Biographical and genealogical history of Appanoose and Monroe counties, Iowa
New York, Chicago: Lewis publishing Co., S. Thompson Lewis, editor. 1903
Transcribed by Renee Rimmert. A complete copy of this book is available on-line at archive.org.
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 Edward Gault |
EDWARD J. GAULT - One of the distinguished citizens of Appanoose county, his name figuring prominently in public affairs, is Edward J. Gault. He was born near Belfast, Ireland, on the 1st of June, 1828, his parents being Francis and Deborah (McCall) Gault, both of whom were natives of the Emerald Isle. His paternal grandfather was a participant in the Irish revolution and was killed in that conflict by the British at the battle of Antrim. In 1839 the parents of our subject with their seven children came to the United States and took up their abode in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where they remained for ten years. On the expiration of that period they removed to Madison, Wisconsin, and late in the year 1854 they left that locality, following our subject to Appanoose county, Iowa. Here the mother died in 1860 at the age of sixty-three years, and the father's death occurred in 1870, when he was seventy years of age. Both were laid to rest in the Cincinnati cemetery. The father was reared a farmer and throughout his entire business career carried on agricultural pursuits, achieving fair success in his undertakings. In politics he was first an old-line Whig and afterward became a Democrat. In religious faith he was a Presbyterian, while his wife was connected with the Episcopalian church. In their family were seven children, namely: Annabel, now deceased; Francis, who died in Kentucky; Edward J., of this review; Richard, who is a resident farmer of Iowa; Henry, who died in Appanoose county in 1885; Annie, the wife of James Wolfinger, who is living near Cincinnati; and one that died in infancy. |
Edward J. Gault was in his eleventh year when his parents came to the United States and during the succeeding decade was a resident of Philadelphia and of New York city, spending a year and a half of that time in the American metropolis. He was apprenticed to learn the painter's and gilder's trade in Philadelphia. After spending a year and a half in New York he resided in Wilmington, Delaware, for about the same time. On the expiration of that period he went to Louisville, Kentucky, which place he left in October, 1850, going down the Ohio river and up the Mississippi to Galena, Illinois; from that place he made his way to Madison, Wisconsin, where he was employed as a farm hand until the spring of 1852. In the summer of that year he went to Oswego, Illinois, where he worked at his trade, and in the spring of 1853 he came to Appanoose county, Iowa, settling where ne now lives, in Pleasant township. Since that time he has carried on general farming and stock-raising. When he came to this county he brought with him a capital of about three hundred dollars, all of which he had saved from his earnings. He has since been very successful in his business affairs, his diligence and enterprise enabling him to overcome all difficulties and obstacles in his path and work his way steadily upward to prosperity.
On Christmas day of 1853 Mr. Gault was united in marriage to Miss Sophia L. McClure, a daughter of Thomas and Jane (Young) McClure. Mrs. Gault was born in Ohio, but her parents were natives of the north of Ireland, whence they emigrated to the new world. In religious faith they were Presbyterians. Mrs. Gault died on November 27, 1873, at the age of forty-three years, and on the 25th of June, 1879, Mr. Gault was again married, his second union being with Mrs. Jane S. Wootten, who was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a daughter of Stephen H. and Jane (Kennedy) Simmons, both of whom were natives of Philadelphia. Ten children were born to the marriage of our subject and his wife, and nine of the number lived to years of maturity, namely: Thomas F., Annie, Frank E., Edward, Mary, Alice, Richard, Jessie, and Sophia, of which number Mary is now deceased.
In his political views Mr. Gault was first a Whig and afterwards became a Douglas Democrat. Since that time he has been unfaltering in his support of the Democracy. In 1861 he was elected a member of the county board of supervisors and served for one year. In the fall of 1861 he received a unanimous vote electing him to the lower house of the state legislature, being the only official ever given the unbroken support of the people in this way. He served for one term and then declined to continue in the office. In 1871, however, he was elected to the state senate and filled that position for four years. In 1883 he was again chosen to the same office and served for four years. An enumeration of the men of the present generation who have won honor and public recognition for themselves and at the same time have honored the state to which they belong, would be incomplete were there failure to make prominent reference to Mr. Gault. He holds distinctive precedence as a statesman, as well as one of the leading and progressive agriculturists of his community. He has been and is distinctively a man of affairs and one who has wielded a wide influence, and during his service in both branches of the general assembly he left the impress of his individuality upon the legislation enacted during those periods.
He and his family attend the services of the Congregational church and are prominent and representative residents of Appanoose county.HENRY GAULT - The Gault homestead, situated a short distance north of Cincinnati, is one of the most attractive as well as valuable of the many beautiful estates in Appanoose county. Consisting of seven hundred and fifty acres of the fine farming land for which Iowa is noted, cultivated by the most modern methods known to scientific agriculture, and ornamented with a variety of buildings of tasteful architecture, it is difficult to imagine a more alluring picture than that presented by this superb country seat. At this happy home dwell the widow and children of the man by whose industry and wise management the property was accumulated and improved within less than thirty years, and concerning whose life and work it is the intention to communicate a few particulars in this brief biography. The late proprietor was not a man of show nor in any sense a spectacular or sensational character, his achievements being all wrought out by quiet means and never with sound of trumpets. So his story presents no dramatic incidents or details out of the ordinary such as might be expected in the peaceful pursuits characteristic of a farmer's life.
Henry Gault was born in Ireland, October 6, 1833, and as sketches of his parents, Francis and Deborah (McCall) Gault, appear in another part of this volume, in the biography of E. J. Gault, it is not necessary to repeat the particulars here. They emigrated to this country when Henry was quite small and settled in Philadelphia. The boy remained at home until seventeen years old and in 1850 went to Wisconsin, where he remained for six years. From that state he proceeded on west until he reached Appanoose county, Iowa, where he took possession of the farm which proved his place of residence until the end of his life. He engaged in general farming and stock-raising, and from the beginning made a success of these pursuits, which in its general results partook of the phenomenal. In fact, he seemed to have a natural turn for the business, and all his moves prospered. He had attained but a limited education in youth, but had one of those minds and dispositions that are quick to take advantage of opportunities, knowing how to master details as well as how to group the latter so as to control general results. When his work seemed practically done and an elegant home had been provided for his last days, he was called suddenly away from the scenes of earthly care and endeavor in such a way as made his death a peculiarly sad one. On the 25th of March, 1885, while standing on the platform at Moulton and in the act of boarding a train for his home, the threads of life suddenly broke asunder and he dropped dead in his tracks, from what the physicians pronounced heart failure. So ended a useful and, in its way, a remarkable career, which reflects credit of the highest order on him who gave it direction and controlled its forces. In December, 1855, Mr. Gault was married to Hester, daughter of Thomas and Mary Jane McClure, both of whom were natives of Ireland. Mrs. Gault's mother died in 1848, and her father in 1878, when eighty- two years old. The eight children of Mr. and Mrs. Gault are thus recorded in the family register: Francis, deceased; James R., Debbie, Jennie, Harry and William T.; Frank and Thomas, deceased. Of those living, Harry is the only one married, and he and the other children reside with their mother. Mr. Gault, during his lifetime, was a member of the Presbyterian church, and his wife also has long affiliated with that denomination. His only fraternal connections were with Masonry, of which ancient and honorable order he was long an esteemed member.
DANIEL GLICK - For more than a quarter of a century Daniel Glick has resided in Appanoose county and his home is now located in Douglass township, where he has a good farm. He was born in Fairfield county, Ohio, on the 21st of August, 1843, and is a son of Isaac Glick, whose birth occurred in Pennsylvania. The grandfather, Daniel Glick, was of Pennsylvania Dutch parentage, coming of a family noted for reliability in business and honor in all life's relations. He served his country as a soldier in the war of 1812. Isaac Glick, after arriving at years of maturity, was united in marriage to Luvina Boyer, who was born in the Keystone state of Pennsylvania parentage. Three children graced this marriage: John W., who is now deceased; Daniel; and Louis, who was a soldier of the One Hundred and Twentieth Indiana Infantry during the Civil war and is now living in Missouri. The mother died in Indiana when her son Daniel was but six years of age, and later the father married again and had three children by that union: Isaac M., Malissa and Emma. Mr. Glick passed away in Carroll county, Missouri, when sixty-eight years of age. He had devoted his entire life to agricultural pursuits, had given his political support first to the Democracy and later to the Republican party, and had held membership in the Methodist Episcopal church, to which he contributed generously.
Daniel Glick, whose name introduces this review, obtained his education in the schools of Indiana. He was quite young at the time of the outbreak of the Civil war, but in response to the call of President Lincoln for six hundred thousand men he joined the Twelfth Indiana Infantry, enlisting at Columbus, under Colonel William Link, who received his mortal wound at the battle of Richmond, Kentucky, at which time Colonel Williams took command of the regiment. The captain of Mr. Glick's company was George Trotter, a brave and gallant officer. Our subject served for two years and eleven months, performing every duty without question, knowing that the first obligation which rests upon a soldier is to obey orders. He participated in many battles and skirmishes, including the engagements at Richmond, at Missionary Ridge and at Chickamauga. The regiment was first with General John A. Logan's corps, and later Mr. Glick went upon the celebrated march from Atlanta to the sea under General Sherman. He took part in the battles of Resaca, Kenesaw Mountain and Ezra Church. At Jackson, Mississippi, he suffered a sunstroke, and later, on account of other ailments, he had to go to the hospital at Rome, Georgia, where he remained from June until September. He then joined his regiment at Atlanta and afterward marched with his command to Savannah. Later he was in the battles of Beaufort, North Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, and Bentonville, and marched on to Petersburg, Virginia, and to Richmond, proceeding thence to Washington, D. C, where he took part in the grand review, the gallant Twelfth Indiana leading the parade on that memorable occasion. Mr. Glick was honorably discharged at the close of the war and returned to his home with his regiment, which had gone out thirteen hundred strong and came back with only three hundred, the graves of the others having been made in the soil of Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Georgia. They had marched six thousand miles and participated in twenty battles and many skirmishes.
In 1865 Mr. Glick removed from Indiana to Missouri and was married on the 29th of December, 1869, in Carroll county, Missouri, to Martha J. Henamen, who was a successful teacher of that county and a lady of culture and refinement. She was born in Belmont county, Ohio, a daughter of John and Martha (Good) Henamen. Her father was born near Hamburg, Pennsylvania, and died at the age of eighty- four years, but her mother is living in Centerville, Iowa, at the age of eighty-five years. The Henamen family came to Appanoose county, Iowa, in 1851, and after living here for nineteen years removed to Carroll county, Missouri. Our subject and his wife have had three sons and seven daughters, namely: Harry E., Mrs. Stella McDonald, Mrs. Nannie B. Wells, Mary Edna, Frank R., Fannie B., Erma H., Eva Fern, Mina Lucile and John W., but the last named died at the age of eight years.
In 1876 Mr. Glick came to Appanoose county from Missouri, and he has here a good farm of forty-one acres in Douglass township. This is well fenced and he has erected a new house and upon the place is a substantial barn. The land is rich bottom land, bordering on Snyder creek. Everything about the place is indicative of the progressive and practical spirit of the owner. In political views Mr. Glick is a Republican, and he has served on the school board in this locality. He belongs to the Free Methodist church, in which he has served as class leader and steward, and he is a friend of temperance, morality and education.
 Joseph Goss |
JOSEPH GOSS - The above named is a familiar figure in commercial circles at Centerville, where he has been engaged in different branches of merchandising for forty-seven years. During this period, also, he has been actively identified with the religious, educational and social life of this enterprising county seat. Few men have more acquaintances than he in Appanoose and surrounding counties, and none possesses a fairer name in the marts of trade. Joseph Goss is one of two survivors of an English family which came to this country before Iowa had been admitted into the Union as a state. He is a son of Samuel and Mary (Burrows) Goss and was born at Manchester, England, April 28, 1834. In 1842, when he was about eight years old, his parents left their native land for America, and upon arrival at the port of New Orleans made their way up the Mississippi to St. Louis. Some five or six years were spent in the Missouri metropolis, but hoping for better opportunities the emigrants proceeded to the new state of Iowa and found a location at Keokuk. Their deaths occurred in that city at comparatively early ages, the father being but forty-six and the mother fifty-two years of age when the final summons came which closed their earthly careers. Only two of their six children are now living. |
Joseph, the eldest of these, was forced to shift for himself at an early age, without capital and with very limited equipments in the way of education. The trade of brick-mason and plasterer, which he had learned in early manhood, afforded him support for seven years, when he determined on a different line of occupation. It was in 1855 that Mr. Goss settled at Centerville, which, with the exception of one year spent at Eddyville, has ever since been the scene of his business activities. In 1859 he secured employment as a clerk in a general store, and remained in that situation for twelve consecutive years. Meantime he had by close saving accumulated a little capital, and with this, in 1870, he branched out in a moderate way as a dealer in boots and shoes. He prosecuted this business for ten years, during which time agricultural implements were added as a side line, and in 1881 he disposed of the stock and establishment to his son. He then purchased a well stocked hardware store, and has continued in that line of business with flattering success up to the present time. Mr. Goss is now probably entitled to the rank of dean of the business corps at Centerville by virtue of longest continued service, and, considering the disadvantages under which he labored when beginning, has accomplished results that reflect credit upon his ability as a merchant.
In December,1855, about the time he came to Centerville, Mr. Goss was married to Clara Brough, a native of Virginia, by whom he had four children. He has long been affiliated with the Christian church and has been a member of the Knights Templar for twenty years. Though deprived of educational opportunities in youth, and perhaps because of that very fact, Mr. Goss has always been a stanch friend of education, and for fourteen years was an active member of the Centerville school board. A charter member of the Republican party, he has ever co-operated cordially with that great political organization, but has neither sought nor desired office of any kind.
EMANUEL B. GREENLY , an honored veteran of the Civil war, who offered his services to the government when eighteen years of age and faithfully defended the old flag through the hour of the country's peril, is now successfully carrying on farming in Union township, Appanoose county. He was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, in 1843, a son of John and Sarah (Buchter) Greenly, both of whom were natives of Pennsylvania and spent their entire lives in that state. They held membership in the Dunkard church and were people of genuine worth. Four of their sons, Andrew, Samuel, Amos and Emanuel, were volunteer soldiers in the Union army.
At a very early age Emanuel B. Greenly was bound out, and he had no opportunity to secure an education, but through his own labor he learned to read and write. His youth was one of unremitting toil and whatever he has achieved has been won through his own labor. With every department of farm labor he early became familiar. He was married first in Pennsylvania to Miss Sarah Winkleman, a native of that state. She died in Illinois, leaving five children: Anna, Barbara, John, Mary and Wilhelmina. In 1880 in Hancock county, Illinois, Mr. Greenly was again married, his second union being with Mary Cane, a daughter of John and Rebecca Cane. Mrs. Greenly, by a former marriage, had one son, Ira S. Wollin, who is now in Albia, Iowa.
Mr. Greenly was but eighteen years of age when the Civil war broke out. He had watched with interest the progress of events in the south, and believing in the righteousness of the Union cause he enlisted at Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in 1861, as a member of Company C, Seventy-ninth Pennsylvania Infantry, under Captain Dysart and Colonel Hambright. Later his company was commanded by Captain Bone, and still later by Captain Dysart, and for three years Mr. Greenly remained with the army, taking part in a number of important engagements, including the battles of Perrysville, Stone River, Murfreesboro, Nashville, Chickamauga, and Chattanooga. He became ill with typhoid fever and also suffered from other ailments, because of this he was transferred to the Nineteenth Invalid Corp as a member of company G, commanded by William C. Alberger. For a time he was in the hospital at Washington, D. C, and also at Buffalo, New York, and in Elmira he was honorably discharged, he returned to his home with a good war record, for he had ever been loyal to his duty and faithful to the best interests of the nation. In 1877 or '78 he moved to Illinois. It was in the year 1880 that Mr. Greenly came with his family to Iowa, settling in Union township, Appanoose county. He here owns seventy-eight acres of good land, upon which is a stable, a good orchard, a wood lot and pasture lands, in addition to the richly cultivated fields. His time and attention are given untiringly to his farm work, and certainly he deserves great credit for what he has accomplished, owing his success entirely to his own efforts. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, being associated with Sunnier Post No. 398, of Moravia, and his wife is a loyal member of the United Brethren church.