Representative from Mahaska county, was born in Stark county, Ohio, August 28, 1853, and moved to Mahaska county, Iowa, in the fall of 1856. His parents were American-born. Was educated in the common schools of Mahaska county and spent one year at Oskaloosa College. Began life as a farmer and engaged in the buying and shipping of stock in the year 1873, which occupation he followed until the spring of 1908. Has made a specialty of raising and shipping fine draft horses for the Chicago markets for the past twenty-five years. Has been associated with the Prairie Farmers Mutual Insurance Company of Poweshiek, Mahaska and Keokuk counties, which he helped organize and has been a director and treasurer of the company since organization. In February of 1906, with several others, organized the Farmers National Bank of Oskaloosa, Iowa, of which he is a director and president. Was a member of the school board for several terms and was successively township trustee and assessor. Elected Representative 1908 and re-elected in 1910. A Republican in politics.
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