Dubuque County Biographies Austin Adams Austin Adams was born at Andover, Vermont, May 24, 1826. He worked on his father's farm until fourteen years of age, attending the district school during the winter months. He prepared for college at Black River Academy, teaching school winters from the time he was sixteen, to assist in defraying expenses through college. Entering Dartmouth he graduated in 1848. While pursuing his legal studies he served five years as principal of West Randolph Academy. In 1853 he attended Harvard Law School and the following year was admitted to the bar, entering into partnership with Ex-Governor Coolidge. Mr. Adams soon removed to the far West, becoming a resident of Dubuque, Iowa, in July, 1854. There he began the practice of law, also took an active part in promoting public education, assisting at Teachers' Institutes. He was a prominent speaker in the first Republican campaign in Iowa. In one of his addresses he said: "If the day has come that John C. Fremont or any other man in the country cannot be elected President without that election destroying the Government, then we have no republican government." In 1855 and in 1861 he delivered courses of lectures to raise funds for the establishment of a public library. Attending the famous discussion in 1858 between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas at Galena, Judge Adams remarked of Mr. Lincoln: "I have heard the greatest man I ever listened to; he ought to be our next President." In 1875 Mr. Adams was elected judge of the Supreme Court and became Chief Justice in 1880. At the close of his first term he was reelected, serving a period of twelve years, again becoming Chief Justice in 1886. He took a deep interest in the State University and was one of the Regents for sixteen years. He was also a Law Lecturer in the institution from 1875, as long as he lived. The students of the Law School spoke of Judge Adams as the intensely practical lawyer who taught largely by illustration. He was the sympathetic friend of young people. In 1883 Dartmouth College conferred upon him the degree of LL. D. In 1886, as Chief Justice, he presided over the opening of the new Supreme Court rooms in the recently completed State House. Judge Adams was an earnest advocate of the study of law for women and always welcomed them to the lecture room at the State University. He was the first Chief Justice to admit a woman to practice in the Supreme Court of Iowa and spoke in the highest terms of the manner in which she tried a case at the time she was admitted. Judge Adams retired from the bench at the close of his second term, and died in Dubuque on the 17th of October, 1890. [Iowa Biography By Benjamin F. Gue, 1903 – Transcribed by AFOFG] Mrs. Austin Adams Mary Newbury Adams was born at Peru, Ind., Oct. 17, 1837. She came of remarkable lineage, her ancestors for many generations were prominent in public life in New England, five of them were Colonial or State Governors. Her parents moved to Cleveland, Ohio, in her girlhood days. Her earliest education was received from her mother; later she attended the public schools of Cleveland and was graduated from the Emma Willard seminary at Troy, N. Y., when she was only eighteen years old. A year later she was married to Austin Adams, a remarkably brilliant lawyer, a graduate of Dartmouth and of the Harvard Law School. The Adams came to Dubuque in 1854. In 1875 he was elected Judge of the Supreme Court and became Chief Justice in 1880, which office he held for twelve years. He was a regent of the State University for sixteen years and a Law Lecturer from 1875, to his death, in 1890. He was one of the first Iowa lawyers to urge women to study law. He was the first chief justice to admit a woman to practice in the Supreme Court of Iowa. Thus Mrs. Adams in her work for the advancement of women, had a sympathetic supporter in her husband. She was a charter member of the Association for the Advancement of Women, a member of the Equal Suffrage Association, and one of the pioneer workers in the Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs. She was a student of science and belonged to the National Science Association, the Anthropological Society, and other organizations to promote science and its study. She was chairman of the historical committee of the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893. She died at her home in Dubuque, Aug. 5, 1901. [The Blue book of Iowa Women, by Winona Evans Reeves, Publ. 1914, Transcribed by Dana Kraft] Mary Newbury Adams Mary Newbury Adams, wife of Judge Austin Adams, was born at Peru, Indiana, October 17, 1837. Her ancestors had been for generations in public life in New England, five of whom had been Governors. Her parents removed to the West and her childhood was passed in a log cabin amid the wilderness of towering black walnut trees, surrounded by Indians with whom the family lived on terms of friendship. The older sister of Mrs. Adams became the wife of Governor John J. Bagley of Michigan. Her early education was received from her mother, but after the family removed to Cleveland, Ohio, Mary enjoyed the privilege of entering the classes of Emerson E. White, who was one of the great educators of the State. When eighteen she graduated from the Emma Willard Seminary at Troy, New York, and at nineteen was married to Austin Adams, a talented young lawyer. They came to Iowa, making their home in Dubuque. Both were students of science, history, philosophy and poetry. Mrs. Adams was one of the earliest and most enthusiastic advocates of the advancement of women, and was a leader in the progressive movements of the times. She was one of the original members of the Association for the Advancement of Women, of the Social Science Association, the Anthropological Society, National Science Association, Woman Suffrage Association, American Historical Association, the Federation of Women's Clubs and many other progressive and scientific organizations. She was an accomplished public speaker and addressed various associations and meetings throughout the country on subjects in which she was deeply interested. She was chairman of the historical committee of the Columbian Exposition at Chicago in 1893. Mrs. Adams died at Dubuque, August 5, 1901. [Iowa Biography By Benjamin F. Gue, 1903 – Transcribed by AFOFG] William B. Allison William B. Allison was born in Wayne County, Ohio, March 2, 1829. He worked on his father's farm summers and attended school winters until the age of sixteen when he entered the Academy at Wooster. Later he spent a year in Meadville College and one at Western Reserve College at Hudson, Ohio. He then studied law and in 1852 was admitted to the bar of Wayne County and began practice in Ashland. In April, 1857, he came to Iowa, locating at Dubuque, and two years later was a delegate to the Republican State Convention which nominated Samuel J. Kirkwood for Governor. In 1860 he was a delegate to the National Republican Convention which nominated Abraham Lincoln for President, acting as one of the secretaries. When the War of the Rebellion began, Mr. Allison was appointed a member of Governor Kirkwood's staff to assist in organizing the volunteer service. In 1862 he was elected to Congress in the Third District and was three times reelected, serving until 1871. In 1865 he became a member of the committee of ways and means and entered upon a career which eventually made him authority on financial legislation. In 1870 he was a prominent candidate for United States Senator but was not successful. In 1872 he was again a candidate, was nominated over Senator Harlan and elected, taking his seat in the Senate March 4, 1873. Mr. Allison was appointed on the committee on appropriations of which he became chairman in 1881. He was chairman of the committee on Indian affairs from 1875 to 1881, and chairman of the joint committee of investigation of the affairs of the District of Columbia, in which capacity he wrote a report which was embodied in a bill that has since constituted the municipal government. He has been a member of the Senate finance committee since 1877 and was largely instrumental in perfecting the act of Congress known as the Bland-Allison bill, which was a compromise between the advocates of a single gold standard and free coinage of silver. The bill, after a long discussion, passed both houses of Congress but was vetoed by President Hayes. It was passed over the veto, and under its provisions 370,000,000 silver dollars were coined before it was changed by the act of 1890. When our Government made provision for an international conference in 1892, Senator Allison was chosen by President Harrison as chairman on behalf of the United States. When the legislation of 1900 on the currency was under consideration by Congress, Senator Allison took a prominent part in the debates and the formulation of the law known as the Currency Act of March 14th, which provided for a permanent reserve sufficient to make certain the convertibility of all forms of money into gold at the will of the holder. Senator Allison had a large share in shaping the tariff legislation since 1877, and especially the revision of the tariff which followed the report of the Tariff Commission of 1882. He has long been at the head of the committee on appropriations and all expenditures of money made by Congress pass under his scrutiny. No Senator now a member of that body has served so long continuously as the senior Senator from Iowa, and no member of either branch of Congress has done so much to shape National legislation for the last quarter of a century as William B. Allison. Iowa has wisely retained the services of one so influential in the councils of the country, and has reelected him in 1878, 1884, 1890, 1896 and again in 1902. He was strongly urged by President Garfield to accept the position of Secretary of the Treasury, and again tendered the position by President Harrison and was offered the position of Secretary of State by President McKinley, but has wisely chosen to hold his place in the Senate. He has been frequently mentioned as an available ca?didate for President, and in 1888 was as near a nomination as any candidate who was unsuccessful. Senator Hoar of Massachusetts tells the story of that convention in Scribner'a Magazine for February, 1899. In brief he says: "After several ineffectual ballots, the Convention took a recess. A meeting was held by a number of gentlemen representing different delegations to see if we could agree upon a candidate. Among these was James S. Clarkson, representing Mr. Allison. Piatt, Miller, Depew and Hiscock represented the different shades of opinion in New York, and all were present except Depew. Several names were discussed, and I made a very earnest speech in favor of Mr. Allison. Finally all agreed that their States should vote for Allison when the Convention assembled. I suppose everybody in that room when he left it felt as certain as of any event in the future that Mr. Allison would be nominated in the Convention. When Mr. Depew was informed of our action he said that he had been compelled to withdraw as a candidate owing to the strong opposition of the northwest from which Allison's chief support was derived. He protested against allowing that section to name the candidate for the Republican party. The three other New York men therefore withdrew from the support of Allison. But for this New York, Illinois, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Iowa, California and Missouri would have cast their unanimous votes for Allison and his nomination would have been assured. I think no other person ever came so near the Presidency of the United States and missed it." [Iowa Biography By Benjamin F. Gue, 1903 – Transcribed by AFOFG] Bion Joseph Arnold Arnold, Bion Joseph, electrical engineer, inventor, was born Aug. 14, 1861, in Casnovia, Mich. He was educated at the Nebraska public schools in 1872-79; attended the University of Nebraska in 1879-80; and graduated from Hillsdale College with the degree of B.S. in 1884; receiving the degree of M.S. in 1887 and the honorary degree of M.Ph. in 1888. In 1888-89 he took a postgraduate course at Cornell University; in 1897 received the degree of E.E. from the University of Nebraska; in 1902 received an honorary Degree from Hillsdale college;; in 1907 received honorary degree of Dr.Sc. from Armour institute of Chicago, Engineering from the University of Nebraska, He was the chief designer of the Iowa iron works at Dubuque; was mechanical engineer of the Chicago great western railway, later became consulting engineer in the Chicago office of the general electric, company; and since 1893 has been an independent consulting engineer. He was the designer and builder of the intramural railway at the world's Columbian exposition at Chicago in 1893; consulting electrical engineer to the Chicago and Milwaukee electric railway and Chicago board of trade; Grand trunk railway on electrification of St. Clair tunnel since 1905; consulting engineer to the Wisconsin state railway commission in 1905-07, and devised the plan for electrically operating trains of the New York Central and Hudson river railroad company in and out of New York, and a member of the electric traction commission in carrying out the work. In 1900-04 he was a member of the electric traction commission of the Erie railroad; in 1902 was consulting engineer for the city of Chicago to revise the street railway system; chief engineer of the work and chairman of the board of supervising engineers, having charge of the rehabilitation of the entire street railway system of Chicago in 1907-11. He is president of the Arnold Company, engineers and constructors. He is the inventor of a magnetic clutch, storage battery improvements and pioneer in the development of the rotary converter sub-station and single phase systems of electric railways. He is consulting engineer of the public service commission for the state of New York on the transportation problems in New York and vicinity. In 1903-04 he was president of the American institute of electrical engineers; and in 1904 was vice-president and chairman of the executive committee of the international electrical congress, at St. Louis, Mo. In 1906-07 he was president of the Western society of engineers [Herringshaw's American blue-book of Biography: Prominent Americans of 1912- An Accurate Biographical Record of Prominent Citizens of All Walks of Life, transcribed by Therman K=FOFG] Leopold Herman Booch Leopold Herman Booch, stove manufacturer; born, Dubuque, Ia., Feb. 23, 1866; son of Henry H. and Louise (Lambrecht) Booch; educated in St. Louis public schools; married, Marble Falls, Tex., Aug. 9, 1904, Donna C. Turner. Began as a clerk with Bridge & Beach Manufacturing Co., manufacturers of stoves, of which has been vice president and manager since 1911. Recreations: hunting and fishing. Office: 503 S. First St Residence: 5530 Delmar Boul. (Source: The Book of St. Louisans, Publ. 1912. Transcribed by Charlotte Slater) Lincoln Clark Clark, Lincoln, a Representative from Iowa; born in Conway, Franklin County, Mass., August 9, 1800; attended the district and private schools; was graduated from Amherst (Mass.) College in 1825; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1831 and commenced practice in Pickensville, Pickens County, Ala.; member of the State house of representatives in 1834, 1835, and 1845; moved to Tuscaloosa in 1836; elected attorney general by the legislature in 1839; appointed by Governor Fitzpatrick circuit judge in 1846; moved to Dubuque, Iowa, in 1848; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-second Congress (March 4, 1851-March 3, 1853); unsuccessful candidate in 1852 and 1854 for reelection to the Thirty-third and Thirty-fourth Congresses; resumed the practice of law in Chicago, Ill.; appointed United States register in bankruptcy in 1866; retired from active business and returned to Conway, Mass., in 1869; died in Conway, Mass., September 16, 1886; interment in Howland Cemetery. [Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-Present; transcribed by A. N.] Charles A. Coakley Charles A. Coakley. The open range of Indian Territory that for over thirty years was common to the early cattlemen, developed among a certain class a passion for theft, the inspiration for which was furnished by the comparative ease with which a man could round up cattle, place his mark and brand upon them and count them for his own. There have been times when this passion, which frequently led to murder, placed disfiguring black spots upon the fair and romantic history of this region, but as the open range became smaller through the establishment of more ranches and the building of fences, this business diminished to the stage of larceny and then followed an era in which men of small caliber vied with each other in the business of cattle theft. Some made a bare living and escaped prosecution; others made small fortunes and with a part of the proceeds of their crimes escaped prison sentences. The accessibility of Texas was an important factor, a small band of thieves could gather up a few cattle here and a few there, between suns, and drive them into Texas and dispose of them without being apprehended. This practice was still common even down to the year of statehood, under which, however, a regime of law and order was established and the men elected to office in the Indian Territory country faced many grave crises in attempting to enforce some stringent laws to which the people of this region had not as yet been subjected. Charles A. Coakley, who was the second county attorney of Marshall County, found soon after he entered upon the duties of his office that one of his principal duties was the suppression of cattle theft. This was not easy, for the thieves had a thorough mastery of their game. Among them were five men in the southeastern part of the county who had transferred their booty regularly over Red River to Denison where the cattle were sold to a local slaughter-house manager. There was a sort of underground route and along it were men who shared in the proceeds for helping in the transportation of the cattle. Attorney Coakley, when he had advanced far enough in his investigations, caused the arrest of a number of men. He was as courageous as they were "game" and his methods were equally as shrewd. They were "caught with the goods" and one of their number was induced to turn state's evidence, which resulted in the conviction of several of his companions. The result was that Marshall County was rid of systematic thievery for the first time in nearly half a century. This much, and more, Mr. Coakley has contributed to the history of the great commonwealth of Oklahoma. Charles A. Coakley was born at Farley, Iowa, in 1884, and is a son of C. C. and Annie (Coleman) Coakley, his father a native of Wisconsin, a farmer and stockman, an early settler of Iowa and now a highly regarded resident of Flandreau, South Dakota. There were six sons in the family: Raymond, Lee and Harold, who are engaged in farming operations in Iowa; Walter, who is a student at Creighton University at Omaha, where in 1914 he was manager of the athletic association of that institution; Manning, who is private secretary to the manager of the Soo Lines at Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Charles A., of this review. Mr. Coakley's maternal grandfather was a soldier during the Mexican war, and during the gold rush to California during 1849 made the long and dangerous trip across the plains in search of the yellow metal. Charles A. Coakley received his early education in the public schools of Iowa, following which he attended the state university there and later the University of Minnesota, his degree of Bachelor of Laws being secured from the latter institution in 1906. His higher education was acquired with funds which he had earned himself while going through school. In 1908 Mr. Coakley became a stenographer and court reporter in Oklahoma, and in 1909 was admitted to the bar, receiving the highest grade of the class before the Oklahoma State Bar examiners. At the beginning of his practice, Mr. Coakley formed a partnership with F. E. Kennamer, which association has continued to exist save for the two years he served in the capacity of county attorney, an office to which he was first elected on the democratic ticket, and in which he served until 1915. Prior to that time he had established an excellent reputation as city attorney of Madill, where he continues to make his home and practice his vocation. Mr. Coakley is a member of the Marshall County Bar Association and of the Oklahoma State Bar Association, and aside from his profession is identified with the Madill Commercial Club and the Madill Library Association. With his family, he holds membership in the Catholic Church. Not only is Mr. Coakley well known in professional circles, but as a business man and influential democrat, being president of the Democrat Publishing Company which publishes the Marshall County News-Democrat at Madill. Mr. Coakley was married in 1910 to Miss Elizabeth Langley, of Madill, who is well known in literary and social circles of this city. The inception of the movement at Madill for the establishment of a public library probably was due in greater degree to the efforts of Mrs. Coakley than to those of any other person in the city. Mrs. Coakley, Mrs. J. P. Rierdon and Mrs. M. Scott formed a committee that investigated plans for the library movement, and their efforts put about 600 volumes in the new courthouse as a nucleus. The county commissioners set aside two rooms for library purposes and there became available in 1916 a source of public revenue that assures the library being a permanent institution at Madill. [A Standard History of Oklahoma, Volume 4, By Joseph Bradfield Thoburn] Submitted by Barbara Ziegenmeyer Mrs. Ada Langworthy Collier Poet, born in Dubuque, Iowa, 23rd December, 1843, in the first frame house ever built within the present bounds of the State of Iowa. Her father, a descendant of New England pioneers, was among the very first to explore the lead regions of Iowa, and he was one of the founders of the city of Dubuque. Her mother was a member of an old Baltimore family. None of the hardships and privation that go with pioneer life were known to the little Ada. The lead mines were a source of wealth to her father and his brothers, and soon a group of spacious brick mansions arose on a beautiful bluff above the city, wherein dwelt the Langworthy households. In one of these Ada grew up, a strong, vigorous, attractive child. In early girlhood she was for a time a pupil in a girls' school taught by Miss Catherine Beecher in Dubuque. Afterward she went to Lasell Seminary, Auburndale, Mass. Having always found she could accomplish anything she chose to undertake, she there thought she could do the last two years' work in one year, and had nearly succeeded, when she was taken ill of brain fever. In spite of that she was graduated in 1861, at the early age of seventeen. In 1868 she became the wife of Robert Collier, and has since lived in Dubuque. She has one son. She began to write for periodicals in her girlhood. She is the author of many sketches, tales and short poems, of several novels, and of one long, narrative poem, "Lilith " (Boston, 1885). The last is her greatest work, nor can there be any doubt that she should be accounted a poet rather than a novelist. (American Women Fifteen Hundred Biographies Vol. 1, by Frances Elizabeth Willard & Mary Ashton Rice Livermore, Publ. 1897. Transcribed by Marla Snow) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Among the Iowa women of unusual literary attainment is Mrs. Ada Langworthy Collier, of Dubuque, who for many years has contributed to the best periodicals and journals of this country. She has written novels, poems, short stories, essays and reviews which have received the most favorable comment from literary critics. Her earliest works were printed in the early ‘60's and for more than forty years her pen has added to the store of literature and has brought honor to her native state. Perhaps her most important work is the poetical story of "Lilith," which was published in 1892, and which has had a wide circulation. Much of her first literary work appeared over the noms de plume of "Marguerite" and "Anna L. Cunningham." Her first production was a series of Hospital Sketches which were true Civil War pictures. Her travel sketches "Among the Mountain Mists," "A Day's Ramble" and others are delightful word pictures. She was born and reared in Dubuque, the daughter of Lucius Hart Longworthy and Valeria Bemis. Her father came to Dubuque in 1827, before the state had been named Iowa, but was called "Black Hawk Purchase," being among the first to work the lead mines there. He erected the first frame home built in Dubuque. In later life he was an essayest and lecturer of ability. Mrs. Collier was educated at LaSell Seminary, Auburndale, Mass. She was married Oct. 16, 1867, to Robert W. Collier, who was a man of scholarly attainments. They have one son, James C. Collier. "Linden Croft" is still the family home although Mrs. Collier spends much time in travel. [The Blue book of Iowa Women, by Winona Evans Reeves, Publ. 1914, Transcribed by Dana Kraft] Maurice Connolly Connolly, Maurice, a Representative from Iowa; born in Dubuque, Iowa, March 13, 1877; attended the common schools; was graduated from Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., in 1897 and from the law department of New York University, New York City, in 1898; was admitted to the bar in 1899; did postgraduate work at Balliol College, Oxford, England, and the University of Heidelberg, Germany; engaged in the insurance business and banking; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third Congress (March 4, 1913-March 3, 1915); unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate in 1914; chairman of the Iowa State Democratic convention in 1914; was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1916; major in the Aviation Corps during the First World War; died in an airplane accident near Indian Head, Md., May 28, 1921; interment in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Dubuque, Iowa. Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-Present; transcribed by A. N. Mrs. D. N. Cooley Mrs. Clara Aldrich Cooley, widow of Judge D. N. Cooley, during her many years residence in Dubuque, has been a forceful leader in religious, literary and philanthropic circles. Her interests are wide and varied. The General Federation of Women's Clubs, at its biennial held in St. Paul, gave her the title of "Honorary Vice President," an honor as great as they could bestow. She is a member of the Pioneer Woman's Club of New York, the founder and first president of the Dubuque Woman's Club; one of the incorporaters and first president of The Home for the Friendless. Of colonial ancestry, Mrs. Cooley is a most enthusiastic member of the national organization, Daughters of the American Revolution. She founded the Dubuque Chapter, served as its regent and later served as State Regent; she is now honored by the office of Honorary State Regent. This gifted woman at the age of eighty-four is presiding over and leading The Monday Afternoon Club of fifty members, organized by her twenty-three years ago, and meeting at her home. Mrs. Cooley has won honors from the club women of our country because of her enthusiastic work in behalf of the club movement. Sorosis of New York has made her an honorary member of their organization. She is a member of the Mary Washington Association, of the American Economic Association, The Academy of Political Science of New York, and the National Geographical Society. Mrs. Cooley is a Methodist and has a national reputation as a Bible teacher. Four children were born to Judge and Mrs. Cooley, all of whom are living—Mrs. Clara C. Becker, Chicago; Mrs. J. F. Douglas, New York; Mrs. C. W. Bassett, Baltimore; Mr. Harlan Ward Cooley, Chicago. [The Blue book of Iowa Women, by Winona Evans Reeves, Publ. 1914, Transcribed by Renee Capitanio] Mrs. Susie Moreing Burr Healey Mrs. Susie Moreing Burr Healy who organized at Dubuque the National Society of the Women of the Civil War and was its first president, was born in Dubuque, Jany. 5, 1856. She is the daughter of Jesse Moreing and Celia Johnson. Her father was one of the very early settlers, having come with Dr. Stephen Longworthy, the first physician to come to that section of the state. He settled on a farm where their six children were born. Later he built the Illinois Central R. R. from Dubuque to Galena. Mrs. Healey was graduated from the high school and taught in the city schools for several years. June 3, 1867, she was married to Prof. David P. Burr; to them were born two children, Louie Farwell and Theodore Louis. She is a member of the First Presbyterian church of Chicago. She has lived many winters in California and during the mid winter fair in San Francisco she was superintendent of the San Joaquin county building, the largest county building on the grounds. She has been appointed to an important position by the Woman's Board of the Panama Exposition, 1914. She has been a prominent club woman of Dubuque as secretary of the city federation of clubs, president of the church federate of women, and a member of the Y. W. C. A. Directorate. Because she, a Dubuque woman, organized the National Society of Women of the Civil War, that city will always be its national headquarters. She is familiar with every section of this country, having crossed the continent forty-two times and sailed around it once. She is a business woman, having dealt largely in land, as well as in city property. She has always been a successful self-reliant woman, and yet she is most womanly in her tastes and ideals. [The Blue book of Iowa Women, by Winona Evans Reeves, Publ. 1914, Transcribed by Dana Kraft] Thomas C. Power Thomas C. Power, of Helena, was born on a farm near Dubuque, Iowa, May 22,1839; received his primary education in the common schools, and took a three years' course in civil engineering at Sisisinawa College, Wisconsin; followed his profession summers, and taught school winters for three years; went with a surveying party to Dakota in 1860 and soon thereafter engaged in the mercantile business on the Missouri River, and continued in that business until 1867, when he located at Fort Benton, the head of navigation; was President of the "Benton P" line of steamers; also operated a stage line between Helena and Benton from 1878 to 1882; has been a successful stock-grower, as well as a merchant and trader; located at Helena in 1878, and now has varied interests throughout the State, including cattle, mines, mercantile and banking houses; is President of the American National Bank, of Helena, organized in 1890, and owns one of the finest business and office buildings in Helena, which bears his name; also a handsome dwelling; was a delegate-at-large to the Constitutional Convention held at Helena in January, 1884; was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1888, and was nominated by the Republicans for Governor at the first State election in 1889, and was defeated by Joseph K. Toole, Democrat, by 576 votes; was elected to the United States Senate January 2, 1890, taking his seat April 16 following. His term of service will expire March 3, 1895. Senator Power was married February 13, 1867, to Miss Mary G. Flanagan, of Dubuque, Iowa, bringing his wife to Montana in 1868. [The Montana blue book: a biographical, historical and statistical book of reference by Journal Publishing Co., 1891] Transcribed by Therman Kellar Lewis Reynolds Lewis Reynolds, firm of R. Connor & Co., Marshfield, son of Alfred H. and Ann Reynolds, was born in North East Hope, Perth Co., Canada West, Dec. 17, 1853. Lived there until 1865, when his father moved to Brandon, Iowa. In 1874, he graduated at Bayliss Commercial College, at Dubuque, Iowa. In 1875, came to Auburndale as agent at the depot, then connected with the firm of R. Connor & Co., principally engaged in the company's store. Has been Town Clerk of Auburndale, and is now Justice of the Peace. [History of Northern Wisconsin (Wood County, Wis.) 1881, page 1215; submitted by FoFG mz] Charles F. Rogers The present mayor of Stillwater, was born in Dubuque, Iowa, in 1860, a son of Jacob and Almira (Santee) Rogers, both natives of Pennsylvania. They came to Iowa from Wisconsin, about 1860, and in 1868 removed to Missouri, where Mr. Rogers died one year later. He was one of the survivors of the war with Mexico. In the autumn of 1872 Mrs. Rogers moved with her family to Cowley County, Kansas, and purchased the farm on which she reared her family of six children, namely: W. S., of Wichita, Kansas; A. E., of Guthrie. Oklahoma; F. M., of Udall, Kansas; Charles F., of Stillwater, Oklahoma; and Alma L., wife of J. M. Northrop. The oldest child, Madeline, became the wife of J. R. Southard, of Bangor, Michigan, and both arc deceased. They had two children: Sletta, wife of C. A. McAmpbell, of Kansas City, and Mabel M. Charles F. Rogers received his education in the public schools of Kansas, for a time attending the high school at Wichita. At the age of twenty-two years he engaged in teaching, which he followed most of the time for fifteen years. During the last ten years Mr. Rogers has been chiefly engaged in real estate dealings and in negotiating loans. He came to Oklahoma on April 22, 1889, and took part in the memorable race for land; Mr. Rogers made a ride of ten miles, but returned to a spot within one mile of the place where he started, and located his claim on Section 5 of Payne County, the same consisting of one hundred and sixty acres of prairie land. He made many improvements and lived on the place nine years, then sold it and removed to Stillwater, where he now resides. In 1904 he located at Coweta and organized the Union Trust Company, three months later moved to Choteau and established the first bank in the place, known as the Choteau Trust and Banking Company, and also dealt in real estate. Mr. Rogers spent one year as cashier of the bank, and then sold his interest and returned to Stillwater, where his real estate business is in a nourishing condition. Mr. Rogers was elected mayor of Stillwater on the Socialist ticket in May, 1909, by a good majority. Mr. Rogers has the interest and progress of the city strongly at heart, and is one of the leading temperance advocates of the city and state. He has the distinction of being the only Socialist mayor now holding office in the state, and probably the only one in the United Stales. He is a member of the Ancient Free and Accented Masons in Stillwater. Frontier Lodge Number 0. He is a member of the Christian church and takes great interest in the work of the Sunday school, being a teacher of the Bible class, which comprises over one hundred members. On February 23, 1890, Mr. Rogers married Nina O., daughter of G. N. and Matilda (Lynn) Stivers, of Winfield, Kansas, natives of Kentucky. They were parents of four living children: Nina 0., Mrs. Rogers: Stella, wife of Bert Luby, of Mattoon, Illinois: Blanch, wife of Ed Goudy, of Mattoon: and Arthur, of Denver, Colorado. Mr. Stivers lives in Decatur, Illinois. Mr. and Mrs. Rogers have the following children: Almira B., Vincent A., Eulula M., C. Otis, Bessie 0., William S. and Nina S. Almira is a student in the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Stillwater. [Submitted by Dale Donlon] Miss May Rogers Miss May Rogers, club woman, journalist and lecturer, was born in Dubuque, and that city has always been her home. She wears the insignia of the Colonial Dames, D. A. R. and U. S. Daughters of 1812. She has been president of the Dubuque Woman's Club, regent of the Dubuque Chapter, D. A. R. and chairman of Borough Number One of the Iowa Society of Colonial Dames. She was the first state correspondent of the General Federation of Women's Clubs. She was a member of the first board and a signer of the articles of incorporation, May 13, 1892. The Iowa Federation was admitted to the General Federation on her motion. She has been a frequent after dinner speaker on club and patriotic themes. She was one of the principal speakers at the Semi-Centenniel of Iowa, at Burlington, October, 1896, her subject, "The Pioneer Woman and the Club Woman." She has lectured in many cities in this state and elsewhere. She has delivered her lecture on Madame Roland in New York, Baltimore, Washington, Chicago, New Orleans, Cheyenne and Oakland. During the Columbian Exposition she spoke in the Woman's building on "The Novel as an Educator of the Imagination." She spoke in 1910 before the Chicago Equal Suffrage League on "The Conservation of Privilege." At the Philadelphia Biennial, G. F. W. C., May 12, 1894, she spoke on women as "A New Social Force." At the Des Moines Chautauqua in 1898, she lectured on "The Civic Duty of Women." In New York City in 1892 she spoke before the association for the advancement of women from the capitalistic point of view, being "Women in Relation to Labor Reform." Recently she has largely confined her lectures to Iowa history, and to patriotic themes as "Forefather's Day," "Causes and Ideals of the Revolution." She spoke before the Iowa D. A. R. Conference in 1900, on "The Settlement of Iowa." As a journalist he has done much editorial and special reporting. Her book reviews are literary essays. Her papers on Lydia Maria child, Charlotta Bronte and George Eliot were widely copied and commented on. In 1878 she published her Waverly dictionary, of the characters of Scott's novels, which has had a very wide circulation. Her father, Thomas Rogers, came to Dubuque, from New York, in 1839. He was a scholar, a lawyer and an orator. In 1850 he married Anna W. Burton. He directed the historical studies of the daughter and read with her the Greek and Latin classics. Miss Rogers has been an extensive traveler. She wrote for the Dubuque papers her experiences in the shipwrck of the City of Chicago, off the Irish Coast, July 1, 1892. She is much interested in financial affairs and manages her own business interests. [The Blue book of Iowa Women, by Winona Evans Reeves, Publ. 1914, Transcribed by Sally Masteller] Ellis C. Talmadge ELLIS C. TALMADGE, engineer and millwright, son of Vroom Talmadge, was born in Grand Rapids, March 1, 1858. His father is engaged principally in building grain elevators in cities. Ellis C. is an engineer and millwright by profession. He was married July 9, 1879, to Miss Laura Bottsford, of Dubuque, Iowa. [History of Northern Wisconsin (Wood County, Wis.) 1881, page 1206; submitted by FoFG mz] A. Y. Wright A . Y. Wright, attorney and capitalist of Douglas, is a native of Iowa, the son of Lyman and Sarah Hagerman Wright, who were pioneers of that state. Mr. Wright was educated in the Epworth Seminary, at Epworth, Ia., and afterwards attended the Northwestern University at Mt. Vernon. Having been admitted to the bar in 1876, he practiced first in Nebraska, where he served a term as prosecuting attorney, and in 1890 went to California where again he served as prosecuting attorney, having been appointed for one year. He remained in California until 1904, when he came to Arizona and settled in Douglas. During the short time that Judge Wright has been here he has built up an excellent practice, and has become one of the well known attorneys of the state. Besides being local representative of R. G. Dun & Company, the financial authorities, in which capacity he has served for twenty-five years in various places, he is attorney for the Pawney Mining Company, secretary of the Arizona & Mexico Railroad Company and secretary of the Arizona Realty Corporation. He also holds a commission as notary public. He is a well known figure in fraternal life, being a Mason of high standing, a member of the Blue Lodge, Royal Arch and Knights Templar. He is Drill Master for the Knights Templar, having qualified for the latter position during the Civil War; he has also been Patron of the Eastern Star. Judge Wright was married in 1884 to Miss Sarah Reynolds, and to the union have been born two children, L. C. and Olive. [Who's Who In Arizona Volume 1, 1913, Complied and Published by Jo Connors, submitted by Barb Ziegenmeyer] Copyright © Genealogy Trails All data on this website is Copyright by Genealogy Trails with full rights reserved for original submitters.