JAMES MUNTINGH

Born in the Netherlands on the fourteenth day of November, 1820, and was raised
there. He was a man who had received excellent educational advantages in his
youth and when the first colony came to America in 1847, he came with them and
contributed his full share toward the building up of the colony. He followed
teaching for the first three years after which he engaged in the mercantile
business, and at that time he was considered the most able business man in the
colony and he was very successful. He always manifested a great interest in the
community and municipal affairs and was at one time town clerk and also served
in the capacity of member of the town council and his services were valuable. In
1843 he was united in marriage to Miss Christine Anbert. She was born in
Prussia. He was the first Superintendent of the Sunday School of the First
Reformed Church and did excellent work. In later years he became affiliated with
the Second Reformed Church of this city and was a member when he died.


FREDERICK C. MATHES

The Man Who Cut All the Stone for Central College

Was born in Capelle, Germany, in 1834, and came to Pella in 1854. The occasion
of his coming to Pella was principally to cut the stone for "Central College,"
but Pella suited him so well that he established a stone-cutting shop and
operated a rock saw for a number of years. During that time he cut much of the
stone work that went into the buildings of Pella. He afterwards bought a farm
north of Pella, where he died on July 28, 1895.