then of North Blenheim, Schoharie County, but they severed their connection at the end of two years, and Mr. Dyer continued his practice alone at Richmondville, in the same county, until the month of November, 1875, when he came to Story County, Iowa, where he has continued to make his home. He at once entered upon a career of distinction, business came to him unsolicited, and his strong good sense, his knowledge of human nature and his genuine legal ability soon became known, and he gained the general confidence of the people. Since November, 1877, he has been a member of the law firm of Dyer & Fitchpatrick, and these gentlemen constitute one of the leading legal firms in this section of the country. December 11, 1875, he was admitted to the Story County bar, and on the 12th of December, 1878, was admitted to practice before the Iowa Supreme Court. He has always been a Republican in his views, and walked ten miles to cast his first presidential vote for Abraham Lincoln. He has been city attorney of Nevada several years, and in November, 1886, he was elected county attorney, a position he has filled with much credit ever since. As a lawyer his ability is unquestioned, and as a citizen every enterprise of a public nature finds in him a warm advocate and substantial supporter. On the 8th of July, 1865, he was married to Miss Emma Parslow, by whom he has two children: Grace A. and Jessie. Mr. Dyer's second marriage took place on the 15th of September, 1886, his wife having formerly been Miss Martha A. Kellogg, a native of Nevada, Iowa, born October 28, 1856. They have two children: Ruth and Winthrop K. Mr. Dyer belongs to Sampson Lodge No. 77, K. of P.
Jacob Eagleburger, one of the county's young and prosperous farmers and stock-raisers, was born on the northwest quarter of Section 21, in Milford Township, Story County, Iowa, in the year 1859, and is the son of John and Frances Eagleburger. The father was born in Switzerland, in 1816, and came to America with his parents when but an infant, and grew to manhood probably in Pennsylvania. He then resided for some time in Ohio (where he was married) and Indiana, and chose for his life companion Miss Frances E. Spencer, a daughter of Isaac H. Spencer, who was born in 1819. He located in Story County about 1856, and there reared their family of eight children, all of whom grew to mature years and were liberally educated in the common-schools of the county. The father died in February, 1889, but the mother still lives in the county. Jacob Eagleburger is now residing on the old homestead, actively engaged in the occupation which his ancestors for a number of generations have followed—farming. While he is an agriculturist of prominence, he does not lose sight of the stock-raising industry, and in this has gained quite a local reputation. Mr. Eagleburger is paying especial attention to the raising of horses and cattle, and is one of the prominent farmers of the county.
James Earl is the proprietor of an exceptionally well appointed livery and sale stable at Nevada, and has followed this occupation very successfully for the past five years. His birth occurred in the " Empire State " May 16, 1830, and like the majority of native New Yorkers he is intelligent, enterprising and industrious. His parents, Holland and Matilda (Post) Earl, were also born in that State, but their deaths occurred in Ogle County, Ill., at the age of forty-nine and sixty-eight years, respectively. They were pioneers of Ogle County, having moved thither in 1848, and Mr. Earl was a fairly prosperous farmer. To this occupation the subject of this sketch was reared, but, in addition to following the plow, he was sent to the district schools near his home, where he ac-