eron stallions : Gaylord, an imported animal ; and Keote, which was raised in Iowa. His live stock interests are an important branch of his business, adding much to his success.
On the 22d of February, 1891, Mr. Sims was married to Miss Ida M. Pohl, who was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1872, and came to Iowa with her parents when about two years of age. She died September 20, 1996. There were seven children by that marriage : George W.; Elva A.; John H.; Raymond M., who died at the age of nine months ; Ethel E.; Willis W.; and Edith M. On the 9th of April, 1907, Mr. Sims was again married, his second union being with Mrs. Lura Donahue, a widow who by her former marriage had one child, Hugh M. Donahue. Mrs. Sims is a native of Minnesota. By her second marriage she had two children, twins, but one died in infancy. The other is Ida M. Sims. Mr. Sims' four oldest children are in school in Ames, and the younger members of the household are attending the district schools.
A member of the Christian church, Mr. Sims endeavors to closely follow its teachings and in all of life's relations to display the characteristics of true and upright manhood and citizenship. He has worked earnestly and persistently in his effort to attain success and as the years have passed by has prospered in his undertakings so that he is now the owner of a good farm property in Story county.
ELI B. CRAMBLIT, D. V. S.
Dr. Eli B. Cramblit, who was formerly successfully engaged in the practice of veterinary surgery, and is now breeding fine chickens, was born in Guernsey county, Ohio, December 18, 1840, a son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Lukins) Cramblit, natives of Baltimore, Maryland. They were married, however, in Deersville, Ohio, and resided in that state until 1882, when they came to Ames, where their remaining days were passed, the father departing this life at the age of eighty-seven years, and the mother when seventy-four years of age. Throughout the years of his connection with business, Daniel Cramblit followed farming and milling. He served as a captain in the Ohio Militia at an early day and participated in one or two skirmishes with the Indians. Later, at the time of the Civil war, he aided in the capture of General Morgan, being one of the "squirrel hunters" of Ohio. The family numbered five sons and four daughters : Julia Ann, who is the widow of James Alban and is living in Hocking county, Ohio, at the age of eighty years; Thomas, who died in Boone, Iowa ; John, who went to California in 1861 and now resides in Oregon ; Mary Jane, the wife of Jacob Nicholson, a resident of Hartford, Ohio; Eli B.; Naomi, the wife of W. F. Noggle, of Chillicothe, Ohio; Nancy Ann, the wife of