Standard Form For Hembers of the Le91slature a Name of Representative _____________Senator / o££-aJt"(;- 1 ~?!> ' t.t/ - e 12A J..t. ,&. 't:l ofj.dpt. ·· ~...t J (j_t..H -z.; r· · h'~:'"~..l place 3. Significant events for example: A. Business ______ _ _ _________________ B. Civic responsibilities ______________________ 4. Church membership ___~---------------------- 5 . sessions served q<#IA.t-t <f..· (!;.<,,:.If= oft 1-- 6. Public Offices A. L B. State ____________________________ C. - National ___________________________ 7 . 8. 9. Names Source: Iowa Territorial and State Legislators Collection compiled by volunteers and staff at the State Historical Society of Iowa Library, Des Moines, Iowa. 11. Degrees ______________________________________________ Source: Iowa Territorial and State Legislators Collection compiled by volunteers and staff at the State Historical Society of Iowa Library, Des Moines, Iowa. Sources l.oCJ for LB<Jls.lall o rl E:r1ltles /\ p p J 1 cell d. 1 l t. y Sottrco lion /\ppl.lcable /\ppJJcable 1 11 f o r nw L j o 11 o h L i1 i 11 e c1 - ·-- -··---------··--··---·····-··--- ··-- ----·- -- - - --------- ---·---------- -··- - ---- ----- ---·--- ----- I i ..I Source: Iowa Territorial and State Legislators Collection compiled by volunteers and staff at the State Historical Society of Iowa Library, Des Moines, Iowa. THE HISTORY llF LEE COUNTY, I 0 W A, Ctl~1'.4.IN1NO ) A Biographical Directory of Citizens, War Record of its Vol· unteers in the late Rebellion, Gener•al and Local Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men, History of the Northwest, History of Iowa, Map of Lee County, Constitution of the United States, Miscellaneous Matters, &c. ILLUSTRATED. CHICAGO: WESTEitN HISTORICAL COMPANY, 1R7!1. Source: Iowa Territorial and State Legislators Collection compiled by volunteers and staff at the State Historical Society of Iowa Library, Des Moines, Iowa. MADISON TOWNSHIP. 745 ~ .. ' nor Simmons, a. native or Athens Co., Germany, Oct. 26, 1815; he came to or~ )o ., Ohio, born Sept. ~7, 1809; they came Am erica in 183-!; lived in Ohio until he to Iowa. arrivin~ in Fort ~Iadison , .\pril 18-!1 , when he came to Iowa; arrived his 14, 1849, and he h e~an working at his in Lee Co. Nov. 11, 1841, and beg<~.u ci- trade; he and his sons ha1·e helped to improvin~a t:u·m; in 18-!7,hecameto Fort he build mo5t of the brick buildings in Madison and went to brick making, and this city; Mr. Orm has laid brick every was afterward selling and collecting for te- 1 >e- year Jor the past fifr._y.f, >ur years. They an agricultural implement house in :e; have had twelve children. nine survive Quincy, until 185~ . when he went to -George. Franklin. Sarah, Rnbcrt, California. crossed the plains, and re­ ~- rs, I Ruth, Oliv.;r, Martha 8. , ~lary A. and ' mained there engaged in mining-, store­ ·as t ('lara. Mr. Orm had fiv e ~ons and two keeping, hotel and brewing- busin£\ss, un­ of sons-in-law in th e army; Christopher til he returned. in 1859. He enga:.:ed ed was killed in the battle of Atlanta, and in the bakery business in 186:1 , with of I Rob ert and J onathan Wl'rc both wounded :'llr. Bernhard ; in 1868, they built their JY ( :tt th e same hnttle; Fr:.n klin was Cap­ lar~e mill , and since then have been en ­ !D tain of hi;; company in the lith I. \'. gaged in the milling business, and they I l. Mr. and ~Ir s. I lrm hal"<! bcen uwr­ do the hr .~ cs t. business of the kind don<! t, ried and pass.:d t~> '!et hrr tifty-one :v ears ; here. t~ f fl tn~r riL' d Blizabeih Schnieder t an the :!nth of Fvbruary. lSi'-', 1hey from Germany, in 18-!:1 ; they have two 7' celeLratl'd their ~l)ldcn wcddin:.: : ~Ir s. •!hildn' n-Charles H. and Katie Sophia, ~c .o Orm's Elther '"'' 1110 Ye·ars nld now ~Ir~. Diedrich : they have loRt tw•1 d when hl' lllarri,• d hi~ third- wife, anti ~o n s. 101 year>' (If ag-e ~V h l' n he died: two nf l, t•OJ,I,..\.RD, .J ."-:UES, born in ~lr. Orm's un cles an r1 une aunt. are <ll·er Spencer Co. , Ind .. Dec. 11 , 18:!8; ob­ e \ I 1011 years of il.!.!"P. tained a common-school crlucation ancl d Osbun!, Christ, win c -~ronv c r , ~a rp c nt c r. co mmenced teaching in hi s 18th year. Ottomeier, \\'illiaw. n ndcrtaker. " ' a;; nominated by the Democratic party I PEITZ. FIL\~Z. rNired. in his nali1·e county for the Le,(!islature of 185~ . hut declined the nnmination, I Pennartz, Hnlwrt. >':ti•11111. as he had dctcrruined to ,,migrate to I Pl•nnartz, .Juh11 . r••tir··d . the ~tate ,,f l•ma. which he did in the Pes., I . .] uhn. wat!~>ll · lll : lk,•r. f'.!ll ut" th• · same ypar, settliug- ncar PF.'fJ<jRS~ (~H-~RLES H., nt' the B!. J"mfiehl. in Dal'is Co. ; shortly aftPr­ firm of Pct ..· r~ & 13 ernhnrd. proJ•rif'tOr8 ward , went to 13loowfield and cowrucnced nt' P u tnwono ~ k ~I ill::: wa> J..,rn in Fort the publication nf the 13lnoruficld Dem­ ~bdi ~on :-' ej't. l ::. ! .-'I :1; he ~r .. ·w up ucrut. In :\nl'ember, IS:i-! , he married here and r• ·cei n•d hi:' ··du•·atio~n at Ful­ :'IIi ~~ :'llary Ann Ellis. of Cotihocton, Ohio; ton. \Yhit••, ide (',>. Ill. : then cnt ercd had four children-one son and three Con1111 ert"ial (' o~ llf'~ f' at . l'hil' a(! •1 . and dan~hters-a ll nnw living ; on l\Iarrh gmdnat,,d: cnt crl' d the whc •l• ·s;d,, dru:.: :!3 .. , Sli I. his wife died; siie was nf fin e hou'C of Fulkr & Fulkr. in { 'hi~ago . anA pcr ~o nal appearance, well educated and remained tllt'rc thrr•• nars: i~ 18 711 , po :>Sl''S it ~)!· many nnblc traits of character. he heeame cnnnect('rl wi.lh th o.• milb. and ' In September. 18;1t), he was appointed I he has the tinan l' ialmatl:l!!<'me nt ,,f the RPg-ister of the United States District I business. He hold" the ,;ffice of T TL·a.;. L~nJ ()ffi, ~ l' at Council Bluffs, which urer of th .. · ('nnstructi<m Company fur ofti.:c he held for tw•> years, then re­ buildin!! the Fort :'lladi:.:n n ~arrow ' si2ned, returned to Blonndield and en ­ Gau;c:e R. B.. He married ~Ji,- .> Emma g;ged in the banking business in com­ Howard. from Bnrlin!.!t on, :'ll:ly :~, 1870 ; pany with his brother-in-law, John W. they han~ two children-:'llilton E., Ellis. In 18G 1, he was elected to the Florence l\I. State :-'enate. and, in March, 186~, was Peters, ('harles \V .. dru!.'gi st. married to his present wife, who has, PET}jRS, .JACOB, nf the finn of ; fr,lm her writings under the nom de plume Peters & Ucrnhard, ]'roprictors of the of Kate Harrington, obtained a national Potowonoc k ;\I ills: bnrn in Ua1· aria , 1 reputation; four children have been ,: .... Source: Iowa Territorial and State Legislators Collection compiled by volunteers and staff at the State Historical Society of Iowa Library, Des Moines, Iowa. 746 DIRECTORY OF LEE COUNTY: born to them, three of whom are now Hichardson married, in 1856, Susan living; one died in infancy. Mr. Pol­ Dullard, a native of Illinois; they have lard moved to Lee Co. in 1868. Was five children-Edward, Ellen, l\Iiltou, elected, in 1871, Superintendent of the Absalom and Theopbilus; have los L two public schools of the county; he is a children-Emma, aged l-! years, and Democrat of the old J effer~on and Jack­ Caroline, who died at abuut the same son school, always ready to take the age. stump for his partyfriendR, but no office­ Riefcnac:ht, Geur)!e , wagon -ruaker. seeker, 0nly having been >\ candidate Hippensal, Conrad, gardener. when nominations were thrust upon him Ritter, William , physieian. by his party ; he bas, probably, ~ince RIX, .JOHN, sur~con dcnti;,t; Wall 18()0, made more political speeches than burn in Canada Jan.-!, IS:·W: came tu any other man in tlw State. the f::tates in infancy. and wus bruu~ht Pollwiller, Jacob, Sec. 8. up in \\" estern ~ew Yurk , thence came Potts, W. C., guard, pri,on. to ~Ii c hi:!ao. Durin~ the war, Ire ·~u­ Pranger, ·william, liYeryman. )i,;ted in ·Detroit Aui. ~S. I SG:2, iu tht· PRICHETT, \VII .. I~IAJI, liv- .fth Ht>gt. ;\lich. Y . l'., Cu ..-\ ; he wao ery business and buying and ~:,elling prnruutcJ and (;r)!lllllissiuucd Lieutenant stock; W;JS born in Greene Co., Penn., of l'u. l; :\larch 1!1 , lSLi::l: his l"l'(!i­ ~lay 8, 1 1l37 ; his parents cam8 to loll" a ment wa:; in scventy-tivc battl,•s a~1d and located in Fort :'.Iadison in 1S;j ~l; skirmio.hcs, and wa:i tht· banner regiment were early settlers here; \\" illiam has uf the State; it was thv r c~illl•' nt whid~ ii\'t d l1cre forty years; he ha;; bel' n en­ carrtured Jctf Dari,; ; was . mu~tcr e d ou t !!aged in the linry bminc~s since 187U. at . ~a,hvilll' July I, l Sti;>. _\frer the and is alw engaged in bujing and ~hil•­ war, Lieu t. l:i~ retuned tu :'llichi"au . pin)! stcck . He ruarricd ~Ii:,s ~Iary E. 5tudied 1.lt:ntistry, ami t r> <A a mc·dica l Garrison in 18G l ; they han fire chil­ et1 ur,;c at the l;niv ersitv ul" ~Iichi~au.