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comments on some of the best business firms and private citizens of the
county, who have aided us in point of information and patronage.
| Name | Brief Biographical - Business Informtion | Arrived |
| AMY, R. D. | Stoves and Tinware This is one of the oldest establishments in Council Bluffs. Mr. Amy being among the first to locate here in 1847. It may justly be entitled to the name of the "Old and Reliable" business house. Stoves, tinware, hardware, and house furnishing goods are always on hand. Jobbing of all kind done to order. Roofing and guttering is a specialty. Store at the junction of Pearl and Fifth Avenue. | |
| ARBUTHNOT, Mrs. L. C. | Milliner, at 542 Broadway, can be found excellent bargains in millinery, notions, trimmings, etc. Dressmaking is also a feature. The best goods and reasonable prices. Mrs. Arbuthnot has had a large experience in the business, and she can always guarantee satisfaction. | |
| ATKINS, J. B. | J.B. ATKINS, wholesale and retail druggist, 319 Broadway. Mr. Atkins came to Council Bluffs in 1858, and entered the drug store of Honn & McClellan as clerk. In 1861 he went to the mountains and helpted to raise the first regiment of New Mexico volunteers of which he was made Colonel. In 1866 he returned to Council Bluffs and opened the above drug store, and where he now enjoys a splendid trade. | |
| BACHELOR, Sarah M. | Lives in the southwestern portion of the city came to Pottawattamie county in 1860 and to Council Bluffs in 1863. She is the daughter of Robert H. Moran of New York, and was the wife of William T. Bachelor (now deceased, who was a son of N. Bachelor of New York City. Her children are: William R., Theodore M. and Gennie V., (Now Mrs. Craig).In speaking of Mrs. B. we must say that she is a fine conversationlist and a lady of more than ordinary talent, and of a highly esteemed and educated family. | |
| BACHER, Dr. G. | A graduate of Wurtemburg University, Bavaria, and ha been a practicing physician for ten years in New York, Pittsburg and Council Bluffs. He is at present city and county physician. Office and residence corner of Broadway and Bancroft Streets, opposite Harkness, Oscott & Co.'s Store. | |
| BAUERKEMPER, Herman | HERMAN BAUERKEMPER, saloon and tavern five miles southeast of the city, on the Crossley Road in Lewis Township came to the United States and this county in 1865. | |
| BAUMGARTNER, Anthony | Has been a resident of Iowa since 1852, coming from Ohio. In 1869 he came to Council Bluffs and engaged in the saloon business, and for a number of years conducted one of the finest saloon and billiard halls in the city. He is now in the general merchandise business on the Hasting and Avoca Railroad four miles north of Macedonia. | |
| BARNETT, E. S. | Deputy U. S. Internal revenue collector, was appointed in 1878. Mr. Barnett came to Council Bluffs in 1867. He is by trade a steel worker. | |
| BEARD, George R. | Carries a very large stock of wallpaper. A house exclusively dealing in wallpaper is enabled to give its patrons a variety of quality and shades that must surely be satisfactory. It is in fact pleasant to go through Mr. Beard's establishment and view the exhibition he has on his showcases. Mr. Beard also takes orders for painting and paper hanging at his store on east side Pearl Street near Broadway. | |
| BEBBINGTON, George | Lumber - Mr. Bebbington is a successor to the firm of George T. Hoagland & Co, which firm he became a member of shortly after coming to Council Bluffs in 1861. In 1875 he became owner of the entire business, and his energy and enterprise has kept it on the increase. He is regarded as a safe, reliable businessman, and his customers never fail to receive satisfaction at his hands. Office and yard on Fifth Street, near the Crystal Mills. | |
| BECHTELE, Peter | Proprietor Bechtele Hotel, 336 and 338 Broadway. This hotel is located in the heart of the business portion of the city and it never fails to give every desirable comfort to guests. Its proprietor is an old hotel man and knows how to administer to the wants of the traveling public. | |
| BECK BROS. | BECK BROS. This is a new firm in Council Bluffs being established since 1879. These gentlemen first came to Council Bluffs in 1862 and going away, returned in 1869. They are accommodating and courteous, which with their elegantly arranged and well selected stock, cannot fail to succeed. Mr. CHARLES BECK of this firm, who clerked for Empkie and McDoel for some time has gained many friends. | |
| BECKLEY, J. N. | One of Council Bluffs' most popular businessmen for the past seven years. Previous to coming to Council Bluffs he conducted the Hotel Dining Car on the C.B. & Q.R.R. for seven years. He is a hotel man of fifteen years' experience. He also conducted the dining car on the Indianapolis, Bloomington & Western, Chicago & Alton, Kansas City, St. Joseph & Council Bluffs and New York Central Railroads. | |
| BECKMAN, Chas. J. | Wholesale and retail dealer in leather, findings, saddles and saddlery hardware, south side of Broadway, east of Bancroft, Council Bluffs, Iowa. In speaking of Mr. Beckman we must say, that he is one of our most enterprising and honored citizens, and carries the largest stock in his line in western Iowa. | |
| BENEDICT, D. A. | House, sign and fresco painter, 305 Broadway. Mr. Benedict has been in this business since 1844, and he has the general reputation of being an artist in every sense of the word. | |
| BENEDICT, Mrs. D. A. | Mrs. D.A. BENEDICT, dealer in human hair, hair goods, toilet articles, ladies and children's furnishings, goods, notions, etc., 305 Broadway. Mrs. Benedict has been in this line of business fourteen years, which fact together with her close attention to business warrants those who want anything in her line in giving her a call. | |
| BENNETT, John | JOHN BENNETT, at present city auditor, came to this city in 1853; has been in the lumber business, the grocery business and has worked as a clerk. In th4 fall of 1871 he was elected auditor, and when his present term is out it will be ten years since he took the office. Keller & Bennett are owners of four large stores (buildings) on Broadway and Fourth Street. John Keller, John Bennett and Dr. Thomas Jefferis came to Council Bluffs together about the time stated above. | |
| BENNETT, W. W. | W.W. BENNETT, contractor and builder, and proprietor of the Lake House, Eight Avenue, near the Union Pacific Depot, has been in the city four years. He is a draughtsman and hence is enables to do his own drawing. | |
| BIGGS, W. L. | Specialist, residence east side of Marcy (Seventh) Street, south of Wall (Seventh)Avenue. Mr. Biggs has been a resident of Council Bluffs since 1854, and during the past few years has performed some marvelous cures and done much toward the relief of suffering humanity. The following are a few of those who are willing to testify to his wonderful skill: William Campbell, Missouri Valley; Charles Gaines, Council Bluffs; Mr. Reigle, formerly editor of the Freie Presse, now of Omaha; F. Gessaman, druggist, Council Bluffs; Mrs. William Bartlett, Avoca; and many others. Where physicians had pronounced the cases general debility, and said they were incurable, Mr. Biggs has cured them in a few minutes by removing tapeworms that are eating out their vitals. | |
| BLAXIM, George | Another one of the "old timers" among the businessmen, coming here in 1857 from Ireland. With upwards of thirty years' experience he is prepared to furnish custom work that cannot be surpassed in the west. His boot and shoe shop is located on east side Fifth Street between Worth Street and Ninth Avenue. | |
| BLISS, Mrs. J. J. | "Mrs. Bliss' Fashionable Millinery Bazar" is located at No. 328 Broadway, and is one of the best trading emporiums of its kinds in Council Bluffs. The styles are strictly observed, and the best of bargains can always be secured. Mrs. Bliss always keeps a good trimmer. | |
| BOWMAN, Thomas | THOMAS BOWMAN, treasurer of Pottawattamie County, has lived in the county 12 years; was for some time in the milling business, an also in the insurance work. He was elected city assessor in 1872, 73, 74 and 75. In1875 he was elected county treasurer, and resigned the assessorship. He has been treasurer ever since. Mr. Bowman is a polite young man, peculiarly successful, and versatile in acquirements and undertakings | |
| BROWN, G. D. | G.D. BROWN deals in hard and soft coal, charcoal, lime, cement, Connellsville coke, plastering hair, etc. J.E. Myers is lately associated with Mr. Brown in this business. Their office and yards are at 45 Fifth Street. Mr. Brown came to the city in 1867; was in the Kansas City, St. Joseph & Council Bluffs R.R. Co.'s employ 13 years as conductor. He deals by wholesale and retail. | |
| BROWN, M. B. | M.B. BROWN, manager of the Western Union Telegraph Company, office on Pearl Street in Everett Block. Mr. Brown is a native of Indiana; learned telegraphing at the age of 13 years. In 1875 he took charge of his office in this city and has been here ever since. There are some five employees in the Western Union Office. | |
| BRYANT, R. T. | R.T. BRYANT, real estate dealer, came to Council Bluffs in 1851. Mr. Bryant was merchandizing at Avoca some time, and was clerk of the court from 1873 to 1877. The Bryant Bros. were school teachers about ten years. They are now interested in the silver mines at Silver Cliff, Colorado. | |
| BURKE, Finley Adams | FINLEY ADAMS BURKE was born in Monongahala City, Washington County, Pennsylvania, July 17, 1815. His father was Patrick Burke, a native of Philadelphia of Irish parentage and was a Revolutionary soldier. Finley Adams was the last child born to his parents and the only one of them that survived life to manhood. His mother was born in County Down, Ireland. While she was yet a girl her parents immigrated to America. Her name was Adams from which family name Judge Burke obtained his second given name. Mr. Burke was enabled to receive a good common education. His conduct of the glass blowing business in his native city, where he had served an apprenticeship was profitable to him, and in 1851 we find him on deck and building some steamboats. In 1855 he was elected revenue collector Wheeling, Virginia, served with honor for one year and was elected for a second term. He became westward bound in 1856 and selected Council Bluffs as his stopping place. Kane Township then comprised the largest portion of Pottawattamie County.
Mr. Burke came across Iowa by emigrant wagon, and when he arrived at what was for a number of years known as Taylor's Station, on the old Western Stage Co.'s road, he placed his wife and children and household goods onto the prairie farm that was a grassy wilderness and began breaking sod. In 1859 he moved his family to the city, and in 1880 was elected justice of the peace in Council Bluffs, which position he held until 1869 when he was elected city recorder. For ten years he was returned each spring to that office, sometimes without opposition, and always by large majorities. In April 1880 he was again elected to the office of city recorder and at the age of 65 years bears evidence of a continued lease of life to beyond three score and ten. |
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| BURKE, J. H. | Proprietor of the Excelsior Photograph Gallery, corner Pearl Street and First Avenue came to Council Bluffs in 1879 from Europe. He is a first class artist and has one of the finest furnished galleries in Council Bluffs. | |
| BUSHNELL, William M. | WILLIAM M. BUSHNELL, manager of the South Branch of the St. Paul Plow Works has been with the company two years, and was appointed manger in January, 1880, with his headquarters in Council Bluffs; $350,000 worth of these plows are manufactured every year. This house has handled $90,000 worth of them this year. Council Bluffs is the distributing point for this branch of the business and in Mr. Bushnell's able hands the sales will become legion. The plows of this manufactory combine lightness, strength and the best and newest devices that have yet been discovered or invented to lighten the exhaustive work of the plowman. The company's sulky plow is noted for its ease of draft and its short landside, it being adapted for turning square corners without being lifted out of the ground. The plow is made almost entirely of wrought iron and steel. It is the winner among all competitors and will make the desert blossom like a bower. | |
| CLARK, Daniel B. | Living one mile east of Council Bluffs, was a native of New York State and came to Council Bluffs in 1852. He was married in New York sate to Miss Elanor Bates, who bore him four children, three of whom are living. During the war he served as Captain in the Fifteenth Iowa Infantry. He is secretary and business agent of the Pottawattamie County Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Company. | |
| COOK, C. C. | C.C. COOK's commission house is situated at the City Market, opposite Dohany's Opera House. This firm is a wholesale dealer in flour, grain, feed, apples, potatoes, butter, eggs, etc. C.C. Cook came to this city about 1873. He is a general insurance agent, general commission merchant, city weigh master and was wood measurer. The county has procured the county seals and apparatus and appointed Mr. Cook County Sealer for 1880. | |
| COOK, William J. | Post office address is Council Bluffs, is a farmer of Garner Township. He is a native of England and came to the United States in 1848 and to Pottawattamie County in 1851. He is a son of Henry Cook.He married Harriet Ward, a native of England, and the daughter of William Ward, of that country. They have eight children - William H., Harriet A., Joseph J., Thomas D., John E., David E., Carrie M. and Mary E.Mr. Cook has been school director four terms and a member of the board of supervisors one term. He owns 125 acres of land - the larger part well improved. | |
| CORY, H. C. | Fire insurance agent and real estate dealer (over P.C. Devol's hardware store) has been a resident of Council Bluffs twelve years.He represents some thirteen first class companies. | |
| CROSSLAND, J. W. | J.W. CROSSLAND, the fire insurance, real estate and collection agent of 374 Broadway, arrived in Council Bluffs in 1857. He has been in the insurance business ten years. Lat fall he was elected city assessor for one year. As an old settler and model citizen, Mr. Crossland stands high in popular esteem. He resides on Washington Avenue and Second Street. | |
| DANBAUM, A. | Manufacturer of fine Havana cigars, Fifth Street, two doors from Broadway, Council Bluffs, wholesale and retail dealer, came to this city in 1870; has been in this line of business about 35 years; left New York City in 1856 and live in Chicago ten years. Mr. Danbaum understands everything in the cigar line, and how to suit patrons. | |
| DAVIDSON, J. R. | Deals in dry goods, notions and ladies and gents furnishing goods, south side of Middle Broadway. He came to Council Bluffs early in 1867, and has been in the general merchandizing business four years. Mr. D. was a carpenter and contractor by trade. | |
| DAVIS, F. L. | General insurance agent, and district agent for the Continental Insurance Company of New York, who will be located in Council Bluffs by the time this work is ready for delivery. Mr. Davis is counted by the company as one of their best agents. His companies are first class and he devotes his entire time to their services and insured some of our best citizens such as Mr. Keeline and others. | |
| DAWSON, B. S. | B.S. DAWSON, 314 Broadway, is agent of the Iowa Masons' Benevolent Society of Oskaloosa for society goods, trimmings, Masonic books and diplomas, and also agent for the Iowa Masons' Protective Society of Iowa City. | |
| DAWSON, Mrs. B. S. | Mrs. B.S. DAWSON deals in millinery and ladies' and children's suits, 314 north side of Broadway. This lady came to Council Bluffs 10 years ago and has been in the millinery business 15 years. | |
| DAWSON, Henry | A native of Illinois, having entered life at Jacksonville, Illinois, April 13, 1839. His father emigrated from Kentucky to Illinois about 1835. Henry came to Council Bluffs in 1869, establishing himself in the butcher business and that of cattle buying. In 1877 he was elected to the office of Alderman from the first ward, and in 1880 was returned to the Council from the same ward, both times for a term of two years. | |
| DEETKEN, C. | Druggist, 414 Broadway, is a graduate of the Long Island Hospital College, and has followed the drug business for twenty-three years. Came to Council Bluffs in 1868, and has built up a good business. | |
| DEVOL, David | Is in the store with his son P.C., also came to Council Bluffs in 1848 from New York state, and stood with the old settlers the rough knocks incident to pioneer life. At the time he came to Council Bluffs there was but one store near where the Methodist Church now stands. | |
| DEVOL, P. C. | Wholesale and retail dealer in stoves and hardware, 504 Broadway. Mr. Devol came to Council Bluffs in 1848 and since then he has done no little part in the work of transforming this spot from a wilderness into one of the largest cities of Iowa. He established his store in 1861, and he has built up a good business. | |
| DILLON, Elizabeth A. | Widow of Samuel Dillon, owns 420 acres of land in Garner Township. She is a daughter of William garner, and an old setter - came to Pottawattamie County in 1847. She was married in this county in1856.She has eight children - Laura, Kelsey, Julia E., Clara, Tilley, William, Samuel, Sally and Jessie - all living in Pottawattamie County. | |
| DODGE, Grenville M. | GENERAL GRENVILLE M. DODGE -- The subject of this sketch came to Council Bluffs in 1853, and engaged in mercantile and baking pursuits, thoroughly identifying himself with the business interests and general welfare of the city. Entering the army as Captain of volunteers in 1861, he gradually rose through the successive grades of rank until he was commissioned a major general in 1864, which rank he retained until he left the army in 1866. Soon after this he was made Chief Engineer of the Union Pacific Railway, and has been connected with the road as director ever since, filling the first named position until the completion of the road in 1869. In the matter of settling the terminus of the road, he struggled nobly for years in the Supreme Court to secure the decision that gave it to Council Bluffs. In 1870 he went south and built six hundred miles of the Texas Pacific Railroad. He served a term in Congress in 1867-9, and declined a re-nomination to the position. | |
| DODGE, Nathan P. | Came from Danvers, Massachusetts in the spring of 1854, and was employed the first year in the surveys of the C. R. I. & P. R. R. between Iowa City and Council Bluffs. Spent the second year in Nebraska, returning to Council Bluffs in February 1856 to accept the position of cashier in the banking and real estate office of Baldwin & Dodge, a firm composed of J. T. Baldwin and G. M. Dodge. He succeeded that firm in1860, and carried on the business alone until 1863, when Honorable Caleb Baldwin became his partner. This partnership expiring in 1868, Mr. Dodge reassumed the business. In 1870, the baking business having increased to an extent that required separate management, this branch of his business was turned over to the Council Bluffs Savings Bank, of which institution he is president. Mr. Dodge devotes his time chiefly to his real estate business, having associated with him Mr. W. W. Dearborn. | |
| DOHANY, John | JOHN DOHANY, proprietor of the well-known livery establishment on Bryant Street near Broadway (where his elegant Opera House is also located) came to Council Bluffs in 1856. He was on Upper Broadway for three years, but has been in his present location on Bryant for 18 years. Nine years ago he built Dohany's Opera House at a cost of $15,000. The auditorium and galleries seat 750 persons. His livery establishment is constantly prepared for funerals. He also keeps the best stock to be found in the city. His two hearses and their attachments and accompanying ornaments cost about $2,000. | |
| DOUGHTY, George | GEORGE DOUGHTY has been a resident of Council Bluffs for nearly 27 years, shipping his stock of merchandise from Rockport, Missouri, to Council Bluffs in December 1853. He was born in Cayuga County, New York, march 4, 1817. In1839 he started west seeking a new location. After wandering a number of years, he was convinced of the future of Council Bluffs. He was elected mayor of the city in 1859 for a term of one year; elected sheriff of this county in 1871 for a term of two years, and again elected to the same office in 1874. He was for many years a large dealer in general merchandise. | |
| EATON, Joel | Secretary and treasurer of the Council Bluffs Gas Light Company with his office at 22 Pearl Street. This company was one of the companies coming to Council Bluffs at an early day. The works are situated south of the business portion of the city, and are pretty extensive. It is a home company with George F. Wright as president. Mr. Eaton has been in charge of the business of the company ever since its establishment here, and carries a complete stock of lamp and gas fixtures, also a job department for gas and lamp fitting. | |
| EDMUNDSON, J. D. | Real estate dealer on South Fifth Street, has lived in this city since 1866. He was in the insurance agency business for some time in connection with his real estate work. He deals in city property and improved farms and wild lands and Iowa railroad lands. | |
| EISEMAN, H. | Manufacturer and jobbers of men's and boys clothing and gents furnishing goods. Located at 418 Broadway, and 6 and 8 Fifth Street, New York office located at 64 and 67 Thomas Street. This house was first established in 1860 under the firm name of Bernard & Eiseman. In 1875 Simon Eiseman purchased Mr. Bernard's interest, and the style of the firm was changed to H. Eiseman & Co. Their building is three stories high, and the floor room occupied equals 22 feet in width and 640 feet in length. It was built in 1867 and is owned by the firm. They employ eight men in the store and three on the road, and their trade extends over portions of Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska and Dakota Territory. Mr. Eiseman goes east for goods four times a year. | |
| ELWELL, A. T. | A.T. ELWELL, agent for the United States and the Pacific Express Companies, and agent General Railroad Ticket Office, on Broadway, which was opened August 1, 1872. Mr. Elwell is recognized as one of the best citizens of Council Bluffs and has been offered many positions of trust in the city, which he has always declined. Mr. Brennan, his clerk, came here in 1875, and has gained many friends during his sojourn. | |
| EPENETER, John | One of Council Bluffs' oldest dealers in stoves and tin ware. He is a practical mechanic, and a thorough businessman and is located at No. 307 Broadway. Mr. E has served at various terms as a member of our city council and has earned a reputation for strict attention to business affairs that is enviable. His stock is always full and in season. Roofing and cornice work is a specialty with Mr. Epeneter. | |
| FAUL, Henry | Born on the way to the United States in 1826. He went from Ohio to Galesburg, Illinois and came to Council Bluffs in 1856. He was elected to fill a vacancy of the office of coroner in 1876, and then elected again, and is now re-elected for 1880-81. He is a thorough house painter and ornamental designer, and has been in this calling since 1868. About eight years ago he took up the carriage and painting branch of his art almost exclusively, which he continues to make his principal business. His shop is on Faul Street near Pearl in the rear of the Globe office. | |
| FELKER, M. C. | Has his sample and clubrooms located at 218 Broadway. They are elegantly furnished, and are conducted in first-class style. Kentucky, Club, Hermitage, handmade sour mash and other brands of fine whiskies kept on draught. He also has the finest brands of cigars. | |
| FISHER, E. D. F. | Wholesale dealer in foreign and domestic leaf tobacco on South Fifth Street, Council Bluffs, Iowa. This house was established in May 1873. It has a large packinghouse at Danbury, Conn.; keeps two men on the road, and Mr. Fisher also travels. They sell as far west as Salt Lake, and also in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska and Dakota, besides Iowa. | |
| FLEMING, Jennie | Established her photograph gallery in Council Bluffs in 1865. Having learned the business in Chicago and given it her attention for nearly twenty years, she may be commended to the public as one who never fails to give satisfaction. Gallery corner Bryant and Broadway. | |
| FORD, Sam H. | SAM H. FORD, sample room, 324 Broadway. All kinds of preferred wines, liquors and cigars are constantly on hand for patrons. | |
| FORMAN, J. L. | J.L. FORMAN, dealer in clothing, hats, caps, gents' furnishings, trunks, valises, etc., on Upper Broadway opposite Ogden House came to this place in 1851. He has been here off and on about 18 years. Since he came to the city he has been merchandizing; was city marshal in 1857, and school treasurer from 1875 to 1879. There is no other house in Council Bluffs that carries as large a general stock as Mr. Forman's. Five clerks are employed in his extensive establishment. | |
| FOSTER, W. H. | Proprietor of the green house and garden at the north east corner of the city limits, came to Council Bluffs about the year '67 with less than $50 in his pockets, and worked at bricklaying two years. He has two large rooms that are heated by hot water pipes running under and through their several apartments. He has now $1,000 worth of earthenware, and all the different kinds of plants suitable for this latitude. He sells all kinds of green and hothouse plants and vegetable plants, and ships to all parts of the country. He does more shipping than any other house of his kind in the West, probably. He shipped some 8,000,000 sweet potato plants during the past spring. He deals in all types and tints of flowers - roses, geraniums, verbenas, etc. , which he supplies in pots or such other form as is desired. Mr. Foster is enjoying the rewards of his early ambition and perseverance, and is probably worth $10,000. His occupation should be the pride and delight of man. The beautiful and sympathetic pursuit of the gardener and florist comes nearer to being a perpetual charm than probably any other career that is known. Visitors who pass by Mr. Foster's green and variegated hillside are inspired at the sight, and for a moment indulge in that dream of a peaceful Eden which every being longs to possess. | |
| FROST, Robert | A farmer in Hazel Dell Township, and receives his mail at Council Bluffs. Mr. Frost came to the United States in 1835 and to Pottawattamie County in 1855. He is a native of England, and son of William Frost. He married Miss Susana Roberts a native of Canada and daughter of John Roberts, who resides in Boomer Township. Their children are: Susan, Mary, Emma, Elizabeth, John, Alexander and Clara, living; and William, deceased. | |
| GARNER, William | The first man of Pottawattamie County to look the future squarely in the fact and go ahead. His residence is situated about three miles east of Council Bluffs in Garner Township where he has been the possessor of large estates. Having reared a large family, motly girls, he has distributed among them their portions with a pincely hand as they grew to manhood and womanhood and found life partners of their own.
Having served a number of years in the regular army of the United States, he concluded to leave that service, and long before the lands in this region were for sale, selected his present homestead grounds as his future abode, and soon as he could purchased a large tract of land from the government. His settlement in Pottawattamie County dates from 1846. He now owns nearly 2,000 acres himself of as fine timber and prairie lands as is in the state of Iowa. Mr. Garner has taken an active part in the political interests of this county, figuringconspicuously in many campaigns. In 1836 he married Miss Sarah Workman, a daughter of Henry Workman, a native of South Carolina. Mr. Garner is now enjoying his old age surrounded by his wife and children, and his children's families, and has earned the esteem of a multitude of friends. His children are James and Adelaide, deceased, Elizabeth A. , Sarah J. , Julia A. , Nancy E. , William H. , John F. , Rachel, Mary, Cognely, Georgie, Anna and Olive. Mr. Garner served two years in the Mexican War after settling where he now lives. |
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| GILBERT, John | JOHN GILBERT is proprietor of the Exchange Mills, corner of South Fifth and Curtin Streets. These mills were established in 1877. Mr. Gilbert has been in the milling business here about two years and some twenty altogether. | |
| GOOD, Mrs. J. J. | Hair dresser on Pearl Street near Broadway, manufacturing of hair work of all kinds done to order, and everything in the hair dressing line constantly kept on hand. Mrs. Good has had considerable experience in this line, and is prepared to give satisfaction. | |
| GOULDEN, J. P. | J.P. GOULDEN, our county recorder came to Council Bluffs in 1868; was deputy postmaster for six years and proprietor of Goulden's Mill one year. He was elected county recorder in 1876 and took possession of the books in January 1877. He has held the office ever since or nearly two terms. | |
| GREGG, Joshua A. | Engaged in farming in Hazel Dell Township and Council Bluffs is his post office address.He came to Pottawattamie County in 1856.He is a native of Ohio, and son of Handly H. Gregg, a native of East Virginia. He married Amy G. Hoge, a native of Virginia, and daughter of William Hoge, also a native of Virginia. Ten children - six living as follows: Amanda V., Georgia A., Amy E., Clora A., Alcinda M. and Henrietta A. | |
| GRIFFIN, M. G. | M.G. GRIFFIN, corner of Fifth and Willow Streets, retailer and wholesaler of groceries, butter and winter wheat flour. Mr. Griffin handles the popular winter wheat flour that is manufactured from selected wheat by Havens & Co., of Leavenworth, Kansas. He came to Council Bluffs about thirteen years ago from Ireland. He was in New York in 1863 during the great riot, where he was in the wholesale and retail feed business. He is supplying an immense amount of butter by wholesale to western and other railroad towns. WILLIAM T. ROBINSON the butter dealer and solicitor is in Mr. Griffin's employ. Robinson is a young man of uncommon push and good taste. | |
| GUITTAR, Francis | UNTIL RECENTLY A DEALER IN GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS AT THE CORNER OF Fifth and Willow Streets has lived in the county since 1846, and kept store since 1852; came from St. Louis. Mr. Guittar formerly dealt with the Indians with whom he was well acquainted. He knows pretty much all about the early history of Council Bluffs. Mr. Guittar has a widespread acquaintance in this part of Iowa and ranks among the very first of living pioneers. | |
| HAINES, David | DAVID HAINES of Somersett, England, came to America in 1847; is the son of John Haines, a cloth manufacturer. His boyhood days were spent alternately at school and in a tailor shop. He was regularly apprenticed at the age of 14 years, and his practices with the needle enabled him to complete his service in five years. His father was a British soldier and passed through many terrible campaigns during his 14 years service. David was born in Somersett, England, February 25, 1819, coming to Council Bluffs in 1850; established himself in the tailoring business on First Street in a small room long since torn down. The little sign "D. Haines, Tailor" was for many years one of the familiar marks of Upper Broadway at the spot where now is the shop of George Canning, Tailor. Mr. Haines married Miss Horwood in England. She was the daughter of the chief nurseryman of Sir Wm. Beckford. | |
| HALL, Lucy A. F. | Of Hazel Dell Township, came to Pottawattamie County in 1853 and is a native of Kentucky.She is the daughter of John Fields, a native of Massachusetts, nd her post office address is Weston. She was married to Elkanah Hall, a native of Connecticut in 1835.Two children - Sarah F., (now Mrs. Cooper, and Harriet E. (Now Mrs. Goodwin). | |
| HAMMER, John | Has for more than twenty years been a leading contractor and builder in Council Bluffs. He is a practical brick mason and superintends all his work, attending to smallest details with a peculiar business tact. The handiwork of Mr. Hammer is seen in some of the largest buildings in western Iowa. He deals in lime, hair and cement at his yard on Vine Street. | |
| HARDIN, Martin D. | MARTIN D. HARDIN was among the vast multitude of persons who sought the Missouri Valley as a choice region in which to build a home and a state for our republic. No one knows more of what it is to grow up in a new country than the man of whom we are writing. He was born in Simpson County, Kentucky, August 1, 1826, was taught the lessons of farming by his father, and never knew or was given many early education advantages. Davis Hardin was appointed farmer for the Pottawattamie Indians in 1837, and when Mr. Martin Davis was eleven years of age he came up the Missouri River to Council Point and assumed his duties. Council Point was a little village and steamboat landing in the bend of the Missouri River southwest of Council Bluffs, and was as late as 1854 a collection of deserted log houses, but long since consumed by fire or chopped into stove wood. Davis Hardin broke the ground for the Indian farm, which for many years has been called the Mart Hardin farm. After the family came to Council Point a Catholic priest who was with the Indians sent Martin to St. Louis to attend college. But a few weeks there satisfied the boy, and he ceased his connection with the college summarily and without notice, and soon made his way back to his parents. Davis Hardin was farmer for the Pottawattamie Indians five years, and with them until they removed from here. Martin became infatuated with the roving and hunting disposition of the Indians. After he had attained almost to manhood he joined various exploring expeditions, one of which penetrated into the Yellowstone River region, going by way of the Missouri River. He was for a number of years engaged in trading with the Sioux Indians. Mr. Martin has been through and over the Rocky Mountains from the British possession to New Mexico. Tiring of such nomadic life, he returned to Kanesville in 1852 -- Council Point was dead and Council Bluffs was not named. He went back to the old farm in the bend of the river and became a farmer. That same year he married Miss Joiner, daughter of the late Mr. Joiner, well known by all early settlers of Council Bluffs. In 1865 Mr. Hardin moved from his farm into the city. He was one of the trustees of Kane Township for five years, overseer of the poor two years, and road supervisor of Council Bluffs four years. | |
| HARDING, Mrs. E. J. | Medical electrician, corner Broadway and Glen Avenue is a graduate of the Electropathic Institute of Philadelphia and came to Council Bluffs in 1878 from St. Louis. She has the only thermoelectric bath in the city and all who have tried it are loud in its praise. | |
| HART, H. W. Dr. | A graduate of Geneva College, New York, and has been in the constant practice of his profession since 1846. He has resided in Council Bluffs since 1868, and the extensive practice in this community is evidence of the confidence reposed in him by the people. Office - North Fifth Street; residence, south of public square. | |
| HAYWOOD, H. | A farmer of Garner Township and his post office address is Council Bluffs. He is a native of Virginia. Mr. Haywood's first wife was a Miss Harriet E. Waldo, a daughter of Samuel Waldo of New Hampshire. In 1876 he wedded Miss Carrie Fuller, daughter of Russell Fuller. Their children are:Darwin H., Frank D., Ella F. and Charles; and Ada May deceased. | |
| HENDRIE, Thomas | THOMAS HENDRIE, horse-shoer and blacksmith, one-half block north of the Ogden House. Mr. Hendrie has been in the blacksmithing business thirty-three years and employs three or four first-class workmen all the time. He always gives satisfaction. | |
| HOFFMAYR, J. C. | J.C. HOFFMAYR, proprietor City Flouring Mills, southeast corner of Washington Avenue and Bryant Street, came to the United States in 1855. Mr. Hoffmayr has been in the milling business for thirty-five years. He bought his present mill in 1862, sold it in 1865, and bought it again in 1870. The capacity of the mill is about one hundred barrels of flour per day. Mr. E. Iron is head miller and George Richardson bookkeeper. | |
| HOLMES, G. A. | G.A. HOLMES, attorney at law, Council Bluff. This able and active young attorney came to the city in 1871 from Alabama, and has been practicing his profession since. He was city attorney of this municipality for five years preceding the present year. Mr. Holmes is very popular as a professional man and a citizen. | |
| HOLST, L. | L. HOLST, groceries, provisions and liquors, Fifth Street, head of Sixth Avenue, came to Pottawattamie County four years ago from North Germany, and opened his store this season. On his shelves can be found a select stock of goods for the trade. | |
| HONN, J. D. | J.D. HONN, assessor and secretary of the school board of Lewis Township came to Pottawattamie County in April 1853 from Ohio. He is the son of Daniel Honn a native of Maryland. His wife was Sarah J. Shamp a native of Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Honn's marriage occurred in 1859 and they have six children. | |
| HOPKINS, Samuel H. | SAMUEL H. HOPKINS, the town clerk of Grove Township and dealer in dry goods and groceries at the Wheeler Grove post office, has held every office in the township excepting that of constable, which is ample proof o his popularity and fair dealings. | |
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| JACKSON, G. H. | Commission merchant and wholesale dealer in flour, bran, feed, butter, eggs and all kinds of produce, 540 Broadway. Previous to going into the commission business Mr. Jackson was cashier of the Northern Railroad, and is now a member of the city council. | |
| JAMES, Harry | HARRY JAMES, groceries and provisions, corner Fifth and Willow Streets. Mr. James came to Council Bluffs eleven years ago, and his sojourn in this city has been in this line of business nearly all the time. | |
| JEFFERIS, DR. Thomas | Psychomist and homeopathist. He is located on Ramsey Street, one block south of the courthouse. Treats diseases magnetically and homeopathically. Dr. Jefferies came to Council Bluffs in 1853, and has been practicing medicine for twenty years. He built the first sawmill on the Missouri slope. | |
| JOHNSON, C. | The leather and shoe findings establishment of this firm is located at 313 Middle Broadway. The firm does a wholesale and retail business and is noted for its square dealing. General manufacturing is also carried on, Mr. Johnson being a practical worker and having learned his trade in Denmark before coming to this county, in 1871. | |
| JOHNSON, J. | A farmer of Garner Township.He is a native of Porage County, Ohio, and came to Pottawattamie County in 1852. He owns 388 acres of land in Garner Township all of which is under fence. Mr. Johnson was road supervisor six years, and was once coroner of Pottawattamie County.Married in 1846 to Miss Mary A. Ivins a native of New Jersey, and daughter of James Ivins of that state.Has six children - Mary A., Charles H., Edwin O., John A., Carrie E. and Fannie. | |
| JONES, H. R. | H.R. JONES, stoves and tin ware - At No. 325 Broadway can always be found a complete stock of stoves, tin ware, sheet iron, lead and gas pipes, etc. If there is a place in Council Bluffs to get bargains it is at 325 Broadway. | |
| KEATING, M. | M. KEATING, wholesale liquors - All the best standard brands of wines, liquors and cigars, kept for the wholesale trade. Mr. Keating has long been identified with the business interests of Council Bluffs, and he can always be found a reliable businessman. | |
| KEELINE, William | Stock herder, feeder and shipper, who has resided in Council Bluffs for twenty-one years, is a son of Conrad Keeline. Mr. Keeline is one of our most respected citizens, and always found ready to protect and push forward the interests of the county in every possible manner. We wish we had more such men. | |
| KELLER, John | JOHN KELLER came to Council Bluffs in 1853 from Western Missouri, but was formerly from Cincinnati, Ohio. He was the first man to bring fruit trees into Pottawattamie County and he also started the first pine lumberyard in Council Bluffs. He has always identified himself with the growth and prosperity of Council Bluffs and has done much towards the building of the city. | |
| KELLER, S. S. | S.S. KELLER, proprietor of the Mammoth Furniture House, 320 Broadway, corner of Bryant Street. Mr. Keller's stock includes furniture, mirrors, upholstery, coffins, etc., and is all late in style and direct from the east. Mr. Keller came to Council Bluffs in 1867; has been in the cabinet business 25 years as a practical workman and running business for himself since 1871 in his present location; and has about five employees. He is a partner in the undertaking business of Morgan, Keller & Co., 315 Broadway, which carries the larges stock in Council Bluffs in this kind of goods. | |
| KEY, Marshall | Attorney at law, notary public, dealer in real estate, and at present a United States commissioner. His office is in 523 Everett Block, Broadway. He is a master in chancery in the U. S. Circuit Court also. Mr. Key has been in Council Bluffs 13 years, having left Kentucky in 1866. He graduated at the Center College, Kentucky, and also at the Transylvania Law School. | |
| KIRSCHT, Leonard | Wholesale and retail grocer, and liquor merchant, 416 Broadway. Mr. Kirscht came to Council Bluffs in 1861, and established his business, which has increased until he has now a splendid wholesale and retail trade. He is a native of Prussia and served in the Prussian army five years previous to coming to this country in 1854. | |
| KNABE, E. | E. KNABE, dealer in harness, saddles, etc. Mr. Knabe is one of the old settlers of Council Bluffs, coming here in 1854 from Germany. He is a thorough master of his business having followed it from his boyhood. He warrants all his work. | |
| LAING, J. W. | Has the oldest dry goods business in this city and is located at 406 Middle Broadway. The fine and complete stock of goods which he handles from year to year insure him an excellent trade. His goods are always fresh. | |
| LAWSON, G. S. | G.S. LAWSON, contractor and builder, corner of Fifth and Wall Streets, came to the city in December 1866. He has been contracting for 19 years. He built the west wing of the Deaf and Dumb Institution, the savings band, and other structures. | |
| LEVIN, Frank R. | FRANK R. LEVIN, manufacturer and dealer in fine Havana and domestic cigars, tobacco, etc., 326 Broadway, came to our city 12 years since. He has been in his present business 10 years, and three years of this time by himself. This young gentleman makes a specialty of "Frank's Best" and the "Parole" brands, besides several other kinds of cigars. Frank is a graceful winter in business. | |
| LINDSAY, Z. T. | Dealer in boots, shoes, slippers and rubbers at 412 Broadway. Mr. Lindsay has been in the business eighteen years. A manufacturing department is connected with the establishment, where several skilled workmen are constantly employed. | |
| LUCCOCK, C. D. | C.D. LUCCOCK, photographer, Upper Broadway. Photographs, gems or any style of picture, lare or small, taken in the highest style of the art. Old pictures enlarged, plain or colored. | |
| MACRAE, D., M.D. | A regular physician and surgeon.He graduated at Edinburg, Scotland in 1861.Came to Council Bluffs in 1867 and at once commenced the practice of his profession. He served as surgeon of the Cunard Steamship line four years and more, and during that time crossed the ocean seventy-five times.Dr. M is a native of Scotland and the son of a Presbyterian minister. His office is in Everett Block on Broadway. | |
| MALTBY, D. | D. MALTBY, groceries and provisions, corner Broadway and Bancroft Streets. Mr. Maltby has been a resident of Council Bluffs for ten years, and has built up a good trade. He has a large store well filled with choice goods. | |
| MAYNE, W. S. | Late of the law firm of Mayne & Key. He has been living in Iowa since 1837. He is thoroughly familiar with all Iowa's interest and after a residence of four years in Council Bluffs has stationed himself among the leading attorneys of our city. A man of patriotic sympathies, Mr. Mayne has put his whole trust in the future of Council Bluffs. | |
| MERGEN, J. | J. MERGEN, grocer, South Fifth Street, and treasurer of the Rescue Fire Company for five years, came to the United States 23 years ago and to Council Bluffs in 1865. | |
| MERRIAM, R. N. | R.N. MERRIAM, the dealer in choice groceries, flour, fruit, notions, etc., is established at 555 Broadway on the corner of Sixth Street. Mr. Merriam came to this city in 1864; is a native of Massachusetts; has lived in Iowa since 1858, and has been selling groceries and provisions since 1864, paying close attention to business all the time. | |
| MITCHELL, S. H., M.D. | Of Hazel Dell Township, a native of Kentucky, has been a practicing physician for 35 years.He is a son of Elijah Mitchell of Kentucky, and married Nancy Imlay, daughter of Robert Imlay in 1846. They have five children - Arthur I., Mary F., Brutus I.H., Lewis E.S. and Fidelia. | |
| MONTEITH, W. H. | W.H. MONTEITH, dealer in groceries, provisions and feed, at the corner of Sixth Avenue and Fourteenth Street, has lived in Council Bluffs nearly two years; was a farmer by occupation. He was born in this state; moved to Illinois where he remained about fifteen years and returned to Iowa nine years ago. | |
| MORRIS, Morris N. | A farmer of Hazel Dell Township, post office address Weston; is a native of Wales. He came to the United States in 1856, and went to Salt Lake City returning to Pottawattamie County in 1861. He is the son of Samuel Morris. Was married to Susan Jenkins, a native of Wales, daughter of Enos Jenkins in 1853. He has 200 acres of land in this county. | |
| MOSS, Joseph | Settled in this county in 1855, coming here from Putnam County, Indiana. Married in Indiana Miss Mary J. Jones, who has borne him eight children, one of whom lives in Nebraska, one in Harrison County, this state, and the rest in this county. His home is in the village of Loveland, and his farming lands comprise 480 acres of excellent bottomland. He held the office of deputy sheriff for four years under Sheriff Doughty. | |
| MOTT, Ed | Successor to the well known firm of Thomas green and Sons, and at his yard, on Upper Broadway, can always be found a complete stock of lumber, sash, doors, blinds, lath, shingles, mouldings, etc., at the very lowest market prices. Builders will find it to their interest to call on him. | |
| MYERS, J. E. | J.E. MYERS deals in soft and hard coal, lime, cement, plastering hair, drain tile, etc., with his office and yard on Pearl Street south of Broadway. Mr. Myers is a native of New York State; came west when he was but a boy as far as Wisconsin and subsequently went back. About 12 years ago he came to Council Bluffs and took the position of cashier of the Northwestern Railroad and was with the company about four years. He then went to Des Moines where he was secretary of the State Insurance Company for about five years. He returned to Council Bluffs about three years ago, and went into his present business at the above-mentioned place. | |
| MYNSTER, Mrs. Maria | Mrs. MARIA MYNSTER of Mynster Park, one and a half miles from the city, is the widow of Christopher Overaard Mynster. Came to Council Bluffs with her husband in 1851 from Washington, D.C. Mr. and Mrs. Mynster originally came from Copenhagen, Denmark, where Mr. Mynster was engaged for a number of years in the wholesale dry goods trade. He emigrated to America with his family in 1846, locating in the city of Washington, and remaining there until 1851, when the "star of empire" guided him to the Eldorado of the West. On locating in Council Bluffs, he engaged in the mercantile business, and invested quite largely in claims, but during the following years, 1852, he died, leaving an extensive and complicated business in the hands of Mrs. Mynster. Catching the spirit which marked her husband's success in life, Mrs. Mynster at once began the prosecution of the business of the estate, and the comfortable home and snug fortune which he has accumulated stands as monuments to her noble efforts. In the year 1853 alone, she entered 1,700 acres of government lands, and an Indian trading post was established on her farm.
Mynsterville and Mynster Park comprise about 700 acres, situated about one and a half miles from the city of Council Bluffs, and bordering on a beautiful and picturesque portion of Spoon Lake. Within the gates of Mynster Park are a number of fine springs, one of which is undoubtedly the finest in the West. It emits a thirteen-inch volume of crystal water, which is said to have medicinal properties of no mean value. Preparations are now being made by Mrs. Mynster for supplying by means of hydraulic ram the entire place with water from this spring. Mrs. Mynster's only child is Wilhelm Alexander Mynster, proprietor of the Big Spring Fishery and a member of the firm of Mynster & Adams, Council Bluffs. |
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| NEWELL, F. C. | Has charge of the McCormack Reaper in Council Bluffs. Mr. Newell is a young man of superior business qualifications, and so highly is he esteemed by his employers that he has been sent to various foreign lands by the McCormick's in the interest of their great and famous machines. The reputation of the McCormick machine is worldwide having been before the people many years. Mr. Newell's office is up stairs on the northwest corner of Broadway and First Street. | |
| NICHOLAS, A. B. | A.B. NICHOLAS, groceries and oysters, South Fifth Street, opposite the post office, came to this city in 1867; is a carpenter by occupation. This enterprise was established first by Maltby & Nicholas in 1870; then by Nicholas & Paulk in 1877, after which Mr. Nicholas bought the entire stock and has continued it successfully since. | |
| ODELL, E. H. | E.H. ODELL, attorney at law, office on Pearl Street, has been practicing five years. He read law with Judge D.B. Booth of Connecticut. | |
| OLIVER, H. C. | H.C. OLIVER, dealer in groceries and general merchandise, in the building of the Drover's Hotel, near the Union Depot, has resided in Council Bluffs since 1863. He was in the stock business in Montana for some time, at or near Custer City. | |
| PALKER, G. W. | Grain dealer, Bock Street, between Broadway and Pierce. Though lately established in business in Council Bluffs, Mr. Palker is largely interested in that line in Iroquois County, Illinois. Mr. Palker was a member of the Illinois legislature for four years. | |
| PALMER, J. M. | came to Pottawattamie County in 1854; is at present in the real estate business. He built the "Transfer" building at the place of the Union Pacific Depot, which was burned down in 1877. He operated the hotel four years, and became identified with the early career and history of the Union Pacific Railway business in this city.
Mr. Palmer was mayor of this city two terms in early times. He has done as much probably as any other person to build up our city, and is one of its most valued and esteemed citizens. |
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| PETERS, John | A merchant tailor, Broadway, next door to the Pacific House. Mr. Peters is certainly prepared to give satisfaction in his line. Keeps a large and finely selected stock, and employees eight first-class workmen. | |
| PHILLIPS, J. M. | Manufacturer of and wholesale and retail dealer in boots and shoes, 413 Broadway. This is one of the oldest business houses in Council Bluffs, having been established in 1856 by J. M. and A. P. Phillips, the latter retiring in 1868. In 1879 N. C. Phillips and J. M Phillips, Jr. , became partners, making the firm J. M. Phillips & Sons. The house has three men on the road, and it commands an extensively wholesale trade throughout the west. The firm has a branch store at Avoca and one at Yankton, South Dakota. | |
| PRICE, D. W. | Is one of the pioneers of Kanesville and Council Bluffs. His advent into this country was only marked in his own mind as an epoch in his lifetime. Capt. Price set out his sign, "Attorney at Law," in Council Bluffs in 1852, and among his fellow adventurers grew in favor as a lawyer. With a clear will and calm manner our young barrister soon became conspicuous, and the writer's mind recalls the time when a knowledge among the citizens that Capt. Price was to address the court on some important case was sufficient to draw a crowded courtroom of listeners. By assiduous attention to his practice he has long since attained a foremost rank among the attorneys of Iowa. | |
| RAYMOND, Henry C. | HENRY C. RAYMOND, proprietor of Bellevue Fruit Farm and Nursery, three miles northeast of the city, came to this county in 1863; is a native of Massachusetts. He has followed the nursery business for eighteen years. On his farm can be found everything suitable for this climate in his line. Mr. R. makes a specialty of "Forest Garden" and Quaker plums, and Late Kendish cherry. The trade of this farm extends all over the western country. | |
| REEL, Perry | PERRY REEL, sheriff of the county, came here in 1862. He engaged in farming and the milling business. In 1867 he was elected Sheriff, and re-elected in 1869. He was elected treasurer in 1873 and served until 1876, at the end of which time he went to farming again. In 1877 he was again elected Sheriff and in 1879 re-elected for 1880-1881. His family residence is in Hazel Dell Township, and his office in the courthouse. | |
| RICE, J. R. | J.R. RICE, proprietor of the Council Bluffs Nursery at the southeast corner of the city limits on the road to the D & D Institution, came to Council Bluffs in 1875. He has a second nursery of eight acres in the city limits one and a half miles north of the courthouse, and a third place (of 40 acres) six miles east of the city, near the old stage road. Mr. Rice has supplied our people in the city and country with an almost countless number of all kinds of fruit trees within the last few years, and is yearly enlarging his business. He gives critical attention to the important subject of fruit trees and fruit culture, and is doing much toward making this locality a fruitbearing region of distinguished capacities. Mr. Rice is enabled to sell trees and shrubbery at low cash rates, such as everybody can afford to pay. | |
| RICE, Rev. G. G. | Came to Council Bluffs in November 1851 from Vermont; was a graduate of Union Theological seminary in 1850 and in 1845 graduated at the University of Vermont at Burlington. He came to the eastern part of Iowa to the present site of Fairfield in 1850, remaining there until November 1851, and then came to this city. His father, Benjamin Rice (of Vermont was a farmer. The two sons, H. and G. G. Rice, hired out on their father's farm when the "old man" settled thereon in 1806 - 74 years ago!
The following items concerning Rev. G. G. Rice and the early history of the Congregational Church of this city are of interest: He preached his first sermon in Council Bluffs (then Kanesville) on November 30, 1851 in the log courthouse that stood on Madison (First) Street. In December 1851, he rented a house on Middle Broadway and started a Sabbath school, with a fair attendance of pupils and teachers, and an American Sunday School Union Library of 80 volumes. A Wednesday evening prayer meeting was established and attended with a good degree of interest. Preaching was maintained on Sabbath mornings and evenings, a Methodist clergyman officiating every alternate Sabbath. That was the first establishment of regular Christian worship in the place, and which has been continued through various fluctuations to the present time. Eighteen months after this - June 12, 1853 - a Congregational Church of eight members was organized, the missionary, G. G. Rice, preaching the sermon and administering the ordinance of the Lord's Supper - 16 persons uniting in the ordinance, embracing nearly if not quite all the orthodox Christians in the place. August 9, 1854, the foundation for a church edifice was laid. This building was of brick, 34 x 40 feet, 16 feet high from floor to ceiling, and was so far completed as to be occupied for worship the following June, but was not fully completed and dedicated until July 6, 1856. This house stood between Fifth and Pearl Streets, east of the public square. It cost about $3,000, and had seating for two hundred persons. This was the first church edifice formally dedicated in Western Iowa, the Rev. John Todd of Tabor preaching the sermon. This house was used for public worship until September 1869 when it was sold and the present church edifice built. The ministers of the church have been: G. G. Rice from 1851 to 1858; Harvey Adams, ------ Allen, J. B. Chase, H. P. Roberts, H. S. DeForest, and the present pastor, Cyrus Hamlin. The present membership of the church is about 160. |
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| RIEF, Peter | PETER RIEF, boots and shoes and agent for sewing machines, corner of Fifth Street and Sixth Avenue. Mr. Rief has worked at the shoe business since 1873. | |
| ROBINSON, William & Henry | WILLIAM AND HENRY ROBINSON established their jewelry store (Robinson Bros., Jewelers) in 1856 and now at 410 Broadway are the universally known and popular dealers in watches, clocks, diamonds and fine jewelry. For anything in the category of beauty and ornament, the reader should not fail to call upon them; also for presents Christmas and New Years, and for birthday and complimentary purposes. They have been in this business al the time since they began here in 1856. Henry and William Robinson are practical workers and repairers in jewelry and watch making and gained their indentures in New York. These gentlemen are among the best known of our Council Bluffs business men, and persons who procure time pieces and jewelry, or other articles from them may rely upon the articles for being worth what they are represented to be. | |
| RODEFER, J. W. | J.W. RODEFER deals in hard and soft coal, Connelsville coke, lime, cement, plastering hair, etc. Office on Pearl Street, near Broadway. Mr. Rodefer has lived in Council Bluffs something more than five years, and in Iowa 21 years; is a native of Washington County, Virginia. He was local freight agent of the Des Moines Valley Railroad for about two years. He has also served with credit as a member of the city council of this city. | |
| ROSENAU, Fred | FRED ROSENAU, architect, Council Bluffs, has his office in the Everett Block on Broadway. He began his professional work in 1867 in Europe; came to the United States in 1870. He stopped a year in Buffalo, NY and then resided in Chicago. Mr. Rosenau came to Council Bluffs in July 1878. He was the architect of Plumer's Block, Everett's Block and of Joseph Beck's and a great many dwelling houses. | |
| ROYER, D. L. | D.L.ROYER, dairyman and corn meal manufacturer five miles north east of the city came to the county from Pennsylvania eleven years ago. The butter, which is made on this submerged plan is the best in the market and has ready sale. Mr. Royer adds 25 cows to his dairy this season, makes his farm and dairy worth at least calculation fifteen thousand dollars. | |
| RUSSELL, V. S. | V.S. RUSSELL, manufacturer of farm implements, threshing machines, horsepower and Portable saw mills, etc., was first established in 1842 in Ohio, and in 1874 they established a branch house in Council Bluffs with J.B. Wicks as manager, and in 1879 Mr. Russell took charge. | |
| SAAR, Herman M. | A resident of Garner Township, came to Pottawattamie County eleven years ago; has lived in the state 26 years; owns one-half section in the county and makes a specialty of dairying on the submerged plan of cooling. He is a son of John Sarr, a native of Germany; was married to Miss Laurinda L., daughter of Obidiah Childs, September 23, 1852 in Warsink, New York. They have four children - May Alice, John, Viola and Elden. | |
| SEAMAN, H. E. | H.E. SEAMAN, the wholesale and retail dealer in paper, stationery, books, printers' supplies, etc., succeeded to the proprietorship (by buying out W.T. Seaman's interest) in 1880. This establishment also sells wrapping paper, school and miscellaneous books, toys, etc. Standard literary works and histories are for sale very cheap by Mr. Seaman. | |
| SHERRADEN, C. H. | C.H. SHERRADEN, photographer, 315 Broadway. A finely fitted gallery and pictures equal to those of the best artists in large cities. Mr. Sherraden has been a resident of Council Bluffs since 1858. | |
| SCOTT, Henry | Farmer, Hazel Dell Township, and Weston is his post office address. He came to Pottawattamie County in 1856, and is a native of England. He is the son of George Scott of England. He owns 140 acres of land. He married Miss Sarah P. Springer, a native of Missouri and daughter of J.G.W. Springer.They have five children - Laura E., Lulu A., Sadie E., George H. and Bertha M. | |
| SIBLEY, W. H. | Agent for the Eclipse Coal Company, corner of Fifth and Court Streets, Council Bluffs. Mr. Sibley sells hard and soft coal. He came to the city in April 1878 from Massachusetts and commenced this business in November 1888. | |
| SIMS, Jacob | Attorney and counselor at law, has his office on Broadway between Fifth and Pearl Streets, Council Bluffs. Mr. Sims graduated at Lawrence University of Appleton, Wisconsin in 1874 in a full classical course, and has been practicing law in this city less than three years. He was elected attorney for this (Pottawattamie) County for 1880; is 29 years old, and has been the editor and proprietor of different papers in Milwaukee and Minneapolis. | |
| SMITH, G. F. | Carpenter, contractor and builder, and furnishes plans and specifications for buildings, with a guarantee of their cost of construction. He has lived in Council Bluffs since 1856; built Officer & Pusey's bank, the Presbyterian, Methodist, Congregational, Episcopal and Catholic parsonages. T. J. Hurford's old store room and residence, and many others. Mr. Smith has been prominent in his business relations with our citizens for the 24 years of his residence among us. He constructed the first of the two large vaults that are seen in Fairview cemetery, which still stand entire. | |
| SNOW, R. P. | R.P. SNOW has a general stock of merchandise on South Fifth Street. Mr. Snow came to Council Bluffs in 1853; was a wholesale merchant for many years, and at present combines the wholesale with the retail trade. His handsome residence is on Fourth and Dodge Streets, on which premises he has lived for 26 years. R.P. Snow & Co. has now been in business as a company for nine years, and is a permanent feature of the "initial city." | |
| SOLOMON, D. H. | Cast the lot of a young attorney at law into the hands of the dizzy winds of the western wilds of Iowa, at the early date of 1853, settling in Mills County. His part in the affairs of Iowa and Mills County has been conspicuous. He was the author of "Centennial History of Mills County," which book has earned for him additional reputation to that already achieved in his chosen profession. Mr. Solomon has been for three years local attorney, and assistant treasurer and secretary of the Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Co., and was very influential in securing and from the counties along the line of the Wabash road. Solomon Station in Mills County on the above road was named in his honor.Mr. Solomon is the owner of one of the finest and largest farms in Mills County, which is a model of a modern farm, and which has already received the compliment of being illustrated in public journals devoted to farming interests. Ever since becoming connected with the Wabash Company, Mr. S has made Council Bluffs his home, and proposes to continue residing here. There are perhaps few law libraries in Iowa larger than Mr. Solomon's and that he has in his office in Everett's block on Pearl Street. | |
| SPRINGER, George W. | 71 yers of age, has his residence in hazel Dell Township. Came to Pottawattamie County in May of 1850.Is a native of New York, and son of William M. Springer, a native of New Jersey. Was married to Miss Mary M. Packard in May 1833 - now deceased - and to Hannah Colmere in 1846. He has four children - Silas, Bryant, Emaline and Sarah. | |
| STRANG, A. L. | Engaged in the pump and windmill business in Omaha, Nebraska. He first established himself as a agent of Holliday's windmills at Lincoln, Nebraska in 1871. He retains the agency of that mill, and his territory includes a large portion of the northwest country from Omaha. Mr. Strang carries a very extensive stock of pumps and pump apparatus, and windmills, and is located on the south side of Farnam Street, between Twelfth and Thirteenth Streets, Omaha. | |
| TAYLOR, William H. | Farmer with post office at Taylor Station, is the son of Pleasant Taylor one of the oldest citizens in the county. Mr. Taylor is one of our best citizens, and an extensive farmer. | |
| TERWILLIGER, B. S. | B.S. TERWILLIGER, wallpaper dealer and painter, Fifth Street, came to Council Bluffs in 1865 from California. He keeps two to ten men employed in his business. | |
| THOMAS, W. D. | Dairy, southwest part of the city consisting of fifty-six cows, delivers milk to all parts of the city; has five acres of ground surrounding his residence. Mr. Thomas came to Council Bluffs in 1865; is a native of Indiana and a son of Benjamin Thomas; was married to Miss Alice Crocker, a daughter of H.H. Crocker of Connecticut in 1862. Their son, William, now deceased, was their only child. | |
| UNTHANK, W. C. | A son of Elam Unthank, a North Carolinian. William C. was born in Newport, Wayne County, Indiana, January 29, 1845. He joined the 13th Illinois volunteers in the fall of 1864, and served till the close of the war, on the staff of Gen. Sol Meredith. In 1870 Mr. Unthank came to Council Bluffs and has ever since been engaged in the business of City Bill Poster. In the spring of 1880, he was elected from the Second Ward to the office of alderman; term to expire in 1882. | |
| VINACKE, J. W. | J.W. VINACKE, dealer in a general line of hardware at the junction of Pearl and Fifth Streets came to Iowa 12 years ago. He came to this place then, but has been away about seven years of that time. He bought out the hardware store of W.F. Gray. | |
| WALTERS, William G. | Cigar manufacturer and dealer, at 344 ˝ Broadway, came to Council Bluffs in 1869 from Clinton this state. He has been a cigar maker for eleven years having learned the trade with Peragoy & Moore, one of the largest cigar establishments on the Missouri slope. Mr. Walters has bought out the entire business, which was once Slyter & Graham; then Walters bought into the firm, making it Slyter, Graham & Walters. Then he bought the Graham share of the business making the firm Slyter & Walters, and he has now purchased the Slyter interest, which makes him sole proprietor of one of the neatest cigar stands in the city. | |
| WEATHERBEE, M. E. | M.E. WEATHERBEE, proprietor of the Bryant House and livery stable, has resided here since April last. The hotel, which is on Broadway near the Ogden House contains 23 sleeping rooms. Mr. W. has a dozen good livery turnouts. Altogether he has lived in the county about six years. | |
| WEIDNER, Alfred W. | A farmer of Hazel Dell Township.Weston being his post office address.He is a native of Indiana, and the son of Samuel Weidner. He married Miss Olive Garner, a daughter of William Garner on January 16, 1877.He has 116 acres of land in that township.They have one child - Nellie. | |
| WESTON, James | A Lewis Township farmer, came from England to Pottawattamie County in 1855; is a son of John Weston; was married to Miss Sarah Binks, daughter of James and Elizabeth Binks; their children are John J., Elizabeth B., Saran Anna and William Thomas Weston; have seventy-four acres of land near the city. | |
| WILLIAMS, Jacob | JACOB WILLIAMS hail from Wisconsin where he was born on the 13th of May 1846. His parents came from Ohio in 1839. Mr. Williams joined Company B of the 43rd Wisconsin regiment on August 2, 1864. He served until the close of the war as corporal of his company and arrived in Council Bluffs in the spring of 1868. He was elected a justice of the peace in the fall of 1869 and was re-elected in 1871. In 1871 he was elected city treasurer, and re-elected the following year. In 1873 he bought the entire interest of the Globe Printing establishment and for six years was editor-in-chief of that paper. His conduct of the Globe has brought him reputable prominence in Iowa. He was elected councilman for the Fourth Ward in the spring of 1879 for a term of two years. | |
| WILLIAMS, R. L. | Agent for slate, marble and iron mantles, and tile and roofing slate. Does general commission business. Fills orders for all kinds of eastern made goods, including clothing. Sample suits on hand. Manufacturer of children's suits. No. 26 Pearl, opposite post office. | |
| WINCHESTER, Benjamin | Has been for twenty-five years been a representative man of Pottawattamie county. He has been extensively engaged in making brick in Council Bluffs during his long residence here. His yards are the largest I the state of Iowa, and possess all the latest improved machinery and modes now in use.The grounds upon which he has for many years been working are on Upper Broadway, near the east city limits. Mr. Winchester is a pretty extensive farmer and fruit grower, and takes an interested part in every movement looking to the improvement of those branches of trade. He represented Pottawattamie County in the Iowa Legislature one term. | |
| WOOD, W. A. | W.A. WOOD, who but recently sold his lumber yard on Ninth Fifth Street, came to Council Bluffs eleven years ago from Ohio; is a native of New York. Mr. Wood is one of the prominent citizens of Council Bluffs. | |
| YOUNKERMAN, C. | C. YOUNKERMAN, proprietor of the concert hall ten-pin alley and summer garden near upper Broadway at the east side of the city, came to this city in 1866. This garden is the principal resort of our pleasure seekers in the warm season who desire to enjoy outdoor sports. It has a magnificent lot of shade trees, interspersed with lawns and hillocks, and supplied with swings and other constructions for aiding manly recreations. Mr. Younkerman is a first-class music teacher, and has taught in this city. | |
| ZURMUEHLEN, L. | Has a saloon at 415 Broadway. Beer, wine and the choicest liquors and cigars kept on hand. Mr. Zurmuehlen came to Council Bluffs in 1855 |