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BIOGRAPHIES OF STATE OFFICERS
BERYL F. CARROLL
The eighteenth governor of Iowa, is the first
native-born Iowan to hold that office. He was born on a farm in Davis county,
March 15, 1860, where his parents had located in 1854, having removed to Iowa
from Ohio in 1853. The present governor is the twelfth of a family of thirteen
children, nine of whom are living.
He attended country school in the White Elm district,
Davis county, and later attended college at Bloomfield. In 1884 he graduated
from the Missouri State Normal at Kirksville, Missouri, after which he taught
for five years in the graded schools of Missouri.
Governor Carroll was married to Miss Jennie Dodson,
June 15, 1886. Their family consists of two sons.
The Governor located at Bloomfield, his present home,
in 1889 and for two years was engaged in business with his brother. In 1891 he
became editor of the Davis County Republican, which paper he continued to
publish until the fall of 1902. He was district elector for the Sixth
congressional district of Iowa in the electoral college of 1892, and in 1895 was
elected State Senator from the Third Senatorial district, composed of the
counties of Appanoose and Davis. As State Senator he served as a republican
member in the Twenty-sixth, the extra session of the Twenty-sixth, and the
Twenty-seventh General Assemblies.
In 1902 he received the Republican nomination for
Auditor of State and was elected at the November election following. He
held this office for three terms.
At the June primary, 1908, he received the Republican
nomination for Governor of Iowa, and was elected at the following November
election. He was inaugurated January 14, 1909.
A Republican in politics.
GEORGE W. CLARK
Lieutenant-Governor, was born in Shelby
county, Indiana, October 24, 1852. His parents moved to Davis county, Iowa, in
1856, and there he lived and worked on a farm until manhood. He taught school
twelve months in Davis county and graduated from Oskaloosa College in 1877 and
from the law department of the State University in 1878. He was married in 1878
and began the practice of law in Adel, Dallas county, Iowa, and has continued
the practice there ever since. He was a member of the House of Representatives
in the Twenty-eighth, Twenty-ninth, Thirtieth, and Thirty-first General
Assemblies and was speaker to the Thirtieth and Thirty-first General Assemblies.
Was elected Lieutenant-Governor in 1908.
A Republican in politics.
WILLIAM C. HAYWARD.
Secretary of State, was born in
Cattaraugus county, New York, November 22, 1847, of American parents with
English and Scotch-Irish ancestry. He moved with his father's family to Dakota
county, Minnesota, in the spring of 1861; moved to Hancock county, Iowa, in
1844; thence to Winnebago county in 1867. He worked on a farm, attended district
school, clerked in a store, taught two or three terms of school, and at the age
of twenty-one entered the first class at the opening of the State College of
Agriculture and Mechanic Arts at Ames, remaining in college until the middle of
his junior year. He then returned to Winnebago county, was elected County
Surveyor, and became half owner of The Winnebago Press (now Summit).
In 1873 he sold out to his partner and moved to Garner, Hancock county, where he
bought The Hancock Signal and was appointed postmaster, which position he
held for about eleven years, when he sold his newspaper and resigned as
postmaster. Soon after he helped to organize and became cashier of the City Bank
of Garner, afterwards merged with the Hancock County Bank into the First
National.
Mr. Hayward helped organize and was one of the officers
of the company that built the so-called "Slippery Elm" Railway from
below Eldora, via that city and Iowa Falls to Alden. He became associated with
William Finch, under the firm name of Finch and Hayward, in the grain, coal and
stock business, operating a line of twenty-five stations in Iowa, Minnesota, and
South Dakota. The firm moved headquarters from Garner to Davenport at that time
and has made his home there ever since.
He helped to organize the Union Savings Bank of
Davenport and was its president for some years. He also served as president of
the Davenport National Bank.
He was a member of the Davenport school board for nine
years. He was elected to the State Senate in 1897 and re-elected in 1901,
serving during the Twenty-seventh, Twenty-eighth, Twenty-ninth, Thirtieth and
Thirty-first General Assemblies. He was elected Secretary of State in 1906 and
re-elected in 1908.
He has always been a Republican.
JOHN L. BLEAKLY.
Auditor of State, was born in the
county of Fermanagh, Ireland, February 17, 1857. His parents were both natives
of Ireland. Removed with his parents to Rock Island county, Illinois, in
October, 1863, and to Linn county, Iowa, in March, 1872. His education was
acquired in the public schools of Illinois and Iowa and the Cedar Rapids
Business College. Taught for several years in the schools of Linn county, Iowa,
and in 1882 removed to Ida Grove, Iowa, where he entered as a bookkeeper the
banking house of Baxter & Rule. Occupied this position for three years, and
at the end of that time he entered the mercantile business in Ida Grove and
continued thus engaged until the year 1900, when, on account of ill health, he
was forced to retire from active business. In 1903 he was elected State Senator
for the Forty-sixth District and served in the Thirtieth, Thirty-first and
Thirty-second General Assemblies. He was elected Auditor of State November 3,
1908. A Republican in politics.
WILLISON W. MORROW,
Treasurer of State, was born in
Guernsey county, Ohio, January 4, 1850, his parents being natives of
Pennsylvania. His early life was passed in the place of his birth. He removed
with his father's family in August, 1864, to Iowa, locating near Afton, in Union
county. The land upon which the family settled in 1864 is a part of the farm now
owned by Mr. Morrow. He was educated in the public schools of Afton, graduating
from the high school. Was married in December, 1870, to Miss M.E. Roberts, but
has no children living. Although Mr. Morrow has always taken an active interest
in public affairs, he has held but few offices. He represented Union county in
the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth General Assemblies, and was a member of the
board of directors of the State Fair Association for eight years, serving one
year as vice-president, and for four years of the Association's most prosperous
period was president of the board.
Mr. Morrow has devoted his time and energies
exclusively to farming and stock raising. He owns and personally manages a
finely improved and highly cultivated farm of seven hundred and sixty acres,
located about one mile from the city of Afton, in Union county. His residence is
in the city of Afton. He was elected Treasurer of State in 1906 and re-elected
in 1908. He is a Republican in politics.
HOWARD WEBSTER BYERS,
Attorney-General, was born at
Woodstock, Richland county, Wisconsin, December 25, 1856, of American parentage.
He received a common school education; moved from Wisconsin with his parents to
Hancock county, Iowa, in 1873; located in Shelby county, at Harlan, Iowa, in
1877, and has resided there ever since except for three years at Earling, in the
same county. He was a farm laborer from fifteenth to twentieth year,
school-teacher from twentieth to twenty-fifth year, clerk in general store from
twenty-fifth to thirtieth year, law clerk from thirtieth to thirty-second year,
and was admitted to the bar in 1888.
Mr. Byers was a member of the House in the Twenty-fifth
General Assembly, Speaker of the House during the Twenty-sixth regular and extra
sessions, and a member of the House during the Twenty-eighth General Assembly.
He was a candidate for Congress in the Ninth Congressional District in 1898,and
was within seven votes of the nomination for more than five hundred ballots. He
was made permanent chairman of the Republican State Convention, held at Cedar
Rapids, when Governor Cummins was first nominated for Governor and was temporary
chairman of the Republican State Convention held in Des Moines in March, 1908.
He was elected Attorney-General November 6, 1906, and re-elected in 1908.
He is a Republican in politics.
JOHN FRANKLIN RIGGS,
Superintendent of Public Instruction,
was born on a farm in Henry county, February 14, 1860. His father was a native
of New Jersey and his mother a native of Ohio; both parents were of English
stock. His education was secured in the country school, in Whittier College and
in the Iowa Wesleyan University. He holds three degrees from the last-named
institution and also the honorary degree of Ph.D. from Simpson College.
Graduating from the Iowa Wesleyan University during the summer of 1885, he was
elected to the office of county superintendent of Henry county the following
November and was re-elected in 1887 and again in 1889. Before completing his
third term as county superintendent he was chosen superintendent of the city
schools of Mount Pleasant, which position he held seven years.
In 1899 he was chosen superintendent of the Sigourney
schools, which position he resigned in 1903 to accept the office of State
Superintendent of Public Instruction, to which he was elected at the general
election in 1903. He was re-elected in 1906 and in 1908.
Mr. Riggs' educational work comprises two years as
country school teacher, six years as a county superintendent, eleven years as a
city superintendent and five years as State Superintendent.
He is a Republican in politics.
WILLIAM D. EVANS,
Judge of the Supreme Court, was born in
Marquette county, Wisconsin, May 10, 1852. His parents were both born in Wales.
In October, 1858, he came with his parents to Williamsburg, Iowa. Here he
attended the public schools and in the fall of 1873 entered the State
University. While a student at the university he taught school and was an
instructor in a number of teachers' institutes during vacation. He graduated
from the classical course of the university in 1878 and the following year took
the law course, from which he graduated in 1879. Following his admittance to the
bar in 1879 he located at Hampton. In 1886 he was elected the first county
attorney of Franklin county, which office he held until 1890. In 1902 he was
elected a judge of the district court for the eleventh judicial district. During
the years 1907-8 he was law lecturer at the State University. In September,
1908, he was nominated for Judge of the Supreme Court by the Republican State
Convention to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Judge Charles A.
Bishop. The Governor on September 17th appointed him to fill the vacancy until
after the general election. He was elected at the general election and by reason
of statute became chief justice of the supreme court in January, 1909. A
Republican in politics.
HORACE E. DEEMER,
Judge of the Supreme Court, was born in
Marshall county, Indiana, September 24, 1858. His parents were of Holland
descent. When eight years of age he came with his parents to Cedar county, Iowa,
and attended the public schools at West Liberty, after which he assisted his
father in the lumber business and later engaged in the furniture business.
Having a desire for a more thorough education, he entered the Collegiate
Department of the State University of Iowa; thereafter he took a course in the
Law Department, from which he graduated in 1879, receiving the degree of L.L. B.
the year following.
After his admission to the bar he entered the law
office of Lamb, Billingsley & Lambertson, of Lincoln, Nebraska. In the fall
of 1879 he moved to Red Oak, his present home, where he formed a partnership
with an old schoolmate, J.M. Junkin, in the practice of law, which continued up
until the time of his election to the position of District Judge in the year
1886. To this position he was re-elected in 1890 with increased majority.
When in 1894 the Legislature increased the number of
Judges of the Supreme Court to six, Governor Jackson, at the urgent
recommendation of the members of the bar of southwestern Iowa, appointed him to
the place. In 1898 he was by order of rotation Chief Justice, and again in 1904.
For many years he was a lecturer in the Law Department of the State University
and is the author of many articles and monographs on legal and other subjects.
In the year 1904, Cornell College at Mt. Vernon, and
the State University of Iowa each conferred upon him the degree of LL. D. Since
1894 he has been a member and for the greater part of the time chairman of the
Book Committee for the selection of books for the State Library and Historical
Department, in which he has taken an active interest. Aside from this, he is a
member of the Iowa Society for the Prevention of Tuberculosis, ofthe American
Forestry Association, of the State Association of Charities and Corrections, of
the State and American Bar Associations, of the American Free Art League, of the
State and American Association for the Advancement of Science, of the American
Political and Social Science Association, of the National Association for the
Promotion of Industrial Education and of the Prairie and Grant Clubs of Des
Moines.
Judge Deemer is a Republican in politics.
JOHN COLLINS SHERMAN,
Judge of the Supreme Court, was born at
Berlin, Erie county, Ohio, February 6, 1851. He came with his parents to
LaCrosse, Wisconsin, in the fall of the same year. His boyhood days were spent
at LaCrosse and he received his education in the common school and later
attended Ripon and Beloit Colleges. He graduated in law at Madison, Wisconsin,
in June, 1875, and moved to Mason City, Iowa in 1876, where he has resided ever
since.
He was District Attorney for the Twelfth Judicial
District in 1885 and 1886 and District Judge for the same district from
September, 1888 to January 1, 1900. He was elected Judge of the Supreme Court in
1899 and assumed the duties of the office January 1, 1900. He was re-elected in
November, 1906.
Judge Sherwin is a Republican in politics.
EMLIN McCLAIN,
Judge of the Supreme Court, was born
November 26, 1851, in Salem, Ohio, and was brought by his parents to Tipton, in
this state, in 1855. His father, who had been owner and principal of an academy
in Ohio, came to Cedar county, Iowa, with the intention of farming, but taught
school in Tipton for one year and at Rochester for another year, after which he
opened a farm in the same county, which was the family home until removal to
Wilton in 1864. In 1866 the family removed to Iowa city, where the father became
the owner of the Commercial College and established an academy and the son
entered the University, graduating in 1871 with the degree of Ph. B. and
completing his law course in the same institution in 1873, from which he also in
1891 received the degree of Doctor of Laws. Mr. McClain practiced law in Des
Moines from 1873 to 1881, first in the law office of Gatch, Wright &
Runnells and afterwards Wright, Gatch & Wright, and subsequently in
partnership with George F. McClellan, and later with Charles A. Finkbine.
During this time he was clerk of the Committee on Claims of the United States
Senate from 1875 to 1877. While residing in Des Moines he also prepared
McClain's Annotated Statutes of Iowa, which was published in 1880. He removed to
Iowa City in 1881 to become professor in the law department of the State
University and continued in such position until 1901, being vice-chancellor from
1887 to 1890 and chancellor from 1890 to 1901. While connected with the law
school he prepared a digest in two volumes of the Iowa reports, published in
1887 (of which a new edition bringing it down to the present has just been
published), and a new edition of the Annotated Statutes of Iowa, under the title
"McClain's Annotated Code," published in 1888. In 1896 he published a
collection of cases on the Law of Carriers, in 1897 a treatise on the Criminal
Law now administered in the United States (American Citizen series), 1905; and
articles on Carriers, Insurance, Fire Insurance and Life Insurance in the
Cyclopedia of Law and Procedure. He has prepared several articles on legal
subjects which have been published in various law journals and reviews. He was
the first President of the Iowa State Bar Association.
He was selected by the Legislature in 1894 as one of
the commissioners to revise the statutes of Iowa, and he furnished the
annotations for the code, adopted in 1897, and subsequent supplements.
He was nominated at the Republican State Convention in
1900 for Judge of the Supreme Court, was elected and entered upon the duties of
the position January 1, 1901. He was re-elected in 1906.
He was married in Des Moines in 1879 to Ellen Griffiths,
daughter of Captain H.H. Griffiths, commander of the First Iowa Battery in
Sherman's Army; they have two sons and one daughter. A Republican in politics.
SILAS M. WEAVER,
Judge of the Supreme Court, was born
December 18, 1843, in Arkright, Chautauqua county, New York. He acquired his
education in the common schools and at Fredonia Academy, Fredonia, New York. He
was admitted to the bar at Buffalo, New York, May 4, 1868. In the same year he
moved to Iowa Falls, Iowa, where he has since resided.
He served as Representative from Hardin county in the
Twentieth and Twenty-first General Assemblies. In the Twentieth General Assembly
he was chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, and in the Twenty-first
General Assembly he officiated as chairman of the Board of Managers in the
impeachment trial of John L. Brown. In 1886 he was elected Judge of the District
Court for the Eleventh Judicial District and was re-elected in 1890, 1894 and
1898. In 1901 he was nominated and elected to succeed Judge Josiah Given upon
the Supreme Bench, becoming Chief Justice on January 1, 1907. In 1908 he was
re-nominated and elected to a second term upon the Supreme Bench.
Judge Weaver is a Republican in politics.
SCOTT M. LADD,
Judge of the Supreme Court, was born at
Sharon, Wisconsin, June 22, 1855. His parents were American-born, though of
German and English ancestry. He was reared on a farm, and after attending the
common schools and an academy near by was a student at Beloit, College,
Wisconsin, for two years and later attended Carthage College, Illinois, from
which institution he received a diploma in 1879. The year following he taught
mathematics and history in Hillsboro Academy, Illinois, being associated in the
management of that institution with Hon. F.H. Helsell, now of Sioux Rapids,
Iowa, and Emma C. Cromer, who subsequently became his wife.
He was a student in the office of France & Sedgwick
at York, Nebraska, for several months and graduated from the law department of
the State University of Iowa in 1881, and in the fall of that year began the
practice of his profession at Sheldon. He continued his practice until the
beginning of his service as District Judge of the Fourth Judicial District of
Iowa, January 1, 1887. he continued in that office until elected to the Supreme
bench in 1896. Judge Ladd never held nor has been a candidate for any other
office save that he served as school director for several years. He has always
been deeply interested in educational matters, having been the recipient of
several honorary degrees from different colleges and was chairman of the
Executive Committee of Morningside College for many years. He was re-elected to
the Supreme Court in November, 1908.
He is a Republican in politics.
HENRY LOUIS BOUSQUET.
Clerk of the Supreme Court, was born in
Amsterdam, Holland, February 14, 1840. In 1849 he emigrated with his parents to
the United States and located in Pella, Iowa. He attended the public schools of
Pella until 1854 when he entered Central University where he remained as a
student for two years. In 1856 he became a clerk in a general store at Pella and
in July, 1862, he enlisted in Company "G" of the 33rd Iowa Infantry.
In December, 1864, he was transferred and promoted to First Lieutenant and
Quartermaster of the 4th Arkansas Cavalry. He remained with his regiment until
the close of the war and was mustered out of service in July, 1865. He returned
to Pella after the war and in 1868 was elected Clerk of the District Court for
Marion county, which office he held for four years. From 1875 until 1884 he was
assistant cashier of the Pella National Bank. After leaving the bank he engaged
in the general merchandising business at Knoxville with A.B. Culver, under the
firm name of Culver & Co. He remained in this business until the store was
burned in 1901. In 1902 he was a candidate before the Republican state
convention for Clerk of the Supreme Curt, but was defeated for nomination by
John C. Crockett and upon the election and qualification of Mr. Crockett he was
appointed deputy clerk which position he held until Mr. Crockett resigned in
January 1908, when he was appointed by the Supreme Court to fill the vacancy. He
was nominated at the Republican primaries in 1908 to fill the unexpired portion
of the term and was elected at the general election in 1908. A Republican in
politics.
WENDELL W. CORNWALL,
Reporter of the Supreme Court,
was born February 10, 1857, at Albion, Dane County, Wisconsin. He was educated
at Albion Academy, Albion, Wisconsin; Alfred University, Alfred, New York, and
at the Law School at the University of Wisconsin.
Mr. Cornwall located at Spencer, Clay county, Iowa, nay
years ago and has been practicing law in that city ever since. He is a
Republican in politics and has held the offices of City Attorney of Spencer,
Iowa, and was a member of the House during the Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth
General Assemblies, which included the extra session that revised the Code of
1897. As reporter he digests the decisions of the Supreme Court, prepares a
syllabus for each case, an index and tables of cases, and has general
supervision of the official publication of the court decisions. He was elected
Reporter of the Supreme Court at the general election in 1902 and re-elected in
1906.
DAVID JAMES PALMER,
Railroad Commissioner, was born in
Washington, county, Pennsylvania, November 15, 1839. His father, Samuel R.
Palmer, was born in Ireland, and his mother, Margaret Munce Palmer, in the
United States. In 1856 he came to Iowa with his parents, where they settled on a
farm in Washington county. Colonel Palmer still makes this farm his home place.
he attended the common schools and in 1859 and 1860 attended the United
Presbyterian College in Washington, Iowa, quitting to teach school, hoping to
make enough money in this way to complete his education. In the spring and
summer of 1861, however, when his duties as school-teacher had ended, men were
enlisting for the war, and on July 10, 1861, he enlisted as a private in Company
"C", Eighth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and was promoted to corporal
September 9, 1861.
At the battle of Shiloh, on April 6, 1862, he was
severely wounded in the left breast and as soon as possible was sent to his
home. When the Twenty-fifth Iowa Volunteer Infantry was organized, and mustered
in at Mount Pleasant, September 27, 1862, Corporal Palmer, who had organized a
company at his home town while his left arm was still in a sling, was elected
captain of Company "A". He was promoted to lieutenant-colonel of the
regiment June 9, 1863. He was with Grant at the siege of Vicksburg and in the
Chattanooga campaign; through the Atlanta campaign and marched with Sherman to
the sea and up through the Carolinas, resulting in the capture of Columbia; was
in the grand review in the city of Washington, May 24, 1865; mustered out June
6, 1865, and honorably discharged from the service.
Colonel Palmer returned to his home in Washington at
the close of the war and in 1866 married Letitia H. Young. Colonel Palmer has
always followed farming as his vocation and has always been a Republican in
politics. He was auditor of Washington county from 1876 to 1880, was in the
State Senate in the Twenty-fourth, Twenty-fifth, Twenty-sixth, and
Twenty-seventh General Assemblies, resigning at the close of the Twenty-seventh
Assembly to accept the position of Railroad Commissioner, to which place he was
appointed by Governor Shaw upon the death of Major C.L. Davidson. The following
November he was elected to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Major
Davison, and has since that time been a member of the Board.
WILLARD LEE EATON
Railroad Commissioner, was born of
American parentage in Delaware county, Iowa, October 13, 1848. In 1856, with his
parents, Arial K. and Sarah Jarnigan Eaton, he moved to Osage, Iowa, where he
still resides.
He was educated in the common schools and graduated
from the Cedar Valley Seminary in 1872 with the degree of B.S. and the same year
received the degree of LL. B. from the State University of Iowa. In 1874 Mr.
Eaton married Laura R. Annis. They have one child, Allan March Eaton, who was
born March 15, 1887.
Mr. Eaton was brought up as a Democrat and until 1893
voted that ticket. Since that time; however, he has identified with the
Republican party.
He served as Mayor of Osage three terms, County
Attorney of Mitchell county one term trustee of the Cedar Valley Seminary and is
at present a trustee of the Upper Iowa University. He was a member of the
Twenty-seventh, Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth General Assemblies and Speaker of
the Twenty-ninth. He has been identified with all the Masonic bodies of Iowa,
serving as the Grand Master of the Masons in the year 1900-1901. Mr. Eaton has
been actively engaged in the practice of law since 1874. He entered upon his
duties as Railorad Commissioner in January, 1907.
NATHANIEL S. KETCHUM,
Railroad Commissioner, son of
William and Sarah Johnson Ketchum, both American-born, was born in Hacketstown,
Warren county, New Jersey, July 25, 1839. In 1854 his parents settled on a farm
near Rock Island, Illinois. In 1861 Mr. Ketchum married Helen Peoples of
Princeton, Scott county, Iowa. To this union were born three children, one son
and two daughters.
Mr. Ketchum attended school at Hopewell, Hoboken
and later entered Princeton University where he pursued the study of mechanical
and civil engineering. He left the University in 1857, coming to Iowa with John
I. Blair of New Jersey, engaging in the corps of engineers in the construction
of the Chicago, Iowa & Northwestern Railway. In 1862, when the road was
completed to Marshalltown he retired from railroading and entered commercial and
manufacturing pursuits at Marshalltown in which he had been continuously
engaged, which business is now managed by his son, Edwin S. Ketchum.
Politically, Mr. Ketchum has always been a Republican,
but never held office until 1904, when he was elected to the office of Railroad
Commissioner. He assumed the duties of the office January, 1905, for the term
which expired January, 1909. In November, 1908, he was re-elected to succeed
himself, for the term expiring in 1913.
EMORY H. ENGLISH,
State Printer, was born January 15,
1871, at Altoona, Iowa. His father, Dr. Frank E. English, was an early resident
and practitioner in Polk county, removing to Iowa with his wife, Kate M.
Hampton, in 1868, from Montgomery county, Indiana, both parents being natives of
Kentucky.
Receiving a common school education at Altoona, Mr.
English has devoted the past twenty years to newspaper work, purchasing the Altoona
Herald in 1889, and editing the same until 1892, when he sold that paper and
became associate editor of the Des Moines Mail and Times.
In 1893 he established The Valley Express at Valley
Junction, continuing as editor and proprietor until 1904, when he became editor
of The Mason City Daily Times-Herald, of Mason City, now The Mason
City Times, with which paper he is still identified, though not in any
active capacity since assuming the office of State Printer in 1907, as his
official duties have required his time in Des Moines.
Mr. English is a Republican in politics and served as
Representative from Polk county in three sessions of the Iowa General Assembly,
the Twenty-ninth, the Thirtieth, and the Thirty-first. He was the first native
of the county to serve as its representative in the General Assembly, and the
author of the first primary law enacted in Iowa. During his legislative service
Mr. English was chairman of the Insurance Committee of the House.
He was elected State Printer by the Thirty-first
General Assembly, and assumed the office in January, 1907, for the term of two
years, until January, 1909. He was re-elected by the Thirty-second General
Assembly for the term expiring in January, 1911, and again re-elected by the
Thirty-third General Assembly for the term expiring in January, 1913. Mr.
English was married in 1895 to Marie Belle Carter of Des Moines, and they have
two sons, Ehlers Wendell English and Wade Hampton English.
EDWARD D. CHASSELL,
State Binder, was born at Holland
Patent, Oneida county, New York, May 25, 1858. His grandfather, Rev. David
Chassell, D.D., came from Glasgow, Scotland, when a child in 1796, and his
maternal ancestors were among the first English colonists in Connecticut,
locating there in 1635. He moved with his parents, William and Frances (Jones)
Chassell, to Iowa, locating on a prairie farm near Iowa Falls in 1867. He was
educated in the common schools and at the Iowa State Normal School.
For several years he engaged in the profession of
teaching, closing his work as principal of schools at St. Ansgar, Iowa, in 1884.
He engaged in the newspaper business as editor of the Osage news at Osage, Iowa,
in 1884, remaining there until 1889, when he acquired an interest in the Sentinel
at Le Mars, of which paper he was the editor. He relinquished his connection
with the Sentinel in 1907 in order to devote his time to the duties of
the office of State Binder at Des Moines, though his legal residence is
maintained at Le Mars. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity, being a member of
Elkahir Shrine of Cedar Rapids and also of Plymouth Commandery Knights Templars
and other Masonic bodies at Le Mars.
Politically he has always been a Republican. In 1888 he
was Assistant Secretary of the Iowa Senate; in 1892 he was presidential elector;
in 1896 was candidate for the Republican nomination for Secretary of State, but
came out second best in the contest. In 1894, 1904, and 1906 he served as
Representative from Plymouth county in the Twenty-fifth, Thirtieth, and
Thirty-first General Assemblies. He was elected State Binder by the Thirty-first
General Assembly and assumed the duties of this office in January, 1907. He was
re-elected by the Thirty-second and Thirty-third General Assemblies and his term
of office will expire in January, 1913.
In December, 1906, he was united in marriage to Miss
Mary A. Calkins, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. M.H. Calkins of Wyoming, Iowa.
GUY E. LOGAN,
Adjutant General of Iowa, was born in
Red Oak, Montgomery county, Iowa, March 11, 1871. His ancestors on his father's
side were Scotch, while his mother's were descended from Irish and German stock.
His education was acquired in the public schools of Red Oak. He worked on a farm
from 1888 to 1892, at which latter date he was appointed deputy sheriff of
Montgomery county, which office he held until 1896. He was mustered into the
volunteer forces as Second Lieutenant of Company "M", Fifty-first Iowa
Volunteer Infantry, for the Spanish-American war, on April 26, 1898, with which
organization he served in the Philippine Islands and was mustered out of the
service at San Francisco, California, November 2, 1899. During the Twenty-eighth
General Assembly he served as assistant door-keeper of the Senate. He was County
Recorder of Montgomery county from January 1, 1901, until June 1, 1905,at which
time he resigned to accept the appointment of Colonel and Assistant Adjutant
General of Iowa. He served in that position until February, 1909, when he was
appointed and promoted to Brigadier General and the Adjutant General of Iowa.
His term of office expires at the pleasure of the Governor.
A Republican in politics.
JOHN COWNIE,
Member of the Board of Control of State
Institutions, was born in Alyth, Perthshire, Scotland, December 8, 1843. He
received the foundation of his education in the schools of his native land. He
emigrated with his parents to the United States in 1856. The family first
settled in Scott county, Iowa, from whence they moved to Iowa county in the fall
of 1856 settling near what is now South Amana, a village of the Amana Society.
Here he passed through the privations common to early settlers of Iowa. At the
age of eighteen he commenced teaching district school in the winters and farming
in the summers. He taught school for fifteen winters in his own district, and
then abandoned it to devote himself entirely to farming operations.
Mr. Cownie became an extensive feeder and shipper of
live stock, in which occupation he continued until appointed on the Board of
Control. He is one of the pioneers of the movement for improvement of live stock
and has become identified with the leading live stock associations of Iowa. He
served as director of the Swine Breeder's Association, was for a number of years
secretary and treasurer of the Iowa Draft and Coach Horse Association, a
director and president of the Iowa Improved Breeders' Association, and a
director, vice-president and president of the Iowa State Agricultural Society.
In 1889 Mr. Cownie also embarked in manufacturing,
establishing what is known as the J.H. Cownie Glove Company of Des Moines. This
factory is owned and controlled by his sons.
Mr. Cownie was appointed as one of the Republican
members of the Board of Control by Governor Shaw at the time the Board was
created, and assumed the duties of the office April 5, 1898. He was reappointed
by Governor Cummins for the term beginning April 5, 1904, and ending April 5,
1910.
GIFFORD S. ROBINSON,
Member of the Board of Control of State
Institutions, was born in Tremont, Illinois, May 28, 1843. His parents were both
American-born, his ancestors for six generations having lived in Massachusetts.
He was reared on a farm and educated in the district school, academy and the
Illinois State Normal University. He graduated from the Law Department of
Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri.
At the age of nineteen he enlisted in Company H, One
Hundred and Fifteenth Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He was discharged two years
later by reason of a wound. He taught district school and was also teacher in
Washington University.
Mr. Robinson commenced the practice of law in Buena
Vista county, Iowa, in January, 1870. He served as a member of the House of
Representatives in the Sixteenth General Assembly and in the Senate in the
Nineteenth, Twentieth, and Twenty-first General Assemblies. He was a member of
the board of trustees of the State Normal School from its organization until
January, 1882. He was elected Judge of the Supreme Court in 1887 and re-elected
in 1893 and served until December 31, 1899. He was lecturer in the Law
Department of the State University from 1890 to 1900. The degree of LL.D. was
conferred upon him in June, 1895, by State University. He was appointed member
of the Board of Control in February, 1900, to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of Governor Larrabee for the ensuing term of six years. He was
reappointed in 1906 for a second term of six years. He is a Republican in
politics and cast his first vote in 1864 for Abraham Lincoln.
JOHN TAYLOR HAMILTON,
Member of the Board of Control
of State Institutions, was born in Cornwall township, Henry county, Illinois,
October 16, 1843. His father was born in West Moreland county, Pennsylvania, and
his mother at Antrim, New Hampshire. He received his education in the common
schools of Illinois and at the Geneseo Seminary. His first occupation was agent
for a fire insurance company. He moved to Cedar Rapids in 1868 and engaged in
the sale of farm machinery, seeds and coal, and has been engaged in that
business ever since. He was elected president of the Cedar Rapids Savings Bank
at its organization in 1883, and president of the Merchants Savings Bank of
Cedar Rapids in 1899.
Mr. Hamilton was a member of the House during the
Twenty-first, Twenty-second and Twenty-third General Assemblies of the State of
Iowa. He was Speaker of the House during the Twenty-third General Assembly. He
was elected to represent the Fifth Congressional District in the Fifty-second
Congress. He was Mayor of Cedar Rapids in 1878, was Supervisor for three years
in the early eighties, and was a member of the waterworks trustees of the
city of Cedar Rapids when he accepted the appointment as Member of the Board of
Control by Governor Cummins to fill the vacancy caused by the death of L.G.
Kinne. He was reappointed by the Governor for the term beginning April 5, 1908,
and confirmed by the Senate. Mr. Hamilton is a Democrat in politics.
WILLIAM H. BERRY,
Member of the Board of Parole, was born
in Cass county, Illinois, October 23, 1849. He graduated from Simpson College in
1872. By profession he is a lawyer and has been in the active practice of law at
Indianola, Iowa, since September 14, 1873. He was a member of the Senate in the
Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh General Assemblies. He was appointed a member of
the Board of Parole by Governor Cummins for the term ending July 1, 1908 and was
re-appointed by Governor Carroll for the term ending July 1, 1915. A Republican
in politics.
PARDON A. SMITH,
Member of the Board of Parole, was born
in Ogle county, Illinois, September 1, 1840. His father, Pardon Smith, was born
in the State of New York and his mother, Jane Smith, in the same state. In 1856
he came to Iowa with his parents where they settled on a farm in Clinton county.
He attended the common schools during the winter months and worked by the month
on a farm during the summer.
July 12, 1861, he enlisted as a private in Company
"A", Eighth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and was with that command for
more than three years. At the battle of Old River, Louisiana, May 16, 1864, he
was severely wounded in the head and still carries an ounce of minnie ball in
his neck, received in that engagement. In 1865 he married Roxie L. Alger, who
died November 6, 1892, and September 4, 1894 he married Mrs. Alice M. Dreher. He
has always been a Republican in politics. He has filled all of the township
offices and served nineteen years as Justice of the Peace. In 1896 and again in
1898 he was elected to represent Greene county in the House of Representatives
in the Twenty-sixth, Twenty-sixth extra and Twenty-seventh General Assemblies.
He followed farming until February, 1884, since which
time he has been editor and proprietor of the Scranton Journal. His term as a
member of the Board of Parole will expire July 1, 1913.
JOSEPH M. EMMERT,
Member of the Board of Parole, was born
in Washington county, Maryland, June 13, 1846. His father was born in Maryland
and his mother in Pennsylvania. He lives at Atlantic and by profession is a
physician and surgeon. He was a member of the Senate in the Twenty-seventh and
Twenty-eighth General Assemblies. He was elected as a member of the Senate in
the Twenty-ninth General Assembly and held the seat until the contest
proceedings brought by Mr. Bruce was decided by the Senate in favor of the
contestant. He was a member of the State Board of Health from 1892 to 1897. He
was appointed a member of the Board of Parole by Governor Cummins for the term
ending July 1, 1911. A Democrat in politics.
STATE REPRESENTATIVES
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WILLIAM A. ALLRED
Representative from Wayne county, is a native of North
Carolina, Randolph county, born April 26, 1846. Came with his parents, who were
American-born, to Wayne county, Iowa, October 5, 1854, and settled on a farm in
Monroe township. Acquired his education in the district schools of Wayne county.
At the age of eighteen years he enlisted as a private in Company H, Forty-sixth
Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry. At the close of the war he attended two
additional terms of school. On December 12, 1869 was married to Miss Louisa
Kellogg; they have three daughters and four sons. Has been a resident of Iowa
fifty-two years, all of the time engaged in farming and stock raising. Has held
the offices of township clerk four years, township trustee six years, secretary
of the school board twelve years, a member of the Republican county central
committee in 1896-1897, and was county recorder of deeds in 1900, serving four
years. Elected Representative in 1906 and re-elected in 1908. A Republican in
politics.
WILLIAM ANDERSON
Representative from Hamilton county, was born on a farm near
London, Canada, April 8, 1852. His father's parents were Scotch, his grandfather
being educated in the schools of Glasgow, while those of his mother were
American. An ancestor of his grandmother, named Farrar, came over on the Mayflower.
he was one of a family of eighteen children. Attended school at London and
graduated from the Middlesex Seminary in the class of '69. For the next
four years taught school and in 1873 removed to Hamilton county, Iowa. Began
life in the new home by working on the farm and teaching school. In 1874
purchased a quarter section of land, on which he now resides, and for the next
ten years farmed during the summer months and taught school during the winter.
In November, 1875, married Miss M. F. Everett, who came from Virginia, and to
them have been born seven children. In 1883 was elected County Auditor of
Hamilton county, which position he held for two terms. At the expiration of his
term of office as Superintendent he returned to his old home in Jewell and
helped organize the State Bank of Jewell. From 1896 to 1899 was cashier of the
State Bank of Webster City. In 1899 moved to Jewell and assumed active
management of the State Bank, becoming its president. Resides on the farm and is
also acting head of the bank. Elected Representative in 1906 and re-elected in
1908. A Republican in politics.
WALLACE ARNEY
Representative from Marshall county, was born in Marshall
county, Iowa, April 2, 1862, of American born parents. Received his education in
the public schools and Oskaloosa College. Taught school for a few years,
afterwards engaging in farming and feeding, which he still follows; also
interested in several banks. Elected Representative in 1906, and re-elected in
1908. a Republican in politics.
AUGUST A. BALLUFF
Representative from Scott county, was born in Davenport, Iowa,
January 12, 1859, of German parents. Attended the common schools of his native
city. At an early age was apprenticed to the drug business, which he followed
until 1884, when he was obliged to discontinue the same because of ill health.
Since that time has served as deputy clerk of court five years, as clerk in law
office of Cook & Dodge four years, as clerk of district court five years, as
secretary and treasurer of the Iowa Telephone Company two years, as cashier of
the Citizens National Bank of Davenport, Iowa, seven years, and as
vice-president of the German Savings Bank two years, which position he resigned
intending to take at least a year's rest before engaging in some other
occupation. Is married and has two children, Walter M., an attorney at Davenport
and Miss Adella, at home. Elected Representative in 1908. A Democrat in
politics.
JOHN L. BASCOM
Representative from Dickinson county, was born in Farmersburg,
Clayton county, Iowa, November 6, 1860. His father, J.S. Bascom, was born in
White River Junction, Vermont, his mother in Pennsylvania. His parents moved to
Clinton county in the spring of 1882, when he entered the Northern Indiana
Normal School at Valparaiso, Indiana, where he graduated in the scientific
course in the class of 1884 and in the law course in 1887. He entered the law
office of Ellis & McCoy in Clinton in the spring of 1888. Was admitted to
the bar in this State in October, 1888. Located at Milford in August, 1890 and
engaged in law and real estate business. Married Miss Winifred Yorker, September
6, 1904. Elected Representative in 1906 and re-elected in 1908. A Republican in
politics.
SAMUEL H. BAUMAN
Representative from Van Buren county, was born in Dubuque
county, Iowa, August 14, 1855. He was the eldest son of Rev. F.C. and E.J.
Bauman, and grandson of Hon. Daniel Cort, who was a Democratic member of the
House from Dubuque county in 1856 and in 1865. He was educated in the public
schools of Dubuque county and took the classical course at Blairstown Academy,
Blairstown, Iowa, and also Henry Seminary, Henry, Illinois. Taught school four
terms, serving as principal of the Zwingle graded school. In 1880 accepted a
position as station agent and operator for the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
railway at Bernard, Iowa, and followed that occupation until 1890, when he
resigned to take a course at the Chicago Veterinary College, graduating there in
1892, receiving the degree of D.V.S. After graduating formed a partnership with
Dr. T.A. Shipley, opening an office in Dubuque, Iowa, under the name of Shipley
& Bauman. In 1897 moved on a farm near Birmingham, Van Buren county, where
he has since lived, conducting the farm and following his profession. Was
married to Miss Myrtle G. Morse of La Motte, Iowa, June 23, 1881, and has one
son and four daughters living. Is a member of the National Veterinary Medical
Association, the Iowa Veterinary Medical Association and the Missouri Valley
Association. Elected Representative in 1906 and re-elected in 1908. A Democrat
in politics.
WELLINGTON I. BEANS
Representative from Mahaska county, was born in Stark county,
Ohio, August 28, 1853, and moved to Mahaska county, Iowa, in the fall of 1856.
His parents were American-born. Was educated in the common schools of Mahaska
county and spent one year at Oskaloosa College. Began life as a farmer and
engaged in the buying and shipping of stock in the year 1873, which occupation
he followed until the spring of 1908. Has made a specialty of raising and
shipping fine draft horses for the Chicago markets for the past twenty-five
years. Has been associated with the Prairie Farmers Mutual Insurance Company of
Poweshiek, Mahaska and Keokuk counties, which he has helped organize and has
been a director and treasurer of the company since organization. In February of
1906, with several others, organized the Farmers National Bank of Oskaloosa,
Iowa, of which he is a director and president. Was a member of the school board
for several terms and was successively township trustee and assessor. Elected
Representative in 1908. A Republican in politics.
NATHANIEL W. BEEBE
Representative from Franklin county, was born at Adeline,
Ogle county, Illinois, January 9, 1851. His father was born in New York and his
mother in Pennsylvania. Attended common school at Adeline, and in 1865 moved
with his parents to Forreston, Illinois, where he entered the high school. From
1867 to 1869 was a student at Rock River Seminary at Mt. Morris, Illinois, and
after teaching two years was for a time a student at the University of Illinois.
In April, 1875, moved to Hampton, Iowa, where he still resides, engaging in the
hardware business which he followed for eight years. After three years' service
an assistant cashier of the First National Bank engaged in the lumber and coal
business which he has since pursued practically all of the time. In 1895 became
a partner and vice-president of the Citizens' Bank , which became a
National Bank in 1905, and he occupies the same position in said institution.
Was married to Sarah E. Dier, in 1873 and his family consists of wife, one son
and three daughters. Has served as alderman, was mayor of Hampton two terms, and
was twice elected County Treasurer of Franklin county, serving from 1892 to
1896. Elected Representative in 1908. A Republican in politics.
ENOCH BEERY
Representative from Henry county, was born in Baltimore
township, Henry county, October 6, 1856. He is the youngest child of a family of
seven children, three boys and four girls, sons and daughters of Levi L. and
Margaret (Short) Beery, both of whom were natives of Fairfield county, Ohio,
moving to Henry county, Iowa, in 1842. Received his early education in the
district school, afterwards attending Howe's Academy at Mount Pleasant. Was
married in April, 1881, has three children, two sons and one daughter. Has
always been engaged in farming and stock raising, his home place consisting of a
farm of about 320 acres, located near Salem, in Salem township. Is a member of
the Masonic fraternity, having attained the degrees of the lodge, chapter and
commandry. Also a member of the K. of P. Lodge. Elected Representative in
1906,and re-elected in 1908. A Republican in politics.
ALBIN C. BLACKMORE
Representative from Worth county, was born in Allegany, New
York, August 19, 1843. His parents were both American-born. He lived on a farm
with his parents until August, 1861, when he enlisted in Company I, Sixty-fourth
New York Volunteer Infantry, for three years, or during the war. Served with the
Army of the Potomac on the Peninsula with McClellan and later with Burnside,
Hooker, Meade and Grant around Richmond. Was in all the important battles that
the army was engaged in up to and including Spottsylvania Court House, where he
was seriously wounded. Was mustered out with his regiment in front of Petersburg
as first lieutenant September 14, 1864, by reason of expiration of service and
returned to the home of his parents at Ripon, Wisconsin, they having moved there
while he was in the service. His father died in the fall of 1865. In the spring
of 1866 his mother, one young brother, and sister, and himself emigrated west,
locating on a farm in Worth county, Iowa. Has held various offices in the
township and served one term as member of the board of supervisors. At the
election of 1883 was elected County Auditor and moved to Northwood, the county
seat of Worth county. Served as auditor for nine years continuously. Since that
time has resided at Northwood, having charge of the Farmers' Lumber Company a
part of the time. Has also been in charge of the Manly Bank as cashier and
manager for the past two years. Elected Representative in 1906 and re-elected in
1908. A Republican in politics.
LARS W. BOE.
Representative from Winnebago county, was born in Calumet,
Michigan, on the twenty-seventh day of December, 1875, of Norwegian parentage.
Moved to La Salle county, Illinois, in 1879, and to Worth county, Iowa, in 1889.
After having finished the graded school he attended St. Ansgar Seminary, St.
Ansgar, Iowa, and later on St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota, where he
graduated in 1898. Took up the study of theology in 1898 and was graduated from
the united Church Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1901, and was ordained the
same year a pastor of the Norwegian Lutheran church. Served for three years as
pastor in Chickasaw county, Iowa. In 1904 he moved to Forest City to take up the
work as pastor of the Lutheran church and president of the Waldorf Lutheran
College. Elected Representative in 1908. A Republican in politics.
HENRY H. BOETTGER,
Representative from Scott county, was born in Davenport, Scott
county, Iowa, April 5, 1884, of German parentage. Attended the public schools
and the high school of Davenport, also attended Bethel military academy at
Warrenton, Virginia. Then completed a course in a business college. Having
learned the cigar business, he took a position in his father's factory. In 1904
was elected president of the Cigar Makers' Union and still holds that position.
Has also acted as both president and secretary of the Davenport Trades and Labor
Assembly and is now finishing his third term as secretary of the Workingmen's
Industrial Home Association. Represented the Iowa State Federation of Labor at
the Denver convention of the American Federation of Labor held in November,
1908, and has represented the Cigar Makers' Union for six years at the State
Federation conventions. Is a member of the order of Owls, Modern Brotherhood of
America and the Turners Society. Elected Representative in 1908. A Democrat in
politics.
JOHN C. BONWELL,
Representative from Audubon county, was born near Hillsboro,
Highland county, Ohio, November 6, 1842, of Scotch parentage. His education was
acquired at the district school, supplemented by a course at Professor
Holbrook's Normal College at Lebanon, Ohio. At the age of nineteen he enlisted
in Company F., Sixtieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Served in Virginia, was taken
prisoner at Harper's Ferry in 1862, was paroled and sent to Ohio, where he
served with the State militia and participated in the pursuit and capture of
John Morgan in his raid through Ohio. In 1864 again enlisted in Company A, One
Hundred and Seventy-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry and served in the South till
the close of the war. In 1869 removed to Marion county. In 1870 located in
Jasper county, where he taught school for five years. In 1875 engaged in the
grocery business in Exira, Audubon county. In the spring of 1876 traded his
interest in Exira for a tract of land near the north line of Audubon county,
where he has been engaged in feeding and raising stock up to the present time.
Elected County Supervisor in 1899 and again in 1902 with an extra year in 1906.
Elected Representative in 1906 and re-elected in 1908. A Republican in politics.
HABBE S. BOOMGAARDEN,
Representative from Lyon county, was born in the village of
Grothussen, East Friesland, Germany, November 30, 1854, where he received two
years of his education in the schools of his nativity. Came to the United States
in 1862 with his parents, and located at Freeport, Illinois, where he attended
the local school near Freeport for four years. In the spring of 1866 moved with
his parents to Grundy county, Iowa, where he completed his school attendance. In
1872 embarked in an agricultural career for himself. Was married to Miss Trinky
Schlutter in 1876, and has eight children, five boys and three girls. In 1887
purchased a farm about three miles west of Rock Rapids, upon which he moved with
his family in 1890, and upon which, with adjacent land, he subsequently
acquired, he now resides. Has devoted most of his time to farming and the
raising, feeding, and shipping of cattle and sheep. Is a stockholder in one of
the local banks and is also interested in the Farmers' Elevator Company at Rock
Rapids, and the Lyon County Fair Association. Has occupied a place on his local
school board for many years. Elected Representative in 1908. A Republican in
politics.
JAMES W. BOWMAN
Representative from Linn county, was born of American parentage
on a farm adjoining the city of Marion, April 18, 1862, and resided there until
the fall of 1896, when he was elected Clerk of the District Court of Linn
county, in which capacity he served for two terms. Has been quite active in the
Republican party, having served four years as chairman on the Republican county
central committee. Is at present cashier of the First National Bank at Marion,
Iowa. Elected Representative in 1908. A Republican in politics.
HENRY C. BRANDES
Representative from Pottawattamie county, was born in Germany,
April 14, 1852. He came to the United States in 1868 and first settled in La
Salle county, Illinois. Attended country school. In 1874 was married to Miss
Madgelene Miller, a native of Livingston county, Illinois, and unto the m have
been born eight children, five sons and three daughters, all of whom are living.
Moved in 1876 to a farm in Pottawattamie county, Iowa, which he had purchased
two years previously. In the fall of 1877 was elected township trustee and
continued to hold that office until 1896, when he resigned and was elected
supervisor of his home county, holding this office until he was elected a a
member of the General Assembly in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Is a member of No.
536 B.P.O.E. and also a member of No. 439, I.O.O.F. A Republican in politics.
MYRON LeROY BURT
Representative from Taylor county, was born on a farm in
Marshall county, Illinois, June 24, 1878, of Scotch descent. In 1887 he moved
with his parents to Rockford, Winnebago county, Illinois, where he attended
school until 1890, when he went with his parents to Dighton, Lane county,
Kansas, where in 1897 he graduated from the high school. From 1892 to 1897
worked after school and Saturdays in a printing office learning the printer's
trade, and the summer of 1897, immediately after graduating from the high school
accepted a position on the Kansas City Journal. Remained there only a short
time, going from there to Rockford, Illinois and entering the employment of the
Rockford Edison Company. Remained with them until 1902, when he engaged in the
electric lighting business at Bedford, Taylor county, Iowa, where he resides at
the present time. During the time he was employed by the Rockford Edison Company
he completed a course of study in Electrical Engineering in the Scranton School
of Correspondence. Elected Representative in 1908. A Republican in politics.
WILLIAM M. BYERLY
Representative from Jones county, was born on the farm on which
he is living near Anamosa, Jones county, Iowa, March 31, 1854. He is of German
descent on his father's side and Scotch-Irish on his mother's side. Was educated
in the rural schools of Jones county, and finished his education at Lenox
College, Hopkinton, Iowa. Taught twelve winter terms of school and worked on the
farm in the summer. Was married to Eliza Waggoner March 17, 1878, and is the
father of eleven children, of whom ten are living. Has been assessor of Jackson
township twelve years, school director eighteen years and was chairman of the
board of supervisors when elected to the office of Representative. Has been a
director of the Niles & Watters Savings Bank since its organization. Has
many times been a member of the Democratic county central committee. Elected
Representative in 1908. A Democrat in politics.
GEORGE C. CALKINS
Representative from Adams county, was born in Schenectady
county, New York, of American-born parents, October 4, 1835. He received his
education in the common schools of that county and in Kingsborough Academy.
Moved to Illinois in 1859. Taught school for a few years and then engaged in he
work of farming and auctioneering. Moved to Iowa in 1871, locating in Adams
county, where he has followed the business of auctioneering, farming and stock
raising ever since. Has held the following public offices: Assessor in Illinois
two years, assessor in Iowa two years and member of the board of supervisors six
years. Elected Representative in 1906 and re-elected in 1908. A Democrat in
politics.
EDWARD M. CASSADY,
Representative from Monona county ,was born at Painsville, Lake
county, Ohio, September 25, 1848, of Irish and American parentage. He attended
the common school until he reached the age of fifteen years. In February, 1864,
enlisted in Company A, Tenth United States Infantry, at Cleveland, Ohio, and
served in the Army of the Potomac until the close of the war, when he was
transferred to Minnesota in the Indian country, where he served the remainder of
the three years for which he enlisted. Came to Iowa in the fall of 1867, and
engaged in farming. In 1878 was married to Ida N. Whiting, daughter of Judge C.E.
Whiting, one of the pioneer settlers of Monona county. In 1880 moved to Whiting
where he formed a partnership with his brother-in-law, Will C. Whiting, carrying
on a general store, lumber and implement business and engaged in the buying and
shipping of grain. Later with others founded what is now known as the Whiting
bank, of which he is now president. Is still extensively engaged in farming,
breeding of thoroughbred Hereford cattle and in cattle feeding. Has held some
one of the township offices almost continuously since going to Monona county.
Elected Representative in 1906; re-elected for a second term in 1908. A
Republican in politics.
WILLIAM R. COOPER
Representative from Jasper county, was born near Lynnville,
Jasper county, Iowa, November 28, 1868, of American-born parents. Was educated
in the rural schools of the county and at Hazel Dell Academy of Newton, Iowa.
Taught school a number of terms and entered the Iowa State College of Ames,
Iowa, in the spring of 1891, graduating from said college with the class of
1894. After leaving college taught school for a number of terms and in 1900 went
into the abstract and loan business at Newton, Iowa, studied law and was
admitted to the bar in 1904, and is now engaged in the law, abstract and loan
business. Is married and his family consists of a wife, two boys and one girl.
Elected Representative in 1908. A Republican in politics.
SAMUEL M. CORRIE
Representative from Ida county, was born in the city of New
York, September 15, 1858, of Scotch parentage. The family removed to Iowa in
1863 and settled on a farm in the eastern part of Cedar county, where he grew to
manhood. He was educated in the district school and attended high school in the
town of Lowden. At the age of twenty-two he commenced farming; managed the home
place for ten years, and in February, 1890, he removed to Ida county and settled
on the farm where he still lives. Has added to his farming extensive cattle
feeding operations. Has been township clerk, trustee and secretary of the school
board. Has been an active worker in the Farmers Institutes and in various
farmers' organizations. Is married. Elected Representative in 1906. Defeated for
re-election on face of returns in 1908 by a vote of 1223 to 1234. Contested the
election and was declared elected by the General Assembly February 11, 1909, a
recount showing the vote to be 1246 to 1240 in his favor. A Republican in
politics.
JOHN A. COUSINS
Representative from Butler county, was born of English parents,
April 15, 1837, in what was at that time the Territory of Wisconsin (now Iowa)
and grew to manhood in Dubuque county. After passing through the log school
house period later attended Epworth seminary for a short time. In 1859 was
married to Rebecca Fulmer, three children being born to them, two sons who died
in early life, the third and youngest a daughter, now the wife of Dr. J.G. Evans
of New Hartford. In 1865 moved to Grundy county, continuing the occupation of
farming. In 1873 moved to the town of New Hartford, Butler county, engaging in
the hardware. lumber and implement business, continuing this for twenty-five
years or until 900. About twenty-fie years ago, with the assistance of others,
organized a private bank which later changed to the New Hartford State Bank. In
1898 or 1899, with assistance of others, organized the Plainfield Savings Bank,
of which institution he was elected president. Elected Representative in
1908. A Republican in politics.
GEORGE W.S. CROZIER,
Representative from Marion county, was born near Port Royal, in
Juniata county, Pennsylvania, March 16, 1844. Came with his parents to Cedar
county, Iowa, in 1857 and to Marion county in 1859. His early education was
received in the public schools of his native state and after reaching manhood in
the Central University of Pella, Iowa. Commenced the study of law with the firm
of Atherton & Anderson of Knoxville, Iowa, in 1870, and commenced the
practice of his profession in Knoxville, Iowa, in the spring of 1872 and has
continued in the practice ever since. Was elected mayor of Knoxville in the
years 1873-1875 and 1876. Served one term as Judge of the Circuit Court and four
terms as County Attorney. Served one year as a private in Company A, Seventh
Iowa Cavalry in the war of the rebellion. Elected Representative in 1908. A
Democrat in politics.
JOHN A. CRUMMER
Representative from Pocahontas county, was born in Jo Daviess
county, Illinois, August 25, 1848. He was educated in the public schools and
finished his schooling in Galena high school. In 1869 was married to Mary C.
Pulley. Began his career as a farmer and still continues in that occupation.
Settled in Pocahontas county in 1881 on the farmer which is still his home. Was
for years a breeder of fine stock, notably the Hereford cattle. Was sheriff of
his county for eight years and held other offices of trust continuously.
Invented a garden hoe unlike any other in use and secured a patent thereon in
1908. His wife having died in 1905, he married Mrs. Kate Henderson Melson of
Rolfe, Iowa, in 1908. Elected Representative in 1908. A Republican in politics.
EDWARD H. CUNNINGHAM
Representative from Buena Vista county, was born at Burlington,
Racine county, Wisconsin, December 14, 1869. His father, P.H. Cunningham, was of
Irish descent, and his mother, Hannah M. (Nagle) Cunningham, was of Irish-German
descent. Education acquired in the common schools, which he attended up to the
age of thirteen. Moved to Manson, Calhoun county, Iowa, in 1889 where he was
employed on the farm of Colonel L. Blanden. Moved to Newell, Buena Vista county,
Iowa, in 1892, where he has since resided. Was employed as manager of the
Hopewell Stock Farm, owned by S.A. Parker, of Newell, for three years. Lived on
a farm for three years and has been engaged in the real estate business since
leaving the farm. Was elected mayor of Newell in 1902 and re-elected in 1904 and
1906. Was married to Ida F. Scovel in 1893. They have one son. Elected
Representative in 1908. A Republican in politics.
ISAAC TAYLOR DABNEY
Representative from Davis county ,was born in that county April
11, 1858. His father was born in Virginia, a descendant of the French Huguenots
who wrote the name D'Aubingny. His mother was born in Kentucky of German-Irish
parentage. He grew to manhood without being able to make any success in school.
During the summer of 1877 while working on a farm in Adams county, Iowa, he
became impressed with the idea of renewing his efforts to obtain an education.
Returning to his home, which has always been in Davis county, he began anew his
school work in the common schools, later attending the Southern Iowa Normal.
Soon engaged in teaching which he followed for ten years. Served several terms
as assessor and in 1889 was elected County Auditor, which office he held for
five years. Then engaged in the hardware business for a short time. Took up the
study of law, attending law school at both Drake and the State University, being
admitted to practice in 1897. In 1900 was elected county Attorney and re-elected
in 1902. Was secretary of the Iowa State Poultry Association for two years. Was
married to Miss Amarilla Tillotson in 1880, who died ten years later. Has two
children, Claude C., now engaged in the real estate business with the subject of
this sketch under the firm name of Dabney & Dabney, and Maud M., now in
charge of the musical department of the Southern Iowa Normal. Since his majority
has been closely identified with the politics of his county and the sixth
congressional district. Elected Representative in 1908. A Democrat in politics.
JAMES T. DALBY
Representative from Adair county, was born near Olin, Jones
county, Iowa, November 17, 1856, of American parentage. Was educated in the
rural schools of the county, also attended grade school in Olin. Later taught
school four winters, farming during the summer season. Lived on a farm until
thirty-five years of age, since then has been engaged in the lumber and hardware
business, also in the banking business for some time, and at present is the
president of the First State Bank of Adair County, Orient, Iowa. Recently sold
the lumber and hardware business. Was township clerk at several different times,
also served on town council for nine years. Was married to Emma E. Easterly, in
November, 1879. Has one son, Harry A., who is engaged in the lumber business at
Hopkins, Missouri. Two daughters, Myrtle E., who was married in 1901 to D.G.
Wiley, who is vice-president of the First State Bank of Adair County, Orient,
Iowa, and Pearle G., now with her parents. Elected Representative in 1908. A
Republican in politics.
JOHN H. DARRAH.
Representative from Lucas county, was born in Wenona, Marshall
county, Illinois, January 1, 1874. His parents were Scotch-Irish, coming to
America in 1857 and settling in Illinois. They removed to Adams county, Iowa, in
1876, at which place they still reside. Became a resident of Lucas county in
1896, entering the mercantile business in Chariton. Attended grade schools until
twelve years of age, after which time he worked on his father's farm with the
exception of a few months each winter when he attended the Corning Academy. At
the age of twenty entered a store as clerk and at the tend of a year was placed
in charge of a small stock at Cumberland, Iowa. Afterwards bought the stock from
his employer and removed to Chariton where he opened a small notion store which
he has since developed into one of the largest department stores in southern
Iowa. Was elected a member of the City Council in 1904 and in the fall of 1905
was elected to the Legislature to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of
Eli Manning. Re-elected in 1906 and again in 1908, serving in the Thirty-first,
Thirty-second, Thirty-second extra and Thirty-third General Assemblies. A
Republican in politics.
FREEMAN C. DAVIDSON
Representative from Palo Alto county, was born on a farm near
Brooklyn, Iowa, March 3, 1871. Parents came to Iowa in 1853, first settling in
Iowa county and later in Poweshiek county, near Brooklyn. Attended school at
Brooklyn and later at the State University, receiving a degree of Ph. B. in
1891. Taught school in Grinnell High School during the following year and after
that was deputy clerk of Poweshiek county for four years. Studied law at Drake
Law School at Des Moines and in the office of N.T. Guernsey, being admitted to
practice by the Supreme Court in January, 1899, and graduating from law school
the following June. After that removed to Emmetsburg, Iowa, where he has been in
active practice of his profession, now being a senior member of the firm of
Davidson & Burt, Emmetsburg, Iowa. Is a member of the Methodist Episcopal
church, being chairman of the Board of Stewards. Was elected County Attorney of
Palo Alto county in the fall of 1902 and served four years. Elected
Representative in 1908. A Republican in politics.
WILFRED PARRIOTT DAWSON
Representative from Cherokee county, was born on a farm near
Brodhead, Wisconsin, April 2, 1859. His father, a native of Virginia, was of
English-Dutch parentage. His mother, born in Ohio, was of French-Welch
parentage. Was educated in the rural schools and by home study. Moved to
Cherokee county in 1882. Taught school in winter and farmed in summer for nine
years and has since made general farming, stock raising, and horticulture his
business. Has always been deeply interested in governmental and political
affairs, local, state and national, but has never held political office outside
of his home township. His family consists of a wife, seven sons, and two
daughters. Elected Representative in 1908. A Republican in politics.
JOHN DERROUGH
Representative from Warren county, is a native of Brown county,
Ohio, born March 16, 1847. His parents were American-born. Came with his parents
to Warren county in the fall of 1856 and has resided in that county ever since.
Was educated in district schools and Indianola Seminary (later named Simpson
College) Taught school for twenty terms. Was deputy clerk of court for four
terms. Was in the furniture and undertaking business from 1893 to 1899. Was
elected assistant cashier of the Warren County State Bank in the year 1899,
which position he held until October 4, 1905, when he was elected cashier, which
position he now fills. Elected Representative in 1908. A Republican in politics.
HIRAM DEWELL.
Representative from Cedar county, was born near Warsaw, Indiana,
May 20, 1849. His parents were American-born. In August, 1855, he came with his
parents to Cedar county, Iowa, arriving in Tipton, September 3d. In the spring
of 1858 the family moved on a prairie farm in Dayton township in Cedar county
and engaged in farming. Was married in 1870 and has a family of four children.
Has been engaged in farming all his life. Held the office of township assessor
for six years; also served as township trustee and has been connected with the
public schools of this township for the past fifteen years, at the present time
being secretary of the school board. His education was secured in the rural
schools, supplemented with study at home. Elected Representative in 1906 and
re-elected in 1908. A Republican in politics.
HENRY KIRK DEWEY
Representative from Guthrie county, was born in Windsor county,
Vermont, July 18, 1846, of American-born parents. Educated in the common schools
and academy, also Bryant and Statten's Business College, Hartford, Connecticut.
Clerked in a drug store in Chicoper Falls, Massachusetts, 1863 and 1864. The
years 1866 and 1867 were spent in Idaho and Montana. Came to Iowa, in 1869, and
improved a farm in Highland township, Guthrie county. Was elected County Auditor
in 1873, and served in that position three terms, and has since resided in
Guthrie Center, Iowa. In connection with James H. Rogers purchased the Ira
Wetmore Bank in 1880, changing the name to The Center Bank and served as
cashier of said institution until it was sold to the First National Bank
in December, 1904. Since December, 1904, has been engaged in the real estate,
loan and abstract business. Elected Representative in 1908. A Republican in
politics.
CHARLES DeWITT
Representative from Montgomery county, was born September 25,
1862, in Colesburg, Delaware county, Iowa. His parents were both born in New
York state. At the age of five years he came to Montgomery county, Iowa, with
his parents and has lived there ever since. Educated in the rural schools with
the exception of two winters spent in the high school of Elliott, and a three
months' course in a business college in Red Oak, Iowa. Has held the following
township positions in Pilot Grove township: Township clerk eight years, assessor
four years, Justice of the Peace two years, school director three years. His
occupation is that of a farmer, but for a few years he taught school in the
winter. Elected Representative in 1908. A Republican in politics.
WILLIAM D DODDS
Representative from Des Moines county, was born at Danville,
Iowa, April 12, 1870. His parents were natives of Des Moines county. His father
was a soldier in the war of the rebellion. Received his early education in the
district school. Was married in 1896 and has two sons. Lives on a farm near
Danville. Was elected a member of the Twenty-eighth, Twenty-ninth,
Thirty-second, and Thirty-third General Assemblies. A Democrat in politics.
WILL DRURY
Representative from Sac county, was born in Clinton county,
Iowa, October 2, 1862. His father was of English birth and came from England to
Jackson county, Iowa, in the fifties; his mother was a native of Canada, her
parents moving to Iowa about 1850. His education was acquired in the district
and high schools, supplemented by one term in select school. In the fall of 1880
at the age of eighteen years, came to Sac county, Iowa, where he purchased one
hundred and sixty acres of land. In 1895 sold this farm and moved to a larger
one, previously purchased. Has been actively engaged in live stock business for
over twenty years. Was in the live stock shipping business at Early for ten
years, also in the grain business for two years. Has served two terms as
township assessor and several terms as township trustee. Elected Representative
in 1906 and re-elected in 1908. A Republican in politics.
WILLOUGHBY DYE
Representative from Pottawattamie county, was born in Van Buren
county, Iowa, April 14, 1852. His father was American-born; his mother was born
in England. When he was three years of age the family moved to Lee county,
locating near Fort Madison, where he grew to manhood, obtaining his education in
the rural schools of that vicinity and in the academy at Fort Madison. From the
last named institution he graduated in 1872. In 1874 went to Pottawattamie
county, and for a short time engaged in the profession of school-teaching,
afterward entering the employ of D.L. Heinsheimer of Glenwood, Iowa, as clerk in
a general store. In 1876, in company with Mr. Heinsheimer, established a general
merchandise business at Macedonia, which proved to be a financial success. The
business has been continued under his management, Mr. Heinsheimer retiring in
1880, and is now being carried on under the name of Dye Brothers Company.
Merchandising has been his principal business, but he has also acquired
extensive farming interests, is president of the Macedonia State Bank and the
Harle Hass Drug Company of Council Bluffs, Iowa. In 1879 was married to Margaret
Reimand of Macedonia, to which union six children were born, four of whom, two
sons and two daughter, are living. Is active in lodge work, being a member of
the I.O.O.F., A.F. and A.M. and B.P.O.E. fraternities. Elected Representative in
1906 and re-elected in 1908. In politics he was a Democrat until in 1896 when he
became an ardent supporter of William McKinley for President, and has since been
identified with the Republican party.
JESSE D. ELLIOTT
Representative from Page county, was born on a farm in Henderson
county, Illinois, September 21, 1851. His father was born in Randolph county,
North Carolina and his mother in Virginia. When sixteen years old he came with
his parents to Mount Pleasant, Iowa, and in 1870 he removed from there to his
present home in Hawleyville, Page county. Attended school at Howe's Academy, at
Mount Pleasant, Bryans' Business College at St. Joseph, Missouri, and the
College of Physicians and Surgeons at Keokuk, Iowa. From this latter school he
graduated in the class of 1882. Has practiced medicine and engaged in farming
and the live stock business at Hawleyville since 1882. Was a member of the
Republican County Central Committee of Page county for twenty years. Previous to
election as Representative was a member of the Board of Pension Examining
Surgeons at Clarinda, Page County Medical Society and of the Iowa State Medical
Society. Elected Representative in 1906; re-elected in 1908. A Republican in
politics.
JAMES W. ELLIS
Representative from Jackson county, was born in Hendricks
county, Indiana, November 25, 1848, of Revolutionary stock, his parents were
born in Kentucky and his grandparents on both sides were born in old Virginia
and were of English descent. His ancestors served in the French and Indian and
the Revolutionary Wars and the War of 1812. Came to Jackson county, Iowa, in
1852, received a common school education and grew up on the farm which was his
home until 1907, when he moved to Maquoketa. Served his country three years as a
private in Company H, Fifth United States Infantry on the frontiers. Served as
Justice of the Peace four years, member of Soldiers' Relief Commission eight
years and president of his township school board twenty years. Has been
commander of A.W. Drips Post G.A.R., commander of the R.M. Anderson Command No.
5 Union Veteran's Union, commander of the Department of Iowa, Union Veteran's
Union, and deputy commander-in-chief of the national command of that order. Has
been secretary and treasurer of the Maquoketa Pioneer and the Old Settler's
Society for twelve years, and in 1903 organized the Jackson County Historical
Society, which is incorporated, and is secretary and curator of the same. Since
1889 he has been actively engaged in writing fire insurance. On October 16,
1870, was married to Miss Mary M. Forbes, who was also of Revolutionary
ancestry. They had five children who lived to grow to manhood and womanhood, two
sons and three daughters. Elected Representative in 1908. A Democrat in
politics.
WILLIAM L ETTER
Representative from Keokuk county, was born and raised on a farm
in Franklin county, Pennsylvania. Came to Iowa in 1883 and located in Cedar
county where he worked on a farm, taught school and attended school. Graduated
from Cornell College, Mt Vernon, Iowa, in 1889. Was elected County
Superintendent of Schools of Cedar county the fall of 1859, and served in that
capacity three terms. Was City Superintendent of Schools of Tipton, Iowa, from
1896 to 1899. Took charge of the Sigourney Review, Sigourney, Iowa, the fall of
1899, of which publication he has since been editor and publisher. Elected
Representative in 1908. A Democrat in politics.
GUY A FEELY.
Representative from Black Hawk county and Speaker of the House
in the Thirty-third General Assembly, was born near Gilbertville, Iowa, on
September 5, 1875. His father, Duncan M Feely, was of Scotch-Irish descent and
his mother, Susan S. (Miller) Feely, was of German descent. Mr. Feely received
his early education in the county schools, and at the age of sixteen taught his
first term of school, and for five years followed that vocation. While teaching
school he began the study of law with the firm of Boies & Boies of Waterloo,
Iowa, but upon the declaration of the Spanish-American war he enlisted as a
private in Company B, Forty-ninth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and served during the
war. At the close of the war he entered the Law Department of the State
University of Iowa, from which he graduated and was admitted to the bar, June
12, 1901. Returned to Waterloo, Iowa and formed a partnership with a classmate,
John H. Hildebrand, and under the firm name of Hildebrand & Feely commenced
the practice of law. This firm continued until November 1, 1904, when it was
dissolved and a partnership formed with his brother, Elmer F. Feely, under the
firm name of Feely & Feely. Was married to Delia Mae Burk of Waterloo, Iowa,
October 19, 1904, and has one daughter. Is active in lodge circles, being a
member of the Masonic, Elks and Knights of Pythias orders. First elected
Representative in 1906. At that time factional feeling was bitter in the
Republican party in the state and county, and he was elected by a plurality of
five votes. His opponent, Geo. Mornin of Cedar Falls, contested his election in
the legislature. The contest was decided in Mr. Feely's favor. Re-elected in
1908 by a plurality of 2292 votes. Upon the organization of the Thirty-third
General Assembly was elected Speaker of the House. A Republican in politics.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN FELT
Representative from Clay county, was born at Galena, Jo Daviess
county, Illinois, February 6, 1862, to which city his parents came at an early
date from Pittsburgh, New York. His parents were American-born. His education
was received in the public schools of Galena and one year at lake Forest
Academy. In 1881 he went to Storm Lake in the capacity of field agent for the
Iowa Land and Investment Company of that place. Four years later he conducted a
successful business in diversified farming. Was married in 1887 to Agnes Rae,
daughter of Major George S. Avery of Galena, Illinois. In 1900 moved to his
present place of residence, a farm in Sioux township. Besides his farming
interests in this and other States, he holds other positions of trust. Elected
Representative in 1906 and re-elected in 1908. A Republican in politics.
JOEL M FENN
Representative from Clarke county, was born at Marietta,
Washington county, Ohio, August 9, 1844. His parents were American-born. Moved
with his parents to Iowa in 1855, locating in Henry county near the town of
Salem. Here he acquired his education in the common schools and in the Normal
School. Taught school for several terms in Henry county, when he moved to Clarke
county, where he followed teaching for eight years. Quit teaching to take up
farming and stock raising, which he followed successfully for some time,
afterwards engaging in the nursery business. But of late years he has been
engaged in farming and stock raising. Also has quite an extensive ranch interest
in Oregon. Has held various township offices. Was married in 1876 to Mary E.
Jackson, and to them have been born four sons and a daughter. Elected
Representative in 1906 and re-elected in 1908. A Republican in politics.
ROBERT M. FINLAYSON.
Representative from Grundy county, was born October 7, 1844, in
Salem township, Carroll county, Illinois, and grew to manhood on his father's
farm. Attended the rural school of that neighborhood, and later graduated from
the high school of Mount Carroll, Illinois. Taught school in Carroll and
Whiteside counties five winters and assisted his father on the farm during the
summer season. In the spring of 1866 moved to Tama county, Iowa, where he farmed
in the summer and taught school two winters. In the spring of 1868 moved to
Grundy county where he has continued to live ever since. In addition to farming
operated a threshing machine for several years and also broke prairie, served as
township trustee, assessor and township clerk, and also as a member of the
County Board of Supervisors. In January, 1885, was appointed County Auditor to
fill a vacancy in that office, which position he held by subsequent elections,
until January, 1895. Was elected cashier of the First National Bank of Grundy
Center August 31, 1893, and president of the same bank January 9, 1906, which
place he still occupies. Has served as a member of the present board of the
independent district of Grundy Center most of the time during his twenty-three
years residence in the town, and is a member of the present board. His family
consists of his wife, two sons and two daughters; three sons are dead. Elected
Representative in 1908. A Republican in politics.
EDWIN H FOURT
Representative from Allamakee county, was born in Crawford
county, Wisconsin, May 7, 1864. His father, Charles S. Fourt, who saw three
years' service in the Civil War, was American-born, of French-German descent,
and his mother, Hannah Valentine Fourt was a native of England. Left without a
mother at twelve years of age he worked on the farm summers and attended country
school winters. October, 1879, he moved to Waukon, Allamakee county, Iowa, where
he worked his way through three years of high school and two years of business
college. Was employed seven years in the creamery business, then moved onto a
farm December 20, 1888, where he still resides, actively engaged in stock
raising and general farming. Married Miss Alice E. Spencer, daughter of E.K,
Spencer and Lucy Ellen Story Spencer, July 10, 1859 and has taken a very active
part in local church and lodge work. Was Clerk of Makee township for twelve
years in succession. Elected representative in 1908. a Republican in politics.
JOHN FOX
Representative from Dallas county, was born at Bersted, Inn
Fields, a suburb of Leeds, Yorkshire, England, January 24, 1841. He came to
America with his parents when four years old, settling in Allegheny City,
Pennsylvania. Here he had the privileges of the schools of the city until he was
thirteen years old, when he was compelled to begin work to help support the
family. In 1855 he moved with his parents to a farm in Ohio. Enlisted August
1861, in the Twentieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Served in the ranks from
Donnellson to Shiloh and to the siege and capture of Vicksburg. January 1, 1864,
was transferred to clerical service with the Medical Purveyor's Department,
where he served until the close of the war. Taught school in Ohio for a few
terms before and after the war and also taught for a few terms after coming to
Iowa. Came to Iowa when twenty-seven years old, living one year in Iowa county,
then moving to Dallas county in 1869, where he has since lived. Since living in
Dallas county has put under cultivation over eight hundred acres of land, four
hundred acres of which he still owns. Was engaged for a few years in the grain
business and four years in the general mercantile business. Gave up his other
business interests in 1880 and has since that time devoted his entire time to
his farm and live stock interests. Elected Representative in 1906, and
re-elected in 1908. A Republican in politics.
EDWARD H. FULLIAM
Representative from Muscatine county. Was born of American
parentage at Muscatine, Iowa, March 10, 1857, and is a son of Dr. George W. and
Elizabeth (Vanatta) Fulliam. Received his early education in the public schools.
Finishing the high school course he took up the study of medicine and graduated
in the class of 1879 of the Chicago Eclectic Medical College and later
attended lectures at Rush Medical College. Has been successfully engaged in the
practice of medicine for twenty-nine years and is now serving his third term as
president of the Iowa State Eclectic Medical Society. Has filled the positions
of both city and county physician and served as a U.S. pension Examiner under
President Cleveland. For four terms was mayor of Muscatine, a special charter
city. It was during his term of office that the city refunded its R.R. bond debt
of $337,000.00 and as mayor he laid the first paving brick and the first sewer
brick marking the new era of permanent public works in Muscatine. As chairman of
the executive committee, he wrought successfully in securing the M.N. &
S.R.R. for Muscatine and has also served as president and general manager of the
Muscatine Electric Railway Light and Power Co. His family consists of a wife,
two daughters and a son. Elected representative in 1908. A Democrat in politics.
CHARLES J FULTON
Representative from Jefferson county. Was born in that county
January 27, 1860. His parents were American-born. He attended both common and
private schools and was graduated in 1883 from Parsons College. Remained on the
farm until the winter of 1891-2, when he became a member of the Louden Machinery
Company with which firm he is still actively connected. Was elected mayor of
Fairfield in 1903, holding the office four years. Elected representative in
1908. A Republican in politics.
WILLIAM W. GOODYKOONTZ
Representative from Boone county, was born at Boone, Iowa,
August 18, 1872, of American parentage. Secured a common school education at
Boone, Iowa, and later took a collegiate course in the University of Michigan at
Ann Arbor and graduated from the law department of that university in 1895.
Since that time has been in practice of law at Boone continuously. Has been
elected to the city council of Boone and also served terms as city solicitor and
mayor. In 1900 he was married to Florence Streeter of Cedar Falls, Iowa and has
three children, two girls and a boy. Elected Representative in 1908. A
Republican in politics.
GEORGE E. GRIER
Representative from Poweshiek county, was born on a farm in
Poweshiek county, March 18, 1876, of American-born parents. He was raised on a
farm and received his early education in the rural public schools. Graduated
from the high school of Deep River in 1895 and the same year entered Iowa
College at Grinnell, graduating in 1900. For two years has been connected with
the State Bank at Deep River as cashier. Elected Representative in 1906, and
re-elected in 1908. A Republican in politics.
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