CALDWELL, A. N., farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. White Oak; owns 240 acres of land, valued at $30 per acre; born in East Tennessee in 1839; came to Iowa in 1851, and settled in White Oak; married Catharine Stump in 1876; she was born in Ohio in 1849; have two children, Charlie C. and Earl; has held the offce of assessor, trustee, etc.; are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian church. Republican.

CALDWELL, R. W., farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. White Oak; owns 160 acres of land, valued at $35 per acre; born in East Tennessee in 1841; came to Iowa in 1851, and settled in White Oak township; married Matilda Gaston in 1877; she was born in this county in 1850; Mr. C. has two children by a former marriage: Lizzie and James Gaston. Democrat.

CAMPBELL, J. N. H., farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Peoria; born in Brown county, Ohio, Jan. 30, 1816; came to this county in 1857; owns 203 acres of land; has held the office of school director, and served as president of the board; he was also a Representative from this county in the Tenth General Assembly; he married Miss Maria McClure, February, 1840; she was born in Illinois; has one child living, Chester C.; lost eleven; one son, Marion, was drowned in Skunk river, July 24, 1878. We copy the following notice from the New Sharon Star: "Captain Marion Campbell was born near Washington, Ill., March 15th, 1841, and came to this county with his parents while young; he enlisted in Co. H, 8th Iowa Infantry, in the late war, and was afterwards commissioned Capt. Co. F, and seved his country four and a half years with distinction. At the close of the war he married and settled in Mississippi; he was elected to the lower house af the State legislature, and served two years with such efficiency that his constituency elected him Senator. Notwithstanding his life was many times threatened, and he had received many warnings to quit the country, he, like the brave man that he was, stood steadfast at his post, and ever dared to do his duty. He was carried down to death's door with yellow fever; his wife and children sickened and died; he was stripped of all his property, conducted to the depot, and ordered to leave. It was then he turned his face northward , leaving that for which he had toiled, and that which was dearer still, the graves of his wife and little ones."

CAMPBELL, JAMES P., farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Peoria; born in Tennessee, in 1829; came to this county in 1851; owns 200 acres of land; he married Miss Harriet E. Bacon, in 1857; she was born in White county, Indiana; he has four children: Minerva, Ira, Ralph, and Matilda.

CAMPBELL, JOHN, farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Union Mills; born in Pennsylvania, in 1826; came to this county in 1853; owns 160 acres of land; he married Miss Belinda Moore, in 1849; she was born in Pennsylvania, and died February 13, 1850; he afterward married Mary Mitchell, April 10, 1851; she was born in Pennsylvania; has 6 children, Mary Belinda, Nancy R., William J., Ella J., Nevada A. and Ruth E.

CAMPBELL, WILLIAM, farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Oskaloosa; born in Pope county, Ill., in 1821; came to this county in 1843; owns 200 acres of land; has held office of township trustee and school director; he married Sarah L. Dunbar in 1847; she was born in Indiana; has five children, Charles V., Walter, Minnie, Velma, William L.

CANINE, P. V., farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Pella; born in Shelby county, Kentucky, September 10, 1810; lived there 21 years; then moved to Montgomery county, Indiana; he lived there until 1852, and then came to this county and located where he now lives; farms 181 acres; he married Miss Charity Smith, February 13, 1833, a native of Ohio, but raised in Montgomery county, Indiana; they have four sons and three daughters, Cornelius, Enoch, Harvey, Sylvesrer, Margaret, Lucinda, and Gharity A.; was township trustee four years.

CANON, SAMUEL R., of the firm of Canon & Gunn, merchants, Fremont; was born in Fayette county, Ohio, May 12, 1845, and lived there about twelve years; came to this county in 1857; not married.

CAPPER, Mrs. LUCINDA, formerly Miss Lucinda Odell, Sec. 7; P. O. Oskaloosa; was born in Park county, Ind., and was brought up there; she married John Capper June 27, 1854; he was born in Ohio February 13, 1825; they came by wagon to Iowa and arrived in this county October 20, 1857, located where they now live, and made their farm; there were only a few here when they came; he died September 27, 1867, leaving an estate of 140 acres; they have six children living, Rose A., Oscar S., Flora E., Harvey M., John C., and Daniel W., and have lost two children. Howard M. Capper, brother of Mr. Capper, lived with them; he was in the army, enlisted in the thirty- third Regiment Iowa Infantry, Co. E.

CARPENTER, EDWARD T., Sec. 1, farmer; P. O. Oskaloosa; owns a farm of 80 acres; was born in Boone county, Ky.; his parents moved from there when he was very young, and went to Switzerland county, Indiana, where he lived until 1875, and then came to this county. He married Amanda L. Facemyre in 1870, a native of Indiana; they have three children, Harry K., Lewis, and Lucy May. He served three years in the late war in Co. H, 41st Regiment Cavalry, Indiana Volunteers; was taken prisoner at Noonan, Ga., and was confined in the Andersonville prison about four months before he was exchanged.

CARPENTER, PROF. GEORGE T., president and principal of Oskaloosa College, Oskaloosa; born in Nelson county, Ky., March 4, 1834; when only eight years of age he removed to Bureau county, Illinois, and was reared and educated there, and then attended Abingdon College, and graduated in the class of "59." After graduating he came to Winterset, Madison county, and engaged in teaching, taking charge of the academy in connection with preaching, he remained there two years, then came here and in connection with his brother they established this school in September, 1861; since then he has been connected with it, and this institution owes much to his efforts and ability - he has earned a high position as an educator; he was editor of "The Record and Evangelist" for four years, during which time, in 1873, he visited Europe, being appointed honorary member from this State to the Vienna Exposition. He married Miss Henrietta T. Drake, June 21, 1863; she is a daughter of Judge Drake, of Drakeville, Davis county, Iowa; they have four children, John D., Mary A., Henrietta D., and Jennie.

CARPENTER, PROF. GEORGE T., president and principal of Oskaloosa College, Oskaloosa; born in Nelson county, Ky., March 4, 1834; when only eight years of age he removed to Bureau county, Illinois, and was reared and educated there, and then attended Abingdon College, and graduated in the class of "59." After graduating he came to Winterset, Madison county, and engaged in teaching, taking charge of the academy in connection with preaching, he remained there two years, then came here and in connection with his brother they established this school in September, 1861; since then he has been connected with it, and this institution owes much to his efforts and ability - he has earned a high position as an educator; he was editor of "The Record and Evangelist" for four years, during which time, in 1873, he visited Europe, being appointed honorary member from this State to the Vienna Exposition. He married Miss Henrietta T. Drake, June 21, 1863; she is a daughter of Judge Drake, of Drakeville, Davis county, Iowa; they have four children, John D., Mary A., Henrietta D., and Jennie.

CARR, RICHARD, broker, Agricola; born in New York in 1846, came to this county July 13, 1874; he enlisted in the late war and received wounds that have maimed him for life; he married Miss Ellen Couse in 1874; she was born in New York.

CARRELL, C. A., farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Leighton; farm, 162 acres; was born in Adams county, Ohio, in 1843; he came to this county with his parents in 1849, and located near Oskaloosa; moved on his present farm eleven years ago; he married Miss Laura Walker, January 1, 1867, a native of Muskingum county, Ohio; have two sons and one daughter, Frederick, Charles and Nora Bell; served three years in the late war, in Company K., Thirty- third Iowa Volunteers Infantry.

CARRELL, GEORGE W., of the firm Hueston & Carrell, New Sharon; born in Ohio, in 1845, came to this State in 1865, and to this county March 1, 1876; he married Miss S. Dutton in 1871; she was born in Illinois; has one child, Myrtle.

CARSON, GEORGE, dealer in drugs, books, stationery and druggists' sundries, New Sharon; born in Hancock county, West Virginia, 1843; came to this State in 1856, and to this county in December, 1874; is at present a member of the city council; he enlisted in the 28th Iowa Infantry in the late war, and served until discharged on account of disability; he married Miss L. Anderson, in 1871; she was born in Ohio, and died July 1, 1872; he afterward married Miss Sadie Wright, June 20, 1878; she was born in Ohio; has two children by first marriage, George A. and Laurani M.

CATHCART, HUGH, farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 30; P. O. Flint; born in Pennsylvania in 1827. He removed to Wisconsin, and came to this State in 1868; owns two hundred and sixty-eight acres of land; has held office of school director. He married Miss Susan J. Fix, in 1854; she was born in Cleveland, Ohio; has seven children, Mary J., William H., Sarah, Loftus L., Hugh G., Anna M., and Baby; lost three children.

CLARK, J. F., farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Mauch Chunk; owns 171 1/2 acres, valued at $20 per acre; born in Kendall county, Illinois, in 1839; came to Iowa in 1865; married Mary Holderman in 1865; she was born in Kendall county, Illinois, in 1842; have four children, Henry, Mary J., James F., Charles W. Republican.

CLARK, PERRY H., assistant cashier Mahaska county Savings bank; born in Iowa City, Feb. 4, 1851, and is the son of Ezekiel Clark, the well known banker of that place. Perry was brought up and received his education there and in St. Louis; in 1870 he went to Europe, and spent two years there during the Franco-Prussian war; after his return he entered his father's bank in Iowa City, and was afterward connected with the management of the gas company there; he came to Oskaloosa in July, 1875, and became interested in the Mahaska county savings bank, and was elected assistant cashier, and since then has held that position.

CLEVENGER, JACOB W., farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Granville; born in Bedford county, Penn., in 1833; came to this county in 1863; previous to his coming to this State he lived six years in Indiana; he married Miss Sarah Holenshead, in 1854; she was born in the same county; has one child, Thomas J.

CLEVENGER, THOMAS J., farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Granville; born in this State in 1857; owns 80 acres of land.

COCHRAN, SANFORD, farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. White Oak; owns 203 acres of land, valued at $35 per acre; born in Muskingum county, Ohio, in 1817; came to Iowa in 1855 and settled on present farm; married Elizabeth Vandevender in 1839; she was born in Licking county, Ohio, in 1821; have six children: G. W., Oliver C., John W., Laura, Clara, Mary E.; has been trustee three years. Democrat.

COFFIN, Dr. J. L., physician, Oskaloosa; born in Warren county, New Jersey, April 17, 1817, and received his education there. In 1843 he removed to Pennsylvania, and after two years, removed to Elmira, New York. He studied medicine and graduated in 1854. He came to Columbia, Wisconsin, and practiced medicine there until 1870, and then came to this city and has been practicing here ever since; he married Hannah Westfall, from Sussex county, New Jersey; she died, November 14, 1868. They had five children, only two living, Carrie C., and Judson A. One son was killed while in the army, at the battle of Bull Run, July 21, 1861. He married his present wife, Hannah Hicks, from Vermont, in August, 1869.

COFFIN, SAMUEL, farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Oskaloosa; owns 555 acres of land, valued at $30 per acre; born in North Carolina in 1809; came to Iowa in 1842, and to his county in 1844; Mr. C. has been trice married; in 1830 to Sophia Fisler; she was born in Indiana in 1814; have seven children, John, Jacob, Sarah, Erastus, Eliza, Thomas, Susie; married again in 1851 to Susan Lyster; she was born in Indiana in 1833; have nine children, Sophia, Anna, Florence, Henry, William, Etta, Frank, Samuel, Mollie; Mr. C. represented this county two years in the legislature; was justice five years.

COLE, J., farmer, Sec. 24; P.O. New Sharon; born in Jefferson county, New York, in 1815; came to this county in December, 1868; owns sixty acres of land. He was enrolling officer during the war in Dodge county, Wisconsin. He married Miss A. Hickey, March 12, 1839; she was born in Ireland; they have nine children, Charles, Chester, William S., Benjamin J., Fremont, Judson C., Charlotte, Rosa and Sarah. One son, Edward, enlisted in the 29th Wisconsin Infantry, and died from disease contracted in the army. Chester, William S. and Benjamin, enlisted and served their country in the army, the latter being only fifteen years of age.

COLEMAN, A. D., farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Cedar; he was born in Burlington, Iowa, in 1845; came to this county in September, 1873. He married Elizabeth S. Yeisley, December, 1867, from Cedar county, Iowa; they have two sons and one daughter, Charles A., Joseph C., and Lydia A. He enlisted in company A, 18th Iowa Infantry, at Clinton in 1862. He re-enlisted in Cedar county in company K., 8th Iowa Cavalry, in 1863, and was mustered out September, 1863, at Clinton, Iowa; has been township clerk for eight years.

COLLINS, GEORGE E., firm of Johnson & Collins, Novelty Foundry, Oskalosa; born in Troy, Ohio, July 10, 1849, and when seven years of age, came to Iowa, and came to Oskaloosa in 1860. He learned his trade here and in Ottumwa. In 1875 he associated with Warren C. Johnson in their present business.

COLLINS, J. M., of the firm of Warrens & Collins, furniture dealers and undertakers, New Sharon; born in Miami county, Ohio, in 1844; came to this county in November, 1868; he enlisted in the 44th Ohio Infantry, and served seven months, and in the 12th Ohio Cavalry nearly two and one-half years; he married Jennettie Smith in 1870; she was born in Scotland; has four children, Ella May, Wm. H., Flora B. and Maggie.

COMSTOCK, A. J., farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Oskaloosa; born in Butler county, Ohio, in 1828; came to this county in 1844; owns 210 acres of land. In August, 1848, he enlisted in the Mexican War, and was assigned to a Tennesee regiment, and his term of service was to be ten years or during the war. He was the only man that enlisted in the war in Mahaska county. He also enlisted in the 33rd Iowa Infantry, in the late war and was commissioned captain in April, 1864; he was taken prisoner, and the following autumn was paroled. He married Miss A. Binns, in 1851; she was born in England; has five children, James T., Alfred, Andrew J., Victoria and Ella M.

CONE, C. P., firm of Cone Bros., attorneys, Oskaloosa; born in Mahaska county, March 27, 1845, and was brought up in this county and has lived in this county thirty-three years. Is one of the earliest native-born settlers now living her. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in February, 1876, and since then has practiced his profession at Albia and in this city; he married Miss E. J. Shuck, from Jefferson township, in this county, in 1864; they have two children, Addie B. and Martella L.

CONE, NELSON, farmer, Sec. 34; P.O. Eveland Grove; owns forty acres of land valued at fity dollars per acre; born in Wayne county, Ohio, in 1820; came to Iowa May 22, 1843, and located on his present farm; was a resident of Sangamon county, Illinois, about three years. Mr. Cone has been twice married; in 1843 he married Miss Sarah J. Allen; she was a native of Virginia, was born in 1821, and died in 1863; had two children, C. P. and W. J; married again in 1865 to Esta M. Henness; she was born in Van Buren Co., Iowa, in 1843; have one child, Lucy. Mr. Cone has held different township offices, and been county supervisor one year, and represented the county in 1874; Christian church; Democrat.

CONE, W. J., firm of Cone Bros., attorneys; born in Mahaska county, Iowa, August 5, 1848, and was brought up here; attended schools here, and afterward attended Commercial College, at Chicago. He studied law here, and was admitted to the bar in 1874, and since then has practiced his profession here; he has held the office of justice of the peace, town clerk, and other town and school offices; he married Miss Helen M. Henness, from this county, in April, 1867; they have five children, Trenmor T., John L., Lano D., William N. and Doc.; they have lost two children.

CONKLIN, WILLIAM A., Sec. 24; P. O. Oskaloosa; owne 160 acres of land, valued at $35 per acre; born in Morrow county, Ohio, in 1828; was marshal of the city of Cardington four years, and deputy treasurer two years; came to Iowa in 1867; married Maria A. Anderson in 1853; she was born in Guernsey county, Ohio, in 1834; have eleven children, William V. E., Ora P. Philemon B., Frank P., Charles E., Jacob J., Oscar K., Albert D., Alice E., Minnie H., Olive M.; lost two, one in infancy, and Emma J., who died at the age of twenty years. Are members of the M. E. church.

CONNOR, J. M., farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Oskaloosa; born in Butler county, Ohio, in 1827; came to this county in 1848; owns 120 acres of land; has held office of school director; he enlisted in the Mexican war. He married Edith Stanley in 1850; she was born in Ohio; has four children, Mary L., Emma E., Frank H., and Elmer.

COOK, ABNER, farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Eddyville; born in Harrison county, Ohio, in 1840; came to Iowa, Wapello county, in 1851. In 1870, he moved to this county; he married Charlotta Shawver, from Ohio, in 1864; they have one son and three daughters, Samuel C., Mary F., Stella and Malinda.

COOK, LEVI, blacksmith and wagon maker, Oskaloosa; born in Rensselaer county, New York, Nov. 11, 1832; he was brought up there and learned the trade of hoe and fork manufacturer. He came to Muscatine, Iowa, in the fall of 1854, and came to Oskaloosa in the spring of 1855, and engaged in blacksmithing, and since then has been engaged in that business and manufacturing agricultural implements. He has held the office of city marshal, and is engineer of the city fire engine. He married Miss Mary E. Hart, from Ohio, near Columbus, in August, 1856; they have two children, Nelson J., and Edward M.

COOPER, CARY, Oskaloosa; dealer in Iron and heavy hardware; was born in Lexington, Richland county, Ohio, September 22, 1839; he removed to Mt. Vernon with his parents when a child, where he resided until he came to Iowa, arriving in Oskaloosa, April 14, 1857; he began as clerk in the hardware store of which he is now proprietor; he first went into business in 1864, as junior partner in the firm of Seeberger & Cooper; subsequently the firm name changed to that of Cooper, Bennett & Co., and again to that of Cooper, Stevenson & Co.; in 1868 he purchased his partner's interest, and since that time has been sole proprietor; he has been in the business 21 years; it is the oldest house of the kind in central Iowa, and has attained a wide reputation; February 27, 1866,

Mr. C. married Miss Susie Thurston at her mother's residence in Knox county, Ohio; she was born in the house she was married in, September 13, 1843; they have by this union 2 daughters, Maude Thurston, born in Oskaloosa, Iowa, December 28, 1868; Bessie Dean, born in Oskaloosa, December 27, 1874.

CORK, JAMES F., attorney at law, New Sharon; born in Penn., in 1832; came to this State first in March, 1856; he afterward returned to Penn., and enlisted in the 100th Pennsylvania Infantry, known as "round heads," and served two years; he then removed to Lucas county, Iowa, coming to this county in 1872; he owns 50 acres of land in Lucas county; he married Miss Catharine Isabel Eastlick, December 25, 1855; has two children, Wm. H. and Mary Agnes.

CORWIN, L. EVANS, physician and surgeon: P. O. Olivet; was born in Champaign county, Ohio, in 1850; he lived there until 1865; he commenced the study of medicine with Dr. M. Bemshour, of Trinidade, Colorado, in 1872; took one course of lectures at the St. Louis Medical College; commenced practice in January at Olivet; practiced about three years in Ripley county, Missouri. 

COWAN, WILLIAM R., recorder of Mahaska county, Oskaloosa; born in Guernsey county, Ohio, May 1, 1844; when six years of age he came with his parents to Iowa; from Burlington they came here by wagon. He was in the army; enlisted August 7, 1862, in the 33d Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Co. K. He was in the battles of Helena, Arkansas, Jenkins' Ferry and siege of Mobile; he was wounded at Helena and Jenkins' Ferry. After the war he returned here and was elected county recorder in 1872, and re-elected in 1874, and again re-elected in 1876. He married Miss Nancy Newell, from Louisa Co., Iowa, September 20, 1870; they have two children, Lena A. and Frank N.

COX, J. W., farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Eddyville; owns 200 acres of land, valued at $30 per acre; born in Indiana, in 1842; came to Iowa in 1855, and located in this township; married M. C. Gaines, in 1866; she was born in Indiana, in 1848; have one child, Charlie A. Greenback.

COX, SETH, physician, Oskaloosa; born in Belmont Co., Ohio, April 19, 1819; when ten years of age his parents removed to Wayne county, Indiana, where he lived until he came to Iowa, and located in Oskaloosa, March 6, 1866, and since then has been engaged in practicing his profession. He married Ruth Kindley, from Ohio, in 1849; they have one daughter, Sallie, and have lost three sons.

Crain, Francis M., farmer, Sec. 22, P.O. Eddyville; owns 198 acres of land, valued at $20 per acre; born in Lee county, Iowa, in 1842; came here with parents in 1844; married Margaret L. Wilson in 1864; she was born in this county in 1849; have three children, Mary A., Jacob A. S., and Bertha; Mr. C. enlisted in Co. D, 36th Iowa Infantry, in 1862, and discharged in 1865.

CRANDALL, W. L., farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Concert; owns 130 acres of land, valued at $25 per acre; born in Warren county, Pa., in 1835; came to Iowa in 1855; married Welthy A. Cross in 1861; she was born in Ohio in 1834; they have three children, Jesse E., Eddie E., and Emma; are members of the M. E. Church.

CRAWFORD, O. P., merchant, dealer in general merchandise, New Sharon; born in 1850, removed to Minnesota when five years of age; came to this county in 1867; has been engaged in selling goods ten years, and four years in business for himself; he married Miss Ida H. Vickers, in Nov., 1874; she was born in Iowa.

CRISPIN, FRANCIS, farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Oskaloosa; owns 208 1/2 acres of land, valued at $40 per acre; born in Ross county, Ohio, in 1826; came to Iowa in 1845; married Adeline Bousell, in 1850; she was born in Virginia, in 1824; have six children, Louisa, Mary N., Sarah J., Thomas, Hannah and Susan. Mr. C. has been one of the board of supervisors one term, and held the office of justice one term.

CRISS, STEPHEN, farmer, Sec. 35; postmaster, Comet; owns 80 acres of land, valued at $30 per acre; born in Indiana, in 1841; came to Iowa in 1851; married Sarah A. Ruby, in 1861; she was born in Indiana, in 1843; have four children, Francis M., Ida Belle, Martha Ann, and Emma V.; are members of M. E. Church.

CRITTENDEN, Rev. O. L., retired clergyman, New Sharon; born in Chenango county, N. Y., in 1815; was educated at Hamilton, Madison county, N. Y.; licensed to preach in 1840, and ordained a few years later; he came to this State in 1863, and was for many years pastor of the Baptist Church in Pella, Marion county; he came to this county in 1874, and has been largely instrumental in the formation of the Baptist Church in this place; he is connected with the firm of Versteeg & Co., millers; he married Miss Mary Lamb in 1848; she was born in Ohio, and died in December, 1874; he afterwards married Mrs. Elizabeth C. Frisbee, in June, 1876; she was born in Oneida county, N. Y.; has one daughter by first marriage, named May - the wife of J. C. Salyer. Mrs. Crittenden's maiden name was Parker; she married Byron Frisbee, who died in 1870, leaving five children.

CROMWELL, GEORGE, Sec. 24; P.O. Eddyville; owns 228 1/2 acres of land, valued at $20 per acre; born in New York City in 1815, came to Iowa in 1849, and settled on his present farm. Mr. C. has been twice married; in 1850 he married Mary J. Lee; she was born in Indiana in 1833, and died in 1855; had two children, Margaret and Katie; and in 1866 married Mary Ann McIntosh; she was born in Illinois in 1834; have three children, Charles, Mary Ann and George. Mr. C. served two enlistments in the regular army; was all through the Mexican War.

CROSSON, OLIVER J., Sec. 30, farmer; P. O. Eddyville; Farm contains 112 acres; was born in Des Moines county, Iowa, May 28, 1842, his parents moved to this county when he was about ten months old, his father was one of the first settlers of the county; he married Mary J., daughter of C. N. Smith, December 23, 1862; She was born in Des Moines county, Iowa, in 1844; have three sons and one daughter; Flora L., born November 28, 1863, Fred N., born December 1, 1865, Joseph M., born September 23, 1870, Sidney P., born January 16, 1876.

CROZIER, C. E., Sec. 3; farmer, P. O. Oskaloosa; he owns a farm of ninety-one and one- half acres; was born in Shelby county, Ohio, march 3, 1845; he lived there ten years; his parents then emigrated to this county in 1856; he married Miss Eliza E. White, May 20, 1875; she was born in Jasper county, Iowa; have one daughter, Minnie M.

CRUZEN, HARVEY, farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Oskaloosa; owns 280 acres of land, valued at $50 per acre; born in Green county, Ohio, in 1810; came to Iowa in 1849, and settled on his present farm; Mr. C. has been twice married, first to Aseanath Walthall, in 1832; she was born in Virginia, in 1815, and had five children, Hamilton, Lewis, Geo. W., Elizabeth J., Benjamin. He married again in 1860, to Sally Lamborn, she was born in Knox county, Ohio, in 1826; have two children, Aseanath E., Laura C. Mrs. C. has four children by a former husband, Harriet M., John J., Thos. L., and Emma B. Mr. C. has been justice of the peace twelve years; they are members of the Baptist church.

CRUZEN, HARVEY, farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Oskaloosa; owns 280 acres of land, valued at $50 per acre; born in Green county, Ohio, in 1810; came to Iowa in 1849, and settled on his present farm; Mr. C. has been twice married, first to Aseanath Walthall, in 1832; she was born in Virginia, in 1815, and had five children, Hamilton, Lewis, Geo. W., Elizabeth J., Benjamin. He married again in 1860, to Sally Lamborn, she was born in Knox county, Ohio, in 1826; have two children, Aseanath E., Laura C. Mrs. C. has four children by a former husband, Harriet M., John J., Thos. L., and Emma B. Mr. C. has been justice of the peace twelve years; they are members of the Baptist church.

CRUZEN, LEWIS, farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Oskaloosa; owns 215 acres of land, valued at $40 per acre; born in Green county, Ohio, in 1835; came to Iowa in 1849; married H. A. Hollister in 1859; she was born in Knox county, Ohio, in 1835; they have three children, C. H., D. O. and A. L.; are members of the Baptist church.

CULVER, E. R., farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Comet; owns 86 acres of land, valued at $25 per acre; born in Athens Co., Ohio, in 1836; came to Iowa, in 1354; married C. J. Joseph, in 1866; she was born in Ohio, in 1830; have lost three children, Henrietta, Jessie and Ira; wife is a member of the Baptist church. Democrat.

CURRIER, CHARLES, farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Rose Hill; proprietor of Elkhorn Mills, erected in 1853; was born in Penobscot county, Maine, in 1820; came to Iowa in 1843; married Angeline Harris in 1849; she was born in Putnam county, Indiana, in 1829; have five children: Elma, William, Frank, Fred, Henry; Mrs. C. is a member of the Baptist church. Republican.

CUTTS, M. E., attorney-at-law, Oskaloosa; born in Orwell, Addison county, formerly Rutland county, Vermont, May 22, 1833; he attended the common schools there, and afterward attended St. Lawrence Academy, at Pottsdam, New York; he then joined a surveying expedition engaged in sub-dividing townships into sections; when 20 years of age, in 1853, he came to the State of Wisconsin, and located at Sheboygan, and engaged in teaching and reading law for 2 years; in June, 1855, he came to Iowa, and was admitted to the Bar in August, 1855; he located in Montezuma, Poweshiek county, and practiced his profession there, until coming to Oskaloosa in August, 1866; he was elected to the State Legislature to fill vacancy, in May, 1861, it being the war session; he was elected to the State Senate in 1863, and served for 4 years; he was again elected to the State Legislature in 1869; he received the appointment of Attorney- General of this State, in February, 1872, to fill vacancy occasioned by O'Connor's resignation; he was elected Attorney-General in fall of 1872, and again re-elected in 1874, and held that office until January, 1877; at the recent election he was the choice of the Republicans in this district for Representative in Congress, but declined the proffered honor. Mr. Cutts entered upon his career in life without funds, or favors by which to help him to position, or pave his pathway to success; he came to this place an entire stranger, without a personal friend or acquaintance west of the Mississippi river, and by close application to study, and untiring energy and perseverance, he has attained a deservedly high position in his profession; he married Miss Helen Frick from Sheboygan, Wisconsin, in June, 1857; they now have a family of four children, Lizzie, Charles E., Thomas, and Nellie, to share with them the burdens and pleasures of a life of industry and prosperity.

CUTTS, THOS. M., firm of N. J. Smith & Co., hardware dealers, Oskaloosa; born in St. Lawrence county, New York, and at an early age, removed to Rutland county, Vermont, and was brought up there. He was in the army; enlisted in the 5th Regiment Vermont Infantry, Co. H, in the First Vermont Brigade, and was struck by a ball and slightly wounded in the battle of the wilderness; after the war returned to Vermont; came to Oskaloosa in 1873, and for the past three years has been associated with Mr. Smith in the Hardware trade. He married Miss Harriet Bigelow, from Vermont; she died in 1870, leaving four children, William, Mary E., Gilbert and Samuel; married Samantha I. Frater, from Belmont county, Ohio, in February, 1877; they have one daughter, Lena F.