A History
of Crawford, Ida and Sac Counties, Iowa
[?]: Lewis Publishing Co., 1893
C
Unless
otherwise specified, biographies are submitted by Conley
Wolterman.
James
Madison Campbell
[Crawford
County] One
of the representative farmers of Crawford County, is a resident of Section 27,
Goodrich Township, Iowa.
He is a native of Jefferson county, New York, born April 3, 1825, and is
the son of James and Phoebe (Faster) Campbell, natives of Scotland and New York
state. The father was born in the Highlands of Scotland and came to America when
he was nine years of age, and followed farming for a time, and also gave some
attention to mechanical work in the shipyards at the different places where he
resided. He
went to California during the gold fever in 1850, but died in San Francisco
about three years afterward.
The mother of our subject died in Jefferson County, February 3, 1866.
She was of English parentage and was the mother of nine children:
Marilda, Lucy, Phoebe, Abagail, Wilferd, Judson, Emily, James, and
Maryette.
James
left home at the age of 21 years to work in the shipyards.
In the fall of 1858 he located at Beaver Dam, Wisconsin on a farm and
remained there for twenty years.
In 1878 he came to Crawford County and rented a farm in Goodrich Township
for four years and then bought land in Section 27. He made a specialty of
raising broom corn, which he manufactured into brooms, turning off between three
and four hundred dozen brooms annually.
He cultivated the other grains that do well on Iowa farms, and raised
stock.
He
married on February 24, 1848 to Elizabeth Hazelwood, a native of England.
She died at Buffalo, New York on April 24, 1855.
They had two children: James S. born May 9, 1850 and Adelaide Elizabeth
born on January 17, 1852.
Mr.
Campbell married again on November 2, 1856, a sister of his former wife.
Her name was Mary Maria Hazelwood, and they had six children:
Walter Joseph born November 16, 1857; Charles Ambert born July 10, 1859;
Louisa Adeline born August 18, 1861; Martha Ione born December 29, 1870; Ugene
born June 2, 1874, and Albert Gilbert born January 21, 1877.
When
Mr. Campbell first came to Crawford County he owned three horses, a wagon, 700
pounds of household goods, and $15 in money.
J.
M. Carter (Civil War Veteran)
J. M. Carter resided in Cedar Township, Section
20, Sac County. He was an
ex-soldier of the Civil War. He
enlisted in the 14th Infantry Volunteer Company F.
He saw much hard service and was at the battles of Fort Donelson, Shiloh,
and Pleasant Hill. At the latter
place, he was wounded in the leg, and again under fire at Old Oaks, Louisiana
and Yellow Bayou. He was taken
prisoner at Shiloh and was in the following prisons: Memphis Icehouse, Cahaba
warehouse, Mobile Cotton Sheds, and Macon, Ga., Fairground.
From there he went to Chattanooga, to Huntsville, to Nashville, and back
to Cairo, Illinois, where he arrived July 2, 1862. On May 18, 1864, he was
wounded between the shoulders by a piece of a shell, and was confined to the
hospital in Jefferson barracks for sometime.
He was honorably discharged at Keokuk, Ia., and returned home in 1865 to
Van Buren County, Iowa. In 1883, he
came to Sac County and bought a farm of 240 acres.
He was born in Cedar Township of Van Buren
County, Iowa, September 4, 1843, a son of Samuel Carter and Rebecca (Watson)
Carter. Their children were:
J. M., Elizabeth E., Robert, N. H., Nancy, Katie, J. H., and Annie M.
J. M. Carter was married at the age of 24
in Polk County, Iowa, to Mary A. Cross. She
was born in Delaware County, Ohio. Her
parents were David H. Cross and Lydia Blaine.
Their children were: Barbara,
Emma J., Clinton M., and Homer C. The
subject of this biography was a member of the G.A.R., William T. Sherman Post
284.
C. F. Cassady, Denison, Crawford County, Iowa, was the proprietor of a drug
store in the western part of the state. He came here at an early day and
identified with the interests of the city and county. He was an early settler
and a prominent and highly respected business man.
C. F. Cassaday was born south of Quincy, Illinois, February 6, 1842, son of
J. W. and Nancy A. (Wasson) Cassaday, natives of Kentucky and descended from the
first families of Kentucky and Virginia. J. W. Cassaday, his father, was a
prominent physician practicing in Kentucky, Missouri, and Illinois. Grandfather
Cassaday, a Methodist minister, lived to be over a hundred years old.
C. F. Cassaday, the subject of this sketch, attended the public schools in
Illinois, and completed his education with a course in a commercial college in
that state. When a boy, he clerked in a general store, and after he grew up,
entered the employ of John V. Farwell & Co., Chicago, with whom he remained
7 years. In 1867, he started West by stage, looking for a location, and had many
trying experiences before getting as far as Denison, the heavy snows rendering
travel difficult. Here he was snowed in for 11 days. While waiting to get out,
he decided to remain in Denison. He established himself in the general
merchandise business, opening up a stock of dry goods, boots, shoes, hats, and
caps, etc. He conducted this business until 1879 when he purchased the old
Commercial House, later known as the Fargo House. This old hostelry he ran for
some 3 years, after which he accepted a position in the W. A. McHenry Bank,
remaining there until the latter part of 1885. In February, 1886, he purchased
an interest in the drug business, succeeding Mr. Evers, who was in partnership
with Mr. McAhren, and under the firm name of McAhren & Cassaday, the
business was conducted until the spring of 1892, since which time Mr. Cassaday
was the sole proprietor.
He was one of the first councilman in Denison and served for a number of
years. He was a member of the School Board for a long time. He was interested in
the erection of the following buildings: The old Chicago store, the Goldheim
building, the Ivens Block, the Knoul drug store building, and some residence
property.
He had a fine residence at the extreme north end of Main street, situated in
a natural grove. He was one of the stockholders of the old Fair Association, and
served as secretary of the same for a number of years.
He was married in Denison February 3, 1868, to Hellen M. McHenry, daughter of
J. V. McHenry, and a native of New York State. They had 3 children, two sons and
one daughter. The older son, Leon M., was a graduate of Des Moines College, a
member of the Class of 1892. The other son was Ralph S. Cassaday.
William
S. Christie
[Crawford County] William S. Christie, a farmer of section 19, Boyer township, he
having located in this township in 1872, is a native of Canada, born in 1834, being the
second in a family of four children born to William and Rachel (Grant) Christie. The
father was a Native of Aberdeen, Scotland, who came to America at the age of sixteen,
landing in Canada, where he married, and settled on a farm. His wife was a native of
Canada, daughter of Lewis Grant, of Scotland, who was one of the first settlers of Upper
Canada. He was a good surveyor and located lands in Canada and the United States,
and married, in Canada, a Miss Gansey, a native of Vermont. He settled in Canada and
erected a mill, to which lumber was hauled for many miles around. He and his family
ran this mill for over fifty years. Here the two lived and died, both dying a
natural death. The father, a farmer, had four boys: Lewis, married and residing in
Farmington, Minnesota; William S., our subject; Daniel, married and residing in Manitoba;
and Thomas, who is married and resides on a farm in Canada. The father was killed by
a falling tree in 1842, and the mother died a natural death in 1875.
Our subject was reared in Upper Canada, educated in the district
schools of the province, and at the age of nineteen went to work in his grandfather's
mill, where he stayed for three years. He then engaged in farming in Canada, where
he cleared a timber farm, erected a house and improved the land. He remained on his
farm until 1872, when he came to Crawford county, Iowa, and rented land from Taylor Dunham
for eleven years, and in 1883 he bought 120 acres of raw prairie land, improved it,
erecting a good home, 18 x 20, also other good buildings, and the farm is well stocked.
He planted a good orchard and also shade and ornamental trees. He also has a
good vineyard, producing from a ton to a ton and a half yearly.
This gentleman takes some interest in politics, votes the Republican
ticket. He was Road Supervisor in the township, having held that office for two
years.
Mr. Christie was married in 1861, in Canada, to
Sarah Agnes Rose, native of Canada, daughter of Charles and Aurilla
(Rosseter)* Rose, natives of Canada. They moved to Iowa in 1871,
the father dying in 1886, and the mother still living. Our subjects'
wife's grandfather was captured by the Indians when a boy, lived with
them for two years, was then sold to a blacksmith. He was treated
very cruelly while with him. He roamed around for about six years,
when he returned home, and died a natural death. Mr. and Mrs. Christie
have seven children: Ella, the wife of Wheeler Robbins, of Monona
county, Iowa; Aurilla, wife of Lewis Bassett, of Harrison county, Iowa;
Charley, at home; Rolla, married resides in Harrison county, Iowa; Ed;
Minnie is one of the successful teachers of Monona county, Iowa; and
Ethol, at home. Mr. Christie has seen many changes in the county
since he came here, much of it having been raw prairie land when he
settled within its limits. He has made his fortune by his own economy
and industry. He has borne his part in the building up of Boyer township,
and has always
taken a great interest in everything calculated to improve the county.
Benjamin Cleveland,
a highly respected citizen, resided on a farm in Coon Valley Township,
Sac County, Iowa, dates his birth in Otsego County, New York, in 1814.
His father, Benjamin Cleveland, Sr., had a brother in the War of 1812,
and their father, Joseph Cleveland, was a Revolutionary War soldier.
The Clevelands were descended from English ancestry. The subject's mother
was, before her marriage, Miss Lydia Cooper. She was born in Rhode Island
and was a daughter of Joseph Cooper. They had nine children, 6 sons
and 3 daughters: Stephen, Joseph, Benjamin, George, Lafayette, Christopher,
Laura, Lydia, and Percilla.
When Benjamin was
16 years old, in 1828, the family moved to Erie County, Pennsylvania.
From there they moved to Huron County, Ohio, thence to Miami County,
Ohio, thence to South Bend, Indiana, afterward to St. Joseph County,
Michigan, and then to Dane County, Wisconsin. Near Madison, in Dane
County, the father died, aged 70 years. The mother died in Marion County,
Iowa, at the age of 85 years.
Previous to his
coming to Sac County, in 1880, Mr. Cleveland had lived in Marion County,
Iowa. Upon his arrival in Sac County, he bought 560 acres of land, all
in one body, a portion of which he divided among his children, giving
to each of them a farm. He kept 160 acres for himself, located in Section
17.
In 1843, Mr. Cleveland
married Miss Matilda Hayden, a native of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, born
near Mentor, Garfield's old home. Her parents, John and Louisa (Babcock)
Hayden, were natives respectively of Vermont and Grand Island, in Lake
Champlain. Her father died in Michigan, at the age of 54 years; and
her mother, in Jones County, Iowa, aged 91. They had a family of 13
children.
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin
Cleveland had six children: C. C. Cleveland, Auditor of Sac County;
Benjamin F. of Coon Valley Township; E. V. Cleveland of Coon Valley
Township; Emily, wife of James Neal; and Electa, wife of N. S. Lyon.
They lost their first born, Louis, at the age of 13 months.
A. L. Clouser, County
Recorder of Sac County, was born in Perry County, Pennsylvania, November
18, 1860, a son of F. B. Clouser. He was reared and educated in the
common schools of his native county, also receiving an academic course.
He received a certificate to teach, but never followed that occupation.
For a time, he was
employed in a printing office, but in 1879, located in Battle Creek,
Iowa, in the employ of the Northwestern Railroad, and was afterward
engaged as station agent and telegraph operator at Wall Lake and Gray,
Audubon County. In addition to this, Mr. Clouser followed general merchandising
in Lake View, Iowa. January 1, 1890, he took charge of the office at
Lake View, which position he filled with satisfaction to his company.
He served with great credit on the School Board in Lake View.
In Perry County,
Pennsylvania, at the age of 21 years, he was united in marriage with
Miss Jennie Shire, a native of that State. They had 3 children: Alice,
Bessie, and Francis.
Henry A. Cook purchased
The Denison Bulletin, Crawford County, Iowa, on Sept. 15, 1888, and
brought into the business nearly 20 years of successful experience as
a publisher and printer. Prior to this, Mr. Cook had been editor of
the Cedar Rapids Daily Republican, founder of the Center Point, Iowa
Courier Journal, editor for nearly 3 years of the Cedar Rapids Standard,
editor and owner of the Eureka Springs, Arkansas Daily and Weekly Times,
and the Benton County Arkansas Democrat, and then to Denison, Iowa.
His father was a
native of Niagara County, New York, and his mother was born on the famous
Western Reserve in Ohio. The family immigrated to Linn County in 1837.
Mr. Cook was born at Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa.
Mr. Cook was married
in 1873 to Miss Nettle P. Newman, daughter of Hon. Thomas G. Newman,
publisher of the American Bee Journal of Chicago. Five children were
born to them, three died in infancy; the two remaining were daughters,
aged 16 and 10 years.
He served as a Union
recruit during the closing days of the Civil War and was afterward nearly
3 years in the regular army during the Indian campaign in Nebraska,
Colorado, and Montana.
J. W. Coon, proprietor of a livery, feed and sale
stable, Dow City, Iowa, succeeded Thomas Swatman, March 1, 1892, and has since
been doing a successful business, carrying a stock of upward of $1,000.
Mr. Coon was born in Coberg, Canada, December 16,
1848, son of Benjamin and Hannah (Sinclair) Coon, both of Canadian birth.
When he was 2 years old, the family moved to Kane County, Illinois, where he was
reared to farm life and educated in the public schools. In 1868, at the
age of 20, he came to Crawford County, and located in what is now Paradise
Township. In this county, he has since lived with the exception of one
year, 1885, spent in the Black Hills, and all this time he has been engaged in
general farming. He owns forty acres of land in Harrison County, Iowa.
Politically, Mr. Coon is a Democrat. He has
rendered efficient services as one of the Road Supervisors in his district.
He was married in 1873 to Isabelle Davis,
daughter of J. T. and Hannah Davis, early settlers of Crawford County. She
was born in Livingston County, Illinois, in 1851. Their only child, J. W.,
died in infancy.
D. Countryman was a farmer and stock raiser of Section
31, Grant Township, Ida County, was born in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, in
1841, a son of Peter and Margaret (Nicholas) Countryman. He was reared
and educated in Rock County, Wisconsin. He began farming for himself
in Linn County, Iowa. In 1875 he came to Ida County, and was the first
settler in what is now Grant Township (then Maple Township). He bought
65 acres of raw Iowa land on the West Soldier River. He at once began
improving the land, and erected a small shanty. After breaking 20 acres,
he returned to Linn County to get his family.
He was married in Linn County, Iowa, in 1865 to Lydia
Usher. She was a native of that county and a daughter of Hiram and Lucinda
(Williams) Usher, natives of Ohio. Lydia and her husband had seven children,
namely: Ida M. (Mrs. A. J. Menter); Rosa (deceased at age of 13 years);
C. C.; Sylvia; Hiram (deceased at age of 5 years); Lawrence; and Pearl.
D. Countryman raised good draft horses, and had a fine
carriage team (took first premium at the Ida County Fair in 1891). He
did serve on the school board of Grant Township and was the first Assessor
of Grant Township. In 1893, he owned 292 acres of well cultivated land,
and had erected a good two-story residence in 1890. Three acres of his
place was devoted to a grove and orchard. He had seven brothers and
sisters, namely: Horace (an excellent millwright of Stillwater, Montana);
Alexander; Eli; Lewis; John; George; and A. J.
J. O. Crawford,
a farmer of Garfield Township, Ida County, was born in Lanarkshire,
Scotland, February 17, 1828, a son of Alexander and Mary (Floyd) Crawford,
natives also of Scotland. The father was a farmer and weaver by trade.
The parents reared a family of four children, William, James O., Alexander
and John.
James O., the subject
of this sketch, was reared and educated in his native land. He was there
engaged for many years in a cotton factory, then in boiler making and
ship building. He then became a member of the police force in Glasgow
and after only one year's service was advanced as superior officer,
holding the office of Sergeant over 100 men. He was also appointed Inspector
of Markets and common lodging houses, which office he held for nine
years. He resigned and joined the Manchester police force the year of
the Exhibition. He was the last one of 700 to make application that
day and was the first one enrolled, and was on duty that night. He remained
on that force, much respected by his superior officers, until the Government
appointed the Scotch rural police force and he was urged to return to
his native land and take charge of a coal mining district. Under the
circumstances, he returned to Scotland and remained on that force for
sixteen years. During all that time Mr. Crawford was never suspended
or dismissed from the service which he claims cannot be said of one
man out of 500.
In 1879, he came
to America, locating near Cascade, Dubuque County, Iowa, and resided
there and in other sections of this State until 1882. In that year he
purchased wild land in Garfield Township, Ida County, Iowa, to which
he has since added until he now owns 620 acres of Ida County's finest
soil. Mr. Crawford's good residence was 16 x 24 feet, with an L 16 x
16 feet, a barn 32 x 34 feet, a modern windmill, with 700 feet of pipes
sending water through all his buildings, stock scales, and many other
conveniences. Five acres of his place was devoted to a beautiful grove
and orchard.
Mr. Crawford was
married at the age of 28 years, to Miss Janet Scott, a native of Douglas
Castle, Lanarkshire, Scotland, and a daughter of James and Lilly (Muir)
Scott. To this union was born eight children: Lilly, wife of Manley
Kelley of Delaware County, Iowa, and they have three children; Alexander,
married, resides on a well-cultivated farm, adjoining his father's and
has one child; Mary, wife of Jesse Norton, of Garfield Township, has
three children; James S. is at home; Thomas D. is at home; Janet, wife
of Jacob Spotts, of Maple Township; Agnes B.; and William S. at home.
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