Maxwell, Amy C. is the wife of H. J. Garlock, a banker of Maxwell. Mrs. Garlock is a graduate of the Maxwell high school and also took a normal course at Nevada, Iowa. Lulu is the wife of Charles Woods, of Waterloo, Iowa, who was educated at a young ladies seminary at Lebanon, Tennessee. Mildred, the wife of George H. Hay, a farmer in Polk county, Iowa, was educated at the Cumberland Presbyterian College at Lincoln, Illinois. All of their daughters were teachers in the public school prior to their marriage Both Mr. and Mrs. Hall are members of the Presbyterian church.
Mr. Hall is a veteran of the Civil war, having enlisted on the 17th of February, 1865, in Company B, One Hundred and Fifty-second Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He was assigned to both garrison and detached duty during his service, which was terminated by discharge granted on the 30th of August, 1865. He holds membership in the James Ewing Post, G. A. R. He votes the democratic ticket, feeling that the basic principles of that party are best adapted to subserve the interests of the majority. He is one of he highly esteemed and respected men of this district, where more than forty years residence has proven him well worthy of such regard.
ELIAS W. SHEARER.
The Civil war was a great school out of which came many of the noblest characters the republic has known. Thousands of young men gained their first lessons in the realities of life in the tremendous conflict and lived to put into practical application the principles of courage, self-denial and persistence learned while faithfully serving in the army. Of this number is Elias W. Shearer, now postmaster of Collins.
He was born in Marion county, Indiana, January 3, 1844, a son of Michael and Catherine (McCord) Shearer, the former of whom was a native of Maryland and the latter probably of Ohio. The father was first married in Pennsylvania and subsequently removed to Indiana, where his wife died. He subsequently married Miss Catherine McCord. In 1847 he removed to Wapello county, Iowa, locating near Ottumwa, where he entered government land, which he was industriously developing when he met his death in an accident while trying to corral a cow. The animal jumped on a pole which was resting on one of his shoulders and he was crushed under the weight, leaving a widow with six children, all of whom were sons. Mrs. Shearer bravely assumed the responsibility and reared the sons to manhood. Later she married Andrew Shearer, a brother of her first husband. This faithful wife and mother passed away in June, 1876.
Elias W. Shearer was reared as a boy upon the home farm and at the early age of fourteen years began to work for wages among the farmers of