Biographies: Hampshire Twp, Clinton County, Iowa Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Annette Lucas ClintonRoots@aol.com ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net *********************************************************************** BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF HAMPSHIRE TWP. From the book "The History of Clinton County Iowa" by L. P. Allen (1879) JOHN ASHPOLE, farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Clinton. He was born in June, 1815, in England. In about 1845,came to Indiana; in 1848, to Ohio; in 1850, he come to Clinton Co. He owns 120 acres of land. He married Jane Braughton in 1843. She was born in 1817, in England; have four children-Fred, John, Henry and Betsey Ann. S. A. BEERS, farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Lyons; owns 160 acres; he was born in Tompkins Co., N. Y., Feb. 13, 1827, where he resided until 7 years old, when his family removed to Oakland Co., Mich.; resided until 1850, when he moved to Hampshire Township, Iowa, where he now lives; has for several years been Township School Director; Republican. He married Elinor E. Phillips, of Rock Island Co., Ill., June 10, 1858; had eleven children, ten now living-Charles A., Hattie E., Milo, Louella, Alfred, Eli, Loien, Clara A., Theron H., and Myron. Neither he nor his family are members of any church. When he started hi Clinton Co., he had a cash capital of $50, and is now worth from $12,000 to $15,000. JOHN R. BOYD, farmer. Sec. 2; P. O. Lyons. He was born Jan. 2, 1817, in Allegheny Co., Penn. In 1837, came to Clinton Co. He owns 258 acres of land. Has been Justice of the Peace, Township Trustee, School Director, President of the School Board, etc. Married Lucy S. Boynton in 1843; she was born in Vermont; have four children-William T., James C., Nettie J. and Clara C. They lost three children in infancy; Robert A. died in 1876, aged 24 years. JOHN HENRY DETERMANN, farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Lyons. He was born June 28, 1803, in Hanover. In 1847, he came to Clinton Co. He owns 320 acres of land. Married Mary Ann Kimmon, in 1840; she was born in Hanover, Germany. They have six children -- Mary Theresa, Mary Ann, John J., William, Catharine and Henry B. J. J. DETERMANN, farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Lyons. He was born Dec. 21, 1831, in Hanover, Germany. In 1853, he came to St. Louis; in 1856, he came to Clinton Co., Iowa. He owns 260 acres of land. He married Christina Englecamp in 1861; she was born in Prussia. They had ten children, five living -- Mary Caroline, John W., Mary Christina, Mary Louisa and Mary Sophia. PETER DIERKS, farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Lyons; born in October, 1824, in Germany ; in 1852, came to Clinton Co. He owns 383 acres of land; is School Trustee; has been President of the School Board. Married Margaret Fauk in 1849; she was born in 1829, in Germany; have eight children-Hans, John, Catharine, Anna, Margaret, Henry, Herman and Peter. MARTIN DOLAN, farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Bryant; he was born in 1812, in Ireland. In 1847, he came to Quebec ; in 1853, he came to Clinton County. He owns 600 acres of land. Married Bridget Ruddy in 1842 ; she was born in Ireland. Have ten children-Margaret, Ann, Patrick and Michael (twins), Kate, James, Ellen, ,John, Mary and Martin. Patrick enlisted in 1863, in Co. K, 26th Iowa V. I., and served to the end of the war. HANS EHLERS, farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Lyons; born Dec. 6,1821, in Germany; in 1867 came to Clinton Co.; he owns 306 acres of land. Married Wiepoke Peters in November, 1843; she was born in 1822, in Germany. Had eleven children, seven living-John, Henning, Carson, Peter, Claus, Margaretta and Emma. CHARLES C. FINCH, farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Lyons; he was born Nov. 25, 1823, in Canada; during the winter of the rebellion, he removed to Buffalo, N. Y. about two years later, he came to LaSalle Co., Ill.; in about 1842, he came to Clinton Co.; has resided here since; he owns 482 acres of land-240 of this he entered. Married Electa A. Hall in 1848; she was born in Canada. Had six children, four living- Mary A, Electa A., Mathew and Betsey E. PATRICK GILL, farmer, . 23; P. O. Lyons; he was born in 1812, in Ireland; in 1831, emigrated to Boston; in 1834, returned to Ireland, and, in 1836, came again to Boston, and worked for John Pearce thirty-five years, at sewer- building; in 1857, came to Clinton Co.; he owns 107 acres of land. Married Celia Ruddy in 1835; she was born in Ireland. Had ten children, six living-Catherine, William, John, Mary, Celia and Cornelius. GEORGE W. GLAHN, farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Lyons; born April 23, 1827, in Germany; in 1854, came to Clinton Co.; he owns 160 acres of land. Married Fannie Dellefs in 1860; she was born in 1835, in Germany. Have two children- Augusta and Ida. JAMES HANDS, farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Lyons; he was born in July, 1827, in Ireland ; in 1848, came to America; in 1851, came to Clinton Co. Owns 394 acres of land. He married Bridget Owens in 1851; she was born in Ireland. Have eight children- Andrew, Michael, Annie, James, Rose, Bridget, Catherine and Mary. Is President of the School Board; has been School Director for the past seven years. JOHN HOLM, farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Lyons; he was born in December, 1853, in Germany; when an infant, came with his parents to Chicago; in 1855, came to Clinton Co., Iowa. Owns 160 acres of land. Married Mrs. T. Peters in 1876, she was born in Germany, in 1855. Have two children-Annie and Hans. ROBERT HORNER, farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Bryant; he is a native of Ireland; in 1850, he came to New Orleans; followed the river summers and worked in a pork-house for eight or nine winters; the first land he located was in Camanche; this he traded for land where he now lives; he owns in all 280 acres, which he has improved. He married Mary J. Johnson in 1864; they have eight children-William, Lizzie, Mary Jane, Robert, Moses, Maggie, Johnson and Maria. HERMAN KAHLE, farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Lyons; he was born in 1807, in Hanover in 1837, he came to Chicago; then to Dixon, Ill.; in 1840, he came to Clinton Co. He owns 260 acres of land, which he entered. Married Mary Fusback in 1855; she was born in Germany. He married Mrs. Gill, daughter of Wm. Determan; she died in 1851; she had two children -- HEnry and Caroline -- by a former marriage. JOHN KENNEDY, farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Lyons; he was born June 2, 1826, in Ireland; in 1848, came to New York; in 1849, to Wisconsin; in 1854, he came to Clinton Co.; he owns 160 acres of land. Has been School Director and Township Treasurer. Married Honora Collins Nov. 10, 1854; she was born in March, 1830, in Ireland; had five children, four living-Michael, Julia, Maggie and John; lost one child in infancy. H. H. LAMPA, farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Lyons; he was born in August, 1812, in Germany; in 1852, came to Clinton Co.; he owns 140 acres of land. Married Magdalene Schmidt in 1835; she was born in 1814, in Germany; died March 3, 1878; have four children-Fred and Augusta (twins), Herman and William. GERHARD LANGE, farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Bryant; he was born June 21, 1833, in Holstein, Germany; in 1854, he came to Chicago; the following year, he removed to Lyons; worked at the carpenter trade there; in 1858, he came to Hampshire Township; he owns 180 acres of land. Is Justice of the Peace, President of the School Board, Treasurer and Director. He married Mary Voss May 17,1858; she was born in 1836, in Germany; have seven children-Gerhard H., John, Mary E., Wilhelmine C., Anna C., Fred W., Otto F. PATRICK LENAGHAN, farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Lyons; he was born Aug. 10, 1823, in Ireland; in 1844, came to New York; in 1852, he came to Clinton Co.; he owns 324 acres of land. He married Julia Butler in 1854; she was born in 1825, in Ireland; have four children-Mary Ann, Jane T., Charles P. and Francis J. He has held most of the township offices. FREDRICK LINDMEIER, farmer, Sec. 23; P.O. Lyons; he was born July 20, 1827, in Germany; in 1857, came to Clinton Co.; he owns 130 acres of land. Married Catharine Untidt, in 1860; she was born in 1836, in Germany; have six children- John, Peter, Edwin, Fred, Justice and Otto; have an adopted daughter-Hulda Lindmeier. He is School Director and Treasurer. JOHN MOHR, farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Lyons; he was born Sept. 26, 1827, in Prussia, in 1856, he came to Clinton Co.; has since lived here; he owns 208 acres of land. He married Caroline Sheffler in 1860 she was born in 1836, in Prussia; they have five children-Henry, John, Anna, William and Bertie. P. O'CONNOR, farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Lyons; was born in Ireland in 1824; in 1844, went to Canada; in 1854, came to Clinton Co., Iowa; has been a resident of this county since; he owns 280 acres of land. Married Ann Welch in 1847; she was born in Ireland; had eight children, four living-Eugene O., Thomas, Ann and Sarah E. JAMES OWENS, farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Lyons; he was born in 1824, in Ireland, and, in 1847, came to America; in 1851, came to Clinton Co.; he owns 160 acres of land. Married Bridget Gallagher in 1847; she was born in Ireland and died in Clinton Co., Iowa; have two children-Anna and Peter; his present marriage was in 1866, to Ann Radder. He has been Township Treasurer and School Director. L. F. ROGERS, farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Lyons; he was born March 18, 1817, in Canada; in 1845, he came to Clinton Co., and has since resided here; he owns 347 acres of land. He married Sarah F. Boynton, December, 1839; she was born in 1820, in Vermont; have seven children-H. A., Sarah A., Benjamin L., Mary S., Imogene, Jessie M. and Lucy. BARNEY RUDDY, farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Lyons; he was born March 20, 1814, in Ireland; in 1840, moved to Boston; in 1858, came to Clinton Co.; owns 105 acres of land. Married Ellen McDevitt in 1858; she was born in 1835, in Ireland; have eight children-Mary A., Susan, John, Sarah, Maggie, Ellen, Celia and Bridget; lost five children in infancy. PETER SCHMIDT, hotel-keeper and butcher; P. O. Lyons; owns two acres of land; he was born in Schleswig, Germany, Jan. 28, 1843, where he was educated; in 1866, he emigrated to the United States and located in Clinton Co., Iowa, where he has lived since. He married Catherine Grebe, a native of Schleswig, in Clinton Co., Dec 16, 1868, and had four children; two are living -- Otto and Erich; he and his family were raised in the German Lutheran faith; in politics, Independent; he was a poor man when he started in Clinton Co., and now has a fine homestead, a good, paying business, and a fortune of from $1,500 to $2,000; his hotel is known as the "Two-Mile House." AUGUSTUS SCOFIELD, farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Lyons; he was born Dec. 25, 1819, in Sullivan Co., N. Y.; removed to Lyons in 1850. He owns 280 acres of land. Married Sarah Spear Nov. 10, 1878; she was born in Wayne Co., N. Y. He has three children by a former marriage- Robert, Martha and Hettie. WILLIAM SCOFIELD, farmer, Sec. 2, P. O. Lyons, he was born in June, 1826, in Sullivan Co., N. Y. In 1850, came to Clinton Co. He owns forty acres of land. Married Harriet Terwilliger March 20, 1852; she was born in Orange Co., N. Y.; had six children, four living-Frank, George, Fred and Walter. C. STUDEMANN, farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Lyons; he was born Aug. 1, 1844, in Germany; in 1860, came to Clinton Co. and bought forty acres of land; he, with his father and brother, now own 1,040 acres, and are among the largest landowners in the township. He married Lena Stoltenberg in 1871; she was born in 1848 in Germany; have four children-Alexander, Oscar, Hattie and John. HANS THIEMANN, farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Lyons; he was born March 23, 1851, in Germany; in 1874, came to Clinton Co. He owns 120 acres of land. Married Anna James in 1872; she was born in 1849 in Germany; have one child- Emma. JOHN A. WESSELS, farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Lyons; he was born March 7, 1822, in Hanover, Germany; in 1853, came to St. Louis; in 1855, came to Clinton Co. He owns eighty acres of land. Married Mary C. Walka in 1854; she was born in 1830, in Hanover, Germany. They have three children -- John Henry, John Herman and Anna Mary.