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Biographical History of Montgomery and Adams Counties, Iowa.
Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1892.
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Unless otherwise noted, the following
biographies were submitted by Dick
Barton.
John
J. Kane, a farmer and stock-raiser of section 31, Mercer township, has
been identified with the interests of Adams county since 1871. He is
a native of New York, born January 27, 1833, the eldest of seven sons
and two daughters of Allen and Mary (Stockman) Kane, natives of Belfast,
county Antrim, Ireland. The parents were married on Wednesday, and the
following Saturday sailed for America, in 1832, locating in Albany,
New York, where the father followed the trade of nail-making. He resided
there until 1839, when he removed to Philadelphia; in 1846 to Cincinnati,
Ohio; and in 1849 to California leaving Cincinnati on the 1st of April,
and arriving where Sacramento now stands the 20th of September. He located
in what was known as Hangtown, on the American river, where he followed
mining successfully until the fall of 1851, when he returned to Ohio,
via the Isthmus of Panama and New York. In the spring of 1852 he removed
with his family to Iowa and settled on a farm near Dubuque, where he
resided until his death, which occurred September 21, 1887, at the age
of seventy-nine years. His widow still resides on the old homestead,
in the eighty-second year of her age.
Our subject's youth
was spent in attending school and working on a farm until twenty-three
years of age. In the spring of 1856 he went to California, landing in
San Francisco in the midst of the vigilance excitement, and engaged
in mining on the Feather river near Oroville for a few months; then
went to the northern part of the State, near the Oregon line, where
he followed mining successfully until 1859, when he returned to Iowa
and engaged in farming in Dubuque county.
He was married,
November 26, 1861, to Miss Mary Sullivan, who was born near the city
of Cork, Ireland, the daughter of Richard and Honoria (Driscoll) Sullivan,
who died when Mrs. Kane was an infant. She was brought to America by
an uncle, who settled in Philadelphia, where she was reared until eleven
years of age. She then came with her uncle's family to Dubuque county,
Iowa, where she grew to womanhood. In the fall of 1870, Mr. Kane came
to Adams county and purchased 320 acres of land, on which he built a
house and the following spring brought his family. By hard work and
close attention to his pursuits, he has now one of the finest farms
in Mercer township.
Mr. and Mrs. Kane
are the parents of eight children, five of whom are are still living:
Allen, Richard, John, Edward, Joseph and Ellen. Three died in chidhood.
Mr. Kane was bereaved by the loss of his wife by death, July 3, 1888.
He has served on the county Board of Supervisors, in all the township
offices, and now holds the position of township treasurer. He and his
wife are members of the Catholic Church. In politics Mr. Kane is a Democrat.
He is a self-made man, and by his own industry has accumulated a large
property, which he uses to the best advantage in surrounding himself
and family with all the necessary comforts of life, giving his children
the advantages of obtaining a good and practical education. By his many
years of honest and upright dealings he has won the confidence and esteem
of all who know him.
R. C. Kane, a farmer
and stock-raiser of section 22, Mercer township, has been identified
with the interests of Adams county since 1877. He is a native of Pennsylvania,
born at Philadelphia in May, 1842, and is the third son of Allen and
Mary Kane. At the age of ten years he came with his father's family
to Dubuque, Iowa. His youth was spent in assisting on the farm and attending
school, receiving a common-school education. In 1864 he, in company
with about 100 others and twenty or thirty teams, crossed the plains
to Montana. At his early date there was no trail, and the services of
a guide were employed. They were four months in crossing the plains,
arriving at Virginia City. Forth miles west of the Missouri they saw
the last house prior to reaching their destination. During the journey
quite a number of the party were slain by hostile Indians. After arriving
at Virginia City, which was then a mining camp, Mr. Kane engaged in
mining, continuing in this business for six years. The guide on this
journey was the celebrated frontiersman, Bridges, and on the way they
located Bozeman City. Mr. Kane may well be classed as a pioneer of Montana.
The trip back was uneventful, as railroads and many other marks of civilization
had taken the place of the dangers and hardships they had encountered
on their trip west.
He returned to his
former home in Dubuque county, and was there married July 1, 1874, to
Mary Ann Daly, a native of Iowa, born in Dubuque county, a daughter
of Dennis and Ellen (Moriarty) Daly. The former was a native of County
Cork, Ireland, and the latter of New York. Mr. Daly came to America
in 1832; was married in New York, and came to Iowa in 1850. Mr. and
Mrs. Kane are the parents of six children: Maggie, Allen, Robert, Alice,
Bertha and Dora. The family are members of the Catholic Church.
Mr. Kane settled
in Adams county and purchased 240 acres of wild land, which he at once
began the task of improving. Politically he is a staunch supporter of
the Democratic party. Mr. Kane is a self-made man, and by his own industry
and exertions has accumulated a good property, which he uses to the
best advantage in providing himself and family with all the necessaries
and comforts of life.
Ed. Kennedy, following
agriculture on section 28, Nodaway township, is an intelligent, faithful
citizen who has been living here ever since 1865, after serving in the
war. He was born in county Roscommon, Ireland, November 9, 1844, the
son of Ed. and Ellen (Campbell) Kennedy, natives of the same county.
The father died when the son was but five or six years old, leaving
the latter and the mother alone in the world. They afterward came to
America, settling at Racine, Wisconsin.
The gentleman whose
name introduces this sketch grew up to manhood in Racine and in Waushara
county, Wisconsin, on a farm. Those were pioneer times, when Pottawattamie
Indians were still numerous there.
Under President
Lincoln's call for "300,000 more" he enlisted in Company B,
Thirty-second Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. Most of the time his regiment
was on detached duty at Memphis. It was at length ordered to the front,
where he served over nine months. Mr. Kennedy was then honorably discharged.
He followed farming
until 1865, when he came to Adams county, purchased eighty acres of
wild land, on section 20, Nodaway township, which he improved and made
his home for a few years, and then purchased where he now lives. He
has a fine house, 20 x 24 feet, a story and a half high, with an L 14
x 24, one story high. The location is on a natural building site. The
barn is 44 x 52 feet. Other outbuildings and conveniences show the taste
and good judgment of the proprietor. On the farm, which now contains
190 acres, there is also a good tenant house. Mr. Kennedy is a successful
farmer. In politics he is a Republican, and he is a member of William
Lundy Post, No. 271, G. A. R., at Villisca.
He was married,
April 13, 1870, to Miss Sarah Shipley. She was born in Morgan county,
Ohio, the daughter of David and Mary (Bean) Shipley, who had one son
and three daughters. Mr. Shipley died July 27, 1888, and Mrs. Shipley,
July 9, 1872. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy are: Lawrence, Charles,
Edna, Frank, Edward, William, Fred, Philip, Harrison and an infant daughter
not yet named.
Michael M. Kennedy,
a trusted and valued employe of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Railroad Company, at Corning, was born in county Tipperary, Ireland,
in April, 1832, the son of Patrick and Jane (Ryan) Kennedy, natives
of that country and farmers who spent their lives there. Of their four
children, the two daughters remained in the old country, while the two
sons came to America, one of whom is a resident of Farmer City. In 1856
Michael sailed from Liverpool on the ship Compromise, Captain Childs,
and in due season landed at New York. After spending five years in Connecticut
he came to Illinois, in May, 1862, and in May, 1870, he came to Omaha
and shortly to Corning, where he took charge of a section of railroad
four miles long, besides one a half miles of side-track. His long service
here for such a company as the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, is
sufficient evidence of his faithfulness. As a citizen he is esteemed
as quiet and law-abiding, yet having the courage of his convictions.
He has acquired a small piece of land and erected for himself a cosy
residence. Politically he is a staunch Democrat, and he and his wife
are faithful members of the Catholic Church.
He was married in
April, 1862, in Fairfield, Connecticut, to Miss Susan Connors, a native
of county Tipperary, Ireland, and they have five children, as follows:
Mary, who died at the age of eighteen months; John, the eldest son,
born in July, 1865; Ellen, in 1866; Michael, in 1867; and Katie, in
November, 1871.
Frederick Kennon,
an enterprising young hardware merchant of Corning, was born in Clinton
county, New York, in 1857, a son of Albert G. and Elizabeth (Garrett)
Kennon, natives also of that State. The father, a farmer, came to Iowa
in 1872, settling in Nodaway township, Adams county. His wife died in
1887, and this year (1891) he retired to a neat little farm in the suburbs
of Corning. He has two children living - the daughter, Clara, is now
Mrs. Worley, a widow.
Mr. Kennon, whose
name heads this sketch, was brought up on a farm. At the age of twenty-three
he took a brief course in the Indiana Normal University, then learned
telegraphy, and was an operator in the employ of the Pittsburg &
Ft. Wayne Railroad Company for a time, and then in that of the Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company, at Pacific Junction, and finally
at Corning. In 1890 he established himself at his present business as
hardware merchant at Corning. In this line he carries a complete stock.
His industry, integrity and shrewd judgment are bringing him to the
front. He is a member of the Masonic order and of King Arthur Lodge,
K. of P. He was married in 1887, to Edith La Rue, sister of Frank La
Rue, the cashier of the Corning Savings Bank. The two children are Edith
and Fred.
Hiram
Kent, an enterprising farmer of section 7, Prescott township (post-office
Corning), was born in Putnam county, Indiana, April 20, 1845, the son of Moses
and Dolly (Miller) Kent, natives of Vermont. The parents were married in New
York State, near Buffalo, and afterward moved to Putnam county, Indiana. In 1856
the Kent family moved to Poweshiek county, Iowa, where the mother died in 1868
and the father in 1881. He was a farmer all his life. Politically he was a
Republican.
Mr.
Hiram Kent resided with his parents until 1882, when he purchased wild prairie
land in Adams county, and he is rapidly improving it, having already one of the
best farms in the neighborhood; it embraces 111 acres. The appurtenances -
residence, yard, grove, barn, wells, - are sufficient in number and in good
order. The house is 14 x 24 feet in dimensions, with an L 14 x 16 feet, - both
parts being a story and a half high. In respect to national issues Mr. Kent is a
Republican. He is a genial gentleman.
He
was married in June, 1863, to Elizabeth Viretta Erip, a worthy partner
for life. She was born in Missouri, a daughter of William Erip, a native
of Maryland. Her mother's maiden name was Martha Arbuckle, and she died
during the childhood of Mrs. Kent. Mrs. Kent was reared in Poweshiek
county, Iowa. Her father lives at Marengo, Iowa, being now eighty-one
years old. Mr. and Mrs. Kent have three children, namely: Clara Florence,
wife of John D. Bagenstos of Poweshiek county; Mary Ann, who married
Ellsworth James, and is now living in Prescott township; and Benjamin,
at home. Three children died, viz.: Laura Isabelle, at the age of five
and a half months; Cornelius Allen, when thirteen and a half months
old; and Clinton Oscar, who died at the age of two years and four months.
George W. Kindred,
one of the leading farmers of Washington townchip, residing on section
29 (postoffice Eureka), was born in Cumberland county, Tennessee, January
15, 1845, the son of J. H. and Susan J. Kindred, both natives of Tennessee.
He began in life for himself at the age of twenty-one years, when he
came with his parents to Montgomery county, Iowa, remaining there from
June until November, 1865, when they came and settled in Washington
township, this county, on a farm which has ever since been his home.
He is numbered among the responsible, worthy and progressive farmers
of his township. He owns about 225 acres of land, of which ten acres
are in timber and the rest well improved. The farm is well located,
about a mile and a half from Eureka and some nine miles from the county
seat. It is a fertile farm, whereon the proprietor devotes his attention
to stock-raising as well as general agriculture. There is also a very
good orchard on the place. The dwelling, which is commodious, is located
on a half-section line road a quarter of a mile from the Eureka coal
mines. He is a School Director.
He was married December
15, 1867, to Miss Sarah E. Mansfield, daughter of the late James and
Susanna Mansfield, of Grant county, Indiana. By this marriage there
are eight children, viz.: Grant, who is now reading law in the office
of H. t. Grangers in Corning, Iowa; Canus, who is farming in his own
interests the present year; Austin, Essie I., Vernie, Archie, Walter
and Avis. Mrs. Kindred is a member of the Dunkard Church, while in politics
Mr. Kindred is an ardent Republican. He is a valued citizen and one
of the most substantial business men of this township.
John H. Kindred,
deceased, formerly a resident on section 33, Washington township, was
born in Cumberland county Tennessee, February 12, 1821, the son of Thornton
and Hannah (Minnick) Kindred, natives also of Tennessee. His father,
a farmer, was a private soldier in the war of 1812. His mother died
about 1878, a devout member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Four
of their ten children are still living.
Mr. Kindred, whose
name heads this sketch, began for himself on a farm in Tennessee, and
later added stock-raising. August 12, 1861, he enlisted in Company E,
First Tennessee Infantry, and served three years and two months, taking
part in a number of battles. He was discharged in September, 1864. A
portion of the year 1863 he spent in a hospital at Kingston, Tennessee,
on account of a wound. Because of the hostility of his State to the
Union cause, he left there with his wife and eight children and came
to Montgomery county, Iowa, arriving June 9, 1865; but November 13,
following, he came to Adams county, rented a farm on section 7, Washington
township, for four years, and then bought a farm of eighty acres on
section 33, where he now resides. He afterward added eighty acres more.
The residence if located a mile from Eureka. The house is 14 x 16 feet.
There are two orchards of large and small fruit; and the farm is well
adapted to all the farm crops of this region. The surroundings indicate
a comfortable and happy home.
Mr. Kindred held
the office of Justice of the Peace in Tennessee for twelve years; was
School Director in his township and an important factor in educational
affairs, - and in fact in all the enterprises that have promised good
to his community. He died June 15, 1884.
He was married February
11, 1842, to Miss Susan Taylor, a daughter of James and Permelia Taylor,
of Roan county, Tennessee, and they have had eight children, viz.: Permelia,
the wife of James Farmer, a farmer in Cumberland county, Tennessee;
George W., whose sketch is given in the next paragraph; Hannah, who
married Joseph Corey, and died February 8, 1873, at the age of twenty-six
years, a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church; Mary, the wife of
J. W. Harris, residing on a farm in Cloud county, Kansas; Rachel, now
the wife of Daniel Thomas, a farmer of Adams county, Iowa; Josephine,
now Mrs. James Buddin, of Barry county, Missouri; Hamilton, residing
in Adams county, and married to Flora Timberlake; and Susie, now Mrs.
H. G. McCollum, residing on the farm with the mother. Mrs. Kindred is
a member of the United Brethren Church.
Mr. Kindred, our
subject, was a Republican in politics and an enthusiastic supporter
of the temperance movement. His services as a valiant soldier in the
defense of his country, his blameless life and his devotion to family
and home, all give evidence to his worth.
N. M. King, a member
of the Board of Supervisors of Adams county, Iowa, was born in Sandridge
township, Menard county, Illinois, April 28, 1841. His father, N. M.
King, Sr., was born in Virginia in 1802, and his great- grandfather,
Daniel King, was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. The King family
came from England and were among the first settlers in Virginia. N.
M. King, Sr., located in Illinois in 1821, at the age of nineteen. He
and Abraham Lincoln worked by the day together, both enlisted in the
same company in the Black Hawk war, and were warm friends all their
lives. Mr. King married Jane Runnels, daughter of John Runnels, who
was born in North Carolina and when eleven years of age was taken to
Kentucky where she was reared. They lived in Illinois until 1865, when
they moved to Madison county, Iowa, where Mr. King died February 15,
1883, in his eighty-first year. His wife was past eighty- one when she
died. He was a farmer all his life; in politics a Whig and later a Republican;
and in religion, a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Of
their ten children, nine reached adult age.
The subject of our
sketch was reared on his father's farm and educated in the common schools
of his native county. When the war came on he was among the first to
offer his services to his country. November 28, 1861, he enlisted in
Company M, Second Illinois Cavalry, that regiment which so grandly distinguished
itself. He participated in many important engagements, and at the close
of the war was mustered out at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, being Quartermaster
Sergeant at that time.
Returning to Illinois
after the war, he remained in that State two months, thence to Madison
county, Iowa, where he lived until December 13, 1870, when he settled
on wild land in Adams county. He now owns 295 acres of rich land in
section 21, Douglas township, this county, and forty acres in Madison
county. The "King farm," as it is known, is one of the best
in the township A good modern residence was built in 1891 and is surrounded
by a grove and orchard. A substantial barn, 30 x 40 feet, and all the
farm improvements, broad meadows and well cultivated fields, indicate
the enterprise of the owner and the prosperity which has attended him.
This farm is all bottom land except 120 acres located on the hill side.
Mr. King has given much attention to stock-raising, and has been eminently
successful in his various operations.
August 1, 1860,
he was united in marriage with Miss Mary E. Close, who was born and
reared in the same neighborhood with him, attending the same district
school. She is a daughter of George and Rebecca (Beams) Close, the former
born in Licking county, Kentucky, and the latter born in South Carolina
and reared in Kentucky. They became early settlers of Menard county,
Illinois. The father died in Madison county, Iowa, in March, 1871, aged
seventy-five years; the mother is now a resident of Livingston county,
Missouri, and is in her eighty-ninth year. To Mr. and Mrs. King eleven
children have been born, viz.: Minerva Isabelle, wife of William Strait;
Trinvilla, wife of Rufus Gooddle, of Lincoln township, this county;
Mary A., wife of B. F. Myers, of Jasper township; Rebecca J., wife of
A. A. Strait; Charles S., U. s. Grant, Fanny Frances, Guthrie N., John
Leonard, Ada I., and Howard W.
Mr. King was elected
to his present office, county Supervisor, in the fall of 1890, receiving
a good majority of the votes cast. He is a man of good judgment and
executive ability and is the right man in the right place. In his political
relations he formerly affiliated with the Republican party, but is now
an Independent. He is a member of the Meyerhoff Post, G. A. R., and
both he and his wife are members of the United Brethren church.
Hugh L. Kirkpatrick came to Adams county, Iowa, in 1883, purchased 120 acres of land in
section 16, Carl township, of I. T. Homan, and has since made this place
his home.
Mr. Kirkpatrick
hails from the Buckeye State. He was born in Athens township, Harrison
county, Ohio, September 16, 1829. His father, William Kirkpatrick, was
born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, son of James Kirkpatrick, the
family being of Scotch-Irish extraction and members of the Presbyterian
Church. William Kirkpatrick was reared in Pennsylvania, and when a young
man came West with his father and settled in Harrison county, Ohio,
becoming a pioneer of Athens township. He married Sarah Guthrie, a native
of Ohio and a daughter of Robert Guthrie, and had eleven children, ten
of whom grew to adult age. Both parents died in Harrison county, the
father at the age of eighty-six years. He cleared a farm and passed
his life in agricultural pursuits. He was an elder in the Presbyterian
Church for more than forty years, and for sixty years attended the same
church.
The subject of our
sketch grew to manhood on his father's farm, and received his education
in the common schools of Ohio, and continued to reside in his native
State until 1882. That year he disposed of his interests there and came
to Iowa. After living in Adair county one year, he came to his present
location. His place here, with its neat cottage, attractive lawn, orchard
and grove, presents the appearance of a well-kept Ohio farm.
Mr. Kirkpatrick
was married in Harrison county, Ohio, September 28, 1854, to Miss Malinda
Moore, a native of that place. Her father, Samuel Moore, was born in
Dublin, Ireland, and when six weeks old was brought by his parents to
this country, and was reared in Pennsylvania. He married Christena Leinard,
a native of Maryland, and by her had six children. Both parents died
in Ohio, the father at the age of ninety- six years and the mother,
eighty-six. Mr. and Mrs. Kirkpatrick have seven children living, six
sons and one daughter, viz.: James M. is married, has two children,
and lives in Harrison county, Ohio; Amanda F. is married, has eight
children, and lives in Carl township, Adams county, Iowa; John M., also
married and a resident of that place; William s. is a resident of Belmont
county, Ohio, is married and has two children; Samuel M. is married
and lives in Carl township, this county, and Alvin G. and Robert Walton
are at home with their parents. One daughter, Ann Eliza, died at the
age of fifteen months.
Mr. Kirkpatrick
is a staunch Democrat, as were his father and his wife's people. His
sons are also all Democrats.
Adam Kraut, one
of the old and respected German farmers of Washington township, Adams
county (Mt. Etna postoffice), was born in Kurhessen, Germany, October
4, 1826. His parents were Henry and Cathrina (Simon) Krauts, both natives
of Germany. The father came to this country in 1851, and settled in
Germantown, Pennsylvania. He came to Iowa in the early fifties, and
settled on a farm of 160 acres in Cass county, where he died in 1853.
He was a member of the Reform German Church. His wife died in Germany
at the age of fifty-eight years. He died about the same age. They were
the parents of three children; our subject is the oldest of the family.
John, a brother, lives in Iowa City, Johnson county. Mr. Kraut has been
a farmer all his life. He came to America when he was twenty-eight years
of age and settled in Johnson county, Iowa. He owned a farm there of
forty acres, which he sold in the fifties and then bought a farm near
the place on which he now resides. Mrs. Coleman owns that farm now.
He bought his present farm in 1880; there are eighty acres in the farm;
it is nicely located near the section road in the midst of an excellent
and fertile country. He raises corn, oats and potatoes, and in fact
almost anything that can be grown in the county. He is one of the good
and substantial German farmers who understand agriculture.
Mr. Kraut was married
in Philadelphia in 1859, and had four children by this union: Anna,
wife of Thomas Smith, living in Dakota; Edgar, Simon and John, all farming
in Cass county.
The mother died
in 1857. Her age was thirty-two years.
Our subject married
his present wife, Miss Mary Couchet, in 1870. Both Mr. and Mrs. Kraut
are members of the Evangelical Church. In politics he was formerly a
Greenbacker. He is an industrious and well-to-do citizen.
E. Kretchmer, manufacturer
of and dealer in beekeepers' supplies, and importer and breeder of Italian
bees, has near Red Oak one of the largest establishments of the kind
in the United States, and is therefore one of the best known bee men
in this country. He imported the first Italian queen bee west of the
Mississippi river, in 1861, and is the author of four standard works
on the honey bee. His "Beekeepers' Guide-Book" was one of
the first published in the United States, and is still a popular and
valuable work. In 1864 he manufactured supplies in Des Moines county,
Iowa, and in 1866 he came to Coburg, Iowa, and was engaged in the bee
business there for years, with great success. That village was laid
out on his farm, and at that place he was postmaster for a time. He
came to Red Oak in 1890, with a plant which cost $12,000. The main building
is two stories high, is 60 x 86 feet in ground area; one other building,
also two stories high, is 30 x 80 feet; and the store house or wareroom
is 24 x 45 feet. Mr. Kretchmer's sales are made by correspondence, and
he issues annually, a fifty-two-page catalogue to parties in every State
and Territory of the Union Great Britain. Germany, Australia and South
America. He employs eighteen men in the wholesale department alone.
Mr. Kretchmer was
born on a United States vessel on the ocean, received his education
in Prussia, became a cadet in the Prussian army and breveted Lieutenant.
At the age of seventeen years he came to this country and settled at
Pleasant Grove, Des Moines county, this State. For some time he was
clerk on a steamboat. During the war he was one of the first to enlist,
coming out with the first Iowa Infantry Regiment; he afterward enlisted
in the Eleventh Illinois Cavalry, where he served two years. He was
captured by the enemy near Corinth, Mississippi, and was confined for
a time at Jackson, and at Vicksburg for two or three months, when he
was exchanged. On account of disability he was honorably discharged,
when he was First Lieutenant of Company H, and he returned to Pleasant
Grove; but since 1867 he has been a resident of Montgomery county. His
present place comprises 189 acres, near the town of Red Oak, a large
part of which is within the incorporation, with a residence which cost
$10,000. It is, indeed, one of the best residences in the county, while
the premises and surroundings are both tasteful and commanding.
Mr. Kretchmer was
married, in 1864, in Des Moines county, Iowa, to Miss Iowa Clark, a
daughter of Justus Clark, and they had four sons and three daughters,
namely: Justus C., Elizabeth Eleanor, now the wife Charles Collard,
of Kearney, Nebraska, and a graduate of Red Oak high school; Charles
W., of New Mexico; May Adelina, Viola M., Bernard E. and Raymond. In
1880 Mr. Kretchmer married for his present wife Miss Caroline, daughter
of Peter Smith, and by this union is one daughter, named Valencia. Mr.
Kretchmer is a Republican in his political views, being one of the wheel-horses
of the party. He has served three years and a half as county Supervisor,
has had all the township offices, filling every position with credit
and satisfaction. He is a member of the G. A. R.. Has taken every degree
in Odd Fellowship and has held every prominent office in all its branches.
He is also a very accomplished Mason and has held the highest offices
in that order from the blue lodge to the Mystic Shrine not forgetting
the Eastern Star, which mainly through his efforts, was organized here.
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