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

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?'fame of Representative Senator ETRELL . JOHN JESSE

&;X,J.'. f,j 91'" < " dO ,LA .. ;, (]" T;;. L,s/-t " 1 . Birthday and place 'e;: ~~\TeHleeF 1872 , Bevis COtl tLtt" Iowa

2 . HarriaQe (5) date place Addie Hotchki ss (c 1872 9 May 19:17) ; 2 4 e-\l:Igtlst 1903 j Bloomfield. Iowa

3 . Significant events for example:

A. Busin ••• 18 jewelr y btlsiw!ss i tl Osceola and Washington, Iowa. se veral years ; then in jewelr y and'piano business ; and 1n grocery business . Then in farm loan and abstrac t buesiness in BB~1~.~.MM~f~'ee~18~.----------------------------------------------------__ __

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B. Civic responsibiliti.s __________________________________ __

C. Prof ••• ion' ______________________________________________ __

•. Church membership __ ~w~.~tA~O~.~i~.~.~ ________________________________ __

5 . Sessions served 39tb ;Ul.d t.Otb C;' , SD oJ , c>.ppaAeeC9 aRe. Davie CouFltieo

6. Public Of fie ••

A. Local postmaster, Bl oomfi eld • 1924=151 3.5

B. State ________________________________________________ _

C. National

7. DeathJ l October 1935 at hpme , Bl oomfie ld, sudden 1]]nes s

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8. Children c . 1910-1 920) .

0) Alice (c . 1907 - ) j 2) George K (c Ckvc/~ T......,-,U1J~; rJ~ t,'l

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9. K a me II 0 f par en t II _JS~.~n!lf~Q!.Ir"dl,_l(_':c':.~1~81.21.2--"--.2J20~A"'p"'rC;jLJ~J1l8~8~8U)4."--"arnD~d..£C:aJ:t~b"-eLrj.1 nnee-____ ~~ )EVANS) eSTeLL. (5 April 1829 - Q3 April 1912) . m. Davis Co . 22 April 1849. I)~ Ii


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10. Educatio n graduated Bloomfield High School 1889 ~~----~--------------

11. Oegree5 ________________________________________________________ ___

12. Ot her applicabl e inf o rmation Mason . Knights Templar; Shjine ; Knights of Pythias.

In his work fo r jewelry and piano stor e he traveled over much of I owa . Helped orgaize Bloomfield High School Alumni Association and was an outstanding guiding

spiri t of it as long as it existed. Mu sieian of note ; for year s member of or chest r as and Bands in Bloomfield ; leader of

Sunday School orchestra of his church at time of death. Au thor of severaTV6IUiiies ;o~f,.:;h~u~m~o~r~o~u~s~~s~t~o;r'1~e~s~;~a~n~dr.p~r~o~f~i~c~ire~n"'f-"a~f~t~e·r~-·d~i·n·n~e~r~s~p .. e .. a~k~e~r~.

Con ty chair Davis Co Cen tral Committee--Republican . At time of death daugh t e r was teacherTn:~B~lT-o~o~m;;f:;i~e~l;d:;;Hniog~h"S~c~h~o~o'lr-. -a~n;;-drl~G.e~o·r~goe"'w~a~s'--

s tudent a t U:dl.lirtvb.~ity of Iowa in premedicine . 1.1so survived by two sister s .


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JOURNAL OF THE SENATE 1501

And the Senate by this resolution tenders its sincere sympathy to the sur · viving members of his family in their sorrow.

B~ It Further Resolved, That a copy of this resolution be printed in the J ournal of the Senate as a commemoration of his life, and that enrolled copies hereof be transmitted to family of the deceased.

O. J. K IRKI:TEG, GEO. M. HOPKrNS, H. W. EDWARDS,

Tbe resolution wa ::; unanimous]? adopted.

JOHN J. ETHELL

Committee.

MR. P RE.SIDENT: Your committee, appointed to prepare a suitable 110rial commemorating the life and service of J ohn J. Et.hell of Bloom· " Iowa, begs leave to submit the following report:

John J. Ethell was born in Davis county, Iowa, on November 16,1872, and resided in that county during his whole life, lh;ng in the city of Bloomfield after 1881. He graduated from the high school of that city and was mal'ried to Addie Hotchkiss of Bloomfield on August 24, 1903. They had two children. a daughter, Alice. and a son, George K. Mr. EtheU was engaged in the farm loan and abstract business for many years. He died at. Bloomfield, Iowa, on October 31. 1935, at the age of 62 years, 11 month~ and 15 days.

Senator Ethell was elected to the Iowa State Senate from the Third Senatorial Dist r ict of Iowa composed of Da\'is and Appanoose counties in 1920, this being his first political office. and he served in the Thirtyninth, F ortieth and F ortieth Elttra Se-ssions of the General Assembly . Following his service in the legislature he served for several years as postmaster at Bloomfield, Iowa.

Senator Ethell is remembered by those who knew him as one who combined a lively sense of humor with a conscientious devotion to duty whieh made him a dependable and outstanding member of the Senate. His duties in that bod~' anti as a private citizen were always well and ably carried out; therefore,

Br It RtBoh'rd by thi" Sr>lMe of the F()rtll-righth Grneral A.1Isem.blll of ltnl:o. in Reglll(Jr Sel'/JifYII." That in the passing of John J. Ethell the state mourns the loss of a valuable and honored citizen and a man of strong character, and the Senate of Iowa by this resolution extends its sympathy to his family.

B e It F"rthrr RM()h'ed. That a copy of this memorial resolution be pl'inted in the Journal of the Senate and that the secretary be directed to send enrolled copies to the mcmbel'S of the family of the cleceased.

HUGH G. GU~NSEY. H. V. Lr.vrs, SAl'PORD ZEIGLER, JR .•

Commit tee. The rrsolution wn ,; Illln nimou sly adopted.

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TIlE ETHELL FA~!lLY AS I'IO:-;'EEn s

Perhnps yon bu\"!> not u('('n thinking of Ille F,th,'l1 family n~ " nl' of the

piow:'('r {nmnll'S ot Do,'is ('Qllnty. Hut \\e hn" " l'l'I'n IlifJnl'I'M! or tU(' I,j.,n, ... r~ .

from owoy b:u'k, anll nil t he W:l), nloltf: . Wh,'I! yon nr(' lool;lnZ" r"r "WO fM,: T l'rnt Amrrlt-nns," I tb illk we ronld qmllif)·. Wl' nl"p of pnl"e Hritl~h ~ t o,:k. U for anytblns 1 bn"e learl1 <,d t o the colil r uI"y. But nil IIn'·s .... f 011r fOluit.\· b,,\·~

Ix>l'n In '\HwI"ku f"r nt lc'n~1 1[,11 p'nl"s.

I n tbe time of my childbood. Iher(' ""n s n IrMII:ion in lilt, f!unlly IhM the nrst Elhel! 111 Allle ricn wos a Brlti!Ob ~Oh1lt' T In Iht, . ' n·n,· b nu,l 1",linn ,,"'I r of 175G·G3. B u l (rum some lint a .IICQlliretl Inter, I >1111 ('(\1I\'11I("l,\I Ihnl I ... IIllISI t'lue l>een II Ylrslnla colon io l sol tlle r In Ihe nTIt.ish sl'rl'k(' In !tmt "' '' r . I h",'e r, rM'Ortl of Ibe birtb of his SOD, 8 ('l1 jo lll ill Et~,('lI, m1 j:n':11 J;nu li lfl. lhl' r, In rtrs lnl n, In 1757, D('nr tbe l".('g innlng of t1~tlt wnr. If t he f,u h('r bllll'·l1li.~[ ,·d In E:nglnnd lor thnt wnr. It III not likely he woultl bnl'l" uroll;;ht n youu;: Wifl' Ot U fOllng I"rully wltb b im. HOII" 10)1~ l>rfore [but wa r thll fllmit.I' b a" ...... 11 h. \'Iro:lnln I "lUI only conj('('t ure--perb nps 17;:1 rl':! rs hnck ffum t hI! Ilf(,S"Ut.

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111;: ("II t m'" "f .1''' 111' "'11l<li , '~ in J)n\"i ~ """111.1' 1'1"" ' ~' 1 ' I,f,·. John Etb('\ l, son Or Benjamin, 1Il,'nt innl'd nbol·e. ' .... \9 loom in Gr(,(,lllorll' r

county, Yiq;lnln, now n soutbenSlern hOTll l'l" ,"(IU lily III \\'('Sl " ir;:lnln, sOIue lime In tbe lntter pnrt of 1784. He WfllI lilY ;.:rnnMn[ her. II I' \\·tl lI IourIL'l1 In tbe Don Cnrlos or ilopkins gm\,{>ynrd, Il('fir )lnl" \" SIIIO(' !im(' In April. 1 thlnl, . In 16G2. I1(' I.rul,al,]}" l'tlll,::' I'nll'tl tu K ('III>I(·I,.I" wilh h is I'III ·'·UI"' . I ha l"(' 11 f(" ~ II'll (If bls tlltber beIng with him in,Grayson {>(Illnt~·, Kt'nt Ul'ky, In [flier yt·l\fl'l. t hin\,; the IIrst sent ot the EtbrU family In Kcntnd;y \l'IIS fnl'lhl' r (·:I St.

'J'11I~re J"bn Erhl'il uu 't nllli mnl"l"JI',1 :-;"I"HII Hnn"ll. Tlw lI'n'I "u~ l\"t" ·e n,lal{,l\ 10 I>nnl l"l 11" ... 11('. Ttll'.r n'{'fl' 'lI" l;.: h t~ I I"" "f 1Iu"lI(, ill :\'''rth t':II',,!i n:l, nllli f"n"w,·tl him tir"t 10 1'; ,'nTl1t"k~' null In [. ·}· tu '\11.~I'II \l tl. J"hu 111,,1 :-;IIl"a h El hdl, wllh III'rllnl's tllI·i r six old{'r "h ;I,II"'I1, " llIlo:.'n lt~1 I" )li .... '!I .. u·j S"II1t. [hue lx· for(' l :::':"'tI, Tll('r I"H'''''U ,," Il(ln.:.'" Ih,' fan,il.,· II}1 ,1 ~UI'h "r 1111'Ir h"".-;o.', tlohl ('tT,~·t~ n5 th('~' \ 'l"uII),!hl wit h ttli'll •. :-; iUCl' [h"r !<t'llk" n" l·th IIf tllC' )II~. sourl r in' r, til('j lUus t h u,'" ('}'uSS<'c\ 111(' Oh ill nlltl )1I "'~i~s ' I'1'1 t in'}'s nn,1 ",nil,. smnll{'r Iilt,·n IllS. I tln,, (' h('1I1'<I my fa llwt t'1I.1' t hat li t' .n,1 Hut [hill" hi" fnt ll .. r eH'r ownC'd n wn,::ulI, nlthuu;:b he Hn·o.I "II fu nlls nil his IIf(', I llIrin:,: IIIl' lif\." 01 tbe t nmli)' In )1i~SU\1 1 ' i, o:rundfnlhl'!' m:lll o.: nu,1 1111' 11,1.·" ~h",'~ f"r hi!' (IImll)' nml b ls n('lr:h lJurs whlie hi" lours UHIStl.l' '·lIfr;' ·" on Ih o.: f"nn.

My f:rnlll lm ... tlwr, ~nl"n l.i (Hnrlon) Ellwll. WIIS I~ 'rn In K ,'1l11Wky III liul , nnd tli('() ;n SnulO,krs ,'''11111.1', :\'1'I,rn!<i-:n. ill l S~::! . :-:11.· WIIS U Ill'~[ (~"I"i" tor Dado Harton. Olll' ur ) !I,,!SU urj'~ firs! pa ir " I S"nu[urs, h i~ ... Jlto ·u;:,uc !>l'iu;;: Thoma.~ II. H,·III"1\ . .

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nnd durin:; tile ':W~ lUndt, two t!"ips ",','r Ill\" ,,] ,1 ":-;"Il ln 1'\' Irnl1" fr'lIli 111111 .. jl('mlC'lI{','. )1 "., 10 :-:nlltu F ,'. mill ](our",'!! I" lul l; II lil ll ,' :-:I'IIJJI~h, III- ~1'11"', 1

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:\Iy fnlht'r WAS prol'Ably Ihe nl'xt mE'lI1iJ(>r of t1w (nm1\y CO comE'. He CAme i n ~lAl"("h. I S'II, just 0 Ii II It, hl'for{' cL{, ('flllll !)" WflS uq:nnizro null ILl'

('(IunlS IK'At lnid Oil!, Il l' was tlwn n linlc pa~l!!l. Ill' llwLle Ihe j lOlll'II~Y froUl DoolJe (1'UII!Y ol .. ,u t HIJ lIlih'!\ UIL It Jli1]· h'U{,1l ;.:ray ]lIa r t', corryin!; n I,undlc of E'~trn ('I01l1ill~ nut! mOlll'Y t'lwu;.:h 10 IOU)" his t' ~Ill'IIIjt.'lS throll"b, on Ibe !rw:,,! It.'all.' of tl](' Irun'] of (bal tin](' . Tht.'rc wrJli nut Uluch 1111"11111:; aside for f,'lIn's {,r {:'uin:; n IOIlI; wny to liml a brIll;:!', li t.' n'lIp·,,,·,1 10 DUOlh: CClI111ty for a ",I!j r t

\'I~lt a fcw mUl1tilll inlt'r, nnd IWI'(T l·iJ,it<:'<.1 it n;':lIln,

:\Jy foth,'!" wns not ml",..,b of n t ruI·ch.'T. I thlllk fln ol,Jon; ~OO m ll('s north lind sumh nml 100 llliJt·~ ('H",I flll ri Wl'st wunld ('u\'t'J" 1111 IIlI.! ~ 1'ulI !ld over wbio::b

hl' tra H,h'tl In al! hIs lifl'. Tht, I'~lrt'me [lOints 11",,"111 I)ruhnuly he old H"t.'hc. port. 011 the :\Ii!lSollrl ri ... ;or, th t! fumilY'lI (·blt.'! 1II0lrkl'l, on thl' Iwmb; Oskoloo$.'I , wben' IJ(' 1I'{'1I [ 1II11..'t.' n~ II 111'I1·;.:nle I" n Gn'l'III",d; ('''!I\' ''ul ioll, Ull the no r th; n point on th t.' Charilnu rh' ,'r , lIt,t (u]' f rom th ... [lI't'St'nt Sill' of Rednn, on the Wl'~ t. olHI Ah'xlIlIt!r:n. ~liss"IlT I , 011 Ihe ('11"1. Tht.' Tl',,1 o f tb l' fll ll!l1~' ('nlllt' 10 OO"ill ('(Jllllr~' Jf'll~ ortl'r Illy (utht'r llill. F\Jllr of I bl' l ,n'lht'rll;. nil Ibl'n s iug-Il', I,a[n't! h, Ih(': r St.'ItIl'IIll'llts; fatilt'r nn t! h l~ Ioroth,·r lIext o',I"r, Fif'I(] iu<:, 1.'(11)mouly ('Illkd "Tlll'k," !It,d [11'0 Y(llln;:I'r l,r"th,·r~. (;l·"t·;.:t.' '\'. unrl IJn\'itl Bartnll . • 'olh('T OIH..I UIIl'l1' T lwk 1"I'rl' IImlt-s Hlld Im r(1lt'rs nil Ib~ \\"I~' np nnti! U nde went 10 Cilli ro ]·n ;o. In ]:-00, Thl'Y 1lt'1'(' ;- t<uw I'nd! ol llt'r IIl!"nill. Unde B ('o wu~ the first 0( nil 1(1 ~ln,e. 'I'111'1'e t,rulhl!TS .. hl,·r Ihlll) lit:,' futul'r, (1111' nt ~lJem a tw in or Uncle Bel" ho,1 dl"ll In YOIlI1:.: TIl{' Ethel! t;t.'l tlt.'ul('nt I"y It: t he ROllthwest pnl·t tlf \\'yuCQIHlo b to\\" I1Sb lp, :rom n mil,' I'I(lllIut!ost to 0. little torttwr 8Outhwf'St {I f :\101'],;.

A s!ll~ulor ciTl· lltll~IO r. r.:(', collcct('d wll h t):le SI'HI,'ment of t h at p:l r t uf

Dovls ('(IlIlIly, nt llY lie l,ru!'Hly ],,(ntiOllt'd hl'l·i' . ,\100111 n d or-f' ll t omUic9 W!.II

b nd lK>con nl,j):,bbors hI th(' !;fIulh('[\stern 1j11:11·t('r of DUOIt(' CHll n!y, :\lI ssollri,

I«'tl l l'f1 In whole o r In Iile !:rt:I1I"r po r t, ncnr l'IIt'1I olbl' r, l'llber ill tbe SOUlhw(lSll'rn pllrt uf DUI'I~ ("uunty 01' ju~t OI'(lT Ibe lille III ~liSS<)\lrl. SOllie r('l,reSl'uta!h' (,S or n i l tht·S(' fnmiJit·s, u;,::nl n ~l'Illl'fl 1(I;.:t·tlwr tn Ihe suuthern pllrt of Snlll1d,'T.;I coullly, ~ehrnsl;lI.. This ;:; rou p lududl~ 1 Ihl' Blhf'll fomit.'· ; tbe 1101)11,,,,, :\lnr.;11 n l,d K I,ny tamlll('s, connedl'd wllb Ibl' l-;thdls lor IILftrr in"e; the Fl'ntoll, Doull')', \\, l l co~on, W isd<>lll. Toomhs und 1l'lIlle olitt' r {omil l"Il. PI('ns Toombs, WHl Mnl'sh lIlt t! I ('uml'l)rt'tl tJUlu Oil thl! lllUttf'r In Ph;n~' s hop fiv e yetlrll 111;0, wheJ]' lJn rs il nnd I wt're wtil 1'I~ilillJ:: II] Ulwmll(>ld. I hllve not lIl' fore me j us t now tb(' l is t \1"(' made out togt'ther .

:\I y IUtH!t('I"'!! mn lt!('n nnlnl' II"ns Cnlharlne B\"I1II.I;. lIer fn th('r, JU.'l{' EI'l1ns, / wns ho rn III Yir;,::lnlll., jnst Ol'(' f the BhwltiJge / 1"11111 SIUlllulI. l·re -('t1i Js'ruii:'d-- -WillI hili "arNIII! 10 Ft>llIlt:lln ('(.mlty, 111{1 iu1II1. '1'11(1 IWli,k'll name of lilY tttulI11'1"'" llloliJt'r 1I"1IS I'ri"", .. 11I11 Cudl' . 811(' \\":.IS 1"lfn In l'icl;lI\\"o)' ('O Ul1t)', ill S0l1th('!"11 O h i ... 111'1' famlly lJIol"t'd to ", .. ulIln!n ('(I\]ul,\', I utllHna, nnrl lh(,I'1' she ullll J '· ..... ~e Enllt'" I\"l're rm,rrll'ti In I SIl!), Jl' ..... "t! hl'iug lIh,mt lH ulHl l' ri$('illu ntJout lS. )Iy mulbN \\"IlS Illt.'l f Ilrst lourll os I \\"n~ bl'tS. SUe II"US J .... rn AIITil v, 1 S.~'9.

t ;nlllllfnlhl'r EI'uns \\"us It 1U(O\"I·r. I bUI'e l''''llIll'd lip Ol~)l!l fHI, ·" u s~'! Il{'.

menl~ III' t"lIll,nr"l"Y ~t" I O>l tllllt Ill' 11l"dl' :~, Il,c c""r~l' "e h i.~ l ifl·. 'fllrl'l' "f Ih\·~t.' IIt·l't.' it, I lIi""Is.. tI ll' Ihlrr! I"' ing" lI"it/lin (Or 1,,""1" till' l'rt.'~' ·llt !lllIilJI of (;bic"<:II. A fte r ILl' Jlr~ t. lH' rl'lnr,wd 10 Fuuuruil] 1"UtUly f {ll' u ~I[I, rt 111ll1'. Ttw ta'XI tllt .. ,t.' 1Stnl'~ of Il .~ 11<'~II\III'd "UUI'SC IH'Te in IW 1'1 1l 1'U~I"1'1l )J is.~"l1 rl, Iii ,.


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tblro one beln!; nbout 010 'l'ipp<'eano .. , nl.'nr thl.' Iln'sellt site of I"ln(::'ISI .. r, From tilere be cnllle O\'l.'r Into nle lSi,ul hwestl' ll Jlllrt fI r Dads CUllllly, in tlill fu li or 1842, H is settl(,lll<'nt bl're was d uobtless in aulicl\ll\tio l1 or Ille o\'leuln:; ot the

Sac end ~·ox lands, :\Inr 1, l S43, )IOlb~'r wa s nbout 13% years old ",b('n b('r people calliI.' to Dnl"is CO\lllly,

That t\'ns nhout II r <"ar und u h alt lJ<'for l.' fU lh('t caUlI', She nlul tnt her Iltteuutd tbe same scllool~ t or u tinl<'; all suhscript ion SdlOOi>;, I t h ink. t tlo not thin\;

(.!ther or th('m attl'ntlf'd a frl'e I;(:bool. 1 tblnk Granuttlt her EI'!I11!l 1ll1J 'I" ('u OUI on t he prnlrle before tntil<"r did.

Ther enterro ndjolning trnelS. Tbey did not "bolll('stt'ntl," as Is 9Clmetlm~s loosely snhl, 'l'be lund WIIS boll;:!bt outrlgbt, nt IIl1e llol1, lit the Ilind snit'S lit

}-'alrllel tl, tor cash, tb<" pri~'e r nn:dn;! from r;o C('nt~ 10 $1.2::> nn acre. I bnl'l~ beard my fether stir Ihol he <"llter<,,(I bi~ \(111(1 40 or 80 nerl'S at a lime, 115 be ('unld roise the n<"Ct'S!m ry llH'lnl')" n(ltehin;:: iI, 10 :spu n It rtlr ull)'ol1e wh o lIIi;hl t\'nnt to COler n pnrt of his "e\lIim'" t.o.>fore lIe ('''llld ruls<" Illonl')' ('uough to t:om· IIlete It. Gl'omltnthcr's furm WtlS sold to fonr men from Imlinllti In tbe tJlll of 1554, end fl!wlly rl'UUiH'd in 111e hauds of IIll' (·hler I'\ntbnn P utr ... r ,

To foll ow grnntlrlllher to tile enu of his weslwurtl eonrse. IIe spenl II

yenr In Bloomllehl In the mt'r(:nnlnl' husinl'ss , I n the Sll rinl; or 1S:;C be remol'ed to Cedtortl, Iowa, H e IIlJeu the olfi('('s of e"unly j\ldr;e IIno I )()stm[l ,~tl' r there .. I n the spring of J8G4 b<, r elllo,'eu tu the neiJ;hhorhood of Fort J ones. Cullrornln. Sel'ern! Yl'UU Illter he r em"wtl 10 n farm Ill'Ur MeJfl)l'll, On'gon , lie aIHI greodmother llotb tl led there; grfllulfnth('r UI n Cll r SO, grlluulUolher nt g • .' Some tl'o n'l <' r, lod):' ing nt our bumI.', Olll'(' osk(,tl my moth l.'r \\'h(' I'c s he WlIS

r olsed , She ]'('Illietl Ibnt slle WIlS rniSl'd in Il C(),·t'fed wlll:'on.

],'nt ber nnd mother were Illll'rri('(l Apr!! 22, 18,1(), I tb lllk li t the !leI\' praIrie uome of mother's (lIH<'tltS. 'l'b ... officinting mlnlsler Wll" He\,. AIl('lI Jubnson: wbo was then, and n{:nln nbout 15 yellr~ 1»1('1', IllIslor of the 8Ioolllfl<"1I1 einult of tile !II. B. c1H1reh , '1'h('y conllllen('('d tb<-ir fnmlly lite In n 1"0: eubln lloont l ullle 80utilenst at wbere )l1lrk is, nnd IlCrllajlS 2 \t.r mil ... s from the Missouri Jine, I WlIS 001'11 tlll' rc }'eb. 14, 1&00, SOIJL{' t i!lll' t he ("lIowlllg tUll. fOlhl'f sui t! the' t'1;hty on wlileh the house Slootl to EIl'azer Sl'urgt'OlI, II newcomer trorn In. d lono, who tbougbt he llluSt settle in the tiJul>cr , t'uth<"r cnlert'<i tile Innd with II. pllrt ot tbe purehnse mOll('Y, aud d('('tlro it lu SIIIII'I;t'On. Tht' two flllUlilesfour ot the SpurSl'Ons end Ill rce of us-\ i\'l.u In tile ilo\l:se to;:,ctber tile follon'. Ins winter , I do nOI know wilf.'lli(:r tht're wns 11101'e thull Olle roum or nOI, lind 1 do not know of o.nyone now Jivi nS ",b n dtX·~ know, 1 wos the slUlIllest ot tbe &e'l"en, lilon:;il I startf.'d wt'll in sl z;e; but 1 I'rohnl,ly took up n!Jout liS much

ll'Pace nnd attent ion 8S Ilny of them, "We" mn\'<"tl out on the I)rnirie farm p) w\lt'll I wn!! nbout 13 months old,

All the other s(' \'en t:bHtln'o w,'re !.>oro there, in the sume bOllSl'; lib: of them 10' the (lTlgt llnl two·room , honse, 0 het\'l'd 10;:' {'ni,ill with n tn11ne ndtlltlun: lind John after the llouse wos £.'lllnr!:('tl , W<, Wl:rt, ull horn In Wyu eOllt loh \Ilwn~h i ll,

}'nlhcr hod }.: <"I)t a I>ody of 70 nt'res of bt'n,'Hy l iJul)('rl'd ]nnu lI(\joI1l1 1):': till' orlglnnl settlC'lnl.'nt, nnd h" dn'w on It h('a\"il~' fur 111'1:\1',)1)(1, rull!', ]'uur,1 l im1'l'r, fence I )()~ts, ele" In l.ouildill{: t\le I'fuiril' ("I'm, iJllullnl: til ls 1II1I1(,)'lnl n\J"ut ti,'l' or sl:'t: 1II\11'S, Some ot it, In Ihe ('Jlrlkr rI'O r~, wn s huuled willi OX~'II,

\I'lli'll I \\'a ~ «ullIt,\\'h" re In my 't('t'ns, (n till'T :,<!wWt'd me "lie dny wheTI.' he mil de the flr~t mor!.: in til(' lOll;: ~lrllg;.:h' wlddl tinnily l'I'Mllt t',l In th(' f'll'IlI


-l (1j'-

1\"hleh th (' nelghlJorll of tile 'SOs ku('w, III' hnll mndl! n 10lHI of th(' laq:r, hl':)vS ralls wh leh he us('/l for th(l "WOI"IIl" of (t (l'llee, I should .:ue~s :)I,ont 3 " tit tbem, nnll hnul('d them out on till! I'rn irie, lie urnl'pt'd Un-Ill in pairs. in n lill~

porth anu so\l!h, II short di"tnn('(' ,.outh wIH't(' thi! h"u~e nftl'r\\"n1"l1$ stood, aimi ng to drOI) two to t h(' rutl, When he had UI1I"Hd" 11 (!1<'ZlI all h l' (urllN.1 nm.l Joo\;Nll.III('I.: to 5(.'(' n 'IUl! hl' hnd d ,,"I': Ihl'l\ luo!;\'d uut on the Ior"l1(1 I'XI'llllSI' ..r prl\ lrle \\"1'1']"(', in bls mlJHl"s ('Yl', IH.' nlr('atly Mil" the futu re farm , li e ~aid it '

midI! b lm f('('1 prNty l.oI\lI', My fllther ('QUiUlcne{'(1 the buildln,::: of lh n t f!lnn with " (' ry JIUll' mon('s nnd

not n ~ery good stock of henlth; hilt h e brol1~ht 10 the tn s \; nn C<ll1lpnn-nt 0(

lodomillll,11! ('(llIrllt;C, will po\wr uud 'l<!rsl~toll("(', lip II"IIS lIot mudl of II

1.1uu,;('r, but Ill' WUlI nn t'H' rlll sli n~ 8Iay(' r; nnll C"('ryhody wh o h:111 allylb illt; to do ",Jth b lm nlwllYS knew whcre to find bim,

1'be growlh of Ibe rnrm WOll slow until I wos Ill' In my 5(,,'('IIIC('nlh ),('l1r, Then !u tlw\" h<'j:on to ~I'e th(, ('ontl ilions tbnt wcre ('()lI fr 'Jntin,::: him, nllt! to 1lt'Clllfl;! bls plnn to IIl(!('t II,WIIl, 11 ~ sow thllt he \\'05 turnlshin;:- IIHll"l' tha n hi~ tihar(' ot the hrns5 for th e n<,lh'hl!orhood, lIe hat! !lIOn' InlHl Iylll::- ollt than he Lad stock to .:rnzl;! It; or. In oth<'r words, too nmdl loud In wild ;tross, 111111 lI"t

I'oough In corn, Then hI;! COIll!!lcn('\'u 0 ('1I!llIHIJ:,:n tn Jllvw out to tbe lint', lint

tbnt CnllljJniJ:;:n could be t'D. rr l(,U out no fu"ter thon fC!lcing OI11t<,riul coultl I.e

provided ollll pul up,

Tbal IIrst SIUlllil('r nft(,f I wns a.h:(c(,lI, I hl'lpl.'ll him I,r<'ok a nilic acre pl l"CC with two SI)1I1) o f IlOr9\'8, Afll'r tbnt, I d iu !;IIllIC l,r(,lll; in ,::: nlone elwh sea!KIn, First nnll lAst, J broke more of Ib(' soil 011 Ihol old tnnn t linn noyoouy t'lsc ('I'('r did, And It wos oU lnll;th suI!, Ino, I'M'I'pt t he lust tl.'l) IIcres, In the llOuthco~t corner, wbieh WIIB p rl'lIy w('11 t rllllll'l-d out.

1'he 1 l ,~t olls of thc stl'n:;;:-II', I'rh'nt!OliS 11I1I] hal"l!~hlp,~ whlrh werc til(' ('omPlon lot of thl' piou('('rs huve 111'1'11 lIarmt(-(j o \'\'r nnd OI'(,T h,\' otlil'r~ lIel"<l nol T('llI'nl tlWllI, A fl.'\\' l 'O~slll;': 1lt)(1'~ nnd 1 (1m dhlW, :\Il\nn,t: th e~(> I ,\"ill merrly olln<l", to th(' Ot' I.:hl .'r~hlll uf III," JlI~' I ,h' !lut! thl'lr lI\'i;.:hl",u wll b tbe old Chll'! K('(.\;uk Ulld lili ilUllt!, un til(' hiJ; 1"111>1111<, I iiI' thT('c wlnler~ rvllo\\"llI~

thl' Sllrrl'n t!cr of tbl.'lr IlIutls loy Ihl' Sax ollll '"'U:\" trihe: Ibl' hOIll\' Iifl' of the cnrly S...rtiCf -'l In Ilwlr colJin hOllle!!, !llld tbe lW~\fitllllty lIulintlli1II'tI Iii spite ot tb('S(' .l itnitlltlons: tile long dri\'('S to m:l. rke t ontl 10 m ill; the nlmllst Int"Oucl'll"nli le (.'{lUlr:lst (to th e Ilioll('cr) l)('tWI'I'1I the nullment:n'y \1'onSp!l rllltlon facUities or ('\'en t he time o f Illy hirl b nntl tbe oSI,hnlt h l;:-hwIlYS, rurll.'re!e bridges and "inducts lind 1l1l1itirss vurlety of 1II010r·dl"Uwn H'hlci('s o f tbe present time,

Dnt' pnrtlculorly I mInt nott, lind ill so doing POl' 0 gmtdu l trilmtl' to thos" ",'ho brOll;;ht It ahout. Wbot n ('(mIniS! IJ('tw('('1l thl' lwhool h(lll~ which bod toeell Lullt ill ou r dl ~t r h:t l l\·furc I 11"115 rt'odr to;tO tu ~I"1IUUJ. onli In II"hi ("b IIllist of JIll' 5('bo<>IIJl;; Wll9 ohtoillcd, olld the IIl1e to wh lt-h my ,!:)n'lIts Wt'/lt but 0 few yenrs lII'tvre; nnt! lJetwccn Ihe ~dlOO) whlch Wll~ lIIalulnllll'd tlll.'/) IIUlI thos(' wblcb Ibl')" hod ottl'llI1<>d, T ho I ultl k h()l'1 house W:l 1'I II IIIlII'I','1 for Its time, Uullt or bmnr, tln's.~I'lI notl"c ,,"ul llnt, SI'ulS, dl'~I; !I :lI\d !Ill, \\";l III"('(.II<,1i with thl.' S(lllIe mOll'rlul (Ine,tllll'li till' Will' nil, IIUu plo"tl.'rl'd Ibl' Tl' ,~1 of thc n':!y: tho 101\'cr b"lt o t the 1)ln~tt'r,'l1 silh'~ uJUkill,:: 0 10..-11 "t iJllil')(honrtl nil aflllliid 1110 r oom, ('XCI.' I)till;: the t1"ur oml I'i;::ut wilUlOw~, The I .... '~l ur I<'adler" Wl're ;;I'It,

l' fUJl,. t'IUI ,h'r" u, utl"11 "n n;tr:l Iln~I'~, I I was a lillie u(':"I""'r, Slll"l"'"IJ1, I,',1


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C'1l thno(' slcl {'~, <Ill rl!! ,:::: 1Il 0~t <If Ill." !'du""1 ,In ,",", I • ." ncw Ilrldt'I ,', H I h:I",' 1."'<1

II;.:lIrl." Infnn ll l',I, 11111.-11 or thl' ,'n',lit f"r III!' l \lI;hl j l!~ uf l lrl~ ~dl,," 1 hun~,' /1",1 Ih{, pulky 1I1 ,,,n \\"Ill t h Iht' sdlO"l \\' Il!' 11'lI1ll1df'd ill th n~{' t'1!1"l~' d n.l"" \\":111 ,hll' In 1,!IT·II. lwIICkoJ ,.!d n :lI." Cllr!'<t11 ond 1\ ft·w "Ill ,,!",; wh" 1I 11!lL'l'(' ill!l'\1 Ihe ,'01<1 .. It r \'llllc;1tI" n for their cllll lll'('II, (IntI s('(1,mil,d h im In hi!! p l nll~,

The 1':111('11 t amily w no; n nUIU('r(lIlS fnm ily In Dn" 19 l'fl llnt,J' III thl' 1'1011"'" d ll~'!I, Tlwrc nre nntll' of f h (' mllnt' \(' {I Ih,'r" IIIII\" el';{'('11I Illy I,ruth,' r J "hn II IIU

h l~ {HUllly, nu ll ttw ," b nd 110 pnrl in Ih" p i Ulll'~' " IIf ...

DAnD FEHGt" !.;;O~

:o.r y flllb (' r, D n" id F('rgll!<On, de('eIl.lt"Il from n ,'I'::::OTOII! !!\(o('k, f1 !" Immt'tl ln tp IInc('stor!i wcre mba' d 11Jl In t he trollltl{''S , ... 'tWI'Nl In·fllml nll<l E n:::lnml. Tbp

tllTHI Inws wt' re slIl'h llinl tbe landl"rd .;. '\"l' re nl.le I" tho r;': l' (',,"rhilnllf r t·1I1 .

nnd It lx-come diffit111t fur tbe common p(~' l'l{' tn ;.:('t tl1(' 11.'1(' n! "lli tnl.le null sufficient lund 10 prot"lde Ih~ n('(.'eS5nr~' f (tOl ti f"r till'i r rnm lll(!~, Thc rl'l!l\lt Wni thnt n couStn llt nnd Sll (,C('ll,>,iH' ('{Iunid WIIS I="illg (tn , rttlell n',~lIlllll;; in In~lI r' r('('t\ons IIIH! nrnwd rel'"i!. _-\holl t the snllle' time' J·;n;.:lilllll I',II S had II:! Irmllole wit h LH'r .... m('rLf'OIl ('oL nllie~ nml Ibe pt'''l lh' of I rdnlltl Wl're ~trl\ n:,:!,r !',"IIII''' ' ttll'lle with tl,e Colnni('s, As n r('~lIll of thl' ill'rsl'cllllons In Ir('!nlld I\1nl1,l' of bel' people In olle wnr or unotht'f , escnl'NI olld CIIlIIe 10 Arn('rl('lI, 011 1'1 11 !,'.,r:,: n~n'8 !nllll'f II"n s line lit those who t'St'OI1{'(1. 'l'h o~(' Ill'Opl(' \nrgclr St'IIII"! in ~ew En(:lnnd ol1d some In thc SOlllherll Col"nll'~, 'l'he 1'11;;1 '1 Unntlt!e9 of Inn,1 "p<'IlNI tor sct llenwnt WD9 wltnt n!ll'llt'h'(\ Ihl'm, Fn!(~ l "U\ fr()111 Iwr~e,'mi,," nnd pot"er l)' Il'ns nnnt h ... r dominnnt enust' ot {,tnig Tll tiull, Th"y cn me wit h rbe ump ut I r('lnntl ou tlleir fnet's, :l Iony of thl'l1\ llIlt! {' llOuSh &lItl'h 1.loot! In thei r

\" ('Ius t o fi t thl'lI\ os SlIIrdr plonN' rs, ~I y J;tnUMnthl' r \\"n s nn lri!'b wenl'('r nud wns n ('OlI1l11ll'l'ione,' nt1k,'r in

tbe n Tluy In Irelond, III' Icft without Il('rlll iss l"u nnd ('nllH.' to .... m~'r :(~\, By fl'USOII ot thnt fn ct b(' 1I1'I'er dn rc t! to gu l'ad;, Il l' ,','orlle!! fur .. Y('fl l">I lu,furt, be I!ul ILIOIl!'y ellou:;lI to sl'lId alld I.r ins Ills f:lInHy 0\"('1', t'iulll!y Iltt !nlll i!y 6:'\1'1,,">(1 loy ~O ll I.ooat lIu t \\"trc sbip\\" r~k(,t! 1>11 t he wny nu t! bad 10 I!'O I,uek , 'fbI' n(>xt t ime ther ~tnrtet! the weafll('r ami !','n Wt'r(> IlrOlli t io \l ~ (11111 fh l' fuml1y II'n s fennll{'d in Ohio In I SO., lily fatit{, f wo s th" OIlly l'illld of thl' ralllll," !.orn In Ame r ica, nnt! tb ls WIIS In l SOS in Oblo, III' WOS nHl rr lt'd In 0 1010 !llId I'!l me u,r stcnmloont to 10\\"0, Thl')' t'lIne (1,, \\"1I tht Ohio nnd llJl the ~\iss i ssipJlI to Dnnui'ort ~'b('re th t,y Inm!(·t! un tbC' W('st hauk ut the n ... -r, n :'l. " ('n llOl't t il r n bnd only oue loS huuS{', :0.1." fatlwr wu~ n <,,,I.ilwt lIlal.p r , IUII I t(>nrll('~ 1 n ls truoe U>! 0 1~~1l 1 1(\ lx'y, J! i ~ ns.<'.'Is "II lalHlIn;:- wa" a ~"I II f (':l I. i,,,·\ 1\1141 ('u rJlI-lIIpr 10018 out! ~:.oo In gol t!, A lIttle lotel' h(' (,UIU(, Ilu\\" n to Fort ~I n tl lso ll n nt! w o rkf'd dr il'illJ; ux(' n or ouy worl; I, t' ("ou\(\ fiu d tu (i ,. nt th!lI t llll(', I n l S10 be e(lllle to VnD Burpn coullt y flUt! lueoh,d, lin t! utl('ndl't\ tllt' tlt'st Ilublll' Innd ~nlc In Iowo T(' rril"ry nt Uurlill:,:tou Hilt! I."n~ ht l GU Il ~ n',~ (I f I'ulolle Itlllt! ut ~ 1.25 Iw r Il"f!', l1 J~ dllim "'os lo'i,h-('I ('t\ nl" ,ul !\ IlIlh's n"rtlll\",,~ t "f l' !lt ~ l>nrl:h,

Ileor tbe ClLl"IU{,~t. 11(' !llltl n ul'i:,:hl ."r WNlt t .. !:(' t hl' r tu Ih~ 1II1r\ in ;':10n land ~n!e, lie bull ~200 In gold ('!IT!'yill:': it nn hi s [>t'rsun, J1 i ~ l'Orlll':1!dt'li \l'Il S 00 borSt'uo ck out! lie OD twot. The gul t! \\"118 II s"ll ,l '\"l' I;,::ht to cHrry uml his ho rSl·· 110,,1t: (,OlilPOD iO D 1>1I;:;:"St{'t! tll fl ! h(' 1" 1\ t be I!'old In the snd; OD b ls burse nut! he


BlOGIL\PHIES OF STATE S£:'\ATOn.S 323

"-.\Rl:C::-: A. CALD \\' J::LL

Senator from th ,· FonrlN'oth dislrict. compos.:-d o f lIl,!l, ... ~ka c"un!y. """ '" bo rn on a f "rm ,,~ur \\"ril'hl. 1<>w 3. January l ~, lSS6. ,\fIH atlemlin g ttl{' Tnra) .'Ich"ol h~ ~:t~n<I ... <l I'~n n "C:l<lemy an<l '-"(>!l~J;"e. afUr wh ich lime h~ IHUl"ht rural ~dwnl for Iwo ye,'rs. \Ya~ marrip<l in 19" ~ to Isah ... lle Itar. or O~ l',,·

lo"sa. low" . an<l \" ll ll~ union IhrH ~on" ha,-.. be~n \,orn. Xon·al. H:trold nnd I:ol.o('rl. Op~r:'I(·d f"rm unlll 191~ . renlO\"~d to OskaloOlm to l ake n"'n"~ .. m~nl of Ihr C:I1<l weli ~ilo ""m)","~,. F.lecled membH County 110ard of SU !l er,·i~"r~. S('I",'ed ~Ix ye:;n. i:;]N:tI-d 10 lo,,":! S"nnte 1920. A r <,puhJjc:m In pollt!cs.

ED. H. CA"lf'BBLL

'\"a ~ horn On Ihe fann n e:: r Battle Creek, Iowa. on Ihe tilh d ,,)- or )1"l"c1o in the yea r 18 S2. The SOn of Homeo Camphell and Haltie Campbell. pionl'et residenlS of Ida COUnl )· . Allended Ihe rural lIChoo! untl! 14 years o f a l'e. Gradni'led from lhe Hall ie C r ee k loigh school in 1900. Gr~dn~l~d from tl,e t;ni"er~ i l ~' of 1(.wa In J~' 16 . law department. Served as nmyor of VaHle Creek. I ow a. fo r t hre .. krms. )lcmber of the hon~ o f r eprescnta\i"es of t he thirty_fourth I' ~ n~ra! asscmb))" . Senator for the }"orly-sl~lh senatorial di strict. )l"r"i~d B~t" 1--ein in Lo~ An~~le~. C,.]lfOTnl". OC1Oh"r ~r,. 1'13. Son. H()m~<) Camphell. born AHguM 31. 1'1:·. r: ~l'l1hlican in politiCS. "I em),er of la w firm of Campbtll &.: ("; , ,,,pl,,·11. 1:,,\lle ('r("('k. l o \\"a. b~illO;- asso<"lal"d wilh his Iwin brother. J~<l H. ('''mi>l , ~ 11

T. C. CESSXA

S ClIa l o r from Ih" T,\"(-Ifth district. composed of Poweshi<,k a n ti Keoku k COull. ties, Lorn in Bedford counly. Pennsyh·a n la. C ame 10 Iowa In lS87. and 10cHttd in Gr innell. H~ w as edUc:>ted In the public schools and pr ivate instruction, Has bee n ~eth-~I)' and ext~nsh-el ~· engaged !n farming and the c.'Hlle husine~s for th~ r>~st thirty year~. An aclh'e m~mber o f Ihe Corn Bell lIle;\ t I'roductn' association. Is no w Chai rman o f the POWPij], 'tk Connl)" Counc il of Defense_ Elected s~n"tO r in l ~iS. _-\ rq'nl.1i~an 1",Ii!l(,nlly.

~~""I" .. r,.,," , ,h. )-;i:.:·)' ,1o db,,.;,",. \\",,~ horn in H:".,.i~"" ' ·"""1~-. I,." ". F..J"·u,, .. y .. , U,~, :\1,,\~<1 w ill, hi" l':or"" I ~ ,,, ThH~" .. r C""llly. 1",.],. 1:~llll·" ,·d h. H a,.. ,.i~on ' ."(>l1n l}" in IS ~ ]. I..·<"<'i",-d lli ~ .. ,I11c;otio'l in the r1lra l ~d,o" !H . )1 (>,.,·,1 to "1I11~ Ct'1II':.'" ill ]~'ll I~ a m"'"],,,r of the Chrl~II"1l chur ch. An' O<ld '· .. ·11""". " ' <or).; l: ilP )la~"n. ill<"1u,linl' Ih~ f':hr lne. El ... ·I Ni "':""Ior ;n 1 9~O_ I,<'llllhlirall in p"li:ic8.

C~L\r:LES ~1. DUTC HER

nurn in K,,,,~,,. H6' . I:.·ltlo"~<.l. 10 10\\":1. City. Iowa. 18j"~ . B<iuca, .. ,1 in Ih,· ,·on,. "IOn ~d,,,"I~ "no! nl tI,.· ;:1:11" 1"ni'''r~il Y of }(>\\"a. A<lmiIINI I" l h,' har, H,q l·r"~'i,,·d !l,w ": I,,,",, ,'; Iy < ''' ''';I1\1('''~I)' ~ i n('e 111"1 IImt. ("oUIlI.'" AI, e, rn ,·.'" "f

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1l1·:r\Dr·:I~T I. FOSKETT

SpnalOr frotll S~"enth ,ii"lrle t. ~"rl~plI .• ~d Or Page ,md Fr!} fl:()nt l·ulmtlu. nom in Ill'nrO' ~-oul\lr. lI Uno;s. n,·"r ]~··\I".1:lee. D~c'~l!llJer 1 1. 1~6!. of :,;;~W

En;;l..nol paren (age. ....(( ~nol~ol gr"d~ ~chools in Illinois "'Hl hi"h $cilool in ,,:,,"r:om~nto, Cali(orni.1. j 'C l\l rn lng H' l " w.1 In IS;~ he worl< p,1 in S'Ores and post Ollie.:: until IS~:;. wl,..n he be~:,m~ ca.hiH .,f th~ ComnLo·rcial bank in E~b;·~. I()w:,. I" is-:, Ill' remoYe,l , .) :';!\"nnn,lo"h ;-mol c,,:;a):"~,1 in th~ f:lrm loan b"s",.·~.~ .• h~ lir'" n:""" l,~in\! '.\·",.,,, ter :"Inol t-o~l,ett. This (irnl ,,";oS ~uc_

ceeoled \a.pe hr lh~ lm·~ellt tlr:1l or Fo)~ke!t and :';;ye. In 19,11 he was electe<l. l're~ i<l~nt o( the ':on,,,,,,rei:li Sa,'in",s I>:>nk or Shfn:>n<lo:>h. which w:"ls I:H~r d,an~~(1 to'a n:,tl<.>n ~ 1 I»l.nk nn,\ in l~'l') con~Qlid:>te<l with tile Sh"n:>nol<.>ah :';;"li"n.11 ba"I<. or which he h:lS .<ir.~" bHn "Ice pre.i<l"n., lie w~s m,,-rrlc<l. in ,~j~3 to :\1;"~ ~!~)" Tud,cr. Ek,, ' ed s"nator in UU anJ !~lS. Revuhllc:ln

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Senator from Ih" VirH :\Jaolisotl ~I"rch ~. lS;tl.

JOH;I'H R. FR.\ILEY

,1I.<trkt. c()n,poserl of Lee .:ounty. w:ls born in Ft. Gradu:ucd FL ~ !:idison hi<;h scho"l lSn; St:l(e l:~ll_

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w;\r. and up 10 th.: time this r~~i",.· "t w aS mustered OJut Qf ~Pr'·ke. ':It)· ~olicitO r of Fl. ~raoli$on from 1~9.; up to the time lIe took hi~ ~",1t In the ~cnnte . at "'hlch time he r"~ i"!,,ed. C .... nnec ted ",ith the I,,>;al 'l c'll:lrlnl<-llt "f the .-\tchi~on . T opel",- ",,<l Santa Fe ra::road from I~~O to I ~O;;. Pr"ct:c"oI!:ow in Ft. ~Indi~on ~in~e 1''':,. I CTnTl" .• ,. ,,,I r,":"),!i," 'n ' n pol:li<-~ L~ " r i \l", :Ile pollt","l C"tnp~l;:n of I~~O. \'" ~I'o:;~ ("r the rp;>ubliean national co""n it[{'e in ~lich iJlO" n. In,ll:tna. Illinois. \""'''. "._·hr~~k" . ~lls~"urt. Okbh.'m~, I."LIisl",,:>. Texas. :';;cw ~kxk" .. \r izonn. <":"liforn i.\ "noJ Colorado.

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S"n"lor from th~ ~~c" nol ,IHricl. ~",,: posed of (h~ <'O ,,"t i ~ ~ or Jdf. r."'", :111'\ \'"n Dur,'n . \\"a~ horn in .rdr" n"n ~~."nty . Io wa. J:lnu::,y ~ •. 1 ~~;'. Ill.' p:"Tnl." WC're .\m~ri",'"_I"'r". II<' ,,", ",1.·,1 i·· III cOin"''''' nn ,1 ;>ri"al~ "l"II""I~ .' n,1 W. \.' !;r adH",t, ·<! in 1 ~.i<~ rr"", I·:t r ,<·" " e'·;I, ·" e . r: ~ :n "i ",·1 " n th~ (" rm "nlil ,h,' w"It,·r • .1 J.'~ I-~. wh,'n !,~ i,~":ll1\~ -' "'~ml>er ,,{ the Lou,\en ~I,,~h i n'-'ry ~om _ ;)'1 "" \\".l~ 'H:ln'r of 1·',ltr'\~I,1 ij"~m I:' '' ;; :0 \:1,, : " n,1 .,,,,,in in l~~tl. ,,;~,,·.,ol as chair",,,n or thc lo<"~l c~~ml'lion hOl\ rd for .Tprr~r~on <"otlnt .,· <l.urin~ t1l~

\\'orh! wnr. W", pres'd"'ll "r Ih,' F"\'rl~,·ld '~h:lUt"\lq\l" "s~o,'i"U,)" r\lr thir"'"'' yCl\rs. h a tr"st~e "f Par.ons l·oll~",~. " lr\l ~W~ or the Fairti"ld fr"~ puhlic lib':"Iry. a ""'ml),,r o.>f (he co..,nty ~".'. ~,1 of eol"c~ti"n ""ol :1 :""",h"r vf . he ~~h"ol honn! o ( F,, ; rrl<-Iol. \\',~ 1\ ~"'''''' 'r o.> r th·' i1" "~,, of r~~'r"'~"ll!h,'< ,n tl'" ThirO·_thirrl nn,\ TIl ;rl)·.founh <;~n~r:ll ~~!~mblin. El".:led s~"',tOJl" in I ~~" .. \ r~t>ub lk"n in politie~.

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