BROSS, G.D.—Madison Twp—pg 951. Farmer and preacher, section 29, P.O. Brooklyn. Was born in New Jersey in 1817, where, after finishing his education, he engaged in farming, and, in 1835, was married to Miss Eliza Martin, of the same place, by which union they have two girls and four boys now living. Their oldest daughter died in Brooklyn in 1868. In 1855 Mr. B. and family came to this county and settled on the present site of Brooklyn, being the first white family of the town. He here kept a tavern nearly four years, then engaged in farming near Brooklyn till the spring of 1868, when he settled on his present farm of 240 acres, which is now under good cultivation. He is a member of the Baptist Church, and has spent the greater part of his life in preaching the gospel for the good of his fellow-man. He has filled the pulpit of the Baptist Church in Brooklyn some eighteen months, and has traveled a good deal in Poweshiek and Johnson counties.

BRUSH, T.P.—Madison Twp—pg 951-2. Farmer, section 3, P.O. Haven, Tama county. Was born in the State of New York, May 10, 1843. At the age of two years he moved with his parents to Wisconsin, where his father engaged in farming till 1851, when, with his family, he came to Winneshiek county, where out subject, after finishing his education, engaged in farming till 1878, when he located in Tama county for a few months, and in 1879 came to his present place, where he owns 270 acres, thirty of which are timber; there being a good residence site on his farm. Mr. B. was married, in Winneshiek county, April 4, 1863, to Miss Sarah Amanda Wray, of same county, and a native of Chenango county, New York, aged twenty-seven. She had two children by a former marriage: Alice F. (aged twenty-two; now the wife of H. Bures, of Boone, this State) and Nina R. (aged twenty; now the wife of George Stone, of Madison township). By this last union there are six children living: Aethra A. (aged sixteen), Charles E. (aged thirteen), Samuel E. (aged eleven), Amza G. (aged nine), Sarah Amanda (aged seven) and Ralph E. (aged three); also Ennina (deceased; aged twenty-one days).

CARPENTER, MELROSE—Madison Twp—pg 952. Farmer and stock-raiser, section 9, P.O. Brooklyn. Was born in the State of New York, March 9, 1828, where, after completing his education, he engaged in farming till 1851, when he came to Iowa and settled in Scott county. Here he farmed till 1854, when he came to this county and located where he now lives and owns 370 acres of improved land, well stocked. He was married, October 18, 1853, in Westport, New York, to Miss A. Wood, a native of the same county, aged sixteen, by whom he had three children: Wallace W. (aged twenty-five; married and lives in this county), Henry H. (aged sixteen) and Charles E. (aged thirteen). Mrs. Carpenter, after a few weeks’ illness, died February 27, 1880, leaving her family and a large circle of friends to mourn her loss.

COULSON, JABEZ—Madison Twp—pg 952. Farmer, section 15, P.O. Brooklyn. Born in Columbiana county, Ohio, July 16, 1836; attended school till fifteen years of age, and then commenced working in his father’s tannery, where he continued till 1851, when he came to Iowa and settled in Cedar county, engaging in farming till 1854, when he came to this county and resumed farming. In 1863 he bought and settled where he now lives, his farm consisting of forty acres of well improved land. Mr. C. was married, in the fall of 1854; in this county, to Miss Mary E. Boyl, by whom he has three children: Perry C.P. (aged nineteen), Nettie M. (aged seventeen) and H.C. (aged eleven).

DAVIDSON, MOSES—Madison Twp—pg 952. Farmer, section 17, P.O. Brooklyn. Was born in Beaver county, Pennsylvania, May 20, 1837, where he lived on a farm till 1855, when, with his parents, he came to Brooklyn, where his parents have died. August 12, 1862, Mr. D. enlisted in the Twenty-eighth Iowa, in which he served three years, having never enjoyed good health since his discharge. He was first married in August, 1869, in Marion, this State, by which marriage he had two children, one a boy the other a girl—the girl having died in 1874. His wife died May 26, 1874. Mr. D., for his second wife, married Miss Elizabeth Perry, of Saint Joseph, Missouri, August 22, 1875, by which union they have had one girl, now living, and two boys, both dead. Mr. D. now owns a well improved farm of 240 acres, which he bought in 1870. He has just completed one of the best two-story houses in the county, beautifully located and finished throughout, while his farm is well-stocked and evidences thrift and industry.

DOXSIE, JOHN—Madison Twp—pg 952-3. Farmer, section 10, P.O. Brooklyn. Was born in Upper Canada, April 7, 1835, where he received his education and lived till 1854, when, with his parents, he moved to Eaton county, Michigan, where they engaged in saw-milling till 1860. Our subject then commenced farming. In 1871 he came to Iowa and located where he now lives and owns a fine farm of 120 acres of improved land, well stocked. Mr. D. was married, July 1, 1860, in Eaton county, Michigan, to Miss Lucia S. Hough, of that county, aged twenty-two. They have four children: Jennie T. (aged nineteen), Pit McClelland (aged seventeen), Edna May (aged fourteen) and Florence C. (aged twelve years). Lost one child, Levira Amine (aged three years and seven months).

FRASER, DONALD—Madison Twp—pg 953. Farmer, section 26, P.O. Brooklyn. Was born October 20, 1831, in Scotland, where after finishing his education he engaged in landscape gardening until his twenty-first year, when he immigrated to the United States, and after working in Illinois at saw-milling and farming some years in 1856 he came to Iowa and engaged in farming, and in 1863 bought forty acres to which he added forty more and improved the same, and in the spring of 1880 sold his farm and bought his present farm of 125 acres, which is all under cultivation, having a splendid residence site surrounded by fruit and shade trees. He has held a number of positions of trust, giving general satisfaction. Mr. Fraser promptly answered to the call of his country in the hour of her need, and enlisted as a recruit in the Fourth Iowa cavalry, February 20, 1864, and served till the close of the war, being in sixteen engagements. He was married, September 22, 1859, in Sheridan township, Poweshiek county, to Miss Martha Jane Coulson, of same place, and from this union they have six children living: Catharine A. (aged twenty years), Sallie May (aged fourteen years), John S. (aged twelve years), Walter A. (aged ten years), Edna V. (aged eight years) and Rufus O. (aged six months). They have lost one, Harvey A.D. (died in 1857, aged three years and ten months).

GRAHAM, ROBERT—Madison Twp—pg 953-4. Farmer, section 10, P.O. Brooklyn. Was born in 1817, in Clearfield, Pennsylvania, where, after leaving school he engaged in farming, owning 120 acres of well improved land, and here, February 10, 1846, was married to Miss Sarah Kriner, a native of York county, Pennsylvania. From this union they have four boys and two girls living, and have buried two girls. In 1863 sold his farm in Pennsylvania and removed to Scott county, Iowa, where he farmed one year, then, in the spring of 1864, bought his present farm of 160 acres which is now well improved, and moved his family upon the same. Mr. Grahams’ son, H.K., at the age of fourteen years was caught by the tumbling-rod of a threshing machine, which broke both of his legs, and from them some pieces of bone were taken, one piece being over two inches long. He has entirely recovered and is now married and engaged in the grocery business in Brooklyn.

GREEN, P.S.—Madison Twp—pg 954. Farmer, section 17, P.O. Brooklyn. Was born March 18, 1821, in Oneida county, New York, where, after finishing his education, he engaged in teaching school and farming in various parts of the State till 1862, when he enlisted in the One Hundred and forty-seventh New York infantry, in which he served his country till the close of the war, participating in the battles of Chancellorsville, Gettysburg three days, and many minor engagements. After receiving his discharge he returned to New York, where he remained a few months, then moved to Bureau county, Illinois, where he engaged in farming till 1868, when he came to this county and continued to follow farming in different neighborhoods till the spring of 1880, when he settled upon his present farm of eighty acres, on which he has a new residence, situated upon an elevation commanding a fine view of the county for miles around. Mr. Green was married, March 25, 1852, in Oswego county, New York, to Miss Lovisa R. Wilcox, of that county. Seven children have been born to them: John Milton (died February 23, 1870, in his seventeenth year), George Franklin (aged twenty-six; married), Sarah E. (aged twenty-three years), Robert A.E. (aged twenty-one years), Alta L. (aged nineteen years), Nellie M. (aged fourteen years) and Abby K. (aged ten years).

HOWIE, JAMES—Madison Twp—pg 954. Farmer and carpenter, section 33, P.O. Brooklyn. Was born in Scotland, in 1825, where, after finishing his education, he learned the carpenter’s trade and worked at it till 1851, when he was married to Miss Jane Crone, then, in company with his young wife, immigrated to Chicago, where he resided three years, working at his trade. In 1854 he moved to Davenport, Iowa, where he lived twelve years, doing carpenter work, then moved to Long Grove, Scott county, Iowa. In 1866 and 1869 he bought 160 acres of wild land where he now lives, having all the modern improvements on his farm, including a fine residence commanding a good view of the surrounding country. Mr. Howie has the confidence and respect of the community in which he lives and has been repeatedly elected to offices of trust. Mr. and Mrs. Howie have three daughters, one of whom is married, and one son.

JONES, URIAH—Madison Twp—pg 954-5. Farmer and carpenter, section 10, P.O. Brooklyn. Was born in 1813, in Greene Co., Pennsylvania. He lived on a farm with his parents, and after receiving his education, at the age of nine years moved to Monongalia county, Virginia, where, in his seventeenth year he was married to Miss Mary Park, of the same place. He engaged in farming quite extensively till 1835, when he, with his family, moved to Indiana, where he learned the carpenter’s trade. In 1838 Mrs. Jones, after a lingering sickness and much suffering, departed this life. In 1839 Mr. Jones married, for his second wife, Elizabeth Boyd, of Clinton county, Indiana, and in 1852 moved to Linn county, Iowa, where he remained till 1855, when he settled on his present farm, to which he has since added eighty acres, making in all 200 of well improved land with modern improvements. Mr. Jones is the father of four children by the first marriage, all now dead, one of the number being killed in a well. By his second marriage he has had twelve children, two girls and ten boys; two of the boys have since died. Nine of the living children are married; the youngest, who is twenty years old, lives in the far West. Mr. Jones is the oldest resident man in the township, there being but two men here when he came, who have since moved away. He used to go to Cedar Rapids to mill; was the first to petition to organize the township, since which time he has held all the township offices, and in 1875 received the nomination on the Democratic ticket for Representative, being defeated by a small majority.

JONES, J.W.—Madison Twp—pg 955. Farmer, section 19, P.O. Brooklyn. Was born March 3, 1840, in Indiana, where he received his education, and in 1851, in company with his parents, moved to Peoria county, Illinois, where he resided one year, when he moved to Linn county, Iowa, with parents, engaging in farming, and in 1861 commenced attending school in Grinnell. While here enlisted in Captain Parkell’s company, and at Mt. Pleasant was assigned to the Fourth Iowa cavalry, company E, in which he served till August 25, 1865. December 5, 1865, was married to Miss Ella B., youngest daughter of Jacob and Frances Harmon, of Sheridan township, Poweshiek county. They had three boys, one since deceased, and in 1871 Mrs. Jones died at Mr. Jones’ present home, which he had bought while in the army, to which he has since added, making a fine farm of 180 acres of well improved land. Mr. Jones is now living with his second wife. From his union they have one girl and two boys living, and one boy deceased. He has held nearly all of the township offices.

JUDD, D.E.—Madison Twp—pg 955-6. Farmer and stock-raiser, section 25, P.O. Brooklyn. Was born March 2, 1855, in Bureau county, Illinois, where, after finishing his education, he engaged in farming and continued the same until 1876, when he came to Iowa and engaged extensively in farming and stock-raising where he now lives, on his father’s farm of 1,122 acres, nearly all of which is in a good state of cultivation, and well stocked, having some seventy-five head of good graded cattle on the place. Mr. Judd was married, March 8, 1877, in Princeton, Illinois, to Miss Alice E. Bubach, a resident and a native of Illinois, and from this union they have one daughter, Florence, (aged three years).

KENT, JOSEPH—Madison Twp—pg 956. Farmer, section 23, P.O. Brooklyn. Was born in Putnam Co., Indiana, in 1830. There, after finishing his education, he engaged in tilling the soil till 1854, when he came to Iowa and settled in this township, where he now lives and owns 136 acres of good land, a part of the same being timber land, having a good house on his farm. Mr. Kent was married, the fall of 1853, in Montezuma, to Miss Eliza J. Enochs, of this county, and a native of Ohio (aged sixteen). They have four children: Bailey (aged twenty-six), Lavinia (aged twenty-three), Joseph E. (aged eighteen) and Anna M. (aged twelve years). Mrs. Eliza Kent is one of the earliest settlers in this township.

LANG, G.J.—Madison Twp—pg 956. Farmer, section 30 P.O. Brooklyn. Was born September 23, 1847, in Venango county, Pennsylvania, and in 1851 he came with his parents to Scott county, Iowa, where he received his education, and engaged in farming until 1874, when he moved to this county and located where he now lives and owns 160 acres of choice land, the same being in a good state of cultivation, and having an abundance of fruit adjoining his fine residence. Mr. L. was married, in Scott county, Iowa, in January, 1874, to Miss Amanda Berkey, a resident of that county, and a native of Ohio. From this union they now have three children: John Franklin (aged five years), Alice (aged three years), Flora (aged one year).

LANG, WM. T.—Madison Twp—pg 956. Farmer, section 30, P.O. Brooklyn. Was born March 4, 1849, Venango county, Pennsylvania, and when two years old accompanied his parents to Scott county, Iowa, where they settled on a farm, and after receiving his education, engaged in farming till 1874, when he came to this county and settled upon his present fine farm of 160 acres of well improved land on which he has a good house upon an elevation commanding a good view of the surrounding country. Mr. L. was married, December 21, 1877, in this county, to Miss Jennie Howie, a resident of this township, and from this union they have one daughter, Annie (aged sixteen months).

LAWRENCE, H.W.—Madison Twp—pg 956-7. Farmer and veterinary surgeon, section 4, P.O. Haven, Tama county, Iowa. Was born September 4, 1830, in Greene county, New York, where, after receiving his education, he engaged in farming till 1855, when he moved to Wisconsin, and there continued to farm till 1863, when he moved to Iowa and settled in Winneshiek county, and again engaged in farming until 1867, when he moved to Tama county and engaged in farming for two years; then came to his county and located where he now lives and owns ninety-seven acres of well improved land. Mr. L. was married, in February, 1855, in Greene county, New York, to Miss Mary A. Jones, a resident and native of the same State (aged sixteen years). They have three children: Helen (aged twenty-four; now the wife of Frank Flint of Tama county, Iowa), Robert W. (aged twenty), Albert N. (aged thirteen).

LEONARD, JOSHUA—Madison Twp—pg 957. Farmer and stock-raiser, section 22, P.O. Brooklyn. Was born January 6, 1833, in Ohio, where he received his education, and at the age of seventeen went to Cass county, Illinois, where he commenced farming, and there continued the same till the spring of 1852, when he moved to Muscatine county, Iowa, where he again engaged in farming till 1865, when he came to this county, where he now resides and owns a farm of 379 acres of well improved land, having on the same a large three story residence, beautifully located and surrounded by fruit and shade trees. Mr. L. is a man of thorough business qualifications and honored and respected by his many friends, neighbors and brothers in the M.E. Church, of which he is an active and generous member, always ready to help that glorious cause. He contributed $500 toward paying for their church lately built. He has been County Supervisor three times. Was married in Muscatine county, Iowa, December 12, 1858, to Miss Ellen H. Adz (aged twenty-three). By this union they have six children: Charles W. (aged twenty-one), Mina J. (aged nineteen), Oliver H. (aged seventeen), Alice C. (aged sixteen) Edward C. (aged thirteen), Nora May (aged seven).

LEWIS, JOHN—Madison Twp—pg 957. Farmer, section 27, P.O. Brooklyn. Was born in 1846 in Montgomery county, New York, where he resided, receiving his education and following farming for a living till 1869, when he was married to Sarah A. Stokes of the same place, and came west to Scott county, Iowa, there engaging in farming till March, 1880, when he bought his present fine farm of eighty acres, and to which he moved his family. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis have two daughters: Cora E., and Gertie, aged nine and six, respectively. Mr. L. has as fine a residence location as there is in the county, and is a very genial, highly respected citizen of the county.

McCALL, GEORGE—Madison Twp—pg 957-8. Farmer, section 5, P.O. Brooklyn. Was born July 20, 1834, in Lawrence county, Ohio, and after quitting school he engaged in farming in various places in the State till 1849, when, in company with his mother and grandparents, he moved to Peoria county, Illinois, and there farmed till 1854. He learned the harness-maker’s trade, and worked at the same until 1857, then came to Iowa and located where he now lives and owns 226 acres of well improved and stocked land. Mr. McCall is one of the pioneers of this county, and being an active, public spirited citizen, has held many positions of trust in this township, he being the present justice. He enlisted in the Tenth Iowa infantry at Toledo, Tama county, Iowa, and served his country three years, being in battles of Corinth, Mission Ridge and Iuka, Mississippi, also many minor engagements. He was married, October 7, 1855, in Peoria county, Illinois, to Miss Sarah A., daughter of Jacob and Martha Cramer of that county. They have four children: Martha E., (aged twenty-one; now the wife of A.A. Edgington, of Black Hawk county, Iowa), Fred S. (aged fourteen), Albert D. (aged eleven), Emma J. (nine years old), and buried Charles Edgar (June 15, 1857, aged ten months).

MAYER, DANIEL—Madison Twp—pg 958. Farmer, section 24, P.O. Brooklyn. Was born in Pennsylvania, in 1819, and lived on a farm with his parents, who were native of the same State, till 1844, when he was married to Mary Wary of same place. The spring of 1845 Mr. M. and wife moved to Cedar county, Iowa, where he entered 120 acres of land and engaged in improving of same till 1854, when he sold his place and settled on his present farm of 233 acres, having one of the best orchards of five acres in the county. Two girls and five boys have been born to them. One of the boys died in 1859. The eldest daughter is now the wife of W.B. Kent of same township; eldest son at home; second son married and lives in this township. Mr. M. is now school treasurer, this being his twelfth term. Has been justice of the peace six years, and has held a number of other positions of trust. Mrs. Mayers, after many well spent and useful years of life, died May 17, 1875, and was buried in the Kent Cemetery near her former residence.

RAZEY, ALEXANDER—Madison Twp—pg 958. Farmer, section 14, P.O. Brooklyn. Was born in Essex county, New York, December 5, 1837, where, after finishing his education, he engaged in farming till 1855, then went to Wisconsin engaging in farming, and in the pineries till 1868, when he came to Iowa and settled where he now lives and owns one hundred and forty-nine acres of farm and timberland. Mr. Razey was married in Wisconsin in the fall of 1863, to Miss Hannah M. Lewis, a resident of Iowa, and a native of New York, aged twenty years. They have six children: Edit M. (aged fifteen), Ella M. (aged fourteen), Asahel J. (aged eight), Francis B. (aged four), Fannie (aged three), Samuel A. (aged five months). And in the fall of 1877 they buried Ada A. (aged two years).

ROGERS, AMOS—Madison Twp—pg 958-9. Section 27, P.O. Brooklyn. Was born in 1831 in New York, and after finishing his education, at the age of fifteen moved with his parent to Bureau county, Illinois, where he engaged in farming till 1854, when he was married to Catharine Fraser of same county, who is a native of Scotland. With his young wife he moved to where he now lives and owns one hundred and twenty acres of well-improved land, having a very good orchard on the farm of some three hundred trees; also has a large number of choice hogs on the place. Mr. and Mrs. Rogers have two boys and two girls, one of whom is now the wife of James B. McCosh of the same township. Mr. Rogers has had the confidence of his neighbors; since living here has been school director eight years, township trustee ten years and road supervisor six years.

SCOTT, W.Z.—Madison Twp—pg 959. Farmer, section 19, P.O. Brooklyn. Was born in New Brunswick, in 1851, his father being a native of Missouri, and his mother a native of Nova Scotia. When three months old young Scott accompanied his parents to Bureau county, Illinois, where he began life as a farmer boy and remained there on a farm till 1869, when he, with parents, moved to Poweshiek county, and settled on three hundred and seventy acres of new land his father then bought, and which is now all improved. The subject of this sketch, in 1878, bought one hundred and sixty acres in Carroll county, Iowa. He was married, in 1873, in Malcom, to Miss Annie Decker of Bear Creek township, and from this union they have four girls: Maud M. (aged six years), Grace W. (aged five years), Effa Blanche (aged three years), Olive B. (aged one year).

SHADBOLT, ELLIOTT—Madison Twp—pg 959. Farmer and stock-raiser, section 30, P.O. Brooklyn. Was born March 15, 1843, in Lapeer county, Michigan, where he attended school till eight years old, then went with his parents to New York State, where he lived three years. In 1854 moved to Fon du Lac county, Wisconsin, where he lived on a farm till 1859, when he left home and went to Washington county, Missouri, remaining there a few months, then went to Scott county, Iowa, in 1860, where he attended school and engaged in farming till the spring of 1861, when he went to Wisconsin and enlisted in the Fifth Wisconsin infantry, serving in the same three years, being in the battles of Williamsburg, Antietam, Fredricksburg, Gettysburg, Rappahannock Station, where he received a flesh wound in the leg November 7, 1862, from which he was laid up till March, 1863, then joined the regiment and was in the battles of the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor, and many minor engagements. After being discharged he returned to Wisconsin, then to Scott county where he engaged in farming till 1873, then bought and settled where he now lives and owns one hundred and sixty acres of well-improved land with good house and barns on the same; also has the place well stocked with good graded stock. He was married, May 14, 1873, in Davenport, to Miss Isabelle M. Brownlie of Scott county, who was born there September 17, 1848. They have one son, Alexander (born May 3, 1875).

SHAVER, P.J.—Madison Twp—pg 960. Farmer, section 9, P.O. Brooklyn. Was born January 1, 1839, in Ohio, where he lived the life of a farmer boy till 1850, when with his parents he came to Iowa and settled in Mahaska county, where he engaged in farming and working at the carpenter’s trade till 1874, when he came to this county and settled where he now lives and owns forty acres of well-improved land, with a beautiful residence site on the same. Mr. Shaver was married in the fall of 1867, in Mahaska county, To Miss Mary Loughridge of same county, and a native of Ohio, in the twenty-seventh year of her age. They have five children: Flora A. (aged twelve years), Estla K. (aged eleven years), Leander A. (aged nine years), Cora A. (aged three years) and Lizzie May (aged five months).

SPAULDIN, LEONARD—Madison Twp—pg 960. Farmer, section 6, P.O. Tama City. Was born in Summerset county, Missouri, in 1830, where, after finishing his education, he engaged in farming till 1866, when he came to Poweshiek county and bought two hundred and forty acres for $5.25 per acres, to which he has added two hundred and forty acres, making in all four hundred and eighty acres of as good land as there is in the county, which is all under good cultivation. In 1877 Mr. Spauldin lost his crib and contents by fire. He has the respect and good will of the entire community in which he lives, being a kind and loving husband and father. Has been twice married; in April, 1862, he married, for his first wife, Miss Julia Brown of Piscataquis county, Maine; from this union they had one daughter who died when eleven days old. Mrs. Spauldin died February 8, 1864, in her thirtieth year. May 28, 1865, Mr. Spauldin married, for his second wife Miss Martha Read a native of Pennsylvania, of German descent, and from this union they have four children, three girls and one boy; all at home.

SPRAGUE, J.W.—Madison Twp—pg 960-1. Farmer and stock-raiser, section 2, P.O. Chelsea, Tama county, Iowa. Was born March 8, 1817, in Providence, Rhode Island, where after quitting school he worked in N.W. Sprague’s paint works until 1833, when he moved to Ohio, there engaging as clerk for some months in a grocery store. He learned the printer’s trade in Marion, Ohio, and worked at it till 1836, when he moved to Dixon, Illinois, there remaining a short time, then to Ogle county, Illinois, and engaged in farming till 1854, when he came to Iowa and settled in this county, where he now lives and owns 215 acres all in a good state of cultivation except a few acres which are timber land. He has a good house, barn, orchard and many modern improvements on the same. He has been called upon to fill many positions of trust, which he did with credit to himself and satisfaction to his neighbors. Mr. Sprague has been twice married; first, in 1840, to Miss Elizabeth Smith, of Williams county, Ohio. The result of this union is ten children: William Henry, Albert G. (both died when young), Adaline )now the wife of Henry Frost, of California), William H. (now married), Hannah Jane (now the wife of Alonzo Clark, of Nebraska), Albert G., Eunice D., John W., May and Thomas. Mrs. Sprague died May 12, 1861, leaving a large family and many friends to mourn her loss. Mr. Sprague, for his second wife, married in this county, Mrs. Angeline Sawyer, of Lee county, Illinois, on September 12, 1865. From this union they have three children: Charles D. (aged thirteen), Ruby A. (aged ten), Jessie A. (age seven).

WEBER, JACOB—Madison Twp—pg 961. Farmer and stock-raiser, section 6, P.O. Tama City. Was born in Germany, in 1830, where he resided until 1850, when he came to the United States, and after working in New York, Milwaukee, and Illinois in various occupations, was married in La Porte county, Indiana, in 1857, to Miss Shodel; then removed to Illinois, where he engaged in farming for twelve years; then in 1869 bought 160 acres where he now lives; also owns in Poweshiek and Tama counties fine, well-improved farms containing in all 880 acres. Mr. Weber has a large well arranged house, beautifully located, commanding a fine view of the surround country, surrounded by a good orchard and a large grove of forest trees; he has some five miles of the best hedge fence in the State. Mr. Weber has four daughters and one son. His wife died March 27, 1879, aged forty-two years. Mr. Weber is now worth at least $45,000, all of which he has accumulated within twenty-two years, in which time he has lost some stock. Was drafted to serve in the United States army which cost him $700 for a substitute.