ment. In February, 1863, he was granted a furlough and for a short time was at home. He took part in over thirty engagements with the Army of the Potomac and made a most creditable military record by his fidelity to duty on all occasions. He did not hesitate to take his place on the lonely picket line nor stand upon the firing line where the battle raged the thickest.
Following the close of the war Mr. Fetterhoff was married at Franklin Grove, Illinois, in October, 1865, to Miss Melvina Catherine Cook, who was born in Franklin county, Pennsylvania, November 4, 1843. In the spring of 1865 she went to Illinois with a sister and was married there. Her parents were Samuel and Mary Ann (Beaver) Cook, both of whom were natives of Pennsylvania, where their entire lives were passed. They had a family of five children: Mrs. Isabelle Monn, of Pennsylvania. Henry A., who served in the Civil war; Mrs. Anna R. Southerland, who resides three miles south of Nevada; Mrs. Fetterhoff; and Mrs. Jennie Eiker, of Pennsylvania.
In 1866, the year following their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Fetterhoff came to Nevada and he remained a resident of Story county until his death, which occurred February 26, 1885. Soon after his arrival here he purchased a farm four miles south of the town and his remaining days were largely devoted to the work of the fields and the improvements of the place, He was the owner of one hundred and eighty-three acres and had become a well-to-do citizen at the time of his death. He placed many improvements upon his farm, added to it all modern accessories and equipments and as the years passed by made his place a productive and valuable property. Soon after coming to Story county he was converted and joined the Methodist Episcopal church and his life from that time was guided by the teachings of the church and his efforts were an element in the moral progress of the community. He became an evangelist and engaged in preaching for about four years prior to his death, being in the midst of a meeting when called to his final home.
The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Fetterhoff was blessed with five children: Anna May, at home; Harvey Grant, who removed to Spokane, Washington, where he died at the age of thirty-four years ; Cleo Pearl, at home ; Benola Alvin, of Salem, South Dakota, who is married and has three children, Sylva Pearl, Alvin and Ira; and Etta, the wife of Peter Mattison, who resides on the Fetterhoff farm. Mr. and Mrs. Mattison have seven children living: Lola, Ona, Harry, Merle, Clyde, Ivan and Glen. Their eldest son, Orval Guy Mattison, was born January 25, 1894, and died August 7, 1907. All of the children of the Fetterhoff family were born upon the farm in Story county. Eighteen years after the death of her husband Mrs. Fetterhoff removed to Nevada, where she now makes her home but still retains the ownership of the farm.
In his political views Mr. Fetterhoff was a republican and never lightly regarded the duties of citizenship yet did not seek nor desire any public office. He preferred to labor for the upbuilding and welfare of the com-