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R. Mitchell
Born 1814

R. MITCHELL, farmer, Cass Twp., Sec. 21; P.O. Anamosa; was born in Allegany Co., N. Y, in 1814; he removed to Illinois when he was 19 years of age; he came to Jones Co. in August, 1853, and located in Cass Township, on what was known as the Austin farm; he located in Sec. 21 in April, 1866. He was married to Mrs. Elizabeth A. Pitcher, who was born in Chautauqua Co., N.Y.; has five children—Z. B., Anna, Carrie, Nellie and A11ie. Mrs. Mitchell has one son by a former marriage—Le Roy Pitcher, born in Kane Co., Ill., in 1847, where his parents had removed from the State of New York. The farm is now owned by the two sons, Mr. Le Roy Pitcher and Mr. Z. B. Mitchell.

From History of Jones County, Iowa, Western Historical Company, Chicago, 1879, page 696.

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C. Mohn
Born June 25, 1825

C. MOHN, farmer, Greenfield Twp., Sec. 22; P.O. Lisbon; born June 25, 1825, in Germany; in 1856, came to Pennsylvania; in 1871, came to Jones Co. He owns 100 acres of land. Married Eliza Rick in 1852; she was born in Germany; have four children—William, Philip, John and Mena.

From History of Jones County, Iowa, Western Historical Company, Chicago, 1879, page 588.

C. H. Monger

C. H. MONGER, publisher of the Anamosa Journal, the organ of the Democratic party for Jones Co.

From History of Jones County, Iowa, Western Historical Company, Chicago, 1879, page 569.

William Moncrieff
Born 1827

WILLIAM MONCRIEFF, farmer, Scotch Grove Twp., Sec. 31; P.O. Center Junction; born in Ireland in 1827; came to this country in 1844; lived in the State of New York about two years; thence to Pennsylvania; came to Jones Co, in 1853; came to his present location in 1863. He married Martha Carson, a native of Scotland; they have five children—William J., Margaret J., Robert, Charles and Samuel. Mr. Moncrieffs farm contains 170 acres of land.

From History of Jones County, Iowa, 1879, page 657, and submitted by Lori J. Mentzel

A. J. Monroe
Born October 7, 1806

A. J. MONROE, attorney at law, Monticello; is a native of Williamstown, Berkshire Co., Mass., and was born October 7, 1806; when 11 years of age, his parents removed to Cayuga Co., N.Y., and he grew up to manhood and lived there until 1842, then removed to Pennsylvania; he studied law in New York and Pennsylvania, and was admitted to the bar in 1843, nearly forty years ago. He was the first Representative of the old Whig party elected to the State Legislature from the Wilmot District, in 1849; the following year, he was appointed Prosecuting Attorney from that district; he practiced law in Pennsylvania until August, 1859, when he came to Jones Co., and since then has practiced here; he held the office of Assistant Assessor of Internal Revenue, and holds the office of Justice of the Peace; he is the oldest attorney in practice in Monticello. In 1843, he was united in marriage to Adelia Wood, from Putnam Co., N.Y.; they have five children—Augustus, Clarence, Herman, William and Edward, and has one son—Eugene, by a former wife; he had three sons that served in the army—Eugene, Clarence and Augustus.

From History of Jones County, Iowa, Western Historical Company, Chicago, 1879, page 676.

John Moody
Born December 24, 1821

JOHN MOODY, senior member of the firm of J. Moody & Sons, proprietors of the Red Star Creameries and dealers in fine creamery and dairy butter, Monticello; is a native of Yorkshire, Eng., and was born December 24, 1821; when 14 years of age, he came to America; he came to Illinois and grew up to manhood there; in 1863, he came to Iowa and located in Delaware Co.; in 1868, he came to Jones Co. and engaged in buying and shipping butter and eggs; in the winter of 1878, he established the Red Star Creameries; his butter has an established reputation and is shipped to Eastern markets; during last year, he paid out for butter and eggs, at his place of business, $63,000. In 1814, Mr. Moody was united in marriage to Miss Mary J. Adams, from Illinois; they have four sons and six daughters.

From History of Jones County, Iowa, Western Historical Company, Chicago, 1879, page 676.

Joseph S. Moody
Born April 23, 1853

JOSEPH S. MOODY, of the firm of Moody Bros., dealers in dry-goods, notions and millinery, corner First and Cedar streets, Monticello; is a native of Illinois and was born in Cook Co. April 23, 1853; he grew up and attended school there, and came to Jones Co. and located in Monticello in 1878; he was in the post office for a time, and afterward entered the bank as book-keeper; in April, 1877, he associated with his brother and engaged in their present business; they are the only exclusive dry-goods house in Monticello, and are building up a large trade. In 1878, he was united in marriage to Miss Julia Carpenter, daughter of Capt. M. L. Carpenter. President of the Monticello Bank.

From History of Jones County, Iowa, Western Historical Company, Chicago, 1879, page 676.

Thomas A. Moody
Born August 10, 1847

THOHAS A. MOODY, of the firm of Moody Bros., dealers in dry goods, notions and millinery, Monticello; is a native of Cook County, Ill., and was born August 10, 1847; he grew up to manhood in Illinois; he came to Iowa and located in Monticello, and, in April, 1877 he associated with his brother in their present business.

From History of Jones County, Iowa, Western Historical Company, Chicago, 1879, page 676.

Edward Moore
Born November, 1849

EDWARD MOORE, farmer, Castle Grove Twp., Sec. 10; P.O. Monticello; was born in Richland Township, Jones Co., in November, 1849; his father, William Moore, was a native of the Isle of Man; he died January 2, 1877; his mother was born in Missouri. He was married to Eliza Barnhart; they have two children—Ina and Willis. Mr. Moore has 290 acres of land; is engaged in dairying.

From History of Jones County, Iowa, Western Historical Company, Chicago, 1879, page 700.

Eugene R. Moore
Born August 1, 1859

Eugene R. Moore, who has been prominent in the municipal affairs of Anamosa, was born at Mount Carroll, Illinois, August 1, 1859, and is a son of Samuel Moore. His mother died when he was but twelve years of age, but his father lived until 1889 and during his active life was engaged in the furniture business. During the progress of the Civil war Samuel Moore enlisted in the Union army, although he had been born and reared in Maryland, so that his sentiments, it would seem, would be in sympathy with the cause of the Confederate states. The ideals of freedom and unity, however, appealed to him with a stronger force than his home training, and through the years of strife his support was valiantly given to the cause espoused by the northern states. After the conclusion of hostilities, when his country no longer needed his assistance, he returned to the civil life in Mount Carroll, Illinois, where he was able to give his son the advantages of a good education.

After completing the course prescribed by the common schools of his native town, Eugene R. Moore entered the high school, from which he was graduated with the class of 1877, when he was only seventeen years of age. For the next fifteen months he worked upon a farm and then engaged in teaching, although during the summer months he continued to devote himself to agricultural pursuits. After four years' experience in the rural schools he taught in the grammar department of Savanna, Illinois, coming to Iowa two years later, in 1886, to assume the principalship of the schools of Oxford Junction. The following year he was elected upon the democratic ticket as superintendent of schools for Jones county polling his first ballot in Iowa on the day on which he obtained the majority necessary to place him at the head of the educational institutions of the county. In 1889 and 1891 he was reelected to the position and then in 1892 was appointed as a member of the state normal school board at Cedar Falls. After a period of four years' efficient service he was elected by the legislature as trustee of the Feeble Minded Institution at Glenwood. His term was for six years, but at the expiration of his second year he was superseded by the board of control.

In 1894 Mr. Moore embarked in the insurance business in Anamosa, his ability and his pleasing personality rapidly winning for him a pronounced success in this field of activity. He still retains a large patronage, although since 1904 he has given his attention primarily to the Anamosa Journal. In the five years that he has been its editor and proprietor he has not only enhanced its value as a news and literary medium but has more than doubled its circulation, which is now two thousand, the largest of any paper published in Jones county. On many occasions, during the years of his residence in this town, Mr. Moore has represented the first and fourth wards in the city council, while he has also been a member of the school board. His service has always been marked by high ideals and fidelity to the trust imposed upon him, while his many years of practical experience as a teacher makes him a valuable addition to the body of men who have the destinies of the public schools in their hands.

At Maquoketa, Iowa, November 28, 1901, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Moore and Miss Mary V. Wynkoop, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Wynkoop. She is a graduate of the Bellevue high school and the Iowa state normal, and successfully engaged in teaching in the Anamosa high school from 1886 to 1898, She afterward gave excellent satisfaction as a high school principal, at Savanna, Illinois, and at Maquoketa, Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. Moore have one son, Don Wynkoop, who was born August 22, 1904.

Throughout his life Mr. Moore has been a strong adherent of the Democratic Party and has always taken an active interest in politics. At present he is a member of the democratic state committee, is chairman of the democratic county committee, while he also belongs to the senatorial and congressional committees, in which his opinion is always accorded a respect and deference that is befitting his record as a public servant. His fraternal affiliations are limited to the Knights of Pythias, but he has many stanch friends in county and state who are not bound to him by lodge ties, but those who know him intimately are unanimous in their loyalty to him as a friend.

From History of Jones County, Iowa, Past and Present, R. M. Corbitt, S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago, 1910, p. 630.