This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Helferich/Helfrich/ Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5k.2ADE/1568 Message Board Post: I am looking for a Phillip Helferich who is supposedly buried in Jackson County. He died in Maquoketa, Jackson County, Iowa, U.S.A. on 30 Jan 1901 and is supposedly buried in Evergreen Cemeter but he does not show up in the online index. Can somesone check with the Cemetery and see if he is buried there..He maybe buried with his second wife Sarah Shepherd.

~ MIAL HICKS PIERCE ~ Related Surnames: BARTON, DURYEE, WHITAKER, WARREN, SLOCUM, MURPHY, FORD, MCCRACKEN, HUGHES, SPEECE, CLARKE, HALL, CLARK Mial Hicks Pierce, one of the most thrifty and prosperous farmers of Fairfield Township, owns and occupies a well-appointed rural homestead on sections 19 and 20, comprising 200 acres of good land, which was partially improved at the time of its purchase by him. The first dwelling was destroyed by fire. Mr. Pierce soon rebuilt, and, besides his residence, has good barns and outbuildings, together with the machinery necessary for prosecuting agriculture in a profitable manner. He makes a specialty of stock-raising, and has numbers of good horses, cattle and swine. Mr. Pierce, politically, is a sound Democrat, and takes a genuine interest in supporting the principles of his party, always doing his duty at the polls. He has hold the office of Justice of the Peace, and officiated as School Director in his district. While not a member of any church, he is undeniably the friend of morality and education, and may be classed among those men who form the bone and sinew of every well-organized community. Bradford County, Pa., was the native place of our subject, and where he first opened his eyes to the light Feb. 20, 1819. His advantages for education were rather limited, his studies being completed in the common schools. His father, Dyer Pierce, was born in Vermond in 1785, and departed this life in Miami County, Ind., in March, 1857. He was by occupation a farmer and stockraiser. The mother, Mrs. Diana (Barton) Pierce, was born in Rhode Island in 1790, and died in Winneshiek County, this State, in 1854. The parental family comprised eight children, seven of whom are living: Pauline became the wife of Chauncey Duryee, of Genessee County, N.Y., and is now deceased; Mr. Duryee was the founder of the Rochester (N.Y.) Scale Works, and became well-to-do. Seth B. married a Miss Whitaker, of Sandusky County, Ohio, and is now a resident of Harrison County, this State; his wife is deceased. William D. was first married to Miss Martha Warren, of Washington; she died leaving f! ive chilren, four of whom are living - LaFayette, Julia, Sarah, and Mary; the name of his second wife is not known. He is carrying on farming and stock-raising in Washington. Mial H., our subject, was the fourth child; Daniel B. died when sixty-six years old; Eliza (Mrs. George Slocum) is a widow, and lives in Harrison County, this State, on a farm. She has three children living, a son, George F., and two daughters - Mary C. and Eliza I. Mary (Mrs. Murphy) lives in Xeniz, Ind., where her husband is engaged in the manufacture of wooden ware, and is a stockholder in the natural gas plant. Eliza (Mrs. Ford) is the wife of an attorney of Sioux City, Iowa. James B. Pierce is living with his second wife in Montgomery County, Ind., and is engaged in farming and stock-raising. Mary Piece married Thomas McCracken, of Miani County, Ind., and they live in Nebraska; Mr. McCracken is an editor of a paper; he was at one time a clerk in the post-office department in Washington, and! has been United States Marshal in Iowa; they have two sons, Ralph and Frank, the former a jeweler, and the latter occupied in the printing-office of his father. Our subject was first married in 1844, to Miss Martha Hughes, of Montgomery County, Ind., and of their untion there were born four children, the eldest of whom, Joseph G., is conducting a fruit farm near River Side, in California; George D. married Miss Mary Speece, of Jackson County, Iowa, and is now occupied as a merchant in Shelby County; he is the father of one child, a daughter, Alice. Bruce married Miss Bertha Clarke, of Winneshiek County, and is also carrying on merchandising in Shelby County; he has one child, a son, Clarke. Mae is the wife of Samuel H. Hall, who is a commission man and produce dealer in Minneapolis, Minn. The present wife of our subject was, in her girlhood, Miss Sarah A. Clark, and was first married to William B. Pulver. Mr. Pulver, during the Civil War, enlisted as a Union soldier in Company B, 19th Wisconsin Infantry, and died in the hospital in Virginia. They had one daughter, Lizzie W., who is still unmarried and living with her mother. Miss Pulver received a good education, being graduated from the Normal School in Cedar Falls. To our subject and his present wife there have been born two children - Lester C. and Grace.

~ JOB REYNOLDS ~ Related Surnames: HUBBARD, ANDREWS, NORTHRUP, ANDREW, MAYNARD Job Reynolds, capitalist, Maquoketa, occupies a prominent position in the financial circles of Jackson County. Since taking up his residence in this city, by judicious investment of his money he has extended its interests and has given an added impetus to its growth. He is a native of the State of New York, the town of Greenwhich, in Washington County, being his birthplace. His father, Schuyler Reyolds, was born in the same town, and his father, Job Reynolds, is supposed to have been a native of that town also. The father of the latter, Jonathan Reynolds, great-grandfather of our subject, was born in Rhode Island, and was a pioneer of Washington County. He bought a tract of wild land in the town of Greenwhich, and cleared quite a large farm from the primeval forests of that vicinity, and there he died at the venerable age of ninety-three years. He was one of the patriots who took part in the Revolutionary War. His son, grandfather of our subject, was reared on the old! homestead in his native town, and there passed his entire life, he dying at the age of fifty-one. He was bred to the life of a farmer, and was always engaged in that calling. The father of our subject was reared to man's estate in that old home which had been the place of his birth, and he then started out in life for himself; but after enaging in the mercantile business a short time, he turned his attention to farming again on the old homestead. In 1839 he removed to Niagara County, N.Y., and, buying a tract of land, engaged in its cultivation and in raising fruit. In 1853 he visited Iowa for the purpose of investing some of his capital in real estate, and he bought wild prairie land in Cedar and Linn counties, but never settled in either place, continuing his residence in Niagara County. As early as 1856 he visited Clinton County, in this State, and bought land in Brookfield Township, and in 1860, selling most of his property in New York, he came here and settled in Brookfield Township, remaining there until 1872. In that year he moved to Maquoketa, and, investing extensively in real estate, made his home here until his death. For two or! three years he was interested in the grocery business; but aside from that he was engaged in looking after his real estate and in loaning money. His death, in August, 1879, was a severe blow to the financial interests of the city. He was a man of quick, keen judgment, and of sound discretion, and his standing in the business world was of the highest. The maiden name of the mother of our subject was Mabel Hubbard, and she was born in the village of Ft. Miller, Washington Co., N.Y. Her father, Hezekiah Hubbard, was a native of Hadley, Mass., who removed from that State to New York, and became a pioneer of Washington County. He was a carpenter, and followed that trade many years. He finally removed to Erie County, Ohio, with some of his children, and died there when nearly ninety years old. The maiden name of his wife was Tamison Andrews, and she was also a native of the old Bay State. The mother of our subject died in Lockport, N.Y., in 1884. The subject of this biographical sketch was a boy of nine years when his parents took up their residence in Niagara County, and there he was reared on a farm, and gleaned his education in the public schools. As soon as large enough he commenced to assist his father in his agricultural pursuits, and remained an inmate of the parental household until after his marriage, and continued his residence in Niagara County until 1872. In that year he came with his family to Iowa, and settled on his father's farm in Clinton County, living there until 1880. He then came to Maquoketa, and the same year began the erection of his present handsome residence, one of the finest in Iowa. It is beautifully located on South Summit street, in the southwestern part of the city. It is a large brick house, of a modern style of architecture, heated by steam, and elegantly and tastefully furnished; its extensive grounds, comprising twenty-seven acres, are finely laid out, and the whole comprises ! one of the most charming and attractive places to be seen here or elsewhere. Mr. Reynolds has been twice married. His first marriage took place in October, 1856, to Miss Rosanna Northrup, a native of Vermont. Their happy wedded life was brief, the young wife dying in August, 1859, leaving one child, Charles H. Mr. Reynold's marriage to his present wife was solemnized in JunE, 1865, and to them have been born five children - Anna, Edith, Frank, Job, and Florence. Mrs. Reynolds is a native of Chautauqua County, N.Y., and a daughter of John and Charity (Andrew) Maynard. Our subject is a man of superior ability, of large enterprise, and marked discernment, and, as a citizen of broad views and great public spirit, he is making good use of his wealth, partly inherited, partly acquired, in the interests of his adopted city, and his hand is seen in every feasible scheme for its improvement, and in all good works for its social and moral elevation. He and his wife are attendants at the Episcopal Church. In politics, he is a firm advocate of the principles promulaged by the Democratic party.

~ ISAAC J. BLACK ~ Related Surnames: KENNEDY, MAYBERRY, CLARK, CARNES, HANNA, MESSENGER, WARD, FLEWELLING, SOVEREIGN, WHITEHEAD This gentleman is accounted one of the most successful men of Farmers' Creek Township. He has accumulated a competence, is the owner of a very fine homestead, and better than all, bears an irreproachable character. He is the scion of an excellent family, being the son of Robert Black, a native of Pennsylvania, and the grandson of Thomas Black, the record of whose early life is somewhat dim, but who was either a native of Pennsylvania or Ohio, born near the State line. He traced his ancestry to Scotland, and, after his marriage to Miss Kennedy, took up his residence in Lawrence County, Pa., where their children were born and reared. Robert Black, the father of our subject, was the eldest of his parents' eight children. His sister Jane married Alexander Mayberry, and died in Pennsylvania. The others were: Thomas K.; Mary, the wife of Richard Clark, and a resident of Marshall County, Kan.; John; James; Margaret, Mrs. Godfrey Carnes, of Nebraska; and Matthew, of Iowa. Robert, upon reaching manhood, was married, near the line between Pennsylvania and Ohio, to Miss Eliza, daughter of Isaac Hanna, who was of Scotch descent. The parents sojourned several years in Mercer County, Pa., and there Isaac J., our subject, was born Sept. 12, 1848. His brother, Thomas M., is deceased. Andrew D. died in the hospital, at Memphis, Tenn., during the late war. The other children were: Esmeralda, Samuel C., and Isah W.; the latter, a resident of Sanborn County, Dak., is the only one living besides our subject. Mrs. Eliza (Hanna) Black, the mother of our subject, died in Iowa, in April, 1855. The father was married the second time to Mrs. Helen A. (Messenger) Horner, and to them were born five children, namely: David M., a resident of Woodbury County, Iowa; James H. died in infancy; Emily E., Mrs. W. M. Ward, of Maquoketa; Henry W.; and Phebe A., who died young. Robert Black departed this life in this township, at Fulton, March 21, 1884, at the age of seventy-one years. He had been a member of the Presbyterian Church since about 1853. About that year, also, he came to Iowa with his family, locating upon the land which constitutes the present farm of our subject. He was a good man in the broadest sense of the term, and maintained a warm interest in the various enterprises calculated for the good of the people about him. He assisted in the organization of the Presbyterian Church, at Fulton, to the support of which he contribulted liberally as long as he lived. He was instrume! ntal in the purchase of the church-building, which is still occupied by those who are left of 'the old congregation. The mother was also a member of the same church, and he died firm in the faith which they had espoused in their youth. The father resided at the old farm until 1875, then removed to Fulton and spent his declining years. His wife still lives in Fulton. The subject of this sketch assisted his father in the development of the new farm, and when reaching manhood was married, Oct. 7, 1875, to Miss Jennie, daughter of Daniel and Eliza (Flewelling) Sovereign. The father of Mrs. Black, it is supposed, was of German descent, and died in Norfolk County, Canada, in 1856. There also Mrs. Black was born Dec. 21, 1851. The mother, after the death of her husband, whent to live with her daughter at Flint, Mich., were her decease occured Feb. 25, 1889. Her father, Jacob Flewelling, was a native of Wales, and married Miss Sarah Whitehead. They lived in New Brunswick some years, and there the mother of Mrs. Black was born. They removed to New York State after their daughter had become a young lady, and thence to Canada. The property of Mr. Black comprises 160 acres of choice land, which he has brought to a thorough state of cultivation, and upon which he has erected tasteful and modern buildings. In addition to the house, barn, and other structures necessary for carrying on farming in a profitable manner. He also has a creamery, which he erected in 1880, and from which he sends out annually about 60,000 pounds of butter. He keeps upon an average twenty-five cows, and purchases all the cream that he can obtain in the neighborhood. The four children of our subject and his estimable wife are recorded as follows: Ernest was born May 25, 1878, and is living at home; Edwin M. was born Dec. 12, 1881, and died April 24, 1883; Harry O. was born July 19, 1884; and Robert B., Feb. 4, 1886. Mr. and Mrs. Black are members in good standing of the Presbyterian Church at Fulton, in which our subject officiates as Elder, and in other respects is worthily bearing the mantle of his honored father. He united with the church in 1870, and Mrs. Black joined in 1886. Politically, our subject is a decided Republican, but with the exception of serving as Assessor has carefully avoided the responsibilities of office.

~ WILLIAM C. KELLY ~ Related Surnames: MCINEER, KELLEY, REED Misc. Surnames: McNabb William C. Kelly, the present Assessor of Perry Township, is a man of much influrence and weight in this community, who has taken a prominent part in public life. He is identified with the agricultural interests of the place as a practical, skillful, and wide-awake farmer. His farm of 122 acres on section 28 is under excellent cultivation and compares favorably with other places in the neighborhood. Besides cultivated his own land with good results, financially, Mr. Kelley rents fifty acres of land from Mr. McNabb, so that he may carry on more extensive farming operations. Our subject is a Pennsylvanian by birth, born April 8, 1835, in the town of Perrysville, Jefferson County. His paternal grandfather was of Irish descent. He was a farmer by occupation, and a resident of the Keystone State. The father of our subject, Samuel P. Kelley, was born in Westmoreland County, Penn., in 1799. In his youth he learned the trade of wheelwright, and later in life was engaged in the manufacture of spinning-wheels in Jefferson County, his native State. He also carried on farming, having 100 acres of improved land. He finally removed to Armstrong County, and worked at this trade there until 1882, when he came to live with our subject, and he is passing his declining years pleasantly, surrounded by all the comforts that filial love can devise. He is a solid Democrat in his political views; religiously, he is a strong Presbyterian, being a valued member of that Church, in which he was an elder for many years. His wife died while yet in life's prime, in ! Jefferson County, Pa., in 1839. Her maiden name was Elizabeth McIneer, and she was also born in Pennsylvania. Five children were born to them, all of whom, with the exception of our subject, are dead; namely: Susanna P., Mary C., James., and Margaret J. William Kelly, of this sketch, was reared on his father's farm in his native town, and received a substantial education in the common-schools. He remained at home with his father until he was of age, and then found employment elsewhere as a farm hand in the summers and as a lumberman in winters, working in the lumber district, rafting logs on the Red Bank and Alleghany rivers. He was thus engaged until the breaking out of the war, when he threw aside his work to enlist in the defense of the Union, becoming a member of Company K, 11th Pennsylvania Reserve, and was mustered in at Camp Wright. He did gallant service on many hard fought battlefirleds, and received deserved promotion from the ranks to the office of Sergeant and was ever found to be a faithful and efficient soldier in camp or on the field. He fought at the battle of Gaines' Mills, June 27, and was taken prisoner to Richmond, whence he was despatched to Belle Isle, and after six weeks' imprisonment was exchange! d. He then hastened to join the Army of the Potomac at Harrison's Landing, and went from there with his regiment to Fredericksburg. Our subject was present at the second battleof Bull Run, and at the battles of South Mountain, Md., and Antietam. In the latter place he was taken sick, and was sent to the Washington hospital to recruit, and afterward to the Philadelphia hospital, where he remained until his recovery. In the spring of 1863 he was put on detached duty, and served as guard and patrol at Philadelphia, Pottsville, and Mifflin until his honorable discharge at Pittsburg, Pa., Jun, 1864, after an experience of the privations and hardships of war for three years and two months. After leaving the army Mr. Kelly returned to Jefferson County, Pa., where he engaged in business until the spring of 1865. At that time he resolved to try his fortune in the great State of Iowa, and coming to Jackson County by rail, he located in Perry Township. He carried on farming here until 1871, and in the spring of that year, recrossing the Mississippi River, he located in New Windsor, Henry Co., Ill., and carried on agricultural pursuits there until his return to this State, in the spring of 1874. At that time he bought his present place, which was then partly improved. Since then he has been busily engaged in making further improvements, and has greatly increased its value. He has erected a substantial barn, 30 x 42 feet, corn cribs, a wind mill, tanks, etc. His land is fenced, and is amply supplied with water from Cedar Creek. There is a fine lot of native timber on the place, and a good orchard of choice fruit trees. In the upbuilding of his home Mr. Kelly has been blessed with the assistance of a good wife, to whom he was united in marriage Aug. 1, 1867, in Perry Township. Her maiden name was Margaret J. Kelley, and she was born in Mercer County, Pa. She is a daughter of William and Susan (Reed) Kelley. Her father, who was a farmer, came to Iowa with his family in 1846, and locating in Perry Township, carried on his calling here until his removal to Andrew, where he died. He was a Republican in politics, and a Presbyterian in religion. Of the marriage of our subject and his wife two sons have been born - Oscar and Albert. The latter is attending school at Maquoketa. Mr. Kelly is regarded as a man of sound understanding, of good practical ability, and of considerable acument, which traits have marked him as a man to be intrusted with the management of important local affairs in the judgment of his fellow-citizens. He is at present Township Assessor, and has been Township Clerk and Trustee at various times, and also a member of the School Board. In these various offices he has justified his selection to fill them by his efficient and faithful discharge of the duties connected with them without fear or favor. He is a stanch supporter of the policy of the Republican party, and socially, he is prominently identified with the following organizations: I.O.O.F. at Maquoketa, Jackson Lodge No. 33; has filled the chairs; the A.O.U.W., Central Lodge No. 41, Andrew; G.A.R., Andrew.

PLEASE NOTE! - This has not been spell-checked!! ~ J S JOHNSON ~ J. S. Johnson, a farmer and stock raiser of Perry Township, is one of its promiment and influential citizens. He has for several years taken an active part in public affairs, is one of the Township Trustees, having held that office six years, and is a member of the Board of School Directors. His father, Hugh Johnson, a pioneer of Jackson, of revered memory, was a gallant soldier in the late Civil War, and yielded up his life on the battlefield while bravely fighting for his country's honor. Benjamin Johnson, the grandfather of our subject, was born in Pennsylvania. He was a well-to-do farmer, and owned a large tract of land, and also had a sawmill and a woolen mill. He was a soldier in the War of 1812; his father participated in the Revolutionary War, serving throughout the contest. He continued farming in his native State until 1859, when he sold out, and coming to Iowa, engaged in farming in Washington County, until his death in 1861. The father of our subject was born in Mercer County, Pa., and was there reared to the life of a farmer. He carried on that occupation, and also engaged in the lumber business there until 1853. In the spring of 1850 he visited Iowa, and in the following year bought land in Jackson County. He then went back to Pennsylvania, and disposing of his property there, in the spring of 1853 returned to this county with his family, performing the journey with a team in four weeks and two days. He rented at first, and the following year bought 120 acres of land in section 2, Perry Township. His land had no improvements, and the country roundabout was in an exceedingly wild state, and there were but two houses between his place and Bellevue. He was actively and busily engaged in preparing his land for cultivation, and in improving the fine farm. After the war broke out, as soon as he could arrange his affairs, he laid aside all personal considerations to enlist in defence of the ol! d frag, and in the month of September he was enrolled as a member of Company M, 2d Iowa Cavalry. He was mustered in at Davenport, went to the front, and born an honorable part in all the battles in which his regiment participated, and at last fell, bravely fighting, in February, 1864, while on the retreat from West Point, Miss., and he now lies buried in the National burying ground at Corinth. He was promoted from the ranks to the position of Quartermaster-Sergeant. He was a man of noble, earnest nature and large heart, and was well dovered with firmness and resolution. He was ever ready to champion the cause of the weak, afflicted and downtrodden, and all such found in him a true and sympathizing friend. He was a charter member of the United Presbyterian Church at Andrew, and in all things he "sought for the good and cherished it." In anti-bellum days he was a strong abolitionist, and on the formation of the Republican party he became one of its firmest supporters. Mr. Johnson found in his amiable wife one who sympathized with him in his views, and in his labors in upbuilding a home was a ready assistant. Her maiden name was Catherine Mills, and she was born in Lancaster County, Pa., in 1822. Her father, John Mills, was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, and was a farmer by trade. On coming to the United States he located in Lancaster County, Pa., but six years later, in 1832, he removed to Mercer County, in the same State, and was there engaged in farming until his death. Mrs. Johnson was reared in Mercer County, enjoyed good educational advantages, and at the age of eighteen became a school teacher, and continued in that profession until her marriage. She now makes her home in Andrew, is a member of the United Presbyterian Church here, and is held in great esteem by all who know her. The following three children were born of her marriage: J.S., J.M., a machinist in Maquoketa; and the Rev. W. F., a minister in the United Presbyter! ian Church in Iowa. The subject of this brief biography was born in Mercer County, Pa., near Grove City, May 20, 1849, and he was but five years old when his parents came to Iowa; the most of his life has been passed in this State, and in this township. When he was thirteen years old his father went to war, so it devolved on our subject to manage the farm, which he did with good success, showing skill and judgement far beyond his years. He remained on the homestead until he was twenty-two years old, and thus early in life gained sound, practical experience that has been of much use to him in his after career as an independent farmer. In 1871 he bought his present farm, comprising eighty acres of as fertile and productive land as is to be found in this part of the county. It has a fine location on section 2; seventy acres of it are under a high state of cultivation, and it is neatly fenced, and beautiful groves, and is watered by Brush Creek, and has a good set of farm buildings. Besides hi! s own farm Mr. Johnson has some fine specimens of stock, as he raises graded Short-horn cattle, Poland-China hogs, and Norman horses of fine grade, employing two teams in his farm labors. He is Agent for the Farmers' Mutual Insurance Company. Mr. Johnson was married, in Andrew, Iowa, Jan. 26, 1871, to Miss Jennie Woods, daughter of Nathaniel and Margaret (Bolinder) Woods, natives of Claremont County, Ohio. Her paternal grandfather was born in Ireland, and coming to America located in Ohio, where he engaged in farming, and there spent his last days. Her material grandfather, Jacob Bolinder, a native of Pennsylvaia, was a farmer in Ohio, and there died. Mrs. Johnson's parents were reared and married in Ohio, and in 1842 came to Iowa, and were early settlers of South Fork Township. Mr. Woods carried on farming there until his removal to Andrew, where he purchased 200 acres of land. He was engaged in its improvement until 1875, when he went to Kansas, and buying an improved farm of 160 acres in Labette County, is residing there, at the age of seventy-one years, engaged in the fruit business. He is a stanch Republican in his political sentiments, and religiously, is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. H! is wife died during their residence in South Fork Township. She was a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. To her and her husband the following six children were born: Joel (deceased), Martha, Mary, Jennie, Sophia and William. Joel was a member of the 12th Iowa Infrantry during the late war, and served four years. He was wounded in battle, came home, but never fully recovered from the effects of his wound. Mrs. Johnson was born in South Fork Township. Five children complete the happy home circle of herself and husband, namely: Gertie, Ada, Fred, Lulu and Jessie. Mr. Johnson is a man of strong character, manly and self-reliant, and his fellow-citizens, recognizing his practical ability, incorruptible integrity, and other qualifications, have repeatedly called him to public life, finding in him a man to whome they can safely entrust the responsible duties of office, with the certainty that they will be discharged with fidelity and efficiency. We have mentioned the offices that he at the present time holds. He is prominently identified with the I. O. O. F., and has served through the chairs several times. He is one of the leading members of the Presbyterian Church, of which he is an Elder. In politics he is a straight Republican, but above party he holds the highest interest of his country at heart.

PLEASE NOTE! - This has not been spell-checked!! ~ SEYMOR B. WELLS ~ A pioneer of this county, Mr. Wells has worked his way up from a poor beginning financially, to comfortable circumstances, and is not only one of the well-to-do men of Van Buren Township, but one of the most popular, and justly so. In his physical make up, he is of fine physique, and has been endowed with intellectual powers in proportion. He owns and operates a valuable tract of land - 360 acres in extent, 200 lying on section 24, and 160 acres on section 2, his homestead being on section 24. He is liberal and public-spirited, possessing a large and sympathetic nature, his heritage from his mother, to whom he was deeply devoted. As the result of sobriety and having his mind and muscles healthfully employed, he has never been ill a day in his life, and never missed a meal since becoming a resident of Iowa. This unquestionably has been largely the result of a determined will which has never permitted him to succumb to any ordinary emergency. He came to Iowa a young man! with his newly married wife and no other rescourses than his trade of a mason. He struggled for thirteen long years and simply made a living by hard work, then there arose the opportunity for employing himself in digging wells, which in due time set him on his feet, financially. Mr. Wells is a native of the Buckeye State and was born in Wooster, Wayne County, April 14, 1834. He was the fifth child and the third son of his parents, Joseph and Apama (Wing) Wells, whose family consisted of nine children, seven of whom grew to mature years. His father was a native of Connecticut, a general mechanic and wood-worker. The paternal grandfather, Elijah Wells, was of English descent, a native of Connectivut and the father of two sons. The parents of our subject emigrated to Ohio in their youth and were there married. The Wells family settled in the Western Reserve as early as 1810. Joseph Wells in 1858 removed to LaGrange County, Ind., where he occupied himself at farming, and where his death took place in the fall of 1867; the mother passed away four hours prior to the decease of her husband, upon whom she had been attending with the most anxious solicitude, while he was suffering with congestion of the lungs. She possessed a wonderfully sympathetic n! ature, and when the truth became known to her that her partner could not possibly survive, she sank down at his bedside and expired of heart disease. She was a lady singularly unselfish and thoughful of others, and when any one within her reach was ill, would voluntarily asuume the burden of caring for them without ever thinking of herself and often went beyond her strength in ministering to others. Joseph Wells, at the time of his decease was sixty-seven years of age, and the mother was fifty-eight years old; only two of their children are now living and both are residents of Jackson County, Iowa - our subject and Ellen, wife of Charles Blackstone, of Iowa Township. Until the time of coming to Iowa, Mr. Wells had never been twenty miles from home. He received his education in the common-schools, and at the age of seventeen years he began his apprenticeship at the trade of a mason. When twenty-two years of age he was married March 20, 1856, to Miss Hester A., daughter of John and Margaret (Bridgeman) Zuver. This lady was a native of the same county as her husband and born March 18, 1837, thus being at the time of her marriage a maiden of nineteen years. They thus started out practically two children, with nothing but their affection for each other, their ambition for a home, and the trade of Mr. Wells. After crossing the Mississippi they settled in Mt. Algor, this county, (a little village at the corners, close to Mr. Wells' present residence) where soon afterward our subject put a one story house, 14 x 18 feet square, and commenced the hand-to-hand struggle with life. He was sober and industrious, but at the end of thirteen years,! in 1868, owned only his house and lot. He then began drilling wells, borrowing money for his first machine, and soon found himself on the high road to prosperity. In the course of time he was operating six machines. He traded his first house and lot for thirteen acres and another dwelling, and purchased sixty-seven acres of land. Later he added to his real estate, and by 1880 was the owner of 280 acres. He continued at the well business, hiring his farming done by other parties, and is still interested in pumps, windmills, and well-drilling machinery. Without making any pretentions to elegance, he has a very pleasant home and is surrounded by all the comforts of life. He has also a good barn, and his farm is under a good state of cultivation. The family of Mr. Wells consists of one daughter and two sons. The first mentioned, Apama, named after her grandmother, is the wife of R. E. Watts, a farmer of Van Buren Township, and her home is almost directly across the road from that of her parents. She has two children - Seymor and Ralph R. The sons, Levi and Frank, make their home with their parents; the former is interested with his father in the well business. Mrs. Wells is in poor health and is now travelling in California. She is a very estimable lady and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Miles. Mr. Wells has done business with the people of his immediate vicinity for a period of thirty years, and during this time his course has been such as to merit their highest esteem. He is careful and thoughtful in regard to the little things of life, which in themselves seem trifling, but which have much to do with the happiness and good will of mankind. In political matters he is a warm supporter of Republican principles and represented District No. 2, in the County Board of Supervisors, one term, comprising three years. The fact that he ran far ahead of his ticket in a Democratic district is sufficient indication of his standing among the people of this section. In 1880 he was made the candidate of his party for the State Legislature, but with the balance of his ticket he received an anticipated defeat. Two years later he was nominated for State Senator, and ran against his former opponent, reducing the majority of the latter by 500 votes. He has served as Justice of t! he Peace, Township Clerk, and occupied other positions of trust and responsibility. He has never sought office and will never sacrifice his principles under any circumstances. He is thus independent alike in voctory and defeat and has the satisfaction of feeling that he has always honestly followed his convictions, standing up for the right, whatever may be the issue at stake. He is a member of Lodge. No. 169, at Sabula, A. F. & A. M., having joined it in 1855; a member of Royal Arch Chapter at Maquoketa, also a Knight Templar, being a member of the commandery at Maquoketa.

PLEASE NOTE! - This has not been spell-checked!! ~ HARMON SIMON TEBBEN ~ Harmon Simon Tebben, now serving as Township Trustee of Perry Township, is numbered among its prominent and successful agriculturists. He is a native of Germany, born in Hanover, July 18, 1839. His paternal grandfather Tebben, owned a small farm in Hanover, where he spent his entire life. His son Simon, father of our subject, was born and reared in Hanover, where he learned the trade of a weaver. He also spent some time in the employ of the Government, having been overseer of the lumber district. In 1850 he emigrated with his family to America, landed at New Orleans, from whence he proceeded up the river to Jackson County, and located at Tete des Morts, where he engaged in farming. He subsequently bought a tract of wild land, consisting of 200 acres, and began is cultivation. He was successful in all his undertakings, and afterward bought 100 acres of land adjoining his first purchase, thus increasing the acreage of his homestead to 300 acres, which he improved, and c! ontinued to occupy until 1881, when he gave up the active cares of farm life, and removed to Andrew, where he is now living at the advanced age of seventy-six years. In politics he is a stanch Republican, and both he and his good wife are worthy memers of the Lutheran Church. He married Miss Johanna Engleten, who was also a native of Hanover, Germany, and a daughter of a tavern keeper of that place. She was reared, education, and married in her native country, and, accompanying her husband to America, has proved a true helpmate to him during their many years of labor, and is now at seventy-five years of age, reaping the reward of her many years of industry and frugality. To her and her husband were born seven children, namely: Harmon; Elizabeth, living in Andrew; Rebecca, deceased; Febbo, living in Perry Township; Rachel, living in Bellevue Township; John, living in Richland; Hannah, living in Perry Township. Harmon S., the subject of our sketch, was the eldest of the children born to his parents. He attended the public schools in his native country until he was eleven years old, when, having conceived the idea of emigrating to the United States, he pursuaded his material grandmother, Rebecca Engleten, to accompany him, and they had the papers made out accordingly. After all arrangements were made, the parents of our subject, finding it too hard to be separated from their first born, determined to come with him. Therefore, in the fall of 1850, they all left Bremen Haven in the sailing-vessel "columbia," and after a voyage of nine weeks and three days, during which they encountered severe storms, they landed at New Orleans. Thence they come to Galena, Ill., but after saying there two weeks, made their way to Jackson County. Our subject was an industrious, ambitious lad, and he secured work on a farm, and attended the district school, which was held in a primitive log cabin, f! urnished with slab benches. After his father became the owner of a farm, he remained at home and assisted in the labor of improving it until eighteen years old. At that age he secured employment in a warehouse in Bellevue, buying grain, etc. Mr. Tebben afterward became a clerk in a general merchandise store, remaining there until 1863. The ensuing year our subject worked on the home farm, and in 1865 purchased 100 acres of partly improved land on section 36, Richland Township. With characteristic energy he added to the improvements already made, and carried on general farming there until the spring of 1884, when he purchased and took possession of his present homestead of 160 acres in Perry Township. Mr. Tebben still carried on his old place in Richland, and has his present farm, of which only a few acres were broken at the time of purchase, well cleared, fenced, and until good cultivation. A commodious and conveniently arranged stone house was on the place, and our s! ubject has erected a good set of farm buildings, set out an excellent orchard and fine groves of cedar trees. He carries on general farming on an extensive scale, raising considerable grain, and paying much attention to the rearing of fine grades of stock, having Poland-China hogs, and twelve valuable horses of the celebrated Norman and Clydesdale breeds. Mr. Tebben was married Feb. 28, 1863, to Miss Catherine Overbower. Her parents, George and Eva Overbower, were natives of Germany, and emigrated to American when Mrs. Tebben the youngest of the nine children born to them, was nine months old. Mr. Overbower was a cabinet-maker by trade, and after coming to this country, located in Belleville, Ill., where he worked at his calling until his death a few years later. His wife died when Mrs. Tebben was only five years old, and she being thus early left an orphan, was taken into the family of a Mr. John H. Dennis, where she remained until seventeen years of age, when she came to Bellevue, Jackson County, and lived until her marriage with our subject. To Mr. and Mrs. Tebben have been born eight children, namely: Harmon, Lizzie, Eva, George, Hannah, Rebecca, Caroline, Louisa. Lizzie is the wife of Charles Oberman, a farmer in Bellevue Township. Mr. Tebben is a man of much sagacity, intelligence, and sound common sense, and possesses great mechanical genius, which he utilizes by manufacturing many of his farming implements. He and his brother John made a threshing machine, our subject doing the wood work, and his brother the iron work, and they operate it in partnership, doing a good deal of business in the harvest season. As an interprising citizen and a man of genuine worth, Mr. Tebben is held in the highest respect throughout the township, which he has served as Trustee for three years, and is also serving as President of the Board of School Directors. In politics, he is a stanch adherent of the Republican party, and religiously both he and his wife are consistent members of the Lutheran Church. They are truly a most worthy couple, and their home is the centre of genuine hospitality.

PLEASE NOTE! - This has not been spell-checked!! ~ MRS. SUSANNAH A. MC FARLAND ~ This lady, who is living quietly at her pleasant home on section 1 in Van Buren Township, belongs to an old family which flourished in this country during the Revolution times, and she is still in possession of many old and valuable relics which money could not purchase. She was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, May 12, 1809, and was a maiden of fifteen years when coming to America with her uncle, cousin and aunt, Robert Galbreth and Thomas McBeth and their families, and they settled in Allegheny County, Pa. She was there reared to womanhood, and became the wife of Thomas L. McFarland. The latter was born in Allegheny County, Pa., and was the son of Andrew McFarland, a native of County Tyrone, Ireland, who came to America as a British soldier during the progress of the Revolutionary War. He was first made a Commissary Sergeant, later became a Lieutenant, and was finally taken prisoner at Ft. Duquesne. On accot of threatened Indian hostilities he was removed with others in! to Virginia, and there took the oath of alligiance to the Continental Government. Afterward he became a Lieutenant in the American Army, and in due time formed the acquaintance of Miss Margaret Lewis, one of the celebrated Lewis family of the Old Dominion, and to whom he was married. After the war was over he engaged in general merchandising and traded largely with the Indians, receiving their furs for his commodities. One morning a number of Indians came in friendly guise to grandfather McFarland, but as soon as he approached them they sprang forward and endeavored to capture him and carry him away. He discovered their intentions, and as one of the braves grabbed him he gave the canoe a kick and sent it out into the current of the river. This so enraged the savage that he drew a tomahawk and dealt the white man a blow on the head which felled him to the earth. His wife who had been brought up among the Indians of Virginia, suspected that one of them, attired as a white peddler, was merely a decoy, and had warned her husband not to go out. When she saw him fall she fainted, and upon recovering, the Indians, together with her husband had disappeared. She supposed they had murdered him and thrown his body into the river and so, disheartened, fled with! her child through the February snows to seek safety at Ft. Duquesne, now Pittsburg. Three years later when her husband returned to her alive she could scarcely believe it was he. She had been almost crazed at the manner of his supposed death, and for a long time could scarcely be made to realize that it was himself and not his spirit which had returned. Grandfather McFarland remained a captive of the Indians three years, and until the war was ended. They offered him his freedom in case he could escape unhurt when running the gauntlet, which he did. He spent his last years in Allegheny County, Pa., on his farm on the Monongahela River, near the city of Monongahela, and it is supposed was mostly engaged in farming pursuits. His son, Andrew, the father of Thomas L., was married in Pennsylvania, and to him and his wife there were born nine children. It is supposed they also followed agricultural pursuits in the Keystone State, where they likewise spent the remainer of their lives. The subject of this sketch became a bride when a maiden of seventeen years, and having been for some time prior to this a pet of the McFarlands who lived near her own home, she heard many a tale of the scenes and incidents of Revolutionary times, in which the McFarland family bore so conspicuous a part. After marriage she lived with her husband at the old McFarland homestead until 1844, when they resolved to seek their fortunes in what was then the far West. Gathering together their personal effects and bidding adieu to old friends and associations, they started down the Ohio River, and thence came up the Mississippi as far as what was then Charleston, but is now Sabula. Between this and the place which they selected upon which to locate there was only one house. Mr. McFarland pre-empted a quarter section of land upon which he labored successfully, and afterward added to his real-estate until he was the owner of 200 acres. Mrs. McFarland had been given a good education and was always greatly interested in schools. Mrs. McFarland's eldest daughter, Margaret L., is now Mrs. Johnson of Davenport. She officiated as a teacher over the first school organized at Green Island in 1847, and the first Sunday-School in Green Island was established by her. She is well versed in needle work and painting, and has also given instruction in these. The McFarlands were at first Presbyterians and afterward joined the Congregationalists in religion and are Democrats in politics. The old clock of Revolutionary times, and the first one to be brought from Pennsylvania to Iowa is still at the old homestead. It is a very large piece of mechanism, giving not only the hours and minutes, but the months and the changes of the seasons. It was manufactured by Thomas Hutchinson of Washington County, Pa., and when properly mounted stands nine feet high. It is one of the heirlooms which will probably be preserved for ge! nerations to come. There is also an old iron kettle in the family which was once the property of the old Revolutionary soldier, Lieut. McFarland, who cooked his meals in it during his army life. During the visit of Gen. LaFayette to America he presented the old Lieutenant with a snuff box which bore the inscription "Treaty of Ghent" and which is now in possession of Mrs. McFarland. The subject of this sketch is the daughter of Lieut. William Alexander, an officer of the British army, a native of Tyrone, Ireland, though of Scotch descent, and who spent his last years in Ireland. The maiden name of her mother was Eliza Henderson. To Thomas L. and Susannah A. McFarland there were born the children whose record is as follows: Margaret Lewis is the widow of Elijah Johnson, and the mother of five children, three of whom lived to mature years, namely: Alanson, Mary A., and Andrew McFarland. Alanson died in California in 1888, leaving one child, a daughter, Margaret; Mary A. is the wife of John O. Vail, and the mother of two children - Elsie and Forest O.; (Andrew went to California at the age of nineteen, and is now engaged in silver mining. In those early days he was a great hunter, and frequently engaged in this sport with Gen. John C. Fremont.) Eliza married Israel Davis, and died at Sterling, Iowa, Feb. 15, 1865, leaving two children - Sarah and Susa! nna; John was married and died in California, and left two children - Susanna and Nowland; Anna St. Clair married David A. Seymour, and Mr. Seymour died Jan. 17, 1888, leaving five children, namely: Andrew, who died in Ventanas, State of Durango, Old Mexico, Jan. 9, 1880; Alfred M., Ezra D., Thomas A., died Aug. 12, 1873; and Herbert D. Mrs. Seymour now resides with her mother. Andrew went to California, and thence to Durango, Mexico; Alfred M. is married, and a resident of Whiteside County, Ill.; Ezra has charge of the homestead; Thomas A. died in infancy, and Herbert D. is at home. Miss Susan A. McFarland became the wife of C. C. Kendall, and resides at North Bend, Neb.; she is the mother of one child, Pearl, who also resides in North Bend. Thomas L. married Miss Emma Seely, and they reside in San Bernardino, Cal.; they have two children - Thomas L., Jr., and Emma St. C. Agatha L. McFarland died Oct. 20, 1862, and William A. McFarland is a resident of California. Thomas L. McFarland, Sr., departed this life at the homestead in Van Buren Township July 22, 1873, at the age of seventy-six years. The homestead embraces 160 acres of thoroughly cultivated land with modern improvements, and the family is highly respected wherever known. Mrs. McFarland is a woman of much ability and energy, and is held in high esteem by her neighbors.

PLEASE NOTE! - This has not been spell-checked!! ~ ALEXANDER CLARK ~ Alexander Clark, proprietor of the Canton Mills, came to Jackson County about five years since, and purchased this mill property, sinch which time he has carried on the business successfully and made hosts of friends in Brandon Township and vicinity. He is of Scotch birth and parentage, and native of Aberdeenshire, and was born Sept. 9, 1842. He is consequently in the prime of life, and as the result of temperate habits, enjoys excellent health and retains all his faculties unimpaired. He possesses the typical honesty of his countryment, is industrious and enterprising, and lives comfortably in a neat home in the north of town. Our subject is the son of William and Isabel (Daniel) Clark, who were also natives of Scotland. In 1847, when their son Alexander was a lad of five years, they emigrated to America, and coming West, settled in the vicinity of Janesville, Rock Co., Wis. The father purchased a large tract of land, and was greatly prospered in his labors as an agriculturiest, sometimes harvesting grain from 300 acres in a year. He lived to a good old age, and departed hence in March, 1883. The mother still survives, and remains at the old homestead in Wisconsin. To the parents of our subject there were born twelve children - all in Scotland - and all but one, who died on the journey hither, came to the United States with their parents. Another child died soon after the family settled in Wisconsin. Ten children grew to mature years. The eldest of those living is James, a miller of Rushville, Neb.; Frank and John (twins) died at Janesville, Wis; the latter became the owner of a mill and a valuable block in Janesville, and Frank also occupied himself as a miller; William is a tobacco grower and dealer, also a miller by trade, and lives in Janesville; David and Thomas are farming in Rock County, Wis.; Isabel (Mrs. James Youngclause) resides in the same county; Robert is farming there; and George occupies the old homestead. The subject of this sketch was the seventh child of the parental household, and spent his boyhood and youth after the manner of most farmers' sons, assisting in building up the homestead and making himself useful during the seasons of sowing and reaping. He attended the common schools, and at the age of twenty years repaired to Janesville, and commenced learning the miller's trade. Janesville continued to be his home until 1869, but his in the meantime worked at his trade in the cities of Chicago, Green Bay, and other places. In February of that year he emigrated to Council Grove, Kan., and purchased an interest in a mill, with which he remained connected something over three years. At the expiration of this time Mr. Clark, going into Rice County, Kan., purchased a large tract of land and engaged in stock-raising. In June, 1885, however, he traded 600 acres of Kansas land for his present mill property in Brandon. He effected many improvements in and about the mill, built a new dam, renovated the machinery, and was soon the the enjoyment of a prosperous business. He owns forty acres of land, which at one time was platted as East Canton. During his residence in Kansas he engaged considerably in buying and selling wheat, and also dealt in agricultural implements at Newton. In the above mentioned place Mr. Clark was married, March 10, 1874, to Miss Nancy A. Dodds. Mrs. Clark was born in Jackson County, Ohio, Dec. 12, 1845, and is the daughter of James and Elizabeth Dodds, who were natives of Ohio, and are now deceased. Of this union there are three children - May, John and George. Mr. Clark, politically votes the straight Republican ticket, and while a resident of Kansas held the various minor offices of his township, and was also Commissioner of Rice County. During his ten years residence in that State there were three grasshopper raids, two hail storms, and a cyclone, all of which proved very destructive.

----- Original Message ----- From: <iagenwebboards@iagenweb.org> To: <cmeyer@caves.net> Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 3:38 PM Subject: [Jackson Queries:] WILDE, Sabula, about 1850 > The following new message has been posted on Jackson Queries at > <http://iagenweb.org/boards/jackson/queries/index.cgi>. To respond to this > message, click on the link below. Respond directly to the message using the > form provided. > > *************************************************************************** > > MESSAGE: (#42554) WILDE, Sabula, about 1850 > <http://iagenweb.org/boards/jackson/queries/index.cgi?rev=42554> > AUTHOR: Tom Wilde > DATE: 1/8/2004 at 15:38:44 > > Surnames: WILDE > > My great, great grandfather, Edward Wilde, moved his family from Ontario, > Canada, to Sabula, Jackson Co., IA, shortly after my g,grandfather's birth > which was in 1845. There were at least eight children in the family. Am trying > to find out more information about Edward Wilde and his family while they > lived in Jackson Co. Edward died in ON so he obviously left IA but I don't > know when. Would be interested to know if there are still Wilde descendants > living in Jackson Co. Thank you for any information you may have on this WILDE > family. > > *************************************************************************** > > This is an automatically-generated notice. To be removed from the Message > Board list, you may (Un)Subscribe at Jackson Queries at > <http://iagenweb.org/boards/jackson/queries/index.cgi>, or send your request > to iagenwebboards@iagenweb.org. If you wish to respond to this message, > please post your response directly to the board. Thank you!

----- Original Message ----- From: <iagenwebboards@iagenweb.org> To: <cmeyer@caves.net> Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 5:35 AM Subject: [Jackson Biographies:] Herbert R. Sugg, M.D. > The following new message has been posted on Jackson Biographies at > <http://iagenweb.org/boards/jackson/biographies/index.cgi>. To respond to this > message, click on the link below. Respond directly to the message using the > form provided. > > *************************************************************************** > > MESSAGE: (#42535) Herbert R. Sugg, M.D. > > <http://iagenweb.org/boards/jackson/biographies/index.cgi?rev=42535> > AUTHOR: S. Ferrall > DATE: 1/8/2004 at 05:35:00 > > Surnames: SUGG,OLNEY > > HERBERT R. SUGG, M.D. > Member of the Iowa State board of Health, was born July 20, 1874, at Preston, > Iowa, of American parentage. For generations back his father and grandfather > were physicians. With his parents he moved to Sabula, Iowa, in 1880 and to > Clinton in 1892, where he has since resided. Graduated from the Sabula high > school in 1892 and the following year from the Clinton high school. Completed > his medical education at Rush medical college in 1896 at the age of > twenty-one, and for the following year was house surgeon at the Chicago > Policinic Hospital, Chicago. Has been in active practice in Clinton since > 1898. Was married in 1901 to Florence Olney of Clinton. They have one son. Is > a member of the staff of Jane Lamb Memorial Hospital and is past president of > the staff and of the county medical society. President of the Wapsipincon > club, member of the Clinton Country club, Rotary, De Molay Consistory and > other civic organizations. Was instrumental in organizing the Red Cross > chapter during the war, and has served continuously on the executive board. > From 1907 to 1915 was a surgeon in the Iowa national guard. Elected health > officer of Clinton in 1912 and has been reelected every two years excepting > for the period of 1920-1922 while the farmer labor party was in control. > Appointed a member of the Iowa State Board of Health in November 1924; > reappointed by Governor Hammill in 1927. He is a republican. > > -source: Iowa Official Register, 1927-1928; Biographies of State Officials. > > *************************************************************************** > > This is an automatically-generated notice. To be removed from the Message > Board list, you may (Un)Subscribe at Jackson Biographies at > <http://iagenweb.org/boards/jackson/biographies/index.cgi>, or send your > request to iagenwebboards@iagenweb.org. If you wish to respond to this > message, please post your response directly to the board. Thank you!

That sounds good to me, Charlotte. The more info - the better. Carol Meyer Family wrote: >If you folks are interested, I can easily forward to this list anything that >gets posted to the local Jackson County boards. I always get a copy in my >inbox every time some posts to the boards. > >Charlotte M. Meyer - coordinator >Jackson County, IAGenWeb >http://www.rootsweb.com/~iajackso/ > > > >==== IAJACKSO Mailing List ==== >Support Free Genealogical Access! Support RootsWeb! > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > >============================== >Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration >Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > >

If you folks are interested, I can easily forward to this list anything that gets posted to the local Jackson County boards. I always get a copy in my inbox every time some posts to the boards. Charlotte M. Meyer - coordinator Jackson County, IAGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~iajackso/

> I don't know why my email program is messing up, and inserting exclamation points into completed biographies. My husband is trying to figure out the problem. Thanks for your patience. I don't know what causes it either. I've seen it happen before, so it's not just you. Charlotte Meyer

Donna, You are doing a great service to all of us who are working on genealogy for our own families and can't get to Jackson Co., any more. I am sure you will work it out. I thought it was going great as it was!!!!!!!!!. We will wait for your decision. Marge

I don't know why my email program is messing up, and inserting exclamation points into completed biographies. My husband is trying to figure out the problem. Thanks for your patience. Donna

~ J FORTIS THOMPSON ~ Related Surnames: THOMPSON, MCKNIGHT, MCDOWELL, FETTERMAN, HILLMAN, WALLING, FORT, HOWARD, WRIGHT Misc. Surnames: MARTIN J Fortis Thompson is a wide-awake, successful man of business, connected with various interests in Maquoketa, his place of residence. He has been Superintendent of the Telephone, in Jackson County, for some years; has a half interest in the city dray line, and represents the American Express Company as its local agent. He comes of a good old Pennsylvania family, and is of Scotch-Irish antecedents. He was born in Crawford County, Pa., April 15, 1850. His father, John P. Thompson, was a native of the same State, born in Indiana County, which is also supposed to have been the birthplace of his father, John G. Thompson. Moses Thompson, the great-grandfather of our subject, was born either in Scotland, or in the Northern part of Ireland, of Scotch parentage. From the best information at hand he is said to have been one of three brothers who came to America in Colonial times, he locating in Pennsylvania, one of his brothers in Ohio, and the other in Maryland. He was one of ! the first settlers of Indiana County, where he took up a large tract of timber land, and cleared a farm. He built one of the first grist-mills in that section of the country, and also established a tannery. The old homestead is still owned by his descendants, he having resided on it until his death. The grandfather of our subject succeeded his father in the ownership of the tannery, and managed it successfully, manufacturing all the leather into harness, doing an extensive business; and he also engaged extensively in shipping tan-bark. He was a resident of Pennsylvania until his death, which occurred in 1884, at the advanced age of eighty-four. The maiden name of his wife was McKnight, and she was likewise a native of the Keystone State. The father of our subject was young when his mother died, and he went to live with an aunt in Indiana County. He learned to make harness, but followed the trade only a few years, when he abandoned it to engage in the lumber business in Crawford County. After marriage he became interested in farming, and also the mercantile business in Dixonburg, continuing there five years. He then took a contract to grade ten miles of railway, in Ashtabula and Trumbull Counties, Ohio. He failed to get his pay when the work was completed, and was financially ruined. He returned to Dixonburg, in 1860, and was employed in boat-building one year, and, in 1862 and 1863, engaged in boating on the Pittsburg and Erie canal. The latter venture was very successful, and he retrieved much of the money that he had formerly lost. In 1864 he came to Iowa, and locating in Nashville, engaged in farming three years. At the expiration of that time he came to Maquoketa, and has ever since been an honor! ed resident of this city. The maiden name of his wife was Barbara J. McDowell. She was born in Crawford County, Pa.; and her father, Alexander McDowell, was a native of that State. His father, James McDowell, was a native of Scotland, and was reared and married in that country. About a year after marriage he started for America, and after his arrival here settled in Pennsylvania. He bore an honorable part in the Revolution, and assisted the Colonists to gain their independence, and after the declaration of peace he located in Crawford County, and was one of its early settlers. He had penetrated the forest primeval of that part of the country by an Indian trail, and he took up a large tract of wild land, which he improved into a farm, and there made his residence until death. The grandfather of our subject was reared and married there; Julia Fetterman, a native of the county, of German parentage, becoming his wife. He inherited a part of the old homestead, carried on ! agricultural pursuits extensively, and in connection operated a saw-mill and manufactured lumber. He died, in 1874, at the venerable age of eighty-four years. His wife departed this life in 1882, at the same age. Nine children, six sons and three daughters, were born to the parents of our subject, as follows: Julia A., the wife of Dr. H. W. Hillman, of Trumball County, Ohio; Clara J., wife of H. A. Walling, of Jefferson, Ashtabula Co., Ohio; Carrie M., wife of Prof. W. H. Fort, formerly a teacher in Maquoketa; William A., a resident of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.; our subject; James H.; Edwin S., deceased; Charles J., living in Maquoketa; Jesse E., living in Kansas City. The subject of this biography resided with his maternal grandparents from the age of three years until he was twelve years old, attending school in the winter seasons, and gleaning a good education, and at other time assisting in the labors of the farm. When he was twelve years old his father took him with him on the canal, to help him about his business, and, in 1854, he accompanied him to Iowa. He resided with his parents until 1867, and in 1868 he engaged to drive a peddler's wagon and sell woolen goods, and he also bought wool two summers. In the winter of 1869-70 he taught school, and March 1, 1870, he was appointed Deputy Postmaster of Maquoketa. He held that position five years, and the following two years was clerk in a dry-goods store. But failing health obliged him to give up that sedentary occupation, and seek out-of-door employment. He was advised to try a change of climate, and in 1878 he started for Nebraska, with a pair of horses and a wagon, and drove t! o Clay County. He bought eighty acres of school land, four miles south of the present site of Clay Centre, and thirteen miles from the nearest railway station. He had but a small part of the purchase money in cash. He broke twenty-five acres of the land that year, and built a small frame house and a sod stable, doing the work himself. The next June he sold his interest in the land at quite an advance, and then invested in another tract, one-half mile north of Clay Centre. Forty acres of the land were broken, and a small frame house stood on the place. Our subject resided there, farming in the summer and teaching in the winter, until 1882, when he returned to Maquoketa. He engaged in the drug business with Dr. Martin for a year and a half, and then sold out. In the meantime he had been appointed Agent for the American Express Company, in this city, and still looks after the interests of the company. In 1883 he was appointed Superintendent of the Telephone, in Jackson! County, and has managed its affairs since, and in 1888 he bought a half interest in the city dray line. Mr. Thompson was married, June 22, 1875, to Miss Clara Howard, and of their pleasant wedding life one child has been born - Olive M. Mrs. Thompson is a native of this State, born in Lamotte. Her parents, John and Clara (Wright) Howard, were natives of the State of New York. Her father served in the Mexican War. Both he and his wife died when Mrs. Thompson was very young, and she was reared by Dr. and Mrs. Martin. Our subject is a gentleman of culture, and of wide and varied information, whose judgment is keen and far-seeing in business matters. He stands well in social circles, and is connected with the following organizations: Helion Lodge No. 36, A. F. & A. M., Bathkol Chapter No. 94; Tancred Commandery No. 40; Wood Encampment No. 161, M. W. A.; Timber City Lodge No. 8, A. O. U. W.; D. F. C.; V. A. S., No. 59.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5k.2ADE/1567 Message Board Post: Sarah Heeley born; March 24, 1858, Died : May 31, 1904 Following info from Bremer County Courthouse, Waverly, Iowa. Lewis Prosser married Sarah A. Healey March 19, 1884, at the Presb. Church, Janesville, with Mrs. E. A. Healy and Cha. M. Howe as witnesses. Lewis was 22 years old, the son of A. J. Prosser and Almira Norce (Vorce). Lewis was born in Penn Yan, NY. It was his first marriage, and he was a farmer. Sarah was 25 years old, the daughter of Erastus Healy and Sarah Smith. She was born at Janesville. It was her first marriage. Sarah died May 31, 1904, in Janesville. She is buried in Janesville Cem., and died of ulcer of stomach. Found the following info; from the 1880 United States Census; Still have to check this! Work in Progress, seems like it's a good match. Source info; Jackson, Bremer, Iowa Erastlus Heely, married, Male, White, age 47,birth, N.Y., Farmer, parents birth; VT/both Sarah Heely, married, female, white,age 43, birth, N.Y, keeps house,fathers birth- VT/mothers N.Y. Sarah Heely, Dau., single,white, age 22, birth- IA, at home Belle Heely, Dau., single, white, age 20, birth- IA, at home George Heely, Son, single, white, age 18, birth- IA, at home Lydia Heely, Dau., single, white, age 16, birth- IA, at home Can anyone add information to this line? On Sarah or Lewis Prosser's famileis! Thank you, Debra

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Belton/Hofius Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/5k.2ADE/1256.1 Message Board Post: My great grandmother was Julia Lula Hofius who was married to Atlas Leet Belton. Pls contact me for more information. didn't your uncle Donald play for the Baltimore Orioles?