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The History of Jasper County, Iowa Clear Creek Township (K-Y) KIMBERLY, Elijah; Farmer; Sec. 5; P. O. Clyde; born in England, Warwickshire, Nov. 14, 1828, where he followed the weaving business. He came to New York, and thence to Iowa in 1861. He married Mary EDMONDS in England in 1848. She was born in England in 1826. They have five children - Elizabeth, Edward, Mary, Anna and Alfred H.; four children died in infancy. He has 100 acres of land, valued at $25 per acre. He has a good improved farm, orchard, etc. Mr. and Mrs. K. are members of the Catholic Church. He is a Republican. Edward B., his oldest son, has been giving his attention to schooling and reading; will now lay farming aside and devote most of his attention and time to the improvement of educational interests. KIMBERLY, I; Farmer; Sec. 5; P. O. Clyde. KINTZ, C. P.; Farmer and Stock Raiser; Sec. 14; P. O. Clyde; born in Summit Co., Ohio, Dec. 1, 1841; came to this county with Father Joseph in 1845, who is now the oldest settler in this part of the county. He has a good farm located near Clyde, with good building and orchard, and under good improvement; has 226 acres, valued at $40 per acre. He enlisted in Aug. 1862 in the 40th Iowa V. I.; was in the Western army; lost his health by taking the measles and taking cold, and was discharged by reason of physical disability. He married Mary Ann THOMPSON in Iowa in 1863. She was born in Ohio April 4, 1844. They have seven children - Margret, Sarah, Joseph W., Laura Bell, Mary, Alta and Charles. He is a Democrat. KINTZ, Joseph; Farmer and Stock Raiser; Sec. 24, P. O. Clyde; born in Cumberland Co., Penn., Jan. 11, 1813; he moved to Ohio with his father, and thence came to this county in Nov. 1845. He is the oldest settler in this part of Jasper Co.; came before it was surveyed through this county; was 17 1/2 miles to the nearest neighbor. He drove from Ohio with horses and exchanged for oxen at Oskaloosa; he entered 1,000 acres of land; has since given each child 160 acres. At the first beginning in Iowa, the story came that the Indians were going to make trouble, and they built a fort around Mr. Kintz's house, brought in all the families, thirty-six in all, and their stock, and remained several days. The Indians, seeing their movements, were frightened, and commenced preparing for defense. Both parties were frightened and neither wanted to fight. Mr. KINTZ kept on with his plowing, telling them to return to their homes. Some wanted to leave the county; but for Mr. KINTZ they would have deserted the camp. They finally returned home to their farms, and that ended the Indian trouble. Soon after, Calista HOWELL, a girl of 16 years, was coming from a neighbor's, two miles distant, and got lost in the woods; the neighbors looked for eight days before they found her. She had been without food and lying out on the ground and traveling until she was exhausted. Mr. KINTZ was the first to discover her, some eight miles from her home. He took her in his arms and carried her home. The flesh had mostly left her body. With great care, they nursed her and now she is the mother of a family living in Oregon. Mr. KINTZ was here at the time of the hanging of the HAMLIN family for the supposed murder of KNISELY in 1850. He married Mary WALTENBURGER in Stark CO., Ohio in 1833. She was born in Pennsylvania May 2, 1812. They have five children - John W., C. P., Sarah, Rebecca and Susan. He has 357 acres of land, valued at $35 per acre, a good house, barn, orchard and other good improvements. He was the farthest man north between the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers. He has lead a very active life and is a young man yet; goes on the jump and as lively as a man of 20 years; he used to go to mill at Oskaloosa, and have to wait four weeks to get milling done; sometimes took a jug of whisky and got the miller drunk and asleep and ground their own grist before he awoke. He is a man of unbounded generosity; lets no one leave his house hungry or cold; that is his religion; he has always been a Democrat. KISTER, Lewis; Farmer; Sec. 34; P. O. Clyde. KITCHELL, P. A.; Farmer; Sec. 29; P. O. Clyde. KLINE, P., Sr.; Farmer; Sec. 13; P. O. Clyde. KLINE, P., Jr.; Farmer; Sec. 5; P. O. Clyde. KLINE, W., Jr.; Farmer; Sec. 13; P. O. Clyde. LEONARD, A. L.; Farmer; Sec. 22; P. O. Clyde. LINT, Alexander; Farmer; Sec. 29; P. O. Greencastle; born in Somerset CO., Penn., March 4, 1831. He moved to Iowa in 1863. He followed the millwright business for six years, and improved the present farm, and built good buildings; has 140 acres of land, valued at $30 per acre; has a good stock farm with a good stream of living water running through it. Married his wife in Pennsylvania in 1854. They have five children - Levi D., Matilda, Wilson H., Clayton J. and Amanda. His grandfather, John LINT, was a soldier in the war of 1812. Mr. and Mrs. LINT are members of the Evangelical Church. LINT, H.; Farmer; Sec. 29; P. O. Clyde. LINT, W. C.; Farmer; Sec. 21; P. O. Clyde. LONG, Joseph; Farmer; Sec. 19; P. O. Greencastle; born in Somerset Co., Penn., July 4, 1825. He moved to Indiana, remained six years, and thence to Iowa in 1855. He was in the timber and shingle business while in Indiana. He took his present farm in its natural state, built his buildings, set out an orchard and made good improvements; has 160 acres of land, valued at $35 per acre. He married Lydia POORBOUGH in Pennsylvania in 1848. She was born in Pennsylvania in 1825. They have eight children - Henry, William, Charles, Mary, Ellen, Martha A., Louisa and Julia. Henry enlisted in the 40th I. V. I. and served three years and was discharged with his regiment at the close of the war. Mr. LONG's great-grandfather was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. Mr. and Mrs. L. are members of the Methodist Church. Republican. LOW, J.; Farmer; Sec. 18; P. O. Clyde. MAGGARD, ADAM; Farmer and Stock Raiser; Sec. 25; P. O. Clyde; born in Hancock Co., Ind., Dec. 25, 1832. He moved to Scott CO., Iowa, thence to Jefferson and thence to this county in May 1845. He is one of the two oldest settlers in the township. He has one of the best houses and barns in the township; a good, improved farm of 127 acres, valued at $50 per acre, a bearing orchard, etc. He married Eliza CUTHBERT in Jasper County in 1859. She was born in Lincolnshire, England in 1838. They have seven children - George, Henry, Mary, Charles, Sarah, Laura and WIllie. At the time Mr. M. came to this county there were but two cabins in Newton. The country was very new; had to go 100 miles to mill and a great many other things to contend with, but finally succeeded and now has all the comforts of life and the respect of all the township. He is a Democrat. MANS, R. D.; Farmer; Sec. 16; P. O. Clyde. MAXWELL, Charles B.; Merchant, Clyde; firm of BALDWIN & MAXWELL; large general store consisting of a well assorted stock of dry goods, boots and shoes, groceries, hardware, agricultural implements, etc.; also a dealer and shipper in grain and live stock. Born in Delphi, Carroll Co., Ind., Oct. 4, 1838. He came to Iowa in 1856, and has since principally followed the mercantile business. He located in Clyde in July 1866. He married Hattie E. HIGLEY in Iowa in 1868. She was born in Hiram, Portage Co., Ohio, July 11, 1846. They have two children - Veva H. and Edwin H. He owns a fine house and six lots in Clyde, and is a partner in the firm of BALDWIN & MAXWELL. They have three stores doing a large trade; branch at Colo, on the N. W. Ry., and Cambridge, and one at Iowa Center; also having a large stock and grain trade in the four mentioned places. Mr. MAXWELL enlisted in Co. E, 3d I. V. I., June 8, 1861; received two slight wounds in the arm and leg and was discharged by reason of physical disability after serving one year; in the battles of Pittsburg Landing and Shilioh, and several small battles. Mr. MAXWELL had his former residence and contents destroyed by fire Feb. 3, 1875; was insured in the Hawkeye Company of Des Moines for $2,050 and received $2,000 in cash and he rebuilt on the same grounds and now has his place well ornamented with fruit and ornamental trees. Are members of the M. E. Church. McCLANAHAN, Thomas; Farmer; Sec. 18; P. O. Clyde. McCLANAHAN, William; Farmer; Sec. 19; P. O. Clyde; born in Indiana in 1851. He came to Iowa with his parents. He is a son of Thomas McCLANAHAN, a farmer in Clear Creek Township. William works a large farm; is an energetic and respected young man. Votes the Democratic ticket. McKURER, B.; Farmer; Sec. 28; P. O. Clyde. McQUISTON, J. M.; Farmer; Sec. 15; P. O. Clyde. MERCER, C.; Farmer; Sec. 31; P. O. Clyde. MEYERS, B.; Farmer; Sec. 12; P. O. Clyde. MOREHEAD, J.; Farmer; Sec. 33; P. O. Clyde. MORRISON, T. J.; Farmer; Sec. 18; P. O. Clyde. MURRELL, J. A.; Farmer; Sec. 33; P. O. Clyde. NEAL, L.; Farmer; Sec. 12; P. O. Clyde. OSWALT, Edward; Farmer; Sec. 28; P. O. Clyde. OSWALT & THOMPSON; Millers, Sec. 27; P. O. Clyde. OXLEY, T.; Farmer; Sec. 6; P. O. Clyde. OXLEY, W.; Farmer; Sec. 6; P. O. Clyde.OZMUNN, Wm.; Farmer; Sec. 8; P. O. Clyde. PARKER, Wm.; Farmer; Sec. 4; P. O. Clyde. PATTON, Joseph, Dr.; Physician and Surgeon, Clyde; born in Washington Co., Tenn., April 9, 1826; moved to Indiana and studied medicine and surgery with Nelson & Duzan, at Indianapolis, and also took a thorough course and graduated in veterinary practice, and then took the theological course, and finished at the annual conference at Des Moines of the M. E. Church; ordained by Bishop Clark, of Des Moines, and followed the ministry six years and gave part of his attention to the practice of medicine since his first studying, and in 1867, took the practice wholly as a business and located in Ontario, Iowa, in 1868; remained four years; traveled two years, and settled in Baxter and practiced two years; thence to Des Moines, and practiced two years, and thence to Clyde, in 1877, where he is having a good practice. He married A. B. HEFFNER in Indiana, in 1848; she was born in Woodford Co., Ky. April 28, 1832. They had six children; three are living � Eliza Ann, Jennie and John C.; three died in infancy. PENQUITE, A.; Farmer; Sec. 33; P. O. Clyde. PETEFISH, H.; Farmer; Sec. 10; P. O. Clyde. PIERSON, N.; Farmer; Sec. 7; P. O. Clyde. PLATT, W.; Farmer; Sec. 30; P. O. Clyde. PLUMB, J. M.; Farmer; Sec. 25; P. O. Clyde. PLUMB, J. W.; Farmer; Sec. 25; P. O. Clyde. POORBAUGH, J. Farmer; Sec. 30; P. O. Clyde. RICHEY, M. W., Dr.; Physician and Surgeon, Clyde; born in Polk Co., Iowa, Oct. 19, 1853; moved to this county in 1855; he graduated at the State Medical University in Iowa City, in the Spring of 1876, and in the Kentucky School of Medicine at Louisville Medical College, in medicine and surgery, in the Spring of 1877; practiced in Colfax, Iowa, a few months, and then located in Clyde in June, 1877, where he is having a good practice. He married Miss A. E. REEVES, in Jasper Co., Iowa, Jan. 22, 1878. She was born Nov. 17, 1853, in Meigs Co., Ohio. Has a good house and lot and office and lots. ROGAN, T.; Farmer; Sec. 12; P. O. Clyde. SKINNER, Arthur; Farmer and Stock Raiser; Sec. 23; P. O. Clyde; born in St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., July 23, 1852; he moved to Webster Co., Iowa, remained seven years, and thence to Jasper in1860. He married Effa V. Spencer, in Iowa, Feb. 26, 1878. She was born in Ohio in 1855. He has 160 acres of land, valued at $40 per acre; has good buildings and bearing orchard, and a good and well-improved farm. He is a son of Geo. SKINNER, deceased, who was a soldier in the late rebellion; served four years in the 28th Iowa V. I.; lost his health and died from sickness contracted while in the army. Mr. S. took a trip to the Centennial. Mrs. S. is a member of the Congregational Church. He is a Republican. SKINNER, Herbert; Farmer and Stock Raiser; Sec. 23; P. O. Clyde; born in St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., April 2, 1849; he moved to Webster Co., Iowa, in 1853, and thence to Jasper County in 1860. Married Miss Mary KEYS, in Iowa, 1871. She was born in Iowa; they have two children � Walter and Gertie; she died in Iowa in 1875. He married for his second wife Mary A. EDWARDS in Iowa, in 1875. She was born in Iowa; they have one child � Eley. Has 107 acres of land, valued at $35 per acre; has house, barn, and orchard and a well-improved farm. He followed teaching ten Winters. Holds the office of Township Clerk and Secretary of School Board. Republican. He is a son of George SKINNER, deceased, who served four years in the 28th Iowa V. I.; lost his health, and died from sickness contracted while in the army. SMITH, J. H.; Farmer; Sec. 25; P. O. Clyde. SOUTHERN, D.; Farmer; Sec. 17; P. O. Clyde. SOUTHERN, W.; Farmer; Sec. 17; P. O. Clyde. STANTON, J. T.; Farmer; Sec. 3; P. O. Clyde. STIER, W. P.; Farmer; Farmer; Sec. 12; P. O. Clyde. STINSON, T.; Farmer; Sec. 25; P. O. Clyde. STOCK, James, Sr.; Sec. 35; P. O. Clyde; born in Liverpool, England, Aug. 15, 1815; came to Ohio in 1836; followed the butcher business in England; remained twenty years in Somerset Co., Ohio, and thence to Iowa in 1856; he improved his farm of 220 acres, valued at $40 per acre; has good buildings, bearing orchard, etc. He married Sarah McCLOUGHAN March 21, 1839, in Ohio; she was born in Pennsylvania, in 1817. They had eleven children, two dead � Catherine, Elizabeth, Sarah Ann, Mary, James, Jr., Z. T., Casibanca, Richard, George W., N. D., and Garibaldi. Richard enlisted in the 10th I. V. I.; served two years; received a severe wound at the battle of Shiloh; a large minie ball passing from the right ear through the head, and coming out of the left eye; he was discharged by reason of the wound. Mr. STOCK is an industrious, respected and generous man, and a Greenbacker. [Transcriber�s note: James STOCK, Sr. was actually born in Lancastershire, England which is near Liverpool. Other records for Sarah McCLOUGHAN give her a birth date of August 29, 1818. Of the children listed, Z. T. stands for Zachary T., Casibanca is a typographical error for either Cassablanca/Cassa B., and N. D. should be Ann D. Two other children are mentioned in James Stock, Sr.�s obituary, making thirteen in all, Joseph born about 1848-1849 who lived three days, and a stillborn baby boy who was the twin of Cassa B., born Aug. 15, 1853.] STOCK, J.; Farmer; Sec. 15; P. O. Clyde. STOCK, J.; Farmer; Sec. 15; P. O. Clyde. STREETER, H.; Farmer; Sec. 22; P. O. Clyde. STREETER, T.; farmer; Sec. 16; P. O. Clyde. STRICKLER, T. H.; Farmer and Stock Raiser; Sec. 9; P. O. Clyde; born in Fayette Co., Penn, Sept. 23, 1823; he moved to Iowa City in 1860, thence to Tama Co., and thence to Jasper Co., in 1864; has 140 acres of land, valued at $30 per acre; he has a bearing orchard, buildings, etc. He made his present improvements. Mr. S. followed boating several years in Pennsylvania, and on the Ohio River, carrying coal. Etc. He married Lucinda NEWMIRE in Pennsylvania, in 1846; she was born in Pennsylvania in 1824. They have nine children � Clarinda C., Anna N., Marion R., Elizabeth M. C., Susan G., James B., Ella Bell, Nancy J., Tilghman R. Mr. STRICKLER�s grandfather on his mother�s side, Weldon RAGAN, was an Orderly in the Revolutionary war, and his four sons were soldiers in the war of 1812. Mr. And Mrs. S. are members of the Christian Church. He came to Iowa with $150, and now has a nice property. Democrat. SWALWELL, Thomas; Farmer and Stock Raiser; Sec. 5; P. O. Clyde; born in Yorkshire, Eng., March 19, 1845; came to Illinois May 1, 1867; remained one year and came to this county in 1868. He married Jane RICHISON in Illinois; had one child � Thomas Vernon; his wife died in Iowa in 1871. He married for his second wife Harriet KIMBERLY in Iowa in 1872; she was born in New York in 1853; they have two children � Harriett Francis and Nellie Jane. Has 225 acres of choice land, valued at $25 per acre; a good house and farm well-improved. Mr. SWALWELL returned to England in 1872, to visit his friends and native country, and returned in one year to the farm. He makes a specialty of feeding and shipping stock, it being his former business in England; is considered a very practical and successful stock man. THOMPSON, A. R.; Farmer; Sec. 21; P. O. Clyde. THOMPSON, D. H.; Farmer; Sec. 23; P. O. Clyde. THOMPSON, J. H.; Farmer and Stock Raiser; Sec. 14; P. O. Clyde; born in Venango Co., Penn., April 3, 1821; he moved to Iowa in 1835; returned to Wayne Co., Ohio, remained several years and thence to Hancock Co., Ohio, and thence to Illinois and stayed four years; thence to Mercer Co., and thence to Iowa in 1862, and built his buildings and improved his farm. His house and contents were destroyed by fire in 1873; he did not receive any insurance; lost $400 trying to get the insurance. Has 250 acres of land, valued at $50 per acre; has a bearing orchard, etc. He married Eliza Johnson in Hancock Co., Ohio, in 1854. He was born in Stark Co., Ohio, in 1822. They have six children � William A., Ransom E., Charles, Joseph, Emma and Cora. Mr. And Mrs. THOMPSON are members of the M. E. Church; he is a Republican. He has made his property by his hard labor, and has supported his aged parents fifteen or twenty years; his father went to California and lost his sight. Mr. T. enlisted in 1862, but was rejected on account of his health. THOMPSON, J. M.; Farmer; Sec. 10; P. O. Clyde; born in Pennsylvania Jan. 4, 1837; moved to Ohio a child and thence to Iowa in 1865; improved his present farm; has bearing orchard, etc.; has 160 acres of land, valued at $35 per acre. He enlisted in January, 1862, in the 14th Ill. V. C.; served under Gens. STONEMAN and BURNSIDE; was in twenty different battles; was at the battles of Atlanta, Nashville, Kenesaw Mountain, Macon, Ga., Summer Hill Church, Salina, Ky., Columbus, Tenn.; was in both the Army of the Tennessee and Sherman�s Army; was in the Morgan raid in Ohio; was in Gen. STONEMAN�s raid, when most of the regiment was taken prisoners � all except those on foot; lost 600 killed, wounded and prisoners out of the regiment; he served until the close of the war. He married Elizabeth LEGET in 1865. She was born in Pennsylvania; they had one child � Wells. Mrs. T. died in Jasper Co. in 1869. He married for his second wife Hulda COOL, in Jasper Co., in 1870. She was born in Pennsylvania in 1848. They have four children � Della, Florence Etna, Maggie and Buford R. Greenbacker. THOMPSON, Sam.; Farmer; Sec. 2; P. O. Clyde. TIFFANY, Sylvester; Farmer; Sec. 15; P. O. Clyde. TILTON, N. B.; Farmer; Sec. 10; P. O. Clyde. TRAMELL, James J.; Farmer; Sec. 36; P. O. Greencastle. TRAMELL, Wm. A.; Farmer; Sec. 36; P. O. Greencastle; born in St. Joseph Co., Ind., Aug. 19, 1835. He moved to this county in 1851, took up his land from the Government, and now has it all under good improvement with fine buildings, a bearing orchard, groves, etc.; has 192 acres of land, valued at $40 per acre. He married Sarah Jane SPENCER April , 1861, in Iowa. She was born in Licking Co., Ohio, in 1835. They have two children � Mary C., Charles W. He was one of the first settlers in this Township; he has held several different township offices. Mr. And Mrs. T. are members of the Congregational Church. He breeds some Short-Horn stock. TRAMELL, N. A. B.; Farmer; Sec. 36; P. O. Greencastle. TRIPP, David; Farmer; Sec. 21; P. O. Clyde. TRIPP, G.; Farmer; Sec. 16; P. O. Clyde. VASEY, Wm.; Farmer; Sec. 6; P. O. Clyde. WHITEHEAD, A.; Farmer; Sec. 25; P. O. Clyde. WHITNEY, E. H.; Farmer; Sec. 34; P. O. Clyde. WILSON, G. M.; Farmer; Sec. 36; P. O. Clyde. WILSON, W. P.; Farmer; Sec. 25; P. O. Clyde. WITMER, Daniel; Farmer; Sec. 32; P. O. Clyde. YOUNG, S.; Farmer; Sec. 10; P. O. Clyde.
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