NIMS, JOHN W.
A prominent and influential farmer and stock-raiser, one of the proprietors of the celebrated Cedar Lawn Stock Farm, is John W. Nims, our subject, who owns and operates a large estate in Deer Creek township, Mills county, Iowa. Mr. Nims, although born in Ohio, in 1848, deems himself a native of Illinois, the family residence being there, his birth occurring while his parents were visiting in the former state.
The parents of our subject were Eli B. and Emily (Brainard) Nims, the former of whom was born December 17, 1813, in Jefferson county, New York, and died in 1861 in Jones county, Iowa, where he moved in 1853, and became a prominent citizen. The latter was born in Medina county, Ohio, August 5, 1822, was married in Ohio, and is now residing with her sons in Deer Creek township. The family is not an extensive one, but Mr. Nims has an uncle, William Nims Nichols, who has been a minister of the Methodist church for half a century and went thrugh the Civil war, as chaplain in the Union Army, and is now a resident of Norwood, New York.
Our subject was reared on the farm and received a very good common school education in Jones county, and came to Mills county twenty-seven years ago, with his brother, D. B. Nims, where they purchased a quarter-section of land in Deer Creek township and settled down to scientific farming and stock-raising. Three years later our subject bought another quarter-section of land only a mile distant from the first, and has made this one of the noted farms of the state of Iowa.
Mr. Nims makes a specialty of fine blooded hogs, of the Poland China strain, and these are celebrated throughout the whole county, and have been most profitable to our subject. Another specialty for which Cedar Lawn farm is noted is its seed corn, this being one of the most important elements of a farmer's equipment. Large sales are annually made of this cereal, which is so carefully prepared that no failures ever occur. Corresponding with his fine stock, the brothers Nims have erected suitable buildings fitted them up with all modern devices for the proper care of stock, and pay particular attention to the sanitary surroundings of their pens and yards.
Our subject was married in Jones county , Iowa to Miss Margaret Levi, who was born in Forfarshire, Scotland, and came with her parents to Canada when three months old. She was a daughter of James and Ellen (Hardy) Levi, the former of whom was born in Scotland, July 2, 1823, and emigrated to Canada in 1851, removed to Indiana in 1853, and came to Iowa in 1869 where he still resides. The latter also was born in Scotland and was married to James Levi in 1844. They had eleven children, all of whom are living, a fine testimonial to the health and regged strength of the Levi family. An uncle of Mrs. Nims served in the Union army during the Civil war.
The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Nims are: Mrs. Mina Zaelke, Mrs. Alice Knight, Nettie, Fred, Wesley and Grace, the daughters all having been singularly educated at Simpson College, at Indianola, Iowa and Fred being a student there for some time.
Mr. Nims is a zealous and steadfast Republican and has decided views as to the necessity of purity in politics, believing that what is termed "bossism" in the political jargon of the day is a thraldom which every lover of his country should resent. With his wife and family he is actively interested in the Asbury Methodist church in Indian Creek township, belonging to the board of trustees of that church and in all the deliberations of that board giving invaluable advice.
A prominent and influential farmer and stock-raiser, one of the proprietors of the celebrated Cedar Lawn Stock Farm, is John W. Nims, our subject, who owns and operates a large estate in Deer Creek township, Mills county, Iowa. Mr. Nims, although born in Ohio, in 1848, deems himself a native of Illinois, the family residence being there, his birth occurring while his parents were visiting in the former state.
The parents of our subject were Eli B. and Emily (Brainard) Nims, the former of whom was born December 17, 1813, in Jefferson county, New York, and died in 1861 in Jones county, Iowa, where he moved in 1853, and became a prominent citizen. The latter was born in Medina county, Ohio, August 5, 1822, was married in Ohio, and is now residing with her sons in Deer Creek township. The family is not an extensive one, but Mr. Nims has an uncle, William Nims Nichols, who has been a minister of the Methodist church for half a century and went thrugh the Civil war, as chaplain in the Union Army, and is now a resident of Norwood, New York.
Our subject was reared on the farm and received a very good common school education in Jones county, and came to Mills county twenty-seven years ago, with his brother, D. B. Nims, where they purchased a quarter-section of land in Deer Creek township and settled down to scientific farming and stock-raising. Three years later our subject bought another quarter-section of land only a mile distant from the first, and has made this one of the noted farms of the state of Iowa.
Mr. Nims makes a specialty of fine blooded hogs, of the Poland China strain, and these are celebrated throughout the whole county, and have been most profitable to our subject. Another specialty for which Cedar Lawn farm is noted is its seed corn, this being one of the most important elements of a farmer's equipment. Large sales are annually made of this cereal, which is so carefully prepared that no failures ever occur. Corresponding with his fine stock, the brothers Nims have erected suitable buildings fitted them up with all modern devices for the proper care of stock, and pay particular attention to the sanitary surroundings of their pens and yards.
Our subject was married in Jones county , Iowa to Miss Margaret Levi, who was born in Forfarshire, Scotland, and came with her parents to Canada when three months old. She was a daughter of James and Ellen (Hardy) Levi, the former of whom was born in Scotland, July 2, 1823, and emigrated to Canada in 1851, removed to Indiana in 1853, and came to Iowa in 1869 where he still resides. The latter also was born in Scotland and was married to James Levi in 1844. They had eleven children, all of whom are living, a fine testimonial to the health and regged strength of the Levi family. An uncle of Mrs. Nims served in the Union army during the Civil war.
The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Nims are: Mrs. Mina Zaelke, Mrs. Alice Knight, Nettie, Fred, Wesley and Grace, the daughters all having been singularly educated at Simpson College, at Indianola, Iowa and Fred being a student there for some time.
Mr. Nims is a zealous and steadfast Republican and has decided views as to the necessity of purity in politics, believing that what is termed "bossism" in the political jargon of the day is a thraldom which every lover of his country should resent. With his wife and family he is actively interested in the Asbury Methodist church in Indian Creek township, belonging to the board of trustees of that church and in all the deliberations of that board giving invaluable advice.
NIMS, JOHN W.
A prominent and influential farmer and stock-raiser, one of the proprietors of the celebrated Cedar Lawn Stock Farm, is John W. Nims, our subject, who owns and operates a large estate in Deer Creek township, Mills county, Iowa. Mr. Nims, although born in Ohio, in 1848, deems himself a native of Illinois, the family residence being there, his birth occurring while his parents were visiting in the former state.
The parents of our subject were Eli B. and Emily (Brainard) Nims, the former of whom was born December 17, 1813, in Jefferson county, New York, and died in 1861 in Jones county, Iowa, where he moved in 1853, and became a prominent citizen. The latter was born in Medina county, Ohio, August 5, 1822, was married in Ohio, and is now residing with her sons in Deer Creek township. The family is not an extensive one, but Mr. Nims has an uncle, William Nims Nichols, who has been a minister of the Methodist church for half a century and went thrugh the Civil war, as chaplain in the Union Army, and is now a resident of Norwood, New York.
Our subject was reared on the farm and received a very good common school education in Jones county, and came to Mills county twenty-seven years ago, with his brother, D. B. Nims, where they purchased a quarter-section of land in Deer Creek township and settled down to scientific farming and stock-raising. Three years later our subject bought another quarter-section of land only a mile distant from the first, and has made this one of the noted farms of the state of Iowa.
Mr. Nims makes a specialty of fine blooded hogs, of the Poland China strain, and these are celebrated throughout the whole county, and have been most profitable to our subject. Another specialty for which Cedar Lawn farm is noted is its seed corn, this being one of the most important elements of a farmer's equipment. Large sales are annually made of this cereal, which is so carefully prepared that no failures ever occur. Corresponding with his fine stock, the brothers Nims have erected suitable buildings fitted them up with all modern devices for the proper care of stock, and pay particular attention to the sanitary surroundings of their pens and yards.
Our subject was married in Jones county , Iowa to Miss Margaret Levi, who was born in Forfarshire, Scotland, and came with her parents to Canada when three months old. She was a daughter of James and Ellen (Hardy) Levi, the former of whom was born in Scotland, July 2, 1823, and emigrated to Canada in 1851, removed to Indiana in 1853, and came to Iowa in 1869 where he still resides. The latter also was born in Scotland and was married to James Levi in 1844. They had eleven children, all of whom are living, a fine testimonial to the health and regged strength of the Levi family. An uncle of Mrs. Nims served in the Union army during the Civil war.
The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Nims are: Mrs. Mina Zaelke, Mrs. Alice Knight, Nettie, Fred, Wesley and Grace, the daughters all having been singularly educated at Simpson College, at Indianola, Iowa and Fred being a student there for some time.
Mr. Nims is a zealous and steadfast Republican and has decided views as to the necessity of purity in politics, believing that what is termed "bossism" in the political jargon of the day is a thraldom which every lover of his country should resent. With his wife and family he is actively interested in the Asbury Methodist church in Indian Creek township, belonging to the board of trustees of that church and in all the deliberations of that board giving invaluable advice.
A prominent and influential farmer and stock-raiser, one of the proprietors of the celebrated Cedar Lawn Stock Farm, is John W. Nims, our subject, who owns and operates a large estate in Deer Creek township, Mills county, Iowa. Mr. Nims, although born in Ohio, in 1848, deems himself a native of Illinois, the family residence being there, his birth occurring while his parents were visiting in the former state.
The parents of our subject were Eli B. and Emily (Brainard) Nims, the former of whom was born December 17, 1813, in Jefferson county, New York, and died in 1861 in Jones county, Iowa, where he moved in 1853, and became a prominent citizen. The latter was born in Medina county, Ohio, August 5, 1822, was married in Ohio, and is now residing with her sons in Deer Creek township. The family is not an extensive one, but Mr. Nims has an uncle, William Nims Nichols, who has been a minister of the Methodist church for half a century and went thrugh the Civil war, as chaplain in the Union Army, and is now a resident of Norwood, New York.
Our subject was reared on the farm and received a very good common school education in Jones county, and came to Mills county twenty-seven years ago, with his brother, D. B. Nims, where they purchased a quarter-section of land in Deer Creek township and settled down to scientific farming and stock-raising. Three years later our subject bought another quarter-section of land only a mile distant from the first, and has made this one of the noted farms of the state of Iowa.
Mr. Nims makes a specialty of fine blooded hogs, of the Poland China strain, and these are celebrated throughout the whole county, and have been most profitable to our subject. Another specialty for which Cedar Lawn farm is noted is its seed corn, this being one of the most important elements of a farmer's equipment. Large sales are annually made of this cereal, which is so carefully prepared that no failures ever occur. Corresponding with his fine stock, the brothers Nims have erected suitable buildings fitted them up with all modern devices for the proper care of stock, and pay particular attention to the sanitary surroundings of their pens and yards.
Our subject was married in Jones county , Iowa to Miss Margaret Levi, who was born in Forfarshire, Scotland, and came with her parents to Canada when three months old. She was a daughter of James and Ellen (Hardy) Levi, the former of whom was born in Scotland, July 2, 1823, and emigrated to Canada in 1851, removed to Indiana in 1853, and came to Iowa in 1869 where he still resides. The latter also was born in Scotland and was married to James Levi in 1844. They had eleven children, all of whom are living, a fine testimonial to the health and regged strength of the Levi family. An uncle of Mrs. Nims served in the Union army during the Civil war.
The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Nims are: Mrs. Mina Zaelke, Mrs. Alice Knight, Nettie, Fred, Wesley and Grace, the daughters all having been singularly educated at Simpson College, at Indianola, Iowa and Fred being a student there for some time.
Mr. Nims is a zealous and steadfast Republican and has decided views as to the necessity of purity in politics, believing that what is termed "bossism" in the political jargon of the day is a thraldom which every lover of his country should resent. With his wife and family he is actively interested in the Asbury Methodist church in Indian Creek township, belonging to the board of trustees of that church and in all the deliberations of that board giving invaluable advice.
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