(P. 451) ADAM RITTER, b. Wythe Co, West Virginia, 1812, son of Michael and Phoebe (Ketron) Ritter; Phoebe was the daughter of Lawrence Ketron, a Pennsylvania German. Adam married Nancy T. Ward in Virginia in 1837, daughter of Milton Ward and Martha (Thompson) Ward. In 1846, Adam and Nancy came by team and wagon to Council Bluffs, then a small village called Kanesville. Their children are: Martha Ann wife of John Dingman of Garner Township; George who lives near Ogden Utah; John T. also near Ogden; Milton of Garner Township; Archibald a resident of Webster County, Nebraska; Eliza Jane wife of Emanuel Richard of Neola Iowa; Lizzie now Mrs John Smith of Neola; and Jessie who lives in Idaho. (P. 453) JOHN B. DINGMAN, b. Upper Canada, October 1827, son of Philip and Barbara (Boyd) Dingman. At age 14, in the company of Joseph Parker an uncle, John Dingman came West and settled at Nauvoo, IL; in 1847 he came to Iowa. He was first married October 1848 to Elizabeth Foy, and they had 3 children: Orson, William and Susan E. Mr Dingman for his present wife, married Martha A. Ritter, daughter of Adam Ritter, and by this marriage there are four children: John a resident of Nebraska; Theodore of Garner Township Iowa; Charlotte wife of William McDonald of Nebraska; and Archibald Travers Dingman of Council Bluffs. (P. 457) EUGENE W. PETERSON, b. 1857 in Illinois, son of Lewis M. and Caroline Peterson, natives of Sweden. Lewis came to America when about 10 years old, in 1843 or 1844. Eugene Peterson went to St Louis where at the age of 14 he entered the employ of R.G. Dun & Co., and in May 1885 he took charge of the Lincoln, Nebraska office, remaining there until 1887. Then he assumed charge of the Omaha corresponding department. Eugene married 1879 to Carrie S. Kerr, daughter of Mr and Mrs John Kerr of St Louis, Carrie b. in Canada 1857. Eugene and Carrie had two children: Eugene Willie Jr b. 1880 and Winniford M. b. 1883. R.G. Dun & Co is the oldest and largest mercantile agency in the world, publishes references books of traders in the U.S. and Canada. (P. 470) LUZERN SHELDON, b. Trumbull Co, Ohio, 1841; son of Benjamin Sheldon and Ada (Ames) Sheldon, grandson of Jonathan Sheldon, all old line New Englanders. Luzern Sheldon married in 1862 to Anna Andrews who was born at Hartford, Trumbull Co, Ohio, daughter of Drayton Andrews and Anna (Bates) Andrews, grandaughter of Chester Andrews. Luzern and Anna Sheldon had 8 children: Homer L. married and living in Nebraska; Rev. Chester E. Sheldon residing in Floyd Co, Iowa; Benjamin also of Floyd Co; Guy A. of Woodbury Co Iowa; Frank in Ohio; Clayton in Minnesota; and Ettie K. and Anna Pearl at home. (P. 472) HENRY A. TERRY, nurseryman near Crescent City, b. Cortland Co, NY, 1826, a son of Otis and Cynthia (Ruggles) Terry, natives of Worcester, Massachusetts and of Irish and Scotch origin. The family were members of the Church of Latter Day Saints. Henry A. married in September 1848 to Rachel T. Sirrine (b. New Haven, Connecticut, 1824, daughter of Eliphaz and Amarilla (Sanford) Gillett). Of this marriage there were six children: Henry S., now the oldest resident native of this township being born here 1849; Mary C. (deceased) wife of John P. Williams of South Omaha; Rachel A. wife of William Nusum of Woodbine Iowa; Charles T. (deceased); Fannie M. who is Mrs Christian Markesan of Council Bluffs; and Adelaide (deceased). Rachel Terry died July 12, 1873, and Mr Terry married October 1873 to Esther J. Hough, daughter of S.M. and Eliza J. (Allen) Hough, and by this union there have also been six children: Florence; Grace I.; Clara M.; Myrtle C.; Howard A.; Otis M. (Note: I was raised in the Crescent area, and the Terry family has members still residing in Crescent, Iowa, north of Council Bluffs.) (P. 477) GEORGE H. CHAMP, of the firm Kimball & Champ, bankers, and Vice president of the Kimball & Champ Investment Co was b. Nov 1856 at Rockford, IL, son of Frederick and Frances (Lucas) Champ, natives of England. George is now the only member of that family living. In the spring of 1879 he came to Omaha in quest of a business position, and in July he came over to Council Bluffs. His present partner is John F. Kimball (SEE PREVIOUS BIO). They have built the Grand Hotel Block, a cut of which appears on page 476, the finest private building in the State of Iowa. (P. 483) WILLIAM A. McMILLEN, contractor and builder, b. St Johns Province of Quebec, Canada, 1848, son of John and Jane (Brownigg) McMillen, natives of Scotland and Ireland. At age 14 he began a five-year apprenticeship to the carpenter's trade. At 21 he came to the U.S. and in 1879 he came to Council Bluffs. He opened an office in Omaha in 1890, and has erected a number of fine buildings, including the Robert Purvis residence of Omaha. He married in 1874 to Mary Brownrick a native of Canada. By her he had 3 children: Mary, Lucy and Carrie; he again married in 1886 to Amelia Stephens and had one child, Frances.