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Col. Smyth wa:; a membet• of tim tol'l'it(IJ'jaJ leg-blatnt·o in 18·t:t and uh;o of the lil'i:it state legi~latm·c.

Dul'ing the wat• he set'\'l'll us pasmastct· in Lhe Union :u·my.

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tl"o' ·"11!!1'· r. OC"'l' . . .. J .·· llllt!UIIf llnd llllfllllfo •.. II". hUN nut btlliU ftrllfllhl hlnckJ "fllbralt.(lf tlflllll:.lliiiiii·UI·I4 w .a.. M . " lwro without a IJit!mllllt, tlfHI fllt hlu hiM tulh1w•. i'J(l WitH ofllm, w 1111, Pll t•ut, , 411111 • llt!!J.tilt.ullf!J.,~.uil!uiii!.J.IIfltJ · · ~ bhnnlsht~il lUll tiUt NJIOtl uf llllnL, J IIY wtlll·r•oiMIId. llu wau at tho Ill !lit! Ulfll! :tw ~."'fl1111111:1'!1if. ..... ~"<CC··Eie8~ it fliultlt WClrr WMkllOIIIINa nut oruno1 of klnll1 lflllltl141 1wilr.n1t ln. I t11111 tiH!1 !1~~·~ M,'·l!l.

held tu

r Wt.•re whare

''If Hr. al ben·

ybnuer g com' upon ' OCCil·

t111.1 lOili, IO h~ 11¥11 Wltll, J111 hill UlflillLIIIOII\IIIIl Ill d MIIIMI t ltn, • dN D""ATH o' ... COL. ""O .. 'T dlml Willi. Hie vlrtlllltl will lfO down ll Jllt!I&~Uret to b4! llrliOllhAINd wltlll thtm,

u. '" n u al'tur him. Now hela with Oud. tmil.HI'i uti& could know hiCJl""W t 1ou. 1:5MY~rH. Col. SIJ!yth was an honored uldur In blll'l1g the better for It', ...., the Aft Vernou l'rt!llbyterltm church, l•'or the HmmJ of 'J'rusteea of the Coo

A Useful and Honored Pioneer u111 adv'lce was sought In eoun81,1 and College. . K lt. BuJtKIIAf.Tim. Citizen Passod Away. wns always wise and practil:al. lie J. C. Hfi.oY.KSlll'r.

'fhe rich and graclo~s promis1~ "'rhott was simple In his faith and childlike In Cedar Haplds, Iowa. sl111lt come' to thy gmve in a full ng11 his trust. In his last days he exprt•s· April u, lti\18, , like as a shock of cor.l cometh 111 Its Blld his anticipations of the future, The The funeral services were held at the tsenson"ls rarely more perfectly real- lllhla that he had studied for so many house Tuesday after11oou ut 1!::!0, con; tztld than In' the honortld and useful yt•ars now cast Its light far on Into the ducted by Jtev. A. 1(. Knox h1s pal!tor, life; dt-cllne, and passiug sway of our vallt•y until the. ve~y gate of heaven a111I nr. Kln!f and his ramalns were esteemed fellow townsman, Col. Itohl'rt tlash~ upon Ius VIsion. He believed carried to their h~st resting place In our Smyth, In the trn(\st, fullt>st sense he In the firm (Ol!nd~;'tlon laid for the cemetl.lry attended by a large coucourse fulfilled his days and was gathered to saints, ·Such a ltfe 18 worthy of ernula· of relatives and friends, many or whom his fathers lu peace. In thinking ot tion. . . . . . . ca'me a long distance to pay their re·

1. Col. Smyth we have often reCt\lhHl the 'l'he following soul! btlar h1s name: spects to one who was alw11ys grc~ntly \ 11 remark mnde of him hy Hr. Kyn~:~tt1111t William A., who· residPs In town, and atlmlred an<l esteetnl'd. 'J'he ~)!~s· ·the tllllll his portrnit was uuvmh•d in· ,John ,J., who rmlldtls just. W\lst. of town business hot1scs of town closed durirll!'.

til! tine, the Collegtl Auditorium IWVIlrttl.,Yt•llrti on the old h~Jmestl•ntl. ~The C~I\Ught~rs the hour of st•rvlces and Cornell Collcga ago wlum he said: "Col. ltnh't Smyth llrfl: l\11ss J;llzabeth, who resuh•s Wllh suspended exercls!'.s and the faculty wni twenty years Rll Irishman, 8ixty her pnrontsiUid 1\Irs.l:l. E. Holden 11'!10 and students attt~nded the funeral .• 'l'he )'t'llrs 1m Anwrimm.: and t~ighty )l'ltUs resides nt Napa Cit)I'Cnl. following out·uf·town rl'lntlves ami a Chrlsthm geutleman;" t'ol. Smyth came of a family of J I frit>nds wtilre vrt!Mt>nt: Senator J. S.

llou. ltohtirt Smyth caine of a long childreu. Of th11t number but one still Alex:u11ter and son 'l'od, Jay Smyth line of honnrablll 111westrv. He Wtlti SUI'Vives, Mrs. Susan Alaxander, who Jij nud wif~> Hnht. S111yth nud wife, J. B. ·born l•'eb. 211, IHII, in E(tt•n Parish, well known to Ill! all .. All. the n,tht·~~. scott, g_ 'A. Vaughn, Chns. and Lizzie

g read n Cum'tllld. scales

and on &Sou. 011, fur iodiug, uti nnd l'k, tnr · strel•t •xprt•ss :ttJctrit~

•-' ~l(•C· :r>e pHr :.lo\'t•tl

·:trtl ".t' r i · at<., / c t•acn 'arritJll. c~!d llH :i:lt:wo. $~~.UlJ, lerlit•hl .~IaMon , t :(IUH, Y~'itr's

"t;lt•rk, ~), for COl, HOIIT. i<ll\''1'11.

vet! to ('ounty Tyrol!!', lrt>luutl. Ill' tlit>d .\pril :i, IH\IH,nml WitH tltt•l't•f•>r llt.!t•tl HI y1o:us, I 1111111 t.h ami 7 da) s.. II 11 was tnuued n'~ularly 111 t.ht1 praelle<• of I hl' prirwiples of that st.unly anti 11nhl" stuck uf ChriRti;LIIH, e••lltlnouly ealled l'ov<•llillllt'I'H. II is ron• fathers 11 <'I'll· ull of Sentell tlt•st•t•ut.. Tlwy Wl\1'11 all <•on·

g- cutn· ll'llll II 1emller, ·s., as a tJU car· lt:ll for

IWll hy neet11d with solli\J hr:lltelt of t h1• l'n•s· hyterinn chllrt•h. . .

htJ old ll't aut! · ll'<teltlll. tcilm"u on, \Vl(. rk 11lect lormly. • r-t· h~•~t, '"<I tilat l'arrit•tl. l'lt•et•·ti · Lt•i)(lt, iix autl

ion of·u earrit•d. at l.lx~t It \

,\ p, ' • ;, Ll'oy.(ft II,CIM·

oil Hillary iXtld Ill 11, Cnr·

; wateh .vs: Ill· L~r votPti.

bll de·

l{u)lt•rt, with his hrofht"r ,)ohu, sai11•tl from Londund.,rn·, lr<·huod, on .\ pnl :!·1, IH:I.t, for Am<•rit·a, arnvin!{ iu l'llil· adelphia .luut· J:lof Ill<• sa111•• yt•ar. Ill' wt•ut din·t·tly fl·,.,n l'ltiladPiploia to Loyshur!(, iu 1\PdforU t•OIIIIty, wh<·rl• h•· was lllll)'loy~d as a lalu•n•r 111 th" har· vest lh·ltl at i>O t:t•niB a o!ay. ,\ ltt•r harvt~Htiug W~lM OV('f ht1 \Vi\H t'llg"l\,g't•d to , 11ach a stll>ll<'riptioll seltool whwlt oc. •·npit•tl td8 tinlt' for 111:1~ yt•.•r. lle' W:tH

t~IIJlilf.{Pd as efpr·k tn. a ~l'Ht·,rut st.•.•n• aftt•rwanl. For tit<• llrHt. yt·ar "· Ht'I'Vll\11 11n reCtiiVI'tl ::i'liO in tmHII alul IIIH tooaql a111l wusltiug. Till' III'Xl yt·ar ho rt•; l'l'iV£><1 :j!\>;0, anti $~() t•xtra for l'l'lllltlll· ing in tht> puHit.itlll for two y•·arH .. \~.~··r I hat hill W!l;.tt•s 1\'"rt' ltl<:l't'liS>·tl to tUKI per y"ar, llllll hu cunttnued to l'lt:rlt nntil lHIO. •

1 tlwllil upon l.hiK part. or his ertrt•Pr tlt'eauKe 1t ht•ltm~s to tlltl t•arly hiHinry of onr conntry: Tilt~ annals of hiH t•arly lifll pOHHI'HS a Jll'CIIlrar t•ltal'lll, II· tnstrating wltat "a" htl tlo1"' wll•·rn all avt~llllt~M aro uptHI, hy a younK rnan with !l dPiinitt' pnrpost• ill lift•, and habitH of iutlustry atul t:nt<'rpriHll. I venture to asst•rt that our amtaiH at'

'foril no such lowt•utivtl to ynuthas dow" his lifB, wher"hY 1111 insignilicant hoy

I'Xfind•-~r i•i ·t ~" ··~·~~;:v,;. 1:~~, .. ~ r.t1-·'-'~' <.;ttd> l,v H

with tmt ona exceptwn. he ri·Rtlllg m Cuok. all of Marion. David :4myth of tlw lloautiful cemetery that onwluoks Stocktou, Kausas. l'llajor ,Johu '1'. our village, l\!otlit Frank . !>!<>!lit, wife, sou and

"S<•n·nut nf.<Jnd, well r!PtH•; dattglt'ter; ltohl.Nealy, and wifll, 1;''"· l'raise h11 thyut•.w employ, Healy aut! wifl', nil of Tipton. Iowa;

And while e emal ag~s.rut~l At .. x. ~lollit., wift>, two sons and da11~:h· ltt•st 111 thy J\lastm· ~Joy. ter· i\lrs. Helw<:ea :llollit, :'llt•ch:tiiiCB·

Pltr<:Sil>E:o>~T KI:O.:G. vilt'e, lowil; \\ illiam Smyth, Ct·dar Ht•v. K11ox callo•d upon l're,idPill ltapids: William Smyth aud, two .s•HtH,

King, who in ht•half of Curodl Collt•ge of Hoek ford, Iowa; lllrs. 1•-. B. Sopt•r, spul\e suhstuntially as follows: EmnlP!.shuq.(, loJ\\'11; lllr·s. It D. Stt•plt·

In the d••atlt of I lull, l{niJert Smvtlt (•liS, or ( :lticugo; I:: van~ atlll.J llllli'H I Ia \'· we have Itlst an ~u·n<•st., nsdul a11d Hlson, Stanwood; and Lucilla Cham. l•tll.riutic citizl'n, au i>hliging 1111(1 sym. lJl•rs, Cedar Hapi<ls. · IJ>itiiPtic lli:Jiglthor, lllld a true. and lUV· COL. HOH'I'. S)!\'TII,

ing i'l'iend ami t1rotlu~r·. In the few In ht·half of the \\'.'C. '1'. U. of ?.it. 111lllllttJS allotlt•d t•• nw it seems h<•lit· \'t•runu: \\'e tentler t.!• our lwn•:tl'\•d tit1g that. l silotl!•l sw•ak mainly of !lis sj,;t•·r~. Mrs. Col. Smyth aut! Miss Liz· rdal ion~ tn til•• t'oo!lqfi•. F•'r just thi1·t.y zit• s 111 yt 11, our earw•st and lnvllll{ S)',lll years Col. Smyth has llt•t•ll 11 trusl••tl oi' pat.liy 111 thf!loss 11 1' tlu• hnsiHllld and Con11dl ( 'olh!gt.•, and for, l.wt•uty·etgllt l'at.ht•r 1111 11 our lift• loug fl'ieud 111111 CO· yt•ars nl' thiH tltlll\ ht> l111s htwll Vt•ry I\'OI'kor in Uwll'IIIJl~'I',IJI(!I! tmii~P. 'l'his t!ios•·ly idt•utilh•tl with thu lllllllilliH· f!:LIIStl whkh watll'vt•r tll>ar anti tlt•ar t.o traliVu Wu1·k UK !lllH•IlJIJI!:· of tlitll'X•'t'll· htM faithful ht·art. \\'lt.lt, pritll! 1111d t.iVtt COillllliUllt•, thus. I'OIIIlillll~~ Ollt Sllll'l'rt'llt p!BaSIIrtl e1111 hllllJ>t;l'llllCtl 1111'11 lll'al'iy at hint ot' 11 Ct•nt\u·y in Vlllttahltl anti IV<Hllt:ll look upou IIIK n•1:onl In ~tli'Victl, lit• llQl, only was thus liht•l'al uur.lnR'iMii!t.Hn• for, to hia Htm·!inl{ prill· of his t.ime ill ht•halt' of tht• eollt·~··,l,lt. ~~iplt•H,' wist• and watchful vlgiltllll~ll Is he was also lilwral of hi~ nwans, ''"l't1ei· tlttll llltwh ot' tht' !'arty tHIIIJltlrllllCtl' l•·g· allv in tim Harlillr yt.,HH whell his <">II· islatiou of Iowa. ,\11 true frit•n<IH of triitutiOIIH t:Oilllll'd fllr HO lllllt'h ill the pl'Oitillition ill Iowa wiil llVtlr rt•nwm· t.ryin!f ••mt•rgHtlei•·s of thosH t.irm:s. lit• b"r mul revere the llallll' of. Col. ltobt. was an admimhlll C<lllll!lt•lor, lookin!.( s 111 yth. . . • carl'f'ully into tht~ dt•tails of thll work, IIi~ stalwnrt. eourngtl autl KtPrn fuh·l· and y<'t luking a hruad vit•wort.lu•!leopt~ it.\' W<'I'Ht•v<•r proof ll!(llinst thrt•atH atHI and work of 1.111' t•ollt'J.:Il. In l'I'HJ>l'<•L to hr1't,..ry 1111 ,1 1mahlt·d hun always to th" llnaneialpolicy ho was Hat'Ply eou· 811111 t1 for t.t•lllpt•nHte~ priiH'Iph·H and HPrvativP hut in n•ganl to l.hll J.(l'llt'ral LtllliJ>llrauet' lawN, .. ~ork hH 'was lih~>ral a11<l proJ.:n•ssiv<•. 'l'lt~• pro4~hititm law r .. unolln h11n a ~·.,of t.htl eollPI{Il fm•l dl't·ply this 1-(n•af. slartt•h aolvot•all' alltl Hlll'l'"rto•r, and 1\'t• lu•rt•a\'1\lll<'llt, 1111<1 Hlllltllillt( it I'XI'I't·tl· l'l•llll'llllJt•r with What f'"t•lillg'K llf HOI'· in;:ly dilllcult to allt'<JIIIIlt·ly lill his row anti comlt•JIIlllllimt l11' rt'ganlt•tl plaet•. lliR honest :tiHl frank {•haract.o•r, tlttJ <'IIIWtlllt'llt of thH ,\lulelt Law, In Ius e<~nsitlt·rall} ami 11ulole ~pirit, and 011 r Nt>rrow at tlw lo~s of this true 1111<1 tit<• fragra11e!l or Ius 1111,1ny 1-(ootl tlt•t•ds, ahl" workt•r, we ask who can t~r will will io11g lilll{er alo11g his pathwuy lo tnk<' ll(l tht1 work which hu crrrll'll on ''rullalm his Halnt•. fur lifty faitltl'ul years. , . ·

COE CtJI.I.EOiE, liP h:tH !{OliO to liiH rt.:,ll·ar.oJ, Itt• IS lllld shall fonwt·r btl w1t.h T~'I'L A •ul ~"'

It iH Ololy t.hll lat'll or lintt• (lltl llolio'l.' t'all hut eolllllli'IIOI to 0111' llt•avt•nly ht· of 11111 day anolltt>ltr of lilt' flllll'ntl st•r· tlu•r who~o !Jitldlng Itt> IWI'r lnH•<I to vi<'" having n•al'ltt•d us till thll last do tlw tlt•ar OllllS he ll'fl In• hind. Tlw lli<JIIl<Hit) wllielt pn•vt•nts lis from st•ok· 1111:mory of Ills works and virllli'S shall i11 1: t.u gl1'e so1111• worthy <•Xprt•ssiou to stmlll tu his fril•uds 11 llll'lllortulnud llll U~t• honor 111111 all'<'t'liOII in whieh Col. l•ntluriug inc(•llt.ivt• to nololt•r tholl)!hts ltoht'l'l, Smyth w;~s 111'1<1 by his lln•thrl'n 111111 tlt.•t-ols. 1\LIH\' F. \\'ILLI.I~Is aud frim11IH of t.llt> Board of Cut• l)ollt'g'll, :IIAH\' ~.lopta: of w1t1ch hoard lw was for Hll tuauy J:~:BEI:C.\ 11.1no:o.:s . vears a ntl'nlht•r. But ill tlt~•se hurri .. tl ·inooorents Wll ean ordy say that ·w" euuld not willill)!ly h<• lt-ft nut alliOili-( E\'l•rytlting tn lhtl jtlll't•lry line at the utall)b witlll•sst·s at his l'uneral, wl:u St<weusou'N,

·GreatS UND

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We Shall P Next Wee~

Ladies Ever

Beautiful t than you

Neatly trimmed 20 ct.s. up, Ora

Gowns of g trimmed fr•

.skirts in variety

··von Sho1 Seas

During yo.u

the t mon

An Elegat Glove~

Things YOL supply i

for'

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, • ,,, '"" "'''"'"" H'l'IIII'I'JIIf ltllli j411•HI ll!•I"IIII\'I'HWI!fj lil!d llhlilllhlll II. ,,,,,,'1 d 1111.:1)' dtUitHI t tu lidt•ti11UII'I)' 1111 Ill~ 1Jitll'l', 111M h111111~' llllfl l't'llllk 411tiHtWII•r·1 hili ll•ltl~ltlt•fllllio IUld llllltlll Kjtll'll, IIIII Ull' l'l'll~rtuwll ur luH IIIIUIY """'' •h·l'llk, will lou~ lluuur ult~IIK hl11 l•lllliwuy tu l'lllllllitu hlK 111111111,

lrl!Milllt, l 'h•rk llf~tllf WIIIH'IUIIIII)'I'II tl~ II lllllilfl•l' itt thlt hill'• '' r11 Mayur tlurmly, VII"'- th•lilllt 1M •~•·IIIII u tfuy, ,\ 111•r r.ur· •fi\1 1 tttlllllllrl'l'•t•IWI, Vlllltilllf WoiK I>VI'f hu Wll" t•lll(lllolt'il lu '6111U 111, MuV1•1I thul lll!ll}h u KllllKt'rl[•llutl l!l<lumlwl•h~lluc ll ll(f 1'11'11, C'tll'th•ol l'lll•h•d II Ill lflllt' lor lllill )'l'.lf, 1,111 WitH ,\1, SIU Ill IJ4! t•h•t:h•tl t'lllflll(t~l IIH l!h•rk lit II ltf'll•·rul llfurt• l'llr. t'Of,f,l~lll•:, c•atwy, \'t•IIM .,l,t•tl(li, afLI•rwufll, l•'ur th.- lh·HI ~Hil''ll Mt•rVIHu II 111 Hill)' t.hl! lllf'k uf !IIIII' ( 111,1 111111•·•· 1•, ~fJtt~ttll, \\'&ihx tuul Ill' rt!tlltiVt•tll\lllU lu lllllill 1111~ IIIII 111111111 uf tltt<IIIIY nhllltuur ul' till• llllll'flll K•·r· StY · a111l Wllt!hllllf, 'l'ln• w•xl Y••ur ho rc•; vh•11 huvlug rt•ul'luotl uH llll Uut 11111t •tl t't'IYt•tl. ""'I 111111 ~:!II ''"lru fur t't•llllllll· III.•IIIH<III-~whh•J m•¥t•IIIII.IIH fruw ,..,,.k·

.i~:r,,~,c- 1'_1,1~ .''~-\t~'4'111ht'.'l'iii\1~1!M!\I\1:'1.i•~~J1,W: -1\lll'l,~l, \'1\llf l:r 11tl''~ll"h',l: lu m~ ~ int!llr " t IU'Ii\ ltV It I" hr~•lhtl'li i 1, • Uftllll'll .. ,,, g , 1 1 wdl upon t.hiH pou·t HI' frill 1,111.1,1,1," 111111 fr• 11111. II Ill' ! 11!11'11" n!' I -tnt l"l•tll••~t•··, II, ,J. AlUIIdt<r II, Olllr· ht•!'llt!Httlt ht•l•lll!flllll thu t•arly hiHIIII"\' HI Whlllh h111trt 1111 WliM f'tll' .• ,, IIIIUIV ~_lovt•il that thuHala,ry uf uur country. Thn 111111111 ~ uf hfH years 1\ lll"llllll•r. But Ill lht•Htl hurri•·ll IINHitllltlr htJ lixt~d nt 1, 11rty lifo puHHI'HM a Jll'ellli'lr !'harm il- lllllll'ltmtll \\'ll ean 1111ly Hay that w" ·••If and team. Ctlr- lustrating whut "'"' hutl«llrt' wht•r", nil t!ullld nut willillvly In• lt•f't nut lllllllltg' . . , IIVIllllltiN IHII IIJIIIII, hy II YIIIIIIJ.( lllllll tiJillllllll)bWitll!•ti~t·~ at hill fltiiCnt-1, Who

Ev••ryt.hiltf{ iu tim jiiWt•lry liuu at :->tuVeiJHult'ti.

lh·:~ of mght wateh witt_• 1\ dt:tlnittl purpoHII ill lift•, anti :----c-:-~~~--.,~~~-.,--.....!---------------., lttJrl as,tollows; In- hahlt~ uf nultlHlry ruul tHit<'rpristl. 1 ··~ 7. !lio othor vott-s. voo~uture to aSHt•rt that mu· a11ualt1 nflfurmat vottl be de· '!'onl no such hwt•ntivtl to youth as dues rrtlld. hiH life, Whtlr"bY an insiguiticallt hoy ell H •• 1. Alexaudllr iu&llttaugllland ru•ll Kltllt IJr ttWI1 !If, U'llr IIJIP!IIIItt!d . ~ljt! Iiiii lllltlrlll!l' 11\lf~IIY!lrt&ttlkl IU!II 111111\I!H • •thlttli lor IHUt'l·llll: ous tldtlllty, till ho boctunu 1m tum11rell ,eigr·,~asou, Wlllix. gilmt for truth and right on the nro1m •It!, lhll'l'itlk, Audit· of stuto, and whuHo patl'i•ltic scrvict•s •rliehl. City lighting haveenshrinetl his name in the tumrt •stilro. Cemettory and of ll\'ery trnc J\ mt<rll'lm. . · ~ou, ltt'rrick, Ordl· In Mnl'<~h uf 1!!-10 he rt•sigtwd his llutterlietd , Fire- clorkKhlp llnd 11tnrted for what wu11 ·'• Witllx. Clty water then the ter·rltory of Iowa. lie arrived \luaon. . . In I .. lnn county eurly In April of that •r (lormly bll author. year. He purchast'lla claim-the land •ck to the amount of tm which his son, ,John .1. Smyth, uow ~son & Son for tower IIVPS. When he lirst came to Iowa he

llto\'ed thut Mayor mnde hit! home nt Thmnas t:raig'11 ~I'd to draw a check until ,Tt1ly of that year, at· wllieh time •f l~ngineer Turner his stster. and her huslmncl, Mr. and ight on above sup- Hobert Alexunder, urn ved from 1 re·

land. lie theu made his home with tler of Mayor,· tht-~m. lie. continued to make his hom!l A. UOIUILY, Mayor. with them until June, l!l~ll, at which rk. time his fat.lwr, mother, six sisters aud It !I ALf1.ATJON, brvtlwr .James arriVtld ln. J.i11n couuty,

his brother William having .urrivt•ti dgh, 'l'ravis, lluttl.'r· previously. JIIK oltlust I.Jruther, .Juhn, ··st·nt. Moved that made his honw in l'hiladtllphill until Jllr{jo 1orty exempt t~lll,at which time lttl nml his fam1ly '101 n account of also came and st,ttled in Linn county. lo rled. In HHII he martil'd M11111 Margurut I p. 'm. by motion. ~lotllt of Cerlar c•mntyl who Htlll 11nr· >.ne, Butterfield and vives him, and who I.Jy wr frugal and ved tlu1t Dr. Cnrson's industrious habits lll'lped him iu hill ·<I $1fXIO, carrlt•d. successful career. Sh11 WIIK also born '. U. Hemls' asses11· in lrehlnd. After his marriag!l thev rt~· ·rit~d, Moved that mained on the farmtwar ~II. Vernon ·llS be asst>ssed ·for till tH52, when they madtl .Murion tlltllr 1dy, 8;10.00; C. \V, home, and In company with hit! brother r !\lidS. H. Uauman, William he btlrlirne enga!(ed in the -rtck, $40.00; J · C, lund and baukiug busiuesH. After-

G. Miller, $30 00; ward ne was a memher of thtl law linn lhl, 820.00; Geo. K of Smyth, Young & Sm3'th.

II. Safely, $40.00. In ll:llil he wus ap110iltted by l'resl·

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~t~ "' ,,, "~ it) BAIR & KYLES' '" -~t~ FOR A SPRING SUIT~~ ~~ . ' ~~~ ~,, .. . .. ~ \ . I'm wearing 'this heavy cheviot when for the ',· ',· · · small sum of $5.00, $6.00, $8.00, or $10.00 I ~R I might be cool and friendly. Don't detain .1~ ~ ~ me. Walt. untlll I get the suit. It only .. l.t) ~ ~ takes five mlnute_s to get fitted out there. l.t~ l.t~ He came-and he went away pleased. l.t~

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>It W. U. Safety bt~ dent Lincoln u paymu~lt•r In the tr, f'. llhicles at $5.00 each. Army, aud he remained ln tho! service hat the portion of till July, l!ltili, nearly live ye:trs. !lis d to Heo. Young be hmutqnarttlrs were in St. Lutlis. Ills as~t•ssor's list, Car- paym~:~nts were made In Iowa, Mis,ollrn until 2 weeks souri;_Arkansas, KPntncky, 'l't'ntu>ssee, +•»•»•)O .. )O .. )Oo•)O .. )Oo•)Oo•)o .. »•»•»"«·«·« .. oc·«·«"»•)O .. O(•oC( .. )o .. »+ Y .April 18th. and Mississippi. Hto dishursed during A . . . , - . A

this period from the government's ;. · · .. .,. ;. treasury the vast sum of over $10,000,- x S • · Sh X OOO,and furnished satisfa~tory vouch· t pr1ng QeS, t era for every dolll~r expended. In a •

·ning of this week venal,corrupttlme,he held trust and ' • Handsome St-..oes A a IPctnre, "!!'our power unsulljed and unsuspected. He A · . 1·1 ' A

a of l'arllament," at was not-a vermin stl\tesman, he was ;. p • 1 Sh · A good audlflrtce not ll parasitic statesnum, who looked. ~. ra~tic_a oes, t

r 1111d a half to a upon hls'cotintry as but R carcass from x . X !testing ·"talk," a8 which he might draw Ulood. Ilia Is an , 1 rnodeaty termed It; example of jlerBtlllal intl.'grity-;m ex· l La.dt"es Shoes· ,· . f ~ to many a Hfty-. ample not a httle needed. He abhorred X X 111ldn't compare at anything like Impurity, fraud or i. • or alidlnformutlon, doublll·deulin!f .• He never bud en- ~ Men's Shoes, . . l ntz. . . trusted to hun a cent of otlmrs for x X 1g hlmsetf1 a8 he which he could not uccuunt, and 'rather , l C h ') d ' S h · 1 It,," he Saia people than have others lose lllOIIey through .f .· - ,I ren s, ' ' '.oes.. f e In life when they his Investments for ti!&Jn, he blmsolf x x 1e1r·dotage, he was would suffer loss. lie WIIB a man of i. · .i.

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Dn between the !stature. In 1846 he was elected b,Y the .l ·A Uouse transacts people of Linn and Henton counties a 1. 1 n ~nate chamber p~ember of the house ofrepreseotatives x «•«..c<·« .. »•» · ' '\X described some of of the Jo'irst Uen'l Assembly of the i · · - j, · ~[.~ 'h'o~~s!n~ PJ:;: ~~:;ie !to i~~ ~~~~~~sa e~&::gerblr ~~= '-~. Prices . R" in-__ , · .. · h t of ' CJ a· ll rR._, ·A ... • i_._, __ :ant. bewlgf;l'ed, be- ·a~ate senate for four yearB n '.-c"<l.~ ~ ~ ,fl At.n,;~ • :'ir>~.. !d •. t • ', · , . ·

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•"lUll, 'l'rtiVIM, llnHt•r• : ··~t·nt.. ;llovt•d thut lwr proporty ext•m Jll ,,~(XI, IIJlOII at!COUilt of t<l11w, earrltJd. I p. 111. by motion.

•!nt•, ButtHrllt<ltl anti •vt•d that Ur. Carsou'M ••ll SltXI(), carrit•d. : :. B. Hem is' as!lesstTietl. Moved that ,nts be assessed for ·lldy, $40.00; c. w. ·rand ti. II. Bauman rrick, $40,00; ,I, ( < , <0. 1\llllt~r, $3000; ahl, $20Jl0; <<eo. E.

II. S11ftJIY, $~O.ou. ttl' w. IJ, ~1\fld)' Ill' tlhiclr•s at $1Ul0 each . that the portion of •d to <leo, \'ouug be asM'essor's list, CarjoUi'ntintll 2 weeks 1y April 18th,

1 Dr. Stuntz.

111 M11n•ll of ~~ill ii., ti'MII>!II~"ol IIIII !oft•l'kKitiJI illld IIIIIJ'IIt,j 1'111 Wlllit Wl!ll 1111•11 IIH• li•t·rltot•y 111' lull'tl, lit~ llrt'll't'll 111 1,11111 I'HIIIIlY l'ill'IY ill A prll ol' tlinl yuar. lit• jlltt'l~ltMt•fl 11 t'l•lllil · llw lnwl !Ill Whl!ih ltiH Hllll 1 •. 1111111 ,J, ~llljl'llt, II OW llvt•H, Wlwll Itt~ llrtit. tHIIIII• l.u 1111'11 lit• llllllhl It hi 111111111 Ill. TltiiiiJIIH I :l'llii('H tlltl.tl ,July 111' llwr.) Pill', at wltli•h lltm• Itt~ MiKh•r uud tuw 1111~11111111, Mr. 111111 '·.''.thllrt 1\ " .. 'XIIII.th.•r,. 111'1'11'111(. l'rH!II .'I'll' fiiHtl, 1!11 1111111 11111!11• tiH lnt•m• W Ill !Jwitt. IJ., tHHtfitllll'tl tu lllllk" IIIH ho111"

ll'ltlt IIHIIII 1111111 ''IIH''• HOY, Ill Wllll'!l '".'" .. '' ~~. 1r'.''·.l!.••r1 '""' mr., Hlii.Hitltl•t•n ... 111111 II'HIIwr, illll!iH lll'rlVI•tli'l!. 1.11111. lltlllliLy,

111M llrll~ltt•r WtllllWt lmYIIIIf tlrrtv"'' f'I'IIViouHiy. IIi~ olcl"st brolht•r, .lultu, llllltleld~ ltorttt•. ln l'ltila<lt·lplti:l until l!liil,at wltieh tinw !Ill aud hiH l'an11ly also eunttl awl St•ltlt•tl in Linn t~ouuty.

I II IH IIi lw marril'tl :\IIHH ,\I argumt ~lotllt of Cl,lar t:••unt.y who Hill I HllrVIVIlli him, 111111 who by iH•t· f'rlil:al anti illdtt~triuus habits llt'lped lti111 i11 hiH SIICt:llRHful carPllr. Slw waH also born in lrllland. A ft.11r hiH marriag1• t ftev rt>maiued on tiJil farm II Par ,\1 t. Vernou till l!s5:!, whtln they madt• .\I arion th.,ir home, and in company with hiH brother William he lllw!Lllll\ tmgagell in the land ami !Jauldug hunilli'ss. Afrmwant lie was a llltJlHhor of the law tlrm of Smyth, Y mmg ,-;; sm1t h.

In l!lill hll wail nt•PO!Ilh•il ht l'rtlgl• tlent Lincoln a paymastn iu the LT.~. • \rmy, allrl he remained in thn, StlrVire till .July, Hsm, mmrly live ye1rs. His heailqnarwrs were in !'it. Lollis. II is payments were made in Iowa, .Missouri, Arkansas, K••ntnclcy, 'l't•mu•ssee, 1111d Mississippi. lit· tlisbursed <luring this period from tile goverument'll treasury the vast sum of over $10,000, 000, and furnished satisfactory vouchers for every dollar llXpended. In a

mlng of this week Vt>nal, corrupt time, he held trust and ' a lt>cture, "!<'our power unsullied.and unsuspected. He te of Parliament," at was not a v.;rmin stl\tesrnan, he was

A good andie.nce · not a parasitic statt>smau, who looked 1r and a half to a upon hfs'country a.s IJUt a carcal!s from ert>sttng ·"talk," as which he might draw blood. His Is an modesty termed It; example of pt~rsonal intt>grity-an ex~~t t ~ ,any a fifty· ample not a little needed. He abhorred ou. l compare at anything like impurity, fraud or •lor . ..:Information, double-dealing. · lie never had ennntz. . trusted to him a ct~nt of otht'rs for lllg himself, as be which he could not account, and 'rather , •nt.," he said people than have others lose money through ne in life when tltty his investments for t~m. he himself heir dotage, he was would sutier loss. lie was a mart of perhaps it"might be clean hands and pure heart. Like age. Henry Clay, "he would rather bll right

1111 a s.hort descrip· than !•resident", buildings of parlia- In the fall of 1811 he was elected by

,ome eight acres of the citizens of Cedar, .Tones, Liun and f their great archi· Benton counties a member of the house t drew a most. un- of representatives of the territorial legson between the lslature. In l!U6 he was electlld h,Y the

House transacts people of Linn and Benton counttes a .vn Senate chamber p1erober of the house of representatives ,, described some of of the l~irst Olln'l Assembly of the 'II1ef&, past and pres- state. In 18fi7 he was elected by the •f ... ~.btl. h·o·"· se .a day, 1\>eople of Llun county a member of the rt11nt1 ~wigged, be.· •state sena!e for four ymns. lie was eed &i!fnltaries, the al11o again elected by the people of

An erofiluent plea Linn county a membPr of the house of .,~d~ation of the two thfl 20th Gen'l Assemhly in the fall of ikint~ nations, that 1883, Just 40 years from thll time first •gt.t~~ against the electt'd, where he served on important lgre8s, tlod and bu· committ(•es, among these the commit· dellgbtful remlnls· tee on cunstitutional amendmeuts, eipts were some $20 which was thtn cou~iderl'd as. of llrst .nm for the course Importance. eds will be turned He was a D;lan of courage and of ster fund. lldelity to his convictlous. He never

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IIIU wllfl till CUI~)' IWIII!olihHH.'U If 1\ ftl "110'1' l ~ liNOU<llf POU Mit" f1111;l h; I'm ll trifle \'f/' I\ ovi#r IH:ntuil In rny hntit() to rctu:h .. ~t/ I.) ~" ~~ BAIR & KYLES' "' 1~ FOR A SPRING SUIT ~f; • . . w ~~~ Pm .W!IA .. "''1!(.thlf !1M\' f. l!lh!l¥1111 w. !Hill fr11' the ~~ . • I might bu cool 11nd friendly. J>on't detnln -'~ I'R· !l!l!IIH MUnt nf IJill,UO, ~~~.00, IJiH.IlO, PI' $10.00 1.' I.~ me, Walt untlll I get the suit. It only It\ I.~ tnklls five minutes to get fitted out there. it\

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c. I :)ft;ift't~--·· ehll\lrch~ .. Ofthat.ntimber blitotHl still ctilll\t 'IWt~l, \VL' eontlen:~e ft·<mt tlio Hn.wkt\\G tho Hllrl'lvc~. Mrs; .Buaan Alnxnnder, who is mllUIJ os iLJ 1 fullowintr nccount or ~he life ILIIll.dL,.lth wclllmowit t·o us nil. All tho othN·a, and L lly at. I nf C\ll, Hobt. Smyth, of ~H. Ym·non. no wit:h but uno exception, lie resting in hnH v;• 3 lnv· 1 k>J 1•<'1.'11 r;u lonr.~ hlenWi~tf 1\'ith th" in- thclicnnl.lful rtmtot<••'.'" t.hnt OI'N'Iooks n.nd c iH llw 'h·:·'"'" n( Linu Coimty thul hL< ld"toty our l't1lng.•. OliO n hinf(s I i.· int.i,,wtelr 1rm·t·u with !hnt of tho • -·~=~: le~ fill wltoh! eonnln: )f tho .linn. HPl.H!rt f:\111yth emno of n h.•ng

line of 111111 Cirable nHet•!.it.ry, lll~ wnn born UtrtJm mu• Ht\•~uln•• ('r.•J'I't•.;puu•h!ttl.t 011 ltf

all ill c;ay Ft'b. ~G, tH14. in t•:okn. Pmi.;h, Cuunty Wn~hington, D. U., J\pril8, 181ltJ,

cHst·~. T)Tullc, lr"l'""l. l.le <lie.!. April ~l, J,ql)~, l't·cui<lt•nt Mo•Kinloy postponed s~ndiug tiou, thou- and \\'D" thercf,rL• ngc.-d tJ . .[ yo•:n·s. lmonth his Cuban uwssng" to l:ongresu nntil hmtll ~{llt.on :11111 'i tln.y;;:. lrr\ wm: tr·ainml r~.'r,nla.1'1Y next week, !iimply lwcn.uoc thll1"0 "·ns oncu ,.,l 1111 in th" l"''";Ucc of lite princi[>h!H of t.lutL nothing l'lHe to he rlonc, nftet• l1o wus wriLt .0 rib- >'lunty uml noblo Rloel; of Christian", notilit"l b~· Consul G~IWI'IIl L~eUmtit ]~iftt

All commonly called Coven:utl(•ra. His foro· would be imposstule to get tho severn! HI ,J:\tho- fathm·s W<'"'' n.ll of Scotch <l~sL:ent. 'fltey thoustmrl Ame•·icnns. thou !hero ttll out mcJII Lail of wem nil comwetcd 1Vith somo bl'llnch of of Uubn before about Sunday and t.lmt ~[I£N

tho Pre•hyterirm chnrch, thoir lives would be In dm1ger If they rc-grcnt Robet·t, with his brother John, B:tilcd nll\lneu in Cubu ttftm· t.he mcs~nge --Jl~t of fmm Londondel'l'y, Itelnnil, on Apt·i124, recommending intervention wns mndo •t lav· 18ll·:!, for A merion, nl'l'iving in Philn- public. lis hnpntient us l.Jongt·ess hns

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tlclphia Juno 1:! of lh<l snmo yenr. flo l.>eeu to tnltc the nntlon thnt will result w~nt dirPctly fruu~ I'hilndclphh to Loyt· m tho enol of Spanish couti·ol of Culm, burg, in Bodr11r.! cDnll~y. wh,.rc ho wna it luulno objection to tho postponouwnt

.tiouur employed ns rt lnhot·c1· in the Harvest whou it W!lS m•ulo ILC!]Uitinteu with tho :e m.IJ- fi,•hl at ;;o c'"''" n day. Afl<•r hun·<'•L- reuHoll for Lho olelay. Nothing cun pos

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I Hubser{ptil'tt sehool which occupietl ht~ )'l'l'BCL'I'lttion or (;hu livtH or AlliCl'i<!nll l.iuw for one year. He WllS cugag<'<l as c:itl?-<!11~. Notlllug will u'e lost !Jy tho clerk in :t gPiwt·a\ ~Loro arto•t•wnr<\. JO'or JIO"Lponcnwnl. On thl• coutrnry, it will

~gs. as t.he Jin;t ~:mn':i t:PI·vico ho rPcch•ctl :t;HO 111 enal>lt! Llw mlnJiui~h·at1on to nuilte the Ni·~~ ~:-:~ a.ud ca::~h antl hi~ hoard antl wtu~hing. 'rhn nuxal and tuilitnry llcJuont:'tl'ntiou 1 whwh No.4

nr.~t Ytal' lw n~et'iYL'tl ~tiO, ntH} ~~u exta·a iH tu rolluw Lhc uction nr Congt'(!t;tl uulho ,,:.!:!', "',.!-'J.:,.~ l\iiletl ft..H' rr.•main:n~ i1\ t.1u.~ posiiiun f<Jl" twll l'l"Ptiidl'UL's UU'HI:ill!gO, ll\Ort' fonuid:\I.Jie, ~

ycar1;, J\flt•t· lhut. In:• wngcr:; weJ·o in- tUtd to 11mke the Iirat blow·, IC it cutues to Niu:: 1 to be ere:L~<Jd l.o f~200 (ll'l' y1:nr, llml lm cou- ulowR, more tll~nsll·ous to the Spanish. No,.,~.· lllUOI'll.

lin1wu to cl~rl< until HHO. Mennwhlle, t11ero is n possibility thnt N}i ,1

le of a In 1\laruh oJ' JI;.JO lw J'csign~tl his clcrl<· Spnin may umko tho sentling uf tho Nj:,;; Oltcert ship nnd Rlnrtcol fur what wuo then the mes•rtge to Congress unriecessnry l!y Nn.;

tel'lilot·y of low:~. Ho nrl'i~od 111 Linn huhtbly bucking tlown nntl meeting II: ml the county enrly in April of tlmL yt!ur. llo C\'ery demnnd Umt Pt·estdcnt McKinley :r say:; purchu.secl n clniut-tho Jantl 011 which has 1nntle concer11ing Cnbn, includil·g ~i,~~

hi" Boll, John J. Smyth, now lin!"· the withdmwal of lts soldtcr·s nnd Its N;~·.: c IJeen When he fir~L c:onttl to Iowa ho mnolc flug from Cubu:, 'l'hia tJOs•ibillt.y, how- ~lu .. l paint hi~ homo at 'l'honuts Gmig'~ until July evet·, woul<l not Im'vo t'esulted in the N;1,::r r mom uf thnt. ye:u·. nt which titno hin Hi•tci· po•tponemcnt of the mcs~olge, ns tho N:,:" lit Co., nnol hl'r hu•lmnJ, ~h-. nnrl ~Irs. Hobert Pt·csldeut ts too well liClJll:Oili!D<I with I' r

18 look Alcxandet·, unive<l from It•elnud. He Spnni•h tl'ielwry to 1\CCept any promises N~;~ then mado hi• lwnw with them. He contingent upon further dipiomntic "'·

10 cozy euutittuetl to mnke hi.~ home with Uwm negotiations in 1111awm• to the ultlmntum :Xn. rooms until Jnue, 1UJ~,.ut whieh timP. hisfuth- which wus unsutisfnctorily nnswcrcu l•y N~.':

or, moLiw1·, six nislt•t'" am\ brothtJI' Jrtwes Spniu Inst weclt. 'fhe position of thi• t.J~ faeiug arrived in Linn county, his LrothH go,·ernment Jul.~ hecu fully stutctl to ''""''I

10 liihl- W1lli::un haviug arrived prcviuu•ly. His l:lpuin anti will not bo clmnl!(ool in tho· u 1 ngly olole•t'brothcr, John, made !us homc1 in slightest dt•gree. 'l'hut wns 1unde plain 1eHt fur l'hiln<klphi:t unLit 1801, ut which time to t·eprc•eutntives of Europenn nut ions U, J

.t( 011 a lw and hb f:unily aiMo came and ~t·ltlcd when they soutulml Uti; go,·m·nment to

0 h•n·e in Linn C<>llnty, nscet·tuin how 1111 oiTer tu mcdintc would ,,,a, In ltHtl IH• mnt'l'i"tl. ;llisH Mnt·garct 1 bo recciveu; nntl fm·thcr they wore Lold ~ ... ·

MoHit, ol C('1lar couuty, who utill sur- in the plaine::t of Eugli~h that this f.{C·'''" ~::: yeo! his l'i\'1!5 him, aut! who by hct• frug;<tlan•l emment wus fully doterminetl to 111uin- ~~·;;~' Loritun iwJu,Lriouo habi l; helped him in his t:Lin it" l'Gsi&iun by fot•ce, if nece;;H:U'.)'. Nu.

an ex~· :.;w:cl':-osful cart!er. Hhe was alHo.boJ'H in Stnco then 'thoy have beun l.n·tngin~~ pre . .;· ~o.

~~·c~~·,·~·~ ;11;~;1i','~':.:;· o1~\ l~t~~~ ~,;';mm::~~:~;~t. tt~~~~:~~ :~::~~~,\~ ~~~~~ ~~r s~;::,111:an:~s~01!J~::~I ~~~~~ ~7.~' a non· lilllo:i:!, \\"lll:u thL•y n1ade Marion theit· httd not uit·ectly :tllcmpte<l to iullm!nco Nn.

1car an hollH~, and in company· with his brother this go\·ct·zuneut, nnt.l hin attmupt tu ur ~!;;~; ivo tho Wilham he became engugml in ti•O land mngo il truce between the Spauh,h und ""· u leclt- awl IJ.tnldllg UuHint'!:!!:t, .Afterward ho the <.;uUau insurgents huH h~Pn J.ilo luc- .~·~;~:

' wa:; ll IIWillber of the law lil'lll of Sruyth, ti\'C or lllOI'e hurm than I.:(JOd to Spain, •/'iu. Yuuur; & Smyth. I bccau.<o it has been perfectly plltia from

In 1fHil ho wnH nppointed by PI'L!Hhlcut the /imt liHLt Ius object was to e:we l:lpain ~·*~ Lincoln :qmymltBler in the u. f:l. Army, from the wmth of Lius country. Spuin •No

ll anti nncl Le I'L'Iu»inetl iti th~ service till July, cau gi\'o up Cu!Ja penceat.ly if it will, 1 ~!ill, 11c:orly til·o yc:Ll'H, Ilia he:ulquar. hut I~ hns got to. gi\·e it up. 'l'hat iH us ;.:.,~

'~1lf\'~::·~~ ters weru in :)t1• Louis. IIitJ payu1onls CHl'tuzu as auyUuUJ~ cnn bt~. . ~:~: ~·, Culm were nla·JCJ iu !own, M.iti.-;ouri, ArkunHU9, Tho following Htatumeut L.v Aw.;iHttLilt NN.,

A.Jl,

KL'lHUcky, 'l'e.nueHSCO t.Uu.l Misoi.st:~ipJ>i. ~el~l'l'tnJ•y Vantlm·lip, or thu '1'1'0!\SU:·y, it; Nt wtl by a He Ui:-.but·H~ll tlul"ing thu; Jlf!riull frunl uspc•ci:~lly intel'l'rlling at tlli~ time: out~ St. Paul t!1e gO\'i.H'lllltent/a Lrca'!'ury the \'aat f:illlll "~Vhcn WaL' <:otue~ now influouccs opct·· ~~~J~ ots fnt'" Lf o1·Hr :~Hl.uoo,ooo, anti ful'lu~hcol sali~- ntll upott the public 1'11\"mm.eK. 'flw firKt ·'""

faetury ,·uucheJ'I:J for l!\'Cl'Y Uollut·cx: hoom c.;.f cannon IK n. cull fur irwl't•atif.!d !' 1~ ~ of itH pew .. ktl. lu :1 \'enu.l, curL'upt ti1ue, hn resources, rtud i~ lii~C.Jy to hi..' fulJon-t•d p, r be won l•cld lntbl :~ud puw<Jr u:oHulheo.lllllll un· b.r n nh:ll'l' tlecrcu•o in (lrtlinury rccPipts. ~~~' Hiuglt1 Ru.-;pectnd. He \nt~ Hut u v~rnun ,.;tntctJ• lt"otlnnatl!ly at no• titne ':\incc tho c~i\'il

~~~~1'11~!~l: uum, he wnt~ nut. a paru~itic :-.Lnlc~.uan, Wl\l' hu9 the U. A. 'l"reusury OCCU}Jictl ~;,, ~~;;~ ;i<Jll~ f,H. who J,.~oked upon ldu (!0\Hllry nM l!ut u Ht·ong n. po~ilion n5 it doeR uow, witll ~~·.;

uarenss frr.Hn wliid1 he Hti~JJI. draw tho exct~ption posl-libly or lho Hut·pluH ~''·


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"""''" juntil Juue,l:J_l~ •.. ul whic:h Lime. hisfnth- which wu~ unsatisfuctorily unswct·ud l•y ." '· 1\u., er, motlw•·, s1x msll'l"o ami brothl!t' Jawes Spniu lust wee!<, 'fha posiliun of this 4:n

facing arrived in Linn county, his urothr:r go•·ernment hns heeu fully atutetl lo ,.~:; 10 .Mit!· William lmving arrived prcviouKiy. His l:lpuin untl will, tlot be chtlllJ!:Ctl in tlw· lll ugly oidest.brothur, John, matle !us honll1 in slightest deg'rec. 'l'hnt wns Junde plain IC~t fur Philntl..tphi:t Ill! til lHGl, at which time to l'CjJrl'!SClltllLil'l'S of Europeun nations o.J .tl 1111 a ho tllld ldo flluJjJy also cam<' :Jild settled wlten they somHied thi~ IJ'OI'<!I'Jilllcnt to

0 h;we in LiuH Ci!Unl.y. nscm·tttin how an otTer tt• medlnto woultl ''""' Tu J~.J.li hP mnrri<•d. •risH Mnt·garct I bo receivcu; nml fm·ther thuy wore LOid :-in.

)'t'd his bloriit, of Ct••.lar couuty, who uWI sur- in the pluineot of Euglish tllllt LhiM gc,.. ~::: torium Yin:s him, t\IJU who uy hct• fmgnl :m•l emmcnt wus full~' dcterminetl tomuin- ~·;;~'

imlu,Lriou,; habit; lml(W11 him itt his (;tin itH pvsWun uy force, if lteCCoH!Il'J'. Nu.

llll ex- :<UlTP,Sful OILI'I!CI', Hhe II'ILH aiHO bor·u iu Smr.o then 'thoy hnv(ll!cun bnnging pre.;- :olo.

·d, o\'a- Irl'iaml. .\ l'tcr hi,,; mtll'rinj!C they re- sure to bu:t.r on S}miu to cotuJ•el it to rvolous maine•] on the fa rill ncar Mt. Vernon comply with our dmnands. The Pope ~~;~· a !lOll· till!~.;~, ll'ht'll !lwy lll:LdO ~[(u·ion (.heir hud llOt UJtcctly llltCIIlpted to intiU<'lll'll ~.~: •.

war an home, and in compnut wit.h his btt,ther this gov·N'Jllnont, UJit.l. hiu attempt to nr !\'o,:

ivo tho Wilham he !Jecamo cngn!("d in tl.e land rnngo ''truce betwceu Lim Spauh.h and :o<v.

11 tech- a~~<i IJ.t11Idug lmsin~;~~ •. Afterward ho the !Julmn insur~c~ls Ita" bt!PII 1'10 lue- '·"·'· "'""a member bt th·e law firm of Smyth, ti1·o of 11101'1! l~nhll than good to Spain, ';~~: Y<:nug & Smyth, I becau.;e it has been perfectly ph1in fmm

In lHiil he wns npr1ointcd I.Jy President tile limt llmt hiH obje~t was to SU\'O l:ipn~n J.EA

Liucoln n. pn.yJntlaler in the u.s. Army, ra·om tile wt·nt.h of t.rus COUltlt;y. 8pU111 :R~ ll anti and l:~ rc•Hminc<l iii th~ sen· ice till .Tuly, can give up t:ubtl penceahly if it will,

lHUU, ll<!al·ly lil·o ycat'», His hcmlqmu·. but it. has got to. gi\·e it up. 'l'Jwt is as No~

.A.. u.

n vieln·; t tJ l · ters were. in St. Louis. llid paymonls Cf!l' mn :u;nny IIIII,{ cnn >t•. ~::: df (OJW

~·, CuGa tl'<l by a

wl•re JUU•Jt.! in !own, M.iti.-;ouri, Arkunfius, Tho following Htntumeut b.v AH'iiHttlnt NN.j I{('utuck,,,, 'l't-lllleHSCO tutd Mi~.si~sipJli. t::k•I!I'L•tnl'y Vnntlt!t'lip, or thu 'l't'e:lbu:·y, ia .NI

He ubbut':'Cll uuriug t-his Jleriotl fl'(JJU uspeciully intcl'l•dling Ill thid tillle: Ulll)

the govm·1uucnt.'s troa~ul'y the \•aat f:iUm "\Vhcn war <:ontcs JH,\W inHUI.mces opcr- 1.1·a St. Paul Lf Ol'<ll' l~IO,UOO,OOO, and ftll'lllijhctl sali•- ntn upon the public l't1\'lllllleK. 'l'h~ fir•t ~::;, Its fnr .a. fac~ul'y Yuuehel·s fot.' t!\'t.H'Y UoJlnr ex: hoom of oaunon lH n. cn.H l'or irwn•aHHl Nn. ~ of its peudt.:ll. In a. \'Clllll, CUI'L"Ltpt ti1ne, h1! l't!iiOtu·ceH, nutl i:i lik'ely to hr.: fv!Jowtsd p.~ be 50011 held ~mst aut! powcl' uuHulhed llll<l un- h.1· a. uh:tl'[l dccr~Jlse h; ;,rtlinary rcc<•ipts. ~~~~ f:Hngl•} RU~peeled. Jlc wu~i not n vernnn ~tutci:S• lt~tHlttnalt.dy ut no· Utne ':liuco tho ci\·ii

~~~11'H~~~~ mau, he wnt~ nut a parn~~itic :;~alcu.uau, wm· 1tu~1 the U. A. 'l'l'eurmry occupicU ~;t) N';;~ :i<JII~ for who !(Joked upcm td~~ con uti')' UH but n t-h·oug n. po~ltiou a5 it dueR now, wilh ~~·.,-

In ..:arenss frr.Hll which lu; lllighl tlmw the t•XcPptiun I>O'Hibly of the ~m·pluH :-;,,, ·'11.:.:~:JJ'!I- lJiuDd~ Hi:; 1~ nn L1XH111ple ut' ytl'l'doual da)"li of lS.~J-UO. 'l'ht~ l~il'l'ttlntioh f!tu.tc· N,~ ·y tiJw!- iniJ•gTily -an L•Xample nut n littk• fli'l'''" meu~ just i:f:uwd slwwt' thnl; .\1'0 hu\'e au H~ llorl t~d. llr~ al,l:uiTtd anythiugJilwi&upurity, PIJOI'lllOIIR~tOJ:k ol' gultl in tin~ cott!lll'Y 1

'''"C iraull .,,. •JJJul.tl·•·ll••ahllg. lie H.C\'<'1' halllulmuHt $7:.ltl,000,000. 01' thiH :tlllO\IIIt

~"!7llrusll~cl to lai:n a t!t!Hl. 1Jf oliwl'ti fu1· tlw ·u. H. 'f.t·cusUJ'Y hold!:l ~17G,OI;O,OOO. 1 witkh l1e <:.lln:~.l uot :~eeuuhl, uutl rallwr \Ve Ill'(~ ~i7n,ooo,ooo nhoru tlw LrwHUmml 8 l. \ ~!:an Ita.\'·.: •.Hhl·r~ lo:;e liiOill'Y Uu·ong,h hir- ~e~Wt'\'l~ mu.lut.olilletl ful" l'lHlt..'uJpt.iuu nf U .

. hi:; cily Jli\"(~8tllll:UH fpr tlw1u, lw him:wlf wuulll H. nutea, aud tho r<!t\L't\·o i-; iuet·PaHing

liJS null .t=uJfer lu:J,-:;, Ht~ wa~ u ltlitll of clenu ~200,1)00 a dar. Hut-, uut.withstn.ntl!ng- I.e

lb!IH.

r lcller. ~at· fnlln 1L ma<ly to !JymL

llanr.IH ••IHI !Jlll'l! h<>art, Lik" llem·y tho su•un~: llnaucial Jlo.;iLion of the go\'Clay, "H.e W\luld raLhea· l1e right tlmh m·umcnt. an•.l of thJ tnoneyo~l im;~ilu·

!ll't:sideut.'' tion::~ of Uw couutry, thel'c \\'<.llllll, in un.r In the fall of ll:Hl ho WaH dt>ctcd j,y aort or a "oulliet, S•i!lnlm a ill'"~'""ity fOl'

the ciltZ(·JH; of Cednr, ,J•Jim .... Lu 111 Ullll :uhlitfouui t'L,Vt'UlH~J. 'fhi.-; Juto gl\·eu Jh·uloll cuuntit·H it. uu.·tnh<'l' uf tho howu, g•·uvu coucuru to u~u:-~•' uhargt-'d with thB of n:[JI'p~;entnti\'u.-; of tJw ll•n itul'Ial Jpgis· UtltJJiJIJti.lJ'aLiou of til.~ Jltu\OCL'~J cf liJc

A ; ! II

ll> 1 alii aL IILllli'U, Jnl':IJ!J 111.1 'wa·• eh.clt!tl uy Lho ;111\'l~l'lllllt!IIL. Unttll~•tilli1111JI~·. if \\'Ill' Ill

f(~~i frorn pL·uvle vf LiHn uwJ BL·utun e·.u 11 th.~:i ll td,oul,l come, (lilt' iir~t vic.~lory tdtnul,\ lm 8 :

\\eathcr lllctuln·r uf tl\ll lwll~'-' ol' repn~.u·JihLti\'t'.-1 tllfJ phteiUf~ of t!:o Nnli~~Jml 'l'l' •. u:•tu·y 111 !

uf lhu Fir"L lil•u'l A":il'JliUiy or thu "talu. 11111111 a 11'!11' baNi~." ilh. Vnn·lcrlip pHiuL• " I In 1061 IH~ \\'UH eh~Llctl by thu pt~uph~u:· out uuttwroutf ways hy which Oltl'l't..'\'l~·

·•mel dug <> al'raid will get

J"_jinn eouuLy a 11 ~ttulu· 1• of .lli'~ t·tnto ti.l'Jl· \ !tttt·H. l:ouhl lHl N!Jtledily im:r,~=~~ed. l111t B: ah• flll' fuur y~·cH':i, Ht~ \\'n~1 :d!iu ng-alu thaC 1:-1 a lll:ltLur to lu.~ t.lull!J'IHIIh.'ll ~~~'·

lll'C iii a elt'Clcd l.Jy tilu Jll~Uplu ul' Lin II l'UUUty tl u.mgn·s·J ulmw. n; ·aci~ :tncl UH~IHlll!r td' tile Jwu~u of tho :!Ollt (h~~t 1 1 Ut•n. Hchofiol,l m:ul(• a bh'ong arr~tt· ouragml AtiHt.'llll!ly in {..i.;.: fall ut' l~Ma, jtht ·W 1ueut Ut!f\JI'o lhn 11uuHo coe11uitl .·:on ~- 1 I II

n:.; lmck U~t, gold

~ a greaL dl\1101\'

.Evt:ry

YNtrs fnuu tlw ti:11;.! llrnt t•lc..•cu.•.J, wlat·lc l\lilit;u·y .:\ffah·o in i'.LV(Jl' of the Vuluu- t1 ~ l•o t:il'J'\'l..~d on i!llpm·taut ewuJuiltt·.::-i, • u~ .... ,. Itu . ..;ct'\'C Uitl, which ho t-iuit1 would, a1nong tlu·~t\.~ lht• cunuuhteu ou coH~tiLll"- \\'IWn IHtL into' 1fPct, 14h·,_. the U.S. gov- 1 '

tio1;:d Hllll~H(Lr•<•r.l.!-1, wJ,ieh waH tlu:JJ cw1· crmu\'JJt 11-11 anHy cJr l,oooJoun u-aiu<~tl 1 ·~ Hilkn~tl w1 of lir:·H, iwpurtunct•. meu who l~uul•i lJ:~ e~tlletl \)Ui to n1ccl uny 1]u

CoJ. ,"';.IJJ)th \\iJH a h 1Hunt•d l'ldL'I' iu tilt: umt~t·gcncy. Altltou~h it l~:~ too li.Lte fu1' 1ty <lca<l 1 · • · I I. \\':1~! ;'lt.. Vt•l"!liHl Pn::slJytenan l;hunJh. Jh.:; Llu.1 j1 elL to he~ ntlliZt..•ll 111 tau Jli'NH.mt

ad\ il!t! \"dl.:.J ,;,_lit;.~ lit. in cown;,_•l and \\'ll~ t!li1Pl'J.~nuuy, it iH lwing wullrllC'eivetl Ul eanyillg' alway·; \\'i:-1 1 •• 1wd pi'Hc:it!al. ](o w:u; Guut~J'f.! • .;;;, and lho JJiJI will <J,Juht)NJ~Jlll uarllillg Hilllt•lt~ Ill hi1i failh aud dlil 1 llalu~ ia hit~ tiuu~ iH!t.~omu u. la.w. Although oa tho ll

"'""duly (l·u,t. !11 l<IH illd rlli)'H Ill· '"'l"'''""'"l hiH r.·lim.l liot, Genuml Sehollul•l i~ at tho tfJ lmihl antit:ip.lliuin-; td' lile fullll't.•. 'l"lw Hd.:o \Var IJeJial'tnwnlu\'Ol'Yth.J.y, 1-{ivius: (.h•u. 1,11 }Jt:cww. thall11~ lind t--:luclh.•d J'o1• 1-;o 1u 111 1y yuaa·:o~ Alger lhc luHli'JiL uf' hlti uxteu::ilvu liuuwl-

.dl g-<.iod 11ow c:lnL il....; ligl1l f:tL' ":1 i11tu tin! valley. I mlgc ansi t~Xpm·iunc:u. su

l ·'5ll}'. l i tlnl"il lho \'t.'l')' ~~-~~ o(' ht•a\'~~H Jlw-.lwd Fil!l!I'PIIli'J' ,\.lg(•l' n:i..-1' \~'~•::}~ a_ppt·t~\'l•d 1 . .. . upon his \'itiiotJ. Jt,~ lh•lit!\'\'d in Lltt! finn tJw rceoUIIIH'JH)atwn uJ BrJ,..;wJ,,_!,. t~::Jt·· ''I!J

''"Y 1\.1\" l' . I I(' I I' I I ' I ' lllllllklh;il laitl fo1· lhu HHidlrj, ~)w .. •} 11~ OJ'a Jl'a ULIU, COllllll:\111 lllior. _l W l,o•Ji:ll't- _:•::1

bye. JifH it; "'''rltJ)' uf t·wult~Liuu. ruuut of tlw Houth, Llw~ Chh::Lta:wc~a.

,iJt!H 1

~Ji·lniGl.

·'1'111! f"ll•.ndttl-{ ~o:n; l;.•;tl' hi:ot IUUIW: Nattluuall'ad;, 11\~aa•\:lfllltllllu.n;..{·t, 'i'ttltJI, :.;tl

\\'illiHJH A., who J't•Hidl'li in LU\\'1!, awl lm llllt'fl a:; 11111J of i 1w l'l~n<lt:~:\'olLIH f1Jl' lh • ;;;, Joi11J .J., wht) l"l~ .... id(•a jw;t Wl';il ,,,. l\1\\JI CIIIH.'t•ntr:lliou nf ll'th•p;-.;: u(;,o tlmt tlw xu uu tlw 11]d lwllh':·lt·a·i. 'J'Jw d:ill•dilt·t·.-; fwt•Hty·llftll J.ufauiJ·y, \\''AWH \lfi·i tl;

m~l'(ll'l-1. lll'b: i\liti:J EliY-al,cLh, w)IU J't•sidt•n. wit.IJ Jn·ought fJ'OJJJ li'url JJh;~muJa, 1\Juntiuv, "" JUiek Hllll •. lll'l' pan~Ul-tl, HI HI Mru, :-;. g, u,;}dl)ll, W)IU r:lwllltl t-~0 Hll•J o:uup llt Chi<:kallltlliJ.{H. \'t

J .. ; & Wil-l J"P~idt•H nt Nupa Vit.r, (~ul. . llltlll ~··-·lnaiu. tiU.'lU lllllil thu ul~lthlll:&t, w,l l'"l f-ill<.)'lil cmru.' uf n f:uu11,1· of II Ury 'lt11'lllt{IIK ohitliiJe l'•.•ady Cot• thc!r < C•j


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I BIOGI~APHICAL DICTIONARY

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OF

IO\VA VOLUl\1 E.

('llf<'A(;O ANI> NEW YORK:

• Al\IERICi\N BlUGRAI'liiCAL l'UBLISJIING COMPANY .

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THE UNITED SFATES JJfO(iRAI'/1/CAL DICTJONARr. 535

on county and town organization, private corporations, the penitentiary at Anamosa and the hospital

for the insane. Mr. Chapman was originally a whig, and joined

the republican party at its formation; is 'Illite actin: and intluenti<ll in local politics, and often attends the state conventions. lie is a .Master 1\lason and an Odd-Fellow, having represented the latter order in

the grand lodge four or live times. , On tlw 17th of February, Ill52, 1\'lr. Chapman mar-

ried l\liss Susan E. Potts, Of Colesburgh, and they have had nine children, all li~ing except two. Ida_

Hay is the wife of James Balsing~r, of c/i~sburgh; the others are single. William P., the eldest son, is a hardware merchant in Colesburgh. The youngest of the four sons living, Morris, was a page of the liO\lse in the seventeenth general assembly.

i\lr. and 1\Irs. Chapman attend the Congregational church, with which the latter is connected. They

are among the pillars of pure-toned society. '

JIOUA"I' J'fCR:VON.

J\.1\'ION<; the Covenanters of Scotland who fled 1\. to the north of Ireland at the time of the persecution, was the Smyth Lunily from 11 hi<'h the subject of this skdch th:scentkd. lit: ll'as l•orn in Tyrone county, near Londonderry, Ireland, on the 26th of February, 11lq, his parents being Jeremiah Smyth, a farmer, and Nancy 1\lcElhcnny. The family on the mother's side were also ( :o\'l:uanters, and driven out of Scotland Robert was reart:d on a fann, witb ordinary common-sdHnJI education; at twenty came to this country, and ,,.,ts clllployed as a clt:rk six years in Bedford etHlnty, .l'cnnsylvania. On the 1st of April, 11l4o, he sdtkd on land in Franklin township, one and a-half miles \\'est of Mount Vernon, !.inn county. He IHHI~ht a clai111 of

a <ruarter-section, allll three years la!cr, after his pa,rents had come to this countrr, the land 11·as

entered and divided, and Robert had one fourth, eighty acres, of it. Here his parents lived until their death, the remains of both lying in the 1\Iount Vernon cemetery. They were most e~timahle people.

Robert Smyth has added to his lands from time to time, and the original farm now embraces two hun

dred and eighty acres, most of it under superb cultivation. He has also another farm uf a little more

than one hundred acres, in Linn count)', and other lands in Story, Calhoun and Woodbury counties, :~ll

in this slate. Though a resident of !.inn county since I !l.to, he ha~ not been on the farm all of that time. Fromr852 to r866 he was a resicknt most of the time of Marion, the county seat, the grcat.:r portion of it ueing in a land, banking anJ law otlice .. On going into the real-estate and banking business, he eomnH:nce1l reading law with his younger brother, the late Colonel William Smyth, who ctme to this

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country in 183!l. On the 22d of December, r87o, Senator Harlan, of [owa, pronounced a brief .and well-merited eulogy on Colonel Smyth in the. United Staks senate, and from his remarks on that occasion we make the following extracts:

llis rapid advancement in his. profession, and his early clcvatilln to the highest positions of h_onor and trust in th~ \·al'ious dcparttncnts enutnerated, notwithstanding· th~ "''·cr~ c·ompctition and earnest rivalry which must always l>c cni·ountcrcd by a young man without wealth or fiunily inthtellCl! in ·a new and vigorous· cotntnunity in a ti·otltier "tat<', sllllieiently attest his capacity andsterling qualities of ln:ad a11d heart. Thest! qualities did not attract attention :--o 11JUch on nceount of l:itriking brilliancy as lOr the lull·~ n1oniou:-; blending of superiot· tncntal capacity, tnoral fOrce, and pnrity of character, resulting in a high order of practical ability, which crowned his cllorts with almost uniti1rm .succ:cs:-:.. llit; great qualities and n1arked success tieetned to he more the ti·uito; of correct early training, honest industry, sl:\·cn.: ~tudy, careful rcUcction,· and pcr·sislent eftOrt, than of cxtraordinarr native endowment. Het~ce the contemplation of hb career may be more useful to the youth of !he munlry .than that of men of unequaled genius and na· live hrillianer. The tc>rmcr are self-made, the latter Godacakd; the 'ti>rtner invite, the latter forbid, imitation ....

lie was modest and retiring almost to a limit; he did not think of himself more highly than he ought; and .yet he had that self-respect and contidcnce ·in his own capacity which prompted him lo undertake to do whatever was necessary . to he done without much regard for the character of the ohstack' in hi. pathway. But this confidence seemed to be the outgrowth of an abiding Iilith in the capacity of humanity, as a common endowment of the individuals of the race, rather than self-esteem. He seemed to expect a large dcorcc of per~onal stH.:...:css as the legititnate reward of per,istent and weJJ.dirccle<jc cllort, and the confidence and approval or mankind as the just reward of merit.

lle "as no I iuordilwh·ly tunhitious, nor yet was he inscn· sihlc lu lhe ~ood opinion of his fdlbw·lnen and the public, l•onors which marked his career. It is said that he expressed in his boyhood an earnest desire one day to obtain a scat in eongre~::;. HI.!, however, seen~ed rathet· to ac· Cl'pt Lhan to ~eel.;. prcfl'nncnt, and n1ore on account of the wi<kr tielcl ti.>r "'"rulnc's which it atfordcd than on account of a <koit·e l(,r per"Jnal distinction. \Ve have no evidence that unchaste desire for prcfel'lnent among his fellow-men c\'er illurcd him from the pathway of virtue, or caused him to swen·c a hair-breadth from the line of duty. He reached the goal of his youthful ambition in the meridian of life;


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his neighbors had freshly crowned him with honors more desirable to an American than n royal diadem, when he was cut down in the midst of h;s years and usefnlnt•ss.

I knew hin1 in his hnyhood; T waldll'd his upward cat"l'l'r dndng his manhool!, nnd rl'join·tl in wllut"..:sin.!..! hi" ('\'lT\'

triumph. He was my fric1id and ne'i.~hhor. It was m)· privilege to sit by his bedside and com·crse with him when the icy fingers of death were feeling for his \'itals. I knc"· him to be a titithful friend, a generous nci_ghhor. a confiding husband, a tender parent, an upri.~ht citizl~n, an nhlc ad~ vocate, a just judge, a l{rn,·c soldin, n learned counselor. n wise legislator, ami a devoted christian. God ha< called him to a higher life. While we drop a tear at his gran~, may we cherish his memory, imitate his \'irtue•, ami be nhle to meet the great conqueror with the christian f(•rtitudc which marked his closing hours when the Supreme Ruler shall call us hence.

Robert was admitted to the bar ahont dls4, hut did only office business. From Jl{(j 1 to 1 X(i6 he was paymaster in the United Stall'S army, with rank of major. Near the 'close of the civil war, solllc time in 1864, he was breveted lieutenant-colonel. No paymaster left the army with n cleaner record. He receipted-for more than ten million dollars.

He was a member of the territorial legislature in 1843-44, and of the first general assembly of the state in ~846-7. During both of his term~ there was an extra session of the legisbture which he attended. He has also been a state senator during one term, attending the sessions of 1868 and 187o. In this body he was chairman of the committee on hanks, and was on the committee nn public offices, acting as chairman of that committee, also, part of the time, the chairman proper being absent. He did a good

work in both branches of the legislalllre, his industry cropping out there as every\\'here,else.

In politics, Mr. Smyth has been a strong republican since the party had an c.~istcncc. ( lriginally, on becoming naturalized, he was democrat with antislavery proclivities, and joined the free-soil party in 1848. In 1875 his friends persisted in bringing his name before the republican state convention as a candidate for gubernatorial honors, and he had a strong support in that body, the popular old war governor, Samuel J. Kirk\\'ood, becoming the nominee. l\Ir. Smyth has the ability to fill almost any chnir in the gift of the people of Iowa.

lle is a Presbyterian in religious belief, alld an elder in the Mount Vernon Church. The character of no man in the county stands fairer. He was a delegate from the Cedar Rapids presbytery to the last general assembly of the Presbyterians held in Chicago. He is a wise cmmselor in an ecclesiastical as well as a political hot)y. The answer to Sir William Jones's sonnet, "\\'hat Constitutes a State?" woyld he," just such men as Robert Smyth."

On the zd of July, 1846, l\liss l\largaret Moffitt, a native of north Ireland, hut at that time a resident of Cedar county, Iowa, became his wife, and has been the mother of eight children, four of whom are now in the other world. <lne daughter, Anna, is preceptrcss of a collegiate institute, Napa City, California; the other three children are at home.

ALEXAN UER CLARK,

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J\ LEXANDER CLARK, l\lost Worthy Grand L"\. Master of the Most \V orsh ipf11l Grand Lot!ge of Free and Accepted York 1\lasons (colored) for the State of Missouri and its jurisdiction, popularly known as the "colored orator of ~he west," was horn in Washington county, Pennsylvania, on the zsth of February, r8z6, his parents being .John Clark and Rebecca nt!t Darnes. His father "·as born a slave, yet the son of his master, an Irishman, who emancipated both him and his mother, who was a mulatto. The mother of Alexander Clark, \\'ho still lives, at

~- the age of seventy-one years, is a full-hloodetl A fri~, can, con&equently our subject is t\\'o-thirds Afric-:111

and one-third Irish. 'l'o his relationship to the last named_pj{tionality is due in a great measure the genius and brilliancy which so much adorn his charac-

ter, for it must not be supposed that because the [hsh element .in his composition is comparatively small that its inlluen<'e in the formation of his character is not very considerable. Scientific men are familiar with the fact that the potency rather than the quantity of an ingredient in any mixture determines the general effect; .. and \\'e have no doubt that to the circumstance alluded to is mainly t.Iue the existence of those elements of character whi'ch have led to the success to which Mr. Clark has attained.

On his mother's side he comes from a robust and long-lived stock. His grandfather, George Darnes, died at the age of seventy-three, and his grandmother, Leticie, lived to the age of one hundred and one, and her sister, l'enda, lived to the age of one hundred and four.


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i·. l':31o:;:JI'i.•.))ldc.::.l Dir-ectory of it~ Citizens, vVal' Rccor·cl of its Vol

li!Jtcecs in. the late Hebellion, Gencl'dl ,\nd Local Sc'ttistic;:s,

Por't.T·aits of EaPly Settl.er·s und Pt•o•ninent lv1en, I·lis-

tOI'Y of the North\.ve~t, Histor•y ,.{ lo','\'a,· 1\itlp

of Linn Couuty, Con~tilul•u>l o" tha

United Staten, I\1hwellt11Ih>US

Matters, 8oe.

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LINN CO.UNrfY, IO¥iA, CONTAINING

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· Full Page Portraits ancl Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Reprcscntatirc Citizens of the County,

TOGETHER WITH

PORTRAITS AND BIOGRAPHIES OF t\LL THE. GOVERNORS OF IOWA, AND

OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES.

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gmdnrrtc-d fn.>ln tlH: litl'r:~ry <1ep:~rtlll<'llt of Lil.'tlnaritl. (._\,Ilt·gt• at tl1L~ ngt• uf ::-ixtt•t•ll, aud thvn l'lltt•rvd

the mc•<1i(':tl l'<!ii<·~C·u ot ( :uetl!Cil. rcln:tinin:_:· tilc•rc until twt•nty-twc, yc•:u·, old .• \ftc•r gr:tclu:~ting fron1 this in$lilnlion hl" tlll'll<'d his >ll'J'' t .. cmrcl the :'\ t·\\· \\-or! d.

Aftpr re:tl'hing tilt· ["nitc~<1 St:·,tc'><. l>r. :llartinitz prot·L•t•th-d [,_; :II illne-ota rtncl <l"\tlc•cl in Hc.«·ht•,(tor.

that State, "!Jc•n• he r<•Jn!lin,·d f.,,. t'i!)lt year~. and

built up :t tin<: prat'tiee. llc• ".,,, .<tudi<>lt- :ltlcl n•ry

auxiuns t(_J bPc:u1JH' a t~r1..)1ivit•nt in hi ..... pnd't.·:--::--it)JI.

an<lnot sati,lic•d with till· rrdl·:tnt:t.~·,., l1c h:111 a1re:H1y

rcceiH·<l, be dt:ll'l'lllillc'd to >till furtl11·r :u!l·a1wc

him~t·lf il1 tit(~ intrit-:tcic:-:. nf lti..:.; dH.':C:t'll }ll'ufl':..::..:i()!!,

lie h:.d grvnt faith i11 th(' llldluul- <.cf in.-trnctiun

ptii"Hil'i.l in thPTull<·.C!·<·.- uf l:i< n·11 in· l:!uol. nncl hl' HC'eordiHgJy l'l'ltll'lll'd then• :I!Hl tc",,,J.;: {lltut}lt~l' C:IHII':o:-C

of;,;turly in thl' l'llilc:r<ity ••I' l'ra~·,c·. If"'""·" 1n·ll plt·a,c.•c1 "·ith tl"· r.·.-ult uf' ll>i, ''"l"·rir·llr·c·. :1111! rc·turning tll _·\llil'rit·a :t_~!·ain ~~<II~]Jt tiH· :--.tal<' tJf .)lin

ne$oln, tlli,; ti111C ><·ttlilt~· in ~"rtlliil'!d, whr•rc• Ill' en

grrgel1 in praL"ti,·e :ltl(ll'('tll:tiu(·d nntil 1:-:.:..:.J. Fn•ul

there he I'CIII<•Yed tu Gran•! F·n·k>. Dak., a11d 1'<.'"-'[,·

ing for a ti111t' to n.~.~t ft·u1n hi.:' pn.>ft· ... ..;iun:d lluti('.":'.

he hec:allle intc•re>k<l iu lh<.' retd p,t:~t<: lnl,illl'":'. lle

wrrs OCl'tqcied iu thi.< fc,r fht: yr:ar.", thc·u pr<><·r•r·<l<·d

to Chh·!lt,u. tot~k a t't.ntr: .. c 1 •f lvr·tun• .... ill till' Chil·agu ;\Je<lic.-al Culk-gl·, nud prq~;tr<.'d l<> l'l">llllle hi> ul<l practin·.

]u :'llrrn·h, I i'<'ti. !Jr. :lf:trtinitz c·alll<' tu l\•dar

Hapicb ancl "]H.'IIl'd :111 ulli<·•· i11 thl' C:tl'].Jf'llil'!' Bluck.

Altl!<JII,:_:·It hie .-l:ty IH•i\' !"1' lot'('l\ loric·L he ha.- rPa

"Oil tu feel.!.!TP:It[~· <·lw<lllr:t.'.!Yd :1t lhl' pro,pvd 1"·fure hiln. lli> line Prill<':lli<>ll and uatiw: t:dr·ut c·:111

not fail to upeu II[' l<• lti111 a >Uf'l'<'>>f>d futlll'<', while hb <!llalitil'' ""a IIJ:lll au<! a c·iti/.l'll <rill fllrlh<:r :lid hi·111 in tlu: pathwa_1· cof ]"'"]•<·rity.

lu 11'7-l !Jr. .\1:11lillitz '""·' 1111itc·d ill lll:tiTi:t;.u·

with )li."":-- ~-\111\'li:l \\'t:l•cl'. d:tll~.rhtt·r ttf lh:rn:rrd

\\"r·lwr, E.''h col· Ca-~,.Jt.,ll, ]l;il;. ~lr· .. \!..like· ill·r

h1~:-.hnnd. j .. :t lt:lf i \·1· 1 ,f I~~ d1t·lni:1. :tiP! t·:tlJH· H·it1J ht·r

fnther tfJ A1n•·riC':1 in l ..... l;.-.:, Tl1~>y fir:·t: .. i'Ltlt·d iii ()n:J

f,IJIII!l, ,:\linn .. \\ lwrt· tilt' f:1tl)(·r J'tlr<·h:J .. c·•l a f:l/'111

:t111l ('11.!-!:t~t·d in ;t: . ..:"rir·Jd:!IJ:d jll:!·~1:ir ... llli!il !··:-""'. :H1d

t!Jt•n r•.·!nr•\·,.1 I ''' .( :1 ...... 1·i t' 111. I ):t!.; . \\·!wrt· !~t• J.... t'll-

lic: faith. :111<1 the :'tlj>)'"rting pill;~r.; <>f th:tt l'lllln·h

ill thi> l'Oinlllllllity. l'u[itic:d]_l" ]IC' j,; :t IJ!'IIICJ<.'I':I(.

:liHl ~(lci:dly is a popular 1nc·:nbl.'l' •Jf the C'tJllllllllllity.

Jlc i:< the J'US>(•,;,qr nf a filll' j>I"•.>[J"\'(._1', :11111 li:t;' :til

iutel'l'!'t in li Ill :ltl'l'' <>f bnd llv:u· <.:r:1111l Fc>rb,

)linn.~ whir·h i:-o UIHll'l',:!·,·in.~·. inqn·••Yl.'lllt:'llt."'~ aw.l i-;

the pu::-~(·:-.:.:-.ur tJf, •t.lwr real (':-.t:ltl.'. a large tl wt·lliughuU ... l.'· :u~tl I~~t:::. in tire ~:lll1l= t•.1Wll. lie j .... abo a

"lul'k-lwldvr iu a ~·ul<l mine in Ceo], >I': I< lu. IIi, life

prutui,..;t•:-; t.n ltC' :1 IJLt~y Ulll.' 1 and hi::- cllergy nlH.l per

~C\'t.~l':UI('l' :tl'e :tpp:11'C'Iltly l\flll:Ll t') tl1e (J('l'!l~il.lll.

I. OS.l(~H;Iqr'~' '!:>:'1\L~?·it''l't "f Frauklin Tolin-

~ ... ',I ~l·ti'y;~ 1 ~·ulll'~' ..... ''~f-:.:,ll.ll :t loll_!.:;' lin~ of honoraldc·

7. · anc·t•,tt'\". '""! "'''" J .. ,\'11 in Ed('u l':ll·i,l!. : C'<Jlllll ,: TIT<JIH'. I r<'l:iu<l. Fd>. ~ti. I>' l ~- Jh;

i; t.lll' "l•ll pj: .h·~·c·Jniah nw.1 .'\:llll'_l' ( }!r·Elht·uuy)

sn,_nh. """ \\'('\'(' cll'>C'llllll:ull" .. r :1 j>:ll't uf till· f:i\11-

jJy uf ~cntti:-:h nnce~try~ and who l't_'llloYi..:d fru111

tlt<'ir nati1·e C<>lllllry :till! 'c·ttlc-ol in lrvl:<nd tlll!"iug·

thr:· time uf tile Cath«lic-l'rutl'.,t:lut w:H,, they iJl'

iiJ~· Pre~b.rtl'ri:tll~.

The fat her uf Hc.>hcrt Smyth wa, a fa I'll!('!' by oc

cnpntiuu, and J:,Jhl.'l't w:1~ e(ltic:tli..•tl in the pri\'ate

~c-h•Hd:-: l:(Jllllllull iu tlt():-iU d:ly:-:. 1 le 1nadt· hi:-: home

11 ith hi, pan:nt" until t.~:;!, :tll•.l un the :! lth •lay of "\pril of that year i'l't >ail from Lulllluud('rry,

lrel:w<l, ou tlw ,hi]> .. Edm<Jml." aurl nfter a ,,.1fc

I'>.JY:lgc !:tuc1e<i in l'hil:uklphi:t <Jll tht· t:Hh day of .IIIII<·. lie ll·cnl dirl'l'lly t" lkdf .. rcl Cc!illlt_l'. !'a.,

:tllrl c·nga;;·r·tl a, :1. l:li'""''" in tlu· han·~,t-tidd at fif

ty t:l'llt." a day. Alter ll~t· h:ll"l"col wns un·r he en

g:lgl'•l in h•:1Juing twu l!U •nth . ..:. :tad in thu fall

CI)IJl!Ht.:'ll;.<·d tv~wl1i11.~· a ~UIJ~,·riptitlll :-.elttH.Jl, in whil'h

he· "''" lJl'(.'ll}>il·d aloullt a yr·:11·. llr; th<·ll IH'IIl tu

Loy~lnu·.tt. iu nvdfunl l 11t1nty~ ancl t'li!.pt~t·•l :1:-:

c·krJ..: i11 :1 g·t·Jlt.·l':tl ."'t•~n~. F.,r t.Lv lir-.t yt•al'':-.:. !alu•r hf: n·r·(:i\·,··1 =Si;tJ in (·:1:-h a11•l hi:-- btl:tl'll :1nrl w:l"'hillg-;

tlw next _Yl'al hl' l'l..'{'t•i\·ed 8;-.;tl, and ~:!II l.'Xtr:l f,,r

Aftt-r

tl1i ... !ti:- \\';!~·, ..... \\'t•l't.) il'll'l'l':l ... cd tu :-:'~1.111 j;l'I' yc~il·. aJtd

l~t· t'ttl!liJttJt·ol t'' t·lt·rk tJntill ...... lii. Jn .\larl'h uf lh:tt

.\'i·:tl' {Ji' l'l' ... j~·Ji··ll j,j .... 1!\l:"'itil Ill ,'II!• I ... t;tl'tt·d f,,l' \\'IJ:tt

',\·:, ... ti;t·!l tiH· 'l•·rrif,,:·y ,,f {11\\~l. :.!·"itt~ J,y :-:t:t~·\·

fl'llil: lf·dl'i·l·iy- 1 ;!Jj';.; t·~ l 1 itt.-'JI]!'...!::. tiJt'ltt't• J,y .... ~{';1]/1-1'~· t" ': J.qlj:.- :t!l•l ft··~~~ tilt'r:~·~· lif! Ut·· .\J~ ..... J ... -il'!li


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Ll.:\'N COF::\TY. 401

to Blt"Jondngtt.Hl, now ~[useatiw\ :uHl tht>ncv iutu

Linn Cunnt_y 1)11 fu,t. IIi> tir<t 4~>p}'ill~·-pl:u·e """'

at tlH' hou.<<~ of :'llr. Cr:tiel·· :1 <"<>llntrylll:llt of hi~. where Jw rf•tu:litH·<l thrc~ or f,ut· m•Htlh,. I k had.

in the IHC'tiLJtiinc. pttn·h:L:0:\:11 :t claim acljuini11g tlH:

fann of )[r. Craig, 1)11 :o-t'('tiun ti of what i.s uuw

Franklin Town<hi]'. Th<'l'l' \\':L• :1 l<>g l':tloin Oil the

pl:tcl·, nn<l eight :11:n·;; h:td lH"en l>r.,kt·IL lie pnt

in a <'l'll[l of "·hl':tl. puta\o>(·< :utd ('flrtl th:lt ,\·c>at·. Jn

,July hb sbtl'r an•l l>rothvr-iu-hw, J1.,1,ert .\l~xau

der. cnutt• aud :-.vttlt:d 1.1ll thi' clni111. 1.::\dt o"·niug

Oilc-hnlf. :1nd :\Jr. :-;Hlyth lin·rl with tl11:1n for tll'u

ycnrs, wheu hi~ p:lrPnt:o.. t:an1e uYt·r. :tntl !Iftl'r l!~tab

li:-hing tl1PIH t:o111furt:ddy in :l lJtlllll', he \H'Ill to

Jiye with thl'IH. The l:t!Hl in thi~ l't._'git,n w~t~ nut

sun·eyc<l until '"''"" lillie aftl'r :'llr. ;-;utyth l':tllle here. an<l wlll'll it did t'l.>llH' iuln mnrkd h(' W<lo <1<'

t:tilc<l a:; hi<loll'r f, >1' :til th<• land in tl1i:; t<.>ll'llohip;

thb was in 1 ::' 1::. lli, f:tthPr eut,.r<·•l the ll"rthw<:,t

quat'ter of ~l·ctiuu ~~ \YbiL·h Ill' divideLl nWIIllg' hb

chilrlr~n~ ld:-: ~u11 Hl,Ll\:·rt. ~ccuring forty :H'l'l·~- The

neare~t tn:1rket=-- at this tilne \H•re ,:\ltL ... (':ttint· 1Hll1

]Jul.>uquc. SL L1>11b \\'a' a b..tl<·r llt:trket. :111<1 for

several year:; lie I•Jfllkd hi:; pt'v<1uce IIJ>Ull tl:ttho:tt<

and shipped it there. Fur twu year;; IH' did all his

farm work, with the execpti<>ll uf pluwiug t'<>l'IJ.

with OXPll, flll<l drew hi~ grniu t•) .Jlu::centine 'rith

thl·lll. :.\Ir. Smyth n·tnaiu('d "·ith hi.- p:treul:; until hi.·

m:uTinge, which t"'l'lll'red .luly ~. 1 ::'~1:. tile l:t<l~- uf

hi:; chuice 1wiHg ~I i.•.' :'llarg:m·t :.\! otlitt. ;-;he was a

native of l'1111llty Tyr•.>lle, lrclall<l. allll tlw li:tug·h

ter of \\'illiain and ll<·"i" (.\nn.,tr"n~·) :'llullitt. 1.1f

Cc<lar County, thi< :-;t:tl>'. l'rn·i>.>ll' to tlti,- <>llr

,uhjeet h't<l built a i~>g· IH•u,c Ull the ,ite of hi,

pr('::!l'Ht l1o1JlC'~ in \\·hich thL· ,\·1 111tl~- I.' I ~uph· t'llliJ

Jll(~IH'(~(l h<Jll:--l..'kL:''l'ill~-. ~11111 rc·twtincd tht!l"t.: until

1 k:i~. )Jr. Sutyt!t ::w1 hi· f,.ithfnl h('lj•lil<:<·t h:ul h·•·n

irlflu:-:triqu ... :tJHI frtt.~:d .. :utd b:Ht :w~·tllJilll:ttL.·d ('IHJ

:--idernhll' IIH·:tll .. :t~ t!Jt' rt·\\·:rr'l ,,f th,·ir l:lli(Ji' . ..:. lu

tlu~ )'l':tr :tl1ft\"t' lltl.'lttitlllt'tl .\Ir. ~Juytl1 a!l:tJHl''Jivd

fanui·11~·, awl. _!.!·tii11~ tu 'l:tl it11!, •·u~·:l_:..!"t·d i11 !•:tnkill;,;

n11d n·nl ,• .. 1:dt• laJ-.itw ... ~. :111d \\:1"" llttl- IH'I'I!jlit·d fc1r

h·ll ,\"{•:tr--. !It: h:td r•·t:litH··I 1'"~-~-.~ ... illll IJr lti ... f:ll"iiJ.

:t\\1 r l"!'t'~ •\ ('' l :t n ll (• l ';·;l·;, ']·.';1 j] i ;o:.!' r: II' •I! it i 11 1 ....; ,: t;'

t" •.\!tieL ]H' r~·1i~t·•l nir:1 !1i-. L~illliy. :tiJ•i 1:::-. it!:~<it·

it hi.' honw oince tlwt time. Thr home.<tca(l i" om'

uf th<' :tttr:u·iin' featnn·:' of the• lan<bl':ljH' in Frntik

lin Tull·!l,ltip. :md C\'Cl'}!ltittg in anti abunt it indi

(':1tt"' the· cxi<lt'lii'L' of :llll}'h' lll<':lft; a!l<l cttltivat<'<1

t:t•l<'>'. "·ith :dl the colllfl>l'h of !if<' :tlll1 a large :ih:trl'

of ito luxnri<''· :.\lr<. :'llargard. :-;myth w:l.'· i11Jl'll in I i-i~G, :11111

t·:um· \1> Alll<'l'iea ll'ith IH'l' )':11'1'11\< iu 1 ::' 10. After

rl'addu~ .Alnl'rican slun·e:'> they (':unc• dirl.'dly to

Iu,,·a~ g·oing iutu Cedar County :tt the tinH~ of it:-3

cal'lil''t ,-,•ttleltll'tJ!. 'l'la·y l<>l':J\<'<1 ill :\Ja,oH'.;

l;l'v\·e, whivh h Ho\\· in C':t•> T•.i\\"ll<hip, :llHI then•

p:l"<'l[ tltP l'l'l\l'tlll<ll'l' .,f (JH•ir JiH·o.

Uf till· nlliuu of .\Jr. :wd :llt''· ;-;myth lla\'l' hi'l'll

lt1tl'll tht· ft.dltl\\"ing- t·llildrc·n: .luhn ~J. tu:trried _,li--:s

Elia \\-. \\':tlTt·ll: <h<' '""" l.JI!l'll iu Ft':lllkliu '1\llni,hip, :uHl i.; the <1:ut.~·ht<'t of \\'illi:tm \\':ttT~H. :11:'1J

:m <·:trly ,l'\tJ..r: lw ''""' n <•>l<li<·r ill the !at<· CiY il \\'ar. aml 1lil·d in thto ><'t'l'il'l'. .l•Jhll .T. :-;lli,Ylh i, a

f:trlltt·r. hi< l:n>•l a<lj.,iniu~· tlt:ll •.•f l<io f:t!hi'I'; l«• h:t.'

two ehil<lr,·n. lll'll'tt :tll•1 c\.nn:l. \\'illi:tlll A. l~:b a

fnrlll on >c('tiutt 11 uf thi>' l1111'11ohip. Eliz:tiJ<!th.

tiH• cl•l<-ot dau'!'hter. b :tl h•>llll' with h<'l' JlHI'cllb;

Auua !Jl:trrierl :.\lr. ~-1-:. Jl"ldcu, uf ::\npa City, Cal.,

and rt:oi•lf:, at that plac·e, haYin'!' g·ollP thc·re fl:i pre

cc·ptl'l:o< uf ::\ap:t Culleg:u. :'llro. llol•len taught

,eYL'l':tl t~rm,; in the Ct·<l:H 11api<ls public "'-'h"ul.

nw1 ot.<JIY1 YN}' hi;:·h ill her prufl'.<oion. ~h(• h:ts

titre<· l'hihlreu, u:uned J{•JlJert ;-;myth, Jiarul<1 E.

:wd (;rnee E. :.\lr. lluld,·n i.; a nntiYe (>f ::\ew

llanq"hire. aH•l a gr:ulu:ttc of :.\1 idrlldou Culle:!'L':

lJP b <kalin,~· in tat1tdng ancl Wllol.

Tht· eutt•rpri:--ill.!!; ant1 <'lll'l'gPtic qunlitie:' in the

ch:1ra<·tPr nt' .:\lr. ~lllyth w(·I"L.' r<·<:t ~.:.!.'llizt·t l Vl'ry soun

afl<:r hi< arri1·:J! i11 ttJi, Yi<:inity, anti he w:t>' marked

<.>llt :t' dt•otinl'•l tu he a k:tdl'r in hi:< C(I!\Jlllltllity.

After the "rg:utiznti11ll .,f thto tuwn<liip, awl whc·H

it itet·:<IJl(' llPI"IO•<:Il'.\' tit:t( ""\Ill' l)l!C :'lll>lll<l fill the

Jni:Htl' qiJit'l!:-~ lh· 'Y:I:- :--t·h·t·tvd :!S (JIH! of thl' fir.--t iu

('tll<,Jif'nt.<. lie• 11':1.- ti<•: lir,t J',.•tllt:t.<tt·r in Fr:111klin

Tn\';n-hi p. wld<·!1 l'l'lll:li!u·d tht• llnly tJI!io:t• iu thi:..: :-'l'L'

ti' 111 flJI" ::-Utllt' tillll'. :ttl! l lw W;J-.. T.,,rn .... !dp Cll'rk :...:• 11111

:t!"tt·l' it IH'(':tlllf' IH't't·:--"':11',\" ttJ I!:J\'f~ :-.tlvh :t11 nllit·i:d.

lit· ad\·ntJt'l'll. ."'tl'l' J,y -..tt·p. and in tht• f:t!ll,f 1,.-q;_)

\'>:t" t·lvt·tt•tl ;, ... :t IIH.:Jt\llt't" ,,f tlw Tt·tTit(ll·i:tl l.t·~·i~ln~

!1ll"t', ;t!!•l ~[I ! ..._ 11:, :tfil·t" f\11' 't;tlt• \'.:L..: !l!lll:ittt•d itJ!tJ

tlw I"tl;.,q_ 1.,- W:\ ... ~~~w t,f 1\11· ftJt'llllH·.t' .... of tlll' Fit>l


LINN COUNTY.

Ueneml Assembly, and a State S.:>n:tlnr in the fall of !Riil. In 18":1 he wa:; c>lcete<l to the Lower House, ancl st•rverl on tlw imp<~rt:lllt e•Jllllllitlcc•s of the ~ession, among them the Committee t•n Con,.titutional Amcn<lmt>nt>, ,,-hieh then wa:; eon,;iderecl as of the first importanc:.:. At thi:; tinw .. nbo, he was Chainnnn of the Committee for the Suppression of Intemperance, tlllcl enginccn•<l the bill

through the II onse. The fir:;t Presirl<>nti:ll n•te of ~I r. :-:myth was ca:;t

for :\lnrtin Y:m Bmen. Ile w:t:' an Abolitioni~t from the start, an<l in I,,-,;? vot<••l for .T. P. Hale. At the org:nlizntion of th<• HepnlJlit·:m party, in !8;)1j, )Jr. Smyth vott•tl for C:en. Frcm .. nt, :m<l h:1s been a stanch lkpnbliean siuc·e thnL tinlC'. ln the

·rnll of I tHil, after the i>n·nkiug out of the· late Civil \\' ar, he was nppoint<•rl l':1}'111:t:;ter in the m·my. He retnnincd iu thb po~ition, t1IH1 w:l~ L'ngage\l iu Ctthci· cluties conncctetl "·ith thC' ~"n·iee until the year after the clow •A the war, an<l in hi~ <lepartment served creditalJly anr1 "'ith sati:<fal'liun t•> all concerned; lie "·n:> at ~t: Louis the greater p:u·t of three years, aucl nftcrwanl at Dan·upurt. nne! in his capacity of Paymaster ,-i~ileli the :;ol•licrs in clitl'erent parts of Arknnsa~. )Iississippi, ~lis:<onri, Iowa,

Kentucky and Tenn!'ssee. The family of )Ir. Smyth is o11C of the mo~t

prominent in Franklin Town:;hip. In their habib of ltfe and geucml c·hnracter they nrc true and worthy de;:cell!l:\llH of their guocl ol<l ~c:utti:;h ancestors. They have n,.,bted in n<.l 1·aneing nuel maintaining the P'''itieJn <Jf Frnnklin T•:.wn•hip as one of the be;;t ~··etion>' of Linn County, in point of mnmlity, intelli.c;<·nee awl <'clnc:atil)n. To ouch men as Hon. nolH•rt ~myth b <lue the lH'<'•Pnt im

portan<'c of tlw llnwkeyc State.

:~-;.--~ A~li'EL A. 1\TltTZ, one ,,f the c,nterpris,:_~ in:.; _ _Y<I1111~ <·.itizt'll' of Li~l•••11. ~dli,·l~ i:; hi.~ ll:ltll·e l'l:we. w:1o< ''"''" ]h-e· .. 1.,, J.~.d, :1111.1

i:; the• '"" of .J .. hn E. nnd l·:.-1111·1' (I !t-r.-hey) Kurtz. liP n·•···in·d l<i . .- •·:1rly P•ltll'ati"J' in the publie H·ho,,~L .. :l!td wh1'11 lw h:t'l ~Tadt1:tte1l tht•l'e

att.c•n•h·d thr"'' 1•·rlll' at ('.,1'11<·11 (',jl,.~···. ~It. \·,·rl\1111. \\"!lt'll \lilt i"11 "'l'fJ111,J. he :L ..... j .. \t•!! bi~ f:t\lli'l' :l:--

c-lerk, nnd bceame ;.o familiar with !Ju,il1r,;, tlctaib, that in 1 filM he dt•eiclc<l to e:'t:thli:;h a bn;,incs~ for him>elf. II<' 1\H'Illed a part11er:-hip with his brother, II. C. Kurtz, and the firm ha:; :;inec continue<! >ucce~:;fully, anti with a growing tl':l<le. They are adiYC', cnterprbing yuung nwn, g:<~nial n1Hl obliging, an<l making many friend,; l11Jth in a bu;.iuess and wdal

way. 1'annt<'l A. Kurtz ami )li:;s Ella Auracher were

unitt•d in marri:1ge FclJ. :!1, 1878. ~Irs. K. is the daughter of (;otle·ib :11i<l Elizal.wth A uradwr, :uHl hy her union with our snujt>c:t lm' hceomc th<' rutJthcr of three children-Clara, lle~~ie nnd E:;

ther. l'olitienlly ~Jr. Kurtz i' a solid !tcpuulk:m, and

i;; rnpiclly hN:oming a lender nnwng the younger wen of hi" ec•mm<mity. The firm of H. C. and :-i. A. Kurtz han· of late enterC'<l into a ecmtr:tet with the C'. & X. \\-. R H. to furubh til's, pile:; aurl WoiJd. They nrc iwlustriou:> and ambition:;, an<l "·he11e1·er they can take in :my ndllitional branch to an alren<ly extcn.-ivc btbines~. are always ready to do .-;o, preferring to have their h:uttl!3 more than full

· rather than :;pend :my valuable time in illleness.

/0:' II. lL'I.XK is the well-known proprietor __ of one of the fa1·oritc livery stables of )In

'. ~-/ rion. In atlclitiun to this he al:;o earries on :t feed an<l :':tk :;tal>le and hilli:tnl hall, nud by hi:< genial clbt!uo;ition, :11111 fair a1HI ,quare Lle,lliug h:ts beeowe wc•ll mHl witlely kuowu throughuut the <·ity. The• snhjeet of our .-kl'teh i:; a nntil·e of the Prairie Stntc, lJcing Luru inl':trroll County, Ill., in 1 >'G l. IIi; l>:ll't'nt' were SauHicl an<l Elizaucth (Hollinger) Hank. The fallu.·r was bum in Frankliu Couuty, l'a., from which ~tate he culigrated su1nc. y"ar:-; ago. ntHl is now :t rc:-:.hleut of Cetlnl' ){apirl.-. The nwther "'"' nlso a nath·e of l'enn'.l"hanin. :t<1.\ <lq~:1rk<l thi.; life :11. )[iunl':ll•<•lb,

.\linn .. in IX>'-L .\lr. C. II. H"uk e:;me to Iowa in IXfi~, :nul

t"·"} t·:IJ".- ht<-r l"l'll1<JY<.''l to C'<·•l:1r J:apid:'. Ill• 'm' ellg:l;.!"l"~l n~ n. p:l .... :-:t~ll.~t·r ln·:.d\l'lll:tlt of the H. C. H. & :X. H. H.~ ·tw1_. yt•:tl''. Tlw e~}tU:-'lln~ during- tlH'

wi11tt·r ~t·:t"':lll1 pl'nVt·JI" \'t•ry :o-L'\'t'n';, :111d till' Iah~~r~


0

THE

BIOGRAPHICAL, RECORD-OF

" LLNN COUNTY

IOWA .

... A people that take no pride in the noble achievements if remote ancesiors will never achieve'

anything worthy to be reme11tbereq with pride by remotegenerations."-MACAULAY.

CHICAGO: THiE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY,

' 1901. '

Part 1

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f11r sr>mc 1·cars corllintll'd 1» make lll<>c'l .,f

his prt>iesc;ir>nal calls i1t tli:tt 11 ;1~· as there

\\'ere 1·cry fc\\· guod rr>:td . .; in tlii.s part,,[ tlw

·Cilllllty at that time. F<>r :;c1cral 1e:rrs lie

\\·as the only physician at :;pri11g1·ilk. :tl!d

his practice li:1s ahrays l>ccn as Ltq',C as II" c~ulcl conycniently :1ttend trl. ;\ m:111 "f pr"

gn•:;sin~ ideas lie has :1h1:t\·s kept p<>-;tcd »II

the latest tile<>rics and dicc<>\·niL'' lll:t<le i11

the science ()f Jnerlicinc a1HI surgen·. anrl

li:ts taken sc1·cral jH>.sl.gTaduatc r·"tlr.q·s.

:;pc11ding· three \\'inters ;!I tile _lelfns"'J .\il' 1-

ical Colleg·e at I'hiladclplli:l. :tnd a p:trt 11f t1vo at the HellcnJe Jlr,spiLtl \lcdic:tl c·, rllegc am! the C()llegc n[ I 'hysicia11s :tlld :;m

gc()JJS 111 !\c11· Yurk Cit1·. lie i.s :wkll<>ll !

edged to he r•nc of tile i>est and Jll<>st snc

ccssful physicians in this p:trt 11f tlw st:ttc.

He is a memiJcr of the !Ill\ a L'ni11t1 \lcdic:tl

Sncict:·, In1va StC~te :\ledic:tl S"cict1·. :u1rl

American Tlledical J\.ssr•ciatinn.

Dr. Love \\'CIS married in l.inn cr>tlllil·.

September 2S, 1S6_s. tn :\!iss ;\lice :;I"IIC. :t

rhugiJtcr nf }rollll:l fl. :-;[, •Ill', \\·hn CllllC' (ri

this county frnm .'\ew Yrrrk at an carlv r];t,·.

She 1ras Jwn1 and renrcd herr. :ttHl 11 :i' edu

cated at C"rllcll Crllkgc. She died Jtllh'

:22. 18;2. and \\as !:tid t" rc't in Spring1·illc

cc!llctery.

The Doct"r has nr~t "11!1· met \\·itil otic

cess profcs.sil\llCI!Iy l111l lt:ts ;tJ,;n Jl~'"'JlLTcd

financi:tlh· during· l1is JT'irlr•JilT iu Spritlc;··

yjJJr, and )we; huilt :tnd still ll\111' c;i, .L!"''d

re-;idcnces in the ,-ilhg'<~. hc,irlcs a f~lll' f:mn

of one hundred ancl si:-;t1· :tt·rcs. Jlc is a

m:tn of good ht1sincss ;1hili!1· :Jilrl pradic:~l

snunrl COilllll•lll sense. ]JmiJI.L!' his \:tr:ttirJJJS

lie il:~s made a llli1111Jcr nf trips!" the l':tcilic

sl"pc. and h:1c; also visited lite c;tst q·n·r:il

tillles. Soci:~lly he is a lll<'JtJi>cr "f .~pringYille Loclge, No. J.)r). ,\. F. & .\ .. \!.. and

1\Iarion Chapter, :t\o. ro. ](A. :\L .\t <>JJC

459

lillie itc 1ras alsr1 CllJI!lCclcd 1ritil l'atJIJ<)S

( ·, rt1nnanrlcry, ?\11. 2(. 1\:. T nf :\Lil·i"n,

l>ttl is now dimittcd .. \ltli"ugh 1111t a JllCJll·

her of any rclig·ious dc!l(J!llinati<Jil IJc :lt

IL'JH]s the Presbyterian church a11d giH,; t•)

ih support, h:wiug been reared in tiJ:1t iaitil.

There is prob:tlJiy nu man in litis part "f the Crllltttv Jll(lre \\·idch· kil<>\\.11 ,,1· tiJtin·rs:illv

JTc-pccted titan 1 Jr. Lr>1·e.

J LU)J. W:J).JE.l\."1' Sill YTJ L

.\nJong· the Covenanters of Scotland 11·ho

tier[ t" the Jlrlrth 11i J rcland at the ti111e of

tile pcr,;ccuti<lll \\:ts tile ~tnyth iamih· frum

11 liich the sulJject r1f this sketch 11as rk~cctlrl

erl. II c 11 as IJ11rn 1 tear LlltldlltHlcrry. in

l ~>tlllt\· Tyr~>JIC. Ireland. l;cill·ttary 211. JSI..f,

lti~ parcnt.s hcin.~· Jeremiah all!! .:\:tJW\' ( .\fcl;llir·Jlll\'1 :;,m tit. i:trJiting Jll'<ljlie. The Lun

ih· rlJI till' Jll<•titer's ;;Jiic \\TIT :t!S!l l.»ITJI:tlll

Crs ;tttrl 11 ere d ri \('JJ ~>lit of ~u •tlanrl. {~,,l,crt Smyth \\as reared on a lar111. rc

n·i,·iJtg :til "rrlin:tn· Cllllllll!lll-sclwrd educa

li"tL .\t the :tgc 11! ti\Cilty he came tr1 this

cr ·lllltn·. ;tJH) \Ya;; eJll)lln\Td L·1r si:;: year:; as

a clerk in 1\cdf~>rrl cr~utll_, .. J'cnn-;\·!l·ani:t.

l l11 rc.si.g·tling· tlt:tt P"'ition :\larch .f. I~..JO,

he .st;trtl'rl f"r the territ"ry ~>f l•J\\·a. The

jr~tmtn· '' :t" made II\· stage fr"lll Ifnllida\·,_

lrtlrg I" l'ittsillii'.L!'. llit•JtrT L\· slc:tlliLT tr~ St.

L"tJi,;, and up tltc .\lississippi to lll<HIJlliiJg

l"il. lt<J\\. "\luscatinc. lrl\Ya, \\·hence he came

tn !.inn county on f, ,nt. For ahr~ut fnur

llllllltlts he made his hutne 1vith ::\Jr. Craig·,

"h11 11·as also from Ireland, and during that

time ltc IH•ught :1. f:tnn ncar that gentleman's

pl:tcc. "11

tr >\\.JJ'Itip.

built upon

11·hat is 11''''. section K. Franklin

:\ log ill >liSe had pre1·iously hcen

the place and eight acres of the


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land had i>cCJl hr"ketl. The iirst 1-ear :\Ir. Slllyth planted a nr>J> of 1rlieat. jH>tat<>es and com. Jn July. tS.+o, he 1ras juined by his ~ister and l.>r< •t her-in-l;m . .i\I r. and :\Irs. Rnl.1ert .\lex;tJJdn. 1riHJ C>II"!IC'd a lt:il i interest in the fann. and IYith them he 1-esidcd for t\Yfi years. 11 is p:irents crossed the ;\ tlantic

in J unc. I 8-tz, accompanied by six clattghters and their S(ln James, and the family also !orated in Li11n t'lllliJty. \\"illiatlt, :lil"tliLT

Sllll. had prc,·i"usJy settled here, and J<dm, the 11ldest '"n. aiter residing· in Philadelphia f, •r s• line time. n·tnond to this cottnty 11·ith

his family in 1 Nri1. .\iter establishing his

parent;; in a L'"111 i"rtahle hotnc <>llr ,;uhjcrt \\Clll to li1"L' 11·itll them. The land in this rq.~·iiJll 1ras twt stliTCyed fllr Sllllle time

;liter he located here. and 1rltcn it came int11

market in I i"i-J.J. he 11·as detailed as a bidder for all the land in Franklin tn\\"nship. IIis father had entered .the nnrth\\"est quarter of StTti"n S. ,,·iJiclt lie di,·ided atllllll!-:" lti~ cltildren. J\,IJert sccurin.~· f,rt.\· acre~ "I tltis. Their nearest 111:rrkets at that tin1e 11·ere ),Ju~L·atine and f)uhuljllc. and f11r :<e1·eral years :\Jr. :-;lllyth ll"ated !tis Linn pr,<fnce d•>\\11 the :\li;;si<;;ippi rin·r 1111 il:itf,,at.;, :h

lte Cllttld <>htain a tnuclt !Jetter price f,r Iii~

grain in St. I .<Juis. For t\nl yc:tr.; lie did ;ill his farm \Yitlt "xen. except pl<nring l"llrtl,

and he also !tattled his grain to :\lu,;catine 1rith thc111.

1\fr. Smyth 111ade hi . .; ft,tne \\ith hi~; parents until he \\"as married, July 2, I8-J.(j, to 1\liss :Margaret 1\lofJltt, of Cedar c1mnty,

Io1Ya, \rho was also horn in County Tyrone, Ireland, in 1R2(). and 1ras i<lltrteen ye;trs of

age iYhen she came tn the L·nited ~tales with

her parents, \ \'illiam and Bessie ( ,\rm

strong) :l\Ioffitt. Coming direct to Io~Ya, the family locatecl at Mason's Grove, now

Cass t<mnship. l"l·thr Cll\lnty, ,,·here :\! r. and

:\lr-;. )J,i"Jitt ~p,·ttt till" retltditt<ler "i tk:ir

li ll''· ( Ji the ci.:_:ltt ,·hildtTtt J,,rtt t" ,,ur ,;uJ,j,·d

;ttld fti.; 11iit'. i11t1r died i11 ini:IIIC_I·, 11iJiL· tile "tfl!'r,; :ItT ;1.; f, .JJ,\1.;: I I ) .J• dill _I.. J, •J";J

iP .\lari,Jt. 1·•11:1. i11 !~_;;. 11:1, prlJH"ipally

educated in the ptthlir :<<·li "•I.; 11i tlii.; CIIUilty. hut attendecl t""rm·ll t',,Jfcg·<.· a .;ft,•rt time.

I k i.; 11"''. t'IJ_:_::J_ged in .t;l'lll'r:d fanning ;ttl l ~t.,rk rai.;ing •lit tltL· 1,Jd lt"iill''tead !ann 1111

secti•'ll K. Fr:Jtlklin t"lln.;ltiJ•. In n:ligi~··th r faith lte i:< :t I 're.;J,_,·teri:ttl. lie 1ra,; lll:trri<'d

in Ji-:;<J at :\It. \"em"tl. [11 :\l.is.; Ella \\'.

\\-arren. 11·h, was IH •rn in Franklin tll\\·11-~liip, l1cr p:treJJt'. \\"illiattl and 1\"sin:t (\:cal) \ Ltrrt•Jt, hein l':trly ,;cttler.; pf tlii,; c•JtltJty. J ll'r iatlter ,,.;1,.; a carpenter J,_,.

trade. I Jttring the c·i, il ,, :tr he etdistl'd

in the Tliirtectllh ]11\\a \""lunlL'L'r Jnl:ttlln·. and clied in the sen·icc at \"ick.;hnrg 11·1ien

alH>tll f"rt_1-Ji1e ye:1r,; "i :tgc. L'nt<> _I.,Jm

J. :-;tttyth :u11l 11·iit· llt're IH•I"It f,,nr rhildrt'lt: lklctt .. \Jttta and 1\•.J,nt. all li1 ing: :tJtd \\.an·en, <le<:e:l.'l'<l. I 2) \\.illiatn. \. i,; a re

tired far!ller '"''' residing itt .\It. \'eJ'il•liJ. I 3) Flizahctli 11·a.' edtwitt<'d i11 tile pni,Ji,· <clii><Jis "[ :\l:tri11n and :tt t..">~rnell l·,JkgL', and re~ides 11 i"tl1 her ttl< >tlin at their pleas

ant h<Jtllc in :\Jt. \'enH•tJ. ( -J.) . \nn:1 is the

\\ id"''" oi Sanntcl E. J l"ldcn. 11"11" died i11 .\apa Cit_1·. l"alii11rttia. Uen·tJtLer 31. !IJ<H>. lea1·ing three cltildren. f{,l,nt :-; .. I Ltr• ,J,J F. and l'ltilil' S. :\lr~. JJ,Jdctl l:lit.giJt l••r ~e\Tral tcr111s in the ptthlic ~rl1• '' ,J,; ,,f l."cdar l\apids and :-;t''"d 1·cry liigh in her pr"fc_,_ ~i<>n, and 1ras afs, preceptre.;.-; "i .\apa l·,J

Icgc. \Jr. a1Hl :\Irs. ~m\·th began their d•J

Illl'~tic life in a 111g IH>tt~e ,,·ltid1 lie erected

pri11r t" his m;1rriage un the ~ite of his

s<>n Jnlm\ present h11n1e. .!lis 1rife \\·as to

hitu a true helpmate, and t1> her cncuttrage-


UI<H ;i\:\1'1 !lC:\L RECUI\IJ 4-Gt

llll'Jit and O'llJ'I'"rt lie <ll\"l'cl ,,, •t a littk ',f his O'ttn'l'ss. Fr11111 1:-.:.12 t<> ,:-.:r,t, lie IY'"' a re-;i

dent of l\lari<~11 111<>st <>f the tilltl'. ti1e gT\':IIcr p<~rti<~n of it lieing- sp'c11t in :t l:tnd. J,:J11king·

:1nd la11· oi'llre. ( )n 1-'.'"ing: intc> till' rl';ti estate and !Jan king liu'i!tl'S.s. ·iJe r• •nlllll'11tTcl

reading· !all' 11·ith his Y"tnJ,ger hr<~tlier. tile late Colonel \\.illiam Smyth. 1Yii11 r:une to

this rnuntry in u.;-l-3· In 1~.1-l- he 1\:tS admitted to the ilar. and later hecante a me111her

',f tile firm "f Smyth. \'<>u11g· ,'\: Snll'llt. hut !1t: engaged ""ly in nfiice pr:1rtire. In r:-.:ldi

ftc returned !11 !tis farm."" 11 l!irli lie crectt:d ;t line brick residence that n·:1r and 11 liich he

made one of the l!lllSt attra•:tin· pl:trcs in Franklin (llll·nship. J lc \Yas a 1nan ',f ex

cellent htl'im·ss and cv'n1ti1T al>ilit.'·· 11·as i1;dustrious. cltterprising ;tncl Jll"gTCSSJ\·c, and t:~ these characteri,;tir' 111:1y Ill' attributed

his success in life. :\lr. Sm\'lh 11as "II<.' "i tlw Jlt"'t l'"l'ulat·

:\tiel influential tlll'1t e~f his c<•lllltlllllitl·. :111d

a' his f~ll"11· citizen,; J"<'t'< '.gJli/t'<l !Jj,; :JI>ilitl lie 11 as railed t1]H!J1 t" till a 111n11kr ',f pu!,Jic l'"'itifl11S of h<>nnr and tru-;t. lie 1Y;1s the tir,;t JH>stmastcr nf Franklin [fl\\'nsllip. ,,·hich

\Ia<; tlte onlY "fiice in this secti<~n f<~r S<)Jlle

time, and \1';1s macle lO\Illship clerk soon

:1fter it hcca111e neccss;,r:· t•• Inn' <;JH:h an • •t'llri:d. In t lie fall "f 1 K U ill' 11 ;t,; ckcll'cl to repre;;;~nt Cedar, Junes. I knt"ll and Linn counties in the ln\\Tr hnt!SC~ nf t lte territori;d Jegi<;lature, and in 18_~(j kclnlc a lllcl11hcr nf the first general assC111hl:· of tlte <;tate, be

ing· elected from Bentnn and Linn counties. 1n r8G7 he \\'as elected to the stZJtc senate

hy tile people ,,f Linn Cllllll!l· lc>r a term of

f"ur years. and II' as again clc _ te I t• > the ]111\"Cr hou~e "f the tlll'tltil'tlt g·..'ttcral a,;'l't\lldy in the fall ni 1 :-.::-.:,). jn'l f, .rty years fr11m the titne he \\'as tir't l'lectcd. lie 11·as a ntemiJer uf ,;n·eral it11p••rt;111t c< lllllllittecs,

incltlflitl.g the "lll' 1111 r<llhtituti"nal :111H'ild

n1t'Jit". 11 hit·h 11:1' ""'i'idl'rcd the lirst of in1-p<~rtatllT at tli:1t ti111c. lie 11:1s ab" rh:1ir-111an "f tl1c r"1n111iltev f,q· the suppres-;inn 11l

i11tt n1plT:tlltT :111<1 ('llgint't'rt'd the hill tll\'> 111git ti1l' liii\\Sl'. It 11a-; said tltat t" hi., sterling·

J>rincij>l6. IYiclc a11d ll:tlrllful diiigenrc 11 as due 1111H'h "i the early teJnperance lq.~·isla

ti<ln "f tk· stale. lie ahYa1·s stond i"r temperance principles and temperance Ia \b. ;lllcl

the. pr"hihition la11· fnund in him a sta11ch ad ,.o,·ate and suppc >rkr .

. \lr. :-;111.1·th ca,;t his first presidenti;tl 1utc

f"r :'llartin \'an !:met!. .lle 11·as an a]H,Ii

ti"nist fr<~m the start. a11d in 1:-:52 ,·,ted f"r ,1. 1'. ll;dc. ( Jn the organization of the 1\.c

pul>lir:ln party in J}(jl'. he joined its ra11ks

ancl ah1 a1·~ rc1nained a stanch supp"rter t>f it' principles. Jn the f:dl of tK(>I he 11·;1S

:q>p,intcd !>1· l't-e!'ident Lit1C<llll as pay-

1\1:t'tcr in the L 'nitcd :-;tate' army. and l!t·ld tltal l"'siti,n until :\l:J,·. 1:-.:lll, 11·ith hc:l!l'lll:tttcr' ;II ~l. I.e >\lis :ttl< I I );1\enpnrt. !1i' p:tynt('l1h l:cin,g· Jnadc in !11\l'a, :\li~stniri .. \r

k:tt1~a,;, 1'-cntucky. Tenne,;,;ec ;md :\li"<~"'1'1'1. I Juring this peri"<! lie disbursed fnnn the gr•I"Crlltncnt trca~ury the 1·a~l S\11\\ t>f <1\Tr ll'n milli"n dc.]Jar,, and furni,hC'd <oatis

f:tl'l«l'l. '·"uchcr' f<~r c1·<·ry dt>llar paid 11\ll. I It, I' 1 tl >I i c ; 111 d I' r i 1 at c.: I i f c liTre a I i k c a I " • 1 t: repn >ach. and he had the conl"idencc and re'J:crl ,,f all 11·ith '"h' >Ill lie came in c<~Jt(;Jl·t

<'itlll'r i11 illlsittc,;,; 111" '" >l·ial affair~. It 11as said "f him that lie "11·as tiYt:nty year'-' an lrislnnatt. sixty IT:tr!' an .\tncrica.tl, :lll<l

<·ight.'· yc:1rs a ( ·hristian gentleman." lie died 1111 Sunday .. \pril .). 1 ~'):-.:. hnnnred :m<l

respected hy all 11·hc' kne11· him. I le 11·as a l're,;l>yteri;ln in relig·i"u' belief an<l an elder in til(' :\it. \"erl\1111 c!ttttTii. I lis a<hice \\'as

~~ >llgltt in church c••uncib. a' it 11·as ah1 ays '"i"e and practical, \Yliilc he ,,.,h ,;imple ill


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BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD

his faith and childlike in his trtt,t. For 11 "' '"'rll in Kells. lrel:tnd. and thev C11ntin-thirty years he \\;ts a trusll'e ()[ C"rnell Clll

lcge; with the exception of t 11·o years he wa;;

clo,ely identified IYith the administrati1·e

work as a member of the executi1·e committee. Not only 11·as he liberal of his time in

behalf of the colleg:e, hut also gave freely of

his mean' to its support in early years when contributions 11 ere e'pecially needed. He

was also a memher of the board of Coe Col

le.~·e for many years. It is hut ju t and

merited praise t<J say of-.l\tr. Smyth, that as a husiness man he ranked 11·ith the ahlest;

as a citizen he 11·as hcmorable, prompt and

true to e1·ery engagement: as a man he helcl

the honor and esteem of all c]a.;ses of peo

ple. of all creeds and political prnrli1·ities;

as a husband and father he was a model

wnrthy nf all imit;ttillll: unasstuning in Jnan

ner, 'inrere in his friendship,, stead fast and

nns1ven·ing in his loyalty to the right.

Throughout his career nf continued and farreaching tiscfulne;;s, hi;; dutifls 11-ere per

formed IYith the greatest care, and during a

lr:llg life his personal honor ami integrity

were \Yithout blemish. r -----

JOHN l\1. REDl\IOND.

John :\I. Redmond. mayor of Cedar Rap

ids and a leading attorney of that place. is a man whose worth and ability have gained

him success, honor and public confidence.

He 1vas born in Syracuse, New York. nn the

Rth nf .\pril. rR)!). his parents being Fd11arcl

and "\delia ( D01nl) Redmond. T'he fa

ther is a native of Dublin, Ireland. and was a

child when he came alone to the Pnited

States, about IR+6. locating in Syracn~e.

New York. 11·here he fnlln\l'erl the saddler's

trade. There he married ;\delia Doml. 1vho

ttcd t" tltakc their !t'liill' in ~.nacu~c t!JJ!il c<,ming to l\lt. \-emnn. ln11·a, in ri-\(J(,_

There the father engaged in the harness and

s;tddlcrv lntsinc'·' f11t· !11'1 year,, and later f,Ji]llllerl the satne pursuit in Cedar Rapids

for ~ix years; hut in IS<)_'i 1he returned to Syracuse. I'\e11· York. 11·here he is now Ji,·

in.~ a retired Life. The IYife am! mother died

?II ay q, 1 RrJ r, lc;ll·ing a family of six chil

drett, of 11 IH•nt Jnlm ?II. and Ceorge are still

re~idents of Cedar l\apid!'. The c<nntnon schools of l\It. Vernon

afforded John J\I. l\edmotH! his early educational pri1·ilegeS: and later he 11·as a student

at Cornell C<dlcgc, in the same place. lie

then entered the la11· department of the State

l'nivcrsity. and 1vas graduated in the class 11f JS.'(r, 11ith the degree of LL. B. The

-;ttnc year he 11·as adtnittcd to the bar, a!lll

began practice in Cedar l\apids in Januarv, 1 SSJ. ;,, a tnctnl:er <Jf the finn of Smith,

l'o11cll & 1\cdm"n<l. hi~ partners being i\lilo

I'. Sn1ith ;tlld J. J. Po11·ell. This connection

cllntinued al1out a year, since 1vhich time he

has heen alnne and has sun:e,sfully engaged

in gener;tl practice before all the cnnrts,

tnaking f<Jr himself an en1·iahlc reputatinn in

his chnscn profession. I-I is practice is now

<tuite large and !unati1·c. lie is interested

in a number of different business enterprises,

and is nOll' a director of the Peoples Savings

I :ank of Cedar Rapids. On the 2oth of February. r895, Mr. Red

lllotHl married Miss Cbannie J Porter, of

Ced;tr l~apids. a daughter of J. S. Porter.

TIH'I' haye a fine home nn First ayenne in one

nf the best parts of the'city. J\Tr. Redmond

attends and supports the Christian church,

()f 11·hich ·his wife is a memlJer, and has taken

an active part in supporting the charitable

institutions of the city.


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,',z_HISTOR Y OF IOWA FROM THE EARLIEST TiMES

TO THE BEGINNING OF THE TwENTIETH CENTURY

FOUR VOLUMES

Bv BENJAMIN F. GUE

11/urtrated with Photographic riewr of the Natural Scenery of the State, Public Buiidingr, Pioneer Life, Etc.

WITH PORTRAITS AND BIOGRAPHIES OF N.OTABLE MEN AND WOMEN OF IOWA

VOLUME IV

IOWA BIOGRAPHY

SJ:AL O.F THB S'fATB OF IOWA

THE CENTURY HISTORY COMPANY +I LAFAYETTE PLACE

NEw YoRK CrTY

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surgeon of the Board of Enrollment for the Sixth Congres,ional District and served through the draft of 1864, being stationed at Fort Dodge. He served as mayor of Sioux City, 1ms one of the incorporator;; of the First National Bank, also of the Sioux City & St .. Paul and other railroad companies. ln 1878 he was appointed by Governor Gear one of the Commissioners to the Pari~ Exposition. Ili• wa" a rnemLer of the Cobden Club of England and deeply intere,ted in tariff reform. Dr. Smith was one of the founders of the First L'nitarian Church of Sioux City and an active member of the Iowa and Western Conferences of that denomination. In politics he was an independent Hrpuhliean of the George William Curtis stamp and always acted up to his convictions of right, regardless of party platforms. He served for tldrteen years as Heeeiver of the l'nited States Land Otfiee at Sioux City .md a~ ~uch had the cw;tody of millions of dollars of the public money during the sale8 of publie lands. ·

~:M~~, one of the pioneers of Linn County, was born in Ireland, February 26, }814. He c:ame to America iu 1834 and located in Linn County, Iowa, in 1840. Here he became an extensive dealer in real estate and afterwards engaged in banking. He was a member of the Sixth Territorial Legisl~ture in lfl4~l-4 >l!Hl of the State Legislature in 1846·8. :1-fr. Smyth was again a memher in 18t}8, serving four years in the Senate. In 1884 he served in the HmL;e of the Twentieth General Assembly forty years after he first. bP(·ame an Iowa lawmaker, Colonel Smyth was ·one of the paymast~rs of the l:nitPd Sto. teii army for several years, disbursing more than $10,000,000 during his term. He died at Mount Vernon April 3, }898.

\VILLIAM S::\IYTH was born in T~-ronp County, I1 oJand, January 3, 1824. He came with his part>nt~ to America when about fifteen years of age and in 1840 located in Linn County, Iowa. ::IIr. Smyth studied law at Iowa City and in 1848 opened a law oilice in Marion. In 1853 he was appointed judge of the Fourth Judicial District, serving until 1857. In 1858 he was ehosen by the SeYenth Genf'ral As~embly one of three com· missioners to revise and codify the laws of the State. Their work was accepted hy the Legis! a turc and been me the Code of 1860. Judge Smyth was then appointed on the Commission of Legal Inquiry. In 1861 he was one of the commissioners appointed to negotiate the bonds issued by the State to provide a war defense fund. In August, 1862, he was com· missioned colonel of the Thirty-first Iowa Infantry and served in the field until December, 1864, when he resigned on account of failing health. In 1868 he was elected to Congres~ and servPd until his death in 1870.

FRANCIS SPRINGER was born in the State of Maine, April 15, 181L He worked on a farm in boyhood and attended district school


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Recollections and Sketches of Notable ·Lawyers and

Public Men of Early Iowa

Belonging to the First and Second Generations, with Anecdotes and Incidents Illustrative of the Times

By

EDWARD H. STILES

Ref.

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For many years a member of the Iowa Bar; member of its House of Representatives, 1863-1864; member of its Senate, 1865-1866; Reporter of its Shpreme Court, 1867-1875; author of Complete Digest •f its Decisions from the earliest Territorial period to the 56th Iowa Reports.

"In old age alone we are masters of a treasure of which we cannot be eprived, the only treasure we can call our own. The pleasures of memory

and the retrospect of the varied images which in an active life have floated before the mind, compensate, and more than compensate, for the alternate pleasures and cares of active life."-SIR ARCHIBALD ALLISON.

"Personal anecdotes, when characteristic, greatly enliven the pages of a biography."-SAMUEL SMILES.

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of raising funds to put the State on a war footing. In 1862 he was commiSsioned

Colonel of the Thirty-First Regiment of Iowa Infantry. Of thi, appmnlment,

Stuart, in his Iowa Colonels and Regiments, page 467, says, "At the lime he en

tered the service he had no military knowledge or training; he was made Colonel on

account of his worth." He was an efficient and gallant officer, and participated in

many engagements mcident to Sherman's famous March to the Sea. On the ar

rival of his regiment at Savannah, he was obliged to resign, in December, I 1::\64, on

account of ill health resulting from his arduous service and the hardships to which

he had been exposed, from the effects of wh1ch he never fully recovered, and which

led to his death a few years afterward. He resumed the practice, however. and

in 1868 was elected to represent his district in Congress. At the end of that term

he was re-nominated without opposition, by the Republican Convention of his District, but died before his election.

In person, he was large and portly. His address was pleasing, digndied, but

kindly on all occasions. It was a pleasure to meet him. Of him Stua~·t says, .. His

merit as a soldier consisted in his kind care for his men, and Ill his great bravery."

As illustrating his coolness in battle, Stuart says further, "I arn told lw "ould sit

quietly on his horse under a sharp fire of the enemy, while deterrnnung upon the

proper command to be given to his regiment for some designated movement.''

He died in the prime of life, at the age of forty-six, le;oving the hentage of a brave and noble life.

l:~IYbe,r($/Tiyth was an elder brother of Colonel \Villiam Smyth, and was one

of the early settlers of Iowa while it was a Territory. He was born Ill Ireland,

where his brother was born, in 1814, and \\··hen he was twenty years of age, came

to Arne rica and located in Linn County. He was one of the Territorial. as well as

one of the State Legislators. He was a member of the Territorial Legislature in

1843, and of the First General Assembly of the State, in 1846, and of the extra

sessions attendant upon both those assemblies. In the fall of I 86 7 he was elected

to the State Senate from Linn County and served with efficiency in the fwelfth and

Thirteenth General Assemblies. In 1875 he \;..·as a prominent candidate for the

nomination of Governor in the Republican State Convention, which nominated the

popular old War Governor, Samuel ]. Kirkwood.

He was early admitted to the bar, but the principal portion of his life was de

voted to large business interests, in which he was highly successful. During the

Civil War he was appointed Paymaster in the United States Army, and served in

that position from 1861 to I 866. He handled vast sums of money and left the

army with a clean record. In enumerating his services as a Legislator, I failed to

mention that in the fall of 1883 he was elected to the House of the Tv·.'entieth Gen

eral /\ssemhly, and served 1n that body just forty y,,;u-s aftn lw h;HI fir>.t ""'rved in


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that capacity in the Sixth Territorial Legislative Assembly. He died at his home

in Mt. Vernon, Linn County, in 1898, at the age of eighty-four.

Isaac Coale was one of the earliest, as well as one of the ablest lawyer::; of Linn

County. 1-!e was a relative of my wife, and both belonged to the Quaker stock of

Chester County. Pennsylvania. He came west in the early forties, locating at

Marion while lowa was still a Territory. He later removed to Cedar Rapids. In

1850 he was the Whig candidate for Secretary of State, while William H. Seevers.

afterward a ] udge of the Supreme Court, was a candidate for Auditor of State on

the same ticket. It "as in that election that Stephen Hempstead was elected Gov

ernor on the Democratic ticket. During the same year judge Cook was elected the

first City /\ttorney of Cedar Rapids. In 185 7 he was made the District J udgc of

that District, succeeding Judge William Smyth, and served with marked ability and

general satisi action. He was a deeply learned lawyer. and his learning was hap

pily compounded with an even temper, great common sense, and a character of the

highest order. He was respected by all classes of people and his death, which oc

curred in 1878. was widely and sincerely lamented.

Georg<: Greene, Algernon Sidn<')! Belt, Dr. S.D. Carpenter, f. f. Childs. Ellsn•orlh N. Bates, Ezra Van Meter. Donald Mcintosh.

Cc(Jrgc c;,·ccnc was a man of varied talents and accomplishments, who figured

more prominently perhaps. in the upbuilding of Cedar Rapids than any other man

of his time. He was a native of Staffordshire, England. where he was born in

181 7. \\'hen but two years of age, he emigrated with his parents, to the United

Stales .. •oeitling m western New York. He was well educated in the schools and

acadenm·s of that State and was what might be properly termed a scholarly man.

Soon <ifter attaining his majority he entered upon the study of med1cine, but soon

abandoned this pursUit for that of the law. He entered the office of one of the

ablest lawyers of the Erie County Bar and was, in due time, admitted to practice.

Wh<'n Imva was organized as a Territory, m 1838. he came West. stopping at Dav

enport, low a, for a while, where he made the acquaintance of David J. Owen, and

for snera! montb became his assistant in making geological surveys. In 1840 he

settled in Manon. Linn County, and there entered upon the practice. His superior

att<1inrnents and high character at once attracted the public attention, and in the fall

of that year he was elected to the Third Territorial Legislative Assembly, which

conn·ned at Burlington. in November, 1840. This was the last session of the

Legislature held at Buriington. He represented the Counties of Linn, ]ones and

Cedar. In the Fourth Territonal Legislative Assembly, which convened at Iowa

City 1n December, I 84 1, he again represented the same Counties in the Council.

Tln·: \Vii' tlw fast sesSion held ;\! dw IH'I,. caprtal of Iowa Crty. He mu,.;t have Leen

anwBg, d nut tl.e youngest member of that body, for m the Council of 1840 he

-.-.·as hut [\\Tnly-three years of age. and in that of 184 I . but twenty-four. Not-


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