(Page 340) ARTHUR I. MITCHELL, physician and surgeon of Macedonia, Iowa; b. Decatur Co, Indiana, 1847, son of Dr James H. and Nancy (Irmlay) Mitchell, natives of Kentucky. Dr James Mitchell practiced in Decatur Co, Indiana; in 1853 he moved the family to Iowa and remained 13 years and also spent three years in Seward Co, Nebraska, before settling in Pottawattamie Co, Iowa. James died about 1886 while visiting his son BRUTUS MITCHELL at Axtell, Kearney Co, NE, the age of 66. James and Nancy Mitchell had 6 children, A.I., our subject; Mary wife of Henry Davison of Axtell, Nebraska in the livery and harness business; Brutus I. also in the livery business at Wilcox, Kearney Co, NE; Lewis E. Stryker, in company with Brutus at Wilcox; E. Summer (deceased); and Delia, wife of Henry Kennedy. Arthur I was a druggist in Macedonia. Married April 10, 1869 to Annie Efner, daughter of Dr William H and Sarah C. (Johnston) Efner. Arthur I. and Annie had one son, Sumner and Frank who died as an infant. (Page 342) M.S. ROOP, contractor and builder, b. Ohio in 1851, son of John and Mary (Mills) Roop, natives of Pennsylvania. M.S. Roop "spent some time in Nebraska in the stock business." In 1887 in Council Bluffs, Iowa, he turned to contracting, and in connection with this business he also keeps a quantity of and manufactures all kinds of bee supplies, such as veils, comb foundations, hives, etc. He married in Carson City, Michigan, January 1874 to Nellie J. Dolson. They have 4 children: Cortez Leo, Francis Ethel, Miles Archie, and Raymond Wilber. (Page 344) JOHN COOL, b. Coburg, Province of Ontario, 1824, son of Benjamin Cool who was born 1795 on the Mohawk River and was of Holland Dutch descent, wife Phoebe Hillenboldt, daughter of Adolphus Hillenboldt. Benjamin and Phoebe Cool had 9 children: Lucinda, John, Richard, William, Ellizabeth, Albert, Charles, Seymour, and one who died in infancy. Benjamin died in Iowa in 1878, age 83. "At this writing, Mrs Cool is still living, at the age of 90, with her son ALBERT COOL in Nebraska. John Cool, of this sketch, married in 1847 to Sarah Carleton, daughter of James and Julia Carleton. John and Sarah had one chld, Mary, now the wife of Malcolm Howe of Illinois. Sarah Cool died 1865 and in 1867 Mr Cool married Margaret Fowler, daughter of Dr Thomas E and Marilla Fowler, and of this marriage there were 2 sons, Benton and Daniel. (Page 347) DAVID DUNKLE, farmer of Crescent City, b. Fayette Co, Ohio, 1834, son of William and Mary (McMullen) Dunkle, natives of Virginia. David Dunkle enlisted Nov 4, 1864, in the 13th Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and was discharged May 1865. He was married Dec 22, 1852, to Margaret McMullen, daughter of William and Catharine McMullen, natives of Virginia. She was b. Fayette Co, Ohio 1834 and died July 1883, leaving 4 children as follows: David William Dunkle who resides in Florence, Nebraska; Martha A. wife of W.H. Cafferty in Omaha, Nebraska; Sarah A. wife of John Daggett of Florence, Nebraska; and John W. at home. (Page 348) F.M. LEWIS, Franklin Co, Indiana, 1846, son of Samuel Lewis who was born in the same county in 1812 and was a son of Daniel Lewis a native of Pennsylvania. Our subject's mother was Martha (Richardson) Lewis, b. Ohio, daughter of Nathaniel Richardson, a native of Connecticut. "The mother now lives in Madison County, Nebraska." F.M. Lewis married Lizzie Devore in 1877 in Iowa; she born Bartholomew Co, Indiana, daughter of Levi and Rosetta ((Osborne) Devore, Levi the son of Ben Devore, and Rosetta the daughter of Jonathan Osborne. F.M. Lewis and Lizzie have 4 children: Tonny Benton, Mary Elva, Charles Earl, and Irvin. (Page 348) WILLIAM BROWN, son of Nathan Brown, who was born in Pike Co, Ohio in 1813. Nathan Brown married Filinda Odell, daughter of Thomas Odell, and had 8 children: Johnnie (deceased), Sarah (deceased), Alvira (deceased age 26); Hattie wife of Dr James Welsh of NY City; Johnson, "still unmarried"; Minor married to Fannie Parker; William our subject; and Jessie who married Henry Crommett (deceased) formerly a real estate dealer in Omaha, Nebraska. William Brown b. 1858; married Allie Irwin in 1882, daughter of J.D. and Emily (Downs) Irwin; they have 4 children, Leslie, Ira, Jessie and William.