(Page 379) C.M. CRIPPEN, a merchant, b. Great Barrington, Massachusetts, 1847, son of Michael and Elizabeth (Foote) Crippen. Their ancestry can be traced back to the Mayflower. C.M. Crippen was born to Michael Crippen and his second wife. Michael died and C.M. was brought up by his Uncle. In 1880, C.M. Crippen married Mary A. Breckenridge, whose parents were natives of Illinois and of English ancestry. Mary's mother is deceased and her father lives in Nebraska. In Mary's family were 4 children: Lenora, wife of John Garrett in Nebraska; Mary A. Breckenridge; and Frank and Preston both in Nebraska. C.M. Crippen and Mary had children: Bessie May, Carlton F. (Page 381) LYMAN CAMPBELL, of Hardin Township, was born in Tioga Co, NY, in 1834, son of William and Maria (Cross) Campbell, natives of New York. This family moved to Nauvoo, Illinois and joined the Mormon faith, coming to Iowa with a company of Mormons in 1846. They crossed the Missouri River and located for a time in Florence, Nebraska, and in 1846 moved to Missouri, then back to Iowa. Lyman married in 1856 in Pottawattamie Co to Miss Caroline Mary Louisa Hartwell, b. Genesee Co, NY, 1833, daughter of Reuben and Lucinda Almeda (Merritt) Hartwell, natives of Massachusetts. The mother Lucinda Hartwell resides at age 81 with her daughter Mrs Lyman Campbell. Mr and Mrs Campbell have 6 children: George William a carpenter; Almeda Lovisa, Joseph Nephi, Lyman Everett, Robert and Caroline Almira. They are members of the LDS Church. Mr Campbell is a Republican and is a strong man, weighing 277 pounds, and is one of the prominent citizens of the county. (Page 382) RASMUS CAMPBELL, brother to Lyman Campbell. Rasmus married in Atchison Co, Missouri, in 1862 to Miss Martha M. Moffitt, a native of North Carolina. Martha is the daughter of Thomas Moffitt and Nancy Craven, natives of North Carolina. Rasmus and Martha Campbell have children: Alma W. rsiding on the old farm and engaged in the mercantile business and married to Minerva Orme; Edwin N. residing in Keg Creek Twp and married to Josephine Forbes; and Winifred at home. (Page 383) HENRY H. VAN BRUNT, one of the most successful jobbers in carriages, buggies, etc. of Council Bluffs or Omaha. He also has the largest retail trade in agricultural implements in this city. Henry was born in Jefferson Co, NY, son of W.H. and Julia A. (Palmer) Van Brunt, natives of New York and of Holland ancestry. Henry was married in Council Bluffs to Miss Lillie M. West, b. Sheboygan Co, Wisconsin, daughter of E. West. Henry and Lillie are the parents of Harry and George Van Brunt. (Page 384) W.C. UTTERBACK, proprietor of the Broadway Livery Barn, was born 1851 in Illinois, son of Charles and Rachel (White) Utterback, of German descent. When his mother died, W.C. was given in charge of his grandmother, who died 3 years afterward, bequeathing the boy a small amount of livestock, which was never delivered to him by his grandfather. Charles Utterback remarried and W.C. returned again to live with him, moving with his father to the State of Nebraska; he was employed on a shingle-machine one winter in the Missouri River Bottom at $6 a month. Next he was employed on a Nebraska farm at $8 a month for one summer. The next year he worked on the Missouri River 7 miles above Nebraska City. When 10 years of age, he was bound out til of age to a Mr Wood, who in the course of 2 years became so abusive that W.C. was obliged to leave him to save his life. In 1881 he moved to Council Bluffs, taking charge of the brick yards for James Wickham and then for Henry Delany and Richard Foxley. In 1871, W.C. married Harriet C. Hubbard, b. 1852, and they are the parents of 9 children: Eva, Ora, Eddie, Mellie (deceased), Amos, Minnie, Bertha, Thomas and Agnes.