Lee County Iowa Genealogy

1879 Lee County History, Biographical Sketches
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1879 Lee County History, Biographical Sketches
Keokuk, City

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HAIN, C.H., Station Cashier of K., D. & M. R.R.; born in Reading, Penn., in 1855; came to Keokuk in 1877. Member of Masonic Lodge.  In politics, Liberal.


HALE, OSCAR CUTLER, Cashier of the State National Bank of Keokuk, was born in Wells River, Vt., July 26, 1816, and is the son of Charles Hale and Mary Ann 
Hale, nee Reed, the former of English, and the latter of Scotch Presbyterian stock; at an early age, he entered Kimball Union Academy, at Meriden, N. H., 
but, having a strong desire to engage in mercantile pursuits, he left at the age of 16 years and engaged as a clerk; he occupied this position for six years, 
when he formed a partnership and engaged in the manufacture of iron and steel goods, under the firm name of Holt and Hale.  In 1840, he was elected Cashier 
of the Bank of Newbury, and although but 24 years of age, accepted, and served for seventeen years.  In 1844, he was appointed Aide-de-camp to Gov. Mattocks, 
of Vermont, with the rank of Colonel, and served during his term. In 1858, he removed to Keokuk, Iowa, and organized the banking-house of Rix, Hale & Co.,; 
at the end of four years, he became Cashier of the Keokuk branch of the State Bank of Iowa, and, when this bank was converted into the State National Bank, 
in 1865, he was elected Cashier and still holds the position; he is also Director in various other corporations, besides being sole manager of the 
business of Rix, Hale & Co., employing a large capital in lands, stocks, loans and other investments; as a sagacious banker and business man he has 
few superiors in the West. Col. Hale was married on the 26th of June, 1844, to Miss Susan D. Rix, of Royalton, Vt. 


HARDIN, ANDREW J., City Marshal; born near Macomb, McDonough Co., Ill., Feb. 10, 1844; came to Keokuk with his parents in 1851. Enlisted in August, 1861, in Co. 
C, 3d I. V.C.; served three years; he was in all the battles participated in during that period.  Mr. Hardin was engaged in blacksmithing and wagon-making 
until 1871, when he was appointed on the police force; he was appointed soon after Deputy Marshal, and served in that capacity until he was elected Marshal 
in 1875; he has also been Chief Engineer of the Fire Department.


HERBENER, J., saloon-keeper, between Eighth and Ninth streets; born in Germany in 1851; came to America in 1869; to Keokuk in 1873; started present business 
in 1878.  Married Miss Kate Schneider; she was born in Keokuk in 1854.  They have two children-Edward and John.  Members of the Druids society; members of 
the Catholic Church.  Mr. H. is a "red-hot" Democrat.


HIGGINS, GEORGE T., Sheriff of Lee County; was born in Ohio Co., W. Va., in 1822; came to Keokuk in 1843; was elected Sheriff in 1875. He married Elizabeth 
Fanning in 1847; she was born in Canada; they have five children living-Margaret E., J. E., Rose, John and George.  Previous to his election of the office of 
Sheriff, Mr. H. was Chief Engineer of the Fire Department in this city a number of years; was also engaged in the grocery trade several years.  Mr. H. is a 
Democrat.


HILLIS, D.B., physician and surgeon; born in Jefferson Co., Ind., July 24, 1825; he received a literary education at the South Hanover College in Indiana; in 
1847 and 1872 he graduated from the St. Louis Medical College; commenced practice in 1847, at Rockford, Ind.; remained there nine years, then removed to 
Brownstown, in the same State, where he practiced two years, and in 1858, cam to Bloomfield, Iowa, and lived there until he came to Keokuk, in 1860.


HILPERT, F., proprietor of coopershop, Concert street, between Eleventh and Twelfth; was born in Germany in 1836; came to Keokuk in 1856; he started in 
present business in 1858, on a small scale; now has the largest cooper business in Keokuk; employs ten hands, and has two branch shops. He married Miss M. 
Bogart in 1858; she was born in Germany in 1834; they have three children-Chris, Jennie and Kate.  Mr. Hilpert landed in Keokuk with $1 in his pocket; he did 
not do as the average self-made man-build a fortune from it, but spent it the first night; he now has a fine business, a good home and plenty of this world's 
goods.  Democratic.


HILTON, GEORGE O., proprietor of Mississippi Valley Nursery; residence and nursery on Des Moines avenue; Mr. Hilton was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1828; 
in 1853, he engaged in the nursery and fruit-growing business with Charles Hubbell; the partnership was dissolved on Mr. Hubbell's department for 
California; the business is now carried on by Mr. Hilton quite extensively.  Mr. Hilton married Miss Mary E. Luce, in Oberlin, Ohio; she was born Buffalo, 
N.Y.; they have five children-George, F., Frank E., Robert A., Libbie M. and Birdie.  Mr. Hilton and family are members of the Baptist Church; Republican.


HOBBS, JOHN W., broker and loan agent; office, Main street, corner Fourth; born in Mt. Vernon, Knox Co., Ohio; came to Nauvoo, Ill., in 1858; lived there until 
1860, then moved to Fort Madison, Iowa; resided there three years and then went to Carthage, Hancock Co., Ill.; he was in the County Clerk's office for a short 
time; afterward connected with the Hancock County National Bank; came to Keokuk Feb. 1, 1869, and was connected with the banking-house of Bower, Barclay & Co. 
until the organization of the Commercial Bank, when he was elected cashier for that institution, and continued with it until he resigned his position Feb. 1, 
1876, to go South and attend to a government contract which had been awarded to him; since 1877, he has been engaged in his present business.


HORNISH, JOSEPH K., attorney at law; born in Westmoreland Co., Penn.; came to Keokuk in October, 1850; since 1853, he has been prominently identified with the 
organization and construction of the railroads of this vicinity; he has also taken an active interest in politics; was a War Democrat; has been a candidate for Congress 
in this district, running far ahead of his ticket at the time.


HOSMER, ARTHUR, lumber dealer, and President of the State National Bank; born in Niagara Co., N.Y.; came to Keokuk in 1857; he was one of the original 
Directors of the Keokuk branch of the State Bank; at the time of the re-organization and change to a National Bank, he was also elected a Director, 
and has been connected with the institution ever since; he has been extensively engaged in the lumber business most of the time since 1862; his son Arthur, Jr., 
is associated with him in this business, and their trade is very large, amounting to from five to six million feet per annum; their shipments now are principally to Kansas.


HUGHES, JOSEPH C., M.D., was born in Washington Co., Penn., April 1, 1821; the Doctor is a graduate of Jefferson College, Cannonsburg, Penn., and received from 
that institution the degree of A. M.; read medicine with J. F. Perkins, M.D., of Baltimore, Md.; graduated in medicine from the University of Maryland in 1845; 
 in the spring of 1845, after graduating, he located at Mt. Vernon, Knox Co.,  Iowa; remained there five years, engaged in the practice of his profession;  during this 
period, he devoted much of his time to the study of anatomy and  surgery, and the preparation of anatomical and surgical appliances; in the fall  of 1850, he accepted 
an invitation to the demonstratorship of anatomy in the  College of Physicians and Surgeons, at Keokuk, Iowa, then the medical  department of the Iowa State University; 
in the winter of 1851, he was elected  to fill the chair of anatomy, which he occupied two years; in 1852, he was  elected Dean of the Faculty, and in the spring of 1853, 
he was elected to the  chair of surgery, which position, with that of Dean of the Institute, he has  held ever since; to Dr. Hughes belongs the honor of having built up one 
of the  most flourishing institutions in the West; the College building, with its  valuable museum and appliances for teaching, is owned by him; he has operated by the 
bilateral method for stone in the bladder fifty-three times, with but  five deaths; in one case he performed the operation successfully four times,  the only case of the kind 
on record; the Doctor was a Delegate to the Medical  Congress which met in Philadelphia in 1876; Hughes' Medical and Surgical  Infirmary and Eye and Ear Institute, 
connected with the College, is an  enterprise of his own, and under his exclusive control.  Gov. Kirkwood  appointed him Surgeon General for the State at the outbreak 
of the rebellion,  which position he held until the close of the war; he was also President of  the Board of Medical Examiners during the war;  he organized and had  
professional charge of the army hospitals at Keokuk for several months; these  hospitals were among the largest in the West, having as many as 2,000 patients 
 within the wards at one time.  In 1866, the Doctor was elected one of the Vice  Presidents of the American Medical Association, also a Delegate of the  Association as 
its representative to the British Association for the Promotion  of Science, the Provincial Medical Association of Great Britain, the American  Medical Society of Paris, 
and such other Scientific bodies in Europe as may  affiliate with said Association, and, accompanied by his wife, daughter and  eldest son, spent the summer of that 
year in an extended trip on the continent  of Europe; he has been twice President of the Iowa State Medical Society.  He  married at Mt. Vernon, Ohio, in 1848, Miss 
Amanda T. McGugin, only child of  D. L. McGugin, M.D., a physician of Mt. Vernon, who was a Surgeon in the  Mexican war, also Surgeon in the late rebellion, and for 
fifteen years a  professor in the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Keokuk; he died in  1865, aged 58 years.  Dr. Hughes is one of the leading surgeon of the West,  
and enjoys as large and lucrative practice; he has a family of four children,  three sons and one daughter.  His eldest son, Joseph C., Jr., fills the chair  of anatomy in the 
College of Physicians and Surgeons, at Keokuk; after his  election to that professorship in the spring of 1876, he revisited Europe and  attended the University at Edinburgh, Scotland, better qualifying himself for 
 the important position to which he had been elected.


HURT, C.H., Assistant Treasurer and Auditor of the St. Louis, Keokuk & 
Northwestern Railway Co; Mr. Hurt was born in Barry, Pike Co., Ill.; lived 
there until April, 1861, when he enlisted in the first company which was 
organized in that county; April 25, 1861, he was mustered into the U. S. 
service in Co. G, 8th Ill. V.I.; Mr. H. participate din all the battles his 
regiment was engaged in, and was the last volunteer of his company to be 
mustered out, in May, 1866.  After leaving the army, he returned to his native 
county and was engaged there in agricultural pursuits for three years; in 1869, 
he went to Hannibal, Mo., and was engaged in coal and real estate business in 
that city until he came to Keokuk in September, 1874; since coming here he has 
been connected with the Company he now represents.

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IMMEGART, JOHN H., dealer in groceries and produce, Main st., between Seventh 
and Eighth; Mr. Immegart was born in Hanover, Germany, in the year 1824; came 
to this country in 1839; he resided in Newport, Ky., seven years; removed to 
Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1846; thence to Evansville, Ind., where he remained until 
1857, when he came to this city.  Mr. I. Has been twice married; his first wife 
was Miss Susan S. Eisberg, of Cincinnati, Ohio, married in 1846; his present 
wife was Miss Mary E. Sagford; they were married in 1870; she was born in 
Hancock Co, Ill, in 1845; Mr. Immegart's family are Cornelius (born in 1852, 
married Amanda Cox, of Hancock Co., Ill, in 1870), Susie S. (born in 1854, 
married O. Phillips, of this city, in 1875), William F. (born in 1856, married 
Miss Bertha Byers, of Franklin, Iowa, in 1876), John S. (born in 1858, George W. 
(born in 1862).  Mr. I. is a Democrat.  He has been engaged in the grocery 
trade in this city since 1861.


IVINS, W. S., proprietor of the Keokuk Omnibus and City Livery Stable, office, 
Third st., between Main and Johnson; born in Burlington Co., N.J., in 1824; 
came to Keokuk in 1841; kept "The Boat Store" from 1846 until 1848; in 1850, he 
became proprietor of the "Ivins House" and engaged in the hotel business until 
1853, when he went to California; returned to Keokuk in 1855, and engaged in 
the real estate business until 1857; in 1858, he started his present business 
and has since continued it with good success.  In 1849, he married Miss V. W. 
Wilcox; she was born in Warsaw, Ill., in 1832; they have three children-Eva N. 
(now Mrs. R. Johns), Elizabeth, William S.  Mrs. Ivins is a member of the 
Episcopal Church; Liberal.


IRWIN, STEPHEN, of the firm of Irwin, Philips & Co., wholesole and retail 
dealers in dry goods and notions, corner Main and Third streets,; Mr. Irwin was 
born in Butler Co., Ohio; came to this county in April, 1856.


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JAMES, S. L., Clerk of Circuit and District Courts of Lee Co.; was born in 
Washington Co., Penn., in 1840,; removed to this county with his parents, in 
1857.  Was elected Clerk in the fall of 1878; previously was Deputy Recorder 
two years.  Mr. James acts with the Republican party. Jamieson, W. W., 
Superintendent City Schools.


JEAGER, EDMUND, Cashier of the Commercial Bank; was born in Germany; came to 
the United States, and located at Lawrenceburg, Ind., in July, 1853; attended 
the Indiana State University, at Bloomington, and graduated from the Law 
Department of that institution, in 1857; came to Keokuk the same year; was 
engaged in the practice of law here until he was elected County Judge, in the 
fall of 1865; he was re-elected to that position and served until the office 
was abolished; then served as Auditor until the expiration of the term for 
which he was elected Judge; afterward, elected Auditor, and served until he 
engaged in the banking business, Jan. 1, 1872; was Vice President of the 
Commercial Bank until Jan. 31, 1876, when he became Cashier.  Mr. Jeager served 
two terms as Mayor of Keokuk, one term as Alderman, Vice President of the Board 
of Education, etc.


JENKINS, G. F., M.D., physician and surgeon; office, corner of Fifth and Main 
streets; residence, corner of Seventh and High streets; he was born in Clark 
Co, Mo., in 1842; received a medical education at Leland Medical College, San 
Francisco, and Missouri Medical College; graduated form the latter, in the 
spring of 1867, since which time he has been engaged in active practice in his 
profession.  He is a member of the National, State and Keokuk Medical 
Associations.  In 1870, Dr. Jenkens was united in marriage to Miss Lottie 
Vanwagenen, a native of Fulton, N.Y.; have three children-Marcia L., Florence G. 
and George B.


JENNINGS, HENRY D., book-binder and blank book manufacturer, Main street, 
between Fifth and Sixth streets; was born in Adrian, Mich., in 1843; lived 
there until 1852; he then went to Wayne Co., N.Y., and resided there for six 
years; then returned to Adrian, where he learned the business which he now 
follows.  Previous to the war of the rebellion, he was for three years a 
member of the Adrian Guards; when the war broke out, he raised Co. D. 2d Mich. 
V.I.; entered the service April 25, 1861, when the company was organized, he 
was elected its Captain, but being only about 18 years of age, he declined the 
honor and went out as Orderly Sergeant; he served three years; was mustered 
out April 25, 1864; he was in the following battles; First Bull Run, July 21, 
1861; Williamsburg, May 5, 1862; Fair Oaks, May 31, 1862; Malvern Hills, July 1, 
1862; second Bull Run, Aug. 29, 1862; Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 1862; 
Chancellorsville, May 2, 1863, and Gettysburg, July 2, 1863, besides other 
minor engagements; he served eighteen months in the 2d Mich. V. I. and eighteen 
months in Co. K, 3d Mich. Artillery.  After leaving the army, Mr. Jennings 
worked three years in the Government book bindery, in Washington, D.C.; in 1867, 
he returned to Adrian, remained there six months, then went to Fort Wayne, Ind., 
after two years' residence there, he came to Chicago, where he spent a few 
months, then located in Racine, Wis., where he lived two years; from Racine, he 
went to Milwaukee, and remained four years; he was foreman of the Milwaukee 
Sentinel bindery; afterward, was engaged in business at Kenosha, Wis., three 
years; came to Keokuk, in January, 1878; since learning his trade, he has worked 
at present business at the time, except during the period that he was in the 
army.


JEWELL, BENJAMIN B., of the firm of S. Pollock & Co., wholesale grocers; born 
in Madison, Jefferson Co., Ind., July 10, 1839; came to Keokuk in November, 
1855; was employed as a clerk two years; engaged in keeping books for eight 
years.  In January, 1865, he was admitted to partnership in the firm of S. 
Pollock & Co.


JOHNSTONE, EDWARD; this distinguished citizen of Keokuk was born in Westmoreland 
Co., Penn., July 4, 1815, where he received an education that fitted him for 
the study of law, which he practiced in Greensburg, that county; at the age of 
22, he was admitted to the bar, and "started West to grow up with the country;" 
he first settled at Mineral Point, Wis., where he remained until the fall of 
that year, when he went to Burlington and served as clerk in the Territorial 
Legislature; during that session he was appointed one of three commissioners to 
collect testimony relating to the titles to the half-breed lands; the discharge 
of this duty called him to settle at Montrose, in the spring of 1838, where he 
remained until January, 1839, then removed to Fort Madison, after the law was 
repealed, under which he was appointed.  Mr. Johnstone and Gen. H. T. Reid were 
employed by the St. Louis Land Company, who had been speculating in half-breed 
titles, to institute proceedings to secure a division of the lands under the 
partition laws of the Territory, which resulted in the Decree Title, under which 
the titles to the lands are now held; in 1839, Mr. Johnstone was elected to the 
Legislature, and was chosen to preside over the deliberations of the House, and, 
in 1840, was elected to the Council.  When James K. Polk succeeded to the 
Presidency, was appointed United States Attorney for the Judicial District of 
Iowa; in 1851, when the Board of County Commissioners was abolished, he was 
elected to be County Judge of Lee Co., and made the most efficient guardian of 
the interests of the taxpayers to whom the management of the public affairs of 
the county were ever intrusted.  He was elected to the Constitutional Convention 
on the ticket with Col. Wm. Patterson, and took a prominent part in the 
deliberations of that body; in 1868, he removed to Keokuk to become Cashier of 
the Keokuk Savings Bank, a position which he is still filling to the 
satisfaction of the patrons of that bank.  In all the relations of life, public 
or private, Judge Johnstone has but few, if any, superiors; he is a public-
spirited, enterprising citizen, and one whose honesty and fidelity to public 
and private trusts is unimpeachable; he is an excellent scholar, a close reader 
and deep thinker; is eminently qualified by nature and education to be a leader 
in the affairs of State and nation.  Judge Johnstone married in April, 1849, in 
St. Louis Co., Mo., Miss Elizabeth V. Richards; has had four children.


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KARLE, JOHN, firm of Karle & Schulz, wholesale and retail dealers in furniture, 
No. 139 Main street; born in Wurtemberg, Germany, in 1830; in 1851, he came to 
America, and to Keokuk in 1858; started present business in connection with Mr. 
Schulz in 1859; they started on a small scale, but by industry and good 
management, have now the largest establishment of the kind in Keokuk.  In 1853, 
Mr. K. married Miss S. Schulz; she was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, in 1832; 
they have four children-Annie, Mary, Ida and John.  Members of the Evangelical 
Church.  Mr. Karle is a member of the Knights of Honor. Republican.


KELLOGG, BIRGE & CO., wholesale grocers; the original firm was established in 
1856, and was composed of C. A. Kellogg and C. P. Birge. Wm. E. Kellogg came to 
Keokuk in 1865, and in the same year became a partner in this house, then the 
firm name was changed to Kellogg, Birge & Co.; in 1867, C. A. Kellogg retired 
from the firm; the business was conducted by the remaining members until 1872, 
when Asaph Buck and George C. Farmer were admitted to partnership.  Their sales 
are principally in Iowa and Northern Missouri, amounting to about $300,000 per 
annum.


KELLOGG, WM. E., of the firm of Kellogg, Birge & Co., wholesale grocers; born 
in Jamestown, N.Y.; resided in Louisiana and Ohio several years; came to Keokuk 
in 1865; engaged in present business ever since.


KEMPER, H., MRS., proprietress of cigar manufactory, corner Third and Johnson 
streets; H. Kemper (deceased) was born in Germany in 1838.  Married Miss Barbara 
LaFeret in 1867; she was born in Germany in 1848; they have seven children-
Hermann, William, Mary, Annie, Barbara, Antoine and John.  Mr. Kemper died in 
1878.  He was a member of the I. O. O. F., and a Republican.


KING, MARVIN R., attorney at law; born near Plattville, Grant Co., Wis., Feb. 
15, 1847; while he was quite young, his parents removed with their family to 
Nauvoo, Ill.; lived there about two years; then came to Hamilton, Ill.; came to 
Keokuk in 1865; Mr. King is a graduate of the Keokuk High School, and in 1871, 
he graduated from the Iowa State University at Iowa City; he was admitted to 
the bar in 1874, and has been engaged in practice here ever since.  He holds 
the positions of Assistant Prosecuting Attorney and U. S. Commissioner; he was 
appointed to the latter position in 1875.  Dec. 27, 1877, Mr. King married Miss 
Lettie Stewart; she was born in Columbus, Ohio; they have an infant daughter, 
born Feb. 26, 1879.


KISSICK, J.B., proprietor of the Opera House saloon, in the rear of the Post 
Office; was born in Londonderry Co., Ireland, in 1822; came to America in 1842; 
to Keokuk in 1867; started present business in 1876.  In 1859, married Miss M. 
A. Lewis, at St. Louis; she was born in Dublin, Ireland; they have one child-
Mami L., born in 1862.  Mr. K. held the office of Justice of the Peace five 
years; Liberal Republican.


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LANDER, H.C., keeper of city prison; born in Pickaway Co., Ohio in 1832; came 
to Keokuk in 1851; engaged in the bakery business until 1854; then went on the 
survey of the Keokuk & Des Moines Ry.; continued in that business a short time, 
and went in the Post Office under Col. Wm. Patterson, remained there until 1856; 
from 1856 to 1860, he was foreman of Patterson & Timberman's slaughtering-house; 
in 1860, Mr. Lander met with an accident in the mill of Paul & Hyatt, which 
laid him up for one year; from 1861 until 1862, he was wharf master; then went 
into the army as sutler of the 25th Mo. V. I.; came back in 1866, and started a 
restaurant; kept it until 1870; then was elected keeper of city prison; he held 
the position since, except one year, when he served as Justice of the Peace.  
Married Miss Mary L. Rogers in 1854, of Clinton, Ohio; Mrs. Lander is the 
daughter of J. M. Rogers, a well-known old settler, who came here in 1846 (now 
living in Warren Co., this State); they have one child-Wm. H., born in 1855.  
Mr. L. is President of the Young America Fire Department, also, one of the 
charter members of the Free-for-all Church; belongs to the choir; Mrs. L. is a 
member of the M. E. church.  Mr. Lander is a Republican.


LARSON, JOHN, proprietor of boarding-house and saloon, Johnson street between 
Second and Third; born in Sweden in 1845; came to Keokuk in 1869; started 
present business in 1870.  Married Sophie Johnson in 1871; she was born in 
Sweden in 1846.  They have three children-Annie, Ellen and John.  Mr. Larson is 
a member of the I. O. O. F. Lodge.  Liberal.


LEECH, E. J., Deputy Clerk of the United States Courts; came to Fort Madison in 
1850.  He served nearly a year as Deputy County Recorder, and from August, 1852, 
to 1854; when he came to Keokuk, he served as Deputy Clerk of the District 
Court; afterward he held the position of Clerk of the District Court.  Mr. 
Leech was Secretary of the School Board at Fort Madison.  The large school 
building at that place was built while he was connected with the Board.  In 
August, 1861, he enlisted in the 3d I. V. C.; served about one year as First 
Lieutenant of Co. C; engaged in the practice of law in Keokuk, from the latter 
part of 1864 to 1867. >From 1867 to 1871, he held the position of Deputy Clerk 
of the District and Circuit Courts.  He has held his present position since 
1871.  For six years, he was Secretary of the Keokuk Loan and Building 
Association; on account of pressure of official business, he was compelled to 
decline re-election at the late meeting of the Association in March, 1879.


LIMBERG, CONRAD, residence corner Tenth and High sts; was born in Saxony, 
Germany, in the year 1824; came to this country in 1853; at the breaking-out of 
the war of the rebellion, he enlisted in Co. D, 1st I.V. I.; was honorably 
discharged.  He married Miss Kate M. Hild, in this city, in 1857; have six 
children living-George T., Dora, Emma, Amelia, Kattie Rosa and Lizzie Nellie.  
Mr. Limberg and family are members of the Lutheran Church.


LINEBAUGH, HENRY W., of the firm of H. W. Linebaugh & Son, watchmakers and 
jewelers, Main st., between Fourth and Fifth sts.; Mr. Linebaugh was born in 
Prince William Co., Va., Feb. 15, 1811; in the same year, his parents removed 
with their family to Russellville, Logan Co., Ky.; Mr. L. lived there until he 
came to Keokuk in 1845; he established the first jewelry store in Keokuk; he 
has continued in the same business ever since he came here.  His first wife 
was Eliza McLaring; she died two years after marriage, leaving one son, James 
Henry, who is now associated with his father in business.  Mr. Linebaugh's 
present wife was Virginia McLaring, a native of Macoupin Co., Ill.; they have 
one son Frank W., a youth of five years.


LOFTUS, R., saloon-keeper, corner Fourth and Johnson; born in Ireland in 1827; 
came to Keokuk in 1856; started present business in 1864.  Married Miss Jane 
Loughery in 1874; she was born in Ireland in 1840; they have one child, Martin, 
born in Keokuk in 1875.  Mr. Loftus has five children by a former marriage-
Frank, Rosa, William, George, Mary-members of the Catholic Church.  Mr. Loftus 
is a Greenbacker.


LUCAS, W. K., agent for C., R. I. & P. R. R.; was born in Williamsport, Warren 
Co., Ind., in 1842; in 1868, came to Keokuk and has since been engaged in 
railroading; enlisted in 1862, in Co. E, 54th Ind. Inft.; was at the battle of 
Vicksburg and several others; was mustered out in 1863.  Married Miss Sarah 
Shoutz in 1872; she was born in Butler Co., Penn., in 1841.  Mr. L. is a member 
of the Knights of Honor; Mrs. L. is a member of the M. E. Church.


LYNCH, JAMES, Justice of the Peace; born in Prince Edward Co., Va., Oct. 18, 
1812; his parents removed with their family to Scott Co., Ind., when he was 
about 10 year of age; he lived there until he came here, in December, 1849; in 
1852, he was elected Street Supervisor; in 1853, he was elected City Marshal; 
re-elected and served two terms; afterward served as Deputy Marshal, Policeman 
and Constable; in 1861, he enlisted in Co. C, 3d I.V.C.; served until the close 
of the war; after leaving the army, he returned to Keokuk, and was appointed 
Government Distillery Storekeeper, which position he held for two years; then 
was appointed member of the police force; continued to serve as policeman until 
he was elected Justice of the Peace in 1876, re-elected in 1878, also elected 
County Coroner in 1878; he now holds both positions.  He married Susan Ardray 
Dec. 27, 1838; she was born in Scott Co., Ind.  They have six children living-
Maria A. (now Mrs. C. W. Taylor), Morgan A., Matilda J. (now Mrs. Andrew Smith), 
Charles Edward, Frank T. and Harry.


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McCLUEY, J. E.; blacksmith-shop, corner of Fourteenth and Main sts.; Mr. 
McCluey was born in this city in 1853, and has resided here since, with the 
exception of six years; he commenced blacksmithing in 1866; he gives special 
attention to horseshoeing; repairing neatly and promptly done.


McCOY, J. S., Deputy Sheriff Lee Co.; was born in Wayne Co., Ohio, in 1838; 
removed to this county, with his parents, in the year 1848.  Married Miss M. J. 
Fisher, of Washington Co., N.Y., in 1869; have three children-William P., Effie 
and J. F.


MCCUTCHEN, J. F., contractor and builder; residence corner Twelfth and Seymour 
sts.; was born in W. Virginia in 1816; came to Keokuk in 1843.  In 1845, married 
Miss Elizabeth Pore, a native of Westmoreland Co., Penn.; born in 1822; they 
have four children-Virginia (now Mrs. M. Remley), Uriah, who married Miss Mary 
Wisenborne, of Nauvoo, Ill.; Franklin and Milton.  Mr. McCutchen is a Republican; 
himself and wife are members of the M. E. Church.  He has been engaged in 
contracting and building since his coming here in 1843; he put up the second 
brick building in this city.


McGILLIS, JOHN, member of Fire Department, Keokuk; was born in Portage Co., 
Ohio, in 1857; came to Keokuk in 1870; has been connected with the Keokuk Fire 
Department five years; was Foreman of Fire Company in the old Volunteer Fire 
Department; is now a member of the paid Fire Department Association.


McLELLEN, H. K., Superintendent of Verandah livery stable, Nos. 221 and 223 
Johnson st.; was born in Lincoln Co., Maine, in 1838; in 1850, with his father, 
moved to Carthage, Ill., and from that time until 1878, has traveled quite 
extensively, visiting and remaining a short time in Indiana, Illinois, 
California, Missouri, Montana, Utah, Arizona; in 1861, enlisted in Co. D, 16th 
Ill. V. I.; was in several engagements; mustered out in 1862; re-enlisted in 
the 12th I. V. C., Co. G; was mustered out the latter part of 1862. Republican.


McNAMARA, M., MRS., dealer in groceries and provisions, notions, etc., cor. of 
Tenth and Main streets; her maiden name was Stafford; her husband was Michael 
McNamara, who came to this county about the year 1857, and engaged in the 
grocery business, which he continued until his death, July 19, 1876; their 
children are Thomas M., Mary E., Adda F., Joseph M., Margaret A., John and Arthur.


McNAMARA, P., contractor, also dealer in stone-cement, etc., and proprietor of 
a flour and feed store, corner Fourth and Exchange streets; Mr. McNamara was 
born in Ireland.  He married, in his native country, Miss C. O'Brien; they 
emigrated to this country in 1849; lived in Boston, Mass., a short time; moved 
thence to New Hampshire; thence to Sandusky, Ohio; thence to New Albany, Ind., 
from which place he removed to this county in 1857.  They have five children-
James W., Mary, Kate, George and Maggie.  Mr. McNamara acts with the Democratic 
party.


MARSHALL, SAMUEL TAYLOR, attorney at law; was born near Hamilton, Butler Co., 
Ohio; educated in Miami University, at Oxford, from which he graduated in 1840; 
he studied law a few months in Cincinnati; went from there to LaFayette, Ind., 
and continued his studies in the office of Pettit & Orth, leading lawyers of 
that State; he joined the Patriot Expedition to Canada, was captured, and 
suffered much in prison from July, 1841, until February, 1842; he holds a 
commission as Lieutenant Colonel received in that service; in December, 1842, 
he came to Fort Madison, and the county seat being located at West Point, he 
began the practice of law there in February, 1843; in 1846, Mr. Marshall came 
to this city; has practiced and resided here ever since, with good success.  Mr. 
Marshall married on the 26th of February, 1846, to Miss Louisa Patterson, 
daughter of Col. Wm. Patterson, of this city, and has had a family of ten 
children, six now living.


MASON, J. K., dealer in groceries, produce, notions, etc., Fifth st., corner of 
B. and Commercial; was born in Adair Co., Mo., in 1840; in 1843, his parents 
removed to Illinois, in which State Mr. Mason's boyhood was spent.  In August, 
1862, he enlisted in Co. A, 19th Regiment, I. V. I.; served until June 22, 1865, 
when he was honorably discharged; he was in a number of battles, the principal, 
siege of Vicksburg, Springfield, Mo., Yazoo City, Morganza Bend, Mobile, Black 
WaterBay, White Ranche, and Spanish Fort.  He married Rachel L. Markley, 
Alexandria, Mo., in 1866; she was born in Arkansas in 1853; have one child-
Nellie.  Politically, Mr. M. has always acted with the Republican party.


MATHENEY, A. N., boots and shoes, Main av., between Ninth and Tenth; born in 
Ohio in 1835; came to Keokuk in 1852.  Married Miss Abby J. Gove, in 1858; she 
was born in Massachusetts in 1832; has five children-John, Mary, Lizzie, 
Lucretia and Minnie.  Mr. M. is a member of the I.O.O.F., Knights of Honor and 
Temple of Honor; members of the M. E. Church; Republican.


MAXWELL, J. DAVID, & Co., general fire, life, accident and marine insurance 
agents; Mr. Maxwell was born in Alexandria, Mo., Aug. 13, 1850; he spent several 
years in St. Louis, Texas, New Orleans and San Francisco; came to Keokuk in 
1877; engaged in present business ever since he came here.  He married Miss 
Laura Wyman, of Keokuk; she is associated with her husband in the insurance 
business.

MEDES, W. J., attorney at law and County Superintendent of Schools; born in 
Cincinnati, O., Nov. 30, 1850; came to Keokuk in April, 1857.  Mr. Medes is a 
graduate of the Iowa State University, at Iowa City, Class of 1872; he was 
admitted to the bar in March, 1876; in 1875, he was elected County Superinten-
dent of Schools, and re-elected in 1877; he is editor of the Central School 
Journal, a paper devoted to educational interests, and of such merit that it 
has acquired a circulation of over 5,000 copies.  Mr. Meds married Kate F. 
Hagny Nov. 29, 1877; they have one son-Hugh Lloyd.


MENZ, JOHN, proprietor of Eagle House, corner First and Johnson sts.; born in 
Prussia in 1830; came to America in 1853; to Keokuk in 1876.  Married Miss C. 
Steiner in 1856.  She was born in Switzerland in 1835; they have six children-
Louisa, Emeline, Milda, Ella, Ida, Robert.  Mr. Menz is Secretary of the Knights 
of Honor. Liberal.


MILLER, DANIEL F., attorney at law; was born near Cumberland, Md., Oct. 4, 1814; 
his parents emigrated to Wayne Co., O., when he was about 2 years old; he was 
sent to school from his 6th until his 12th year, then, until his 15th year, 
worked on a farm and in a printing office; in his 16th year he went to 
Pittsburgh, Penn.; there commenced the study of law, and was admitted to 
practice at the Pittsburgh bar in the spring of 1839; in April, 1838, he came 
to Ft. Madison, engaged in the practice of his profession, and has been in 
active practice since, except on one occasion when he was called to the 
excitements of political life; in 1840, he was elected a member of the Iowa 
House of Representatives; in 1848, he was elected on the Whig ticket Represen-
tative in Congress from Iowa, but did not get the certificate of election on 
account of a fraud perpetrated on one of the ballot-boxes in a western county; 
he went before Congress and exposed the fraud, and his opponent was unseated, 
a new election ordered, and at the new election he was elected by majority of 
bout 800, in a district opposed to him politically by almost a thousand majority.  
His hatred of slavery united him with the antislavery movement which grew out 
of the Kansas-Nebraska territorial organization, and in 1856 he was chosen 
Presidential Elector at Large for Iowa of the Republican ticket; in the spring 
election of 1873, he was elected Mayor of the city of Keokuk by the citizens, 
irrespective of party.  These facts give but a faint outline of the public life 
of Mr. Miller; they indicate his popularity with the people and his positions 
of responsibility and trust, but they afford little clue to his active and valuable 
services in the Legislature and in the Courts; he was one of the foremost in 
council and one of the most eloquent in debate; he was the tall Iowa chief, on 
whose face rested the light of intelligence, and in whose heart glowed the fire 
of friendship.  Mr. Miller married in 1841, Miss Rebeca S. Philllips; ten 
children have been the result of the union.


MILLER, DANIEL F., JR., attorney at law; born in Ft. Madison, Iowa, May 27, 
1851; came to Keokuk in 1859; admitted to the bar June 27, 1872; he is 
associated with his father, Hon. Daniel E. Miller, in practice of his 
profession.  Mr. Miller married Miss Lillie A. Archer Feb. 27, 1878; they have 
one son, Daniel F., Jr., born Feb. 16, 1879.


MILLER, P. H., dealer in groceries and provisions, corner of Sixteenth and 
Johnson streets; was born in Germany, in 1834; came to this country in 1853; 
lived in New Jersey until 1856, then came to Burlington, Iowa; thence to Warsaw, 
Ill., in 1860; remained until 1864, when he removed to this city.  He married 
Miss Georgiana Keel, in Ft. Madison; born in this county in 1841; they have five 
children-Annie M., Emma O., Flora H., Nellie C., and John E.  members of the 
Presbyterian Church; he is Republican.


MILLLER, W. H., proprietor of the Keokuk Mercantile College, Estes House Black, 
born in Auburn, N. Y., came to Keokuk in 1866; engaged to present business ever 
since he came here.


MOORE, W. S., manufacturer and wholesale dealer in tinware; Mr. Moore was born 
in New York City in November, 1815; came to St. Louis with his parents in 
January, 1816; lived there until 1832, then went to Springfield, Ill., and made 
that his home until 1845, then returned to St. Louis; Mr. Moore ran the first 
two locomotives which were brought to Illinois; he was engaged for fifteen years 
in steamboating; he was also engaged in tin manufacturing, previous to the great 
fire in St. Louis about thirty years ago; came to Keokuk in 1855; engaged in 
present business ever since.  Mr. Moore makes and sells more tinware than all 
the other dealers of Keokuk combined.  Last year he sold over 38,000 fruit cans.


MORRISON, W. H., attorney at law and real estate agent; Mr. Morrison was born 
in Clermont Co., Ohio, in 1840; read law in the office of R. W. Clark, a leading 
member of the bar in that county; was admitted to the Clermont Co. bar, in 1864; 
came to this county in 1865.  Married Miss E. F. Leoppold, of this city, Nov. 6, 
1876.  Mr. Morrison practices in the State and Federal Courts; special attention 
given to practice in Probate Courts and settlement of estates, also to 
collections in real estate and notarial business.


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NARRLEY, W. G., of the firm of Narrley & Walsmith, proprietors of meat market 
No. 614 Main street; born in Pike Co., Ohio, in 1843; came to Keokuk in 1842.  
Started in present business in 1867.  In politics Mr. Narrley is liberal.


NODLER, T., MRS., dealer in staple and fancy groceries, Main, between Fourth and 
Fifth streets, Keokuk, Iowa; Mrs. Nodler's maiden name was Theresa Whealen.  
Married in this city in 1857, J. B. Nodler, now deceased; he was born in 
Cincinnati, Ohio, Dec. 25, 1834; came to Keokuk in 1856; engaged in the grocery 
business in 1857, which he continued until his death, on the 25th of August, 
1873; they had five children-Edward S., Charles N., Albert M., John J., Louis J.  
Mrs. Nodler is a thorough and reliable business woman, and during her residence 
in this city, has merited and received the confidence and respect of the 
community at large; she is doing an average business of $70,000 a year.  Her 
store is well stocked with everything usually kept in a first class grocery store.