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E.
B. Macy E.
B. Macy, well-known banker and general businessman of Lynnville, this County,
was born on June 18, 1864, the son of S. H. and Abigail (Gause) Macy, who came
from Indiana in the early fifties and located in Poweshiek County, Iowa, where
they bought a farm, began life amid primitive conditions, and in due course of
time had a good home and a splendid farm on which they lived for a period of
twenty-five years. They then moved
to Jasper County, where Mr. Macy began dealing in livestock, in fact, he was the
first man in this County to engage exclusively or extensively in this line of
endeavor. He prospered and became a leader here, as he had been in Poweshiek
County. He was one of the principal
citizens here in securing the railroad that first penetrated Jasper County.
He became the owner of a valuable farm here and made this his home until
his death, on March 16, 1902. He
was a man of sterling characteristics, courageous, broad-minded and of exemplary
habits, so that his example was ever a wholesome one.
His widow, a woman of beautiful traits, is still living, having attained
a ripe old age. Their family consisted of four children, all living at this
writing. E.
B. Macy grew to manhood on his father's farm and there assisted with the general
work during the crop seasons and, in fact, assisting his father in his general
affairs. He attended the public schools, later taking a course
at Grinnell College. He started in
life for himself by launching into the live stock business, which he learned
under his father, and this has been his chief life work.
In 1887 he and his brother, Charles O., formed a partnership, under the
firm name of Macy Brothers, and they soon were doing a very satisfactory
business in live stock, later adding grain, lumber and coal.
Their business grew under their judicious management by leaps and bounds,
extending over a wide territory, this firm becoming one of the best known and
most popular of its kind in central Iowa. It became necessary for them to establish several
branch houses in order to properly handle their several branches and meet the
requirements necessary in carrying onward their vast volume of trade.
In 1901 they organized the Macy Brothers Exchange Bank at Lynnville, with
Charles O. as president and E. A. as cashier.
They have been most successful as bankers, enjoying the confidence and
good will of the community, and now few banks in this locality enjoy the
prestige of this one, which has been managed in a safe and conservative manner
and has ever increased in power and importance. The capital stock of the bank is ten thousand dollars, and
they use fifty thousand dollars capital in the grain, lumber and coal business. Politically, Mr.
Macy is a Democrat and he was reared in the faith of the Society of Friends.
He belongs to Lebanon Lodge No. 222, Masons, of Lynnville, and Newton
Commandery No. 22, Knights Templar, he also belongs to the Order of the Eastern
Star and the Yeomen. He takes an
active interest in Masonry and is popular in fraternal circles in central Iowa. The domestic
life of Mr. Macy began in 1902 when he was married to Julia Whitlock, a lady of
refinement and pleasing personality. She
was born in this County, but spent a part of her life in Carroll County.
She is the daughter of James and Elizabeth Whitlock, a highly honored old
family. To Mr. and Mrs. Macy five sons have been born, namely:
Rosco, Russell, Earl, Dwight and Howard. Mr. Macy is a straightforward, unostentatious, genial citizen of sterling qualities and is highly respected by all who know him as a result of his honesty in business, his public spirit, his advocacy of wholesome living and his support of all movements looking to the betterment of his community, town and County. The Past and Present
of Jasper County, Iowa, Gen. James B. Weaver, Editor-in-Chief, 1912, B. F.
Bowden & Co., Indianapolis, IN, p. |
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