Baldwin & Maxwell, at Iowa Centre, Iowa. He has always taken an active interest in the political affairs of the county and State, and has ever had the best interests of the Republican party at heart. His first presidential vote was cast for Abraham Lincoln, while he was yet under age and serving in the army. In 1875 he was elected to the position of treasurer of Story County, by a majority of six votes, was re-elected two years later with a majority of nearly 1,000, and at the end of two years was again chosen to the position, proving, during his terms of office, one of the most efficient treasurers the county every had. He is thoroughly identified with the business interests of Nevada, is a man of enterprise, intelligence, and strictly honorable principles, and his labors here have met with most pleasing results from a pecuniary point of view. He has shown his approval of secret orders by becoming a member of the A. F. & A. M., joining Lodge No. 99, of Nevada, 3 X 3 Chapter No. 92, St. Aldemar Commandery, at Marshalltown, and Elkahir Temple, at Cedar Rapids, and also belongs to Sampson Lodge No. 77, K. of P., of which he is a charter member. He is a member of J. D. Ferguson Post of the G. A. R. at Nevada. His marriage to Miss Lillie Day, of Nevada, took place in 1880, and by her he is the father of one child: Day E. Mrs. King passed from the scene of her earthly labors in June, 1881, and Mr. King remained a widower until 1889, when he wedded Mrs. C. E. Coggshall, formerly Miss Severns, born in Ohio. Mr. King has been a resident of this county for twenty-two years, having from the very first identified himself with its material progress and development, and his career has been one that reflects great credit upon him.
Seaman Asahel Knapp, LL. D., was born in the town of Schroon, Essex County, N. Y., December 16, 1833. His father, Dr. Bradford Knapp, was a physician of eminence in Northern New York, and belonged to one of the oldest families of the Empire State. He was sixth in descent from Nicholas Knapp, who came to America in 1630 in the fleet of Winthrop and Salstanstall, and settled in Westchester County, N. Y., in 1648. Nicholas was grandson of Roger Knapp, a knight of large possessions and great renown in the time of Henry VIII. Rhoda Seaman, the mother of Seaman A. Knapp, was a woman of rare natural ability and accomplishments. Her family dates in New England from the landing of the Pilgrims, and was noted for scholarship. Her uncle established the first school for the higher education of young men and women in Northern New York. Her brother was the first graduate of the first normal school established in America. At the age of sixteen S. A. Knapp was sent to the Troy Conference Seminary. At twenty-two he graduated at Union College, Schenectady, N. Y., taking the honor of Phi Beta Kappa for scholarship. In 1856 he married Maria E., daughter of Hon. Hiram Hotchkiss. Her family came from New Haven. She was a graduate of Troy Conference Seminary. Her family was eminent in the production of scholars and statesmen. After his marriage Mr. Knapp took the chair of Greek and higher mathematics in the Fort Edward Collegiate Institute, later became associate president and joint manager with Joseph E. King, D. D., during which time the school was very prosperous. In 1863, with Rev. Dr. Newman, he founded the Ripley Female College, at Poultney,Vt., which was highly successful. In 1866, seeking to recuperate his broken health, he came to Iowa, where, in 1869, he was elected president of the State College for the Blind. Six years later he resigned this position, and devoted himself to the agricultural interests of the State, was promi-