Happy Thanksgiving! No post tomorrow - go enjoy the holiday! Sandi NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11002 ESTILL CO JOHN HORN Horn, Orr #11002: History of Davis County, Iowa, Des Moines: Iowa Historical Company, 1882 HORN, JOHN, farmer, section 29, postoffice Monterey; was born April 23, 1832, in Estelle County, Ky., and there he grew to manhood. He was the seventh child in the family, and lived at home on the farm till he was nineteen. In the fall of 1849, he arrived on his present farm, which was then owned by an Uncle. In the fall of 1860, he returned on a visit, and in the spring of 1862, started overland to California with a cattle team and was on the road about five months. After spending some four years in that State and Nevada, engaged in fishing and teaming, returned home in 1866, arriving in this county, July 26, where he has since resided. He owns a fine farm of 315 acres, in a good state of cultivation. He was married October 17, 1869, to Miss Margaret E Orr, of this county. They have 7 children, Jas P., Minnie, Sam J., Laura, Henry H., John B., and Wm F. Mr H is a greenbacker in politics.
NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11001 HARRISON CO SAMUEL McFALL McFall, Barbee #11001: History of Mahaska County, Iowa. Des Moines: Union Historical Company, 1878. McFALL, SAMUEL, farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Fremont; was born in Harrison county, Kentucky, in 1803, he lived there until ten years of age; his parents then moved, to what is now Switzerland county, Indiana; he lived there until 1821, and then went to Bartholomew county, Indiana, where he lived until 1830, and thence to Iroquoise county, Ills., he came to this county in March, 1844, and located where he now lives; he married Miss Elizabeth Barbee, February 14, 1828; born in Ross county, Ohio, February 11, 1804; they have two sons and four daughters, Sarah, Elizabeth, Samuel T., Martha, Nancy, and Joseph
"Celebration" time - the 11,000th bio I've posted .. hope they've been helping! Sandi NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11000 HARDIN CO JOHN P. HARL Harl, McIntire #11000: History of Davis County, Iowa; Des Moines: Iowa Historical Company, 1882. Harl, John P.; page 671: farmer, section fifteen; owns 155 acres of land in this township (Grove), and 20 acres in Missouri. He was born, Sept. 16, 1816, in Hardin county, Kentucky, where he grew to manhood, getting his education, and farming for a living. Moved to this county in 1849, when it was almost a wilderness. He was married February 13, 1840, to Miss Susan McIntire, of Kentucky. They have had seven children, Lucy C., Mary J., John P., Mary E., and three deceased, Richard B., William B., and Thomas L. Mr. and Mrs. Harl are members of the Christian Church
NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 10999 CHRISTIAN CO JOHN P. BRAGG Bragg, Crenshaw, Johnston, Lee, Hartman, Poor #10999: County of Christian, Kentucky, Historical and Biographical, Edited by William Henry Perrin, F. A. Battey Publishing Co., Chicago and Louisville, 1884 Pembroke District. J ohn P. Bragg was born in Mecklenburg County, Va., on the 22d of February, 1848. His father, Joseph P. Bragg, was born in Lunenburg County, Va., and there reared and educated. He was a carpenter by trade and worked at the same for twenty years, and subsequently engaged in farming in Mecklenburg County, where he died in 1880; he married Mary Crenshaw, a native of Mecklenburg County, Va., who died in the same county in 1857, leaving four children as the result of their union: Eugenia, Marcus J., Laura I. (who died in 1879), and John P., our subject. John P. Bragg was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools of his native county. He enlisted in Company A, Johnstons Heavy Artillery, and remained in the service from 1864 until his surrender with Lee. After the war he returned home and engaged in farming on his own account, continuing the same until February, 1868; when he came to Christian County, Ky. Here he first apprenticed himself to M. V. Hartman, of Garrettsburg, to learn the carpenters trade, and remained with him for five years. In 1873 he came to Pembroke, and after three years hard work at his trade, he had managed to save enough from his earnings to enable him to engage in the mercantile business with a small stock. His honesty and fair dealing in trade soon secured him a good business; he at once began to prosper, and as his means would permit, he enlarged his stock; his store is one of the best in town and contains a full line of general merchandise. In 1878 he married Miss Fanny B. Poor, a native of Tennessee, who has born him one child Laura Lee. Mr. Bragg is an active member of the order of A. F. & A. M.
NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 10998 BOYLE CO WILLIAM B. McCLURE McClure, Garrett, Chapman, Wroten, Garfield #10998: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, Volume 5, Battle Perrin Kniffin, 4th Ed. Boyle Co. William B. McClure was born May 20, 1858, at Louisa, Lawrence Co., Ky., and is the second of three sons and one daughter born to Strather and Martha (Garrett) McClure, natives of Lawrence County, Ky., and Wayne County, W. Va. Strather McClure was a merchant and lumber trader. He died in 1876, aged forty-six. He was a son of William and Lue (Chapman) McClure. William McClure was born and reared in Botetourt County, Va., settled in Lawrence County, Ky., as early as 1785 or 1790, was an extensive farmer, raised a family of seven sons and eleven daughters, accumulated a large estate, educated his family in the best of schools, and died about 180, aged ninety. The family is of Scotch descent. Mrs. Martha McClure was a daughter of Benjamin and Sarah Garrett, natives of West Virginia, who raised a family of three sons and eleven daughters; the three sons were in the Federal Army. William B. McClure was reared in Louisa, received his education in Louisa Academy, and taught in the common schools for four years. At eighteen he commenced the study of physic under Dr. G. W. Wroten, of Louisa; in the winter of 1879-80 he entered the Louisville Medical College, and graduated from the same in the spring of 1883, with honors. He located at Junction City, Boyle County, where he now has a large and lucrative practice. He is secretary of the R. O. Cowling Medical Society, also a member of the State and district medical associations. In politics he is a Republican and cast his first presidential vote for Gen. Garfield.
NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 10997 UNKNOWN CO WILLIAM BARLOW Barlow, Kimbro, Lee, Allen #10997: Hines, H. K. "An Illustrated History of the State of Oregon." Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co. 1893. p. 688. WILLIAM BARLOW. One of the early pioneers of Oregon, and the founder of the town of Barlow, in Clackamas county, dates his birth in Marion county, Indiana, October 26, 1822. His ancestors came from Scotland to America previous to the Revolution, and settled in Virginia, and his grandfather, William Barlow, was a co-pioneer with Daniel Boone in the first settlement of the State of Kentucky. His grandmother was before her marriage Miss Kimbro, a lady of Welsh ancestry. One of their seven sons, Samuel Kimbro Barlow, was our subject's father. He was born in Kentucky, in 1794. In 1818 he moved to Indiana, where he was subsequently married to Susanah Lee, who was born in South Carolina, in 1793. In 1845, with his wife and five children, he crossed the plains to Oregon. They had gone to Illinois in 1836, and it was from Fulton county, that State, that they started on their long overland journey. They arrived at the rendezvous at Independence, Missouri, March 30, 1845. It is supposed that 5,000 men, women and children started west from that point, some for California, and others for Oregon. Mr. Barlow had been a frontiersman, and he never lacked for courage. When they arrived at the Dalles, where all thought it was the end of team and wagon travel, he got on one of his wagons and said, "I have started for Oregon, and I am going on. Let all follow who want to." He had six wagons and nine others fell in with him, and they all came through together. When they were within three miles of the top of the Cascades the snow came on. They were obliged to make a cache for their wagons and goods, and the women and children they packed through on ponies, finally reaching their destination, Oregon City, in safety, on Christmas eve. Here Mr. Barlow purchased property, and until 1848 ran a hotel. That year he bought the right to a donation claim of 640 acres of land, where his son, the subject of this sketch, now resides, he having purchased it some years later for $6,000. After selling this property, Mr. Barlow moved to Canemah, where he resided until his death, which occurred in 1868. His wife died in 1852. Mr. Barlow was a Republican in politics, and while he never sought office he took a deep interest in public affairs, and did his part in helping found the great State of Oregon. When William Barlow arrived in Oregon with his father in 1845 he was a young man of twenty-three years, full of life and enterprise. He engaged in land operations, became the owner of several farms, and was the founder of the town of Canemah, being in partnership with Mr. Hedges, his brother-in-law. In 1852 he married Mrs. Martha Ann Allen, widow of Dr. Allen, who came to Oregon in 1850, dying at Canemah soon after his arrival here. After their marriage they removed to the fine tract of land he had purchased of his father and established their home in the house his father had built. In 1861 he went to Oregon City, and for several years was successfully engaged in merchandising there. In 1870 he again returned to the farm, and here he has since lived. He is a man of large business experience. In a single year he did $30,000 worth of contracting with the railroad company, and altogether his railroad contracts amounted to $100,000. He made large investments in real estate, owning at one time 1,400 acres of land. In 1891, with his son, he platted the town of Barlow, on the land above referred to, which he bought of his father. This town is beautifully situated, and during its brief existence has made a most substantial growth. His own residence is one of the finest and most attractive places in the town, and he also has numerous other buildings here, both dwellings and business houses. Mr. and Mrs. Barlow have had three children, as follows: Mary S., a successful teacher in one of the higher departments of a prominent school in Portland; Virginia, who died at the age of eleven years; and Cassius U., who is a partner with his father in their large real estate operations. Mr. Barlow has been a stanch Republican all his life. Socially, he has long been an honored member of the Masonic fraternity.
NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 10996 UNKNOWN CO WELLS PEPPER Pepper, Blevins, Northcutt, Dun, Anderson #10996: The History of Appanoose County..., Iowa. Chicago: Western Hist. Co., 1878. Independence Township. Peppers, Wells , farmer and proprietor of Lake-Shore Mills, S. 16; P. O. Milledgeville; son of Reuben Peppers, who was born in Kentucky in 1800, where his father, Robert, was an early settler, and died when Reuben was but 18 months old; when he was 8 years of age, his mother removed to Ashe Co., N. C. At the age of 23, he married Catharine Blevins, born in Ashe Co., N.C., in 1803; had one child - Wells, was born in Kentucky July 25, 1826; at 19 years of age, he received a common-school education, and, at the age of 19, he removed to Miami Co., Ohio, and lived in several counties in that State, working in the iron works until 1850, when he came to Iowa; first came to Wapello Co., where he married Miss Margaret R. Northcutt; born in Clarks Co., Ohio; her parents, Willis and Sarah N., since removed to Oregon; after marriage, they removed to Iowaville, Van Buren Co., where he purchased property and engaged at milling; in 1851, on account of the flood in that country, he removed to Davis Co., and in company with Andy Dun, built a mill at Pleasant View, also kept the post office; in 1855, removed to this county and settled where Milledgeville now stands and erected a mill for his brother and Jerry Anderson; two years after built the mill at Griffinsville; four years after, purchased a farm and one-half interest in the mill at Milledgeville; in 1868, purchased the farm where they now reside and own 140 acres, valued at $30 per acre; have kept the post office at Milledgeville since 1875; he also has to contract for carrying the mail to and from Walnut City. They have eight children - Winfield S., born in 1851, now a resident of Cherokee Co., Kan.; Sarah C., born in 1854, married and living in Wayne Co.; Reuben W., born 1857, a resident of Colorado; Chloe A., born in 1860; Charles B., born in 1862; Edwin, born in 1864; Frankie M., born in 1868; Mary A., born in 1870. Republican. A member of the I.O.O.F., at La Grange, Monroe Co. Members of Christian Church. Has held the office of Justice of the Peace for sixteen years; now Notary Public.
NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 10995 ADAIR CO SAMUEL A. STRANGE Strange, Simpson, Davis, Elliott, McCauley, Jackson, Kirkpatrick, Rowe, Barger, Lesemby #10995 Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, Volume 5, Battle Perrin Kniffin, 4th Ed. Adair Co. Samuel A. Strange, a farmer and a native of the county of Adair, was born January 21, 1850. His father, Larkin A. Strange, was also a native of Adair County and a farmer, and was born May 9, 1819. He began life with a small patrimony, the gift of his father, Archelaus A. Strange. He was married, in 1842, to Miss Mary A. Simpson, the eldest of six daughters and three sons born to Samuel and Sally (Davis) Simpson, the former a native of Ireland. The children born to Larkin and Mary Strange are named Shelby N., Sarah E. (wife of M. C. Elliott), Samuel A., Joseph H., Larkin C., Asa P., Benjamin F., Mollie B. and James Austin, all of whom are living, and all in Texas except Mollie B. and Samuel A. Samuel Simpson was brought to America during the Irish rebellion by his father, Josiah Simpson, who settled in Lincoln County in 1798, and shortly afterward removed to Adair. Josiah Simpson married Ann McCauley, who was also born in Ireland, and they were the parents of seven children, five of whom were sons. One of them, John Simpson, was a veteran of the war of 1812, and in Jacksons army, participating in his celebrated victory at New Orleans. Josiah Simpson was a farmer, and departed this life in 1826 at a ripe old age. Samuel Simpson, his son, also a farmer in Adair County, died there, in the seventy-sixth year of his age, in 1874. His wife departed this life in 1870 in the sixty-seventh year of her age. Both Samuel Simpson and his wife were first Baptists of the most rigid Calvinistic type, and Samuel was a Baptist minister of considerable ability, though not a finished scholar, but during the late reformation he became convinced that his theology was not Scriptural, and both he and his wife became members of the Christian Church, of which he as also a minister. Larkin A. Strange was a member of the Christian Church. He purchased the old home place of 270 acres where he was born, and where he died in August, 1884, leaving a wife who still survives him (in the sixty-second year of her age), and nine children. Samuel A. Strange in boyhood received an ordinary English education in the common schools of Adair County, together with a ten-months term at Burkesville High School. He remained at home with his father, working for him until twenty-five years of age, when he was united in marriage to Miss Dorinda, daughter of James T. and Dorinda A. (Kirkpatrick) Rowe the former of Virginia, the latter of Tennessee. Two children, Lennie P. and an infant who died unnamed (twins), were born to Mr. and Mrs. Strange. Mrs. Strange, a member of the Christian Church, died April 21, 1876. The second marriage of Mr. Strange, January 1, 1885, was to Miss Melrose, daughter of James and Hannah F. (Barger) Lesemby, the former of Tennessee, the latter of Kentucky. Mr. Strange is farming on the original home tract, only 150 acres of which are in cultivation, and he raises all the cereals common to the climate with tobacco and cattle for the markets. He and his wife are both members of the Christian Church.
NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 10994 JEFFERSON CO JOHN CHARLES FEDLER Fedler, Bradley, Metcalfe, Wells, Meyer, Kaltenbrum, Aud, Best, Hickey #10994: History of Kentucky, The Blue Grass State, Volume IV Illustrated. The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company. Chicago-Louisville, 1928. Jefferson Co. John Charles Fedler. Behind every successful business institution lies the energy, the vision and intelligent direction of some one man. The Boston Shoe Company is one of Louisvilles most prominent mercantile houses and reflects the powers of organization and administration of its founder and president, John Charles Fedler. He was born December 24, 1850, in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, a son of Anton and Mary Fedler. His father was a native of Germany but was reared, educated and married in Bohemia. Soon afterward he brought his bride to the United States and in 1848 settled in Wisconsin. He was one of the pioneer agriculturists of that state and in later life came to Louisville. He attained the advanced age of ninety-eight years and long survived his wife, whose death occurred in Wisconsin. John C. Felder received a public school education and began his business career in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, becoming a clerk in the shoe store of Bradley & Metcalfe. Later he was for three years in the employ of a retail shoe house of M. D. Wells for twelve years. On the expiration of that period he entered the shoe business on his own account, in Hurley, Wisconsin. He moved to that town from Green Bay, Wisconsin, and eventually became the owner of a chain of three stores. In 1892 he disposed of his interests in the Badger State and on September 15 of that year opened a small store, known as the Boston Shoe Company, in the Masonic Temple building at Louisville. Mr. Fedler was president of the company from its inception until 1920, when it was dissolved. A partnership was then formed, under the name of J. C. Fedlers Sons Company, that included the members of his family, and thus the business has since been carried on. In 1913 the store was moved to the present location at 419 South Fourth street and is now not only the leading house of Louisville in the retail shoe trade but one of the largest in the south. Mr. Fedler has a detailed knowledge of the shoe business, of which he has made a life study, and his success as a merchant is due largely to his being an expert judge of the merchandise he offers to the public. Mr. Fedler was married December 6, 1869, to Miss Augusta Meyer, a daughter of Ronald Meyer, of Chicago, and they became the parents of five children, all of whom are natives of Green Bay, Wisconsin, namely: Fred, who is married; Mrs. Mary Kaltenbrum, who has four children Mary, Mildred, Virginia and John; Mrs. Emma Aud; John C. Jr., who married Miss Lula Best, of Louisville, and have five children John C. (III), Hubert, Carolyn, Mary Elizabeth and Loretta; and Mrs. Rose Hickey, who has three children Fedler Edward, Firman and Billy. Mr. Feder is a Roman Catholic in religious faith and his political views are in accord with the tenents of the independent party. He has wisely conserved his powers and although in his seventy-fifty year is still an active factor in the worlds work, enjoying both the mental and physical vigor of many men twenty years his junior and being regarded as one of Louisvilles strong and able business men. His life has been long, upright and useful, and what he has accomplished represents the fit utilization of his time, talents and opportunities. Mr. Fedlers residence, Wildwood, on the Bardstown road, is one of Louisvilles attractive suburban homes.
NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 10993 WASHINGTON CO W. T. MERRITT Merritt, Hoskins, Clay, Todd, Bradshaw, Dohoney, Yates #10993: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, Volume 5, Battle Perrin Kniffin, 4th Ed. Washington Co. W. T. Merritt was born September 9, 1824. His grandfather, Richard Merritt, was born near Hanover, Va., but came to Kentucky about the time of the organization of the State, and was one of the pioneers of Lincoln County. His death occurred in Garrard County, when the subject of this sketch was a small boy. Subjects father was Peter Merritt; he was born in Virginia and was brought to Kentucky when a mere child. He grew to manhood in Garrard County, was a farmer, and died in 1875, aged about eighty-three years. His wife, Nancy Merritt, was the daughter of James Hoskins, who came to Kentucky from Virginia several years before the present century. He was one of the first settlers of Lincoln County, and a man of considerable prominence. Mrs. Merritt was born in Virginia, and died in Garrard County in 1867 or 1868. The following are the names of the children born to Peter and Nancy Merritt: Jeremiah, Zedekiah, Zachariah, Zephaniah, Nancy, Hezekiah, Elizabeth, W. T., Peter and Isaiah. W. T. Merritt was born in Garrard County, and spent his youth and early manhood on his fathers farm, and received a fair education in such schools as the country then afforded. He engaged in farming at the age of twenty-one and continued the same for nine years, when he effected a copartnership with his brother, Zachariah Merritt, in the goods business, which was continued several years at Fitchport; the firm also did a good lumber and coal business. At the end of about seven or eight years, W. T. Merritt withdrew from the firm, and emigrated to Newton County, Ind., where he resided one year. He returned to Kentucky in 1860, and in August, 1862, enlisted in Company B, third Kentucky United States Infantry, with which he served fourteen months. He was elected first lieutenant of his company, and was with that regiment in several engagements. Resigning his commission in 1862, he returned to Kentucky and purchased a farm in Jessamine County, upon which he lived four years; in 1868 he purchased his present large farm of 760 acres seven miles north of Springfield, upon which he has since resided. He is an extensive stock raiser, and one of the leading citizens of his adopted county. He was originally a Whig in politics, and cast his first vote for Henry Clay at Paoli, Ind. He is now a Democrat. Mr. Merritt was married September 5, 1862, in Adair County, Ky., to Nancy T. Todd, daughter of William and Patsey (Bradshaw) Todd. The children of this marriage were seven in number, the following of whom are living: Eliza, wife of Alfred Dohoney; William P., Annie E., and Addie Merritt. Mrs. Merritt was born February 18, 1836, and is the second of a family of six children. Her father, William Todd, was the son of Robert and Jenny (Yates) Todd. Robert Todd was born in Pennsylvania, but early came to Kentucky and settled in Fayette County near Lexington. He afterward moved to Adair County, where his death occurred in 1729 [sic]. He was an accomplished surveyor, and filled several official positions, at one time serving as county judge of Adair County. William Todd was a successful farmer, and died in Adair County, in December, 1877, at the age of seventy-two years. Patsey (Bradshaw) Todd was born in the above county, and died in February, 1882, aged seventy-two years. Mr. and Mrs. Merritt are both active members of the Christian Church.
NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 10992 BARREN CO WILLIAM PEDIGO Pedigo, Hill, Young, Beem, Storm, Gray #10992: A Memorial and Biographical Record of Iowa; Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1896. William Pedigo, of Lucas county, was born in Barren county, Kentucky, August 24, 1825, a son of John Pedigo, a Virginian by birth. His father, Edward Pedigo, was also a native of that State. John Pedigo was reared on a Virginia plantation, and afterward removed to Barren county, Kentucky. He was married there to Frances Hill, a daughter of Clementine Hill. John Pedigo and family left their Kentucky home for Indiana in 1827, locating in Lawrence county, and subsequently settled near Worthington, Greene county, that State, where the parents died, - the mother at the age of seventy years and the father at the age of eighty years. He was a carpenter by trade, but later in life also followed agricultural pursuits. Politically he was identified with the Democratic party, and religiously was a member of the Baptist Church. Mr. and Mrs. Pedigo were the parents of nine children, as follows: Elijah, Greenville, John, Elizabeth, Mary, James, William, Edward, and one deceased in infancy. William Pedigo, the subject of this sketch, was reared to farm life in Indiana. In 1856, in company with his brother-in-law, John Young, he came with ox teams to Iowa. A short time afterward he returned to Indiana, and again came with ox teams, four cows and some household goods to Iowa, locating in Otter Creek township, Lucas county. Six months afterward Mr. Pedigo settled near Marysville, in Nodaway county, Missouri, where he remained eighteen months, after which he returned to Indiana on a business trip. He enlisted for service at the opening of the late war, entering the Ninety-seventh Indiana Infantry, Company C, but was honorably discharged three months afterward on account of weakness of the eyes; he has never fully recovered his sight. Mr. Pedigo has resided in Otter Creek township, Lucas county, since the war. September 1, 1850, in Indiana, our subject was united in marriage with Elizabeth E. Beem, a native of Owen county, that State, and a daughter of Neely and Leah (Storm) Beem, natives of Kentucky and both now deceased. They were the parents of six children, namely: Cynthia Ann, Mary, Rich, John, William and Elizabeth. To Mr. and Mrs. Pedigo have been born four children: Jesse W., of Monroe county, Indiana; Molly J. Gray, an accomplished musician, is at home; Rich E., also at home; and John C., formerly a clerk at Woodbine, Iowa, who died at the age of twenty-eight years. Mr. Pedigo originally voted with the Democratic party, but was a strong Abolitionist, and since the war has been identified with the Republican party. He served with honor and credit as Township Trustee two terms. Mrs. Pedigo is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 10991 CHRISTIAN CO HENRY H. BOLLINGER Bollinger, Reeves, Massie, Sargeant, Quarles, Hunter, Jenkins #10991: County of Christian, Kentucky, Historical and Biographical, Edited by William Henry Perrin, F. A. Battey Publishing Co., Chicago and Louisville, 1884 Pembroke District. Henry H. Bollinger was born in Todd County, Ky., February 1, 1847, and removed to Christian County in 1870, where he at present resides. His father, Henry Bollinger, Sr., was born in Maryland, and came to this county in an early day, where he died January 24, 1861. He first settled in that portion at present included in Todd County. Subjects mother, Martha Reaves, was born in Todd County. She was the sister of Judge Reeves, an eminent jurist of Texas. She was married to subjects father about 1845. To the father were born: Eliza (Massie), Katie (Sargeant), Henry H., Reuben R., Jennie A. (Quarles), Madison M. and Lute O. (Hunter). Subject was married in 1868, to Miss Annie T., daughter of James Jenkins, of Tennessee, and to them were born two children: Howard M. and Harry R. Subject is a farmer, and is owner of 225 acres of very fertile land, on which he has been very successful. He is a member of the order of A. F. & A. M.; in religion he is a Cumberland Presbyterian, and in his political affiliations a Democrat.
NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 10990 NELSON CO ABNER KING - King, Edwards, Webber, Reddish, Wells, Stone, #10990: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, Volume 5, Battle Perrin Kniffin, 4th Ed. Nelson Co. Abner King was born February 25, 1817, on the premises now in his possession, where he has always resided. His father, Abner King, Sr., a native of Stafford County, Va., was born in 1773, and removed with his parents to Kentucky in 1782; was a colonel of militia, a member of the Legislature, a surveyor, a zealous Baptist, and died March 4, 1834. He was the son of William King, a Virginian, who was a Revolutionary soldier, a member of the first constitutional convention of Kentucky, and died in 1832, at the age of ninety-four years. His father was Valentine King, a native of England, who married a Miss Edwards, of Wales, and died in Virginia, leaving four sons: William, Weathers, Valentine and John Edwards King. Abner, Sr., married Polly, daughter of Philip Webber, of Shelby County, and their union was favored by the birth of Jacyntha E. (Reddish) Thompson W., Sarah A. (Wells) and Abner. Abner King, Jr., a native of Nelson County, May 29, 1838, was married to Miss Nancy, daughter of Bernard and Betsey Stone, of Nelson County, born April 26, 1822, and to them were born Elizabeth (Wells), Albert D., Bernard S., Thompson, James B., Elmira (Wright) and William E. Mr. King is a farmer, owning about 950 acres of land highly improved. His children are all settled around him and are in a prosperous condition. He has for over fifty-nine years been a member and for over thirty years been moderator in the Baptist Church. In politics he is a Democrat.
NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 10989 UNKNOWN CO E. L. ANDERSON Anderson, Thompson, Nelson, Morris, Harrison, Skipwith, Stevens, Mountain, Adams, Riley #10989: Hines, H. K. An Illustrated History of the State of Oregon. Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co. 1893. E. L. ANDERSON. Captain of Battery A, First Artillery, Oregon National Guards, was born in Palmyra, Missouri, January 30, 1855. His father, Rufus E. Anderson, a native of Kentucky, emigrated to Missouri in his boyhood. When he grew older he studied law, and in due time began the practice of his profession at Palmayra, where he still lives and conducts a successful practice. He married Miss Cornelia Thompson, a native of Virginia. Of their nine children, the subject of our sketch is the oldest. Captain Anderson received his education at Central College, of Fayette, and at Pritchell Institute, Glascow, Missouri, where he graduated in 1873. He then commenced the study of law with his father. A year later, however, he gave up all thought of becoming a lawyer and turned his attention to railroading. His first engagement was with the St. Joseph & Denver City railroad, as clerk in the freight department at St. Joseph. He remained there eight years, and in the meantime was promoted from clerk to agent of the road. In 1882 he went to St. Louis as chief clerk in the auditing department of the Missouri & Pacific railroad; and in 1884 was with the St. Louis & Hannibal, as agent at Hannibal, remaining in the employ of the latter company until 1886. He then engaged as clerk and bookkeeper for Nelson, Morris & Co., prominent packers of Chicago. In 1887 he returned to railroad life, becoming traveling inspector of the Central Traffic Association, with headquarters at Chicago. In this capacity he traveled over the territory between Chicago and Buffalo, until March, 1890. He then came to Portland as rate clerk for the Northern Pacific, which position he resigned the following June, in order to accept the office of chief clerk of Portland, in the office of the Union Pacific railroad. This position he still occupies. He was married in St. Joseph, Missouri, in 1877, to Miss Minnie Harrison, a native of Indiana. Their two children are both dead. The subject of our sketch is a member of the Knights of Pythias and of the Patriarchal Circle. He received his first military training at the military school at Fayette. At St. Joseph he filled the offices of First Sergeant, First Lieutenant and Captain of St. Joe Light Infantry, First Regiment, Missouri National Guards. At St. Louis he served as Sergeant and Second Lieutenant of Captain Skipwith Battery, St. Louis Light Artillery; and in Chicago as Sergeant and Second Lieutenant of Company C, Third Regiment, Illinois National Guards. November 3, 1890, he was elected First Lieutenant, which office he occupied until September 15, 1891, when, through the death of Captain Stevens, Lieutenant Anderson was elected his successor. Battery A was organized May 29, 1873, with rank and file of forty men, Captain Thomas Mountain in command. The State supplied the battery with two brass field pieces, and other equipments and uniforms were supplied through individual expenditure. In 1882 Captain Mountain was succeeded by Thomas Adams, a veteran of the civil war. He commanded the battery four years, and during his term of office re-armed and re-uniformed the battery, and increased the membership to sixty enrolled men. He was succeeded in 1886 by W. J. Riley, who served as Captain for three years, after which the battery was disbanded. It was re-organized in June, 1889, by Captain Thomas Adams. He resigned the following November, and Ward S. Stephens was elected Captain and served until his death, in September, 1891. The battery now numbers sixty men, has two field pieces, two Gatling guns, and a full line of sabers and revolvers, and is in a healthy, prosperous condition. With able corps of officers and drillmasters, and proper enthusiasm among the men, the battery is rapidly coming to the front in scientific drill and uniformity of movement.
NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 10988 JEFFERSON CO ARTHUR G. KRAUSGILL Krausgill, Smith, Nixon, Miller, Reynolds #10988: History of Kentucky, The Blue Grass State, Volume IV Illustrated. The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company. Chicago-Louisville, 1928. The Krausgill Piano Company. The Krausgill Piano Company, one of the outstanding business houses in the musical trade of not only Louisville, but this section of the country as well, was founded by Arthur G. Krausgill, and it subsequent growth and development afford a magnificent tribute of the business methods and management of those who have shaped its destiny. Arthur G. Krausgill was born in Louisvlle, a son of Jacob J. and Anna M. Krausgill. He acquired his education and grew to manhood in this city, where he was associated with many splendid enterprises. Early in his business career he was engaged in the insurance business for a time and subsequently became secretary and treasurer of the Smith-Nixon Piano Company, while in 1910 he established the Krausgill Piano Company, which was incorporated in 1912. When he first opened the doors of his store, he carried only a stock of pianos, but his business steadily grew and prospered until it attained a position of leadership in musical trade circles, handling every known musical instrument. Mr. Krausgill was a member of the Board of Trade, the Audubon Club, and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, was a Knight Templar Mason and Shriner and a member of the Eastern Star and of numerous other organizations. He passed away on the 30th of October, 1922, leaving a widow and two sons, both born in Louisville, Arthur G., Jr., born November 3, 1913; and Kenneth M., born November 10, 1916. Mrs. Krausgill, previous to her marriage to Arthur G. Krausgill on the 14th of February, 1907, was Miss Ida G. Miller, a daughter of J. William and Mary L. Miller, of a well known Louisville family. J. William Miller has been for a number of years prominent in the business, financial and civic life of Louisville, and among his various interests is vice president of the Krausgill Piano Company. Mrs. Krausgill, following the death of her first husband, became the executive of the Krausgill Piano Company, a position that she has since filled. On the 20th of September, 1924, Mrs. Ida G. Krausgill married Herbert A. Reynolds, who was born in Indiana, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Reuben B. Reynolds. Reuben B. Reynolds was a veteran of the Civil war, having enlisted in the Union army when a lad of fourteen years and serving as a member of Company H, Thirty-eights Indiana Volunteer Regiment. He remained in government service until 1910. Herbert A. Reynolds, who was reared and educated in the Hoosier state, served during the World war as first lieutenant of infantry in an Indiana regiment. In 1920 he located in Louisville and has since resided in this city. He is now the secretary and treasurer of the Krausgill Piano Company. He belongs to the Board of Trade; is also a member of the Audubon Club; and fraternally is affiliated with the Masonic order, and Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. Mr. Reynolds is the counselor for The Homemakers Bureau in the department of Music for the Home. Mrs. Ida Reynolds is devoted to her two manly boys, to her husband, her home and her business interests as president of the Krausgill Piano Company. Her name is on the membership rolls of the Altrusa Club and the Delta Omicron sorority. She has been characterized as a most capable business woman, with all the womanly charm in the world and no suggestion of the business in her manner.
NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 10987 SIMPSON CO JOHN P. BRYAN Bryan, Smith, Tinsley, May, Johnson, Atkerson, Hampton, Bell, Everett #10987: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Vol. IV, Battle, Perrin, Kniffin, 3rd Ed., 1886. Simpson Co. John P. Bryan was born November 3, 1839, in eastern Simpson County, to Robert and Nancy (Smith) Bryan. He is the fourth of six sons and four daughters, six of whom lived to be grown. Robert Bryan was born in Boyle County, Ky., in January, 1808; came to Simpson County about 1822; after his marriage located on about 500 acres; about 1850 sold his farm in eastern Simpson and located four miles north of Franklin. In 1880 located in Franklin, where he died in March, 1885. He and his wife were devoted members of the Baptist Church. He was a son of David Bryan, who was born in Virginia; came with his parents to Boyle County, Ky., about 1800, where he soon after married a Miss Tinsley, of Boyle County. His father came from Ireland. The mother of John P. Bryan was born in 1816, in Simpson County, Ky., born in North Carolina, and came to Warren, now Simpson County, about 1785. In 1816 he represented Warren County in the Legislature, and in 1817 was elected to the State Senate; was appointed one of the surveyors in laying off Simpson County; was also captain of State militia; was a large land and slave-holder; reared two sons and two daughters, and died about 1824, aged fifty years. John P. Bryan was reared on a farm, and received a good common education at Franklin, Ky. March 26, 1858, he married Keturah May, of Simpson County, Ky., a daughter of Henry and Pamelia Jane (Johnson) May, who were born, respectively, in Virginia and Simpson County, Ky., and of English and Scotch-Irish descent, respectively. Henry May came with his parents to Tennessee, thence to Simpson County, Ky. Mr. Bryan had born to him by this marriage six children: Jennie May Atkerson, Cora J. Hampton, Sallie Bell (deceased), Elma K., Henry C. and Jodie M. Mr. B. and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. After his marriage he lived with his father-in-law until 1881, when he located where he now resides, on Nashville Pike, north of Franklin, on 150 acres. He has been a member of the Masonic fraternity since 180; had two brothers in the Sixth Kentucky Confederate Infantry; one, Robert C., died at La Grange, Ga. For the past year Mr. Bryan has been dealing in leaf tobacco. Since the war he has been a Democrat, but cast his first presidential vote for Bell and Everett.
NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 10986 UNKNOWN CO HENRY D CAMERON Cameron, , Mann, David, Leffler, Remick, Sunderland, Sigerson #10986: Portrait and Biographical Album of Des Moines County, Iowa; Chicago: Acme Publishing, 1888. Henry D. Cameron, a farmer and stockraiser, residing on section 9, Union Township, Des Moines County, Iowa, was born in the city of Burlington, on the 26th of April, 1837, of Scotch ancestry, and is a son of James and Salena (Mann) Cameron, both of whom were natives of Kentucky. They removed to Rockville, Parke County, Ind., in an early day, and there their marriage was celebrated. In 1835 they became residents of Burlington, and three years later Mr. Cameron was elected Sheriff of Des Moines County for three consecutive terms. In those days, the sheriff was also collector and treasurer of the county, and through his hands all the tax money had to pass. He was elected by the Whig party, before the organization of the Republican party. On becoming a resident of Des Moines County, James Cameron purchased about 360 acres of land in Union Township, adding to this purchase from time to time, until at his death he was the owner of 522 acres, besides some city property. He was called to his final rest Nov. 10, 1845, his wife, who was a member of the First Baptist Church of Burlington, surviving him until Aug. 24, 1880. Mr. and Mrs. Cameron were the parents of ten children: Mary E., widow of John S. David, is a resident of Burlington; Sarah is the wife of Jacob Leffler, whose sketch appears on another page of this work; James B. went to California in 1851, enlisted in the 1st California Infantry, and died while in service in New Mexico; Arthur W. crossed the plains to California in 1852, was taken sick with typhoid fever, and died in the fall of that year; Martha, deceased wife of Col. David Remick, who resides near Los Angeles, Cal.; Henry D.; Robert, a resident of Burlington; Josiah M. was a member of the 1st Iowa Cavalry, was killed by guerrillas, May 22, 1862, in Missouri, while fighting for his country; Joseph went to California in 1863, and died in that State the same year; Edward W. is a farmer in Union Township, Des Moines County. The subject of this sketch was educated in he district schools and also those in Burlington, and his early life was spent upon the farm. After the death of his father he took charge of the home farm, and has for some time turned his attention to raising stock. He is a practical farmer, and everything about his place denotes thrift and energy. Mr. Cameron has held the office of Township Trustee and was for several years Township Clerk. He has always been one of the leading men of the county, and has ever been identified with its public interests. His farm is one of the finest in Union Township, and the improvements are all of the most modern character. Mr. Cameron and his estimable wife are both members of the Presbyterian Church, in which body he has held the offices of Elder and Deacon. In his political views, he is a stalwart Republican. He is one of the Des Moines County respected citizens. On the 18th of December, 1867, Henry D. Cameron and Miss Emma L. Sunderland, a native of Parke County, Ind., were united in marriage. She was born April 12, 1848, and is a daughter of John and Nancy (Sigerson) Sunderland, whose sketch will be found on another page of this work.
NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 10986 UNKNOWN CO HENRY D CAMERON Cameron, , Mann, David, Leffler, Remick, Sunderland, Sigerson #10986: Portrait and Biographical Album of Des Moines County, Iowa; Chicago: Acme Publishing, 1888. Henry D. Cameron, a farmer and stockraiser, residing on section 9, Union Township, Des Moines County, Iowa, was born in the city of Burlington, on the 26th of April, 1837, of Scotch ancestry, and is a son of James and Salena (Mann) Cameron, both of whom were natives of Kentucky. They removed to Rockville, Parke County, Ind., in an early day, and there their marriage was celebrated. In 1835 they became residents of Burlington, and three years later Mr. Cameron was elected Sheriff of Des Moines County for three consecutive terms. In those days, the sheriff was also collector and treasurer of the county, and through his hands all the tax money had to pass. He was elected by the Whig party, before the organization of the Republican party. On becoming a resident of Des Moines County, James Cameron purchased about 360 acres of land in Union Township, adding to this purchase from time to time, until at his death he was the owner of 522 acres, besides some city property. He was called to his final rest Nov. 10, 1845, his wife, who was a member of the First Baptist Church of Burlington, surviving him until Aug. 24, 1880. Mr. and Mrs. Cameron were the parents of ten children: Mary E., widow of John S. David, is a resident of Burlington; Sarah is the wife of Jacob Leffler, whose sketch appears on another page of this work; James B. went to California in 1851, enlisted in the 1st California Infantry, and died while in service in New Mexico; Arthur W. crossed the plains to California in 1852, was taken sick with typhoid fever, and died in the fall of that year; Martha, deceased wife of Col. David Remick, who resides near Los Angeles, Cal.; Henry D.; Robert, a resident of Burlington; Josiah M. was a member of the 1st Iowa Cavalry, was killed by guerrillas, May 22, 1862, in Missouri, while fighting for his country; Joseph went to California in 1863, and died in that State the same year; Edward W. is a farmer in Union Township, Des Moines County. The subject of this sketch was educated in he district schools and also those in Burlington, and his early life was spent upon the farm. After the death of his father he took charge of the home farm, and has for some time turned his attention to raising stock. He is a practical farmer, and everything about his place denotes thrift and energy. Mr. Cameron has held the office of Township Trustee and was for several years Township Clerk. He has always been one of the leading men of the county, and has ever been identified with its public interests. His farm is one of the finest in Union Township, and the improvements are all of the most modern character. Mr. Cameron and his estimable wife are both members of the Presbyterian Church, in which body he has held the offices of Elder and Deacon. In his political views, he is a stalwart Republican. He is one of the Des Moines County respected citizens. On the 18th of December, 1867, Henry D. Cameron and Miss Emma L. Sunderland, a native of Parke County, Ind., were united in marriage. She was born April 12, 1848, and is a daughter of John and Nancy (Sigerson) Sunderland, whose sketch will be found on another page of this work.
NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 10985 HOPKINS CO HON. ELDRED G. DAVIS, M.D. Davis, Earle, Harrison, Baley, Baker #10985: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Vol. IV, Battle, Perrin, Kniffin, 3rd Ed., 1886. Hopkins Co. Hon. Eldred G. Davis, M. D., was born in Hopkins County, Ky., June 5, 1832, and is the seventh in a family of eight children, born to William and Anna (Earle) Davis, natives of Mississippi, and of English descent. William Davis, when but a boy, and while Kentucky was yet a county of Virginia, came with his parents to what is now Hopkins County, Ky., then almost an unbroken wilderness, where his father, Richard Davis, bought about 2,000 acres of military lands, about nine miles south of the present site of Madisonville, where he erected a rude log-cabin, and subsequently improved a farm. He afterward built the first brick house in Hopkins County, Ky. William Davis was a veteran of the war of 1812, serving throughout that struggle under Gen. Harrison; after the war he returned to Hopkins County, where he was married, and where his father gave him a farm on which he resided until his death in 1849 or 1850, in about his sixty-second year. Our subject, Eldred G. Davis, received a good common education, and afterward graduated in the English and scientific course at Shurtleff College, Alton, Ill. In 1853 he commenced the study of medicine under Dr. Peter J. Baley, of Adairville, Logan Co., Ky., and in the spring of 1855 graduated with high honors from the Nashville Medical College. That same spring he commenced the practice of his profession near Madisonville, where he remained until the breaking out of the late war, when he removed to the town of Madisonville, where he remained until 1873, having an extensive practice. In 1873 he came to Earlington, being induced to do so by the St. Bernard Coal Company. Here he has a large and lucrative practice outside. In 1880 and 1881 he represented Hopkins County in the lower house of the Kentucky legislature. He was married, in 1855, to Miss Susan V. Baker, a native of Hopkins County, and daughter of William R. Baker, who was sheriff of the county for a number of years. One son and one daughter have blessed this union. The Doctor is a member of the I. O. O. F. In politics he is a Democrat.
NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 10984 MEADE CO JOHN SHACKET JENKINS Jenkins, Miller, Hamlin, Bradshaw, Hopkins, Hallock, Marsh, Harris, Lewis, Ballard, Hyatt, Houston, Van Gorder, Meek, Byrd, Gilbert, Rogers, Bartlett, Chase, Devine, Blauset, Cannon, Woody, Yetzer, Gilbert, Hallock, Walker, Sykes, Cotton, Rodgers, Pope, McPherson, Sherman, Grant, Bartlett, Black, Cypher, Walker #10984: History of Audubon County, Iowa; H. F. Andrews, editor...Indianapolis: B. F. Bowen & Company, 1915. The Jenkinses. John Shacket Jenkins was born near Elizabeth, Meade county, Kentucky, October 14, 1799. His father bore the same name. His wife was Malinda Miller. He was a stone mason by trade and a farmer. He lived in Meade county until about 1838, when he moved to Perry county, Indiana; thence to Dablonega, Wapello county, Iowa, in 1850. This place did not please him and, in the spring of the year 1851, he started west again without any particular place in view, to discover a suitable place for a home. At the Quaker Divide, near Winterset, Iowa, he fell in with Nathaniel Hamlin and his party, who were on their journey to settle in Audubon county. As stated elsewhere, the company arrived at Mr. Hamlin's claim on May 6. With him came his wife and children. He had three yoke of oxen, a cow and a horse. The next morning after the arrival at Hamlin's place he mounted his horse and rode over to the Nishua Botna river, to the site of the present town of Oakfield, where he selected a claim for his home, near the "Big Spring," and near where the old school house at Oakfield used to stand. To mark out his claim he blazed a basswood tree and upon it wrote, "This is my claim," and signed his name to it. Soon after a party of men came there from down river about Indian Town or Lewis, among whom was one Jerry Bradshaw, who took a fancy to the same location and proceeded to blaze trees to mark out a claim. Mr. Jenkins soon learned about Bradshaw's operations and went to ascertain what he was doing. William Hamlin, who went with him, narrated the event many years ago. They were at first in doubt whether Bradshaw was attempting to "jump" "Uncle Johnny's" claim, but found where he had blazed trees on Jenkins's claim and soon discovered that he had cut down one of Jenkins's witness trees and thrown it into the river. This aroused the ire of "Uncle Johnny," who said to Mr. Hamlin: "This shows to me, sir, that they are not innocent progressors." Then they came to "Uncle Johnny's" blazed basswood, and found that Bradshaw had written beneath Jenkins's claim: "This is my claim and you had better get off." We shall have occasion to show later how Bradshaw was disposed of. Mr. Jenkins held his claim and soon built a cabin on it. This claim he sold in 1854 to Samuel B. Hopkins and it subsequently became the Hallock place and the town of Oakfield was located on part of it. Mr. Jenkins soon located in section 29 in what is now Exira township. At first he built another log cabin, later a commodious dwelling, which, if not the first, was among the earliest plastered houses in the county before 1865. This place he sold about 1870, and moved to near the present town of Brayton. He was a Kentuckian of the old school, a stern man, physically and morally, and of lofty sentiments; of the strictest integrity; honorable and trustworthy in every way. His word was reliable and always promptly defended and sustained. Nothing insulted him more than to dispute or cast doubt upon it. At the first election in the county, held at his cabin in April, 1855, he was one of the judges of election. A dispute arose between him and Walter Marsh over the candidates for county judge - Daniel M. Harris and Thomas S. Lewis - during which Marsh disputed his word and called him by a hard name. "Uncle Johnny" at once seized his rifle and took it down from the deer horns where it rested and attempted to shoot Marsh, but the bystanders prevented it. In a large sense, Jenkins was one of nature's noble men. His marked characteristics were worthy of record. His courage was undaunted; but he was kind, friendly and courteous. In a rude way, his utterances often approached remarkable poetic charm and force. His hospitality was of the peculiar, old-fashioned Kentucky style, always with an open welcome, and to offer recompense for entertainment, even by a stranger, was nest to an insult - never desired and almost sternly refused, if tendered. His book learning was deficient; he was evidently reared in the stern surroundings of pioneer life - better acquainted with the methods of acquiring the necessaries of life than with the accomplishments of social enjoyment. In his younger days it was considered honorable for men to engage in contests for physical superiority, with only such power and advantages as nature provided and for the mere gratification of deciding who was the best man in a hand-to-hand fight. We have heard him relate taking part in such contests. His friends and admirers once desired to match him with a noted champion on a public occasion for such a fight. He was then recovering from an illness and did not consider himself in condition for such a trial; but he was persuaded, against his judgment, made the fight, and was defeated. It wounded his pride and injured his reputation, and he decided to fit himself and fight the victor again. Another match was arranged at a general muster of the militia, and a long savage fight was pulled off, in which the combatants used every effort of skill known to such encounters, striking, grappling, wrestling, choking, gouging, etc. Mr. Jenkins won the victory and completely vanquished his antagonist. He added after relating the story: "But, my God, sir, how he gouged me! And my eyes have never been right since." The fact was noticeable that his eyes had been injured. Gouging, which was employed in such fights, consisted in the fighter forcing his thumb into the eye of his antagonist until sometimes the eye was forced from the socket. Barbarous and inhuman as this practice seems, such events were common in old times in Kentucky and elsewhere. A champion in such affairs was considered a popular, prominent citizen, and excited admiration. An old Kentucky favorite once remarked that in his youth every man was expected to be ready to fight at the drop of the hat, and "that unless he was a fighter the girls wouldn't have anything to say to him. That he was looked upon as a coward." What a marked evolution in public opinion on the subject exists today. After Mr. Bradshaw attempted to jump Mr. Jenkins' claim, his party made claim to some of the land claimed by Doctor Ballard. The settlers collected and proceeded to defend the rights of the Doctor. The meeting was on the Botna, in the timber, near the county line. The Doctor was present, addressed the meeting, and explained what he was doing and desired to do; that he proposed to become an actual settler and desired a good-sized estate, which he had selected, and was able to pay for it, when it came into market and requested protection, etc. Bradshaw and his party urged that the action of the Doctor was unfair; that he was asking too much; that it deprived others from settling there, and added that they had equal right to the land as much as the Doctor had; that they had selected some of the land chosen by the Doctor, and intended to settle on and hold it. This brought the matter to an issue. Mr. Jenkins, who was "captain" of the Settlers' Club, addressed the meeting and delivered an ultimatum. Said he: "Men, we think we understand you. Now, if you are for peace, we are for peace; but if you are for war, we are for war, by G--, sirs! Now, you get off from this land." It had the desired effect. None of the Bradshaw party settled on the land claimed by Doctor Ballard. The early settlers endured many hardships and privations. There was hardly such a thing as sawed lumber in the settlement, unless it was a wagon box or some article of furniture of that kind. Nearly everything, except food or clothing, required for use had to be hewed from the forest trees by hand work with axes, saws, etc., or had to be obtained from a distance. There were neither mills, workshops or stores here, and the nearest were many miles distant. The settlers ground corn, buckwheat, etc., in hand mills, or grated new corn as a substitute for meal. On one occasion, about 1852, the supply of flour and meal was t low ebb. Mr. Jenkins and Benjamin Hyatt took a load of corn and grain, with an ox team, and started for mill in Missouri. Their route was down the Botna, and on reaching Indian Town (near Lewis) they met a company of Mormons, who were suffering for breadstuff, who requested them to set a price on their grain, for they must have it. They sold the load at two dollars and a half a bushel and returned home, took another supply of grain and proceeded to the mill in Missouri. On arriving there they were told that there was a large amount of custom work ahead of them, and that their grist could not be ground for two weeks, but they persuaded the miller to grind it sooner. Jenkins once related that the Democrats here during war times prophesied that the "greenback" and United States bonds would become worthless, as continental money did in time of the Revolution. That he then had a few hundred dollars surplus money which he desired to invest for safekeeping. He consulted the county judge, A. B. Houston, Esq., for advice, who recommended him to let the United States money alone and to invest in Audubon county warrants, then worth seventy-five cents on the dollar, saying that they would pay six per cent interest, and that he (Houston) would assist him in getting them cashed. Afterwards Mr. Houston was elected county treasurer, and occasionally Jenkins called on him and presented his warrants for payment; but there were always other demands for the county revenue, and the warrants were not paid during Houston's term of office, but were paid by his successor, Van Gorder. In mentioning the matter years afterward, "Uncle Johnny" remarked: "I think that 'App' (Mr. Houston) pulled the wool over my eyes." It does not appear that Mr. Jenkins made any profession of religion; but that he was liberal in religious matters. In 1865 Elder Richard C. Meek, a noted preacher in his day, and his wife visited at the home of Mr. Jenkins several months, and while there held family religious services evening and morning. At bedtime good "Aunty Meek" would bring the large Bible and place it before the elder, who would read a portion of Scripture and then offered a prayer, in which he suggested, "We know not that we shall live to see the light of another morning," etc. Next morning he returned thanks for protection through the night, and again referred to the uncertainty of life and recommended preparation for the future. This constant reference at prayer time to the uncertainty of life went on with continual monotony for weeks, to the annoyance of Mr. Jenkins, until one day the elder and "Uncle John" took a stroll together. The elder made the mistake of again introducing the unwelcome subject, and advising the propriety of preparation for the hereafter. "Uncle John" called a halt abruptly. Said he: "Elder Meek, if you are going to die, sir, why don't you die like a man, and not be dying every day of your life, like a d--- coward?" He was a life-long Democrat; was elected county judge in 1865 and held the office one year. We shall have occasion to notice other events in his career at other parts of this work. He died at Brayton on July 11, 1886, and his wife died on March 10, 1882. Their children were as follow: Benjamin Franklin married Maria Byrd and Josephine Gilbert, John Taylor married Darthula Rogers, Sarah Blauset married Lee L. Bartlett, Isaac Hughes married Clarissa Chase and Mollie Devine, Harriet married George Cannon, George Washington married Caroline Woody. Benjamin Franklin Jenkins (son of John S.), came to Audubon county with his father's family in 1851. He married, first, Maria Byrd. They were divorced, and she became Mrs. Joseph C. Yetzer, of Atlantic, Iowa. For his second wife he married Josephine Gilbert. He was a prominent farmer, and lived near Brayton, Iowa. He was a member of the board of supervisors. He died on December 24, 1887; his wife survived him and died later. To Benjamin and Josephine Jenkins were born these children: Olive, who married Clarence Keese Hallock; Charles W., who married Eva Walker; Hayden; Margaret, who married Charles Sykes; May, who married Ernest Cotton, and Pearl. John Taylor Jenkins (son of John S.), was born in Meade county, Kentucky, November 14, 1838. He married, in Audubon county, on January 19, 1865, Darthula, daughter of Thomas and Sarah Rodgers, who was born in Illinois. He came to Audubon county with his parents in 1851. He lived at home with his parents until he enlisted in the Second Iowa Battery on August 19, 1861, and served in the Sixteenth, Seventeenth and Eighteenth Army Corps, under Generals Pope, McPherson, Sherman and Grant. He participated in the battles of Corinth, Vicksburg, Iuka and Tupelo, and was mustered out on September 4, 1864. Upon the organization of the Audubon county militia, the same year, he was elected second lieutenant of the Audubon Mounted Infantry company, which saw no service and became obsolete at the close of the war, the following year. Upon the return of peace, he became a prominent farmer near his former home, and is a large landowner. He was proprietor of the town of Brayton in 1879, and was a merchant in Brayton from 1879 to 1887, afterwards being a dealer and shipper of live stock. He was postmaster at Brayton. A life-long Republican, he has been an active worker in the party, and many times has been a delegate to Republican conventions. He has served as township clerk, township trustee, member of the school board and member of the board of supervisors. He has a fine home near Brayton and is the last survivor of the little company which first settled in Audubon county on May 6, 1851. He is a member of Pymosa Lodge No. 18, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; Audubon Lodge No. 217, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and the Grand Army of the Republic. Mrs. Jenkins was a popular school teacher before marriage. Their children, born in Audubon county, are as follow: Jeanette, who married Horace M. Bartlett; Marion Elver, who married Mame Black, now deceased, and Frank Granger, who married Josephine Cypher. Charles W. Jenkins. The grandparents of Charles W. Jenkins were the first people to bring with them their family for permanent residence in Audubon county. Mr. Jenkins' grandfather drove overland to Audubon county in a very early day from Kentucky. The Jenkins family, therefore, has been associated with the growth and progress of Audubon county from the very earliest times. The father of Charles W. Jenkins was Benjamin F. Jenkins, who married Josephine Gilbert. Benjamin F. Jenkins was a native of Kentucky. He was brought to Audubon county, Iowa, when he was nine years old by his parents. He received his education in Audubon county and after leaving school, farmed for some time. He entered land from the government, paying one dollar and twenty-five cents as acre, and at the time of his death, December 25, 1873, he had six hundred and thirty-six acres. Mrs. Benjamin F. Jenkins died the following year, June 25, 1874. At this time Charles W. was not yet a year old. Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin F. Jenkins were the parents of six children, namely: Olive married Kees Hallock; Hayden is unmarried and lives in Idaho; Margaret married Charles Sykes, of Oakfield township; Mary married Ernest Cotton; Pearl, and Charles W., the subject of this sketch. Charles W. Jenkins, who is an extensive farmer in Exira township, and who owns a farm of two hundred and fifty-six acres, was born in Oakfield township, Audubon county, January 2, 1873. He received his education in the schools of the county and after leaving school, he took up farming. He began on the old homestead and farmed there for three years, after which he was engaged in buying and selling stock in Brayton for a period of four years. At the end of this time he went to Oklahoma and was there married. He engaged in farming and stock raising in Oklahoma, having leased a ranch of three thousand acres. After remaining in Oklahoma for seven years, he came back to Audubon county and for five years lived on the old home place and farmed there. He then went to Canada and took up farming in that country for two years. In 1912 Mr. Jenkins purchased the farm on which he now lives. He is engaged in general farming and stock raising. He raises about one hundred and fifty acres of corn each year and about eighty acres of small grain. He raises seventy-five acres of hay and purchases about twenty-five hundred bushels of corn each year, which he feeds to about two hundred and fifty head of hogs. Charles W. Jenkins was married on July 16, 1902, to Eva Walker, the daughter of William Walker. To this union four children have been born: Keith, Laura, Elouise and Charles. Mrs. Jenkins was born on the farm where she now lives. Her parents were early settlers in Audubon county. Her father was one of the largest landowners in this section of the state, having owned seventeen hundred acres in Audubon county. Mr. and Mrs. Walker had nine children: John, who lives in Cass county; Schuyler, who lives at Anita; Laura, who lives in Canada; Lulu, who resides in Des Moines; Olive, who lives in Exira; Eva, who is the wife of Mr. Jenkins; Jay, who also resides in Canada; and two who died when small. Mr. Jenkins owns three hundred acres of land in Canada. He is now serving as a school director in Exira township. Politically, he is a Republican.