Lyon County
Biographies
Habbe S. Boomgaarden Representative from Lyon county, was born in the village of Grothussen, East Friesland, Germany, November 30, 1854, where he received two years of his education in the schools of his nativity. Came to the United States in 1862 with his parents, and located in Freeport, Illinois, where he attended the local school near Freeport for four years. In the spring of 1866 moved with his parents to Grundy county, Iowa, where he completed his school attendance. In 1872 embarked in an agricultural career for himself. Was married to Miss Trinky Schlutter in 1876, and has eight children, five boys and three girls. In 1887 purchased a farm about three miles west of Rock Rapids, upon which he moved with his family in 1890, and upon which, with adjacent land, he subsequently acquired, he now resides. Has devoted most of his time to farming and the raising, feeding and shipping of cattle and sheep. Is a stockholder in one of the local banks and is also interested in the Farmer's Elevator Company at Rock Rapids, and the Lyon County Fair Association. Has occupied a place on his local school board for many years. Elected Representative in 1908. A Republican in politics. [Official Register of Iowa, 1909, submitted by cd=fofg]
M. M. Clark M. M. Clark - born in Prince Edward's Island in 1849; in 1859 he came to the United States and located in Grant county, Wis.; in 1863 he went to Hampton, Iowa; he is a graduate of the Rush Medical College of Chicago; in 1875 he located at Beloit, one and one-half miles from this place, and engaged in the practice of medicine; in 1879 he came to Canton, where he still resides. He married C. K. Reynolds, a native of Beloit, Wis.; they have two daughters. [History of Southeastern Dakota, 1881, submitted cd=fofg]
Clinton R. & William G. Shipman Clinton R. and William G. Shipman constitute the firm of Shipman Brothers who are well known sheepmen and general farmers of Twin Falls county. Both were born at Rock Rapids, Iowa, the former on the 25th of January, 1880, and the latter on the 28th of May, 1878. They are the sons of George A. and Anna B. (Ebright) Shipman. The father is a native of the state of New York, while the mother's birth occurred near Cincinnati, Ohio. In young manhood George A. Shipman removed to the middle west, settling in Jones county, Iowa, where he lived for a number of years. He afterward took up a homestead in Lyon county, Iowa, and upon a tract of wild land built a log cabin and also a barn with straw roof. He had one hundred and sixty acres of land, which he cultivated and improved for five years. He next removed to Rock Rapids, Iowa, where he still makes his home, but is now living retired at the age of seventy-three years. His wife also survives and has reached the age of seventy-two. Mr. Shipman has long been a stalwart supporter of the Masonic fraternity and his political faith is that of the republican party. Clinton R. and William G. Shipman spent their boyhood days in Rock Rapids, Iowa, and were educated in the public schools, their youthful days being passed in Iowa, their youthful days being passed in the usual manner of the farm-bred boy who divides his time between the work of the classroom the pleasures of the playground and the tasks of the farm. Clinton R. Shipman, after finishing his education, engaged in the cement contracting business in eastern South Dakota in southwestern Minnesota and northwestern Iowa and met with a considerable measure of prosperity in that undertaking. Later he turned his attention to the banking business becoming assistant cashier of the State Bank of America at Bisbee, North Dakota. His brother, William G., also became interested in the bank but gave his attention largely to the supervision of their cement business. At length on account of the condition of his health, Clinton R. Shipman sold the bank and purchased North Dakota land. This he cultivated for a time and then disposed of his property making investment in Iowa land, which he afterward sold. In the spring of 1918 he and his brother purchased their present farm, comprising three hundred and sixty-six acres of good land in Twin Falls county, Idaho. They carry on general farming and sheep raising and their business interests are wisely and profitably conducted. They also own a laundry at Rock Rapids, Iowa, and have made investments in property which returns a good income. In 1907 William G. Shipman was united in marriage to Miss May King, a daughter of R. K. King, a native of Cedar Falls, Iowa. They have two children, Esther and King. Clinton R. Shipman was married to Jennie B. Jennings, a daughter of J. B. and Carrie (Kaylor) Jennings and a native of Cedar Falls, Iowa. The three children of their marriage are Horace, Ruth and George. The Shipman brothers are stalwart supporters of the republican party and they are consistent members of the Masonic fraternity. Through the greater part of their lives they have been associated in their business interests, the labors of the one ably supplementing and rounding out the efforts of the other, so that theirs is a strong business combination. They are now concentrating their attention largely upon general agricultural pursuits and the sheep industry and are winning substantial success in their undertakings. [History of Idaho, The Gem of the Mountains, Vol. 3, 1920, submitted by cd=fofg]
Hon. Albion Thorne Hon. Albion Thorne - law and real estate; born in Oxford county, Maine, in 1836; came to Iowa in 1868 and lived for two years at Waterloo, in that state; moved thence to Beloit, Iowa; came to Dell Rapids in August, 1871, and engaged in surveying and locating land; married Clara M. Bolster, a native of Maine; has three children, Bina M., Alice C. and Mabel M.; is proprietor of the Merchants Hotel; was county superintendent of schools from 1873 to 1875; was district attorney for six years, and was elected a member to the territorial legislature in 1880. Was at one time proprietor and editor of the Dells Rapids Exponent, and has in many ways been actively engaged in the development of the industries of the community, holding many minor positions of responsibility and trust. Mr. Thorne is a public spirited and industrious citizen, and as such is deservedly held in the popular estimation. [History of Southeastern Dakota, 1881, submitted cd=fofg]
Herman Woerz Herman Woerz - born in Germany in 1842; came from Sioux City to Beloit; from thence to Canton in the spring of 1879; married Catherine Nonnemaker, of McGregor, Ia.; they have two children, Herman and Louisa. [History of Southeastern Dakota, 1881, submitted cd=fofg]
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