D.M. Baker, proprietor of the Leland House, was born in O. in 1849; moved with his parents to Iowa in 1850. He came to Sheldon in 1881 and took charge of the above named house. In 1870 he was married to Rachel M. Gilman, and has six children— Tnea, Etta, Minnie, Arthur, Linda and Frank.

J.A. Brown, proprietor of the Sheldon House, was born in Orange county, Vt.; moved to Iowa in 1860. He enlisted in 1862 in Co. M, 3d O. Cav., and was discharged at the close of the war. He

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then located in Ill. and remained until 1867, when he went South and remained one year. He afterwards engaged in business in various parts of Iowa, and in 1871 settled in O'Brien. He moved to Sheldon in 1873, and engaged as above.

C.H. Bullis, of the firm of Barrett & Bullis, attorneys at law, was born near Rochester, N.Y., in 1847. He graduated from Yale College, in the class of '69, and from the Columbia Law School in 1872. In 1873 he moved to Iowa, and located at Sheldon, in the autumn of 1881.

Frank and Fred Frisbee, of the firm of Frisbee Bros., proprietors of the livery stable, are natives of Wisconsin; came to Iowa in 1871, and settled in O'Brien county. They located at Sheldon in 1876 and engaged in the livery and express business.

G.M. Garham,lumber dealer, came to Iowa in 1856. He enlisted in 1862 in Co. B, 28th Ia. Vol., and served until the close of the war, after which he went to Mich., and engaged in the lumber business. He returned to Iowa in the autumn of 1877, and located at Sheldon.

A.W. Husted, hardware dealer, came to Sheldon in 1873, and was a member of the firm of Husted & Son, dealers in general merchandise, until 1879, when he engaged in his present business, with G.H. Boutelle.

S.J. Hutchinson, boot and shoe dealer, was born in N.J. in 1835. He enlisted in 1862 in Co. D, 100th O. Vol.; was in several of the principal engagements, and was discharged in 1865. He came to Iowa and settled in Cedar county; thence to O'Brien county in 1871, where he engaged in farming until Oct., 1881, at which time he engaged as above.

Jones, Parkhurst & Co., proprietors of the Sheldon Bank, which was established in 1872 by Messrs. Jones and Parhurst. Mr. Brown became a partner in 1879. They are also dealers in all kinds of farm machinery.

Henry Mandersheid, (saloon), was born in Germany in 1845; came to American when young, and settled in Jackson county, Ia. In 1872 he moved to LeMars; thence to Dakota. He returned to LeMars, where he lived until 1879, when he came to Sheldon and engaged in business as above. Mr. M. has been twice married. He was married to his second wife in Sept., 1881. She was Jennie Gusher. He has three children—Annie, Henry and John.

D. McKay, farmer and marshal of Sheldon, is a native of Canada; moved to Cherokee, Ia., in 1870; thence to Sheldon in 1872.

A. McDougall, freight and express agent, was born in Canada in 1848; moved to Wis. in 1866; thence to Ia. in 1868. He has been in the employ of the C., M. & St. P.R.R. Co., for twelve years. He deals at wholesale in hard and soft coal.

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D. O'Donnell was born in Ireland in 1831; came to America in 1847 and settled in N.Y. He moved to Canada; thence to Wis., and in 1875 came to Iowa. Mr. O'D. started from Sheldon with an ox team for the Black Hills in 1877, and made the trip in forty-four days. He was married in 1850, and has nine children—John C., Kate, Maggie, Mary, Julia, Nellie, Edward, Annie and George.

John C. O'Donnell, deputy sheriff of O'Brien county. He is engaged in blacksmithing. He was married in 1874 and has two children—Alice and Margaret.

James Parden, proprietor of sample room and billiard hall, was born near Rochester, N.Y., in 1837; moved to Sheldon, Ia., in 1875. He occupies for his business the first building erected in Sheldon.

L.O. Peterman, agent for the American Express Co., was born in Ind. in 1853; moved to Winona county, Minn.; thence to Sheldon in 1881.

Joseph Shinski, dealer in general merchandise, was born in N.Y. in 1842. He is the pioneer merchant of Sheldon, having established business in 1873. He was married in 1875 to Ellen M. Kelley, of Sioux City. They have two daughters—Maud and Maggie.

Henry Schultz, liquor dealer and proprietor of billiard hall, was born in Hanover, Ger., in 1846; came to America in 1866 and settled in Wis. He came to Iowa in 1870 and to Sheldon in 1876. He was married in 1876 to Katie Berbrein.

Rev. E. Southworth, pastor of the Congregational church, was born in Mich. in 1834. He attended the Hamilton College, N.Y., and the University of Mich., at Ann Arbor. In 1866 he graduated from the Theological College, of N.Y., and the same year entered the ministry. In 1871 he moved to Ia., then back to Wis., where he remained four years, and in 1878 came to Sheldon, Ia., and took charge of the church above. He married Sarah H. Humphrey, and has three children—Mary E. Edward P. and C. DeForest.

W.H. Sleeper, banker, insurance and land agent, was born in N.J. in 1853. He was for a time engaged in the mercantile business at Mount Holley, in Philadelphia. In 1877 he came to Sheldon, Ia., and engaged in his present business with his brother, A.W. Sleeper.

Charles Stinson, of the firm of J.M. Comstock & Co., dealers in general merchandise, was born in N.Y.; moved to Algona, Ia., in 1871, and there engaged in the mercantile business as above in Aug. 1880.

S.M. Wagers, proprietor of the City restaurant, was born in O. in 1838; moved to Wis. in 1856. He enlisted in 1862 in Co. H,

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7th Wis. Vol., and was discharged the same year, on account of physical disability. He came to Ia. in October, 1880. In 1863 he married Adelia Hayerman, and has two children—Edward and Mary.

E.B. Wheeler, blacksmith, was born in Orleans county, Vt.; in 1868; moved to Cerro Gordo county, Ia., in 1868. He was one of the first settlers of Clear Lake. He came to Sheldon in 1880, and engaged in in business as above.

D.S. White, Jr., dealer in general merchandise, was born in N.J., in 1853; removed to Omaha, Neb., in 1871, and was employed under the Superintendent of Indian affairs in Nebraska. In 1877 he came to Sheldon, Ia., and engaged as above. He was elected a member of the city council in 1880.

F.E. Wyman, proprietor of restaurant and dealer in fancy groceries, is a native of Mass.; moved to Wabasha county, Minn., in 1858. He enlisted in 1864 in Co. D., 140 Ill. reg., and was discharged soon after. He came to Iowa in 1872.

James Wykoff, the pioneer lumber dealer of Sheldon, was born in Ontario county, N.Y., in 1843. He enlisted in Dec. 1863, in the 50th N.Y. Vol., and served until June, 1865. He came to Sheldon in 1872, and engaged in business as above. His daughter,Inez, was the first child born in the city.

F.H. Zander, proprietor of the Chicago Clothing Store, came to Sheldon in Oct., in 1880, from Chicago, where he had previously been engaged in business. This is the only exclusive clothing house in the city.

PRIMGHAR

C.E. Achorn, of the firm of Schee & Achorn, bankers and land agents, was born in Me. in 1861; removed to Boston, Mass., with his parents in 1869; thence to Wis. in 1878, and the following year located at Primghar. He engaged in the above business with Geo. W. Schee, in 1881. He married Ada Alexander, in Jan. 1882.

Charles F. Albright, farmer, was born in Pa. in 1839; removed to Muscatine county, Ia., in 1858; two years later he moved to Cedar county. He enlisted in the war of the rebellion, and served three years. He came to O'Brien county in 1871, and settled on homestead in the center of the county, adjoining what is now the town of Primghar. He erected the first hotel here in 1873. He was married in 1865, to Adah C. Mackelwain, and has two children.

T.J. Alexander, treasurer of O'Brien county, was born in Ind. in 1845; moved with parents to Wis. the same year, and to Warren county, Ia., in 1859. He came to O'Brien county in 1869, and

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settled on a homestead in Liberty township. He was elected to his present office in 1878, and moved to Primghar; has been re-elected each term since. He was married in 1867, to Martha Brown, and has three children.

David Algyer, county superintendent of schools, was born in Montgomery county, N.Y., in 1849; came to Clay county, Ia., in 1871, and settled on a homestead. In 1873 moved to O'Brien county and located at Primghar in 1880. He was elected to his present office in 1881. He married Marie S. Gowen in 1874. They have three children.

Milt. H. Allen, attorney at law, was born in Winneshiek county, Ia., in 1859; removed with parents to Clay county in 1871. He came to O'Brien county in 1873, and engaged in the practice of law with O.M. Barrett, in 1879. He opened an office in Primghar in 1881.

J.G. Chrysler, of the firm of Pumphrey & Chrysler, dealers in general merchandise, was born in Canada in 1858; removed with parents to Jackson county, Ia., in 1866; thence to O'Brien county in 1871. He located at Primghar in 1875, and engaged in his present business in 1878. He married Ida Thomas in 1879, and has one child.

J.B. Dunn, attorney at law, was born in Ind. March 5th, 1844; moved to Greene county, Wis., with his parents in 1846. He enlisted in Sept., 1861, in the war of the rebellion, and served three years and nine months; then located in Warren county, Iowa; removed to Primghar in 1880, and engaged in the practice of the law. He married Maria Hiett, in Nov. 1865. They have seven children.

Stephen Harris, teacher, was born in Brunswick, Me., in 1842; moved with parents to Boston, Mass., in 1845. He went to sea in 1860, and in 1863 enlisted in the army, and served two years. He came to Iowa, in 1869, and settled on a homestead. He was elected superintendent in 1870, and county clerk in 1871. He moved to Primghar in 1874; was deputy treasurer for four years, and also engaged in the land business.

D.W. Inman, proprietor of the hotel at Primghar, was born in N.Y. in 1835; removed to Ill. in 1837; thence to Butler county, Iowa, in 1858. He enlisted in 1864 in the 9th Vol. Inft., and served until the close of the war, when he returned to Iowa, and settled in O'Brien county in 1866. In 1879 he went to Primghar and engaged in his present business.

W.W. Johnson, lumber dealer, was born in England in 1844, and the same year came to America with his parents, who settled in N.Y. In 1859 he moved to Cedar county, Iowa; thence to O'Brien county in 1871, and engaged in farming in Highland township. He moved to Primghar in 1881, and engaged in his present business.

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Thomas Murray, farmer, was born in Iowa in 1861; came to O'Brien county with his parents in 1871, and settled n a homestead in Center township. He moved to Primghar in 1881.

J.L.E. Peck, county auditor, was born in London, Canada, Aug. 18th, 1852; moved with parents to Page county, Iowa, where he resided until graduating from the Iowa State University in 1874, when he moved to Winneshiek county. He came to Primghar in 1877, and engaged in the practice of law. He was elected to his present office in 1879, and re-elected in 1881.

Geo. W. Schee, of the firm of Schee & Achorn, was born in Clark county, Mo., in 1849; moved to Oskaloosa, Ia., in 1861 with his parents. In 1871 he came to O'Brien county and engaged in farming in Carroll township. He moved to Primghar in 1876, and was elected county auditor, in which capacity he served two terms; then opened a land and law office, and became a member of the above firm in 1881. He married Lizzie Dunning, in 1877. They have two children.

A. J. Smith, county surveyor, was born in Pa. in Oct., 2847; removed to Iowa county, Ia., in 1869, and the following year came to O'Brien county and settled on a homestead in Center township. He moved to Primghar in 1881. He married Mary E. Foust, in 1870, and has five children.

Hubert Sprague, county recorder, was born in Ill, Jan. 1st, 1858; removed to Madison county, Ia., with parents in 1868; thence to O'Brien county, and engaged in farming. He served as deputy recorder two years, and was elected recorder in 1881. He was married in April, 1881, to Callie Green, of Clay county, Ia.

H.A. Thayer, of the firm of Thayer & Co., dealers in hardware, was born in N.Y., April 29th, 1855. He went to Neb. in 1874, and remained six months; then located in Blackhawk [Black Hawk] county, Ia.; came to Primghar in 1878; was engaged in clerking until entering his present business in 1881.

F.M. Tifft, proprietor of livery and sale stable, was born in Wis., Oct. 11th, 1857; removed with parents to O'Brien county, Ia., in 1870, settling on a homestead in Center township. He moved to Primghar in 1876, and in 1880 engaged in business as above. He was married to Ellen Robbins, Jan. 23rd, 1881. They have one child, a son.

Frank A. Turner, clerk, with Schee & Achorn, was born in Ill., Oct. 13th, 1856; moved with parents to Butler county, Ia., in 1859. He attended the college at Mt. Vernon from 1874 to 1876. Came to Primghar in 1880, and was employed in the Primghar Exchange Bank, where he still remains.

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HARTLEY

A.B. Chrysler, of the firm of Pumphrey & Chrysler, dealers in general merchandise, was born in Canada in 1848; removed to Jackson county, Iowa, in 1865; thence to O'Brien county in 1870, and engaged in farming in Liberty township. He came to Hartley in 1880, and engaged in business as above. He was married in 1875, and has three children.

Allen Crossan of the firm of Crossan & Gano, hardware dealers, was born in Scotland in Jan., 1848; came to America with his parents in 1852, and settled in Ohio; moved to Hardin county, Iowa,in 1865, and in 1870, settled on a homestead in O'Brien county. He graduated from the Normal School at Albion, Ia., in 1877, and in 1880 engaged in his present business.

W.S. Fuller, of the firm of Shonkwiler & Co., dealers in lumber and stock, was born in Ill. in 1844; moved with his parents to Wis. in 1846; thence back to Ill. in 1857, where he remained until 1867; then removed to Grundy county, Ia., and in 1871 came to O'Brien county, settling on a homestead. He moved to Hartley in 18779, and engaged in merchandising until entering the above firm. He was married in 1869 to Nancy Wilson, and has two children.

H.E. Finster, proprietor of the City Hotel, was born in Chicago, Ill., in 1848; removed to Mich. with his parents in 1854; remained there until 1864, and after traveling for some time, located at Independence, Ia., and engaged in marble cutting. He came to Hartley in 1880, and engaged in business as above. He was married in 1870, and has three children.

David M. Gano, of the firm of Crossan & Gano, was born in Ohio in 1840; removed with his parents to Ind. in1846; thence to Wis. the following year. In 1870, he came to O'Brien county and settled on a homesead, and engaged in farming until 1880, when he moved to Hartley and built the second house in town. He was married in 1865, to S. Chamberlain, and has two sons and five daughters.

H.E. Hoagland, lumber dealer, was born in Mich. in 1844; removed to O'Brien county, Ia., in 1870, and settled on a homestead in Liberty township. In 1878 he came to Harley, and engaged in the lumber business with O.M. Shonkwiler. He was married in 1864, and has two children.

D.F. Johnston, contractor, was born in New Brunswick, in 1832; removed with his parents to Canada, and in 1855 came to Delaware county, Ia. He moved to Buena Vista county in 1873; thence to Hartley in the summer of 1881, and is in the employ of the railroad company. He was married in March 1856, to Hepzebah Joyce. They have seven children.

F.E. Matott, proprietor of billiard hall, was born in Vt., in 1848, and the following year his parents moved to Ind. where he

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resided until 1871; then came to O'Brien county, and engaged in farming in Center township. He came to Hartley in 1881, and engaged in business as above. He married Emma L. Kiefer, in 1870. They have one daughter.

J.K. McAndrew, proprietor of Our House, was born in Milwaukee, Wis., in 1850; removed to Clayton county, Ia., with parents, where he remained until 1870, when he came to O'Brien and settled on a homestead in Grant township. In 1879, he moved to Harley, and engaged in the stock and grain business, and shipped the first car-load from the town. He married Mary E. Biggs, in 1875, and has one child, a daughter.

O.M. Shonkwiler, lumber and stock dealer, was born in Ill. Dec. 31st. 1853; moved to O'Brien county, in May, 1876, and engaged in farming in Center township. He moved to Hartley in 1881, and engaged in the lumber business with Messrs. Hoagland, & Fuller. He married Della Griffith, in Oct., 1877, and has two children.

E.A. Thomas, principal of the Hartley schools, was born in Jo Daviess county, Ill.; moved with parents to Mt. Carroll, in 1866, where he remained until 1875. He came to Hartley in Oct. 1881, and engaged in teaching.

E.D. Williams, butcher, was born in Wales in 1831; came to America in 1850 and located in Mich.; two years later moved to Wis.; thence to Hartley, Ia., in 1880, and engaged in his present business. He was married in 1857, and has nine children.

SANBORN

E.F. Bacon, of the firm of Bacon & Son, dealers in general merchandise, was born in Wis.; removed with his parents in 1864 to Waverly, Ia., and came to Sanborn in 1880 and established business as above.

Wm. W. Barnes, proprietor of the Sanborn House, came to Ia. in 1869, and engaged in farming in Grant township, O'Brien county; removed to Primghar in 1876, and engaged in the hotel business; thence to Sanborn in 1878 and opened his present hotel.

E.M. Brady, the pioneer hardware merchant of Sanborn, is a native of Ohio; came to Iowa in 1874, and engaged in the mercantile business; removed to Sanborn in 1879 and established his present business.

Cal. Broadstreet, of the firm of Broadstreet & Boies, attorneys at law, was born in Ulster county, N.Y., in 1851; removed to Buchanan county, Ia., in 1857. He graduated from the Iowa State University in 1878. He began the practice of the law in Sanborn in Oct., 1879. W.B. Boies, of the above firm, was born in

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Boone county, Ill., in 1873. He graduated from the Iowa Law School in 1880, located in Sanborn in Dec. 1881, and began the practice of his profession.

A.W. Creed, dealer in flour and feed, came from Ohio to Iowa in 1869, and engaged in the mercantile business; thence to Sanborn in 1880, and engaged in the hotel business; sold out in the fall of 1881, and engaged in his present business.

Harley Day, attorney at law, was born in St. Lawrence county, N.Y., Mar. 27th, 1841. He served in the 106th Reg. N.Y. Vol., as lieutenant of Co. K, for three years. Part of that time was spent in rebel prisons. After the war he came to Iowa and located in Butler county; removed to Buchanan county; thence to O'Brien county in 1871, and settled on a homestead. He was admitted to the bar in that county in 1876, and engaged in the law and land business in Primghar. In 1880 he removed to Sanborn. He married Margaret Braden, in 1867. They have one child.

I.W. Dagett, banker, was born in Franklin county, Maine, in 1851; removed to Franklin county, Ia., in 1865, and engaged in teaching school; thence to Primghar in 1875, and engaged in the practice of law, and in 1877 entered the banking and real estate business, and removed to Sanborn in 1879, and engaged as above.

Robert Elliott, merchant tailor, Sanborn, Iowa.

C.J. Everhard, dealer in furniture, was born in O.; removed to Sanborn in June, 1881, and engaged in his present business. He is the inventor of the patent barrel painting machine, which is now extensively used by the Standard Oil company.

Richard Finlay, M.D., is a native of Canada; moved to Cincinnati, O., in 1863; graduated from the Ohio Medical College in the class of '80. He came to Sanborn in July, 1881, and began the practice of medicine.

W.C. Green, Sheriff of O'Brien county, was born in Jackson county, Ind., in 1842; removed to Carroll county, Ill., in 1849; thence to Whiteside county, and engaged in the dry goods business. He moved to O'Brien county in 1869, and engaged in the mercantile business in the town of O'Brien. He platted the town of Primghar, in 1872, and moved there in 1873, and in 1879 removed to Sanborn.

J. Grant, proprietor of the City restaurant, is a native of Scotland, came to America in 1879, and located in Sanborn Oct. 1st, 1881.

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L.C. Green, of the firm of Green & Patch, proprietors of the livery barn, was born in Ill. in 1850; came to O'Brien county, Ia., in 1869, and engaged in the mercantile business with his brother, W.C. Green. He moved to Primghar; thence to Ponca, Neb., where he engaged in the liver business. He came to Sanborn in 1878, and engaged as above.

W.H. Gunsel, farmer and dealer in blooded horses, was born in New York, lived a number of years in Ill., and came to Sanborn in 1881.

W.J. Hovey, attorney at law, was born in Boston, Mass., in 1857; removed with is parents to Buchanan county, Ia., in 1865. He removed to Sanborn in 1881 and began the practice of law.

Frank D. Jenkins, proprietor of the Jenkins House, located in Sanborn in 1880. The Hotel is opposite the depot,is convenient for the traveling public, and they will receive first-class entertainment.

W.T. Jones, the pioneer merchant of Sanborn, was born in Missouri in 1853*; moved to Allamakee county, Ia., in 1855*, and engaged in farming. In 1879 he removed to this place.
*One of these two dates is wrong, don't think he engaged in farming when he was two years old, his parents maybe? djc

J. Limback, proprietor of the Key City restaurant, was born in N.Y.; came to Sanborn in Dec. 1881.

Charles H. Perry, druggist, was born in N.Y. in 1857; removed to Bremer county, Ia., with his parents in 1858, and to Sanborn in 1880, and engaged in his present business. He is about to remove his stock to his large new building, next to the Pioneer office.

J.R. Pumphrey, dealer in general merchandise, and one of the proprietors of the Sanborn Tribune, was born in Ohio in 1845. He enlisted in the 1st W. Va. L. Artillery; was quarter master's sergeant. He served three years, and was taken prisoner at New Creek by Gen. Rosser, held five months at Libby prison, and exchanged at the close of the war. He came to Sioux City in 1867, and was engaged in the county treasurer's and auditor's offices; removed to O'Brien county, and was elected county treasurer in 1871; also founded the O'Brien Pioneer, which he published three years. In 1873 he removed to Primghar, and engaged in the banking and mercantile business; thence to Sanborn in 1881, and engaged in his present business. His father located in Richmond, Va., in 1860; was paymaster in the U.S.A. during the late war, and was lost from a steamer between St. Louis and Island Number Ten in 1864, while on his way south to pay Gen. Grant's army at Vicksburg.

P.H. Roden, restaurateur, was born in Germany in 1838; came to America in 1861, and enlisted in Co. B, 37th O. regiment, and served until 1863. He engaged in the cooper business in Appleton, Wis.; removed to Cherokee, Ia., in 1869, and engaged in farming; thence to Sanborn in the spring of 1881.

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J.P. Selig, proprietor of the Star restaurant, was born in West Va. in 1856; moved to Iowa in 1871, and settled near Sheldon; removed to Sheldon in 1879, and established the City restaurant; came to Sanborn in 1881, and engaged in his present business.

Charles Smith, M.D., was born in Middlesex county, Mass. In 1861 he enlisted as bugler in Gen. Sickles' brigade, and served until 1863. After the war he located at Washington D.C., and was employed in the treasury department as messenger to Secretary McCullough. He graduated from the National Medical College in 1876, and engaged in the practice of medicine in Washington, D.C.; remained eighteen months, and then removed to Sanborn.

G.D. Williams, manager for the Oshkosh lumber company at Sanborn; established in 1881; dealers in all kinds of builders' supplies and fencing material. The only first class lumber yard in town.

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