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Peter Schwartz
Born 1827

PETER SCHWARTZ, farmer, Wayne Twp., Sec. 36; P.O. Amber; born in Germany in 1827; came to America and to Jones Co. in 1868; owns 120 acres. Wife's maiden name was Folhaber, a native of Germany also; they were married in 1872; have two children—Annie and Katie. In politics, Mr. Schwartz is Independent.

From History of Jones County, Iowa, Western Historical Company, Chicago, 1879, page 634.

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John Schweitzer
Born June 15, 1824

JOHN SCHWEITZER, farmer, Richland Twp., Sec. 18; P.O. Monticello; born in Switzerland in 1824; he came to this country and Jones Co. in 1850; he went to California in 1851 and engaged in mining; remained in California ten years, returning in 1861; purchased his present farm in the spring of 1862, where he settled in the fa11 of that year. He was married to Charlotte Yousse, who died in 1866. His present wife was Margaret Bohnar. Mr. Schweitzer has one daughter by his first marriage—Seraphina; and three children by his second wife—Charlotte, Lena and John. Mr. Schweitzer has about five hundred acres of land.

From History of Jones County, Iowa, Western Historical Company, Chicago, 1879, page 691.

(paraphrased) John Schweitzer, retired, living on Section 18 of Richland Twp., Jones Co., IA. He was born in Switzerland June 15, 1824. Father Benedict Schweitzer was a farmer from Switzerland. Mother Anna Zuter. John was the second of 8 children, all of whom reside in Germany with the exception of 2 brothers and 1 sister who make their home in IL, WI, and MN (the siblings are not named).

After age 16, in his native homeland, John learned the miller's and baker's trades. He came to America in 1850, leaving from Havre, France, and arriving in New York after a 43-day voyage. He immediately made his way to IL and in the fall of the year went via the Isthmus to CA. Mined gold for 5 years. After 5 years, he returned by way of NY. He then came to Jones Co., and today is one of the biggest landowners in the county, with over 600 broad acres. He has 25-50 dairy cows. His barns are large and commodious and everything about the place shows the supervision of an intelligent and enterprising farmer.

In 1862, he married Charlotte Yousee, daughter of Benedict Yousee (really spelled Yousse). They had a daughter Saraphine. Charlotte died in 1866.

John then married Margaret Boner. They had 3 children: Charlotte, who is the wife of John Marugg, a farmer in this county; Lena, who married Casper Buol; and John W. The son is a very intelligent and enterprising young man and since his father retired has charge of the large estate. The family occupy a substantial stone residence, which is surrounded by a beautiful lawn and shade and ornamental trees.

John is a Democrat. He arrived in the U.S. with only $80 in his pocket. He is a Director in the Monticello Bank, and one of the largest taxpayers in his township. John and Margaret belong to the American German Church.

From Portrait and Biographical Record of Dubuque, Jones, and Clayton Counties, Iowa, Chapman Publishing Co, Chicago, 1894, and submitted by Lori J. Mentzel

John Scoles
Born 1799

JOHN SCOLES, retired minister, Olin; born in Huntingdon Co., Penn., in 1799; went to Maryland and remained nine years, then to Ohio in 1808, and to Jones Co., Iowa in 1856, and bought 330 acres , and made all the improvements, and sold out, and now owns town property with a fine house. Has been President of School Board, Was one of the early pioneers in the M.E. ministry in Jones Co. In politics, Republican. His first wife, Elizabeth Powell, was born in Baltimore Co., Md., in 1799; married in 1820, in Ohio, and had eleven children—three deceased; his first wife died may 13, 1877; his second wife, Catharine M. Chapman, was born in 1816; married September 4, 1879.

From History of Jones County, Iowa, Western Historical Company, Chicago, 1879, page 651.

H. C. Scott
Born December 22, 1832

H. C. SCOTT, farmer, Sec. 35; P.O. Mechanicsville; born December 22, 1832, in Montgomery Co., Ind.; in 1837, came to Pioneer Grove, Cedar Co., Iowa, with his parents; in 1858, he came to his present farm. He owns 332 acres of land. Married Miss Maria Todd in 1858; she was born in Ohio; have six children—Eva Jane, Francis, Olive I., Henry W., Blanche and Bertha. Democrat.

From History of Jones County, Iowa, Western Historical Company, Chicago, 1879, page 589.

Joseph Scott
Born March 12, 1831

Among the many men who have witnessed the rapid and steady development of Jones county from its early days is Joseph Scott. He was born in Crawfordsville, Montgomery county, Indiana, March 12, 1831, and was but six years old when his parents, Pryor and Ruth (Caraway) Scott, came to lowa. They reached Cedar county, May 10, 1837, exchanging a home in a country that was just emerging from its primitive state for one in which man had at that time done little toward reclaiming from its savage condition or toward wresting from the aborigines to whom it originally belonged. The mother who lived to be seventy years old, saw these conditions vanish and modern comforts supplant the hardships of early days, and when her husband died, aged eighty-nine years, nine months, and eight days, progress had advanced many stages farther-the wilderness bad become a flourishing agricultural district and pioneer days but a memory. Ten children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Scott, five sons and five daughters: Mrs. Margaret Allbaugh, of Mechanicsville, Iowa; Mrs. Mary Ellison, of Mt. Vernon, Iowa; Joseph, of this sketch; Henry, deceased; Mrs. Martha Mackey, of Mechanicsville; Jane, who died at the age of three years; Van, of Mechanicsville; Pryor, deceased; Andrew Jackson, deceased; and Mrs. Ruth Owens, of Benton county, Iowa.

Reared amid pioneer scenes, Joseph Scott might be said to have grown up with the country, to have progressed with its progress. He enjoyed but the most meager of educational advantages; hard experience was his best teacher and her lessons of industry and frugality have never been forgotten. They enabled him to acquire a homestead of two hundred and sixty-five acres on sections 34 and 35, Greenfield township, and to retain the twenty-five acres of the old family place in Cedar county. When modern machinery and improved methods lightened the burdens of the farmer, Mr. Scott availed himself of them, and his fields today are under as excellent a state of cultivation as are those of men of a younger generation.

In 1885 Mr. Scott married Miss Margaret Boyles, who was born April 4, 1832, and is a daughter of James and Nancy (Reed) Boyles, both now deceased. She was one of ten children, the others being: William Reed, deceased; Robert Alexander, also deceased; Thomas Jefferson, who resides in Mechanicsville, Iowa; Caroline, living near Anamosa; Scott, deceased; Lyman, deceased; James M., residing in Guthrie county, Iowa; Albert, deceased; and David, deceased. Two of the sons, Robert Alexander and James Madison were soldiers in the Union army during the Civil war. To Mr. and Mrs. Scott have also been born ten children, six sons and four daughters: James, residing in Hayes county, Nebraska, has seven children. Mrs. Laura J. Kohl lives in Mechanicsville and has five children. David W. is a resident of Laredo, Missouri. Mrs. Ruth Vanderbilt, living in Marion, Iowa, has ten children. One of her sons, Joseph, born October 13, 1882, was reared by his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Scott. On the 21st Of March, 1906, he married Miss Bertha Robinson. Margaret L., the fifth of Mr. Scott's family, lives at home. Thomas J. resides in Cedar county and has one child. G. W. lives in Mechanicsville and has three children. Joseph R., died at the age of one year, two months and twenty-seven days. Mrs. Mary A. Pfeifer, residing in Johnstown, Nebraska, has had two children, one now deceased. Frank A., the youngest of this family, lives at home.

Mr. Scott is a firm democrat in his political views and always casts his ballot at elections. He is a member of Patmos Lodge, No. 155, A.F.&A.M., of Mechanicsville, and of lodge No. 166, I.0.0.F.. of the same town. With his wife and daughter Margaret he belongs to the Daughters of Rebekah and in former years was always a conspicuous figure at the social gatherings. A man who has wrested success from the most difficult of conditions, he well deserves the comforts he now enjoys. The people who have Witnessed his life as it has been lived from day to day, have seen the happiness that reigned in his home, do not begrudge him his prosperity, but rather trust that the remaining years of his life will be spent in greater peace, softened by warmer friendships. Mr. Scott is not a member of any church, but his wife is a devout Presbyterian.

From History of Jones County, Iowa, Past and Present, R. M. Corbitt, S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago, 1910, p. 622.

L. F. Scott
Born 1833

L. F. SCOTT, farmer, Castle Grove Twp., Sec. 20; P.O. Castle Grove; was born in Vermilion Co., Ind., in 1833, his parents, John and Lizzie Scott, removed to Illinois in 1844, and to Buchanan Co., Iowa, in 1847; his mother died in 1849; his father came to Jones Co. in 1850; he died in 1856. Mr. L. F. Jones went overland to California in 1853, where he engaged in mining; he returned to Jones Co. in 1855. He was married to Catharine Auman; they have one child—Frank A. In 1864, Mr. Scott returned with his family to California; he settled in Fosterbar Township, Napa Co., and engaged in farming; he returned to Jones Co. in May, 1875; he located where he now resides the same year. Mr. Scott has written a very interesting account of his trips to California, which contains much valuable and entertaining reading. He has sixty acres of land and owns a half interest in the Keystone Creamery, Castle Grove Township.

From History of Jones County, Iowa, Western Historical Company, Chicago, 1879, page 700, and submitted by Lori J. Mentzel