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The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ ************************************************************************ This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Judy Wight Branson November 2002 ____________________________________________________________________________ NOTE: For more information on Madison County, Iowa Please visit the Madison County, IAGenWeb page at http://iagenweb.org/madison/ ____________________________________________________________________________ Achuff, J. G., Winterset; of the Achuff Marble Works; born in Piqua, Miami county, Ohio, in 1846; came to this county in June, 1877; he has worked at his trade since 1860; he enlisted in the 11th Ohio Vol. Inf. in the late war and served until its close; he married Miss Edith D. Avis in 1867; she was born in Miami county, Ohio; has two children: Walter and Jason; lost three: James, Charlie and Bessie. Aikin, Joshua, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 29; P.O. Wells; was born in Bartholomew county, Indiana in 1837, and removed first to Macon county, Illinois, and afterward to this State in 1852, and came to this county in 1864; he owns 280 acres of land; in 1864 he married Miss Martha Hillis, a native of Indiana. Alexander, Hugh, farmer, Sec. 22, Monroe twp.; P. O. Clanton; born in Ireland in 1814; he emigrated to the United States in 1829, and located in Dearborn county, Indiana; in 1843 he moved to Jackson county Iowa; and re-moved to Missouri in 1857; he remained there until he came to this county in 1867; owns 150 acres of land; has served as postmaster six years, is also a justice of the peace; he married Miss Charlotte Lamberson in 1843; she was born in Indiana in 1821; has nine children: Sarah I., John W., Charles A., Thomas J., Benjamin J., Margaret A., Francis Marion, George Banks and James G. Allcock, Mrs. Ann R., farmer, Sec. 24., Scott twp., P.O. St. Charles; widow of Lorenzo W. Allcock, who was born in Clay county, Missouri, May 9, 1838; came to this county when ten years of age with his parents and was among the first settlers; Mrs. Allcock's maiden name was Knotts; she was born in Woods county, West Virginia; they were married March 3, 1859; after the breaking out of the war Mr. Allcock enlisted in the Thirty-ninth Iowa Infantry, in Co. A, and was wounded at the battle of Alltoona, October 25th 1863, and caused his death, which occurred March 1, 1879; he left a family of four sons: William A., born July 17, 1861; Samuel S., born February 12, 1866; Simon M., born June 28, 1871; Marion R., born September 24, 1875. Allen, James, farmer, Sec. 20, Madison twp., P.O. Earlham; owns 325 acres; Mr. Allen is a native of North Carolina, born in 1810, but was raised in Indiana; he came to Iowa in 1853; he is one of Madison's earliest settlers, and one who has done much toward the advancement of the country's best interests; was married in 1829 to Miss Bates; had one child by his first wife; was married to his second wife, Mrs. Phillips in 1832; has nine children by his second wife; both wives are now deceased; Mr. Allen is now quite an old man, but remarkably well-preserved for one of his years, and loves his fun and frolic as well as in days of yore. Allen, William B., farmer, Sec. 25, Scott twp., P.O. Winterset; born in Clinton county, Missouri, February 11, 1822; his parents moved to Davis county, Missouri, when he was about six years of age; came to Iowa in the fall of 1848 and located in the north part of Warren county; came to this county in the spring of 1855 and located where he now lives; owns 526 acres of land; he married Miss Margaret S. Allcock, January 9, 1853; she was born in Missouri; she died November 6, 1868; left three sons and one daughter: James M., Thomas J., Lucy J. and John L.; he married Frances, widow of Levi Ray (maiden name Allcock) November 25, 1868; she was a native of Missouri; has one son: Samuel E.; Mrs. Allen has two sons and one daughter: Joseph W., Sarah J. and Levi S. Ames Brothers, Winterset; dealers in fine clothing, furnishing goods, hats and caps; established themselves in business in this city in 1872; O.D. Ames was born in Clinton county, N.Y., in 1842; came to this State in 1857, and spent five years in Colorado; he came to this county in 1872; he married Miss Anna L. Evans in 1873; she was born in Ohio. A. W. Ames was born in Essex county, N.Y., in 1846; came to this county in 1872; he married Miss S. A. Walker in 1873; she was born in Indiana. Anderson, Mrs. Nancy, farmer, Sec. 14, Ohio twp., P.O. St. Charles; widow of William Anderson, who was born in Harrison county, Ohio, December 1827; Mrs. Anderson's maiden name was Irwin; they were married in Harrison county, Ohio in 1852; she was born in county Monohan, Ireland in August, 1826; she came to the United States with her parents when about sixteen years of age; he came to Iowa and located in Mahaska county in 1847; he returned to Ohio to get married in 1852, and they came to this county in 1855; he died December 1, 1875, and left a family of one son and six daughters: Elizabeth, Melila J., Lucy S., Mary S., Lydia S., Theopholis I. and Mattie; Mr. Anderson served three years in the late war in Co. F, Thirty-ninth Iowa Infantry; owns 80 acres of land. Applegate, David, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 18. Douglas twp.; P.O. Winterset; born in Trumbull county, Ohio in 1821, came to Madison county in 1858; owns 275 acres of land; has held offices of assessor and justice of the peace; he enlisted in the Thirty- ninth Iowa Infantry in the late war and served three years; he married Miss Mary E. Donaldson in 1843; she was born in Trumbull county, Ohio; has three children: Andrew, Allen and Benton; Andrew and Allen enlisted in Co. I, Fourth Iowa Calvary and served until the close of the war; the latter was on picket duty on his fifteenth birthday. Archer, Asa, farmer, Sec. 8, South twp.; P.O. Patterson; born in Jackson county, Indiana, March 11, 1822; when he was about six years of age, his parents moved to Putnam county, Indiana; he married Miss Margaret Miller in 1840; she was a native of Indiana; he married Miss Margaret Miller in 1840; she was a native of Indiana; came to Iowa and located in Monroe county in 1847; his wife died March 7, 1854; three sons living: Oliver M., Christopher C., Levi M.; he married again to Sarah J. Husted, November 22, 1859; she died April 4, 1876; left four sons, two daughters: Francis Marion; Lafayette, Mary C., William S., Melinda and Grant; he married the third time, November 29, 1876 to Eliza A. Sheppard, a native of Putnam county, Indiana; has one daughter: Jennie; owns 278 acres. Armbrest, Casper, Winterset; boot and shoe-maker; born in Knox county, Ohio, in 1843; came to this county in 1858; he enlisted in the 4th Iowa Inf., and re-enlisted as a veteran; he married Miss Mary Odell in 1865; she was born in Bucyrus, Ohio; has five children: Maggie A., Mabel R., Eli M., Effie and Solomon W. Armstrong, George W., farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 9, Union twp., P. O. Winterset; born in Ireland in 1817; came to America in 1826 and settled in Ohio, and came to this county in 1857; owns 175 acres of land; married Miss Susan Guiberson in 1840; she was born in Holmes county, Ohio; has one son: Samuel; lost one daughter, Elizabeth A. Armstrong, Samuel, stock-dealer, Sec. 9, Union twp., P.O. Winterset; born in Ohio in 1853, and came to this county with his parents when young; he married Miss Anna Atkins December 25, 1878; she was born in Illinois. Arnold, Jacob, farmer, Sec. 30, Penn twp., P. O. Dexter; born in Holmes county, Ohio, in 1850; came to Madison county in 1875; he married in 1873, Miss Lizzie Row, of Ohio; has three children living: Mary, Cora and Laura, the two last being twins; Mr. Arnold is an intelligent, hard-working man, who is fast surrounding himself with a pleasant home. Ashbaugh, John B., farmer, Sec. 8., Penn twp., P. O. Dexter; born in Westmoreland county, Pa., in 1841; came to Iowa in 1866; he married in 1869, Miss Emma Anthony; has five children: Ada, Nancy, Jessie, Emma and John; he was in the army two years, Co. C 105th Pennsylvania Infantry; Mr. Ashbaugh was in thirty-three engagements, many of them important ones; mustered out at Bailey Cross Roads. Bachman, Albert, Penn twp.; farmer, Sec. 15; P.O. Earlham; owns 80 acres of land; born in Pennsylvania in 1850; came to Iowa in 1873; he was married the same year; has one child: Calvin; Mr. Bachman is a young man of note in the neighborhood, has seen a great deal of the world, and Is an affable, genial man, whom it is a pleasure to meet. Baird, John S., Jackson twp.; farmer, Sec. 16; P.O. Winterset; born in Guernsey county, Ohio, in 1845; lived there until eighteen years old, when he went to Warren county, Illinois, in order to earn and save a little money for the purpose of assisting his father, who had met with misfortune in a financial way; lived in Illinois about nine months, and then enlisted, November 20, 1863, in company B, Eighty-third Illinois infantry, and remained with that regiment until June 1865, when he was transferred to the Sixty-first Illinois infantry, doing good service as a mounted infantry fighting guerrillas; September 23, 1865 he was discharged with his regiment at Springfield, Illinois; he returned to Warren county and engaged in farming; before becoming of age he sent home nearly $500 to his father - all he had saved - and since that time has succeeded, unaided, in making himself and family a good home; came to Clinton county, Iowa, living there until 1873, when he removed to where he now resides; he was married to Eliza M. Jack, of Adair county; she was born in Scott county, Illinois, July 23, 1856; have two children: Nathaniel T. and Merle L.; owns undivided half of 160 acres of land. Baker, L. P., Winterset, blacksmith; born in Bureau county, Illinois, in 1847; came to this State in 1876; he enlisted in the 156th Illinois Inf. in the late war; he married Miss A. Tullock in 1876; she was born in Joliet, Will county, Illinois; has one son: Arthur. Ballard, Calvin, Winterset, merchant; born in Indiana, April 12, 1829; came to this county in 1856, and has been engaged in merchandising the greater portion of the time; owns 220 acres of land; he married Miss Annie M. Parr in 1855; she died in 1864; he afterward married Mrs. S. A. Taylor, whose maiden name was Aldrich; Mrs. Ballard was formerly married to Rev. Thomas J. Taylor; he was at one time pastor of the O. S. Presbyterian church in this city; he was appointed chaplin of the 39th Iowa Inf., and died at Tolona, Illinois; has three children: Daniel E, Willie and John C. Ballard, Samuel Thurston, Grand River twp.; sec. 15; P. O. Macksburg; was born in Virginia, May 10, 1833, and emigrated to Illinois in 1857, and came to this county in 1867; owns 67 acres of land; he married Martha E. Arasmith in 1858; she was born in Henry county, Illinois; has nine children: Phebe E., Emily J., Philip S., Inez M., James W., Ransom, Nellie R., Maggie W. and a baby. Bancroft, John, Monroe twp.; farmer, and stock-raiser, Sec. 14; P. O. Winterset; born in England in 1824; in 1847 he emigrated to the United States and settled in Indiana, where he remained six years, and came to this State in 1853; owns 260 acres of land; has held various township offices; he married Elizabeth Johnson in 1849; she was born in Indiana, and died in 1857, leaving three children: Charles, George and Lucy; he afterward married Mrs. Chenworth in 1859; she was born in Missouri; Mrs. Bancroft has four children by her former marriage: John, Hardin, James and Martha. Bardrick, George, Douglas twp.; farmer, Sec. 25; P. O. Winterset; born in Bedfordshire, England, in 1817; he came to this country and settled in Danville, Illinois, in 1839; he came to this county in 1854; owns 408 acres of land; he married Miss Rebecca Lovelace in 1864; she was born in Pennsylvania; has three children: Emma, David and Albert Barker, E. G. (Capt.), Grand River twp.; farmer, P. O. Macksburg; he was born in Indiana in 1836, and was raised there on a farm until he came to this county with his parents in 1853; he enlisted in the First Iowa Calvary and served two-and -a-half years, and afterward was in the Infantry service; while a resident of Arkansas, he represented the 5th Senatorial District in the State Senate; he owns 700 acres of land, and held the office of county treasurer four years; he married Miss Alice Lee November 23, 1871; she was a native of New York; they have two children: Guy and Maud. Barker, Jeremiah H., Winterset, Jeweler: born in North Carolina in 1826; when three years of age removed with his parents to Iowa, where he remained until 1854, and then went to Jacksonville, Illinois and lived there one year; came to this county in 1855; has been engaged in the business twenty-eight years, and is at present the second oldest business house in the city; he has held the office of town clerk; he married Miss J. B. Young, June 29, 1859; she was born in Ohio; has three children: Ellis L., Bertie and Wilma; lost two: Willie H. and Bessie. Barker, Orlando W., Grand River twp.; farmer, Sec. 9; P.O. Macksburg; was born in Randolph county, North Carolina, in 1827, and when three years of age, his parents emigrated to Indiana, where he remained until coming to this county in 1855; owns 251 acres of land, and has held various township offices; he was a member of the first board of supervisors, and opened the first road in the township; he married Miss Lucy Kivett in 1849; she was born in North Carolina; has five children: Anderson, Samuel, Viola, Peter, Betsey; lost four: Mary E., Columbus, Cora, Minnie. Baugh, John H., Webster twp.; farmer, Sec. 12; P.O. Winterset; was born in Madison county, Kentucky in 1823, and emigrated with his parents to Hendricks county, Indiana in 1830, where he remained until his removal to this county, in 1849; he is the oldest resident in Webster township, and entered the land on which he now resides; he owns 388 acres of land; he married Miss Emily J. Hooten in 1846; she was born in Kentucky, and died June 29, 1868; has five children: William C., John W., Susan E., David F. and Benjamin H.; lost one son: Simeon H. Bayer, Jacob, Lincoln twp.; farmer, Sec. 2; P.O. Winterset; born in Wurtemberg, Germany, in 1838, and emigrated to this country in ______, and settled in Lehigh county, Pennsylvania, and learned the trade of tanner and currier; in 1866 he removed to Illinois, and settled near Sterling, Whiteside county, and came to this county April 5, 1872, and is the proprietor of the Winterset Tannery, and tans all kinds of leather and furs; he also manufactures gloves and mittens; his goods meet with ready sales, and his manufactures have proved to be of the best quality; he married Miss Emeline Schuler in 1859; she was born in Pennsylvania; has five children: Henry, Charles, Mary, Emaline and Lizzie. Beam, Joseph, Penn twp.; farmer, Sec. 14; P.O. Earlham; owns 80 acres of land; born in Berks county, Pennsylvania, in 1810; came to Ohio and lived thirty-five years and then to Madison county in 1876; he married in 1833 to Miss C. Wiler, of Pennsylvania; has three children living: Lydia L., Mary and Lavina; member of the German Reform Church; has made all his own improvements. Beaver, W. M., South twp.; physician and surgeon, P. O. St. Charles; born in Mercer county, Pennsylvania, January 17, 1845; he lived there until the spring of 1869; he then came to this place; he studied medicine with Dr. Cossitt, of Pennsylvania, and also with Dr. Anderson of this place; he married Miss Maria J. Bean November 19, 1867; she is a native of Mercer county, Pennsylvania; they have two sons and one daughter: Clara E., Reuben F. and Nevin D. Beck, James G., Jackson twp.; farmer, Sec. 27; P.O. Winterset; born in Ireland, in 1839; emigrated in 1856; lived in Henderson county, Illinois until 1859, and then came to Madison county, Iowa; he was married to Mary B. Thompson in 1864; has three children: Lizzie, John and Samuel; enlisted in the Seventh Iowa infantry in August, 1861; he remained with his regiment during the war; was taken prisoner at Shiloh, and exchanged in September, 1862; participated in the battles of Belmont and Ft. Donelson; followed Sherman in his never to be forgotten "March to the sea"; was discharged August 12, at Davenport; owns eighty acres of land. Beedle, John Riffle, Union twp.; farmer, Sec. 10; P.O. Winterset; born in Ohio in 1815 and moved to Indiana in 1830, and afterward lived in Illinois, and then emigrated to Missouri, and came to this county in 1848; he owns 240 acres of land on which he has a fine orchard of eight hundred trees; has held office of constable; he married Miss Isabelle Carson in 1834; she was born in Hamilton county, Ohio; has nine children: Nancy, Hiram, Abraham C., Elizabeth, Mary J., Margaret, Meriba, Dora S., Mariah. Beerbower, George A., Lincoln twp.; farmer, Sec. 2; P.O. Winterset; born in Maryland in 1817; he removed to Ohio, where he lived ten years, and in 1852, he removed from Holmes county, Ohio, to this county; he came with his own team, and was thirty days on the road; he owns 200 acres of land; has held the offices of county supervisor, township trustee, etc.; he married Miss Margaret V. Wolgamott in May, 1842; she was born in Washington county, Maryland; has seven children living: Albert, Helen, George, Charles O., Judd, Jessie and Freddie; one daughter, Cornelia, died in 1854, aged six years; one son, Andrew, enlisted in the Twenty-third Iowa infantry, and was killed at the ever memorable battle of Milliken's Bend, June 7, being his birthday, being at the very hour of his birth. Beerbower, Samuel, Winterset, of the firm of Duer & Beerbower; born in Washington county, Indiana in 1824; in 1834 emigrated to Marion county, where he remained until his removal to this county in 1872; he married Miss Jane Huggins; she was a native of Marion county, Ohio, and was born in 1834; has two children: Casper and Bertha; Olive, a daughter 24 years of age, died March 4, 1879. Bell, James, Crawford twp.; farmer, Sec. 26; P.O. Patterson; was born in Hancock county, Ohio, February 6, 1839; came to this county in 1850, and to where he now lives in 1852; he married Miss Elizabeth Cason February 13, 1860, a native of Montgomery county, Indiana; has three sons and four daughters: Laura J., James L., Leonard, Lavina B., Luella, Lorenzo J., and Lois E.; Mr. Bell was in Co. K, Tenth Iowa Infantry; enlisted December 16, 1861, and served three years; owns 220 acres of land. Bellows, William Harvey, farmer, Sec. 33; P.O. Dexter; owns 160 acres of land; was born in Meigs county, Ohio, in 1835; came from there to Delaware county, Iowa, in 1852, and then to Madison county in 1868; he married in 1861, Miss Sarah Elizabeth Cox, of Ohio; has three children living: Ada M., Florence M. and Olive M.; Mr. Bellows has held various offices of trust and has been township trustee for three years; has one daughter, Ada, teaching school. Bennett, Andrew, Douglas twp.; farmer, Sec. 2; P.O. Winterset; owns 130 acres of land; he married Miss Mary E. Gideon in 1860; has seven children: Zetta, Orzella, Sierra Nevada, Marquis A., Alfred L., Friend, George N. and Gerald; Mr. Bennett is an intelligent, affable man, who stands high in the estimation of his neighbors; has held various offices of trust in the township and has been a member of the board of supervisors several times. Bennett, Derrick, Winterset, Farmer; born in Indiana in 1826; removed to Illinois in 1851 and remained there until 1852, and then came and settled in Madison township, and made the second entry of land in the township; owns 450 acres of land; is at present a member of the city council; he married Mrs. N. J. Mitchell (whose maiden name was Hornback) in 1857; she was born in Indiana; has three children: Minta, Elmer and Lela. Bennett, Edward, Douglas twp.; farmer, Sec. 2; P.O. Winterset; born in Marion county, Indiana, in 1833; came to this county in 1851; owns 172 acres of land; he married Miss Mary J. Leach December 8, 1857; she was born in Ohio; has two sons: Manford and Benton. Bennett, Jacob, Madison twp.; farmer, Sec. 35; P.O. Winterset; owns 1,000 acres of land; Mr. Bennett is one of the earliest settlers in Madison county; was born in Fayette county, Pennsylvania in 1796; came to Cincinnati, Ohio in 1806 when it was no larger that Earlham is now; stayed in Cincinnati three years, and then moved to Hamilton, Ohio, the back to Pennsylvania, then to Indiana, within seven miles of Indianapolis; lived there for twenty- one years; then came to Madison county in 1852; he married in 1821 to Miss L. Schaffer, of Pennsylvania; has a large family of children, twelve of which are living; when Mr. Bennett came to his present home, his nearest neighbor was eight miles distant; he built the first school-house in the township and gave it to the district; was in the war of 1812; he hauled the lumber for his house from Ft. Madison; is still a hale, jolly old man, whom it is a pleasure to talk with. Bennett, Myron Edward, Penn twp.; farmer, Sec. 23; P.O. Earlham; owns 80 acres of land; born in Chickamauga county N.Y., in 1838; came to Madison county in 1870; he married in 1868, Miss Amelia White, has four children, William Edward, Selinda Adell, Sevilla Elvia, Charles Robert. Berry, Joel Joseph, Monroe twp.; farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Clanton; born in Marion county, Indiana in 1839, and came to this county in march, 1854; owns 190 acres of land; has held offices of assessor and justice of the peace; he married Miss Mary E. Johnson in 1861; she was born in Pennsylvania; has six children: Clara E., Sadie E., Cynthia B., Austin B., Tabitha A., and Edward S. Berry, John B., Monroe twp.; farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Kasson; born in Pendleton county, Kentucky in 1825 and remained there until 1835 and then removed to Indiana, and June 25, 1854, came to this county; he owns a farm of 209 ½ acres, well improved; he has held offices of town trustee and school director; he married Miss Lucy J. Harris in March 1848; she was born in Ohio; their family consists of three children living: James H., William E., and Sarah V.; they have buried six children. Bertholf, Alexander Macumber, Lincoln twp.; farmer, Sec. 33; P.O. Winterset; born in Gallia county, Ohio, April 2, 1833, and in 1835 removed to St. Joseph county, Indiana, Andrew Bertholf, his father, carrying him on horseback, and his mother carrying a younger brother; they remained in Indiana until 1843, when they settled in Lee county, Illinois, and lived thee until they removed to his county, May 29, 1851; he owns a farm of 244 acres well improved; has held various township offices; he married Lucinda A. Niles, August 27, 1854; she was born in Gallia county, Ohio, in June 1835, and died May 2, 1864; he afterward married Mary A. Demar February 7, 1865; she war born in Maryland; has seven children, two by first marriage: Charles C., born September 28, 1856; Wesley C., born February 27, 1860; Electa A., born December 8, 1865; Elizabeth R., born January 14, 1867; Linda A., born March 12, 1869; James L., born June 5, 1872; Ellis Edward, born October 11, 1878. Bertholf, James, Lincoln twp.; farmer, Sec. 27; P.O. Winterset; born in St. Joseph county, Indiana, February 8, 1839; came to this county in 1851; owns 380 acres of land; held office of assessor three years; married Miss Harriet Murphy in 1867; she was born in Davies county, Missouri; has three children: Ada, Nelson and Arminta. Bertholf, Lindsey M., Lincoln twp.; farmer, stock-raiser; P.O. Winterset; son of Andrew H. and Electa; his father was born in Rockwell county, N.Y., in 1804; removed to Gallia county, Ohio, where he married Electa Macumber in 1834; she was born in Gallia county, Ohio; they removed to St. Joseph county, Indiana, in 1838, and to this county in 1851. Bevington, Squire Guiberson, Winterset, cashier of the National Bank of Winterset; born in this city January 8, 1857; he married Miss Amelia A. Matthews August 21, 1876; she was born in New York; has one son: Charles Ernest, born January 22, 1879. Bevington, Charles D., Winterset; born July 13, 1826, in Holmes county Ohio; he was raised a farmer, and received only a common school education, with the exception of one term spent a Hayesville College; he studied law a short time, and took a course of study in medicine, but never followed the practice as a business; he went from Ohio to California in 1849; returned and settled in Winterset in 1853; his main business has been farming and dealing in real estate; in 1864, with others, he aided in organizing the National Bank of Winterset, with a capital of $50,000, which was soon increased to its present capital of $100,000, and from the organization to the present time, he has been president of the bank; he was one of the projectors of the D. M., W. & S. W. Railroad Company, and when organized became the president; under his personal supervision the line was completed from Summerset to Winterset, 26 miles; and paid for in seven months, an undertaking of its kind unsurpassed in the State. He began life without a dollar, but is now among the heaviest, if not the heaviest taxpayer in Central Iowa; owns the greater portion of the stock of the Winterset National Bank, and has some four thousand acres of land enclosed and under cultivation. In him great mental and physical force combine; these traits with energy, a strong will and sound judgment, have placed him among the foremost citizens of Madison County. He has been married four times; first to Julia Parker, March 27, 1851; she was born in Ohio, and died in July 1852, on the way to California; in January 1854, he married Miss P. P. Parker, a sister of his first wife; she was also a native of Ohio, and died in December 1854, at the birth of their first child; it died in a few days; for his third wife he married Miss J. G. Guiberson in 1855; she died January 14, 1857, leaving one child, S. G. Bevington, cashier of the Nation Bank of Winterset; October 27, 1857, he married Eliza Heath, a native of Ohio; by this marriage they have two children: C. I. and an infant daughter. Bird, Isaac, Walnut twp.; farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Peru; born in Virginia, July 15, 1808; married Miss Susannah Williams in 1829, a native of Licking county, Ohio; they came to this county in 1851; he entered 159 acres of land from the government; his wife died July 15, 1870; has a family of two sons and five daughters: Sarah A., Caroline, Anderson, Mary E., Eliza L., Thomas and Rebecca D. Bissell, Orin B., Jackson twp.; farmer, Sec. 5; P.O. Dexter; owns 1080 acres of land; born in Portage county, Ohio, in 1830; came from Ohio to Madison county, Iowa in 1855; married in 1853 to Miss CarolineL. Lattin, of Oh.; has four children living; Fred L., A. Franklin; Wm. Grant; Ellsworth E.; Mr. Bissell is one of the solid men of the county; has a fine farm, with splendid buildings; has held various offices of trust in the State and county; was a member of the State Legislature at Des Moines In 1874; has been county supervisor for three years. Biven, Mrs. Lovey, Monroe twp.; farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. McPherson; born in Bartholomew county, Indiana; her maiden name was Singleton; she married B. L. Bivin in 1855; he was born in Maryland and raised there, and afterward came to Indiana and lived there for five years, and came to this count in 1863; he died in September 1875, leaving a widow and three children; Mollie W., John B. and Theodore O.; he left an estate of 260 acres of land. Black, Abraham, South twp.; farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. St. Charles; was born in Putnam county, Virginia, in what is now called Roanoke county, May 15, 1803, and was also married there to Eleanor Hartman, of the same county; she was born January 15, 1804; they were married in 1826; in 1840 they removed to Putnam county, Indiana; lived there until he came to this county, in the spring of 1852, and located where he now lives; they came by wagon, and were about five weeks on the road; owns 183 acres of land; they have one son and three daughters: George, born May 28, 1828, Sarah, Born October 20, 1830, Elizabeth Jane, born January 19, 1833, Nancy C., born December 13, 1843. Black, George, South twp.; farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. St. Charles; born in Roanoke county, Virginia, May 28, 1828; when about eight years of age moved with his parents to Putnam county, Indiana' was raised there; he married Miss Sarah E. White, August 20, 1849, a native of Roanoke county, Virginia, but raised in Putnam county, Indiana; she was born September 1, 1829; they came to this county in the fall of 1852, and located where he now lives; he entered his land from the government; owns 300 acres of land; they have four sons and six daughters: Mary J.; Jeanette, James R., William, Ann, Nancy A., Ellen and Alexander (twins), Franklin and Laura M. Boling, Charles, Monroe twp.; farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Clanton; born in Indiana in 1835; came to this county in 1855, his parents being among the early settlers of the township; he married Miss Mollie Biven in 1878; she was born in Indiana. Boling, Edward L., Monroe twp.; farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Clanton; born in Indiana in 1833; came to this county in 1856; owns 80 acres of land; has held office of school director; he married Miss Elizabeth Wilson in 1863; she was born in Missouri; has three children: Charles H., William S. and Florence Belle. Bonham, Alexander, Grand River twp.; farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Macksburg; was born in Virginia in 1811, and when six years of age, his parents removed to Ohio; he came to this county in 1857; owns 210 acres of land, and has improved the farm on which he now lives; has held township offices; he married Miss Susan Yarnall in 1833; she was born in Ohio; has six children: Mary, David, Benjamin, Hannah, William G., Samuel; lost three (children) Bonham, David, Grand River twp.; farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Macksburg; was born in Harrison county, Ohio, in September 1833, and came to this county in 1857; owns 122 acres of land; has held office of school director; he married Miss B. Abrahams in 1859; she was born in Indiana; has six children: Alexander, Adaline A., Rebecca, Jennie, Fred, and Bessie E. Bowlsby, Benjamin Franklin, Scott twp.; farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. Winterset; was born in Delaware county, Indiana, September 30, 1839; he was quite young when his parents moved to Dark county, Ohio, where he lived until 1852, he then with his parents came to Iowa and located at Oskaloosa, where they remained until 1854, they then came to this county and located in Winterset; he lived on his present farm since 1856; owns 130 acres; he married Miss Catherine Hyskell June 28, 1860, a native of Indiana county, Pennsylvania; they have five sons and four daughters: Marietta E., Minnie C., Walter H., Clarence C., Orthello E., Frank O., Ada May, Bertha T. and a baby; he was in the army, enlisted in August, 1862, in the 39th Iowa Infantry, in Co A, was in the battles of Parker's Cross Roads, Allatoona and numerous other skirmishes. Boyd, O. W., Winterset; dealer in groceries, queensware, etc.; born in Franklin county, Vermont, in 1832; his parents emigrated to Kentucky when he was very young, where he was raised; at the outbreak of the rebellion, he enlisted in the 22nd Kentucky Inf.; in 1863 he removed to Tazuree county, Illinois, and remained there until 1865, and then removed to Muscatine, Iowa, and was engaged as a commercial traveler in selling groceries; he came to this city in 1874 and engaged in his present business; he married Mrs. Venia Carey in 1873; has one child: Laura; Mrs. Boyd has one daughter by a previous marriage: Alice Carey. Boyd, Thomas M., Penn twp.; farmer, Sec. 10; P.O. Dexter; owns 80 acres of land, born in Miami county, Ohio, in 1839; came to Iowa in 1865; he married in 1865, Miss Sarah E. Shamo, of Pennsylvania; has five children living: Mr. Boyd is a man of considerable prominence in his neighborhood; has been constable for two years. Boyles, Milton, Union twp.; farmer, Sec. 29; P.O. Winterset; born in Madison county in 1853; he rents 170 acres of land from his father (Philip M.); he married Miss Sarah White in 1878; she was born in Warren county; has one child: Nellie. Boyles, Philip M., Union twp.; farmer and stock-buyer, Sec. 29; P.O. Winterset; born in Cannon township, Athens county, Ohio, June 5, 1823; he was the second son of George and Martha Boyles, and one of twelve children; his father was a farmer and the son assisted him in the duties of the farm life; in 1839 he removed with his parents to Elkhart county, Indiana, and remained there until 1843, and then went to Andrew county, Missouri, there he remained until 1846; while living here he witnessed the brutal whipping of a slave that was so revolting to his manly nature, that he resolved to seek a home in "free" Iowa, and no sooner had he resolved than he acted, and the same year came to this county and settled on the land he now owns, and has resided here since that time; he has made all the improvements; he split all the rails to enclose it, and in addition to this split rails for thirty-five cents per hundred, to purchase land warrants with which to locate his land; he has gone to Saylorville and hewn logs to purchase seed corn, and has worked at harvesting at fifty cents per day, half of which was to be taken out in trade at the store, calico at the time being twenty-five cents per yard; he served in the war during the rebellion; he owns a fine farm of 320 acres, and another near the above of 177 ½ acres, both well improved and in a good state of cultivation; for the past few years he has been devoting the greater portion of his time in buying stock; he married Miss Lydia Allison February 22, 1845; she is a native of Crawford county, Illinois, where she was raised; their family consists of seven children: Martin, Milton, Mary, now Mrs. Seevers, Maria, Myra, Marilla and Maloy. Bradshaw, David, Ohio twp.; farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. St. Charles; born in Washington county, Pa., June 5, 1817; his parents moved to Ohio when he was nine years of age an lived in Tuscarawas county, Ohio; he married Miss Mary Kale July 29, 1841; she was born in Tuscarawas county, Ohio, January 16, 1824; they came to Iowa and located in Eddyville April 28, 1854; remained there until the following October and they came to this county and located where they now live; owns 200 acres of land; has two sons and one daughter living: Ed. D., John W. and Mary A. Bradshaw, John Wesley, Ohio twp.; farmer, Sec. 4; P.O. St. Charles; born in Tuscarawas county, Ohio, in 1847; came to this county with his parents in 1853; owns 70 acres of land; he married Miss Lorinda Johnson October 2, 1869; she was born in this county in November 1850; they have two sons: Ledrew B. and Walter D. Breeding, Joseph A., Scott twp.; farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Winterset; the subject of this sketch was born in Adair county, Kentucky, July 27, 1831, where he lived until November 1860, when he came to this county and located in this township; owns 160 acres; he married Miss Eliza A. Turk, September 16, 1851; she is a native of the same county; they have three sons and three daughters: Varriller J., now Mrs. John M. Runkle, George J., James W., Joseph P., Mary L. and Harriet E.; he was in the army, enlisted in company A., 39th Iowa, August 12, 1862, and was discharged August 1, 1863. Brittain, Pleasant Calvin, Jefferson twp.; farmer, Sec. 32; P.O. Winterset; born in Buchanan county, Missouri, September 20, 1843, where he lived until March, 1852, when he came to this county and located in Monroe township; Mr. B. was in the army, in company A, Thirty-ninth Iowa Infantry; enlisted August 20, 1862, and was mustered out in June, 1865; was in the battle of Parker's Cross Roads, Alltoona, and others; was with Sherman on his march to the sea; after being mustered out, he returned home, and October 18, 1866, was married to Miss Sarah Cox, a native of Ohio, and removed to his present home; they have three children: Ruth A., Susanna and Mary Alice; Mr. B. owns ninety acres of land. Brock, Jonas Figley, Lincoln twp.; farmer, Sec. 6; P.O. Winterset; born in Ohio in 1822, and removed to Kentucky where he remained nine years; came to this county in February, 1856; owns 217 acres of land; has held the office of sheriff for four and one half years; he enlisted in the Thirty-ninth Infantry in 1862, and was discharged in 1865; he was taken prisoner at Allatoona, Georgia, and was confined in various Southern prisons and escaped twice, the first time he was recaptured, but in the second attempt he was successful; after his second escape he was taken sick with typhoid fever and lay concealed in the woods during that time, and all the attention and care he received was from loyal Negroes; he married Miss Elizabeth Housh, a native of Brown county, Ohio, in 1855; has five children: Harriet A., Ella I., William E., Charlie and Frank. Brown, Daniel, South twp.; farmer, Sec. 6; P.O. Patterson; born in Schoharie county, New York, March 5, 1825; when seven years of age he, with his parents moved to LaPorte county, Indiana; was raised there; he married Mary J. Murphy, of Indiana in 1856, and then removed to Bureau county, Illinois, where he lived eighteen years; in 1850 he went to California, and was gone four years; went by wagon, and was about 80 days on the road; was engaged in mining; came her about six years ago; owns a farm of 177 acres; has a family of three sons and four daughters: Martha J., Annie E., John H., Haney E., Mary E., Thomas D. and Samuel G. Brown, Edward, Winterset; merchant; born in Massachusetts March 27, 1831; he came to this State in 1859 and to this county in 1863; has been engaged in selling goods for thirty years; he has served as a member of the school board, and enlisted in the 22nd Iowa Inf. during the late war; he married Miss Jane Hoyt in 1861; she was born in Ohio; has four children: E. Frederick, Harry, D. H., William Wort and George. Brown, John, Lincoln twp.; farmer, Sec. 1; P.O. Winterset; born in Morrow county, Ohio, in 1826; came to this county in 1854; owns 357 acres of land; has held office of assessor; he married Miss Nancy M. Powell in 1857; she was born in Indiana; has one daughter: Olive, the wife of Dr. F. K. Dabney, of Avoca, Pottawattamie county, Iowa. Brown, J. M. (Capt.), South twp.; merchant, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 24; P. O. St. Charles; born in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, July 11-1820; he lived there till 1850, when he removed to Union county, Ohio; whiles there he was married to Miss Mary Stillings, January 21, 1852; she was born in Clark county, Ohio, Mary 7, 1833; they came to this county and located in St. Charles in the spring of 1855; he owns 508 acres of Madison county's best soil; he deals in thoroughbred and graded stock; in August, 1862, Capt. Brown organized Co. F, of the 39th Iowa Infantry, and at the organization was elected captain; he was wounded at the battle of Parker's Cross Roads; shortly afterward, he resigned on account of ill-health; Mr. Brown represented this county in the Eleventh General Assembly, in the winter of 1865 - 66; has one son: Mathew W., born April 27, 1866. Brown, M. W., Jackson twp.; farmer, Sec. 8; P.O. Dexter; born in Perry county, Ohio, in 1844, and when eleven years old his parents moved to Warren county, Illinois, where he resided until 1873, when he came to Madison county, locating where he now lives; was married in Warren county, Illinois, in 1874, to Sadie A. Judkin, a resident of that county; has one son: Roy Rankin; owns 180 acres of land bordering the timber on the south side of North River; Mr. Brown has been elected township trustee several terms, and is now serving in that capacity. Brown, Robert C., Douglas twp.; farmer, Sec. 13; P.O. Winterset; born in Putnam county, Indiana in 1833; came to this county in October 1877; owns 320 acres of land; he married Miss Mary J. Morrison December 18, 1855; she was born in Indiana; has five children: Mary A., Martha W., Emma M., Edward M., Robert W. Brownell, J. W., Grand River twp.; farmer, Sec. 6; P.O. Wells; was born in Vermont in 1831, and came to this State in 1868; holds office of post-master, and has filled an unexpired term of county surveyor; he married Miss Harriet E. Hawley in 1858; she was born in Vermont; has four children: Flora A., Bertha A., Almon F., Wilford E. Bruce, Francis Marion, Douglas twp.; farmer, Sec. 28; P.O. Winterset; born in Brown county, Illinois, in 1843; came to this county with his parents in 1851; owns 175 acres of land; has held office of town clerk; he enlisted in the Fourth Iowa Calvary during the late war and served three years; he married Miss Harriet Templeton in 1869; she was born in Ohio; has four children: Lillie Bell, Richard F., Anna M. and Robert W. Bruce, Richard Pickle, Douglas twp.; farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 34; P.O. Winterset; born in Garrett county, Kentucky, in 1818; came to this county in 1851; previous to his coming to this State he lived in Illinois seventeen years; owns 359 acres; has held office of town trustee and treasurer of the school district; he married Miss Judith A. Keith in 1841, she was born in Clark county, Kentucky; has eight children: John Randolph, Mary Jane, GeorgeAnna; Francis Marion; Susan Virginia, Caroline Melissa; Nancy Belle; and Carrie May. Bullock, Melville, Monroe twp.; farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 22; P. O. Clanton; born in Indiana in 1836; came to this county in 1855; owns 300 acres of land; he enlisted in the Forty-seventh Iowa Inf. in the late war; he married Miss Sarah Alexander in 1870; she was born in Iowa; has on son: Elbert; lost one son: Roy. Burger, Gottleib, Jefferson twp., farmer, Sec. 34; P.O. Winterset; born in Wurtemberg, Germany, January 8, 1825; he came to the United States in may, 1848; in 1849, he married Frances Zweigler; He traveled about more or less until 1859 when he came to this county and located on the farm on which he now lives; has seven children: Frances, Louise, August, Fred, Charles, William and Paulina; Mr. Burger owns a well improved farm of 120 acres. Burns, John M., Lincoln twp.; farmer, Sec. 25; P.O. Winterset; owns 80 acres of land; born in England in 1835; came to the United States in 1843, and settled in Hancock county, Illinois; removed to this State and county in 1872; he married Miss Mary E. Haggard in 1856; she was born in Illinois; has five children: William O., Mira L., John E., Mary E. and Frank M.; lost one son: George F. Burns, William, Penn twp.; farmer, Sec. 21; P.O. Dexter; owns 80 acres of land; Mr. Burns was born on the ocean while coming to America in 1839; he married Miss H. Day in 1854; has five children living, Ida, Fred, Effie, Alice and one unnamed; Mr. Burns served in the army three years in Co. A, Eighty-third Illinois Volunteers; he was in several engagements, that of Ft. Donelson being the largest. Burt, Ebenezer O., Winterset; abstracts and loans; is a native of Henry county, Indiana, and was born in 1851; he came to Iowa in 1856 and to this county in 1865; he enlisted in the 19th Indiana Inf. in the late war and served over three years, re-enlisting as a veteran; he has held offices of deputy clerk, county clerk four years, and secretary of the school board, and is associated with A. W. C. Weeks in the abstract and loan business; he married Miss Hattie Linton in 1867; she was born in Penn; has one daughter: Lillian C. Butterfus, P., Winterset; carriage and wagon manufacturer; born in New York city in 1851, and came to this co. January 1, 1876; he married Miss Anna Fuller in October, 1878; she was born in Clinton co. Iowa. Callison, Victor Lesure, Monroe Twp.; farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 22; P.O. Clanton; born in Fulton county, Illinois in 1844; he enlisted in the Seventy-second Illinois Infantry in the late war and served until the regiment was mustered out; came to this county in 1869; owns 370 acres of land with fine improvements; he married Miss Julia Boling in 1869; she was born in Indiana; has two children: Nettie and Lucy. Canfield, Moses D., Ohio twp.; farmer, Sec. 11; P.O. St. Charles; was born in Saratoga county, New York, April 24, 1836; lived there until nineteen years of age; he then came to Iowa, and located in Van Buren county in 1855, lived there until January, 1861; he then married Miss Margaret Homes on March 17, 1857, a native of Tuscarawas county, Ohio; owns a farm of 240 acres; they have two sons: Nelson and James, also Annie, a little girl to raise; has been township trustee for three terms. Carter, Ephraim M., Penn twp.; farmer, Sec. 10; P.O. Dexter; born in Darke county, Ohio, in 1845; came to Madison county in 1866; married in 1865 to Miss Abby Boyd, of Ohio; has three children living: Ada, James and George; Mr. C. has made all his own improvements; owns sixty acres of land. Carter, James D., Scott twp., farmer and raiser of Short Horn cattle, Sec. 5; P.O. Winterset; was born in Lincoln county, Kentucky, in 1817, and came to this county in 1871; previous to his coming to this State he lived in Indiana, and for several years turned his attention to raising fine stock which he has since continued and for which he has a good reputation and his herd embraces some of the choicest families; he owns 272 acres of land; he married Miss Priscilla Daggy in 1854; she was born in Virginia and died March 6, 1878; has five children: Sarah J., John E., James V., Eliza A. and Minerva F. Carter, Joel B., Grand River twp., farmer, Sec. 18; P.O. Macksburg; was born in Ohio in 1845; he came to this county in 1870; he owns eighty acres of land; he married Miss Julia A. Osborne in October 1874; she was born in Ohio; has two children: Bennie and Elton Carter, Joseph, Madison twp., farmer, Sec. 32; P.O. Winterset; born in Jackson county, Indiana, in 1832; came to Tama county, Iowa, in 1851, then to Madison county in 1859; Mr. Carter took a novel trip to Denver City in 1859; he and two others went through to Denver City with a hand-cart or wheelbarrow, in which they carried their food and tools; he owns forty-five acres of land. Carver, Caleb, Ohio twp.; farmer, Sec. 30; P.O. Ohio (twp.); was born in Lee county, Iowa, February 17, 1840; his parents removed to Cass county, Illinois when he was about six months old; he was raised there; he came to this county in September, 1864; has lived on his present farm since 1866; owns 170 acres of land; he married Miss Nancy E. Boicourt, November 22, 1860; she was born in Cass county, Illinois; has four sons and two daughters: Annie May, William F., Simon C., Mary O., Newton and Martin L. Cason, Thomas Talbert, Crawford twp., farmer, Sec. 36; P.O. Bevington; was born in Fountain county, Indiana, March 1, 1837; came to this county with his parents July, 1847; he married Miss Lois E. Tisdale, September 3, 1857, a native of Adams county, Indiana; they have three sons and four daughters: Mary E., Amelia R., Joshua J., Jonathan M., Martha J., William P. and Barbara E.; owns 114 ½ acres of land. Cason, William T., Crawford twp., merchant, Bevington; was born in Montgomery county, Indiana, October 12, 1843; his parents came to this county July, 1847, and located on the first improved farm in the county, it being the Hiram Hirsch farm, where he still resided; owns 219 ½ acres; he married Miss Sarah J. Huggart May 1, 1862, a native of Kentucky; has a family of two sons and one daughter: James A., William H. and Georgianna; Mr. Cason is a notary public; was justice of the peace seven years. Cassidy, George, Winterset; of the firm of Holliday & Cassidy, grocers and provisions dealers; born in Zanesville, Ohio in 1852, and came to this county with his parents in 1864; previous to engaging in his present business, he was engaged in the railway mail service, and also assistant postmaster; he married Miss Alice A. Parker in 1877; she was born in Knox county, Ohio; has one daughter: Eva. Cassiday, Francis Marion, Winterset; born in Wayne county, Ohio in 1843, and came to this State in 1855, and to this county in 1856; he enlisted in the 39th Iowa Inf. and served three years; has been engaged in selling groceries and stationery; has held office of postmaster; he married Miss E. J. Bartlett in 1866; she was born in Ohio; has three children: Fred, Lillie and Nellie Chandler, Joseph R., Winterset; Attorney; is a native of Belmont county, Ohio; born August 26, 1838, and came to this State in 1862, and settled in Johnson county, and was engaged in teaching school; he enlisted in the 22nd Iowa Inf. during the war and was mustered out in July 1865; in 1868 he removed to Pennsylvania and attended the Normal school at Edinburgh; in 1871 he came to Dallas county, Iowa, and from this county went to Council Bluffs and taught school on year; then entered the law school at Iowa City and graduated, and was admitted to the bar in 1874, and in July of the same year came to this county, and has since that time been engaged in the practice of his profession; he holds the office of mayor of the city and is one of the commissioners of insane for the State; he married Miss Mattie Cassidy on December 24, 1875, Cherry, Samuel B. (Dr.), Winterset; physician and surgeon; is a native of Ohio and was born in Muskingum county July 18, 1838; his father was a farmer, but owing to injuries received in early live, the son was unfitted for the hard manual labor of the farm, and availed himself of the educational facilities then afforded, and at the age of eighteen commenced reading medicine and attended the Starling Medical College; he afterward associated himself in the practice of his profession with his preceptor, and during the late war, Gov. Todd of his native State appointed him on his staff, and he was sent South to look after diseased and disabled soldiers, and this duty he performed to the satisfaction not only of the Gov., buy many a private soldier, who would otherwise have died from necessary neglect; after resigning this position on account of impaired health, he came west on a visit and to recuperate; and the change proved so beneficial he decided to remain; and in 1982 he made his home in Winterset, opened an office and commenced the practiced of his profession; this he has followed uninterruptedly and successfully until the present time, excepting the time he was absent as assistant surgeon of the Forty-seventh Iowa Inf.; he is now one of the oldest practicing physicians of Madison county; he is a member, and one of the chief organizers of the Madison County Medical Association; he married Miss Louisa Finlayson in 1859; she is a native of Ohio; they have one daughter: Stella, and have buried on daughter, Belle; in his medical relations, he has built up his own reputation by his skill and energy, and has acquired an extensive practice, he is a genial gentleman, a quick observer and as prompt in his business as he is generous in his social relations, and thoroughly merits the esteem in which he is held by his fellow citizens. Chote, Able, Jackson twp., farmer, Sec. 18; P.O. Dexter; born in Grafton county, New Hampshire, in the year 1820; removed to Boston in 1843, living there until the spring of 1847, when he removed to Van Buren county, Iowa, and to Henderson county, Illinois in 1859, returning to Iowa in 1869, locating in Madison county, where he now resides; was married to Caroline r. Talcott, of Henderson county, Illinois, in 1857; by this union they have seven children, three boys and four girls: Clara, Ida, Lewis, Arthur, Ollie, Harry and Helen; owns 210 acres of land well improved, and has a fine orchard and good buildings; has been school director six years. Clanton, Charles Franklin, South twp.; farmer, Sec. 25; P.O. St. Charles; was born in Buchanan county, Mo., July 27, 1842; he came to this county with his parents when he was four years of age, in 1846; he married Miss Barbara A. Shaver, June 12, 1862, a native of Preble county, Ohio; they have a family of two sons and one daughter: George W., Sarah E. and James D.; he owns 130 acres of land. Clanton, Joel M., South twp.; farmer and stock-dealer, Sec. 26; P.O. St. Charles; born in Wayne county, Indiana, January 22, 1816; his parents moved from there when he was quite young, to Scott county, Illinois, where he lived until sixteen years of age; his parents then moved to Adams county, Illinois, where he was married to Sarah Hudson in 1837; in the fall of 1838 he removed with his wife to Buchanan county, Missouri; he left there March 1, 1846, and has been a resident of this county ever since; he has raised a family of three sons and three daughters: William W., Charles F., Polly A., Isaac, Nancy E. and Rachel; owns over 600 acres of land. Clark, Caleb, Lincoln twp., stone-mason, Sec. 1; P.O. Winterset; born in New York, February 6, 1808; after a residence in Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Virginia and Missouri, he came to this county in may, 1846, and is one of the first settlers of the county; his daughter, Mrs. Tusha, was the first white child born in the county; he has worked over fifty years at his trade; he married Miss Ruth Clanton in 1834; she was born in Illinois; has eight children: Sarah E., Nancy E., Rufus, Joshua, Stephen D., Martha , Joel and Franklin. Clark, George, Madison twp., farmer, Sec. 34; P.O. Winterset; owns 180 acres of land; born in Washington county, Pennsylvania in 1822; came to Ohio and lived there until 1859, when he came to Iowa; was married to Miss Nancy Nelson in 1845; has nine children living: Ellen J., Maud C., Henrietta, Nancy J., Benjamin N., John K. Hugh M., James D. and George W.; Mr. Clark has held various offices of trust; has good farm improvements and a splendid farm, which has good indications of an inexhaustible bed of coal; one vein has been worked, which shows 2 ½ feet in thickness; is a member of the Presbyterian church. Clark, J. J., Grand River twp., druggist, Macksburg; born in Indiana in 1821, and came to this State in 1848, settling in Lee county, and came to this county in 1863; he deals in drugs, patent medicines, etc. Clements, George T., Madison twp., farmer, Sec. 31; P.O. Earlham; owns 160 acres of land; Mr. Clements is a native of Kentucky, where he was born in 1832; at an early age he came to Henderson county, Illinois, from which place he came directly to Madison county; he married in 1858 to Miss Nancy Milligan, of Henderson county, Illinois; has six children living: Emma, Chalmers, Grant, Elizabeth, James and Frank; he has by industry and good management paid for a good home; is a member of the U.P. church. Close, Fielding B., South twp.; farmer, Sec. 4; P.O. Patterson; was born in Greene county, Kentucky, June 26, 1822; when about eight years of age, his parents moved to Sangamon, what is now Menard county, Illinois; was raised there; he married Miss Sarah J. Bale, June 4, 1844; a native of Kentucky, but was raised in Illinois; she died December 18, 1871; left a family of three sons and two daughters: Solomon B., John F., Josiah D., Laura J. and Annie E.; he married again to Dalina, widow of J. Hardesty, May 1, 1872, a native of Indiana; they have one son: Robert; Mr. C. owns a farm of 199 acres; Mrs. Close has a family of one son and three daughters by her former marriage: William J., Anna, Mary and Artelia J. Cluen, John, Winterset, engineer on the Winterset branch of the C., R. I. & P. R. R.; is a native of New York, and was born in 1845; came to this state in 1865, and to this county in 1874; he is also engaged in the ice business, and, to illustrate the kind of man he is, we mention the fact that during the scarcity of ice in the summer of 1878, he was offered for his stock of ice in bulk much more than he retailed out to his customers, furnishing it at a lower price that any other town; he married Miss S. E. Thatcher, in 1870; she was born in Ohio; has one child: Frankie. Cochran, Wesley, Grand River twp., farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 24’ P.O. Macksburg; born in Athens county, Ohio, in 1843, and came to this county first in 1851, and then moved to Illinois; he afterward returned to this county; he owns 730 acres of land; has held school offices; he married Miss Elizabeth Hamlin in 1861; she was born in Ohio; has seven children: Katie C., John H., Willie, Frank, Walter, Forrest Lee, and a baby. Cocklin, J. W., Jackson twp., farmer, Sec. 24; P.O. Winterset; born in Cumberland county, Ohio, in 1833; he removed with his parents in 1834 to Wayne county, Ohio, where his boyhood was spent, until his twenty-first year; he again moved with his father to Washington county, Iowa, and remained until the year 1857; he again returned to Ohio, where, in the year 1860, he was married to Mary A. Knight, a native of Wayne county; in 1866, himself and family removed to Washington county and remained there two years, and came to Winterset, Madison county and engaged in the boot and shoe trade; he continued both manufacturing and selling for ten years; then in order to “give the boys a chance,” he began farming; they are the parents of two living children: Samuel Willard and Carrie Maggie. Collie, James, Winterset; carpenter and builder; born in Scotland, in 1851; emigrated to this country in 1871, and came to this county in 1874; he has worked at his trade over thirteen years; he married Miss Sarah A. Mull in 1879; she is a native of Canada. Commuck, Thomas M., Grand River twp., Indian doctor, Macksburg; born in Wisconsin in 1835; his father was a tree-fourth chief of the Narraganset tribe of Indians, and his mother a three-fourth Piquot: his father was naturalized and became a useful and honored citizen; he united with the M.E. church, and held offices of honor and trust; Dr. Commuck came to this county in 1866, and settled in his present location in 1872, and his house was one of the first built in what is now Macksburg; he enlisted in the Twenty-ninth Wisconsin infantry, in the late war, and was discharged on account of a disability; he married Miss Mary M. Kratz in July 1864; she was born in Germany, and settled in Wisconsin; has one child: Mary Nettie. Compton, William, Douglas twp., retired; P.O. Winterset; was born in Butler county, Ohio, in 1818, and in 1837, removed to Peoria county, Illinois, where he remained until 1839 and then emigrated to Washington county, Iowa, and lived there until his removal to Polk county in 1846, and came to this county in 1849 and moved the first woman and family on what is known as the town quarter section of land; he was the first man who sold groceries in Madison county, and afterward bought of Hart & Hinkly their mill site on Middle river, where they had been running a corn cracker; he built on this fine mill site the first grist-mill erected in the county; he also built in connection with this a saw-mill, and put up a carding machine; he married Miss Sarah Earl in 1842; she was born in Indiana, and died in 1872; he afterward married Sarah Knight in 1873; she was born in Lawrence county, Illinois; has seven children by his first marriage: Adeline, Angenette, Granville, Margaret, Elsie, Elizabeth and Esther; lost one daughter, Sarah Ellen. Conard, Timothy, Lincoln twp., farmer, Sec. 3; P.O. Winterset; born in Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, in 1835; his parents removed to Holmes county, Ohio, when he was very young; came to this county in 1856; owns 130 acres of land; he enlisted in the Thirty-ninth Iowa Infantry in the late war and served three years, and was in actual service all the time and never missed an engagement in which the regiment participated in (there were four brothers in the army); he married Mary J. Bruce in 1867; she was born in Illinois; has three children: Richard, Lizzie and Albert; lost three: Clara Belle, Orlando and William H. Conger, Frank D., Winterset; proprietor of the St. Nicholas Hotel; was born in Galesburg, Knox county, Illinois in 1848; previous to his coming to Iowa in 1872, he lived two years in Benton Harbor, Michigan; he cam to this county in 1873; he married Miss Ella M. Riford in June 1869; she was born in Vermont; has two children living: Joie R. (Joseph Riford) and Alta N.; lost one son: Homer R. Connoran, Edward F., Winterset; dealer in groceries and provisions; born in Indiana in 1844, and came to this county in 1856; he enlisted in the 39th Iowa Infantry in the late war, and served until the regiment was mustered out; he served as a member of the city council; he married Miss Irene Young in 1869; she was born in Ohio; has two children: Clifton and Daca. Conway, B. N., Grand River twp., farmer and preacher, Sec. 29; P.O. Macksburg; born in Clay county, Indiana, September 27 1841, and came to this county February 14, 1868; owns 40 acres of land; has held offices of town trustee and school director; he married Miss Laura Parker, February 11, 1868; she was born in Indiana; has three children: Artie B., born December 13, 1868, Othello P., born October 21, 1870 and Myrtle B., born October 15, 1872. Mr. Conway was licensed as an exhorter in the M. E. church in 1869, and licensed by conference to preach in 1871. Conway, Lloyd N., Grand River twp., farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 29; P.O. Macksburg; was born in Miami county, Ohio, in 1842; came to Iowa in 1859, and to this county in 1869; he owns 520 acres of land; he enlisted in the 11th Iowa Infantry in the late war, and served three years and one month; he married Miss Susan Coate in 1861; she was born in Ohio; they have five children: Linnie A., Mary E., Hattie A., Emma C. and Carl L. Cook, Arthur L., Winterset; livery, feed and sale stable; was born in Hadley, Mass, in 1845; emigrated to Illinois, settling in Bureau county in 1845; he enlisted in the 52nd Illinois Inf. in the late war, and, after serving three years, re-enlisted as a veteran, and was mustered out with the regiment; he came to this county in February, 1875, and since his residence here has been giving his attention to improving the stock of horses; he prefers the Norman, and his Agricola is a thoroughbred and registered in Stud Book of Norman Horses. It will well repay anyone to visit his stable and see his horses. Cooper, Benjamin Franklin, Douglas twp., farmer and stock feeder and stock-raiser, Sec. 12; P.O. Winterset; was born in Putnam county, Indiana in 1851; came to this county with his parents in 1857; he married Miss Mary C. McCleary, April 267, 1879; she was born in this county. Cooper, Daniel Epperson (Capt.), Winterset; postmaster; born in Putnam county, Indiana in 1838; came to this county in 1857; was engaged in farming until the outbreak of the Rebellion; he enlisted in the 4th Iowa Inf., and was commissioned captain of Co. F; he served three years; he served on all the campaigns with his regiment, being at Pea Ridge, Chickasaw Bayou, Siege of Vicksburg, Chattanooga, Resaca and Atlanta; after his return from the army he was one year in the Treasury Department at Washington, and on his return to Iowa was elected county clerk; on the organization of the Citizens’ National Bank, he was made cashier, and held that position until his appointment as postmaster; he married Miss Carrie Yeales in 1863; she was born in Indiana; has three children: Clara B., William W. and Ora J. Cooper, Michael W., Winterset; hotel keeper; born in New York in 1830; came to this State in 1859, and to this county in 1864; he married Miss Fannie M. Scott in 1850; she was born in New York; has four children: Robert, William, Elmer, Carrie. Mr. Cooper is proprietor of the Farmers’ House, and has been connected with it as such for three and a-half years. Cornelison, Jno., Monroe twp., farmer, Sec. 34; P.O. Winterset; born in Butler county, Ohio, in 1814, and removed from this place to Park Co., Indiana, where he remained until his removal to this State in 1857; he came to Madison county in 1859; owns 100 acres of land; he married Esther A. Davis, January 9, 1834; they have nine children: William, John, Catherine, Marsh, Jackson, James, Nancy A., Sarah and George. Cornelison, Marsh Polk, Walnut twp., farmer, Sec. 25; P.O. Ohio (twp.); born in Park county, Indiana, September 15, 1843; came to this county with his parents in 1858; has lived on his present farm six years; he married Miss Winnie Dotson, June 23, 1865; she is a native of Lawrence county, Indiana; they have two sons and two daughters: Charles F., Mettie, Walter and Hattie; owns fifty acres of land. Cox, Amos, Douglas twp., farmer, Sec. 1; P.O. Winterset; born in Ohio in 1855, and came to this county in 1857; he married Miss Lovica Pursell, June 25, 1879. Cox, Eli, Union twp., farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 5; P.O. Winterset; born in Clinton county, Ohio, August 28, 1825; came to this county March 17, 1856; April 1, 1856, he entered 120 acres of land, and it was the last entered in the township; he erected a saw- mill, and don a large amount of sawing, and bought up about 1,100 acres of land; he has held offices of town trustee, school director and county supervisor; he married Mary Wells in 1846; she was born in Indiana; has twelve children: John, George, Ruth, Henry, Amos, Milton, Alfred, Anna, Amanda, Martha, Mary and Ellen. Cox, Isaac P., Penn twp., farmer, Sec. 34; P.O. Dexter; owns eighty acres of land; born in Talbot county, Maine, in 1816; came to Iowa in 1861; married in 1842 to Miss Leah P. Bearnard, of Butler county, Ohio; has four children living: Sarah E., Malinda P., James R. and William B.; Mr. Cox is a carpenter by trade; has one son in college at Indianola, Warren county, Iowa, preparing himself for the ministry; Mr. Cox is an intelligent farmer who has acquired all his own property. Cox, Theodore, Scott twp., farmer, Sec. 5; P.O. Winterset; was born in Talbot county, Maryland, September 19, 1817; when twelve years of age went to live with an uncle by the name of Phillips in Dorchester county, Maryland, where he remained three years; at the age of fifteen he left his friends to make a living for himself; he went to Baltimore and learned a trade, that of a machinist; he remained there until the spring of 1844, and then went to Tippecanoe county, Indiana, where he only remained one year; from there moved to Keokuk county, Iowa, in the spring of 1845; while there he married Miss Sarah A. Johnson, a native of Kentucky, April 2, 1846; they have by this union four sons and two daughters, named: Margaret, Franklin P., George W., Hattie, Theodore Jr. and Walter; Mr. Cox came to this country in 1853 and selected his farm and moved his family here in 1854; he deals quite largely in stock and owns a fine improved farm of 514 acres. Crawford, Andrew, deceased, Winterset; was born in Cava, County Cava, Ireland in December 1818; he emigrated to America, and landed in New York in 1831; he afterward removed to Cincinnati, and engaged in mercantile pursuits, remaining there twelve years; thence after a short residence in Wisconsin and Indiana, came to this county and located in Winterset in 1856; he was a thorough business man, indomitable will and energy, impressing all with whom he had business relations of his standard of honor and honesty; he despised everything dishonest, mean or ignoble; his life was characterized by many acts of charitable deeds that never came to the notice of the public; he married Miss Georgia walker in 1848; she was born in Dublin; he left three children: Andrew W., and George F., who are his successors in business, and one daughter Annette; he died June 3, 1879. Crawford, Andrew W., Winterset; merchant; born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and came to this country with his parents in 1856; in 1872, he became junior partner in the business of A. Crawford & Son, and in 1876, in connection with his brother, succeeded to the business, under the present firm name of Crawford Brothers. Crawford, George F., Winterset; merchant, of the firm of Crawford Brothers; born in Indiana, February 15, 1855, and came to this county with his parents in 1856; in 1876, he connected himself with his brother, A. W. Crawford, under the firm name of Crawford Brothers; he married Miss Julia Dutton, February 15, 1878; she was a native of New York. Crawford, Oliver (deceased), Crawford twp.; was born in Coshocton county, Ohio, June 3, 1825; he came to this county in 1852, and located where his family now resides; Crawford township was named in honor of him; he died June 11, 1869, he married Lucinda Wilkins, a native of Holmes county, Ohio; she was born October 28, 1822; she died June 1, 1878; they left a family of three sons and four daughters: Mary J., Sarah A., Robert J., Elizabeth E., Mariah T., William W. and Charles S. Crier, Reuben A., Ohio twp.; farmer, Sec. 15; P.O. St. Charles; was born in Tuscarawas county, Ohio, October 4, 1829; was raised there; came to Iowa and located in Wapello county in the fall of 1853; came here in the fall of 1854; he married Miss Mary A. Middleton in May, 1848; a native of Washington county, Pennsylvania, but was raised in Harrison county, Ohio; has a family of five sons and three daughters: Joseph H., Alvin L., James C., Ashford R., Mary E., Linder F., Rosa and Della M.; owns a farm of 165 acres, 14 of which are timber; has lived on his present farm since 1862. Creger, Samuel Merrill, Ohio twp.; farmer, Sec. 10; P.O. St. Charles; was born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, April 18, 1831, was raised there; he came to Iowa in the fall of 1853 and stopped one year in Poweshiek county, and came to this county in the fall of 1854, locating in this township; he married Miss Rebecca J. Reid, April 2, 1857, a native of Carroll county, Ohio; she was born September 15, 1840; they have two sons and one daughter: James T., Amanda E. and William O.; was in the late war, in company F, 39th Iowa; enlisted in August 1862; was transferred July 15, 1863, to the United States Signal Corps., discharged June 234, 1865, at Louisville, Kentucky; owns 180 acres of land; was county superintendent for one term. Culbertson, Jas, Grand River twp., farmer, Sec. 12; P.O. Macksburg; was born in Virginia in 1814, and emigrated to Kentucky in 1839; he afterward removed to Missouri, and lived there four years, and then removed to Davis county, in this State, in 1846; he has lived in California two and one-half years; he owns 340 acres of land; he married Miss Jane Wiseman in 1833; she was born in Kentucky; has eight children: Sophia, Eliza A., Vina Jane, Sarah J., Clarissa, James P., John D. and Franklin P. Cummings, Henry J. B., Winterset; born in Newton, Sussex county, New Jersey, May 21, 1831; in 1840 his parents removed to Muncy, Lycoming county, Pennsylvania; here he received his education in the common schools of the place, supplementing it with one year’s study in a private school; he then spent a year or two in the pineries of Lycoming county, most of the time in a saw-mill; he taught school for a short time, but it being distasteful to him, he abandoned it and in 1848 commenced the study of law; after reading for one year and a-half, having a natural taste for printing, he went, in 1849, to Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania, and made an agreement to learn the trade in the office of the Schuylkill Haven Map, he to commence as devil and to serve three years, but his name was to appear as associate editor; after about a year his uncle, Henry Johnson, a lawyer of large practice and great reputation, a prominent State senator in Pennsylvania during the civil war and now a resident of Des Moines, Iowa, purchased the office and the paper was edited and managed exclusively by his nephew; assisted by a brother who here joined him; this arrangement continued until the autumn of 1852, when he returned to Muncy and finished his law studies in the office of his uncle just mentioned and was admitted to the bar early in 1854; late in the year 1855, he started for Iowa, and crossed the Mississippi river on the ice January 1, 1856; he came directly to Madison county, settled in Winterset, and opened an office and commenced the practice of law; about this time the Republican party was being organized in the State; he joined with others in calling a public meeting to organize the county; the meeting was largely attended, but only eight persons would assist in the organization; Col. Cummings also aided in organizing Adair and Cass counties, and with others thoroughly canvassed these counties before the election; he was nominated by the Republicans of Madison county that year for prosecuting attorney, and was elected, holding the office two years and three months, at the end of which time it was abolished by the new constitution of the State; he held the office of mayor of Winterset two terms; March 4, 1857, he married Miss Annie W. Rogg, of Muncy, Pennsylvania; they have one daughter, Laura J., wife of James W. Miller, one of the editors of the Winterset Madisonian; Mr. Cummings continued the practice of law until the breading out of the rebellion, when, after the firing on Fort Sumpter, a company of home-guards was organized in Winterset, and he was elected captain; Governor Kirkwood having notified him that it was desired that Madison county should furnish a company of men for the United States military service, captain Cummings immediately re-organized his company, and in July, 1861, acting under orders from the Governor, took his company to Council Bluffs, where it became company F of the Fourth Iowa infantry; after the battle of Pea Ridge, Missouri, in March of that year, his superiors in rank having been wounded, or absent, he fell into command as ranking captain of the regiment and commanded it on its march through southern Missouri and northern Arkansas, to Batesville; he continued with his company until, as part of General Samuel R. Curtis’ army, it reached Helena, Arkansas; on reaching Helena captain Cummings returned on sick leave, but bearing a letter from General Curtis to Governor Kirkwood, asking the latter to advance the captain in on of the ten regiments then forming; he was commissioned colonel of the Thirty-ninth Iowa infantry; after rendezvousing at Des Moines and Davenport, colonel Cummings was ordered to report at Corinth, Mississippi, where he was assigned to the command of the prost; after having served three and a-half years, colonel Cummings was mustered out on January 1, 1865, and returned to Winterset; in 1869 he purchased the Winterset Madisonian and has been connected with it since that time; in November, 1876, he was elected to Congress, carrying every one of the ten counties in his district, and having a majority of 8,000; in the House, he was a member of the committee on Claims, one of the most important and responsible committees of the House; his first speech in the House was made April 1, 1878, and it was in opposition to the payment of Southern war claims; it was widely copied and highly commended by the press of the State; he introduced the arrears of pension bill in the House, by which between one and on-quarter and on and one-half millions of money is distributed in Iowa; his most sanguine friends did not think he could carry it through.