to Denver and engaged in the hardware and furniture business, but on the account of failing health sold out and returned to this county and engaged in cigar manufacturing quite extensively; he bought his present farm in 1875 and improved it the same year, and has since been engaged in that pursuit; he found a wife in the person of Miss Libbie Joice, who was born in Bellefontaine, Ohio; a lady of refinement and education and his best counselor, whom he married, December 25th, 1872; by this union they have three children: Freddie B., Gracie A. and Pearl A.

WOODCOCK, H. G., farmer;

Sec. 25; P. O. Boone; was born in Oneida county, New York, October 31st, 1832, and was raised as a farmer; he lived in that county until 1869, when he came to this county and settled where he now resides, and owns 62 acres of land under good improvements; he is a courteous, genial gentleman, respected by all who know him and is an excellent farmer; he was married, September 15th, 1859, to Miss Julia Alworth, of Florence, Oneida county, New York; they have one son: Elbert J.; Mrs. W. is a lady of rare personal attractions.

ALL, M. T., farmer and stock

raiser; Sec. 11; P. O. Ontario, Story county; was born in Woodbury county, Vermont, December 29, 1856 and when quite young was taken by his parents to New York, where he remained for ten years; after that he moved to Cedar county, this State, and, after residing there for eleven years, came to this county, settling on section 11; he owns 160 acres of land; was married in Cedar county to Elizabeth M. Brink, a native of Bradford county, Pennsylvania; they have eight children: Ephraim B., Frederick G., William W., Charles, Lillie, Conrad and Billy; have lost

two.

BOYD, JAS., farmer and stockraiser; Sec. 8; P. O. Boone; was born in Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, January 8th, 1820, and when five years old commenced school and in the fall of 1837 he came to Iowa; he was engaged in the wood business, and followed the samne for about twenty years, when he began the occupation of farming and stock dealing in the spring of 1870 he came to this county, where he owns a fine farm of 900 acres well improved; his house is nicely located

and well shaded with fine forest trees; he was married at Lyons, Clinton county, this State, February 8th, 1842, to Miss Mary E. Sloan; they have nine children: George G., Thomas S., Martha W., Marion, John R., Mary E., Ethel A. and James B. living, and David L. deceased; Mr. B. transported grain to Chicago with an ox team, it being at that time the only way of getting their grain to that market; the trip took about three weeks, and he got one dollar per bushel for his wheat.

BRUNNING, N. B., farmer and stock-raiser; Sec. 10; P. O. Ontario; was born in Sharebrook county, Canada, August 1st, 1844, and when five years of age, moved with his parents to Connecticut; lived there for five years and then came to this county and followed farming here for about four years; then went to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and after five years moved to Lake county, Illinois; about the year 1861 he returned to this county and settled where he now resides; owns 160 acres of land; he married in Lake county, Illinois, to Miss Nellie Murray; they have one child: Nellie May; in March, 1865, he enlisted in the

Fifty-first Wisconsin, company G, and served one year; Mr. B. is a man who commands the respect of

all who know him.

CREE, Bone;

REE, S. W., farmer; Sec. 31; P. O. Boone; was born in Washington county, Ohio, January 13, 1832; he learned the trade of brickmaking there and was engaged in the mercantile business until 1852, when he moved to Wheeling, Virginia, following his trade there for three years; he then came to Boonesboro, where he resumed his former occupation, but was not very successful, and soon moved to Boone; in 1862 he enlisted in the Thirtysecond Iowa, company D, and participated in several battles, and in the Red River march with General Banks; was mustered out and returned to this State; owns 80 acres

of land; he was united in marriage with Miss Mary E. Capps, a native of Indiana; she died in February, 1878, leaving six children: Virginia E., Julia F., Florence M., Alice M., William F. and Anette V.

UICK, JOSEPH, farmer and

stock raiser; Sec. 2; P. O. Ontario; was born in Kent county,Canada, April 29, 1829, and in 1849 moved from there, coming to Clinton county, Iowa, where he followed farming; in 1854 he came to this county, and in 1872 settled where he now resides, owning 94 acres of land; he was married to Miss North, a native of Lawrence county, Penn

B

sylvania; they have three children: Mary S., Carrie A., and Jeraldine D. THOMAS, W. J.. farmer and

stock raiser; Sec. 15; P. O. Ontario; was born in York county, Pennsylvania, March 13th, 1838, and when eleven years of age moved with his parents to Lee county Illinois, where he received his early education; he studied for the ministry and was installed in the Dunkard Church in 1868, and in 1877 was ordained bishop; he came to this county, and in the spring of 1869 settled where he now resides, owning 160 acres of well improved land; he was married in 1865 to Miss Hannah B. Kelly, a native of Pennsylvania; they have four children: Persive, Achsa E., Mary M. and Samuel;

have lost two.

WILLIAMS, A., farmer; Sec 5; P. O. Boone; was born in Lancaster, England, May 4th, 1830, and at the age of thirteen years went to London; lived there until 1865, when he came to this country; he is a blacksmith by trade, and followed that as an occupation; he came to Boone, this county, and remained some time, and in 1877 moved to Dodge township; in 1880 he moved where he now resides, and owns eighty acres of land; Jannary 19, 1860 he married Miss Arabella Cornwell; they have eight children: Margaret M., John W., Alice E., Anna A., Harriet L., Jessie C., Fred. O. and Joseph R.

LUNK, WM., farmer and stock | raiser; Sec. 1; P. O. Zenorsville; was born in Indiana June 24, 1821; at the age of eleven he commenced school, and continued same till he was twenty years of age; in 1844 he commenced the shoemaker's trade and continued the same till 1856, when he emigrated to Boone

county, Iowa, where he bought a fine farm; his farm consists of 380 acres, mostly under cultivation and nicely fenced; he was married in Indiana, January 2, 1844, to Miss Catharine Arnold; by this union they have five children: Salona (born Angust 31,1847) Mary (born March 5th, 1852), Rosella (born July 27,

three years later he returned to Pennsylvania and again opened a coal mine; he there employed about thirty men and continued that business until 1860; in 1861 he became foreman of the Union coal mines, and remained with said company until 1866; in 1872 he came to Boone county, where he at present resides; his mine is located on Sec. 1, and has an area of forty acres; the distance below the surface is 100 feet and the thickness of the vein is three feet and nine inches; about forty hands are employed and about 7,000 tons taken out annually; the mine was first opened in the fall of 1871 by William Parker & Bro., and in March, 1872, the present owners bought the lease, put up an engine, and obtained water; Mr. Hutchison was married in Pennsylvania, December 25, 1855, to Miss Jane Love; they have eight children: Robert, Lillie, William, Alexander, David, John, Charles and James.

JOHN

in

OHNSON, GUSTAF, farmer; Sec. 8; P. O. Boone; was born Sweden, September 16, 1835, where he got a common school education, he being one of the first scholars in his district; in the spring of '52 he emigrated to America, landing in New York; from there he went to Dunkirk and from there to Salem, New York; he went from there to Rockford, Illinois, where he learned the tailor's trade, and continued the same till the spring of '64, when he went to Princeton, Illinois, where he continued his trade; in 1875 he emigrated to Boone county, Iowa, where he still lives, owning a fine farm of eighty acres of well improved land, well fenced; he was married in Rockford, Illinois, November 18th, 1855, to Miss Johanna Johnson; by this union they have three children: Charles J., Ella E. and Oscar E.

MITO

ITCHELL, JOHN, farmer and stock raiser; Sec. 3; P. O. Boone; was born in Campbell county, Virginia, September 26, 1807, and in 1813 moved with his parents to Kentucky, where he was raised and educated; in 1831 he went to Indiana, followed farming, and in the fall of 1854, came to Boone county, Iowa, where he still resides; he owns a fine farm of 350 acres of improved land; on coming to this State his nearest neighbor was three miles distant, although there were plenty of Indians who became very friendly with him, he always using them well; the wolves were frequent visitors, often carrying off poultry from his door yard; he was married in Kentucky, September 8, 1821, to Miss Mary Atkins; they have thirteen children: Greenbary, Ollie, Minnie, Mallichier, Margaret, Clay, Mary A., Malissa J. and Millie, living, and four deceased: John, James, Thomas and an infant.

MOTT, SILES, farmer and stockraiser; Sec. 21; P. O. Boone; was born in Germany, January 29, 1806; he was educated in Germany, and at the age of fourteen he commenced the shoemaking trade, and continued the same about eighteen years; he enlisted in the German army, April 21, 1827, and continued in service till August 19, 1846, when he emigrated to America, landing at Buffalo, New York, September 18,1846, where he was engaged at his trade; in 1848 he emigrated to Ohio, where he continued his trade until 1865, when he went to Wisconsin; there commenced farming, and continned the till the year '69, when he came to Boone county, Iowa, where he has a fine farm of 354 acres, all nicely fenced; he was married in Buffalo, New York, October 2, 1846, to Miss Mary Denc; by this union they have eight children: Fred., George, Jo

same

seph, Frances, William, Charles, James and Mary.

PATERSON, ALEXANDER,

farmer and stock-raiser; Sec. 15; P. O. Zenorsville; was born in Scotland, August 3, 1830, and was educated in the schools of his commonwealth; at the age of sixteen he commenced coal mining and followed the same until June, 1870, when he emigrated to America, landing in Castle Garden, New York; from there he went to Pennsylvania and remained about three months, when he went to Ohio, and there continued mining; in July, of 1874, he came to this county and has since resided here, following farming and mining; his farmn consists of 160 acres; July 11, 1851, he was married, in Scotland, to Miss Agnes Kirkwood.

he bought a fine farm of 215 acres, nicely fenced; he was married in New York, January 1, 1850, to Miss Laura Canfield; they have by this union five children: Mary D., Frank M., Victoria A., Jay W. and John S.

SMALLEY, R. F., farmer and stock raiser; Sec. 10; P. O. Boone; was born in Illinois, December 12, 1842, and at the age of six years moved with his parents to Ohio; in the spring of 1854 he came to Iowa and remained in this State until 1857, when he moved to Missouri; three months later he returned to Iowa and commenced school, and in 1862 commenced farming; the year following he went to Minnesota, there followed farming, and in 1867 came to this county, where he got a position as teamster; in 1869 he bought a fine farm of 120 acres of

raiser; Sec. 18; P. O. Boone; was born in Pennsylvania, April 13, 1834, and was there educated; in 1852 he moved to Warren county, Illinois, where he became engaged in farming and continued the same until his coming to this county in the fall of 1863; he has since resided here, and now owns eighty-four acres of good land; he was married in Illinois, November 19, 1861, to Miss Caroline Gaston; they have three children: Alva S., Mary E. and Carrie V.

LOCUM, J. W., farmer and

stock raiser; Sec. 20; P. O. Boone; was born in New York, July 30, 1826; at the age of five years he commenced school, and continued the same till he was fifteen, when he commenced farming; in the fall of 1853 he emigrated to Illinois, and remained there till the spring of 1855, when he returned to his place of birth, remaining there till the spring of 1861, when he returned to Illinois, and continued farming till October, 1865; he then emigrated to Boone county, Iowa, where

in Boone, March 23, 1868, to Miss Ellen E. Bentley; they have two children: Albert R. and Einma.

SMITH, E., farmer and stock raiser; Sec. 29; P. O. Boone; was born in England, on the 17th day of April, 1834, and was educated in the high schools; when thirteen years of age he emigrated to the United States, landing in New Orleans; from thence he removed to Texas, remaining there until 1849, then went to Mobile, Alabama, and the year following came to Iowa; in 1863 he enlisted in the Twenty-first Iowa as private, remained in service. for nine months, and was discharged for disability; in the fall of 1866 he came to this county and still resides here, owning a fine farm of 182 acres, nicely fenced; in the fall of 1854 Mr. Smith returned to England, and on the 10th of February, 1855, he was married to Miss Mary Walden; their family consists of eight children: Rosie, Jennie, Ella, Jessie, Hattie, Maud and Etta; William, deceased.