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Ackors, Elias, laborer.

Alexander, J.B., tinner.

Anderson, J.P., deputy clerk.

APPLEGATE, DR. A.J., physician and surgeon; born in Trumbull county, Ohio, in 1830, and was raised there on a farm; emigrated to Iowa in November, 1856, and to this county in 1857, and engaged in farming and teaching school, and at the same time pursuing his medical studies; he enlisted in the 34th Iowa Infantry, and was afterward appointed Acting Assistant Surgeon U.S.A., and served until the close of the was, and since that time he has been engaged in the practice of his profession; he married Miss L.J. Hamilton, in 1865; she was born in Ohio.

ARMSTRONG, R.S., druggist; born in Rutland, Vermont, in 1850, and moved to Michigan in 1853, and to Indiana in 1863, and learned his present business in Elkhart, Indiana; he married Miss Laura E. Van Pelt, in October, 1873; she was born in Ohio; their family consists of two children: Mabel, aged two and one-half years, and Harry, an infant son.

Austin, E., merchant.

Austin, J.B., shoemaker.

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BABB, R., proprietor of the National Hotel; born in Frederick county, Virginia, in 1810; he was raised in this State on a farm until eighteen years of age; previous to this time he had crossed the Allegheny mountains three times with a six-horse team; in 1828 he moved to Ohio and learned the wagon-making trade, and carried on the business nine years; then moved to Clinton county, Indiana, and engaged in merchandizing; while living here was elected sheriff of the county, and served four years; in 1849 he again changed his location, settling in Bloomington, Illinois, and engaged in selling goods and keeping hotel; he came to this county in 1854, and commenced trading in stock and selling goods; in 1866 he purchased the National Hotel, and has conducted it successfully since that time; he married Miss Elizabeth Anderson, February 2, 1832; she was born in Greene county, Ohio; they have three children living: Martha J., now Mrs. Myers, Mary E., wife of J.H. Whitney, and Hannah M.; they have lost four.

Baker, O.H., teacher.

BAKER, Dr. E.L., physician and surgeon; son of the late Gen. N.B. and Lucretia Baker; born in Concord, New Hampshire; his father was a former governor f New Hampshire, and came to Iowa in 1856, and was adjutant-general of the State from 1861 to 1871, being in office during the time of the rebellion, and his name became a household word in every family. The subject of this sketch was educated at Racine, Wis., and the United States Naval Academy; he made choice of medicine as a profession, and received his medical education at the Rush Medical College, Chicago, and the Louisville Medical College, at Louisville, Kentucky; during the winter of 1872 and 1873 he was assistant-surgeon of the Marine Hospital in Louisville; he came to this county in 1875, and has built up a successful practice; he also holds the office of coroner; he married Miss Eva N. Otwell, February 13, 1878; she was born in Bloomington, Indiana; they have an infant daughter.

Barns, S., constable.

Barker, A.W., merchant

BARNS, JOHN W., sheriff of Warren county; was born in Madison county, Indiana, in 1841; he came to Clayton county, Iowa, in 1851, and moved to this county in 1857; he was raised a farmer and owns a farm of 300 acres; he enlisted in the 34th Iowa Infantry, during the late war. and served three years and was in fourteen general engagements; he has held various township offices to his election to his present position in 1877; he married Miss Cynthia Bundy in August, 1866; she was born in Quincy, Illinois; they have four children: Lora, Walter, Clyde and Charles R.

BARKER, M. R., merchant; was born in Gallia county, Ohio, in 1825, and was raised on a farm; he came to this State in 1845, and settled in Fairfield, Jefferson county, and lived there five years, and then removed to this county in 1850, and has been selling goods since that time, his being the oldest house in business in the city; he married Miss Rachel L. Cox, in 1850; she was born in Chester county, Pennsylvania, and died in 1858; he afterward married Miss Esther A. Cox, a sister of his first wife; she was born in Indiana; their family consists of three children, by first marriage: Arthur W., Alice M., nos Mrs. Berry, and Louise K., now Mrs. C.H. McCune; two by second marriage: George E. and Warren W.

Beck, Josiah, Jeweler.

BERRY, W.H., attorney; of the firm of Henderson & Berry; was born in Cass county, Illinois, in 1849, and removed with his parents to this county in 1867; he was educated at Simpson Centenary College, and graduated in the class of 1872; he read law and was admitted to the bar before Judge Maxwell in 1873, and has been associated with J.H. Henderson in the practice of his profession since that time; he married Miss Alice M. Barker, daughter of M.R. Barker, Esq., one of Warren county's early settlers, in 1875; she was born in Indianola and educated at Simpson Centenary College, and graduated in the same class with her husband.

BERRY, REV. T.S., President of Simpson Centenary College; was born in Cass county, Ill., in 1841; his early life was spent on a farm; he enlisted in the 114th Illinois Infantry during the late was, and was commissioned 1st Lieutenant of Company D; he was wounded at Guntown, Miss., and taken prisoner and held in the hands of the enemy eleven months; after his discharge from the army he attended Garrett Biblical Institute, at Evanston, Ill., and graduated in 1870; he also graduated at the Northwestern University, in the same place, in 1872; his first charge was at Carlisle in this county; he was for a time pastor of a church in Des Moines, and later in Indianola; in July, 1878, he was elected President of Simpson Centenary College, and under his leadership is has been eminently successful; President Berry has pursued his ministerial calling with untiring zeal, energy, and with a success which has earned for him no inferior rank among the clergy of the State; he is a man of strong sharp intellect, untiring ambition and an attractive speaker; the success that has crowned his efforts, and the prominence he has attained, while yet so young, is a monument which might satisfy an ordinary ambition; he married Miss Lou A. Van Eaton, a native of Cass county, Ill., in 1865; their family consists of two children: Hattie and Mary.

BISHOP, A.C., attorney; was born in Warren county in 1850, and raised here; he was educated at Simpson Centenary College, and Des Moines University, and graduated in 1874; he studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1876; he is associated in the practice of his profession with W.F. Powell, under the firm name of Powell & Bishop.

Bonney, G.H., physician.

Bradshaw, Charles, tinner.

BRYSON, JESSE, proprietor of the Novelty Mills; was born in Lancaster county, Penn., May 3, 1837, and was raised there in the milling business; he came to Muscatine, Iowa, and lived there one year; and in 1856 settled in Iowa City, and lived there until 1869, when he removed to this city; in 1876 he built the above named mills at a cost, including ground, of $15,000; it is fitted up with the latest improved machinery, and the demand for his flour often necessitates the running of his mills day and night; he married Miss Eliza Hagens in 1855; she was born in Lancaster county, Penn.; they have six children: Frankie, now Mrs. Shepherd, Charles L., Millie, Harry, Joie and Jessie.

BUFFINGTON, C.A., druggist; was born in Madison county, Ill., in 1841; he was raised in this county and St. Louis, where he learned his present business; he lived in Quincy eight years, and Indianapolis three years, previous to his coming to this county in May, 1876; he married Miss Lydia Lane in 1875; she was born in Pike county, Illinois.

Burkett, John, jailor.

Burtch, Nelson, laborer.

Burtch, A.E., painter.

Burbery, Stephen, grocer.

Butler, O.K., jeweler.

BUTLER, W.H., retired farmer; was born in Virginia in 1815, and came to Indianola, with his parents, in 1821; he was engaged in stock trading, in Wisconsin, for about fifteen years; he came to this county in 1864, and bought the land that he now owns, which consists of 335 acres, and also owns a nice residence in town, which he occupies, he was married in Indianola, in 1858, to Miss S.E. Truitt; they have a family of two sons: William F. and Edward P. He was through the Northern part of the State as early as 1845, but did not locate; since he came to the county his occupation has been that of farmer.

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Calhoun, Rev. Joseph, clergyman.

Calhoun, S.S., commission merchant.

CAMPBELL, J.W., dealer in hardware, stoves and manufacturer of tin-ware; was born in Mahoning county, Ohio, in 1825, and lived there until 1857, and then came to Washington county, Iowa, where he resided until his removal to this county in 1867; he married Miss Lizzie Riddle in 1845; she was a native of Mahoning county, Ohio; their family consists of five children: Nancy A., Valerie J., Alice C., Mamie R. and Lizzie E.

Carpenter, G.C., professor.

Carter, J., barber.

CARRUTHERS, W.B., of the firm of Hall & Carruthers, attorneys, abstractors, real estate agents and money loaners; was born in Scotland in 1835, and settled in North Carolina, and in 1837 removed to Ohio; he was raised a farmer and for six years was engaged in teaching; in 1854 he removed to Washington county, Iowa, and engaged in mercantile pursuits; in 1866 he removed to Knoxville, Marion county, and engaged in the lumber business; while living here he was elected mayor of the city; he came to this county in 1874; he married Miss Susan J. Brownlee in 1845; she was born in Rockbridge county, Virginia; their family consists of three children: Maggie J., now Mrs. Patterson, Robert E., now a resident of Shelby county, Iowa, and John Howard, a graduate of the State University.

CARPENTER, WILLET, livery stable; was born in York State in 1872; when about six years of age his parents moved to Michigan where he remained till 1854, when he came to this county; he married near Battle Creek, Michigan, in 1854, and started to his present home the next day; the maiden name of his wife was Miss Lora A. Garrett, a native of Canada; he commenced blacksmithing in 1847 and followed it till 1869; he ironed the first wagon and buggy that was built in the county; has lost one son: Leon; he raised a farmer till about twenty-one years of age; in 1851 he went to California and spent three years and returned with three dollars.

CHESBUROUGH, N.G., blacksmith; was born in Otsego county, New York, in 1821, but raised in Albany City till 1821, when he emigrated to Galesburg, Ill., where he lived about fifteen years, and then went to Chicago where he made his home till he came to this county in 1871; was married in Albany, in 1848, to Miss Elizabeth Abel; they have a family of two daughters: Mary A. and Millie J.; he learned his trade when about nineteen years of age, and has followed it as an avocation ever since.

Chaffin, Leander, farmer.

CHESHIRE, JOHN; was born in Hampshire county, Virginia, October 3, 1825, and when ten years of age removed with his parents to Fayette county, Ohio, where he remained three years when he removed to Athens county, Ohio; remained there until 1855, when he removed directly to Indianola, coming all the way in a two-horse wagon; he engaged in the mercantile business, at first, for a few years, alone, and afterward, for ten years in partnership with his brother, Wesley; in 1871 he retired from that business, and upon the organization of the Warren County Bank, became its president, which position he still holds; Mr. Cheshire is an excellent business man, safe, conservative and watchful, and one who possesses, in an eminent degree, the confidence of the public; he was married April 21, 1855, to Miss Sarah Robbins, of Athens county, Ohio; their children are: Hattie, now Mrs. B.A. Smith, Myron W, Ida E., Charley C., who died in April, 1878, and Frank H.

Chittenden, W.R., carpenter.

Christy, O.H. & Co., dry-goods.

CLARKE, J. CHAPPELLE, real estate dealer; was born in Marietta, Ohio, in 1828, and until seventeen years of age divided his time between attending school and at work on a farm; he supplemented his education by nearly two years study at Meadville, Penn.; he commenced teaching at an early age, and with more that ordinary success; he followed this as an avocation for many years after coming to this county in 1857; he also served the county very efficiently as superintendent of public schools; the State University, in recognition of his ability as an educator, and the interest taken in educational matters, has honored him with degrees from that institution; he married Miss Ella De Lano August 28, 1854; she was born in Ohio and was for many years engaged in teaching; for the past few years Mr. Clarke has devoted his attention to real estate transactions and is one of the largest tax-payers of Warren county.

Clary & Bilderblack, editors.

Clark, W.J., stock-buyer.

CLAPP, L.B., salesman; was born in South Hampton, Mass., in 1827, and removed with his parents to Litchfield, Medina county, in 1831; his youth was spent on a farm and in a store; he came to Warren county in 1856, and he has been selling goods almost the entire time since he became a resident of the county; he married Miss Magdaline Wells in January, 1851; she died in September, 1857; he married for his second wife Miss Rebecca Fitzgerald in December, 1860; they have two daughters, twins: Martha and May, born March 20, 1862.

COCKE, A.R., druggist; the subject of this sketch is the son of James R. and Margaret E. Cocke, born in Knox county, Tenn., January 27, 1840; his father died when he was only six months old, leaving him the only son of a widowed mother, who has since died; his ancestry on his father's side came from France, his grandfather, General John Cocke, during the war of 1812, was commander of the army of East Tennessee, while Jackson was in command of that of the West; his great grandfather, Wm. Cocke, was one of the first two senators, with Wm. Blunt, from that State, who afterward enlisted in the army as a private; on his mother's side they came from Ireland; his grandfather, Gen. Andrew Lewis, of Revolutionary fame, as history shows, was a personal friend of Washington, at one time being offered command-in-chief of the army; Mr. Cocke received his early training in his native State, and when about twenty years of age came to this county on a visit, but engaged in the dry-goods business for about ten months, and also read medicine for about six months with Dr. C.W. Davis, and in 1861 returned to his native State; after the battle of Fort Donelson he enlisted in Co. D, 2d Tennessee Cavalry, Confederate States Army, and served under honest convictions till the close of the war; after which he returned to his native State for a short time; he then went to Atlanta, Georgia, where he remained for ten months, and came to Indianola; after two months he went to Texas where he made his home for two years, and returned in December, 1868; in January, 1869, he married Miss Sarah J. Grantham, of this place; they have one son and four daughters: James R., M. Francis, Catherine A., Mary A. and L. Caroline; he has been connected with the drug business for twenty-one years, several years under the eye of a competent analytical chemist; from 1870 to 1874 he clerked for A.J. Little, then entered a co-partnership with W.M. Park, which continued for one year; he then purchased his interest and since that time has carried on the business himself.

COOK, MISS E.S., county superintendent of schools; was born in Warren county, New Jersey, and came to this county in 1868, and was educated at Simpson Centenary College, and graduated in the class of 1875; she was elected to her present position and has served the county faithfully and acceptably.

CORYELL, S., baker and grocer; he was born December 7, 1836, in Sciota county, Ohio; parents moved to Clark county, Illinois, in 1841, and toe Washington, Iowa, in 1852; came to this county in the summer of 1860, and located in this place where he followed his trade of plasterer and brick-layer till 1877, when he embarked in the bakery and grocery trade, which he has carried on since, and in which he has, by fair dealing built up a good trade; he enlisted in Company G, 3rd Iowa Infantry, June 21, 1864, when he was discharged; he was in all the battles in which his regiment was engaged; was taken prisoner at the battle of Shiloh April 7, 1862, and was taken to Tuskaloosa, Alabama, and from there to Mobile, and again returned to Tuskaloosa, where he was exchanged in February, 1863; he was sent to St. Louis, Missouri, and then returned to his company, which was then at Moscoe, Tennessee, where he resumed his duties to Uncle Sam; he was never in the hospital while in the service; he was married June 27, 1864, to Miss Elizabeth E. Renfrow, of Indianola, Iowa, a native of Illinois; they have no children; she was born December 8, 1841, in Madison county, Illinois.

Corbit, Sarah

Coryell, Hiram, plasterer.

Cox, Amos E., clerk.

CROSSTHWAIT, T.P., saddle and harness-maker; was born in Fulton county, Illinois, in 1843, and at an early age removed to Davis county, Iowa, and lived there until 1865, and then moved to Missouri, and came to this county in 1862; July 15, 1863, he enlisted in Company M, 8th Iowa Cavalry, and served until the close of the war; the command, besides other fields of operation, was with Nelson in Georgia, and was mustered out at Macon, Georgie; he spent one year in Colorado; he learned his present business, and engaged in it on his own account in 1868; he has held the office of city treasurer, and is agent of the American Express Company at this place; he married Miss Lizzie C. Robberts in 1868; she was born in Indiana; they have two children: Eugene and Nellie.

Crouch, H.O., farmer.

CREIGHTON, J.H., of the firm of Creighton & Creighton, attorneys, abstracters and loan agents; was born in Stark county, Ohio, in 1832; he was educated at the Mount Union College, and graduated in 1859; and read law and graduated at the Union Law College in 1861; he came in the State in 1861, and settled in Sigourney in 1862; he enlisted in the 18th Iowa Infantry, and was commissioned 1st Lieutenant of Company D; after serving three years he was mustered out at Springfield, Missouri; he engaged in the practice of his profession at this place, and was appointed prosecuting attorney of the 14th Judicial District of Missouri; he was also elected mayor of Springfield; he was appointed Judge of the 13th Judicial District of Missouri, by Gov. Fletcher, but he declined to accept it, and returned the appointment; he married Miss Laura C. Hudson, of Lebanon, Mo., in 1868; they have four children: Carl H., Abilena, Harry S. and Hugh McM.

Cunningham, Jere, grocer.

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DAVIS, DR. W.C., son of Dr. Charles W. and Sallie A. Davis; was born in Warren county, and educated at the Simpson Centenary College; he entered his father's office and commenced the study of medicine, and graduated from the Keokuk Medical College in 1878, and since that time has been associated with his father and Dr. Park in the practice of his profession; he married Miss Lizzie Jay in 1878; she was born in Chariton, Lucas county, Iowa.

DAVIS, GAS. C., harness-maker and saddler; was born in Brook county, West Virginia, in 1848, and came with his parents to Warren county in 1854; he was raised on a farm; and in 1873 formed a partnership with A.P. Vance in his present business; in 1876 he bought Mr. Vance's interest, and continues the business alone; he married Miss Sue Pryor in 1871; she was born in Green county, Penn.

DAVIS,CHARLES W., A.M., M.D.; one of Warren county's honored citizens, and the oldest medical practitioner in the city; was born in Ohio in 1828; his father, Ephraim P. Davis, was a descendent of an old Welsh family, and died in Indianola on the 31st of August, 1867; the maiden name of his mother was Nancy Cottingham; the family removed to Lafayette, Indiana, when the subject of this sketch was twelve years old; he was educated at Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Ind., and graduated in 1848; he turned his attention to medicine, and read with Dr. E. Deming, of LaPorte, Ind., and graduated at Rush Medical College, Chicago, in 1853; after practicing three years at Lebanon and Carlisle, Indiana, he came to Indianola in the spring of 1856, and has been here in constant practice, excepting when absent in his country's service; in 1862 he was commissioned surgeon of the 34th Iowa Infantry, and in 1864 was promoted to Surgeon of U.S. Volunteers, serving in the latter capacity until the close of the war; prior to going in the service he was examining surgeon for volunteers, and after its close was offered the position of United States examiner for pensions, but declined; while Dr. Davis' specialty is surgery, the business in Warren county is limited, and he does a general practice, standing at the head of his profession; he is a member of the Warren County Medical Society, the State Medical Association, and of the American Medical Association; he has represented the State in the National Association, and has read papers before them; he is a good writer in medical science, and has contributed several valuable papers to the western periodicals in the interest of his profession; he has pursued his chosen calling with untiring zeal, and with a success which has earned for him an enviable reputation; in his medical relations he has built up his own reputation by skill and energy, and has acquired an extensive practice; the Dr. is well known in every township, and the respect shown him is as wide as his acquaintance; he is kind to the poor, and has ridden hundreds of miles to administer to their necessities without expectation of pecuniary compensation; his intellect is quick and incisive as well as comprehensive, and possessing a wide range of experience, and fine conversational powers, is a most excellent social companion; he married Miss Sallie A. Pursel, of Greencastle, Ind., October 19, 1834; they have one son: William C. Davis, who is a practicing physician, and associated with his father.

Dobbs, May F.

Dyke, J.C., farmer.

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EMBREE, AMOS, blacksmith; was born in Vermillion county, Illinois, in 1834, and was raised there until sixteen years of age, when he removed with his parents to this county in October, 1850; he learned the trade of blacksmith, and has worked at it since that time, and has worked at the business in this county longer than any one in the county; he married Miss Rebecca Stiles, January 8, 1863; she was born in Fayette county, Indiana; their family consists of three children: Edward, Frank and Lizzie; he started out for himself without funds or favor, and has by industry, honesty and economy acquired a competency, and stands among the respected men of the town.

ENO, I.L., grocer, of the firm of Spray and Eno; was born in Cayuga county, New York, in 1830, and was raised there; he removed to Illinois in 1852, and came to this county in 1866, and settled in Washington township; owns 100 acres of land; in connection with his brothers, was the first to introduce successfully the hedge business, and have planted over 100 miles in the county; he enlisted in the 77th Illinois Infantry during the late war, he married Miss Catherine Cronkhite in 1854; she was a native of New York, and died in 1856; he afterward married Miss Julia Allerton in 1858; she was born in Ohio; they have one son: Rufus A.

Everett, Isaac, retired.

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FALLIS, J.A., blacksmith; was born in Switzerland county, Indiana, June 29, 1832, and was raised these until nineteen years of age; he commenced working at his trade May 20, 1850, and has pursued it steadily since that date, and a portion of the time has carried on a farm in connection; September 27, 1865, he came to Iowa, and April 17, 1857, came to Warren county, where he has since resided; he owns a farm of 100 acres; has held office of justice of peace from eight to ten years; he married Miss Mary J. Tharp, July 10, 1853; she was a native of Bartholomew county, Indiana, and died January 9, 1864; he married for his second wife Miss Emily Lewis, February 26, 1866; she was born in Illinois; their family consists of two children by first marriage: Elizabeth L. and David W., and four by second marriage: Anna O., Allen F., Eva G. and John L.; lost three: Abigail, Ida May and Mary J.

Fernald, G.W., elevator.

Fisk, Effie, Mrs.

Flummer, Alex, laborer.

Flummer, Andrew, laborer.

Fortney, E.W., planing mill.

Ford, Sarah A.

Freeman, Ira B., carpenter.

FOLGER, J.M., painter and writing teacher; he was born June 23, 1834, in Union county, Indiana; his parents moved to Rush county, Indiana, in 1837; there he grew to manhood, and was educated in the common schools; he learned his trade in Rushville, Indiana; he came to this county in May, 1857, and settled in this town, and went to work at his trade, which he followed during the summers since; he being a professor of penmanship, he teaches writing during the winter; he is the author of Folger's System of Penmanship, which is soon to be published; he has taught forty-three terms in this town during the last twenty years, and ten classes in drawing; he enlisted August 13, 1862, in Company D, 34th Iowa Infantry; he promoted to Hospital steward in May, 1863, and served to December 22, 1864, when he was discharged for general disability, caused by exposure while in the line of duty; he was born May 27, 1835, in Dayton, Ohio; they have a family of five children living: Ella K., Emma B., Ida C., Sallie D. and Flors; one son, John P., died in infancy.

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Gardner, James C., collector.

GIFFORD, J.B., merchant; was born in Orange county, Indiana, in 1824, and was raised there on a farm; in 1855 he came to Iowa, and settled in Warren county; owns 255 acres of land; he has held various township offices; he married Miss G. Hoskins in 1849; she was born in North Carolina; they have two children: Albert, and Dora, now Mrs. Honnold, whose husband is associated with the subject of this sketch in business.

Goodman, C.F., plasterer.

Goodman, Israel, brick-mason.

Gordon, W., carpenter.

GRAHAM, T.W., justice of the peace; was born in Franklin county, Ohio, in 1828, and was raised a farmer, and resided on the farm on which he was born for twenty-six years; his ancestry were of Scotch-Irish origin; his father, mother and his grand parents and great grand parents are buried in the same cemetery; in his father's family there were five sets of children, and a discordant word or family jar was unknown; the subject of this sketch came to Illinois in 1856, and in 1871 came to Warren county; he married Miss Margaret J. Taylor, in May, 1854; she was born in New Athens, Harrison county, Ohio; they have five children: Wm. Marshall, Martha E., David W., Andrew H. and May.

Graham, R.J., attorney.

Graham, J.C., laborer.

GRAHAM, H.S., dealer in groceries and provisions; was born in Athens county, Ohio, in 1836; and learned the trade of blacksmith and machinist; and came to this county in 1856, and worked at t\his trade, and at one time was the only man in business on the east side of the square; he enlisted in the 10th Iowa Infantry during the late war, and was discharged on account of disability; he has been a resident of Indianola about twenty-four years; he engaged in his present business in 1874; in 1877 he invented a patent peanut roaster, and it is acknowledged the most perfect and complete invention of the kind ever made, and he is preparing to introduce it generally; he married Miss Belvidera Ford in 1863; she was born in Pennsylvania; they have three children: Jennie A., Charles L. and Veda S; lost one son: Fay.

Graham, James M., farmer.

GRAHAM, A.J., editor; was born in Westmoreland county, Penn., in 1833; his youth was spent on a farm; he received an academical education at Fairfield, Penn., and graduated from the Westminster College, in New Wilmington, Penn., in 1864, and pursued his Theological studies at Monmouth, Illinois, and at Allegheny City, Penn.; he was licensed to preach in April, 1866, and came to Iowa in 1868, and was located in St. Charles, Madison county; in January, 1873, he purchased an interest in what is now The Indianola Herald, as senior editor, and has retained the position since that time; he married Miss Jennie Reed August 31, 1864; she was born in Pennsylvania, and died June 11,1872; he married for his second wife Mrs. Nannie M. Oliver December 31, 1874; she was born in Iowa; Mrs. Graham has one daughter, Mattie, by a former marriage.

GRIFFITH, J.H., physician; is a native of Fayette county, Ohio; born December 29, 1826, and emigrated with his father to Ohio when about nine years of age, where he remained till August, 1850, when he came to this county, and since that time has made lit his permanent home; he was married in this county in 1855 to Miss Cornelia J. Williams, of Monongahela county, Virginia; they have two sons: P.V. and A.G.; he raised on a farm till about twenty years of age, when he bought his own books and began the study of his profession; he attended two courses of lectures at the Rush Medical College and has followed the practice of his profession since 1853.

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Hallam, David, farmer.

Hall, J.A., cabinet-maker.

HALL, EDWARD, of the firm of Hall & Carruthers, attorneys, real estate agents and money loaners; was born in Ireland in October, 1838; he came with his parents to the United States in 1840, and settled in Coshocton county, Ohio, and lived there until 1854, when he removed to Poweshiek county, Iowa; he read law in the office of M.E. Cutts, and was admitted to the bar in December, 1865; he came to Warren county first in 1866, and remained here until October, 1868, when he returned to Poweshiek county, and settled in Montezuma, and engaged in the practice of his profession; in 1873 he again made his home in Indianola, and established his present business; he has held school offices; served in the 46th Iowa Infantry in the late war; he married Miss Mattie Tyner Noble, October 1, 1868; she was born in Indiana, and was a daughter of the late Dr. Noble, one of the early settlers of Warren county; they have two children: May E. and Annie M.; lost one daughter: Jessie.

Halloway, S.B., engineer.

Hamilton, Mrs. M.M.

Hanna, James, insurance agent.

HARBISON, W.P., dealer in millinery goods; was born in Monroe county, Ind., in 1841, and lived there until 1855, when he removed to Iowa, and came to this county in 1856; he enlisted in Company C, 34th Iowa Infantry, during the late war, and was discharged on account of disability; he married Miss Amanda Clelland in 1864; she was born in Pennsylvania; they have one son: Robert C., aged thirteen years; have lost two: Luella A. and J. Carl McQ.

Harvey, Geo., boots and shoes.

HARTMAN, E.W., attorney; was born in Mansfield, Richland county, Ohio, in 1834, and lived there until 1846, when his parents removed to Iowa, and settled in Richland township; his father, J.D. Hartman, one of the first settlers of Warren county, laid out and owned the town of Hartford; the youth of the subject was divided between attending school and clerking in his father's store; he has held office of deputy sheriff and justice of the peace seven years; he read law and was admitted to the bar in 1873, and in 1875 formed a connection with Lewis Todhunter, as attorneys, insurance agents and abstracters; he has held the office of mayor of the city, and assessor and collector of internal revenue for this county; he married Miss Celia McKinney in 1858; she was born in Fayette county, Ohio, and died in February, 1863; he married for his second wife, Miss Sallie S. McKee in 1864; she was born in Henry county, Indiana; has one son, Walter, by first marriage; and Estella A., Ida E. and Henry H., by second marriage.

HARBISON, R.T., merchant; of the firm of Graham & Harbison, grocers and provision dealers; was born in Bloomington, Ind., in 1836, and lived there until eighteen years of age, then came to this county in 1854, and has lived here since that time; he enlisted in the 3d Iowa Infantry during the late war, and was discharged on account of disability; he engaged in merchandizing in 1862, and has continued the business the greater part of the time; he married Miss Mary M. Pritchard in 1874; she was born in Iowa City, and died in Indianola in 1876; he afterward married Miss Alice C. Campbell, a native of Ohio, in 1877; they have one daughter: Ada May.

HARVEY, GEORGE M., boots and shoes; was born in Hamilton county, Ohio, in 1855, and came to this county with his parents in 1866, and in 1872 he began as clerk for W.A. Haskell, who was then in the boot and shoe business, and in 1875 he was left in charge of the stock, which he sold out and went to Des Moines and clerked for about thirteen months, and in August, 1877, he engaged in the business upon his own responsibility.

Helmich, Simon, carpenter.

Henderson, Mrs. M.C., milliner.

Henderson, Thomas J., laborer.

HENRY, A.R., president of the First National Bank; was born; in Van Buren county, Iowa, in 1838; owing to the prevailing sickness in this locality, his parents returned to Illinois, and located in Stephenson county; in 1859 he came to Iowa, and settled in Warren county, where he engaged in farming and dealing in general merchandise; he enlisted in the 34th Iowa Infantry in the late war, as a private, and was mustered out a commissioned officer; he held various offices in Union township; in 1874 he sold out his business in Sandyville and came to Indianola, and took charge of the First National Bank, of which he is president; and since his connection with it has declared a dividend each year; his financial ability and integrity have never been questioned; careful and accurate, he has the fullest confidence of the people; as a man, upright, reliable and honorable, and justly retaining his own self-respect and the deserved esteem of his fellow-citizens as more valuable than wealth or fame; he married Miss Elizabeth E. Cottle, of Rock Grove, Ill., in 1865; she was born in Michigan; they have two children: Horace E. and Wirt C.

HENDERSON, JOHN H.; was born in Warren county on the 16th day of December, 1848, and received his education in the schools and the Seminary of Indianola; he chose the law as his profession, and in 1870 was admitted to the bar and began the practice; in September, 1873, he formed a partnership with W.H. Berry, under the firm name of Henderson & Berry, which has since continued uninterrupted. and has been very successful; he was married on the 8th of October, 1868, to Miss Nancy J. Spray; Mr. Henderson had a fine business training under his father as deputy treasurer, which has stood him in good stead in the practice of law; few young men have met with a more rapid or a better deserved success than he, and he has demonstrated that work, always counts and gains that advancement which all men desire, but which but few command; Mr. Henderson has also taken an active part in educational affairs, and is a member of Simpson Centenary College; he richly deserves the success he has won; his children are Edgar Brenton, born June 23, 1872; Frank Pervin, born November 11, 1875, and Inez Spray, born September 6, 1877; his oldest, Alfred Judson, born September 18, 1869,is dead.

HENDERSON, PARIS P.; was born in Union county, Indiana, January 3, 1825; removed with his parents to Hancock county, Indiana, in 1838, to Vermilion county, Indiana, in 1840; he came to Warren county on the 20th of October, 1947, and was among its earliest settlers; he was appointed organizing sheriff of the county by Judge Olney at the term of the Marion county district court in October, 1848, and did the preliminary work of its organization; at the first regular election, Jan. 1, 1849, he was elected sheriff, and continued to hold the office until after\ the adoption of the Code of 1851; he was also elected commissioner's clerk in 1850, to fill a vacancy, and held it until it was abolished by the legislature; in 1851 he was elected to the office of county judge, which he held until 1850, when he was chosen to the senate, serving through the regular and a portion of the called session of 1861, when he resigned to enter the army as Captain of Co. G, 10th Iowa Volunteer Infantry; early in 1863 he was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel, and in July of that year to Colonel; his term service expired, and he was discharged at Savannah, Georgia, Dec. 23, 1864; after his return home he was nominated and elected at the general election of 1865 to the office of county treasurer, which he held until January, 1874, since which time he has been engaged in private business; Col. Henderson has performed the duties which pertain to every office in the gift of the people of Warren county, and performed them well; he is a gentleman of high order, a kind father, a gentle husband and a close friend; he has seen almost the entire growth of the county, and whether in pioneer or later days has always had the regard of its people; Col. Henderson has been twice married, the first time to Miss Martha Haworth, of this county, Dec. 16, 1847; the issue of that marriage now living are: John H., now one of the leading attorneys of Indianola, and Alfred M., now of Marengo, Iowa; they also lost four infant children; his first wife died May 1, 1866; his second marriage occurred on the 19th of September, 1868, to Mrs. Mary C. Proudfoot, by whom he has one daughter, Mary A., born May 22, 1870.

Herron, W.A., carpenter.

Hewitt, W.G., carpenter.

Hime, Beneville, carpenter.

Hodgin, John, teamster.

Hohl, Geo. E., blacksmith.

HOWARD, J.W., was born in Preston county, West Virginia, in 1832, and was raised a farmer until sixteen years of age; he then learned to carpenter's trade, and worked for come years as a journeyman carpenter; he cam to this county in 1854, and worked at his trade as contractor and builder, and has followed, it in all, thirty years; he owns 260 acres of land; he has held offices of assessor, justice of the peace, and is the present mayor of the city; he married Miss F.E. Fortney in 1855; she was born in West Virginia, and died in 1868; he married for his second wife Mrs. M.E. Lyon in 1870; she was a native of Bloomington, Indiana; has four children by his first marriage; Ida, Silas E., Ella O. and Monta J.; one son John, by second marriage; Mrs. Howard had two children by a former marriage: Frank H. and Laura E. Lyon.

Hughes, Bros., grocers.

Hughes, G.R., grocer.

Hughes, J.H., grover.

Hunt, John, farmer.

HURSH, W.H.H.; the subject of this sketch, is a native of Cumberland county, Pa.; born in 1840, where he was raised and made his home until he enlisted in the war of the rebellion in Co. G, Eighty-fourth Pennsylvania volunteers in September, 1862, and was mustered out in July, 1865; his regiment consolidated with the Fifty-seventh as veterans; he enlisted as a private but was discharged with First and Second Lieutenant's commissions; in August, 1865, he came to Iowa City, this State, and remained for two years; in the fall of 1867 he went south, and the remainder of that year traveled over the Southern States, and on the first of January, 1868, located in Alabama, and after six months came to Illinois and located at Altona; after five months he came to Iowa City and married Miss S.E. Talbot, October 27th, 1868, and returned; from there he came to this county in the spring of 1870, where he has resided since; they have a family of four children, Willie T., Kate L., Ada M., and an infant; Mr. Hursh began his trade at about 17 years of age, and has followed milling as an occupation since.

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INGALLS, JOHN D., boot and shoe dealer; son of John and Susan Foster Ingalls of Vermont; was born in that State in 1829; his parents moved to Illinois in 1836, and settled in Tremont, Tazwell county; his father is one of the original abolitionist of the country, and has advocated his principles at the ballot box when there were but one or two others who had the courage to follow his example in the country; his house was a station on the Under Ground Railroad, and it is a pleasant recollection in his declining days, to remember that he has been the instrument in assisting to deliver many a poor human being from bondage to freedom; the subject of this sketch received the advantages afforded by the schools of the locality, and afterward entered a printing office, and learned the trade of printer; owing to impaired health he was obliged to abandon the business, and engage in other pursuits; he came to Warren county in 1854, and divided his time, the first few years, between mercantile pursuits and the printing office; in 1861 he was elected sheriff of the county and served one term, and then elected county judge, and served three terms, until the office of county judge was abolished, and he became auditor, and was reelected to this office for the years 1870 and 1871; in 1873 he was appointed deputy State Treasurer, and removed to Des Moines; he returned to Indianola in the spring of 1879, and engaged in his present business; his official record is without a stain, having filled his official positions with marked ability, and always with unswerving integrity and unyielding firmness; he is modest and unassuming in his habits and manners, and an upright citizen, enjoying the confidence of all who know him, as a straight-forward business man; he married Miss May A. Russell in 1857; she was born in Ohio; their family consists of two children: Clara E. and Foster D.; his father, well on to 80 years of age, with mental faculties unimpaired, lives with him.

Ingalls, O.M., blacksmith.

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JACOBY, JOEL, one of the most enterprising citizens who ever made his home in Indianola, was born in Bucks county, Pennsylvania, in 1828; he learned the trade of shoemaker; he left Pennsylvania and went to Ohio, and from the latter place to Indiana, and came to this county in 1855, and has made it his home since that time; he organized and drilled the first company enlisted in the county during the late war; he was one of the most active and influential men in getting the city incorporated, and he is entitled to great credit in regard to building the court-house; as an energetic, industrious man he has few equals; always planning some public of private improvement, and never resting or halting until he sees it completed; he has infused a spirit of laudable enterprise in more than one direction, and his labors and efforts in regard to securing railroad communication is well known to every resident of the county; he married Miss L. Waddle in 1852; she was born in Indiana; their family consists of three children, Alcesta M., Lillie, and Charles Lewis.

JONES, J.W., one of the editors of the Indianola Herald, was born in Ohio in 1850, and was raised there until fourteen years of age, and then removed to Iowa and settled in Oskaloosa; he learned the printer's trade and became one of the editors of the Perry Chief, published at Perry, Dallas county; he disposed of his interest in this paper and edited the Greenfield Transcript; he came to Warren county in April, 1877, and was connected with the Republican, and in the summer of 1879 became one of the editors of the Indianola Herald; he married Miss Anna E. Irwin in 1870; she was born and raised in Oskaloosa; they have two children;, Clarence C., and Laura A.

Jays, Thomas, shoemaker.

Johnson, Geo. E., clerk.

Johnson, John H., retired merchant.

Johnson, Silas, clergyman.

JUDKINS, M.W., county recorder; was born in Rush county, Indiana, in 1840, and in 1852 removed with his parents to this county, and engaged in farming; he entered in the late war in 1861, and was in the battle of Shiloh, April 6, 1862, and lost his left arm; he was discharged August 15, 1862; he was elected county recorder in 1866, and has held the office since that time; he married Miss Fannie Harvey, who was born in Peoria county, Illinois; they have three children: Wm. H., Mary M. and Charles W.

Judkins, Geo. W., clerk.

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Kimball, A.L., attorney.

KEENEY, A.P., proprietor Madison House; he was born June 17, 1825, in Pulaski county, Kentucky; moved with parents May 18, 1827, to Montgomery, Ohio; here he was raised, and educated in subscription schools; his father died when he was but 11 years old, and he has paddled his own canoe since, as well as to help his widowed mother to raise her family of seven children; he came to this county May 22, 1862, and bought what was then known as the John Green farm; he then moved to Squaw Creek, after which he came to Indianola; has been in the hotel business since March 18, 1878; he has the reputation of keeping a first-class house, where farmers and other hungry mortals can always get a square meal; he was married June 19, 1851, to Miss Mary Bryant, a native of Indiana; they have nine children: Sylvia A., Clara E., Silas G., Nannie J., Susan A., Iven F., Gracie and Bell, living, and Laura O. and Iva I., deceased.

KIRCHER, J.E.. MRS. (whose maiden name was Smith), was born in Danville, New York, and when young removed to Ohio; she married Wm. L. Kircher in 1864; he was a native of Wurtemburg, Germany, and was born in 1838; he was engaged in selling goods, and was one of the proprietors of the Indianola Mills; he owned a valuable farm of 275 acres; Mr. Kirchner died in 1876, leaving, beside the subject of this sketch, two children: Ina C. and Charles H.

KNOX, JAMES H., editor; born in Baltimore, Maryland, on the 11th of August, 1821; when four years of age his parents removed to Cadiz, Ohio; at the age of fourteen he entered a printing office, and it proved to be his intellectual training school; in his nineteenth year he removed to Knox county, and settled near Mount Vernon; and his time was divided between farming and printing for a few years; in November, 1854, Mr. Knox came to Iowa, and halted for a short time in Jasper county; in January following he became a partner of the late Lieutenant Governor Needham, in the Oskaloosa Herald; in 1857 he removed to Indianola, and on the 2nd of April of that year he published the first number of the Weekly Iowa Visitor, conducting it until some time after the civil war had commenced; in 1861 he was appointed postmaster, and resigned the office in 1862 to go in the service; he raised a Company and went South as Captain of Company D, 34th Iowa Infantry; and after serving eight months was compelled to resign on account of ill health; during the campaign of 1864 he was a writer on the Burlington Hawkeye, and the following winter he held a clerkship in the city of Washington; in 1866 he re-purchased the Indianola Banner, a new name for the "old Visitor," changed it to the original name, and conducted it until 1868, when he went out of journalism for four or five years; in 1873 he re-purchased the Herald, in company with A.J. Graham, the present owners; on the 27th of April, 1875, he was appointed postmaster once more, and held the office four years; he married Miss Harriet M. Miller, May 17, 1847; she was a native of Miller township, Knox county, Ohio, a town named for her father, who was a pioneer in that part of the State; their family consists of two children: Ella Augusta, wife of Lorenzo W. Billingsley, and James M.; they have lost two.

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Labertew, J.W., farmer.

LACY, J.T., capitalist; was born in Durham, Canada, in 1826, of English ancestry; he was educated at Hanover and Lebanon Liberal Institute, in New Hampshire; in 1847 he came to Ohio, and was for several years engaged in teaching; he read law, and was admitted to the bar in 1851; he came to this county in 1854, and settled in Whitebreast township; he owns over 2,000 acres of land; is one of the largest tax-payers of Warren county; he is a man of cultivation, taking great interest in educational matters, and is one of the leaders in what is calculated to promote the best interests of society; he married Miss Emily McDonald, in 1852; she was born in Champaign county, Ohio; they have two children: Addis F. and Susetta M.

LAIR, DAVID; one of the oldest citizens of Warren county; born in Highland county, Ohio, in 1816, and raised in Clinton county; he came to this county in 1846; he entered land and made a farm, and for many years has been engaged in buying stock; he has held the office of deputy sheriff; he married Miss Mary Stitt, in 1839; she was born in Clinton county, Ohio; they have three children: Daniel F., Thomas C. and John M.

LAKE, DR. C.B., physician and surgeon; was born in Erie county, New York, in 1826, and lived there until eleven years of age, and then removed to McHenry county, Illinois, and lived there until twenty years of age; he studied medicine, and graduated from the Rush Medical College, Chicago, in class of 1848-9; he settled in Green, Wis., and engaged in the practice of his profession; in 1854 he went overland to California, and was six months on the road; he returned in 1856, and settled in Fayette county, Iowa; he served in the late war as Surgeon of the 7th Iowa Infantry; he came to this county in 1866, and has practiced his profession successfully since that time; he is proprietor and publisher of the Advocate, the organ of the Greenback Party of the county; he married, first, Miss Clarissa A. Morgan, in 1850; she was born in New York, and died in September, 1853; he married for his second wife, Mary P. Kennedy, in 1857; she was a native of Portage county, Ohio; they have two children: Harry C. and Otis K.

Law, John H., merchant.

Leach, J.A., Jeweler.

LISTON, W.A., dealer in books, stationery and musical instruments, etc.; is a son of t he late Jesse and Rebecca Liston, who were among the early settlers of Warren county; he was born in Winterset, in 1850, and was raised here, and educated at the Simpson Centenary College; he has been conducting a successful business for several years; his father died in November, 1874.

Little, A.J., druggist.

Locker, Geo., laborer.

Longacre, Lydia.

LITZENBERG, C.S., boot and shoe dealer; he was born July 29, 1834, in Knox county, Ohio; his father died when he was but one year old; his mother moved with him to Pennsylvania when he was eight years of age; his mother married again, and with her husband they again came to Ohio; here he lived till 1853, when he came to Henry county, Iowa; he lived here until the war broke out; he enlisted October 11, 1861, in Company G, 41st Iowa Cavalry, and served till December 11, 1863, when he was discharged for reenlistment as a veteran; re-enlisted December 12, 1863, and served to the close of the war; he was on detached duty nearly all the time; he was in the service in the Quartermaster's Department; he came to this county in November, 1865; has been justice of the peace four years; mayor of Indianola one term; he followed farming till 1869, when he went into the hardware trade, which he followed two years; after which time he had no particular business, except that of justice of the peace, until March, 1879, when he went into the boot and shoe trade; he was married March 11, 1868, to Elizabeth Henry, a native of Crawford county, Pennsylvania; they have a family of four children: Olivia, Herbert H., Charles and Clarence -- all living.

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McCarty, W.P., carpenter.

McCLEARY, DR. J.D., physician and surgeon; was born in Wabash county, Illinois, in 1829, and was raised there on a farm; he came to this county in 1855; he studied medicine at the Rush Medical College, Chicago, and for the past eighteen years has been engaged in the practice of his profession; he is a member of the Warren County Medical Society, of the National and State Society, and the North American Medical Association; he served as Assistant Surgeon in both the 34th and 46th regiments of Iowa Infantry; he married Miss Sarah A. Crosthwait,in 1852; she was born in Fulton county, Ill.; they have four children: Irene, Horace, Lester and Josephine.

McClure Bros.,grocers.

McClure, H.A., grocer.

McGee, James, farmer and stock-dealer.

McGowan, R.A., furniture dealer.

McJudkins, W., plasterer.

McCLURE, F.A., grocer, firm of McClure Bros.; was born in Clinton county, Indiana, in the year 1839; where he was raised till about twelve years of age, when his parents came to this county; he was raised on a farm, and followed farming as an occupation till about five years ago, when he engaged in his present business.

McKAY, CHARLES, merchant; was born in Taylorsville, Kentucky, in 1827; he came to Des Moines, Iowa, in 1849, and settled in Hartford, Richland, township, in 1853, and was engaged in selling goods; in 1859 he was elected county clerk, and held the office twelve years; he married Miss Hannah Noble in 1854; she was born in Indiana; has six children, Walter N., J. O'Niel, Martha C., William F., Charles A., Frank P.

McKEE, EDD. R., capitalist; was born in Indiana in 1842, and is the son of Tabor W. and Sarah McKee; he came with his parents to this county in 1853, and were among the early settlers of the county; his father was the first to engage in the nursery business in this vicinity, and the grounds and orchards of the subject of this sketch are evidence of the success that attended his efforts in this direction; he was a man closely identified with the interest of the county, and was honored by its citizens with the office of sheriff and county treasurer; in the latter office his son acted as deputy; Mr. McKee has a banking experience of eleven years, and was one of the organizers of the First National Bank, and its cashier until 1874; he married Miss Emma Bundy, December 24, 1863; she was born in Iowa; they have two children: W.O. and Pearl K; and have lost two: Vane V. and an infant; Mr. McKee's father was born on the land where Cincinnati is situated, then known as Fort Washington; and his grandfather was in the Revolutionary War, and fought under General Wayne, in the war of 1812, and was shot by Indians.

McNEIL, H., attorney; was born in Ohio, and when young his parents removed to Indiana, where he was raised; he was educated at the University of Indiana, and graduated from that institution in 1860, taking the honors of his class; he read law, and was admitted to the bar in 1862, and the same year came to Warren county, without funds or favor with which to pave his pathway to success, but by devoting himself assiduously to his profession has built up a large practice, and has faithfully studied his clients' interests; he married Miss Imogene G. Hallam, September 20, 1870; she was born in Ohio, and came to this State at an early date, and was educated at Simpson Centenary College, and graduated in the class of 1870; they have three children: Carl, Ina and Harry H.; lost one son: Paul.

McNabb, J.A., laborer.

Mathews, Marshal, laborer.

MAXWELL, J.J., dentist; was born in Columbus, Franklin county, Ohio, in February, 1835, and was raised there until nineteen years of age; he came to this State in 1857, and to this county in 1867; he married Miss Mary S. Noble, in 1870; she was born in Indiana; they have two children; Harry and Katie.

Mayers, Jno., painter.

MEEK, J.T.; was born in Decatur county, Indiana, in 1833, and was raised these on a farm; he came to Iowa in 1851, and to this county in 1853; he enlisted as a private in Company C, 34th Iowa Infantry, and served two years, and mustered out as 2d Lieutenant; he has held various township offices, and in 1873 was elected sheriff of Warren county; which office he held four years; he married Miss L.J. Pressley, in 1857; she was born in Indianapolis, Indiana; they have five children: Eva, Wm. L., Clara, Charles and Louisa; lost two: Joseph, and an infant.

METCALF, H.T., grocer; was born in Ohio in the year 1842; when about two years old his parents emigrated to the State of Illinois, where he remained till he came to this county in the fall of 1858; he was married April 16, 1868, to Miss Mabel Woodruff, a native of Tennessee; his occupation during life has been in the mercantile line.

Miller, Thomas, carpenter.

Miller, R.J., plasterer.

Milligan, F.M., physician.

Mitchell, T.J., hotel keeper.

Moore, H.P., musician.

Morris, O.R., laborer.

Munger, O., painter.

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NOBLE, W.A., lumber dealer; was born in Johnson county, Indiana, in 1836, and removed to this county with his parents in 1853; he was raised a farmer, and owns 310 acres of land; he served during the war in the commissary department as A.C.S., with the rank of Captain; on his return from the war he engaged in merchandizing; he married Miss Eliza C. Spry, in 1856; she was born in Champaign county, Ohio; they have three children: Homer L., Lenora A., and Bennie L.; lost one daughter: Lizzie G.

NOBLE, T.D., post master; was born in Johnson county, Indiana, in 1843, and came to this county with his parents in 1853 [his father, Dr. Noble, was one of Indianola's most prominent and honored citizens]; the subject of this sketch was raised here, and enlisted in the 19th Iowa Infantry during the late war; he has served as deputy sheriff, and afterward engaged in mercantile pursuits, which he followed until his appointment as postmaster; he married Miss Anna Taylor in 1868; she was born in South Bend, Indiana, and died in 1873; he afterward married Miss Fannie Andrew, a native of Indiana; their family consists of one daughter, Mamie M., by first marriage, and a son, John A., by second marriage.

NOBLE, Chas., merchant; was born in Warren county in 1855, and was raised in Indianola, and is engaged in the grocery and provision business; he married Miss Emma Paton in 1878; she was born in Iowa.

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OLIVE, JOHN A., machinist and blacksmith; was born in England in 1823, and learned the trade of blacksmith; he emigrated to America in 1852, and settled in Iowa City, and came to this county in 1857; he has served as a member of the city council; he married Miss Marry A. Hall in 1857; she was born in Ireland; they have five children: Edward R., Oliver H., Fred. W., Walter A. and Mary B.; they have lost four: Elizabeth, John, Elmer and Caddie.

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Paisley, W.A., thresher.

PARK, MEL. W., dealer in agricultural implements, wagons, etc.; was born in Howard county, Indiana in 1844, and came with his parents to this county in 1852; he was raised a farmer, and followed it as an occupation for several years; he married Miss.M.A. Hewitt August 20, 1865; she was born in Indiana; they have one child: Clement L.

Park, Andrew, farmer.

PARK, DR. W.M., physician and surgeon; was born in Warren county in September, 1852; his youth was spent in attending school, and assisting his father on the farm; having a natural taste for the practice of medicine, he made choice of it for a profession, and entered the office of Dr. Davis as a student, and after a preparatory course of five years graduated at the Keokuk Medical College in 1876; he then entered into partnership with his preceptor, and has been practicing ;his profession successfully since that time; he married Miss M. Posegate in 1878; she was born in Warren county, Iowa.

Parr, T.S., physician

Parker, D.H., drayman.

Parrott, R.B., attorney.

Parkhurst, John S., telegraph operator.

Payne, Samuel B., laborer.

Peck, Wm., farmer.

PERRY, E.W., merchant; was born in Frederick county, Virginia in 1833, and was raised there, receiving an academical education at Morgantown; he came to this county October 1, 1855, and engaged in mercantile pursuits; he enlisted in the 34th Iowa Infantry during the late war, and was commissioned 1st lieutenant of Company D; after serving some time he was discharged on account of disability; after his return he engaged in mercantile pursuits, and has proved himself a careful and methodical business man, close in his calculations, untiring in his application and suffering no ends to get loose; with great prudence and industry he has combined unswerving honesty, and has always claimed the highest respect of his fellow citizens; he is public spirited as a citizen, and ever identified with the best interest and substantial progress of the city; in educational matters he has taken great interest, and is prominent in his connection with the public schools and Simpson Centenary College; he married Miss Harriet Russell in 1857; she was born in Ohio; their family consists of four children: Frank [who is a partner with his father], Ned, Willie and Herbert; lost one daughter, Virginia, and one son, Ray.

Posegate, Eli, broker.

POWELL, W.F., attorney; was born in Kent county, Delaware, in 1849, and was education at Wyoming College and Simpson Centenary College, where he graduated in 1873; he taught one year in the High School; he read law, and was admitted to the bar before Judge Leonard in 1875; he engaged in the abstract business, and sold out to Hall & Carruthers in 1876; he was elected mayor of the city in 1876-1877, and at present is associated with A.C. Bishop, in the practice of his profession.

Pratt, Davis, teamster.

Pratt, Wm., carpenter.

PRITCHARD, MRS. M.J., whose maiden name was Kirkwood, was born in Maryland, and moved to Ohio in September 1854; she married Jas. E. Pritchard, September 26, 1853; he was born in Ohio in 1831, and was raised at Mansfield; he removed to Iowa City in 1854; he enlisted in the late was, first in the 28th Iowa Infantry, afterward in the 8th Iowa Cavalry; he read law in the office of Governor Kirkwood, and was admitted to the bar; after his removal to Warren county he engaged in the milling and lumber business; he died in March 10, 1873; her family consists of three children: Charles K., Abraham L. and Fannie M.; lost one son and three daughters: Marion Alice died December 9, 1866; William J. died April 23, 1871; Mary M. died January 26, 1875, aged twenty-two years; Lulu Belle died Feb 21, 1875, aged nineteen years.

Proudfoot, Elias, carpenter.

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Rapp, Jacob C., miller.

Read, Absalom, stock buyer.

Reynolds Bros., hardware.

Richey,Samuel, furniture dealer.

RICHARDS, A.W., real estate agent and broker; was born in Columbiana county, Ohio, in 1832, and was raised on a farm; he learned the trade of cabinet making and came to Warren county in 1854, and engaged in this business in Indianola; he enlisted in the 3d Iowa Infantry in May, 1861, and was discharged on December 23, 1861, on account of injuries received, and has never been able to attend to active duties since, and for years has been unable to sit up; he married Miss Margaret A. McCownan in 1857; she was born in Rabway, New Jersey; they have eight children living: Frank A., Mary Ella, John M., Stella Captola, Simpson B., Sterling J., Lotta M. and Cora B; one son, Preston, was drowned in South River, August 17, 1869, aged eight years.

Richardson, Wm. M., farmer.

Richey Bros., furniture dealers.

Robinson, W.G., laborer.

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Sadler, F.M., wagon-maker.

Samson, E.D., attorney.

Scanland, C.W., farmer.

Scanland, James W., laborer.

Schick, G., tailor.

Schleslinger & Co., clothing.

Schreiber, Chris, blacksmith.

SCHNELLBACHER, GEO. W., contractor; was born in Ross county, Ohio, in 1844, and came to Madison county in 1856, and, in 1\859, although only fifteen years of age, he crossed the plains to Colorado, and endured hardships that seemed impossible for one so young to bear; he returned to Madison county in 1864, and in 1867 went to California, and was engaged on public works in that State, and remained there until 1875, when he returned to Iowa, and is now settled in this county, and is at present engaged in constructing the bridges of the county; he married Miss Drusella Morgan, of St. Charles, Madison county, in 1866; she was born in West Virginia; their family consists of five children: Maud, Oliver, Quimbe, Dudley and Braxton.

SCHOOLEY, W.H, attorney; was born in Columbiana county, Ohio, in 1840; was raised in Salem, Ohio, and was engaged more or less in teaching until twenty-four years of age; he came to this county in 1864; he chose the law as a profession, and was admitted to the bar before Judge Maxwell, in 1869, and has practiced his profession successfully since that time, excepting two years as a journalist; he married Miss Lydia Gochnaur, in 1861; she was born in Columbiana county, Ohio; their family consists of five children: Lillie, Minnie, Frank,Maggie and Emma; Mrs. Schooley has a photograph gallery, and her skill as an artist cannot fail in being as satisfactory to herself as it is creditable to the city.

Scott, Samuel, laborer.

SEEVERS, GEO. W., attorney; was born in Coshocton county, Ohio, in 1843, and lived there until the removal of his parents to Mahaska county, Iowa, in 1853; he was educated at Oskaloosa, and at the State University, Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he took an optional course of study, and graduated in the law department; he was admitted to the bar in Detroit, Michigan, in 1864, to practice in all of the State and Federal Courts; he came to this county in 1868, and became associated with P. Gad Bryan in the practice of his profession; and has been in continuous practice since that time; he married Miss Mary L. Bryan, in 1867; she was born in Illinois; their family consists of four children: Paul B., Mayo, Robert Dale and Pgad.

Shaffer, W.H., carpenter.

Shepherd, Hugh P., broker.

Shepherd, M.W., tailor.

SHIEK, H.; was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, in 1822, and was raised there, and emigrated to the United States in 1847; and settled in Syracuse, New York, where he remained three years, and then moved to Ohio, in 1850, and came to this county in 1855, and settled in Indianola; he learned the trade of barber, and afterward engaged in the grocery business; he married Miss Margaret J. Wells, in 1851; she was born in New York; they have three children: Charles H., William and Frank.

Segner, D.D., grocer.

SILCOTT, W.G., dealer in hardware, stores, agricultural implements and manufacturer in tinware; was born in Park county, Ind., in 1837, and was raised there until sixteen years of age; and came to this county in 1853; he enlisted in the late war in the 34th Iowa Infantry; he married Miss Sarah E. Moon, in 1859; she was born in Martinsburg, Virginia; they have five children: Emma J., Hattie L., Ella, Lillie M. and Ada.

Silcott, L.E., farmer.

SLONE, W.W., dealer in groceries, provisions and crockery ware; was born in Clermont county, Ohio, in 1822, and was raised there in the mercantile business; he removed to Knox county, Illinois, in 1857; and came to this county in 1863; owns a farm of 120 acres; he married Miss Jane Thompson, in 1845; she was born in Clermont county, Ohio; they have six children: Deborah, Joseph, Elizabeth, Felix, David and Alice C.

Spray, Henry, grocer.

SPRAY, H.J., county clerk; was born in Dark county, Ohio, December 29, 1852, and came to this county with his parents in 1854, and was raised and educated in this county; he held the office of deputy clerk from 1871, until his election as county clerk in 1878; he married Miss Lillie Armstrong in 1879; she was born in Switzerland county, Indiana.

Spray & Eno, grocers.

STAFFORD, JAMES, retired merchant; was born in Highland county, Ohio, December 27, 1810; he was raised a farmer, and lived in Ohio until his removal to this county in 1855; he engaged in selling goods in Sandyville twenty years, and dealt to some extent in stock; he owns 430 acres of land; he has held various township offices, and held the office of postmaster eighteen years, and township clerk seventeen years; in 1875 he sold out his business in Sandyville and moved to Indianola; he married Miss Sarah Boyd in 1854; she was born in Baltimore, Maryland.

Stone, James H., grocer.

Strauss, S., merchant.

Swan, A.D., grocer.

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Taylor, John S., street commissioner.

Taylor, Mary J. Mrs.

Tharp, Joseph, laborer.

Thompson, H.C., agricultural implements.

TODHUNTER, JOHN JURY, deputy auditor; was born in Highland county, Ohio, in 1848, and came to this county with his parents in 1850, and has been raised in Indianola; he learned the trade of brick-mason, and carried the first and last brick used in constructing the present court-house; he has given considerable attention to making abstracts and real estate, and has served as deputy auditor, and clerk in the auditor's office for some years; he married Miss Mattie Serrett in 1870; she was born in Illinois; they have four children: Albert R., Emma C., Laura E. and Ira C.

TODHUNTER, LEWIS, attorney; was born in Fayette county, Ohio, on the 6th of April, 1817; in youth he had limited means for school education, but he made the best use possible of his opportunities, but was in fact mainly self-taught; in early life he learned the carpenter's trade, and worked at it a few years; subsequently sold goods four or five years, then read law, and was admitted to the bar in Highland county, Ohio, in 1848; in 1850 he came to Iowa, and settled on the Des Moines river, in Polk county, and engaged in farming and selling goods; in 1854 he removed to Indianola, and since that time has devoted himself to the legal practice and real estate, in which he has been very successful; soon after locating in Indianola he was elected prosecuting attorney, and served two years; he was county recorder and treasurer one term, and a member of the constitutional convention, which met at Iowa City, in January, 1857, he representing Warren, Madison, Adair and Cass counties in that body, and has the honor of assisting in making the laws under which the people of Iowa live; in 1863 he volunteered as a private, but was immediately appointed assistant quartermaster, with the rank of captain; after Lee's surrender he was post quartermaster, at Richmond, Virginia, serving in that capacity until September, 1865; he has been closely allied in every interest pertaining to the growth and interest of the city, and for two terms as mayor, as well as an official in other capacities, and is one of the most useful, as well as most respected, citizens; he is widest known, however, as a temperance man, and earnest worker; he joined in the Waashingtonian movement in 1840, and has been active since that time in the temperance reformation; he is a man of strong convictions, and bold and fearless in advocating them; he married Miss Elizabeth Hull, May 10, 1842; she is a native of Highland county, Ohio; their family consists of six children: Ann, now Mrs. D. Johnson, Amy J., now Mrs. S. Barnes, John J., deputy auditor of Warren county, Hattie, and Mary E., now Mrs. Ritchey, and Charles D.; they have lost two.

Triplet, Geo. W., farmer.

Turner, Jeptha, real estate agent.

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VAN EATON, J., retired agent; was born in Clermont county, Ohio, in 1804; he was raised a farmer, and moved to Jacksonville, Illinois, in 1834, and in 1867 came to Indianola; he married Miss Catherine Abbott, in 1832; she was born in Ohio, in 1807; They have five children: Henry S., and Mary Loraine, Flavel H., and Isabel.

Vantassell, John, carpenter.

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Watson, Mrs. Julia.

Webb, John, carpenter.

Webster, John B., farmer.

Wells, Mrs. Sarah.

WHITNEY, J.H., merchant of the firm of Thayer & Whitney; was born in Waldo county, Maine, in 1843, and lived there until 1863; he received academical education, and had three years in mercantile pursuits in Boston; he came to this county in 1859 and engaged in his present business, and is one of Indianola's representative business men; he married Mrs. Mary Tarleton [whose maiden name was Babb] in 1872; she was born in Indiana; they have two children: Adda L. and Howard N.; Mrs. Whitney has three children by a former marriage: Fay and Don and May Tarleton.

WILLIAMSON, J.E., attorney; was born in Florence, Boone county, Kentucky, August 8, 1827; in 1832 removed with his parents to Covington, Kentucky, and lived there until his removal to Vermillion, Illinois, in 1834; he remained here until twenty years of age, and then commenced reading law in Bowling Green, Clay county, Indiana, and was admitted to the bar in April, 1849; he turned to Illinois, and assisted his father in building a saw-mill; he then engaged in teaching school in Indiana, in order to obtain money to purchase law books and come West; he purchased a horse, and putting his law library, consisting of six volumes, on one side and his wardrobe on the other side of his horse, rode on horseback 500 miles, arriving here on the 6th of June, 1852, and engaged in the practice of his profession, and is the oldest practitioner at the bar in Warren county; in 1853 he was elected prosecuting attorney; in 1858 filled the office of county superintendent of public schools, and was the first in the county; in 1859 he was elected to the lower house of the State legislature; he married Miss Sarah L. Drabelle, in September, 1855; she was born in Morgantown, West Virginia, and died March 18, 1878, leaving four children: Charles S., Virginia A., Ruth and Delana E.

Willits, John P.

Wilson, M.H., farmer.

WILSON, J.L., Auditor of Warren county, was born in Belmont county, Ohio, in 1842, and lived there until thirteen years of wage; his parents removed to this county in 1855, and settled in Belmont township; his father was one of the organizers of the township; the subject of this sketch was raised on a farm, until twenty years of age; he then enlisted in the 34th Iowa Infantry and served over two years; he was in the engagement of Fort Morgan, Alabama, and lost his right arm; he was elected auditor in 1871, and excepting an interval of one term has held the office since that time; he married Miss Maggie V. Davis in 1878; she was born in St. Louis; they have one child: Lee V.

Wise, George.

Wood, Mrs. E.

WORTH, A.R., boot and shoe dealer; was born in Indiana, in 1829, and raised there, and learned the trade of wool carder; and had a mercantile experience; during the war he was employed for about two years in the Quartermaster's Department; he came to Warren county, and in 1863 engaged in his present business; and is the oldest merchant in his line in the city; as a merchant he has been very successful, and is thoroughly posted in all branches of his business; he married Miss Jane Kerr, April 17, 1857; she was born in Urbana, Ohio, and died April 1, 1863; he married for his second wife, Miss Candace Wood, in December, 1865; she was the daughter of Rev. Enoch Wood, and was born in Tippecanoe county, Ind.; they have one son: Frank E., aged twelve years.

WORTH, GORHAM A., cashier of the First National Bank; was born in Hendricks county, Indiana, and was raised there; he came to this county and engaged in the boot and shoe business; he was appointed postmaster, and held the position some years; and in 1874 was made cashier of the First National Bank; in 1866 he was united in marriage with Miss Minta J. Crossthwait, a native of Fulton county, Illinois; their family consists of one son: Craig.

WYNN, R.C., son of W.H. Wynn, Professor of English Literature State Agricultural College, Ames, Iowa; was born in Butler county, Ohio, July 11, 1855; in 1865 his father came to Cedar county, this State, and bought the subject of this sketch,a lad of ten summers, with him; two years later he removed to Geneva, Wisconsin, where he was principal of the public school of that place for one year; then returned to Des Moines in 1868, and was deputy State Superintendent of Public Instruction for two years, when he received the appointment as Professor of English Literature , which he now holds; young Wynn began railroading as train boy in 1870, where he remained for three years, and then was made brakeman on a passenger train for three years; baggageman for one year; then promoted to passenger conductor of the Indianola Division, which he had filled with credit to himself and satisfaction to his employers, and has made many friends among the traveling public; he was married December 26, 1877, to Miss Emma F. Mitchell, of Newton, this State; she was born in Springfield, Ohio; they have one daughter, Mary Alice.

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Young & Son, butchers.

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ZINN, E.E., of the firm Fortney, Martin & Co., planing mills; was born in West Virginia, Preston county, in the year 1841, and was raised there, and made it his home till he came to this county, in the fall of 1864, except the time that he spent in Company B, 4th Virginia, in the fall of 1862, and served for eight months; he was married in this county in 1873, to Miss Mary A. Taylor, of Wisconsin; they have three children: Bertie, Ethnell B. and an infant; Mr. Zinn was raised on a farm till about twenty-two years old; after his return from the war he learned the carpenter's trade, which he has followed since.