

EMERSON, A. K.
Farmer, Breeder, and Dealer in fine short-horn stock, Poland China hogs and Bashaw horses; owns a large stock farm with good improvements, in Sec. 27, Malaka Tp., and lives in Newton. He married Lizzie A. SKIFF in Jasper Co., Iowa in 1857. She was born in New York in 1837. They have one child - May. He has 440 acres of land, valued at $30 per acre. Mr. Emerson moved to Illinois in 1851; remained three years; thence to Newton, where he has engaged in the mercantile business, keeping a general store, several years; was engaged in the clothing business eleven years in Chicago, fron 1867 to 1878. He bought his present farm in 1870, built a large house and barn and set out groves, orchards, etc. He makes a specialty of breeding and selling fine short-horn cattle, Poland-China hogs and Bashaw horses. Mr. Emerson is a member of teh A., F. & A. M. Lodge at Newton, and Mrs. E. is a member of the Congregational Church at Newton.

EMMEREST, A. J.; Farmer; S. 4; P. O. Newton.

EMMEREST, P.; Farmer; S. 5; P. O. Newton.

EYCHANER, G.; Farmer; S. 4; P. O. Newton.

EYCHANER, Milton
Farmer and Stock Raiser; Sec. 4; P. O. Newton; born in Oneida Co., N. Y., May 28, 1832. Married Lana HAMM in New York Nov. 26, 1854. She was born in Oneida Co., N. Y., Nov. 24, 1833. They have nine children - George, Edward, Milford, Sarah, Adella, Frank, Milton, Hattie and Cora. Have sixty-five acres of land, valued at $40 per acre. He moved to Wisconsin and remained nine years; returned to New York, and thence to Iowa in 1866. He followed saw milling five years in New York. Himself and wife are members of the Christian Church. He moved on the farm before any improvements were made; he now has it well improved with orchard and grove, and well fenced.

EYCHANER, William R.
Farmer; Sec. 4; P. O. Newton; born in Oneida Co., N. Y., Sept. 7, 1833. Married Henrietta AULLS in Illinois in 1857. She was born in Steuben Co., N. Y., in 1841. They have four children - Andrew S., Amerson Thomas, William Henry, and Ameretta Bell. Has 120 acres of land, valued at $30 per acre. He moved to Illinois when a child 11 years of age; remained fourteen years; thence to Claifornia in 1859, where he followed mining one year and teaming one year and returned, after remaining two years, to New York. He settled in Iowa in Fall of 1866. He improved his farm, set out orchard and grove, etc. Has held the office of Road Supervisor two years and Director two years. Are members of Restitutionist Church; he votes the Republican ticket.

FISH, C.; Farmer; S. 3; P. O. Newton.

FELTSNAIDER, F.; Farmer; S. 14, P. O. Newton.

FITZEMEYER, S.; Farmer; S. 12; P. O. Newton.

FOREMAN, T.; Farmer; S. 6; P. O. Newton.

FOREMAN, Z.; Farmer; S. 21; P. O. Newton.

FROST, G. W., Sr.; Farmer, S. 6; P. O. Newton.

FULERTON, E. J.; Farmer; S. 8; P. O. Newton.

GATES, E. N.; Farmer; S. 7; P. O. Newton.

GATES, W. D.; Farmer; P. O. Newton.

GEISE, Henry; Farmer
Sec. 20; P. O. Newton; born in Germany, January 1828. Married Louisa WAGONER in Illinois in 1856. She was born in Germany in 1830. They have six children - Etta, Henry, Fred, Adolph, Mena, and Eddie. Has 275 acres of land, valued at $50 per acre. He came to Illinois in 1854; remained two years and thence to Iowa in 1856. He built good buildings, set out his orchard and grove and has good improvements, and one of teh best farms in Malaka Tp.

GOODHUE, D.; Farmer; S. 23; P.O. Horn.

GOODHUE, David D.
Farmer; Sec. 27; P. O. Horn; born in Grafton Co., N. H.; in 1837. Married in Iowa in Jan. 1869, to Amelia T. CLARK. She was born in New York in 1852. They have three children - Hattie, Thomas and Sarah; they were born in Jasper Co., Iowa. He has 157 acres of land, valued at $30 per acre, with good improvements. Mr. G. learned the cooper's trade, which he followed ten years. He moved to Iowa Co., Iowa, in 1854; located in Jasper Co. in 1856, where he carries on farming and stock raising.

GOODHUE, E. P.; Farmer; S. 23; P.O. Horn.

GOODHUE, G. C.; Farmer; S. 17; P.O. Horn.

HALL, I. D.; Farmer; S. 34; P. O. Newton.

HALL, Gilbert
Farmer; Sec. 33; P. O. Newton; born in New Hampshire Oct. 29, 1831. Married a Miss DREW in Ohio in 1857. She was born in Maine Jan. 8, 1833. They have one child - Bertha, born in Jasper Co., Iowa. Has eighty acres of land, valued at $40 per acre. He moved to Ohio, where he followed shoemaking six months, and thence to Iowa in 1853, and followed trade one year; followed carpentering three years, and then located on his present farm, where he now resides, in 1858. Mr. Hall followed school teaching in Newton; taught in the old Court House, which has since been removed. Held the office of Township Clerk four years and President of the School Board two years. Mr. and Mrs. Hall are members of the Universalist Church in Newton.

HALL, L.; Farmer; S. 27; P. O. Newton.

HAINES, Amos; Farmer; S. 5; P. O. Newton.

HALLETENHR, A.; Farmer; S. 23; P. O. Newton.

HANNSMEIR, W.; Farmer; S. 18; P. O. Newton.

HANGER, A. H.; Farmer; S. 3; P. O. Newton.

HANGER, Geo.; Farmer; S. 3; P. O. Newton.

HANGER, John; Farmer; S. 3; P. O. Newton.

HARCOURT, C. W.; Farmer; S. 1; P. O. Newton.

HARPER, Isaiah; Farmer; S. 22; P.O. Horn.

HARPER, W. J.
Miller and Farmer, Malaka Mills; S. 22; P. O. Horn; born in Tuscarawas Co., Ohio, Nov. 1, 1833. Married Celia HALE in Indiana in 1855. They have five children - Mary L., Sidney, Jacob, Seely and Ella. His wife died in Jasper Co., Iowa. Married for his second wife Sarah J. WARRELL in Jasper Co., Iowa, in 1865. She was born in Ohio in 1841; mother of seven children - Lillie B., Richard, Charles, Sophia, Viola, and an infant; James and Minnie died in infancy. Moved to Indiana; thence to Missouri; Madison Co., Iowa; thence to Marion Co., Iowa; to Jasper Co. in 1864. He had but 10 cents in his pocket when he came to the county; now has a mill that cost $6,000, fifteen acres of land, a good residence and comfortable surroundings, which he made by his own exertions.

HARRAH, W. N.; Farmer; S. 35; P. O. Newton.

HART, Isaac M.; Farmer; S. 33; P. O. Newton.

HART, J. H.; Farmer; S. 33; P. O. Newton.

HATCH, J. P.; Farmer; S.33; P. O. Newton.

HATTEBUHR, Sophia, Mrs.
Farming; S. 22; P. O. Horn; born in Germany Nov. 12, 1833. Married Torneten HATTEBUHR in Illinois; he was born in Germany; he died in 1875. They had six children - Sophia, Henry, Mary, Dora, Etta and Lizzie. She has 176 acres of land, valued at $35 per acre. He came to America to Illinois in 1854; thence to Iowa in 1856. Mrs. H. is a member of the Evangelical Church. Mr. H. was a mason by trade, and followed it for several years. They improved their present farm, and set out the orchard and grove.

HAWN, Augustus
Farmer; S. 36; P. O. Newton; born in Ohio Sept. 30, 1842. Married Mary Ann MUNN in Jasper Co., Iowa in 1877. She was boen in Missouri in 1861. He has eighty acres of land and two acres of timber, valued at $30 per acre. He moved to Iowa in 1868; settled and improved his farm, and built his house and set out an orchard, etc. He enlisted in the 12th Ind. V. I. in Aug. 1862; was taken prisoner at Richmond, Ky., and paroled in the field; was in the army of Tennessee; was in Gen Sherman's march to the sea; was in the battles of Richmond, Ky., Jackson, Miss., Mission Ridge, Dalton, Resaca, Griswellville, Kenesaw Mountain, Savannah, Atlanta, and all the principal engagements and several skirmishes; was discharged with his regiment at the close of the war. Mr. and Mrs. Hawn are members of the M. E. Church; is a Democrat.

HERLING, Henry; Farmer; S. 23; P. O. Newton.

HERLING, H.; Farmer; S. 23; P. O. Newton.

HEWTHORN, Geo.; Farmer; Newton.

HILL, Aaron; Farmer; S. 3; P. O. Newton.

HILL, W. E.
Farmer; S. 4; P. O. Newton; born in Wayne Co., N. Y., in Sept. 1842. Married Miss R. EMERET in Illinois in 1868. She was born in Pennsylvania in 1842. They have one child - Philip Sidney. He owns 100 acres of land, valued at $35 per acre. He moved to Illinois when a boy. Enlisted in the 138th Illinois V. I. in Aug. 1862; lost his health and was discharged by reason of physical disability. He moved to Jasper Co., Iowa in 1873, where he has a good farm with all good improvements. Mr. and Mrs. Hill are members of the M. E. Church.

HOLLEN, E. N.
Farmer and Stock Raiser; S. 31; P. O. Newton; born in Pendleton Co., W. Va., Feb. 12, 1826. Married Almarine PARSONS in West Virginia in 1853. She was born in Randolph Co., W. Va. in 1828. Has 200 acres of land, valued at $50 per acre. Mr. H. learned the millwright trade and followed it several years in West Virginia. He moved into Jasper Co., Iowa in 1853; entered his farm and made all the improvements; at that time there were only four shanties in this section; hauled his first lumber and goods from Keokuk and Muscatine. Mr. H. has a good farm; with living water on each forty acres, under good improvements, good house and barn, five acres of forrest trees, a bearing orchard, and small fruits. Mr. H. has 100 head of cattle; keeps the blooded Short-Horn and Devon cattle. He has held the principal offices in the Jasper County Agricultural Society; has given his aid and attention to this Society and the improvement of stock since its origin; has given his support liberally and cheerfully for the schools and churches; holds the office of Class Steward and District Steward of the church several years. Mr. and Mrs. H. are members of teh M. E. Church; he is a Democrat.

HOTGER, Simon; Farmer; S. 12; P. O. Newton.

IRWIN, Levi; Farmer; S. 6; P. O. Newton.

JOHNSON, George; Farmer; Sec. 1; P. O. Newton.

JOHNSTON, Anna, Mrs.
Farming; Sec. 1; P. O. Newton; born in Ohio Jan. 6, 1832. Was married to William GRAHAM in Ohio. They had three children - Frank, Zilpa, and WIlliam. He died in Cedar Co, Iowa in 1860. She then married for her second husband, George JOHNSON, in Cedar Co., Iowa; moved to Jasper Co. March 1866. They had three children - Clarence, Bertha and Jasper. Mr. Johnson had four children when married, by his first wife - Amasa, Mary, George and David. Has 160 acres of land, valued at $40 per acre. They have orchards, groves, etc. She is a member of teh M. E. Church.

Transcriber's note: The two variations of JOHNSON/JOHNSTON appear in the book this way; it is not a transcription error.

JONES, John P.; Farmer; S. 3; P. O. Newton.

JONTZ, J.
Farmer and Stock Raiser; S. 8; P. O. Newton; born in Harrisburg, Penn., April 26, 1840. Married Mary SMITH in Illinois in 1860. She was born in Indiana Sept. 12, 1841. They have eight children - George Edwin, Charles Henry, Adam Leslie, Forest Alonzo, Ira Jacob, William Robert, Sarah Jane and Henrietta. Has eighty acres of land, valued at $25 per acre. Moved into Illinois when a boy, and thence to Iowa, Poweshiek Co. in 1869, thence to Jasper in 1871. Mr. J. came to this State in very limited circumstances, and now he has a good farm with grove and fruit trees set out. Mr. and Mrs. Jontz are members of the M. E. Church; he is a Democrat.

KELLY, James; Farmer; S. 1; P. O. Newton.

KERR, J. B.; Farmer; S. 23; P. O. Newton.

KENYON, M. S.; Farmer; S. 22; P. O. Newton.

KENYON, T.; Farmer; S. 36; P. O. Newton.

KENNADA, H. V.; Farmer; S.28; P. O. Newton.

KENDALL, Y. J.; Farmer; S. 18; P. O. Newton.

KINYON, Madison S.
Farmer; S. 22; P. O. Newton; born in Providence, R. I., July 15, 1815. Married Polly WARNER in New York in 1848. She was born in New York in 1825. They had four children - Frenando, Almeda, Armitta and Devella. Mrs. Kinyon died in New York in 1859. Mr. Kinyon married for his second wife, Sarah FULTS in New York. She was born in New York in 1838. They had five children - Eliza, Ella Elfaretta, Bertie, Alfred Orsemas and Vallego. Has 480 acres of land, valued at $30 per acre. Moved to New York with his father; remained until moving to Iowa in 1860. He followed the saw-milling and lumber business twenty years in New York. Mr. K. made all his improvements, set out an orchard and grove, and built his buildings; keeps some Short Horn stock and Berkshire hogs. Mr. K. has always given liberally to schools and churches; he has a good property, made by his energy. Is a Greenbacker.

KIRK, James; Farmer; S. 11; P. O. Newton.

KLOPPING, A.; Farmer; S. 1; P. O. Newton.

KORF, Henry
Farmer and Stock Raiser; S. 10; P. O. Newton; born in Germany Oct. 15, 1840. Married Minnie WESEMANN in Iowa in 1875. She was born in Illinois in 1857. They have two children - Henry and Minnie. Has 320 acres of land, valued at $30 per acre. Came to Ogle Co., Illinois in 1848, where he carried on farming extensively; moved to Iowa in 1867. He settled on his present farm in its natural state; he now has it under good improvement, with good buildings, orchards, groves, etc.; is one of teh many energetic and prosperous farmers of Malaka.

KRAMPE, Henry
Farmer; Sec. 19; P. O. Baxter; born in Lippe-Detmold, Germany, Sept. 12, 1824. Married Louisa SILVORD in Wisconsin in 1852. She was born in Germany in 1824. They have six children - Henry, Fred, Simon, August, Minna and Luoisa. Has 390 acres of land, valued at $30 per acre. He came to Wisconsin in 1851; remained sixteen years, and thence to Jasper Co., Iowa in 1867. He built a good building, set out an orchard and grove and improved his farm. Mr. and Mrs. Krampe are members of the Reformed Church. Has ten acres of timber in Clear Creek Tp.

KRAMPE, H.; Farmer; S. 18; P. O. Newton.