Biographical Sketch of Wm. Ring
Wm. Ring, barber, Pearl street under Dorman’s bakery, was born in Germany in 1831; came to America in 1851; removed to St. Joe. Mo; thence to Council Bluffs, and to Sioux City in 1867.
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Biographical Sketch of Rev. D.R. Watson
Rev. D.R. Watson was born in Scotland in 1841; came to America in 1852; received his early education at White Star seminary, N.Y. He graduated in the nine years’ course at Madison University in 1868, and at Rochester Theological Seminary in 1871, with the title of A.M. His first pastoral charge was at Lowville, N.Y. He next went to Brandon, Vt., where he spent five years, and then to Wyoming Territory where he remained five months. He came to Sioux City in 1881. In 1876 he married Carlie E. Copeley, and has two children-John R. and Robinson D.
Biographical Sketch of E. Morley
E. Morley, bookkeeper in Sanborn & Follett’s lumber office, was born in Chenango County, N.Y., in 1835; was engaged in various pursuits until 1867, when he came to this city and engaged as bookkeeper.
Biographical Sketch of H. Hilgers
H. Hilgers, dealer in staple and fancy groceries, provisions, flour, etc.-7th St., west side-was born in Germany in 1832, came to America in 1852, and settled in Galena, Ill.; removed to this city and engaged in farming for thirteen years, when his health failing him for that pursuit, he engaged in his present business. He has served as school director.
Biographical Sketch of Hon. Wm. L. Joy
Hon. Wm. L. Joy, president of the Sioux national bank of Sioux City, and member of the law firm of Joy & Wright, was born in Townshend, Winham County, Vt.; came to this city in 1855, and engaged in the practice of his profession with N.E. Hudson; he entered the present partnership in 1868. Mr. Joy was elected to the State legislature in 1864, and again in 1866.
Biographical Sketch of R.C. Barnard
R.C. Barnard, station agent and telegraph operator, was born in the District of Columbia in 1829; removed to Neb. in 1857. He platted the town site of Grand Island; removed to Omaha in 1863, where he was city engineer for several years; in 1868 removed to Council Bluffs, and engaged in the dry goods business, and in 1870 came to Sloan and engaged in the mercantile business with Beal & Evans. In 1873 he took charge of his present office.
Biographical Sketch of Joseph Trudell
Joseph Trudell, manufacturer of carriages, buggies, etc., corner of Pearl and 2d streets, is the patentee of the famous Trudell bolster plate, which is acknowledged to be the best thing of the kind ever invented. He was born in Montreal, Canada, in 1820; removed to St. Lawrence County, N.Y., in 1828; thence back to Canada, where he married Sophia Maynard. He next removed to Elgin. Ill., thence to Dubuque, Iowa, where he lived twenty-five years; thence in 1873 to Sioux City. He has five sons and one daughter.
Biographical Sketch of N. Tiedeman
N. Tiedeman, of the firm of Tiedeman & Anthon, dealers in staple and fancy groceries, cigars, tobacco, etc., was born in Prussia in 1842; came to America in the spring of 1866, located in Davenport, Iowa, and engaged in farming; removed to Sioux City the same year; is now an alderman of the city.
Biographical Sketch of M.C. Davis
M.C. Davis, one of the proprietors of city mill and elevator, was born in Pittsford, Rutland County, Vt., in 1835. He has been engaged in the milling business since 1855; came to Sioux City in 1869 and erected the elevator in 1870. The elevator has a capacity of 70,000 bushels; the mill was built in 1871, has a capacity of 125 barrels of flour per day, and employs 15 men.
Biographical Sketch of Capt. A.J. Millard
Captain A.J. Millard, undertaker, corner 9th and Douglas streets, was born in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.; came west in 1856, and in November of that year located in Sioux City, where he engaged in building operations under the firm name of McDougall & Millard, and continued in the business twenty-two years. In 1861 he raised a company of one hundred men, by a special order of the war department. The company was called the Sioux City cavalry, and was engaged against the Indians. He served with that company three years, six months of the time in an official capacity, by appointment … Read more
Biographical Sketch of Hon. Wiliam Remsen Smith
Hon Wiliam Remsen Smith Mayor of Sioux City, was born at Baregat, Ocean County, New Jersey, December 30th, 1828. At sixteen, he went to New York City, whence he removed to Macon, Mich. Returning to New York City, he studied medicine, after which he again located at Macon, where he practiced three years in partnership with Dr. Joseph Howell. In 1856 Dr. Smith removed to Sioux City. Here he practiced medicine for eleven years. In the spring of 1861, he was a first lieutenant of the Sioux City cavalry. About this time he was appointed government surgeon, holding that position … Read more
Biographical Sketch of Geo. W. Wakefield
Geo. W. Wakefield, attorney at law, was born in DeWitt County, Ill., in 1839. He enlisted in Co. F., 41st Ill. Vol., and served three years; was wounded at Jackson, Miss., and returned to Ill. He was admitted to the bar in De Witt County in 1867; came to Sioux City in 1868, and was elected county auditor in 1869, serving three years, after which he resumed the practice of the law.
Biographical Sketch of C.R. Tappan
C. R. Tappan, of the firm of Tappan Bros., dealers in carriage and buggy horses, Teams matched and horses bought and sold. they make a specialty of breaking vicious and wicked horses. Any horse that they cannot manage they agree to send back to the owner and pay charges both ways. They also stand in readiness to drive races, and train horses for the track.) C.R. Tappan was born in N.Y. in 1855; removed to Neb., in April 1879; thence to Sioux City in Oct., 1881. B.M. Tappan was born in Onandaigua County, N.Y. in 1857; in Sept. 1881, he … Read more
Biographical Sketch of Fr. Rev. Eisenbe’ss
Rev. Fr. Eisenbe’ss pastor of the First German Lutheran church, was born in Germany in 1851; came to America in 1870, and located at Fort Wayne, Ind., where he founded Concordia College. He then attended St. Louis college three years. He removed to Dixon County, Neb., by special call of the newly formed congregation, to do missionary work for this denomination; came to this city in 1878, and founded a church with fourteen members, which was incorporated in Jan., 1879. He married D. Steinmeyer, of St. Louis, and has two children-Dorothy and Ludmilla.
Biographical Sketch of Andrew G. Oleson
Andrew G. Oleson, of the firm of Anderson & Oleson, dealers in boots, shoe, rubbers, etc-opposite High School building-was born in Sweden in 1834; came to America in 1873, and located in Mass.; removed to this city, and was engaged in the boot and shoe store of F.P. Dean.
Biographical Sketch of C.D. Shreeve
Mr. C.D. Shreeve, dealer in groceries, confectionery, dry goods, notions, etc.-corner of 4th and Iowa Sts. Mr. C. D. Shreeve was born in La Porte County, Ind., in 1844; removed to Des Moines, Iowa, in 1867; thence to Sioux City in 1881, and is superintendent of the city gas works. He served in the late war three years in the 4th Ind. cavalry. In Aug., 1881, he married Marie C. Raybuck, of Washington County, Penn. He has two children by a former marriage-Carl C. and Ora A.
Biographical Sketch of W.D. Buckley
S.J. Quincy & W.D. Buckley, attorneys at law, were born in Ostego County, N.Y.; located in Sioux City in 1881. S.J. Quincy was admitted to the bar in N.Y., in 1879, and W.D. Buckley in Des Moines, Iowa the same year. They do a general law business.
Biographical Sketch of John Harrison
John Harrison, one of the early pioneers of Douglas Township, Ida County, Iowa, was born in County Monaghan, Ireland, in December, 1824, a son of James and Elizabeth (Clendening) Harrison, natives also of that county. He moved to Scotland with his parents when a lad and was raised and educated there. In 1845, John was united in marriage to Jeanette Stevenson at Argyleshire, Scotland, near Glasgow. Her father was Peter Stevenson. In 1855, he came to the United States, locating in New York, but afterwards he engaged in a sawmill for J. Irvin at Savanna, Carroll Co., Illinois. In 1864, … Read more
Biographical Sketch of John Hittle
John Hittle, retail grocer-corner 4th and Douglas Sts.-established business in 1873. He was born in Ohio in 1835; moved to Ind., and in 1855 removed to Des Moines, Iowa He came to Sioux City in 1856, and in the fall of that year went to Sioux Falls, where he built a cabin for a Dubuque town company, returning to this place before winter. He was a fur trader for some years, and then entered the employ of H.D. Booge, & Co., where he remained for fifteen years.
Biographical Sketch of S.B. Jackson
S.B. Jackson, ex-sheriff of Woodbury County, was born in Pennsylvania in 1845; removed to Linn County, Iowa, in 1864; thence to this city and engaged in the real estate business. He was elected mayor in 1877, and served three terms; was elected sheriff in 1879; his term expiring with the beginning of the present year; Mr. Jackson served two years in the late war in Co. B., 17th Pennsylvania Inf.