Wolf, William P GA... · 2011-08-10 · Sinco 1\Ir. Wolf'R return bt»flt in the tttate. Conceruing...

$: Wolf, William P GA... · 2011-08-10 · Sinco 1\Ir. Wolf'R return bt»flt in the tttate. Conceruing tht11, his i from the north two WPek~ a1r•,, he grad-1 old parto~r, Judge Rothrock,$
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Plaine, ts· here

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to school at W~Ak .

{nrk City with week. Aldrich anrt

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f Mt. Vernon,

wing oM ne· !da thiti n:ook. i - town l\lon-1 .. A\Bant ealt. uetNday from flrflnco at Du·

lftetn, wag in on hiA way to

!EHI from Chitylns pf:rtnin-

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. WM. P. WOLF DEAD. th@ ~tJeh, Mr. Wolf for~;d a law part .. [ H 0

DPr8blp wJth-8. V. landt, Wfdrh COJltifl• r 8 A Sketch ot Hie Ltfe-llle Chai1Wter· ued many yf>ars. Upon tha latter goln~

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,- . tee-A Ver.r Latge Funeral to Callforni~t Mr. Wolf formfd a part- ~

Tuf!&day. oerAhlp with T. D. Hanley, wblth eon-~ H At J~t the tired body 18 at rest. For tinned op to the time of his going on

yesus raeked wUh palo and tnYaded the bfanch of the 18tb Judicial diRtriet : Iowll', trltb ·dJRe"qe, the spJend id oonstU.utton the fall of 189!. Tbe position or Judge tJ spf:U't(ld ·on oy thu determined win, at he held at ihe time of hiH tleatb. Tipto last suceurnbecl, nnd the JonvitabJe sur- As a lawyer Mr. Wolf was one of thP -render came. Sinco 1\Ir. Wolf'R return bt»flt in the tttate. Conceruing tht11, his i from the north two WPek~ a1r•,, he grad-1 old parto~r, Judge Rothrock, now Chit•f uaJJy faiiPd uut.n dt>&tit came Saturday • .Jostoit~e of lows, ~aya In an interview in . ~ evening at ~J o'<~Jfwk. liP diPd gflotly the C. R. Republican: I Hol and wltbout a Htruggle~ aDd his plaeid , Htt was Rn able Ja'4'yt,r. I never knt1w a ! feat ure9 tn rf:()l)!fs~ r~ 11Ht>ted tho· pure and l mnn at the y,)~a bn: y, l1o C•>u!d trr a

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c.a~" A() 1 great liOUI that hnll fl )Wn. • w.-11 wifh so little ~1m8 tor prE>parat.J()U. He I

W P ,,_. J f b D . b I was not au I rattlf IIJ tfJe V'>JJUiar tlf'Dl4G He ,. M ec. m. eon n-o waH oru ecem er · 31 ·t 18• 3 · l v· , . . _ ! WIV4 mor6 tbau tltnt. H~ wAs endow~d by na- ~--,

6 • 3.' W ~at! ~IJ.•gA of llarrtsburg, I tnr~ with tile very stron~f'.-;t rel\fiODlDS{ l'ow~r i about tt•n mi :e~ r:orthPa~t Ctt Canton, and in a Jllaio, ufln8tf•ntatioufl mnon~r he pr<'- I exP.m{J Stark <·our: t~·, Ohi?. W_hitn yflt a smaJI ~~l!l•!d every t~atur., or hiM cat~e with all the I richeR 1

O()y he J'P.movt>d \ont h In~ rmrunts to a· torcu or sttrwg, logical and couviuciu~ ar£;:u· 1 mnch : farm !n the viciuit.~· of Murlhoro, In ths went. j stalwa1 snmo county. H•m .. lw uttl•nded ff~mi- ! t\q a .Juclge h~ waR vt>ry popular with ! the act unry and htsd1 sdiuu~ 8tld a!tPrwa.rfl l att('rneys and with thfl pe-ople. He was 'I iu lh1.1 1

taught hum iu tl:o Cuirm Sdlool and at i or that caitn uiiil j:::Hdn! turu of mitul r ~lr. Lima viii~. aud wa9 pr it;eipal of tho I whidJ, tr·getber with hiH lt!arHiug, i T~_n t; EcJinhurg Hi~!ll S<~hool in Portage coun- j uutdt-~ him a mollt'J judge. He eould lis- ! Ohw. ty. l>nriag IJn.rt ot th!t; time he was on- l tf-ln to the fiucst urul most iutri(·at t" law I Mr~. I! dr! r UlH inFitru r.tlon aod intluencPof Pmf. poi11t und disrern un ~>rror in rf!a~ouirtg j' ~lrN. Hulbi·ook, who so HC,oll achfevNI grf'at that bad ucaped the attention of couu- D.; Mr promirwute aft a t: 1\.:uc&tl)r in hi~ uor- flt'l.

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mal at l :nutrw, Orlio. HnE\ Mr. Wolf I It waR, hti\Vevet. the Rpleudid vif'iUP.~ .M. Gn laid woiJ . · ·~ fowuJa: iou of a JrOOcl edu- f of tha man that gave him his nw~t hr,u- , io 11'-58 cation, and do\o·e lo~tt>d a cumpreh~oRive ! oretJ disthu•tiuu. .Judge Wolf beHaved J MrP. ~ miud limitt'ti in it8 n•..;tl1l rch nnly by the i in the Hj'Jatityof the rightS(tflllf. ll . lJ E~ 1 ~~cy.

19 hoood~ of tbe fi:lc!,- Hf knnwledie. llf' 1 OJ! CO talkrd to th~ writer of Uugo's ~!bry I; an~·1 rothers }1,. .M was of Quakf'r pa.rentugf', and Uti~, to- • of tho gn!IPy t-i l ~~-n an!! ttw Wl'nlthy 1 <JI' , •

gethrr with t1J:1 fad t!1:1t be was eJucat- ! priuc~ who wero ~hipwn!ckt>d, and founcl 1 ~rP at

-adwick Ill.

Dattnn have ies, tmd tbf'y

rien<ls to the rty <?Ut at Red

.f>.... fronts in ish and Co.

Mt. PJeasant 1 James Reed,

- -------- - -------·--- ---- --- ---- 1° lhi:HII!i~lves alone ill a little hoht, r• ur· ! In l kf.s. rounded m~ far a~ ·, h~y C(•U!d P.(•O nuly by I 'ftwy I

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l tho ucean. Rf'dllCPd to Rtarvatimt lum~ ; tHr. -' thny were brought to a cummun h~vt.•!. l and tro K•lither was better than thP- oth .. r, awJ I Th 1~ nHitber had n bP.ttP.r right to Jive tl•a '; I 'lf~IIC(I iht, uU!~t. itir. WoWs ddiiy iife PhOWI-'d j ~~tt.:~:1 be rPgarderl thP poor us highly as thP ! lll ch: rich. If lbe poorf'st man iu the town ! The

II rome in his office for udvice it W!ittt>rt-d I in . a . not how busy be was with n caHe in- I the I volvin~ the hPuviest fluancial iott~r~kts I t-he and big ft>es, he stopped all, patltmtiy Therl:'

• heard the poor mao's E~tory uud gave l tanc•.~


1- l lhernselveF.i alone in a. little boat, ~~ ur· j lll .l! v :

, rounded as far a:~ lll~y C(•tJ!fl f!{iO only by 'ftu .. y ~ Dottnn bavo ·-----···---··----··-·-----------

ies, aJ.td tb~y

riends to the out at Red

ww front9 in )y Fish and Co.

'· Mt. Pleasant I

11 .Juuu.~s Reed, litat. 1 town Monday week~, having carbunci~s.

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1 the ocean. Rf·dncPd to starvation i;Mf' : tHr. · thoy were brought to a cnmmou Jevt>!. ! an<!. t• .K>-!ither· wa~ better tbaa thfl ottwr. nnd ! 'Ill('

l rwitber had a bf4 ttPr right to li ve tlia:• ! tlent'll I the uU.!ct. l\ir. Woirs ddiJy iifl3 ~ilOWPd i uw:: :~:

he rPgarded th£4 poor us highly as ti1P i iu ch rich. If lhe poorPst ma.n iu the towu II The

1 tame in his office for advice it W!tttert-td I fo 8

j not how busy be was with a ca!:!f\ in- . th~ l volving the hPuviest fiuancial inh\ r~f-lt~ I t-he 1 aud big ft•es, he stf.lpped aJJ, patit\lltly Ther<' 1 Iward tho poor man's f.ltory a11tt gave I tanc~ l him the bm~t of advice, often without PX I cey, ,J I pectRtion of reward. Thus ho fuiletJ to I MtCa i provide wealth for himst~Jr. : brack

·bMafrion, lwasf -- JUDGE WILLIAM P. Wl}LF. Concerning hi~ cbanu~ter, Jndgn H.oth-1 Dox~t· ; e unera o . . k I . 1 b . I t I 1,,. J : g old friend· l -d~--- -b·- ·-~-t---------R ------ . · roc. rerent y sau tot e wnter t utt te

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1 1~;1 • ·~ e m t e "e~ ern 9serve at a t!me beheved he never knew a mort-\ pure ! moral ideaR predominated, served to minded man. He alsu saitlln the C. H.. Smtlh

ught out the g1ve his sharactet a power and stubility 1 Reopublicnu: 11 Cro~b;

·ts now eon- tl t d · · Reet! 1a wets en nriUg. From tbe time of m;• first acqnntntnnce with ! ;' 1d di"pensiog He cho~e th(l prof~ssion of law and en- him, nil through \he yeurs slnct- our r~lationt~ I E. W h

tared the office of Bleree & Pease, of hue :.~u of the most tri.,odty' chal'acter. I l of Ced 1anly eerk at Canton, Ohio. At the age of twenty- thluk no man kuew hlrn better tban I did. He ton, a . r ~y from a threP, In 1806, he eame wit.h his parents wPemy n~t nelgbbor for many sttars ant! booorl retathes and to Cedar eouuty and settled in what is It ean be truthfully eaid of him tbat tbAre nev- rock

-, now Gower t()wusbip. Here he enga.red I er wu • man of a more kindly nature and gen- . Staeel · · Jo. farming, teaebloa sebool aud readiog eroualmpoJae.s. Hilt dally life w&~~a rare exam- ~ Wea·e.

•lil Ida county. 1

· l b R b C pie of &.be opdfh& man wltboot rulle or malice 8 Har .mv.Je. of corn aw w t us lark, of Iowa City. It ln bit heart. -I b&lte•• tbat If bad bMo re- · ·,. op ·· there goes was during these 1ears that Jobn Brown .dueed to PQYeriJ he would bi'Ye dlvldod hie F~ 0. 1 ·e. span~ some time st Springdale~ Mr. lut erutt or brMd wilb bls bltt.el'ellt enemy. and W -Ohio, 18 es- . Wol! W88 an aboUtlool8$ by eonrielfoo., But be bad DO •~ml~ In &b.• common locopla• Th6

!!o'IQes to ~pend_ ~~.a~t?:w_B~~~~.·~~-~~ men well . · _~e ~~ o~~ ~ Htt~~- r~~~!!_ ~~ ~!~-"~~!~" 1 tbeir ~ i. 't . i 1 . . . I AIUed ~uew IU m,.p.ug nrgi'OOB to the r 1118. 4.11 fi memoer 0[ we ..,...,., 01 t.DlB lftatl", I b!em,

s s er- n- aw h ~ -' north and on one ~asion in partieo· ae t e speaaer of the house of representatives, ty bur ~. . lar. showed hiR coura~ by taking a haz · j ~a memtM.r (•f cnoJ{r~ ~nd jud~t~ of tbe d~s- ! tlco." s t'l Chtcago ardous midnight ride to Iowa City to trlct court he bad oppoe1t1on common to puh~- i many ·es to complete baffle their enemies aaud to aid their en-1 cal eontNts. bnt no ~uan ha~ cause to question I bee uti B.e bas a six I i bia bouor or the pumy of h1s character.

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teror seR. W n B d d·t f tb C d R . er o .., •ol. . 1-

8.. . . u.. oy • e 1 oro e ·e ar ap1ds • E cl ·: I 0 1 09 he was J;D:trned kl Alice Republican, wrote editorially of him I · - -lU

lle West Liber- MaCPy. They moved to Tipton and Mr. Tnesdav as followP: 1 Johns< Y Curtis and I Wolf commene~d the practice of law - r~ad sc r a. tremendou~ Here he wns ioduetad to teach the «ram: 'I'be d6atb ~f Judge WHiiam P. Wolf t.o thase ufe. ] f l · d I .,. who knew hnn as a man nod as a friend Is a our t wusan mar department of the Tipton Union pereonallOM for he was one orthe most lo;able of th~

. 1 School, onder Mr. Nestle rode . . Be also character!' who ever blessed tbis world. When 1 R~v. _J,

D "Tl his Wliyto oerved ~County S~bool Supenntendtmt, deat~ comee we usually Ulrow tbe mantle of l la1d ID

t. jal sehool but declmed further work and promo- chanty nver all foibles. and rernemlJt"r only I tery. edn.estlay and tlon in this lint', as he desired to enter tbe tender things In connection witb the dead 1 er, Mrs. F. M. the active praetiee of law. ~ was man's lite. Iu the ease .or William P. Wolf I

al~cted a ffl()resentative in the legisla tbe mantle needs not to t>e large. He had few j Wal· :ethern mJnis- tore in 1863. In January, 1864, he faults to htde. or vices be bad u~ne. or I was in wif~. have the formed a law partnership with J, H. wea~ne~8 perhaps a few,_ as the world judies.j that hi

He •-as carelees onlr of bJm&elf. He tbonirht tr~vsto


logical school 1 but decliuf'd further work and promo- 1 charity fiver. all foibles. an~ ren!ember only 1 L·~~.,. 'ednesday and tion in this lint\, as he desired to enter the ~eud~r thmgs in connection ~~th the dead 1

t M F M the active practice of law • . ~ was mans hfe. Iu the cr.se. of Wllnam P. Wolf 1 m er' m. • • . . . the mantle needs not to ne large. He bad few I n a

elected a rt>p~eseutative m tlle leg1sla faults to hide. or vices be bad none. or was i tore in 1863. In Jan~ary,. 186,1, he weaknesset~ ped1apa a f6W, as the world judges. I that l formed a law partnershiP With J, H. He v1as careless onlr or himself. He thought I trava; Rothrock, who had returnf\d from the little or his personal attire and iittle of his I Carli! army broken in health, which continued bank account. but he thought e\·erythlng et his I man

:rPth~rn mjnisfP., have the

1ecause of the ·osterday. The

until Mr. Rothrock w~n;; on tht.; bench. honor and his Integrity; e•ery thing or his Wash ln May 1864: Mr Wolf aided in rals- family, and be loved wi\b int.e11se devotion bi9 tl .

d t h h m • • · . · us. e . a er o e ing Co. I., 46th 1. V. f .• and was elected fellow men. It the. beautiful dream ~r ~efgh predj• She was about Captain. TbPy went to Davenport, and Hunt be true and·m tbe Book ~r Llfe lt be nong the old written that "those wbo Jove tbe1r fellow men Amvas mother of as soon as tbe regiment '!a..~ eomple.ted, Jead all whom love of God hath blest." then cernil Laubscher and they were hurried off to Cauo ?Dd mto the name of William P. Wolf adorns the top- with .

Tennessee. Here they were aiding in w08t page. bad a 7' guarding a piece of rAil toad st Colli~r- We have known him since childhood and we I that i

1 purchased a ville, near Memphis, in ,Jnly. Here they l know that all who ha\·e been similarly bon·ll popui ~e and moved were ambushl:\d and attacked by thfj reb* ored with bis acquaintance wHisay yea and half t :. where he has els, and several of the company wonnd- amen~ what we have said he~e toucbiug ~isj tbat c sawi1lg . wood • . ed. Mr. Woif feH,at thA first' fire, a ·baii I Cbiific"'r· ru, "YiaB'K iiiurpf~ wmd~ man, ,hv-1 tWADt

nopertles with passing through his right arm ent-ering tng near to natures heart, fond of flowers I . . · · ur h he h" 1 ·bt id d . th ' h bl and fields and the wbolf\ realm of nature's . thous,

. n e ope IS r _g s e an pass~ng roug s world. He wu "student, too, of men and of!' fer to hange. body, and l_odging in bts left hip. After books. Hta lsnmlug in the law wus not more trABtH

ta, who was in the skirmish was over he was carried profound tban bls knowledge of general litera- 1865 the Presbyterj from tho tleld almost dead. For a long at.ure. He seerned to have travereed the $20.51 ted here ·with time U wus nnoortaln wbethsr he would whole field of bistor1. of pbilotmpby and of Wb' r ne patt ot reeoYer. Tbroogb all his after· life tbis poetr,1. He pose~ wit tbat might have to t~e se . . came here wound troubled and palued him, partly been sharp and inctsl1"8 as a two-edied aword, to lea

· paralyzing his Jeg, and hurrying him to hid U not bO&o for bie klodlloeee. will t . •qd· · remalnt¥1 h1s 4 . tb. Ae a rule we espect to find mfln In ~on ~ars .sao when ea of me · Wii~ of mind l.ba& William P. ~

BetOt'nioe. he reeumed the praetlee of Wolt IKl•••ed. aome&hlag of alaet of oour· th·st -~ . ~-· wltb Jodp·Boihroet. He waa Ass, • .,eaod thal qaaJlt.J wbleb we IOmRwhat Yul· ~ .~n dKari . ~Uee&or of BeYenue under Lincoln for aar11 oa11 oene. . Bu' Wllliam P. WoJt. wu the 8.-I'Al'~r ~Y· .: &While. tie was editor of 'be ADVDTIS· lnY.t:ot the braft.. Be rouaht tor lila eoon- H•_. 'nd . · t!ae · P.e~-. .:u for abOu' • mooUla In 1866. wh8n 117 uc1 alallllt p•e ·hJe life tor it. Be reaJJ1 ••

afternoon • .• -.andrew .TobDion ..,. president, and· did uo& bow what tear wu, aod had we .e.re theJ •~.nft. elalmed to ~ser Ute lbat ibis. paper-on··· ·aelfted · et1deoee lddltsoo--r that hie *~ ~~&aid~' ·der tiiB. m.nagement wu one ot the Yerj wa~abllaa-,lt hM been turolebed w dorina , ~ll for ·· ~t 18 ftnt papen ln the eountry tbat showed .tM19P.Ar !'eeb ~od moou.e &bat be b1s . faced ~l', Nov •. S~d. Ule ·ptesident to be a h'altor&o bls par1y. death. He bu looted buobla opeo rr-Ye for ...... _., ~ · -·· · ·~~."-' · . . ·.. . . .. · . ..,..., da.J• witboa' a ebaclder, without a mar· ~hear ol ·$be.. Be -..s eleeled to tbe state senate In milt'. I, .... characterildc ot blm.tbat oo on.e ~t ~);~t,t;b. : be• ·t8tl~, Bel\'.lDif unlll1870, when be was ot ·tu. 1ut d8f8 of eooecloaaotW, wbeo· ~ ,~ She .bft4.. ~~ -'elected ~ eon are- to fill an tlJ..U~xpired had: atmoet talled blm, be allied biat w~, after IW :. aaytl~'-=ne·· ~Urlli~· ·· rn 188211'8"·· · · msm~r~~ -abirlier-bad&t11bed .• riga bUli . .U..~,:JY~fe:..: L- ~~tb.er · eobl·: ]eff~:Biature. Io 1884 be was ~leetecl, ....... r;.o Ml', •Glve th .. Jooog IDftn. a ~et · · · ·, Le: skill .of • the :and .t:J.uriog that 88$8lon he waa speaker of.papeeaad eome .()(bee tnal' to &ak~·~. Wl

lght bad llved. ~ ~e hOOie. He was a~ableparlamen-· ~·c.1~o." Hie eeueroeltJ oeter ~-·~~ . ' .. ··baa are..~l_y . ~rl~tn, bel~ ~lie of ~he beet wbo ever ·bouQde. It. oYerftow~ ~- capaett)' ~ · behtt . · . n,l.,.< ·.:~Jl·~.~ .:~~Pled ·~bat. poei\lou to Iowa.·_ Dar~~· .r..=ue ~ ~ally made. bhp IIPl~ . to

'0. ~ii~;·s.~·-~ : .. ~:~·~.Cb~,JI))!'-.~1 .t~. !~~bliean, .. ~~~~.ba•~wwill epeat of his~~ · qt$~ -. .• = ~of·~: ~~~~~IOJJJ.IDi.ttee,and ~utlbat .~·-.aranw-.rd•aludP" we~Jt!"t :.or. ~lr ·&p.diJ~~ :-1~J!. ~aa,.Y~J faYorabJy menUon_. ~r lllan 4).Jitt·aa a man, l800er,. j~. tz:1ie and ~:;Dii ~i, t~h·~l\f, If{:· :~YfFO~- tbtou~;bout ibe s~.te. , ·. -·~ ~i.k .... -~:,·~~ u_ ~ae an. t~pl~:fun ··.to · • ·1\i '-~~~~~;.. ;:·/;:~~. · :·.: .~. :~~~ ·~~ soq.·~·~·tbl'ocJt .~·Wttli~-=-·Qlir~ ~·Q.·-,cr ~.;• ~· 1*, ... &11~·: .dead, ·· 4


.I tbau rltat. He~~~ eodowed by na- ! ~~--,-.,.-·--~~-.,~~-.:_ ______ ,__, __ '-.,.~ I 1 tho very strongf!Rt reaHoomsr JlOWtlf l -- 1

r1 laio, un(>!!tt:ntatious mnonPr lie pre- i ex~mplitif'fl again tbat olri tru tb that 11 0+~ir !JLr !

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ery featur., of his ca~e with all the ! richt-R or p ·1wAr, nor lli:;b ~; o a ()r cnur:Jt. f1,r ! trQug, Jogical and cc,uviucirr~ argu- I rn11ch af!t:r all, wlt£-o wt- tal<t~ tlw m~HfltJJfl of i Fl 1 ! stalwad mtm/' ar:d pr•tv<•s n!!ain that ' ';tlon~ ! 9..;lli18 S, BlankE

CARP t ••• ge hA was v~ry popu Jar wit fl i lhe aetiouf! r}f the j~:et smell HWt'f:'t nud bln:Rc,m ! m anf.l with thn pr-ople. He wag ! iu lhe dust.'' i mim awl juf!idu! t •trn of mi tul I llr. r;(,lf wa~ onfl of t>ight childn' P. !

tr·gether ~itb hiA l t!andflg, : T-:n:;; ~;r~::!.~~s diPrl .hf-f~;n• ?~: family J<'ft 1

m a mode] JUdge. He eonJd lis- ; Olho. 111•: uther sa: :1r~ J !V JII fl. and HP 1

1e finest HIHi most iutrieatt-< Jaw I Mrs. E!;zn.beth l\!Ng::Jn, Bf>~ rdlOT<i, Iowa ; 1 , 'I r I . B' '

Chf.'~per than ever •

1d discern un f!rror in r~a:.-! oJJirtg ! ~· r:1. ~_..at .arruB ;rwgar, KirkwooO. S. l l tscaped the athmtion of couu- 1 D.; Mr!4 . MalirHla J . . Eil}f'(•f!, '¥'iPPt Lii;H- 1 Call and sec the N}~W Good

I tl; Bl <t i r Woff. Tiptou, aud ~,(rf'. ~li:~hel / 1, hnwever. the . ~=~ vl <.> udid virtues I ~1. (~r~! '·"~' !.! ~ _W<~"~. Brllu.d:. Hi~l ~· ifc flied I DEAN 1an that gavo lnm llh; nw~t f1f.11l· i 10 1·~8(, lt~c.ywg ~·11: clntl!rl':l. ·tft••y li: tl 1

itilll'f.i(>IJ. ,Jud~e Wolf belitwP.fl l MrP. ~lary SlljclH, or f'alifornia·j !\Jr..;, 1

l'q•Jatityof the rightAofuwu . IJP : Luty Bowf'r!-1, of KPfl!iuk; ~lr"". Uara 1

kt!d to the writer c,f Uugo'l-l ~t-(,ry i 'tV ani. (•f Cal ifonsiu; Lou i.o, 11f St. j ---------- ---gallf·y Hl l! VO arH1 thu Wt>altlty i J IJI', :\lo; y, illiam a111l Jli!'!'4 Edith. wllo

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vho wero ~hipwret: kt>d, auclfuunll f IHP ar honH~. ~Jr . Wol f ruurit·•t ilg :ti 'l : Vf'fl alone in a little hul1 t, ·~ur- j ire l k~;). to Mb.~ MartiJS& H. lt . .-oJfi,.:,·. · us far a~ i lt (•J C(•ttld P.N3 only by i Ttwy h -. n~ t wo t.•lti!tlrt"ll, L"•ll' t' awl Wa :- ; n. R~dncfld to !=ltarvation litm• tt>r. )fr. \\o!f l•P!ot :~~· · •l to t h"' fi. A. H. 1

re brought to a cc1mUJuu l~vt> !. j and 11• tf,p L· ·~ al L•·ginn. l W'lfl better tbaH thA otht>r, nwl ; Trw f lli!MHl \Uut T•H,..~I!Ry at tfw fP :~i- ,

, -~ b~~~P~-~i~h~ t~~ _ Hvo_ tiUl!> : ~~;:~.~:~ -~.~ ;_::_il~ _J~~ -~.: _}r:. ~·~~: .H·ry J~:~c·ly I r . ltlf. non:·tt ddiJy ure ~iiOWPll ~ ...... " ... . . .. v;~ l'' " I"'' H; ftU t:ua.:-,:,r:o-. 1l \\ t;."\ I

·ded thf' poor us highly as thP · ill c:ur~ ... <d tl11~ Ct~l~r Cl)unty Bar. I E the poorflst man In the town ; 'fhu (i. A. n. and W. H. c. hHt•rtlll' li I his office for udvlce it w~t ttl•rt>d i fn a Luly. M11ny mt•lltht>H; of I busy he was with n caHP. iu - I the t•ar frc m othl'r l'ountit>E~ o! the bPuviest fiunncinl iutt~ rtlht~ j tile ll i::lritt Wl'r•~ in KttertlrHJCP. fttt~s, he etopped ull , patiHutly Tt!~rt' \wn~ JHI.'seut fmm a dis-j

10 poor rnnn's ~tory untl gav.~ ! tanc .. r At ~c:~·~J r y::: .F'. ~). EiJy~on. J. S. _Ht~- 1 bm~t of advlc~. often without PJ: ! cey,,.,. L. SI.N·au, _\\ · D. Sheeau. Dav1~ 1

n of reward. Thus ho fulled to : lid ann, 11. M. 11ewh·y, T. H. Ernn·1 wealth for himsl•lf. i brack aud C. J. Cush, of Anamu~h; J. W. 1 rning hi!i character, Jndgt\ H.Hlh- ! DGx~t·e and M. H. Herrick. (.r .Monti• !•i- !

ently said to the writer that hP ! l~• ; ~· (_'. ~a~.is and J.D. Oi ffen, of ~ . a r- / be never knew a ml)r~ pare ! ivn, \\.t. B.akP.J. J. 1'owe1J, )Ill, P.

man. He alsu said lu the C. n.j Smith. lt' rank Smith, .J. H. Pre~ton, .r. H. I .. nn· ' Cro:-uy. H. D. G.1ic. J. M. Redman J1, ' 1•

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be time of m;• first acqnalnbmce with ! ~eet!, t'harl~; \\' NUP, J . H. Rothrock, c. I llrough the years sloct-, our r .. lation11 1 E. \\ ht>elt•r f. H. Bnrr anfl H. G. Burr, j n of the most friendly character. I i of Cedar RaiJHl!'l; S. K. Tn1cy, of Burlingtnan knew him better than I dit.l. He ! ton, and Judge HnstPd, of Duhuqae. The I *' 'l!!t neighbor tor many .Jaars an•l ! honorary pall lJea rf1 rq wer~ Judges Rotb-~k ..Jfullf Mid of blm that tbAre nev- roek and Hm~trd, ex-Jul1gett Giffen ~art, of a wore kindly nature and J{en- Stacey nnd PreetoL and l•Uil. Cbarle.; •ofses. Hi" dally Ute wa-a rare exam· I Wea·e. The active pnH bear("B were T op~Jgbt man without guUe or malice B. Hanlev Captain Wm IH s t · arl'. -I belleYe · tbat If had been reo- I ~ • • • an • en a 0! MtertJ he would·h,.ve divided hts l F. O. EH~so.n, .J. W. Dt,Isef\, H. H. Burr, - ·. . ... . . • ... . and W. N. Trt>lr.bter.

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:~tinl't.iou .• Judge Wolf believ~d l l\lrP. ~!:-try Sll}dt·r, of California,; !'rfr :.: . t·qrJalityof the rights(lfnwn. lJ~> : Lucy Howf'r[-1, of l(pn!wk; :\lr:-~. Clara • ... . - .. '. I ----------~"""""" :kNi to the writer of Hugo'R ~t'(1ry j "6 ar!l. (If Cai t!ondu; Lou i..:, tJ f St. 1 ~-=------------ga!l~y HlavA and tho Wf:'althy i ,J(,,., :\Io; Vdlfiam aJJd ~li~~ Edith, \\' Ito : - ---···----- -------.. ·---·------·-

;v •· ') wero Phipwred:t>d, aurt fotHHi ! arP ar l10ITH~. ~~ r. Wo! f m:urit·rl Hg ;ti '.I ;

. , <~lone in a little huat, ,•ur- j ~:·• l kk~ . . to_ -~ll t--;-;. !\l:trtha H. lt.•dli·:lt' . '. I HS far aH lhey could P.(iU only by i Itwy tl., \ e t \l-0 t.' lll! tlrPll , L'ltll'l' awl" a.:- I Men':: ~n. H.f'dnced to starvation l;un• . tt•r. 'lr. \\ n!f ftp!o r:J..~t·d to th>~ (j , A. H ..

1 ~ re brought to a e"mmou Jevt•L and to tll f:' L•.yal L~'gion. I

'I" I' 1 'j ' I wal3 better tban thH otht>r, aut! rH• sll!!PrH \HIH 1Je~1lay at thu rP :~i· 1

had.'~ b~tter:riuh t . tn H '", tl 1a,. . :~;::.:~:. ".~ ~ :a~_P_:.~. .! t_ ~ ·~: ,' •·ry 1 ~:u" ly I That 11 ew J

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1 1 showing at r er th~ poor as hi~hly as t!H• ~ ~11 Cda.r~ ... () , t 11' Ce ~'1r C•>Uuty Bar._ I f the poorest man w the towu ' fhe h · A. !.. IUt( l \\. H. c. ttttt>Hth•11 ·

his office for udviee it 111~1ttert>d I in a Luty. .M11 ny lllf'lhhPrH of I · busy be waR with n caHe in - I tl!e liar fr, rn other t:ountit>A of the hPuviest fiuancial iutt·r~"'t~ I the• di :-· tritt wer1J in atteNl!HJCI-'. ThE fees, he etoppeu all, patit~utly I TJ!NP WI'I"P ltHlsent from a dh;-j

1 t \ . a.re 10 poor man's E&tory aud ga\'e 1 anc"' ·"'~"rury~ F. 0. EiJysno. ,J. S. Sta- . bHF~t of advice, often without t•x i cey • ,J. L, ShPf'an, W. D. Sheea.n, D£ivil'l I

1ll of reward. Thus ho fuih••J to ~ .MtCall u , H. M. HI!Wl(' y, T. R, Ernn- 1 \Ve have 1 wealth for himst•lf. i brnck Hllll c. J. Gush, of Anamu~&; J. w.l nting his character, Jndgn Rnth- ! Dox~(·e and M. H. Herrick, (,f Montit !•i · ; other hous ·ently said to tbe writer that hf> i h' ; .J. ('.Davis and J.D. t1H!t•n, of ~ . ar-1 l henevor kuew a mor~ pure ! ton;W. C.H:kkf'. J. J. i 'uwelf, Mil• P.~ man. He also sahl In the c. u. l S,mHh. Fnlllk ~mith, .J. H. Preiiton, .r. H.! , : I Cro:-sby, H. D. G.11e. J. M. Redman, ,J,/,1! 1

.be time of m;• first ecqunlntRn<!e with i ~ee(!• l~harh•s \\'NirP, J. H. Rothrock, C. i \V €. haYe a full hrongb the yeurs SiDCP, our r.-JaliOII!I i E. \\ lwelt•r ·r. n. Burr 8011 H. G. Borr, I n of the moat friendly charac~r- 1 i of Cf'l;ur HaiJuh:; S. K. Tracy, of Burling- style stiff hats. BC mao kuew bhnbetter than I did. Re i ton, anti Judge Huste•d, of Duhuqae. Th~! leareMt neighbor for many ~~ars an•l i bonorar}" pall bearPr~ weorr Judges Roth-truthfully Mid ot him that thAre nev- i roek aud Hm~tn1, ex-JurJgett Giffen, WM man of a more kindly natul'8 and gen- 1 Staeey nud PreFitOI.. aud l .vu. Cbarlt.i • ~uiiM!s. Hh• dally life w~a rare exam-~ Wea·e. The adive paH be-art-s were T.l upright man without ,.uue or malice 8 Han lev Captalr W n.. 8 THE

mrt. -I belteYe that tr bad been r~ 1 ••. • • 1 m. Vt"&D, enato!

(M)•ertJ he woulcl ba-Ye divided hie F. 0 · Ell~son, _J . w. Dt'Xeet', u. H. Burr • . of bread wJt.b bls bitLerMt 80,.1ny. and W. N. Trt'trhler. 1d no euemles fo the common accepta- The Lion eoonty bar remembered 1 ·

: :::;,.:'::~. r:::r. ~~ ~~•P•~=:~ / ~'::~. ~·~~~~ •;;!., ~· .~: ~~~~~;~~~: j C ASE'i take~ o.f . tha house or. reprieentatlvee, ! ty b~r w._ith anothe-r, "The SralPR. of Ju!!-1 coRsETS bl'r ur 00Djlr688! ~nd JUdg~ or tbe dis- i tico." Otht\r ~OCifltl~s aud f:-i~nd~ ~eut . L bo bad oppos1t1on common to p(~li~- ; many ftr)\\"~r:i . Tbe l~e>rt>n.wnleR ·were 1ts, but no man had cause to question i bel!utif J Th h · "J or the purity o! his cbnrncter. ! u · :; e mr sang t>PU~, Lov-Boyd. editor of the Cedar Rapids ! ~~ of ll_y Soul. R~v. Mt·K·•e, of the 11. ~an , wrote editorially of him I .!:d. ehmch, off~red a prayer, 8D(l RI3Y.

followP: i Johnson: of the Prf'~byt erian church. I ltb of J d ,,r.,

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' him as a man nnd as a friend is a j a · ev. l' tle t en fl(lnke t>lfiQlWDtly .oes tor be was one or tbe in~t lo;able l of the character of t he d~ceasPo • and Most !I who ever blessed tbis world. When I Rev. John~on fc)llowelf. The body wa~ 1ee we usu~lly throw the mantle of I laid in final rrst iu the Ma~onic Ceme- Per~ect 1ver . al1 fotblea. and rernemlwr only i tery. ~•


368 HISTORY OF CEDAR COU~TY /Cfl1 broken and crops were planted. From time to time he purchased adjoining land until he became the owner of one hundred and sixty acres but later he sold forty acres of that tract. After living for a time in the west he returned to New York and was married in Cattaraugus county to Miss Betsy West, who was born and reared there. He then brought his bride to the farm which he had prepared and upon which he afterward reared his family. He also made the pl~e his home until called to his final rest in 1904. He had for several years

· survived his wife, who died in December, 189:). Rufus and U. S. Farrington have had charge of and carried on the farm for

seventeen years. There are also three sisters in the family: Rosalia, who acts as housekeeper for her brother U. S.; Eliza, the wife of George Martin of South Dakota; and Lucinda, the wife of Ralph Simmons living in Battle Creek, Nebraska.

The brothers. Rufus and U. S. Farrington purchased the home farm from their father about r&JJ. In the meantime U. S. Farrington spen t two years in the Philippines. He was for one year connected ·with the United States army and stationed at San Francisco in the coast artillery. Subsequently he spent two years with the Fourth United States Infantry and participated in the Philippine war. He was thus on active duty with the regular army for three years and was then honorably discharged, at the end of which time he returned home and he and his brother began fanning together. In connection with the cultivation of the fields they raise and feed stock and have about ninety head of high grad~. pure blooded shorthorn cattle. They fatten a carload or more of cattle and two carloads of hogs each year.

Rufus Farrington was married in Bl~k Hawk county, Iowa, to Miss Ella Maricle, who was born, reared and educated in Waterloo, Iowa, the wedding being celebrated September 23, 1903. In their political views the brothers are republicans and U. S. Farrington served as assessor for two years and also as a member of the school board for four years. His sister is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church of Walnut Grove. The Farrington brothers are both well known and are numbered with the leading fanners and stock-breeders of the county, gaining more than local reputation as dealers in shorthorn cattle. They display excellent business ability in the management of their affairs and are not only progressive in business but also in matters of citizenship.

JUDGE WILLIAM P. WOLF.

When the history of Iowa's prominent men shall be written the record will contain the name of no one more worthy the honor of his fellow citizens than was Judge William P. Wolf. He was Cedar county's foremost resident. There have been other men in Iowa who have attained to higher political honors, to greater military distinction and to greater success in the field of business and yet in all those lines his was a creditable record. That which won him a regard above many of his fellows was his unflinching loyalty to duty and his u_nqualified support of what he believed to be right. Even those who opposed him politically

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never doubted the integrity of his belief or the sincerity of his purpose and thus when the end came he passed on, leaving a name untarnished and a memory that w11l be cherished while any who knew him yet remain as active factors in the world's work.

Judge Wolf was born in Stark county, Ohio, in the village of Harrisburg, December 31 , 1833, and when a small boy accompanied his parents on their r&moval to a farm in the vicinity of Marlboro, Ohio. He manifested a special aptitude in his studies and supplemented his district-school course by attendance at a seminary and high school. He afterward engaged in teaching in the union school at Limaville, Ohio. Subsequently he became principal of the Edinburg high school in Portage county, Ohio. During a part of that time he was under the instruction of Professor Holbrook, one of the distinguished educators of that state,· afterward connected with the normal at Lebanon, Ohio. All through his life Judge Wolf remained a student, carrying his investigations far and wide into the realms of knowledge, so that in his later years he could draw from a rich fund of wisdom to illustrate his ideas or point his remarks. Determining upon the practice of law as his life work, he prepared for the profession in the office of Beirce & Pease, of Canton, Ohio, who directed his reading until 1856, when the family removed to Cedar county, Iowa, settling in what is now Gower township. Judge Wolf was at that time a young man of twenty-three years. Thereafter for a period he devoted his attention to fanning, teaching school and reading law with Rush Clark of Iowa City as his preceptor. It was during those years that John Brown, the famous opponent of slavery, spent some time at Springdale, Iowa. Mr. Wolf, who had become convinced of the righteousness of the cause of abolition, became well acquainted with Mr. Brown and his men, even assisting them in helping negroes to the north. On one such occasion he took a hazardous midnight ride to Iowa City to baffle their enemies and to aid their enterprises. In this he manifested the same loyalty and fidelity to duty which were characteristic of him throughout his entire life.

In 1859 Judge Wolf was united in marriage to Miss Alice Macey and soon afterward established his home in Tipton, where he entered upon the practice of law. The successful work which he had done along educational lines led his fellow townsmen to solicit him to become a teacher in the grammar department of the Tipton union school. This he consented to do, dividing his time between his school work and his professional activities. Later be was chosen county superintendent of schools but on retiring from the office declined to take up any further educational work, desiring to devote his entire attention to the practice of law.

In the meantime Judge Wolf had become recognized as a prominent member of the republican party and in I 863 was elected to represent his district in the state legislature. In January of the following year he formed a law partnership with J. H. Rothrock who had returned from the army with impaired health. The relationship between them was maintained until Mr. Rothrock went upon the bench three years later.

Judge Wolf, however, put aside the duties of his profession in May, I~, to render active service to the Union cause and succeeded in raising Company I of

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372 HISTORY OF CEDAR COUNTY

the Forty-sixth Iowa \ 'olunteer Infantry and was elected captain. The troops proceeded to Davenport and as soon as the regiment was organized they were sent to Cairo and thence into Tennessee. where they aided in guarding a railroad at Colliersville near Yfemphis in ] uly. Here they were ambushed and attacked by Confederates and several of the company were wounded. Captain Wolf fell at the first fire, a ball passing through his r ight arm, entering the right side, passing through the body and lodging in the left hip. He was carried from the field almost dead and for some time his life hung in the balance. He never recovered from his injury, carrying the rebel lead to the last, and the wound ultimately caused his death.

After his return to Tipton, Captain Wolf resumed the practice of law in connection with Judge Rothrock and continued throughout the remainder of his life a prominent and honored representative of the bar of Tipton and of Iowa. At times he was called to public office and therefore divided his time between the duties that thus devolved upon him and the interests of his clients. He served as assistant collector of internal revenue under President Lincoln. In r866 he devoted about six months to editing The Advertiser. The following year he was elected to the state senate, in 1867, and thus served until 1870, when he was chosen to congress to fill out an unexpired term. In r882 he was returned to the legislature as a member of the lower house and in 1884 was reelected, a fter which he was chosen speaker of the house. A splendid parliamentarian. he made one o f the best presiding officers that has ever occupied that post in the general assembly. During 1884 he was chairman of the republican state central committee and about that year was favorably mentioned for governor in many parts of the state.

When he retired from the speakership. the State Register of Des Moines said of him: "His skill and his success are alike the marvel and the admiration of all parties and even the opposition who were defeated in all their masterly tactics by his cool and remarkable leadership. joined in saying that it was honorably and fairly done. * * * * This is the best proof of leadership and manliness and Mr. Wolf by his splendid record this winter has so far increased his previous standing in Iowa that today no public man in the state stands in stature above him. * * * * The statesman from Cedar was the very man that the momentous situation in Iowa this winter demanded. It was the greatest good fortune of the state that the leader so necessary was so happily found."

When Judge Wolf was first spoken of in connection with the candidacy for governor. many of the newspapers of the state rallied to his support. The Maple Valley Era said: "There is no man in the state who is better versed in the public affairs of Iowa than he. During the enti re period that he presided as speaker of the house not a single charg e was brought against him by the opposition. claiming that his rulings were unfair or that he took any advantage whatever of the power placed in his hands. He has also served in con~ress where his ability and experience brought him to a position of influence." The Tipton Advertiser in speaking of Judge Wolf's candidacy for governor said: ' 'Hi s canvass has been all that the most scrupulously honorable could ask: it has antag-onized no element whose good wishes are worth looking after: it meet~ the requirements

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of the people that their governor shall be beyond small things- shall have the manhood to stand always and everywhere for principle and for those things that go to elevate the state, to broaden its fame and to stimulate its industries, and defend its institutions and en force its laws. He fills every Jeffersonian requisite of personal honor, capability, patriotism and possesses those other qualifications of personal fairness and astuteness in debate, great vigor and energy in his conduct of a campaign and strength before the people that always go with strong men."

While Judge Wolf did not receive the nomination, the expressions of the press concerning him show in what regard he was held "in the portions of the state where he was best known. While he was not without that laudable ambition which is the stimulus of honorable service in public office, he yet regarded the practice of law as his real life work and after Judge Rothrock was called to the bench. entered into partnership with S. V. Landt, a relationship that was maintained for many years. Following the removal of Mr. Landt to California, Judge Wolf formed a partnership with T. B. Hanley, which continued until he was elected to the bench of the eighteenth judicial district in the fall of 1894. He presided over that court up to the time of his death. His former law partner, Judge Rothrock, after his demise said "He was an able lawyer. I never knew a man at the Iowa bar who could try a case so well with so little time for preparation. He was not an orator in the popular sense, he was more than that. He was endowed by nature with the very strongest reasoning power and in a plain, unostentatious manner he presented every feature of his case with all the force of strong, logical and convincing argument." Upon the bench Judge Wolf made an equally creditable record, passing his opinions upon the law and the equity in the case, his course characterized by a masterful grasp of every question presented for solution. It was characteristic of him that upon his death-bed he requested that pen and paper should be given him that he might write his resignation as judge of the district court. This was in keeping with his whole course of life for he did not want to be paid for services he could not perform.

Unto the first marriage of Judge Wolf there were born six children: Mary, now the wife of James Snyder of Pasadena, California; Lucy, the wife of William Bowers of Rock Rapids. Iowa; Clara, the wife of Paul Ward of Banning, California; Louis, living in St. Joseph, Missouri; William, of Mount Vernon, Iowa ; and Edith, the wife of Harry Stewart of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The death of Mrs. Wolf occurred in x88r.

In 1885 Judge \\'olf married Miss Martha H. Redfield, a daughter of Colonel James Redfield. Her father was the twelfth and youngest son of Luther and Mary (Dryer) Redfield and was born in Clyde, Wayne county, New York, March 27, 1822, and carne of early !\ew England ancestry. His great-grandfather, Captain Peleg Redfield, was a soldier in the French and Indian war under General Wolff and four of his great-uncles were in the Revolutionary war, hoMing commissions under \Vashington , while two were killed in battle. The parents of Colonel Redfield were natives of Richmond, Berkshire county, Massachusetts. They were married May 19, 1&:>3. and two years later started for western New York and on reaching Seneca county Mr. Redfield purchased land and cleared a large farm . In 1822 he removed to Clyde, Wayne county. New York


3i4 HISTORY OF CEO.-\R COC!\TY

During the war of 1812 he was captain o f militia of his home town and on the landing of the British at Sodus Point, Lake Ontario, in June, 1813, he and his company were attached to Colonel Swift's regiment which was summoned to the defense of that place. Marching all Sunday afternoon and night, they reached Sodus Point at sunrise in time to see the burning village and the retreating vessels of the enemy. Captain Redfield died in 1868 and his wife- in May, 1853.

James Redfield attended the high school of Clyde and afterward entered Yale College as a freshman at the age of seventeen years. Following his graduation he returned to Clyde, where he entered upon the practice of law and the following year was elected county superintendent of schools of Wayne county, New York, filling the office for two years. In 1848, at the invitation of the Hon. Christopher Morgan, secretary of state of New York, he went to Albany and accepted a position in his office, becoming virtually supervisor of county schools for the state. Subsequently he engaged in merchandising in Albany until May, 1855, when he removed to Davenport, Iowa. There he made the acquaintance of Thomas Moore, subsequently his father-in-law, and with him spent some time in prospecting for a location. In connection with Mr. Stevens they at length purchased a large tract of land in the valley of the middle branch of the Raccoon river in Dallas county. There they founded the village of Wiscotta and since the death of Colonel Redfield the name o f the town has been changed, being called Redfield in his honor.

Colonel Redfield was married in Beaver, Pennsylvania, May 2, 1856, to Miss Achsah Moore, a daughter of Thomas and Achsah (Harvey) Moore of that place. They became the parents of three children: Thomas Moore, Mrs. Martha Heard and Mrs. Mary Lewis. In October, 1861 , Mr. Redfield was elected to the state senate of Iowa on the republican ticket and served on the ways and means committee and the committees on schools and public lands. He was afterward appointed by Governor Kirkwood, lieutenant colonel of the Thirtyninth Regiment of Iowa Volunteers and was killed at the battle of Altoona Pass, Georgia, October s. 1864. He resigned his position in the senate to enter the army and gave his life in defence of the Union. His widow long survived him, passing away in 1907.

A. daughter, Martha Redfield, born in the town of Redfield, Iowa, became postmistress of the new state capitol and while there became acquainted with Judge Wolf, who was the first speaker of the house of the twentieth general assembly which was the first to occupy the new state capitol. Judge and Mrs. Wolf became the parents of two children, Louise Redfield and Walter Paul, both of whom are at home with their mother.

Judge Wolf was a prominent member of the Grand Army of the Republic and of the Loyal Legion. He died at his home in Tipton after a long and painful illness, on the 19th of September, 1&)6. The funeral services were in charge of the Cedar county bar and the Grand Army Post and Women's Relief Corps attended in a body, while many distinguished men from other parts of the state were present. Judge Rothbrock said of him: "He was my nearest neighbor for many years and it can be truthfully said that there was never a man of a more kindly nature and generous impulses. His daily life was a rare example of an



upright man without guile or malice in his heart. I believe that if he had been reduced to poverty he would have divided his last crust of bread w1th his bitterest enemy. But he had no enemies in the common acceptation of the term. He had rivalry in his public life. As a member of the senate, as speaker of the house, as a member of congress and judge of the district court he had the opposition common to political contests, but no man had cause to question his honor or the purity of his character. He was not learned in the classics but he was a scholar in the sciences, in philosophy, history and biography. Few men were possessed of more general information than he had."

W. R. Boyd, editor of the Cedar Rapids Republican, wrote editorially of him as follows: "The death of Judge William P. Wolf to those who knew him as a- man and as a friend, is a personal loss for he was one of the most lovable characters who ever blessed this world. When death comes we usually throw the mantle of charity over all foibles and remember only the tender things in connection with the dead man's life. In the case of William P. Wolf the mantle needs not to be large. He had few faults to hide. Of vices he had none. Of weaknesses, perhaps a few, as the world judges. He was careless only of himself. He thought little of his personal attire and little of his bank account, but he thought everything of his honor and of his integrity; everything of his family, and he loved w1th intense devotion his fellowmen. If the beautiful dream of Leigh Hunt be true and in the Book of Life it be written that 'those who love their fellowmen lead all whom love of God hath blest,' then the name of William P. Wolf adorns the topmost page.

"We have known him since childhood and we know that all who have been similarly honored with his acquaintance will say yea and amen to what we have said here touching his character. He was a simple-minded man living near to

nature's heart ; fond of flowers and fields and the whole realm of nature's world. He was a student, too, of men and of books. His learning in the law was not more profound than his knowledge of general literature. He seemed to have traversed the whole field of history, of philosophy and of poetry. He possessed wit that might have been sharp and incisive as a two-edged sword had it not been for his kindliness.

''As a rule we expect to find men in possession of the characteristics of mind that William P. Wolf possessed, something of a lack of courage and that quality which we somewhat vulgarly call nerve. But William P. Wolf was the bravest of the brave. He fought for his country and almost gave his life for it. He really did not know what fear was, and bad we needed evidence additional that his courage was sublime, it has been furnished us during the long weeks and months that he has faced death. He has looked into his open grave for many days without a shudder, without a murmur. It was characteristic of him that on one of his last days of consciousness, when speech had almost failed him, he called his wife, after a barber had finished shaving him and whispered to her, 'Give this young man a basket of grapes and some other fruit to take home to the children.' His generosity never knew any bounds. It overflowed his capacity for being generous and actually made him unjust to himself.

"Others have or will speak of his great qualifications as a lawyer and as a judge. \Ve speak of him only as a man, tender, just, true and brave. A man


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whom it was an inspiration to have known, and who, as he lies there dead. exemplifies again that old truth that ·neither riches nor power, nor high honor count for much after all, when we take the measure of stalwart men,' and proves again that, 'alone the actions of the just smell sweet and blossom in the dust.' "

SPENCER G. FRINK.

Spencer G. Frink, cashier of the Cedar County State Bank and thus well known in the financial circles of Tipton, was called to his present position in 1885 and the fact that he has continued therein to the present time is indicative of his thorough understanding and capabili ty in the discharge of his duties as well as of the confidence reposed in him by the other officers of the institution and his popularity with the general public.

One of Cedar county' s native sons, he was born in Dayton township on the 6th of January, r86r, his parents being Homer C. and Helen M. (Jobes) Frink. The Frink family is of English descent and was founded in Massachusetts, whence representatives of the name went to Connecticut and later to New York. The parents of our subject are both in good health, although the father is now eighty-six years of age. He was born in Albany, New York, March 5, 1824, and in 1848, when a young man of twenty-four years, became a resident of Little Rock, Kendall county, Illinois, while in 1854 he came to Cedar county, Iowa. The mother was born in Erie county, New York, March 25, 1837, and went with her parents to Kendall county, Illinois, in 1839. In 1859 Mr. Frink returned to Illinois and was married, and the same year came again to Cedar county, settling on section I, Dayton township, where he entered two hundred acres of wild and unimproved government land. Year after year he carefully cultivated and developed the farm until he sold it March r, r9Q8. Among those who entered land from the government he was the last in Dayton township to dispose of his homestead. In 1900 he removed to Clarence, where he and his wife now reside, and in 1909 they celebrated their golden wedding. Both are active and faithful members of the Wesleyan Methodist church. Mr. Frink is a prominent republican and was a delegate to the first convention of his party in Cedar county. He h~ld various township offices, the duties of which he always discharged with promptness and fidelity. In his family were five children, of whom Spencer G. is the eldest. The others are: Sarah, the wife of Fred Decker of Dayton township; Homer and Howard, twins, who since 1907 have been residents of Alberta, Canada; and Alice, at home.

Spencer G. Frink has been a life-long resident of Cedar county and remained upon the home farm with his parents until he attained his majority. He pursued his education in the public schools and at Carthage College, Carthage, Illinois, which he attended for one year. He engaged in teaching school for three winter seasons. while the summer months were devoted to farm work. On the expiration o f that period he came to Tipton and served as county auditor under


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WOLF, William Penn, 1833-1896

WOLF, William Penn, a Representative from Iowa; born in Harrisburg, Stark County, Ohio, December 1, 1833; attended the public schools and Holbrook Seminary; moved to Cedar County, Iowa, in 1856; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1859 and commenced practice in Tipton, Cedar County, Iowa; superintendent of public schools; member of the State house of representatives in 1863 and 1864; served in the Union Army as captain of Company I, Forty-sixth Regiment, Iowa Volunteer Infantry; appointed assistant assessor of internal revenue in 1865; member of the State senate 1867 -1869; elected as a Republican to the Forty-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William Smyth and served from December 6, 1870, to March 3, 1871; resumed the practice of law in Tipton, Iowa; again a member of the State house of representatives 1881-1885, and was chosen speaker in 1884; elected judge of the eighteenth judicial district in the fall of 1894 and continued in this capacity until his death in Tipton, Iowa, on September 19, 1896; interment in the Masonic Cemetery.

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:Jloiucs in J8u:i. Judge and .:Urs. Wright W!.:re the parents of seveu cbildr~u : Thotua3

., who Lecaute general solicitor of the Chicago, Huck l:,;lauJ <.\: Pacific Railway Cotupa tty and Jir:d in 18V5; Craig L., the leaJi ug lawyer in S ioux Ci ty; Carroll and Georg~ G., both r esidents of Des ..Moines; ..Mary D., widow of F. H. Peavey of :Minneapolis, Lucia 11., wife uf .E. H. Stone of Sioux City, aud Willie, who died at the age of eleven years.

Ca rroll Wright attended the common scll<\ols in Eeosauqua until the family moved to Des 11oines. He C!ntered th~ State University at 1•>\\';t City in 1810 and was graduatcJ from the collegiate department in 1875. li po11 his rclnrn from coll ege btl was appoi ntl'd con.::u hu· c lcrk to the consnl general :ll HuuH:, l.ut he deciined thi:; po:;ition nud couunenced work on the Iowa State Register ns a reporter-. In the fall of 1 76 he left the Rcg ister and "'ent into the la\1' office of ·Wright. Gntch &. Wright, us a student. H~ attended the Simpson Centenary College of Law in Des :\[oines during tbi:; t ime and graduated there in 1818 as the ,-aledictorian of his clas5. A pa r tnersh ip was then formed, co11sisti ng of Li:> father, .Judge George G. Wright, and tlJC oldest brother, Thomas S., under the fi rm name o~ Wright & Wright. Thi:3 continued un til 1881 , when :\. B. Cumn1ins \\'as admitted to the firm.

Sl'n'ral dHrngcs subsequently occurred in the fi rm by the withdrawal of Judge Wright from acti ,·c practice and by Thomns S. Wright bE-eomin~ di,·ision 5•Jlicitor of the ('Jti<:Hgn. R~·ck f..danrl & Pn<·itic Rai)\\'ny and s.ub::N[lH'Htly it:> gene ral attorrlf'." anrl rcrll<JVina tn ( 'hient.:'"· \\' !tr:n hr IK·catnc di,· ision solicitnr tl11~ tirrr1 wa..,: chan~c·d lfJ Cunllnins & \\'riglu. cc•n~i~tiug ,,f .\. H. Cummins and C'arn)ll \\-riglt i. Tl1t:_" c.;rortlium·d in pracrice tc,grtiH:r until .\trgno.t 1. 1 ~!J(i, when :\fr. \\'r ight wn,: ap0iutt rl att•>rnC:y for I nwa fo r the Clticag·\1. Rr·rk J-;bncl & Pacific Rail: way ('r.mpan_,-. hn,·in!! charge ,_.f all its lt>gal hu:;in(',:>: in J c.wn. 11<' tht'rcfore r('(ired from the finn and frotn general pr!lcticc, but again r esu med connection \\' ith the firm in 1fl02 . \vhen )[r. Cumm ins became go\'ernor of I owa, being a~s~iat"'l with .James Hewitt and C raiu T. \\ri!!ht. son ,,f Th::>i'. S. Wright. Carrroll \Y rif!ltt i!" a r(;m:nkalol:· ::uc~~sful ] 1·-•·::c.r, :1:·t ':n] _,- f. ~":'l'l;..-. .-.f :),.-. !. it• in· ::t1·ilit_, .

which Ill.! posse:>s~s, but because of tb~ industry "'id1 wh id1 he prepares h is cases for t rial. He ua::; ..t rule of always putting himself in the J'U8ition of the attorney of the other sidd when he is getting ready for t rial , seeking to find al l the \\:eak points iu his own case so that he may prepare in advanc~ against any auack which may be made. He gives advice couscn·ati,·ely aud never without thoroughly uoder:>tanding all the f acts and the law in the cru>e. Having .an ~nusual capacity for details, uotbing i::; ever ueglect.ed and he is never caught uappi ng.

Mr. Wright has always been au active republican. He participates iu the com·entions anci in the councils of hia party and is a most \'a lned worker. He is uot in politic.a ·tor Lis own advantage aud ha;; not I.Je<'ll a candidate for any ofiice, yet he is a recognized power in I owa politics. The only official position be ever held was that of regent of the State Un iversity, to which posit ion he bas been twice elected, the last time in 1900 for a term of six years. He is connected with various republican organ i1.a1 ionJ and cluLa in the sta~ and has often scr vf'<i his party us a campaign speaker. l.Ir. Wright is secretary of the Des Moines & Ft. Dodge Railroad, a di rector in the Hawkeye Investment Company and is interes~d in >arious enterpris€-s of the city of Des :Moines, where he has bee n during all of hi s acti,·e life prominentl y connected with public affairs. He is a member of the Knights of Pythia:; order. On the 18th of June, 187!1, 11r. Wright was married to )[iss :Kellie Elliolt~ daughter of the !at•· .John :\ . and :Mattie H enderson Elliott. )lr. Ell iott was for si :< :·ea rs auditor r.f stat,- n11d Inter pres ident .,f the· Srate. Tnsn rarl('(· ( 'rJinpan;·. He died in 1881. ~f r. and ::\[r~. \\ri:rht h:n·e one child living, Cnrroll \\'right . .Jr., Lorn .Ta!luary :!.i, 18!15. The" liv(: in a ucn\ltiful home ou West O ra~d avr:nuc.

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the house in the Twentieth General Assembl" chairman of the republ ican state ct-nt ral . ' committee in the great presidential carupaign of 1 84, and has held many other pc•.::itions of honor and trust. J udg:e J a mrs H. Hot brock, of Cechn Ra pids, fo; man,y .'·ears judge of th~ supreme cou rt, ,,·as J udgc \\· •. ·1 t";; Ia \\' pnrtnr r and nearest neighbo r iu Tipr nn for many years before Judge R oth rock weut on th e bench. /1..t the time o f J ndgc \\'olf';;

.dc.:.th, in September, 1896, J udgc R othrock s:1 id o f him: "The re nr,·<' r \\':1:> a Jn;tn of lli<) J' ~ k indh· n:1t11rc and !.!'t.:lll'l'~)ll." illl(l ll l:;c:::: .

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.sturl ic:rl law in the office of Bierce & P ense, ·in Canton, !l t HI at the age of twenty-three, in 1851i, carne \\'ith hi~ parents to Cedar

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William nssi:nt·ol on the farm , taught scho(.J, alld contin11ed his Ia"' :::t ndies "'id1 Hush Clark of I owa City. J olm Brown, the famous 110ld John Brown of Osawattomie," \\'ith some of his sons and followet·s, spent :;nme time in and abont Springdale, in Cedar t'Otmt~·, about this time, and young)! r. Wolf c:~mc to knQ\\' them well and took an nctive :111d entlm~ia~tic part in their operations, running off uegroes, riding in the n ight at much peril It) himself, to baffle th~ plans 0f tltosC' who \\'t·r<' tr,,·in:r to rlrfeat Brown's purpose:::.

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women found him after som.e hours, and, aided by negroes, took him in an ox cart to the Union forces, where he was cared for. He carried that rebel bullet all his life. It was supposed to have lodged in his liver; it partially paralyzed one lo3g and was the cause of a slight pecullarity of gait, for he never ceased to suffer from i t, and it shortened his life. Returning from the war, he entered into the law partnership with James H. R othrock in Tipton. He was deputy internal revenue collector under Lincoln, was 13ditor o£- the Tipton Advertiser during about six months, in 1866, which was one of the first newspapers in the country to show up Andrew J ohnson for treachery to his party. H e was 13lected state senator in 1867, representing Cedar county. In 1870 he was elected to fill the unexpired term of William Smythe a~ congressman from the Fifth district. I n 1882 be was elected to the low~r house of the legislature and in 1884 was re-elected and was speaker of the house the first session in. the new state house. He made a record as speaker in keeping with the reputation be had made for conscientious and able public service, and it was one of the things he was most proud of. In that bouse were such men as ·W. I. Babb, Charles Doerr, B . F. Clayton, W. 0. Scmidt, C. S. Ranck, N. B. Holbrook, T homas McCall, S. M. Weaver, C. C. Carpenter, and it was one of the most important legislatures in the state's history. That same y~ar Speaker Wolf managed the state campaign for the republican party. After Judge Rothrock went on the bench, Mr. Wolf had S. V. L andt for a law partner, and when the latter went to California, his place was taken by T. B. Hanley, and that relation continued until Mr. Wolf became district judge in 1894. H e was an able, as well as a popular judge, and this was his dearest ambition. Judge Wolf always had a leaning toward the poor and unfortunate, and would give their affairs his best attention without pay, at the expense of his own business, so he never became wealthy. But when he died, September 19, 1896, after n long illness of Bright's disease and complications, the bar, the courts and the prese, as well as his friends and the people who knew him best, covered his grave with eulogy.

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Judge W ol£ was married to Miss Alice Macey in 1859. Six children were born to them, as follows: Mrs. Mary Snyder, California; Mrs. Lucy Bowers, K eokuk ; Mrs. Clara :W-ard, California; Louis of St. Joseph, Mo.; William and Miss Edith, who live at home in Tipton. Mrs. Wolf died in 1881, and :Mr. Wolf was marri~d to Miss Bertha Redfield, daughter of the late Colonel Redfield, the founder of the town of R~dfield, Iowa, October 211 1885. Two children were born to them: Louise Redfield, born March 6, 1891, and Walter Paul, born February 17, 1893. J udge 1Wo1f was a member of thd G. A. R. and of the Loyal Legion.

Since this sketch was written an incident occurred showing the tender relations that existed in the family of Judgo3 Wolf. His little son, six years old, was heard to say, "When I die I wish I would d ie with a book in my hand." ·When asked why, he replied, "So papa could bear me read."

WATERBURY, CaARLEs D ANN, is a successful banker in Dayton, I owa, where he located in September, 1881, and started the Bank of Dayton. His early education was mostly in the public schools of Polo, Ogle county, Illinois, where he was born. He graduated from the high school in that town in 1876, having b~en very active as a debater in the literary society. T he week after be graduated he sta rted for Californ ia, where be spent three years, teaching most of the time. In 1879 he retu rned to Polo to study law, but came to Iowa before completing the course and was admitted to the bar at Fort Dodge at th~ December term of court in J 881, but did not at any time in tend to enter the practice actively. His bank was a private bank until the fall of 1886, when he became associated with a number of Fort Dodge gentlemen and formed the State Bank of Dayton, of which be has since been cashier. In 1900 the bank was converted into the First National Bank of Dayton. He is also interested in a drug store in Dayton. Mr. Waterbury has been a republican ever since


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Husband's Name VVilliam Penn WOLF (AFN:1VN5-9QN)

Born: 1 Dec 1833 Died: 19 Sep 1896

Buried: Married: 31 Aug 1859

Place: Harrisburg, Stark Co, Oh Place: Tipton, Cedar, Ia Place: Masonic Cemetery, Tipton, Cedar, Ia Place: Honey Grove, , Ia

Father: Jacob WOLF (AFN:1VN5-809) Mother: Anna Catharine SMITH (AFN:1VN5-81 H)

Wife's Name Alice MACY (AFN:1THJ-ONM)

Born: 15 Jul 1839 Died: 12 May 1881

Buried: Married: 31 Aug 1859

Place: Marlborough, Stark, Oh Place: Tipton, Cedar, Ia Place: Honey Grove Cem., Cedar County, Iowa Place: Honey Grove, , Ia

Father: Samuel MACY (AFN:1THJ-OJS) Mother: Mary GRUWELL (AFN:182T-GNR)

Children

1. Sex Name F Edith WOLF (AFN:1VN5-9Z4)

Born: 16 Jan 1878 Place: Tipton, Cedar, Ia

2. Sex Name F Lucy WOLF (AFN:202X-HSN)

Born: 22 Jan 1856 Place: Honey Grove, Cedar, Iowa

3. Sex Name F Lucy WOLF (AFN:1VN5-9T9)

Born: 22 Jan 1866 Place: Tipton, Cedar, Ia Died: 6 Jul1945 Place: Storm Lake, Buena Vista, Ia

4. Sex Name F Clara WOLF (AFN: 1 VN5-84R)

Born: 15 Mar 1868 Died: 13 Sep 1929

5. Sex Name

Place: Tipton, , Ia Place: Hemet, Riverside, Ca

F Mary WOLF (AFN:1VN5-9RV)

Born: 27 Mar 1861 Died: 17 Sep 1944

6. Sex Name

Place: Tipton, Cedar, Ia Place: Pasadena, Los Angeles, Ca

M Thomas Thor1y WOLF (AFN:1VN5-9S3)

Born: 9 Apr 1863 Died: 22 Sep 1864

Place: Tipton, Cedar, Ia Place: Tipton, Cedar, Ia

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Birth: 1 DEC 1833 in Harrisburg, Stark, Ohio 1

Death: 19 SEP 1896 in Tipton, Cedar, Iowa 2

Burial: SEP 1896 Masonic Cemetery, Center Twp, Cedar, Iowa 2

Military Service: 7 MAY 1864 Civil War; Captain; Union Army ; Company I, 46th Regiment, Iowa; 1

Occupation: 1859 Attorney; Law Office of Wolf & Landt; Tipton, Cedar, Iowa Occupation: BET 1863 AND 1864 Member of the State house of representatives Occupation: 1865 Appointed assistant assessor of Internal revenue Occupation: BET 1867 AND 1869 Senator Occupation: BET 6 DEC 1870 AND 3 MAR 1871 Congressman Occupation: BET 1881 AND 1885 State house of representatives Occupation: 1884 Speaker of the Iowa House Occupation: BET 1894 AND 18g6 Dl.strlct Judge Event : Political Affiliation Republican Event: Census 1880 Center, Cedar, Iowa Event: Census 1860 Tipton, Cedar, Iowa Event: Census 1870 Tipton, Cedar, Iowa Event: Census 1850 Marlboro, Stark, Ohio Event: Cause of Death: Bright's disease Note:

[Excerpt from Biographies and Portraits of the Progressive Men of Iowa) Wolf, Jude William Penn, late of Tipton, Cedar county, judge of the Eighteenth judicial district, has had much to do with the making of Iowa, and for several years was one of the leaders of the republican party In the state. He was speaker of the house In the TWentieth general Assembly, chairman of the republican state central committee In the great presidential campaign of 1884, and has held many other positions of honor and trust. Judge James H. Rothrock, of Cedar Rapids, for many years judge of the supreme court, was Judge Wolf's law partner and nearest neighbor in Tipton for many years before Judge Rothrock went on the bench. At the time of Judge Wolf's death, in September, 1896, Judge Rothrock said of him: •There never was a man of more kindly nature and generous Impulses. His daily life was a rare example of the upright man without guile of malice in his heart. I believe If he had been reduced to poverty he would have divided his la.st crust of bread with his bitterest enemy. But he had no enemies in the common appreciation of the term. He had rivalry In his public life. As a member of the senate of this state; as the speaker of its house of representatives; as a member of congress and as judge of the district court he had opposition common to political contests, but no man had cause to question his honor or the purity of his character. He was an able lawyer. I never knew a man at the Iowa bar who could try a case so well with so little time for preparation. He was not an orator In the popular sense; he was more than that. He was endowed by nature with the very strongest reasoning power, and in a plain, unostentatious manner he presented every feature of his case with all the force of strong, logical and convincing argument. Few men possessed more general Information that he had." Higher tribute than this very few men live to ear, as Judge Wolf did. He was born In Harrlsburgh, Stark county, Ohio, December 1, 1833. His father was Jacob Wolf, a school teacher and merchant In moderate circumstances. His mother's maiden name was Ann Catherine Smith. They lived on a farm In that county, In which Is the city of Canton, for some years, and William attended common school, seminary and high school in Marlboro, and afterward taught there and elsewhere In the state. He studied law in the office of Bierce & Pease, in Canton, and at the age of twenty-three, In 1856, came with his parents to Cedar county, where they settled on a farm. Here William assisted on the farm, taught school, and continued his law studies with Rush Clark of Iowa City, John Brown, the famous "Old John Brown of Osawatomie, • with some of his sons and followers, spent some time in and about Springdale, In Cedar county, about this time, and your Mr. Wolf came to know them well and took an active and enthusiastic part in their operations, running off negroes, riding In the night at much peril to himself, to battle the plans of those who were trying to defeat Brown's purposes. Mr. Wolf began the practice of law In Tipton, In 1859, and was married that year to Allee Macey. He was asked to teach the grammar school there and did so, also being elected to the office of county superintendent, but declined further work in this line, desiring to give all his time to his law practice. He was elected to the legislature first in 1863. In the summer of 1864 he responded to the call for Iowa soldiers, raised a company, Co. I, 46th Iowa Volunteer Infantry, was elected Its captain and went Immediately Into the enemy's country, near Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee. While guarding a railway his command was ambuscaded, he was shot and left for dead on the field. Some Union women found him after some hours, and, aided by negroes, took him In an ox cart to the Union forces, where he was cared for. He carried that rebel bullet all his life. It was supposed to have lodged in his liver; It partially paralyzed one leg and was the cause of a slight peculiarity of galt, for he never ceased to suffer from it, and It shortened his life. Returning from the war, he entered Into the law partnership with James H. Rothrock In Tipton. He was deputy internal revenue collector under Uncoln, was editor of the Tipton Advertiser during abou t six months, In 1866, which was one of the first newspapers In the country to show up Andrew Johnson for treachery to his party. He was elected state senator In 1867, representing Cedar county. In 1870 he was elected to fill the unexpired term of William Smythe as congressman from the Fifth district. In 1882 he was elected to the lower house of the legislature and In 1884 was re-elected and was speaker of the house the first session In the new state house. He made a record as speaker In keeping with the reputation he had made for conscientious and able public service, and It was one of the things he was most proud of. In that house were such men as w. I. Sabb, Charles Doerr, B. F. Clayton, W. 0. Scmldt, C. S. Ranck, N. 8. Holbrook, Thomas McCall, S. M. Weaver, C. C. Carpenter, and it was one of the most Important legislatures in the state's history. That same year Speaker Wolf managed the state campaign for the republican party. After Judge Rothrock went on the bench, Mr. Wolf had s. V. Landt for a law partner, and when the letter went to California, his place was taken by T. B. Hanley, and

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that relation continued until Mr. Wolf became district judge In 1894. He was an able, as well as a popular judge, and this was his dearest ambition. Judge Wolf always had a leaning toward the poor and unfortunate, and would give their affairs his best attention without pay, at the expense of his own business, so he never became wealthy. But when he died, September 19, 1896, after a long illness of Bright's disease and complications, the bar, the courts and the press, as well as his friends and the people who knew him best, covered his grave with eulogy. They paid the deserved tribute to a life well lived. Judge Wolf was married to Miss Alice Macey in 1859. Six children were born to them as follows: Mrs. Mary Snyder, California; Mrs. Lucy Bowers, Keokuk; Mrs. Clara Ward, California; Louis of St. Joseph, Mo.; William and Miss Edith, who live at home in Tipton. Mrs. Wolf died in 1881, and Mr. Wolf was married to Miss Bertha Redfield, daughter of the late Colonel Redfield, the founder of the town of Redfield, Iowa, October 2.1, 1885. Two children were born to them: Louise Redfield, born March 6, 1891, and Walter Paul, born February 17, 1893. Judge Wolf was a member of the G. A. R. and of the Loyal Legion. Since this sketch was written an Incident occurred showing the tender relations that existed in the family of Judge Wolf. His little son, six years old, was heard to say, "When I die I wish I would die with a book In my hand." When asked why, he replied, "So papa could hear me read." [End of excerpt]

[Excerpt from Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949] page 2037 Wolf, William Penn, a Representative from Iowa; born in Harrisburg, Stark County, Ohio, December 1, 1833; attended the public schools and Holbrook Seminary; moved to Cedar County, Iowa, In 1856; studied law; was admitted to the bar In 1859 and commenced practice in Tipton, Cedar County, Iowa; superintendent of public schools; member of the State house of representatives In 1863 and 1864; during the CIVil war served In the Union Army as captain of Company I, Forty-sixth Regiment, Iowa Volunteer Infantry; wounded In action July 2.4, 1864; appointed assistant assessor of Internal revenue in 1865; member of the State senate 1867- 1869; elected as a Republican to the Forty-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William Smyth and served from December 6, 1870, to March 3, 1871; resumed the practice of law in npton, Iowa; again a member of the State house of representatives 1881-1885, and was chosen speaker in 1884; elected judge of the eighteenth judldal district In the fall of 1894 and continued In this capacity until his death In npton, Iowa, on September 19, 1896; interment in the Masonic Cemetery. [end of excerpt]

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Father: Jacob Wolf b: 14 JUN 1803 in Greencastle, Franklin, Pennsylvania Mother: Anna Catherine Smith b: 29 FEB 1808 In Alexandria, VIrginia

Marriage 1 Alice Macey b: 15 JUL 1839 In Stark, Ohio Married: 31 AUG 1859 In Cedar, Iowa Children 4t Mary Wolf b: 27 MAR 1861 in npton, Cedar, Iowa 4t Lucy Wolf b: 22 JAN 1866 in Tipton, Cedar, Iowa 4t Clara Wolf b: 15 MAR 1868 in Tipton, Cedar, Iowa

John Wolf b: 1869 In Tipton, Cedar, Iowa 4t Charles Louis Wolf b: 18 MAY 1870 In npton, Cedar, Iowa

William W. Wolf b: 1872 in npton, Cedar, Iowa Ed•th L Wolf b: 16 JAN 1878 in Tipton, Cedar, Iowa

Marriage 2 Bertha Redfield b: JUL1858 in Iowa Marr ied: 21 OCT 1885 1 Children

Louise Redfield Wolf b: 6 MAR 1891 in Cedar, Iowa Walter Paul Wolf b: 17 FEB 1893 in Cedar, Iowa

Sources: ntle: Biographies and Portraits of the Progressive Men of Iowa Author: Ex-Ueutenant-Governor B. F. Gue Publication: 1899 ntie: Biographical Directory of the American Congress

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US Congressman. In 1859 he began practicing law in Tipton, Iowa, later became Superintendent of Public Schools and served as member of the State House of Representatives rn 1863 and 1864. During the Civil War he served the Union Army as Captain of Company I, 46th Regiment, Iowa Volunteer Infantry. He was appointed assistant Assessor of Intemal Revenue in 1865 and served as a member of the State Senate from 1867 to 1869. He was elected as a Republican to the Forty-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William Smyth and served from 1870 to 1871. After his term, he resumed the practice of law and was a member of the State House of Representatives from 1881 to 1885. In 1884 he was elected judge of the Eighteenth Judidal Iowa District and served in this capacity until his death. (bio by: John "J·cat" Griffith)

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