Born in Louisa county, Iowa, September 13, 1854, and is one of the five children of Albert G. arid Mary Jane (Getts) Paschal, both of whom were natives of Ohio. Clayton. Paschal spent his boyhood days in Monroe county and began teaching school at the age of sixteen, following that profession for five years. Not content with the educational opportunities which he had hitherto received, he attended Wesleyan University at Mount Pleasant. He never regarded teaching as his permanent life work but merely as an initial step to other professional labor and as soon as opportunity offered he matriculated in the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Keokuk, from which he was graduated with the class of 1875. He afterward pursued a special course in the Chicago Medical School in 1882. He began practicing medicine in 1875 at old Hawleyville, Page county, Iowa, where he remained for about eight years and in 1890 he came to Taylor county, practicing at New Market until 1893. In that year he arrived in Bedford, where he successfully followed his profession, receiving recognition of his ability in the liberal patronage which is accorded him. In 1876 Dr. Paschal was married to Miss Mabel Bean, a daughter of Joel and Cecelia Bean: Mrs. Paschal was born in Montgomery county, Iowa, while her father was a native of New Hampshire and her mother of New York. Dr. and Mrs. Paschal are members of the Baptist church and are prominent socially in the community. The Doctor belongs to Taylor Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Triangle Chapter, No. 68, R.A.M.; Bedford Lodge, No. 91, I. O. O. F., in which he has filled all of the chairs; the Knights of Pythias lodge; and the Modern Woodmen camp. His political allegiance is given to the republican party and he served as county coroner for a· number of years, while in 1888 he was elected to the Iowa legislature and served for two terms. Professionally he is connected with the Taylor County Medical Society, the Iowa State Medical Society and the American Medical Association.

Born in Louisa county, Iowa, September 13, 1854, and is one of the five children of Albert G. arid Mary Jane (Getts) Paschal, both of whom were natives of Ohio. Clayton. Paschal spent his boyhood days in Monroe county and began teaching school at the age of sixteen, following that profession for five years. Not content with the educational opportunities which he had hitherto received, he attended Wesleyan University at Mount Pleasant. He never regarded teaching as his permanent life work but merely as an initial step to other professional labor and as soon as opportunity offered he matriculated in the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Keokuk, from which he was graduated with the class of 1875. He afterward pursued a special course in the Chicago Medical School in 1882. He began practicing medicine in 1875 at old Hawleyville, Page county, Iowa, where he remained for about eight years and in 1890 he came to Taylor county, practicing at New Market until 1893. In that year he arrived in Bedford, where he successfully followed his profession, receiving recognition of his ability in the liberal patronage which is accorded him. In 1876 Dr. Paschal was married to Miss Mabel Bean, a daughter of Joel and Cecelia Bean: Mrs. Paschal was born in Montgomery county, Iowa, while her father was a native of New Hampshire and her mother of New York. Dr. and Mrs. Paschal are members of the Baptist church and are prominent socially in the community. The Doctor belongs to Taylor Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Triangle Chapter, No. 68, R.A.M.; Bedford Lodge, No. 91, I. O. O. F., in which he has filled all of the chairs; the Knights of Pythias lodge; and the Modern Woodmen camp. His political allegiance is given to the republican party and he served as county coroner for a· number of years, while in 1888 he was elected to the Iowa legislature and served for two terms. Professionally he is connected with the Taylor County Medical Society, the Iowa State Medical Society and the American Medical Association.