Henry W. Mohr

From the Badger state has come to us a citizen who believes in doing well whatever he undertakes. This fact is apparent when we view his well kept farm and learn something of his methods. We refer to Henry W. Mohr, of Timber Creek township, Marshall county, whose birth occurred in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, October 3, 1867. He is the son of Peter and Mary Ann (Fitzgerald) Mohr, the father born in Germany, December 8, 1811, and the latter in Nova Scotia in 1837. The elder Mohr served in the army in Germany and when a young man emigrated to the United States, locating in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, where he secured employment in a match factory, later working in a rope factory. He and his wife moved to Marshall county, Iowa, in the fall of 1869 and located on Church street, Marshalltown. After remaining there a short time, they located on a farm of eighty acres in Jefferson township. Selling out, he retired and moved to Marshalltown again, and here his death occurred in 1905 at the advanced age of ninety-four years. His wife died in 1904. They were the parents of eight children, seven of whom are living. Peter Mohr was a Democrat in politics and his wife was a member of the Catholic church. They were excellent people, highly respected by all who knew them.

Henry W. Mohr, of this review, was reared on the home farm and when a boy assisted with the general work about the place. He was educated in the public schools. He began farming for himself early in life and he is now the owner of a very desirable farm of one hundred and sixteen acres in this county. General farming and stock raising takes all his time, and he has a very comfortable income from both. Politically, he is a Democrat.

Mr. Mohr was married in 1894 to Amanda E. West, who was born in Marshall county. She is the daughter of John L. and Mary E. (Powers) West. The father came from North Carolina in 1862. The mother was the daughter of Thomas and Sallie (Scroggins) Powers. They came from Illinois in the fifties and spent the remainder of their lives here, the father dying on the farm he settled in Jefferson township.

To Mr. and Mrs. Mohr five children have been born, namely: Jane, deceased; Maud E., Vera, Ralph and Inez.

George R. Moore

One of Minerva township's successful and honored tillers of the soil, who has led a life that could be held up as an example for the younger generation of this locality is George R. Moore. He is one of the self-sacrificing, patriotic sons of the Union who did his full duty in its defense when its state sisterhood was threatened. He has also done his share in promoting the interests of the community in which he resides and is highly respected by all who know him.

Mr. Moore was born near Lisbon, Columbiana county, Ohio, July 10, 1835. He is the son of George and Phoebe (Betz) Moore, the father born in Ireland and the mother in Pennsylvania. He came to America as early as 1790 and in 1802 located in Columbiana county, Ohio, which was then a wilderness. He began life in typical pioneer fashion there, cutting the first trees to be felled in St. Clair township, having entered one hundred and sixty acres from the government. He was a hard worker and his rude log hut gave way to a more comfortable dwelling in due course of time and his rough fields to a productive farm, and there he continued to reside until his death and there his wife also spent her last years. He was active in political affairs, being first a Whig, later a Republican. His wife belonged to the Methodist church.

George R. Moore was reared on the home farm and educated in the home schools and he took up farming in his native community when a young man. On August 6, 1862, he enlisted in Company C. One Hundred and Fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served faithfully until the close of the war. Although he was in many of the hottest engagements and leading campaigns, he was never wounded, sick or taken prisoner. He was mustered out on June 30, 1865, and thirty days later found him in Marshall county, Iowa. He remained some time at the town of LeGrand and he was married near there on September 7, 1865, to Sarah J. McMillan, whose death occurred on March 7, 1909.

After his marriage, Mr. Moore, in March, 1866, moved to Minerva township, this county, and here he has since made his home, first buying eighty acres and on this he still lives. He has since added sixty acres. He came here when the country was new and he has lived to see the same develop into a thriving community. He has brought his place up to a high state of improvement and cultivation, and he has a pleasant dwelling and good outbuildings. He is widely known in the western part of the county and the eastern part of Story county as a breeder of fine Percheron horses, Short-horn cattle and Duroc-Jersey hogs.

The Moore family consists of the following children: Mary married W. P. Canfield of Owatonna, Iowa; Eli H. is a ranchman ner Rifle, Colorado; Byron B. is engaged in the lumber business at Larimore, North Dakota; Arthur E. lives near Glenwood Springs, Colorado, on a ranch; Virgil T. is now engaged in carrying the mail, his home being at Agra, Oklahoma; Ira is farming on the home place; Willis is engaged in the dray and livery business at Clemons, Iowa.

Politically, Mr. Moore is a Republican, and he has voted for every Republican presidential candidate since 1856. He has been active in local affairs, having been president of the school bord and road supervisor.

Union Moore

The gentleman whose name heads this paragraph is widely known in the southern part of Marshall county. He has lived here for over thirty years and has been prominently identified with the agricultural and general business interests of this community. His well directed efforts in the practical affairs of life, his capable management of his business interests and his sound judgment have brought to him prosperity and his life demonstrates what may be accomplished by any man of energy and ambition who is not afraid of work and has the perseverance to continue his labors in the face of any discouragements which may seem to arise. In all the relations of life he has commanded the respect and confidence of those with whom he has been brought into contact, and a biographical history of Marshall county would not be complete without a record of his career, which, notwithstanding the fact that it has not been spectacular in any way or especially out of the ordinary, has proved that Mr. Moore is a man of right ideals and principles and worthy of the trust of his fellow men.

Union Moore, of Jefferson township, was born in Noble county, Ohio, June 12, 1848. He is the son of Thomas and Harriet (Bartlett) Moore, the father, born in Ireland in 1811 and the mother in Noble county, Ohio, being of New England ancestry. The father was three years old when, in 1814, his parents brought him to America and settled in Noble county, Ohio, and there these families engaged in farming, that country being a wilderness and sparsely settled when they came there. Ten children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Moore, eight of whom grew to maturity. The elder Moore was first a Whig, then a Republican when the latter party was organized in lieu of the former, and he was very active in local politics. He was a member of the Brookfield Baptist church.