Representative Henry Reed Keagy View All Years

Compiled Historical Information
Date of Death: 5/8/1928
Birth Place: Epworth, Iowa
Birth County: Dubuque
Party Affiliation: Republican
Assemblies Served:
House: 29 (1902)
Home County: Dubuque
Henry Reed Keagy
Dubuque County

HENRY REED KEAGY was born in Epworth, Iowa, March 21, 1861, and died in Independence May 8, 1928. His parents were Philip and Mary Jane Keagy. He was in the mercantile business in Epworth several years, was an officer of Epworth Seminary, and was elected representative from Dubuque County in 1901 running as a Republican, and served in the Twenty-ninth General Assembly. In 1907 he removed to Independence and joined with J. A. Wells in the glove and mitten business, but in 1912 engaged in the grocery business. He was for several years a member of the Independence City Council, and at the time of his death was chairman of the Republican County Central Committee of Buchanan County.

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