Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to everyone on this list. I have a question about the content of an old photo. Would any of you be able to help explain just why the difference in the two bicycles in this photo? We believe the man to be the owner of a "bicycle and typewriter" store in LeMars, IA. Unfortunately no name or dates were written on the Plymouth County photo. The likely rider in the photo is Mr. C.L. VonBerg, circa 1897 LeMars, IA. Here is a link to the photo. http://www.iagenweb.org/plymouth/Bicycle.html The man is riding one bicycle and holding onto the other as he sits on his bike. These I believe were referred to as the Big Wheel. If you notice closely, the wheels on the two bicycles are reversed. What is the significance of that? Does anyone know? A google search brought up this explanation and a photo showing a modern day specialized bicycle.."Supposedly the reverse High Wheeler is safer because the rider wouldn't go head first over the big wheel, he'd probably just fly backwards." I appreciate any input or help-interesting photo, isn't it!! Wouldn't our grandkids love to have one of these for Christmas! My best to all, Linda Ziemann 718 Santa Cruz Dr. Keller, TX 76248 IA GenWeb Plymouth, Monona, Sioux County Coordinator http://iagenweb.org/ Iowa Old Press IAGenWeb Special Project Co-Coordinator <http://www.iowaoldpress.com/index.html> http://www.iowaoldpress.com/index.html "A Look Back at the Lives and Times of Our Ancestors" N.D. GenWeb, Mercer Co. Coordinator (My hubby's home county) http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ndmercer/

A Narrative History of The People of Iowa with SPECIAL TREATMENT OF THEIR CHIEF ENTERPRISES IN EDUCATION, RELIGION, VALOR, INDUSTRY, BUSINESS, ETC. by EDGAR RUBEY HARLAN, LL. B., A. M. Curator of the Historical, Memorial and Art Department of Iowa Volume IV THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Inc. Chicago and New York 1931 AARON V. PROUDFOOT has been for thirty years established in teh practice of law at Indianola, judicial center of Warren County, and in addition of being one of the representative members of the bar of this city and county he is also president of Worth Savings Bank and is valued as a loyal and public spirited citizen. Mr. Proudfoot, a representative of one of the sterling pioneer families of Iowa, was born at Liberty, Clarke County, this state, June 13, 1862, and is a son of Jacob and Cyrena (VanScoy) Proudfoot, of whose family of five sons and two daughters only three are now living: W. T., a resident of Yakima, Washington; C. F., of Osceola, Iowa; and Aaron V., of this review. After profiting by the advantages of the public schools of his native county Aaron V. Proudfoot entered Simpson College at Indianola, and in this institution he was a member of the class of 1884. In this city he then studied law in the office of Creighton & Hays and later in that of the law firm of Hall & Hartman. He thus thoroughly grounded himself in the science of jurisprudence, and his technical reinforcement was augmented by his six years of service as clerk of the District Court. He was admitted to the bar in 1899, has since continued in the practice of his profession at Indianola, and his personality and his achievement mark him as one of the leading members of the bar of Warren County. Mr. Proudfoot is a stalwart in the ranks of the Republican party, and he represented his district in the State Senate during the general legislative assemblies designated as the Thirty-third, Thirty-fourth, Thirty-seventh and Thirty-eighth, besides having been influential also in the work of special sessions held within this period. He was a member of the Iowa Senate at the time of the election of Hon. A. B. Cummins to the United States Senate, and he once served as presidential elector from Iowa on the ticket of his party. As president of the Board of Trustees he is giving loyal service to his alma mater, Simpson College, which is maintained under the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he and his wife are zealous members, he having been a delegate to four of the general conferences of the church, in which connection he was made a member of the Episcopal committee. He is a lay member of the World Service Commission from the Omaha area of the Methodist Episcopal Church, including the states of Iowa and Nebraska. Mr. Proudfoot is one of the veteran and honored members of the Warren County Bar Association and has membership also in the Iowa State Bar Association. He is a past grand master of the Iowa Grand Lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, and has membership in the Monday Club, the first literary club to be organized in Indianola. Reverting to Jacob Proudfoot, father of the subject of this sketch, it is to be noted that he was born and reared in West Virginia and that he thence came to Iowa in the year 1855. He gained pioneer honors in Clarke County, having served in the State Legislature. He reclaimed and developed a farm and also followed his trade, that of blacksmith, his service in the work of this ancient craft having covered a period of fully sixty years. He was one of the revered pioneer citizens of Liberty, Clarke County, at the time of his death in 1899, and his widow passed to life eternal in 1919, both having been devout members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In conclusion is given brief record concerning the domestic chapter in the career of Aaron V. Proudfoot. On the 10th of May, 1885, was solemnized his marriage with Miss Louie L. Posegate, who likewise was born and reared in Iowa and who is a daughter of the late Eli and Rebecca V. (Haworth) Posegate. Mrs. Proudfoot was graduated from the Indianola High School and was also a student in Simpson College, and she has long been a gracious figure in the social cultural and church life of her home city. Charity M., elder of the two children of Mr. and Mrs. Proudfoot, is the widow of John M. Hillis, of Hillsburg, Indiana, and now maintains her home in Indianola, her children being Ruth, Mary L., Richard A. and John E. Edwin V., younger of the two children of Mr. and Mrs. Proudfoot, was graduated from the University of Chicago, and is now engaged in the fidelity bond business in the City of Davenport, Iowa, the maiden name of his wife having been Mary Louise Peasley. Debbie Clough Gerischer Iowa History Project _http://iagenweb.org/history/_ (http://iagenweb.org/history/) Scott County, Iowa _http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm_ (http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm) **************One site keeps you connected to all your email: AOL Mail, Gmail, and Yahoo Mail. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000025)

The list of residents from the 1879 county history for Augusta township and for the City of Burlington have been added to the IAGenWeb Des Moines County Site—nearly 1400 listings, most with occupations and addresses, and some with bios. <http://iagenweb.org/desmoines/History/History.htm>http://iagenweb.org/desmoines/History/History.htm -Richard <http://iowajones.org/Photos/IowaJonesLarge.jpg> [] Richard Harrison's official photographer is <http://creatista.com/>Creatista.com ---------- Richard Harrison <http://iagenweb.org/state/friends_of_iagenweb/>IAGenWeb State Coordinator Friends of IAGenWeb <http://iagenweb.org/state/friends_of_iagenweb/>President <http://iowajones.org/>Jones County IAGenWeb Coordinator IowaJones@cox.net

A Narrative History of The People of Iowa with SPECIAL TREATMENT OF THEIR CHIEF ENTERPRISES IN EDUCATION, RELIGION, VALOR, INDUSTRY, BUSINESS, ETC. by EDGAR RUBEY HARLAN, LL. B., A. M. Curator of the Historical, Memorial and Art Department of Iowa Volume IV THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Inc. Chicago and New York 1931 HON. RALPH POWERS, judge of the Municipal Court of Des Moines, has the distinction of being the youngest man to sit in this court, and as its judge he is proving his ability and his knowledge of the law, and at the same time administrating justice impartially to all classes. He was born at Chariton, Iowa, March 20, 1894, a son of Fred and Zora (Holmes) Powers, both of whom were born at Chariton. They are now residents of Des Moines, and highly regarded by their fellow citizens. For many years the father worked as an iron smelter. He and his wife had eight children born to them, of whom Judge Powers is the eldest. The parents are active members of the Church of Christ, and he is an honored brother in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. As a Republican he is a well known figure in politics. The Powers family is a pioneer one in Iowa, in which state the grandparents, W. C. and Emily (Blair) Powers, came before it was admitted to the Union, from Ohio where both had been born. They had a strange experience on their trip to their new home. While crossing the Mississippi River on a ferry boat the wagon fell off the ferry, but the horses swam to shore, dragging the wagon behind them, so that the loss was small one. It is a difficult matter for the present generation to understand the dangers and hardships of the pioneer period, because all of those conditions have passed with the progress along all lines and the settlement of the country. Where once there were but a few huts, today are either large commercial communities or well cultivated farms, and in view of this extraordinary progress one cannot but admire the intelligence, zeal and perseverance of the ones who blazed the way for succeeding generations. Existence on what was the frontier when the grandparents of Judge Powers came to Iowa was full of the tragedy of Indian warfare, but this has been softened by peace and religion. In that struggle of the pioneers, when man pitted himself against primeval forest and aboriginal inhabitant, the strongest types of manhood and womanhood were evolved. W. C. Powers and his wife settled at Eddyville, Iowa, and there for a number of years he managed a lumber company, and in spite of his hard work and tireless energy, lived to be eighty-four years of age, and the grandmother lived to reach the same venerable age. The maternal grandparents of Judge Powers, W. S. and Eliza (Shutt) Holmes, natives of Southern Ohio, moved to Iowa at a very early day and settled at Chariton, where he engaged in farming. His death occurred from cancer when he was seventy-seven years old. Of the twelve children born to him and his wife eleven are living. Judge Powers attended the public schools of Ottumwa, Iowa, and was graduated from Drake University in 1917, with the degree of Bachelor of Laws, and immediately thereafter entered upon the practice of his profession at Des Moines, and his success is all the more remarkable from the fact that he has made his own way in life, having worked his way through both high school and the university. On August 27, 1917, Judge Powers enlisted for service in the World war, and went to the Officers Training Camp at Fort Snelling, where he remained for ninety days, after which he was assigned to the Fortieth Infantry at Fort Sheridan, Illinois, where he continued until in February, 1918, at which time he was transferred to the Camp Stanley, Texas. In August of that same year he was sent to Camp Perry, Ohio, where he remained for thirty days, after which he was transferred to Camp Travis, Texas, and placed in the Fifty-third Field Artillery and kept at that point until early in November, when he entered the School of Fire, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, where he remained for ninety days, after which he was sent back to Camp Travis. Through all of these changes he held the rank of a second lieutenant. In February, 1919, he was honorably discharged, and returned to his law practice at Des Moines in April, 1920. From 1923 to 1925 he was captain of the local company of the Iowa National Guard, and he has taken an active part in the American Legion. Under Vernon R. Seeberger he served as assistant state's attorney for four years, and then, March 26, 1928, he was elected judge of the Municipal Court of Des Moines, which office he is still holding. On January 18, 1924, Judge Powers married Miss Helen Sheely, who was born at Des Moines and educated in its high school. She is a daughter of Jesse and Josephine E. (Wheeler) Sheely, members of pioneer families of Iowa. Mr. Sheely served as a soldier in the Civil war, and by occupation was a bridge builder, having constructed some of the first bridges in Iowa and Nebraska. Judge and Mrs. Powers are both active members of the Christian Church. He is a Scottish-Rite Mason in fraternal connections, and a Republican politically. His associates recognize the fact that Judge Powers possesses a brilliant intellectuality, is clear and cool in judgment, and has a fine discriminating ability, which admirable qualities result in giving to his official life a direction that is wise and beneficial along many lines of usefulness. Debbie Clough Gerischer Iowa History Project _http://iagenweb.org/history/_ (http://iagenweb.org/history/) Scott County, Iowa _http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm_ (http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm) **************One site keeps you connected to all your email: AOL Mail, Gmail, and Yahoo Mail. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000025)

A Narrative History of The People of Iowa with SPECIAL TREATMENT OF THEIR CHIEF ENTERPRISES IN EDUCATION, RELIGION, VALOR, INDUSTRY, BUSINESS, ETC. by EDGAR RUBEY HARLAN, LL. B., A. M. Curator of the Historical, Memorial and Art Department of Iowa Volume IV THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Inc. Chicago and New York 1931 JOHN F. PORTERFIELD. However prodigal in her gifts, nature seldom confers upon a single individual superior talents in more than one line of endeavor. However there are exceptions to this rule and a notable one is found in the case of Hon. John F. Porterfield, mayor of Hamburg, a leading member of the Fremont County bar, and a talented and eloquent minister of the Baptist faith. For many years he has been before the public as a preacher and an attorney, and the people have learned to place implicit faith and confidence in him. In the meanwhile he has contributed in no small degree to the betterment and development of the communities in which he has lived and labored. Mr. Porterfield was born at Sharon, Pennsylvania, May 15, 1871, and is a son of Rev. Samuel B. and Anges (Percy) Porterfield. His father, a native of Ohio, was given excellent educational advantages in his youth, including a course in a college of the United Brethren Church, and was still a young man at the outbreak of the war between the states, in which he served three years as a private in Company A, Twenty-Fifth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. At the close of the war he returned to Ohio and preached for many years, but after the death of his wife there he went to Michigan, where he spent the remainder of his life. They were the parents of four children, of whom three are living: Rev. David, a Baptist preacher of Jefferson, Ohio; Agnes, the wife of John Reid, a master mechanic in the truck works at Alma, Michigan; and John F., of this review. Samuel B. Porterfield was a Republican in politics and active in his party but not as an office seeker. He belonged to the Grand Army of the Republic and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. The public schools of St. Louis, Michigan, furnished John F. Porterfield with his early education training, following which he took a correspondence course of four years in theology and law and was ordained minister of the Congregational Church at Mattison, Michigan, in 1896. He had commenced preaching at the age of nineteen years, at Mattison, Michigan, where he remained one year. Later he changed to the Methodist Protestant faith and continued as a preacher thereof for four years, but eventually became a Baptist preacher at Flint, Michigan, and has continued with that denomination to the present. From Flint he went to Pennsylvania, where he held several charges, and while there commenced to read law in a law office at Linesville. Subsequently he removed to Columbia City, Indiana, where he read law under J. Blooms, and after an examination in open court in Indiana was admitted to practice December 11, 1910. He was immediately appointed county attorney of Whitley County, Indiana, but after about a year came to Page County, Iowa, to supply a church at Essex, and was admitted to practice in Iowa in September, 1912, and to practice before the Federal courts in December, 1920. In 1913 Mr. Porterfield was appointed deputy revenue collector and held office at Council Bluffs and Des Moines. He was next transferred to the department of justice and held office at Des Moines and Chicago. Mr. Porterfield has been a resident of Fremont County since 1920, and during all these years has divided his time between preaching and practicing his profession. He has a large and prominent clientele as a lawyer and is a member of the Fremont County Bar Association, the Iowa State Bar Association and the American Bar Association. A Democrat in politics, he has always been a leader in his party and has been chairman of the Page and Fremont Democratic county committees and chairman of the Eighth District committee for seven years, being at present chairman of the Fremont County committee. On a number of occasions he has been his party's candidate for high offices, being defeated only because of the preponderance of Republican voters in this locality. In March, 1929, he was elected mayor of Hamburg, and is giving his fellow-citizens a splendid administration. During the Spanish-American war Mr. Porterfield enlisted in the army, but was not called upon for active service. He served for a number of years as vice commander of the Sons of Veterans. Fraternally he is a Scottish Rite Mason. On May 27, 1891, Mr. Porterfield was united in marriage with Miss Hattie M. Hill, who was born at Missouri Valley, Iowa, and is a graduate of the high school of Coldwater, Michigan, and to this union there have been born the following children: Harold B., a graduate in liberal arts and law of the University of Nebraska, who spent six months at the Naval Academy at Annapolis, received a diploma, and was an ensign in the United States navy for fifteen months during the World war, engaged in convoy service, has been admitted to practice law in Iowa, but is employed as district manager for the Aetna Life Insurance Company, of Lincoln, Nebraska; Zada, the wife of R. G. Richner, connected with the Goodrich Tire Company at Rockford, Illinois; Jean, a graduate of Des Moines University and the University of Nebraska, who resides at home; Ruth, a graduate of the University of Nebraska, who is employed in the office of the county engineer at Sidney, Iowa; John, a graduate of Hamburg High School, who entered the University of Nebraska in the fall of 1929; and Russell, a graduate of the local high school. Debbie Clough Gerischer Iowa History Project _http://iagenweb.org/history/_ (http://iagenweb.org/history/) Scott County, Iowa _http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm_ (http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm) **************One site keeps you connected to all your email: AOL Mail, Gmail, and Yahoo Mail. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000025)

A Narrative History of The People of Iowa with SPECIAL TREATMENT OF THEIR CHIEF ENTERPRISES IN EDUCATION, RELIGION, VALOR, INDUSTRY, BUSINESS, ETC. by EDGAR RUBEY HARLAN, LL. B., A. M. Curator of the Historical, Memorial and Art Department of Iowa Volume IV THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Inc. Chicago and New York 1931 CHARLES F. PORT, D.D.S. Established professionally at Clinton, Iowa, for more than a quarter of a century, Dr. Charles F. Port, dental surgeon, is one of the leading practitioners of Clinton County, and is a past president of the Clinton County Dental Society. Liberally educated, and thereby well qualified for other vocations, he was yet in early manhood when he completed his university course in dental surgery, and in 1903 entered into practice at Clinton, in which beautiful city he has ever since maintained his home. That he is still here, busy professionally, contented, universally respected and standing high in his profession, may be due, perhaps, in part, to his finding at Clinton a ready recognition of his skill that made it a remunerative professional field and a pleasant material and social environment, and became, ere long, a center where were formed the mutual ties of personal esteem that have been lasting. Dr. Charles F. Port is a native of Iowa, and was born in Cedar County, March 25, 1880, a son of Theodore and Susanna (Doehr) Port. Theodore Port was born in Orange County, Ohio, whence he came to Iowa in 1856 and took up his residence in Cedar County, where he was engaged in agricultural operations during the remainder of his active and useful career, becoming through industry one of the substantial men of his community. He is still the owner of 160 acres of highly valuable and productive land, but is now living in retirement at Wilton junction, Iowa, hale and hearty at the age of eighty-seven years. Mr. Port married Miss Susanna Doehr, who in 1858 came to Iowa with her parents, her father being a shoemaker who spent the rest of his life at his trade at Wilton Junction. Like her husband, Mrs. Port is in excellent health, although she has reached the age of eighty-five years. They were the parents of four children: William, a retired farmer, also living at Wilton Junction; Katherine, who is now deceased; Clara, the wife of Park Walton, a prosperous farmer of Cedar County, died in December, 1930; and Charles F. of this review. Charles F. Port attended the White Pegeon country school and the Wilton German English College, following which he pursued a course at Professor Harris' School of Commercial Law. He next entered the University of Iowa, where he spent one year, and next enrolled as a student at the Chicago College of Dental Surgery, from which he was graduated with the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery in the spring of 1903. In July of the same year he established his home and office at Clinton, where he has since been in the enjoyment of a constantly-increasing practice. As noted, he is recognized as one of the most skilled diagnosticians, practitioners and operators in this part of the state, and stands exceptionally high in his calling, being a member of the District Dental Society and the Iowa State Dental Society, and in 1929 was elected president of the Clinton County Dental Society. Doctor Port is widely known in fraternal circles, being a York Mason, a Scottish Rite Mason, a member of the Knights Templar Commandery at Clinton and the Mystic Shrine at Davenport; and a past exalted ruler of Clinton Lodge No. 199, B. P. O. Elks. He takes an active part in civic affairs, being a past president of the Rotary Club, and also belongs to the Turner Society. He holds membership in the Clinton Boat Club and his principal recreations are fishing and hunting, the family spending the summer months at their cottage on the lake in Northern Wisconsin. Doctor Port is a Republican, but has not been an office-seeker or active in politics. With his family he belongs to the First Presbyterian Church. On October 4, 1905, Doctor Port was united in marriage with Miss Bessie M. Reppy, of Clinton, daughter of James F. and Midred D. (Parker) Reppy, lumber people of Clinton, both of whom are now deceased. One daughter has been born to Doctor and Mrs. Port: Marian Louise, twelve years of age, a junior in the Clinton High School. Debbie Clough Gerischer Iowa History Project _http://iagenweb.org/history/_ (http://iagenweb.org/history/) Scott County, Iowa _http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm_ (http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm) **************One site keeps you connected to all your email: AOL Mail, Gmail, and Yahoo Mail. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000025)

A Narrative History of The People of Iowa with SPECIAL TREATMENT OF THEIR CHIEF ENTERPRISES IN EDUCATION, RELIGION, VALOR, INDUSTRY, BUSINESS, ETC. by EDGAR RUBEY HARLAN, LL. B., A. M. Curator of the Historical, Memorial and Art Department of Iowa Volume IV THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Inc. Chicago and New York 1931 WILLIAM F. POORMAN is one of the well known insurance actuaries in the Middle West, and his abilities have attracted him to the capital of the Iowa insurance world at Des Moines, where he is actuary for the Central Life Assurance Society. Mr. Poorman was born near Livingston, Montana, January 17, 1897, son of Jacob L. and Nona (Cole) Poorman. His father was born in Wisconsin and his mother in Missouri, and his father want out to Montana in the early days and became a rancher and cattle man. He died in 1902 and his wife in 1908. He was a Republican in politics, a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and his wife was a Methodist, while he belonged to the Christian denomination. Of their three children two are living, William F. and Mildred, the latter the wife of Walter A. Fouts, a Montana cattle man. William F. Poorman graduated from the Park County, Montana, High School. In the spring of 1918, when he was twenty-one years of age, he was called to the colors and was in training with the Coast Artillery Corps at Fortress Monroe, Virginia, until after the armistice. He now has rank as second lieutenant in the Officers Reserve Corps. After leaving the army he returned to the University of Michigan, and was graduated with the A. B. degree in 1921 and with the Master of Arts degree in 1922. His first experience in the insurance business was with the Lincoln National Life Company of Fort Wayne, Indiana, with which he was employed for six months before graduating from the University of Michigan. For three years he was actuary for the Farmers National Life Insurance Company of Chicago, and in December, 1925, removed to Des Moines as actuary of the Central Life Assurance Society. Mr. Poorman is a member of the Actuary Society of America, the American Institute of Actuaries and the Casualty Actuary Society. he is a Knight Templar Mason, member of the Wakonda Club and the Episcopal Church, while his wife is a Presbyterian. He married, December 22, 1923, Miss Zella Carr, daughter of J. H. Carr, of Peru, Indiana. Her father is an accountant with the Wabash Railway Company. Debbie Clough Gerischer Iowa History Project _http://iagenweb.org/history/_ (http://iagenweb.org/history/) Scott County, Iowa _http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm_ (http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm) **************One site keeps you connected to all your email: AOL Mail, Gmail, and Yahoo Mail. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000025)

A Narrative History of The People of Iowa with SPECIAL TREATMENT OF THEIR CHIEF ENTERPRISES IN EDUCATION, RELIGION, VALOR, INDUSTRY, BUSINESS, ETC. by EDGAR RUBEY HARLAN, LL. B., A. M. Curator of the Historical, Memorial and Art Department of Iowa Volume IV THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Inc. Chicago and New York 1931 ROY JOHN POOLEY is president and general manager of the Pooley Lumber Company of Greene. This is a business that has been giving service to that section of Butler County for a great many years. Under the present management the service has been greatly expanded beyond the scope indicated by its title. The company not only handles lumber and building material, but also coal, carries a line of farm equipment, and also has a department for handling live stock. The president of the company is a graduate civil engineer and practiced his profession for several years, until getting into his present business. He was born on a farm in Floyd County, Iowa, three miles north of Greene, on December 12, 1886, son of John B. and Priscilla (Fiddick) Pooley. John B. Pooley was a native of Cornwall, England, but when a young man came to America and first located at Rockford, Illinois. He was a hard working farmer, acquired 160 acres of good Iowa soil, and had gone a long way toward making ample provision for his family when an early death took him away on October 12, 1890, at the age of thirty-six. He married at Clarksville, Iowa, Miss Priscilla Fiddick. She was born in Capetown, South Africa. Her father, James Fiddick, was an Englishman, a shipyard mechanic in the Queen's navy and was sent to the shipyards at Capetown, where he died while still in the service. After his death the widowed mother and her nine children came to America, the daughter of Priscilla being then twenty years of age. Roy John Pooley was just a child when his father died. There were two other sons, Charles G., secretary and treasurer of the Pooley Lumber Company, and James Wilfred, a farmer at Saint James, Minnesota. Roy John Pooley during his boyhood had many working contracts with the farm, but was given a liberal education. After graduating from the Greene High School he attended the Iowa State College at Ames from 1906 to 1910, graduating with the Civil Engineering degree. While at Ames he paid part of his expenses working on the campus, assisting farmers in selling silos and taking other jobs. He made a good student record and was a member of the baseball and football teams. After graduating at Ames he was city engineer at Charles City from 1910 to 1912. In that capacity he had charge of the preliminary paving project at Charles City. Mr. Pooley in 1912 came to Greene to join the Gates Lumber Company. The owner of that business died during a session of the State Legislature while serving as a senator. After his death Mr. Pooley took active charge and conducted the business under his management from January, 1913, until 1919. The business was continued as the Pooley-Clark Lumber Company, and since 1928 has been the Pooley Lumber Company, with Mr. Pooley as president. Along with his business responsibilities he has kept in touch with public affairs at Greene, has served on the city council and school board, is a member of the Lions Club, an elder in the Presbyterian Church and for eighteen years has taught one class in teh Sunday School. His favorite subjects of reading and studying are science and history, and he takes his recreation at golf and other outdoor sports. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity and Knights of Pythias. Mr. Pooley married, on September 6, 1911, Nellie M. Stickney, daughter of Will and Mary Stickney, of Greene. She attended high school there and afterwards took a business course at Waterloo. They have four children: S, Dwight, born May 8, 1913, and Eleanor Louise, born July 5, 1915, both in high school; Mary Virginia, born June 12, 1918, and Paul Eugene, born February 9, 1922. Debbie Clough Gerischer Iowa History Project _http://iagenweb.org/history/_ (http://iagenweb.org/history/) Scott County, Iowa _http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm_ (http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm) **************One site keeps you connected to all your email: AOL Mail, Gmail, and Yahoo Mail. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000025)

A Narrative History of The People of Iowa with SPECIAL TREATMENT OF THEIR CHIEF ENTERPRISES IN EDUCATION, RELIGION, VALOR, INDUSTRY, BUSINESS, ETC. by EDGAR RUBEY HARLAN, LL. B., A. M. Curator of the Historical, Memorial and Art Department of Iowa Volume IV THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Inc. Chicago and New York 1931 ROY JOHN POOLEY is president and general manager of the Pooley Lumber Company of Greene. This is a business that has been giving service to that section of Butler County for a great many years. Under the present management the service has been greatly expanded beyond the scope indicated by its title. The company not only handles lumber and building material, but also coal, carries a line of farm equipment, and also has a department for handling live stock. The president of the company is a graduate civil engineer and practiced his profession for several years, until getting into his present business. He was born on a farm in Floyd County, Iowa, three miles north of Greene, on December 12, 1886, son of John B. and Priscilla (Fiddick) Pooley. John B. Pooley was a native of Cornwall, England, but when a young man came to America and first located at Rockford, Illinois. He was a hard working farmer, acquired 160 acres of good Iowa soil, and had gone a long way toward making ample provision for his family when an early death took him away on October 12, 1890, at the age of thirty-six. He married at Clarksville, Iowa, Miss Priscilla Fiddick. She was born in Capetown, South Africa. Her father, James Fiddick, was an Englishman, a shipyard mechanic in the Queen's navy and was sent to the shipyards at Capetown, where he died while still in the service. After his death the widowed mother and her nine children came to America, the daughter of Priscilla being then twenty years of age. Roy John Pooley was just a child when his father died. There were two other sons, Charles G., secretary and treasurer of the Pooley Lumber Company, and James Wilfred, a farmer at Saint James, Minnesota. Roy John Pooley during his boyhood had many working contracts with the farm, but was given a liberal education. After graduating from the Greene High School he attended the Iowa State College at Ames from 1906 to 1910, graduating with the Civil Engineering degree. While at Ames he paid part of his expenses working on the campus, assisting farmers in selling silos and taking other jobs. He made a good student record and was a member of the baseball and football teams. After graduating at Ames he was city engineer at Charles City from 1910 to 1912. In that capacity he had charge of the preliminary paving project at Charles City. Mr. Pooley in 1912 came to Greene to join the Gates Lumber Company. The owner of that business died during a session of the State Legislature while serving as a senator. After his death Mr. Pooley took active charge and conducted the business under his management from January, 1913, until 1919. The business was continued as the Pooley-Clark Lumber Company, and since 1928 has been the Pooley Lumber Company, with Mr. Pooley as president. Along with his business responsibilities he has kept in touch with public affairs at Greene, has served on the city council and school board, is a member of the Lions Club, an elder in the Presbyterian Church and for eighteen years has taught one class in teh Sunday School. His favorite subjects of reading and studying are science and history, and he takes his recreation at golf and other outdoor sports. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity and Knights of Pythias. Mr. Pooley married, on September 6, 1911, Nellie M. Stickney, daughter of Will and Mary Stickney, of Greene. She attended high school there and afterwards took a business course at Waterloo. They have four children: S, Dwight, born May 8, 1913, and Eleanor Louise, born July 5, 1915, both in high school; Mary Virginia, born June 12, 1918, and Paul Eugene, born February 9, 1922. Debbie Clough Gerischer Iowa History Project _http://iagenweb.org/history/_ (http://iagenweb.org/history/) Scott County, Iowa _http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm_ (http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm) **************Make your life easier with all your friends, email, and favorite sites in one place. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000010)

A Narrative History of The People of Iowa with SPECIAL TREATMENT OF THEIR CHIEF ENTERPRISES IN EDUCATION, RELIGION, VALOR, INDUSTRY, BUSINESS, ETC. by EDGAR RUBEY HARLAN, LL. B., A. M. Curator of the Historical, Memorial and Art Department of Iowa Volume IV THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Inc. Chicago and New York 1931 HAROLD B. PLUMB. A leading business man and influential member of the Republican party in Blackhawk County, Harold B. Plumb has been a resident of Waterloo for thirty years, during all of which period he has discharged the duties and responsibilities of public and private life in a manner that has established him favorably in the confidence and esteem of the people of his community. As president of the Associated Manufacturers Corporation he has displayed business and executive ability, and as postmaster of Waterloo rendered splendid service to the people during his appointment in 1929. Mr. Plumb was born at Utica, New York, a son of Henry A. Plumb. His father was born at Washington Mills, New York, a son of Horace Plumb, who, fro the best information attainable, was descended from an English family which settled in York State. His own life was passed at Washington Mills. At the age of seventeen years Henry A. Plumb, having completed a public school education, commenced his career as clerk in a drug store, and by hard work and close saving managed to embark in the same line of business. He continued therein for a period of forty years, winning prosperity and the confidence and esteem of his fellow-citizens, and retiring only because of ill health. In 1910 he took up his residence at Waterloo, where he was sixty-two years of age. he was a man of fine character and absolute integrity, and shows his public spirit in many ways. Mr. Plumb married Miss Sarah Marsh, a sister of W. W. Marsh, a sketch of whose career appears elsewhere in this work. Her death occurred May 26, 1906 The only child of his parents, Harold B. Plumb completed his course in the public schools of Utica, New York, including the high school, and then enrolled as a student at Cornell University, from which he was graduated with the class of 1901, receiving the degree of Mechanical Engineer. At that time he came to Waterloo to become associated with his uncle, W. W. Marsh, then president of the Iowa Dairy Separator Company, which later became the Associated Manufacturers Company, one of the leading concerns of the city. He has continued to be identified with this enterprise to the present, and is now president, with offices and plant on Mullan Avenue. The Associated Manufacturers Corporation was founded in 1909, although the present corporation was effected in 1929. Besides the well known Iowa Cream Separators they also manufacture the Chore Boy line of gasoline engines, designed for farm use. Mr. Plumb is numbered among the energetic and public-spirited business men of the city and in an enthusiastic member of the Rotary Club. Politically a Republican, he is one of the influential members of his party and has served as a delegate to numerous state conventions. He was appointed postmaster in 1929 by President Hoover. His service in this office was energetic and constructive, much to the satisfaction of the people of his adopted community. As a churchman Mr. Plumb was reared in the Episcopal faith, and fraternally he belongs to the Delta Tau Delta college fraternity and to Waterloo Lodge No. 290, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, in which he has numerous friend. Mr. Plumb's career has been one in which the homely virtues of industry and perseverance have played their part, and in which civic pride and public spirit have been fully represented. On October 17, 1906, Mr. Plumb was united in marriage with Miss Jessie Manson Balliett, who was born at Waterloo, and is a daughter of Charles O. and Margaret (Manson) Balliett. She is a member of the Presbyterian Church and takes an active part in its work. She is also active in Woman's Club work, P. E. O. and other local activities. She graduated in 1902 from the Lake Forest Seminary at Lake Forest, Illinois. Debbie Clough Gerischer Iowa History Project _http://iagenweb.org/history/_ (http://iagenweb.org/history/) Scott County, Iowa _http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm_ (http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm) **************Make your life easier with all your friends, email, and favorite sites in one place. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000010)

A Narrative History of The People of Iowa with SPECIAL TREATMENT OF THEIR CHIEF ENTERPRISES IN EDUCATION, RELIGION, VALOR, INDUSTRY, BUSINESS, ETC. by EDGAR RUBEY HARLAN, LL. B., A. M. Curator of the Historical, Memorial and Art Department of Iowa Volume IV THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Inc. Chicago and New York 1931 HAROLD B. PLUMB. A leading business man and influential member of the Republican party in Blackhawk County, Harold B. Plumb has been a resident of Waterloo for thirty years, during all of which period he has discharged the duties and responsibilities of public and private life in a manner that has established him favorably in the confidence and esteem of the people of his community. As president of the Associated Manufacturers Corporation he has displayed business and executive ability, and as postmaster of Waterloo rendered splendid service to the people during his appointment in 1929. Mr. Plumb was born at Utica, New York, a son of Henry A. Plumb. His father was born at Washington Mills, New York, a son of Horace Plumb, who, fro the best information attainable, was descended from an English family which settled in York State. His own life was passed at Washington Mills. At the age of seventeen years Henry A. Plumb, having completed a public school education, commenced his career as clerk in a drug store, and by hard work and close saving managed to embark in the same line of business. He continued therein for a period of forty years, winning prosperity and the confidence and esteem of his fellow-citizens, and retiring only because of ill health. In 1910 he took up his residence at Waterloo, where he was sixty-two years of age. he was a man of fine character and absolute integrity, and shows his public spirit in many ways. Mr. Plumb married Miss Sarah Marsh, a sister of W. W. Marsh, a sketch of whose career appears elsewhere in this work. Her death occurred May 26, 1906 The only child of his parents, Harold B. Plumb completed his course in the public schools of Utica, New York, including the high school, and then enrolled as a student at Cornell University, from which he was graduated with the class of 1901, receiving the degree of Mechanical Engineer. At that time he came to Waterloo to become associated with his uncle, W. W. Marsh, then president of the Iowa Dairy Separator Company, which later became the Associated Manufacturers Company, one of the leading concerns of the city. He has continued to be identified with this enterprise to the present, and is now president, with offices and plant on Mullan Avenue. The Associated Manufacturers Corporation was founded in 1909, although the present corporation was effected in 1929. Besides the well known Iowa Cream Separators they also manufacture the Chore Boy line of gasoline engines, designed for farm use. Mr. Plumb is numbered among the energetic and public-spirited business men of the city and in an enthusiastic member of the Rotary Club. Politically a Republican, he is one of the influential members of his party and has served as a delegate to numerous state conventions. He was appointed postmaster in 1929 by President Hoover. His service in this office was energetic and constructive, much to the satisfaction of the people of his adopted community. As a churchman Mr. Plumb was reared in the Episcopal faith, and fraternally he belongs to the Delta Tau Delta college fraternity and to Waterloo Lodge No. 290, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, in which he has numerous friend. Mr. Plumb's career has been one in which the homely virtues of industry and perseverance have played their part, and in which civic pride and public spirit have been fully represented. On October 17, 1906, Mr. Plumb was united in marriage with Miss Jessie Manson Balliett, who was born at Waterloo, and is a daughter of Charles O. and Margaret (Manson) Balliett. She is a member of the Presbyterian Church and takes an active part in its work. She is also active in Woman's Club work, P. E. O. and other local activities. She graduated in 1902 from the Lake Forest Seminary at Lake Forest, Illinois. Debbie Clough Gerischer Iowa History Project _http://iagenweb.org/history/_ (http://iagenweb.org/history/) Scott County, Iowa _http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm_ (http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm) **************Make your life easier with all your friends, email, and favorite sites in one place. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000010)

A new reading of Middletown cemetery, Danville township, Des Moines county, Iowa has been added to the Des Moines site. Many thanks to Paul French for contributing his work. iagenweb.org/desmoines/Cemeteries/CemMiddletown.htm -Richard <http://iowajones.org/Photos/IowaJonesLarge.jpg> [] Richard Harrison's official photographer is <http://creatista.com/>Creatista.com ---------- Richard Harrison <http://iagenweb.org/state/friends_of_iagenweb/>IAGenWeb State Coordinator Friends of IAGenWeb <http://iagenweb.org/state/friends_of_iagenweb/>President <http://iowajones.org/>Jones County IAGenWeb Coordinator IowaJones@cox.net

A Narrative History of The People of Iowa with SPECIAL TREATMENT OF THEIR CHIEF ENTERPRISES IN EDUCATION, RELIGION, VALOR, INDUSTRY, BUSINESS, ETC. by EDGAR RUBEY HARLAN, LL. B., A. M. Curator of the Historical, Memorial and Art Department of Iowa Volume IV THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Inc. Chicago and New York 1931 WILLIAM M. PLIMPTON, physician and surgeon, has been a valuable representative of his profession at Glenwood for over thirty years. Doctor Plimpton has been a very busy doctor, but has also manifested a keen interest in the affairs of his community and has filled several positions requiring his time and involving responsibilities outside of his routine professional duties. Doctor Plimpton was born at Brooklyn, New York, September 20, 1869, a son of Edward S. and Selina J. (Bind) Plimpton. His parents were natives of Massachusetts. His father came west and settled in Iowa in 1854, and for a number of years was a merchant at Denison. Later he and his wife moved to Salida, Colorado, and spent their last years in the home of their daughter at Des Moines. They were Baptists, and were prominent workers in their church at Denison. Edward S. Plimpton was a Republican, served as city treasurer at Dension and was president of the school board for a number of years. There were seven children in the family: Carrie M., the oldest, is the wife of E. T. Fegtly, a retired Methodist minister at Des Moines; Edward S., Jr., died at Salida, Colorado, at the age of fifty-four; Lillian M. married H. S. Black, a Baptist minister, who died at Tacoma, Washington, where she continues to make her home; Dr. William M., is the fourth in age; Robert P. is also a physician, located at Denison; George B. died at Denison when a child; and Elifleda M. is the wife of Albert H. Fisher, head of the Fisher Planing Mills at Stockton, California. Dr. William M. Plimpton completed his high school education at Denison and completed his literary training in Des Moines University, from which he holds two degrees, A. B. and A. M. In 1896 he was graduated M. D. from the Chicago Medical College, and in the spring of the same year located at Glenwood and has been away from his work and the duties of his home community only for short periods of time, including visits to schools and hospitals for post-graduate study and observation. He has one diploma for eye, ear, nose and throat work at Chicago. Doctor Plimpton has been a prominent specialist in o bstetrics. He married, October 1, 1896, Miss Laura Bartlett, of Wayne, Nebraska, where she finished her high school course and later attended Des Moines University. Doctor and Mrs. Plimpton have five children: Ruth J., the wife of Capt. E. L. Homdahl, and teaching at Fullerton, California, where she has charge of the commercial department; Edwin B., a practicing orthopedic surgeon at Los Angeles; Lorna M., wife of John M. Dodds, who is associated with the Pure Oil Company at Cincinnati, Ohio; Helen F., a teacher of commercial and junior business at the schools in Beaumont, California; and Leslie Merrill, a senior student in the University of Nebraska. Doctor Plimpton is a Baptist, is affiliated with the Masonic Lodge and Royal Arch Chapter, the Knights of Pythias, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and is a Republican. For four years he served as mayor of Glenwood and for twelve years was on the school board, being president of the board the last year. He was one of the organizers and is a director of the Glenwood State Bank, and is a charter member of the board of directors and vice president of the Glenwood Building & Loan Association. He is a charter member of the Glenwood Rotary Club and served one year as it's president. Debbie Clough Gerischer Iowa History Project _http://iagenweb.org/history/_ (http://iagenweb.org/history/) Scott County, Iowa _http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm_ (http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm) **************Make your life easier with all your friends, email, and favorite sites in one place. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000010)

Your comment about the directory brings to mind that I finally unearthed my Who's Who in Iowa book which had been packed since I moved to North Carolina about 9 months ago. If anyone wants a look-up from the biographies in this book, it appears to be average citizens in every county in Iowa and your ancestor might be included. Some of these I donated indexes for at several GenWeb Iowa county pages, but not nearly all. Just let me know, folks, if you want me to check for your ancestors. The book was published by the Iowa Press Assn. in 1940. Sincerely, Mona Sarratt Knight Researching Surratt, Sarratt, Major, Majors, Magers and related lines ----- Original Message ----- From: "Allamakee co IAGenWeb" <allamakee@sharylscabin.com> To: "Iowa List" <Iowa@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2008 2:01 PM Subject: [IOWA] S.A.E. biographies > Good morning Iowa listers, > I ran across an S.A.E. fraternity directory while researching a brother of > my g-grandfather and noticed there were several other men with ties to > Iowa > so I typed them all up. I've just finished posting a few dozen of the > little bio's on the various Iowa county Biography boards. > http://iagenweb.org/state/countygrid.htm > > Perhaps one of your ancestors was an S.A.E. member and had a bio in this > 1912 directory. It's also possible that your ancestors may have joined > one > of the hundreds of college, social or professional fraternities that were > so > popular in the late 1800's and early 1900's (some still today). > > Many of these fraternities published directories, so don't overlook this > valuable source of information in your research. In the case of my > g-uncle, > I found the maiden name of his wife in the S.A.E. biography! Not even my > grandmother, who knew her uncle quite well, knew her maiden name. Now I > have another family to work on. > > Merry Christmas, > Sharyl Ferrall > Chickaloon, Alaska > ~coordinator, Allamakee co. IAGenWeb > > Visit the 'Friends of IAGenWeb' gift store .... 100% of the profits from > sales are used to financially support the IAGenWeb project. > http://www.cafepress.com/iagenweb/ > To find out more about 'Friends of IAGenWeb' visit their website: > http://iagenweb.org/state/friends_of_iagenweb/ > > > > _____________________________________________ > > For additional information concerning how the list > works, how to sub and unsub and list rules, visit > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~richard/ialist/ > _____________________________________________ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IOWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >

How about Edward Alexander Herman. Fought in the Civil War. from New Jersey but died in Iowa in 1913. Thanks June

Good morning Iowa listers, I ran across an S.A.E. fraternity directory while researching a brother of my g-grandfather and noticed there were several other men with ties to Iowa so I typed them all up. I've just finished posting a few dozen of the little bio's on the various Iowa county Biography boards. http://iagenweb.org/state/countygrid.htm Perhaps one of your ancestors was an S.A.E. member and had a bio in this 1912 directory. It's also possible that your ancestors may have joined one of the hundreds of college, social or professional fraternities that were so popular in the late 1800's and early 1900's (some still today). Many of these fraternities published directories, so don't overlook this valuable source of information in your research. In the case of my g-uncle, I found the maiden name of his wife in the S.A.E. biography! Not even my grandmother, who knew her uncle quite well, knew her maiden name. Now I have another family to work on. Merry Christmas, Sharyl Ferrall Chickaloon, Alaska ~coordinator, Allamakee co. IAGenWeb Visit the 'Friends of IAGenWeb' gift store .... 100% of the profits from sales are used to financially support the IAGenWeb project. http://www.cafepress.com/iagenweb/ To find out more about 'Friends of IAGenWeb' visit their website: http://iagenweb.org/state/friends_of_iagenweb/

A Narrative History of The People of Iowa with SPECIAL TREATMENT OF THEIR CHIEF ENTERPRISES IN EDUCATION, RELIGION, VALOR, INDUSTRY, BUSINESS, ETC. by EDGAR RUBEY HARLAN, LL. B., A. M. Curator of the Historical, Memorial and Art Department of Iowa Volume IV THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Inc. Chicago and New York 1931 WILLIAM J. PILKINGTON, secretary, treasurer and general manager of the United Business Builders, Incorporated, with offices in the Insurance Exchange Building, Des Moines, an organization which functions through putting on campaigns for better buildings for retail merchants throughout the United States, is a substantial and honored citizen who is a native son of the Hawkeye State and who has achieved independence and worthy prosperity entirely through his own ability and efforts. Mr. Pilkington was born in Clayton County, Iowa, August 4, 1868, and is a son of John and Elizabeth (Stewart) Pilkington, the former of whom was born in England and the latter in Pennsylvania, they having come to Iowa about 1860, and Mr. Pilkington having represented this state as a loyal soldier of the Union during the final year of the Civil war. John Pilkington devoted his entire active career to productive farm enterprise, and in this connection gained pioneer honors in Iowa, where both he and his wife remained until their death, secure in the high regard of all who knew them. Of the four children three are living; Mrs. C. E. Lovett resides at Volga City, Clayton County, where her husband is engaged in the poultry business: William J., of this review, is next younger; and Charles S., a commercial traveler, resides at Westerville, Ohio. The late John Pilkington was reared in the faith of the Church of England, and in the United States he retained that faith as a communicant of the Protestant Episcopal Church, the while his wife had membership in the Presbyterian Church. William J. Pilkington passed the period of his childhood and early youth on the old home farm in Clayton County, and that he profited by the advantages of the public schools needs no further evidence than the statement that at the age of seventeen years he initiated his successful service as a teacher in the district schools of his native county. He thus continued a representative of the pedagogic profession two years, and thereafter he was employed two years as clerk in a retail mercantile establishment. He next had several years of experience as a commercial traveling salesman, and he then became editor and publisher of a weekly newspaper at Webster City, the judicial center of Hamilton County. After being thus engaged about three years he became the owner of the Merchants Trade Journal at Des Moines, and he continued to publish this periodical nineteen years, at the expiration of which he made an advantageous sale of the plant and business. Thereafter he was retired from active business for a time, and finally he organized the American Homes Company, of which he was the president, the major functions assigned to this corporation being to assist citizens in the adjusting and handling of their taxes, the service being one that has met with marked popular appreciation. In politics Mr. Pilkington maintains an independent attitude and gives his support to men and measures meeting the approval of his judgment, regardless of strict partisan lines. He and his wife are zealous members of the University Christian Church and he has given many years of service as a member of its Official Board. In 1893 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Pilkington and Miss Susan M. Grayson, who likewise was born and reared in this state, where her father, Emmanuel Grayson, gained rank as a successful exponent of farm enterprise. Mr. and Mrs. Pilkington have no children. Debbie Clough Gerischer Iowa History Project _http://iagenweb.org/history/_ (http://iagenweb.org/history/) Scott County, Iowa _http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm_ (http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm) **************Make your life easier with all your friends, email, and favorite sites in one place. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000010)

A Narrative History of The People of Iowa with SPECIAL TREATMENT OF THEIR CHIEF ENTERPRISES IN EDUCATION, RELIGION, VALOR, INDUSTRY, BUSINESS, ETC. by EDGAR RUBEY HARLAN, LL. B., A. M. Curator of the Historical, Memorial and Art Department of Iowa Volume IV THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Inc. Chicago and New York 1931 ERNEST ALFORD PICKWORTH. In the busy marts of the enterprising and growing City of Waterloo the name of Pickworth, during recent years, has come to be synonymous with business solidity and integrity. This stable and solid old family has as one of its present day representatives Ernest Alfred Pickworth, a dealer in building materials, who not only has built up a large and prosperous commercial enterprise, but has borne his full share of the responsibilities of citizenship both in private and public life. Mr. Pickworth was born July 28, 1887, in the City of London, England, and his father, Rev. Felix H. Pickworth, also a native of that city, came of pure British ancestry. He acquired a good education, served an apprenticeship to the printer's trade, and finally was converted and became a preacher of the Wesleyan Methodist faith. In 1888 he came to the United States, where he was joined by his family, and his first pastorate was near Beason in Mahaska County, Iowa. Later he joined the Episcopal Church and was ordained an Episcopal minister by Bishop Perry, being first stationed at Durant, Iowa, later at Farley and then at Anamosa, where he served as chaplain at the State Prison for fourteen years, during which time he inaugurated the printing room at that institution, giving his time to teaching those of the prisoners who wished to learn the printer's trade. From Anamosa he was called to Mount Pleasant, where he continued as priest in charge of the Episcopal Church until his death in December, 1925, at the age of seventy-two years. He had been for many years a member of the Masonic fraternity. Reverend Pickworth married Emma J. Dudding, who was born in Kent County England, and died in November, 1924, at the age of seventy-nine years, having been the mother of two sons: Felix and Ernest A. Ernest A. Pickworth was bur one year old when brought to the United States, and he attended the public schools of the various communities in which his father had pastorates. Subsequently he pursued a course at the Shattuck Military Academy, at Faribault, Minnesota, and later graduated from the Iowa State College at Ames. Upon the completion of his education he went to Chicago, Illinois, where he was employed as a draughtsman in an architect's office, and was thus occupied until 1917, in which year he took up his residence at Waterloo and continued to be engaged in a similar capacity. This employment brought him into touch with men engaged in the building material business, and eventually he engaged in that line of business on his own account. He has built up a technical building specialty business, with offices in the Pioneer Building. On January 1, 1915, Mr. Pickworth was united in marriage with Miss Jessie Patterson Baird, who was born at Dundee, Scotland, a daughter of Alexander P. Baird, and a granddaughter of Fleming Baird, also a native of Dundee, where he grew to manhood and served an apprenticeship to the blacksmith trade. He came to the United States in 1906 and settled at Chicago, where he conducted a blacksmith business until his death in 1916. He married Jessie Patterson, who was born in Fyfeshire, Scotland, where she spent her entire life. Alexander P. Baird took too a seafaring life in his youth and followed the sea for some years, but in 1916 settled at Chicago, where he was still living in 1929. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity and of the Episcopal Church. He married Elizabeth McCauley, who was born in Dundee, Scotland, and died in 1921. She and her husband were the parents of six children: Agnes, Margaret, Jessie P., Elizabeth, Fleming and William. Mr. and Mrs. Pickworth are the parents of two children: Alfred Baird, born April 17, 1918; and Douglas Dudding, born August 12, 1920. The family are members of the St. Mark's Episcopal Church, and Mrs. Pickworth is a women of numerous accomplishments and graces. Debbie Clough Gerischer Iowa History Project _http://iagenweb.org/history/_ (http://iagenweb.org/history/) Scott County, Iowa _http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm_ (http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm) **************Make your life easier with all your friends, email, and favorite sites in one place. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000010)

Thank you for again posting a "Bio" of a relative of mine. These are so amazing. Rowland Frederick Philbrook was I believe a first cousin of mine, 3 times removed (or something like that.) It really is a pleasure to come across an article like that that has a real connection to someone in my Family Tree. _____ From: iowa-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:iowa-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of iowa-request@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 12:01 AM To: iowa@rootsweb.com Subject: IOWA Digest, Vol 3, Issue 192

A Narrative History of The People of Iowa with SPECIAL TREATMENT OF THEIR CHIEF ENTERPRISES IN EDUCATION, RELIGION, VALOR, INDUSTRY, BUSINESS, ETC. by EDGAR RUBEY HARLAN, LL. B., A. M. Curator of the Historical, Memorial and Art Department of Iowa Volume IV THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Inc. Chicago and New York 1931 CHESTER ARTHUR PHILLIPS, dean of the College of Commerce of the University of Iowa, has won many honors in the educational field, as an authority on finance and particularly in his administrative and teaching work at Iowa City, where he has had his home since 1913. Doctor Phillips was born at Scipio, Indiana, July 17, 1882, son of Jacob and Celia (Celestia) Phillips. He was educated in public schools in Indiana, and graduated with the A. B. degree from Central College of that state in 1904. He was principal of the high school at Weston, Ohio, in 1904-05, and held the chair of English and history in Central College in 1905-07. He then entered Yale University, where he took his A. B. degree in 1908, the Master of Arts degree in 1909, and in 1919 Yale conferred upon him the Doctor of Philosophy degree. He was instructor in economics at Yale in 1909-10, and from 1911 to 1913 was instructor in economics and finance at Dartmouth College. On coming to Iowa City in 1913 Doctor Phillips served as assistant professor of economics and finance at the State University until 1918, was professor of economics and finance form 1918 to 1920, and since 1921 has been dean of the College of Commerce. He was special teacher and lecturer on economics at Columbia University in the summer sessions of 1919, 1920 and 1922, and at the University of California in the summers of 1923 and 1928. Doctor Phillips is author of Readings in Money and Banking, published in 1916, and Bank Credit, published in 1920. He has been a member of the advisory council of the Stabel Money League, is a member of the International High Commission of the Pan American States, and is a member of the American Economics Association. Academy of Political Science, American Academy of Political and Social Science, is a national councillor of the United States Chamber of Commerce and president of the Iowa City Chamber of Commerce. Doctor Phillips is a director of the First National Bank of Iowa City and a member of the United Brethren Church. His college and honorary fraternities are Phi Sigma Kappa, Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Sigma Pi and Beta Gamma Sigma. He married Mary Gordon McMurray, of Huntington, Indiana, and they have three children, Jessie Dorthy, Gordon and Van Lehn. Debbie Clough Gerischer Iowa History Project _http://iagenweb.org/history/_ (http://iagenweb.org/history/) Scott County, Iowa _http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm_ (http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm) **************Make your life easier with all your friends, email, and favorite sites in one place. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000010)