Mr. EDIE was born in Lewis County, New York, November 29, 1838. His father, William EDIE, was born in New York state, of German extraction, and his mother was nee Onor HINKSTON, also a native of New York. When William S. was a lad of eight years, his parents moved to Lake County, Illinois, near Wukegan. The father improved two farms in that county and died there at the age of forty-six years. Mr. Edie's mother is now eighty years old and is a resident of Waukegan. They reared three children, viz.: Sarah SANDERS of Friend, Nebraska; William S., the subject of this sketch, and Marcellus Brenton, who died in Ohio. The father was a cooper by trade, but a farmer the greater part of his life. He also worked some at the carpenter's trade, being a natural mechanic. Politically, he was a Democrat and religiously a Baptist.

William S. was reared on his father's farm in Lake County and educated in the public schools. During the great Rebellion, he enlisted in 1864 in Company D, One Hundred and Forty-Sixth Illinois Infantry and served to the close of the war. When the conflict ended, he returned to Lake County and remained there until 1873. In that year, he came to Iowa and settled in Center Township, Pottawattamie County. He bought his present farm of 110 acres, which at that time was wild prairie land. It is now under a good state of cultivation, and is devoted to general farming and stock raising. Mr. EDIE has a comfortable frame house, good barn, other suitable out-buildings, and a thrifty orchard. A modern wind-mill furnishes the power by which water is forced through pipes to the barn and feedlots, a distance of 550 feet. In fact, everything about the place indicates the prosperous and enterprising farmer.

Mr. EDIE has been twice married. He first wedded Miss Lotta SYNN in Lake County, Illinois, March 2, 1874. She was a daughter of Abram SYNN. By her he had three children: Jay Sylvester, Monning Abram, and Cora Louisa. Mrs. EDIE died March 21, 1881. February 12, 1885, Mr. EDIE married Miss Nannie CAHOON, an intelligent and refined lady and a native of Gallia County, Ohio. Her father, William C. CAHOON was born in New Jersey and her mother, Eveline WOOD, in Virginia.

Mr. EDIE is one of the leading Republicans in the county. At present, he is serving as Township Trustee of Center Township. He is a charter member of Robert Provard Post, No. 414, of Carson. He is also a member of the I.O.O.F. Lodge No. 444 of Carson. Both he and his wife are members of the Methodist Eiscopal Church. Mr. EDIE is a gentleman well informed on all general topics, and takes a deep interest in educational and religious matters.

Joel ELLIS remained at home with his parents to the age of twenty-one years, making the best of his meager educational advantages. Naturally possessing good business qualifications, he soon advanced to the front among businessmen. He built three large warehouses on the banks of the St. Joseph River at the mouth of the Elkhart, and established and operated a barge or flat-boat line for the transportation of goods to Lake Michigan, practically enjoying a monopoly until the building of the Michigan Southern & Northern Indiana Railroad, now the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern. He accumulated a fortune, sold out his business and purchased a section of land (640 acres) and commenced farming on a large scale and in a scientific manner. In 1868 he sold his farm, moved to the village of Elkhart and engaged in the rearing of fine horses. He bred the horse Edward, which was afterward sold to Worth of New York, who drove him in harness with Dick Swiveler. They made the extraordinary low record of 2:12. Mr. ELLIS was a strong Abolitionist during the days of slavery, being a conductor on the underground railway. He died at his home in Elkhart, July 23, 1890, as the remote result of la grippe.

The mother of Mr. M. P. ELLIS was born in Erie County, Pennsylvania, now the only surviving child of Cyrus and Catherine (HOLCOMB) BAILEY. Her parents died when she was about sixteen years of age, and a year afterward she married. She is still living on the old homestead, a zealous and consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Mr. ELLIS, the subject of this sketch, at the age of seventeen years entered the employ of Hill & Kelly, druggists at Elkhart, and by strict attention to business, he became proficient. In 1882 he went to Fairbury, Nebraska, where he entered the employ of Hinkle, Carr & Co., druggists. By the observance of rigid economy,, he managed to save means enough to buy a piece of land in Jefferson County, Nebraska, which increased rapidly in value and finally he sold it. He invested the proceeds in commercial paper, which also proved a profitable venture. Hinkle, Carr & Co. sold out, and Mr. ELLIS, in looking for a place to establish a store, came to Council Bluffs and was offered a position by the Foster Brothers, wholesale and retail druggists. Accepting the place, he remained with them until the winter of 1887, when he formed a partnership with J. H. Camp, under the firm name of CAMP & ELLIS, 556 Broadway. In September 1889, he bought out his partner and since then has continued in the business alone. Mr. ELLIS is an example of what a young man may accomplish by strict attention to business and adhering to the principles of honesty and integrity. Step by step he has ascended the rounds of the ladder, and though young in years, he ranks among the leading businessmen of the city. In politics he is a Democrat.

September 10, 1889, he married Mrs. Alice WILSON of Council Bluffs, and they have one child. Mrs. Ellis' parents were W.H. and Matilda (THOMPSON) MURLIN, who had six children: Elvira, James, Alice (born January 11, 1855), Allie G., Edgar E., and Herbie; all of them are now deceased excepting Mrs. ELLIS and Edgar E., the latter of whom now resides in Denver, Colorado. Mr. MURLIN was born in Hardin County, Kentucky, remotely of German ancestry; and when he was sixteen years of age, his parents moved with him to Mercer County, Ohio, settling near Salina. February 10, 1850, he married and took his bride, in company with a number of young associates and their families, and in three weeks arrived at Vinton, Iowa, their destination, which then contained but a dozen houses. To this place his uncle, James THOMPSON, had preceded him the year before; and his second born, Eva, was the first white child born in Hampton, whither he had moved from Vinton.

Mr. MURLIN was successfully engaged in the grain business for many years, hauling his grain in wagons to the Mississippi River and unloading it into boats. September 10, 1862, he enlisted in Company A, 28th Iowa Infantry, and during his service, which was under GRANT, MCCLELLAN and BANKS, he was promoted first to the rank of First Sergeant and afterward to that of Second Lieutenant. He was with BANKS in the Red River expedition. He was a valiant soldier, engaging in many hard-fought battles, and was honorably discharged at Savannah, Georgia, July 21, 1865. After returning he was out one day with a hunting party and accidentally received a wound, from the effect of which he ultimately died, September 14, 1865 at Vinton. Matilda THOMPSON was born at Springfield, Ohio, September 28, 1832, the ninth in a family of thirteen children of James and Mary (McINTYRE) THOMPSON. Their children were: Lucinda, Samuel, Elizabeth, Edward, Mary, Jane, James, Eleanor, Matilda, Andrew, Alvina, Louisa, Martha and Kate. William THOMPSON, father of James, was born in Ireland in 1762; came to America in 1774 and settled near Carlisle, Pennsylvania. After her husband's death, Matilda THOMPSON was left with comparatively little means to educate and bring up her children. Through the dishonesty of a partner of her husband lost nearly all of the accumulations of years; but with a brave heart and a mother's devotion and love, she undertook the battles of life alone. After remaining at Vinton about four years, she moved to Oskaloosa, where resided her brother, Samuel THOMPSON, County Judge, to educate her children, and nine years afterward, she came to Council Bluffs.

J. C. ELSWICK of section 36, Carson Township, is one of the enterprising and successful citizens of the county, and one who has been a resident of Pottawattamie County all his life. He was born in Grove Township, January 18, 1859, the son of William ELSWICK, who was born in Rush County, Indiana, about 1826. He was the son of Andrew ELSWICK, of German descent, and Elizabeth (CASTLE) ELSWICK. The father was reared in Rush County, Indiana, and came to Iowa some years before his marriage. He was among the early pioneers of Monroe County, Iowa. In 1851, he was married to Martha S. SAGERS, who was born in Bourbon County, Kentucky, March 4, 1833, the daughter of Henry SAGERS, a native of Pennsylvania. The same year they were married, they came to Pottawattamie County, with an ox team. They had a serious time crossing the sloughs, rivers and streams. They settled in Grove Township, where Mr. ELSWICK resided until his death. In 1859 he went to Pike's Peak but returned the same year. He died in March 1861. Politically he was a Democrat and had served as member of Pottawattamie's first Board of Supervisors. He left a widow, three sons and one daughter; his three sons, Marshall, Marion, and John C., our subject, reside in Carson Township; and his daughter, Arabelle, is the wife of Charles CLISE of Atlantic, Iowa. Mrs. ELSWICK was married to O. P. MACE, March 29, 1864.

J. C. ELSWICK was reared at farm work in the early days of Pottawattamie County. Arriving at the age of majority, he went to Colorado in 1880 where he spent three years engaged in mining. He was successful and after he returned to this county, he purchased his present farm of eighty acres. Its improvements consisted mostly in the land being broken out and one crop had been raised on it. All the buildings Mr. ELSWICK has since erected. Everything about the ELSWICK farm shows the thrift of the proprietor.

He was married February 22, 1883, in this county, to Miss Rhoda DURHAM, a daughter of William DURHAM, a prominent and well known citizen of Carson Township, whose sketch appears on another page. Mr. ELSWICK and wife have three children: Ira Carl, Mabel G., and Ethelinda M. Politically Mr. ELSWICK is a Democrat and is a member of the I.O.O.F. Lodge No. 444 of Carson Township. Both he and his wife are members of the Church of Christ.

Solomon ERNEST was 7 years of age when, in 1839, his parents removed to Fayette Co, Illinois, where they resided until their death, the father dying in 1872 at the age of over 60 years; the mother in 1855. The father was a farmer all his life; politically he was a Democrat. Both parents were members of the Christian Church. They reared three sons and four daughters. Solomon ERNEST, the second son and third child, was reared on a farm and received his education in the Fayette Co public schools. He resided in that county 7 years, and then removed to Olmstead Co, Minnesota, settling near Rochester. He resided in that state 11 years, and in 1873 came to Pottawattamie Co, first settling in Washington Township and afterward removed to Silver Creek Township, where he resided four years. In 1880 he bought wild land where he now resides, and the next year improved it. Mr. ERNEST now owns 200 acres in Washington Township and 73 acres in Belknap Township, which is just across the highway. He has a comfortable frame residence, 16 X 24 feet and one and a half stories high, situated on a natural building site, and surrounded by a grove and orchard of two acres.

Mr. ERNEST was married April 6, 1856, in Fayette Co, Illinois, to Miss Isabelle E. LEE, a woman of intelligence and education, who was born in that county April 17, 1839, and was a daughter of Harvey LEE, a native of New York state and a son of Abijah LEE. They were of a patriotic family, several members of the family having fought in the Revolutionary War. The mother of Mrs. Ernest was Elizabeth (NESBITT) LEE, a native of Dixon co, Tennessee, and a daughter of Joseph and Isabelle (HARPER) NESBITT. The parents were married in Fayette Co, near Vandalia, Illinois, where the mother was reared and educated. The father died when Mrs. Ernest was 9 years of age, and the mother died in 1878 at the age of 66 years. She was a member of the Christian Church. The father was a carpenter by trade, although he was engaged in farming for many years; in politics he was a Whig. They had a family of 8 children, three sons and five daughters.

Mr. and Mrs. ERNEST have four children, viz.: Henrietta, wife of George DARRYMPLE of Washington Township, and they are the parents of four children; Marilla, wife of Simon FINLEY of Fillmore Co, Minnesota, and they are the parents of five children; Abijah B., at home; Florence, wife of George W. KILLION, of Washington Township, and they have two children. They have lost two by death -- Abner, a young man of 28 years; and Ella, wife of John M. KILLION, at the age of 19 years. Mr. and Mrs. ERNEST are members of the Christian Church; they were reared that way and have not departed from the teachings of their youth. Two of their daughters have been workers in the Sabbath school. In politics, Mr. ERNEST is a Democrat. He was rocked in a Democratic cradle, and has always stood by that party. He is well known in the community where he resides, is honorable in all his dealings, and is numbered among the solid men of the township.

He was married in Pottawattamie County, October 10, 1866, to Miss Sarah REECE, who was born in Wales, the daughter of John and Mary (DAVIS) REECE, also natives of Wales. The father died in Council Bluffs in 1875 and the mother in Garner Township in 1866. Mr. And Mrs. EVANS have six children, viz.: Mary, wife of William STRANG of Council Bluffs; Margaret; Francis; Sadie; John; and Eva. The family are members of the Reorganized Church of the Latter Day Saints, of which Mr. EVANS is a Priest.

Evans, Joseph


JOSEPH EVANS, residing on section 6, Garner Township, is a well known settler of Pottawattamie County. He came to this country in 1856, where he has since made his home. He was born in Wales, July 4, 1848, the son of Evan and Mary (James) Evans, both natives of Wales. The parents reared a family of three children: David Evans, residing in Vail, Crawford County; John, residing in Garner Township; and Joseph, our subject. The father lived in this country until his death, which occurred in 1865, and the mother now lives in a house adjoining her son, Joseph, at the age of seventy five years. She was again married in 1866 to F. D. Piddington, who was born in England, and died in October 1888. She is a member of the Reorganized Church of the Latter Day Saints. Her first husband was an elder in the Mormon Church, but later belonged to the Latter Day Saints.

Joseph Evans, our subject, was a lad of nine years when his parents sailed from Liverpool to New York, then came to Iowa City and from there by hand-carts to Council Bluffs. He received his education in Pottawattamie County, and was reared to farm life. Arriving at the age of manhood, he was married in Council Bluffs on October 26, 1866, to Miss Jane Reese, who was born in Wales, the daughter of John and Mary (Davis) Reese. She came to Ohio when a girl of twelve years. The parents came to Pottawattamie County about 1856. The father lived in Council Bluffs until his death in 1875, and the mother died in Garner Township in 1886. Mrs. Evans has one sister in Garner Township, Sarah, the wife of John Evans; and one in Salt Lake, Anna, wife of James Obint. Mr. Evans settled on his present farm in 1878 when it was wild land, but which he has since improved. He now owns sixty-six acres of land, and is engaged in general farming and stock raising. Mr. Evans is a Democrat politically, and is one of the enterprising and respected citizens of this county. Mr. And Mrs. Evans have five children, viz.: William, David, Rosa, Candace and Minnie J. They have lost seven by death in childhood.

Note to ROOSA researchers: This surname, while spelled ROSSA in the 1891 book, is actually ROOSA. Arie Roosa was an early settler in Rhinebeck, Dutchess Co., NY, and was granted a land patent there in 1688, along with Gerret Aertsen Van Wagenen, Jan Elton, Hendrick Kip, and Jacob Kip, all then residents of Ulster County. More information on these early Holland Dutch settlers is found in the book Dutch Houses In The Hudson Valley Before 1776, by Helen Wilkinson Reynolds, pub. 1929. Also see Hazel Dell Cemetery burials for this family.

His father, Hon. James EVANS, was born in Alabama, in 1799, and married Miss Pheriba ELAM in 1820, and in 1826 emigrated to Illinois, settling upon a farm three miles east of Jacksonville. Being a man of superior intelligence and executive ability, he soon became an important factor in affairs of state, being a member of the First State Constitutional Convention of Illinois, and a Senator of the first State Legislature at Vandalia. On the outbreak of the Black Hawk war, he was commissioned Colonel by the President of the United States, and served in that capacity until the Indians were driven from the state. A portion of that time, his headquarters were at Fort Dearborn, now the business center of Chicago. He was subsequently appointed Register of the United States Land Office at Galena, for the northern half of the State of Illinois, in 1836, by President JACKSON. On account of exposures in the Black Hawk War, he contracted rheumatism, and finally pulmonary consumption, of which he died in August 1837.

During his residence near Jacksonville, Stephen A. DOUGLAS taught school in a log schoolhouse nearby, the only kind of schoolhouse in fashion in those days, and made his home at Colonel Evans' to whom he afterward attributed his start in political life; for it was through Colonel Evans' influence in the Legislature that he secured the appointment of Prosecuting Attorney for Jacksonville and the Springfield District. Colonel EVANS was associated with such men as the Hon. Ninian EDWARDS and Joseph DUNCAN, first state Governors, Murray McCONNELL, Colonel WEATHERFORD, Stephen A. DOUGLAS, Abraham LINCOLN, etc. Colonel EVANS and wife were members of the Presbyterian Church. Of their ten children, four are still living: William, in Chicago; J. F. in Council Bluffs; Mrs. David RICHIE, in LaSalle, Illinois, and the subject of this sketch.

In December 1863, Mr. T. J. EVANS, our present subject, married Augusta A. MUNGER of Davenport, Iowa. Four children have been born to them: Clarence (dead); Clara, Thomas J. Jr., and Harry, aged respectively seventeen, fourteen, and ten years. In 1867 he came to Council Bluffs, where he has since been actively engaged in business, in lumber, grain, milling, banking, real estate, bridge and railway enterprises, etc. He was the promoter of and organized the Omaha & Council Bluffs Railway & Bridge Company, of which he was managing director during the construction and equipment of the bridge and railway, giving it his personal attention from the inception of the enterprise to its final completion; assuming the office of a politician in conducting the election, and in obtaining a tax to aid the enterprise; with the City Council in obtaining franchises of streets, and in lobbying with Congress in securing a charter; engineering, in making surveys, soundings of the Missouri River bed and making plans and specifications for the bridge, approaches, roadway and buildings; builder, in superintending the construction and building of the bridge, railway and buildings; electrician, in drafting specifications, directing and superintending the construction and equipment of a model electric railway; business manager, by making economical contracts and purchases of all materials going into the building and equipping of the bridge, railway, buildings, cars and machinery. He introduced to the public the first complete and practical electric railway built in the United States, making a grand success of the enterprise, both practically and financially.

In 1888 he procured a franchise from the city of Ottawa, Illinois, for the construction of an electric street railway in that city, and during the succeeding year he, with associates, built and equipped a line nearly ten miles in length, the first electric street railway built and operated in Illinois. He is still a large stockholder in both enterprises.

He has always been at the front in assisting public enterprises tending to building up Council Bluffs, and has demonstrated that he has a keen insight into human nature, and the practical character of proposed enterprises. He is progressive, energetic, liberal and generous. He is strictly temperate, a supporter of morality and good government, though not a member of any church. He is a generous supporter of religious institutions, generally. He is a stanch Republican, but no office seeker, having no ambition for holding office. By the exercise of strict business principles, untiring energy, industry and good judgment, he has accumulated a comfortable fortune.

Horace EVERETT, the subject of this sketch, was born at Windsor, Vermont, February 8, 1819. With the keen desire that the parents of that day had "that their children should be brought up to learning," he was sent at the early age of 8 years to the Kimball Union Academy in Meriden, New Hampshire. When 14 years of age, he entered the University of Vermont at Burlington, and graduated therefrom in 1837. After graduation he spent two years in the study of law under his distinguished father, and was admitted to the bar. In 1841 he decided to seek a wider field for his talents, and settled in Gainesville, Alabama, where he practiced in the courts of that State and Mississippi, for 15 years. In 1851 he was married to Mary LEONARD, daughter of JUDGE Abiel LEONARD of the Supreme Court of Missouri, also a descendant of SIR John LEVERETT. In 1855 Mr. Everett settled in Council Bluffs, where he resided at the time of his death and with whose best interests he was ever identified. He was appointed by President Lincoln to the responsible position of Collector of Internal Revenue for the 5th District of Iowa, embracing all southwestern Iowa. He served one term as member of the city council, but so distasteful to him were the petty annoyances of the office, he declined a re-election. He was one of the trustees of the Fairview Cemetery Association, had been its president ever since its organization, and to his taste and wise forethought was due the selection of the romantic and beautiful site it now occupies.

His interest in the cause of education was great. He was twice elected by the Legislature as one of the Regents of the State University in Iowa City, and was regarded as one of the most zealous and efficient members of that board. Mr. Everett had a remarkable literary ability, his private and business letters show a decided genius for composition. It is to be hoped that a collection of his letters may be published. He repeatedly interested himself to have the Legislature abolish corporal punishment in the schools of the State, considering the use of the rod on little children as barbarous and cruel. Mr. EVERETT was a member of the Episcopal Church and had been a member of the vestry of St. Paul's Church since the organization of the parish. To his long continued benefactions during all the years of his residence in Council Bluffs, the church owes much of its present success. Always a liberal giver to every worthy object, he was sadly missed in the two institutions in which he took a special interest, the church and the public library; of the latter he was really the founder and was the president of the board of trustees at the time of his death.

While Mr. EVERETT was a successful and practical man of affairs, yet his tastes and pleasures were those of a scholar. He enjoyed poetry and literature, and only those who knew him intimately realized how largely sentiment and imagination characterized his mind. In every enterprise relating to the welfare of Council Bluffs he was an active factor. He was one of the men to whose zeal the city was indebted for the location of the terminus of the Union Pacific Railroad. A lifetime Whig and Republican and strong Union man, always an advocate of the emancipation of the negro, he sacrificed large property interest in the South rather than remain where free speech was denied him. Mr. EVERETT was a devoted lover of nature; he never tired of the beautiful scenery of the Missouri River bluffs and the prairies bordering on them, and was never happier than when rusticating on his large "Highland" farm of 4,000 acres near Council Bluffs, where under his person supervision were planted 100 acres of forest trees and forty acres of apple orchards. He had the pleasure of gathering nuts from his walnut groves and of seeing his orchards red with apples. The trees planted by himself in front of his residence are now four feet in diameter and seventy feet in height. Mr. EVERETT retained to the last a warm place in his heart for his birthplace "delightful Windsor," as he called it. He never looked upon a Vermonter as a stranger, and never forgot the hills, brooks or mountains of his native State. He was not willing that the old homestead, situated on the banks of the beautiful Connecticut River, should ever pass into the hands of strangers; so early in life he purchased the interest of the other members of the family, and made provision in his will for retaining this beloved old home in the family.

Mr. EVERETT's great interest in everything that related to the early history of the country and his zeal and enthusiasm in the collection and preservation of manuscript and books led to his appointment as trustee of the Iowa Historical Society. Mr. EVERETT's private library was a very large and well selected one. His collection of rare old books was complete and interesting. He took great care of all interesting papers and manuscripts which came into his possession and has preserved many autograph letters of great value. Mr. EVERETT was a man of unfailing courtesy, great dignity and beautiful refinement, one of the most sympathetic of men, but of a retiring nature and wholly unambitious of public life, preferring the quiet comfort of home and society of his family and books. Exemplary in all the relations of private life, genial, benevolent and hospitable, he was tenderly beloved by his family and friends, and honored by the esteem of all who knew him. He was in failing health for a year previous to his death, and was stricken with paralysis on the 30th day of September, rendered almost helpless thereby, but lived until the 3d day of November, 1890, tenderly and assiduously ministered to by his devoted family until the end. When the appointed time came he had passed to that world where there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying nor any ore pain. He was buried in the family grounds in Fairview Cemetery beneath the beautiful elms he had so carefully planted and cared for. Mr. EVERETT left surviving him of his family his widow, Mrs. Mary L. EVERETT, his sons, Leonard, Torrey, and Edward, and his daughter Ada, wife of Prof. J.A. L. Waddell of Kansas City, Missouri.

LEONARD EVERETT, a lawyer, and one of the large land-owners of western Iowa, was born in Gainesville, Alabama, June 27, 1853. His parents, Hon. Horace EVERETT and Mary L. EVERETT, made their home in Council Bluffs in the year 1855. A sketch of the life of Hon. Horace EVERETT will be found in this volume.

On his maternal grandfather's side, Mr. Leonard EVERETT is a direct descendant of the LEONARDS of Taunton, Massachusetts, one of the prominent families of the early settlement of New England, and in the Revolutionary struggle. His maternal grandmother was a daughter of Colonel Benjamin REEVES, of Howard County, Missouri. Mr. EVERETT's early studies were in the public schools of Council Bluffs. In 1868 and 69 for one year, he attended the Cheshire Academy, near New Haven Connecticut, where he prepared for college. For one year, Mr. EVERETT was a student of Dartmouth College, New Hampshire. For three years he studies at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, and graduated in the class of 1873.

Returning home, Mr. EVERETT read law in the office of his father and was admitted to the bar in 1876. Mr. EVERETT has made a specialty of the study of titles and real-estate law. His experience in the management of his father's large landed estate has been of great practical benefit in his chosen branch of the law. Mr. EVERETT is now recognized as one of the leading lawyers in western Iowa, upon all matters appertaining to land or land titles.

For many years, Mr. EVERETT has taken an active interest in farming and the cause of the farmers. He has always been a sincere and earnest Republican, but has not hesitated to oppose and denounce the railroad wing of the party. In 1889, without solicitation on his part, and while he was absent in Washington, Mr. EVERETT was elected, by a large majority, Alderman from the Fourth Ward. Although the only Republican in the Council, he was elected President of the Board of Aldermen. Mr. EVERETT declined a renomination. He is now a member of the Board of Library Trustees and President of the Fairview Cemetery Association. He enjoys the confidence and respect of the public, and takes a zealous interest in the welfare of the community.

Mr. EVERSON was married at Kirkville to Miss Polly Ann LEE, who was born in Mahaska County, Iowa, the daughter of Marshall, a native of this state. They have five children: Harvey E., Irwin W., Rosaltha, Minnie and Gertie. Politically Mr. EVERSON is a Republican and is at present Township Trustee, serving to the best interest of his party. Mrs. EVERSON is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

The Exchange Bank has always been a very conservative institution, and since it has been owned by Mr. HENRY, the charge to the loss account has been so small as not to be worth mentioning. The businessmen of Walnut and surrounding farmers may well feel confidence in this stable institution. This bank is equipped with the best modern appliances against fire and burglars, having one of Hall's safes and time locks on a burglar-proof chest, and further secured by a fire-proof vault. This makes it one of the safety institutions in the county.

JAMES H. HENRY, president of this institution, was born at Sturgis, Michigan, in 1845. He received a good education and was one of those men who, when the great Civil War broke out, did not shrink from the call of duty but enlisted and served through all that great struggle, which will make his name remembered by his descendants for generations to come. After the War, Mr. HENRY engaged in the lumber trade at Blairstown, Iowa, and did a successful business.

He married in 1871, Miss Emma EDSON, and they are the parents of four children: William, Angelina (deceased February 13, 1887, at the age of nine years and eleven months), Bessie, and Joe E.

In 1875, Mr. HENRY came to Walnut and engaged in the grain and lumber trade and did a good business until 1875, when he went to Chicago and built a large elevator and carried on extensive grain operations, in connection with his brother William C., under the firm name of Henry Brothers. In November 1880, he sold out his business and came to Walnut and bought the Exchange Bank of Walnut, the history of which is given above.

January 1, 1888, Mr. HENRY, with the view of educating his children and for the benefit of the climate, went to California and settled at San Jose, where he rested from his labors for two years. Turning there his attention to public improvements, he purchased the old horse-car line and franchise on the famous Alameda and established an electric railway system, the first in the state of California, which is a complete success. During the past winter, he bought the principal street railway in the city of Sacramento, and changed the system from mule propulsion to electric, being the second successful electric road in the Golden State. Mr. HENRY is an able financier, a man of wide business experiences, perfect integrity and broad views. He is a man who commands the respect of all who know him and is an American citizen whose word is valued as highly as his bond. His reputation as an honorable businessman is unsullied and extends as far as mercantile records are used.

Socially, he is a Mason, being a member of San Jose Lodge No. 10. His liberality of sentiment is shown by the fact that he has always been in favor of public liberty, and a stanch supporter of that great party whose watchword is the greatest liberty to the greatest number, namely, a Democrat. He is a member of the G.A.R. He is a man of wealth, his property being estimated at about $500,000. He is an extensive owner of real estate, owning over 5,000 acres of fine farming land near Walnut, which is valued at $200,000, while his bank is worth $200,000 and his electric railroads more than $100,000 more, besides which he owns other property and a fine residence in San Jose, California.

JOHN P. BURKE, whose connection with this bank dates from November 1, 1880, the time that Mr. HENRY purchased it, was born at Durant, Cedar County, Iowa, March 17, 1862. His father, P. E. BURKE, was born in Tipperary County, Ireland. In 1846, at an early age, he sailed for America and settled at Staten Island, New York, where he married Miss Mary MURPHY, and soon after they removed to Pottsville, Pennsylvania. They were the parents of eight children, namely: William F., James T., Mary, John P., Charles M., Edward D., Lizzie M., and Katie. (James T., Mary and Katie are now deceased.). In 1856, P. E. BURKE, with his family, moved to Iowa and settled at Durant, where he lived until 1876, when he moved to Shelby County, Iowa, bought a large farm, and remained there until 1884. He then sold his personal property, rented his farm, came to Walnut, purchased a fine residence, and is now retired from active pursuits, taking the world easy.

When Mr. HENRY purchased the Bank in November 1880, he was very fortunate in securing the services of John P. BURKE as bookkeeper. Mr. BURKE was then teaching school in Pottawattamie County, and though but eighteen years of age, his ability was such that in one year, he was made cashier of this bank. He became so well informed in business generally, that in January 1888, when Mr. HENRY saw fit to remove with his family to California, he left Mr. BURKE in charge of all his affairs, giving him sole charge and management of over 5,000 acres of improved land adjoining Walnut. Mr. BURKE has conducted all this business in a manner highly satisfactory to all persons interested, and has shown his ability to handle financial matters to such a degree that Mr. Henry's confidence in him is well deserved. For over ten years, Mr. BURKE has been in active business here, and has most assuredly won the high opinion of the patrons of the bank for his unassuming integrity, accommodating disposition, genial and pleasant manners and liberal methods of dealing. He has been Treasurer of the city for over four years and treasurer of the independent school district over eight years. Mr. BURKE is now but twenty-eight years of age, has made an early success in life, and has had a practical experience which should make his future one of continued prosperity.

February 8, 1887, he was united in marriage with Miss Lulu G. KEPFORD, daughter of David KEPFORD and Anna (COLWELL) KEPFORD of Havana, Illinois. Mr. And Mrs. BURKE are the parents of one child, a daughter, named Grace L., who was born August 9, 1888.

Ed D. BURKE, assistant cashier and bookkeeper of the above bank, was born at Durant, Iowa, November 25, 1864. He has been with the bank for over three years, is a young man of energy and integrity.

Fay, Wooster


WOOSTER FAY, of Lewis Twp., is a native of Franklin Co., Vermont, born Nov 18, 1819, the son of Jonathan and Ruth (ELSWORTH) FAY. The parents were natives of Massachusetts and New Hampshire, and of Scotch and English origin. They had three children: Addison, a resident of Bowling Green, Ohio; Wooster, our subject; and Hollis, deceased in 1868. Wooster FAY, our subject, was reared in his native state until he was 15 years of age, when his family removed to Wood Co., Ohio. He was reared to farm life and received his education in the common schools. When the family went to Wood County it was a new country, they being among the pioneers. They improved a farm, which they entered from the Government, and here he lost his parents. He remained in Wood Co. 21 years, and in 1855 came west to Iowa. In the spring of 1856 he came to Pottawattamie Co. and purchased a farm of 200 acres of partially improved land, in what is now Keg Creek Township. In the fall of 1856 he removed with his family to Pottawattamie County where they commenced life again in a new country and for the second time became a pioneer. He remained in Keg Creek Township until April 1889, when he removed to his present home on section 4, Lewis Township.

He has a comfortable little home with three acres of land, and here he expects to spend his remaining days. He has labored hard in assisting in the development of Pottawattamie County, having improved 176 acres of prairie land, which he disposed of at various times, and has also purchased other land. The home farm is on sections 20, 28, and 29, Keg Creek. This he improved and made his home until he removed to his present place. He dealt in stock, principally, in connection with his farming and the last 12 or 13 years he has taken special pride in the rearing of a better grade of stock, in the short-horn class. Politically he is a Republican and has represented his county as a member of the Board of Supervisors for six years from 1874 to 1880. He represented his township in the state legislature for three terms and a half, and in all of his political career, he has never asked a man to vote for him.

Mr. FAY was married in wood Co., Ohio, November 9, 1846, to Charlotte M. McMILLAN, who was born in Seneca Co., Ohio, March 10, 1826. She was the daughter of Morrison and Clarissa (BROWN) McMILLAN, natives of New York and Canada and of Scotch origin. Mr. and Mrs. FAY have four children: Emma, born Oct 15, 1847, is the wife of Samuel H. HOPKINS residing in Macedonia, Pottawattamie County, Iowa; Morrison M., a resident of Franklin Co., Nebraska, born August 27, 1849; Jane, born July 10, 1851, wife of Logan REYNOLDS; Isoletta, born June 8, 1866, wife of James PERSHELLl, residing in Lincoln Co., Washington. The family are among the most worthy and respected citizens of the county and have, by their honesty and integrity, won a large circle of friends.

Mr. FERGUSON was married in July 1860 in Jasper County to Miss Mary Jane HANLEY, a woman of intelligence, who was born in Wayne County, Kentucky, the daughter of George W. HANLEY. They have three children: George Ferguson at home; James I., who is one of the successful teachers of the county; and Mary, the wife of George CONOD of Carson Township. Politically, Mr. FERGUSON is a Democrat. Mrs. FERGUSON was brought up under the auspices of the Christian Church, while her husband was raised in the Baptist Church.

He was married March 12, 184, to Miss Alice LE VALLEY, of Silver Creek Township, a woman of intelligence, who was born in Lincoln, Illinois, the daughter of Hugh LE VALLEY. They have four children: Frances, Charles, Lawrence, and a baby girl.

Charles P. FOSTER, our subject, enlisted in Company H, 43rd Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and served one year. He was in the battles of Stone River, Johnsonville, and Nashville, and was neither taken a prisoner nor wounded, but he did good and faithful service and was honorably discharged at Milwaukee, Wisconsin. After the War, Mr. FOSTER resumed the peaceful pursuits of agriculture. In 1876, he came to Pottawattamie County where he settled on a farm. Both Mr. And Mrs. Foster were members of the Methodist Church, of which Mr. FOSTER was a class leader and steward, and is a member of the U.S. Grant Post, G.A.R. of Avoca. He served his country when it needed his services and when he was required to leave his wife and children to endure exposure and fight the battles of the Union. He is descended from good American parentage, and men who fought our battles for liberty and founded a Government, and his children should be proud of the sterling ancestry from which they spring. For many generations, they have been soldier citizens, who honorably fought for their country.

Mr. FOSTER was married September 5, 1857, to Elizabeth GARTHWAITE, who was born in England, August 16, 1842, and was but four years of age when she was brought to America. She was the daughter of Edward and Margaret (BLENKINSOP) GARTHWAITE. The father was an Englishman, born in County Durham, England, and was a shoemaker by trade. They were the parents of nine children, viz.: Elizabeth, Ann, Mary, George, Alonzo, Melissa, Ellen, Ida and Fred. Mr. GARTHWAITE came to America in 1846, and first settled in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, where he remained seven years and then, in 1863, he settled on a farm in Wisconsin, where he is yet living at the age of seventy-three years. Both Mr. And Mrs. GARTHWAITE were members of the Methodist Church. He has filled the office of Justice of the Peace and is an honorable and upright citizen. To Mr. And Mrs. FOSTER have been born seven children, three of whom died in infancy. The living children are: Jennie, Wesley, Maude and Floy. Jennie married Mr. STEVENSON, a farmer of Lincoln Township, and they have one child, Delmer; Maude is a successful teacher in this county; and the remainder of the family are at home.

James B. received a common-school education and was reared in his native county. At the age of twenty-two years, he came west and settled in Iowa. He remained two months in the eastern part of the state, after which he came to Wright Township, Pottawattamie County. For two years, he worked for James BOILER, a relative of his. Then he purchased his present farm of eighty acres, which at that time was wild land. Fifty acres of it, however, had been broken. He selected a natural building site on which he erected a story and a half frame house, and, surrounded as it is with shade trees, it makes a comfortable and attractive home. Mr. FOSTER has also made other improvements in the way of stables, other buildings, and good fences.

He was married January 30, 1882, to Miss Agnes WIMPENNY, a native of Racine County, Wisconsin, and a daughter of Joseph WIMPENNY, a native of England. Her mother was born in Edinburg, Scotland. Joseph WIMPENNY, a weaver by trade, was for many years foreman of the mills at Burlington, Wisconsin. Mrs. FOSTER was reared and educated in her native county. She and her husband have three children, viz.: Grace Mabel, Charlie Joseph, and Roy. Mr. FOSTER is in the prime of life, has a good physique, is frank and cordial in his manner, and is respected by all who know him. His political views are in harmony with Democratic principles. Mrs. FOSTER is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

He was born in Sackett's Harbor, Jefferson County, New York, in 1843. His father was Derley FOSTER. In 1846, the latter removed with his family to Waukesha County, Wisconsin, where they resided until 1871, when the family removed to Walworth County, same state, where the father soon afterward died, the mother surviving until 1882. Derley FOSTER was a farmer by occupation. He was twice married. The maiden name of his first wife was Diana ENOS. She was the second wife of her husband and died as above stated, in 1882, at the home of her son, S. H. FOSTER. Derley FOSTER was the father of nine children, seven of whom are living. The subject of this notice enlisted in the summer of 1862, in Company B, 28th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and served till the close of the War. The date of his enlistment was August 17, 1862, and of his discharge September 17, 1865. He was in active service during the whole of his enlistment. After the War, Mr. FOSTER remained upon the home farm for a year and a half. He then went to Colorado and was engaged in mining about three years, when he returned to Waukesha County, Wisconsin, and in 1877 became a resident of Council Bluffs.

He was married in November 1872, to Miss Adda L. GREEN, a native of Walworth County, Wisconsin. This union has been blessed with four children, two of whom are living: Roy H. and Minnie M. They lost their oldest child, Albert, at the age of nineteen months, and Mabel, their third child, at the age of eight years. Mr. FOSTER was bereaved of his wife by death, September 8, 1887, his daughter having died on the fourth of July of the same year. October 3, 1888, he united in marriage to Mrs. Minnie S. COUCHMAN, at Waukesha, Wisconsin. Mr. FOSTER is one of the representative businessmen of Council Bluffs, and one of its enterprising and progressive citizens.

Richard FOXLEY, the father of our subject, was born in Bedfordshire, England, in 1836. He remained in his native land until he was eighteen years old, when he came to America and located in New York state. A few years later, he went to Toronto, Canada, where he made his home until 1859, and from there to Ottawa, Canada, until 1879, when he came to Council Bluffs, Iowa. In January 1888, he removed to Vancouver, British Columbia, where he engaged n the manufacture of brick and where he died, August 17, 1890. He followed the trade of brick-maker and contractor all his life. Politically he was a Democrat. While in Canada, in 1856, he married Miss Charlotte NEWLOVE, a native of Lincolnshire, England, born in 1838. She is now a resident of Vancouver. They had a family of nine children, viz.: Edith, wife of Joseph TINDALE, of Downsville, Iowa; Eleanor, a resident of Vancouver; Alfred R., the subject of this sketch; Emily, a milliner of Vancouver; Herbert, also of that city; Percival, a resident of Council Bluffs; and Louisa, at Vancouver. Two are deceased.

Alfred R. was born near Ottawa, Canada, June 21, 1864; was educated in the public schools and learned the trade of brick-making with his father. In 1887 he was married to Miss Carrie BURGESS of Council Bluffs. She was born in 1866 and died in 1888. Politically, Mr. FOXLEY holds to Republican principles. He is a member of the I.O.G.T., No. 175, Council Bluffs Lodge and at this writing, 1890, is Worthy Chief.

John A. FRANK, a son of the above and the subject of this sketch, was reared to farm life, and in 1866, at the age of twenty-one years, came to America. He landed in New York, and then went to Washington city where he worked in a brewery for two years. In 1868 he went to LaFayette County, Wisconsin, where he worked on a farm, and where he remained until 1873. He then came to Pottawattamie County and bought 240 acres of wild land, which he has since improved and to which he has wisely added until he now owns a magnificent farm of 915 acres. He was married in Wisconsin, July 5, 1870, to Elizabeth HART, who was born in Clarion County, Pennsylvania, February 6, 1840, the daughter of August and Kate HART, who were natives of France. The father was a Clarion County farmer in comfortable circumstances, and was the father of six children: Martha, Mary, Elizabeth, Kate, Harry and Louise. Mr. And Mrs. FRANK are the parents of two children: Joseph, born April 20, 1872, in Grant County, Wisconsin; and Jessie E., born August 1, 1876 on the homestead in Pottawattamie County, Lincoln Township. Joseph is attending the Drake University at Des Moines, Iowa, and is obtaining a liberal education. Mr. FRANK believes in giving his children a liberal education. He has the respect and the confidence of the people; has held the office of Township Trustee for nine years; has also been School Director for a number of years, and has also held the office of Road Supervisor. In politics he was a Republican for years, but now votes for the party who believes in the greatest good for the greatest number - the Democratic.

Mr. FRANK can truly be said to be a self-made man, as he began life with nothing, and by hard work, economy, and wisdom has made his handsome farm. He has set out fine trees, and his grounds and house present a tasteful and attractive appearance. He is yet a young man, of strong constitution, inherited from an ancestry of good stock, and the children inherit from both mother and father their sterling traits of character. Mrs. FRANK is a worthy lady, and has faithfully assisted her husband in every way to make a successful life. Mr. FRANK is the founder of a new family in America, and the coming generation should take an honest pride in handing down his name to other generations.

Mr. FRAZIER was married at the age of nineteen years, in May 1857, to Juliana WILD, daughter of William and Sarah WILD, natives of England, who emigrated to America and located on Pigeon Creek, this county, and died there. Their three children were John and Nancy, now residing in California, and Juliana. The latter was born in November 1837. Mr. FRAZIER now has 500 acres of excellent land on section 35, of which about 260 acres are in cultivation and the rest in meadow and pasture; he also owns a lot in the village of Honey Creek. He ships three or four carloads of cattle annually and two carloads of hogs. He superintends the cultivation of the large farm while he is also postmaster of Honey Creek, which office he has held ever since 1868. Coming here in the early day, he has witnessed all the changes that have been made to redeem this country from its original savage state to its present high standing. Politically, he is a decided Republican and as such has been an active worker; has been township clerk, etc. His five children are: James W., residing at home; Nettie, deceased; Mary, wife of J. E. WHITE; Eunice, at home; and John F., deceased.

He was born in Vermont, May 6, 1833. His father, Michael FRIZZELL, a native of Essex, Massachusetts, was a son of Elijah FRIZZELL, a descendant of French ancestors and a soldier in the Revolutionary War. The mother of our subject was nee Orphe CREE, a native of Vermont. His parents were married in the Green Mountain State, and when he was eighteen months old, they removed to Medina County, Ohio, where the mother died in 1837. In 1839 his father wedded Charlotte DEEN. They removed to Bureau County, Illinois in December 1845, before there was any railroad there, making the journey in a wagon in the dead of winter, and were among the early settlers of that county. The father's second wife died in 1881. In 1883 he married Louisa SEELY, and lived there until a short time before his death. He died at Firth, Lancaster County, Nebraska, at the age of eighty-three years. He had been a farmer all of his life. In politics, he was a Republican, and in religion a member of the Christian Church.

Alexander grew to manhood on his father's farm and received his education in the public schools of Bureau County. In 1860 he came to Iowa and for some time was variously employed in Mills County. He operated a threshing machine, ran a saw-mill and, being a natural mechanic, was never at a loss for work. It was in Mills County that he became acquainted with Miss Annie McNURLIN, whom he married August 20, 1863. She was born in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, in 1836, the daughter of James and Rachel (JEFFREY) McNURLIN, both natives of Pennsylvania, the former of Irish extraction and the latter of English. Mrs. FRIZZELL was an infant when her parents moved to Ohio. From there they went to Indiana and settled in Wabash County, where they lived some years and where Mrs. FRIZZELL was educated and reared. The family subsequently moved to Mills County, Iowa. The parents afterward went to Cass County, Nebraska, where they spent the rest of their lives, both dying at the age of seventy-five. The father was an active member of the Methodist Church and a class leader in the same. Politically, he was a Democrat.

In 1867 Mr. FRIZZELL moved to Cass County, Nebraska. Three years later, however, he returned to Iowa and settled in Center Township, Pottawattamie County, on eighty acres of wild land where he continues to reside. He bought a log house which had been built by Mormons. The logs were oak, the best quality in the county. Mr. FRIZZELL moved this home to its present location, and here he has a home which for comfort and convenience is not surpassed by many a more pretentious looking structure. Here he and his good wife dispense hospitality in a generous way to friend and stranger, regardless of creed or doctrine. Mr. FRIZZELL has a fine orchard and grove, good stables, cribs, etc., and is engaged in general farming and stock raising. His farm comprises 160 acres, all under a splendid state of cultivation.

The children born to Mr. And Mrs. FRIZZELL are as follows: Richard Ellsworth; Caroline, wife of Hugh BROWN of Center Township, has two children; Minnie, wife of Warren NEWTON, Mills County, Iowa, has one child; Rachel Charlotte, who makes the old home ore pleasant by her presence.

Politically Mr. FRIZZELL is a Democrat. For four years, he has served as Justice of the Peace, dealing out justice in an impartial manner to all who come before his court. He has also served the public as a member of the School Board. He is noted for his integrity, his cordiality and his hospitality.

JAMES O. FRIZZELL, section 22, Center Township, is one of the intelligent, enterprising and successful citizens of this part of Pottawattamie County. He came here in 1882, and has since made this place his home. He was born in Bureau County, Illinois, March 23, 1853, the son of Michael and Charlotte (DEAN) FRIZZELL, the former a native of Massachusetts and the latter of Connecticut. Mrs. FRIZZELL died in Bureau County, June 8, 1881, at the age of sixty-seven years. Mr. FRIZZELL died at Firth, Nebraska, April 23, 1887. The father was a farmer and a carpenter, and was among the early settlers on prairie land in Bureau County. In politics he was a Republican. Both he and his wife were consistent members of the Christian Church and were active workers in the same. Mr. FRIZZELL was twice married. By his first wife he had two children, one of whom, A. L., now resides in this county. J. O. is the youngest child living of the three sons and four daughters born to him by his second marriage.

Our subject was reared on his father's farm, and received his education in the public schools of his native county. Arriving at the age of manhood, he was married, in Bureau County, July 17, 1877, to Miss Emma WINTERS, a native of that place and a lady of intelligence and refinement. She is a daughter of James, and Catherine (SHELLER) WINTERS, both of Pennsylvania. They came to Illinois at an early day, and were among the first settlers of Bureau County. They still reside there, near Arlington.

In 1882 Mr. FRIZZELL came to this county, and bought 160 acres of land of C. C. MERRIMAN, who had improved the farm to some extent and had put up a small building on the place. Mr. FRIZZELL now owns 320 acres of land as good as Center Township affords. He has a comfortable home, suitable outbuildings and other farm improvements, and is engaged in general farming and stock-raising. He intends making a specialty of thorough-bred Percheron horses, at present having two horses and two colts of that kind.

Mr. and Mrs. FRIZZELL have three children: D. Leroy, Ethel May and James Garfield. Their third born, Alzina Pearl, died at the age of ten months. In politics Mr. FRIZZELL is a Republican, and is the present Trustee of Center Township. He and his wife are both members of the Methodist Church.

Ezra FULLER came to Iowa in April 1861, soon after the firing on Fort Sumter. He was born near Bloomfield, New York, in 1803, the son of Jerrod and Cynthia (WAIT) FULLER. During the War of 1812, his father was employed in hauling provisions from Bloomfield to Buffalo, New York. When a youth, Ezra removed with his parents from his native state to Cuyahoga County, Ohio, where he grew to manhood. He married Rachel HICKBY, a native of New York. By her he had six children as follows: Corydon, who resides in Florida; Jerrod, who was a soldier of the 5th Iowa Infantry and who died in Missouri of a fever contracted in the war; Moses, a resident of Cuyahoga County, Ohio; Calestea died in Pottawattamie County in 1865; James, who was in the same regiment with his brother Jerrod, also died of disease contracted in the War, his death occurring in Syracuse, Missouri, and Sophronia, a resident of Cuyahoga County, Ohio. In 1842, Mr. FULLER wedded Arloa TURNER. She was born in Washington County, New York, in 1825, the daughter of James M. and Charity (MORA) TURNER, both natives of New York state. Mrs. TURNER died two years and a half after the birth of Arloa. Mr. TURNER died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. FULLER, in Center Township. By his second marriage, Mr. FULLER had five children, viz.: Marion, who lives in Ohio; Sarah WYNANS, who resides near Avoca, this county; Vienna, wife of John ROLLINS, Center Township; Hannah, wife of Alexander HAIR, also of Center Township; and Albert E., whose name heads this sketch. Mr. FULLER made his home in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, until 1861, when he came to Iowa and settled in Cedar County. In 1864, he located in Center Township, Pottawattamie County, on the farm where Albert E. now resides. It was then wild prairie land, and Mr. FULLER broke the soil the first season he was there. The Indians were so troublesome on the western frontier at that time that the FULLER family returned to Cedar County to spend the winter, returning the next spring to the same farm. Mr. FULLER had traded Ohio land for 800 acres in this vicinity, which he divided among his children. He was a man well posted on political matters, and cast his vote with the Republican Party. He was upright and honorable in all his business dealings; was retiring in his disposition, and had a great love for home. The golden rule was the one he followed all through life.

Albert E. FULLER is the youngest of the family and was but four years of age when his parents came to this county. He was reared on the home farm, and received his education in the public schools. Arriving at the age of manhood, he was married July 6, 1880, to Miss Martha SWAIN, a native of Iowa, and a daughter of Ira and Fanny SWAIN, of Grinnell, Iowa. Two children have been born to them: Frances and Ida. Politically, Mr. FULLER is a Republican. Like his worthy father, he is fair and honest in all his business transactions, and is highly respected by his fellow citizens.