Portrait and biographical record of Johnson, Poweshiek and Iowa counties, Iowa.
Father of the sketch's subject.
Ex-Mayor and ex-member of the School Board of Kellogg, Jasper County, Iowa.
About 72 years old at time of writing (birth year ~1821 estimated).
Raised a company during the Mexican War and was commissioned Captain.
Earlier Captain of a company of home guards, disbanded 1861.
In Ohio was an exhorter in the United Brethren Church.
After coming to Iowa was ordained a minister and traveled a circuit.
Trustee of Western College, Toledo, Iowa.
Ardent Republican and ante-bellum Abolitionist, member of the Underground Railway.
Self-made man.
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