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George
A. Maggard To
such a man as George A. Maggard, successful farmer of Clear Creek Township,
Jasper County, life is so real that he finds no time to plot either mischief or
vice. Such men constitute the
foundation of our republican institutions and are the pride of our civilization.
Their lives are bound up in their duties; they feel the weight of their
citizenship, and take pleasure in sowing the seeds of uprightness.
Such has been the career of the subject, who, not alone for these
reasons, is eminently entitled to a place in his country's history, but partly
because he is one of the worthy native sons of this vicinity arid the
representative of one of the hardy pioneer families of the same. Thus he has
lived to see and to play no inconspicuous part in the development of this
favored section of the great Hawkeye state from the days of the seemingly
interminable wild prairies to the opulent present with its fine residences and
productive fields. Mr.
Maggard was born in Clear Creek Township, Jasper County, Iowa, August 29, 1860,
and, as intimated above, he grew to manhood here, was educated in the home
schools and he has always been identified with the agricultural interests of
this County. His father, Adam
Maggard, was born in Indiana in 1832, and he died in Jasper County, Iowa,
January 25, 1909, having come to Jasper County in 18451 when he was eighteen
years of age. He was one of the
earliest pioneers, having settled here before the County was even surveyed and
when settlers were many miles apart, when there were numerous Indians and much
wild game. He started in a humble
manner, worked hard. underwent many hardships, and finally became well
established and influential. He
married Elizabeth Cuthbert, who was born in England, from which country she
immigrated to the United States in early life and here met and married Mr.
Maggard. She is still living,
making her home with her son, George A. of this sketch, being now advanced in
years. There
were seven children in the elder Maggard's family, namely: George A., of this
review; H. H., who resides in Baxter, is represented on another page of this
work; Mary Neal, born August 21, 1864, lives at Adel, Iowa; Charles H., born
November 17, 1866, lives in Canada: Sarah Jane, born August 3, 1869, died March
13, 1879, William C., born June 25, 1870, lives on the old home farm in Clear
Creek Township; Laura May Mark, born October 6, 1875, lives in Missouri; Walter
A., born October 28, 1880, lives at Ashland, Oregon.
These children were all born in Clear Creek Township and reared here. Mr.
Maggard of this sketch owns sixty acres of rich and well-kept land in Clear
Creek Township, living in Ira with his mother, where he moved in 1911. He has a
pleasant home which he keeps well supplied with current literature, consequently
he is a well-informed man. He is independent in politics and has been school
director. The
Maggards started in life here with no worldly goods, but they persevered and
have made a comfortable living. They
recall the days when oxen were used in farming and life in nearly every respect
was different. The Past and Present of Jasper County, Gen. James B. Weaver, Editor-In-Chief, 1912 B.F. Bowen Co., Indianapolis, IN, p. 1214. |
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