JOHANNA SCHOLTE

Youngest daughter of Domine Scholte, was born in Utrecht, Holland, June 5, 1842.
She celebrated her fifth birthday in New York City, when her father's colony was
on their way to Iowa. The family traveled from New York to Keokuk by rail, and
thence to Pella by carriage. When the travelers finally drew up beside a little
inn and two or three small shacks, Mrs. Scholte looked out over the vast expanse
of uninhabited prairie and exclaimed, "But where is Pella?"

The family lived in a little log cabin in the middle of the town square until
the Scholte house could be built and made ready for habitation.

In the early days Pella offered practically no educational advantages so that
Johanna's education was picked up at home and in a small private school
conducted by Miss Coleman.

In 1864 Johanna Scholte was married to John Nollen, who was then assisting Mr.
Scholte in the bank and in the publication of the Pella Gazette. Their five
children, Henry, John, Sara, Gerard, and Hanna still survive. Mrs. Nollen lived
in Pella until the death of her husband, May, 1914, which occurred only a month
after the celebration of their golden wedding. Since her husband's death she has
made her home in Des Moines. There are four grandchildren, Anna and Emelene,
daughters of John, and Johanna and Cara, daughters of Gerard.

JOHANNA SCHOLTE

CAPTAIN J. MURRAY COX

CAPT. J. M. COX       MRS. J. M. COX

Was born in Fulton county, Ohio, March 23, 1845. He came to Pella with his
parents when ten years of age and later he accepted a position with Van Dam
Bros., as clerk on Saturdays, the remainder of the week he attended school and
received his education in this manner. When sixteen years he enlisted in the