party and always voted for its candidates, his fidelity being rewarded by election to the various township offices, all of which he most capably filled.
Madison R. Dunahoo was reared upon the farm where he now lives and which he continued to call home up to his twenty-third year, at which time he was married and began farming independently as a renter. In 1889 he went to Shelby county, Iowa, where he had previously bought eighty acres of land and had lived there for four years, when, his father having signified his intention of disposing of the home place, he returned and purchased it.
Mr. Dunahoo married Miss Jennie Selby, a daughter of Charles Selby, of Nevada township, and two sons were born to them : Lloyd C., who was drowned in the Des Moines river, very shortly after his graduation from the Capital City Commercial College, of Des Moines; and James Glenn.
The family attend the United Evangelical church, of which the parents are members, and Mr. Dunahoo is also one of the trustees of the church as well as assistant superintendent of the Sunday school. He is also one of the prominent republicans of his township, always taking an active interest in all local political issues. That he is highly esteemed and popular with the members of his party is attested by the fact that he is now serving his fifth term as a member of the board of township trustees. His fraternal relations are confined to membership in Social Lodge, No. 463, I. O. O. F., of Maxwell.
Mr. Dunahoo's position in both political and business circles can be attributed to his integrity, good judgment and high principles. He has ever strived to live in strict conformity to the basic principles of his church and lodge, and that he has succeeded is indicated by the hosts of friends he has made and retained throughout his life.
PRINCE ALBERT KITCHEL.
The old soldiers now living in Story county should occupy a prominent place in a history of the county, as through their bravery in times of danger and fidelity to the cause they believed to be true the Union stands today: Among the number is Prince Albert Kitchel, for several years past a resident of Collins. He was born in the state of Michigan, February 9, 1837, a son of Edward and Anna (Barnes) Kitchel, the former a native of Ohio and the latter of New York state. A short time after their marriage the parents moved to Stephenson county, Illinois, and later to Wisconsin. In 1848 they started west with three wagons and two yoke of oxen to each wagon and also drove eight head of cattle. They reached the Mississippi river at Prairie du Chien, the only means of crossing to, the opposite side being in a ferry-boat propelled by horse power and not large enough to accom-