History of Chickasaw and Howard counties, Iowa . nd soonafter his arrival joined the Union army as a member of the Thirteenth Regimentof Wisconsin Infantry. He thus served through the Civil war and after the closeof hostilities he removed to Howard county and later purchased a farm of onehundred and twenty acres from General Jones of Dubuque. In subsequent yearshe has purchased other land from time to time and is now the owner of fivehundred and sixty acres of valuable farm property in Howard county. In 19 01 heleft the farm and for a number of years resided in Pocahontas county, but duringthe
History of Chickasaw and Howard counties, Iowa . nd soonafter his arrival joined the Union army as a member of the Thirteenth Regimentof Wisconsin Infantry. He thus served through the Civil war and after the closeof hostilities he removed to Howard county and later purchased a farm of onehundred and twenty acres from General Jones of Dubuque. In subsequent yearshe has purchased other land from time to time and is now the owner of fivehundred and sixty acres of valuable farm property in Howard county. In 19 01 heleft the farm and for a number of years resided in Pocahontas county, but duringthe past eight or ten years has made his home in Cresco, Iowa, enjoying in wellearned rest the fruits of his former toil. William Bandle, Jr., obtained a district school education and while his opportunitieswere limited in that direction he has been a broad reader and is today classed amongthe well informed men of his section of the state. When the father left the homefarm in 1901, William Bandle took charge of the property and has since given his. WILLIAM BANDLE, Jr. CHICKASAW AND HOWARD COUNTIES 495 attention to the further cultivation and development of two hundred and fortyacres of his fathers holdings. He keeps a family employed, the man acting asassistant in the work of the fields and the woman as housekeeper. Mr. Handle isnot only winning substantial prosperity as an agriculturist but is also a stockholderin the Farmers Lumber & Coal Company of Alta Vista and in the Farmers Coopera-tive Creamery Company of Alta Vista. In his political views Mr. Handle Is a democrat where national questions andissues are involved but at local elections casts an independent ballot. He is a memberof the present board of township trustees, and his cooperation is always to be countedupon in matters relative to the public welfare. He is a member of Maple LeafLodge, No. 528, A. F. & A. M.; also of Adelphia Chapter, R. A. M.; and Alta VistaLodge, No. 658, I. O. O. F., while his religious faith is t
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