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A Raft Pilot's Log cont. The First Boat Built to Tow Rafts 195 There has been much discussion on this point also. The 'Union' and several other boats used in the early days in towing rafts had been built for other purposes. The first boat built to tow rafts was the 'LeClaire,' built by Jonathan Zebley at LeClaire,Iowa, for Thomas Doughty in 1866. During the Civil War Mr. Doughty was chief engineer on several of the gunboats of the United States navy that did excellent service on the lower Mississippi and itd tributaries. Chief Doughty had a goiod education, was a fine mechanic and was progressive in his ideas. He saw the advantage of a stern-wheeler for towing and handling rafts; but he did not build her large enough and while the pilot he took in as a partner had been a successful floater, he did not quickly become familiar with the use of the boat and the first trip was so discouraging, that Mr. Doughty sold the 'LeClaire' to contractors who were working a large improvement job on the Rock Island rapids, The "LeClaire' rendered excellent service in this work for many years. The commisioner of navigation, Washington D.C., says, the records show that she was eighty feet four inches long, fifteen feet wide and three and one-tenth feet deep and measured twenty- five and sixty-nine one-hundredth tons, and was first inspected June 16, 1866. She had one horizontal boiler eighteen feet long, forty inches in diameter, with two fourteen-inch fluesand was allowed one hundred and twenty-five pounds steam pressure. 196 The 'LeClaire' like many a large boat, was not completely equipped when she started out. She had a big whistle but no engine bells to signal the engineer. So Mr.Doughty and George Tromley the pilot arranged to use the big whistle which could be heard everywhere. One blast meant'ahead'; Two blasts meant 'back'; and when in reverse or forward motion, One blast meant 'stop.' Mr Tromley said they got along very well on this arrangement for two or three days. The water was high and when he saw a boat coming he would keep clearof her by hugging the other shore without blowing the usual signal. But on the third night out he met a large packet coming down in Coon Slough, a narrow and crooked part of the river; when to avoid a collision, Mr. Tromley blew one whistle, and Mr. Doughty stopped the engines. The pilot on the descending boat prefered the other side and blew two whistles and Pilot Tromley responded. Then Doughty set the 'LeClaire' to backing and Pilot Tromley blew on whistle to stop him. The big boat was close down on the little one then. Her pilot rang to stop her engines, and called out, "What in h--l are you trying to do with that littel boat anyway?" " My friend, I want to get by you and go on up the river if I can." "Well, go ahead, take either side and go on, I thought you were trying to go both sides of us." When they got to LaCrosse, Tromley landed her; went back to Mr. Doughty and in his Canadian manner and voice said to him, "I say my friend, dont you tink we better get some o' dem little bell for dis engine room?" They got them. Two mwn who were in the crew of the 'LeClaire' on this experimental trip away back in 1866 are alive yet to tell the story; Captain J.D. Barnes and David G. Carr, our long time barber in LeClair, now living in Davenport. to be cont. 199

Henry Sindt Biography >From "History of Davenport and Scott County" Vol. II by Harry E. Downer-S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. 1910 Chicago. Surnames: Sindt, Stoltenberg, Horst, Bennewitz. With the passing away of Henry Sindt in 1898 Walcott lost one of if not its most public-spirited citizen, who for more than twenty years had been prominently connected with the business interests and public affairs of the city. One of Iowa's native sons, his birth occurred in Davenport on October 9, 1850, his parents being Thies and Abel (Stoltenberg) Sindt, both natives of Holstein, Germany, where the father was born o the 19th of November, 1824. The year 1847 witnessed the arrival of the parents in America, the family home being established in Davenport, where they were married. The father followed the tinner's trade until 1855. He then took up the occupation of farming in which he was engaged for a number of years. He still survives at the age of eighty-five years, and makes his home in Davenport, where he is living retired from active labor, enjoying a well earned rest. Henry Sindt, whose name initiates this review, was the eldest in a family of eight children, and under the parental roof passed the period of his boyhood and youth. At the usual age he was sent as a pupil to the public schools of Davenport, and in Bryant & Stratton Business College of that city received thorough and comprehensive commercial training that well equipped him for the practical and responsible duties of business life. In 1873 he came to Walcott and the succeeding two years were devoted to the occupation of farming, after which, in 1875, he became identified with hotel interests, conducting a hostelry up until 1895, three years prior to his death. His excellent business training and his good judgment and wise discrimination well fitted him for carrying on such an enterprise, and with the passing of the years his establishment proved a most profitable and paying investment. The proprietor believed in providing the very best at all times, recognizing that there cou! ld be no better advertisement than satisfied patrons, and the hotel, modern and up-to-date in all of its appointments, became well known throughout the locality for its excellent service and was the favorite stopping place of a large number of persons visiting this community. It was on the 22d of February, 1873, that Mr. Sindt was united in marriage to Miss Catharina Horst, a native of Holstein, Germany, and a daughter of Jochim Horst, who also became a citizen of Walcott. Four children came to bless this union, of whom two are still living, namely: August, a resident of Lake Park, Iowa; and Clara, the wife of Robert Bennewitz, of Walcott. Alma passed away on the 29th of May, 1904, at the age of eighteen years, while Laura died in 1876 when eleven months old. Fraternally Mr. Sindt belonged to the Ancient Order of United workmen of Walcott, while politically he gave stalwart allegiance to the principles of the democratic party. Public-spirited to an eminent degree, he at all times cooperated in every movement which had for its object the advancement and upbuilding of the community. His fellow citizens, recognizing his ability and worth, called him to various positions of honor and trust, and for nine years has served as trustee of Blue Grass township. For six years he filled the office of township clerk and from 1888 until 1894 acted as a member of the county board of supervisors, also serving as township constable for seventeen years. Faithful and efficient at all times in the discharge of the duties that devolved upon him in his public office, he was not only popular with the members of his own party but won the honor and esteem of his political opponents and no citizen of Walcott occupied a higher place nor more richly merited! the respect and admiration of his fellowmen than did Mr. Sindt. He was equally well known in the social circles of this city and therefore the news of his death, which occurred on the 9th of June, 1898, caused a feeling of personal loss throughout the entire community, with the affairs of which he had been so closely and thoroughly identified during the period of his residence here. His widow still survives and makes her home in Walcott, where she is highly esteemed by all who knew her for her many excellent traits of heart and mind. ~~~~~~*~~~~~~ Elaine Rathmann Assist. CC: Scott Co, IA USGenWeb Project List Adm. for: *IA-CIVIL-WAR *IA-DANES

Charles W. Pinneo Biography >From "History of Davenport and Scott County" Vol. II by Harry E. Downer-S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. 1910 Chicago. Surnames: Pinneo, Pinneaux, Stricker, Ritch, Bell, Fairbanks. Charles W. Pinneo has completed the three score years and ten allotted by the Psalmist as man's span of life and is now living retired in the village of Princeton, where he owns some valuable property. For a long period he was identified with the agricultural interests of Princeton township and for almost four decades was a factor in the educational work of his section of Scott county. His life covers the period of Iowa's great development, and he is a son of one of the pioneers of this section of the state whose energy, courage and progressive spirit made possible the conditions which are now enjoyed by all. Giles M. Pinneo, the father of Charles W., is especially deserving of mention on the honor roll of Scott county's early settlers, and his name frequently appears as that of the man who was a leader in various affairs. He was born in Waterbury, Vermont, April 10, 1809, and was a son of Giles Pinneo. The family is of French descent and was established on this side of the Atlantic by Jacques Pinneaux and a brother, who fled to America at the time of the French revolution. Giles M. Pinneo, Sr., the grandfather of Charles W., Pinneo, and his brother Daniel served in the American war of 1812, while two sons of the former, Giles and Haswell Pinneo, enlisted in Lincoln's troops at the time of the Black Hawk war. Haswell Pinneo was in active service through-out the conflict, but the other was taken sick and never did duty upon the field. Giles M. Pinneo, the father of our subject, lived in the vicinity of Waterbury, Vermont, until of age, receiving his education in the public schools there. In 1832 he came west, settling first near Rock Island, Illinois, where he worked for Judge Spencer. In the fall of 1833 he crossed the river and took up a claim in Pleasant Valley township, where he secured at the government price three hundred and twenty acres of prairie land, which is still in the possession of his son Charles W. Pinneo. He did not live upon that tract at first, however, but he and his brother Haswell H. built a house upon the river bank, in which they kept bachelor quarters for a year. Then Giles M. Pinneo married and removed to his own farm I Princeton township, the claim for which is the first recorded in the books of the township, and thereon he built a log cabin, in which he and his wife lived until 1855, when he erected a fine brick house that is still standing. He made other improvements on the ! place and later went to Sangamon county, Illinois, to purchase two cows and a bull, which were the first cattle brought to Princeton township. Giles M. Pinneo occupied a prominent place in his township and county, being the incumbent of some office through the greater part of his active life. He took the first assessment in Scott county and made his own books of foolscap paper, as it was impossible to get books for the purpose here. He also served as supervisor for a number of years. He was one of three commissioners appointed to find a location for the county seat of Polk county and it was largely through his influence that in 1846 Des Moines was determined upon, which later on led to the location of the state capital there. He and a friend, Wilbur Warren, built the first schoolhouse here, bringing all the lumber and doing all the work themselves, and Mr. Pinneo was instrumental in establishing the first Sabbath school. Later he was a member of the school board and was ever a potent factor in advancing the educational opportunities of his locality. In politics he was a democrat until 1856, when he became a stalwa! rt republican, while his religious allegiance was given to the Methodist Episcopal church, in which he frequently held office. The cause of temperance always found in him a strong advocate. Indeed, he was a man who was ever at the head of any movement for the public good and was well and favorably known throughout Scott county and this section of Iowa. He claimed that he had witnessed the greatest miracle ever wrought for the benefit of man, namely, the transformation of the wild, unbroken prairie into the fertile farms and prosperous towns now to be seen in this county, and in his death, which occurred July 5, 1895, the community lost one of the valiant men whose labors had been so effective in bringing about this change. In November, 1837, Giles M. Pinneo was married to Miss Asenath Stricker, who was born in Clark county, Indiana, in 1818. In their family were three children, namely: Charles W., the subject of this sketch; Sarah, the deceased wife of Charles Ritch; and Mary E., who lives upon the old homestead. The wife and mother endured all the hardships of pioneer life bravely and was called to her final rest in 1861. Charles W. Pinneo was born in Princeton township, December 25, 1839, and has spent his entire life in this locality. After completing the course in the district schools he entered Cornell College at Mount Vernon, Iowa, but was compelled to leave school after the second year on account of his mother's death. Thereupon he returned to the farm, which he operated in the summer, while in the winter he taught school. As a teacher he was connected with the schools of Princeton township for thirty-eight years, for twenty-two years of that period having held classes in the same room. In 1882 he removed to Princeton and taught in the village school until 1897, when he laid aside active business. He still retains possession of three hundred and thirty acres of farm land he inherited from his father and owns the fine town property where he lives. Like his father he has participated in the public life of the township, for he served as trustee for twenty years, was clerk of elections a n! umber of times and was a member of the town council. He has also rendered valuable service tot eh cause of education as a member of the school board, and his influence has always been exerted in behalf of improvement. In Chicago, Illinois, December 24, 1868, Mr. Pinneo was married to Miss Josephine E. Bell, a native of Machias, Port Maine. Her father, Dr. George L. Bell, owned considerable land in this county and for a short time practiced medicine here, but his but his professional labors were for the most part confined to Boston, Massachusetts. He died in Chicago in 1891. His wife, who was Miss Eliza A. Fairbanks in her maidenhood, was born November 9, 1817, and is still living. Mr. and Mrs. Pinneo have on son, George M., who was born June 7, 1874, and is now a railroad man. Mr. Pinneo holds active member ship in Independent Order of Odd Fellows society and has passed all the chairs of the lodge. The circle of his friends, however, is not limited by the number of his fraternal brethren, for he is widely and favorably known in this county, where his entire life has been passed and where he has so directed his energies and his activities as to win the respect and good will of those who have known him through a long period. Not only have his labors been productive of financial success, but he has been also afforded many opportunities to do a large measure of good for others, and the memory of his deeds will survive even after he has passed away. ~~~~~~*~~~~~~ Elaine Rathmann Assist. CC: Scott Co, IA USGenWeb Project List Adm. for: *IA-CIVIL-WAR *IA-DANES

Fritz Rann Biography >From "History of Davenport and Scott County" Vol. II by Harry E. Downer-S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. 1910 Chicago. To view the picture of Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Rann that accompanies this biography, please go to the main Scott county, Iowa page at: http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/ and click on Pictures/ Documents section. Surnames: Rann, Rusch, Stearhmann. A valuable farm of two hundred and ten acres in Cleona township still pays tribute to Fritz Rann, although he has put aside the active work of the fields and is now living retired in Davenport. He was for many years busily engaged in tilling the soil and his labors brought him the success which enables him now to rest from further effort. He was born in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, September 6, 1844, and is a son of Frederick and Louisa Rann. The father was a laborer there and remained in his native country until 1872, when he and his wife came to America, joining their son Fritz, who had some time before crossed the Atlantic. They both died in Davenport, the father when eighty-seven years of age, the mother when about fifty-five years of age. In their family were three children: Fritz; Peter, who is a retired farmer living in Muscatine, Iowa; and Henry, whose home is in Omaha. Fritz Rann attended school in Germany and afterward learned the cooper's trade, but followed farming in Germany until he came to the United States. In 1870 he landed at New York and made his way direct to Davenport. Soon he secured employment as a farm hand in Scott county and worked inthat way for about five years, after which he went to Nebraska, where he rented a farm. Two years later, however, he lost all of his money and returned to Scott county. Here he again worked as a farm hand in Cleona township and they lived thereon for about two years, after which they removed to Davenport, where Mr. Rann has since made his home. Mr. Rann has been married twice. In 1880 he wedded Miss Minnie Rusch, who died in 1895. In the fall of the same year he wedded Louisa Stearhmann and unto them was born one child, who died in infancy. Mr. Rann now rents his farm and from it derives a good income, so that he does not have to resort to active labor for a livelihood. He is a member of the Claus Grothe Gilde and is well known among the German-American citizens of the county. All entertain fro him confidence and good will. ~~~~~~*~~~~~~ Elaine Rathmann Assist. CC: Scott Co, IA USGenWeb Project List Adm. for: *IA-CIVIL-WAR *IA-DANES

The Daily Gazette Saturday Morning City of Davenport May 17, 1862 Part 2 3d Battalion.-Co. I and D, all safe. Co. F-Wounded, Labon J. Parks, in breast severely; Wm. Bailey, in thigh and rectum, severely; Sergt James Fought, in thigh, slightly; Sergt. Daniel Okeson, missing. Co. B-Killed, John Burgh, (missing yesterday and supposed killed.) Wounded, J. S. Brush, in right shoulder, severely; W. M. Freeman, in breast by shell; Corp Wilker, missing; Cloud H. Brock, in arm, severely; Daniel Craft, in side, slightly. 2d Battalion-Co. A.-Killed, Sergt Frederick L. Ayer. Wounded, J.B. Gaddis, in arm and side, slightly; B. F. Wagoner, in shoulder slightly; Otis Legg, in side, slightly. Co. H-Killed, Lt. Benjamin F. Owen. Wounded, Corp Haskins, in leg, slightly; A. V. Reeves, in thigh, slightly; A. N. Detwiler, in breast, slightly. Co. G-Wounded, Capt Wm. Lundy, in the head, slightly; Sergt L. H. Waterman in hip dangerously; Corp J. T. Haight, arm and side; Anderson Heinly, severely through from side to side. Co. C.-Wounded, Capt Henry Egbert, in thigh, by piece of shell; James Armstrong, through both hips and bladder (poor fellow, as I now write, just midnight, I hear his constant groans; brave man, I fear he must die;) Wm. Gordon, right heel-amputation below knee; James Taylor, through the shoulder severely. Total-2 killed, 30 wounded, 1 wounded and missing, and 3 missing. Captain Lundy, Lieuts Schnitger, C. C. Horton, Co. A, and Chas. Moore, Co. K, had their horses shot from under them. Ninety seven horses were killed and disabled, and nearly as many more wounded. A shell divided Lt. Col. Hatch's heavy brass stirrup; another passed so close to Capt. Kendrick's head, as to deafen one side, and numerous sabers, scabbards and revolvers show the scars of cannon shot, shell and bullets. The surgeons had all the wounds dressed before night and the sufferers with the exception of one or two, are quiet and doing well. No Churches or Schools Our excellent correspondent "Diff" has on several occasions referred to the absence of school houses in the slave States which he has visited, and the consequent illiterate condition of the people. A correspondent thus alludes to the same subject: "On coming to Rolla, I was struck with the fact that there was neither church nor school-house in that town. From there to Springfield, a distance of one hundred and twenty miles, in which there are farming neighborhoods settled over twenty years, I saw but one church-a half finished building, commenced by the southern Methodists, and afterwards abandoned-and not a single school-house.-At Springfield there were indications of moral religious and intellectual culture, (churches and academies, temporarily abandoned during the possession of the town by the rebels, some of them destroyed,) but from Springfield to Cassville, there was not a church or school-house to be seen. In Cassville, I think, there must have been some obscure place used for religious purposes, but it was not visible, nor distinguishable from the other houses. From Cassville to this town, no church or school-house has met my eye. In Galena, the county seat of Stone county, there is no such structure. In Fors! ythe there is the same destitution of any outward signs of religion or education. Is it any wonder that in such a region the rebellion should find adherents among an ignorant and prejudiced population?" The New Rebel Flag-Imagine a red handkerchief with a broad white bar stretching diagonally across it from one corner to the other, and a similar bar crossing the first from the opposite corners, with a blue shield at the point of intersection, on which a yellow spot represents the sun, and you have the flag. ~~~~~~*~~~~~~ Elaine Rathmann List Adm. for: *IA-CIVIL-WAR *IA-DANES Assist. CC: Scott Co, IA USGenWeb Project

Chapter 9 cont. KNEW STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS Continuing in a desultory way, Captain Clark told of having lived under every president from James Monroe to William Howard Taft, and that he joined the Old Settlers' association when it was organized in 1858, and had never missed but two or three of its meetings.  "I knew quite a good deal of 'Abe' Lincoln, but never met him.  Stephen A Douglas I had met on more than one occasion.  He was a brilliant man.  I have no picture of my father - we didn't know much about pictures in those days - but my old acquaintances said that my father and Douglas were as nearly alike in appearance as two brothers could be.  I was running the Jennie Lind, one of my packet boats, and went to Burlington one time when a convention was to be held there.  On board my boat en route to the convention were John Wentworth, 'Long John,' of Chicago, Stephen A. Douglas, Congressman Richards from Adams county  General Jones and General A. C. Dodge.  I took them all down in my boat and they had a rally at Burlington the next night.  Here I might add that it was not  a common thing to lay over with a steamboat twelve hours to pick up noted men." Debbie Clough G-erischer G-erischer Family Web Site http://gerischer.rootsweb.com/ Assistant CC, Iowa Gen Web, Scott County http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/ List Manager for: IASCOTT-L * G-erischer-L * D-encker-L Fitzpatirck-L * V-lerebome-L * Huntington-L * Otis-L * Algar-L EIGS-L * Pickens-L * McNab-L * Patris-L - Rankin-L

Chapter 9 cont. KNEW ANTOINE LECLAIRE "I knew Antoine LeClaire very well," said Mr. Clark.  "When I first met him, a young man, he was then five feet, seven inches in height, and weighed about 175 pounds.  He was a compactly, well built man, and filled out later in life until he weighed over 300 pounds.  I remember him well as a fiddler, and he was a good one, too!  He would often be found at country dances, playing his fiddle to the delight of all in the merry crowd.  He was also fond of dancing and was very spry on his feet.  He was considered a good dancer and never wanted for a partner.  He was a simple-minded man, a good neighbor and kind to everybody.  He was clever, but you could not say he was a good business man.  Notwithstanding he met with budiness reverses, yet at his death he left a large property to be distributed among the claimants to his estate." Captain Clark casually remarked that he could talk "Indian" and that when a child he had Indians for his playmates.  He knew the noted Chief Keokuk very well, who was also one of his playmates, and a number of years after Keokuk had acquired wealth and joined the Methodist church he invited the chief to attend a meeting of the Scott County Old Settlers' association, which Keokuk accepted but for some reason never put in an appearance.  Captain Clark also said:  "Father had the first ferry on the Mississippi and the most noted above St. Louis.  He established the ferry to reach the mining country in those days.  He could have claimed his land in Davenport, below Harrison street, just as well as in Buffalo, but if he had gone to Davenport he would have had the two branches of the Rock river to ferry, as we didn't think of bridging rivers in those days.  This (Buffalo) was far the prettier place.  We had every advantage here and were ahead in everything. Debbie Clough G-erischer G-erischer Family Web Site http://gerischer.rootsweb.com/ Assistant CC, Iowa Gen Web, Scott County http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/ List Manager for: IASCOTT-L * G-erischer-L * D-encker-L Fitzpatirck-L * V-lerebome-L * Huntington-L * Otis-L * Algar-L EIGS-L * Pickens-L * McNab-L * Patris-L - Rankin-L

The beginning of Chapter 9. This is such a wonderful Chapter. I was sorry to see it end. CHAPTER IX. IOWA'S EARLIEST LIVING RESIDENT. Capt. Warner L. Clark and his varied experiences - Acquainted with many men of prominence - Has remarkable memory - Pioneer customs - Capt. Clark's home town the first to be platted in Scott county - Description of the pioneer cabin - Indian neighbors - Incidents of Indian life - Why Buffalo fell behind in the race. (Pictures included with this chapter are:  W. L. Clark - Teddy and Carrie, the Cinnamon Bears at Fejervary Park.) On the morning of a beautiful sunshiny day in the early part of March, 1910, the writer and an expert stenographer reached the quiet little village of Buffalo and upon inquiry, learned the location of Captain Clark's home, which proved to be quite a half mile distant from the depot and commanding a prominent and most desirable position overlooking the "fater of waters."  The visitors were early ones, it being but a few minutes past 8 o'clock, yet when ushered into the cottage, which was built in 1845 but is in a splendid state of preservation, they found the old pioneer in his sitting room, ready to receive his callers.  Captain Clark was soon in possession of the reason for being called on to entertain strangers and soon the reminiscent muse impelled him to gratify the desire to obtain, at first had, his recollections of the primitive times, scenes and people of this locality.  We were told by him that his memory, although almost eighty-eight years had passed over his head, was practically as good as when he was in his prime, and he made the statement an emphatic one when he said he never permitted himself to assert the truth or falsity of a thing unless he knew he was right.  His rule of action has probably been that attributed to Davy Crockett - "Be sure you're right, then go ahead."  And the kindly, interesting old gentleman opened up his Pandora's box of precious tales of the early days in Scott county and after handing over the copy of an article he had written for another publication, he let his memory carry him hither and yon, first on this subject and then on that, always, let it be understood, keeping in view the main object - the past and its relation to Scott county. Captain Warner Lewis Clark will be eighty-eight years old in November and is now living on the claim taken up for him by his father seventy-seven years ago.  Today he is the oldest living pioneer and settler not only of Scott county but also of the state of Iowa.  The relation of early times and events in this locality herein recorded is from the lips and pen of Captain Clark and is of much importance as a part of this work. >From 1847 until 1859, Captain Clark made his home in Davenport, but in the latter year returned to Buffalo, where for the past half century he has resided.  Fifty years ago he put on the river a packet line, to connect with the railroad, and during the twelve years he resided in Davenport, his main business was that of steamboating.  While retired from active business pursuits, he is still able to keep an eye on whatever concerns his financial affairs.  The following incident relates to his remarkable talent for remembering things:  He was walking past the Democrat office one day when David N. Richardson (Dick) espied him and called him into the editorial den.  "Dick" Richardson, thinking he had the captain on the hip and that the latter would have to step down from his pedestal of infallibility in the correctness of his historic data, opened up on the patriarch by asking him:  "Captain, who was the first postmaster of Davenport and of Buffalo?"  "Why," immediately answered the captain, "my father was the first postmaster of Buffalo and Antoine LeClaire was the first one of Davenport.  I have told you that before."  "I must confess to you, Captain Clark," returned the editor, "that in this you are wrong, and it is the first time in our long acquaintance that I have ever found you making a mistake of that kind.  Now, to prove to you that you did make a mistake as to these postmasters, here is a letter from the postoffice department in Washington, in which it is stated positively that Duncan C. Eldridge was Davenport's first postmaster and the first in Buffalo to handle the mails was M. N. Bosworth.  I am sorry, captain, but you'll have to admit your mistake in this instance," concluded Mr. Richardson.  But Captain Clark stood his ground and reinstated himself on his pedestal.  He proved to the satisfaction of Editor "Dick" Richardson that notwithstanding the postal officials in Washington had given Eldridge and Bosworth a place in Scott county history, that might have tickled the vanity of those gentlemen and given the postoffice historian at Washington an abnormal assurance of his importance as a collector of statistics, still, he, Captain Clark, knew that Eldridge and Bosworth were  not in Scott county for a year or more subsequent to the appointment of his father and Antoine LeClaire.  And Mr. Clark was right. 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Davenport Times Davenport, Scott, Iowa Friday, March 10, 1900 THE TIMES 20TH CENTURY DIRECTORY Errors in Names and Locations and Any Changes From the Way the Names Appear in The Times, Including Removals, Must be Reported to the Office or the Directory Manager in The Times Building Within 48 Hours From This Evening, as These Names Will go in Book Form Then. D Daasch, Miss Alma,wks F. Haak, r 1504 w 4th Daasch, Miss Elsie R, wks N Kuhnen Co r 1643 w 4th Daasch, Miss Emma wks F Haak, r 1504 w 4th Daasch, Ernest, wife Lena, lab r 1504 w 4th Dahl (See also Dall) Dahl, John H, wife Lucy, wks Mueller & Sons, r 1009 w 6th Dahl, Otto, wife Sophia, r 1552 Leonard Dahms, Adolph, wife Kate R, barber 421 w 3d r 1210 w 3d Dahms, Charles H, molder Metal Wheel Co r 1131 w 7th Dahms, Edward r 1131 w 7th Dahms, Gustav, photog. 218 Brady, r 1210 w 3d Dahms, Herman, wife Mary, timekpr Dav F & M Co r 1131 w 7th Dahms, John J, wife Catherine r 1225 w 7th Dahms, Wm, wife Diana, r 420 w ??th Dailey (See also Daly) Dailey, Cecelia, wid Lawrence, r 1730 Marquette Dailey, Frank, driver, r 1222 Harrison Dailey, James, lather r 1730 Marquette Dailey, Kate, wid Thomas, r 1222 Harrison Daily, Edward, tmstr J S Wylie bds 731 e 6th Daily, James E, wife Ellen, sawyer Weyerhaeuser & D, r 846 Case Daily, George, lather, r 1730 Marquette Daily, John, lather r 2910 Dubuque Daily, John H, wife Louise, shoemkr r 1713 Mitchell Daily, Lawrence W, wife Florence, lather r 43 Putnam bldg Daily, Mrs. Louise, r 2910 Dubuque Daily, Thos C, wife Anna S, butcher r 2910 Dubuque Daily and Semi-Weekly Times, C.D. Reimers, mngr, 211 Brady Daleiden, Alphonse, r 1002 Ash Daleiden, Miss Catherine A, r 1002 Ash Daleiden, Theo. wks C R I & P r 1002 Ash Dall (See also Dahl) Dall, Andrew J, wife Adele, driver r 1412 Rockingham rd Dall, Miss Annie M r 1130 Marquette Dall, John J, driver, r 1130 Marquette Dall, Nicholas, wife Mary, driver Ind Malt Co r 1720 w 3d Dally, Elmer I, wife Bridget, wks Mueller & Sons, r 1211 w 7th Dally, John W, r 1211 w 7th Dally, Miss Mary M, wks F Haak, r 1211 w 7th Dalton, John J, wife M Belle, supt Dav. Woolen Mills Co r 1251 e Front Daly (See also Dailey) Daly, Charles G, wife Elma A, wks Economy Rug Co r 122 w 14th Daly, C. Wilber, city editor The Republican, r 122 w 14th Daly, Daniel, lineman Io Tel Co, bds 518 Rock Island Daly, Miss E Grace, tchr r 122 w 14th Daly, Wallace W, wks Economy Rug Co r 122 w 14th Dalzell, Achsah, wis W M r 1314 Le Claire Dalzell, Miss Annie r 1003 e 13th Dalzell, Charles A, wife Grace D, sec Io Tel Co 6th Floor McManus bldg. r 1055 Arlington av Dalzell, Eugene M, wife Kate M, plumber Dav Steam Heating Co r 832 Kirkwood boul Dalzell, Hannah P. wid J M r 1003 e 13th Dalzell, Thomas C, wife Ann M, clk Io Tel Co r 848 e 14th Dana, James T, hostler, r 518 Rock Island Dana, James S, wife Margaret A, asst undertaker J Nonnemacher, r 518 Rock Island Dana, Mrs. Margaret bdg h 518 Rock Island r same Dana, Miss Margaret E, r 518 Rock Island Daniel, Frank bds 1433 South Daniel, Joseph A, wife Catherine, physician 36 McManus bldg r 1422 Arlington av Daniels, Francis G, wife Hattie r 313 1/2 Perry Daniels, Henry R, wife Anna M, r 1703 Mitchell Daniels, John, wife Elizabeth, farmer r 1908 Sycamore Daniels, John H, r 1908 Sycamore Daniels, Walter wife Anna, r Hickory Grove rd nr Gaston Danielsen, Fritz, grocer, 1618 w 3d r 1614 w 3d Danielsen, John, clk F Danielsen r 1614 w 3d Danielsen, John D, wife Mary r 1740 Washington Danielsen, John F W wife Kate A peddler r 1618 Mitchell Danielsen, Miss Lizzie r 1614 w 3d Danielson, Miss Marie wks St. Katharine's Hall, r same Danielson, Miss Minnie, dom 410 e 14th Dannacher, Charles, wife Mary florist 304 Brady r Brady se cor South av Dannacher, Miss Louise S, r Brady se cor South av Dannenfeldt, Carl, butcher N Albrecht, r 707 w 15th Dannenfeldt, Charles, wife Fredericka, packer Phoenix Milling Co r 707 w 15th Dannenfeldt, Ernst, wks Bett Axle Co r 707 w 15th Danouard, Theo, wife Emma, druggist, 702 Marquette r same Cathy Joynt Labath Scott Co, IA USGenWeb Project http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm

Bernard M. McMahon Biography >From "History of Davenport and Scott County" Vol. II by Harry E. Downer-S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. 1910 Chicago. Surnames: McMahon, Keating. Bernard M. McMahon, street commissioner of Davenport, belongs, doubly to the city by birth as well as by choice. He was born here, July 17, 1861, his parents being James and Mary (Keating) McMahon, and is of Irish extraction on both sides of his house. His father, who was a native of County Clare, Ireland, had already received his education when he decided to try his fortune in the land to which so many of his countrymen had come. Upon arriving in America he did not tarry long on the eastern coast, but became one of Davenport's earliest settlers. He was an active, dauntless, man, or as his son is fond of designating him, a "hustler," who tinctured every situation with flashes of keen wit and an abundance of good humor. He reared a large family of children, his home being situated at No. 418 Division street, where the subject of the sketch still resides. His death occurred in 1902. Bernard M. McMahon was prepared for life in St. Anthony's School, from which in due time he was graduated. He crossed the threshold of his business career as an assistant to his father in the contracting business and since then no other occupation has appealed to him sufficiently to cause him to deviate from the path entered by him at that time. Like his father he has been very successful in his special line of endeavor. It was his distinction to lay the first brick pavement in the state of Iowa, this being in Clinton about twenty-two years ago, and the never varying excellence of his work and honesty of his dealings has given him an enviable reputation throughout Davenport. Three years ago the city council appointed Mr. McMahon to his present office as street commissioner, and since taking charge he has made several changes advantageous to the city in the management of its affairs. He is recognized to be a man who has the best interests of the public at heart and the estee! m of all those who know either him or his work follows as a matter of course. He is a devoted member of St. Mary's Catholic church, and his fraternal relations extend to the Knights of Columbus and the Stone Masons Union. ~~~~~~*~~~~~~ Elaine Rathmann Assist. CC: Scott Co, IA USGenWeb Project List Adm. for: *IA-CIVIL-WAR *IA-DANES

John Haak Biography >From "History of Davenport and Scott County" Vol. II by Harry E. Downer-S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. 1910 Chicago. Surnames: Haak, Kohrdt, Oldendorf, Meier, Gruenewald, Hetzel, Mason, Barbour. One of the most enterprising young business man of Davenport is John Haak, manager of the Davenport Leaf Tobacco Company, which is located at 319 Western avenue. A native of this city, he was born August 7, 1872, a son of Ferdinand and Caroline (Kohrdt) Haak. The father was born in Elmshorn, Germany, about four miles from Hungary, in 1845, his parents being Carsten and Lesette (Oldendorf) Haak. Carsten Haak was man of means, who came to this country in 1857 and began farming in the vicinity of Davenport. He died in 1888. His son, the father of our subject, came here at about of twelve years, completing the education he had begun in Germany in the schools of Davenport. His early life was spent upon a farm, but when he reached manhood he learned the trade of a cigarmaker, became foreman of a factory, and then, in 1870, engaged in his present business, which has grown to be one of the largest in the west. In it he had the assistance of his son John, the subject of this sketch.! He was married in 1867 and became the father of seven children: Minnie, now the wife of Charles Meier; Pauline, the wife of E. Gruenewald and the mother of one child; John, the subject of this sketch; Richard, living in this county, who is married and has two daughter, Ermia and Elsie; Edna and Elsie, who are at home; and Theckla the wife of Frank Hetzel, of Sioux City, Iowa. The father belongs to the Turners and is a director in the Iowa National Bank. John Haak received his early education in the common schools of Davenport and then took a commercial course in the business college here, after which he learned the trade of cigarmaker under his father's tutelage. He worked for the latter until 1896, when he branched out for himself, organizing the Globe Cigar Company. This business he conducted profitably until February, 1905, when a severe fire destroyed his father's establishment. Thereupon he sold his plant to the latter and engaged in leaf tobacco buying and selling. He started in a small way but through good management has brought his business up to the present high standard it now enjoys. Indeed, he is the only man in his section of the county who goes into the fields and buys his stock. In consequence he obtains the very best and in its freshest condition, so that he is able to dispose of it quickly and profitably, hampered by few competitors. He has evinced strong business qualities, is keen in discovering opportun! ities and, having made a reputation for honesty, his word is as good as his bond. On the 19th of October, 1899, Mr. Haak wedded Miss Mae Barbour, a daughter of John and Katherine (Mason) Barbour, of Ainsworth, Iowa. Three children have been born to the couple: Minnie, Gertrude and Ferdinand, Jr., all of whom are attending school. Mr. Haak belongs to the Turners Society and to the fraternal lodge of the T. P. A. ~~~~~~*~~~~~~ Elaine Rathmann Assist. CC: Scott Co, IA USGenWeb Project List Adm. for: *IA-CIVIL-WAR *IA-DANES

Mrs. Kathryn W. Bluedorn >From "History of Davenport and Scott County" Vol. II by Harry E. Downer-S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. 1910 Chicago. To view the picture of Kathryn W. Bluedorn that accompanies this biography, please go to the main Scott county, Iowa page at: http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/ and click on Pictures/ Documents section. Surnames: Bluedorn, Petersen, Hencher, Kurt, Schumacher, Sepke, Specie, Eggers. Mrs. Kathryn Bluedorn, who owns a valuable tract of one hundred and fifty-nine acres in Davenport township, is the widow of Frederick O. Bluedorn and a daughter of August and Kathryn Petersen, who were among the very early German settlers of Scott county. They came from Germany in 1843 and upon their arrival here took up from the government the tract now occupied by their daughter. It was prairie land, and had never known the touch of plow or harrow, so that it was a difficult task that confronted the family when they set out to make their home in the new world. Mr. Petersen broke the land, prepared it for cultivation and instituted some of the improvements which now adorn the property. On this homestead, Mrs. Bluedorn began her life, April 30, 1850. She was enrolled as a pupil in the district school of the locality, but owning to the death of her father, while she was still a child, she was forced to leave her lessons before well advanced in her studies and assist with the great amount of work there was to be done at home. She was but little more than eighteen years of age when, on the 10th of November, 1868, she gave her hand in marriage to Frederick Bluedorn, who had been born in Germany in 1840 and had come to this land with his parents, Charles and Louisa Bluedorn, when he was about fifteen years of age. He settled first in Davenport, where he worked at the trade of a cabinetmaker and later engaged in farm labor in the township of Davenport. After his marriage he assisted in the operation of the farm belonging to his wife but was called to his final rest in 1892. Mrs. Bluedorn became the mother of eleven children. Emelia married Vernard Hencher, of Davenport, and they have two children, Adolph and Florence. Gustave, who is residing in Sheridan township, wedded Miss Anna Kurt, and they have three daughters, Norma, Mildred and Malinda. Rosie became the wife of William Schumacher, of Davenport township, and they have on daughter, Rosie. Rudolph married Miss Rosie Sepke. They live in Walcott, Iowa, and have four sons, Herbert, Rudolph, Edgar and Carl. Theodore, who lives in Sheridan township, wedded miss Emma Kurt, and they have three daughters and one son, Edna, Ermal, Hilda and Stella. Emanda married Adolph Specie, of Davenport township, and they have one daughter, Ella. Fannie became the wife of John Eggers, of Davenport, Iowa. Frank lives at home and operates his mother's farm. The other three children died in infancy. Mrs. Bluedorn has experienced the many hardships which fell to the lot of those courageous men and women who sought to make a home for themselves in this country in the early years of its settlement, but she has also surmounted all the trials of that period and in addition to being well situated now she has the satisfaction of knowing that her children have grown to a useful maturity and, having profited by her teachings, hold honorable positions in their respective communities. ~~~~~~*~~~~~~ Elaine Rathmann Assist. CC: Scott Co, IA USGenWeb Project List Adm. for: *IA-CIVIL-WAR *IA-DANES

William Warnock Bailey, M. D. Biography >From "History of Davenport and Scott County" Vol. II by Harry E. Downer-S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. 1910 Chicago. Surnames: Bailey, Warnock, Campbell, Metzler, Ferguson, Deal, Sinclair Dr. William Bailey is engaged in the general practice of medicine in LeClaire and stands high among the members of the medical profession in Scott county. He was born just across the Mississippi river in Rock Island county, Illinois, January 23, 1866, a son of James and Margaret (Warnock) Bailey, and is of Scotch-Irish descent. The father was born in County Down, Ireland, January 7, 1829, and came to the United States when a youth of nineteen years, accompanying his parents, Robert and Jane (Campbell) Bailey. The family home was established in Rock Island county and Robert Bailey being a stone mason by trade, became a pioneer in this line that county. He also entered eighty acres of raw land there, which he later improved, making his home thereon until the time of his demise. This place eventually came into possession of his son James, who for a number of years engaged in general farming and cattle raising, and as his financial resources permitted he extended the boundaries! of his farm until it comprised two hundred and forty acres. He became one of the influential and enterprising men of that community, where he lived until 1897, when he was called to his final rest, his death occurring on the 18th of August of that year. He was a member of the United Presbyterian church and held various official positions, taking an active and helpful part in all departments of the church work. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Margaret Warnock, was likewise born in County Down and was a little maiden of seven years when she accompanied her parents, John and Mary (Campbell) Warnock, on their trip across the Atlantic to the United States. After a long and wearisome journey of twelve weeks on the water they located in St. Louis, Missouri, the year of their arrival there being 1848. In the following spring they continued their journey to Rock Island county, Illinois, where the father purchased land. This tract was situated in Rural township and Mr. Warnock ! thus became identified with the early development of the locality as an agriculturist, and both he and his wife passed away on the home farm. Unto Mr. and Mrs. James Bailey were born eight children, as follows: Mary, who is still at home; Anna, who holds the principalship of the Ridgeview school in Moline, Illinois; William W., of this review; Jennie the wife of Roland Metzler, a farmer of Rural township, Rock Island county; John, who also resides in that township; Hugh W., who graduated from a veterinary college in Chicago and is now engaged in practice in Orion, Illinois; Ella, the wife of Roy Ferguson, of Henry county, Illinois; and Betsey, a teacher in the schools of rural township, Rock Island county. Dr. William W. Bailey was reared to the pursuits of the home farm during the period of his boyhood and youth and in the meantime he pursued his studies in the district schools near the homestead in Rock Island county. He remained under the parental roof giving his father the benefit of his services until he had attained his majority and then for five years engaged in teaching. He used this means of livelihood merely as a foundation for a higher calling and having decided upon the profession of medicine as a life work, to this end, in September, 1894, he entered Marion Sims Medical College, the medical department of St. Louis University. He pursued a three-years' course, graduating from that institution in April, 1897, standing fourth highest in a class of ninety. During the vacation seasons he did special work in Rebecca Hospital of that city and thus gained a practical knowledge of medicine. Soon after his graduation, may 30, 1897, he opened an office in LeClaire and from ! that time to the present has engaged in general practice. In the years that have passed he has built up a good patronage and is numbered among the successful physicians of Scott county. The Doctor was married December 27, 1894, to Miss Anna Mae Deal, a daughter of Henry and Sarah A. (Sinclair) Deal, residents of Rural township, Rock Island county, Illinois. They have one daughter, Grace. Dr. Bailey is a Mason, belonging to Snow Lodge, No. 44, at LeClaire and to the Mystic Shrine at Davenport. He likewise holds membership relations with the Woodmen of the World, Modern Woodmen of America and the Court of Honor. In politics he is a republican and is a member of the town council and is president of the school board, while he is financially interested as a stockholder in the LeClaire Savings Bank. He is a man of culture and sense, generous to friend or foe, and his life of industry has brought a rich reward in the high estimate his acquaintances place upon him as a physician and a man. ~~~~~~*~~~~~~ Elaine Rathmann Assist. CC: Scott Co, IA USGenWeb Project List Adm. for: *IA-CIVIL-WAR *IA-DANES

The Daily Gazette Saturday Morning City of Davenport May 17, 1862 Part 1 >From the 2d Iowa Cavalry Camp of Hamburg and Corinth Road Friday, May 9, 1862 Friend Sanders.-Of yesterday's skirmish, and loss, I wrote you last night , and to-night as a faithful chronicler, am compelled to add further to the record, which though of noble deeds, will carry anguish to loving hearts. About noon, orders came to be ready to move at the firing of a single gun. The signal soon came, and in ten minutes the regiment was in column, and on its way to the front. I may mention that most of our force which had advanced yesterday, had retired back to camp, vacating the ground they had occupied. Yesterday our regiment was a mile and a half beyond Farmington; to-day two miles this side of the town. They met Gen. Paine's Division and three batteries, retreating. Passing this column on coming to an opening a mile wide, on the opposite side of which the rebels had three batteries, they formed into line, Lieut. Col. Hatch commanding with Majors Hepburn, Coon and Lave, commanding respectively the 1st 2d and 3d batteries. The rebels had the range, and th! eir batteries were well manned and playing rapidly on our lines. Gen. Paine rode up and ordered the regiment to "charge" those batteries. The batteries were three-fourths of a mile distant, and formed a line half a mile in length-sweeping with their murderous fire the whole space. The charge sounded and officers and soldiers swept forward through the leaden tempest! Shot and shell hurtled through the air, or plowed up the ground beneath. The woods flanking the open space were occupied by rebel sharp shooters, and they too poured forth their murderous fire on the rushing line. Though such a fire of iron hail is seldom faced in a charge and horse and man went down by sections, yet onward at full speed charged the 2d Cavalry through canister and grape, to within one hundred yards of the guns, when they were found to be supported by dense lines of infantry. When knowing we were unsupported, the rally was sounded, and we retired, but had the satisfaction of seeing the batteries limber up and cease firing. The regiment was absent from camp less than three hours. The charge was of short duration, but from the annexed list, which is reliable, Iowa may see whether her glory has been dimmed by the 2d Cavalry-whether another laurel has not been added to her brow-another bright page added to their immortal list-a record made that when Iowa is tried, she is never found wanting. 1st Battalion-Commissary Sergt W. W. Miller, by spent ball in leg, slightly. Co. K-Killed, none. Wounded, Corpl Elias W. Shephard, in head; Derwin Doner, flesh wound in leg; R. M. Downer, in leg by piece of shell; Fred Lehart, in head; G. R. Bradley, in leg by piece of shell, Abraham Leffler, in head and chest. Co. L-Killed, none. Wounded, Corpl M. V. Hubbard, in head; G. W. Kelso, in the thigh, Missing James Raymond. Co. E-Wounded, Lewis Kephart, in hand; Bugler, Wm. Dunderdale, in head; Corpl W. Aldrich in head slightly; Sergt J. W. Jennings, in hand. Co. M-Wounded. Nathan Smith, in the foot, amputated below the knee; Sylvester L. Hazen, in shoulder, slightly; J. S. Breedan, in leg; John Parker, wounded and missing. Continued... ~~~~~~*~~~~~~ Elaine Rathmann List Adm. for: *IA-CIVIL-WAR *IA-DANES Assist. CC: Scott Co, IA USGenWeb Project

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/Yl.2ADE/2301.1 Message Board Post: THE LIBRARY HERE IN DAVENPORT MICROFILMS ALL THE QUAD CITY TIMES NEWSPAPERS, THE WHOLE PAPER. IF YOU HAVE THE EXACT DATE YOU CAN GET IT OFF OF MICROFILM THERE.

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Last post from Chapter 8. GEO. E. HUBBELL LINCOLN'S ASSOCIATE COUNSEL Associated with Abraham Lincoln in the bridge cases was George E. Hubbell of the Davenport bar.  He was engaged for several months in taking depositions in this vicinity and up and down the river, and this evidence was in Mr. Lincoln's possession when the cases came up for trial.  Mr. Hubbell tells of seeing Mr. Lincoln and his eldest son, then a boy, in a hotel at Dubuque, where Mr. Lincoln had journeyed on legal business.  The martyred president never visited Davenport, although that statement is often made.  The only presidents who have been in this city are Millard Fillmore, who accompanied the party on the first train over the Rock Island road and was given a hearty reception here, Theodore Roosevelt who spoke here during the McKinley campaign and president Taylor, who was met by a reception committee of British and Indians at Credit island in the war of 1812.  President Taft, while secretary of war, was one of a distinguished company entertained by the Tri-City Press club at a banquet at the Commercial club, and in 1900, Theodore Roosevelt also made Davenport a stopping place while on a campaigning tour in the west.  While attorney in the bridge cases Abraham Lincoln came to the bridge to study the location of draw pier and direction of currents.  He was within a few hundred feet of Davenport but did not cross the bridge. Debbie Clough G-erischer G-erischer Family Web Site http://gerischer.rootsweb.com/ Assistant CC, Iowa Gen Web, Scott County http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/ List Manager for: IASCOTT-L * G-erischer-L * D-encker-L Fitzpatirck-L * V-lerebome-L * Huntington-L * Otis-L * Algar-L EIGS-L * Pickens-L * McNab-L * Patris-L - Rankin-L

Chapter 8 cont. PLOT TO BURN THE BRIDGE A dispatch from Chicago, of date August 8, 1860, was sent to and published in the Democrat, stating that Josiah Bissell, a young man, smooth-spoken, plausible, an architect, engineer and bridge builder, and a prime mover in the raid against the great bridge, was arrested in that city by Officer Dennis, of Pinkerton's police force, and that Walter E. Chadwick had been arrested at Rock Island by Officer Webster upon warrants charging them with conspiracy to burn the railroad bridge across the Mississippi river at Rock Island.  The dispatch gave the further information that on the morning of August 8th, indictments had been found against the accused by the grand jury of the recorder's court, then in session, and that a large quantity of inflammable material in bottles had been seized by the officers at the time of the arrest of Bissell; that Bissell was the agent of the St. Louis Chamber of Commerce and Chadwick an attorney in cases pending against the Rock Island Railroad company.  In its mention of the matter the Chicago Press and Tribune had the following to say, after describing the parties under arrest: "In April last, Mr. Bissell came to this city and stopped at the Richmond house.  He had a business interview with Cyrus P. Bradley, a well known detective of this city, and after finishing other important matters, came out plumply with the proposition to pay him $5,000 if he would cause the bridge to be burned.  He paid Mr. Bradley a compliment, saying that if he, Mr. Bradley, undertook it, it would be done.  Bissell at the time lamented the previous failure last fall and that it must be done sure this time.  He said the law-suits would never move the bridge, 'but let it once be burned and we'll get out an injunction against rebuilding it.  Do you see?"  Captain Bradley did 'see,' and took the bait.  Not long thereafter Superintendent Tracy, of the Chicago & Rock Island Railroad company, and Hon. B. C. Cook, of Ottawa, attorney for the company, were acquainted with the facts and from that time to day before yesterday Messrs. Bissell and Chadwick, with C. P. Bradley, silent partner of this interesting bridge destroying firm, enjoyed plain sailing straight into the lion's jaws.  They have had conversations in this city in a card room carefully prepared with a skillful shorthand reporter, taking evidence 'behind the arras,' and at times citizens well chosen for standing and probity have been placed equally well to hear how it was to be done - the burning of the bridge. "On Tuesday, by previous agreement, a package of combustibles came by express to this city from St. Louis.  It contained fifty champagne bottles filled with a highly combustible treacle-like fluid, known as Greek fire.  This was to be kept as Bradley's stock in trade, among other things.  All seemed to be ready for the harvest.  Officer Dennis took Mr. Bissell into custody at the Richmond house that evening and Special Deputy Tim Webster and Mr. J. R. Reed, bridge master of the railroad company at Rock Island, served the papers almost simultaneously on Chadwick in that city.  This latter arrest was neatly done.  Mr. Chadwick was invited to the depot to look at some papers in Webster's possession.  Then it turned out that the paper was accidentally in Mr. Webster's valise in the cars and just as the two went into the car of the up-bound night train, to see the paper, Chadwick did see and too late, that it was a warant for his arrest and he a prisoner and the train already under headway for Chicago.  Chadwick and Bissell joined company here under arrest yesterday.  These men were tried for the crime alleged against them and on December 15, 1860, the jury returned a verdict of not guilty against Bissell.  Chadwick was never brought to trial." Timothy Webster, who made the arrest of Chadwick in Rock Island, came to Davenport immediately after the attempt to burn the Rock Island bridge in the summer of 1858, and remained here for several years.  He was not known, however, as Timothy Webster, but as J. R. Reed, and from the logic of events it became apparent that his object in taking up his residence in Davenport was to employ his time as a member of the Pinkerton detective agency in the interest of the Rock Island Railroad company in ferreting out the instigators of the plot to burn the bridge.  Mr. Reed was well known in this city during his residence here and in 1860 was elected alderman from the fifth ward, but for reasons best known to himself at the time he declined to qualify for the office.  He was a Jacksonian democrat, a great admirer of Stephen A. Douglas and took an active part in the presidential campaign of 1860.  In this relation it might be well to add that in the later '60s Allen Pinkerton, of Chicago, a member of the famous detective firm bearing that name, published a pamphlet in New York city in which Timothy Webster is given the credit of discovering and making known to the authorities the plot to assassinate Abraham Lincoln while on his way from Springfield to Washington for his inauguration as president of the United States, which was to take place on the 4th of March, 1861.  Letters from Hon. N. B. Judd, Governor Curtin and others plainly indicated that the plot was discovered and frustrated by members of the Pinkerton force and not by persons in New York, who have claimed the credit.  In the pamphlet above referred to Mr. Pinkerton gives credit to Timothy Webster in the words following:  "Timothy Webster, one of my detective force, accompanied me upon this eventful occasion.  He served faithfully as a detective among the secessionists of Maryland and acquired many valuable and important secrets.  He, among all the force who went with me, deserves the credit of saving the life of Mr. Lincoln, even more than I do.  He was a native of Princeton, New Jersey, a life-long democrat, but he felt and realized with Jackson that the Union must and should be preserved.  He continued in important detective service and after I assumed charge of the secret service of the army of the Potomac under Major General McClellan, Mr. Webster was most of the time within the rebel lines.   True, he was called a spy and martial law says that a spy, when convicted, must die.  Yet, spies are necrssary in war, ever have been and ever will be.  Timothy Webster was arrested in Richmond and upon the testimony of members of the 'secesh' army in Washington, named Levi, for whom I had done some acts of kindness, he was convicted as a spy and executed by Jefferson Davis, April 30, 1862.  His name is unknown to fame but few were braver or more devoted to the Union cause than was Timothy Webster."  While in Davenport Timothy Webster secured appointment as bridge superintendent, succeeding Seth Gurney, the first incumbent. 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Chapter 8 cont. A LINCOLN STORY "It will be remembered by the oldest citizens that the cities of Wheeling and Pittsburg claimed to be at the head of navigation of the Ohio river, and that there was much rivalry between them.  In 1845 the people of Wheeling built a bridge over the Ohio river at that point and when completed the newspapers, in bold headlines, announced that that city was the head of navigation of the Ohio river.  This was true.  The bridge was so low, however, that the larger steamers could not pass under it.  Pittsburg and the vicinity became greatly excited.  Mass meetings were held, speeches were made and resolutions passed denouncing the Wheeling bridge and declaring it an obstruction to free navigation.  Its removal was therefore demanded.  Hon. Edwin M. Stanton, afterward Mr. Lincoln's secretary of war, Hon. Moses Hampton and Hon. Wilson McCandless were employed by the citizens of Pittsburg to bring suit against the Wheeling Bridge company in the federal courts.  This fact apparently flashed upon Mr. Lincoln while earnestly addressing Judge McLean, and fixing his eyes squarely on him, said 'Will your Honor please pardon me if I relate a little incident which will have a bearing upon this case?'  Being assured by the judge that he had a perfect right to talk, Mr. Lincoln continued:  'I once had some business in New Albany upon the Ohio river.  After registering at the hotel I took a walk down to the river.  A number of steamboats were lying at the wharf.  Two of them, Telegraph No. 1, and Hibernian No. 2, were very large boats, and had smoke stacks that seemingly touched the clouds.  I could not comprehend why they were so tall.  While looking at them an Irishman came along with his dray.  He proved to be a true son of the Emerald isle.  I asked him if he could tell me why those two boats had chimneys so much higher than the other boats.  "Yez must be a stranger about her," says Pat.  I told him that I was, and that I lived at Springfield, Illinois.  "And faith, that's where they have the milk sickness."  I told him that I could never locate the disease, but would like to know something about those tall chimneys.  "Well, yez see, them's Pittsburg boats.  Don't yez know that them Wheeling chaps has built a bridge over the Ohio river and then declared that town was the head of navigation of the Ohio river?  The Pittsburg fellows swore that the bridge was an obstruction and must come down.  And by the powers of Kilkenny and the bogs of Tyrone, they made good their oath by building chimneys so high that the boats couldn't go under the bridge, and there yez sees two of the Pittsburg boats.'" Mr. Lincoln's imitation of the Irishman's rich brogue was so ludicrous and interesting that even Judge McLean threw himself back in his chair and joined the attorneys and spectators in a hearty laugh.  Mr. Lincoln won his suit and the bridge was allowed to remain until superseded by the fine iron structure built by the government which now spans the Mississippi river at Davenport." Mr. Lincoln, in preparing his arguments in this case, took advantage of and put into use the survey of the upper rapids of the Mississippi river made in 1837 by a young lieutenant of United States engineers, and it probably occurred to him that in 1832, when cholera was rampant at Fort Armstrong, on Rock island, it was often unwise and dangerous for boats to land there and that a steamboat, carrying Black Hawk, the noted Sac warrior, as a prisoner, was in charge of a lieutenant of the United States army on a steamboat anchored in the stream a few hundred feet above the site of the bridge. Looking back over the years that have long since passed away, an unusual interest is centered in the personnel of some of those whose memories are particularly connected with the history of the bridge and Rock island, for during the war which convulsed the nation three and a half years after this notable trial the attorney who defended the bridge company was president of the United States; the lieutenant who made the survey, Robert E. Lee, was commander in chief of the army of the Confederacy, while the lieutenant who brought Black Hawk to Prairie du Chien, Jefferson Davis, was president of the so-called confederate states of America. Debbie Clough G-erischer G-erischer Family Web Site http://gerischer.rootsweb.com/ Assistant CC, Iowa Gen Web, Scott County http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/ List Manager for: IASCOTT-L * G-erischer-L * D-encker-L Fitzpatirck-L * V-lerebome-L * Huntington-L * Otis-L * Algar-L EIGS-L * Pickens-L * McNab-L * Patris-L - Rankin-L