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Baldwin,
Thomas J., farmer, P.O. Henton; was born January 6, 1836
in Caldwell county, Missouri. When a child he accompanied his
parents to Gentry county, Missouri, where he matured and was
educated. His life has been passed in the pursuit of agriculture,
which occupation he now continues on section 6. He came to Mills
county, in 1853 but soon after returned to Missouri. He again came
in 1864 and located permanently. He was married July 25, 1858, to
Miss Elizabeth Queensbury a native of Virginia. They are the
parents of five children living: Emily A., Sarah J., Robert L.,
Alice F., Virginia B., and two deceased. Mr. Baldwin was a
faithful soldier in the Confederate army; stood by the state of
his birth, and was true to the principles he believed were right.
The result has been accepted, but his honesty and bravery none
will question.
p. 656/657 Plattville Township
Banister,
E., section 17, P.O. Silver City; is a son of one of the
first settlers of Henry county, Iowa, where he went in 1845, and
was born in Hamilton county, Ohio, August 27, 1840. After
remaining in Henry county about twenty-four years, and obtaining
his education in the common schools; he moved to Madison county,
where he remained eight years, coming to Mills county in 1877.
August 12, 1862 he enlisted in company K, twenty-fifth Iowa
infantry, and participated in the battles of Chickasaw Bayou,
Arkansas Post, Vicksburg, Lookout Mountain, Taylor Ridge, Mission
Ridge, and minor engagements. He was married August 16, 1864, to
Miss Mary J. Rowe, of Ohio, who was born in December 1845. This
union has brought them four children: Marietta, Allena, Edwin D.
and Delbert. Mr. Bannister is located on a good farm of eighty
acres, and is a member of the Society of Friends.
p. 692/693 Ingraham Township
Barber,
W. L., blacksmith and wheelwright, P.O. Pacific Junction;
was born August 27, 1849, in Nodaway county, Missouri. In 1863 he
moved with his parents to Nebraska. In 1865 he came to Iowa, and
located at Fremont City, Fremont county, but soon after removed to
his native county of Nodaway. In 1869 he became a resident of
Benton county, Arkansas. He became identified with the citizens of
Pacific Junction in November, 1880. Mr. Barber was married in
1871, to Miss Esther A. Owens, of Nodaway county. they are the
parents of three children: Mary E., William D, and Albert M.
p. 658 Plattville Township
Barker,
L. C., farmer and stock raiser, P.O. Glenwood; was born in
Tioga county, New York, in the year 1822. In 1824 he became a
resident of Monroe county, his father having moved thither, and
subsequently to Genesee county, same state. Shortly after this he
went to Kalamazoo county, Michigan and thence to Illinois, wher
for two years he was engaged in teaching school. He came to this
county from Wisconsin in 1856. Since coming he has accumulated
over one thousand acres of land, all improved, and with several
excellent orchards. In the fall of 1868 he was married to Mrs.
Eliza Sharp, of Logan county, Illinois, who was originally from
Shelby county, Kentucky. Mr. Barker and lady are members of the M.
E. Shurch at Hillsdale. The parents of Mrs. Barker were among the
early settlers of Kentucky.
p. 594 Center Township
Barker,
Dr. W. W., physician and druggist, P.O. Hastings; born
July 23, 1825, in Monroe county, New York. Moved with his parents
to Gennesee county, New York, in 1834, and from thence to
Kalamazoo county, Michigan in 1838. He lived on a farm until
sixteen years of age, and then learned the trade of a hatter. In
1843 he returned to Monroe county, New York, and commenced the
study of medicine. He was for a number of years extensively
engaged in the nursery business in New York, and at New Albany,
Indiana. In 1864 he entered the government service at Nashville,
Tennessee, and remained until the close of the war. He then
located in Indianapolis, Indiana, and engaged in the practice of
medicine. In 1872 he came to Mills county, locating at Emerson,
where he resumed his profession. Was married February 2, 1873, to
Miss Marian E. Dibble, of Cincinnati, Ohio. They are the parents
of three children: William H., Ralph W., and Eugene E.
p. 708 Indian Creek Township
Barrett,
John, farmer and stock raiser, section 32, P.O. Henton;
born in 1825 in county Mayo, Ireland, where he resided until
twelve years of age. He then went to Scotland and at the age of
fourteen immigrated to America, first locating at New Orleans,
where he remained one year and then went to St. Louis. He came to
this county in 1857, locating in Lyons township, and two years
later purchased the farm where he now resides, consisting of 300
acres, well improved. He was married December 25, 1855 to Miss
Ellen Whalen, a native of Ireland. They are the parents of ten
children of whom eight are living: Mary B., Kate, John T., Frank,
Timothy, Henry, Edward and Peter. The five years preceding his
arrival in this county were passed in steamboating. Since coming
to Mills county he has been continually engaged in farming. He
came here without means but by good management and economy has
reached his present enviable position in life.
p. 667 Oak Township
Bartholomew,
Jacob, Glenwood, of the firm of Bartholomew and Hubbell,
was born in Ohio, December 18, 1824. When sixteen years of age he
removed with his parents to southern Illinois, and remained about
three years, after which he resided in Iowa county, Wisconsin,
until 1856, when he sought the gold fields of California eight
years of life being passed in that portion of the west. He then
returned to Wisconsin where he resided but a short time before
going to Illinois where he resided until he came to Iowa, locating
in Madison county. From thence he became a resident of
Brownsville, Nebraska, where he remained until coming to this
county in 1870. When twenty-three years of age he commenced
learning his trade, and has followed it to the present time.
Eleven years of successful business have shown him to be a
mechanic of the first order. His enterprise has closely identified
him with the mechanical (sic) interests of the town. He has been
twice married; the first time to Judith A. Lingral of Kentucky, in
1860, who died in 1863. There were born to them two children;
Josephine and Cornelia, the latter of whom is deceased. His second
wife was Frances Kettner a native of Illinois, to whom he was
married in 1874. On the fourteenth of March, 1881, he purchased
the livery business of Chatfield and Blackmore which is already
large and prosperous.
p. 673 Glenwood Township
Baumgartner,
A., merchant, P.O. Henderson; born September 16, 1836, in
Richland county, Ohio. When fourteen years of age he wa
apprenticed to learn the carpenter's trade. In 1854 he emigrated
to Washington county, Iowa, and at once engaged at his trade. In
1857 he moved to St. Louis, Missouri, thence to Chillicothe, same
state, where he continued to work at his trade. In 1860 he
returned to Iowa, and January 14, of the following year, 1861,
married Louisa Gimbel, a native of Ohio. In 1862 he worked on a
farm; in 1863 formed a partnership in manufacturing wagons; in
1864 made a trip through New Mexico, Arizona, California and
Idaho; returned in 1868, and in 1869 moved to Omaha; in the same
year to Council Bluffs, and in 1874 engaged in business. In 1880
he moved to where he now resides. He has five children living:
Mary N., Threasa, Catherine, Bearda and Hellena.
p. 701 Anderson Township
Baxter,
William S., farmer, P.O. Hastings; born September 30,
1831, in York county, Pennsylvania. When about eight years of age
he went with his parents to Hanford county, Maryland, and remained
there until twenty-nine years of age. He then went back to York
county, Pennsylvania, remaining there about four years, and then
emigrated to Henderson county, Illinois, residing there about nine
years. He then came to Mills county, and located near Hastings. He
now resides two miles southwest of Hastings, in White Cloud
township. Was married August 9, 1855, to Miss Sarah J. Knight, a
native of Maryland. They are the parents of four children: William
F., Charles H., Emma J., and Annie E. The aged father and mother
of Mr. Baxter reside with him and are aged respectively
seventy-seven and seventy years.
p. 647/648 White Cloud Township
Bennett,
Barton S., farmer and stock raiser, section 26, P.O.
Glenwood; born October 14, 1837 in Hardin county, Kentucky. At an
early age he moved with his parents to Grainger county, where he
remained until seven years of age, and then went to Holt county,
Missouri, where he grew to maturity. His youth was passed in farm
labor and attending the common schools. In 1851 he went to Nemeha
county, Nebraska, and remained there until 1863. He then went to
Fort Kearney and resided there about five years. In 1867 he came
to Iowa, and purchased the farm in this county upon which he now
lives. Was married December 29, 1856, to Miss Ann Entwistle, a
native of England, by whom he was the father of six children:
Sarah E., Mary E., Eliza J., Charles Henry, Emma and Francis. He
was married a second time February 26, 1881, to Mrs. Genevia
Green, daughter of Joseph H. and Mary E. Brown, Mrs. Green was
previously married to Mr. Samuel H. Green, by whom she was the
mother of one child, Lulu E. Mr. Bennett now enjoys the possession
of a fine farm of 120 acres, with a good dwelling house,
substantial barn, and a large and productive orchard. His wife is
a lady of culture and refinement, who devotes her time to making
home attractive.
p. 672 Glenwood Township
Bentley,
Leander, a native of Kentucky, was born near Lexington,
September 27, 1831, where he remained until about nine years of
age. In 1840, he "went west" with his people, locating in Boone
county, Missouri, where he secured a common school and academic
education, the latter at the Lathrop Academy. While at Rockport,
Missouri, he pursued a general mercantile business. In 1860 he
came to Iowa, locating at Sidney, Fremont county, where he
continued the mercantile trade until 1865, when he served in the
county treasurers office until 1870. In 1872, he started the first
bank at Riverton, which he left in 1875, and came to Malvern and
filled the position of cashier of the First National Bank of that
place, which position he still retains. Mr. B. married Miss A. M.
Ross, at Rockport, Boone county, Missouri, February 13, 1855. Six
children: Mary R., John H., Frank, R. E. Lee, Annie D., Charles
A., are rising up to call them blessed. He is a member of the
Nishnabotna Lodge, 153, of Masons; and also a member of the
Baptist church.
p. 633 Malvern Township
Berkhimer,
Andrew, is a Pennsylvanian. March 17, 1832, marked his
ingress in life at York county, and seventeen years of his young
life was spent upon his native soil, when he went out into the
world to carve his own way through it. In 1849 he started
westward, and with a team drove to St. Joseph county, Michigan,
and shortly after to Kalamazoo county, same state, where he
remained four years. Thence he went to northwestern Iowa, and
tarried a brief time, when he returned to Michigan. In the fall of
1858 the attractions of Iowa induced him to return to it again,
and he located in Silver Creek township, Mills county, as one of
the earliest settlers, and was among the very first to break and
subdue a prairie farm therein. When he came, the site upon which
Malvern now stands was a "howling prairie," and he hauled the
lumber for the first building erected upon it. Mr. Berkhimer found
his counterpart in Kalamazoo, Michigan, September 13, 1855, in the
person of Margaret Oman, of that place; the production of which
alliance were: Chester, Sarah, Lydia A., Clara, George, Oscar,
Lewis, Maggie and Andrew J. Mr. and Mrs. Berkhimer and three
children are members of the Baptist church of Malvern. His farm in
section twenty, contains 260 acres, the joint accumulation of
himself and wife. It contains one of the prettiest groves in the
county, besides an orchard of two hundred trees. It is divided
into convenient fields well fenced, with line fences of hedge. The
house and outbuildings are well ordered, and in keeping with the
other improvements.
p. 631/632 Malvern Township
Birdsall,
Joseph R., farmer, section 25, P.O. East Plattsmouth; was
born near Niagara Falls, Canada, October 20, 1814, obtaining his
education in the neighborhood schools of that locality. When quite
young he began a mercantile life, and for some years was very
successful, but owing to causes beyond his control he eventually
lost all his property. He remained in his native land until he had
succeeded in paying all his liabilities, which was in 1860, when
he came to Iowa, locating in Mills county. After coming here he
worked as a farm hand until he had saved about two hundred
dollars, with which he purchased the eighty acres which he now
occupies. He was married in 1842 to Mary A. Wynings, of Canada;
they have had three children: Emily, Henry and Oscar; the last two
being deceased. His first wife having died, he was married to
Margaret Hines. of Greene county, Missouri, by whom he has had
seven children: Mary, Peter, Eli, Albert, Laura, Weston and Ross.
Mr. B. is a member of the church of United Brethren.
p. 658 Plattville Township
Black,
W. M., is a native of Scotland; born March 9, 1817. In
1838, he came to America, and located near Rochester, New York,
where he remained until the autumn of 1838, when he moved to
central Ohio. In July 1871, he located in Malvern, Mills county,
and entered the hardware trade which he still continues. September
9, 1841, he married Miss Martha Reed, near Zanesville, Ohio. Four
children were theirs, two sons and two daughters; two of whom are
settled in Licking county, Ohio, and two in Mills county. Mr.
Black was educated in the common school, and he and his wife are
members of the Presbyterian church. His fellow citizens have, on
several occasions expressed their confidence in his good
citizenship, by conferring upon him official positions of trust.
Several times trustee of his town, then mayor, and now school
director and president of the board, which latter position he has
held some five years. In 1850 Mr. Black was one of the "Argonauts"
who made his way to California in search of the "golden fleece" of
which he obtained a fair share. In 1865, Mr. B. was a delegate
from Zanesville, Ohio, to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church, at Pittsburg. He surrendered the services of two sons to
his country, to aid in suppressing the rebellion.
p. 633/634 Malvern Township
Bone,
James, farmer and stock raiser, P.O. Henderson; was born
November 28, 1834, in Jefferson county, Ohio. In 1838 he went to
Washington county, and in 1840 to Perry county, same state. He
came to Mills County in 1855, and entered 120 acres of land, to
which he added 320 acres the following spring. He returned to
Ohio, after paying for his land, and attending school made up
largely for the disadvantages to which he had been subjected. He
began to read medicine, which he followed for some twenty months.
In 1861 he enlisted in the Thirty-first Ohio volunteer infantry,
and was in the battles of Stone River, Corinth, and Perryville,
among others. He was mustered out at Atlanta in 1864. Returning to
Ohio, he was married in the fall of that year to Miss Amelia A.
Norris. He came to Mills county in 1865. On September 20th of that
year his wife died. January 28, 1867, he married Miss A. E.
Allison, a native of Missouri, born November 17, 1844. They are
the parents of eight children, seven living: Samantha A., Mary E.,
Avis R., Joicy O., John E., Charles V. and Joseph G. His farm now
contains 800 acres.
p. 701/702 Anderson Township
Bosbyshell,
E. P., banker and merchant, P.O. Hastings; was born
February 22, 1850. In 1856 his parents came to Iowa and located at
Glenwood, then a small but growing village. He was educated in the
common schools of Glenwood, and at Tabor College. At the age of
sixteen he entered the store of his father at Glenwood, remaining
four years and where was received his business education. He then
came to Hastings and engaged in business, his being the first
stock of goods opened in the place. In 1878 he built the present
large business house in which he is now stationed. His business
increasing, he again, in 1880, enlarged his store. In June 1878 he
opened a bank in connection with his store, under the name of the
Exchange Bank of E.P. Bosbyshell & Co. He was married June 23,
1873, to Miss Mary E. Hastings, a native of New York. They have
three children: Elsie May, Bertha C., and Anna L. The wonderful
success of Mr. Bosbyshell in business is to be attributed solely
to his untiring energy and great business talent. He is an
illustration of that class of men who touch and behold; it is
turned to gold!
p. 708 Indian Creek Township
Braunsfield,
F., Pacific Junction; was born in Tuscarora (sic) county,
Ohio, August 10, 1842. In August 1862, he enlisted in company K.
Ninety-eighth Ohio volunteer infantry, and was in the battles of
Richmond and Crab Orchard. He was discharged at Columbus, Ohio, in
September, 1863. When he came to Iowa he located in Mahaska
county, and leasing a coal mine, operated it until 1878. He then
went to Albia, and in 1880 came here. He was married October 13,
1872, to Miss Jane Wake; they are the parents of two children:
Minnie M. and William R.
p. 657 Plattville Township
Un-Named, farmer,
section 35, P.O. Tabor; born September 2, 1819 in South Devon,
England, and passed his youthful days at farm labor. He was
afterward employed by the royal family as a servant, and acted for
a time as footman, but was soon promoted to the position of
butler, in which capacity he served five years, and was connected
with other families of rank and nobility in the same manner. He
emigrated to America in March 1857, first locating in Lorraine
county, Ohio, where he remained until 1865, when he came to Iowa.
He was married in 1857 to Miss Sarah, daughter of William and Ann Savidge, of Lincolnshire, England. They have one child: William
Watkins, who still lives at home. They are members of the
Congregational church. He came to this country a poor man, but by
industry and perseverance has secured a good farm of eighty acres,
which is all improved.
p.603/604 Rawles Township
Brittain,
William, farmer and minister. Mr. Brittain is a native of
England, where he was born October 30, 1818. He resided in
England, engaging in farming, during his early manhood, or until
1846, when he came to America and located in this county. He was
probably the first settler in this county, and a further and more
complete account will be found in a preceding chapter on early
settlers and settlements. In July 1846, he located at a point some
ten miles southwest from Glenwood, and remained two years, at the
expiration of which time he moved to Glenwood, and became one of
the founders of that city, under the name which it then bore of
Coonville. His was the first house ever built in place. August 14,
1843, he was married to Miss Nancy Bayners, who was a native of
England. They became the parents of twelve children, six of whom
are now living: Catherine R., wife to Edward Anson; Caroline, the
first person born in the county and now living in Glenwood; Mary
A., Julia, wife to P. Tyson: Willard B. and Lucy A. Mr. Brittain
was ordained a minister of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ,
of Latter Day Saints, May 19, 1864, and he is today a staunch
adherent of this faith. Most of the remarks made under early
settlers will apply with marked emphasis to Mr. Brittain, who is
both honored and influential as a citizen.
p. 666 Oak Township
Broemmier,
T. F., farmer and stock raiser, P.O. Emerson; was born
February 24, 1824, in Prussia; raised on a farm, and educated in
the common schools from seven to fourteen years of age, thus
conforming to the law of the land. In 1842 he immigrated to
America, and located near Dayton, Ohio, and engaged in work on a
farm. In 1844 he came to Cedar county, Iowa, and was there married
March 10, 1846, to Miss D. Shiner, a native of Prussia. she died
March 7, 1847. He was again married November 15, 1848, to Nancy
Kiser, a native of Virginia, born June 5, 1834. In 1870 Mr.
Broemmier moved to his present place of residence, purchasing 160
acres of land, to which he has subsequently added some 320 more.
His farm is a model one, complete in all its parts, with an
excellent orchard, a full herd of stock, and fine buildings. He is
the father of thirteen children by his second wife, eleven of whom
are now living: Jacob H., John W., Caroline W., Martin G., Reuben
P., Susan, Eliza S., Lydia A., Charles F., Lewis F., and Harvey E.
p. 701 Anderson Township
Brohard,
James T., is a native of the "Mother of Presidents." He
was born in Taylor county, Virginia, May 11, 1838, where he spent
the first thirty-eight years of his life, and acquired his
education in a private school, and became master of his chosen
vocation, that of wagon maker. In 1863, though a native Virginian,
he enlisted in company K, of the First West Virginia Cavalry
regiment of the union army, in which he continued in active
service until the close of the war, when he was mustered out in
July, 1865. He was in the battles of Winchester, Fisher Hill,
Cedar Creek, Monocacy Junction, Snaker's Gap, Mt. Jackson, Port
Republic, Stevenson's Depot, and twenty-four other engagements. He
was under Sheridan and Custer, being in the latter's division. He
was married in West Virginia, November 29, 1859, to Miss Jennie C.
Roe, of that state. Jennie L. is their only living child, three
having gone beyond the vale of life. He still pursues the wagon
making business, which has employed his energies for more than
twelve years.
p. 632 Malvern Township
Brooks,
G. W., farmer and stock raiser, P.O. Glenwood; was born in
eastern Virginia. At an early age he moved with his parents to
Harrison county, Ohio, where his youth was passed. In 1854 he
removed to La Salle, Illinois, where he remained two years, and
then became a resident of this county, locating in Glenwood and
engaging in blacksmithing. For twenty years he continued in this
occupation and then removed to his present home. In December,
1860, he was married to Miss Sarah F. Kimberling, a native of
Mason county, Virginia. Mrs. Brooks came to Glenwood from
Missouri, in the early days when Coonville was its name. The farm
of Mr. Brooks is composed of one hundred and twenty acres of some
of the best land in the township.
p. 594/595 Center Township
Brothers,
S. T., M.D., was the first physician locating in Malvern.
He came there in 1866, from Ohio, his native state, where he was
born July 12, 1827, in Carroll county, in which he lived until
1856, and where he procured a common school education, and a
professional education in Western Reserve College, of that state.
He practiced his profession for some two or three years in his
native county, after which, in 1856, he came to Eastern Iowa,
where continued his professional work until 1860, when he returned
to Ohio. Like most people who have ever lived in the grand state
of Iowa, Dr. B. had an unconquerable desire to return, which he
did in 1866, this time locating in Mills county. As already noted,
he was not only the first physician, but was the second person who
located in the then new town of Malvern. As a practitioner Dr.
Brothers has been a successful master of the healing art. He has
secured for himself a farm of 280 acres located in Pottawattamie
county, where he may retire in quiet, when the years of the shady
side shall overtake him. March 30, 1854, he mrried Eves A. Graham,
of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and thereby added to his domestic
circle seven more to join in the great tide of life, and to make
that circle more cheerful and interesting: Alice, Howard, Lily,
Flora, Charlie, Rebecca and Ralph. The Doctor is a member of the
Masonic order. (See
Obituary)
p. 632 Malvern Township
from A. T. Andreas' Illustrated Historical Atlas of
the State of Iowa, 1875
Buffington,
E. H., farmer and stock raiser, P.O. Glenwood; was born in
Illinois in the year 1844. In 1853 his parents came to this
county, and with the county young Buffington grew to man's estate.
The country was new and schools were scarce, hence the major part
of his education has been derived from experience. He was married
in 1868 to Miss Mattie Frizzle, a native of Missouri, born in
1849. They are the parents of five children: Eva E., Mary E.,
George W., Meda L. and Marion A. Mr. Buffington is of German and
French parentage. He has long been identified with the county and
its interests; and while public spirited has not neglected matters
relating to private ends. He owns a farm of 96 acres.
p. 666 Oak Township
Buffington,
F. M., is a native of Meiggs county, Ohio, where his
nativity commenced March 12, 1835. At the age of three years he
was taken to Adams county, Illinois, where he grew up to young
manhood; meantime gathering a common school education. At the age
of nineteen years he came to Mills county, settling in Oak
township, where he worked at farming until 1879, when he purchased
the Malvern Mills, and from thence forward he carried on the
milling business. His was a common school education. May 16, 1860,
Mr. B. formed a marital alliance with Miss Sara Byers, of Mills
County. Of this union there are five living children: Carrie,
John, Jennie, Francis and Effie. Mr. B. is a member of the M. E.
church.
p. 633 Malvern Township
Burger,
A. H., farmer and stock raiser, section 6, P.O. Glenwood;
born in Cole county, Missouri, April 10, 1836. When quite young he
moved with his parents to Cedar county, Missouri, and there
remained until 1849, when he came to Mills county, Iowa, and
located on section 7, in Rawles township. Here he grew to manhood
and received his education in the private schools of the county.
He was married March 12, 1857, to Miss Anna Wiles, daughter of
Thomas and Elizabeth Wiles; he is the father of four children:
James I., Nancy C., Frances E. and Mary A. Mr. Burger is said to
be the oldest settler (with the exception of his mother) in the
township. He has held several township offices, and for the past
three years has been justice of the peace. Mr. and Mrs. Burger are
members of the M.E. Church. He owns a fine farm of two hundred
acres, with a good orchard and other improvements. this is said to
be the first land cultivated in the township.
p.604 Rawles Township
Burket,
Jacob, farmer, section 25; born in 1811, in Pennsylvania,
in which state he grew to manhood and acquired his education in
the common schools. He came to Mills county in 1852, and located
on the farm he now owns in 1857. This farm consists of 250 acres,
and has superior advantages as a fruit and stock farm, to which
branches his labors are chiefly directed. He was married November
4, 1836, to Miss Sarah Stiffler, a native of Pennsylvania, by whom
he was the father of seven children, of whom four are living:
Maria, John, Henry and Francis S. Mrs. B. died in October 1874. He
was married a second time to Mrs. Uker, a native of Germany, who
lived but a few months after her marriage. Mr. Burket came to this
county a poor man, but by industry and economy has succeeded in
securing a comfortable home in which to spend his declining years.
p. 692 Ingraham Township
Burnham,
Z. W., farmer, section 30, P.O. Silver City; born in the
state of New York, in 1799, where he grew to manhood, attending
the common schools and working at farm labor. In 1821 he enlisted
in the New York state militia, under Captain Lyons. At the
expiration of four years he was promoted to a captaincy, and
served four years. He afterward reached the rank of colonel. In
1822 he was initiated in Cameron (N.Y.) Lodge of Masons. He served
one year as W. M. of St. Mark's Lodge, No 58, in McHenry county,
Illinois. He then organized McHenry Lodge, No. 234, with which he
was connected about four years. He also organized lodges at
Richmond, Nunday, Rising Sun, Wacondy, Dundee, Kane County,
Algonquin, Silver Creek, No 234, and Silver Light Lodge, of Silver
City. He was married in 1823 to Miss Polly Goff, a native of New
York. They have eight children: Harriet R., William G., Abigail,
Potter D.N., James H., Mary, Elizabeth and Zemry W.
p. 692 Ingraham Township
Buttle,
John, farmer, section 11, P.O., Malvern; born December 6,
1828 in Yorkshire, England. From his youth he has been a farmer.
He received his education by his own effort since arriving at
manhood. He immigrated to America in 1854, and first located in
Ohio; one year later he went to Winnebago county, Wisconsin. He
arrived in Mills county, Iowa, in March, 1857, and located near
Glenwood, and in 1873 he settled on the farm where he now resides.
He enlisted in company B, 5th Iowa Cavalry, in September, 1861,
and participated in the battles of Fort Henry, Lookout Mountain,
Murfreesboro, Chattanooga, Atlanta, Nashville, Columbus and Macon
City. Was discharged August 18, 1865, at Nashville, Tennessee, and
was dismissed at Clinton, Iowa. While in the service he contracted
a disease from which he has never fully recovered. Was married in
October, 1865, to Miss Mary, daughter of Thos. and Mary Byers, of
Morton county, Ohio. They have five children: Mary A., Nellie G.,
William T., Cornelia K. and John R. He owns a neat little farm of
40 acres, with an abundance of fruit and other improvements.
p. 603 Rawles Township
Byers,
John, farmer, stock raiser and fruit grower, P.O.
Glenwood; was born in Morgan county, Ohio, February 23, 1838. His
youth was passed on a farm, and his education received in a common
school. In 1856 he came to Iowa and located in this county and
became one of the first settlers in Oak township. He served with
credit in the war of the rebellion, in company H, 13th Iowa
infantry. In 1860 he was married to Miss Rebecca J. Buffington, of
Illinois. They are the parents of five children: Mary O., Frances
J., Rosa E. and Charles F., living and Nellie M., deceased. Mrs.
Byers died November 3, 1874. August 14, 1879, Mr. Byers was
married to Miss Sarah A. Thompson, by whom he has one child, Edwin
M. The family belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Byers
has always been deeply interested in the religious and educational
development of his community, and withal is a man of great
enterprise. His farm comprises some 166 acres of choice land, well
improved, with buildings and orchard.
p.666/667 Oak Township
Byers,
M. H., county recorder, P.O. Glenwood; born January 12,
1846, in Noble county, Ohio. In 1851, in company with his parents
he moved to Washington county, the same state, going from there in
1852, to Kansas City, Missouri, where he remained only one year,
when he came to Glenwood. His early training was that of a farmer,
his education having been received in the common schools. He
enlisted for the suppression of the rebellion, January 4, 1864, in
the twenty-ninth Iowa Infantry, company B, and was with General
Steele in his campaign to relieve Gen. Banks on the Red river. He
was also at the siege of Mobile, and was with Sheridan in his
campaign in Texas. He was mustered out of the service August 10,
1865, and returned to Glenwood, after which he held the position
of clerk in a store for ten years. In 1878 he was elected recorder
for Mills county, and re-elected in 1880. He was married December
1, 1870, to Carrie S. Daniel, of Mills county, Iowa. They have
four children: Edith M., Bessie D., Nettie D. and Roscoe G.
p. 672 Glenwood Township
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