E.G. Tyler, land, loan and abstract office, was born in Chittenden County, Vt., Feb. 15th, 1856; in 1866 moved to Hastings, Minn.; thence to Dunlap, Ia., in 1867. He graduated in 1878 from the Iowa Agricultural College, at Ames, Ia. In 1879 he opened the office in Logan. He is a member of the I.O.O.F.
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Frederick M. Dupray, proprietor of hotel and blacksmith shop, was born in Ohio in 1831; moved to Mich. in 1843, and the next year to Jackson County, Ia. In 1852 he removed to Minn., and resided at St. Peter until 1857, when he returned to Ia. He located at Mondamin in 1876, and engaged in his present business. He was elected justice of the peace in 1879.
Geo. Musgrave, publisher of the Woodbine Twiner, the county official paper, was born in Kendall, Westmoreland County, Eng., in 1837; came to America with parents in 1848; and settled in Harrison County, Ia., in 1851. He first began the printing business in St. Louis, afterwards at Council Bluffs, and then engaged in publishing the Western Star, at Magnolia, it being Harrison County’s first paper; was republican in politics. In 1873 he moved his office to Logan, where he remained three years; and then sold to Geo. Ross, of Harlan, Shelby County, to which place the office was removed. Mr. Musgrave’s … Read more
Wiley Middleton, sheriff, was born in Ohio.; removed to Washington County, Ia.; thence to Harrison County in 1867. He was elected to his present office in 1879. He married Julia A. Lockling, and has three sons and one daughter.
Last Name First and Middle Business Origin Date City County State Boyer Valley Bank General Banking Woodbine Harrison Iowa Cadwell P President Boyer Valley Bank Woodbine Harrison Iowa Butler & Brothers Elevator Woodbine Harrison Iowa Butler F A Proprietor Elevator Iowa 1851 Woodbine Harrison Iowa Butler L D Proprietor Elevator Iowa 1858 Woodbine Harrison Iowa Crane L & Sons General Store Woodbine Harrison Iowa Clark A H Proprietor Woodbine Hotel New York 1882 Woodbine Harrison Iowa Musgrave Geo Editor Woodbine England 1852 Woodbine Harrison Iowa Matthews & King Twiner/Engineer Woodbine Harrison Iowa Matthews Geo A Dlr Wisconsin 1876 Woodbine Harrison … Read more
F.L. Mandevill, druggist, was born near Rochester, N.Y., in 1835; moved to Milwaukee, Wis., in 1842; thence to Missouri Valley in 1871 and engaged in his present business; carries a complete stock in the drug line.
Levi Crouch, dealer in groceries, is a native of Mo.; moved to Mills County, Ia., in 1851; thence to Harrison County in 1867. He engaged in his present business in 1878.
J.H. Ball, proprietor of billiard parlor-corner 6th and Huron Sts-is a native of Ind.; moved to Knoxville, Marion County, Ia., with parents in 1851. In 1862 he engaged in freighting in company with J.B. Beard, which he continued until 1865. He then traveled through the territories until he settled in Council Bluffs in 1869; moved to Missouri Valley in 1878, and engaged in his present business.
E. Brandriff, farmer, is a native of N.Y.; moved to Ia. in 1859 and located near Council Bluffs, and was engaged in freighting to Denver, Col, until 1864, when he moved to Harrison County, and engaged in farming near Modale.
Noxon Brothers Manufacturing Company, the most extensive industry in the manufacturing line at Ingersoll, is composed of five brothers, Freeman C., James, Samuel, Stephen, and Thomas H., sons of Samuel Noxon, senior, who was born and spent his days in the County of Prince Edward, Ontario, and grandson of James Noxon, a United Empire Loyalist from Duchess County, N. Y. The grandfather settled in Prince Edward at the close of the American Revolution. The mother of these five sons was Rhoda White. They received a business education in the public schools of their native county, James, the second son, adding … Read more
J.T. Stern, farmer, was born in Chester County, Pa., in 1814; moved to Ia. in 1857 and settled on his present farm, in La Grange township, Harrison County, of 200 acres of well improved land, forty acres of it good timber. He was reporter for the Government Signal Service, Washington, D.C., for twenty years. He married Millicent B. Fletcher, of Lincolnshire, Eng., and has two sons and one daughter. His son Almor is county auditor.
B.C. Adams, of the firm of Adams Bros., stock raisers and dealers, (farms in Jefferson township, three miles north of Logan), was born in Ashtabula County, Ohio.; moved to Ill.; thence to Wis., and in 1854 came to Harrison County, Ia. He was in the government service during the late war, as deputy provost marshal and enrolling officer. Was married in Denison, Ia., in 1854, to Almira P. Carrico, and has five children-three sons and two daughters.
D. Burgess, proprietor of billiard parlor, was born in Courtland County, N.Y. He was employed for several years, as conductor on the S.B. & N.Y. Ry., also was telegraph operator for same road. He moved to Neb. in 1875, and engaged in the stock business; removed to Missouri Valley in 1877 and engaged in his present business, on the corner of Fifth and Erie Sts.
Haines Druggist Dies Suddenly T.C. Huff, Former Bakerite, Born In Iowa T. C. Huff, Haines druggist and former Baker resident, died Wednesday night while clerking in the Huff drug store. He had been in poor health for sometime, but his death came unexpectedly. Mr. Huff was born January 3, 1870 near the town of Missouri Valley, Iowa. He was married to Laura Hoar in Valisca, Iowa December 24, 1895. Mrs. Huff died in Haines May 3, 1936. Mr. Huff engaged in farming in Baker valley when he first came to Baker in 1907. He was employed in the Rexall drug … Read more
Last First and Middle Section Post Office Township Business Origin Arrival County State Brown B F 34 Logan Magnolia Farmer/Stock Raiser Illinois 1866 Harrison Iowa Bolch Frank 5 Magnolia Magnolia Farmer/Breed Poland China Hogs Ohio 1875 Harrison Iowa Cadwell F H 1S Logan Magnolia Farmer/Stock Raiser Iowa 1860 Harrison Iowa Cutler A I 34 Magnolia Magnolia Farmer/Stock Raiser Illinois 1853 Harrison Iowa Donn W B 10 Woodbine Magnolia Farmer/Stock Raiser Canada 1869 Harrison Iowa Donnelson James 22 Magnolia Magnolia Farmer/Stock Raiser Illinois 1873 Harrison Iowa Doyle M 10S Magnolia Magnolia Farmer/Stock Raiser Ireland 1855 Harrison Iowa Davison Wm R 36 … Read more
The following is a list of names not in the order pictured. Information was written on the back of the picture. The list of service does not mean that every one served in the Civil War, just those with length of service: David Hering, Dec 5, 1843, 3 years Capt. G. W. Chase, Feb 16, 1821, served 4 years Abel Leach, Oct 5, 1812 Frank Brown, Sept 25, 1849 Corp. H.H. Bonney, Dec 27 1839, served 3 years Andrew Armstrong, Aug 12, 1820 served 3 years A.J. Erb, Aug 20 1839, served 2 years Thomas Leo, Aug 26 1880, Served … Read more
Mrs. Kate Wallace, 84 resident of the Modale community for 82 years, died at her home there at 3:30 a.m. Monday. She was born 20 August 1865 at Hamburg, Iowa. Her husband William Wallace, died 5 June 1914. Mrs. Wallace is survived by three daughters, Mrs. James Yutesler of Modale, Iowa; Mrs. K. L. Vittitoe of Mondamin, Iowa and Mrs. Aaron Strain of Modale, Iowa; a sister Mrs. Belle Darmel of Little Sioux, Iowa; two brothers, William Davis of Modale and Albert Davis of Bronson, Iowa; 13 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. The body is at the Hardy-Yutesler funeral home in … Read more
A. Longman, Jr., proprietor of the Logan Flouring Mills, was born in Derby, Eng., in 1848; came to America with his parents in 1851 and located Holt County, Mo.; removed to Harris Grove, Harrison County, Ia., in 1852. The subject of this sketch graduated from Oskaloosa College in 1874. The mill was built in the winter of 1855-6 by Henry Reel, who sold it to Mr. McCoid, of whom Mr. L. purchased in Sept. 1880, and has established and extensive business. He was married in Wis., to Miss. Whitcomb, in 1877, which died leaving one child, a daughter.
W.P. Bump, of the firm of Bump & Smith, dealers in general merchandise was born in Addison County, Vt.; in 1811; moved to western N.Y. in 1831, and in 1836 he engaged in the mercantile business; continued there until 1856, when he removed to Rochelle, Ill.; thence to Missouri Valley in 1869, and engaged in his present business.