Western College, later known as Leander Clark College

Toledo, Iowa 1856 - 1911

 



 

Transcribed for Tama Co. IAGenWeb by Sharyl Ferrall, September 2009

 

Brief history (by Sharyl)
 
Western College, founded by the United Brethren in Christ in 1857, was originally located a mile north of Shueyville, in Section 34, Putnam twp., Linn county. In 1881, due to financial problems, the college moved to Toledo, Tama co., were the residents pledged $20,000 in support.  In 1906 the college was renamed after a local benefactor, Leander Clark. Despite this the financial burden became too much and the college went bankrupt. In 1919 Western, Leander Clark merged with Coe College.

 

Dedication
To the great-hearted pioneers who, seeing from afar the vision of a cultured Christian citizenship, fifty years ago planted Western College on the open prairies to Iowa; to the men and women who with parental solicitude watched over the Institution through its infancy and youth; to all the loyal-hearted host who have given unstintedly of their means, of their service, of their devoted tears and prayers that the College might live and become a power for righteousness; and especially to Major Leander Clark, who made possible the greater things of the present and the future, this volume is, with reverent appreciation, inscribed.

 

Hon. Leander Clark Biography

 

First College Building after 1889 fire

 

Book Cover


HONORARY DEGREES

 

DOCTOR OF LAWS

Judge L. G. Kinne; 1890

Hon. Ezra C. Ebersole; 1894

Dr. J. C. Shrader; 1894

Senator William B. Allison; 1906

Hon. James Wilson; 1906

Major Leander Clark; 1907

 

DOCTOR OF MUSIC

H. S. Perkins; 1885

 

MASTER OF ARTS

Rev. W. H. Goodison; 1871

M. B. Bartlett; 1876

Dr. J. C. Shrader; 1877

Dr. John North; 1879

Dr. Gustavus North; 1880

L. S. Cornell; 1886

Rev. T. D. Adams; 1890

 

BACHELOR OF PHILOSOPHY

H. D. Hathaway; 1876

 

DOCTOR OF DIVINITY

Bishop John Dickson; 1876

Rev. W. J. Pruner; 1882

Bishop J. W. Hott; 1882

Rev. I. L. Kephart; 1884

President D. D. DeLong; 1884

Rev. M. H. Smith; 1890

Bishop Nicholas Castle; 1890

Rev. George Miller; 1891

Rev. M. R. Drury; 1891

Rev. I. K. Statton; 1891

Rev. H. S. Jenanyan; 1905

Rev. John W. Nelson; 1907

Rev. John Henry Albert; 1907

Rev. Frank Bruner; 1907

President B. F. Daugherty; 1908

Rev. Emory W. Curtis; 1909

Rev. Richad J. Parrett; 1909

Rev. A. E. Wright; 1910

 

BACHELOR OF PEDAGOGY

Moses Johnson; 1888

 

LIBERAL ARTS GRADUATES

1864

Jackson, William Taylor

Steele, Emma Neidig

 

1865

Shuey, Jacob Augustus

 

1868

Emerson, Mary Beam

Harden, Amelia Grove

 

1869

Cook, Elnora A.

Overholser, Joseph B.

Page, Homer R.

 

1870

Washburn, Martha Allison

 

1871

Collier, Alfred D.

 

1872

Bookwalter, Lewis

Custer, William Henry

Drury, Augustus Waldo

Drury, Marion Richardson

Fry, Francis Rhinehart

Kephart, Sallie Perry

Williams, Lucy Strother

Swain, Anna Shuey

Light, Sarah Surran

Williams, Robert Erwin

 

1873

Bauder, Thomas Jefferson

Booth, Milo

Bowman, Henry G.

McHose, Eva Drury

Light, Enoch Faber

Riggs, William Kendrick

Sheak, Henry

Surran, John Wesley

 

1874

Arble, William Bower

Conn, Luther M.

Kephart, Cyrus Jeffries

Marshall, Alvin Lyman

Washburn, Francis Marion

 

1875

Albert, John Henry

Gambrel, Mildred

Hopwood, Mary Louise

 

1876

Beal, Albert Milton

Beatty, William Irons

Drury, Sophia Bookwalter

Peffley, Mary Clarissa Hedges

Hopwood, Jeannette Belle

Kauffman, William Henry

Smith, Frank S.

 

1877

Bookwalter, Joseph

Burkdol, Arsemus Richmond

Ham, William Jasper

Horn, John Martin

Johnson, Josephine

McAlvin, Sarah Jane

Moore, John Augustus

Neidig, Abram Hershey

Runkle, Urias D.

Shumaker, Australia Patterson

Beatty, Catherine Patterson

Hopwood, Almina Woolridge

 

1878

Baumgardner, John Wesley

Moore, Arthur Melbourne

 

1879

Klinefelter, William Henry

Linderman, Walter LeRoy

Miller, Daniel

Miller, Eliza Moore

Davis, Emma Patton

 

1880

DeMoss, William Otterbein

Albert, Louisa Halverson

Kretsinger, Ernest Otterbein

Mathewson, George D.

Ridenour, Eli H.

Robertson, James Wesley

 

1881

Miller, Adeline Dickman

Drury, John Lawrence

Drury, Mary Ellen Horn

Miller, George McAnelly

Wilson, Alice Singley

Wilson, Robert Rush

 

1882

Smith, Walter Clarence

Studebaker, Thomas Henderson

 

1883

Weller, Emma Jane Howard

Johnson, Willis Eaton

 

1884

Albert, Isaiah L.

Russell, Kate Adell Coates

Folkmar, Daniel

Browne, Frank J.

Carlton, Vivian Albert

Leffler, John F.

Leffler, Anna Maiden

Schell, Charles Fremont

Swain, Richard LaRue

 

1886

Sears, Lucy Blinn

Brooke, Charles Morgan

Hendricks, John P.

Lowe, Simeon Jethro

Dick, Cora Middlekauff

Merritt, James A.

Wonser, Josephine Patterson

Smith, Eugene Riley

Timmons, Cyrus Holland

 

1887

Smith, Daisy Gallion

Greenlee, Mary Emma

Miller, Myrtle Jarvis

Mundhenk, Charles Lincoln

Runkle, Jesse A.

Barnes, Minnie Whitten

 

1888

Bennett, Charles E.

Bonebrake, Peter O.

Austin, Esther Butler

Keezel, Clara Cozad

Richie, Elnora Dickman

Filkins, Daniel G.

Rogers, Gazelle Holstead

Keister, Lawrence

Roop, Emma May Kephart

Lichtenwalter, E. Geneve

Louthan, Mary T.

Patterson, Alvin H.

Slessor, Albert Edward

Rebok, Edna Thompson

Ward, Henry Winfield

Wilcox, Thomas Dwight

Zumbro, William M.

 

1889

Abrams, Eugene D.

Baker, Charles D.

Beatty, Squire Trevelyn

Buchner, Edward Franklin

Chitty, Oliver Benjamin

Coe, Horace C.

Cokely, Benjamin F.

Winter, Etta Fulcomer

Krohn, William Oterbein

Ward, John Albert

 

1890

Gary, Simon Peter

George, Jeremiah S.

Hettler, Franz Seigel

Ingham, Clarence Ward

John, Lulu Maude Kephart

Kolmos, Jesse Jessen

Harper, Susie Lichtenwalter Riggs

Little, William Grant

Runkle, May Middlekauff

Runkle, Erwin William

Schell, William Elias

Shatto, Charles Rollins

Smith, William Avery

Statton, Arthur Biggs

Stauffer, Emma

Stouffer, Frank E.

Stouffer, Samuel Marcelius

Warren, Willis Austin

Watts, Roderick Freeman

 

1891

Osborn, Anna Brabham

Burtner, Newton Weldon

Cronk, Nelson P.

Everett, Howard H.

Trueblood, Jennie Fearer

Fearer, William Potter

Fee, William E.

Fix, Elmer F.

Fix, Fannie Heistand

Green Hiram O.

Harper, William Otterbein

Loos, Lloyd Fisher

Spencer, Clark D.

 

1892

Barnell, William B.

Brewbaker, Charles W.

Cain, Isaac N.

Wilkins, Annetta Dickman

Dennis, Mary Pitman Donaldson

Humphrey, Addie Ingersoll

Ross, Nellie Irons

Kepler, Richard P.

Kepler, Malvern H.

Scutt, Clara Mason

Cain, Mary Mutch

Ross, Emma Maynard

Allen, Belle Schelling

Jones, Louise Shambaugh

Lowry, Harriet Tyner

 

1893

Gehman, Lewis H.

Franks, Anna Hild

Humphrey, Howard M.

Jones, Ferdinand W.

Main, Amos S.

Richards, Ida

Spencer, Mary B.

Stratton, W.D.

Wheelwright, Sidney Alcott

 

1894

Beardsley, Frank Greenville

Guyer, Ulysses Samuel

Hull, J.F.

Kaufman, Frank E.

Masters, Mark

Maker, L.E.

McClain, Joseph H.

Purdy, Richard L.

Slattery, Henry Eugene

Statton, Lola Adams

 

1895

Brooke, Franklin E.

Coddington, James Keel

Long, Samuel Erwin

Peterson, Charles F.

Porter, G. Ellis

Sanders, James C.

 

1896

Bookwalter, Alfred Guitner

Long, Frank K.

 

1897

Baumgartner, Milton M.

Drury, Philo Walker

Foster, John Eldon

Porter, George Wesley

Runkle, Herman A.

Baumgartner, Lucie Smith

Ward, Elizabeth Bessie Schoolcraft

Ward, Edwin Beecher

 

1898

Berger, Edward B.

Burtner, Ethel Bookwalter

Buck, Frank E.

Coddington, John Watt

Irons, James W.

Jenks, Clarence A.

Lichty, John N.

Speaker, Alvin L.

Ward, Charles Fry

Williams, Olive

Williams, Blanche

Stover, Louise Wolpert

 

1899

Field, Frank E.

Hammitt, Leon L.

Holstead, Grace

Locke, Charles E.

Mathern, Albert

Mericle, Clarence

 

1900

Bear, Wilson Grant

Benson, Ernest Allen

Cunningham, Nettie

Harrison, William Johnston

Soth, Blanche Hutchinson

Jorgensen, Theodore

Drury, Julia Overholser

Runkle, Mildred Smith

Ward, Grace Wolpert

Wyand, Samuel Snyder

 

1901

Berger, Charles Emmett

Bookwalter, Grace

Brenner, William Arthur

Coddington, Harry

Donat, Walter Scott

Harrigan, James Corneal

Jackson, George Brown

Smith, Mabel

Stouffer, Wesley Rhinehart

Talbot, Lois

Thompson, Samuel

Trindle, John Robert

Ward, Arthur Allen

Yaggy, Jacob Henry

 

1902

Southard, Rilla Aiken

Ward, Alice Bookwalter

Cramer, Hiram Walter

Adams, Nellie Cronk

Hix, Ralph Mason

Morton, Claude Henry

Skrable, Joseph Martin

Underwood, Joseph Harding

 

1903

Aiken, Angie

Doty, Earl Isaac

Gageby, Frank A.

Larsen, August Cornelius

McAnelly, Jefferson Roy

Rebok, Lona

Roe, Barnett Freeman

Shambaugh, John Jacob

Stinger, Carl Blinn

Thomas, Gertrude May

Taylor, Ernest Clayton

 

1904

McClaskey, Edith Camery

Clark, Ethelbert Fletcher

Elliott, Clarence H.

Emerson, Glenn Wilford

Ennis, Charles Wilbur

Ferris, Emery Nelson

Hedges, Charles Theodore

Kephart, Adam Perry

Miller, Harland Travy

Riggs, Lee Sanford

Riggs, Emma E.

Soth, Florence

Stauffer, Clyde Homer

Sullivan, William Charles

 

1905

Ageton, Maud

Miller, Jane Benson

Cotton, George H.

Drury, Luther

Giger, Herbert Paul

Jenks, Georgianna

Kremer, Charles Merwin

McDonald, David James

Mericle, John Franklin

Maxfield, Glenmore Edward

 

1906

Crenshaw, Benjamin Franklin

Curtis, Edith

Fee, Knight E.

Foster, Charles Eldon

Hart, William Walace

Owen, William Beam

Shambaugh, Scott

 

1907

Ball, Grace Lauretta

Benson, Laura May

Benson, Ross Danforth

Fee, Clara May

Jarvis, Frank

Lee, Mary Helen

Lee, George Ernest

Speaker, Lloyd Fosler

Walden, Mary Elizabeth Trussell

Wright, Mabel

Walden, Lloyd Frank

 

1908

Caldwell, Rebecca Ellen

Forney, Earl B.

Galt, Truman Fontanelle

Jenks, Jessie

Soth, Mabel Kephart

Mericle, Charles L.

Oakes, Fred T. Mayer

Soth, M. Ray

 

1909

Bear, Lloyd E.

Bishop, Alva Otto

Chapman, George E.

Doty, Elizabeth Talbot

Geil, Charles H.

Hagerman, Arthur James

Lewis, Mabel

Lee, Hugh B.

Smith, Alta

Smith, Olga

Thomas, Clyde Earl

Violet, Dewey Cecil

Youngman, Maude

 

1910

Brooke, Boone Winthrop

Benson, Florence

Browne, Mabel Curtis

Johnson, Ralph Wilkinson

Jackson, LeeR.

Lee, Edith Maud

Meyers, Ada Mary

Rebok, Robert

Riggs, Fred

Richards, Carlton M.

Speaker, Earl E.

Studebaker, John Ward

Studebaker, Claude H.

St. Clair, Floyd Pitner

Talbot, Ruth

Westfall, Floyd Sylvanus

 

 

Source: Western - Leander-Clark College, 1856-1911, by Henry W. Ward; Dedication, Biography of Leander Clark, pg 300-302, Honorary Alumni, Appendix: pg 361 and Alumni of the College of Liberal Arts, Appendix: pgs 362-366. Otterbein press, Dayton, Ohio, 1911.

See also Leander Clark College in Wikipedia.
 

Transcribed by Sharyl Ferrall for Tama Co. IAGenWeb, October 2009

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