Lucas county generally sends a Republican to the legislature. For the Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth General Assemblies the member elected from that county was the Hon. George McNeeley. He was born in Highland county, Ohio, in 1840. His parents sent him to the public schools in Ohio, and continued his education after their removal to Iowa in 1851. When the war broke out he was old enough and had the patriotism to respond to the early call. On September 14, 1861, he was enrolled in company G, 11th Iowa infantry, and with them he served during the entire war. His array experience was eventful. He escaped capture until July 22, 1884, when at Atlanta he was taken prisoner and sent to Andersonville. From there he was transferred first to Charleston, then to Florence, South Carolina, being seven months an unwilling inmate of those hellish prisons. At the end of that time, he escaped. On February 23, 1865, he reached the Union lines, glad enough to be among friends. At Shiloh, Kenesaw Mountain and Vicksburg he was wounded, but not seriously enough to disable him from service. Returning to Iowa at the close of the war, he went into business at Russell. He has never joined any secret organization except the Grand Army of the Republic. Previous to his election to the House, he held none but township offices. This winter he will work specially to secure a better and more uniform system of maintaining public highways. He also desires to see better facilities afforded for the delivery of the mails in rural districts. He has always been a Republican and stands well with his party associates in the House.

Lucas county generally sends a Republican to the legislature. For the Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth General Assemblies the member elected from that county was the Hon. George McNeeley. He was born in Highland county, Ohio, in 1840. His parents sent him to the public schools in Ohio, and continued his education after their removal to Iowa in 1851. When the war broke out he was old enough and had the patriotism to respond to the early call. On September 14, 1861, he was enrolled in company G, 11th Iowa infantry, and with them he served during the entire war. His array experience was eventful. He escaped capture until July 22, 1884, when at Atlanta he was taken prisoner and sent to Andersonville. From there he was transferred first to Charleston, then to Florence, South Carolina, being seven months an unwilling inmate of those hellish prisons. At the end of that time, he escaped. On February 23, 1865, he reached the Union lines, glad enough to be among friends. At Shiloh, Kenesaw Mountain and Vicksburg he was wounded, but not seriously enough to disable him from service. Returning to Iowa at the close of the war, he went into business at Russell. He has never joined any secret organization except the Grand Army of the Republic. Previous to his election to the House, he held none but township offices. This winter he will work specially to secure a better and more uniform system of maintaining public highways. He also desires to see better facilities afforded for the delivery of the mails in rural districts. He has always been a Republican and stands well with his party associates in the House.