colleges of the State. Modesty and honesty have ever been characteristic of Mr. Kellogg.
Richard Kimble, farmer and stock-raiser, Roland, Iowa. A life-time experience in the channels of agricultural pursuits has contributed not a little toward the success which has fallen to the lot of Mr. Kimble since he began farming for himself. He is still a comparatively young man, and is already in the possession of 365 acres of excellent land, which is being skillfully managed and cultivated. He was born in Tompkins County, N. Y., in 1835, and was the second of eleven children, the result of the union of Henry and Emaline (Van Vlack) Kimble, natives of New Jersey and New York, respectively. The father's birth occurred in 1809, and he was married in Tompkins County, N. Y., to Miss Van Vlack. In 1855 he and family moved from Illinois to Black Hawk County, Iowa, took up land, and there the mother still lives. The father died in 1886. Henry Kimble was one of the following children: Polly, Henry, Enos, Kate, Susan, Jacob, Elias, John, Sarah and David, and was the son of Jacob and Betsey (Cole) Kimble. The mother of our subject was one of nine children born to Jacob and Mary (Green) Van Vlack, of New York. The children were named as follows: Emaline, Richard, Martha, Adelia, Mariah, Edgar, Sarah, Jemimah and John. Richard Kimble is one of the following children: Albert, Richard, Jeremiah, George (deceased), Jacob (deceased), Sarah (now Mrs. William Hamilton, of Laporte, Iowa), Lydia (wife of Dr. G. W. Black, of Pomeroy, Washington), Avoric (now Mrs. M. Gilley, of Waterloo, Iowa), Mary (now Mrs. Elihu Hamilton, of Black Hawk, Iowa), Anson (deceased), and Emaline (deceased). Richard was married in Kane County, Ill., in 1858, to Miss Ellen M. Robinson, a daughter of W. H. Robinson, a native of Vermont. In 1860 he moved to Iowa, and eight years later, to Story County, where he has since made his home. He has a well improved farm, and raises an excellent grade of horses, cattle, hogs and sheep. Mr. Kimble has seventeen shares in the Milford Farmers' Creamery Co. He and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. To his marriage have been born three children: Clarence A. (now in Keya Paha County, Neb.), Elroy W. and George A.
Jay A. King is one of the most capable, practical banKing men in the West, and his experience in this line dates back to January, 1882, when he purchased a half interest in the Farmers' Bank of Nevada, Iowa, of which he is now the efficient cashier. He was born in Summit County, Ohio, May 28, 1845, being the eldest of six children, five of whom are living, born to Dr. J. E. and Ann (Jackson) King, who were born in Pennsylvania and England, respectively. Dr. King has been an exceptionally successful medical practitioner for the past thirty years, and is now residing in Hardin County, Iowa. In 1855 Jay A. King removed with his parents to the State of Wisconsin, and after residing near New Lisbon of that State, until 1861, he came to Iowa and settled in Hardin County. Although he received the advantages of the common schools in the vicinity of his home, he became very desirous of increasing his knowledge of the " world of books," in more advanced institutions of learning, but before he could put his intentions into practice he was called upon to take up arms in defense of the grand old " stars and stripes," and in 1863 enlisted in Company H, Ninth Iowa Cavalry, and served until the close of the war. He was honorably discharged at Little Rock, Ark., in 1866, and was mustered out of service at Davenport, Iowa. He came to Story County, Iowa, in 1868, and for seven years was cashier for the firm of