BIOMIX
Muscatine
County Biographical Sketches
M. BAILEY, banker, is a native of
Ohio, born in 1835. In 1851, he
moved to Iowa; while here he studied medicine, graduating from the medical
department of the State University and
Keokuk, in 1858, and located at Emporia, where he practiced, being the
first physician in the place. He was surgeon of the First Regiment, Kansas
Volunteers; he was surgeon of the Nineteenth in 1868, when the Indian expedition
was organized. He had moved to Topeka in 1864, and practiced there until
1870, with Dr. Stormont, coming to Chanute in 1870, then called New Chicago,
selecting a site for the bank on the corner of Fourth and High streets,
and opened the banking house of M. Bailey & Co., in January, 1871.
In 1873, he built the first brick dwelling-house in Neosho County. He
married in 1864, Miss Jarboe, of Muscatine. They have four sons and one
daughter.
Source: William G. Cutler's History
of the State of Kansas, Neosho Co.
THOMAS L. DIXON was born in
Jay, Maine, in 1849, where he lived until March, 1864, when he enlisted
in Twelfth Maine Regiment, and served until close of war, being mustered
out in summer of 1865. Returned to Maine, entering school. In February,
1866, removed to Mercer County, Ill., where he followed teaching until
1874, when he removed to Nebraska, settling at Pleasant Hill, at that time
the county seat of Saline County; afterward removed to Crete, where he
followed teaching and dealing in agricultural implements, etc. Was elected
County Superintendent of Public Instruction in 1877, serving four
years. Married, in
1871, in Muscatine, Iowa, to Mary A. McLaughlin. He is
a member of Blue Lodge, A., F. & A. M.
Source: Andreas' History of the
State of Nebraska, Saline County
WILLIAM DRUMHILLER, attorney at law,
fire insurance and collecting agent, first came to Logan, Kan., in
the fall of 1878, and engaged in agriculture. He has 160 acres of
land deeded, 160 under pre-emption act, and 160 as a timber claim,
120 acres of which is cultivated. He has served as Justice of the
Peace two years. He was born in Eaton City, Northampton County, Pa.,
November 4. 1832; was raised in Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio;
emigrated to Muscatine Iowa, January 1,
1855, where he followed merchandising until August, 1857,
when he went to St. Joseph, Mo., and engaged in the same business.
He was there Judge of Police Courts two years, City Assessor two
years, and two years a Member of the School Board, and ten years
merchandising. Enlisted in September, 1861. in Co. B, Third Battalion,
Missouri Reserves, and was promoted to Captain of the company. He re-enlisted
February 24, as Captain of Co. A, Fifth Missouri Cavalry: promoted to Major,
April 30, 1862. He re-enlisted August 1, 1874, as Adjutant of the
Forty-fourth Regiment, Missouri Volunteer Infantry, and was made
Captain of Company B, same regiment. He participated in the battles of
Franklin and Nashville, Tenn., the siege of Mobile, Ala., and many skirmishes.
He was mustered out September 1, 1865. He was married April 3, 1867, to
Miss E. T. Cowden, a native of Madison, Ind. He is a member of the Encampment
Lodge I. O. O. F., Knights of Pythias, and Logan Post No. 177, G.
A. R.
Source: History of the State of Kansas
by William G. Cutler, Town of Logan, Phillips Co.
H. P. FARNSWORTH, farmer, P. O. Unadilla,
was born in Muscatine County, Iowa,
October 22, 1845, where he remained until 1864,
then went to the University for a short time, then enlisted and served
for four and a half months. When he came
home he engaged on his father's farm, where he worked in the summers and
taught school in the winters until March, 1869, when he came
to Otoe County and bought 120 acres on the southeast quarter of Section
4, Town 8, Range 10, Russell Precinct. He has always taken an active interest
in the welfare of the State of Nebraska, more especially the part where
he lives. He was married in February, 1868, to
Miss Helen Burdett, of Muscatine County, Iowa. They have three boys and
one girl. He is an active member of the Equitable Aid Union
at Unadilla.
Source: The History of the State of
Nebraska, 1882, Western Historical Company, A. T.
Andreas, Proprietor, Chicago, IL.; Otoe County, Town of Unadilla
JOHN M. FARNSWORTH, farmer, Unadilla,
born in Muscatine County, Iowa, December 15, 1853,
where he remained until the fall of 1875, when he went to Janesville,
Wis., learning the telegraphing where he served seven months, then to Chicago,
practicing the telegraphing under instructions until February, 1877, then
to Vicksburg for a short time, then a general tramp, partly for health
and partly for knowledge, and in July, 1878, arrived home and remained
there until 1879. In January, 28, 1880, he was married to Miss Mattie C.
Haines, who was born in Newton, Iowa, March 23, 1858, the third daughter
of the Rev. Daniel Haines, a Baptist minister of twenty-four years' standing.
Mr. F. has one child, born January 28, 1881, named Elmer Ross Farnsworth.
Mr. F. is a member of the Knights of Pythias, at Syracuse.
Source: The History of the State of
Nebraska, 1882, Western Historical Company, A. T.
Andreas, Proprietor, Chicago, IL.; Otoe County, Town of Unadilla
JOHN A. GOODWILL, farmer, Section 10,
P. O. Arizona, is a native of Stark County, Ohio. In June, 1857, he came
to Omaha; worked in a brick yard about six months, then removed to Burt
County, where he has since resided. He owns 358 acres of land, part homestead
and part entered. Married, in 1871, Miss Mary
Ray, of Muscatine, Iowa. Have five children, two sons and three daughters.
Source: The History of the State of
Nebraska, 1882, Western Historical Company, A. T.
Andreas, Proprietor, Chicago, IL.; Burt Co.
A. H. GREEN, attorney
at law and land broker, was born in Muscatine County, Iowa, in 1841, son
of G. J. and H. A. Green. He was educated in Jasper County,
Ind., read law and was admitted to the bar in Indiana in 1870. Came to
Kansas in 1871 and located at Winfield, and commenced the practice of his
profession, which he followed for five years and then engaged in the real
estate business. He responded to his country's call in 1861, and enlisted
in Company G, Ninth Regiment Indiana Volunteers. His enlistment was for
three months; during that service he was in the engagements of Phillipi,
Laurel Hill and Cheet River. Was mustered out at the end of his term of
service, and in October re-enlisted in Company K, Forty-eighth Indiana
Volunteers. Was transferred to Company D, and commissioned Second Lieutenant
and subsequently promoted to Captain, under which commission he served
for three years; participated in the engagements of the siege and battle
of Corinth, Luka, Raymond, Jackson, Champion Hill, Black River, Mission
Ridge, Bentonville and other battles of his command. He was aid-de-camp
on Gen. William T. Clark's staff; was mustered out April 7, 1865. Was commissioned
Brigadier General of the Kansas State Militia by Gov. St. John in 1879.
Held that position four years; was Postmaster at Atwood, Ind., for
three years. He was married in 1865, to Miss Letha Crumbacker, daughter
of Daniel and S. H. Crumbacker. Has had four children, three of whom survive
- Annie, Jennie and Dolph Duff.
Source: William G. Cutler's History
of the State of Kansas, Cowley Co.
WILLIAM LUCAS, farmer, Section 12,
P.O. Monmouth, was born in Muscatine, Iowa, in
1839. He was raised to agricultural pursuits and received a common school
education. He farmed in Iowa until 1866; in the meantime was in the army
two years. He went to Montana in 1866, and remained one season.
He came to Kansas in the winter of 1866, and located on his present, which
he has run as a grain and stock farm to the present time. He built a mill
in 1867 which he operated for five years. He owns three farms--one
of 160 acres, another of 90 acres, and one of 160 acres. He owns 60 acres
of coal land on Brush Creek, Cherokee County; owns 160 acres of land in
Woodson County, and town property in Cherokee and Columbus. He was County
commissioner three years, and is a member of the Presbyterian Church; an
Elder. He belongs to the A. O. U. W., G. A. R. and Good Templars. He was
married to Miss Abbie M. Dickinson, of Ohio, in 1865. They have six
children living--Laura E., Arthur S., Samuel O., Abbie F., Emma V. and
Nancy G.;deceased--George A., and Charles. Mrs. Lucas is a member of the
Presbyterian Church. Mr. Lucas has interests in gold, silver and lead mines
in Colorado.
Source: William G. Cutler's History
of the State of Kansas, Crawford Co.
CYRUS C. LUNDY , dealer in groceries,
boots and shoes, P. O. Villisca; Mr. Lundy was
born April 3, 1844, in Highland County, Ohio. He moved with his parents
to Muscatine, Iowa, in 1847, and there grew to manhood. August 7, 1862,
he enlisted in company B, Thirty-fifth Iowa infantry volunteers, and served
until August 7, 1865, having served three years to a day. This
regiment took part in the battles of Jackson, Mississippi; siege of Vicksburg
under Grant; and Red River, under A. J. Smith as far as Alexander. At Henderson
Hill, twenty miles from Alexander, they took a four-gun battery and three
hundred prisoners without firing a gun. Then in the battle at Pleasant
Hill, Marksville, also in the Briar Patch fight near the mouth of Red River.
They went north from there and took another battery between Vicksburg and
Memphis Then to Tupelo, Mississippi, where they burnt a bridge and fought
Forrest for two days. Then to Arkansas and followed Price on his last raid
through Missouri, leaving him below Kansas City, and returned to Nashville,
remaining there during the siege of that city. Then camped on the Tennessee
river, living there six weeks on shelled corn; then to Fort Blakely. They
were musterd out August 7, 1865. Mr. Lundy was never absent from his regiment
when it moved except once. He was never wounded or taken prisoner. He was
married to Emma Waterman, of Ashtabula County, Ohio. They have two children
living: Frank W., born November 25, 1869; Luther T., January 22, 1878.
Source: History of Montgomery
County, Iowa; 1881, Douglas Township
J. E. MARSHALL, right-of-way commissioner
for the St. L. Ft. S. & W. R. R., is a native of Virginia, and was
born in Fairfield County, January 31, 1847. At
an early age he removed to Muscatine, Iowa, where he was educated and reared.
In 1862 he enlisted in the Thirty-fifth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, serving
nearly three years in the capacity of First Deputy Sergeant. He was in
the Department of the Tennessee on the Red River expedition, and participated
in many prominent events of the war, locating in Alabama when the troubles
were over, and was there identified as a cotton planter for several years.
In May, 1878, he came to Kansas, and for a time was material agent for
the A., T. & S. F. R. R., and later for the A. & P. For the past
two years he has been connected with the St. L., Ft. S. & W. R. R.,
with headquarters at El Dorado. He was married in Montgomery
County, Ala., to Miss M. E. Caffey, of that city. They have four children
- James E., William H., Maggie M., and Jennie P. Mr. Marshall is a K. T.
Mason. He was elected Councilman in El Dorado in 1881 and 1882.
Source: William G. Cutler's History
of the State of Kansas, Butler Co
WILLIAM A.MCGREER,
farmer, section 13, P. O. Red Oak; was born in Wayne County,
Indiana, January 15, 1827; when he was quite small his parents moved
to Union County, Indiana; he remained there until the year 1860, when he
removed to Muscatine County, Iowa, remaining there eleven years, engaging
in the manufacture of pumps for about four years; after that time followed
farming until the spring of 1872, when he removed to this county,
locating near Hawthorn, and in 1873 bought his present farm. He was married
October 25, 1860, to Miss Mary M. Smith, a native of Ohio; was married
in Terre Haute, Indiana. They have seven children: Ella, Lizzie, Emma,
Frank, Joseph, Mary and John. His farm of 160 acres of good land, is all
under cultivation; is abundantly watered, has an orchard of three and one-half
acres, together with a good variety of small fruits; has a good house and
other buildings.
Source: History of Montgomery
County, Iowa; 1881
WEBB McNALL, editor and proprietor
of the Gaylord Herald, was born in Randolph Cattaraugus County, N. Y.,
Oct. 11, 1848. He removed to Iowa in August, 1861, and from there to Gaylord,
Smith County, Sept. 11, 1871. He took a homestead one mile northeast of
Gaylord, and has since purchased enough land in the vicinity to give him
a full section. Since his residence in Smith County he has served as Constable
and Deputy Sheriff, and has not been afraid or ashamed to work. As
a consequence he is now a prosperous man.
In March, 1868, he married Miss Annie E.
Humberger, of Muscatine, Iowa, by whom he has had two children, one of
them now living. In 1876 he was chosen doorkeeper of the House
of Representatives, and was re-elected in 1877. March 10, 1877, he was
appointed on the Capitol police force at a salary of $1,100. Mr. McNall
was admitted to practice in the district and inferior courts of Kansas
in May, 1879. As a lawyer he has been very successful. His friends
claim that in several railroad cases he secured for his clients $4,000
more than even they hoped to secure. Whether as editor of the Herald, lawyer,
insurance agent or farmer, Webb McNall always displays unbounded energy.
Source: William G. Cutler's History
of the State of Kansas, Town of Gaylord, Smith Co.
J. B. NESBITT, farmer and stock-raiser,
P. O. Nelson, was born in Stark County, Ohio, in 1840, and was brought
up on a farm until fourteen year of age, then emigrated to Iowa and located
in Mahaska County. In 1861, enlisted in the Twelfth Illinois Infantry,
serving three years; was then commissioned as First Lieutenant in the One
Hundred and First United States Colored Regiment, serving for some time
on the staff of Gen. Clinton B. Fisk, remaining in the service until January,
1866; then located at Muscatine, Iowa, working at carpentering, removing
to Montgomery County in the fall of 1879, following his trade
and teaching until 1873, then came to Nebraska and took a homestead on
Section 24, Town 4, Range 7, Nuckolls County; then commenced work at his
trade in company with J. M. Cook, working at the business about three years;
put up a hotel, court house, store and other buildings in Nelson, the first
season out here, earning enough in this way to improve his place some and
put up a house; has 120 acres of his land improved, and has planted a nice
little orchard of apple and peach trees, besides cherries, plums and other
small fruits. Mr. Nesbitt was the first acting Superintendent of Public
Instruction, serving two terms of two years each, and did some good work
in getting the schools in good working order. There were nineteen school
districts when he came into office, which were
increased by thirty-one when he went out. Mr. Nesbitt really
had the whole organization to do, and did it to the satisfaction of the
people, and has also served as Deputy Clerk and Deputy Treasurer at different
times. Was married, in 1868, at Muscatine, Iowa,
to Miss E. W. Lee, of that place. They have five children--Ely, Paul,
Rose, Maud, and Charlie. He is a member of the G. A. R., and
of the Baptist Church.
Source: The History of the State of
Nebraska, 1882, Western Historical Company, A. T.
Andreas, Proprietor, Chicago, IL.; Nuckolls Co.
WILLIAM M. PARHAM, farmer, Section
9, P. O. Brighton, was born in the city of Philadelphia, in 1846, and when
a boy went with his parents to Iowa, where his father J. C. Parham, engaged
in farming, and subsequently removed to Muscatine, where he died June 8,
1878. The subject of this sketch learned the trade of horse
collar maker and house painter, and removed to Kansas in the spring of
1878, locating upon his present farm. January 1, 1878, he married Miss
Annie M. Eckel, of Schuylkill County, Pa., who has borne him four children,
viz.: Harry C., born October 20, 1867; Edgar L., February 25, 1870; Charles
F., June 4, 1873, and Frank E., August 7, 1875. Mr. Parham's farm of 160
acres, contains sixty acres in cultivation. His outbuildings are very large
and commodious. He has every facility for the care of stock, in which he
largely deals. Having excellent springs upon the premises. Has been clerk
of the School Board of his district for the past five years, and is a member
of the A. O. U. W., and for three years was Postmaster of Helen office.
Source: William G. Cutler's History
of the State of Kansas, Afton Twp, Sedgwick Co.
R. M. PICKLER, County Attorney, came
to Smith Centre winter of 1870, and opened a law office. Elected to his
present office, fall of 1882. He was born in Davis County, Iowa, Feb. 23,
1856. Lived in that county until 1867, when parents, with family, moved
to Kirksville, Mo., where he was educated. Began the study of law in 1876.
He was editor of the Milan Republican, of Milan, Mo., three years, and
studied law at the same time. He was a student
in the law office of Hoffman, Pickler & Brown, of Muscatine, Iowa,
some time. Was admitted to the bar of practice in spring of 1879,
at the latter city, and began the practice of law there. He soon opened
a law office at Milan, Mo., and practiced a few months, when he emigrated
to Kansas. He is a member of Western Star Lodge, No., 174, A., F.
& A. M.
Source: William G. Cutler's History
of the State of Kansas, Smith Centre, Smith Co.
G. W. PIERSON, farmer, P. O. Unadilla,
Neb., was born in Sussex County N. Y., September
1, 1843, and removed from there to Muscatine County, Iowa, in 1848 where
he lived until the breaking out of the Rebellion of 1861 when he enlisted
in Company A, Seventh Iowa Infantry and served as a soldier during the
war when he returned to his home in Muscatine County, Iowa. Was married
in the fall of 1866 to Louisa, daughter of Alfred Purcell. Moved
to Washington County, Iowa, where he was engaged in farming until the spring
of 1872, when he moved to Otoe County, Neb., and bought the southwest quarter
of Section 29, Town 8, Range 10, where he has since been engaged in farming
and manufacturing sorghum molasses. He has been Moderator
on the School Board since 1873, was Road Supervisor in 1875 and 1876, is
an active member of the I. O. O. F. and G. A. R. and also A., F. &
A. M., all the above lodges held at Palmyra. Mr. and Mrs. P. have one son
and three daughters.
Source: The History of the State of
Nebraska, 1882, Western Historical Company, A. T.
Andreas, Proprietor, Chicago, IL.; Otoe County, Town of Unadilla
JOSEPH W. PINE, farmer, Section 4,
P. O. Humboldt, was born in Frederick County, Va., in 1830. He learned
the trade of blacksmith in Berkley County, and worked at it there until
1858, when he moved to Muscatine County, Iowa,
where for ten years he carried on a blacksmith shop. In May,
1866, he came to Allen County, Kan., and located on his present farm. He
has a finely improved place consisting of some 400 acres, on which there
are good stone fences, fine orchards and residence. He also to some extent
follows blacksmithing in connection with agricultural pursuits, and is
a large raiser of cattle and hogs. Mr. Pine is one of the representative
men of his township; he is a staunch Democrat and is President of the Old
Settlers Association of his township.
Source: William G. Cutler's History
of the State of Kansas, Allen Co.
HENRY J. PIPPERT, Sheriff, was born
in Cassel, Germany, in June, 1850. His father
and family emigrated to America in 1855, locating for a time in Muscatine,
Iowa, and in 1867 removing to Willow Springs, Kan., where the
elder Mr. Pippert now resides. The subject of this sketch located at Lawrence,
where he worked at his trade of harness-making, until 1871, when he came
to Alma, and opened a large saddlery and harness-making establishment,
upon Missouri street. Mr. Pippert carries several thousand dollars worth
of stock and has several competent workmen constantly employed in the manufacture
of harness. Besides his store and residence, Mr. Pippert owns other real
estate (chiefly building lots) in town. November 12, 1874, he married Caroline,
eldest daughter of John P. Gleich, Esq., of Alma, by whom he has had four
children, only one of whom, Helen Mary, born December 4, 1880, now
remains to him. Mr. Pippert has been Councilman for several years,
was elected Mayor of Alma in April, 1880, and in 1881 was elected Sheriff
of Wabaunsee County, in which position he has made a very efficient officer,
proving quite a "terror" to evil-doers.
Source: William G. Cutler's History
of the State of Kansas, Wabaunsee Co.
CHARLES N. PRESTON , P. O. Villisca;
born in Steuben County, New York, April 16, 1836, and was educated in the
graded schools of that city; he removed to Muscatine
County, Iowa, in 1858, and went into business at Atalissa, and continued
in business there until the breaking out of the war; enlisted in the army
in August, 1862 for three years; was at Vicksburg on the famous 22d of
July, was detailed on special duty and so remained during the war; was
mustered out at Muscatine on the second of August, 1865, and returned to
his old home and resumed business. In 1870 he removed to Grinnell,
Iowa, and went into business, and in 1871 came to Villisca, being one of
the first merchants of the town, and to-day ranks as one of the most energetic
business men of th eplace. He is one of the charter members, and first
master of the lodge of A. O. U. W., and is present secretary and past master
of the masonic lodge; he is also a member of the Presbyterian church.
He was married to his present wife, Flora Robshaw,
at Muscatine in 1869; by a former marriage has three children:
George W.,aged twenty-one years; Willie and Willard, twins, aged nineteen,
born on Washington's birthday; by his present wife has two children: Vida
C., aged eight; the other, "baby," born in 1881.
Source: History of Montgomery
County, Iowa; 1881
JACOB REINHARDT, of the firm of Reinhardt
& Son. dealer in general merchandise, David City, came to Nebraska
in 1869, and located in Lancaster County, in Centerville Precinct, on the
old Mormon trail. Here he followed farming until 1877, when he moved to
Butler County and located at David City, and went in partnership with J.
C. Wunderlich in the meat market, which was the first in the town. This
he ran in company with Mr. W., when he sold out and went in the general
merchandise trade with F. W. Paddock, and continued with him until
January, 1880, when he sold out, and then in April, 1880 started up where
he now is with his son John W. Jacob was born in Germany February 19, 1828.
Emigrated to the United States in 1847. Was married
at Muscatine, Iowa, to Miss Martha A. Mark in June, 1850, who was
also born in Germany, by whom he has seven children, six sons and
one daughter.
Source: The History of the State of
Nebraska, 1882, Western Historical Company, A. T.
Andreas, Proprietor, Chicago, IL.; Butler Co.
H. ROBERTS, Postmaster, at Chester
P. O., and farmer, Section 23. This gentleman came to Kansas in 1863, settling
in Sarcoxie Township, where he was identified as a farmer until 1869, when
he located where he now resides. In 1870 he was engaged in contracting
in the southern part of the State, furnishing railroad ties. The autumn
of that year was appointed Postmaster for the Chester office, which he
has since held. He has also been Justice of the Peace two terms, and identified
with the school interests of his district. During the war was in the State
militia and participated in the Price Raid. Mr. R. is a native of New Hampshire,
and was born in Strafford County, December 8, 1828; was there educated
and reared. In 1856 emigrated to Muscatine County,
Iowa, where he resided until coming to Kansas. He has been twice
married, first to Miss S. J. Blaisdall, now deceased, of York County, Me.
By this union had three children - Ida, Francicene, and Milton. His second
wife was Mrs. Jane G. Good; her maiden name was Hill. By this marriage
they have one daughter - Sarah. Mr. Roberts belongs to the Grange.
Source: History of the State of Kansas
by William G. Cutler, Sarcoxie Twp, Jefferson Co
O. W. ROMIG, pioneer hardware store,
is the senior partner of the firm of Romig & Sweet, and, in company
with his brother, Me. D. S. Romig, now of Independence, Kan., built the
first store in Fall River, in October, 1879, at a cost of $400. He is a
native of Waterloo, N. Y., but when six years of age, his
parents removed to Indiana, and in
1860 to Muscatine, Iowa, where he acquired his business education, and
in which town he remained until locating in Kansas, except six years which
he spent in San Francisco, Cal. He first settled in Charleston,
this county, in April, 1879, and engaged in hardware business, but upon
the formation of the Fall River Town Company, he was among the first to
remove here as stated. January 1, 1881, Mr. Anson Sweet became associated
with him as partner under the firm name of Romig & Sweet, and in 1883,
they have built, almost contiguous to their old stand, a handsome stone
store with iron front, at a cost of $1,700, and 24 x 60 feet clear
inside. In addition to their large and varied stock of general hardware,
they have a full line of agricultural implements and machines, the stock
being valued at $4,500 to $5,000, their annual sales being about $16,000
to $17,000. Both buildings and stock are fully insured. Mr. Romig
is a member of the I. O. O. F. and A. F. & A. M., and is one of the
wide-awake young business men of Kansas.
Source: History of the State of Kansas
by William G. Cutler, Greenwood Co.
AMOS G. THORNTON, farmer, section 10,
P. O. Red Oak; was born in Canada, April 25, 1841. April 4, 1865, he removed
to Detroit, Michigan, remaining there but a short time; finally located
at Muscatine, Iowa; there he followed farming until the year 1870, when
he removed to this county, locating on his present farm. After four years
he returned to Muscatine, remaining there about three years, when he returned
to his farm in this county, where he has since lived. He was married March
31, 1869, to Margaret A. Rogers, also a native of Canada, and who at that
time lived near Muscatine. They are the parents of three children:
William A., born January 21, 1872; David W., born February 15, '74; Ida
May, born March 8, '78. Mr. Thornton bought his farm when it was all wild
land; he now has a farm of 160 acres of well improved land, a good farm-house,
and a fine orchard of 130 apple trees, together with an abundance of other
fruits, such as cherries, crabs, grapes, etc. His house and orchard are
surrounded by a fine walnut grove. His farm is fenced on all sides with
a good hedge fence.
Source: History of Montgomery
County, Iowa; 1881
THEODORE VAN ALST, farmer and stock
raiser, Section 31, Elkhorn Precinct, Douglas P. O., was born in Orange
County, N. Y., in 1834, where he was identified with the farming industry.
In 1855 he came West and located in Muscatine, Iowa,
where he carried on a mercantile business for one year, and afterward moved
to Davenport, and was identified there principally with grain and stock
dealing until 1863, when he went to Montana and engaged in mining,
which he prosecuted actively for nine years. After this he took up stock
dealing promiscuously in the Western States and Territories until 1874,
when he located here, and has very successfully carried on his present
business since. In 1881 he married Miss Ida May
Marsh, who was born in Warren County, Pa., and reared in Lee County, Iowa.
Mr. Van Alst did public service in Iowa as Deputy U. S. Marshal for several
years during his stay there. Since coming here he had been an active worker
in the furtherance of all matters tending to promote the growth of the
social development of his locality.
Source: The History of the State of
Nebraska, 1882, Western Historical Company, A. T.
Andreas, Proprietor, Chicago, IL.;Douglas County
AUGUSTUS L. YOUNG, a
native of Iowa soil, entered life in Muscatine, March 12, 1856. At a year
of age he moved with his parents to Mt. Pleasant, Iowa,
where he remained until his sixteenth year, when he went to Fremont county,
and thence to Malvern, Mills county, inSeptember 1879. He received his
education in the common schools at Mt. Pleasant and other points where
he lived prior to making his home in Mills county, and at Tabor college,
while in Fremont county. Subsequently he was a graduate of the law department
of the State University at Iowa City, and there admitted to practice in
all the state and federal courts of Iowa, June, 1879. Thus equipped for
the battle of life, he took to himself, November 25, 1880, Miss Allie E.
Wilson, of Tabor, to aid and cheer him in his struggle for position, fortune
and fame. Mr. Young is a member of the law firm of Young & Garrigus,
of Malvern, formed in 1879. He is a member of the Congregational
church.
Source: The History of Mills County,
Ia, 1881, Malvern Twp, p. 642
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