Jack Wailes was born January 5, 1887, at Bayard. As a young man, he traveled to England. While working in the coal miles there, he met and married Hannah Parks, born March 18, 1890, in Gosforth, England.

The couple married January 1, 1909. In 1913, they ventured from England to settle in Iowa. They originally lived in Jack's hometown of Bayard. But they later moved to Strawberry Point and Anamosa, before becoming residents of Manning in 1928. In Manning, Jack worked as the night depot clerk for the Milwaukee Railroad. The railroad, playing an important role in transportation of the past, was the livelihood of the Wailes family until Jack's retirement. The couple resided in Manning until their deaths, except for several years spent in Atlantic.

They raised five children: Esther (deceased in 1942), Nellie (Mrs. Gilbert Hinners) of Milwaukee, Robert (deceased in 1978) of Boone, Doris (Mrs. Ellsworth Shannon) of Kirkman, and William of California. Dorothy, a sixth child, died in infancy.

In addition, Jack and Hannah reared two of their grandchildren, Jerry and Janet Bonnessen, after the death of their mother, Esther. Jerry resides in California and Janet (Mrs. Robert McGrath) in Birmingham, Alabama.

Jack died July 21, 1972, and Hannah followed him June 5, 1975. They left four children, 18 grandchildren, and over 20 great-grandchildren behind. Several of the grandchildren live in surrounding communities.

William and Emma Nagel Wegner

William Wegner, son of Henry and Margaretha Hilbert Wegner, was born in Clinton County July 16, 1871 (died 1937). He was one of the most popular cattle feeders, hog buyers, and highly respected farmers in this vicinity. He owned a threshing machine and did custom work for the area farmers for many years. He married Emma Luise Nagel, June 30, 1899. She was the daughter of Henry and Dora Nagel, born July 29, 1899. She was the daughter of Henry and Dora Nagel, born July 29, 1879 in Luetjenburg, Germany and immigrated to this country at age four (died 1949). They lived on a farm southwest of Aspinwall. The couple had seven children.

Elsie (Mrs. Gustav Schrum) died in 1966. They farmed in Crawford and Carroll counties. Their children are Harvey of Denison, Lester and Marge of Manilla, Joann of Kansas, and Ladonna who farms near Denison.

Mamie (Mrs. Gerd Janssen) lives in Denison. Her sons are Norman of Valparaiso, Indiana; Clement of Guatemala, and Roger, a Rockwell City farmer.

Milda (Mrs. George Peters) lives in Manning. Their children are Dan of Monte Vista, Colorado; David of Plano, Texas) and Cynthia, who farms two miles north of Manning.

Louie (Toots) died in 1969 and was married to Lillian Jensen. They farmed in the Manning and Buck Grove areas. Their children are Maureen and Lewis of California, Evelyn (deceased), and Arlys who farms near Charter Oak.

Eddie (Slim) died in 1953 and was married to Verna Mohr. They farmed the home place until it was sold, as well as two miles south of the pres- Manning school. Their sons are Errol of Manning and James of Grand Island, Nebraska.

Helen, who married Bill Petersen (died 1976), lives in Manning. Their daughter Kay lives in Aurora, Colorado.

Henry (Mike) died at the age of 22 in a car accident in 1929.

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Henry Westphalen Family, 1913

Four years before Manning was founded, Henry Westphalen purchased 240 acres of farmland in the southwestern part of Carroll County, where one of his main interests was raising Poland China hogs. Lumber for the house and buildings was hauled from Westside and Arcadia by horsedrawn wagon.

A pond was made which was fed by a spring. There, his family and friends enjoyed fishing in the summer, duck hunting in the fall, and ice skating in the winter. Ice was supplied to neighbors, as well as to a nearby country creamery.

He was married in 1888 to Caroline Hagemen. She was born in Kaltenkirchen, Germany; he had emigrated from Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, in 1873, after serving the previous three years in the German Army during the Franco-Prussian War. Before coming to Carroll County, Westphalen had worked on a farm and in a saw mill near Davenport, then living both in Benton and Tama Counties.

Mr. and Mrs. Westphalen retired in 1918, and moved to 111 Third Street in Manning. Minnie, their youngest daughter, who was born in 1899, lives there today with her husband William Jensen. She is the only member of the family still living.

Minnie has two children, Iola (Mrs. Clarence Stammer), who farmed west of Manning until their retirement in 1976, and William, Jr., an electrical engineer in Van Nuys, California. Iola's two sons, Clifford and Calvin, both live on farms near Manning. Bill, Jr., has three children, Shell! (Mrs. Vic Kelly), Buffy and Todd.

Clifford and his wife Nancy (Dobson) have four children: Crystal, Craig, Cory and Scott. Calvin and his wife Nancy (Stoberl) have two sons, Clinton and Chad.

Jochim and Emma (Wunder) Wiese and family of five sons and two daughters and Jochim's father, Jochim, Sr., came to Manning from Clinton County in 1887. They farmed north of Manning for three years before moving to the Wiese family farm two miles north of Manning in 1890; they built the house before moving and added other farm buildings later. A beautiful evergreen grove, a large orchard, and many small fruits were planted by Jochim and his father.

Since that time only Wiese family descendants have occupied the place. Two sons, Jim and John, farmed there for short periods. After the death of Jochim Wiese, the farm was purchased by his son Emil who with his wife Mary (Witt) Wiese and daughter Alta moved there, in 1914. Alta married Henry J. M. Hansen and they farmed nearby. Henry's greatest interest was in feeding cattle. Their children are Alvan and Lola. Alvan married Elaine Schroeder and their children are Roger, twins James and Joy, and Vernon. Lola married Alfred Ahrendsen and they have one daughter Linda. Having farmed, they now live in Manning.

Henry J. M. and Alta Wiese Hansen

Henry J. M. and Alta bought the (Wiese) farm in 1947. They occupied it until 1962 when they retired to Manning; then Alvan, Elaine and family moved to the home place; they purchased it in 1967.

Their children are the sixth generation of Wiese family descendants.

Through the years it has always been a grain and livestock farm with the residents taking an active part in community and county affairs.

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Bill Wiese, son of Fred and Matilda Wiese, was born in 1896 on a farm near Manning. He had seven brothers and sisters: Anna Hargens, Alma Grau, Louie, Fred, Henry, Conrad and Herbert.

Ida Grimm, 1894, was the daughter of Claus and Anna Grimm. Bill and Ida were married September 15, 1918, at Manning and lived on a farm south of Manning until they moved to their home in town. Bill worked as a mechanic for John Deere and then for himself until his death in 1975. Ida passed away in 1974. They had two children, Rockley and Eunice. Rockley, 19191978, was married to Dorothy Ruhde June 3, 1944, and their children are Gary, Jackie and Brad. Gary married Patricia Clark and their children are Erin and Alison.

Eunice, 1921, married Lester- Meggers and they have a son Gene married to Margie Dziedzic. Gene and Margie's daughter is Stephanie.

Rockley worked for Priebe and Co. for many years, then was a government meat inspector. Eunice and Lester live on a farm west of Manning.

Chris and Sophia Witt

Chris Witt, one of the pioneer settlers of Lincoln Township, Audubon County, was born August 20, 1835 in Leavids, Germany. On April 30, 1865, he was married to Sophia Holtz, daughter of Fred and Sophia Becket Holtz.

Finding no advancement as a coachman for a big landlord in Germany, he decided :o follow a brother to Clinton County and homestead land. July 21, 1876, they came to America with five children and settled in Maquoketa, where they had two more children and lived for seven years. In 1879, they moved onto a farm in Jackson County, where son William was born. After five years, they moved to Clinton County where they remained until 1888, when they came west to Audubon County and located one-half mile west and one and one-half miles north of Gray.

To this union, eight children were born: August and William of Gray, Herman and Ben of Doon, Mary Ross, Annie and Minnie of Gray, and Augusta, who died of scarlet fever at age 16.

Sophia Holtz Witt died at Gray, at the homestead, on February 11, 1914, and Chris Witt died February 26, 1928, also at his homestead.

William and Maria "Mamie" Witt

William (Bill) Carl Witt was born Jan. 15, 1880, on a farm in Jackson County. The son of Chris and Sophia Holtz Sitt, Willia, Witt came to Lincoln Township, Audubon County, at the age of eight with his parents. He attended Gray schools and farmed his father's homestead and 80 acres of his own south of his father's.

April 14, 1909, William Witt was united in marriage with Maria Caroline (Mamie) Holtz, daughter of John and Mary Buscle Holtz, in the home of her parents. William Witt built a new house on his 80 acres and his folks and sisters moved there and he farmed both homesteads until his retirement.

To this union were born two children, Selma Mary and Woodrow William. Selma M. Witt was born Jan. 5, 1910; she graduated from Gray High School in 1928, and St. Anthony School of Nursing, Carroll, 1931. September 24, 1933, she was

married to Linn Carl Ullerich, son of Herman and Nancy Ketelsen Ullerich, at Trinity Lutheran Church. Linn and Selma had four children: Romanza, Philip, Dean and Marie. Linn and Selma

Woodrow W. Witt was born Oct. 15, 1913; he attended Gray High School, served in the U.S. Army, and was married Jan. 18, 1931, to Berniece Jones, daughter of Jesse and Margaret Twist Jones of Audubon. To this union were born Joyce Margaret and William Jesse.

Mamie C. Witt died Jan. 25, 1956 at her home and William lived with a sister, Minnie Witt Albert, and daughter, Selma Ullerich, until his death Jan. 24, 1972.

Nellie Woolman

Miles Woolman was born August 5, 1832, at Macomb County, Michigan. He moved to Kalamazoo County, Mich., where he met and married Martha Nellis in 1862. Their four children were born in Michigan: Phoebe Mills, Nellie, Harry and Effie McCulloch.

Nellie Woolman, who was in the first class in the Manning school, died of typhoid when about 13.

In 1878 Miles and Martha Woolman moved to their farm a few miles from Manning and lived in Manning since 1881. Mr. Woolman helped haul materials for the new residents of Manning. In other words, he helped build the town. It is said he was a very kind, helpful, and honest man. Miles Woolman passed away on May 23, 1908, and Martha Woolman on November 4, 1922.

William Wyatt of English descent was born in Marshall County in 1858. He married Annah Boston in Story County in 1878. They came to Manning in 1913, where he manufactured cement blocks for houses. His business was on Madison Street. They had two sons, Dr. Orren Wyatt born in 1880, and Dr. Merlin B. Wyatt born in 1882. Both sons received their medical degrees from the University of Nebraska. Dr. M. B. came to Manning in 1908 and Dr. O. W. in 1910. They were in partnership until 1918 when Dr. M. B. died during the flu epidemic.

Dr. O. W. was married to Edna Smith in 1904. Their children are Merlin R., Clara, Vera, Edna Louise and Lester.

Merlin R. received his medical degree from the University of Nebraska in 1929. He joined his father's practice in 1930. He married Helen Wallace of Wahoo, Nebraska. Their children are William, an orthodontist in Boulder, Colorado, and Marilyn Mohr of Denver, Colorado.

Clara married Alvin Martens. They have two children, Gene of Yakima, Washington, and Marcia Pierson of Ames.

Vera, an R.N., married Ray Rinderhagen. They have one son, Kenneth, and now live in Indio, California.

Edna Louise is the wife of Paul Nordbye, Winlock, Washington. They have one daughter Mary Lou of Seattle, Washington.

Lester and wife Margaret Collier, Spirit Lake, have four children: Ronald, an orthopedic surgeon in Sioux Falls, S.D.; Carol Honkens of Garner; Tom, Head Court Reporter in Indio, Cal.; and Richard, a pediatrician and allergy specialist in Minneapolis, Minn.

Dr. Merlin B. was married to Elva Smith and had two children, Marjorie and Donald. Marjorie, an R.N., married Larry Carrigg, M.D., of Cedar Rapids. Their children are Margaret, John (an M.D. in California), and Patricia of Cedar Rapids. Donald was married to Arlene Parish.

After Dr. O. W.'s death in 1942, the hospital was run by Dr. Merlin R. until he entered the armed forces during World War 11. After the war Merlin practiced until 1950 when he moved to Denver because of his health. He now lives in Tucson.

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Steve Wycoff

Carlos Cushman Wycoff and Virginia (Slygh) Wycoff came to Shelby County from Elmwood, Illinois in 1891. They were of Germany and English ancestry. Some of their relatives came to this country on the Mayflower.

Carlos purchased a half section of land near Botna, where he farmed until his retirement. A son Stephen purchased 160 acres of this land. He married Emma Kuhn and they became parents of two children, Raymond and Mildred. Mildred died in 1934.

Raymond was the third generation to farm this land. He was a graduate of Manning High. He married Odessa Holmberg in 1932. He followed in his father's footsteps raising Hereford cattle. For many years he sold seed corn and Vigortone Feeds. He was the first farmer in Shelby County to practice contour farming and build terraces. He served on the Farm Bureau Board and worked with the Shelby County C.C.C.

The Wycoff's were active members of the Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Wycoff has been an organist for many years. She is a nationally certified teacher of piano and active in Iowa Federation of Music Clubs, Iowa Music Teacher's Association, P.E.O., and Order of the Eastern Star.

Children of the Wycoff's are Robert, Rae Lynne and Gene. Robert, of Urbandale, is a graduate of Printing School, University of Iowa, is married to Connie Hall and has a daughter Laura. Rae Lynne of Vermillion, South Dakota, has a B.A. degree from Parson's College, is married to Dr. James Hale and has two sons, Michael and Daniel. Gene, of San Diego, California, is a graduate of U.N.I. with a B.A. in mathematics.

Phil Zerwas Family

Phillip Zerwas came to the United States with his parents at the age of one year in 1866.

The family emigrated from, at that time, a disputed territory of Germany, called Alsace-Lorraine, to Wheaton, Illinois.

Later they moved to a farm near Mt. Carmel, where the family was reared to adulthood and then gradually moved to various parts of the United States.

Phillip Zerwas worked for a period of time at the Beiter Meat Market in Carroll. He next went to work for the Green Bay Lumber Company in Kirkman. After some years he was offered part ownership in The Manning Telephone Company.

After moving to Manning, he met and married Agnes Brunnier in 1904. They raised a family of four boys and two girls: Eugene, Robert, LeRoy, Alice, Phyllis and Francis.

Louis and Louise Zubrod

Louis Zubrod was born April 28, 1902, to Cyria and Elizabeth Zubrod in Holstein, Nebraska. Louise was born June 10, 1905, to Peter and Elizabeth Bellinghausen in Roselle, Iowa.

The Zubrods were married January 4, 1926, in Roselle. They farmed near Halbur, Templeton and Manning and in 1969 they retired and moved to Manning.

They have six children: Don, Doris, Thelma, Carol, Merlyn, and Kenneth; 26 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

Don Zubrod Family

Don was born March 8, 1931, in Halbur to Louis and Louise Zubrod. He attended school at Halbur and Templeton. He served in the army in 1951 and 1952 and was a radar technician; he spent one year of his army career in Greenland.

In May, 1953, he married Joyce Henriksen, daughter of Segwall and Velma Henriksen of Audubon. The couple resided in Audubon, Carroll and Templeton where he was a carpenter. In 1954 he attended De Vry School in Chicago to become a T.V. technician.

Don purchased the T.V. business from Joe Horbach in 1958. He and his family moved to Manning in April of 1961.

Don and Joyce have five children. Brad was born September, 1953. He is now working with his father in the T.V. shop. Craig was born in August, 1955. He is a policeman on the Des Moines force, is married and has two children, Steven and Mary Louise. Susan was born in August, 1961. Barbara was born in June of 1965, and Michael was born in August of 1969.

In July of 1978 Joyce went into partnership with Mrs. Loren Clausen and bought the Martens Variety, which is now called "The Dime Store."

Helping my father, Julius Rostermundt, bottle and deliver from 50 to 75 quarts of fresh milk every morning to Manning homes. The price in the late 20's was 8 to 10 cents a quart.

---Elsie Mohr

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