Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-03-21
EARLIEST SETTLERS.
Some Of the Men Who Witnessed
ottumwa's Progress.
FROM VILLAGE TO METROPOLIS

One Hundred Sixty.Three Men, Whose
Efforts Have Placed This City
Among the Foremost Commercial
and Manufacturing centers in Iowa.
In glaacing over the registration
books in several wards of the city, is
found many old and respected citizens
whose ages range from so to 90 years.
A number of these men have been
Presidents of Wapello county for near
lly half century. and remember the
days when this part of the country
was thickly inhabited by the Red men
and who have lived to see Ottumwa
grow from a struggling little village
ito a large manufacturing city
Many of these men furnish the links
which connect Ottumwas old life and
Its new one. Within the period of their
lives changes have been brought
Iabout which no one could prophesy
fifty years ago. Then primitive farms
were being cultivated where Ottum-
was prominent business houses and
factories are now located. Agency was
lone of the most prosperous Indian
TRADING posts, in southeastern Iowa,
Iand Eddyville gave promise of being
the metropolis of the country west of
Burlington.
However, these towns had to bow
to the inevitable and accept Ottumwa
as their superior as the years went
en-. and now residents of this city are
proud to say that they hail from the
Lowell of the west Ottumwa's prog
IreSs has been little short of marvellous
and its success has been
brought about by the efforts
of such men as those above
referred to, who have given the best
years of their lives in developing the
resources of the land, and have sue
toeeded in living to see their efforts re-
warded in the existence of this city as
one of the most important CONNER
Icial and manufacturing centers in the
Estate.
Below is given list containing the
names of large number of these old
Presidents, to whom is due large part
of Ottumwa's present prosperous con-
dition, together with others whose
age entities them to be mentioned, al
tho they, perhaps, have not resided in
the county many years:
Dave Adams, age 70 years, residing
at 632 East Main street Has lived in
the county IL years.
F. A. Bcughner, age SO years, resid.
ing on North Iowa avenue, has lived
in the county % years.
]. F. Bissell, age 10 years. residing
lat 141G East Main street Has lived
in the county 30 years.
John Bfeakey, age IS years, resid.
ling at 1920 East Main street. Has
lived in the county 90 years.
4 Maurice, Brady, aged 81, residing at
1880 East Main street. Has lived in
the county 80 years.
! NJ G. Clifford. age so, residing at
lilo East Second street. Has lived in
the county 80 yeals.
| Pat Cogley, age sc years, residing
at 1870 Railroad street Has lived on
the county 81 years.
/ l.. S. Deveny, age SO, residing at 1870
Birch street. Has lived in the county
"a years.
R. B. Dowden, age 81 years, resid-
ling at 293 Foster avenue. Has lived
in the county 81 years.
Pat Doyle. age s5 years, residing at
Bertha street. Has lived in the coun-
ty 81 years.
S. J. F. Dean, age 10 years. resid-
ing at 207 Evergreen street. Has liv-
ed in the county so years.
Ernest Drescher. age sc years. re-
siding at liz Hayne street. Has lived
in the county 20 years.
A. L. Doryel, age rs years, residing
at 518 East Mill street. Has lived in
the county AZ years.
B. Delander, age Is years, residing
at 902 Hayne street. Has lived in
the county II years.
John Feehan, age Sc years. residing
at $3.50 East Main street. Has lived
in the county AZ years.
| Daniel Freel, age 81 years, residing
at OH East Main street. Has lived
in the county So years.
Henry Faber age &c years. residing
at 612 East Mill street. Has lived in
the county 20 years.
j. M. Grammar, age 81 years, re.
siding at 626 East Main street. Has
lived in the county 46 wears.
| Daniel Gillian, age So years. residing
at 712M East Main street. Has lived
in the county 80 years.
Thomas Glenn, age so years. resid-
ing at 1874 South Vine street. Has liv-
ed in the county 40 years.
David Hodge. age 81 years. residing
at 642 East Main street. Has lived
in the county SIS years.
Z. P. Hughes, age 10 years. residing
at 1856 North Ash street. Has lived
in the county 81 years.
Lewis Hadden, age 65 years. resid-
| Ing at 1902 Railroad street. Has liv-
ed in the county 80 years.
Andrew Hopkins, age 7S years, re-
siding at 1911 East Main street Has
lived in the county So years.
B. F. Berry, age IA years. residing
at 1884 Railroad street. Has lived in
the county As years.
Jesse Jones, age 81 years, residing
at 1852 Bertha street. Has lived in
the county / year.
William Kidd age 81 years. resid-
ing at 234 Mabel street Has lived In
the county So years.
Andrew Lindquist, age 70 years, re-
siding at 1926 Hayne street. Has liv,
ed in the county 30 years.
Cyrus B. Lewis age 50 years. resid-
ing at 1926 East Main street. Has
lived in the county 43 years.
M. Muldoon, age SO years. residing
on East Main street. Has lived in
/ the county On wears