Page County, Iowa History 1909 Biographicals

(transcribed by Pat O'Dell: genpat@netins.net)

[page 9] C.N. Crain, a successful and enterprising agriculturist and stockraiser of Valley township, is the owner of a well improved and valuable tract of land of three hundred and three acres, known as the Nodaway Valley Stock Farm. His birth occurred in Taylor county, Iowa, on the 12th of April, 1859, his parents being John F. and Margaret (Howard) Crain, the former a native of Missouri and the latter of Indiana. In 1854 they took up their abode in Taylor county, Iowa, where the father purchased land and made his home until called to his final rest in 1871. The mother still lives in that county, having now attained the age of seventy-four years. Unto this worthy couple were born eight children, seven of whom yet survive.

C.N. Crain acquired a common-school education in early life and remained under the parental roof until he had attained the age of twenty-one years. He then secured employment as a farm hand and was thus busily engaged for a period of six years, at the end of which time he rented a tract of land, devoting his attention to its operation for a few years. In 1889 he bought the farm on which he now resides in Valley township, Page county, [page 10] and as the years have gone by has placed many substantial improvements on the property, erecting a commodious and attractive residence, two large barns and all necessary outbuildings for the shelter of grain and stock. His place comprises three hundred and three acres of rich and arable land and is known as the Nodaway Valley Stock Farm. He feeds all of his grain to stock and has met with a gratifying and commendable measure of prosperity in his undertakings, being widely recognized as a substantial and representative citizen of the community.

In 1885 Mr Crain was united in marriage to Miss Nancy C. McKee, native of Scott county, Indiana, and a daughter of William and Martha (Murphy) McKee, the former born in Kentucky and the latter in Indiana. Boh Mr and Mrs McKee have passed away. Mrs Crain was one of a family of seven children and by her marriage has become the mother of six, as follows: Anna B., a graduate of the Hepburn high school, who is now engaged in teaching; John W., who is a graduate of the business college at College Springs, Iowa; James; Ella R.; Charles L.; and Martha M.

Mr Crain casts his ballot in support of the men and measures of the republican party and has served his fellow townsmen in the positions of school director and township trustee. Fraternally he is identified with Modern Woodmen Camp, No. 1785, of Villisca, and with the Odd Fellows Lodge, No 482, at Hepburn, Iowa, in which he has filled all the chairs. His wife is a devoted member of the United Presbyterian church and takes an active and helpful interest in its work. They are people of genuine personal worth and many sterling traits of character and are well known and highly esteemed throughout the community in which they reside.

[page 17] GEORGE W. SCHOLES. George W. Scholes is a well known and worthy representative of the farming interests of Harlan township, now busily engaged in the cultivation and improvement of one hundred and sixty acres of land on section 26. Nearly every state in the Union has furnished its quota of citizens to Iowa and among those sent by Ohio is Mr Scholes, whose birth occurred near Loudonville, on the 7th of July, 1840. He was one of five children born unto Elijah and Caroline (Tracy) Scholes, who were also natives of Ohio. The mother died in that state in 1850 and the father was afterward married in Iowa to Salina Cox. Both died in Harlan township, Page county, Mr Scholes passing away in 1876 at the age of seventy-seven years. He had followed farming throughout his entire life and had thus provided a comfortable living for his family.

By his first marriage he had five children. Benjamin T., now deceased, served in the Twenty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the Civil war. He responded to the country's first call for troops and on the expiration of the three months' term of enlistment was again enrolled as a soldier. He was wounded at the battle of Chickamauga but was not discharged until the close of the war. George W. was the second of the family. John W. was a member of the first Nebraska regiment for three years and then veteranized. He has never been heard from since the war and was reported among the missing. He was probably killed on the frontier for his horse returned with an empty saddle. Francis M. enlisted in Page county as a member of the eighth Iowa Cavalry under Captain Burns and was discharged at the close of the war after having participated in all of the en-[page 18]gagements with his regiment. The daughter of the family, Elizabeth Scholes, became the wife of John A. Brown but is now deceased. The four sons of the family were away to the war at the same time and the parents with difficulty succeeded in keeping up the farm property. In addition to the four brothers, James A. Cox, who had been reared by Mr and Mrs Elijah Scholes, also joined the army, serving with the Third Iowa Cavalry. He, too, is now deceased.

In taking up the personal history of George W. Scholes we present to our readers the life record of one who is widely and favorably known in Page county for he has resided upon his present farm in Harlan township for forty years. He was a youth of eleven years when in 1851 he came to Iowa with his parents, the family home being established in Lee county. Three years later they came to Page county, arriving in 1854, and in 1869 George W. Scholes took up his abode upon the place which he now owns. He was a youth of fourteen when the family came to the county and in the early days he shared in the hardships and privations incident to pioneer life. He can well remember the time when much of the land was uncultivated, being covered with brush or the native prairie grasses. One could ride for miles without coming to a fence or house to impede his progress but with the passing years great changes have been wrought and the county is today thickly settled, while its wild prairie has been made to bloom and blossom as the rose.

Mr Scholes continued in active identification with farming interests until after the outbreak of the Civil war when, feeling that his first duty was to his country, he joined the army as a member of Company A, Eighth Iowa Cavalry, under command of Captain Burns. He was in all of the engagements with his company and was honorably discharged at the close of hostilities. When the war was over he resumed farm work here and in 1869 took up his abode on section 26, Harlan township, where he now owns one hundred and sixty acres of fine land. There are good improvements upon it, all of which were made by Mr Scholes and the substantial buildings are a monument to his thrift and enterprise. He raised both grain and stock and he has recently sunk a coal shaft upon his farm, and has struck a two-foot vein--as large a one as has ever been found in this locality.

Not long after his return from the war Mr Scholes was married to Miss Elizabeth C. Blair, who was born in Indiana, November 4, 1842, and in 1866 was married. She came to this county in 1856 with her parents, Robert and Jane C. Blair. Her father died in Superior, Nebraska, where her mother now resides at the age of eight-six years, making her home with her oldest son. The marriage of Mr and Mrs Scholes has been blessed with seven children: Etna Arminnie, who is now the wife of Harry Wilkie, of Kansas; Jennie Ellen, who is the wife of Samuel Toner, of Harlan township; Eveline C., the wife of J.D. Knowles, of Amity township; Bertha, the wife of Willis Baird, also of Amity township; Mary, at home; Willie, who is living in Amity township; and Elmer, at home.

The family attend the Reformed Presbyterian church, of which Mr Scholes is a devoted and active member. He has served on its board of trus-[page 19]tees for thirty-two consecutive years and take a helpful part in all of the work of the church. His long residence in this county has made him widely known and his sterling qualitities are recognized by all, who have found him honest and diligent in business, loyal in citizenship and faithful in friendship. He is numbered among the honored veterans that Page county sent to the Civil war and is as true to the country today as when he followed the old flag on southern battlefields.

[page 26] Harry Edmond Parslow, a leading attorney of Clarinda, who has practiced continuously since 1879, is a native of Canada, his birth having occurred in Middlesex county, on the 15th of April, 1855. He is the son of Abraham and Hannan (Mahon) Parslow, the former a farmer by occupation. His youthful days were spent in his parents' home, during which time he pursued his education in the public schools and also took a preparatory course. For a year and a half he engaged in teaching school and then came to Iowa, arriving in Clarinda on the 3rd of September, 1875. To provide for his own support he secured a clerkship and was thus connected with mercantile interests in the city until the fall of 1878. In the meantime he had devoted those hours which are usually termed leisure to the study of law and in further preparation for the profession he entered the law [page 27] department of the University of Iowa, where he continued his reading until his admission to the bar in June, 1879. He at once began practice at Clarinda, where he has since remained and his knowledge of the law, combined with his ability to accurately apply its principles, has brought him substantial and gratifying success as a representative of the legal profession. For years he has been local attorney for the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company. He served as city attorney at one time and is also vice president of the Clarinda National bank.

Mr Parslow is not unmindful of his duties of citizenship but takes interest in furthering movements for the public good, his cooperation being always dependent upon whether the general welfare is involved. He acted on the committee on building and grounds of the Clarinda Chautauqua Assembly and was a member of the committee which bought the present site of the public library. He has for years been a member of the executive committee of the Commercial Club, which has done valuable work in furthering the business interests and thereby promoting the general prosperity of the community.

Mr Parslow was united in marriage to Miss Anna Burrows, of Clarinda, a daughter of John P. Burrows, who for some years was a druggist here but is now living retired and makes his home in Los Angeles, California. Unto Mr and Mrs Parslow has been born one child, Dorothy. The parents are prominent socially in Clarinda, the hospitality of the best homes being freely accorded them. Mr Parslow has for a third of a century made his home here and is a man who to know is to respect because of the substantial quality of his leading characteristics. In all of his public and private relations he has merited the esteem which is uniformly given him. He regards a public office as a public trust and at all times holds friendship inviolable.

[page 27] N.P. Damewood. In a history of the agricultural development of Nebraska township and of Page county mention should be made of N.P. Damewood, who for more than half a century has been identified with the farming interests of this part of the state. His home is situated on the county line and comprises one hundred and two acres. That which lies in Page county is on sections 24 and 25, Nebraska township, while twenty-two acres extend across the boundary line into Dallas township, Taylor county.

His life record began in Dubois county, Indiana, November 9, 1852, and in the spring of 1857 he was brought to Iowa by his parents, Isaac and Elizabeth (McFarren) Damewood, who settled in Taylor county. Both the father and mother were natives of east Tennessee, where they were reared and married. They afterward went to Indiana, where two children were born unto them. When they had spent six or eight years in Indiana they determined to seek a home west of the Mississippi and as stated took up their abode in Taylor county. Their last days were spent in Page county [page 28] where the father served as sheriff for eight consecutive years. He died at the age of seventy-seven years and the mother passed away a year later at the age of seventy-five years. They had a large family of thirteen children: F.A., who for the past twenty-seven years has been a railway mail clerk and is living in Nebraska City; E.C., whose home is in Coin, Iowa; J.H., a resident of Clarinda; Nancy, who died unmarried; N.P., of this review; Erastus, who died in childhood; Mrs Sallie Duke, deceased; Bessie, the wife of John Riggle; William, who is living in Wyoming; I.M., of Gravity, Iowa; Carrie, the wife of Wallace Hoskins, of Page county; U.G., a resident of Clarinda; and Minnie, who died in infancy.

When the family came to Iowa they established their home about three miles south of Newmarket but after living there for three years the parents removed to Nebraska township, where N.P. Damewood has resided most of the time since. He has been on this farm for the past twenty-seven years save for a brief period. The place comprises one hundred and two acres of land, all of which is situated on sections 24 and 25, Nebraska township with the exception of twenty-two acres which lie across the boundary line in Dallas township, Taylor county. There are good buildings upon the farm which were erected by Mr Damewood and he is busily employed in tilling the soil and in raising stock. He annually harvests good crops of corn and other cereals and good grades of cattle, horses and hogs are found in his pastures and feed lots.

On the 18th of December, 1876, Mr Damewood was united in marriage to Miss Clara Harrington, who was born in Delaware county, New York, February 27, 1853, and is the daughter of Eli Patton and Phoebe Ann (Olmstead) Harrington, both of whom were natives of New York. During the Civil war the father was a soldier of the Union army for one year, serving in Company H, of the Fifty-first Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He was assigned to duty at St Louis and by reason of his strength was detached for service in the unloading of war vessels. In that work he was exposed to many hardships and to all kinds of inclement weather, and by reason of the fact that he was obliged to work in mud and water he contracted rheumatism and his health became greatly impaired. He never fully recovered and by a year he was honorably discharged. As a result of his military experience he eventually drew the pension of one wholly incapacitated for physical labor. For more than three years prior to his death he was confined to bed as the victim of paralysis. In 1856 he had removed with his family from New York to Knox county, Illinois, and about 1872 arrived in Page county. After living in Clarinda for seven or eight years he removed to Nebraska township, where his remaining days were passed, his death occurring in 1901 when he was seventy years of age, the funeral services being held in the Methodist Episcopal church in Hawleyville, where his remains were interred in the Memory cemetery. He was a man of the strictest integrity of character and left behind him that proudest of achievements--a good name. His widow, who had tenderly cared for him through all the years of his suffering, passed away on May 6, 1904, at the age of seventy years. She was born in Delaware county, New York, March 4, 1834. When she was sixteen years of age she was converted and became a member of the Methodist church and throughout her entire life was a most earnest and consistent Christian. Her remains were interred by the side of her husband in Memory cemetery, and three children were left to mourn her loss: Mrs Damewood; Dr J.S. Harrington, a resident of Kansas City, Missouri; and Luella E., who is now residing with her sister. One child, George L., who was the third member of the family, died at the age of a year and a half. Mr and Mrs Damewood have many friends here and enjoy the hospitality of the best homes, for their many sterling qualities have gained them the warm regard of all with whom they have been brought in contact.

[page 29] S.M. Elrick, Jr., owning and operating a valuable and productive farm of seventy-seven acres in Valley township, was born in Henry county, Illinois, on the 18th of February, 1864, his parents being S.M. and Margaret (Ferlhing) Elrick, both of whom were natives of Pennsylvania. The year 1868 witnessed their arrival in Page county, Iowa, and here they subsequently purchased a tract of land. Both the father and mother still survive, being now residents of Minnesota. Of their family of eleven children, the following are yet living: S.M., of this review; H.C., of New Mexico; F.P., who makes his home in Minnesota; J.C., living in Page county; and H.C., likewise a resident of Minnesota.

S.M. Elrick Jr., attended the common schools in the acquirement of an education and remained at home until he had attained his majority. He then took up veterinary work and successfully devoted his attention to that profession for fifteen years. Subsequently he worked on the railroad for three years and in 1900 purchased his present farm of seventy-seven acres in Valley township, to the cultivation and improvement of which he has since given his time and energies. He has won a gratifying and well merited measure of prosperity in the conduct of his agricultural interests and is widely recognized as one of the successful farmers and representative citizens of the community.

In 1885 Mr Elrick was joined in wedlock to Miss Mary B. Sullivan, a native of Page county, Iowa, and a daughter of Jerry and Sarah (Orphen) Sullivan, both of whom were born in Ireland. They crossed the Atlantic to the United States in 1856 and for a period of six years made their home in Boston, Massachusetts, after which they spent a few years in Canton, Illinois. In 1867 they came to Page county, Iowa, residing here until called to their final rest. Their family numbered thirteen children, nine now living. Unto Mr and Mrs Elrick have been born eight children, as follows: Dora L., the wife of Henry Fastneau, of Page county; Jennie B., who is the wife of Herman Fastneau and also makes her home in [page 30] this county; Irene E., Viola G., Della, Frederick and Wilma G., all at home; and one who died in infancy.

Mr Elrick gives his political allegiance to the republican party and has served in the position of school director, the cause of education ever finding in him a stalwart champion. Fraternally he is identified with the Odd Fellows Lodge, No 482, at Hepburn, in which he has filled all of the chairs. His wife is a devoted and faithful member of the United Brethren church, exemplifying its teachings in her daily life. They are well known socially, and the hospitality of their own pleasant home is greatly enjoyed by an extensive circle of friends.

[page 64] Pleasant Davison was known as an honorable and reliable business man of Page county, closely associated for many years with the agricultural and live stock interests of this part of the state. He was born in Andrew county, Missouri, October 16, 1842, and is a son of Samuel and Mary (Wilson) Davison, natives of Virginia and Tennessee respectively. They lived for some time in Kentucky, where Samuel Davison followed the occupation of farming. On coming westward to Missouri he took up his abode in Andrew county, where he again engaged in general agricultural pursuits and later he bought a farm in Page county, Iowa, near the Missouri line. He then carried on the work of tilling the soil, farming there for several years on two hundred acres of land. He was diligent, energetic and persistent in his business affairs and he continued to engage in general agricultural pursuits until his life's labors were ended in death in 1865. He was twice married and by his first union, had ten children: Wayne, Polly, Pike, Ned, Ann, John, Dan, and three whose names are not remembered. For his second [page 65] wife he chose Mary Wilson and they, too, had a family of ten children: Sallie, Maria, Matilda, Elizabeth, Armina, Margaret, Lemm, Henry, Pleasant and Gould. All are now deceased with the exception of Margaret and Elizabeth. The former is the widow of Jim Crow and resides in Kansas, while the latter is the wife of David Farnes and lives near Decatur, Nebraska. The mother survived her husband for about thirty years and died in 1895, after passing the eightieth milestone on life's journey.

Pleasant Davison was a young lad when he accompanied his parents on their removal from Missouri to Page county and here he attended the district schools, devoting the winter months to the acquirement of an education. In the summer months he assisted his father in the fields and continued to work on the farm until two years after his marriage, which important event in his life occurred April 17, 1867. He then purchased eighty acres of land in East River township, Page county, and made his home thereon for two years, after which he traded that farm for eighty acres in Taylor county, to which he afterward added forty acres. He remained upon that place for about three years and then traded his farm for another six hundred acres in East River township. Of that property his widow still owns about four hundred and fifty acres. Mr Davison died upon that farm on the 12th of September, 1880. He had placed it under a high state of cultivation and made many substantial improvements thereon and in addition to tilling the soil he became well known as a buyer, feeder and shipper of cattle and horses. He raised many fine race horses and his stock was well known.

As stated, Mr Davison was married April 17, 1867, the lady of his choice being Miss Margaret Jane Ferguson, of Missouri, a daughter of William Henry and Nancy (Dyche) Ferguson, natives of Virginia and of Tennessee respectively. Her parents were married, however, in Andrew county, Missouri, where her father engaged in farming for several years and then removed to Taylor county, Iowa, where he also tilled the soil. About the time of the Civil war he went across the plains with oxteams to Oregon, remaining for a year, after which he sold his oxteams, bought ponies and returned to Taylor county, where he invested in a farm. At length, however, he sold his land in Taylor county and bought a farm in Missouri, where he lived for three years, after which he removed to East River township in Page county, where he bought forty acres. Later he sold that property and invested in eighty acres in Gentry county, Missouri. He had been on that land but three weeks when in 1878 his death occurred. His widow subsequently lived with her children and died near Clearmont, Missouri, in 1884. They were both consistent members of the Church of God and Mr Ferguson was a democrat in his political faith and served as the first county attorney of Taylor county.

Unto Mr and Mrs Davison were born nine children: Charles, now living in Buchanan township, married Miss Clara Brooks, and they have three living sons, Merrill, Wilbur and Roy, while two children, Bulah Fay and Verner Pleasant are deceased. Of these Merrill wedded Golda Hamm and is living in Buchanan township. Wilbur married Dora Baker and resides in [page 66] Harlan township. Edward Davison, the second son of Mr and Mrs Pleasant Davison, now lives in Nodaway township near Clarinda. He married Emma C. Nicholson and they have one daughter, Jennie, now the wife of George Mathis, of East River township. Allen, a resident of Clarinda, married Minie Rose Brooks and they have one daughter, Essie Pearl, who is a student in Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois. Clark, who follows farming in East River township, married Vadia Roush and they have three living children: Delbert, who is attending school at College Springs, Iowa; Darrell; and Nine Ellen. They also lost one child in infancy. Henry, the fifth member of the Davison family, is deceased. Lawrence, who lives in East River township, and is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, married Elizabeth Reiners, who died leaving a daughter, Letha Lorene, while a son of that marriage, Lowell Raymond, is deceased. After the death of his first wife Lawrence Davison married Estella White and they have one son, Donald. Another child, Lane, born of that marriage, is deceased. Clara, the eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Pleasant Davison, is now the wife of L.E. Nelson, who served in the Philippines with Company M of the Fifty-first Iowa Militia, doing active duty for nineteen months, after which he was discharged in San Francisco, November 6, 1899. He is engaged in the butchering business. Unto Mr and Mrs Nelson have been born two children: Charles Elmer and Edward Walker, who are with their parents in Clarinda. Jennie, the next member of the family, is the wife of Benjamin Dow, of East River township, and they have four children: Berla, Clyde, Farrel and Bulah Margaret. Harry, living in Clarinda, completes the family.

In his political views Mr Davison was a stalwart republican and served on the village board. He was also a member of the Masonic fraternity and was a highly respected citizen. In all his business relations he was found to be thoroughly reliable as well as enterprising and progressive and his success is attributed as much to his probity as to his careful management. After her husband's demise Mrs Davison continued to reside on the East River township farm for ten years and thence came to Clarinda, where she bought a fine residence. She also owns other town property, her husband having left her in very comfortable financial circumstances. She is a member of the Rebekah lodge and is a lady of social nature, and her many good qualities have given her a firm hold on the affections of those who know her.

[page 066] Benjamin L. Welch, who is engaged in general farming in Nebraska and Nodaway townships, where he owns and cultivates two hundred acres of land, of which one hundred and forty acres lie on section 35 in the home farm, is numbered among the native sons of the county, his birth having occurred August 22, 1874, in the township where he yet makes his home. He [page 067] is the son of Benjamin B. and Elizabeth (Lampton) Welch, who are residing as neighbors to their son Benjamin. Their family numbered five children: Julia, who is the wife of Philip Weaver, a resident farmer of Nebraska township; Mary, at home; Benjamin L.; Nora, the wife of James Martindale, a resident of Clarinda; and Ermina, the wife of Ralph Hafer of Idaho.

Under the parents roof Benjamin L. Welch spent the days of his boyhood and youth. He acquired his education in the public schools and in the summer seasons aided more and more largely in the work of the fields as his age and strength increased. His thorough and practical home training well qualified him to begin farming on his own account after he had attained his majority, and he is now busily and successfully engaged in the cultivation and improvement of one hundred and sixty acres of rich and arable land in Nebraska and Nodaway townships. Here he carries on general farming and stock raising and the carefully tilled fields return golden harvests. He handles considerable live stock each year and find it a source of profitable income. He has good buildings upon the place and that he is a most progressive and active young farmer is indicated by the fact that in 1908 he raised nine thousand bushels of corn.

On the 21st of January, 1902, Mr Welch was united in marriage to Miss Mary Meads, who was born in southern Missouri, March 9, 1880, and is a daughter of Elias and Lucinda (Duncan) Meads. The father still resides in this county, but the mother has passed away. Four children have been born unto Mr and Mrs Welch: Elizabeth, Lucile, Louis and Minnie. The parents are well known in their part of the county where they have many friends and where the hospitality of the best homes is freely accorded them. Mr Welch rates with the progressive young farmers of the community and is making steady advancement in the business world.

[page 069] John P. Peterman, who is engaged in the cultivation of a farm of one hundred and fifty acres on section 13, East River township, has resided in that township for thirty-five years. He was born in Crawford county, Ohio, September 16, 1852, and in the spring of 1854 was brought to Taylor county by his parents, Jacob and Mary Ann (Corman) Peterman, who were natives of Pennsylvania, where they were married, removing thence to Ohio. Subsequently they became residents of Iowa as previously stated, and the mother died in Taylor county, while the father passed away in Page county. He devoted his entire life to farming and thus provided a comfortable living for his family. Unto them were born thirteen children: Mrs Ann Elizabeth Evans, who is now deceased; Mrs Emeline Heller who has also passed away; Violet, deceased; William, who is living in Bedford, Iowa; Violet, who died in infancy; Mrs Henrietta Devlin, who has departed this life; George, who died in infancy; Mrs Eliza McClancy, deceased; Amanda, Mathew S. and David, who are also deceased; Jacob living in Taylor county; and John P.

Taylor county was still a pioneer district when the Peterman family arrived within its borders. It was situated on the western frontier and the work of improvement and progress was scarcely begun and as the years passed important changes were wrought, transforming the wild prairie into richly cultivated fields. John P. Peterman, since coming to the state, has resided in Taylor and Page counties near the county line. He was with his parents until his marriage and then went to a home of his own. He has lived in East River township for thirty-five years and is now busily occupied with the care of his farm of one hundred and fifty acres, which is situated on section 13. There are good buildings upon the place and his attention is devoted to the cultivation of corn, wheat and oats. He also raises good grades of stock and altogether has a modern farm property.

On the 22d of December, 1877, Mr Peterman was united in marriage to Miss Mary Delila Scarlett, who was born May 6, 1855, in Taylor county, Iowa, about three miles east of her present home. She is a daughter of Harlan and Mary (Pace) Scarlett, who were pioneer settlers of western Iowa, coming to this state from Indiana. The mother died here, while the father passed away in Atchison, Kansas. He served as a soldier of the Civil War, enlisting from Page county for three years. while he was absent at the front Indians would sometimes call at the pioneer home of the family and beg, Mrs Peterman well remembering such occurrences. She was one of a family of six children and by her marriage has become the mother of eight children: Bertie Ellsworth, who is a farmer living in East River township; John Edward, at home; Merrill, who is following farming in East River township; Myrtle, the wife of George Yearous, of South Dakota, Corda, Harlan, Tamar and Elmo, all yet at home.

In his political views Mr Peterman is a republican who gives stalwart support to the principles of the party. He has served as a school officer but otherwise has never accepted positions of public preferment. He belongs to the Christian church of Newmarket, in the work of which he takes an active and helpful part. His many sterling traits of character have gained him the high regard of all who know him, while his business ability and undaunted enterprise have won for him substantial success, making him one of the progressive farmers of the community.