. History of Delaware County, Iowa, and its people . treasurer for several teniis. lie was captain of Company F, Twenty-seventii Iowa Infantry and was a Virave soldier and a splendid citizen. Lewis A. Loomis moved with Ills family from Vermont to this county in of 1855 and aftci- working at various employments incident to a newcountry lie eiid)arke(l in the produce liade in 1859 in a siiiall way and becamea leading man in business. Simeon L. Doggett was l)orii in Charleston. S. C, March 29, 1829, He wasa lawyer by profession. In 18:57 lie moved to Worcester County, ^Massachuse


. History of Delaware County, Iowa, and its people . treasurer for several teniis. lie was captain of Company F, Twenty-seventii Iowa Infantry and was a Virave soldier and a splendid citizen. Lewis A. Loomis moved with Ills family from Vermont to this county in of 1855 and aftci- working at various employments incident to a newcountry lie eiid)arke(l in the produce liade in 1859 in a siiiall way and becamea leading man in business. Simeon L. Doggett was l)orii in Charleston. S. C, March 29, 1829, He wasa lawyer by profession. In 18:57 lie moved to Worcester County, ^ 1857 he came to Iowa and settled in Dubuque, where he married Mary , and the following year tiiey .settled at Greeley, in Elk Township, wherehe taught a select school, moving from Greeley to IManchester in 1858, Hethere taught a select high school for six years. He was mayor of IManchestei-for several years. Mr. Doggett was an educated gentleman. His only Lawrence Doggett, who is now at the head of the Moody School at SpriiiL-. A. \l. MAKVIX HIS PKIZK TOMATO VINE;HEIGHT, SEVEX FEET HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 84;{ titld, Mass., is also au able and cultured gentleman. His father, known asS(|uire Doggett, died at the home of his son in Springfield during the past year. Rodney \V. Tirrill, one of the most suet-essful business men and eapitalists inDelaware County and a public-spirited man of large means and generosity, isa native of New Hampshire. He emigrated to Wisconsin in 1850, from whichstate Mr. Tirrill came to Delaware County in 1856 and taught school until then taught school a short time in Wisconsin and took np tlie study of returned to Delaware County in December, 1860, and married Eliza , a native of Massachusetts. From 1864 to 1868 he was county superin-teudent. He served iu the State Senate from 1880 until 1884. During hislong residence here he has been a prominent figure in the affairs of the city andeounty, and a park


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