HADLEY, M. S., farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Mauch Chunk; owns 133 acres of land, valued at $35 per acre; born in Maine in 1829; came to Iowa in 1869; married Aurilla P. Thorp in 1858; she was born in New York in 1841; they have three children, John H., Alice, and Jennie. Republican.

HAILE, CHARLES, farmer, Sec. 31; P.O. Flint; born in Scott county, Iowa, in 1845; came to this county in 1870; owns 135 acres of land; he enlistsd in the 9th Iowa Cavalry, and served two and a half years; he married Miss Eliza Jacobs in 1869; she was born in Scott county; has five children, Marion, Frank, Hattie, Lizzie and Mark.

HALFMANN, GEO. W., manufacturer of laundry and toilet soaps, and perfumery, Oskaloosa; born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 6, 1848; was brought up and received his education in that city, and went through a complete course of chemistry, attending the Wagner Free Institute of Science. He was superintendent, for six years, for Bader, Adamson & Co., in their extensive manufactory in Philadelphia; on account of his health, he came west, to this city, in July, 1876, and engaged in making soap; married Miss Emma L. Harper, of Philadelphia, October 24, 1871; they have two children, Alberta Grace, and Harrold.

HAMBLEN, URIAH, farmer, Sec. 27; P.O. New Sharon; born in Brown county, Indiana, in 1832; came to this county in October, 1854; owns two hundred acres of land. He married Miss Mary A. Chapbell, in 1854; she was born in Indiana; has five children; Thos. J., John, Mary E., Sarah J., and Lucy; lost three children.

HAMBLETON, LEVI, dealer in carpets, oil cloths, and matting, Oskaloosa; born in Columbiana county, Ohio, August 4, 1821; when 17 years of age he removed to eastern Pennsylvania, while living there he married Miss Mary H. Hall, near Philadelphia, Chester county, Pennsylvania; in October, 1845; she was born in Columbiana county, Ohio, and removed to Chester county, Pennsylvania, at an early age. They returned to Ohio, and Mr. Hambleton was engaged in mercantile business, and pork and wool business in Stark county, Ohio, for 9 years; they came to Iowa in 1857 and located in Powshiek county, and engaged in mercantile business, and was burned out; he then improved 3 large farms, and had a saw mill, and that was burned; he was engaged in shipping stock for 10 years; came to Oskaloosa in 1870 and engaged in mercantile business; but the fire followed him here, and he was again burned out; he is one of the managing directors of the Central Iowa Loan and Trust Co.; they have two sons, John T., and Albert F. M., merchants at Springville, Linn county, Iowa. They have lost two sons.

HANSELL, R., farmer, Sec. 30; P.O. Flint; born in Pennsylvania June 15, 1827; came to this county in 1856; owns 76 acres. He married Sarah A. Wharton, who was born in Pennsylvania. Has five children: Samuel W., George H., John A., Daniel W., and Mary E.; lost one daughter, Esther.

HARDING, WILLIAM, farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Eddyville; owns a farm of 80 acres; was born in Belmont county, Ohio, in 1830, and lived there seven years; his parents then moved to Knox county, Ohio; he lived there until 1860, and then moved to Logan county, Illinois; lived there until 1869 and then came to this county; he married Harriett Totman, a native of Trumbull county Ohio, in 1852; they have four sons, Samuel, Legrand, Benjamin, and Mindred.

HARGRAVE, CHAS. E., farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Lacey; owns 175 acres of land, valued at $50 per acre; born in Harrison county, Ohio, in 1833; came to Iowa in 1864; he married Mary A. Cadwallader in 1864; she was born in Jefferson county, Ohio, in 1845; they have four children, Clara M., Charles Roscoe, Harry S., and Ella; they are members of the Society of Friends.

HARRIS, ROBERT C., farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 9; P. O. Oskaloosa; born in Augusta county, Va., June 20, 1840, and when four years of age, removed with his parents to Park county, Indiana, and lived there seven years, when they came to Iowa by wagon, and were about four weeks on the way; arrived in this county near Oskaloosa, November 1, 1855, and he was brought up here, and engaged in farming and stock raising. He owns a farm of two hundred and twenty-five acres; married Miss Abbie Elliott, from Oskaloosa, December 29, 1864; they have five children, Francis L., Nola L., Lycurgus L., Licus, and Baby; they have lost two children.

HATCHER, ELWOOD, farmer, stock feeder and stock dealer, Sec. 34; P. O. Indianapolis; born in Portage county, Ohio, in 1833, and came to this county in 1856; owns 500 acres of land; has held offices of township trustee and school director; he married Miss Clara E. Lewis, in 1855; she was born in Trumbull county, Ohio; they have seven children, Emma F., Charlie E., Albert L., Ida M., Cora D., Edward J., and Lewis.

HEINZMAN, S. H., of the firm of Byram & Co., merchants, Fremont; he was born in Shelby county, Indiana, August 2, 1840; he lived there until October 1st, 1861, and then came to this county; he married Miss Amey W. Byram, November 20, 1867, a native of Dark county, Ohio; they have two daughters, Gertrude and Madge.

HEITSMAN, J. B., farmer, and proprietor of Heitsman's Coal Banks, Sec. 8; P. O. New Sharon; born in Pennsylvania, in 1845; came to this county in 1853; owns 280 acres of land; he married Miss Magdalene Fisher, March 23, 1871; she was born in Ohio; has three children, Olive, John and Flora.

HEITSMAN, P., farmer, Sec. 1; P.O. New Sharon; born in Warren county, N. J., in 1814; came to this county in 1853; owns 235 acres of land. He was one of the first town trustees at the organization of Prairie township; he also served as school director. He married Miss Susan Mershon, in 1840; she was born in Trenton, N. J.; has seven children: Margaret Ann (Mrs. Fisher), Jacob B., George J., Irvin, Emma M., (Mrs. Thomas Ryan) Wm. F., and Lewis B.; lost one daughter, Eliza.

HELLINGS, WM. P., firm of Woody & Hellings, abstracts and loans, Oskaloosa; born in Logan county, Ohio, May 29, 1851; he came with his parents to Oskaloosa when only 2 years of age; he was brought up and received his education here; he was in the U. S. government survey in the mountains, for two years; he learned printer's trade, and was in printing office 5 years, and was correspondent for Chicago and other eastern papers; he entered the law department of the Iowa State University, and graduated in 1876, and practiced law here until March 1878, when he associated with Prof. John W. Woody in abstract and loan business; he is secretary of the Central Iowa Loan and Trust Co.; married Miss R. Emma Green, from Clinton county, Ohio, November 19, 1874; they have two sons, Harry, and Frederick De Billion.

HENNESS, JOHN L., farmer, Sec. 28; P.O. Eveland Grove; owns 1000 acres of land, valued at $25 per acre; born in Belmont county, Ohio, in 1813; came to Iowa in 1835, and settled in Burlington; removed to this county in 1843, and located in Des Moines township; removed to his farm in 1864; married Ruth J. Long in 1860; she was born in Green county, Pa., in 1836; had two children, Thomas J., and John W. Mr. Henness was married, the second time to Ruth Long, and has five children by this marriage, Sarah A., Jane, Madora, Helen, and F. M.

HERBIG, P. C., manufacturer of buggies and fine carriages, Oskaloosa; born in Bavaria, Germany, December 25, 1808; he was brought up, and learned his trade there; emigrated to America in 1839, lived in South Carolina and North Carolina; then went to Philadelphia Pa., for a year and a half; then removed to Ohio, and lived there thirteen years, and in Springfield Illinois one year, and came to Oskaloosa February 23, 1855, and engaged in working at his trade, and was the first one that could make a buggy in this county, and is the oldest carriage maker here, has been engaged in business here over twenty-three years. Married Takobina Gotthold, from Germany in 1836. They have seven children and have lost eight children. Mr. Herbig is the oldest German settler in this county, with one or two exceptions.

HERRON, JOHN M., attorney at law, Oskaloosa; born in Clermont county, Ohio, January 25, 1845; he was brought up in Ohio, and in 1865 he removed to Illinois and located at Sterling, Whiteside Co.; was engaged in teaching, and afterwards studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1869; he removed to Des Moines, practiced law there, and was local editor of the Des Moines Leader; he came to Oskaloosa in this county in 1876; he was appointed justice of the peace in this city, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of G. H. Baugh; married Miss Mary E. Hotchkiss from Adel, Dallas county, Iowa, in January, 1876.

HERRON, JOHN M., attorney at law, Oskaloosa; born in Clermont county, Ohio, January 25, 1845; he was brought up in Ohio, and in 1865 he removed to Illinois and located at Sterling, Whiteside Co.; was engaged in teaching, and afterwards studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1869; he removed to Des Moines, practiced law there, and was local editor of the Des Moines Leader; he came to Oskaloosa in this county in 1876; he was appointed justice of the peace in this city, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of G. H. Baugh; married Miss Mary E. Hotchkiss from Adel, Dallas county, Iowa, in January, 1876.

HESS, SAMUEL, farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Peoria; born in Virginia, August 7th, 1833; his parents removed to Ohio while he was young, where he remained until 1859, when he came to this county; he owns 160 acres of land; he married Miss Elizabeth Swisher in 1859; she was born in Champaign county, Ohio; they have five children, George, Harrison, Edward, Cyrus, and William.

HIATT, J. M., justice of the peace, notary public and collection agent, New Sharon; born in Henry county, Indiana, in 1839; came to this county in 1875; he enlisted in the 147th Indiana Infantry, in the late war, and was commissioned Captain of Co. D; he afterward published a newspaper, and since his removal to this county, has been engaged two years as a teacher in the high school, and resigned his position to accept the office of justice of the peace, which he now holds; he is also town clerk, and one of the trustees of the Asylum for Feeble-Minded Children at Glenwood; he married Miss Sarah J. Haworth, in 1860; she was born in Ohio; have six children, Flora E., J. Clinton, Metta E., Harry M., Robbie, Josie and Frank.

HIATT, JESSE, retired, farmer, New Sharon; born in 1815; came to this State in 1850, and to this county in 1854; he hauled the first load of lumber brought to the town of New Sharon, and has seen fifteen deer in one herd on the ground now occupied by the village; he has served as a member of the city council; he married Phebe Dickey in 1842; she was born in Virginia; have two children, Jane, wife of A. Hill, and Mary E., wife of A. Rockwell.

HIATT, L. J., farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Oskaloosa; owns 100 acres of land, valued at $60 per acre; born in Ohio in 1854; came to Iowa in 1856; he married Mattie Schell in 1877; she was born in Ohio in 1854; she is a member of the Christian Church.

HIBBS, Wm., dealer in grain and stock; P. O. Lacey; born in Belmont county in 1845; came to Iowa in 1854, and settled in Jefferson county; removed to this county in 1875; engaged in his present business in 1876; he married Anna J. Meredith in 1868; she was born in Indiana in 1850; they have three children, Elmer, Estella, and Luther M.; he was elected justice of the peace in 1877; they are members of the Society of Friends.

HILER, JOHN In regard to the early settlement we quote as follows from the New Sharon Star of August 21, 1878:

"John Hiler, a half-blooded African, moved his family from Indiana, and settled on the northwest quarter of section three, in the year 1844, and was the first settler of Prairie township. When the writer hereof moved to this place, this cinnamon-colored descendant of two nationalities was yet a resident. We recollect him as a bony, muscular fellow, full six feet high, and of about one hundred and eighty pounds, every ounce of which he proudly denominated 'fighting material.' It cannot be truthfully said that he was a quarrelsome individual. On the contrary, he was peacefully disposed, neighborly to those who treated him as he considered he deserved. But when his rights were invaded, he was quick to resent, and his powerful muscle at once became his refuge and defense. For a number of years he was decidedly troublesome as a vendor of poor whisky to the Indians, who were abundant at that time. Numerous efforts were made to arrest and bring him to trial for this offense against the dignity of law and order, but generally he evaded capture by hiding in the groves and dense hazel thickets with which the neighborhood abounded. He was a hunter of some skill, and many a fleet deer and savage wolf went down before his rifle. His success as a hunter, combined with the profits of his clandestine traffic with the Indians, afforded him such means of subsistence as satisfied his meager wants, and he seldom resorted to a diet of steady labor, and never with success. Finally he left the State. One night in the summer of 1875 he packed his traps and family into a wagon, and, like a man who was leaving some debts behind which he desired to not pay, he quietly stole away in search of a new home in the less crowded southwest. His present whereabouts is a matter of conjecture.

HILL, GEORGE W., farmer, Sec. 25; P.O. New Sharon; born in Ohio in 1819; came to this county in 1866; owns 168 acres of land. Has held office of school director. He married Charlotte Stanton Sept. 9th, 1854; she was born in Belmont county, Ohio; has five children: Valdo, Angelo, Albert, Orin, and Borden.

HILLEARY, L., farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 14; P. O. Oskaloosa; born in Kentucky, 1825, came to this State in 1834, and to this county in 1844; owns six hundred and fifty-five acres of land; has held the office of school director; he married Miss Delila Bond in 1859, she was born in this county; has five children, Clara, George, Ransom, Savilla, Verla.

HINER, HARMON, farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Rose Hill; owns 220 acres of land valued at $5,000; was born in Pendleton county, Va., in 1814, and came to Iowa in 1874, and settled on present farm; married Margaret Young, in 1843; she was born in Fayette county, Ohio, in 1823; they have eight children, John, Mary, Elizabeth, Joseph, Adell, Harriett, Lou, and Fanny. Democrat.

HINESLEY, J. W., justice of the peace, Oskaloosa; born in Indianapolis, Marion county Ind., March 19, 1832. When fourteen years of age removed to Hamilton county, Ohio, and served apprenticeship as blacksmith; returned to Indianapolis and married Miss Sarah E. McWhorton, a native of Ind., January 3, 1854; she died the following year, 1855, leaving one son, George W. He came to Iowa in 1855, and located at Indianapolis in this county, and worked at his trade. He again married Hannah J. Atwood, April 23, 1856; on the 4th of July 1860, he met with a severe accident; he and some of his friends prepared for a celebration, and procured what is known as a mandrel, and by drilling a hole converted it into a cannon. He was ramming in the charge when it exploded and shattered his arm to pieces; after losing his arm he served as constable and assessor of Monroe township; in 1863 he was elected sheriff of the county - soon after this he moved to Oskaloosa - he held that office for ten years; in the late October elections he was elected justice of the peace of Oskaloosa township. They have two children, William F. and Ida M.; lost two daughters.

HITES, EMANUEL, farmer, Sec. 12; P.O. Ferry; owns 152 acres of land, valued at $30 per acre; born in Jefferson county, Ohio, in 1815; came to Iowa in 1855, and settled in Marion county, removed to his present farm in 1867; married Phebe Natliers, in 1844; she was born in Pennsylvania in 1819; have nine children, David S., Ann Elizabeth, Daniel Ambrose, Leander, Sarah J., George, Valentine, Thomas L. and William Theodore; lost two sons in the U. S. army. Member of Lutheran Church. Republican.

HIVLEY, PAUL, farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Oskaloosa; born in Licking county, Ohio, Aug. 30, 1834; when three years of age he removed with his parents to Indiana, and came to this county in 1860; married Frances Perry, from Ohio, in September, 1858; they have five children, Mary Jane, Emma G., Willie, Cora, and Nellie B.

HOEN, W. F., salesman for H. T. Wright, New Sharon; born in Prussia in 1842; came to this country in 1849, and to this county in 1872; owns 120 acres of land; he married Nannie E. Jameson in 1866; she was born in Illinois; they have four children, Christie, Maud, Carl W., and Lewis; have lost one son, Charlie.

HOFFMAN, D. A., physician and surgeon, Oskaloosa; born in Jackson, Jackson county, Ohio, September 28, 1824; he received his education there, and studied medicine at Athens, and attended the Ohio Medical College, and afterward attended and graduated at the Cleveland College, in February, 1848; he practiced his profession in Ohio until 1861, when he came to Iowa and located in Oskaloosa, and since then has practiced his profession here; married Miss Emily Smith, from Hocking county, Ohio, in November, 1848; they have four children, Edgar B., John A., Effie L., Ripley C.

HOFFMAN, JOHN A., attorney at law, Oskaloosa; born in Jackson county, Ohio, April 23, 1851; when five years of age removed to Ohio with his parents and lived there five years, then came with his parents to Oskaloosa, in October, 1861; after attending school here he entered the Iowa Wesleyan University at Mt. Pleasant; he studied law here, and was admitted to the bar in 1874, and since then has practiced his profession here; he has served as chairman of the Mahaska County Rep. Cent. Committee; married Miss Anna Wallace, of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, December 15, 1875; they have one son, Wallace.

HOLE, LEONARD H., attorney, Oskaloosa; born in Carroll county, Ohio, June 23, 1845; he was brought up and received his education there; graduated at Mount Union College, class 1867; he was, for two years during the war, under General O. O. Howard, in the Freedmen's department; he studied law in Southern Illinois, and attended the law University at Iowa City; he came to Oskaloosa in 1870, and since then has practiced his profession here; he is chairman of the Mahaska County Rep. Cent. Committee, and has been in one city council; married Miss Belle Maffit, from Harrison county, Ohio, July 14, 1870; they have three children, J. Wilber, Homer, little boy not named.

HOLT, J., dealer in general merchandise, Sec. 2; P. O. Sherman, Poweshiek county; born in Philadelphia, in 1833; came to this county in 1850; owns 200 acres of land; holds office of postmaster; he married Miss S. E. Chew, in 1861; has four children, Charles, Bertha, Susan and Effie.

HOOK, N. R., physician and surgeon, Fremont; he was born in Williamsburg, Greene county, Pennsylvania, in 1842; his parents moved to Gurnsey county, Ohio, when he was very young; they lived there eleven years, and then came to this county; he commenced the study of medicine at the age of nineteen, with Dr. S. E. Rhinehart; he attended the college of physicians and surgeons at Keokuk, Iowa, and graduated in 1874; he served from 1862, to August 9th, 1865, in the late war in Co. C, 33rd Iowa Volunteers Infantry; he married Miss Lucetta J. Kissick, June 3, 1866, a native of Mercer county, Pennsylvania; she died December 19, 1873; he was married again to Florence N. Kissick, December 23, 1874, a native of Mercer county, Pennsylvania; has one son living by his first marriage, Charles W., and one son by his second marriage, Walter M.; owns a farm of 200 acres.

HOOVER, W. N., farmer and miller, Sec. 8; P. O. Oskaloosa; born in this State in 1842, came to this county in 1847, owns one hundred and sixty acres of land; he also owns the mills known as Hoover's Mills. These mills were erected in 1871, and contain three run of stone, and do both custom and merchant work. There is in connection a saw mill and distillery. He married Miss M. Whitaker in 1864; she was born in this State; has two children; Heman H. and Charlie.

HOUTZ, CHRISTIAN, retired, Oskaloosa; was born in Berks county, Pennsylvania, December 27, 1806; he was raised in Fredericksburg, Lebanon county, where he received a good common school education; when sixteen years of age he served apprenticeship as carpenter and joiner, then removed to New York, and worked at his trade for two years; he married Miss Priscilla Colyer, February 22, 1830; she was a daughter of Thomas Colyer; she was born in Myerstown, Lebanon county, November 6, 1812; in 1834 he moved to Perrysburg, Wood county, Ohio, and lived there thirteen years; he came to Iowa and located in Oskaloosa in June, 1847; he was engaged in building until 1854; he gave his attention to buying and selling land; he was very fortunate in selecting and buying land at low figures which rapidly advanced in value; he has laid out two additions to this city; he had but very little when he came here, but by good management, and being a man of strict integrity, and conscientious in all his dealings, he has amassed a nice property; he owns several farms, besides his city property; he has given liberally to railroad enterprises, churches, colleges and schools; his wife died February 2, 1872; he married Josephine M. Jenkins October 1, 1873; she was born in Carroll county, Ohio, October 3, 1839; he has one daughter by his first union, Mrs. Eva H. Needham, widow of the late John R. Needham.

HOWARD, C. M., farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Pella; was born in Tippecanoe county, Indiana, in 1840, and lived there eight years, when his parents moved to this county and located in this township in 1848; he married Miss Judith Ferguson, September 21, 1862, a native of Boone county, Indiana; she came to this county in 1848; they have one son and seven daughters, Ida I., Malinda E., Minnie V., Emma A., Martha L., Nellie E., Judith I., and Chas. W.; he served three years in the late war in Co. A, 40th Iowa Volunteers Infantry.

HOWARD, HENRY, firm Henry Howard & Son, grocery and provision dealers, Oskaloosa; born in Washington county, New York, July 11, 1821; lived there until fourteen years of age; removed to Franklin county, Ohio; learned carpenter's trade, and sash and blind making, and followed that business for seventeen years; he came to Iowa and located in this county in Octobr, 1855, and in the following spring, 1856, he engaged in his present business, and is the oldest grocery merchant now in business here, and is one of the oldest merchants in this county; he has held various town and school offices, and has been actively identified with the interests of the city and county; he is treasurer of five or six different organizations - Forest Cemetery, Mahaska County Bible Society, D. E. Payne's Commandery, No. 6, Horam Chapter No. 6, and Oskaloosa No. 7; he married Miss Mary Scofield, from Washington county, New York, in 1845; they have five children, Maria L., George F., Flora A., Harry S., and Edwin S.

HOWE, JAS. M., farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. White Oak; owns 100 acres of land valued at $30 per acre; born in Wilson county, Pa., in 1816, and came to Iowa in 1846, and settled in White Oak township; he married Nancy Gott in 1859; she was born in Shelby county, Ky., in 1818; they have two children, Stephen A. D. and Philipp. Mr. Howe has eight children by a former wife, Mary A., Margaret M., Levi F., George W., Isaac Newton, Jerusia, James, and Mellissa; lost one son in United States Army; his wife has one child by a former husband, James Thomas Gott; they are members of the Baptist church. Democrat.

HUBER, CHARLES, firm C. Huber & Bro., dealers in hardware and house furnishing goods, Oskaloosa; born in Baden, Germany, February 2, 1846, and when eleven years of age emigrated to America, and came to Oskaloosa in June, 1857; he engaged as clerk in store in 1860, and was connected with the hardware business as clerk and salesman for twelve years; and in 1874 engaged in business for himself, and has carried it on since then; he had nothing when he began life; he married Miss M. V. Warren, from Pennsylvania, December 7, 1875; they have one daughter, Anna.

HUESTON, ROBERT, of the firm of Hueston & Carrell, dealers in stoves, hardware and house furnishing goods, New Sharon; born in Canada in 1834; came to this county in April, 1875; has served as a member of the city council; he married Miss Sarah E. Carkuff in August, 1859; she was born in Ohio; they have three children, Charles H., Emma and Helen; have lost one son, James.

HULL, OBADIAH, farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Beacon; born in Mercer county, Pennsylvania, December 11, 1799, and was brought up and lived there until 1857; came to this county in 1858, and settled where he now lives; owns a farm of 40 acres; married Mary Ann Morford from Ohio, August, 1825, who died ___; he married Elizabeth Horner, from Ohio; he has 5 sons and 4 daughters.

HUNT, A., wagon maker, Peoria; born in Hunterdon county, New Jersey in 1805; came to this county in 1852; he has worked at his trade since 1823; he has a large apiary and is giving attention to raising bees; he married Miss Mahala Deaver in 1827; she was born in Maryland; they have five children, Nathaniel B., Nancy, Ellen, Eden and Mary; one son, Levi, enlisted in the 33rd Iowa Infantry and died from disease contracted in the army.

HUNT, D. W., superintendent and manager of the Oskaloosa gas works; born in North Carolina, January 7, 1832; when five years of age he moved with his parents to Indiana; he received his education at Haverford, Pennsylvania, and afterward engaged in teaching at Bloomingdale Academy; he came to Iowa in 1865, and located in Oskaloosa and engaged in real estate and insurance; he has been connected with the gas works for the past five years; he married Miss Mary R. Llewelyn, from Haverford, Pennsylvania, in 1859; they have five children, Harmon, Anna R., Esther D., Hannah R. and H. Rowland; they have lost two, Mary E. and Sibyl J.

HUNT, W. N., farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Peoria; born in Henry county, Ind., in 1842; came to this county in 1862; he enlisted in the 19th Indiana Infantry in the late war and was discharged on account of sickness; he afterward enlisted in the 9th Iowa Cavalry and served until the close of the war; he married Sarah A. Block in 1863; she was born in Pennsylvania and died July 15th, 1873; he afterwards married Mrs. M. M. Allen in 1873; she was born in Virginia; he has two children by first marriage, Wilbur and Rosetta H. Mrs. Hunt was previously married to Jonathan Allen, who died in 1871.

HUNTER, Wm. A., farmer and raiser of thoroughbred stock, Sec. 9; P. O. Oskaloosa; born in Jefferson county, Ohio, March 20, 1815; came to this county July 6, 1865; owns 177 acres of land; he married Miss Nancy Day, November 5, 1833; she was born in Jefferson county, Ohio; has six children, John D., editor of the Hamilton Freeman, this State, Samuel S., Joseph R. C., William A, Sumner Chase, and Almira, a wife of C. R. Scott, Esq., residing at Council Bluffs. Mr. Hunter was selected and commissioned, by President Lincoln, a quartermaster with the rank of captain in the late war; one of his sons was commissioned a captain, and all were in the employ of the government; Mrs. Hunter acting as a matron of a hospital. After coming to this State he was for some years connected with the Oskaloosa Herald.

HUTCHINSON, J. H., merchant and hotel keeper, Agricola; born in Ohio, in 1842; came to this State in 1857, and to this county in 1874; owns 217 acres of land; holds the offices of justice of the peace and postmaster; he married Miss Ellen Lizor, in 1863; she was born in Wayne county, Ohio; have two children, John and Sillas.