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A.; Farmer; Sec. 18; P. O. Clyde. BATES, Mrs. Miriam; Farmer; Sec. 6; P. O. Peoria City; born in Fayette Co., Penn., April 23, 1833; is widow of John A. BATES (deceased). Was married in Illinois in 1851; she moved to Iowa in 1854. Mr. B. ran a flour-mill twenty years. They have ten children - Albert, Victory, Alice, Walter, Ursula, Minnie, Grant Sherman, Alva and John A. Mr. Bates died in the Fall of 1876; he left a good property which himself and wife had made by their energy. She superintends her farm with good success. She is very energetic and has the respect of all her acquaintances. Has 220 acres of land, valued at $30 per acre. BAXTER, Joseph R.; Blacksmith and Wagon Maker; Sec. 10; P. O. Clyde; born in Washington CO., Penn., Oct. 1, 1835; he moved to Ohio with his father and learned the trade with his father. Enlisted in the Spring of 1861 in Co. B, 30th Ohio Vol. Inf. at the first call for three months; was in the 9th Army Corps under command of Gen. Burnside, and of the Potomac Army; was in the battles of Second Bull Run, South Mountain, and Antietam; was under Gens. Cox and Rosecrans in West Virginia, and thence to Vicksburg with the 15th Army Corps, and with Gen. Sherman's march to the sea, and in all the principal battles of the campaign; received but one slight wound; was discharged with his regiment at the close of the war. Moved to Iowa in 1866. He married Martha LUDLOW in Muscatine Co., Iowa in 1868. She was born in Pennsylvania in 1837. They have six children - Earnest, Elsey, Mary, Josie, Tilla and John. He moved to this county in 1869. Has forty acres of land, valued at $1,600, with a good house, orchard and other good improvements. He carries on blacksmithing and wagon making. He has a good property, made by his energy at hard labor. Republican. BEAR, W. H.; Farmer; Sec. 1; P. O. Clyde. BEARD, B.; Farmer; Sec. 20; P. O. Clyde. BEDELL, B. F.; Farmer; Sec. 6; P. O. Clyde; born in St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., Oct. 1, 1823; moved to Iowa in 1869. He is by trade a carpenter and builder, which he followed several years. Has eighty acres of land, with good house and other improvements, valued at $30 per acre. Married Jennet MERRIHEW in 1855. She was born in New York in 1834. They have four children - Carrie, Orra, Mary and Frank Leslie. Has held some township offices. Is a Republican. He gives most of attention to stock raising. BENNETT, Wm.; Farmer; Sec. 12; P. O. Clyde. BIRD, J. B.; Farmer; Sec. 21; P. O. Clyde. BITTNER, C.; Farmer; Sec. 17; P. O. Clyde; born in Somerset CO., Penn., March 29, 1833; moved to Iowa in 1870. Has 155 acres of land, valued at $35 per acre, with good buildings and other improvements. Married a Miss DEAL; she died in Iowa, and he married for his second wife a Miss FAITLY; she died in Iowa, and for his third wife he married a Miss DEAL; they have three boys - William Wesley, Ira Wilson and Milton. He has held the office of Supervisor. He dealt in live stock two years. He has made his property by his labor. Republican. BOARTS, H.; Farmer; Sec. 33; P. O. Clyde. BOARTS, J.; Farmer; Sec. 34; P. O. Clyde. BOARTS, Wm.; Farmer; Sec. 1; P. O. Clyde. BOOMLY, Thos.; Farmer; Sec. 5; P. O. Clyde. BYAL, William; Farmer and Stock Raiser; Sec. 35; P. O. Greencastle; born in Stark Co., Ohio, Aug. 29, 1831; came to this county in 1864, and improved the present farm he now owns. Has good building, bearing orchard, and a well improved farm of 255 acres, valued at $30 per acre. Married Margaret JOHNSON in Ohio in 1858. She was born in Stark CO., Ohio in 1835. They have five children - Miltra, Henry, Carrie, Maggie and Willie. Mr. and Mrs. BYAL are members of the Congregational Church; Republican. CAMPBELL, Ira; Farmer; Sec. 3; P. O. Clyde. CARPENTER, Russell; Farmer; Sec. 5; P. O. Clyde. CHAMBERS, A. J.; Farmer; Sec. 34; P. O. Clyde. CHRISTER, Wm.; Farmer; Sec. 28; P. O. Clyde. CLARK, Owen; Farmer; Sec. 33; P. O. Clyde. COLD, Henry; Farmer; Sec. 29; P. O. Clyde. COWAN, J. W.; Farmer; Sec. 16; P. O. Clyde. COOPER, B. F.; Farmer; Sec. 1; P. O. Clyde; born in Washington CO., Md., Feb. 14, 1834. He moved to Illinois in 1845, and thence to Kansas in 1857; remained one year, and then returned to Illinois, and thence to Iowa in 1865. He improved a good farm in Clear Creek Tp., which he recently sold. Married Mary Ann WEISER in Illinois in 1854. She was born in Ohio July 8, 1831. They have eight children - Gracie, Alice, Ransom, Metta, Byron, Martha, Charles and Edna. Alma died, 2 years of age. His grandfather was in the Revolutionary war. Republican. COUGHLAN, C. H.; Farmer; Sec. 35; P. O. Greencastle; born in Windham Co.,Vt., Oct. 17, 1828. He moved to Ohio, remained several years, and moved to Jasper Co., Iowa in 1854. He followed school teaching two years, and returned to Ohio, and married Miss S. J. MAXFIELD in Jan. 1856. She was born in Franklin Co., Ohio, June 24, 1835. She graduated in the high school at Columbus, Ohio, and taught two years in the public school. They then moved to Iowa, and Mrs. COUGHLIN then taught the second school that was taught in Clear Creek Tp. They have three living children - Henry, Willie and Joseph, and two children died at the age of 3 1/2 and 4 years. Has a good farm of 203 acres, valued at $40 per acre, with good buildings and bearing orchard, and two trees of peaches well loaded. Mr. C. has held the office of Justice of the Peace. The Union Sabbath school was the first started in this Township, and got the present of a library from the Missionary for being the first established in the township. Mr. and Mrs. C. have always taken an active part in the Sabbath school, and it has always proved an entire success, which was established in 1856. They are members of the M. E. Church; he is a Republican, and a member of the Mutual Fire Ins. Co. COX, M.; Farmer; Sec. 4; P. O. Clyde; born in Tuscawaras Co., Ohio, May 2, 1837. Moved to this county in 1855. Enlisted in the 10th Iowa V. I. Aug. 22, 1861; received two slight wounds on the head; was in all the principal engagements with his regiment; was transposed to the Veteran Reserve Corps in November 1863; served eleven months, and was discharged at the close of the war with his regiment. Married Henrietta E. MANS in Iowa in 1858. Their children are Albert Briton, Emily Alice and Ida May. Mrs. COX died in 1866. Mr. COX married for his second wife Mrs. Eliza E. HARSH. They have three children - Harry M., Edward A. and R. T. Carl. Has 100 acres of land, valued at $2,500. Mr. COX followed for five years buying and shipping to Illinois dead hogs for soap making. He is a Republican. CRAB, V.; Farmer; Sec. 3; P. O. Clyde. CROCKER, D.; Farmer; Sec. 11; P. O. Clyde. DEAN, Isaac; Farmer; Sec. 22; P. O. Clyde; born in Canada April 16, 1841. He has 229 acres of land, valued at $20 per acre, all under fence; has 600 bearing apple trees, and other small fruits; he made all his improvements; we find him a thorough, industrious farmer, and a live man. DENSMORE, Thos.; Farmer; Sec. 21; P. O. Clyde. DENSTON, S.; Farmer; Sec. 16; P. O. Clyde. DEWITT, L.; Farmer; Sec. 16; P. O. Clyde. DODD, D.; Farmer; Sec. 11; P. O. Clyde. DODD, J.; Farmer; Sec. 25; P. O. Clyde. DODD, Wm.; Farmer; Sec. 10; P. O. Clyde. DOWNS, H.; Farmer; Sec. 9; P. O. Clyde. EATWELL, John; Farmer; Sec. 19; P. O. Clyde. EATWELL, John; Farmer and Stock Raiser; Sec. 19; P. O. Clyde; born in Berkshire, Eng., April 10, 1826; he moved to Wisconsin in 1848; remained twenty years, and thence to Iowa in 1868. Mr. E. formerly followed blacksmithing. Has 200 acres of land, valued at $35 per acre; has a bearing orchard and a good farm. He married Ellen E. GARDNER Feb. 19, 1857; she was born in Ohio. They have seven children - James M., Cyrus J., Albert C., George S., Julia E., Emma R. and Mary G. He holds the office of Justice of the Peace. Mr. and Mrs. E. are members of the Protestant Methodist Church. EMERY, G.; Farmer; Sec. 28; P. O. Clyde. FISHER, E. H.; Farmer; Sec. 29; P. O. Clyde. FRANKLIN, B.; Farmer; Sec. 27; P. O. Clyde. FRY, E. S.; Farmer; Sec. 21; P. O. Clyde. FULLER, Oliver; Blacksmith, Clyde; born in Guernsey Co., Ohio, Dec. 15, 1844; moved when a boy to Indiana; stayed there four years and thence to this county. Learned his trade in Iowa Centre in 1854; has been in business for himself fourteen years. He married Margret Jane ELISON in Iowa in 1865. She was born in Iowa, July 14, 1844. They have three children - Joseph Horn, Minnie Ann, and Grace Amelia. He owns his shop, tools, and stock. He is a Democrat and a temperance man. Is doing a good business, and understands all branches of his trade. FURGUSON, J.; Farmer; Sec. 14; P. O. Clyde. GARDNER, Wm.; Farmer; Sec. 1; P. O. Clyde. GIBSON, David; Farmer; Sec. 19; P. O. Peoria City; born in Pocohontas Co., Va., Sept. 2, 1819. He moved to Indiana in 1834, and thence to Iowa in 1864, and improved his farm and built good buildings, has a bearing orchard, etc., has 311 acres of land, valued at $35 per acre. Married Emily Ann HARDENBROOK in 1842. She was born in Ohio in 1824. Had ten children, eight living - John, Ralph, Samuel, Elsworth, Unis, Maggie, Juliet and Luretha; Loretta and Harris deceased. Mr. and Mrs. GIBSON are members of the Methodist Church; he is a Republican. His son John, married Mary V. HUTSON in 1866; she was born in Henry Co., Ind. in 1848. He has eighty acres of land in Polk Co. He enlisted in the 12th Ind. V. C. in Oct. 1863; served in the Army of the Tennessee and in Alabama, was in the battles of Mobile, Nashville and Murfreesboro, Spanish Fort and several small battles; was discharged with his regiment, July 31, 1865. Mr. GIBSON's father, John GIBSON, was a soldier in the war of 1812; his grandfather was in the Revolutionary war. GIBRON*, G.; Farmer; Sec. 2; P. O. Clyde. [*Transcriber's note: Although the original is spelled "GIBRON," this could be a typographical error for "GIBSON."] GIBSON, S.; Farmer; Sec. 19; P. O. Peoria City. GLEASON, C.; Farmer; Sec. 25; P. O. Clyde. GRAHAM, J. K.; Farmer; Sec. 32; P. O. Clyde. HAMILTON, Seymore; Farmer; Sec. 33; P. O. Clyde. HAMPTON, Wm. R.; Farmer and Stock Raiser; Sec. 2; P. O. Clyde; born in Russell Co., Ky., January 5, 1830; moved to Newton, Iowa in 1850; followed shoemaking; moved thence to Des Moines, and thence to present place in 1855, which he entered in 1852. He improved farm, built a house worth $2,200; has a bearing orchard, barn, and natural hickory grove. He married Sarah M. DETER in 1853. She was born in Ohio Jan. 1, 1831. They have eleven children - T. S., Cornelia J., Caroline, Mary Aldora, Ida May, Hulda, Jennie L., Commodore C., Willie D., Russle R. and Albert J. Has 213 acres of land, valued at $50 per acre. Has held the office of Constable ten years; has given a share of his time to pleading la??? and attending to legal business, and doing business of like nature. He helped to organize the first school in the township; was Director for several years. He is a conservative Democrat, and they are members of the Protestant Church. Mr. HAMPTON has been a man of energy, supporting a large family; has all the comforts of a good home, which he made by his own labor. HAND, Arthur; Farmer; Sec. 28; P. O. Clyde. HANSON, Hans; Farmer; Sec. 23; P. O. Clyde. HAREN, Henry; Farmer; Sec. 25; P. O. Clyde. HARSH, Geo.; Farmer; Sec. 9; P. O. Clyde. HARSH, Isaiah; Farmer; Sec. 4; P. O. Clyde. HARSH, Joseph; Farmer; Sec. 4; P. O. Clyde. HARSH, Wm.; Farmer; Sec. 12; P. O. Clyde. HARSH, W. W.: Farmer; Sec. 4; P. O. Clyde. HARTER, Geo.; Farmer; Sec. 21; P. O. Clyde. HAY, John P.: Farmer; Sec. 32; P. O. Clyde. HAY, P. P.; Farmer; Sec. 17; P. O. Clyde; born in Somerset Co., Penn., March 1832; he moved to Iowa in 1857. Has 150 acres of land, valued at $50 per acre, with one of the finest houses in several counties, which cost $4,000; a bearing orchard, groves, etc. He has held the office of Assessor, Clerk, and Supervisor. He married Eliza Lynn in Pennsylvania, January 1857; she was born in Pennsylvania in 1833. They have six children - John O., Nora Elizabeth, Wm. Petre, Anna Eliza, Estella Etna, and baby not named. Members of German Baptist Church; Republican. HAYES, C.; Farmer; Sec. 14; P. O. Clyde. HAYS, T.; Farmer; Sec. 16; P. O. Clyde. HELPHREY, D.; Farmer; Sec. 30; P. O. Clyde. HIDA, J.; Farmer; Sec. 12; P. O. Clyde. HIGLEY, Frank H.; Merchant and Postmaster; Dealer in drugs, medicines, hardware, groceries and agricultural implements, Clyde; born in Portage Co., Ohio, May 9, 1852; he moved to Michigan, lived in Lenawee and Shiawassee Cos.; thence moved to Iowa in 1866. Followed clerking principally until he opened a store in Clyde in 1874, and married Agnes TAYLOR in Iowa in 1875. She was born in Indiana Feb. 16, 1856. They have two children - Lew Otis, born Jan. 11, 1876, and Taylor, born April 24, 1878. Since his commencement in business he has built a large store and has a good stock of goods; owns a house and lot, his store and stock. Is a member of the A., F. & A. M. Lodge at Newton, and Chapter No. 12, Newton. Republican. HILL, H. N.; Farmer; Sec. 19; P. O. Clyde. HOTTSCLAW, Wm.; Farmer; Sec. 4; P. O. Clyde. HOY, T.; Farmer; Sec. 24; P. O. Clyde. HUNT, M.; Hotel and Carpenter and Builder, Clyde; born in Grafton Co., N. H., April 12, 1827; moved to Pennsylvania and learned the carpenter trade and followed it six years, and moved to New York; remained one year and thence to Ohio; remained a year, building railroad bridges, and thence to Story Co., Iowa, in 1856, and thence to Jasper Co. in March 1878. He married Catherine McLAIN in Story Co., Iowa in 1858. She was born in Pennsylvania in 1834. They have two children - Effa, born Jan. 31, 1860, and Ada, born Feb. ]5, 1865, born in Iowa.* He has a hotel in Clyde, and forty acres of land adjoining the village and eighteen village lots, an orchard and well improved farm, valued at $50 per acre. They are members of the M. E. Church, and he is a Democrat. Mr. HUNT keeps a well regulated hotel with most agreeable accommodations. [*Transcriber's note: the date appears this way in the original. It is not a transcription error.] JACKSON, S.; Farmer; Sec. 16; P. O. Clyde. JOHNSON, R. R.; Farmer; Sec. 26; P. O. Clyde. JOHNSON, Wm.; Farmer; Sec. 27; P. O. Clyde. JONES, E. C.; Farmer; Sec. 24; P. O. Clyde. JONES, Wm.; Farmer; Sec. 10; P. O. Clyde. KIMBERLY, Elijah; Farmer; Sec. 5; P. O. Clyde; born in England, Warwickshire, Nov. 14, 1828, where he followed the weaving business. He came to New York, and thence to Iowa in 1861. He married Mary EDMONDS in England in 1848. She was born in England in 1826. They have five children - Elizabeth, Edward, Mary, Anna and Alfred H.; four children died in infancy. He has 100 acres of land, valued at $25 per acre. He has a good improved farm, orchard, etc. Mr. and Mrs. K. are members of the Catholic Church. He is a Republican. Edward B., his oldest son, has been giving his attention to schooling and reading; will now lay farming aside and devote most of his attention and time to the improvement of educational interests. KIMBERLY, I; Farmer; Sec. 5; P. O. Clyde. KINTZ, C. P.; Farmer and Stock Raiser; Sec. 14; P. O. Clyde; born in Summit Co., Ohio, Dec. 1, 1841; came to this county with Father Joseph in 1845, who is now the oldest settler in this part of the county. He has a good farm located near Clyde, with good building and orchard, and under good improvement; has 226 acres, valued at $40 per acre. He enlisted in Aug. 1862 in the 40th Iowa V. I.; was in the Western army; lost his health by taking the measles and taking cold, and was discharged by reason of physical disability. He married Mary Ann THOMPSON in Iowa in 1863. She was born in Ohio April 4, 1844. They have seven children - Margret, Sarah, Joseph W., Laura Bell, Mary, Alta and Charles. He is a Democrat. KINTZ, Joseph; Farmer and Stock Raiser; Sec. 24, P. O. Clyde; born in Cumberland Co., Penn., Jan. 11, 1813; he moved to Ohio with his father, and thence came to this county in Nov. 1845. He is the oldest settler in this part of Jasper Co.; came before it was surveyed through this county; was 17 1/2 miles to the nearest neighbor. He drove from Ohio with horses and exchanged for oxen at Oskaloosa; he entered 1,000 acres of land; has since given each child 160 acres. At the first beginning in Iowa, the story came that the Indians were going to make trouble, and they built a fort around Mr. Kintz's house, brought in all the families, thirty-six in all, and their stock, and remained several days. The Indians, seeing their movements, were frightened, and commenced preparing for defense. Both parties were frightened and neither wanted to fight. Mr. KINTZ kept on with his plowing, telling them to return to their homes. Some wanted to leave the county; but for Mr. KINTZ they would have deserted the camp. They finally returned home to their farms, and that ended the Indian trouble. Soon after, Calista HOWELL, a girl of 16 years, was coming from a neighbor's, two miles distant, and got lost in the woods; the neighbors looked for eight days before they found her. She had been without food and lying out on the ground and traveling until she was exhausted. Mr. KINTZ was the first to discover her, some eight miles from her home. He took her in his arms and carried her home. The flesh had mostly left her body. With great care, they nursed her and now she is the mother of a family living in Oregon. Mr. KINTZ was here at the time of the hanging of the HAMLIN family for the supposed murder of KNISELY in 1850. He married Mary WALTENBURGER in Stark CO., Ohio in 1833. She was born in Pennsylvania May 2, 1812. They have five children - John W., C. P., Sarah, Rebecca and Susan. He has 357 acres of land, valued at $35 per acre, a good house, barn, orchard and other good improvements. He was the farthest man north between the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers. He has lead a very active life and is a young man yet; goes on the jump and as lively as a man of 20 years; he used to go to mill at Oskaloosa, and have to wait four weeks to get milling done; sometimes took a jug of whisky and got the miller drunk and asleep and ground their own grist before he awoke. He is a man of unbounded generosity; lets no one leave his house hungry or cold; that is his religion; he has always been a Democrat. KISTER, Lewis; Farmer; Sec. 34; P. O. Clyde. KITCHELL, P. A.; Farmer; Sec. 29; P. O. Clyde. KLINE, P., Sr.; Farmer; Sec. 13; P. O. Clyde. KLINE, P., Jr.; Farmer; Sec. 5; P. O. Clyde. KLINE, W., Jr.; Farmer; Sec. 13; P. O. Clyde. LEONARD, A. L.; Farmer; Sec. 22; P. O. Clyde. LINT, Alexander; Farmer; Sec. 29; P. O. Greencastle; born in Somerset CO., Penn., March 4, 1831. He moved to Iowa in 1863. He followed the millwright business for six years, and improved the present farm, and built good buildings; has 140 acres of land, valued at $30 per acre; has a good stock farm with a good stream of living water running through it. Married his wife in Pennsylvania in 1854. They have five children - Levi D., Matilda, Wilson H., Clayton J. and Amanda. His grandfather, John LINT, was a soldier in the war of 1812. Mr. and Mrs. LINT are members of the Evangelical Church. LINT, H.; Farmer; Sec. 29; P. O. Clyde. LINT, W. C.; Farmer; Sec. 21; P. O. Clyde. LONG, Joseph; Farmer; Sec. 19; P. O. Greencastle; born in Somerset Co., Penn., July 4, 1825. He moved to Indiana, remained six years, and thence to Iowa in 1855. He was in the timber and shingle business while in Indiana. He took his present farm in its natural state, built his buildings, set out an orchard and made good improvements; has 160 acres of land, valued at $35 per acre. He married Lydia POORBOUGH in Pennsylvania in 1848. She was born in Pennsylvania in 1825. They have eight children - Henry, William, Charles, Mary, Ellen, Martha A., Louisa and Julia. Henry enlisted in the 40th I. V. I. and served three years and was discharged with his regiment at the close of the war. Mr. LONG's great-grandfather was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. Mr. and Mrs. L. are members of the Methodist Church. Republican. LOW, J.; Farmer; Sec. 18; P. O. Clyde. ----------------------------------------continued in Clear Creek (M-O)-----------