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PORTRAITS AND BIOGRAPHIE,S OF ALL· THE GOVERNORS OF IOWA, AND

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Also Oontainine: a History of the County from its Earliest Settlement Up to the Present Time.

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UHAPMAN BROTHERS,

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ancl lot in -Newton, where he li vcd uutil lli7M, the ye:\1' in which he wns cnllecl from enrth. The mother, who still lives on the ole! place, makes n. home for her youngest claughtel', who also remains under the parental roof.

The subject of this hiogrnphy remainerl at home until he was twenty-three y<'l\l'l! olfl, but at the age of nineteen began work in a sawmill, which he conducted four years. I Jc received n practical c<lucntion in Germany, anrl his shrcw<lucss nn<l b.i1~iness

ability were in his favor , so that he next obtJlinetl 11 situation ns n. clerk in the clothing ~tore of Augu~t flmnngurllten, in Lyon>~. Thcl'l! he l'l'lllnincd live years, and ou thu 13th of April, llliX, com- · mencerl busine~s with hi:; present pnrtuer, the location bciug the ?lfnsonic Temple. Thq cnrriecl the same line of goocls aml n•maiuefl two years connected there, thence removing to their present site, ii!l Jlfain street, where they lm ve enmed n wide pntronnge n.nd rlo a flourishing businC$$.

M1·. ~ievers was married Dec. 18, 1876, to :'lliunie llol<lorf, ooughter o f Freel llolclorf, n native of <;ermnny, who came to America in. l 81i6, nne! settlerl in the city of Clinton. He is at present a resiclent of Eaton Township, and engngefl in f:trming. :'lfr. Sievers is the fnther of two hright boys-Eddie anrl Alfred.

Our subject is n. Democrat in political sentiment. lie is bnilfling n. home on the corner of Sixth anrl Frnnklin streets, and the house has received a valuation of *5,500 with its surrounding lot and all improvements. lie is one of the best nnd most sub~tantinl men of Lyons, is honest nnd stmi,zhtforwnrd in all business rlen lings, and is well respeeterl nnrl liked ns a neighbor nn<l friend.

ERMAN Tfi ii<:SSEN. The subject of this biogmphy, who is a blnek:>mith by trnde, hut at the present time is engnged in agricnlturnl pursuits, re!licles on section 5, Cen

ter Township, and is well-known nnrl respected for his enterpri:<c nnd pro.zr<':o;.~ in hi:< dw:<<'ll fl!•lfl of industry.

Mr. Thiessen wns horn in Sle:;wick-Tiolstein, Germn.ny. March 4, Utl8. He cmne to Amcricn. in

18;i;i, nt the nge of seventeen. lie was alone, without a fricu<l to h<~l p him, and em lnnding n.t New York City, wns "n :<tmngcr in a str:\llgc !nne! 11ud n long way from home." He paused to con!liller whnt his next mm·c "lwultl he, nml finally deCifling to go " 'est. he renH>Hfl to Davenport, Jowa, where he hn<i two hrothcrs lh·ing, in which place he remained one ycm·. lie 1wxt came to thi» county nn<l :~cttlccl 011 se<:tion .i, Center Township, mul in ~o doing mn<lc the acquaintnnce of the 1:\rly who afterward becnme his wife. ti el' name was Catherine Paulsen, nud tlwir nuptiab wl·re celeh•·:•ltHl i\lny !1 1 \Xri:! . Slw 11'11~ l>nru ill (l l'l'lllllii,Y,

.Jan. I !J, I X4:l , mid i.J.)' their uni1111 they h:wc :l family of scYen chilclrcn livinJr, n:; follows: Arlolph, horn l•'eh. H, I ~li?; Emma ('., Feh. :!:1, I llfi!l; :I,2: lu1unnh, l·'ch. fi, I Xi I; Augu~t, Fc•h. :!fi, 1X7:1; C:us'bf, ~lny'27, 1117!.1; Amelia, Aug. 1:!, lXH:I; n.nd Tena, Nov. :.10, IR77. The <lccc:L~etl nrc Emma, born Dec. II, 1R63, died l>cc. :!ii, 1XIi3; .Julius, hom Feb. :.14, I Rli4, flicc\ A pl'il :2~· of the snme year; Bertha, hum Fd>. :!:!, 1/lli.-J, tliefl April I i, 18(iG; and one who t1 ie!l ut Lyuus, Sept. !1, I Xi .-~,

age<\ two clnys,. ~lr. ThiC!<SCn has 31ii acre:; o f lancl finely cnltivn

ted and improved, nn<l sixty :~en·~ of it lie close to the city of Lyous. lie i;; lnr~1'ly cu"'ngcrl in the hrccding of hogs, IH>I';;cs nnd <·attic•. Jlis llwclling-huusc is :10 x ;11; feet in <limcnsious :uul is huilt of woof!, while one of his h:1rns is I 00 x :3fi feet ancl the othc1· liO x 5:! ft:et. lie has him~elf crcctcc\ nil the bnildiugs upon hb plnt·e, nn <l hns ample rcas1lll to he proud of the w9rk dune.

Both our subject nnd wife arc members of the Lutheran Church, and he is at this time one of the Town Trustees of Center Town;:hip. lie has served one yenr out of his three, and is highly regarded for the interest he tnkes in the town. I Jc is well kuown nncl highly esteemed and respected in this county, 11nrl is n. t rue German in type of character. His mother rliecl in I 1184, in this <:ounty, and his father in (;crmany, in !H-Ili o 1· lk~i.

Tu polities .Hr. 'J'hic:;sen is Dt•mnerntir., a1Hl is n :lfiiiH"h 1Hlll<'l'<'llt to tl11• princ·iplt•,;uf hi,. party, whid1 he supports with the utuw::.t \' igor. lie is a memI.Jer of the shooting society of sportsmen, ancl once won the pri?.e of *I on fm· his :.kill n:; a marksman.


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This was in Davenport. mnt.rh e,·ery two year:'.

They hnve n shootingl\1 r. Thiessen is one of

those forcign<'t'>', who. cotning to Am<>ricn, put forth every effort in hc•hnlf (I( enterprise and nch·:mcemcnt, :\!HI who by honornhle labor nnd honest prurl<>ner g-nin n !'lron~.r footholcl nncl eventunlly win n fn vomhle <'OIIIJH'L<•m·y.

A fine litho~rmphir ,·ipw of .Mr. Thiessen's resiclcnce, commo<lious <)l(t-huilcling nnd good stock nre shown elsewhere in th is work.

JUOit.N WYATT. The gentlemnn of whom II thi!' history is giv<'n is \\·~11 known in Lyons

({@ II for his enrn<'l't, stmil!htforwnrd dealings in ~~~ hu!'in<'~<.~. Jlr is n nntin• of " 'n.t'wic·kshire, EH~.rl:mel, :mel w:1~ hom .Jnl,r l!!•, I Xl!X. !lis pm·c•nts, \\' i IIi am :nul Elizn hc•th (Swc•ct) W ,ratt, WC'rc nnti ves of Englnnel. his fath<>r coming to Am<>ricn in 185i, ancl settling in Lyons. Ill• clied in 18i0, but the wife all(] mother d!'pnrted this life in her native land in IX:H. The . fnmily con~i~tccl of six chilclrcn, two of whom nr!' still living-Edwnrd nnd .John.

.John W):att wns kept in ~chool nncl rcrcivccl good rducntionnl ach:111tn:rc·s until he n•nched the nge of twelve .rear~ . At the nge of fourtc•en he wn.s appr<'ntic·c·el :uul lc·arm•d tltc• tailur'!< tr:ulc, at whi<'h he scn·ecl six ycnr:<. From that timn nntil he cnmc to Am<'rica in I X.iO, he worked ns n jountc•.rmnn. On arriving lwrc• h<' wrnt tn Ut.iC:l, N. ¥. , :u11l workNl for nm• y<'ar; thcnc·c• l<> Jkt,roit, .\lich., will' I'<' he wo1·kecl two yc:lrs ami nftenmrd he •·eturned to Enghncl. Sp<'tllling two .n·ars among friends in his untiv<> lancl h<' came hnr.k to thh; couniry in I Hiifi, making n stny in Detroit of one year ancl frofn there <'~'1.111<' to Lyons. i\lakiug nn iu vestment with his brother in two ncres of lnncl joining where he now live~ nnd owning now twenty-seven acres, be built ou the snme in 18i3. He eugnged nt his trncl<' until I HiO, ancl since then h:tS work<'d the fnrm.

Onr subject entered the st.'l.te of matrimony in 18Gi, ancl united heart nne! hand with Miss l\1. A . Green, n nnti ve of C.:nnn<ln, nud n daughter of

Hobert anel .Jnne (l'hilips) Green . .. The father died in I 871 and her mother still lives iu Lyons.

1\lr. \\'yntt's fnmily consists of five children, all of whom survive. as follows: William E., Henry J., Elizabeth, .John 1'. n111l George 0 . Edwarrl " 'yntt, brother of our !'uujcct, came to Americn in H\55 anrl settled in Lyons. JJc W:tS n machinist by trnde nnd commeneed work for Grahnm & Shouermnn, and while in their t:mploy had the great nnd lasting misfortuue to lose the best friend he owned, phys.' icnlly, viz. , his right lumd. This painful circumstance occurred in 185G, nnd· for the last seventeen yenrs he hns been nssocinted with the Fulton sawmill, in which he is one of the stockholders. He hns a t.'\.Ste amounting to n passion for mechanical

· labor, and run~ the cngiue in the s..'l.wmill in whose poncleronl! workiugs he clnily sees the beauty which is nppr<'riatecl only l•y th<• true mechanic. With hi!< brotlwr he own:< the property sitnntcd iu Lyons and together they c:oncluct their business with nn eye single to th<' joint interest. Both are Republican in politicnl principle .nnd views, and both also

~remembers of the I. 0. 0. F. From a mere pit. tnnce and without the nid of Fortune's hand at the beginning, they hnve won their way upward, and are in no way 1'<'-~tri<'tctl financinlly. They nre <'minently self-mnde men nncl nrc justly proud of the fact that sucl'<'S1' lies within the rench of nll who

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\\\ . wc<lcl<'r Bro$.. hnrd ware mcrchnuts, is the

ll\ subject of thi>' biugrnphy. They are lorat<lel iu Lyons n111l well known . ns hn viug

a l\ro:<J>erous nnd tlouri~hing br"incss, C.'\lliug out a lnrgc eir!'le of p:~tron~. l\1 r. R wn-" Lmu iu Germnuy in 1 ~47, :mel is tltt' sun of Lex Rohwedder. 1\lnrx remainecl nt home until he wns fourteen years of age, nnd in the meantime attenclect the common schools, after whil-11 he worked on the farm for some months, nnd in 18G5 he left his native land ancl cnme to America. From New York he came· to Clinton Conuty and for two years was employed ; on a farm lomwd n short ctistnucP._ from Lyons.! On completing this engagement he ' cnme to .tbe~

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Kaml': Johannes H Thiessen

Birth Yt·<H': abt 1871

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Race: White

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Census Oate 1915

Rl·,idcnce State: Iowa

Rc,idcnce County: Clinton

l~>cality: Camanche

Mother·~ Germany Birthplace:

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1920 United States Federal Census

Name: Johannes H Thiessen

Homl' in 1920: Camanche, Clinton , Iowa

Age: 48 years

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