Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2013, All Rights Reserved U.S. Data Repository Please read U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the US Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ ========================================================================= U.S. Data Repository NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ========================================================================= Formatted by U.S. Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. ========================================================================== Biographical History of Cherokee County, Iowa W. S. Dunbar & Co., Chigago - 1889 [page 604-605] JAMES HENRY TEMPLEMAN - This gentleman, who is one of the progressive spirits of Pitcher Township, has many of the qualities that go to make up a successful man. An active brain to plan and execute with good judgment and discrimination, he has made a comfortable fortune where many men less vigorous have merely held their own. Methodical in his every transaction, he has surrounded himself with the conveniences that make a home enjoyable. His house is roomy and comfortable, and taken in connection with his large and convenient barn, sets off to good ad- vantage the broad and beautiful acres surrounding the home. The resi- dence is but a few minutes' drive from Aurelia, the road lying through a fertile and well-cultivated region. Mr. TEMPLEMAN was born in Henry County, Indiana, December 4, 1839, and is a son of JOSEPH and LODEMA A. (HAMMERSLEY) TEMPLEMAN. HENRY TEMPLEMAN, the grandfather of J. H., came from North Carolina, and the HAMMERSLEYS are natives of New York. JOSEPH TEMPLEMAN'S family consisted of HANNAH, wife of JOHN PAYNE BELOTT; JAMES HENRY, WILLIAM O., ROBERT, who died at the age of thirty- seven years; HENRIETTA, wife of NELSON SHORE, and JOSEPH. JOSEPH TEMPLEMAN, Sr., died at the age of thirty-nine years, and his widow still survives at the age of seventy years. JAMES HENRY was reared on a farm in Carroll County, Illinois, from his seventh until his twentieth year. After his father's death, which occurred when he was thirteen years old, much care and responsibility devolved upon him. When twenty years of age he engaged in work by the month until his marriage, which was November 2, 1861, to Miss MARY LEONARD. After his marriage he rented land for five years, when he managed to secure land of his own, which he continued to farm until his coming to Iowa in 1877. In 1874 he had made a purchase of 160 acres of land, which he began to improve in 1878. The first house erected upon the place is now used as a granary. He has since added to his first purchase 160 acres, making his farm just one-half section of as good land as there is in the Northwest. He has been more of a grain-grower that a stock-man, and usually has from seventy-five to 100 acres of small grain. In this line of agriculture he has had more than ordinary success. Much of Mr. TEMPLEMAN'S prosperity in life, as with most men, is due to the wise counsel and faithful assistance of his devoted wife. Mrs. TEMPLEMAN is a woman of refinement and good judgment, and her life has been devoted to the interests of her family. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. TEMPLEMAN are: CARRIE, born January 19, 1865, wife of P. D. WINE; LELIA, born February 1, 1871; OLLIE, born December 6, 1878, and ROBERT, born September 11, 1884. LELIA is one of the suc- cessful teachers of the county and is much interested in her pro- fession. She is organist in the United Brethren Church, and is an active Sabbath-school worker. Mr. TEMPLEMAN is a man of faith, and is devoted to the study of the Scripture, which is his rule and guide. His religious belief is in accordance with that sect of worshipers known as "Life Believer Adventists." He is not a member of any church organization, but is a true and faithful follower of the truth as he understands it. Like others of the same belief, he is shaping every transaction to be prepared when Christ shall come, which will be at no distant day. He is a close student of the Bible, and is ever ready to prove his faith. ===========================================================================