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·was a complete ovatlon. At RU o·~r. ly hour 1[nln street ·wns nln1ost a compJc~o binzc o( bonfires. Tar, .tur­pen tin c. rcstn auu ltun ber :were in good dernand. Tho priuciplo bns~ iricss : ·honscs and ronny · d wel1ings 'vcro brill :an tly ill nm1nn.tccl. The

--- _people, "·ithou~ . regard to age, sex or p·arty ~ as3ctnbled en .?J~asse on tho pu "blic squaro: l!obert ·a rant wns called to the chnir, and tho happy crowd 'vas addressed 9y Messrs. Thomas l.~ pdografr, E. R. Barron, llon. ·uooro-e L . . Da.ss, Ilon. M. O,Bricn an~ others. Stron, ... resol~­tions wero adopted} pledging tho county for ·a larger maJority for the so!dier"s c·nndidate for Governor~

( Colonel Samuel Mer:ri11, than ·waa cver .bcfore giv~n ]n Cla1ton county. ])emocrats vied Wlth R(lpnblicans tn ncknowledgin~the compliment paid portion of tlle State, and endorBing lhc nomineo, ColonerMerriJL The nomin~tion was earnestly, enthusins­ticaily ratified an·d the meeting nd· jonrned·at ·a l~te Lour, tLe very best of feeling prevail~n~. .

I(orL A. J. Withrow, of Henry Co.; recer .. tiy roported sick Wtth trich .. ina from estin~ h'.lm, has s~nco died.

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cently in Mari(l.n coun tyl while bath­ing. her ··body was recove.red in ten min~tes, but life was extin.ct.

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·y ltl'fLn tuc mo~t Rgrccntllc emotwns -- ... --·-o --- ---·- --~-- -- ---· .. n···--·~· .. - -- not. al:ow ot these Jnxn:-tt;,,. it.,

1\ l !~fa ctio:J. ?\igLt dipped dowu npou were dean and uc:·ttly drvs:)Ct~

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:'t!!rs cr.mc out a:1d were reflecte!l 0:1 liON· A. J. 'VlTliUOW \ I Rcll' iu th:! n:l1gious cuiture ol

'cE~!:c\l surface of the smooth wntcrn. H becomes onr painful <.lnty to a1mouncc I ctetw imJocent~. Tlmy ltaY

~· tt>r, lw\ven~r, reganllc:-s t:[ stan; j' to our readers the death of lion A. .J · 1 every S!lhbatlt . }Juring 1

~h~1 n.ll~:;s pushed on. propclktl by the \Vithro\\·, of Salem, Henry county. He wmHh~, more than tbrcr. four ' ;·:~ n::cr·.c;si ty .. ii1 the : hs:~~n of n. w- patiRCI 1 :m·n.y to the spiriL-l11.nd nt 10 o'clock l hn vc ueen conrcrtctl an <.I hu. vc

~ ~•g; ·.rJ:'-'d ~t th<' rcnr tml of tlw uoat. P . .JL, on the 7th in~l? Of the decnscd, i clturc!J. They have tlwir pra) !'lc·;<::l e 'clork ·we ~!1 !'dircu to our , ·we may Sfiy, in life he wa~ natures noule- 1 r.r RtJca ldng rncctiugs. The c !.: re:c:.-~s to :;~el'p o;:r minds in lU!t.e, l me.u; in tleatl.J. ll.c >vu.s lllournetl as the l a!;t!tl !hnn five up to sixteen ;~ Y::~s our fortune to be plnce<l in the good _cnn only be gricYed for. U.c \v~s R 1 Rnm u~) the wh~l\! matter, tl.

·::·lw:·!J, _ Beneath us wus n. !'!lOring prommcnt and Ul;cful me!nlwr 0f soctcty, i Honw lB elll}Jltnttcally u1w oft it1t; be;~culh him A.gr.Lin, \YI!..S the the cll.urdt au~~ tlle o.ge in . whir·h he_ lived. ,' latcd bourJing 1-lChoolH we c ,j.;i1~g vi the machinery; t'l.vr;:<:;-e inches In 18li0 he reprt:sentcd tlnH county 111 the school thut f:.!eds, clt'll!e~, unc .-c om head \';:1·-; the ;:oof; a.r ~)unl1, tbe , Lower ROUtie of tiw 1~egiHlu.LU1'8 , \Vllic:h I homeless, for li1L! here ;\ud lil'e 'sr::> !10L c.s "hl~ z:: r!. \' ~nd <..\f CiiUl'::!~ \VC! position llc filled with honor to ltimseifj Yc~ tlJi:; lrume !tns teen slant' ~:.i liot ~l\.:cp. At u 1Ji·: (1t\i':n 0f 'Tncs-! aud his constituents. He also f<l'rvcd with 1 fu!ll<:Ll by tl;e c~htn1 ni<.:s of the

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rlist inction fiH_ Lit·utennnL u.rH1 flC'tii~g qn:H- dl:JJHlCr!Wy or luwa tu SllGL f\1

.. ;r!, ~r.c.l \','('Tf~ t;Jd 1Jy Mr. n. C. f'ul - . ter-~~ot€:r ()~ tl!~• 20th Iowa Infantry.- lllllllY Rllpposc it ill llOt. what i uf tlw Y. ?JI. C:. A>J~ol:iu.t ion e.ud f;acort~ iN r; rer was there an oiliccr 'in the army Visit the Home. Uo, as we d to ll!•:i,; cumf0r~alil~ mid we~l furnish- I who more faithfully tliscLargcd his duttrs; a.re uulooke<.l for, and if you

I ·ot;ms on Second Ft.n:r·!, 'rLc:re we found ; nHer was their one more highly <'stPemeJ n nd pn•judiccR1 unlct.'t; you nr .<.: a nuruucr of pr:1 buLS uH.::-ernblcd for ' by ~.is comradH in arms. lit! \\ ab a !rne heat!, you '.'.'ill n~tum moro t1 ::er. After a ~<;u .. o:J of dr·votion were- soldiP.r, a pt:rfcct gentleman, nnd a. wnrw- ed that it ia nn institut iou cnti rd tlle lwtcl nnd IJ&:-too.k of a -rery c hf!art(;d patri<?t. llis hcaltlJ fu.ilcd and lw sympn.tlly, puyerR and pntro bn:likf~Et. This on~r, our entire par- I wr:u~ compf:!ler1 to resign. lie uever ClJ- 1 my of the Republic, " loyal til

·:...;itcd the Orplum's HcJrue, of whirh \ tir<:ly n~cov(;r(:cL DiBt!asc, contracted in I Plea~unt and Ill'nry <'ounty F.pe~k in another article. !n the I battling fr~r Lis co~lD!rY: finally carric<.lllim l lowa, vt:c;llL we :.:uL to do :::c<J.

niug we retlii'ued to tho city ::.rld '.":'ere \ ofi T!ti~; i!-5 ~an(lthf"!r among the many no- : for these Orph&ns? Their f !7ned our lodging places. Hcv. Wil- ble hero•..:s wh0 did for the honor of tllc fuEcn thnt ot~r liberties and ;'> ancl oursolf were placed in a board· "starry flag" whic:h now wayca in triumph migllt remain to us and our c

·house en Brady Street, where we over a living Republic . we not owe thcru more thur

·took or tlla hospitalities of a very kind j .Mr. \Yithrow, for many years was a gratitude? Then children m

i!!y. I consisten~, living, actL'1g member of the to care for. Humn.nity, jus i'he S. School Convention was large, \ M. E. Church. He was al~;o u prominent religion, God-all, speak to r(! being over three hundred delegates member of the Masons fl.nd Odd Fcl- voice and eloquence, tha1 :sent. To fiUID up the doings of the lo'\YS. He lee.;c~::. wif~ sud three little to move every heart; tn cnrc f< :!";"C!!~~-:n, it conRktl)n in suggestions, t chi~dren to embalm his tomb with their j orphans!

!cches, debates, &c.1 on the best manner I falling tears. His dcatl.J. as his life was a -=~=========~== condncting Sabb~th Schoo~ ~o as ~o l t~iu~p~: When grappling witlJ the mon- THE RAILROA

est secure the glory of God and tlle 1 s~m: m tne last deadly conflict, he oxcl~im~ At the meeting of the Direc ration of souls." We have atteuded ed: "I know in whom I heve believed:" I . N. C. R. H., held in iowa ;iia.r conventious in other ststes, end "Thanks be to God that giveth us the vic· 6th inst&nt, P. A. Dey, chief 1

mpn.ratively Epeaking, consider this one tory, through our Lord Jeaus Christ."- pnrtcd the surrey completed : a , 9.t measure, ~ f~ilure. We acc()unt , These, and many other similar expressions of road located. He thouglj : tL .. , failure (and when we fiA.Y failure 1 fell fro;n his lips durlng his last b~u>:11. Af- that there were points on tho ~ })11 t. f'xvress t~c opinion of ~cores of ~ ~r c<lwwendi~g his .. ~y ;,re and children to the I by di-rergi.ng ~ little: would gi .:~.:~·s who ·were m lo\t~cnda.nce) upon tho l csre £.Ild keepmg of God, spe~kiDg of a ra-, rou~e.; It w~6 resclved hy th~

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I mnds that Hcv. E . E~gieaton and Mr. nnioo bcy<Jnd the river, lw compo~ed him-~ he make ~ n•·fli irvcy of th<:F

Ill . Hey ~t o ltls1 t\\.'0 very orllinary men, ~1:lf !LTH.l quietly and sw~tly we11 t tof;i·ccp in 1 have :lte (!Jltire line lortltt'd 1

nn Illin<·>it!, !Ja<.l very prominent po,(i-\ ,J c!lns. "BlC!Btted e.re the Jcac1 wJJi r:h d ie in thiR month. 'l'l!c morJt of til ns on ~!;.~ Progrumruc, and took advan-j the Lord: ., 11They rest from their labor!l. rc:ady to be put nuder contn ~\; of it t.o ;nor:opr;liz.c ~ grcn.t portion of l ~ud their v:,o:-ks do fol!O';V them, ), lli2 !c- de!;!gn to have aJj tJ1e ligl1t<·

~time to the cd ili<:atiou an<.l ~nlighten-1 tnl.dns were b11ricd with tl.w honorH of tl;r. l tween this nnrJ Iowa City g1 ::nt of ndtltcr t hein!·d r es or otherR.- 1 Orden~ ot' JHan()fJJ 11nd Odd J:'ello·.vs. The I a!ld the hcuvj .ISrading c:)m •\V .n h.s.ve a. guo<.l Sabbath ~dwol fui..Lt::mt wru; tlB large~t ever asflcr..lblec.l in Hpring. m vcntion, if, ttJJ·ntD by suc11 men a:. Jo:tr- ;;al<:nL 1

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On tbe S(}utlicrn <:.::Jd of li !2Htrm and Hi~ynoick They would kiil W<.:llr; . ch id (·nvineer, lia~ j 1r Conventi<Jn if u.Jiowcd totalk as IllllClll OHPHAN'~I HOME. ! t11r: Furvey to tllin city by 1 they diu e.t J)fi.;·cnport. I()wn mus: In compan) ·with a nu11hcr of other~, !.and i:-1 now on the fl!tlirn lin

ak(~ UE;C of her lwrnc talent. There can b0th from tlli~; eitj' e..nd the 1:ity of Bm- ; o: more ca&tcrn route. .'lr ! JW olljc:ction to ioreigu ts.lcmt !;~:t t!ltr() lintrtvn, c!uly ov TUC'!idtlj moruing of Jan j 1t fc:w days 1;e rc·ady to n·pl!

a Ycr.r ~:!riollq objection to the kind' }JOf-i- week, , w~ viuitcd t lte . ' 'OfJ_Jhll.IJ'f; j ~uk compu.ny d~~ign ll~~..ving f;~!d by LgglcRton Bn<l HcynolclB. 1 here I Hm11e, located lltar the b('&lltlfnl ttl y o:; biled and the carD runuuJg t

ere two features of t!te Conventirm luHd Dnvenport. Thougi1 we 1 :.:!cd at Ulli!UI ; ,, " tlw lirst ot' I!t:xt ~ove: 'bent. lion. IJimm Price pn:sidecl ()\'- lJIJllr tllld \H;n· ur:unnol l llr ·,·,J. laki11 .~ th~ I tll.illf.;, h<1th n()rlh nn<.l 13<JUti HB de li berationB un cl he is a firHt chuw ·•J fo1ne'! 1/y f'l!rp;i~<·. W(· l 'di iJd r;vc:ryLiliu;.: jlPoldug to the c ~~rly conr

~ec:uti\· e oliker. The ~ingi11g r,f ~~ ... nud I''Y<!l)'hody, •:oniJCcf,.d witl1 :l11ll llolnl·: r<•MI. iF llf'.lllg pu<~hed wit ll illip PllillipH was worth lY.:<J lnwr!rr;d in Hf. good order u;.; liH! he~;~ lHHJH·x iu i unf'arond.dr:! W('l'.llwr was a1

il co tra.vrd to )Jt~ar. He it~ llll iuimital.lc: _f c, w~. Tl.w ground:: 1'!1 \vhir.lt the lirmt:.~ l11 r: (:!Hly ~.u r-: t•y, btll. now tl

ngl.!r P.nd c11 lircncd the entire coD venlior1 l!) lucalt!d JH _IH·u.utlfu~ .. fllr f-litu>J.t~: 1 n, the jo:. I tLn: aiJuut t0nl}J1Ct(:d, contra< iU1 h('ILYCn-born mr.lo1.ly. 'J'II'' c!IJ:.inr! 'Jf all t)Jc ('}JJ!dn·n I JJ,.rr· nrr· wrL·· a1·r · · · 1 · "' • - • • ~ - • • f I< I'Jll! UlltJ \\'llf'K. •;U!i!:rlt~iiCCi..t ::

( l~ r1:iseR on Thurfltl~y evening, which r;ou· tn;longing tu thf; 1 lt 'IJW, on whk!J art· . till! next th:('c we~.:k~;. Lett

t-iled in liro mirl\llCB Hpecclt, were intc:r- f'rr!~;trd twr:Hty-fin: c·otlO.J!<!H, sC'!tool f(IIJI1J~. thei r 11 id, wheth<·r it be in ~i ;ti n:; 1\lld nt tinH!H Houhtirri n)l;. T l 11: r1e.v.t I;IILJrJ~ Judi, t\lld otltf.r lt:d lc\ ing. Tlt· ec•fisar.~ ol' II'H.J', Hll lJf.cl'ibiug l'tocJ;., (J

J IJ litJll will be lJCl() ILt Clinton. l() thr; cot·•fnr o~· Hllch .•.n boJJJC:Hleud. Tin 1 · · t :o1r tnstnlment~, and the w On I:'ritlay morning we h~~l a re-t:nion I grnlPtd~ Hr'! purLiy "111-ded, \.\-'lli<:h, wi lll 1.'' go on to the complctio!i

r the ~lt. Pl en~mnt and HurHJJgL<>!l dell·· I tltc li\·ing Hli:I:IUlJ oi'.wt~~t:r l' ll!IU illg tllrnugli f).W~ at tlw Euting llouHc of :'l1nL L. (; tlll:ln .H.r.d IH:Ing rni!Jn~: land, !Lrnnot llllt)' YF. PHE ACHJ::

nmp!Jcll'r.;, comer 1Jt' Brady nud Fonrtll betwtllul tiJ 111111< '11' 0111 l.•ut hrmlthy. TJJ,. \\'t•l\t.lt<·r hot. Ill! !<ltort nnd trcct, \\;Jwre wr partnrJk 1,[ tlw IH:«t lllllllhc: r of' l'!:i!dn·n enjoyillg lht• ('<nnfort~ l!p !1C'fi•rf' yn11 tnlw thl' flff\1'

rnpj(fp·~· , , .,, n'r> i n l] !l' ,.jl\' '1'1 ;., ;,_, ""' I of' this IHliUU iH live llllllrlrc:cl. Th(• ('O(ll\- \'!)'If' II·Tf . ... ,, J t,., \ .. : .• 1. :.,.

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"BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW

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HENRY CO UNT CONTAINING

BIOGRAPHI CAL AN D GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES OF

MANY OF THE PROMI NENT.CITIZENS OF TO-DAY AND ALSO OF THE PAST

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·e is the wife of Macey Hockett, of township, and has six daughters,

e, Celestia, Ora, Mary . Jane, Reba, Alice. Isaac married Miss Ella

lives in Center township, and two children, Carl and Guy.

Mr. Hummell prO\·i<led his children good educational privileges and they thus qualified for life's practical du­The son James was a soldier of the

Iowa Regiment in the Spanish­war, being fo r seven months

the army. Mr. Hummell has always · been an earnest republican, and has served

·as township assessor and road supervisor for several years has been a school di­

rector. He belongs to the Grand Army · the. Republic, and he and his wife are

.lembers of the Church of God. · He has always lived in Henry county and is prob·

:r ably the oldest native resident who has : continuously resided here. His memory

·goes back to the time ,,·hen the Indians . were yet found in this district, and where there were many wild animals. He has ·

. seen Mount Pleasant developed from a village of a few houses into ~ prosperous

· city and the county converted into a rich agricultural district, and all through the passing years he has maintained an excel­lent reputation that numbers him \Yith the representative and honored pioneers.

JUDGE WINFIELD S. WITHROW.

Winfield S. Withrow, since 1896 judge r. the twentieth jmli<;iary district includ­_.g the counties of Des i'I'Ioines, Henry

and Louisa, was born in Salem, Iowa, September 28, 1855. His parents were A doni ram Judson and Libertatia A . ( Arn­old) \.Yithrow. The father, a native of Greenbrier county, \Vest Virginia, born in 1825, accompanied his parents on their. removal to Indiana, where he remained until 1853, when he came to Henry county, Iowa. He established a business enter­prise at Salem and ·was actively connected with interests there until after the inaugu­ration of hostilities between the north and the south, when he became first lieutenant of Company C, Twenty-fifth Iowa Vol­.unteer Infantry. The regiment was formed of companies raised in Henry, Des Moines, Louisa and \Vashington coun­ties, and Mr. \Vithrow went to the front to clo battle in defense of the Union but resigned in r864 with an incurable disease which caused his death in 1867. His study of the political issues and condi­tions of the country led him to espouse the. cause of the new republican party prior to the Civil war, and in r86o he was elected upon this ticket to the state legis­lature. He had been prominent and in­fluential in public affairs · in Salem during the period of his residence there and his efforts were so effective and beneficial that · his _death was the occasion of deep and widespread regret. He hac\ married Miss Libertatia Arnold, a daughter of James H. A mold, of Salem, who had come to this state from Ohio. She died in I 896, leav­ing a son and two daughters. A worthy Christian woman, she held membership in the Congregational church , while A. -]. Withrow had been reared in the .Baptist faith.

Following the acquirement of his pre-

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.liminar;• education in the public schools of Salem, Judge \Vithrow continued his stu­dies in Whittier College, of that place, then a leading educational institution of Iowa, from which he won the Bachelor of Science degree. Subsequently he learned the printer's trade, which he followed at intervals, alternating his time with teach­ing for a number of years. Attracted to the legal profession, however, he entered the law department of the State Univer­sity and was graduated with the clegee of · nachcl<>r of Laws in the class of I88o. Judge Withrow located for practice at Salem, and soon afterward purchased the Salem \Veekly 1\'ews, which he conducted in connection with the law business that he could obtain in a small town. His jour­nalistic venture proved successful and was conducted for two years, when he sold the paper and became connected with the Bank of Salem, with ·which he was iden­tified for a number of years. Through­out this period he continued in the prac­tice of law and established a reputation

·for comprehensive understanding of the principles of jmisprudence as well as for ability in the presentation of his cause be­fore court or jury. In 1885 he was elected a member .of the state legislature from Henry t'llllnty, which he represented in the t wenty-tirst. general assembly and then de­clined a secoml nomination. Seeking a broader field of professional labor he re­moved to Mount Pleasant and formed a partnership with Judge W. J . .Jefferson, who had a short time before retired from the circuit bench. This relation was main­tained until the death of Judge Jeffries in 1899. after which Judge Withrow was alone for n time. a distinctively and liberal

representative clientage being him. He next admitted \V. F. Kopp the firm under the style of Withrow Kopp, and upon the retirement of J \\·. I. Babb from the district bench, too, entered . the firm on the 1st of J uary, 1895, making this 011e of the est firms of the county. Judge continued in active practice until on I sth of June, 1896, when he was pointed district judge, while in the time Mr. Kopp had retired in order to te1· uprm the <futies of county attorney. the fall of 1 goG .:vir. \\'ithrow was e to the office for the full term of four and was re-elected without opposition in 1900, a1ld again in 1904, so that he has now served for nine years, while his pres­ent incumuency \\·ill continue until 1909.

Aside from his pr~Jfession he has be­come interested in banking in Ilenry county, and is a director of the First Na­tional Bank and also one of the organizers and the promotor of the Henry County Savings Bank.

Judge \Vithrow was married June 17, J88s, to l\1iss :\nna \\'ebb, of l\Iankato, 1\-finnesota, a daughter of the Rev. \V. W. \\' ebb, a former member of the Indiana l\lethodist Epi:;copal conference. They have three living children, Dorothy, Mi­riam and Emily. Judge and l\lrs. With­row are members of the Methodist Episco­pal church, of which he is one of the trus­tees, while in the work of the church he takes a most active and helpful interest. The family have a beautiful home at the corner of \\'ashington and Locust streets and the \Vithi·ow household is the center of a cultured society circle. For the past twel\'e years Judge \Vithrow has been a

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HENRY COUNTY, IOJV A. 397

Iowa \V esleyan University for six years was a member of the of education of ~Iount Pleasant, act­

as its president for a part of that time. regards municipal interests as abund­

worthy of his best efforts and with a recognition of the obligations and <.lu­as well as privileges of citizenship he

. put forth effort and influence for the upbuilding of his city and county. In his profession he has attained honors that are given only in recognition of ability. It has been said that the reputation of the lawyer is the most ephemeral heing base<! largely upon oratorical ability and the im­

' pressions of the hom, and "yet there is no profession which has more direct bear­ing upon the weliare of community, state and nation or con:::en·es in larger meas-

., ure public progress :md stability. Thrice .· chosen by popular suffrage to the district

.;., bench, no stronger testimonial could be given of Judge ~Vithrow's position as ~

lawyer and jurist. indicating as it does that the consensus 0f public opinion is most favorable.

JOSEPll l".\1.1)\\"ELL.

Joseph Caldwell is a retired farmer re­siding in :\Iount Pleasant, who aiter long years of active connection with agricul­tural interests, during- which he won a gratifying measure o i success. is now en­joying a well earned re~t in a pleasant home in the city. He \\·as born in \Vash­ington county, PennsJyyani~t. September

23, 1840, and is a son of John and :\lar­ga ret t :\I cCorkell) Caldwell, who were also natiYes of \Vashington county. T hey came to· Iowa in 1849, settling in Lee county, \\·here the father followed his trade of blacksmithing up to the time of his death, \\'hich occurred in 1875. His wife survi,·ec.l him until 1883 and their remains

. were interred in Clay Grove cemetery, in Lee county. In their family were ten children: \Villiam, who died of cholera when ah9ut twenty-one years of age and was laic!' to rest in Clay Grove cemetery; Robert, who married l\1iss Hattie Gusto aJHI died leaving two children: Jane, the wife of Andrew McCracken, of Russell county, Kansas, by whom she has four children; John·, who married Miss Almira Comtwright and is living in Mount Ham­ilton. Lee county, with his wife ancl seYen chi ldren; James M., a resident of Eagle­Yille, . evada; Andrew Borland. who re­sides in Fort Madison, Jo\\'a, with his younger sister ; Joseph. of thi!:i review; Mary E., the wife of George \\'. Krieg-er, o f_ Lee county; Bqyd E.. who is living near Center City, l\lerritt county, ?\e­hraska. and married Lizzie Knauff, by whom he has fiye children, one son and four daughters, and Anna :\1., the wife of Roh­l'rt J. Uat'f, who is liYing in Fort !\1a<lison.

Joseph Cn ldwell, whose na111e i ntrodm-e~

this review. \\'aS edue<ttecl in the common schools of Lee county and remained with his father until twenty-seven years of age. Jiving upon the old homestead and assist­ing in the work of the farm. He then purchased a tract of one hundred and sixty acres of land in Lee county, where he Ji,·ed for thirty-one years, giving his time and energies to general agricultu~l pur-

Source: Iowa Territorial and State Legislators Collection compiled by volunteers and staff at the State Historical Society of Iowa Library, Des Moines, Iowa.

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l\ame: Adonir.un J Withrow

Residence: Salem, Iowa

Age at Enlistment: 37

Enlistment Date: 8 Jul 1862

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State Screed: Iowa

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Sen;cc Record: Commissioned an officer in Company C, Iowa 25th

Infantry Regiment on 11 Aug 1862.

Mustered out on 29 Feb 1864.

Birth Date: abt 1825

Sources: Roster & Record of Iowa Soldiers in the War of Rebel1ion

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