A History
of Crawford, Ida and Sac Counties, Iowa
[?]: Lewis Publishing Co., 1893
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Unless
otherwise specified, biographies are submitted by Conley
Wolterman.
E. R. Bailey made Delaware Township, Sac County, Iowa, his home since
1880. He was born in Greene County, Pennsylvania, May 16, 1851, the
son of Joab and Pleasant Jane (Roberts) Bailey, natives of Green County,
Pa., where they reared, educated and married. E. R. Bailey was only
a few months of age when his parents moved to DeWitt County, Illinois,
in the fall of 1851, becoming pioneers of that county. He received his
education in the common schools of the county. He can remember having
seen deer and wolves in droves on the wild prairies of Illinois in his
childhood days. He remained in Illinois until 1880, engaged in farming.
He moved to Buena Vista County, Iowa, remained a short time, and then
went to Sac County; in 1881, he purchased his farm which was partly
improved, consisting of 108 acres, situated 6 1/2 miles from Newell,
Iowa. His house was a two-story structure, and he carried on dairying
and general farming.
He married Eva S. Cushman on December 17, 1885, a daughter of H. A.
and Esther M. (Clark) Cushman. Mrs. Bailey had been reared and educated
in Fayette County and Buena Vista Counties. She was a teacher in Buena
Vista County for 13 years prior to her marriage and taught for one term
in Sac County. Eva and E. R. Bailey had two children: Homer E. (born
Nov. 30, 1886), and Essie M. (born June 6, 1890).
Mr. Bailey served as Justice of the Peace.
E. B. Baird
He was born in Onondaga
County, New York, November 6, 1837, and was raised on a farm. In 1872,
he came to Iowa and bought land in Maple Township, Ida County, Iowa.
Mr. Baird was married at age of 30 to Harriet Conover, daughter of Isaac
Talmage, in Scholarie County, New York. Their child was Edmund C. Baird.
Mr. Baird married
Matilda Preston in 1877. She was the daughter of John Preston, who was
born and educated in Scotland. They had three children: Andrew E., Preston,
and Mabel Laura.
E. C. Baird was
vice president and director of the Maple Valley Savings Bank and served
as a member of the Maple Township School Board.
His father was Andrew
W. Baird and he was born in Scholarie County, New York. His mother was
Harriet Bramhall Baird and she died when he was 4 years old. Then his
father married her sister, Jane Bramhall, and they had one child, Willard.
Robert Ballantyne, of Section 20, Willow Township, Crawford County,
Iowa, was a resident of the township. He was born in Roxburyshire, Scotland,
October 12, 1828, the son of John and Jeannette (Turnbull) Ballantyne,
both of Scotland. Robert was a lad of 12, when by the preaching of an
eminent Mormon evangelist, his parents became converts to his faith
and came to the United States, settling in Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois.
Some time later they went to La Crosse, Wisconsin, and spent the winter
there. That city was then a small trading post. From that point they
went as colonists to the wilds of Texas, settling near Fredericksburg,
in the western part of the State. Robert had brothers of Andrew and
James, who lived in Monona County, Iowa.
Robert was reared on the frontier of Texas, and was Captain of a company
during the Civil War, a command of minute men, whose duty was to protect
the frontier of Texas against foes or Indians, and in that service he
had many thrilling experiences and hairbreadth escapes. At the close
of the war, he was employed by the Government as a scout and guide on
the southwest frontier and in the vicinity of Fort Verde, Texas, when
he again added to his experience and encountered many dangers. Being
so familiar with the country, he was of great service to the United
States Troops, who were under command of General Hatch, but for a short
time under Major Bowman. He left Texas in 1874 and came to Crawford
County, Iowa, settled in Union Township for 9 years and then went upon
the farm of 80 acres.
In the year 1860, Mr. Ballantyne was married to Marinda Minear, a native
of Van Buren County, Iowa, who was taken when but a babe by her parents
to Texas, where she was reared and educated. She was a daughter of William
and Lydia (Hymer) Minear - the mother from Kentucky and the father had
been a native of Virginia. Robert and Marinda had 7 children: John,
Robert, Joseph, David, Rachel, Lydia, and Moroni.
Hector Baxter, a farmer of Maple Township, Ida County,
Iowa, was born in Argyleshire, Scotland, June 16, 1834. His parents
were John and Mary (McNeil) Baxter, natives also of that country where
they lived and died.
Hector was reared and educated in Scotland where he
learned and followed the trade of shoemaker for many years. In 1877,
he left his native land for the United States, and after landing in
New York, purchased and improved 160 acres of wild land in Tama County,
Iowa. He sold this land in 1881, and bought 320 acres in Ida County.
He built a two-story, eight-room house, along with a barn. He engaged
in farming and stock-raising, making a specialty of shorthorn cattle.
He was married at the age of 25 years to Margaret Stuart,
a daughter of John and Helen (Cockburn) Stuart of Scotland. Mr. And
Mrs. Baxter had seven children, namely: Nellie (wife of Dr. F. B. Warnock),
John, James, William, Mary, Hector M. and Stuart.
Jerome Blackman,
one of the early settlers of Crawford County, Iowa, was born in Oneida
County, New York, November 4, 1840, son of Nathaniel and Eliza Blackman,
both natives of New York, who died in Illinois.
Jerome was reared
in his native New York until the family moved to Kenosha, Wisconsin,
when he was 7 years old, where they lived 2 years and then moved to
McHenry County, Illinois. He was reared to farm life, receiving his
education in the public schools of his county, remaining at home until
he was 21 years of age, when he began to work for himself.
He enlisted September
11, 1861, in Company I, 56 Illinois Volunteer Infantry, being mustered
out as First Sergeant at the close of the Civil War. At the close of
the Civil War, he returned to Illinois and remained there until the
fall of 1868, when he came to Crawford County, Iowa. After 2 years,
he purchased a tract of 160 acres of prairie land, which he greatly
improved. He erected, from 12 ft. posts, a house 22 x 14 feet, but he
had a good frame residence, 22 x 16 feet, with 16 feet added to the
original. He also had a good stable and barn, where he kept his stock
and grain. Eighty acres of this farm was in a fine state of cultivation.
He also purchased a farm of unimproved 80 acres in 1889 in Section 19,
Denison Township.
In the fall of 1862,
he was married to Celia Harper of Illinois. They had a family of 10
children: Frankie, wife of John Duff of Defiance, Shelby County Iowa;
William; Edwin; Guy; John; Claudia, Carl, Alice, and Annie. (The name
of one of the children is not known.)
Mr. Blackman was
a member of the John A. Logan Post No. 68, G. A. R.
Theodore Bochmann, an enterprising and prosperous farmer residing on
234 acres of land in Section 1, Battle Township, Ida County, Iowa, has
been identified with the agricultural interests of this place since
1881.
Mr. Bochmann was born in the year 1839 and, was a native of Germany.
His parents, Frederic and Minnie Bochmann, came with their family to
the United States when he was small and settled at Buffalo, New York.
They spent the rest of their lives in New York, the mother dying while
Theodore was yet a mere lad. After her death, he went to Chicago, and
in the vicinity of that city spent his youth and early manhood, engaged
in farm work and other employment. During the rebellion, he enlisted
in the Union Army and served until the close of the Civil War, when
he was honorably discharged and paid off at Chicago. During his service,
he was in the thickest of the fight, and, although never wounded, had
a bullet shot through his hat and one through his coat.
After the war, Mr. Bochmann located in Cook County, Illinois, and engaged
in farming. From 1871 to 1881, he farmed in Butler County, Iowa, and
from there came Ida County, first purchasing 160 acres of land at $8.50
per acre, and afterward buying 80 acres more. He improved the farms.
His frame residence was 16 x 24 feet, a story and a half, with an L
shape, 16 x 18 feet, one story. He had a nice grove and orchard of 3
acres and vineyard; barn 24 x 36 feet; crib 26 x 32 ft; granary 16 x
22 feet; hoghouse 24 x 48 feet; and good fences. He kept an average
of 16 horses, 25 cattle, and 50 hogs.
When he was 26 years of age, Mr. Bochmann was married, in 1866, in
Cook County, Illinois, to Maria Riebesel, who died in 1882, leaving
4 children: Gustav, Hermann, Charley and Caroline. In 1883, he took
as his second wife, Emma Eichler, and she became the mother of 3 children:
Clara, Otto, and Bruno.
He was a member of the Holstein G.A.R. Post No. 423.
J. H. Booth, a farmer of Section 12, Garfield Twp., Ida County, was
born in Coshocton County, Ohio, in 1841, a son of Jeremiah and Jane
(Hendersay) Booth, natives also of Ohio. He was reared in Coshocton
County, Ohio, until 10 years of age, then in Cass County, Indiana, thence
to Rice County, Minnesota, spending his school days in Ohio, Indiana,
Minnesota, and Iowa. He came to Buchanan County, Iowa, in 1857, and
he has since been engaged at farm labor. In that county in 1861, he
enlisted in Co. H, 14th Iowa Infantry for 3 years, or during the war.
He was mustered into service at Davenport, and took part in the Battles
of Shiloh and Fort Donelson. Mr. Booth was discharged in 1862, on account
of ill health, returned to Buchanan County, and December 29, 1862, re-enlisted
in Co. H, 27th Iowa Infantry for 3 years, or during the war. He participated
in the campaign at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, where he received a gunshot
wound, and was confined in the hospital at Memphis. At Montgomery, Alabama,
in 1865, he was honorably discharged, and returned to Buchanan County.
He was there engaged in farming until July 1880, when he purchased 80
acres of land on Section 12, Garfield Township, Ida County, Iowa. He
erected a good residence 20 x 26 ft, with an L (14 x 14 ft.) has a fine
grove and orchard of 2 1/2 acres, and has added to his original purchase
until he owned 160 acres. He was engaged in general farming and stock-raising.
In Buchanan County, in October 1868, he was united in marriage with
Miss Christiana Peyton, a native of Muscatine County, Iowa, and a daughter
of Philip Peyton, a native of Kentucky. To this union were born 3 children,
George W., Marion W., and Nancy J. Mr. Booth served as Road Supervisor
and a member of the School Board. He was one of the early pioneers of
Garfield Township, Ida County, Iowa.
The father, a farmer by occupation, moved to Cass County, Indiana,
in 1849, and in 1855 to Rice County, Minnesota, where he cleared a farm.
In 1857 he came to Iowa, in 1881 returned to Dodge County, Mn.; and
in 1889 came to Battle Creek, Ia. His death occurred in January 1892,
and the mother still resided in Battle Creek in 1893. They were parents
of 9 children: H. B. of Buchanan County, Iowa; J. H. Booth (the subject
of this biography); William (who enlisted in 1861 in Co. H, 14th Ia.
Infantry for 3 years and was wounded at Shiloh, died in the field hospital
near Corinth in 1862 at 19 yrs.); Isaac of St. Paul, Mn.; Hannah M.
(wife of Geo. W. Spetzer of Battle Creek); Sarah (wife of Frank North
of Kansas); Nancy J.; George (deceased when young); and Mary (deceased
by 1893). H. B. Booth, the eldest child, enlisted in Buchanan County,
Ia., in Aug. 1862 in Co. H, 27th Ia. Infantry, and was mustered into
service at Dubuque and took part in the Battle of Pleasant Hill. He
served principally in Missouri, Mississippi, and Alabama, also in the
Tennessee campaign, and after 3 yrs. of service was mustered out at
Clinton, Iowa.
John Brogan submitted by Paula Curcio
John Brogan, a successful farmer of Crawford County, was born in county Donegal, near the town of Londonderry, Ireland, June 24, 1824 a son of William and Ann (Coyle) Brogan, natives of the same county. In 1844 they came by sail vessel Wyoming to the United States, having been at sea four weeks, and finally landed at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They located in Chester county, that state, where the mother died at the age of 65 years, leaving 5 children: Sarah, May, Bridget, Francis and John. Six children died in childhood. The father died in this state (Iowa), at the age of 85 years. He was a farmer by occupation, a Democrat in his political views and religiously a member of the Catholic Church. John Brogan, our subject, came with his parents to the United States. He spent the year of 1849 in the South, and July 9, 1850, located eight miles northeast of of De Witt, Clinton County, Iowa, where he improved three good farms. In 1874 he came to this county, settling on 240 acres of wild land. He was one of the first settlers in this locality, where he has always followed agricultural pursuits. He owns 360 acres of rich and well improved land, has a good residence, 20x28 feet, with an L,16x18 feet, has a beautiful grove of six acres, and everything about the place shows the thrift and posterity of the owner. Mr. Brogan also has a high grade of stock. He was married February 9, 1849, in Westchester County, Pennsylvania, to Jane McClosky, a native of County Derry, Ireland, and a daughter of John and Nancy McClosky. She remained in her native county until sixteen years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Brogan have 8 children, viz.: William, of Nebraska; Andrew and Frank, at home; Thomas of this township; James, in Nebraska; Ed, also a resident of this township; and Mary and Elizabeth at home. Our subject is a Democrat in his political views and has served with honor and credit as Township Trustee and a member of the School Board. He is a self-made man, a good type of the Irish-American citizen, is intelligent and a progressive in his views, and is respected by all who know him.
George H. Bush came
to a farm near Lake View, Iowa, in Viola Township, Sac County, Iowa
in 1882 and settled on a farm.
Mr. Bush was born
in Wayne County, Pennsylvania, March 24, 1830. His father, Thomas A.
Bush, was born in Tioga County, Pa., a descendant of early settlers
of Pennsylvania. His mother, Catharine (Dunn), was born in Onondago
County, New York.
George H. Bush was
reared on his father's farm. In 1851, he went to Chautauqua County,
New York, there to Erie County, and west to Illinois. In 1861, he enlisted
in the 72 Illinois Infantry and at once went to the front during the
Civil War. He was in the Siege of Vicksburg, and soon afterward returned
home on account of disability. Later he re-enlisted and was in the campaign
on the Potomac, participating in the Battles of Wilderness, Petersburg,
Hampton Roads, and continuing in the service until the surrender of
Lee. At the close of the war he went to New York and soon afterward
came West to Illinois, first settling in Grundy County and then in Livingston
County. In 1882, he came to Sac County, Iowa. Mr. Bush was first married
at the age of 24 years to Priscilla Gould and they had two children:
Virgil, a teacher in Sac County, and Orville. He married again in 1874
to Mrs. Catharina Jones (Buck), a native of Canada.
He was a member
of William T. Sherman Post No. 284, G. A. R., Sac City, Iowa.
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