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of birth. James E. Robb was a self-made man and one of the best citizens Jasper county ever had. He was born and reared in Indiana and received a good academic education in the Rush county schools of his native state. He taught subscription schools and also taught singing in the old-time singing schools, which were numerous in his day. He came to Iowa in 1850 and entered land in Muscatine county which he improved and later sold, and he lived in that county until 1883, when he moved to Jasper county and settled in Buena Vista township in the locality known as Adamson Grove, purchasing one hundred and ninety-seven acres. Here the family home was maintained until 1892, when they moved to Newton, in which city the death of James E. Robb occurred on October 27, 1900. He had many friends wherever he was known, possessing the faculty in a marked degree of making and retaining warm personal friendships. He was a fearless, straight forward character who was always interested in the community's good. While a citizen of Muscatine county he was for thirteen years county supervisor. He served a short time in the Civil war, refusing the offer of a substitute tendered him on account of a large and dependent family. He was a religious man, though not identified with any church. His exemplary and useful life remains a precious heirloom not only to those immediately left to mourn him, but to the community in which he lived and labored.

Dr. E. H. Robb, of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, and Mary E. Robb, of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, besides Wilson M., of this review, are the remaining children of James E. and Elmira Robb, one being deceased. Mrs. Robb was Elmira Freeman and was born in Indiana.

Wilson M. Robb came to Jasper county, Iowa, with his parents in 1883. He received a public school education, and was engaged in the management of the parental farm, bearing the brunt of the labor in the fields, and, with his father, shared in the success attained. After the father's death he became possessor of the home farm, but subsequently disposed of it, and now lives on his farm four miles north of Newton.

Mr. Robb was married on February 20, 1879, to Elmira J. Moss, daughter of William and Mary E. (Humphrey) Moss, a well known and highly respected family. Of the four children born to Mr. and Mrs. Robb, two are living, namely: Lynn M., born December 2, 1879. and Clarence W., born March 13, 1883. This family belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church.

Mr. Robb is a man of distinctive moral courage, and he takes a special interest in the cause of temperance, being fearless in his advocacy of prohibition and giving freely of his time and means to aid the success of temperance work. On all moral issues or community interests, Mr. Robb will not hesitate

should occasion demand, to advocate his principles in the face of any opposition. He is not a man to sacrifice principle for favor, but will do what he thinks is right, hewing to the line always and letting the chips fall where they will, regardless of consequences. Such unselfish devotion to principle does not always command its just reward, but Mr. Robb, unmindful of provoked censure, has not wavered in defending the moral principles he advocates. man of more than ordinary ability and unquestioned integrity, his place in the community is one of honor and respect.

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QUINN H. TOOL.

Among the earnest men whose enterprise and depth of character have gained a prominent place in the community and the respect and confidence of his fellow citizens is Quinn H. Tool, of Fairview township, Jasper county, where he has spent his life, being the representative of one of our most prominent pioneer families. A farmer and stock raiser and a man of decided views, his influence has ever been for the advancement of the community.

Mr. Tool was born here on July 6, 1852, the son of James A. and Sarah (Fouch) Tool, the father born in Virginia, June 12, 1825, and the mother in Indiana, December 14, 1826. The paternal grandfather, Adam Tool, was one of the three first, if not the first white settler in Jasper county, a Mr. Highland probably preceding him a few months. The elder Tool settled at Tool's Point, near where the town of Monroe stands, in 1843, and in the fall of that year the father of the subject came here with the rest of the family. Adam Tool entered one hundred and sixty acres where Monroe now stands, and his son, James A., owned three hundred and twenty acres four miles east of there. The latter took a leading part in the affairs of his community, and for many years he was trustee of his township. He was a Republican and later a Greenbacker. He belonged to the Methodist church. He was a pillar in the church, and no man ever did more for the early churches here than he, being a very earnest and devout man and conscientious in all that he undertook. He was a local preacher and did an incalculable amount of good in that connection. He was universally esteemed for his excellent qualities of head and heart. He remained on his fine farm here until his death, on October 10, 1910, at an advanced age, his wife having preceded him to the grave in 1890. They were the parents of twelve children, of whom three died in infancy. Those who grew up are, Charles W., Mrs. Cynthia Rigoulot; Quinn H., of

this sketch, was the third in order of birth; John H. is living in Elk Creek township; Mrs. Sarah E. Oldham, of this county; Oscar N. is living at Lebanon, Kansas; Harrison F. L. is a resident of Atkin, Minnesota; Mrs. Ulysses A. Marshall, and Flora A.

Quinn H. Tool grew up on the home farm and attended the Oak Grove district school. But being one of the older members of the family he had to assist with the work at home when he was a boy. When twenty-two years of age he bought eighty acres in Fairview township, where he now lives. He has added to his original purchase until he owns two hundred and ten acres in this and Elk Creek townships, which he has placed under modern improvements and kept well tilled, having one of the best farms in the locality. He keeps a good grade of live stock. He has a pleasant home and his labors as an agriculturist have been amply rewarded. Part of his land lies in Fairview township and part in Elk Creek township. He is independent in politics. For two years he was assessor of his township. He belongs to the Methodist church.

On November 28, 1876, Mr. Tool was married to Selina E. Oldham, who was born in Knox county, Illinois, November 28, 1853, the daughter of Joseph Oldham, who was born in Cheshire, England, and who came to Jasper county, Iowa, in 1866.

The following children have been born to the subject and wife: Arthur A. is attending school in Germany; Alvin S. is living in Des Moines township: Mrs. Pearl J. Foster.

ANDREW FRENCH.

A well known and influential business man and citizen of Jasper county who is deserving of the success he has attained in the world's affairs, because he has worked along proper avenues and been careful of his conduct at all times, is Andrew French, who was born near Geneseo New York, August 27, 1866, and he is the scion of an excellent old family of the Empire state, being the son of Charles L. and Hannah (Emery) French, both of whom are natives of New Hampshire. The father emigrated from his native state to Monroe, Jasper county, Iowa, in 1872 and lived here ten years, then moved to a farm near Reasnor, where he lived until his death at the age of seventy-five years; his wife is still living at the age of seventy-eight. In her girlhood she had the rare privilege of being the pupil of John Greenleaf Whittier, the poet. To Mr.

and Mrs. Charles L. French two sons and two daughters were born, all living, namely: Mrs. Alvin Dodge, of Larrabee, Iowa; Mrs. Clarence Bennett, of Creighton, Nebraska; Augustus E. has no fixed residence, traveling extensively; Andrew, of this review.

Andrew French came to Iowa with his parents with whom he made his home until he was twenty years of age, then went to western Kansas, where he found employment on cattle ranches for six years. He then went to Oklahoma City, where, among other things, he served as United States marshal, his chief duties being to keep down the lawless elements in the Indian country. He performed the duties of this important office in a manner that reflected much credit upon himself and to the entire satisfaction of all concerned, making a most commendable record and proving himself to be a man of tact, foresight, courage and unswerving determination. He remained in that country nine years, and he saw the site of the present great center of industry, Oklahoma City, when there was but one house there. Returning to Jasper county, Iowa, he is now the owner and operator of a saw mill.

On September 26, 1888, Mr. French was united in marriage with Emma Evans, daughter of G. W. and Lucy Evans, and to this union one child has been born, Charles W., who resides in McCloud, Oklahoma. Mr. French's second marriage was solemnized on September 15, 1900, when he was united with Mrs. Anna Oliver, widow of Millard Fillmore Oliver and the daughter of Menke Blink and Anna Vanderlaan, both natives of Holland, Mrs. French being born in that country, May 26, 1869, and she was two years of age when her parents brought her to America in an old sailing vessel. Her own mother had died at the birth of Mrs. French and her father had remarried before starting to this country. The family settled in Chicago in 1871. In 1887 the daughter contracted her first marriage to M. F. Oliver, a son of James M. and Mercy (Noel) Oliver. James M. Oliver was a native of Ohio, a cabinetmaker by trade and came to Iowa. Mercy Noel was born July 2, 1819, in Scioto county, Ohio, married James Oliver December 7, 1851, and died October 18, 1901, near Monroe, James Oliver died in 1907. Of their five children M. F. Oliver was third in order of birth. Mrs. Anna Oliver moved to Sioux county, Iowa. Her parents also came there to live, purchasing a small tract of land within the corporate limits of the city, and there they followed gardening until too old to work. The father died at the age of seventyeight, the step-mother reaching the remarkable age of ninety-six.

Mr. and Mrs. Oliver became the parents of two children, one of whom died in infancy, the other, Millard F. Oliver, was born April 27, 1896, and resides with his mother in Reasnor, and is now attending high school at

Monroe, a remarkable young man, bright, genial, well beloved and a natural musician, being at this early age a master of the piano. He is admired by all who know him and a great comfort to his mother. He is upright, honorable and the making of a good man and citizen. Mr. Oliver was a very fine cabinetmaker and skilled wood worker. His death occurred in 1898.

Mrs. French is one of a family of ten full brothers and sisters, of whom but two besides herself survive, five having died in infancy; Alice, seven years old, died on board ship while the family was en route to America; Mrs. John Pool died in Chicago in 1898; Herman Blink lives in Wisconsin; John Blink lives in Indiana. Mrs. French is well known and much admired as a vocalist, and for many years has sung at funerals and different public gatherings. She is a member of the United Presbyterian church at Monroe.

EUGENE BEAN.

To lead a clean life at home and before his fellow men, to be a good husband, father and citizen and to do his plain duty at all times as he sees it, is to merit the title, "A good man." However, it seems that few men really merit it, so it is a pleasure to the biographer when a man is found to whom the term may be truthfully applied. Eugene Bean, of Jasper county, comes well within the range of requirements of this title. He had a good father and mother whose influence was doubtless largely due to the fact that he has been a good son. He was born in Richland county, Ohio, March 12, 1860, the son of Joseph and Diantha (Cross) Bean, both of whom were natives of Belfast, Maine. They came to Ohio in 1848 and followed farming, and in 1868 emigrated to Jasper county, Iowa, purchasing a farm of two hundred acres in Palo Alto township, and there they developed a good farm and spent the rest of their lives, the father dying in April, 1896, at the age of eighty years, and the mother in 1898, when sixty-six years old. The father was a man of fine public spirit, holding a number of minor offices in his township, but while he was an active political worker, he never aspired to county or state offices, although a loyal Republican. While not a member, of any church, he was a man of deep religious convictions, and of that rugged honesty which brooks of no swerving from the right, and he died having the love and respect of his fellow men. His family consisted of seven children, all boys, of whom five are living, namely: Julius E. died in Buena Vista county, Iowa, at the age of forty-six years. He was engaged in the nursery business; Charles resides

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