1915 Past and Present of Shelby County, Iowa
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Malick
One of the citizens of Defiance, who has been prominently identified with the commercial life of the town for many years is Arthur L. VAN ARSDOL. Starting in life as a school teacher and following this profession successfully for several years, he then became interested in the real estate and insurance business in this place, and has been no less successful in this particular line of activity. He is now secretary and treasurer of the Defiance Telephone Company. He has also taken a prominent part in the civic life of his town and is now serving as town clerk of Defiance, which position he is filling with credit to himself and satisfaction to the citizens of the town.
Arthur L. VAN ARSDOL, the son of John and Lucinda (OTT) VAN ARSDOL, was born in Shelby County, Iowa, November 19, 1873. His father was a native of Ohio, his birth having occurred in that state June 30, 1836, while his mother was born in Indiana, September 22, 1833. John VAN ARSDOL was educated in Ohio and worked on his father's farm in that state until he was twenty years of age. He was married May 31, 1856, to Lucinda OTT at Goshen, Indiana, and immediately afterward brought his young wife to Harrison County, Iowa, where they bought a farm and started in to improve it. It was a barren tract of land when he acquired it. He continued to follow the vocation of farmer until the Civil War opened, when he enlisted in Company C, 29th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and served until the close of the war, when he returned to Harrison County and resumed farming, remaining in that county for several years. He then moved to Shelby County, this state, where he lived until 1882, when he moved to farm labor and moved to Defiance, where he is now living. John VAN ARSDOL and wife were the parents of seven children: John, Sarah, Stephen, Albert, James, Arthur L., and Ray. John died at the age of 40 and James at the age of 20, Sarah, Stephen, and Ray dying while young. Only two children survive.
Arthur L. VAN ARSDOL was educated in Nebraska, and after leaving school, taught with marked success in the schools of that state. He then came to Defiance and engaged in the real estate and insurance business, and he has built up a large clientele in this county.
The Defiance Telephone Company, which was organized by PENNISTON, McGUIRE, and HULSEBUS, of which he is now secretary-treasurer, has a list of two hundred and twenty-five subscribers in Defiance and the immediate vicinity. In politics, Mr. VAN ARSDOL is identified with the Democratic Party but has never held any offices other than that of town clerk and assessor of his hometown. He is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons and is now secretary of the local lodge at Defiance. He also is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America.
Source: 1915 Past and Present of Shelby County, Iowa, pp. 1227-28. Family Researcher: NA
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Agriculture has been the true source of man's dominion on earth ever since the primal existence of labor and has been the pivotal industry that has controlled, for the most part, all of the fields of action to which his intelligence and energy have been devoted. In a civilized community, no calling is so certain of yielding a satisfactory compensation as that which is culled from the kindly soil. Although the husbandman at times is sorely taxed in coaxing from Mother Earth all he desires, yet Mother Earth is kind to us and seldom treats with disappointment her child whose diligence and frugality she deems it but just should be rewarded. The early pioneers of Shelby County, Iowa, suffered disappointments which he sons of today will never know. THOMAS JEFFERSON WYLAND has lived for more than half a century in this county and has seen it emerge from a wide and trackless prairie to its present prosperous condition of highly cultivated fields and flourishing towns and cities.
Thomas J. WYLAND, son of Jonathan and Elizabeth (VANARSDALE) WYLAND, was born February 1, 1849, in Elkhart County, Indiana. Jonathan WYLAND was a native of Ohio, his birth having occurred there January 1, 1797, and when a young man came to Indiana and located five miles from Goshen, where he built and operated the first saw mill in that part of the state. He came to Indiana about 1825, and for many years he was one of the most prominent men of the northern part of Indiana. In addition to his saw mill, he built and personally supervised a woolen and flour mill and built up a large business. In 1855, Jonathan WYLAND and his son, William, came to Shelby County on a prospecting trip and entered a tract of government land.
William and his brother, Isaac, came to Shelby County in the spring of 1856 and settled north and south, respectively, of Bowman's Grove. William settled on what he called Windy Knoll. In 1857, Washington WYLAND, Jonathan's son by his first marriage, came to Shelby County to make his home. In that same year, Jonathan and his sons erected a saw mill in the county, hauling the outfit from Iowa City, the nearest railway station. In 1861, Jonathan WYLAND sold out in Indiana, came to Iowa and spent the following winter with his children in Shelby County. He then went to Kansas, entered government land, and some of his children moved there in 1863. Jonathan WYLAND was one of the first farmers to bring Shorthorn cattle to Shelby County, securing some registered cattle of this breed from a Kentucky herd in 1861. He brought the first Chester White hogs into this county. In 1864, Jonathan WYLAND returned to Indiana and died while in that state, May 29, 1864.
Jonathan WYLAND was twice married, his first marriage occurring on December 8, 1823, to Catherine PLUMB, and to this union one son, Washington, was born December 22, 1826. He second wife was Elizabeth VANARSDALE, born April 20, 1809, to whom he was married December 20, 1827, and to the second union twelve children were born: Catherine, Rachel, William, Isaac C., Mary, Christian J., Lovina, Barbara, Jasper N., David M., Thomas Jefferson, and Elizabeth. (1) Catherine first married William J. LATTA and after his death, in 1847, she was married to James E. WINEGAR on November 10, 1850. To her first marriage, one son, Wesley J., was born, while to her second marriage, four children were born, Ira J., Ella, Mary J., and Catherine. (2) Rachel, died in infancy. (3) William, born September 14, 1830, married Helen M. THOMPSON, and died December 31, 1911. (4) Isaac P., born August 26, 1832, married Julia A. MITTENBARGER, on March 9, 1855, and was the father of seven children, William W., Jeannetta E., Omer P., Jonathan, Seth L., Mary H., and Osa O. (5) May, born April 4, 1834, married John C. HARRIS, February 20, 1850, and was the mother of eight children, Alice E., James H., David J., Emma C., Ira J., Calvin J., Clara E. and Helen S. (6) Christian J., born June 22, 1836, married Amanda H. DUNNINGTON, April 11, 1864, and had six children, Arthur P., Stella, Jay, Jessie, Grace, and Roy. (7) Lovina, born February 20, 1838, married E. JARVIS, August 14, 1859, and she had eight children, James L., Jonathan M., Anna, Laura, Francis, Arthur P., Helen M., and William T. (8) Barbara, born March 31, 1840, married Christian GOODYEAR, July 20, 1856, and she had four children, Andrew, Catherine, Mary, and Lillian E. (9) Jasper N., born March 12, 1844, enlisted in Company M, 9th Iowa Cavalry, October 1863, and died July 9, 1864, at Balls Bluffs, Arkansas. (10) David M., born August 21, 1846, married Rose B. KEASEY, September 8, 1867, and died in 1912. (11) Thomas Jefferson was the eleventh child, and the one with whom this narrative subsequently deals. (12) Elizabeth, the youngest child of Jonathan WYLAND and wife, was born May 30, 1853, and married Austin D. HILL, December 17, 1871. She has one daughter, Bonnie, and an adopted daughter, Dora L.
Thomas J. WYLAND was twelve years of age when his parents finally settled in Shelby County, Iowa, and attended school until he was eighteen years of age after going west. He also spent one year at Tabor, Iowa, in school. He has lived a simple and unostentatious life for a half century in this county, raising all the crops peculiar to this section of the state, and at the same time paying due attention to the raising of livestock for the markets. He has been especially interested in raising thoroughbred horses and has found a ready market for all such stock as he had to sell. He has a fine farm of two hundred acres, which is well improved and has a beautiful home, where he is spending his declining years.
Mr. WYLAND was married April 11, 1870, to Clara OSBORN, daughter of John F. OSBORN of Mills County, Iowa, and to this union have been born five children: Hugh O., Elizabeth A., Ralph W., Mary J., and Fred E. Hugh O. was born December 16, 1873, married Grace FLORENCE and has four children, Florence, Ruth, Lloyd and Dorothy. Elizabeth A. was born September 16, 1875; Ralph W., born January 10, 1880, married Estella G. BABCOCK on February 26, 1902, and to this union have been born two children, Evelyn C. and Hal B.; Mary J. was born December 19, 1883; and Fred B., the youngest child, was born January 9, 1891.
He has never aspired to office and has voted the Democratic ticket all his life. He was township clerk in the early history of the county. Mrs. WYLAND, who was a member of the Congregational Church, died August 2, 1902. Mr. WYLAND has been a close observer of modern methods of agriculture and has met with encouraging success in his chosen life work. He has not attained to his position of present prosperity without long years of toil and good management. He has been a man who never permitted any stone to remain unturned whereby he might advance himself, and yet at the same time, he has so lived that he has kept the confidence and esteem of his fellow citizens.
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Above left, Jonathan Wyland; above right, Elizabeth Van Arsdale; bottom, Clara Osborn Wyland.
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Source: 1915 Past and Present of Shelby County, Iowa, pp. 1000-1003. Family Researcher: NA
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One of the Hoosiers in Shelby County, Iowa, is Hezekiah N. BAUGHMAN, whose parents were among the first settlers of this county. For sixty years, Mr. BAUGHMAN has been a resident of this county, except the three years he served his country during the Civil War. Through the munificence of our government, thousands of soldiers were given homestead claims in Iowa and other western states after the close of the war, and several hundred of these worthy men came to Shelby County.
Hezekiah BAUGHMAN, son of David and Elizabeth (NEAL) BAUGHMAN, was born in Noble County, Indiana, January 12, 1840. His father, a farmer and native of Pennsylvania, came to Shelby County, Iowa, with his family in 1854. The BAUGHMAN family was one of the first to locate in the county, and David BAUGHMAN was one of the most prominent citizens in its early history. He served as judge of the county shortly after its organization, and during his lifetime was one of the most influential citizens of this part of the state.
Hezekiah BAUGHMAN was educated in the schools of Noble County, Indiana. Mr. BAUGHMAN enlisted at Lewis, Iowa, in 1862 as a member of the 23rd Regiment, Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and was mustered in as a member of Company I. His regiment participated in many of the severest engagements of the south and was finally mustered out at Harrisburg, Texas, in 1865.
At the close of the war, Mr. BAUGHMAN returned to Iowa, secured forty acres of timber and prairie land in Grove Township, built a small cabin and lived in it for several years. He married in 1866, and he and his young wife lived pioneer lives amid all of the hardships and privations incident to life in a new country. As Mr. BAUGHMAN prospered, he added to his acreage and now is the owner of one hundred and sixty acres of excellent land, thirty-five acres of which is in timber. He has spent about six thousand dollars in improvements upon his farm and has so cultivated his land as to keep it in a high state of productivity.
Mr. BAUGHMAN was married in 1866 to Irene MILLER, who was born in Pike County, Illinois, in 1848, and to this union seven children have been born: May, deceased; Floy, who married Drayton A. HOLCOMB, and who lives in this township; Blanche, wife of Andrew JACKSON of Dow City, Iowa; Harold, who is a resident of Woodbine, Iowa; Raymond, deceased, who married Anna WISE; Grace and Elvin, both still living with their parents.
The Democratic party has claimed the support of Mr. BAUGHMAN, but he has never had any political aspirations, preferring the simple life. He and his family are members of the Reorganized Church of Latter Day Saints. Mr. BAUGHMAN has now passed the age of seventy. He can look back over a long life which has been well spent. Not only in the service of his country during the dark and bloody days of the sixties, but in the services of his fellow men as well. He has lived a clean and wholesome life and there is no more highly respected people in the county than he and his good wife.
Source: 1915 Past and Present of Shelby County, Iowa, pp. 1003-04. Family Researcher: NA
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In 1887 there landed in Shelby County, Iowa, a Danish youth by the name of Christian NIELSEN, who was eighteen years of age and who had come because he had heard there were excellent opportunities for young men. Probably he little thought on the day he arrived in this County that, in the course of a few years, he would be the owner of a fine farm of three hundred and sixty acres and be counted as one of the most substantial farmers of his township. The history of this youth strikingly illustrates what may be accomplished by a young man who settles in a prosperous farming region and plans his work carefully. It is difficult for the present generation to understand the obstacles which Christian NIELSEN had to face when he started in to seek his fortune in this County twenty-seven years ago.
Christian NIELSEN, the son of Morton NIELSEN, was born in Denmark July 6, 1859. He was educated in his native country. He worked on a farm for about four years in Shelby County and then returned to Denmark on a visit. He remained in his native land only a few months, and then returned to Shelby County and a year later located on his present farm in Fairview Township. He has added to his farm from time to time, and is now the owner of three hundred and sixty acres of well improved land. He has a beautiful country home, large and commodious barns and other buildings, and has been one of the most successful farmers of the township. The farm is well adapted to stock raising and well supplied with running water and a tract of natural forest trees. He raises a large amount of stock each year and feeds most of his grain to the stock which he raises.
Mr. NIELSEN was married October 9, 1892 to Hannah C. MADSEN, the widow of Peter MADSEN. Mrs. MADSEN had four children by her first marriage: Effie, the wife of George BOWERS; Lee and Alice, who are well educated and are now teaching in Oklahoma; and Peter, who married Lona JENSEN, daughter of Rev. J. A. JENSEN. To Mr. And Mrs. NIELSEN have been born two sons: Martin and Walter, who are still living with their parents.
Mr. NIELSEN and his family are members of the Baptist Church. Mr. NIELSEN is essentially a self-made man and during the 27 years he has lived in this county, he has contributed in a definite measure in his particular sphere of action to the well-being of his community. His life is characterized by earnest purpose and tireless energy. He has so conducted himself as to merit respect and esteem, accorded him by all.
Source: 1915 Past and Present of Shelby County, Iowa, pp. 1004-05. Family Researcher: NA
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The editor of a good newspaper occupies a place of importance which is second to no other profession. It has long been said
that the pulpit, press and platform are the three agencies which have the most to do with the advancement of civilization. Many of our best colleges and
universities are now giving courses in journalism and the trained newspaperman was never in greater demand than today. One of the leaders in this
field in Shelby County is W. C. CAMPBELL, editor of the Harlan Tribune and a man of more than forty years' experience in the business.
William C. CAMPBELL, son of W. D. and Jane Ann (LILLY) CAMPBELL, was born near Melbourne, Australia, September 28, 1855. his father was born in
Edinburgh, Scotland, graduated from the medical department of the University of Edinburgh, married immediately after graduation and at once went to
Australia. His first wife died a few years later, and in April 1854, Doctor Campbell married for his second wife, Jane Ann LILLY, the marriage taking place in Brisbane, Australia. Doctor Campbell continued to reside in Australia until 1859 when he decided to return to his native country. The voyage to London was begun on the British mail steamer, Indian Queen, but on rounding Cape Horn, the vessel was wrecked and the passengers were saved only with difficulty. The family had to wait six months at Valparaiso and Panama, South America, before they were able to continue their voyage. Five children were born to Doctor Campbell and wife, and four are still living, Maria (dying at the age of 18 months), W. C., Mrs. Jennie Leigh, Joseph A., and Henry A.
The parents of Dr. Campbell's second wife were of French birth, having fled from France to England in 1792, during the French revolution. Mrs. Campbell
went to Australia with her three brothers and there met and married Doctor Campbell.
The education of W. C. CAMPBELL was received at Edinburgh, Scotland, and at the age of 16, he came with his parents to America. The family located at
Red Oak, Iowa, and for the first two years he found employment on the farms in the vicinity of Red Oak. In March 1873, Mr. Campbell entered the printing
office of the Sidney Union, owned and edited at the time by ROBERT SIMONS. After learning his trade, Mr. Campbell worked at printing in a number of
Iowa and Nebraska cities and towns. In 1878 Mr. Campbell became the joint editor with WILLIAM HARRIS of the Guthrian, published at Guthrie, Iowa. In
January of the following year, he founded the Audubon Times in partnership with E. H. KIMBALL. His next position was with the Harlan Herald, where he
began work with George ROSS in March 1879. In June of the same year, he assisted in the founding of the Harlan Tribune and six years later became
the editor and sole proprietor of the paper. He has now been at the head of this paper for nearly 30 years and has expanded his plant and equipment in
order to keep pace with the growth of the county and city. In 1909, he took his son, Hal W., in partnership with him, the firm now being known as The
Tribune Publishing Company. In 1913, the printing plant was moved into a new brick building, thirty-two by one hundred feet, and now occupies the most
complete and up-to-date building devoted to printing to be found in the city of Harlan.
Mr. Campbell was married July 12, 1878, to Emma F. STRAIGHT, of Guthrie Center, Iowa. To this union have been born three children, Mrs. Charles A.
COCKERELL, Hal W., and Robert C. The latter is in the employ of the Westinghouse Electric Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Source: 1915 Past and Present of Shelby County, Iowa, pp. 1264-1265. Family Researcher: NA
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The tilling of the soil finds an able exponent in JOHN EDWARD CAMPBELL, who is an enterprising and successful farmer
living in Center Township, Shelby County, Iowa. His parents were among the early pioneers of this county and he, himself, was born in the county in
1873. As a lad, he lived amidst the scenes which surround the pioneers in any new country, and early in life began to work upon the farm. He is strictly a self-made man, and his fine farm of one hundred twenty six acres is a tribute to his successful management and diligent labors.
John Edward CAMPBELL, son of Hiram Addison and Elizabeth Ann (SWEET) CAMPBELL, was born in Monroe Township, Shelby County, Iowa, September 21, 1873. His parents were both born in Albany, New York, his father on January 14, 1836 and his mother on February 16, 1846. Hiram A. Campbell received his education in his native state, as did his wife, and they lived there until after their marriage. In 1870 the Campbell family came to Iowa and located in Jasper County, where Hiram A. bought a small farm and lived for three years. In 1873 the family came to Shelby County in a prairie schooner, making the long trip across the trackless prairie. They settled in Monroe Township, where Hiram A. Campbell bought a farm of 80 acres for which he paid eight dollars an acre. For the first few weeks after settling on their farm, the family camped out and then built a small shack in which they lived for the first few years. Hiram A. Campbell carried on general farming in Monroe Township until his death, in 1901. There were eight children born to Hiram A. Campbell and wife: William, who first married Mayme ELLIOTT, and after her death Marie JENSEN; Jennie, wife of Grant MURPHY; Nancy, wife of George NICKEL; Hiram, who married Clona ANSTINE; Lucella, who married Clarence RILEY; Roy W. who married Anna PAUSCH; Ray, who married
Margaret SESSENA, and John Edward, the immediate subject of this review.
The education of John E. Campbell was received in the district schools of Monroe township. After leaving school, he farmed with his father until he was
twenty-one years of age, at which time he rented a farm and began, with his brother William, to farm for himself on one hundred acres. The two brothers
farmed for one year together, and then John E. hired out to work by the month on the farms in his home neighborhood. He afterwards rented a farm and
operated it alone until 1908, when he married and bought the farm of one hundred twenty six acres, on which he has since lived. He devotes most of his
attention to the raising of corn, hogs, and cattle, and feeds his corn to his livestock rather than sell it. He is gradually improving his farm and has the
satisfaction of seeing it yield better returns year by year.
Mr. Campbell was married February 16, 1898, to May Clara MALICK, daughter of Jeremiah and Elizabeth (LEWIS) malick. To this union three children
have been born, Alvin E., Myrtle O., and Ruth E. Mrs. Campbell was born in Monroe Township, this county, March 21, 1874, her parents being natives of
Snyder County, Pennsylvania. The history of the Malick family is found elsewhere in this volume in the sketch of Harry J. MALICK, a brother of Mrs.
Campbell.
Politically, Mr. Campbell is identified with the Republican party, but has never been an aspirant for office. He and his family are consistent members of
the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Campbell discharges the duties of a citizen in an intelligent manner, as becomes the loyal American of today, and
manifests a deep interest in whatever makes for the betterment or advancement of his community. He encourages all worthy enterprises and lends his
influence to all measures whereby his fellow men may be benefited.
Source: 1915 Past and Present of Shelby County, Iowa, pp. 1146-47. Family Researcher: NA
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The State of Iowa has attracted emigrants from all over the world, and a score of nationalities are represented among the citizenship of the county. Of all
the European countries which have contributed their best blood to Shelby County, there is no one which has sent better citizens than Denmark. The father of John RASMUSSEN came to Shelby County 34 years ago and is a fine type of the Danish citizens who came here at that time. The Danish citizens of this county have been very prosperous, and the frugal habits which were necessary in their native land have followed them to this country and made them valuable citizens of the various communities in which they have settled.
John RASMUSSEN, the son of Rasmus and Anna E. (LARSEN) RASMUSSEN, was born February 7, 1879 in Cedar County, Iowa. His father was born in
1852 in Denmark, reared to manhood in his native country, and married after coming to the United States. In 1971 Rasmus Rasmussen settled in Cedar
County, where he worked for seven years as a farm laborer and then rented a farm. With true Danish thrift, he saved his money and in 1880 came to
Shelby County, where he purchased 60 acres of land in Jackson Township. He improved this land and, as he prospered, added more to it until he owned
260 acres of fine farming land at the time he sold out and retired in 1908. He is now living in Harlan, where he and his wife are surrounded by all the
comforts and conveniences of modern life. Seven children were born to Rasmus Rasmussen and wife, four of whom are living. Two died in infancy;
Paulina is also deceased. The living children are John and Anna (wife of George LARSEN), Clara (wife of Peter OLESON), and Laura (wife of Andrew
POLDBERG).
John RASMUSSEN was one of the seven children born to his parents. He was one year old when he came to Shelby County with his parents and
received all of his education in the schools of Jackson Township. He remained at home until his marriage in 1900, and then rented land of his father until
1908 when he bought 160 acres of the old home farm. He has since erected a beautiful residence, in which he has incorporated all of the modern
improvements and conveniences. He divides his attention between raising of crops and livestock and has been successful to a very gratifying degree. In addition to his farming interests, he owns stock in the Buck Valley Creamery and the telephone company of Jackson Township.
Mr. RASMUSSEN was married July 11, 1900 to Mary HOOGENSEN, daughter of Henry HOOGENSEN of Jackson Township, and to this union have been
born two sons, Harold and Henry, both of whom are living with their parents. Mr. Rasmussen and his family are loyal and earnest members of the
Danish Lutheran Church, while he is a member of the Danish Brotherhood, an organization which embraces practically all of the Danish citizens of the
county. Politically, he is a Democrat, but has preferred to devote his time and energy to his agricultural interests rather than to political affairs. Mr.
Rasmussen is one of the many Danish settlers of this county who have won prosperity through their own efforts, and in so doing he has won the high
esteem of his fellow citizens.
Source: 1915 Past and Present of Shelby County, Iowa, pp. 1261-62. Family Researcher: NA
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It is fitting to present here a few paragraphs concerning the life of John Charles EDWARDS, the eldest son of John E. EDWARDS, whose standing in
the community is very high and who is a citizen of prominence in Harlan.
John C. EDWARDS was born February 7, 1874, in Shelby Township, has been a resident of this county for 40 years and has seen it develop from a partial wilderness into a land of fertile fields and prosperous towns.
He was educated in the schools of this county and remained with his parents on the farm until 1894. During the six years the family spent in Guthrie
County, he attended the high school at Menlo. When the EDWARDS family removed to Harlan in 1894, he started to work in the implement business, and
six years later for the Booth Implement Company during the summer seasons. He retired from active work in 1910 and is now making his home in
Harlan. He is the owner of 80 acres of land in Shelby Township, from which he realizes a goodly return. Mr. Edwards is a Republican but has never been active in politics. He is a member of the Woodmen of the World and takes an active interest in the work of that fraternal organization. While attending to his own interests, he has never neglected his duty to his fellow men and is justly admired by those who know him.
Source: 1915 Past and Present of Shelby County, Iowa, p. 1256. Family Researcher: NA
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One of the youngest farmers of Monroe Township, Shelby County, Iowa, is Harry J. MALICK, who was born in this county thirty-one
years ago in the same house in which he is now living. His father was one of the many Civil War veterans who located in Shelby County immediately after the close of that war when land was to be purchased very cheaply. Mr. Malick is an enterprising and progressive young man and handles his farm in such a way as to secure the best results. He gives all of his attention to his own agricultural interests and has never been inclined to take an active part in political matters, although he gives his hearty support to all public-spirited measures.
Harry J. MALICK, son of Jeremiah and Elizabeth (LEWIS) MALICK, was born in Monroe Township, Shelby County, Iowa, April 11, 1883. His parents were
both natives of Snyder County, Pennsylvania, his father's birth occurring on July 6, 1836, and his mother's in 1841. They both grew to naturity in their
native state and were married there several years before the opening of the Civil War. As a young man, Jeremiah Malick learned the milling trade and
was engaged in that occupation when the Civil War opened. He enlisted in 1862 in Company G, 147th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and
was mustered in as a Corporal. He served nine months and was then discharged on account of disability arising from a severe attack of the typhoid
fever. His brave young wife was with him much of the time for the nine months he was in the service, and even traveled with the Army for a time in order to be near her husband. While he was in the hospital, she nursed him back to health. After remaining home about six months, he again enlisted in the
208th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry and served as a Corporal until the close of the war. He was with the Army of the Potomac and
participated in the siege of Petersburg for nine months and was present at the Grand Review at Washington, D.C.
Immediately after the close of the war, Jeremiah Malick moved with his family to the west, and in the fall of 1865 located in Iowa. They came by rail as far as Boonesboro and then went by stage to Harlan. From that place, they walked twelve miles southeast to his brother's farm in Monroe Township and
located on an adjoining farm. They built a log cabin that fall in which they lived until they were able to provide a better house. Jeremiah Malick first bought fifty acres of land in Monroe township from the government for one dollar and a quarter an acre, and later added eighty acres to this for which he paid three dollars and a half an acre. He farmed this for a short time and then bought one hundred sixty acres in Fairview township, this being part of the farm of two hundred twenty acres which Harry J. Malick now owns. Subsequently, Jeremiah Malick increased his holdings until he was the owner of two
hundred twenty acres at the time of his death on January 28, 1913. There were six children born to Jeremiah Malick and wife: Clement, who married
Elizabeth FORGOTTER; Fred, who married Fannie HURLES; Blanche, wife of John FINDLEY; Aikron, who married Bashie ANSTINE; Mae, the wife of
Edward CAMPBELL, and Harry J.
The education of Harry J. Malick was received in the schools of Monroe township and after leaving school he assisted his father on the home farm for six
years. His father then retired and moved to Harlan and Harry J. took charge of the home place. The farm has sixty-five acres of native timber, a feature
which adds not a little to the value of the farm in view of the fact that timber is very scarce in this section of the state. He devotes most of his attention to
the raising of corn and hogs. In the summer of 1914, he had one hundred thirty head of hogs on the farm.
Mr. MALICK was married September 14, 1908, to Meta COOK, and to this union two children have been born, Gaither and Gerald. Mrs. MALICK was born
in Germany and came to this country when twelve years of age to make her home with her uncle, William COOK of Harlan, Iowa. Mr. Malick's mother is
still living.
Politically, Mr. Malick is a Democrat but is not a partisan in any sense of the word. He prefers to be classed as an independent Democrat, feeling that it is to the best interests of his township and county to cast his ballot for the best men, irrespective of their political affiliations. Successful in his own private affairs, Mr. Malick is also interested in the welfare of his community and gives his unreserved support to every enterprise looking to the advancement and welfare of his fellow citizen.
Source: 1915 Past and Present of Shelby County, Iowa, pp. 739-40. Family Researcher: NA
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