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| A. C. BONDURANT,
Founder of the town of Bondurant, Ind. |
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Born In Sangamon county, Illinois, September 1,
1829; died at Bondurant, Iowa, September 17,
1899. Leader in building churches at Altoona and
Bondurant, Iowa, and a generous contributor to
many churches; trustee Drake University and a
large contributor in life and by legacy. Prominent
as a Prohibitionist, philanthropist and promoter
of the interests of the church and of education.
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| A. W. GEHERES,
Veedersburg, Ind. |
| Born Carroll Co., Ind., July 6, 1869; reared on farm; followed manual pursuits for support of younger children and widowed mother until 21; educated in Northern Indiana Normal College and Butler University; five years instructor in public schools; ordained 1897 at Delphi, Ind.; minister Spring Creek, White Co., Hopewell, Carroll Co., Fairfield, Buck Creek Chapel, Shoals and Veedersburg, Ind. |
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| JAMES D. CRAIG MCFARLAND,
Des Moines, Iowa. |
| Born 1836, Jefferson Co., O., and brought up in Belmount Co.; baptized 1851; came with parents to Iowa 1857; married Almira Hull, Oskaloosa, 1861; resided in Jackson Co., Mo., 1865-1880; moved back to Iowa 1880, and to Des Moines 1884; copyrighted and issued same year "Pioneers in the Great Religious Reformation of the 19th Century." 1902 Prohibition candidate for Congress in Des Moines District. |
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| LESLIE WOLFE,
Des Moines, Iowa. |
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Born at Kenton, O., May 2, 1876; reared on a
farm in Lawrence county, Ill.; student at Eureka
College 1894-98; minister at Louisville, Ill., 1899,
and at Lewisville, Minn., 1900-1903; married to
Miss Carrie Austin, Amboy, Minn., 1903; student
at Drake University 1903.
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