FERMANAGH BIOS

McBRIDE

"From History of Scott County, Iowa 1882 Chicago: Interstate Publishing Co."

P. J. McBride, grocer, 222 East Third street, Davenport, was born in County Fermaugh, Ireland, March 17, 1854, and was a son of John and Margaret (Judge) McBride, of Ireland. The former is a carpenter and resides in Davenport. The latter died in August, 1878. The subject of this sketch emigrated to America with his brother Peter when he was 12 years old, and came at once to Davenport and joined his parents, who had been here since 1856. He attended school two years, spent one year at the carpenter's trade, then accepted a situation in the grocery store of Mr. Ed. Grace, attending night school. He remained in this store some 13 years. In 1878 he established his present business at 222 East Third street, where he does a good business and carries a full and complete stock of goods. He was married March 31, 1879, to Miss Aggie Quinn, daughter of R. S. and Johanna (Lanndrigan) Quinn, natives of Ireland, and early settlers of Scott County. Mr. and Mrs. McBride have had two children - Agatha J. and Maggie, who died Aug. 15, 1881. In politics Mr. McBride is a Democrat, and cast his vote for Tilden.

RAINBIRD

History of Delaware County, Iowa...Captain John F. Merry, supervising ed. 2
vols. Chicago: S. J. Clarke Pub. Co., 1914

William Rainbird, a farmer residing on section 18, Adams township, was born in County Fermanagh, Ireland, on the 4th of September, 1873, his parents being James and Margaret (Tarleton) Rainbird. The father was also born in County Fermanagh, March 27, 1844, and he followed farming in Ireland until 1880, when he took his family to New York city, where he lived for two years, but in 1882 removal was made to Delaware county, Iowa, where he has since followed farming. His wife passed away in 1908. To their union were born ten children, nine of whom survive, namely: Mary Ann, the wife of Joseph Winnistorfer; William, the subject of this review; John, who is married and resides with his father; Virginia, the wife of Edward Annas, of Prairie township; Adelaide, who married Charles E. Falconer, of Adams township; Anthony who is married and resides in Buchanan county, Iowa; Margaret, the wife of Kenneth Hildridge, of Cedar Rapids; Samuel, who is married and lives in Alabama; and Isaac, who makes his home in Ireland.
William Rainbird has followed farming since old enough to assist his father in the work of the homestead and has never had occasion to regret his decision to continue in the occupation to which he was reared. His farm, which is located in Adams township near the town of Robinson, comprises forty acres and is in a high state of cultivation. The buildings thereon are all adequate to their purpose and in an excellent state of repair. He does general farming and as he is enterprising and industrious his fields yield him a good return annually.
In 1894 Mr. Rainbird was united in marriage with Miss Mary S. Robinson, a daughter of Robert and Catherine (Simpson) Robinson and a native of Ireland. Her father died a number of years ago but her mother is living. To Mr and Mrs Rainbird have been born seven children, five of whom survive, namely: Verna, Victor, Alice, Hazel and Mary, all at home. Mr. Rainbird has devoted his life to farming and has gained from his labors not only a competence but the consciousness of worthy work well performed and the respect and good-will of his neighbors.

CARROTHERS

History of Delaware County, Iowa...Captain John F. Merry, supervising ed. 2
vols. Chicago: S. J. Clarke Pub. Co., 1914

Though nearly a quarter of a century has passed since Christopher Carrothers was called to his final rest, he is still remembered by many of the older residents of Delaware county as an honored pioneer agriculturist and prominent citizen of Prairie township. He passed away on the 22d of May, 1891, when in the sixty-third year of his age. His birth occurred in Fermanagh, Ireland, in November, 1828, his parents being John and Dorcas (Robinson) Carrothers.
In 1852, when a young man of twenty-four years, Christopher Carrothers crossed the Atlantic to the united States and seven years later came to Delaware county, Iowa, here spending the remainder of his life. During the period of the Civil war he loyally defended the Union as a member of the Fifteenth Iowa Volunteer Infantry and participated in Sherman's famous march to the sea. General agricultural pursuits claimed his attention throughout his entire business career, and he accumulated four hundred and eighty acres of valuable land now in the possession of his sons.
In 1862 Mr. Carrothers was united in marriage to Miss Annie Johnston, a daughter of James Johnston. The surviving children are as follows: Elizabeth, Mary, James J., William L., Thomas H., and George W.
Mr. Carrothers gave his political allegiance to the republican party and served as school director for a number of years, making a creditable record in that connection. He passed away in the faith of the Methodist Episcopal church on the 22d of May, 1891, and the community mourned the loss of one of its prominent agriculturists and most esteemed citizens.

ROBINSON

History of Delaware County, Iowa...Captain John F. Merry, supervising ed. 2
vols. Chicago: S. J. Clarke Pub. Co., 1914

William B. Robinson, one of the most prominent business men of Delaware county, is identified with a number of enterprises, being president of the Farmer's Savings Bank of Robinson and the Robinson Lumber & Grain Company and also a director of the Ryan State Bank, while he and his sons own and operate the Timber View Stock Farm, where they are engaged in breeding full blooded short horn cattle. A native of Delaware county, Mr. Robinson was born in Adams township, on he 12th of November, 1865, and he is a son of William and Matilda Williamson Robinson. The father was a native of County Fermanagh, Ireland, and, coming to this country, settled in Iowa many years ago. About the same time that he emigrated to the United States his wife also crossed the Atlantic from the Emerald isle, as she was born in County Monaghan. They were married in Dubuque in May, 1858, and became the parents of six children, namely Margaret, who married William Carrothers and resides in Prairie township, Eliza A., the wife of William Temple, of Fort Dodge, Iowa; James, deceased, William B., of this review; Sarah, deceased; and Anthony T., manager of the lumberyard at Robinson.
During his boyhood and youth William B. Robinson attended the public schools in the pursuit of an education and was also a student at Epworth Seminary for a time. At an early age he became familiar with agricultural work and since attaining manhood has continued to devote his energies to some phase of farming, being known as one of the most successful breeders of full blooded shorthorn cattle in the county. He owns three hundred and forty-eight acres of land situated five and a half miles west of Ryan and one mile north of Robinson, his farm being known as Timber View Stock Farm. The cattle which he breeds command the highest price on the market and are  eligible for registration. Roan Masterpiece, No. 369000, a grandson of the international champion, Cumberland's Last, is at the head of the herd. As stock breeders, Mr. Robinson and his sons are widely known throughout Iowa and the volume of their business is constantly increasing. Our subject is a thoroughly practical man, of good business and executive ability, and usually carries forward to successful completion whatever he undertakes. As president of the Farmers Savings Bank of Robinson and the Robinson Lumber & Grain Company he has greatly promoted the business interests of the town of Robinson.
On the 25th of February, 1892, Mr. Robinson was united in marriage to Miss Mary A. Swindle, a daughter of Anthony and Lucy (Norris) Swindle, both natives of Ireland. Her father was born in County Fermanagh, March 11, 1826, while the mother's birth occurred in County Cork. It was in January, 1847, that Anthony Swindle landed in the new world and for a time he made his home in New Jersey, from which state he removed to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he resided for a number of years. In 1852 he came to Iowa, arriving in Delaware county on the 8th of March, and about nine years later his future wife located here. They were married in Quasqueton on the 9th of April, 1863, and became the parents of eight children, of whom seven, five sons and two daughters, are still living, Mrs. Robinson, being the eldest. The others are Frank, a resident of Beldon, Nebraska; Bessie, who is the widow of William Henderson and resides with her mother in Adams township; Charles, a resident of Cleghorn, Iowa; Anthony J., of Tacoma, Washington; William H., of Earlville, Iowa and Dr. Robert N. of Chicago. During the Civil War Mr. Swindle enlisted in the Fourth Iowa Infantry and was with Sherman on his march to the sea. After a useful and well spent life he passed away on the 1st of November, 1906. His widow still survives and makes her home on the old homestead.
The children born to Mr and Mrs Robinson are: Byron, now assistant cashier of the Greeley Savings Bank of Greeley, Iowa; Milton, at home; Anthony, attending high school at Manchester; Lucy, who was graduated from the Manchester high school and received a scholarship to Cornell College at Mount Vernon, Iowa, where she is now a freshman, and Lloyd who is also a high school student at Manchester.
By his ballot Mr. Robinson also supports the men and measures of the Republican party and for 9 years he acceptably served as County Supervisor. He has likewise held a number of local offices. In 1890 he arranged to have a post office established, being known as the Silver Creek Post Office, and he was appointed postmaster in June of that year, continuing to hold the office for nine years. It was afterward discontinued and in 1898 the rural route was established which was one of the first in this section of the state. Fraternally Mr. Robinson is connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias. His energy and ability have contributed much toward the development of his section of the county and as a businessman and citizen he is held in the highest esteem.

ROBINSON

1878 Delaware Co., IA History

"Robinson, James, Farmer; Sec. 8; P. O. Barryville; born in Ireland Jan.
29, 1822, came to America in April 1844 and to this county in
1852.  Married Mary A. Gregg Jan. 25, 1854, who was born in Ireland Dec.
25, 1837.  They have nine children living and three deceased - Wm. J., born
Nov. 14, 1854; Esther A., April 12, 1856, died May 28, 1872; Margaret born
April 30, 1857; Thomas, Sept. 15, 1858; Sarah, Aug. 26, 1860, died May 31,
1872; Robert, June 29, 1862; Ellen, Aug. 6, 1864; Alexander, Oct. 29, 1866;
John B., Jan. 4, 1869; Henry E., Mar. 26, 1871; Mary J., Oct 22, 1873, died
May 17, 1875, and Charles J., April 15, 1876; owns 520 acres worth $13,000;
is a Republican and Methodist."

Biographical Souvenir of the counties of Delaware and Buchanan Iowa.
Chicago: F. A. Battey & Company. 1890.

"James Robinson, an old settler of Delaware county and a prosperous farmer
residing in Adams township, is a native of the County Fermanagh, Ireland,
and was born January 29, 1822.  His parents, James and Easter (Johnston)
Robinson, were also natives of Ireland, the father having been born in
County Fermanagh and the mother in County Tyrone.  They lived and died in
their native country, passing all their lives in the peaceful pursuits of
agriculture.  The father was twice married and had ten children, five by
each marriage.  His second wife's name was Margaret Johnston.  The issue of
the first marriage was -- William, Nancy, Thomas, Elizabeth and
James.  That of the second was -- Alexander, Ann, Johnston, Robert, and
Anthony.
James Robinson, the subject of this notice, was thus the youngest child of
the first marriage.  He was reared in his native country and resided there
until twenty-one years old.  He came to the United States in 1844, and
after living for eight years in different localities in the East, moved
West in 1852 and settled in Delaware county, Iowa, where he has since
resided.  Mr. Robinson possessed small means when he came to Delaware
county.  His first purchase of land consisted of forty acres in Adams and
Prairie townships, a large part of which is under cultivation and otherwise
well improved.  He has dealt extensively in stock and continues to do
so.  He bears the reputation of being one of the most intelligent and most
successful farmers in the county and everything around him gives the
evidence also of this fact.  He has a very desirable homestead and one that
shows to good advantage the many years of labor and thoughtful care which
he has expended on it.
January 27, 1854, about two years after settling in Delaware county, Mr.
Robinson married, taking to share his life's fortunes Miss Mary A. Gregg,
then residing in Allegheny City, Pa.  Mrs. Robinson was born, however, in
County Fermanagh, Ireland, in 1835, and was there also reared.  She was the
daughter of William and Elizabeth (Swindle) Gregg, who were natives of
Ireland.  Mrs. Robinson died February 14, 1881, leaving surviving her,
besides her husband, several children, most of whom, however, she lived to
see grown and whom she helped to train to habits of industry and
usefulness.  William J.., Mr. and Mrs. Robinson's eldest child, is a
merchant residing in Osceola county, Iowa.  Their next, Easter A., is
deceased.  Margaret, the third, is the wife of Christopher Blakeley
(Bleakly), of Ida county, Iowa.  Sarah is deceased.  Thomas is a physician,
residing in Gallup, N. Mex.  Robert R. is a farmer, residing in Prairie
township, Delaware county.  Eliza is the wife of James Perry, a Methodist
minister, residing at Silver creek, Delaware county.  Alexander is a
farmer, living with his father.  John B. is a farmer, residing in
Nebraska.  Mary J. is deceased.  Henry E. and Charles G. are still with
their father.  Mr. Robinson has given to his children the best educational
advantages within his reach, graduating a number of them from the leading
colleges of the state.  Those of them who have started in life for
themselves he has helped liberally, and he continues to take a great
interest in their welfare and success, counseling with them on all matters
affecting their interests whenever his counsel is needed.
Mr. Robinson has held many local offices in his township, the duties of
which he has discharged faithfully, and he has been foremost in supporting
the material, educational, social, and religious interests of the community
where he resides.  In politics he is a republican, and for many years has
been a member of the Methodist church, zealous in all church work and a
liberal contributor to charity."

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ROBINSON

1878 Delaware Co., IA History

"Robinson Johnson.  Farmer, Sec. 20; born in Ireland Dec. 14, 1820; came to
this country when about 20 years old, settling in Pittsburgh, Pa., where he
married Mary Anderson in April, 1855, who was born in Ireland, Nov. 15,
1833; came to this county from Pittsburgh Nov. 3, 1854, settling in Prairie
Township, and was the third settler in that township; came to his present
farm of 205 acres in 1865.  While living in Prairie Township, four of their
children died in one week."

This is Johnston Robinson, son of James Robinson and Margaret
Johnston.  You will notice that his name was misspelled which I have found
in other records also.  I have his birthdate as Dec 13, not 14th.  Marriage
date as April 5, 1854, not 1855.  And Mary's birthdate as Nov 15th, 1834;
not 1833.  Take the rest of the numbers at face value!

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ROBINSON

Biographical Souvenir of the counties of Delaware and Buchanan Iowa.
Chicago: F. A. Battey & Company. 1890.

R. R. Robinson (Robert Ray).  The subject of this sketch is one of
Delaware county's native-born citizens.  He resides in Prairie township,
near where he was born twenty-eight years ago, or more accurately speaking,
June 29, 1862.  He is the son of one of Delaware county's first settlers,
James Robinson, who is still one of that county's most highly esteemed
citizens, a sketch of whom will be found in another place in this volume.
The subject of this notice was reared in Adams township, growing up on his
father's farm, and dividing his time in his earlier years between his
duties as a farm boy and his attendance at the district schools of the
locality where he was reared.  He went from the public schools of Delaware
county to Epworth seminary, at Epworth, Dubuque county, where he took a
finished literary and scientific course, and went thence to Bayless'
commercial college, at Dubuque, from which he graduated in 1882.
On quitting school he began business for himself as a merchant at
Masonville, Delaware county, where he was successfully engaged for about a
year and a half. But having been reared on the farm Mr. Robinson found that
agricultural pursuits were more to his taste, and he closed out his
mercantile interests after the lapse of the time mentioned and went on his
farm in Prairie township.  He has been actively engaged in farming since,
and indeed, was actively engaged at it before he quit the mercantile
business.  He owns a farm of three hundred and twenty acres in section 17,
Prairie township, most of which he has under cultivation and well
stocked.  He has owned this place for ten years has done most of the
improving on it.  He has neat and comfortable buildings and everything is
in a thrifty, prosperous condition.  Mr. Robinson is a progressive farmer,
one who reads and thinks, who has been about and jostled by events, and has
profited by his opportunities for observation.  He takes the best
periodicals relating to the agricultural interests, attends the meetings of
his farmer friends and discusses, with a spirit and understanding, those
questions which affect their common interests.  He is a hard worker, yet he
works by system.  He takes a comprehensive view of things around him and
moves always towards a fixed end.  He is a shrewd manager and does what
most farmers are continually trying to do, but which unfortunately they do
not always succeed in doing well, and that is, "in making the ends
meet."  An industrious, wide-awake, level-headed young man he is, and it is
no flattery to him for us to say so; for many have said so before these
lines were penned.
January 25, 1888, Mr. Robinson married Miss Mabel F. Hixon, residing then
in Masonville, Delaware county, she being the daughter of Avory and
Caroline (Adams) Hixson, who moved from Vermont to Delaware county some
years ago.  Mrs. Robinson was born in Vermont, and reared in Delaware
county, Iowa.  One child has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Robinson, a son,
Robert Ray, named for the father.
Mr. Robinson is by no means a public character, but like all intelligent
men and good citizens, he possesses his own opinions on matters relating to
governmental policy.  He votes the republican ticket and is a staunch
supporter of the principles of his party.  He is a member of the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, belonging to Lodge No. 149, Encampment
and subordinate, at Manchester, Iowa.  He was reared in the Methodist
church and supports the interests of that church as a well as the general
cause of religion."

My note:  Robert's wife Mabel died the next year (1891) and he remarried to
Ella Parmalee, daughter of Allen and Jane Parmalee in 1894.  Had 2 more
sons, Allen and Glen.   About 1908 this family moved to Jacksonville, Duval
county, Florida.  He died in 1913 and his wife in 1923.

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FALCONER

1914 Delaware Co., IA History pg. 218
                 "Charles E. Falconer
         Charles E. Falconer, the third in order of birth in his father's
family, is numbered among the enterprising farmers of Delaware county.  He
owns one hundred and eighty-seven acres of valuable farm land located five
miles west of Ryan, near Robinson.  He is living on the old homestead,
however, and managing the place for his father, who makes his home with the
son.  Charles E. Falconer was married to Miss Adelaide Rainbird, a daughter
of James and Margaret Rainbird, both natives of Ireland. The home of Mr.
and Mrs. Falconer has been blessed with two children, Opal and Wilbur, who
are with their parents.  The family is one of the old and highly respected
ones of the community and the hospitality of their home is enjoyed by many
friends."

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MAGUIRE

History of Dubuque County, Iowa; Weston A. Goodspeed, ed. by F. T. Oldt and P. J. Quigley; Chicago: Goodspeed Hist. Assoc. 1911

John E. Maguire, M.D. has been actively and successfully engaged in the general practice of his profession in Dubuque since 1893. He was born in Dunleith, now East Dubuque, Illinois on June 1, 1870, and is a son of Thomas and Ellen (Groff) Maguire, pioneers of this section of the country. Thomas Maguire was a native of Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Ireland and came to the United States in 1849. He located in Dunleith, not East Dubuque, in 1860 and has since been engaged in the mercantile business, being today one of the oldest active business men in that city. His wife died on February 21, 1896, aged fourty-four years, and was laid at rest in East Dubuque. John E. Maguire, the immediate subject of this sketch, was educated in the Dubuque public schools, graduating from the medical department of the State University of Iowa, at Iowa City, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine, and since  then has practiced his profession in Dubuque with offices at 353 Fifteenth street. He is a Democrat in politics and from 1895 to 1900 served as county physician. Socially he is a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, Knights of Columbus, Catholic Order of Foresters, Modern Woodmen of America, Modern Woodmen of the World, Court of Honor, and Royal Neighbors of America, and in religion is a member of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic church. On January 8, 1901, the doctor was united in marriage with Miss Nellie Devereaux and they have one daughter, Ellen Marie. Mrs. Maguire is a daughter of Michael and Marie (Sullivan) Devereaux, natives of Ireland and residents of Iowa for many years. Dr. Maguire is one of the progressive members of his profession in Dubuque county.

BLEAKLEY

Iowa Official Record 1909-1910

John L. Bleakley,
Auditor of State, was born in the county of Fermanagh, Ireland, February 17, 1857. His parents were both natives of Ireland. Removed with his parents to Rock Island county, Illinois, in October, 1863, and to Linn county, Iowa, in March, 1872. His education was acquired in the public schools of Illinois and Iowa and the Cedar Rapids Business College. Taught for several years in the schools of Linn county, Iowa, and in 1882 removed to Ida Grove, Iowa, where he entered as a bookkeeper the banking house of Baxter & Rule. Occupied this position for three years, and at the end of that time he entered the mercantile business in Ida Grove and continued thus engaged until the year 1900, when, on account of ill health, he was forced to retire from active business. In 1903 he was elected State Senator for the Forty-sixth District and served in the Thirtieth, Thirty-first and Thirty-second General Assemblies. He was elected Auditor of State November 3, 1908. A Republican in politics.

FARRELLY

History of Crawford County, Iowa.by F. W. Meyers. 2 vols. Chicago: S. J.
Clarke Pub. Co., 1911.

     It is doubtful whether in the state of Iowa a more faithful and efficient pastor can be found than Father M.J. Farrelly, of the St. Rose of Lima Catholic church, of Denison. He has officiated as head of the church of this place for twenty-four years and the great respect in which he is held by his parishioners as well as by the entire community is proof of his worth. Born at Aughavass [Aghavass, Fermanagh], Ireland, March 1, 1854, he was reared as a farmer boy by good Catholic parents and received his early education in his native land. The father's business was principally that of buying and selling cattle and shipping them to England and Scotland. He died in 1892 at the age of eighty-four years. The mother came to America in 1893 and passed away in Denison, Iowa , on the 16th day of December, 1899, being then seventy-three years of age. There were seven sons and two daughters in the family, namely: Luke, now deceased; Patrick F., who is pastor of St. Joseph's church at Carroll, Iowa; Thomas, who died at the age of eighteen years; M.J., the subject of this review; Mrs. B. McGuire, of St. Paul, Minnesota, whose husband died October 26, 1910; James, a commission merchant of Chicago; Philip, who is a farmer and lives near Denison; Peter, of Denison; and Mary, the wife of J.T. Haugh, of Denison. Luke Farrelly, the paternal grandfather, a farmer in Ireland, married a Miss Masterson and they had seven children, Luke, Matthew, Peter, James, Michael, Thomas and a daughter who died when young. The maternal grandfather was Patrick Fitzpatrick who was a farmer of Ireland, and also married a Miss Masterson. Their family included eight children, Philip, Patrick, Ann, Ellen, Mary, Alice, Adelia, and Margaret.
     Father Farrelly came to America in 1872 and for two years worked by the month on a farm near Lawler in Chickasaw county, Iowa. In 1874 he entered the Christian Brothers School at Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, and in the fall of the following year became a student in St. Joseph's College at Dubuque, Iowa, where he spent two years in the study of the classics, graduating in moral philosophy in 1877. In the fall of the same year he went to Montreal, Canada, where he engaged for three years in the study of theology. Returning to Dubuque, he was ordained a priest of the Roman Catholic church on the 21st of September, 1880. His first appointment was in charge of a parish at Manchester, Iowa, where he continued for seven years, and while there built a church at Ryan and at Earlville and a parsonage at Manchester. He also secured for the congregation a new cemetery and carried out other important undertakings. Under the appointment of Bishop Hennessy he has served since October 1, 1887, as pastor of St. Rose of Lima church at Denison. He has also been for nine years in charge of the Charter Oak church as an out mission. In 1890 he built the Catholic school known as the St. Rose of Lima parochial school, which now has seventy-five pupils exclusive of those taking instruction in music, who number about sixty. In 1896 he erected a new church in this city, which cost twenty thousand dollars and has a seating capacity of seven hundred persons. It is elegantly furnished and was recently handsomely redecorated and frescoed, being known as one of the most beautiful churches in the state. In the fall of 1910 Father Farrelly effected the purchase of the handsome residence of George W. Nicholson, one of the finest in the city, and it is now the parsonage of the church.
     Farther Farrelly has always retained his interest in his studies and is deeply versed in history, literature, science, theology, and all subjects that interest a wide-awake and progressive scholar and religious teacher of the twentieth century. He is an eloquent and convincing speaker and is often invited to deliver addresses before patriotic, literary, or religious bodies in the state. He is a power for good and his influence has ever been exerted in behalf of the weaker members of society and in the upbuilding of the best interests of the state and nation.

CHAPMAN

Harlan, Edgar Rubey. A Narrative History of the People of Iowa. Vol III. Chicago: American Historical Society,  1931

p. 57

   CHARLES W. CHAPMAN is a native Iowan, son of one of the pioneers of Dubuque, and the greater part of his business career has been spent in Waterloo, in the lumber business.
    He was born June 14, 1862, at Dubuque. His grandfather, William H. Chapman, was born in the City of Enniskillen, located partly on the river that connects the upper and lower Erne in County Fermanagh, Ireland. He was of Scotch ancestry. on coming to the United States he located in Pittsburgh, and was in the tobacco trade there the rest of his active life. He married Mary Dunlap, who was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, of Scotch-Irish ancestry. She died at Pittsburgh. They reared a family of sons named Thomas, John James, William S., Joseph, Robert and Charles. Charles entered the Union army in the Civil war as captain of Company K, Sixty-third Pennsylvania Infantry, and was killed in a skirmish near Alexandria, Virginia.
    The father of Charles W. Chapman was born at Pittsburgh, June 14, 1831, grew up and there received his early education and in 1856 came to Iowa, locating at Dubuque and clerked in the old Julien hotel there until 1859. Dubuque was then one of the front doors of Iowa, most of the country to the west being sparsely settled and the greater part still owned by the Government and for sale at $1.25 an acre. Dubuque was a depot for great quantities of supplies that were sent into the back country by wagon. In 1859 Mr. Chapman became ticket agent for the Illinois Central Railroad, recently completed to Dubuque. He served in that capacity until 1876, when he resigned to become division freight agent of the Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad at Dubuque. Later he went to Fairport, Ohio, as manager of the Fairport Warehouse & Elevator Company of the Baltimore & Ohio Company and lived there until his death in 1912. He married Catherine Cassidy, who was born in Baltimore, daughter of James and Edith (Porter) Cassidy, natives of the North of Ireland and of Scotch ancestry. Her parents on coming to the United States lived for a time in Baltimore, then in Pittsburgh, where her father held the office of clerk of court for many years, and both died there, her mother when upwards of ninety years of age. Catherine Cassidy was one of four children. The others were Edward T., Edith Anne, and William H. Catherine Cassidy Chapman died in Ohio at the age of sixty-seven. Her children were Edith P., Charles W., Henry James, May D., Joseph, Edward T., and Oliver.
    Charles W. Chapman attended public school in Dubuque, and after graduating from high school worked in a lumber office and in that way learned the details of the business which he has followed ever since.
     His home has been at Waterloo since 1901. He started in the lumber business there on a small scale and has kept his enterprise growing and increasing to meet the demands of one of the larger and more progressive cities of Iowa. Mr. Chapman is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and his father was also a Mason and at one time grand master of the Grand Lodge of Iowa. Mr. Chapman and family are members of Grace Methodist Episcopal Church.
    He married, in 1889, Neva Powers, who was born at Cedar Falls, Iowa, daughter of Joseph P. and Jennie (Hammill) Powell. They have had four children, James H, Joseph P., Marion and Charles W. James H., in the lumber business at Waterloo, married Gwynette Sampson, of Waterloo, and they have three children, Charles, Margaret and Jean. The second son, Joseph P., married Lela Stone and has two children, Joseph and Lucy. Marion is the wife of Jackson McCoy, and their three children are Robert, Louise and Jane.
    Charles attended Amherst College three years and went to France in May, 1917, immediately after America joined in the war, served with the French army in the LaFayette Escadrille until December, 1917, and was then transferred to the United States army, being attached to the Ninety-fourth Squadron, and lost his life in battle May 3, 1918. He is buried in the La Fayette Memorial at St. Cloud Park, Paris. He was only twenty-three years old when he fell in battle.