Born in Knox, Albany county, N. Y., July 5, 1829 and died in Jessup, Iowa, April 13, 1905. In 1859 he was ordained an elder in the Methodist church but poor health obliged him to abandon the work of the ministry. He came to Iowa in 1861 and in 1862 located in Grundy Center. He held the offices of county treasurer, county recorder, county judge, coroner, county superintendent of schools; was a member of the board of supervisors, justice of the peace, and was three times elected mayor of Grundy Center. He was a member of the 11th and 15th general assemblies. For many years he was editor of The Grundy County Atlas and afterward of The Argus; later he edited The Cedar Falls Gazette and The Iowa Falls Sentinel. He was first married to Emmaline Shaw, August 8, 1853. She died March 31, 1855. Mr. Tracy again married in Winnebago county, Wisconsin to Miss Mary Jane Clark, July 21, 1856.

Born in Knox, Albany county, N. Y., July 5, 1829 and died in Jessup, Iowa, April 13, 1905. In 1859 he was ordained an elder in the Methodist church but poor health obliged him to abandon the work of the ministry. He came to Iowa in 1861 and in 1862 located in Grundy Center. He held the offices of county treasurer, county recorder, county judge, coroner, county superintendent of schools; was a member of the board of supervisors, justice of the peace, and was three times elected mayor of Grundy Center. He was a member of the 11th and 15th general assemblies. For many years he was editor of The Grundy County Atlas and afterward of The Argus; later he edited The Cedar Falls Gazette and The Iowa Falls Sentinel. He was first married to Emmaline Shaw, August 8, 1853. She died March 31, 1855. Mr. Tracy again married in Winnebago county, Wisconsin to Miss Mary Jane Clark, July 21, 1856.