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The History of Jasper County, Iowa Lynn Grove Township (M-R) McCOLLUM,
Isaac; Farmer; Sec. 20; P. O. Granville. McNULTY,
W.; Farmer; Sec. 11; P. O. Lynnville. McVICKER,
W.; Farmer; Sec. 28; P. O. Lynnville. MACY,
I.; Farmer; Sec. 33; P. O. Lynnville. MATHEWS,
A. R.; Farmer; Sec. 6; P. O. Lynnville; owns 280 acres of prairie, valued at
$11,000, thirty acres of timber, valued at $500, and town property valued at
$1,000; born in Cass Co., Ill., April 17, 1829; came to this county in 1850;
stayed one Winter and returned to Illinois; remained till the Spring of 1852,
and went across the plains to California, where he was engaged in mining till
1857, and returned by way of the Isthmus to Illinois, and July 29, of that year,
married Mary Jane LOWRENCE, who was born in Cass Co., Ill., July 28, 1835; they
the same year moved to this county, where they have since resided; their
children are Millard F., born June 28, 1858; Lewis F., July 29, 1860; Charles
M., Dec. 23, 1862; George E., Aug. 15, 1865, and Freddie R., Jan. 1, 1870.
Is a Republican and member of the Protestant Methodist Church. MATHEWS,
M. T.; Farmer; Sec.3; P. O. Lynnville; owns 110 acres of land, valued at $4,500;
born in Green Co., Ky., Feb. 8, 1813; moved to Warren Co., Ky., with his parents
when about 5 years of age; to Crawford Co., Ill., when about 8 years old, and to
Morgan Co., Ill., when about 12 years old.
Married Nancy SWAN in that county in 1834; she was a native of North
Carolina, and died Feb. 5, 1870, in her 58th year.
In 1836, he emigrated to Iowa, settling in Van Buren Co.; stayed nearly
four years and returned to Morgan Co., where he remained till the Spring of
1845, when he moved to this county, settling on Sec. 9, but moved to where he
now lives; his farm principally devoted to raising corn and wheat, and this year
he had a very fine tobacco patch, which product seems to thrive well on his
land. His children are Mary E. (now
Mrs. BURTON, residing in this county), Ellen (now Mrs. SPARKS, residing in this
township), Susan (now Mrs. TREASE, residing in this township), Amanda (now Mrs.
SHILL, residing in Pella, Marion Co.), Jane, Richard and Jennette O.; the last
three reside at home; also a grandson, John M., whom he has raised from infancy;
his children deceased are George W., who died in infancy ion 1837; Mathew D.,
died Nov. 16, 1855, in his 3d year; Frances H. died Oct. 24, 1865, in her 7th
year. MATHEWS,
William R.; Farmer and stock raiser; Sec. 9; P. O. Lynnville; owns 815 acres in
this township, valued at $25,000, and 320 acres in Elk Creek Township, valued at
$6,500; is one of the most extensive stock raisers and breeders in the county,
and the writer saw on his farm as fine specimens of blooded cattle and horses as
he has ever witnessed. Mr. M. was
born in Morgan Co., Ill., Aug. 27, 1827; first came to this county in 1847, but
only stayed a few months and returned to Illinois, but soon returned again, and
several visits backward and forth, he, in 1850, permanently settled in this
township, where he has since resided. Married
Martha A. CONOVER Oct. 15, 1850; she was born in Morgan Co., Ill., and died in
Feb., 1860, aged 30 years. By that
marriage he has two children living and two deceased.
Richard A. resides at home; is now a student at Grinnell College; Olivia
also resides at home; John L. died at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Nov. 1876, aged 20
years; Charles F. died in July, 1860, aged 6 months. Mr. M. married again, Miss Sarah T. SHERMAN, in Jan., 1865;
she was born in Brimfield, Hampden Co., Mass.
He is a Republican and member of the Protestant Methodist Church. MAYFIELD,
John A.; Farmer; Sec. 11; P. O. Lynnville; owns thirty-one acres, valued at
$1,200; born in Barren Co., Ky., Oct. 19, 1830; moved with his parents to
Sangamon Co., Ill., when about 4 years old, where they resided till the Spring
of 1844, and moved to Libertyville, Jefferson Co., Iowa, where they stayed a few
months, and came to this county, arriving in Lynn Grove about the 8th
of August, and were the first family who effected a permanent settlement in the
Grove. His father was a native of
Kentucky, and died Aug. 10, 1871, aged 66 years; his mother is a native of the
same place; is still living with her son at Searsboro.
Mr. M. married Ellen MOODY in Sept., 1855; she was born in Tuscarawas
Co., Ohio; they have two sons�James B. and Lee J. MAYFIELD,
N. B.; Farmer; Sec. 15; P. O. Lynnville. MAYO,
E. S.; Farmer; Sec. 28; P. O. Lynnville. MAYO,
Jesse T.; Farmer; Sec. 28; P. O. Lynnville; owns 120 acres of land, valued at
$4,000; born in Wayne Co., N. C., June 17m, 1834; moved to Parke Co., Ind., with
his parents in the Spring of 1847, and the same Fall moved to Mahaska Co., Iowa,
settling in what is known as the Spring Creek Quaker Settlement; here his father
died the Winter following, and his mother marrying a few years afterward.
He, in 1852, returned to Indiana, where he married Miss Mary KEEBOTTON,
in Parke Co., in Sept., 1856; she was born in that county March 7, 1835; they
came to this county and settled on their present farm in 1874; their children
are Ella J., Celestia G., Lizzie C and Minnie J.
Politically is a Republican. MENDENHALL,
J.; Farmer; Sec. 14; P. O. Lynnville. MENDENHALL,
Sarah, Mrs.; Farmer; Sec. 1; P. O. Lynnville; owns 200 acres, being a part of
the MENDENHALL estate of 930 acres, valued at $28,000; born in Clinton Co.,
Ohio, April 10, 1815; moved to Hendricks Co., Ind., with his mother (his father
being dead) in 1834; here she married Temple MENDENHALL Jan. 20, 1835; he was
born in North Carolina, and died Dec. 14, 1874, in his 68th year;
from Hendricks Co., they moved to this county in 1859, where the family have
since resided. Mrs. M.�s children are Zimri, who resides in Oregon; Elisha
resides in this township; Esther resides in this township; Allen resides in this
township; Olive resides with her mother; Temple resides in Hendricks Co., Ind.;
Jeremiah resides in this township; Sarah (now Mrs. KITCHEN) resides in this
township; Mary resides with her mother; Enos P. and Calvin W. (twins) resides
with their mother. Elisha resides
on Sec. 1, was born in Hendricks Co., Ind., I 1838; came to this county in 1848;
came to this county with parents, where he has since resided; Jeremiah also
resides on Sec. 1, and was born in the same county in 1848; came to this county
with his parents; married Gulie E. HODSON in Indiana in 1874; she is a native of
Indiana; they have one child, and infant not named; Allen resides on Sec. 1 and
was born Aug. 20, 1843, in Hendricks Co., Ind.
The family are members of the Society of Friends. MEREDITH,
C. O.; Farmer; Sec. 2; P. O. Lynnville; resides on his father�s farm of 326
acres; born in Henry Co., Ind., Oct. 15, 1844; moved to this county in 1865,
where he has since resided; attended school at Grinnell College three years, but
owing to ill health, caused by hard study and confinement, was prevented from
graduating; he then worked on a farm three years, and his health improving by
the outdoor exercise. He began
teaching school and taught four years; but his health again failed from too much
confinement and he was compelled to return to the farm.
Is a man of considerable ability and has filled the office of Township
Assessor two years, discharging the duties of his office satisfactorily.
Married Angie GAUSE Nov. 30, 1868; she is also a native of Henry Co.,
Ind.; they have two children�Ernest and Effie.
Is a member of the Society of Friends. MEREDITH,
John C.; Attorney at law; Lynnville; born in Hamilton Co., Ind., Dec. 16, 1851;
moved to Cadiz, Henry Co., Ind., with his parents in 1854, and from there to
Spiceland in 1861, and to this county in 1864, settling in his town; attended
Grinnell and Oskaloosa Colleges, and graduated in the Law Department of the Iowa
State University in June, 1877, and has since practiced his profession in this
town. Married Angie SWEENEY in Montezuma July 15, 1875; their
children are William H. and Mertie. MEREDITH,
O. C,; Attorney at law and Justice of the Peace; Lynnville; he is the son of J.
H. MEREDITH, who was a native of North Carolina, and came to this county in
1858, settling two and a half miles west of this town; resided there eighteen
months and then moved to town and engaged in the stock business, which he
continued till his death, which occurred Jan. 26, 1876, aged 57 years.
The subject of this sketch was born in Henry Co., Ind., Dec. 15, 1846;
came to this county with his father in 1858, and at an early age engaged as
clerk in the store of MOODY, MEREDITH & Co., of this town, in which his
father held an interest; but after a few years he purchased his father�s
interest in the mercantile business, which he retained about a year and sold to
GAUSE & MACY; he then turned his attention to the law profession and was
admitted to the bar in 1877. Since
Mr. M. has arrived at maturity he has been a prominent man in his township,
filling nearly all the township offices in succession, and has been Justice of
the Peace two years. Married Sarah
L. MASTELLAS at Newton April 7, 1869; she is a native of Ohio; they have one
son�Freddie E. Is a Republican,
and a member of the M. E. Church. MILLER,
A.; Farmer; Sec. 26; P. O. Lynnville. MILLER,
G. B.; Farmer; Sec. 25; P. O. Lynnville. MILLER,
J. M.; Farmer; Sec. 23; P. O. Lynnville. MOORE,
J. N.; Farmer; Sec. 6; P. O. Lynnville. NORTHCUT,
Hezekiah; Farmer; Sec. 3; P. O. Lynnville. NAYLOR,
James B; Attorney at law; Lynnville; born in Surry Co., N. C., July 23, 1832;
here he spent his boyhood days, till, in his 20th year, he found
himself without the advantages of even a limited education; he then bought his
time from his father, and hired out at $6.25 per month, for the purpose of
getting money with which to obtain an education; after working a year, he
attended school ten months, and that was all the time he ever spent as a scholar
in a school room; but, being very apt, was always found at the head of his
class, much to the chagrin of the older scholars; he then taught school a year,
and after that, engaged as salesman in a dry goods store in Olin, Iredell Co.,
N. C., in which he was very successful; but owing to failing health, was
compelled to abandon it, and engaged in the cabinet business, at which he was
occupied till 1857, when he emigrated to Blue Point, Poweshiek Co., Iowa;
shortly after coming here, he was appointed Postmaster at Tyro, Poweshiek
County, which position he held six years; was elected Coroner of the county in
1863; served one term; was then elected Justice of the Peace and served four
years. He moved to this town in
August, 1868, and the same Fall was elected Justice of the Peace; served two
years and has since engaged in the practice of his profession in connection with
his other business. Owns 120 acres,
in Poweshiek County and twenty-one acres in this county valued at $6,000.
Was a member of the Washington Home Guards in Poweshiek County during the
war, and at the time of the murder of the U. S. Marshal in that county, was
appointed Captain of the Guards and started in pursuit of the fugitives, one of
whom was captured and served in the penitentiary till his death.
Mr. N. married Melinda E. ARNOLD, in Lynnville, March 9, 1868; she is a
native of Mahaska Co., Iowa; their children are Carrie A., born Dec. 24, 1868;
Sarah E., Sept. 12, 1872, and Charles, June 30, 1874. Is a Republican and member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. PERFECT,
F. M.; Farmer; Sec. 32; P. O. Granville. PERFECT,
J.; Farmer; Sec. 33; P. O. Granville. PHELPS,
W. S.; Farmer; Sec. 27; P. O. Lynnville. PUGH,
S. R.; Farmer; Sec. 34; P. O. Granville. PUGH,
W.; Farmer; Sec. 26; P. O. Granville. QUIRE,
William; Farmer; Sec. 5; P. O. Lynnville. QUAINTANCE,
E. C.; Farmer; Sec. 36; P. O. Granville, Mahaska Co.; owns 252 acres of land,
valued at $7,000; born in Jefferson Co., Ohio, May 21, 1822; moved to Crawford
Co., Ohio, with his parents when 2 years old, where he remained till 1854, and
moved to Iowa, settling in Holmes Township, Mahaska Co., near what is known as
the Elkhorn Tavern; here he lived a little over a year, and moved to what is
know as New Sharon, and erected the first house on the site of that village,
remaining about one year and then moved to Granville, where he lived till 1875,
and then returned to New Sharon, where he engaged in the mercantile business;
but unfortunately, after doing business upward of a year, a fire consumed almost
his whole stock; hew then disposed of his business in New Sharon and moved to
his present farm in May, 1877. He
married Jane FRAME in Crawford Co., Ohio; she was a native of Pennsylvania, and
died January 14, 1852, in her 31st year; the children by this
marriage RE Ann E., born April 9, 1848; Amanda J., born November 8, 1849, and
Martha, born January 14, 1852, now deceased; he married again, Eveline GILES,
June 26, 1853; she was born in Morrow Co., Ohio, July 13, 1833, and died Dec.
27, 1856; the children by this marriage are Sidney B., born May 28, 1854, and
Wilbur, born August 25, 1855, and died August 3, 1856; he married again, Mrs.
Eliza DAIVES, whose maiden name was GRIFFITH, August 19, 1857; she was born in
Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, April 29, 1822; she married Samuel DAIVES in 1844,
who died Oct. 22, 1856; she came to Iowa with her husband in1846, and settled in
Louisa Co. Mr. Q. is a Republican,
and a Presbyterian. QUIRE,
Charles E. & J. C., constituting the firm of Quire Bros., Druggists;
Lynnville; the former, Charles E. QUIRE, physician and surgeon, was born in
Hamilton Co., Ohio, Nov. 25, 1842; moved to Montgomery Co., Ind., with his
parents, in 1857; from there he enlisted in the 10th Indiana V. I.,
Co. B., was engaged in General Hospital No. 8 most of the time; was honorably
discharged in October, 1863; returned to Fredericksburg and commenced the study
of medicine with Drs. PARSONS & ERWIN, in the Fall of 1863; in 1865 he came
to this county, and in 1867 located in this township and commenced the practice
of medicine; he shortly after attended lectures at Rush Medical College,
Chicago, from which he graduated in the Winter of 1870 and 1871; returned and
located in this town, where he has since resided.
Married Sarah L. TAYLOR in this township February 21, 1867; she is a
native of this State; their children are Franklin E., Austin F. and Frederick;
the latter, J. C. QUIRE, was born in Hamilton Co., Ohio, August 29, 1851; moved
to Montgomery Co with his parents, and to this township in the Fall of 1865; has
been engaged at farming and teaching school most of the time till December 1874,
when he engaged with his brother in their present business. QUIRE,
W.; Farmer; Sec. 5; P. O. Lynnville. RAFFERTY,
J. W.; Farmer; Sec. 5; P. O. Lynnville. RAIRDON,
W.; Farmer; Sec. 6; P. O. Lynnville. RATLIFF,
E.; Farmer; Sec. 22; P. O. Lynnville. RATLIFF,
O.; Farmer; Sec. 21; P. O. Lynnville. RATLIFF,
R. P.; Farmer; Sec. 21; P. O. Lynnville. REITER,
H.; Farmer; Sec. 34; P. O. Granville. REITER,
J. F.; Farmer; Sec. 27; P. O. Lynnville. RENAND,
C.; Farmer; Sec. 21; P. O. Lynnville. RENAND,
C. F.; Farmer; Sec. 28; P. O. Lynnville. RENAND,
L.; Farmer; Sec. 28; P. O. Lynnville. RHINE,
G. W.; Farmer; Sec. 35; P. O. Granville. RICE,
L.; Farmer; Sec. 14; P. O. Lynnville. RYAN,
John; Farmer; Sec. 36; P. O. Granville.
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