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The History of Jasper County, Iowa Lynn Grove Township (F-L) FLANIGAN,
William; Farmer; Sec. 19; P. O. Lynnville. FLANNING,
J.; Farmer; Sec. 29; P. O. Lynnville. FLEMING,
G. W.; Farmer; Sec. 26; P. O. Lynnville. GESFORD,
Felix; Farmer; Sec. 14; P. O. Lynnville. GIFFORD,
P. B.; Farmer; Sec. 23; P. O. Lynnville. GAUSE
& MACY; General Merchandise; Lynnville; the former, Z. F. GAUSE, born in
Henry Co., Ind., Feb. 25, 1836, emigrated to Lynn Grove in 1857, and engaged in
farming till 1864, when he moved to this town and engaged in the mercantile
business in partnership with Calvin MACY; they have recently purchased and
occupied their present place of business, a large, new store.
Mr. GAUSE married Aseneth MACY in this township Oct. 14, 1858; she was
also born in Henry Co., Ind.; they have two adopted children—Martha R. and
Cora. Mr. G. owns 227 acres in Sugar Creek Tp., Poweshiek Co.,
valued at $25 per acre, and his residence and lot of eighteen acres in the town
of Lynnville, on which he has upward of 1000 bearing apple trees, valued at
$3,500. The latter, Calvin MACY,
born in Henry Co., Ind., in 1822, moved to this county in 1860, and was engaged
in farming till his partnership with Mr. GAUSE in 1864; owns 279 acres of land,
valued at $9,000. Married Anna
EDGERTON in Indiana, who died in 1864, aged 47 years; married again, Serena
BALLINGER in 1866; she is a native of North Carolina; his children are Anna,
Isaac, Lemuel, Oriana and William. GAUSE
and MACY are members of the Society of Friends. HAINES,
D. L.; Farmer; Sec. 18; P. O. Lynnville. HAINES,
E.; Farmer; Sec. 20; P. O. Lynnville. HAINES,
I.; Farmer; Sec. 17; P. O. Lynnville. HAINES,
T.; Farmer; Sec. 18; P. O. Lynnville. HAMILTON,
Wm. J.; Farmer; Sec. 16; P. O. Lynnville. HART,
William C.; Farmer; Sec. 31; P. O. Pella, Marion Co.; owns 270 acres, valued at
$10,000; born in Yorkshire, Eng., April 12, 1828; came to America with his
parents when about 2 ½ years old, settling in Morgan Co., Ill., where Mr. HART
resided till 1867, when he moved to this county, settling where he now lives. He
married Elizabeth POTTER in Scott Co., Ill., July 3, 1859; she was born in
Yorkshire, Eng.; their children are James H., born in Scott Co.; Calvert E.,
born in Scott Co.; Mary A., born in Morgan Co.; Charles F., Walter E. and Cora
E. were born in Jasper Co. Mr. H.
is a Republican, and the family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. HARVEY,
John; Farmer; Sec. 32; P. O. Pella. HELLYER,
J. M.; Farmer; Sec. 6; P. O. Lynnville. HESTON,
H. W.; Farmer; Sec. 20; P. O. Lynnville. HIATT,
John C.; Farmer and stock dealer; Sec. 12; P. O. Lynnville; owns 315 acres,
valued at $12,000; born in Henry Co., Ind., March 26, 1840, where he resided
till the breaking-out of the war, when he enlisted in the 19th Ind.
Vol. Inf., Co. A, July 29, 1861; was in the battles of Second Bull Run,
Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Wilderness and many others; was captured at the
Wilderness, and remained a prisoner seven months; was honorably discharged from
the service May 23, 1865. He then
came to this county, his parents having moved here during his absence in the
army. He has been a member of the
County Board of Supervisors two terms, is School Director, and has held the
position continuously for twelve years; is also District Treasurer; was
nominated as a candidate for the General Assembly in a Convention held at Newton
in the Fall of 1877, by the Republican party, and was elected by a flattering
majority. Married Esther MACY April
12, 1866; she is also a native of Henry Co., Ind., and is the daughter of Wm.
And Phoebe MACY; the former died in 1874, aged 76 years, and the latter resides
with her daughter, Mrs. M, in her 78th year; Mrs. H. has one son,
Willie, and a little girl they have raised from infancy, named Luella BUFKIN.
Is a member of the Society of Friends. HOLMES,
I.; Farmer; Sec. 13; P. O. Lynnville. HOLMES,
J.; Farmer; Sec. 27; P. O. Lynnville. HOWELL,
J. W.; Farmer; Sec. 10; P. O. Lynnville. HOWELL,
S.; Farmer; Sec. 8; P. O. Lynnville. HULL,
A. S.; Farmer; Sec. 26; P. O. Lynnville. HUKILL,
J.; Farmer; Sec. 18; P. O. Lynnville. HUNGERFORD,
B. D.; Farmer; Sec. 23; P. O. Lynnville. HYATT
& DRYDEN; Dealers in drugs, books, stationery, etc.; Lynnville.
This store was first opened as a drug store by W. H. TODD in the Summer
of 1865; in 1866, he sold to A. O. SILVER, from whom the present proprietors
purchased it in 1870. Joel HYATT,
born in Highland Co., Ohio, Aug. 20, 1817; moved to Henry Co., Ind., with his
parents in1832, where he remained till 1865, and emigrated to Iowa, first
settling in Poweshiek Co., where he remained about a year, and then went to Le
Grand, Marshall Co., and engaged at his trade, that of miller, with SCHOFIELD
& HAMMOND, with whom he remained nearly four years; he then, in 1870, came
to this town and engaged with Mr. DRYDEN in their present business.
Mr. H. has also been quite extensively engaged, since his coming to this
town, in the raising of hogs. He
married Anna H. COOPER in Henry Co., Ind., in 1841; she died in 1855, aged 36;
their children are Jesse M., John C., Rebecca J., Robert C. and Nancy M.;
married again, Isabella PARKER, in 1855; she was born in Northampton Co, N. C.,
Jan. 8, 1832; they have two children—Lineas O. and Laura A.
He is a member of the Society of Friends.
W. W. DRYDEN was born in Highland Co., Ohio, March 31, 1839; came to
Poweshiek Co., Iowa, in 1862, remained till November, 1864, and moved to this
town, where he has since resided; was engaged in teaching till he commenced his
present business; he has been Postmaster since 1870, and has held various other
offices of trust. Married Miss
Marietta WILLIAMS in New Sharon Sept. 16, 1875; she is a native of Keokuk Co.,
Iowa; their children are Clyde and Mabel. IVES,
Josiah; Farmer; Sec. 27; P. O. Lynnville. JOHNSON,
Albert; Farmer; Sec. 1; P. O. Lynnville. KINSMAN,
O T.; dealer in harness, saddles and collars, halters, combs, brushes, etc.;
Lynnville; born in Oskaloosa, Iowa, Oct. 10, 1849; learned his trade with DIXON
& WILLIAMS, Oskaloosa, in 1874; moved to Grinnell and remained two years,
then moved to this town, where he has since been busily engaged in his present
business. Married Matilda HANSON in
Oskaloosa, Oct. 15, 1874; she is a native of St. Louis. LIPPS,
H. C.; Farmer; Sec. 34; P. O. Granville. LAMB,
Caleb; born in Randolph Co., N. C., May 6, 1822; in 1829, with his father,
Albert LAMB, removed to Washington Co., Ind., near what is now the town of
Salem; thence, in 1831, to his grandfather’s in Highland Co., Ohio, soon after
which his father was taken sick and died, leaving a widow with small means and
four children, of whom Caleb was the second, there being one boy three years
older than himself. In 1833, his
mother, Mrs. LAMB, returned to Henderson Co., opened a farm, her two older boys
working in the heavy timber nine months of the year, and going to school in the
Winter whenever school was to be found near enough; and young LAMB being unable
to pay the limited amount required for tuition, would balance the account by
working it out on his teacher’s farm in the Spring (some farmer keeping rather
than teaching the school). Thus he
spent his early years until 1842, when, at the ripe age of 20, he (probably not
for the first time) fell in love, and on the 2d day of June of that year married
Miss Olive Jane KENNEDY and set up housekeeping for himself.
The following eight years he lived in Indiana, teaching school in the
Winter and the remainder of the year working as carpenter, until Oct. 1850, when
he removed to Jasper Co., where he has since resided.
He settled in Newton, and in the twenty-eight years he has lived there,
he has lived an active, energetic life, part of the time carrying on the trade
of carpenter, also most of the time farming, and for four years kept hotel.
In 1861, was appointed Postmaster by President LINCOLN.
August 1862, volunteered and helped to raise Co. I of 37th
(Gray Beard) Regiment of Iowa Volunteers, as Captain of which he was mustered
into service, a position he held until the close of the war, having been
mustered out in May, 1865. On his
return home, he was again commissioned Postmaster, and held the office until the
inauguration of President GRANT (1869), after which time he filled the position
of agent for the U. S. Express Co. for this town.
Mr. LAMB was initiated into Masonry, Newton Lodge, U. D., afterward No.
59, May 5, 1855, the Lodge having been organized April 21, 1855.
He was passed to the degree of Fellow Craft Aug. 11, and became Master
Mason Sept. 15 following, his passing and raising being the first work done by
the new Lodge; June, 1856, exalted to the degree of Royal Arch Mason; in 1857,
served his Lodge as Treasurer; in 1859, as Senior Warden, and since his return
from the army has been re-elected to the latter position two or three terms.
March 6,1856, Gebel Chapter, No. 12, was organized at Newton, and Mr.
LAMB was chosen Scribe of the new Chapter, appointed Grand Master of the First
Veil and High Priest, and from that time to this, except while absent from home
in the military service, has been an active worker in the Chapter, and much of
the time in office. In the Grand
Chapter, in 1857, he was appointed Grand Royal Arch Captain; in 1858, he was
promoted to the position of Grand Captain of the Host; in 1859, he served as
deputy of that most excellent companion Grand High Priest Geo. W. TEAS, who
years since carried his work to the Upper Lodge, where it was tried by the
unerring square, and we may hope received the divine approval.
In 1860, he was elected Grand Scribe; in 1861, Grand King, and in June,
1862, Grand High Priest. In
religion, Mr. LAMB is of Baptist persuasion, having joined that church in
Indiana in 1850; on his removal to Iowa, he was dismissed by letter, and in
1854, with his wife, helped to organize the Baptist Church at Newton, in which
he has retained a membership ever since. In
person, Capt. LAMB is erect, of commanding presence, above the medium height,
with dark complexion, eyes and hair, and though now nearly 60 years of age,
enjoys vigorous health and bids fair for many years of useful life.
Has been the father of three boys, two of whom still live, having both
attained to man’s estate, and both member of the same Lodge and Chapter as
himself. Of these tow sons, the
oldest now lives in Chicago; the second is at home with his parents; the third
and youngest died in Newton, May 25, 1872, aged 22 years, a young man of more
than ordinary promise. Capt. LAMB
began as a poor boy, has worthily and well filled every station of life, and now
stands forth to encourage the youth of our country by showing how by steady
perseverance I doing earnestly the duty that lies nearest, and seeing to it that
no labor is spared to finish with zeal and thoroughness whatever is begun. LOY,
J.; Farmer; Sec. 34; P. O. Lynnville. LUDWICK,
N.; Farmer; Sec. 26; P. O. Lynnville. LUNT,
M. B.; Farmer; Sec. 36; P. O. Granville.
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