Representative Jeremiah B. Tiffin View All Years

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Jeremiah B. Tiffin

Polk County

Born January 24, 1824 Ross County, Ohio and died March 31, 1892 in Iowa. He married Sirena Wroten (born 1831) in Ohio on August 22, 1848. They had one child Kate born 1860. Jeremiah B. Tiffin the Polk County recorder and treasurer elected October 11, 1859; re-elected October 8, 1861; re-elected October 13, 1863; and re-elected Treasurer October 10, 1865; resigned October 14, 1867. After coming to Iowa from Ohio he sold merchandise in the village of Rising Sun. The first insurance company organized in Des Moines was the Iowa Central Insurance Company, in February, 1864, with J. B. Tiffin, president; E. J. Ingersoll, vice president, and A. O. Mattison, secretary. Then followed the State, and shortly afterwards the Hawkeye. The Central in a year or two was merged into one of the other companies. The State and Hawkeye have continued their prosperous existence up to this time, and are solid and wealthy institutions. He served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 1878 to 1880.

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