CHAPTER XXIX.
SOME FORMER RESIDENTS OF SHELBY COUNTY AND THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS. (CONT'D)
GEORGE A. LUXFORD.
George A. Luxford, the son of Mr. and Mrs. James T. Luxford, of Harlan, was born in LaSalle county, Illinois, November 16, 1876. His education was received in the country schools of Shelby county and in the Defiance town schools, one year of preparatory work at Drake University and in the State University of Iowa, where he was graduated from the law school in 1909, and from the liberal arts department in 1910. While in the university, Mr. Luxford took much interest in debating and was a member of two victorious teams, that which won the decision unanimously for Iowa against the University of Illinois in 1907 and that which won the debate unanimously for Iowa against the University of Wisconsin in 1908. Mr. Luxford was county superintendent of schools of Shelby county for two terms, following J. B. Shorett, now a prominent attorney of Seattle. Mr. Luxford is now assistant attorney of the city and county of Denver, Colorado.
Transcribed by Cheryl Siebrass, October, 2023 from the Past and Present of Shelby County, Iowa, by Edward S. White, P.A., LL. B.,Volume 1, Indianapolis: B. F. Bowen & Co., 1915, pg. 555.
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