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William Ezekiel Andrews
ANDREWS, William Ezekiel, a Representative from Nebraska; born near Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa, December 17, 1854; became an orphan in early youth; worked as a farm hand, and attended the country schools in the winter; was graduated from Simpson College, Indianola, Iowa, in 1874, and from Parsons College, Fairfield, Iowa, in 1875; was elected superintendent of schools of Ringgold County in 1879; member of the faculty of Hastings (Nebr.) College from January 1, 1885, to January 1, 1893; elected vice president of Hastings College in 1889 and president of the Nebraska State Teachers’ Association in 1890; served as private secretary to the Governor of Nebraska in 1893 and 1894; was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1892 to the Fifty-third Congress; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1895-March 3, 1897); was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1896 to the Fifty-fifth Congress; auditor for the Treasury Department, Washington, D.C., 1897-1915; elected to the Sixty-sixth and Sixty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1919-March 3, 1923); chairman, Committee on the Election of President, Vice President, and Representatives (Sixty-seventh Congress); was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1922 to the Sixty-eighth Congress; lived in Washington, D.C., until his death there on January 19, 1942; interment in Parkview Cemetery, Hastings, Nebr.
[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-Present; transcribed by A. N.]
A. J. Jewell
Hon. A. J. Jewell, who is proprietor of the Elmwood farm, a well known and valuable property of one hundred acres, is numbered among the old citizens of the county, having lived in this part of the state since the fall of 1855.
He is now successfully engaged in agricultural pursuits and is also an active factor in public life. At one time he represented his district in the state legislature and has on various occasions been a valued factor in support of progressive, public movements. Mr. Jewell was born in Ohio, February 14, 1830, and is a son of Stephen Jewell, a native of Pennsylvania and a son of Jonathan Jewell, who was born in New Jersey. The paternal grandfather was a Revolutionary soldier for seven years and the Jewell family comes of English ancestry, having been established in New Jersey at an early period in the colonization of the new world. Jonathan Jewell removed from New Jersey to Pennsylvania and afterward became one of the early settlers of Licking county, Ohio, taking up his abode in the midst of the forest, where he cleared and developed a farm. Stephen Jewell was married in Pennsylvania to Elizabeth Martin; a native of the Keystone state. Mr. Jewell was a farmer of Ohio and there reared his family, spending his life there, his death occurring about 1868. His wife had died some years before and he was married a second time.
A. J. Jewell was reared in Licking county. He was given good school advantages, attending common schools and afterward Martinsburg College. He learned the carpenter's and joiners trade in early life and afterward carried on business as a contractor and builder for three years. Ambitious and energetic to win success he accordingly embraced every opportunity for honorable advancement. Mr. Jewell was married near Martinsburg, Ohio, in 1855 to Miss Jane Wilson, a native of Licking county and a daughter of Robert Wilson. Following their marriage they removed to Iowa, settling in Oskaloosa, where Mr. Jewell was connected with building operations for a time. His first contract was for the building of a barn for Dan Nelson in the winter of 1855-56. He continued in business as a contractor and builder for several years but eventually bought a farm near Oskaloosa, locating thereon and began the improvement and development of the land, at the same time carrying on building pursuits. While living upon that farm he lost his first wife.
Later he sold the property and purchased where he now resides. He fenced the place, erected a good dwelling and barn and has brought the farm under a high state of cultivation. In 1860 he returned to Ohio and resided there for two and a half years, during which time he volunteered to serve with others in the protection of Cincinnati, which was threatened by an invasion of the rebels. His company was called the Squirrel Hunters and numbered some twenty thousand men. They were in the service for about a month and were then discharged. Later Mr. Jewell returned to his farm in Mahaska county and has since given his attention to general agricultural pursuits. He has one hundred acres of rich and productive land, situated on section 22, Spring Creek township, known as the Elmwood farm. Here in connection with his son, P. J, Jewell, he is engaged in the raising and breeding of stock and both are men of good business ability, who are meeting with success in their undertakings. By his first marriage Mr. Jewell had one son, Charles Jewell, who is married and resides in Utica, Ohio, where he is engaged in the hardware business.
For his second wife A. J. Jewell chose Maria Williamson, who was born in Ohio but was reared in Iowa. Her death occurred upon the home farm in Spring Creek township, October 22, 1896. By this marriage there were two children who reached adult age. Pliny A. Jewell, who was married in Mahaska county in 1884 to Etta Mitchell, who was born and reared here and is now engaged in farming and stock-raising with his father. The daughter, Ada, became the wife of W. L. Campbell and died, leaving one son. On the 1st of March, 1898, Mr. Jewell was married to Nellie Kennedy, a native of Lee county, Iowa, and a daughter of Josiah Kennedy, one of the early settlers of the state. He married Julia Ann Scott, the first white child born in Scott county, Illinois. Politically Mr. Jewell was reared a democrat and cast his first presidential ballot for Franklin Pierce in 1852. His next vote, however, supported John C. Fremont, the first republican candidate in 1856, and he voted for each nominee at the head of the republican ticket since that time, being in hearty sympathy with the principles and policy of the party. He has been called to various local offices and in 1889 he was elected representative from his district to the state legislature, serving in the house for one term, during which time he was a member of numerous important committees, discharging the duties of his position with credit and distinction. He was at one time a member of the United Presbyterian church, but now belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church. One of the well known men of Mahaska county, he has resided here for a half century, and has aided materially in its upbuilding and progress. He is regarded as one of the public-spirited men and has wielded a wide influence, his efforts ever standing for right, progress and improvement. His wife is a lady of cultured and refined tastes and gives excellent supervision to her attractive home. Mr. Jewell has now passed the seventy-fifth milestone on life's journey and at all times has commanded the respect and esteem of his fellowmen and is today accounted one of the representative citizens of his community.
Contributed by Barbara Craig
From "Past and Present of Mahaska County, Iowa" by Manoah Hedge; The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co.; 1906
Charles E. Ray
The genial and hospitable gentleman whose name appears above is one of Latah county's prosperous and progressive farmers and stock raisers, having wrought here for many years and now owning one quarter section six and one-half miles northeast from Moscow, where he puts forth commendable effort in the production of the fruits of the soil and has the place well improved and one of the finest orchards in the county, which consists of ten acres set to the choicest varieties of all kinds of fruits that are indigenous to this section.
Charles E. was born in Iowa, near Oskaloosa, on January 1, 1866, being the son of John M. and Jane M., farmers of that region, and both now living with this son. When Charles was an infant, the family removed to Belleville, Kansas, where they took up fanning and stock raising. During their stay there occurred the great Indian raid of that country wherein much suffering was endured.
In 1871 they crossed the plains to Portland. Four years were spent in that section and then another move was made to Walla Walla, Washington, whence after one year's farming there, they came to the Palouse country. The father sought out a place of government land and settled on the farm now owned by our subject. He filed a pre-emption and later relinquished it in favor of his son. This has been the family home since that time. In addition to handling the farm, Mr. Ray has paid considerable attention to mining in different localities of the state. He has operated around Florence, was in the Buffalo Hump excitement, and has done considerable work in the Moscow mountains, where he is busied at the present time. He has worked at the White Cross mine in this last vicinity, which is a promising property.
Thus far in life Mr. Ray has decided to enjoy the pleasures of the celibatarian rather than gather the responsibilities of domesticity around him. He is a man of sound principles, dominated by wisdom and integrity and enjoys the esteem of all who have the pleasure of his acquaintance.
[An Illustrated History Of North Idaho Embracing Nez Perces, Idaho, Latah, Kootenai, Shoshone Counties, State Of Idaho, Western Historical Publishing Company, 1903, submitted by Barb Z.]
Madison Tice
Farmer and stock and stock dealer, Sec. 5; P. O. Pella; owns a farm of 415 acres; was born in Floyd county, Virginia,in 1827; came to Jasper county, Iowa, in 1847, and to this county in 1851; he married Miss Nancy Mays, September 5th, 1853; they have three sons and six daughters, Theopholis, Manella, Mary, Louisa, Minnie, C. G., Cora, Hattie, and Daniel; was justice two years.
("The History of Mahaska County, Iowa..." by Joseph Bailey; Des Moines: Union Historical Co., 1878)
Submitted by Kim T.

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Mahaska County, Iowa Biographies William Ezekiel Andrews ANDREWS, William Ezekiel, a Representative from Nebraska; born near Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa, December 17, 1854; became an orphan in early youth; worked as a farm hand, and attended the country schools in the winter; was graduated from Simpson College, Indianola, Iowa, in 1874, and from Parsons College, Fairfield, Iowa, in 1875; was elected superintendent of schools of Ringgold County in 1879; member of the faculty of Hastings (Nebr.) College from January 1, 1885, to January 1, 1893; elected vice president of Hastings College in 1889 and president of the Nebraska State Teachers’ Association in 1890; served as private secretary to the Governor of Nebraska in 1893 and 1894; was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1892 to the Fifty-third Congress; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1895-March 3, 1897); was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1896 to the Fifty-fifth Congress; auditor for the Treasury Department, Washington, D.C., 1897-1915; elected to the Sixty-sixth and Sixty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1919-March 3, 1923); chairman, Committee on the Election of President, Vice President, and Representatives (Sixty-seventh Congress); was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1922 to the Sixty-eighth Congress; lived in Washington, D.C., until his death there on January 19, 1942; interment in Parkview Cemetery, Hastings, Nebr. [Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-Present; transcribed by A. N.] A. J. Jewell Hon. A. J. Jewell, who is proprietor of the Elmwood farm, a well known and valuable property of one hundred acres, is numbered among the old citizens of the county, having lived in this part of the state since the fall of 1855. He is now successfully engaged in agricultural pursuits and is also an active factor in public life. At one time he represented his district in the state legislature and has on various occasions been a valued factor in support of progressive, public movements. Mr. Jewell was born in Ohio, February 14, 1830, and is a son of Stephen Jewell, a native of Pennsylvania and a son of Jonathan Jewell, who was born in New Jersey. The paternal grandfather was a Revolutionary soldier for seven years and the Jewell family comes of English ancestry, having been established in New Jersey at an early period in the colonization of the new world. Jonathan Jewell removed from New Jersey to Pennsylvania and afterward became one of the early settlers of Licking county, Ohio, taking up his abode in the midst of the forest, where he cleared and developed a farm. Stephen Jewell was married in Pennsylvania to Elizabeth Martin; a native of the Keystone state. Mr. Jewell was a farmer of Ohio and there reared his family, spending his life there, his death occurring about 1868. His wife had died some years before and he was married a second time. A. J. Jewell was reared in Licking county. He was given good school advantages, attending common schools and afterward Martinsburg College. He learned the carpenter's and joiners trade in early life and afterward carried on business as a contractor and builder for three years. Ambitious and energetic to win success he accordingly embraced every opportunity for honorable advancement. Mr. Jewell was married near Martinsburg, Ohio, in 1855 to Miss Jane Wilson, a native of Licking county and a daughter of Robert Wilson. Following their marriage they removed to Iowa, settling in Oskaloosa, where Mr. Jewell was connected with building operations for a time. His first contract was for the building of a barn for Dan Nelson in the winter of 1855-56. He continued in business as a contractor and builder for several years but eventually bought a farm near Oskaloosa, locating thereon and began the improvement and development of the land, at the same time carrying on building pursuits. While living upon that farm he lost his first wife. Later he sold the property and purchased where he now resides. He fenced the place, erected a good dwelling and barn and has brought the farm under a high state of cultivation. In 1860 he returned to Ohio and resided there for two and a half years, during which time he volunteered to serve with others in the protection of Cincinnati, which was threatened by an invasion of the rebels. His company was called the Squirrel Hunters and numbered some twenty thousand men. They were in the service for about a month and were then discharged. Later Mr. Jewell returned to his farm in Mahaska county and has since given his attention to general agricultural pursuits. He has one hundred acres of rich and productive land, situated on section 22, Spring Creek township, known as the Elmwood farm. Here in connection with his son, P. J, Jewell, he is engaged in the raising and breeding of stock and both are men of good business ability, who are meeting with success in their undertakings. By his first marriage Mr. Jewell had one son, Charles Jewell, who is married and resides in Utica, Ohio, where he is engaged in the hardware business. For his second wife A. J. Jewell chose Maria Williamson, who was born in Ohio but was reared in Iowa. Her death occurred upon the home farm in Spring Creek township, October 22, 1896. By this marriage there were two children who reached adult age. Pliny A. Jewell, who was married in Mahaska county in 1884 to Etta Mitchell, who was born and reared here and is now engaged in farming and stock-raising with his father. The daughter, Ada, became the wife of W. L. Campbell and died, leaving one son. On the 1st of March, 1898, Mr. Jewell was married to Nellie Kennedy, a native of Lee county, Iowa, and a daughter of Josiah Kennedy, one of the early settlers of the state. He married Julia Ann Scott, the first white child born in Scott county, Illinois. Politically Mr. Jewell was reared a democrat and cast his first presidential ballot for Franklin Pierce in 1852. His next vote, however, supported John C. Fremont, the first republican candidate in 1856, and he voted for each nominee at the head of the republican ticket since that time, being in hearty sympathy with the principles and policy of the party. He has been called to various local offices and in 1889 he was elected representative from his district to the state legislature, serving in the house for one term, during which time he was a member of numerous important committees, discharging the duties of his position with credit and distinction. He was at one time a member of the United Presbyterian church, but now belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church. One of the well known men of Mahaska county, he has resided here for a half century, and has aided materially in its upbuilding and progress. He is regarded as one of the public-spirited men and has wielded a wide influence, his efforts ever standing for right, progress and improvement. His wife is a lady of cultured and refined tastes and gives excellent supervision to her attractive home. Mr. Jewell has now passed the seventy-fifth milestone on life's journey and at all times has commanded the respect and esteem of his fellowmen and is today accounted one of the representative citizens of his community. Contributed by Barbara Craig From "Past and Present of Mahaska County, Iowa" by Manoah Hedge; The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co.; 1906 Charles E. Ray The genial and hospitable gentleman whose name appears above is one of Latah county's prosperous and progressive farmers and stock raisers, having wrought here for many years and now owning one quarter section six and one-half miles northeast from Moscow, where he puts forth commendable effort in the production of the fruits of the soil and has the place well improved and one of the finest orchards in the county, which consists of ten acres set to the choicest varieties of all kinds of fruits that are indigenous to this section. Charles E. was born in Iowa, near Oskaloosa, on January 1, 1866, being the son of John M. and Jane M., farmers of that region, and both now living with this son. When Charles was an infant, the family removed to Belleville, Kansas, where they took up fanning and stock raising. During their stay there occurred the great Indian raid of that country wherein much suffering was endured. In 1871 they crossed the plains to Portland. Four years were spent in that section and then another move was made to Walla Walla, Washington, whence after one year's farming there, they came to the Palouse country. The father sought out a place of government land and settled on the farm now owned by our subject. He filed a pre-emption and later relinquished it in favor of his son. This has been the family home since that time. In addition to handling the farm, Mr. Ray has paid considerable attention to mining in different localities of the state. He has operated around Florence, was in the Buffalo Hump excitement, and has done considerable work in the Moscow mountains, where he is busied at the present time. He has worked at the White Cross mine in this last vicinity, which is a promising property. Thus far in life Mr. Ray has decided to enjoy the pleasures of the celibatarian rather than gather the responsibilities of domesticity around him. He is a man of sound principles, dominated by wisdom and integrity and enjoys the esteem of all who have the pleasure of his acquaintance. [An Illustrated History Of North Idaho Embracing Nez Perces, Idaho, Latah, Kootenai, Shoshone Counties, State Of Idaho, Western Historical Publishing Company, 1903, submitted by Barb Z.] Madison Tice Farmer and stock and stock dealer, Sec. 5; P. O. Pella; owns a farm of 415 acres; was born in Floyd county, Virginia,in 1827; came to Jasper county, Iowa, in 1847, and to this county in 1851; he married Miss Nancy Mays, September 5th, 1853; they have three sons and six daughters, Theopholis, Manella, Mary, Louisa, Minnie, C. G., Cora, Hattie, and Daniel; was justice two years. ("The History of Mahaska County, Iowa..." by Joseph Bailey; Des Moines: Union Historical Co., 1878) Submitted by Kim T.
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