Dallas County >> 1907 Index

Past and Present of Dallas County, Iowa
Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1907.

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Isaac Anson Hadley was born in Clarke county, Iowa, November 11, 1861, and was the son of Jesse and Rebecca (Stanley) Hadley. His father was a native of Clinton county, Ohio, where he was born in 1820, and his mother was a native of North Carolina, where, she was born in 1822. They came to Iowa in 1856, locating in Warren county and later removed to Clark county, where they lived for twenty years. They then took up their home in Dallas county where they both passed away, the mother in 1890 and the father in 1904. This worthy couple were the parents of ten children, five of whom are still living: J. F., of Kansas; Anna, of this county; Jane, the wife of D. B. Cook, of this county; A. J., also a resident of this county; and I. A., the subject of our sketch.

Isaac A. Hadley was reared under the parental roof and acquired his education in the common schools. He was but sixteen years of age when his parents came to Dallas county, so that his education was finished here. It seems to have been the habit with the young men who were the sons of agriculturists to remain upon their father's farm until they had attained their majority, and Mr. Hadley did not begin his career as an agriculturist until he was twenty-one. For fourteen pears he rented a farm and was so successful that in 1893 he had acquired capital enough to purchase the east half of the northeast quarter of section 22 in Union township. He did not, however, remove to his new home until three years later, but has ever since resided there. In 1904, upon the death of his father, he bought from the other brothers their interest in an eighty-acre farm owned by the elder Mr. Hadley. This was situated on the west half of the southeast quarter of section 22, so that his two pieces of eighty acres adjoined one another at the corners.

Mr. Hadley was united in wedlock in 1886 to Mary Barnett, a daughter of Curtis Barnett, one of the pioneers of Union township, who is still living and resides with his son. Unto this couple have been born three children: Orpha J., who is attending the summer school at Adel and making preparations to become a teacher; Orren B. and Willard J., who are at home. The two former are graduates of Earlham Academy of the class of 1907. In his political relations Mr. Hadley holds to the principles which are represented by the prohibition party and is an active worker in their cause. He is a member of the present school board and is an active member of the Friends church. He indeed deserves mention among the most prominent of the Dallas county agriculturists and among her representative citizens. His force of character, sterling integrity, and control of circumstances have made him highly respected and honored by a large circle of friends. His life has been manly, his actions sincere, his manner unaffected and his example is well worthy of emulation.

William Hall, who dates his residence in Dallas county from 1882, is regarded as an expert farmer, thoroughly modern and progressive in all of his business interests, in the development of his fields and in the raising of stock. A native of England, he was born on the 22d of November, 1847, and he alone survives of the three children, whose parents were William and Julia (Chambers) Hall. Both the father and mother were born and reared in England and early in the year 1849 the mother and her son William came to the United States, crossing the Atlantic in a sail boat, which was two months in completing that voyage. Here they joined the husband and father who had come to the.United States some time prior to the birth of our subject and had located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he worked at the carpenter's trade. He died there about 1856 and the mother passed away two years later, leaving their son William an orphan at the age of ten years. He was soon afterward bound out to a man by the name of William Hugh, in Fulton county, Illinois, and by him was reared. He remained with his foster father until 1870, when, at the age of twenty-three years, he started out in life alone, making the trip westward to Kansas. Subsequently he returned to Illinois and soon afterward located in Mason county, that state, where he was married. For two years he engaged in farming in that county and In 1875 he came to Iowa, settling first in Cass county, where he carried on general agricultural pursuits for seven years. In 1882 he came to Dallas county and for thirteen years was a resident of Van Meter township, his home being in the village of De Soto, where he established and conducted a meat market, carefully carrying on the business, which brought to him a desirable financial reward for his labor. In 1895, however, he severed his connection with mercantile interests and removed to a farm in Madison county, Iowa, whereon he made his home for ten years. In 1905 he took up his abode upon the Ames farm of three hundred and eighty-seven acres in Adams township, Dallas county, and is now conducting this place. He is regarded as a most energetic and progressive agriculturist and has a splendidly developed property, while under his care the fields are bringing forth rich and extensive crops. He is also largely engaged in raising cattle and hogs and is one of the successful farmers of this section of the county.

In 1873 Mr. Hall was united in marriage to Miss Anna Lee, of Mason county, Illinois, and they now have six children, four sons and two daughters, as follows: Harry E., a resident of Valley Junction, Iowa; Julia E., the wife of Fred Scarborough, also of Valley Junction; Walter H. and Amanda, both at home; Cecil C., who is living in Boise City, Idaho; and Lloyd D., at home. Harry and Walter are both members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Mr. Hall gives his political allegiance to the democracy but has never been an office seeker. His residence in the county covers a quarter of a century and throughout this period he has ever stood for progressive citizenship, for integrity and reliability in business life and for trustworthiness and geniality in all social relations. What he has accomplished in the business world proves the force of his character, his strong purpose and his indefatigable energy. He started out in life on his own account, and brooking no obstacles that could be overcome through persistent purpose he has steadily worked his way upward.

Lewis C. Halling, a prominent farmer and an old settler of Iowa, dates his residence in Dallas county from the year 1882 and on his present farm of two hundred acres from the year 1894. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri, August 30, 1851, being a son of William Halling, a native of Germany.  His father followed the pursuit of agriculture in the fatherland and was there married. His first wife passed away and he was married a second time--to Fredericka Niemier.  In 1849 Mr. and Mrs. Halling decided to start for the new world, where they felt that larger opportunities awaited them. Having landed in New York, they went by boat to St. Louis, where they remained for two years and then removed to Muscatine county, Iowa, where they began life on a farm and where they built up a home.  They were the parents of nine children, eight of whom grew to maturity:  Lewis C.; William, of Muscatine county; Christian, who died at the age of twenty-eight years; Henry, in Lincoln township; and Mrs.  Mary Tunison,  Mrs. Louisa Gray, George, Edward and Frederick, all of Muscatine county.  The mother is still living in Muscatine at the age of eighty-three years, while her husband passed away in the spring of 1907, at the age of ninety-three.  

Lewis C. Halling was the eldest son of the family and was reared on his father's farm and educated in the Muscatine schools.  So valuable were his services to his father that he remained with him until he had attained his twenty-fourth year.  He then worked by the month for farmers in that vicinity, but at the end of five years rented a farm, where he broke the ground and in which he took great interest for the next year.  He subsequently removed to Dallas county, where he again rented land and farmed for three years. His purpose up to this time was to lay up what money he could and to keep out of debt.  He determined not to buy a place until he could pay for it, and at the end of three years on his farm he found himself in a position where he was well able to purchase eighty acres on section 11 of Lincoln township. He built a home upon this new land, improved the farm and took great pride in adding all improvements.  For ten years he labored in this way to bring the place to a point where it would yield him the crops of which he felt it was capable.  In  1894 he bought and traded for the two hundred acre farm where he now resides on section 10. He has never held any land which has not been better for his having lived upon it, for he believes in progress and has always been strictly up-to-date in all the details of agriculture.  To those who knew this place when he bought it, it must hardly seem possible that it is the same place today. He has greatly improved every part of the land, has tiled it and has brought every inch of it under cultivation.  He raises Durham and Aberdeen Angus cattle and Poland China hogs and feeds out all his grain, marketing two to four carloads of fat cattle a year.  

Mr. Halling was married, on February 23, 1880, to Ada Pierce, a native of Michigan and a daughter of Alva Pierce, who settled in Muscatine county, Iowa, but who moved back to Michigan after several years.  Mr. and Mrs. Halling are the parents of four children, three sons and one daughter: Ira and Alva, who are dry farming in Colorado; and Harvey and Lois, who are at home.  Ira, the eldest of the family, is a graduate of Perry College and taught school for three years.  He was born July 5, 1882; Alva, February 23, 1885; Harvey, April 23, 1891; and Lois, September 5, 1893.  

Mr. Halling has been a life-long democrat and has voted that ticket on all national affairs. Locally he reserves the night to cast an independent ballot. He has never sought for public office but has preferred to give his time and attention to his farm and his family.  He is a member of the Highland Nobles of Perry. While he has very deep religious convictions, neither he nor his family are members of any church but attend them all and are interested in whatever good they may be doing. Mr. Halling is just in his prime and has so managed his affairs that he is in an independent and comfortable position. The hardest work on his farm has been done and he can now work more leisurely and look forward to a pleasant old age.  He has already seen the county grow to its present condition and sees a large improvement for it in the immediate future. His sterling character has made him well known throughout the northwestern  part of the county, where he has a large circle of friends who speak in the highest terms of Mr. Halling and his character.

Joseph N. Hanes

Joseph N. Hanes, who for three terms served as sheriff of Dallas county, figures as one of the prominent and well known citizens of this part of the state. He has made a creditable record in political and business circles and is now connected with the substantial improvement of Adel as a real estate dealer. He represents one of the old pioneer families, his birth having occurred in Boone township on the 17th of May, 1856.

His parents were David and Hannah (Craner) Hanes. The father was born in Frederick county, Maryland, September 12, 1813, was reared as a farm boy and when in his thirteenth year he went with an uncle to Wayne county, Indiana, where the remainder of his youth was passed. On the 26th of November, 1835, he married Miss Hannah Craner, who was born in Guilford county, North Carolina, August 26, 1819, and removed with her parents to Wayne county, Indiana, at the age of twelve years. Mr. and Mrs. Hanes continued to reside in the Hoosier state until 1855, when they came to Dallas county, Iowa, settling in the southeastern corner of Boone township. A great many of the early settlers were Indiana people. Mr. Hanes' first purchase of land was an eighty of fine, unimproved prairie, which he bought of a Mr. Cook, who had entered the claim. He paid for this one hundred and twenty-five dollars. For a while the family occupied a house in the neighborhood but during the next year the father erected a new frame dwelling of boards sawed from the native timber by a mill across the river from the Boone place. That house was Mr. Hanes' home until 1897 and is still in use, although some improvements and additions have been made. The family took up their abode there December 1, 1856, and the old home is still a landmark of the neighborhood. Neither doors nor windows had as yet been put in and the cabin was heated by a fireplace. There came up a dreadful blizzard on that day--a storm that is yet remembered by the old settlers as one of the worst that ever occurred here. In those days deer were plentiful and fishing was good in the streams, and fish and venison furnished many a meal for the pioneers. For a long
period David Hanes continued to engage in general agricultural pursuits and he operated a threshing machine for thirty years. He lived an honest, upright life and thus left to his family an untarnished name. In 1885 Mr. and Mrs. Hanes celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage, on which occasion all of their eleven children were present, but a month later one of their sons died.

The death of David Hanes occurred in Boone township, Dallas county, September 11, 1900, and he was buried in Booneville cemetery on his eighty-seventh birthday. All of his ten children were present and twenty of the twenty-two grandchildren, and the grandsons acted as pallbearers. In politics Mr. Hanes was a Whig and cast his first vote for William Henry Harrison, while later he became a supporter of the republican party. He held different township offices and in every relation of life was found true and loyal to the trust reposed in him. His wife died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Edward Sines in Waukee, January 26, 1901. She was a consistent and devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal church and her entire life was in harmony with her professions. She possessed a most kindly spirit and was ever ready to respond to any tale of sorrow or distress, rendering whatever assistance it lay within her power to give. In the death of these worthy people Dallas county lost two of her most honored and respected pioneers. They came to the county at a very early period in its development and always gave their influence on the side of right, progress, reform and improvement.

Unto Mr. and Mrs. Hanes were born eleven children: John C., who married Louisa Knight and is living in Guthrie county, Iowa; Mary E., the wife of Benjamin P. Jordan, of De Soto; Nancy M., the wife of James P. Huston, ofAdel; Jonathan C., who married Mary Cassatt and is living in Boone township; Eliza A., the wife of Edward Sines, of Boone township; Acalinda, the wife of Benedict Berger, of Van Meter township; David C., who married Addie Swischer and resides in Guthrie county; Nicholas H., who married Sarah Loper and died at the age of thirty-two years; Joseph N., of this review; George B., who is living in Des Moines, Iowa, where he is employed by the street railway company; and Sarah E., the wife of Horace Cassatt, living on his father's old homestead in Dallas county. Two of the sons were soldiers of the Civil war. One of them, John Hanes, enlisted in Company A, twenty-third Iowa Infantry, August 15, 1862, and was at the front for three years, during which time he participated in the Vicksburg campaign and was also in Mobile, in Missouri and Texas, returning home August 13, 1865. The parents were essentially home people, interested in the welfare of their children, whom they trained to become worthy and valued citizens who honor the memory of father and mother.

Joseph N. Hanes, whose name introduces this record, mastered the branches of English learning in the common schools. He remained at home with his parents through the period of his boyhood and youth, attending school during the winter months, while in the summer seasons he worked on the home farm until he had attained his majority. He then started out in life on his own account, after which he bought and shipped stock to Chicago market for about four years. He then again turned his attention to farming. He was married when twenty-seven years of age and continued to engage in the cultivation and development of the fields until 1900, when he entered upon the office of sheriff, to which he had been elected in 1899. He was re-elected in 1901 and again in 1903. He was then made sheriff by an act of the legislature for another period of one year. He was prompt and fearless in the discharge of his duty and was an excellent custodian of the public peace. He wasconstable of Boone township for about twenty years before elected sheriff and he has thus done much to maintain law and order. He left the office as he had entered it--with the confidence and trust of all concerned -- and he is now engaged in the real-estate business in Adel, handling considerable valuable property and negotiating many important realty transfers.

On the 19th of February, 1884, Mr. Hanes led to the marriage altar Miss Ella Cassatt, who was born in Boone township, June 7, 1860, her parents being Henry and Charlotte (Parrott) Cassatt. The father, who was born in Wayne county, Ohio, January 11, 1821, died in 1869, while his wife, whose birth occurred in Warren county, November 12, 1824, passed away January 14, 1906.  They were married on the 15th of February, 1849, and with their two children, together with other families, they left Lebanon, Ohio, for the west in September, 1855. They had a team of horses and two yoke of oxen, which hauled the wagons that carried the household goods and the family. They arrived in Boone township in the month of November and rented a cabin of one room for the winter. In the spring following Mr. Cassatt purchased the farm which has since been the family homestead. The hardships, trials and loneliness of those early days can never be adequately told in words. For months at a time Mrs. Cassatt did not see another woman and the family larder contained only such things as they raised or could be secured through hunting. Mrs. Cassatt long survived her husband and carefully reared her family after his death. She was loved by all and she possessed a most sympathetic nature, being ever ready to respond to the call of the sick or needy. She was deeply interested in the church and its work and her faith remained bright and unfailing. When Mr. Cassatt came to Iowa he purchased two hundred and twelve acres of land and was recognized as one of the leading farmers of Dallas county. His early political allegiance was given to the Whig party and upon its dissolution he joined the ranks of the new republican party. The two children who came with the parents to Iowa were: Mary E., now the wife of Jonathan Hanes, of Boone township; and Horace, who married Sarah E. Hanes.  Two other children were added to the household in this county: Clara, the wife of Joel Roe of Colorado Springs, Colorado;and Mrs. Joseph N. Hanes.

The home of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph N. Hanes has been blessed with four children, but Clara Paul, their first born, died in infancy. The others are: Guyer N., born May 28, 1888; Mary E., born December 6, 1891; and Lois C., who died in infancy.

Mr. Hanes is a member of the Odd Fellows lodge at Booneville and he and his wife are connected with the Rebekah lodge, No. 356, at Waukee. He also has membership relations with Ne Plus Ultra lodge, No. 401, K. P., at Waukee, and with the Modern Woodmen of the World. He is also a member of the Sheriffs' Association of Iowa and of the Interstate National Association of Sheriffs. His political views have always been in accord with republican principles and he is one of the worthy and valued residents of Dallas county, who for more than a half century has lived within its borders. He is a typical western man, possessing the spirit of enterprise which has been the dominant factor in upbuilding this section of the country, and in Dallas county he has made an excellent record, gaining for him the trust and confidence of all with whom he has come in contact or who know aught of his history.

Israel Fremont Harris, one of the substantial agriculturists and highly esteemed citizens of Union township, Dallas county, was born in Athens county, Ohio, October 12, 1856, a son of Levi and Catherine (Erwin) Harris. The father was born in Muskingum county, Ohio, and removed to Athens county with his parents when a boy, being there reared and married. His wife died in 1862 and in the spring of 1864 he came to Iowa, locating in Jasper county in the fall of that year, and being joined here by our subject and two daughters.  The father was married a second time, in July, 1865, to Mrs. Mary Newhouse, the widow of Jonathan Newhouse, who was formerly Miss Mary Dickey. Levi Harris resided on the farm in Jasper county until his death, which occurred when he had reached the age of seventy-three years.   He gave his political support to the republican party, and was unassuming and retiring in his daily life, being entirely free from ostentation or display, and thereby winning the respect and kindly regard of everyone with whom he came in contact. Unto him and his first wife were born four children, two of whom survive: Mary, the wife of Robert Dollarheid, of Oregon; and Israel, the subject of this review.   The eldest in the family was Thomas Henderson Harris, who acted as color bearer of his regiment in the Civil war and was killed while carrying the flag in the battle of Chattanooga, thus laying down his life on the altar of his country.  The other, a sister,  Margaret, was  the  wife  of  William Longcor.  Her death occurred in February, 1907.  

Israel Fremont Harris remained at home until he had reached his eighteenth year, when he entered business life, working as a farm hand for eight years. At the end of that time he rented a farm of eighty acres, feeling that he was now ready to carry on agricultural pursuits successfully  on  his  own account.   He operated this place for three years and then removed to his father-in-law's farm, where he remained for four years. In the spring of 1889 he purchased eighty acres of his present farm, in Union township, Dallas county, to which he removed.  In the fall of 1898 he purchased an additional  eighty-acre tract across the road from his first purchase and now has one hundred and sixty acres of the finest farming land in the county.  He has erected all of the buildings that are now seen on the place and brought the farm up to its present high state of improvement by the exercise of his industry, enterprise and perseverance.  He came to Dallas county with a capital of one thousand dollars and a small amount of stock, and has met with the prosperity which is the sure reward of well directed labor and modern methods in the conduct of agricultural interests.  

In September, 1881, Mr. Harris was united in marriage to Miss Dora Poorbaugh, a daughter of Henry and Phoebe (Lint) Poorbaugh, who in an early day removed to Jasper county, Iowa, from Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Harris are the parents of two children: Grace, the wife of Charles Hadley, of this township and county, who has two children  Murl and Helen; and Cecil, who is at home.  

In his political affiliations Mr. Harris is a democrat, and for the past five years has served as treasurer of the school board, being still the incumbent in that position.  He is a stalwart friend of the cause of education and in fact is known throughout the entire community as a representative agriculturist and a citizen whose support can be counted upon to further any measure or movement that will promote the welfare and prosperity of the county.

Edward Harrison

Edward Harrison, who has attained his sixty-fifth year and is still hale and hearty, was born in England, October 15, 1842.  He was a son of Thomas and Anna Harrison, both natives of England, where the father died in 1894. The mother is still living and is now in her eighty-sixth year.  They were the parents of thirteen children.  The living are:  Edward, Mary and Rebecca, who are still in England; William, a resident of Perry, Iowa; Sarah, the wife of William French of Texas; Alice and Lucy, who live in England; and Thomas, of this county.  Five have died. 

It was in the schools of his native land that Mr. Harrison acquired his early education and his practical training.  When he had attained his twenty-fourth year he began to realize that it was in America that young men must look for larger opportunities in all lines of industry. Accordingly he set sail for the new world and located in New York, where he remained one year.  He then removed to Muscatine, Iowa, where he worked on a farm for another year. In company with a party of three friends he came to Dallas county, Iowa, in 1866, and worked on a farm by the month. So well had he mastered the details of agriculture by this time that he bought eighty acres of land, where he now lives.  It cost him but three dollars and seventy-five cents an acre.  In the following spring he returned to Muscatine, where he bought a team of mules, on time, and drove them through to Dallas county.  With this small equipment (a team of mules and a small house), supplemented by his knowledge of farming, his will and determination, he set out to break up his land and to improve the same. To be successful in this world one must decide on a line of business and stick to it with good-natured inflexibility.  Mr. Harrison has done this and in consequence has attained what he set out to attain.   He has been successful in almost every undertaking and is now the owner of six hundred and forty acres of the finest farming land in Dallas county.  In addition to this he has been able to help all of his children by giving them a good farm.  He has well earned the retired life which he and his wife are how enjoying on the old homestead.   He rents all of his land and is able to spend his later days in peace and quiet, with the satisfaction of a life well spent and a success which is the result of his own labor and effort. 

In 1870 Mr. Harrison married Miss Charlotte Wicks, a native of England, where she was  born  September  24,  1850.    She  was  a daughter of Samuel and Rachel Wicks, both natives of England, who came to America in 1851, locating in New York, where they lived for ten years.  They subsequently removed to Dallas county, Iowa, which was their home up to the time of their death.   The mother passed away in 1869 and the father in 1898, at the age of ninety-three years. They were the parents of thirteen children, two daughters and eleven sons.  To Mr. and Mrs. Harrison nine children have been born: George W.; Mary E., deceased; John O.; Frank; Samuel W., deceased, who left a widow with two children; Alice,  deceased;  Charles H.; Clarence; and Anna M., deceased. 

In politics Mr. Harrison is independent.  For twelve years he served as school director and has been justice of the peace four years and trustee of the township three years.   He and his wife are influential members of the Methodist Episcopal church.   They are self-made people, who are now reaping the benefits of their years of hard labor and are counted among the representative agriculturists of this district. He was among the first settlers in Washington township.

William D. Haymond, living on sections 9 and 10, Sugar Grove township, is one of the prosperous and up-to-date farmers and stockdealers of the county. His business interests are constantly growing in volume and importance and result from the careful management which he has ever displayed in carrying on his farming interests. Today he has three hundred and four acres, the greater part of which is under the plow and returns him excellent crops for the care and labor he bestows on the fields. He is a typical son of the middle west and was born near the city of Kankakee, in Kankakee county, Illinois, October 12, 1857.

His father, George Haymond, was a native of Indiana and was there reared, after which he removed to Illinois, settling in Kankakee county when a young man. He was married there to Catherine Doke, a native of Illinois. He is a mechanic, a wagonmaker and blacksmith and in early days worked at his trade in Illinois. In 1860 he removed to Iowa with his family, settling in Des Moines, where he spent the winter. In the spring of 1861, however, he went to Warren county and located on a farm, which he continued to cultivate for about ten years. On the expiration of that period he took up his abode near Winterset and lived on a farm there. His death occurred in Madison county in the fall of 1900. His widow still survives him and now makes her home with a daughter in McGregor, Iowa.

In their family were twelve children, eight sons and four daughters, of whom eleven have reached years of maturity: Edward, who is farming on the old homestead in Madison county; William D., of this review; Adaline, the wife of George Dilly, a merchant of Kankakee, Illinois; John, a resident farmer of Kankakee county; Douglas, who follows farming in Madison county, Iowa; Samuel, a farmer and stockfeeder of Madison county; Elma, the wife of Walter Davis, a farmer of McGregor, Iowa; Ray, who is living at Colorado Springs, Colorado; Jefferson, who carries on agricultural pursuits in Madison county, this state; George, who is engaged in the livery business in Winterset, Iowa; and two now deceased. Albert died at the age of four years, and Hattie passed away at the age of twenty-two years.

William D. Haymond came to Iowa in 1860, when a lad of four years and in early manhood started out in life on his own account, depending entirely upon his own resources. He worked at farm labor by the month for some time and afterward engaged for six years in the business of ditching and laying tile. His energy, economy and perseverance constituted the basis of the success which he is now enjoying and which enabled him to become a property holder.

On the 9th of March, 1882, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Haymond and Miss Agnes Scott, a daughter of Samuel and Jane Scott. She was born in the state of New York and was there reared and educated, becoming a school teacher prior to her marriage. Following the celebration of their wedding Mr. Haymond rented a farm in Dallas county, which he cultivated for eight years and then with the capital he had acquired through his savings he bought eighty acres, where he now resides. Taking up his abode thereon he resolutely set to work to bring the land under cultivation and produce abundant crops such as are raised on Iowa soil. In the early days he suffered many hardships and privations but he kept up a stout heart and continued in the work. He allowed no difficulties or obstacles to discourage him and with resolute spirit continued on year after year. Success always crowns persistent, unfaltering effort, and in due course of time he extended the boundaries of his farm by additional purchase until it now comprises three hundred and four acres in one body. The home which he has erected is a pleasant two-story residence, in the rear of which are a large barn, granary and corn cribs. In fact the farm is an excellent property, well equipped, and in the pasture and feed lots are seen good grades of cattle and hogs, which are fattened for the market. He annually sells from one to two hundred head of steers and three carloads of hogs and from this branch of his business derives a gratifying income.

In 1904 Mr. Haymond was called upon to mourn the loss of his wife, who died on the 7th of May of that year. Their only child, Lena, died when an infant of ten months. Mr. Haymond votes with the republican party and is a stalwart advocate of its principles, being recognized as one of the leaders in its local ranks. He was elected and served as township trustee, filling the office for three consecutive terms, and he is now township treasurer. He also belongs to the Presbyterian church at Dallas Center, to which his wife also belonged, and he is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows there. He commenced life empty-handed but in this land where effort is not hampered by caste or class he has worked persistently and energetically with the result that he has attained gratifying success. He is now classed with the representative farmers of Sugar Grove township and in this connection deserves mention in the history of his adopted county.

James C. Hill

Nature has been lavish in her gifts to many sections of this great country.  In some districts she has provided great forests, permitting of the successful conduct of successful lumber industries.  In other regions her mining resources are extensive and valuable, while in still other sections splendid opportunity is offered to the farmer and stock-raiser.  Statistics show that Iowa is one of the greatest agricultural states of the Union and among those who are extensively and successfully engaged in dealing in live stock is James C. Hill, of Dallas county, now making his home in Adel. He is conducting a large and profitable business along this line and has met with a most gratifying measure of success.

He was born in Adams township, Dallas county, October 3, 1858, his parents being Haston P. and Elizabeth (Davidson) Hill. The father's birth occurred in North Carolina in 1819, while the mother was born in Putnam county, Indiana, in 1828. They were married in Dallas county and unto them were born three sons and two daughters, namely: John W., James C., Clara Bell, Daniel E. and Hattie E.

The father of this family was only about year and a half old when he was taken by his parents to Hendricks county, Indiana, there living until his removal to this county in 1849.  Here he located in Adams township.  All of the evidences of pioneer life were here to be seen.  The few homes were largely log cabins, widely scattered over the surface of the country.  Much of the land was still unclaimed and uncultivated and Mr. Hill entered land from the government, for which he paid a dollar and a quarter per acre.  Not a furrow had been turned or an improvement made thereon. He was one of the early settlers and he followed the course of the other pioneers, building a log house and breaking the wild prairie with ox teams. As he brought his
fields under cultivation he added to his farm from time to time by additional purchase until he had five hundred acres or more. For some years he successfully carried on general agricultural pursuits here and in the spring of 1887 he went to Sheridan county, Nebraska, where he took up a homestead claim.  The following fall he removed to his new home in Nebraska and at the present time he owns about two and a half sections of land there.

He resides at Gordon, Nebraska, and is extensively engaged in stockraising.  At one time he was two-thirds owner of the Adel mill and he was quite an extensive stock shipper, sending large numbers of cattle and hogs from Dallas county before the Civil war.  He belongs to Adel lodge, No. 80, A. F. & A. M., and to Tyrian chapter, No. 37, R. A. M., while his political views are in accord with the principles of Jacksonian democracy.

James C. Hill, reared upon the old homestead farm in this county, acquired his education in the public schools, which he attended through the winter months, while in the summer seasons he worked in the fields on his father's farm.  Afterward he engaged in business on his own account and devoted the summer months to the care and cultivation of his land, while in the winter months he purchased and shipped stock. He farmed during the season of 1879 and in the spring of 1880 he removed to Custer county, Colorado, where he spent about one year prospecting and mining.  In March, 1881, he returned to Adams township, Dallas county, Iowa, where he again took up farming and stock-raising, there making his home until the spring of 1887, when he came to Adel and began the business of buying and shipping stock. During the first five years he drove his stock to the Des Moines markets but since that time he has been buying and shipping to Chicago. He also operates his farm and in both branches of business is meeting with gratifying success.  For some four years, beginning in 1900, he was engaged in soliciting shipments of stock for the Chicago market, being a member of the Chicago Live Stock Exchange until about 1904. He then disposed of his membership. He has handled a great many feeders, having bought on the Omaha and Kansas City markets, thus taking charge of thousands of cattle each year, which he has sold to the feeders of Dallas county.  He is one of the most prominent stockman of this part of the state, who has operated extensively and has conducted a business which has been very profitable and gratifying.

On the 14th of February, 1876, Mr. Hill was united in marriage to Miss Celinda Chance, who was born in Adel, February 11, 1860, a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Kendall) Chance, both of whom are now deceased. Her paternal grandfather, Tillman Chance, was owner of one of the first stores in Adel.  Her father was born in South Carolina and in 1853 came with his parents to Iowa, locating in Dallas county.   For many years he carried on general agricultural pursuits here but at a later date removed to Adel, where he lived retired until his death, enjoying in well earned rest the fruits of his former toil. His political views were in accord with the principles of democracy as set forth by Jackson.  In his family were two sons and four daughters: Jane, Florence, Electa, Mrs. Hill, Tillman and William.

The home of Mr. and Mrs. Hill has been blessed with a daughter and son, but the former, Nora, died at the age of ten years.  The son, Harry H., is interested with his father in farming and the live-stock business.  Both father and son are members of Adel lodge, No. 80, A. F. & A. M., and Mr. Hill belongs to Tyrian chapter, No. 37, R. A. M.  He votes with the democracy and keeps well informed on the questions and issues of the day.  His entire life has been passed in Dallas county, where he has now lived for almost a half  century.  He has therefore witnessed many of the changes which have occurred and the advancement which has been wrought, bringing it to its present condition of growth and prosperity.  In business life he has been well known for his alert and enterprising spirit and his salient qualities and characteristics are such as win an honorable success.

F. M. Hoeye is one of the prominent and influential residents of Perry and of Dallas county, now serving for the third term as postmaster, while with various corporate and business interests he is closely associated as a stockholder and as one who has voice in their management. He is a man of affairs and one who has wielded awide influence. His birth occurred in Adel on the 11th of May, 1859, his parents being Eli and Jane (Powell) Hoeye, who settled in Adel in 1851. The father was master of a canal boat running between Akron and Cleveland, Ohio, at a time when James A. Garfield, afterward president of the United States, worked as a roustabout, doing such service as he could along the canal. Mr. Hoeye knew him well and in the possession of F. M. Hoeye are many old papers concerning transactions on this canal. The father died in Adel in July, 1898, at the age of seventy-eight years, having long survived his wife, who passed away in 1865.

Passing through successive grades in the public schools of Adel, F. M. Hoeye, at the age of fourteen years, left the high school to learn the printer's trade. He served a four years' apprenticeship in the Dallas County News office at Adel and thus early in life started out to make his own way in the world.  Following his mother's death he was adopted by Samuel D. Loomis, who, however, proved so unkind that the boy was taken away after living with him for six years. Necessity forced him out into the world and experience has been his greatest teacher. He did local and mechanical work on the Dallas County News and the Dallas Center Globe in 1878 and 1879. In the latter year he was fortunate in attracting the attention and winning the friendship of Major E. H. Conger, then county treasurer of Dallas county and afterward ambassador to China and Mexico. Major Conger befriended the boy, rendered him active assistance and the closest relation existed between them until the death of Mr. Conger on the 18th of May, 1907. Mr. Hoeye has always gladly acknowledged his gratitude and love for Mr. Conger, who remained his constant and confidential friend -- "the most loyal, helpful friend I ever knew." It was through Mr. Conger's assistance that Mr. Hoeye was enabled to start in business at Dexter, Iowa, purchasing the Dexter Herald, which Mr. Conger owned, and of which he remained publisher until the paper was sold in 1880. During the succeeding months, prior to June, 1881, Mr. Hoeye assisted in establishing the Carson (Iowa) Fairdealer and the Oakland (Iowa) Acorn. At the date mentioned he purchased the Perry Chief, built it up to a good property and sold it in 1887. During the three succeeding years he traveled for the Great Western Type Foundry in Nebraska and Iowa and in 1892 he purchased the Perry Reporter, which in 1895 he consolidated with the Perry Chief under the ownership of the firm of Hoeye & Harvey. In 1903 this publication became the property of the Chief Printing & Opera House Company, Mr. Hoeye selling his interest for fifty-two hundred dollars, which is more than the great majority of the best country weeklies are worth. He remains, however, an active factor in business life, being president of the Perry Gas Company since its organization in 1904, vice-president of the Perry Concrete & Stone Company, half owner of the business of the lumber firm of H. C. Modlin & Company, and a stockholder in nearly every enterprise in Perry, in which statement is found proof of the fact that he is one of the leading citizens of Dallas county. Bo man has done more for the development of the business resources of Perry than he, nor has he confined his attention alone to commercial and industrial interests.

In politics as well Mr. Hoeye has been a most active and influential factor. Indeed there is no man more active in political circles in Dallas county. In 1898 he was appointed postmaster and is now serving on the first year of a third term, having received all three appointments without opposition. What higher testimonial of efficiency and personal popularity, could be given? He has twice been elected councilman of the city, assisted in organizing Perry as a city of the second class and served for one year as city clerk. In 1895-6 he was chairman of the republic county central committee and he has attended nearly every convention as delegate for a quarter of a century. He is indeed most active in county, district and state politics and in the councils of his party his opinions carry weight.

On the 16th of November, 1881, Mr. Hoeye was married in Dexter, Iowa, to Miss May Julia Burke, a daughter of John M. Burke, a pioneer merchant and leading citizen of Dexter. They have two sons, Fred R. and Alfred M. Hoeye. The former, twenty-four years of age, is now assistant postmaster, while the latter, nineteen years of age, is a college student in Grinnell, Iowa, and both are natives of Perry. The family attend the Unitarian church and Mr. Hoeye is a member of the Elks lodge, while in the Masonic fraternity he affiliates with all the different branches from the blue lodge to the shrine. A man of strong domestic tastes, his interest centers in his family and it is his great delight to promote the welfare and happiness of his wife and children, who are now located in one of the finest homes in Perry. His vacations are taken at the expense of the finny tribe in the extreme northern lakes of Minnesota, for he is a devoted follower of Izaak Walton.