William C. De Bruyn grew up on the farm and he attended the public schools in Pleasant Grove district, Marion county. When twenty-one years of age he began life for himself, having assisted his father with the general work on the land he had under cultivattion until then. He worked one year by the month and then buying a team and harness and plow the following fall, he rented ground, forty acres of corn land, of Pat Moran. The following spring he was married, and after renting one year he purchased eighty acres in Elk Creek township, which he later sold and bought two hundred and forty acres, having met with encouraging success in this favored locality, for he was always a hard worker and managed his affairs in a masterly manner. This land was in Des Moines township, southwestern part of Jasper county, but that being a bad year and fortune going against him he gave up this land and rented for another year. In the fall of 1897 he bought one hundred and eighty-five acres immediately east of the town of Galesburg and moved thereto the following spring. Here he met with encouraging success and had added sixty acres in two more years, and he is now the owner of one of the choice farms of the township, which consists of three hundred and five and a half acres, including town property on which he is successfully engaged in general farming and stock raising. He has placed this land under a high state of improvement and cultivation and he is regarded as one of the best farmers of his community. In 1901 he purchased thirteen acres in the town of Galesburg and also bought a fine house and barn there and this was his place of abode for a period of nine years. Turning his attention to merchandising, he conducted a general store in 1909 and 1910 in Galesburg. This he later disposed of and, being lured by the freedom of outdoor life, returned to the farm on February 1, 1911, and he is at this writing living at his beautiful home just east of Galesburg where he is well fixed to enjoy life and make a good living. In connection with general agricultural pursuits, he handles some excellent live stock of which he is fond and a splendid judge, making a specialty of Percheron horses, which, owing to their superior quality, are much admired by all fanciers.

Politically, Mr. DeBruyn is a Republican and he takes a good citizen's interest in the affairs of his community, which he has served most acceptably as justice of the peace, his decisions having always been characterized by fairness and they have seldom met with a reversal at the hands of a higher tribunal. Religiously, he is a member and liberal supporter of the Christian church of Galesburg.

On March 3, 1892, occurred the ceremony which united the lives of William C. De Bruyn and Anna De Penning. The latter was born in Summit

township, Marion county, Iowa, on February 2, 1873. She there grew to womanhood and received her education in the common schools. She is the daughter of Jacob and Mary (Akerman) DePenning, the father having been a pioneer of Marion county, locating there in 1851. The mother was born in Mehaska county, Iowa.

To Mr. and Mrs. DeBruyn eight children have been born, named in order of birth as follows: Frank, born November 27, 1892; Mary Gladys, born April 23, 1895; Jennie, born September 13, 1897, died October 7th, of the same year; Jacob W., born January 8, 1899, died September 6, 1910; Maudie Beatrice, born August 30, 1901; Bernice Leona, born March 22, 1904; Clara Wilma, born March 13, 1906; Luella Fern, born August 17, 1908.

Mr. DeBruyn is a good business man and does not hesitate to back his better judgment by taking a chance. He has been very successful during the latter part of his life and has laid by a competency for his old age. He is well preserved physically, a man of splendid physique, and very pleasant in disposition, a kind father and husband and a good neighbor and citizen, a plain unassuming man whom it is a delight to meet.

JAMES BOYLE.

America is greatly indebted to the little Emerald isle for having sent such a myriad host of her best citizens to help us develop the Union. They have been coming to our shores since the colonial days and have settled in almost every county in our half hundred states and territories, devoting themselves to all lines of endeavor, and succeeding, too, at whatever they undertook. They have been loyal to our institutions and been ready upon all occasions to defend our flag in times of national peril; in short, we have no better foreign-born citizens than the Irish.

One of this great number is James Boyle, farmer, of Kellogg, Jasper county, whose birth occurred in county Sligo, Ireland, December 25, 1848. He is the son of Patrick and Alice (Fitzpatrick) Boyle, both born in county Sligo, the father in 1820 and the mother in 1803. The father spent his entire life in his native country, dying in 1860 at the age of forty years; the mother came to America and her death occurred in Davenport, Iowa, at the advanced age of ninety-two years. For many years Patrick Boyle was a professor of various schools in Ireland, being a highly educated man and of excellent characteristics. His wife was a remarkable woman in many respects. There were

seven children in their family, four sons and three daughters, namely: Michael, John, Patrick, James (of this review), Maggie, Kate and Mariah.

James Boyle was ten years old when he emigrated to America. He remained in New York City until 1866, when he came west and secured employment as foreman on the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific railroad, on which he worked for a period of thirty-nine years in the same capacity, being regarded by the officials as one of the most efficient and faithful employes. Finally tiring of railroading, he purchased his present farm of sixty acres in sections 26 and 27, Kellogg township, Jasper county. This land was bought by him in 1903, but he did not turn his attention to active farming until 1905, and since then he has devoted his attention exclusively to his place which, under his able management, is yielding abundant harvests. He maintains his dwelling in the town of Kellogg.

Mr. Boyle was married in 1875 to Anna McGuire, who was born in New York City in 1858, the daughter of Patrick McGuire, who was born in Donegal, Ireland, in 1828, and who died some ten years ago at the age of seventytwo years. Five children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Boyle, four sons and one daughter, namely: Earl, Jay, Charles, Harry and Bessie.

Politically, Mr. Boyle is a Democrat, and a member of the Masonic order and Woodmen lodge. He is a worthy member of the Catholic church.

BENJAMIN LUFKIN.

The record of an honorable, upright life is always read with interest, and it better perpetuates the name and fame of the subject than does a monument, seen by few and soon crumbling into dust beneath the relentless hand of time. So far the record of Benjamin Lufkin, one of Jasper county's progressive citizens, has been of such a consistent nature as to give him a lasting good name among those with whom he has come into contact.

Mr. Lufkin was born in Lynn Grove, this county, November 7, 1860, and he is the son of William and Nancy (Adams) Lufkin, an old and highly honored family who were prominent here in the days of the early settlement of the county, the father having been a native of Freeport, Maine, and the mother was born in New Jersey. They left their far eastern homes when young and came to Jasper county, Iowa, where they were married. William Lufkin, in early life, was a ship's cabinet-maker, working on the interior finish of ocean vessels, and, being very skilled, his services were in great demand, After coming to Iowa he turned his attention to farming, at which he was very

successful, becoming the owner of four hundred acres of valuable land in Elk Creek township and he was one of the leading citizens of that locality for many years, his death occurring on December 31, 1881, when fifty-seven years of age. The mother died when their son, Benjamin, was but a small child. It was in 1857 that William Lufkin came to Jasper county, Iowa, and, as inti- . mated, he soon became one of the stalwart citizens of the community, taking an abiding interest in the great advancement of his day. As a young man he made several trips to the West Indies as an ordinary sailor, and it was very interesting to listen to his reminiscences of such voyages. He became well-todo in later life, owning at one time a considerable interest in the Jasper County Bank. There were but three children in his family, Benjamin, of this review; William, who died in infancy, and a sister, Eva, who also died in infancy.

After receiving a good common school education, gained by alternating schooling with work on the home farm, Benjamin Lufkin, in the spring of 1882, began working for himself by renting a farm for a year, after which he purchased a place. He worked almost unceasingly, and by energy, thrift and economy became the owner of a good farm of one hundred and sixty acres, which he placed under excellent improvements and a high state of cultivation and which is considered one of the best farms in the vicinity of Reasnor, Palo Alto township, besides which he has other interests of considerable magnitude. He has a beautifully located and neatly kept home, which is presided over by a lady of fine qualities, known in her maidenhood as Joanna Robinson, with whom Mr. Lufkin was united in marriage on December 10, 1882. She is the daughter of S. D. and Ann (Robinson) Robinson, both natives of Pennsylvania. Her parents came to Iowa as young people and were married in Henry county and took up farming for a life work. Mrs. Lufkin has two brothers and one sister living, William and Charles Robinson are farming in Jasper county; Mrs. Elizabeth Pumroy, widow of Milton Pumroy, resides in Reasnor.

One child has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Lufkin, William, whose birth occurred August 30, 1883, and who resides upon the place where he was born. He married Florence Rater, and they have one child, Omer, a sturdy little fellow of three years.

Fraternally, Mr. Lufkin is a member of the Woodmen of the World, and he has been manager of the local lodge for seven years, but at present does not hold that position. He is well known all over the county and is a man of high ideals and upright principles. He has traveled considerably over the United States and has a fund of practical information, having always been a keen observer and a wide reader.

FRED ALLAN.

In looking over the records of Jasper county farmers we find none who furnish a worthier example of the wide application of sound business principles and safe conservatism than Fred Allan, of Independence township. The story of his success is not long nor does it contain any exciting chapters, but in it lies one of the most valuable secrets of the prosperity which it records; his career is replete with interest and incentive, no matter how lacking in dramatic action, it being the record of a life consistent with itself and its possibilities in every particular.

Fred Allan was born in the township where he still resides on August 20, 1877, and here he grew to manhood, was educated and has spent his life engaged in agricultural pursuits. He is the son of James and Joan (Davidson) Allan, the father born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1835, and she was also a native of Scotland. They emigrated to America in early life and settled in Jasper county and they are still living on the home farm in Independence township. Their family consisted of eleven children, seven of whom are living, named as follows: John, born July 7, 1861, is residing on the home farm in Independence township; Mrs. Margaret Yule lives in Newcastle, Colorado; Mrs. Charles Davey lives in Baxter; William lives in Seattle, Washington; Charles lives in Newcastle, Colorado; Fred, of this sketch; Mrs. Jessie Cool, born January 22, 1885, lives in Baxter, Iowa. Four children died in early childhood. The elder ones were born in Scotland, and all were reared in Independence township.

Fred Allan was married on January 29, 1902, to Leota Cool, who was born in this township, August 12, 1880, and here she grew to womanhood and received her education, having graduated from the Baxter high school with the class of 1899. She is the daughter of Peter J. and Lusina B. (Stone) Cool. Her father came with his parents to Jasper county in 1853, when a year old, his birth having occurred in Freeport, Illinois, July 1, 1852, thus being among the early settlers of this county; Mrs. Allan's mother was born in Wisconsin, June 16, 1860, and came here when young. These parents reside in a comfortable home in the town of Baxter, Jasper county.

There were six children in the Cool family, all of whom are living, namely: Mrs. Agnes Workman, born December 15, 1878, lives in Baxter; Leota, wife of Mr. Allan, of this sketch; Mrs. Jennie Goodwin, born January 27. 1882, lives in Independence township; Mrs. Winnifred Curyea, born December 16, 1883, lives in Parker, South Dakota; Mrs. Alphone Gallagher,