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Barhydt, Theodore Wells

railroad president, banker, capitalist, was born April 10, 1835, in Newark, N. J.

He received an academic education in the Lyceum academy of Schenectady, N.

Y. In 1855 he moved to Burlington, Iowa, where he became one of the principal clerks in the postoffice. In 1859 he entered mercantile business; and since 1870 has been president of the Merchants' National bank of Burlington, of which institution he was one of the organizers. He was one of the organizers of the Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railroad company, and is now president of the Burlington and North Western and of the Burlington and Western Railroad companies. He is the owner of the Delano hotel and several other fine business buildings; was instrumental in establishing the Burlington water works; and was one of the principal promoters and builders of the first street railroad in his city. He has been president of the Board of Trade, and a member of the city council, and filled various other public positions of honor.