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Representative George H. McGavren View All Years

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Compiled Historical Information
Date of Death: 1/15/1895
Birth Place: Indiana County, Pennsylvania
Party Affiliation: Republican
Assemblies Served:
House: 13 (1870)
Home County: Harrison
Family Members Who Served in the Iowa Legislature: Nephew: James K. McGavren; GA 23
George H. McGavren
Harrison County

DR. GEORGE H. MCGAVREN of Missouri Valley, died at the home of his daughter on the 16th of January. He was one of the first pioneers in Harrison county, having settled there early in the “50’s.” He was an eminent physician, and the leading practitioner in that part of western Iowa for more than thirty years. He was chairman of the first board of supervisors of Harrison county, and in 1870 he was its representative in the State Legislature. He left a widow and seven children. The Doctor was widely known throughout western Iowa and highly esteemed.

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House District 41
Committees
13th GA (1870)
Legislation Sponsored
13th GA (1870)