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John H., farmer and stock raiser, section 14, P.O.
Malvern; born May 1, 1833, in Muskingum county, Ohio, where he
remained until about eighteen years of age, and then moved with
his parents to Putnam county, same state. He arrived in Iowa, June
29, 1864, after a weary journey of thirty-three days, and located
in White Cloud township. Two years later he came to Rawles
township, and settled on the farm where he now lives. Was married
November 5, 1857, to Miss Mary, daughter of John and Rachel
Fickle, of Perry county, Ohio. They have had four children, three
of whom are now living: Rachel, Emma L., Mary E. and Lydia
(deceased). He is a member of the M. E. church and has always been
identified with the school interests of his community. He has
served his township officially almost constantly since his arrival
here. He owns a farm of 160 acres, with good dwelling house, fine
orchard and other substantial improvements. Mr. Madden is a man of
strict integrity and has the confidence of all his neighbors.
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| Madison,
William W., farmer, section 22, P.O. Tabor; born November
1, 1839, in Crawford county, Pennsylvania, where he lived until
eleven years of age, when he moved with his parents to Lorraine
county, Ohio, and there grew to manhood. He attended the public
schools of Pennsylvania and Ohio and later attended the Tabor
schools, in which he received the principal part of his education.
After coming to this county he learned the carpenter trade, and
followed that occupation until the beginning of the late war, when
he enlisted November 17, 1861, in company F, 15th Iowa volunteer
infantry. He participated in the battles of Pittsburg Landing,
Corinth, Jackson, Vicksburg and Grand Junction, and was with
Sherman on his "March to the Sea". He veteranized in 1863, and was
discharged July 25, 1865, at Davenport, Iowa. On the 4th of July,
1866, he met with an accident which caused the loss of his right
eye. In company with a party of young men, he was preparing to
celebrate the fourth, by "shooting a log," and while he was
arranging the fuse with an auger, the log exploded and the end of
the tool struck him in the eye. Was married in February, 1876, to
Mrs. Sarah Busenbark, of New York. Previous to this Mrs. Madison
was married to Mr. Maynard Busenback, by whom she was the mother
of three children, two of whom are now living: Earnest W. and
Maynard. Mr. B. died at this place from disease contracted while
in the army. Mr. Madison owns a good farm of 130 acres, well
improved.
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| Mains,
Webster, farmer, section 25, P.O. Silver City; born in
1845 in Cass county, Illinois, where he was brought up on a farm
and educated in the common schools. He came to Mills county, in
1868, locating the farm where he now resides, consisting of 122
acres, well adapted to stock raising, in which business he is
extensively engaged. He was married in 1868, to Miss Martha C.
Shaw, a native of New York. Mr. Mains has been closely identified
with the township affairs since his residence here, having served
two terms as township assessor, five terms as township clerk; is
now serving as school director, and is also a prominent member of
the I. O. O. F.
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| Marks,
William, farmer, section 1, P.O. Council Bluffs; born
February 22, 1854 in Hanover, Germany, where he grew to manhood.
He was thoroughly educated in both German and English and prepared
for professional life. At the age of nineteen he immigrated to
America, and established his first permanent residence in this
vicinity. On his arrival he was engaged as a teacher in the German
families of the neighborhood. Later he went to Council Bluffs,
where he was engaged as a clerk about nine months. He was married
December 5, 1875, to Miss Mary Elizabeth Hoyer, a German lady of
culture, which union has brought to them three sons: Gustave, Otto
and Arthur. He enjoys the possession of a neat little farm of
eighty acres. Mr. Marks is a young man of marked ability, and is
respected and admired by the community in which he resides.
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| Martens,
Herman, farmer and stock dealer, section 7, P.O. Council
Bluffs: born March 16, 1857, in Stacy Hollenstine, Germany. When
about a year old he immigrated with his parents to America, and
immediately located in this vicinity, where he grew to manhood. He
received his education in the common schools and at Tabor College,
and is well advanced in both German and English. His father died
in this county October 1, 1880, leaving a family of five children,
of whom Herman is the eldest, who, with the other members of the
family, Sophia, Lewis, Henry and Charley, resides on an excellent
farm of 450 acres, well improved, with an elegant dwelling house,
substantial barn, and a large and productive orchard. Mr. Martens
has had charge of the farm since the death of his father, and has
conducted it in an able manner. He is a young man of high moral
character, an enterprising business man, and has a large circle of
friends.
p. 644 St. Mary Township
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| Martin,
Cintha E., P.O. Hastings; was born February 14, 1833, in
Upper Canada. At the age of thirteen years she came with her
parents to the U.S. and located in Mills county, a few miles north
of Glenwood. Some time thereafter they moved to Fremont county,
and located near Sidney. Two years later they moved to Council
Bluffs, where she married Moses Martin, January 6, 1857. Mr.
Martin was a native of Vermont. He died February 28, 1878. They
were the parents of nine children: William N., George E., Martha
E., Lydia M., Anna M., Lewis L., Charles F., Albert E. and Russell
C.
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| Martin,
H., foreman in car shops C. B. & Q. and K. C. R.R.,
was born November 26, 1847, in Schenectady county, New York. He
passed his youth in acquiring an education and in learning the
trade of a machinist. At twenty-one he became a foreman in the
locomotive works in his native city. In 1869 he went to Utah,
where he remained a year and a half; he then became an engineer on
the Missouri Pacific R. R., which business he followed for one
year. He then went to Laramie City, Wyoming Territory. He
afterward returned to New York, and then again came to the west,
locating at Creston, Iowa, in the employ of the C. B. & Q.
R.R. In September of 1880, he came to Pacific Junction as foreman.
He was married in November, 1873, to Miss Elizabeth Whalon, of
Albany county, New York. They are the parents of four children:
Maggie, Ellen, Annie and William R.
p. 663 Plattville Township |
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| McCammon,
Charles C., stockman and farmer, P.O. Glenwood; is a
native of Morgan county, Illinois. He was born in 1832, and in
1836 came to Iowa to Van Buren county, receiving a common school
education. In 1852 he started overland for California, and
remained in that state sixteen years, engaged in mining,
freighting, and staging. He was married in 1871 to Miss Ella Scott,
a native of Putnam county, Indiana, born in 1850. they have one
child, James C., born in March 1872. The farm of Mr. McCammon is a
fine one of two hundred and forty acres, like most other farms in
the county, well improved.
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| McClain,
Arthur, farmer and stock raiser, section 15, P.O. Emerson;
born April 16, 1837, in Knox county, Ohio. Moved with his parents
in 1852, to Adams county, Indiana. In 1858 he returned to Ohio and
remained one year, and then returned to Indiana, locating in Rush
county. Enlisted September 18, 1861, in the Thirty-seventh Indiana
infantry and remained in the service three years; was taken
prisoner May 1, 1862, by General Morgan's cavalry. He participated
in the battles of Buzzard's Roost, siege of Buzzard's Roost,
Resaca, New Hope Church, Pine Mountain, Kenesaw, Chattahoochee
River, Peach Tree Creek, and the siege of Atlanta. After being
mustered out he returned to Indiana; came to Mills county in 1875,
and located on the farm where he now resides, which consists of
two hundred and sixty-six acres of the best land in the township.
Was married in May, 1866, to Caroline C. Murray, a native of New
York. They are the parents of four children: Albert M., John H.,
Carl A. and Marion F.
p. 716 Indian Creek Township
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| McCormick,
P., farmer, P.O. Malvern; was born in Ireland in the year
1837. In 1847 he came to the United States and located in St.
Lawrence county, New York where he resided eleven years. In 1858
he went to California, engaged in mining for some four years; then
to Idaho, remaining another period of four years, at the
expiration of which he returned to New York. He shortly afterward
came to this county, attended Tabor College two terms, and then
located on the farm he now owns, containing two hundred and thirty
acres. In February, of 1870, he was married to Miss T. Weldon,
formerly of Monroe county, New York.
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| McCoy,
C. O., farmer, section 19, P.O. Silver City; born in 1829,
in Pennsylvania. When thirteen years of age he came to Iowa,
locating in Scott county, where he remained about three years and
then went to Cedar county. In the fall of 18?1 he came to Mills
county, and has resided here since that time. He owns a
beautifully situated farm of 545 acres, well under cultivation and
adorned with all the modern improvements. Mr. McCoy is one of
Mills county's oldest settlers, and has proved himself one of her
most successful farmers.
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| McKnight,
G. R., farmer, P.O. Bartlett; born February 21, 1824, in
Kentucky. At an early age he moved with his parents to Jackson
county, Missouri, and there grew to manhood, and was educated in
the common schools. When seventeen years of age he learned the
trade of a wagon-maker, which trade he followed six years. In 1853
he came to Mills county, Iowa where he remained five years, and
then went to Parker county, Texas, and two years later returned to
Iowa. In 1865 he emigrated to Kansas, and from there he again went
to Texas, residing in various sections of that state until 1879,
and in this year he came for the third time to Mills county. Was
married in 1848 to Miss Julia A. Keith, a native of Ohio. Ten
children have been born to them, seven of whom are now living;
William A., Joseph F., Sarah J., Amelia E., Martha E., Jonathan M.
and Alice A. Mr. McKnight lived four years in Gentry county,
Missouri, and during that time served a term as sheriff of that
county with credit.
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| McPherron,
Alfred B., farmer and stock raiser, section 17; born in
Knox county, Tennessee, April 22, 1820, where he grew to manhood
and was educated in the private schools of that county. His youth
was passed in working on a farm, which occupation he has continued
until the present time. He came from that place to this county in
1852, and has resided here ever since. He was married September 7,
1872, to Mrs. Eliza King, daughter of Benjamin and Matilda
Utterback. She was married to Mr. Geo. W. King, by whom she was
the mother of two children. In 1863 he enlisted in the 8th Iowa
Cavalry, and later in the Fourth Artillery. He remained in the
service about two years and was discharged at Davenport in July
1865. Mr. M. has been elected from time to time to most of the
township offices. He owns a well improved farm of one hundred and
sixty acres.
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| McPherron,
William, farmer and stock raiser, P.O. Tabor; born
November 18, 1815 in Knox county Tennessee, where he worked on a
farm and attended school until he grew to manhood. In 1836 he came
to Henry county, Iowa, and remained one year and a half, and then
returned to Tennessee. He again emigrated to Iowa and settled on
his present location May 31, 1851. Was married February 21, 1839,
to Miss Mary A.S. Graves, a native of Tennessee. They are the
parents of eight children, seven of whom are now living: Caroline
T., Asbury S., John Melville, William S., Henry A., Nancy E. and
Alfred Monroe. His two sons, Asbury and John, served in the war of
the rebellion, and were honorably discharged. The family are
members of the M.E. church, and Mr. McPherron has been for a
number of years identified as church steward and class leader in
that denomination, and has also been superintendent of the Sabbath
school. He was for a time engaged in teaching school and was one
of the pioneer teachers of the township, and has held numerous
township offices. He owns a good farm of 160 acres, well improved.
p. 612 Rawles Township |
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| Meadows. Isaac, farmer and stock raiser, P.O. Glenwood; was born
March 13, 1813, in Washington county, Virginia, where he resided
until mature. His youth was passed in agricultural pursuits, and
hence his education was limited to the common school. In 1835 he
moved to Saline county, Missouri, where he remained until 1853,
when he became identified with Mills county interests as a
resident farmer. He was married in 1842 to Miss Rhoda Warren, a
native of Tennessee. His first wife to whom he was married in
1840, was Miss F. Cooper, who died in the year following. As the
fruit of his second union there were born to him nine children,
six sons and three daughters: Harvey, Nathaniel, Benjamin J.,
William, George, Sarah, Gilla A., Belle and Joel.
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| Merritt,
Rufus L., farmer and stock raiser, section 1, P.O.
Glenwood; born February 15, 1835, in Caswell county, North
Carolina. At an early age he moved with his parents to Kentucky,
remaining there three years, and then went to Cedar county,
Missouri, where he remained until 1859. In October, 1859, he
arrived in Mills county and located in Lyons township, and was one
of the first settlers of the township. He grew to manhood in
Missouri, and was educated in the subscription schools. His
father, Benjamin F. Merritt, like all early settlers, very
unwisely located in the timbered sections of the county, and
consequently much labor was required to bring his farm under
cultivation. His father had a family of three children: Alvis,
Sidney and Rufus L. Rufus was married June 15, 1854 to Miss Nancy
J. Grizzle, a native of Missouri. Six children have been born to
them, five of whom are now living: Edna B., Mary E., John L.,
George A., and Sarah A. His father died in this county November 1,
1853, which was one of the first deaths in the township. His
mother, Mrs. Edna Merritt, now makes her home with him. He owns
two hundred and forty acres of land in a good state of
cultivation, with good dwelling house and other substantial
improvements. He has held the office of township trustee thirteen
years to the entire satisfaction of the people.
p. 626 Lyons Township
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| Merwin,
Charles, Rev., is a native of Yankeedom, where he lived
until four years of age. He first saw the light at Fairfield,
Connecticut, October 1, 1810. With his people he emigrated to
western New York, which was then considered "west," and settled in
Victor, Ontario county, where Mr. Merwin continued to reside until
he reached young manhood - twenty years of age. After quitting the
common school, he pursued a collegiate course in the University of
New York, and also a theological course in the Auburn (New York)
Theological Seminary, preparatory for the ministry. At the age of
thirty years - June 10, 1840 - Mr. Merwin married Miss Amelia
Oliphant, at Auburn, New York, who died in December 1871. He
married October 15, 1873, as his second wife, Sara Randall, of
Buffalo, New York. He has four living children, three by the first
marriage: Charles H., Amelia F., and Sarah F.; and by the second
marriage, one, Abbie F. Mr. Merwin was the first pastor of the
Presbyterian church of Malvern. Among other worldly effects Mr.
Merwin has a farm of 160 acres lying in White Cloud township,
Mills county.
p. 638 Malvern Township
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| Metz, Pierce, is a native of Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania.
His career of life began July 12, 1852. In 1855 he, with his
parents, came to Marion county, Iowa where he remained until the
age of twenty-five, when, in November, 1877, he moved to Malvern.
He was married in Marion county, to Miss Josie L. Rungan, May 13,
1875. His education was received from the common school. His
occupations were somewhat varied. He paddled his own canoe from
the age of about nine years, and his first voyage was in a woolen
factory, which continued for five summers. Next he worked at the
carpenter trade for some three years, then taught school three
years. Since the last period he has pursued the mercantile
business, which has brought him a good measure of success. He
belongs to Silver Urn lodge of the Masonic fraternity.
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| Mickelwait,
Hon. James, farmer, P.O. Hillsdale; born March 27, 1827,
in Yorkshire, England. He emigrated to this country with his
parents when four years of age. He first located in Morgan county,
Illinois, where he remained about eleven years. He next moved to
Henry county, Iowa, resided there five years, and returned to
Morgan county, Illinois. In February, 1849 he started for the gold
fields of California, and arrived in the state August 25, of the
same year. He remained in the mines about fourteen months, and
then returned to Henry county, Iowa. He arrived in Mills county
about April 15, 1851, and has continuously resided here since that
time. In 1874 he engaged in the grain business at Hillsdale, in
company with his son-in-law, Mr. W. M. Coats. They have erected a
good elevator at that point, and handle a large amount of all
kinds of cereals. Mr. M. was Mills county's representative in the
Fifteenth General Assembly. He was elected on the anti-monopoly
ticket, and served with credit to himself and constituency. During
his long residence in the county he has won the esteem and
admiration of the people by his earnest efforts in all matters
having the advancement of the interests of the county. He was
married March 7, 1852, to Sarah A. Baylis, of Champaign county,
Ohio. Five children are the fruits of this union, of whom three
are living: Lizzie, Wilbur W. and James M. He resides on a fine
farm of 192 acres, beautifully situated and well improved.
p. 599 Center Township
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| Mickelwait,
Joseph, farmer and stock raiser, P.O. Hillsdale; was born
in Morgan county, Illinois, in 1833. In 1840 he came to Henry
county, Iowa, residing there until 1863, when his residence in
Mills county began. In November 1858, he was married to Miss Nancy
Barr, of Henry county, this state. She was born in October 1836,
in the state of Ohio. They are the parents of five children:
George H., Lucy., John, Mary A. and Joseph. The farm of this
gentleman contains two hundred and sixty acres.
p. 598 Center Township
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Mickelwait,
Richard, section 36, P.O. Glenwood. A prominent farmer of
Mills county, who owns a fine farm of five hundred acres well
stocked and improved, with a large house and a commodious barn. He
deals extensively in stock, and is connected with his brother in
Glenwood in the brokerage business. He was born in England, in
September, 1831. His parents immigrated to America when he was a
year old, and settled in Morgan county, Illinois, remaining about
ten years; they then moved to Henry county, where our subject
engaged in farming and attending school. In 1851 he came to this
county; after remaining a short time he went in 1852 to Oregon,
and thence to California, where he engaged in mining and dealing
in stock. In 1861 he returned to Mills county, locating north of
Glenwood, where he remained about four years, then coming to his
present home. He was united in marriage October 1, 1861, to Miss
Mary E. Morrison, of Lee county, this state, who was born January
9, 1842. This union has brought them five children: Maggie M., Eva
J., Ralph R., Lula M., and Emma J., deceased.
p. 681 Glenwood Township
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| Miller, Isaac, farmer, P.O. Clark; born March 3, 1807, in
Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. In 1818 he moved to Westmoreland
county, where he remained until 1844, and then went to Armstrong
county, residing there twelve years, and afterward lived two years
in Indiana county. He then left Pennsylvania and went to Rock
Island county, Illinois, arriving in June 1858. Here he remained
until 1870, and then came to Mills county, Iowa, and located one
mile south of the present town site of Clark, where he makes his
home with his daughter, Mrs. Hilton. Was married August 15, 1843,
to Miss Ann McCutcheon, who was born in Pennsylvania, August 5,
1807. They had two children: J. C., and Mary M. Mrs. Miller died
March 1, 1870.
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| Miller,
J. C., farmer, P.O. Clark; born September 30, 1844, in
Armstrong county, Pennsylvania. At the age of thirteen years he
went with his parents to Rock Island county, Illinois, locating
near Port Byron, where he grew to manhood. In 1870 he came to
Mills county, Iowa, and located in White Cloud township. He is a
single man, and makes his home at the house of his brother-in-law,
Mr. Hilton. He is the present clerk of his township, and is
serving his third term in that capacity, and has filled the
position to the entire satisfaction of his constituents.
p. 652 White Cloud Township |
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| Miller,
J. M., farmer, P.O. Glenwood; was born in Buchanan county,
Missouri, June 16, 1840. In 1853 he came to this county as one of
its early settlers. August 13, 1862, he enlisted in the
Twenty-ninth Iowa, company B, and was in the battles of Helena,
Little Rock, Saline River, Spanish Fort, and the taking of Mobile.
He was married to Miss Harriet E. Graves, a native of Knox county,
Tennessee, born November 22, 1838. She came to this county in
1852. They are the parents of six children, two living: Marietta
and Ada Pearl. The farm of Mr. Miller contains 160 acres. What has
been said of other old residents of the county is equally true of
him, and need not be here repeated.
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| Mitchell,
Howard A., painter, P.O. Pacific Junction, is a native of
Warren county, Illinois, where he was born March 5, 1840. He began
to learn his trade in 1864, and has followed the same until the
present time. He came to Mills county in 1868, and located at
Malvern. In 1880 he came to Pacific Junction, and entered upon his
trade. He was married in 1871 to Miss Laura Stafford, a native of
Indiana. They are the parents of four children: Martha J., Albert
E., Abbie and Howard A. Jr.
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| Moffitt,
W. H., farmer and stock raiser on section 24; born on the
6th of March 1843, in Randolph county, North Carolina. In 1849 his
parents came to Jefferson county, this state. In 1852 they went to
Pottawattamie county, and in 1865 Mr. Moffitt came hither, and has
been since that year, a continuous resident. The farm he now
occupies was purchased in 1872. December 30, 1863, he was married
to Miss Electa R. Anderson, a native of Illinois, born October 16,
1845. They are the parents of five children: Lewis A., born
October 23, 1864, Olive N., born June 19,1866; Ulysses Y., born
May 11, 1868; Ira H., born June 12, 1871, and James A., born
November 6, 1878. Mr. Moffitt is one of the most successful
farmers in the county. P.O. Glenwood.
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| Moon,
Henry, farmer and stock raiser, section 25, P.O. East
Plattsmouth; was born May 1, 1818, in Ireland. At the age of
twenty five he came to the United Sates and located at New York.
Shortly afterwards he went to New Orleans, where he remained five
years. He lived in various states and cities previous to coming to
this county. He is one of the early settlers of this county, and
has contributed to its growth and prosperity. He was married
November 12, 1856, to Miss R. McParland. they are the parents of
nine children, six of whom are living: Mitchell, Hugh, Henry,
Annie M., William J. and Rosa C. The farm of Mr. Moon comprises
some two hundred acres, all in a splendid state of cultivation,
attesting his skill as a farmer.
p. 664 Plattville Township
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| Moon,
T. J., farmer And stock-raiser, section 34, P.O. Tabor;
born January 22, 1830 in Cortland county, New York. When seven
years of age he moved with his parents to Steuben county, where he
grew to manhood, attending school and working at farm labor. Went
to Lee county, Illinois, in the spring of 1852, and in the spring
of 1857 went to southern Kansas and participated in the border
warfare, which at that time was at its height, and acted with
great credit in the interest of freedom. In 1859 he moved to
Madison county, Iowa and remained there until 1864, when he came
to Fremont county, and one year later located in Mills county on
the farm where he now resides. Was married November 8, 1860, to
Miss Emma, daughter of Franklin and Lucy Jane Bosworth of Trumbull
county, Ohio. They are the parents of eight children, seven of
whom are now living: Mary E., George W., Lora B., Ura G., Myrtie
E., Lydia L. and Emma P. Mr. Moon and family are members of the
Congregational church. He has been several times elected to the
various township offices and at present is acting in the capacity
of constable. He served in the state militia, and was for two
years captain of a company of home guards. He owns a good farm of
120 acres, well improved.
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| Moore,
John B., druggist, P.O. Emerson; born in Cadiz, Harrison
county, Ohio, October 23, 1842, where he spent his youth on a farm
and received a common school education. From an early date until
1862 he was engaged in the occupation of a butcher. In the year
last named he volunteered in company H, 126th Ohio infantry, and
was soon promoted to orderly sergeant. He served three years and
was in some forty-two battles and minor skirmishes, and among
others was at Harper's Ferry, Antietam, Wilderness and Petersburg.
Of the 103 men in his company who enlisted in the service in 1862,
only seven were mustered out at the end of the war. At the close
of his term of service he came to Bloomington, Illinois, and
engaged in farming and stock raising, and up to 1874 had
accumulated some $25,000; but then came reverses and his entire
fortune was swept away. From 1874 to 1877 he was engaged in the
real estate business in Bloomington. Then fire came to destroy his
fortunes, when he purchased a grist mill moved the same to Kansas
and began anew to make his way in the world. His venture proved a
financial success. He sold it in 1878, and came to Emerson in
August of that year, and entered the drug business. He was married
June 19, 1866, to Miss Violet Niccolls, of Bloomington, Illinois;
she died September 24, 1874, leaving three children: Albert B.,
Maria and Chauncey. He again married November 3, 1875, to Mrs.
Maggie James, who had one child by her former husband: May. He has
one child by his second wife: Jessie E. Mr. Moore is a member of
the I. O. O. F. He is a respected member of the community and a
man of exceptional business capacity.
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| Moore,
W. G., druggist and chemist, Silver City, was born in
Harrison county, Ohio, January 1, 1851. In 1872 he began the study
of medicine with a view to practice general medicine, and pursued
his studies for some two years. He was married in his native
county, in 1872, to Miss Leah M. Billingsley, a native of Ohio.
They are the parents of three children: Charles A., Laura May and
Reno. Mr. Moore came to Silver City in the spring of 1879. The
place then contained but a single store. He at once entered upon
his business and erected the second store in the city. Active and
enterprising he has entered heartily into every enterprise
calculated to upbuild the place; has served on the school board,
and been otherwise identified with the growth of the town. He is a
member of the I. O. O. F. and A. F. & A. M.
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| Morris, J. D., of the firm of Morris & Parish, publishers of
the Republican Leader and Pacific Junction Gazette. Mr. Morris is
a native of Monmouth county, New Jersey, where he was born January
12, 1834. Completing the studies of the common school, he further
pursued his education at Burlington university and Franklin
college. He graduated from the Chicago medical college in 1862, and
began the practice of medicine in Vermillion county, Indiana. In
1868 he moved to Bedford, Taylor county, Iowa, continuing the
practice of his profession until 1876. He then purchased the
Bedford Argus and began his career as a newspaper man. After a
year's successful publication he moved to Des Moines, and began
the publication of the Beacon Light, a religious paper devoted to
the interests of the Baptist denomination. This venture was not a
financial success. In October 1877, he established the Capital
City Record, which, in the summer of 1878 was changed to the Des
Moines News. In February, 1879, he assumed the management of the
Malvern Leader, a paper which, the following year, was
consolidated with the Mills County Republican, under the title of
the Republican-Leader. December 4, 1880, he established, in
connection with Mr. Parrish, The Pacific Junction Gazette. He was
married November 4, 1858, to Miss Mary J. Hancock, a native of
Illinois. they are the parents of three children: Margaret E.,
Lydia L. and Joseph C. During his residence in Bedford he was a
member of the city council, and mayor for a tern of two years.
p. 663/664 Plattville Township
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Allen, farmer and stock-raiser, section 30, P.O. Malvern;
born in Jackson, county, Ohio July 23, 1840, at which place the
principal part of his youth was passed. During his youth he was
greatly afflicted with disease and consequently did not enjoy the
educational facilities to any great extent. In 1857 he moved with
his parents to Page Co, Iowa and three years later came to this
county, first locating in Lyons township and afterward near
Glenwood. During that year he came to the farm where he now lives.
He then went to the gold regions of the west and engaged in
mining, but soon returned to Lyons township, and has since
followed the occupation of a farmer. His parents, Andrew and
Sarah, had a family of fifteen children, thirteen sons and two
daughters. Five of the sons served in the war of the rebellion.
Allen was not among these, owing to ill health. Was married April
13 1869 to Miss Mary C., daughter of Stephen and Mary Davis of
Vinton County Ohio. They were the parents of two children: Louisa
and Frank. Mrs. Morrow died April 22, 1876. Mr. Morrow is a member
in good standing of the Baptist church. He owns an excellent stock
farm of 240 acres, well improved and systematically arranged, with
good house, barn and orchard.
p. 652 White Cloud Township
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Andrew, born February 8, 1814, in Athens county, Ohio. He
went to Jackson county when quite young where he grew to maturity,
and received his education in the pioneer subscription schools of
that county, and, as Mr. Morrow expresses it, "sitting straddle of
a split log." In 1851 he went to Pike county and in 1857 to Page
county, Iowa, remaining there four years and then came to Mills
county. He remained in this county until 1870 and they went to
Cass county, Nebraska. In 1874 he moved to Harrison county, Iowa,
where he now resides. Was married in 1836 to Sarah Dill of Jackson
county, Ohio. Fifteen children were born to them: George, William,
Catharine, John, Thomas, Clinton, Rozelle, Henry, Jane, Benjamin,
Alexander, Samuel, Andrew and Amos.
p. 625 Lyons Township
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George, farmer, section 5, P.O. Pacific Junction; born
January 23, 1837, in Jackson county, Ohio, where he grew to
manhood, and received his education in the common schools. When
twenty years of age he moved with his parents to Iowa and located
in Page county, and resided there four years, and from there came
to this county. He enlisted October 10, 1861, and was mustered
into the service November 17 at Keokuk. He was engaged in the
battles of Shiloh, Corinth, Vicksburg, Atlanta, and all other
minor engagements in which his regiment participated. Was
discharged November 17, 1865. Was married February 11, 1866 to
Miss Mary E. Haynie. They are the parents of four children, three
of whom are now living; Howard, Mary and John. He owns a well
improved farm of two hundred and twenty acres, and is one of the
successful pioneers of Mills County.
p. 625 Lyons Township
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Edwin, grain dealer, Silver City; was born in Summerset
county, Maine, April 20, 1852. He followed the business of lumber
merchant in Summerset and other counties of his native state until
the spring of 1876. He then visited the Black Hills and engaged in
mining, a venture proving very remunerative to him. After a
residence in the Black Hills of some six months, he returned again
to Maine, but after a brief stay went to California. Here he
remained until 1879, engaged in the mercantile business. In
January, 1879, he went to Shenandoah, Iowa and entered the grain
business. In September, of 1880, he came to Silver City, and has
since built up a large business in grain.
p. 697 Ingraham Township
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James P., entered life in Fulton county, Illinois, July
12, 1847. Here he spent the first eighteen years of his youthful
days, during which period he acquired a common school education. In
1865 he removed to Hancock county, Illinois, where he remained
until 1873, which year he sought Iowa as his future home, making a
three year's sojourn in Adams county, where he engaged in the
grocery trade. In the centennial year he moved to Malvern, Iowa,
where he has since resided, continuing the grocery business until
1878, when he sold it out and entered the drug business with C. F.
Goodwin, by purchase of the establishment where they now are.
November 29, 1877, Mr. Munger married Miss Julia A. Newcomb, of
Belfast, Maine. One child, a boy, Curtis B. brightens the parental
home. Mr. Munger received the recognition of his fellow townsmen
by being once elected recorder of the town, and once clerk of the
township. Mr. Munger took a course in the Keokuk Commercial
College, and graduated in 1870, and devoted himself to bookkeeping
until he entered his mercantile pursuits. His perseverance and
industry has secured him success and a comfortable capital in
business.
p. 639 Malvern Township
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Charles, farmer and proprietor of Pleasant Hill nursery,
section 27, P.O. Tabor; born near Hamburg, Germany, December 17,
1820. His parents immigrated to America when he was five years
old, and located in Lorraine county, Ohio, where his youth was
passed attending school and working on a farm. When twenty-one
years of age he learned the trade of a tanner and currier, which
occupation he followed for about fifteen years. He arrived in Iowa
May 28, 1855, and located in Fremont county. In the year following
came to Mills county, and in 1858 settled on the farm where he now
resides. Was married October 23, 1849 to Miss Electa, daughter of
John W. and Alvira Northrop; she was born in Livonia, Ontario
county, New York. They have one child living: Evangeline; and two
deceased. Mr. M. has been several times elected to the various
township offices, which he has filled to the entire satisfaction
of his constituents. He has been a member of the Congregational
church since his arrival in the county. He owns a fine fruit farm
of forty acres, and has now one of the most complete nurseries in
the west. He also owns a good tract of timber land in Lyons
township. (See
Obituary)
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David T., wheelwright, P.O. Hastings; was born June 11,
1829, in Perry county, Ohio, where he learned the trade of his
father, who was a master mechanic. In 1849 he moved to Genoa, Ohio
and engaged in business for himself. July 2, 1852, he married Miss
Emily Beckett, a native of Albemarle county, Virginia, born June
2, 1830. In 1861 he came to Iowa, locating in Clark county, at
Osceola, and four years later to this county, and engaged in
farming, which occupation he still follows. His wife died July 11,
1878, leaving seven children living: William, Elizabeth, Charles,
Addie, Bert, Myrtle M. and Rob Roy. He had married for his second
wife Mrs. Emma A. Stafford, daughter of James A. and Elizabeth
Davis, born in Herefordshire, England, June 21, 1846. The date of
this marriage was January 27, 1881.
p. 716 Indian Creek Township
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| Nellen,
Gerhard, farmer and stock raiser, P.O. Hastings; born in
Germany, September 23, 1842. He was educated in the common schools
of his native land. In 1856 he came to America with his parents,
and located in Minnesota. The years 1862 and 1863 were spent on a
steamboat on the Mississippi river. He was a member of the force
that put down the Indian out-break in Minnesota in 1861. He was a
farmer in Illinois from 1863 until 1869, when he made a journey
through the west. He finally located where he now lives. He was
married August 6, 1873, to Miss Rebecca Crouse, a native of North
Carolina. They are the parents of three children: Nancy Anna, John
H. and Matta A.
p. 703/704 Anderson Township
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| Newman,
G. W., farmer and brick mason, P.O. Henderson; was born
May 27, 1830, in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he served an
apprenticeship in the brick-laying and plastering trades. His
education was received in the common schools. In 1854 he moved to
Ripley county, Indiana, where he married Miss Rebecca J. Kayton,
September 4, 1856. She was born in Indiana, November 21, 1835. He
located where he now resides in 1870 and has his farm under
splendid cultivation. In 1862 he enlisted in the Twenty-ninth
Iowa, and was discharged for disability March 8, 1863. He is the
father of eight children, seven now living as follows: Mary E.,
Anna P., George H., John B., Ada M., Pearley P. and Atta J.
p. 703 Anderson Township
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| Norrell,
George W., farmer, section 13, P.O. Glenwood; born October
31, 1808, in Buckingham county, Virginia, where he grew to manhood
and was educated in the private schools. In 1834 he went to Marion
county, Ohio, and shortly after went to St. Louis county,
Missouri. He resided in various counties of that state and then
came to Mills county. In October, 1852, he entered land in Rawles
township, which was one of the first entries made in the county,
and settled on the farm where he now lives in 1877. Was married
1838, to Miss Luvicy, daughter of Matthew and Luvicy Boyd of
Cooper county, Missouri. they are the parents of ten children,
five of whom are living: Mary, Martha, Thomas B., John and Joseph.
Five are deceased: James, P. J., K. D., George jr., and Mary J.
They are members of the M. E. church, Mr. Norrell having been
church steward and trustee in that denomination. He has held
several township offices with credit to himself. He owns a fine
farm of one hundred and forty acres, with good buildings, orchard
and other substantial improvements.
p. 626/627 Lyons Township
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| Norris,
William, is a native of Hoosierdom, where he first
breathed the breath of mortality, May 22, 1821, in Clay county. At
the age of twelve years he went to LaPorte, Indiana, where he
remained until his twenty-third year, preparing for the battle of
life before him. In 1844 he pushed on westward to Illinois, where
he sojourned until 1871, where he pursued the carpenter trade for
a livelihood. He was first married when but twenty-one years of
age, to Miss Jane Mix, who died in 1848; again, December 25, 1849,
he married Amanda Brock, his present wife. Jackson E. and Ethlena
are the children of this marriage. He has carried on farming since
June 1849; in 1871 he moved to Mills county, Iowa, where he still
continues farming, his farm containing two hundred and fifty-five
acres, all tillable, which he improved to its present condition
with good buildings. In connection with his other farm work, Mr.
N. feeds about one hundred and fifty head of cattle each year.
p. 629/630 Silver Creek Township
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