BALBACK, A., proprietor of Franklin House, between 10 th and 11 th sts.; born in Wurtemberg, Ger., in 1838; came to Keokuk in 1872; started present business in 1873. Married Miss Annie Vale in 1873; she was born in this county in 1854; they have one child—William, born in 1876. Members of the Lutheran Church ; Mr. B. is a member of the Druid's Society; in politics, Liboral.

BALDWIN, Theo. F., lumber.
BALES, Charles.
BALLINGER, M. A., attorney.
BALLINGER, William, attorney.
BANCROFT, W., physician.
BANKS, Henry, painter.
BARNISCONI, Lewis, saloon.
BARNEY, Lewis T., Supt. Barney's Vineyard.
BARR, W. J., clerk.
BARRETT, Jacob.
BARRETT, Wilson , prop. Barrett House.

BARTLET, H. D., grocer, 71 Johnson st., Keokuk; was born in St. Louis in 1824. On the 25 th of December, 1846, he married Miss Sarah Ann Hayden, a native of Bartholomew Co., Ind.; have three children living—Charlotte, now Mrs. George Hagney, of Hancock Co., Ill.; Martha Ellen, now Mrs. H. C. Lemming, of this city, and Fannie Gertrude. Mr. Bartlett was several years Marshal of this city; has been a resident of Iowa since 1833; he is an energetic business man, whose public spirit is ready at all times to advance the interests of any deserving enterprise, public or private.

BAUER, George, grocer.
BAWDEN, Benjamin, marble works.
BECK, John, stock-dealer.
BEDDENSTADT, J. A., gardener.
BEEDE, S. E., commercial traveler.

BELKNAP, William W., Gen., is the son of Gen. William G. Belknap, of the United States Army, who distinguished himself in the war of 1812, in the Florida war, and at Resaca and Buena Vista in the war with Mexico , and died in the service in 1851 in Texas . He was born at Newburg, New York , in 1829, and after attending the high school and academy there, and pursuing his studies in Florida , where his father was stationed, he entered Princeton College in 1846, and graduated in 1848. After studying law in Georgetown, D.C., and being admitted to the bar in Washington City, he went, in July, 1851, to Keokuk and commenced the practice of the law, shortly afterward forming a partnership with Hon. R. P. Lowe (who was soon after elected) District Judge, and later Governor and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the State), and brought his mother and two sisters there in 1852. He was a member of the Legislature from Lee County, in 1857, as a representative of the Democratic party; but, being a strong Douglas Democrat, and not uniting with the members of that party who favored what was known as the Lecompton Constitution of Kansas, which was an important and exciting question in the politics of the party, he joined the Republican party. He was appointed Major of the 15 th Iowa Vols., by Gov. Kirkwood, in 1861, of which regiment Gen. Hugh T. Reid was Colonel, and participated in that capacity in the battle of Shiloh , where he was wounded and had his horse shot under him. He remained in the army until the close of the war, rising gradually through the grades of Lieutenant Colonel and Colonel; was appointed Brigadier General of Volunteers, by President Lincoln, in 1864, on the recommendation of his Commanders, Gens. Blair and Sherman, and was brevetted Major General in 1865 for gallant and meritorious services during the war. Having, as Brigadier General of Volunteers commanded the 3d Brigade, 4rh Division, 17 th Army Corps (Blairs's ) of the army of the Tennessee (McPherson's); he was in numerous battles; among them, Shiloh, Corinth, the several battles near Atlanta, and the battle of Bentonville, N. C. He was engaged in the siege of Corinth , Vicksburg and of Atlanta , and commanded his Brigade (composed of the 11 th , 13 th , 15 th and 16 th Iowa Regiments), under Sherman in his march from Atlanta to the sea; thence to Goldsboro ', Raleigh and Washington. He was repeatedly mentioned for coolness and courage, and in the battle of Atlanta , July 22, 1864 , he took prisoner Col. Lampley, 45 th Alabama , by pulling him over the works by his coat collar. At the close of the war, he was appointed Collector of Internal Revenue for the 1 st District of Iowa. On the accession of Gen. Grant to the Presidency, he was offered the choice of either one of three important public positions in another State, and one at Washington, which he declined, and remained Collector of the 1 st District (comprising of counties of Lee, Des Moines, Louisa, Washington, Jefferson, Van Buren, Henry, and Davis), until October, 1869, when he was appointed Secretary of War by President Grant, and his many friends point to the records of that office for the proof of his faithful labors for a term of over six years. Prior to this appointment, he was selected as the orator for the Army of the Tennessee at the re-union of all the Western armies, at Crosby's Opera House, Chicago, Deceember, 1868, and delivered the address at the great Re-union of Iowa soldiers, at Des Moines, in September, 1870. After his resignation of the office of Secretary of War, articles of impeachment were presented against him, and, after a protracted and thorough trial, he was acquitted by the Senate. Gen. Belknap married, in 1854, Miss LeRoy, of Keokuk, the sister of Mrs. Hugh T. Reid, and their son, Hugh Reid Belknap, is now a student at Phillips Academy , Andover , Mass. His present wife, whom he married in 1873, formerly Miss Tomlinson, of Harrodsburg , Ky. , is the daughter of the late Dr. John Tomlinson, an able and famous physician of that locality. They have one child, a daughter, Alice Belknap. Since leaving the War Department Gen. Belknap has been engaged in legal practice; his residence is Keokuk, but his business before the Departments at Washington, a large part of which results from his employment as attorney by several Railroad Corporations, requires him to be absent from home during a portion of each yearr.

BENNETT, James A., produce.

BENSON, C. L., carpenter, contractor and builder; shop, corner 5 th and Johnson streets. Was born in Stowe , Vermont , where he remained until the breaking-out of the war, when he enlisted in a Vermont regiment and served until July, 1865; he came to Keokuk in 1866; married Miss Ella E. Ackley, in this city; have one child—Eldon L., Mr. Benson acts with the Republican party.

BENTON, Jacob, watchman.
BEPLER, Jacob, molder.

BERG, Martin, saloon-keeper, Fifth street , between Main and Blondeau; was born in Bavaria , Germany , in 1827; came to America in 1852, and to Keokuk in 1853, and has since been engaged in the hotel and saloon business. Married Miss Phebe Hiser in 1863; she was born in Ohio in 1843; they have five children—Lizzie, Albert, John, Amelia and Martin, Jr. Mr. B. is a member of the Druids and Turner Societies; the family belong to the German Presbyterian Church; Liberal.

BERMINGHAM, Thomas, grocer.
BERRY , Thomas, teamster.
BERRYHILL, John, Sr., carpenter.
BEVERENGER, Charles, brickmason.
BILLINGS, J. B. dry goods.
BILOFF, C., laborer.
BINDEL, Adam, traveling salesman.
BIRGE, C. P., wholesale grocer.
BISBEE, John M., wholesale grocer.
BISHOP, J. W., Supt. Iowa Coal Co.
BLACKBURN , D. W., conductor C., B. & Q. R.R.
BLAND, Austin , bill-poster.
BLAND, George, blacksmith.
BLOM, Nicholas, lye and soap factory.
BLOM, Wm., wholesale grocer.

BLOOD, H. B., passenger agent of the St. Louis, Keokuk & North-western Railway Co. Col. Blood was born in Charlton, Worcester Co., Mass. During the late rebellion, he entered the U.S. service as Assistant Q. M. of volunteers with the Army of the Potomas; in the winter of 1864, he was appointed Chief Quartermaster of the 25 th Army Corps; mustered out in November, 1865. He then engaged in the coal mining business in Pennsylvania ; continued in the mining business until 1875, two years of the time in Clay Co., Ind. ; the Colonel was connected with the construction of the Philadelphia & Baltimore Central Ry. In Pennsylvania ; he also superintended the construction of the road with which he is now connected from Hannibal to Louisiana, Mo.; came to Keokuk in 1876, and has held his present position since that time; he has been connected with railroad business more or less since 1858.

BLOSE, E. A., tailor.
BLIXT, H. A.
BODE, Charles, drayman.
BODE, Louis, clerk.
BOLTE, LOUIS, brushmaker.
BOOTH, E. C., foreman in porkhouse.
BOSTWICK, H. N., dry goods.

BOTTE, P., boots and shoes, Fourth street , bet. Main and Johnson, born in Germany , in 1841; came to Keokuk in 1874. Married Miss Mary Grienwald in 1871; she was born in Germany in 1848; they have three children—Paul, Elizabeth and August. In politics, Liveral.

BOWDEN, T., of the firm of T. Bowden & Son, dealers in wrought-iron, pipe, gas and steam fittings of every description, Third st., between Main and Johnson. Mr. Bowden was born in Derbyshire , England , in 1824, emigrated to Newport , Ky. , in 1849, thence to this city in 1849. He married in England , Miss Hannah Lee; they have four children—Joseph, who is engaged in business with his father, Sarah (now Mrs. Wm. Holt), Matilda (now Mrs. Chas. Zerr), and Hannah. Mr. Bowden is a Democrat. He built the Keokuk Gas Works, and was Superintendent of them for ten years. Residence, 720 Main st.

BOWER, B. B., retired.

BOWER, R. F., of the firm of R. F. Bower & Co., wholesale grocers, was born in Philadelphia , Penn. , Sept. 15, 1823 . In 1837, his parents removed with their family to Louisville , Ky. , where R. F. Bower was brought up and learned the drug business; in 1848, he went to Madison , Ind. , where he engaged in flouring-mill business until his mills were destroyed by fire in 1854. R. F. & F. Bower commenced business in Keokuk as wholesale grocers in 1856; F. Bower afterward died, and Mr. R. F. Bower carried on the business alone until July, 1865; he then admitted as partners J. Finigan and Alexander Collier; they were associated together until May 25, 1875, when Mr. Bower again assumed entire control of the business, July 1, 1876, he admitted Fontaine Alexander as a partner; their business is principally in Iowa, Missouri and Illinois; average annual sales, about $400,000. Mr. Bower is President of the Commercial Bank, President of the Keokuk Loan & Building Association, and also a Director of the Iowa State Insurance Co. To him more than to any other man, is the city indebted for the founding and success of the Keokuk Library Association, which, under his Presidency and fostering care, has outgrown all others of its kind in our State; has also been Treasurer of the city; his library of miscellaneous and Masonic books is one of the largest, most valuable and well-selected in the West. Mr. Bower was made a Mason in Union Lodge, No. 2, at Madison, Ind., in the fall of 1850, in which Lodge he served as Secretary for a number of years, on the 14 th of November of the same year, he was exalted in Madison Royal Arch Chapter, No. 1; in 1855, in Raper Encampment (as Commanderies at that day were desiguated), at Indianapolis, he was dubbed a Knight Templar, in which order he has since won high honors. Shortly after removing his residence to Iowa, he became a member of Hardin Lodge, No. 29, of Keokuk, in which he has ever since sustained a membership, and of which he has served as Senior Warden and Master; he became a member of Gate City Chapter in 1857 or 1858, and was elected its High Priest in 1868 and 1869; he received the order of High Priesthood in 1869, at Mr. Pleasant, and in the year 1873 was chosen Grand High Priest, and has served for two years, retiring from the position in 1875; in 1865, he passed the circle of Perfection in Parvin Council, No. 5, of Royal and Select Masters, at Keokuk, over which body he presided for a number of years; in the Grand Council he has been a steadfast worker for many years; in 1866, he was chosen Treasurer of that body, and has been annually re-elected until, at the last annual assembly (in 1875), he was elected Grand Master, which position he now holds; in 1874, he represented our Grand Chapter at the General Grand Chapter, at Nashville, where he was chosen General Grand King; in 1877, Deputy General Grand High Priest, which office he now fills; in his Grand Chapter and Grand Commandery, he holds the honorable position of Representative from several corresponding Grand Bodies, and St. John's Commandery, No. 4, of Philadelphia, whose semi-centennial anniversary he attended, elected him an honorary member Sept. 15, 1869; on the 20 th of August, 1868, by special dispensation, he received the Ancient and Accepted Rite, thirty-second degree, in Philadelphia Consistory, No. 1, and was created an honorary Sovereign Grand Inspector General, thirty-third degree, of the Southern Jurisdiction oat St. Louis, in September, 1868, and on the 18 th of September, 1868, was crowned an active thirty-third degree for Iowa; May 31, 1876, he was made a Knight of the Order of the Red Cross of Constantine, and on the 4 th of May, 1878, he received the degrees of the Royal Order of Scotland.

BOUD, E. L., clerk.
BOUDEWYNS, Frank, boiler-maker.
BOUDEWYNS, Joseph, collar-maker.
BOYLE, John, traveling salesman.
BRACKELSBURG, C., works in foundry.
BRANNAN, J. H., trader.

BRIDGES , Sam . G., Government contractor; came to Keokuk in the fall of 1858; engaged in the jewelry business here for a great many years; from 1868 to December, 1873, he was contractor for furnishing supplies to the United State Government in the West; in December, 1873, he received the contract from our Government to furnish headstones for the deceased Union soldiers; from that time to November, 1877, he erected over 256,000 headstones; he is still engaged in soldiers' monumental work. Mr. Bridges is a native of Newton , Mass. ; in 1853, he went to Boston , where he remained until he came to Keokuk.

BRIDGEMAN, Arthur, Gen., Secretary of the Keokuk & Des Moines Railroad Co.; born in Hampshire, Mass., July 6, 1808; came to Burlington in 1838; engaged in mercantile business there for six years; then removed to Fairfield, Iowa, where he resided until 1849; during his residence in Fairfield, he was for a time Register of the General Land Office, and also carried on mercantile business while there; in 1849, he came to Keokuk, and , until 1861, he was engaged in merchandising here; since then, he has given his entire attention to railroad business; for several years, General Manager and Secretary of the K. & D. M. R. R.

BRINKMAN, J. W., retired.
BROWN, Andy, Special Deputy U.S. Marshal.
BROWN, Jeremiah, painter.
BROWNE, Gibson, lawyer.
BROWN, William, salesman.
BROWNELL, Ed. R., Cashier Keokuk National Bank.
BROWNELL, William, retired.
BRUNAT, Ernst, wood engraver.

BUCK, Asaph, of the firm of Kellogg, Birge & Co., wholesale grocers; born in Switzerland Co., Ind.; came in Henry Co., Iowa, in the spring of 1846; lived there fifteen years, and one year in Van Buren Co.; in 1862, he came to Keokuk; he has been connected with the grocery business ever since; in 1865, he became connected with the firm he is now associated with as salesman; in 1872, he was admitted to partnership.

BUCK, A. G., proprietor of second-hand store, and dealer in miscellaneous goods, Main between Eighth and Ninth streets; was born in Patriot, Ind., in the year 1842; in 1848, his parents removed to Henry co., this State; thence to this county in 1863; in 1864, Mr. Buck enlisted in Co. C, 45 th I. V. I.; was honorably discharged. He married Miss Mary Holt, of this city; they have four children—Frank F., Walter R., Nellie and Amy.

BUCK, William C., traveling salesman.
BUEL, Hamden , hardware.
BURGESS, John, Methodist minister.

BURKE, James E., retired; born in Ireland; came to Ohio in 1836; in 1843, he removed to Wood Co., W. Va.; lived there until 1849, and , in May, 1849, he came to Keokuk, having visited this place and decided to locate here in April of the same year; in Ohio, he was engaged in the contracting business; the first seven years of his residence in Keokuk, he was engaged in mercantile business; he afterward engaged in steamboating, which he continued for about four years; he afterward returned to mercantile business, which he continued until 1865, since which time he has not been engaged in active business.

BURKE, John, soda water.
BURKETT & Co., wholesale notions.
BURNELL, Henry, cooper.
BURNELL, Henry, machinist.
BURNS, John. (See Biography on last page of Keokuk City .)
BURNS, Robert, carpenter.
BURNS, Thomas, retired.

BURT, B. C., U.S. Mail Agent, Burlington & Keokuk route, C., B. & Q. Ry.; Mr. Burt came to Harrison Tp., Lee Co., Iowa, Nov. 9, 1842; engaged in agricultural pursuits until he entered the U. S. Army in September, 1863; he was 1 st Lieutemant of Co. A, 60 th U.S. Colored Infantry, and had command of the company until he was mustered out, Nov. 4, 1865; he then returned to Harrison Tp., and was located at Primrose, until he came to Keokuk in 1870; at Primrose, he held the offices of Justice of the Peace, Constable, Postmaster, etc.; after leaving the army, he was appointed Postmaster at Primrose, and held that office until he came here; since 1870, he has held the position he now fills.

BUSH, George, bootmaker.
BUSH, Jacob, coppersmith.
BUSS, Diedrich, rooofer.
BUSS, G. H., roofer.
BUSS, John T., Roofer.

Graham, E. W., traveling salesman.

Graham, Thomas B., farmer.

Hardin, Andrew J., City Marshal; born near Macomb, McDonough Co., Ill., Feb. 10, 1844; came to Keokuk with his parents in 1851.   Enlisted in August, 1861, in Co. C, 3d I.V.C.; served three years; he was in all the battles participated in during that period.  Mr. Hardin was engaged in blacksmithing and wagon-making until 1871, when he was appointed on the police force; he was appointed soon after Deputy Marshal, and served in that capacity until he was elected Marshal in 1875; he has also been Chief Engineer of the Fire Department.

Hardin, Enos, proprietor Hardin House

Higgins, George T., Sheriff of Lee County; was born in Ohio Co., W. Va., in 1822; came to Keokuk in 1843; was elected Sheriff in 1875.  He married Elizabeth Fanning in 1847; shewas born in Canada; they have five children living - Margaret E., J. E., Rose, John and George.  Previous to his election to the office of Sheriff, Mr. H. was Chief Engineer of the Fire Department in this city a number of years; was also engaged in the grocery trade several years.  Mr. H. is a Democrat.

Ingersol, E. M., Dairyman.

Ingersoll, L. C., dentist.