HISTORY: Franklin County History 1914, Index, Franklin County, Iowa 

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History of Franklin County, Iowa 
Author: Stuart, I. L.,
Date: 1914  
 
 
Table of Contents
 
Volume I. Contents
  
Chapter I. Four score years ago...Red Man, Wild game and virgin prairie...Indian 
conflicts and Indian treaties...Iowa Territory becomes a state...Topography...First 
land titles...State Institutions ...... Pg 9
  
Chapter II. The log cabin was the place of the pioneer...chinked logs, covered with 
clapboards...rifle and spinning wheel...Almost anything was a bedroom...Cooking was 
primitive for sharp appetites...Welcome for the wayfarer...Prairie fires and wolf 
hunts...Amusements for the frontier people were not lacking...What unremitting toil 
has accomplished ...... Pg 57
  
Chapter III. Iowa's first legislature...Graphic, amusing and interesting pen pictures 
by a veteran member of that historic body...Hawkins Taylor's protrayal of the first 
Iowa law makers...Franklin county in the General Assembly ...... Pg 71
  
Chapter IV. Before the creation of Franklin County...The first to settle here...
Mayne's Grove selected by them...Sketches of pioneers...The Indian scare...hunting 
Stories ...... Pg 81
  
Chapter V. Geologic features of Franklin County...Its rocks, streams and hills...
Woods, fruit, soil and commercial clay...To the student this is an interesting 
chapter ...... Pg 101
  
Chapter VI. Franklin County erected and organized...Selection of the seat of 
government....Effort to make Maysville the county seat...Early proceedings of the 
county court ...... Pg 117  
Chapter VII. Men who have served the county...Judge J.B. Reeve the first official...
Establishment of various offices...Board of Supervisors ...... Pg 127
  
Chapter VIII. Public buildings of the county... Courthouses...The jail...County Farm
...First and last tax levy...Population...Franklin Agricultural Society ...... Pg 135

Chapter IX. Civil War...President Lincoln calls for seventy-five thousand men to put 
down rebellion...Franklin county patriotic and sends many of her sons to battle...
names of the heros...Patriotic societies...soldiers' Memeorial Temple...Soldiers' 
Monument ...... Pg 143
  
Chapter X. Reminiscent...Leander Reeve harks back to the early days...Among many 
things tells of hunting buffalo...Job Garner preaches for a farm...Trials and triumphs
 ...... Pg 171
  
Chapter XI. What the years have shown...Wild land changed into valuable farms...Good 
roads, splendid country homes, abundant crops...Beautiful streams and groves ......
Pg 181
  
Chapter XII. The first physicians endured hardships and were poorly paid...Pills and 
quinine composed the pioneer doctor's pharmacoepia...Placed great reliance on the 
lancet and bled his patient with or without provocation...Some of the pioneer and 
later physicians of the county ...... Pg 191
  
Chapter XIII. Honarable profession of the law...Members of Franklin county bar men 
of ability...Judges who have presided in Hampton...Premier juries...Sketches of the 
early lawyers ...... Pg 199
  
Chapter XIV. Newspapers early in Franklin County...Many able men connected with them
...The recorder the Premier...Sketch of L.B. Raymond ...... Pg 213
  
Chapter XV. D. W. Dow, pioneer lawyer, becomes reminiscent...His campaign in 1860...
Efficacy of "Chewin" Terbacker...How Hampton looked in 1859 ...... Pg 223

Chapter XVI. Transportation...Building of the Central Railway of Iowa...The first 
train into Hampton and what it entailed...Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northeran...
Chicago Great Western...The Des Moines, Iowa Falls and Northern ...... Pg 231
  
Chapter XVII. Drainage ditch districts... A latter day improvement worth millions to 
local farms...Large tracts of land reclaimed by big ditches...B.H. Mallory, member 
Franklin county bar, tells the story ...... Pg 237
 
Chapter XVIII. Why did you come here?...The question asked by editor Raymond...
Answered by the Querist...Influence of friends a cogent agency ...... Pg 243
  
Chapter XIX. The townships...Reeve, Morgan, West Fork, Osceola, Ingham...The first 
settlement made in Reeve...Morgan one of the initial three townships organized...
The 
early farms, towns and inhabitants ..... Pg 249
  
Chapter XX. The townships continued...Geneva...Oakland...Hamilton...Grant...Lee.
Geneva early settled...Job Garner came to this township in 1854 and was founder of 
Hampton...Dates of township organization ...... Pg 283
  
Chapter XXI. The townships continued...Wisner...Richland...Scott...Marion...Ross...
Mott...The two latter townships important as early settlements...Mott was originally 
part of Washington in which is the county seat ...... Pg 319
  
Chapter XXII. Clinton Township and the town of Sheffield...Second town of importance 
in Franklin county...When founded and by whom...Business activities, schools, 
churches, etc. ......Pg 351
  
Chapter XXIII. The county seat...Laid out and platted in 1856...Job Garner and George 
Ryan, founders...Growth of the village...Incorporated as a town in 1871...Incorporated 
as a city of the second class in 1893...The builders of Hampton...Public Utilities...
Modern Improvements...Business Houses, etc. ......Pg 369
  
Chapter XXIV. Educational...Schools of Hampton and their advantages...First school 
taught and the school houses...Present school buildings...District schools and their 
progress ......Pg 403
  
Chapter XXV. Hampton public library...Difficulty in the way od establishing the 
institution...Interesting descriptive story by one who knew...The Carnegie gift of 
ten thousand dollars...Dedication of the library building ...... Pg 409
  
Chapter XXVI. Hampton's financial institutions...Banking a business of great 
antiquity...Early banks in the county seat...Deposits in Hampton banks over two 
million dollars...Industrial Hampton ...... Pg 417
  
Chapter XXVII. Relgious...The churches of Hampton...The city is made up of a Christian 
people and has the best church edifices of any place of its size in Iowa...Their 
history...Hampton cemetery ...... Pg 427
  
Chapter XXVIII. Mayor's of Franklin County's chief city...Other officials of the 
Municipality...Sketches of the chief executives from 1871 to 1903 ...... Pg 443
  
Chapter XXIX. An historic old mill...Built in 1859 by A.K. Hansberry who lived with 
his family in the lower story...Known as Beed's Mill over a half century...Beed's Lake 
and pleasure resort ..... Pg 453
  
Volume II.

Biographical Index                    Page
 
ALERT, F.W. ------------------------- 187
ALLEN, C.J. -------------------------  74
ALLEN, George ----------------------- 228
ALLEN, G.H. ------------------------- 415
ALLINSON ----------------------------  83
ANDERSON, A.C. ---------------------- 279
ANDREWS, B.F. ----------------------- 339
ANDREWS, E.P. ----------------------- 214
ARGENT, R.G. ------------------------ 140
ARTHUR, H.G. ------------------------ 182
ATKINSON, A.B. ----------------------  75
ATKINSON, F.R. ---------------------- 305
ATKINSON, J.A. ---------------------- 386
ATKINSON, Reuben -------------------- 242 
ATZBAUGH, J.W. ----------------------  58

BALDWIN, H.D. ----------------------- 104
BARKER, J.M. ------------------------  49
BARRY, William ---------------------- 271
BECKER, W.F. ------------------------ 464
BEED, A.W. --------------------------  89
BEED, Charles ----------------------- 196
BEED, F.C. -------------------------- 357
BEED, H.O. --------------------------  19
BEEMER, E.A. ------------------------ 165
BENNING, David ----------------------  53
BENSON, Andrew ---------------------- 407
BERGEN, James ----------------------- 319
BIEKNESE, Henry --------------------- 455
BIRD, G.A. --------------------------  32
BLACKFORD, J.V. ---------------------  73
BLAIN, S.T. -------------------------  57
BLAKE, B.F. ------------------------- 356
BLAKE, Richard ---------------------- 435
BOEHMLER, H.E. ---------------------- 265
BONEWITZ, Samuel -------------------- 423
BOOTH, George -----------------------  67
BOOTH, Guy -------------------------- 225
BOOTS, J.W. -------------------------  88
BRASS, Aeilt ------------------------ 442
BROWN, A.F. ------------------------- 469
BRUNS, Fred ------------------------- 408
BRYAN, W.B. ------------------------- 147
BUGE, Ervin ------------------------- 292
BUNKER, W.R. ------------------------ 439
BURMESTER, Henry -------------------- 103
BUSHYAGER, J.G. --------------------- 141
BUTLER, D.F. ------------------------ 457
BUTLER, Samuel ---------------------- 111
BUZZELL, Henry ---------------------- 447

CAPELLEN, E.H. ---------------------- 309
CARHART, L.B. ----------------------- 122
CARR, J.E. -------------------------- 306
CHRISTIANSEN, C.P. ------------------ 467
CLAWSON, F.W. ----------------------- 153
CLAYPOOL, N.B. ---------------------- 106
CLOCK, D.W. ------------------------- 372
CLOCK, E.L. ------------------------- 204
CLOCK, H.C. ------------------------- 342
CLOCK, S.A. ------------------------- 363
COBLE, L.D. ------------------------- 383
COLE, A.J. -------------------------- 190
COLLINS, J.L. ----------------------- 136
COOK, James ------------------------- 150
COONLEY, J.E. -----------------------  98
CORNING, G.A. ----------------------- 100
CRAWFORD, G.W. ---------------------- 163
CREIGHTON, A.M. --------------------- 446
CUNNINGHAM, B.G. -------------------- 118

DAMM, P.M. -------------------------- 324
DAVENPORT, R.C. --------------------- 177
DAVIS, S.A. ------------------------- 203
DeFOREST, Frank --------------------- 326
DIRST, F.H. ------------------------- 233
DODD, F.E. -------------------------- 332
DOHRMANN, F.D. ---------------------- 349
DOVEY, W.M. ------------------------- 320
DUIT, Anton ------------------------- 266
DUIT, C.J. --------------------------  44
DUNN, George ------------------------  52

EBERHART, Frank --------------------- 295
ELLIS, T.C. ------------------------- 259
ENGEBRETSON, Evan ------------------- 158
ENSLIN, John ------------------------ 385
ERICKSON, John ---------------------- 393
EVANS, D.W. ------------------------- 121
EVANS, E.I. ------------------------- 270
EVANS, Frank ------------------------ 424
EVANS, W.D. -------------------------   5

FAHEY, J.M. ------------------------- 247
FINN, F.P. -------------------------- 449
FRANKLIN Co. State Bank -------------  90
FRASER, John ------------------------ 396
FRENCH, J.L. ------------------------ 105
FRONING, A.J. -----------------------  37
FRONING, H.E. ----------------------- 139
FRYSLIE, Oliver --------------------- 402

GAULKE, T.W. ------------------------ 440
GIBSON, A.D. ------------------------ 355
GOPPINGER, George ------------------- 405
GRAFF, George -----------------------  18
GRANT, W.B. ------------------------- 186
GREEN, J.A. ------------------------- 429
GRUIS, Wolbertus -------------------- 172
GULDBERG, John ---------------------- 347

HACKBARTH, A.H. --------------------- 327
HACKBARTH, F.H. --------------------- 286
HAEELER, L.E. -----------------------  20
HAMILTON, A.T. ---------------------- 235
HAMILTON, F.L. ---------------------- 212
HAMPTON State Savings Bank ---------- 246
HANSEN, Ole ------------------------- 373
HANSON, Carl ------------------------ 337
HARRISON, W. H. --------------------- 382
HARTGRAVES, J.A. -------------------- 431
HAUPT, Frederick -------------------- 114
HAYMOND, E.H. ----------------------- 218
HELD, D.H. -------------------------- 285
HELVIG, E.G. ------------------------ 231
HELVIG, Henry ----------------------- 113
HEMINGWAY, J.M. ---------------------  92
HEMM, George ------------------------  39
HENRICKSON, Charley ----------------- 462
HESSE, Herman ----------------------- 227
HEUBERGER, Jacob -------------------- 260
HICKMAN, Leonard --------------------  65
HICKS, B.F. -------------------------  43
HOBSON, A.J. ------------------------ 168
HOLMES, B.A. ------------------------ 256
HOLMES, S.H. ------------------------ 131
HOUG, Ole --------------------------- 432
HOXIE, W.H. -------------------------  59
HUMKE, G.L.R. ----------------------- 148
HUMKE, Henry ------------------------ 269
HUMKE, J.F. ------------------------- 181
HUMKE, W.A. ------------------------- 210
HUNT, B.D. -------------------------- 117
HUSHKA, Frank ----------------------- 311

INGEBRETSON, John -------------------  68
INGLIS, N.A. ------------------------ 213
IVERSON, Edward --------------------- 401
IVERSON, Ole ------------------------ 287

JOHNSTON, C.F. ---------------------- 296
JOHNSTON, J.H. ---------------------- 328
JORGENSEN, A.C. --------------------- 219

KAPPEN, Fred ------------------------ 164
KAUS, G.G. -------------------------- 381
KEEFE, William ---------------------- 154
KELLEY, C.M. ------------------------ 133
KEMPTHORNE, M.R. -------------------- 463
KENYON, D.E. ------------------------ 178
KLOUSIA, C.G. ----------------------- 438
KOELL, W.H. ------------------------- 358
KOPAEEK, J.F. ----------------------- 323
KORTH, F.W. ------------------------- 280
KRATZ, P.F. ------------------------- 441
KRATZ, V.J. ------------------------- 452
KRON, L.J. -------------------------- 466

LAIPPLE, C.G. ----------------------- 468
LEHMANN, John ----------------------- 370
LIGGETT, H.C. -----------------------  77
LONG, W.K. --------------------------  36
LOSS, P.L. -------------------------- 135
LUBKEMAN, H.F. ---------------------- 461
LUKE, H.E. -------------------------- 445
LUKE, W.L. -------------------------- 418
LUND, P.L. -------------------------- 223

McCLINTOCK, N.B. -------------------- 166
McCOY, T.E. ------------------------- 395
McGRATH, John -----------------------  31
McMILLAN, D.J. ---------------------- 209
MADISON, Peter ---------------------- 414
MANATT, F.S. ------------------------  60
MANIFOLD, C.F. ---------------------- 392
MARKEN, G.A. ------------------------ 195
MARTY H.E. -------------------------- 437
MAYER, G.A. ------------------------- 211
MEIER, C.F. -------------------------  96
MENSING, Dietrich ------------------- 394
MENSING, Fred ----------------------- 188
MENSING, William -------------------- 361
MESSELHEISER, Adam ------------------  46
MEYER, Adolph -----------------------   7
MEYER, F.L. ------------------------- 120
MEYER, Henry ------------------------ 451
MEYER, Milf -------------------------  66
MEYER, William ---------------------- 224
MILLER, Peter ----------------------- 400
MILLET, Evin ------------------------ 281
MITCHELL, Joseph --------------------  30
MOORE, F.M. ------------------------- 317
MOORE, John ------------------------- 366
MOORE, L.C. ------------------------- 156
MOREHOUSE, J.F. --------------------- 180
MOTT, D.W. -------------------------- 410
MUIR, David -------------------------  45
MYERS, I.W. ------------------------- 374

NELSON, Knudt ----------------------- 325
NEUBERGER, Jacob -------------------- 194
NUMELIN, J.H. ----------------------- 416

OLESON, Emil ------------------------ 318
OLESON, L.L. ------------------------ 294
OSBORNE, C.F. ----------------------- 334

PAGE, H.T. -------------------------- 189
PARKINSON, G.F. --------------------- 278
PATTERSON, E.S. ---------------------  40
PATTERSON, G.D. ---------------------  78
PATTON, G.C.------------------------- 460
PAULLUS, Henry ----------------------   8
PEARSE, Thomas ----------------------  51
PEKAREK, Frank ---------------------- 282
PETERSEN, H.H. ----------------------  99
PETERSEN, Peter --------------------- 174
PLAGGE, Fred ------------------------ 409
POPEJOY, J.I. ----------------------- 427
POWERS, J.C. ------------------------ 236

RAISCH, C.W. ------------------------  76
REDDING, James ---------------------- 257
REEVE, J.A. ------------------------- 450
REEVE, O.G. -------------------------  10
RICE, W.C. -------------------------- 417
RICHARDS, J.H. ---------------------- 226
RICHARDS, W.H. ---------------------- 143
RICHTSMEIER, H.F. ------------------- 303
RIDDLE, W.A. ------------------------ 110
ROBERTS, A.L. ----------------------- 193
ROBERTS, J.H. ----------------------- 201
RODEMEYER, F.D. ---------------------  16
RODEMEYER, Richard ------------------   9
ROEMER, C.F. ------------------------  84
ROLINE, Otto ------------------------ 293
ROWE, W.H. -------------------------- 277
RUDOLPH, George --------------------- 226
RUNTON, J.R. ------------------------ 245
RUST, A.H. -------------------------- 348
RUST, H.A. -------------------------- 364

SAILER, John ------------------------  91
SAILER, J.J. ------------------------ 384
SAILER, P.F. ------------------------ 399
SANTEE, J.R. ------------------------  95
SCANTLEBURY, C.H. -------------------  35
SCHAEHTERLE, Jacob ------------------  14
SCHAETER, H.G. ---------------------- 202
SCHINAGEL, Leonard ------------------  54
SCHONEMANN, Hans -------------------- 127
SCHWIEGER, J.W. --------------------- 315
SENF, William ----------------------- 302
SHARPE, J.J. ------------------------  15
SHEETS, J.A. ------------------------ 112
SHERER, J.H. ------------------------ 157
SHOWALTER, J.G. ---------------------  38
SHOWALTER, L.S. --------------------- 149
SHROYER, D.W. ----------------------- 232
SHROYER, M.L. ----------------------- 167
SHROYER, W.J. ----------------------- 239
SIME, A.O. -------------------------- 333
SLEE, Edmund ------------------------  64
SMITH, Adams ------------------------ 456
SMITH, F.C. ------------------------- 436
SORENSEN, Nis ----------------------- 291
SPANGENBERG, Frederick -------------- 458
STEWART, A.W. ----------------------- 304
STINSON, E.H. ----------------------- 263
STUART, I.L. ------------------------ 258
SULLIVAN, R.F. ---------------------- 250
SWITZER, I.B. ----------------------- 288
SWITZER, J.N. ----------------------- 173

THIRLKE, W.F. ----------------------- 371
THIES, John ------------------------- 352
THOMAS, O.W. ------------------------ 234
THOMAS, Theodore --------------------  97
THOMPSON, G.D. ---------------------- 340
TOBIAS, J.H. ------------------------ 273

VAHISING, Fred ---------------------- 369
VAN EVERY, G.W. ---------------------  29
VAN NUYS, J.H. ---------------------- 185
VAN NUYS, W.J. ---------------------- 186
VAN WERR, G.E. ---------------------- 362

WADDINGTON, J.A. -------------------- 126
WADDINGTON, W.H. -------------------- 179
WAGNER, G.E. ------------------------ 422
WAGNER, Isaiah ----------------------  82
WAGNER, J.H. ------------------------ 409
WEBBER, O.M. ------------------------ 312
WELTY, C.H. ------------------------- 144
WHITE, B.W. ------------------------- 248
SHITNEY, F.S. ----------------------- 459
WILHEM, C.E. ------------------------ 220
WITTE, Henry ------------------------ 421
WOLF, William ----------------------- 155
WOOD, A.L. -------------------------- 274
WUNN, John -------------------------- 128

YAW, G.S. --------------------------- 350