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H. Brinton waI ' ,II'l!!! good .. ",Iu.~ cltlonal adunt',e'. He gradu'ated . Newspaperi'. Pnblished trom the Jetrereon College In -. u lvauTa In 1819 ,ndJompleted a ·- in . ~e . Nearby course In DulT'. Commerdal ,. . .~ .

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' ot Ice "at bIll hut b'" 'b";,' s,,;;' and promlllD1' foung n :" tember 16. 1912. . "aenlor' cllln o! 'tbe · law ( i ' .. ', The de('eued lpent lallt winter and bll ·. lrrepr;;.clllbJe

: . C~Uro~la Ind 11'11. bealtb Will baa won blm many I ; .J' _ proved tbat bls famll,. Iud ,;,'ond.1 " '''d,I;:.;:~~:, tbe ' dem.x;rats or H, " ' , . ' All brancbes of Odd Fellowl ",bo' ar. g,.d.,. b, •

.. ."were /n"eat y . encouraged over Rebekab Jodgee Ire reflueated' to . ': :,:pby,lcli condition .. . Hqwever. " meet In thlT 'I'eape(' tlv~ lodb. roo'ma aupport l~ a . malll

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Marriages: Spouse: Jennie M. Scott Marriage: 13 JUN 1888 Elizabeth, Allegheny, Pennsylvania

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n urnin:l.tiOIl he scn'cJ as dencon and eluer o\'cr In..\( a cent.ury, JJoth dicd ill Stcnhcll County ::It the age of sc\'cnty.senlll yerlr.';' S. ll. Rosenk rans, the sul'ject of OUI' sketch , s pent his youth in attenuing school, llnll ill assis t ing hi s father in the manufncture of wagons, and when hc attained Ids majority was give!l a partnershi p in the bu si ness. In :March, 1856, l~c mo\'ed to I owa and settled i n 'Vel)stcr City, wh ere he engaged in tile manufacture of lumber lind the real estate bus iness. T he foll uwillg fall he was elected clerk o[ t.he cOllrts of We bstc:r COllnty, which t llcn colllpr is


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Brillton is one of the stockholders in the I in the county, the head of his herd being nank (If EII ;;.\\'o rtlJ ~ \\'hicb i,. 'J\l\' vI' tIll! illl- , Leader, I.;n'd ill lh,\lallti amI illlpl.'l'tcd in port nut facttll'~ orlbe tOWIl. lI e \I'll!' lIlarried r Hl85, rq~istcrcll Xo. 40i C. hi,: whole he I'd J une 13, 18%, to Jennie ::-Of. Scott, of Eliz~I' being Among tbe ti:~('H (If black flnu whjt(:~ ill beth, Pennsylnl.llia, d!llIg1ltcr of JollII Y. the State. Mr. GreCIHH'OO \,II S bOI"n ill Corl . Scott. In poli tics Mr. J :rilltOll isnRcpnb- land COllllty, New Yc'rk.JI11} 20. 1 S3V,a~oll li cnll. of Kin ney lIud Laul'fl. (Phillip:-) Grecllwoud ,

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his mother of :Xew YMk. JJ e wns gil"cn good cdncntiOIl:t! ad\'nl1t:lge~, nttemling f(or :l time Cllzcuov in Semill:ny, ond :li'I,"r ]c:l"ing school taught >=C"{'r:'l! terlnS, I n l ~C j" hc came to l blniitOIl County, Iowa, :l1)(llo(":"ltcd on tl1c ffltm \\"l1cl 'c hCl\ (,\\' li ';c!;,ond bn~ tnndc Id s pl'C~Cllt lot':wtii,;) li"IJlC (lilt of n tr:lct (, f \'I'il


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and on the l oth of Xo\"cl1llx:r loc2 teu in the county s~t. whe re he ha::; since engaged ill the li very business. He ow ns all Ot his 1;,"

. ery stock and in addition has his \'aluah!e farm of a quarter sectio n which ;:; wel1 im-proved and ~>lipplied with all Ilhxiem a,,:-cessor ies ami equ ip,menls. In his present business he. is rece;"ing a gO


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glleny COUllty, Penn:;yh·;mia. where he pur-sued hi s stuuies unt il sixtl!t:lI years or ag t', ",hen he entered the \\ ';':, hingtun and J e({~rson College amI was gr:u.lu::lted in the da!'S of 18i9 with the degTeC ui Hache.lur o i .-\rts. He afterw:lrd tumpleted a cou rse in DuErs Commercia!" College oi Pitt sburg. Pennsyi-van ia , and there he was alsu gradllated. He then began ianning upon his iather's land in All,eghclI,Y cunnty. Penllsykan ia, and COil-

, tinlled to operate the home place ulltil 1884. ,.,.11 en he came to the we~t. sett li ng in Hamil. ton county, 10W3. nlcre was plenty of good hunt ing and Il:,hi llg here, O\\:ing to the fad that the work oi Cllhi\'ation and den,,\op-ment had been carri ed on to only a slight extent. In 18l:)(i he tUnled his attent ion to th~ stock bllsiness and has since been ex-tensi,'ely and sl1cct'ssiully engaged in the raisi ng of thoroughbred and graded short-horn cattlc, lie now has twenty-five or thirty regi stered cattle and in th is industry was -ident ified with \\', :\1. Price. under tl ;~ firm name of Price & Brinton, In 1888 :\11'. P rice withdrew and :\Ir. Brinton has sillce ~en alone. hi s fo rmer p."lrtner entering into the hardwa re Im; iness in Ellsworth. low,:, A s the years ha,'e passed ).[r, Brin ton h;.$ made eXlensi,'c ill\'estmelll s- in real estate and 11011' has abollt one th ()l1sand acres c f land in Hami it('Il' cmmty ullder fcnce. He d eals c-'Xten~in'ly in property in ,'arious por-tions oi the COlll1ltry. especially in Dakota and )'1innesota. ami is the leading stock man of H ami lton ('Olmty, He is likewi ~e inter-es ted ill the ,\meriea n L iie I ns-urallce C.;-m-pal1y of Des :\1oi ll~.

On the 13th o i Jl1n,e. 18..%. in Eliza\)cl!\. Penllsyk::l1lia. ). !r. Brintlm II-a ::: united J! l marriage tl) J Cllnie SCfll t. \\' hv was hMn in A lleghcny (,lunty, PC:l1 n~y l v:l.1lia, J ul~' ('. t S,:;R She i,. ;J. da llghter oi J"hn \'. ~~'H:

;J. nati\'e of Elizabeth. Her mother Lore the maiden name of Xa llC)' 'Xichol s and sui! linis upon the old homestead in Pennsyl-,'ania. )'1rs, Brilllol1 attended the norllla l school at Olamberslmrg, Pennsyh'ania. and then engaged in teaching school in her na-tive count,'. She: is a lady of culture and re-finement ~nd presides ,~' ith graciolls hospi-tality O\'e r her pleasa nt home. By her mar-riage she has become the mother of three children: )'1al'); Inez , 0001 )'Iay 12, 1890; Scott ).larshall, born :\o,'ember 25, ISgt; and Edward Donald. born :\larch 24. ISg4, )'·{r. B rinton gives his political support to the Republi can party and is one or it s pr01l\-inent representati,'es in thi s section oi Ibe state. He was elected in I &;3 to r eprescnt the sixty-third d istrict o i 10\\' a in the state legislature and sen'ed ior two terms. To each question which (ame IIp fo r cOll sirlern-tion he gave earnest though t and vo ted in a way \\ h ich showed that he had the I'('st interest s of the conullllllity at heart. HL'left the impress o f hi s indi\'idllality up..>1l the legislation enacted duri ng hi s connection with the hOllse and was one of the actin' an:i

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the eminence which the fllt\lre had in sh.:re for ~hi s port ion o i the co\mtry and actir.g i:1 accordance w ith the dic tates oi his iaith and judgmen t he has garnered, in the il1l1ne;s oi time, the generom harvest. which is the just recompellse 'oi indomitable indlLi try. S[)(:t · less integrity and enterprise. Hi s busi nc,;,; affairs have heen capahly controlled, ha\'c been carcillily planned and hi ~ plans hOd farm resides the gent le man w hose Ilame intro-duces thi s rev iew, :\ nath"c oi :\'orw:\y. he was borll July 20, r852, his parents being Jaw !) l ohancsoll and Anna Jorgenson. Bt>th were nati\"es of :':ol"\\"ay anu there the father Spellt his entire liie, He was a i:lnner ami fi sherman and di ed at the age of fifty-six 'years, His w idow yet slln·iyes him ami ii' still living in her nat i\·e cou ntry. In their family were eig ht chiluren. se,·en of wholl1 reached m:lture yea rs, while six are yet Ii,'-ing, J o hanes heing a r e:;. idem o i )\orway, while Jorgen is .dece.a:,ro. :Iud ;\nna d ied in in iancy. wife of

Another daughtcr. ,l. nna . is the .-\ndre l'· H i!l oi Hamillt1l1 COtl1l ly.

Kjc~tene is the \\"iie oi :\IJ.glll1s :\ tllilson oi thi s C(JlIllty. Thore J. is the next oi t:l e iamily. Ol\·a i!'> the wiie o i Aanell He1!;l.n r, ( XorW;l. y, Edward :-e,;ides in Hamilto n cOlmty and m:lrried Tuhc:a s.oren::;~ll1.

"·hen eigh teen y~':\r'; IIi :lg"e .\fr, II ()n~ I·sten, of th is TI: I·icw, came Ii I :\merica. lIe had pre, · ioll s l~· :lcqllired a j!ond prartic:l1 e(hll'Oltio ll in X"rllay alIix teen dollars per mont h. L eal· jng :\linnesota. he came to Io\\"a, settling · in Worth COllllty in 1872, ami there he liH·J for th ree years. He was employed by th e year there and I:lter he removed to Hamil-to n COUllty, coming here in 18,6. He made his sta rt by working at breaking lip p rairie land and has oroken altogether five hun-dred acres. He fir st received t l, ree dollars per acre for thi s work and tater t\\"o a nd one· half dollars. Saving his money he pur-chased eighty acres of his present iarm which was then in its primiti\·e condition. It became ·his property in 1878 anu ~ ill C ";: that time has made all oi the iinpr(wemcnt ; upon it. Ames was the nearest railroad market. and wild ga me. Stich as geese alld ducks were plent iful. The country was wild and pioneer conditio ns e,·erywhere e:-;i sted. The settlers h;l.d a hard time ior there \\"ao; little money and much d ifficult ,,".>rk tu be done, but as the years passed :\1r. H O\"l,: r:,It'"LI succeeded in o \·ercomi.ng the difficulties and ol>!;tac1es in hi s p:lth anu a:\ hi s financial re-sources increased he added other land allo no\\" 0 \\"1\5 tou r hun dred acres in this locality. while he has eight hundrell a1l(1 ioTty a('Te~ in :\lilllle:::o ta. all impro\·ed with the e.'(cep-tion of a single Cju:lTter section. epon hi ., home farm he keeps iro m sixly to se\"Cnt~· fi\·e he.,d o f cattle, including· a reg istered Durham hull :tno most all o i hi !'> cattle ar..: oi thi::; strain . He raises CO rti II p. 'll 011(' hundred a( res 3.nO small g r:lin L11~1I1 anl )l l1..:r ht1n dred


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e~ecting houses of worship. He was next sent to Allamakee county, Iowa in 1887 and for eighteen years thereafter was pastor in that county. In 1905 he came to Webster City as pastor of the church of St. Thomas Aquinas. His labors here have been marked by con-tinuous progress. He has cleared off the church debt, has bui lt the present parish house and has made other improvements in the church property. while the congregation has advanced steadily in spi ritual growth. He has the good-will and high regard of his parishioners, who often come to him for temporal as well as spiritual advice. He is chaplain of the Knights of Columbus and those who meet him find that he possesses pleasing social qualities. His wide study has made him a broad-minded man and he keeps informed on many questions that affect the general interests of society.

MARSHALL HOMER BR INTON.

In a ll Hamilton county there was never a man more greatly loyed than Ma rshall Homer Brinton. His memo ry is enshrined in the hearts of all who knew him. He WjlS a most capable busi ness man ami won a substantial measure of success, but it was not success gained a t the cost of another's failure. He ever followed const ntctive meth-ods and as he builded for himself contributed also to the welfare and prosper ity of the community. It was not his material advancement, howcve r, that made Mr. Brinton so popular and so well liked. I t was because he was a manly man, true to the highest principles, loyal to hi s friends, devoted to hi s fami ly and unpretentiously but un-hesitatingly faithful to his religious professions. The character whil:h hc builded is hi s best monument, for it left an indelible impress upon ali with whom he came in contact, inspi ri ng others to good deeds and to higher ideals.

Mr. Brinton was .born in Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, on the 16th of Sel>tember, 1856, his parents being Stephen l\'larshall and ~


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aged and controlled important business activities which resulted beneficially to the district at large as well as to himself. His invest~ ments in real estate were judiciously made and he became the owner of more than a thousand acres of fine farm land in Hamilton county in addition to fanning properties in North and South Dakota and Minnesota. He 'yas also the founder and president of the Ellsworth State Bank, making this a substantial financia l institution which grew _ along hea lthful lines because of the safe, conservative business policy followed. Extending his financial connections still farthe., he be· came one of the heavy stockholders and the president of the Arne;· ican Life Insurance Company of Des Moines and largely guided its policy, making it one of the most .eliable and trustworthy enterprises of thi s character in the middle west. In all of 'his business career there was not a single esoteric phase. He was fair and honorable and straightforward in every relation. The splendid success that came to him was the merited and well earned reward of persistent labor, of sound judgment and unfaltering perseverance. Moreover, as he prospered he generously extended a helping hand to many a

) traveler on life's journey. A well known banker of the county said that probably no banker in all Iowa ever took more or greater chances loaning money to young men to start their business careers than Mr. Brinton, and many a business man now prosperous owes his present position in large measure to the aid which he received from Mr. Brinton at the outset of his career.

On the 13th of June, 1888, in Pennsylvania, Mr. Brinton was united in marriage to Miss Mary J ane Scott and unto them were born four children, Mary Inez, SC()tt Marshall, Edward Donald and May Esther. Mr. Brinton was a member of the Congregational church and for many years served as super intendent of the Sunday school at Ellsworth. He took active part in all lines of church work and contributed most generously to its support. But this was not all: this man of wea lth and large business i nter~sts did not hold him· self above doing the janilor work in the church when the congrega· tion was struggling for an existence. He did not regard it as menial but rather as an honor to . thus serve in promoting the cause of Christianity. He was a valued membe r of various fraternal organi. zations, having attained the thirty·second degree in Masonry. while also holding membership with the Independent Order of Odd Fel· lows, the Modern Woodmen of America and the Mutual Brother-hood of America. Nor were duties of citizenship in any wise neg-lected. He real ized the obligations as well as the privil eges that de·


466 HISTORY OF HAMILTON COUNTY

valved upon him as an American citizen and loyally supported the principles which he deemed of most benefit to the public, voting eve r with the rt publican party, which in 18g3 elected him to represent Hamilton county in the state legislature and indorsed his first tenn's ser vice in a reelection in 1895. H is political honesty equalled his business integr ity, neithe r fear no r favor swerving him from a course

which he be:lie\'ed to be right and just. KaT did he neglect local interests, for one of the home papers said: "All that E llsworth is today it owes to M. H. Br inton, and every man, w?man and child in that town and for many miles around loved and honored him as though he were a close relat ive." Young and old, r ich and poor, called him Homer . Th is ,vas indicat ive of the character of the man, hi s brotherly spirit, his unfalte ring kindness, hi s helpful attitude toward all and his unfeigned cordiali ty and geniality. No funeral service in the county was ever more largely attended and no ex-pression of grief was more extended and heartfelt than that mani-fested when M. H . Brinton passed away. All who knew him feel that he has passed on to a highe r Ii fe with broader opportunities, joining "the choir inv isible who live again in li ves made better by their presence."

JAMES M. BELL.

James M. Bell is conducting an up-to-date grocery store at No. 921 Seneca street, Vvebster City, Iowa, and has gained du ring the years of his connection with this enterprise a reputation of the highest character for fai r and honest dealing and true ability along thi s line. He was born in \·Vebster cOl1nty, Iowa, in 1855, and is a son of Alonzo and Sarah J. (Neese) Bell. H is fa the r was a nalive of I ndiana and came to Webster county wi th his father, Isaac Bell. who was one of the pioneers in the early settlement of Iowa. He had two sons. Alonzo and Preston, both of whom have been prominent in various sections of Iowa from an early date. Alonzo Bell settled in Webster county in 1852 and hi s brother Preston was successful in Hamilton county as early as 1849. The Bell fami ly have been prominent in busi ness. commercial and social circles of 'Webster county for many years and Benjamin Bell, the great-grandfather of our subject was the first man buried in Vigers cemetery in that section. Alonzo Bell was married in Webster county and died there in 1903 at the age of sixty-nine years.

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