1875 A. T. Andreas Atlas
1880 Dubuque County History
Honorable William B. Allison
Eugene Anderson
Sanford A. Atherton
Honorable Isaac W. Baldwin
Dickson Beatty
F. E. Behrens
Henry Bockenstedt
John Bomacke
General Caleb Hoskins Booth
Nicholas Bray, M. D.
William Bray, M. D.
Edward Brown
John D. Bush
Edward Butler
Cascade Biographies
Dr. Rodolphus Clark
Bernhard Claus, Jr.
Frank W. Coates
Honorable Dennis Nelson Cooley
Reverend Mark Cooney
Hugh Corrance
Patrick F. Cunningham
Mell H. Cushing
Peter Dawson
John Driscoll
Charles Henry Eighmey
Jesse P. Farley
George Fengler
Mrs. Catherine Fries
Albert Gasser
Henry Gehrig
A. P. Gibbs
Theodor Goerdt
John R. Goldthorp
Honorable Julius Graves
Charles H. Gregoire
Ezra Gregory
Daniel Hallahan
Nicholas Hansen
Honorable Thomas Hardie
Henry Henkels
Rev. James Hill
Nancy R. Hill, M. D.
Asa Horr, M. D.
James Howie
Edward R. Jackson, M. D.
Francis Jaeger
Henry J. Jecklin
Reverend Clement Johannes
Evan E. Jones
General George Wallace Jones
John Kantlehner
Joseph K. Kaufmann
James Kelly
John Kleinschmidt
F. H. Klostermann
A. R. Knight
Honorable Frederick M. Knoll
Paul Lattner
Honorable Wendelin Lattner
Thomas Lochner
Christian Loetscher
Norton J. Loomis
Delos E. Lyon
J. E. Maguire, M. D.
W. A. Manhart
George Marshall
M. H. Martin
Honorable James McCann
Benjamin McCluer, M. D.
Susan Ann McCraney
A. S. McDermott
James and Martha McGee
James McGrath
M. F. McNamara
Jacob Michel
Charles Miller
Adam Mink
George Mollart
William J. Morgans
James Mullin
Dorrance Dixon Myers
Nicholas P. Nicks
Frederick R. Nitzsche, M. D.
J. J. E. Norman
Honorable Peter Olinger
Bernard J. O'Neill
John P. Page
Frank Paley
John Palmer
Rev. Frederick William Pape
Thomas Phillips
Joseph Platz
Andrew Rahe
Honorable James Rowan
Reverend Roger Ryan
George Salot
Colonel C. J. W. Saunders
John Sauser, Jr.
Joseph Schemmel
George Schmitt
Short Biographies
Joseph Simones
John F. Sloan
Charles F. Smyth
Johanna (Baker) Specht
Ralph Spensley
Daniel Stallard
J. Peter Stendebach
Honorable William W. Stewart
Oren Stuart, M. D.
James Sweeney
John Tibey
Paul Traut
Matthew Tschirgi
Hon. Christian Anton Voelker
Chester H. Walker
William Watson, M. D.
F. W. Wieland
Louis Witter
Jacob Zollicoffer

DISCLAIMER:

You are free to use the information found on Dubuque Genealogy for research purposes. It is not for resale.

Dubuque Genealogy Coordinator

HOME

Logo by Ginger Cisewski

CHARLES F. SMYTH, a prominent business man and enterprising citizen of Bernard, is at present extensively engaged in buying and selling grain, and is also the proprietor of a hardware and farming implement store, which he conducts with success and profit. He is of Irish descent, and is the son of John and Margaret (Henry) Smyth. The father was born in County Down, Ireland, in 1819. When thirteen years of age he came to this country with his parents and settled in Bangor, Me. A few years later he embarked in the mercantile business in that city, carrying a line of general merchandise, dry goods, boots, shoes, groceries, etc. He followed this occupation for ten years,and at the expiration of that time sold out and came to Iowa, settling in Prairie Creek Township, Dubuque County. Here
he bought one hundred and forty acres of wild, uncultivated land, and immediately set about clearing and improving it. He built a good house and barn, which he furnished comfortably, and within two years he had a nice little home to which he brought his bride in 1844. He married Miss Margaret Henry, a native of Dubuque County, and to them were born thirteen children, nine of whom are living: Henry, John, Anna, George, Charles, Katie,Celia, Frank and Albert. They all received a good common-school education, and Katie is a graduate of Lyons College. She has been a teacher in the public schools of Iowa for six years, giving good satisfaction, and is an excellent instructor.

John F. Smyth was a hard working man, industrious and saving. Having been taught in his youth the necessity of taking care of the pennies, he lived a frugal but comfortable life, and at the time of his death he had accumulated a large share of this world's goods and left his family well provided for. He passed peacefully away November 24, 1886, leaving a large circle of sincere friends a loving companion and several children to mourn his loss. His good wife still survives him, and is living on the old homestead.

Our subject was born May 8, 1859, in this township; he spent his boyhood days in the old home on the farm, attending the public school, helping in seed-time and harvest, and enjoying the free and happy life of a farmer until in the fall of 1890, when he went into business for himself at Bernard. Being a man of good business ability, genial and social, he has made many warm friends and built up a trade of which any one might well be proud. He also owns one hundred acres of land in Prairie Creek Township, well improved and all in grass. Mr. Smyth is erecting at the present time a large new building, which he will use for hardware and light machinery.

September 7,1891, Mr. Smyth was united in marriage with Miss Sabina, daughter of Michael Cox a retired farmer of Dubuque County. She was born January 15, 1873. Mr. and Mrs. Smyth are the parents of two interesting children, Mary, born August 20, 1892, and Geneva, born February 21, 1894. Our subject is a Democrat in his political views, taking an active part in all the councils of that party. He, with his excellent wife, is a member of the Catholic Church, and occupies a high position in the social circle. Mr. Smyth has been a member of the School Board, and has
occupied that position for four years.