This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: ARENS, COSSMANN Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5k.2ADE/908.2.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Tara, Thank you very much. Yes indeed, I would love a photo of Katherine and Joseph Josten. Please send it at a resolution of over 200 dpi if you can. I would also like to exchange gedcoms of your COSSMANN>HALFMAN>JOSTEN line. I have photos of COSSMANN/HALFMAN/JOSTEN headstones from the Elgin, NE cemetery if you may interested in any of them. I am in the process of recording all Luxembourger AREN(D,S,T,Z), or variations thereof, that I can find in the LDS films. I record them into Familytreemaker along with their baptism sponsors and village and wedding witnesses and village and then try to connect them to my ARENS. By studying the village of residence and baptism and marriage records, I?ve become very nearly convinced that all these Luxembourger AREN*** variation people are indeed related. I currently have over 2000 of them that are not yet connected. Your Susanna Arens was not yet in my file. I see that Lannen, Luxembourg and Grendel, Belgium are less than 3 miles apart. Could you also send me a gedcom of those that you have connected to Susanna ARENS so that I may add them to my Familytreemaker file? Does your March 28, 1791 marriage record for Susanna Arendt to Nicolaus Groat list the parents of Susanna? My email is: lavaeandbob@cs.com My home page is: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/a/r/e/Bob--Arens/

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cossmann, Halfmann, Josten, Arendt, Croat, Nepper, Groff Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5k.2ADE/908.2.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Bob, I saw your postings for Anna Maria Cossmann b.30 Aug 1834 in Germany and Peter Halfman b.20 Jul 1821 in Altenburg, Prussia, Germany. They are my 3rd great-grandparents.(I have a photo of my 2nd great-grandparents Katherine Halfmann and Joseph Josten I could email you if you're interested.) Looking over your other entries I found your website and was hoping to make a connection with the Arens family. Unfortunately it's a branch that I've got little information on, and none of it is well documanted. My 5th g-gfather Nicolaus Croat b.1 Feb 1766 in Lannen Lux.(father Nicolai Croat b.1724 Lannen Lux m. 24 May 1749 Lannen Lux, mother Catherine Groff b. ? Lux) married Susanna Arendt b. unk m. 28 Mar 1791 in Grendel, Lux (or Belgium?) Their children were: -Catherina Croat b. 9 Nov 1792 in Lannen, Lux d. 15 Oct 1847 + Nicholas Arendt b. 1783 m. 1712 Belgium - Nicholas Arendt b. 1814 - Anne Marie Arendt b. 1821 - Elizabeth Arendt b. 1823 - Phillip Arendt b. 1827 - Lambert Arendt b. 31 May 1829 -Victor Croat b. 15 Mar 1794 in Grendel, Belgium d.15 Jan 1870 in Lake Church, Belgium, WI + Elizabeth Fousse b. 15 Aug 1796 Attert, Belgium m. 12 Jan 1819 in Attert, Belgium -Jean Nicolas Croat b. 25 Sep 1796 in Grendel, Belgium d. Apr 1825 in Rethel, France. Other names that I found common were Nepper (Knepper) and Groff but still I don't think I have enough infor to make a commection... a coincidence maybe? Any help on any of the family names I mentioned would be greatly appreciated! Tara Shain

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/5k.2ADE/489.576.1.2 Message Board Post: I am interested in the photos, though I will need to get to my other computer to send you what I have. Very interesting.

Do you have a Chancy Conklin who married Catherine Smith in 1851 in Iowa? Diana

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wallace, Conklin, Sade, Said, Edwards, Clark, Conley Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/5k.2ADE/489.576.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Im descended from William Conklin and Ester Ackley, through their dau. Phoebe Ann Conklin who married Thomas Sade or Said. If anyone is interested I have a gencom on the Conklin, Ackley, Wallace, Edwards, Clark, and Conley and allied families I will gladly share with anyone.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/5k.2ADE/489.576.1.1 Message Board Post: I could be I 'm related by way Thomas jefferson Sade Said Need more info Tom

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/1579.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks for your concern. I really believe he and his wife Elizabeth are buried in Mt Hope cemetery in the town of Maquoketa, Jackson County. But, thanks anyway. Edith

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/5k.2ADE/489.576.1 Message Board Post: I have a picture of Ann Conklin Wallace, sister Phoebe Conklin Sade, her husband Thomas Jefferson Sade, their grand-daughter (a clark) and a great Granddaughter. Interested? e-mail at d_jones@sbcglobal.net

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/5k.2ADE/489.575.1.1 Message Board Post: I have a picture of Ester Ackley Conklin too. Wonder if it is the same one. Just a head shot. She was described in the Jackson Co. History book in the record of her trial as an Amazonian type woman. The picture confirms the description. Ester's daughter Phoebe was my great, great grandmother. If you want to compare, d_jones@sbcglobal.net

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/1579.1 Message Board Post: I am no relatiion, but have had access to the West Prairie cemetery records in Clinton, Co.Asa Davis is possibly buried there. This cem is just over the line betweenJackson and Clinton co. Hope this helps you.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: MCCAFFREY, CARROLL Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/5k.2ADE/1592.1 Message Board Post: Margaret Alice Carrol from Maquoketa was married to Eugene McCaffrey son of Owen McCaffrey a Maquoketa businessman.

~ OTTO W HEYNEN, b. 9 Oct 1846 ~ Related Surnames - HEYNEN, SIPES, WORTON, KRENZER The connection of Mr. Heynen with the religious and educational interests of this county deserves more than a passing mention. He has been willing to contribute both time and money for the furtherance of those objects having the view the best good of the people, socially, morally, and financially. He has ever been a warm friend of the temperance movement, and during his incumbency of the office of Justice of the Peace, after the State Legislature had passed the prohibitory amendment, he was often assailed and frequently threatened with personal injury from the liquor element. He meted out justice to them however, unmoved and according to the letter of the law, and there is no doubt would have suffered the loss of his life rather than the compromise of his principles. Mr. Heynen is German both by birth and ancestry, having been born in Ronsdorf, Prussia, Oct. 9, 1846. His first recollections, however, are of Freeport, Stephenson Co., Ill., to which he was brought by his parents when a child of three years. He attended the public school at Naperville, and at a very early age exhibited a predeliction for mercantile business. His career in this line began as a clerk in a store at Naperville, when he was a youth of sixteen years. Later he emigrated to Chicago, where he was similarly engaged for a time, and we next find him at Freeport, as the employee of Mr. Maynard, one of the pioneer merchants of that place. Our subject, in February, 1870, came to Iowa, and engaged as a clerk at Maquoketa, but later became interested in buying butter and eggs. In 1876 he changed the scene of his operations to Miles, where he permanently established himself, and has grown wealthy. At Freeport, on the 27th of February, 1872, he was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth M. Sipes. This lady was born in Blairsville, Indiana Co., Pa., and is the daughter of Henry and Jane E. (Worton) Sipes, the former of whom was a native of Baltimore, Md., and the latter of Pennsylvania. The father early in life emigrated to the Keystone State, where he was married to Miss Worton, and in 1868 they removed to Illinois, where the father intended to engage in the grocery business at Freeport. His plans, however, were cut short by his death, which occurred soon after his arrival, when he was sixty-eight years old. The mother later returned to Pennsylvania, and died at the home of her son, in February, 1889, at the! age of seventy-nine years. They were the parents of ten children, and Mrs. Heynen was the eighth in order of birth. She was reared to womanhood at Lock Haven, Pa., receiving a good education in the common school. Of her union with our subject there have been born six children, namely: Ada M., Alvin C., Edward O., Arthur W., Wilfred, and Ruth. The butter and egg enterprise of Mr. Heynen at Maquoketa proved a failure, and he lost heavily. Consequently upon coming to Miles he was obliged to start at the foot of the ladder again. Without receiving a dollar of assistance from any one he slowly fought his way upward, and is now one of the most solid men financially of this part of the county. In the interval he has made many warm personal friends, who have stood by him through good and evil report. He is recognized as a thorough business man, one possessing a strong sense of honor. He has had the happy faculty of being able to engineer successfully several enterprises of the kind, and while it would seem that his own private interests were sufficient to employ one man's thoughts, such as been his mental activity and capacity that he has been enabled to give much time and attention to the interests of the community around him. He was instrumental in establishing the Congregational Church in Miles, of which he is a! n honored member, and has been a Trustee for the past twelve years; he also has been closely identified with Sunday-school work. He labored in this manner likewise two years at Maquoketa. He has been President of the Village Library at Miles since 1877, and it is largely through his influence that it has prospered. It is now the pride of the place, and comprises 600 volumes of choice reading. Mr. Heynen has served as Secretary of the Board of Education at Miles for the past eight years, and took an active part in the erection of the High School building. He has been an earnest supporter of the Republican party since becoming a voter, and has been true to his principles, especially in connection with the cause of temperance, although it has cost him great loss in business, as the liquor men naturally withdrew from him their patronage during the time he was prosecuting them for violation of the law. He occupies a pleasant home in the eastern part of the city, and, besides this, is the owner of his commodious store building, which is situated on one of the main streets. The family history of our subject is one of more than usual interest. He can trace his ancestry on his mother's side as far back as 1680, and on the side of his father to 1724. The parents were Ernest W. and Matilda (Krenzer) Heynen, who were, with their son, natives of Rondorf, Prussia, and are still living, residing on their farm in DuPage County, Ill. They emigrated to America in the year 1848, settling first at Freeport, Ill., but soon afterward removed to Naperville, DuPage County. Their family consisted of five sons and two daughters, four of whom are living, and our subject next to the eldest. The oldest son, Ernest, during the late Civil War, enlisted in the 105th Illinois Infantry, served until just before the surrender of Lee, and was killed in the last battle fought between the two armies at Fayetteville, N.C. The others are residents of Iowa and Illinois. Mr. Heynen established the first creamery in this county, and probably the first in the State of Iowa, having the building erected at Miles in 1870. Of this he is one of the principal stockholders, and the enterprise owes much of its success to his excellent judgment and assistance. He was the first man to introduce the centrifugal separator system into the county. He, in company with a partner, operates a large creamery at Andover, in Clinton County, besides one in Spragueville, and Mr. Heynen owns a creamery at Green Island. The business in 1886 reached the climax, the corporation paying out for milk, cream, hired help, etc., $54,875.75. These creameries are all running to good advantage, and have proved paying investments. ("Portrait and Biographical Album of Jackson County, Iowa", originally published in 1889, by the Chapman Brothers, of Chicago, Illinois.)

~ AUGUSTUS C HEYNEN, b. 8 Jan 1849 ~ Related Surnames - HEYNEN, RAY Augustus C. Heynen, the younger brother of O.W. Heynen, well known within the mercantile community of Miles and vicinity, is a worthy representative of the family, and conducts a successful general hardware business in the above mentioned town. He established himself here in the fall of 1878, and has become widely and favorably known to a large proportion of the residents of this section. He was born in the city of Ronsdorf, Prussia, Jan. 8, 1849, and is consequently in the prime of life. He possesses a well-balanced head for business, and the same principles of morality which have distinguished the elder Heynen. He came with his parents to America in 1848*, when a mere child, and the scenes of his first recollections are at Naperville, Ill., where he spent his boyhood and attended the commons schools. Young Heynen left home at the early age of fifteen years, being a bright and ambitious boy, and anxious to start in life for himself. We should state that he completed h! is studies in the academy at Naperville, making a specialty of book-keeping. When leaving home he repaired to Chicago, and commenced an apprenticeship at the tinner's trade, which he followed two years. He then engaged with the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Company, and was given charge of the ventilating apparatus of their passenger coaches, and of the work in which the tinner's art was made use of. This proved to him a valuable experience, when he not only learned many new things in connection with his trade, but the opportunity for travel was equally of service. Mr. Heynen, after leaving the railroad, engaged for a short time at steam and gas fitting in Chicago. Next he changed his occupation somewhat, and became a general salesman for the wholesale and retail millinery house of Stark Bros. After two years thus occupied he, in 1878, joined his brother in Miles, this county, and purchased the hardware stock of J.C. Day, now of Sabula. The spring following he associated himself with a partner, Mr. Hammersmith, and they prosecuted a thriving trade in hardware and agricultural implements, under the firm name of A. C. Heynen & Co. In 1885 they disposed of the agricultural implement branch to Henry Dunn, and replaced it with a stock of furniture. This and the hardware department they conducted as two stores until the spring of 1887, when they separated, Mr. Heynen taking the hardware department and his partner the furniture. The well-known probity and reliability of Mr. Heynen have made the task of establishing a good patronage comp! aratively easy, and he is now numbered among the rising and solid business men of the place. He is liberal and public-spirited like his brother, and, politically, a Republican to the backbone, having also a warm interest in the temperance movement. He was elected Township Collector in 1887, and still holds the office. He owns and occupies a neat and comfortable residence in the eastern part of the village, and which forms one of its most attractive homes. Both he and his estimable wife are members in good standing of the Congregational Church, in which Mr. Heynen is one of the pillars, and officiates as Clerk. The year 1881 witnessed the marriage of our subject with Miss Sarah Ray, at the home of the bride in Miles. Mrs. Heynen was born in Pennsylvania, and came to Iowa with her parents, they settling first in Andrew. The household circle of Mr. and Mrs. Heynen includes four bright children, three sons and a daughter, namely: Frank, Nettie, Ray, and George. * This date and the date of his birth are exactly as printed in the original volume. ("Portrait and Biographical Album of Jackson County, Iowa", originally published in 1889, by the Chapman Brothers, of Chicago, Illinois.)

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: SKELLEY/FITZGERALD/CARROLL Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/5k.2ADE/1592 Message Board Post: Was there a CARROLL family in Maquoketa and if so, did they have a son named James, probably born in the late 1940s or early 1950s?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: SKELLEY/CARROLL/FITZGERALD Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/5k.2ADE/1591 Message Board Post: Looking for more current information regarding PAUL BERNARD SKELLEY, born 1914, such as where living, when and where married, children, education, occupation, etc. Looking for any information about his older brother, Herbert SKELLEY who I believe died before 1989.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: SKELLEY/CARROLL/FITZGERALD Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/5k.2ADE/1590 Message Board Post: Looking for information on the three children of Kenneth SKELLEY, especially Jane, born about 1956, who married a James Carroll and believed to now be living in Winnetka, Illinois. Also looking for information of Kenneth's brother, Paul Bernard Skelley.

~ R F HAYES ~ Related Surnames - HAYES, BASSETT, GILRUTH, WESTLAKE, GRIFFIN, DOE, McEWEN R. F. Hayes, of the firm of Orcutt & Hayes, druggists, Maquoketa, is classed among the leading citizens of this city as a competent business man, possessing a fine tact, a clear head, and an excellent education. He was born in Berea, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio. His father, Sylvester Hayes, was also a native of that State, his birthplace being in Licking County. His father, bearing the same name, was a native of New York, descending from an English family, that had been among the early settlers of that State. He removed to Ohio in 1817, and cast in his lot with the few pioneers of Licking County, who had preceded him into the wilderness. He became a large contractor on the Ohio Canal that was constructed between Cleveland and Portsmouth, and he was an extensive land holder in that county. He subsequently moved from there to Franklin County, and settling in Worthington, ten miles north of Columbus, he was actively engaged in the mercantile business a number of years before his d! eath, which occurred in that place. The maiden name of his wife was Fanny Bassett, and she was a native of New York State. She also died in Worthington. The father of our subject was reared in his native State, was there married, and afterward accompanied his father-in-law to Berea, and with him bought lands and mill property. There, in the very prime of life, in 1852, at the age of twenty-seven years, his useful career was brought to a close by his untimely death. The maiden name of his wife, mother of our subject, was Naomi Gilruth, and she was born in Worthington, Ohio. Her father, the Rev. James Gilruth, was a native of Ft. Belleville, W. Va., and was a son of Thomas Gilruth, who came to America from his native Scotland when he was a young man. Marrying here a lady of Scotch birth, he settled with his bride in Ft. Belleville. After residing there some years, about 1796, he removed to Lawrence County, Ohio, and was one of the early pioneers of that part of the Sta! te. He bought a large tract of timber land in what was known as the French grant, cleared a part of it, and made his home there until death summoned him to a higher one. The grandfather of our subject was four years old when his parents settled in the wilds of Ohio, and amid the pioneer scenes of their forest home he grew to a strong and vigorous manhood. He became a convert in his youth to the faith of the Methodist Church, and in due time, entering the ministry, became one of the bright lights of the church. He was a zealous worker, and a born organizer, and was the instrument in establishing many churches of his denomination in various parts of Ohio, and as a pioneer missionary and preacher he was well-known throughout that State. In 1842 he visited Iowa, and entered nearly 3,000 acres of land in different parts of the State, and in 1851 came here to make his home, settling within two and one-half miles of Davenport, and superintended the improvement of his land. He not only had talent as a preacher, but he was a prompt and systematic business man, and gathered together a fine property. He died in 1873, thus closing a serene and acti! ve old age, having passed the eightieth milestone that marks man's pilgrimage here below, and leaving to his descendants the precious legacy of the memory of a good, pure, upright life. His wife, whose maiden name was Mary Westlake, was a native of West Virginia, and was of English ancestry. She now resides in Scott County at a venerable age. The mother of our subject came to Iowa with her parents in 1852, and lived in Davenport until her second marriage, when she became the wife of Dr. P.H. Griffin, of that city. In 1855 the doctor came to Maquoketa with his family, and opening an office practiced here many years with good success, and is still an honored resident of this city, as is his wife. The subject of this sketch was but two years old when he accompanied his mother and grandparents to this State. He received the best educational advantages that the State afforded, laying the foundation of his education in the city schools. He then attended Carroll College at Mt. Vernon, and later was a student in Griswold College at Davenport, and being a fine scholar was well fitted for any career that he might adopt after leaving college. At the age of sixteen he commenced to learn the trade of tinner, served three years, and then was engaged as a tinsmith the greater part of the time the ensuing fourteen years. In 1882, he was appointed Deputy Recorder for the county, and in 1884, he was elected County Recorder, was re-elected to the same office in 1886, and served until January, 1889, with distinction. After retiring from public life Mr. Hayes formed a partnership with Mr. Orcutt, and buying an old established drug business, they have since carried it on with marke! d success. Their store is neatly and tastefully fitted up, and they carry a large stock of drugs and other things usually kept in a first-class pharmacopoeia. Mr. Hayes and Miss Julia Doe were united in marriage in 1885, and their happy union has been blessed to them by the birth of one daughter, whom they have named Helen. Mrs. Hayes was born in Vermont, and is descended of good New England stock. Her father, Gilman Doe, was a native of Vermont, and his father, Walter Doe, was a native of New Hampshire. He moved from there to Vermont, and from thence to Iowa, and became a resident of Maquoketa, remaining here until his death. Mrs. Hayes' father was reared and married in Vermont, Elizabeth McEwen, a native of Scotland becoming his wife. They came to Maquoketa during the war and still reside here. By his straightforward, manly ways both in public and private life our subject has contributed to the elevation of the citizenship of his adopted city. His habits are exemplary, his manners courteous, and his popularity is genuine, he having a warm place in the hearts of many friends and acquaintances. He and his wife belong to the Congregational Church, are generous in their contributions to its support, and are active in assisting their fellow-members in carrying on its good work. Mr. Hayes is a member of the Democratic party, and is one of its strongest adherents in this vicinity. He is identified with the K. of P. as a member of Peerless Lodge No. 60. ("Portrait and Biographical Album of Jackson County, Iowa", originally published in 1889, by the Chapman Brothers, of Chicago, Illinois.)

~ LOUIS A HAWKAMMER, b. 8 Mar 1864 ~ Related Surnames - HAWKAMMER, SEIBRECK, WILLIAMS, JOHNSON Louis A. Hawkammer is an intelligent and enterprising young farmer, operating his father's valuable farm of 247 acres on section 10, Perry Township, who, by his shrewdness and good management, is carrying on agricultural pursuits very profitably, and with every prospect of placing himself among the wealthy, substantial citizens of Jackson County. He is a native of Iowa, born in Clayton Centre, Clayton County, March 8, 1864. He is of German parentage, coming of a sturdy, independent, self-reliant, Teutonic ancestry, from whom he inherits those traits which make him a good man and a desirable citizen. Charles Hawkammer, the father of our subject, was born in the Province of Nassau, Germany, which was also the birthplace of his father, George C. Hawkammer, who came to the United States, and died in Pennsylvania, at the advanced age of seventy-nine years. His father, Andreas Hawkammer, great-grandfather of our subject, was a life-long resident of Germany. The father of our subject spent his early years in the home of his birth, and there learned the trade of a mason. In 1844, when seventeen years old, he came to this country, and located in St. Clair County, Ill., where he engaged in farming two years. At the expiration of that time he came to Iowa, and casting in his fortunes with the pioneers of this State, became an early settler of Clayton County, purchasing eighty acres of land in Clayton Centre. In the laborious years that followed he busied himself in improving and operating a good farm, which he disposed of in 1868, on his removal to this county. Here he inves! ted his money in 160 acres of partly improved land in Perry Township which still constitutes a part of his present farm. He afterwards bought eighty-seven acres of land adjacent to it, and by assiduous and well-directed toil, made of the whole one of the best farms in the neighborhood. It is neatly fenced, has beautiful groves and a fine orchard, and is well watered by a branch of Brush Creek. It is supplied with a substantial set of farm buildings, including a neat dwelling-house, 24x30 feet, with an "L" 12x14 feet, and a commodious barn, 36x50 feet. Besides cultivating his land Mr. Hawkammer paid much attention to stock-raising, and was thus prosperously engaged until the spring of 1889, when he yielded the charge of his farm to his son, of whom we write, and retired, on an ample competency, to the town of Andrew. He bought a house and lot, and is there living in this comfortable home, at the age of sixty-three years, and honored and respected by all, in that he has always led an honest upright life, and has been an influence for good in the State where he has made his home for more than forty years. In his political views he is a stanch adherent of the Democratic party. Religiously, he is an earnest Lutheran, and an active member of the church of that denomination at Andrew, he being a Deacon and Trustee. In him all good works find a cheerful supporter, and is particularly interested in the welfare of homeless and forlorn children without parents, and was instrumental in the establishment of the orphan asylum at An! drew, of which institution he is one the directors. Mr. Hawkammer is greatly indebted for his success in life to the blessing of a good wife, who cheerfully co-operated with him in his work, and is now enjoying with him the fruit of their united labors. She is, like himself a faithful and pious member of the Lutheran Church. Her maiden name was Louisa Seibreck, and she was born fifty-eight years ago, in Germany. Her father lived and died in that country. Of this marriage seven children have been born, as follows: Mary, now Mrs. Gerhard Williams, lives in this county; Katie lives in Madison County, Iowa; Sophie now Mrs. Johnson, lives in Perry; Louis A., Lizzie, William, and Fred, all living with our subject. He of whom we write was four years old when his parents moved from Clayton County, his birthplace, to Jackson County, and the remaining years of his life have been passed in this township. He received the advantages of a good public school education, and of a thorough training in agricultural pursuits, under the practical direction of his father, so that he understands farming and stock-raising in all their details. He remained at home and assisted his father until the spring of 1889, when the latter gave up the management of the farm to him. He pays much attention to stock-raising, has nineteen cattle of good grades, has eleven horses, and three fine teams for farming and driving purposes, and he raises a car-load of hogs for the market each year. He also engages to some extent in the manufacture of sorghum, making about fifty gallons a year from an acre of cane. Our subject is a young man of exceptional character, and of sturdy, upright principles, who is achieving success in his chosen calling, by industrious habits and the most honorable methods. He is a true Christian, and a valued member of the Lutheran Church at Andrew. In his politics he follows in the footsteps of his sire, and gives the Democratic party his hearty support. ("Portrait and Biographical Album of Jackson County, Iowa", originally published in 1889, by the Chapman Brothers, of Chicago, Illinois.)

~ JAY HATHEWAY, 5 Nov 1829 ~ Related Surnames - HATHEWAY, POWELL, CRANNELL, HEITT Jay Hatheway is widely and favorably known throughout Van Buren Township as one of its pioneer settlers, having located there with his parents Sept. 4, 1852, when a young man of twenty-two years. Since that time he has made his home on section 23, where he owns and operates a farm of 200 acres, which he has improved and changed from a barren, deserted wilderness to a green, cultivated prairie. He is looked upon as one of the "stay-bys," and is personally of such a reliable and substantial character that he has established himself in the esteem and confidence of all who know him. He has watched the growth and settlement of the Hawkeye State with no ordinary interet, and is justifiably proud of his connection therewith. Our subject is of excellent New England ancestry, being the son of Simeon and Eunice (Powell) Hatheway, the father a native of Bennington, Vt., and the mother of Berkshire County, Mass. Simeon Hatheway, when a youth of sixteen years, removed to the northern part of his native State, where his parents settled after their marriage. He served as Second Lieutenant in the War of 1812, enlisting at the opening of the conflict, and remaining in the army until its close. In 1852 he removed to what was then the Far West, and remained thereafter a resident of Van Buren Township, this county, engaged moderately in the quiet pursuits of agriculture. He only lived, however, about six years, resting from his earthly labors in 1858. The mother passed away Feb. 22, 1875, at the homestead. Both the grandfathers of our subject were in the Revolutionary War, the one Levi Hatheway, being a Lieutenant, and the other, John Powell, a Major in Stark's Vermonters, under command of Col. Warner. The original Hatheways were pioneer settlers of the Colony of Connecticut, and are descended from a long line of English and Welsh ancestry. The progenitors of this family in America settled in Connecticut shortly after the landing of the "Mayflower," and it is supposed they were engaged principally in farming. The Hatheways have been for years a noted family in England and in the early New England Colonies. The family in America descended from three brothers, early settlers of this country. Their coat-of-arms represented hunters - a dog, gun and horse. The Powells were likewise of Welsh and English descent, and they also settled in Connecticut in the early days. They subsequently removed up into Berkshire County, Mass., and it was there, after his marriage, that Grandfather Powell settled on a little farm, and added, from time to time, to his landed estate, until his death. It was at Lanesboro, Berkshire Co., Mass., that his daughter, the mother of Jay Hatheway was born, and there also she was married to Simeon Hatheway. To Simeon Hatheway and his wife there were born four children: Lucy, born Aug. 20, 1810; Monica, Nov. 11, 1817; Guy, June 21, 1822; and Jay, of this notice. Guy died March 16, 1867, when forty-five years of age. Jay, the youngest of their children, was born Nov. 5, 1829, in village of Swanton Falls, Franklin Co., Vt., where he lived until coming with his parents to Iowa. He remained there until their decease, the father being quite infirm during his latter years. Jay, therefore, assumed the responsibilities of the farm, and, to a large extent, looked after the domestic affairs of the household. On the 14th of October, 1867, our subject was married to Miss Mary Ann Crannell, a native of Saratoga County, N.Y., where she was born Oct. 16, 1835. In that county she was reared to womanhood, and at the age of twenty-one came to Iowa with her parents. Her father engaged in farming in Van Buren Township, where he died in 1861, his excellent wife surviving him seven years. Four children came to bless the union of Mr. and Mrs. Hatheway, namely: Eunice, Louisa, Jasper and Guy. The first-named is now the wife of Louis Heitt, a farmer of Van Buren Township. The others are at home with their parents. Mr. Hatheway, politically, was first a member of the old Whig party, but in 1856 identified himself with the Republican party, then newly organized. Prior to this he had been a Constable in Van Buren Township two terms, and has been President, and is now a member of the School Board. Mrs. Hatheway, Mr. Heitt and wife belong to the Congregational church in Preston. The sister Lucy brought a letter from her church in Vermont, and joined when the first church was organized in the township, her sister Monica joining in 1858. Their home is unpretentious but very comfortable, and they number their friends by the scores among the people with whom they have lived so many years. ("Portrait and Biographical Album of Jackson County, Iowa", originally published in 1889, by the Chapman Brothers, of Chicago, Illinois.)

~ JULIA A (GILLETT) HATFIELD ~ Related Surnames - HATFIELD, GILLETT, BEDFORD, MORSE Mrs. Julia A. Hatfield, widow of the late Nathan Hatfield, and an esteemed and venerated resident of Maquoketa, coming to Iowa in Territorial days, has, during the forty-five years that have since elapsed, witnessed almost its entire growth and development from a sparsely inhabited, wild Territory to a great and glorious commonwealth. And as the wife of one of its pioneers, whom she patiently assisted in the rearing of a comfortable home, she has contributed her quota to the present prosperity of the State, and, with many another noble pioneer woman, is worthy of recognition in this Biographical Album. Our subject comes of a sterling New England ancestry, although Scott, Cortland Co., N.Y., was the place of her birth. Mr. Hatfield was a native of New York, Weathersfield, Cattaraugus County being his birthplace. Her father, Grove Gillett, was born in Norfolk, Conn., Aug. 18, 1789. His father, who was a farmer, subsequently removed to Pennsylvania, and spent his last years in that State. Mrs. Hatfield's father became an early settler of Cortland County, N.Y., but after residing there a few years went to Pennsylvania, and buying a tract of timber land, cleared a farm, on which he lived until 1848. In that year coming to Iowa he bought a tract of wild prairie land in Clinton, and again set himself to the pioneer task of improving a farm. He continued his residence in Clinton County a number of years, and then disposing of his property there, removed to Woodbury County, and buying a tract of land, improved still another farm, and there his death occurred, March 17, 1875. ! His estimable wife had preceded him to the grave twenty years before, dying in their home in Clinton County in 1855. She was likewise of New England birth, born in Whitehall, Vt., April 22, 1779, her maiden name being Nancy Bedford. Mrs. Hatfielf remained an inmate of the parental household until her marriage, and from her mother, who was an excellent housewife, received careful instruction in all the various duties that devolve on a housekeeper, and was well qualified to become the valuable helpmate of some enterprising, capable young man. May 7, 1839, she was united in marriage to Nathan Hatfield, and went forth from the shelter of the parental roof to share his life and home, and aid him in his work, as only a thoughtful, loving wife can. Mr. Hatfield was born in Cattaraugus County, N.Y., Feb. 11, 1816, and was the son of William Hatfield, a pioneer of that county. His father had bought a large tract of timber land, which he improved into a fine farm, and on which he resided many years. In 1855 he sold his property in New York, and coming to Iowa he invested in wild prairie land, which, in the years that succeeded his settlement in Bloomfield Township, he placed under cultivation, and erected an excellent set of buildings, and made his home there until death called him hence. The maiden name of his wife was Polly Whitmore, and after her husband's death she made her home with her daughter in Minnesota the remainder of her life. Mr. Hatfield was reared on his father's farm in his native county, and continued living with his parents until he had grown to maturity, and he then started in life for himself. He at first worked out by the month for four years, and after his marriage rented land in Cattaraugus County two years. Wishing to become more independent and own land himself, he decided that he would avail himself of the fine opportunity offered to the wide-awake, energetic young farmers by the cheap lands of the Territory of Iowa, and, in 1844, accompanied by his wife and child, he made the long journey from his native State through the forests and across the prairies of the intervening States to his destination with three horses and a wagon. Several families came at the same time, and their household goods were shipped by way of the Lakes to Chicago. After Mr. Hatfield had got his family comfortably settled, he returned to Chicago with his team for his furniture and other belongings. He took a claim of Government land in Bloomfield Township and entered it at the land-office at Dubuque. His first work was to build a log cabin for the temporary shelter of his family, and in that humble home they dwelt four years, when he erected a more commodious frame house, and also built frame barns and other necessary buildings. He placed all his land under fine cultivation, and continued to reside there until 1873. In that year he sold his farm in that township, and coming to Maquoketa he and his wife settled in a comfortable home to enjoy the competence that was the result of their united labors. On the 12th of June, 1887, Mr. Hatfield fell into that sleep that knows no waking, and thus was closed the life of a good man whom none knew but to respect and honor. When he and his wife came to this State it was then a Territory, and scarcely a decade had elapsed since the first furrow had been turned on its soil, and it could scarcely have given promise of the great strides that it has since made towards becoming one of the great agricultural centres of the country. There were no railways then as far West as the Mississippi River, and he had to draw all his grain to the river towns to find a market for it. He lived to see the State well settled and wealthy, and it must have given him satisfaction to think that he contributed to its development from the wild Territory, the home of the Indians, and over whose vast prairies he had seen deer, wolves, and other wild game roaming at will. Of his pleasant wedded life with our subject but one son was born, named Charles, and his death, at the age of fourteen, was their greatest grief. But that sad loss did not embitter their lives, and make their hearts grow cold to the needs of other, but they ever practiced benevolence, and took into their home other children, whom they reared to useful lives. Lucius Gillett, a brother of Mrs. Hatfield, came to live with them when he was quite young, and resided with them until he was twenty-four years old. He then enlisted in the 31st Iowa Volunteers, and died in the service of his country. Mrs. Hatfield's sister, Nancy Gillett, who is now dead, resided with them from early girlhood until her marriage to Perkins Morse. Mrs. Hatfield is an attendant at the Methodist Episcopal Church, and is always willing to aid in every good work. ("Portrait and Biographical Album of Jackson County, Iowa", originally published in 1889, by the Chapman Brothers, of Chicago, Illinois.)