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E.
M. S. McLaughlin The
name of E. M. S. McLaughlin, of Newton, needs no introduction to the
professional circles of central Iowa. Selecting
the law as his sphere early in life, he has devoted his energies to that,
ignoring other aspirations to make himself what he is today, a thorough master
of legal science in all its ramifications.
The common law, the statutes of Iowa, the history, progress and growth of
jurisprudence, as well as the higher and more abstruse principles of equity, are
all completely at his command, constituting him a leader at the bar, which
position is readily conceded him by his associates. Mr.
McLaughlin was born in Hamilton County, Iowa, November 4, 1869, the son of Angus
and Catherine (Sells) McLaughlin, the father a native of Ohio and the mother of
Pennsylvania, the paternal grandparents being natives of Scotland and the
maternal grandparents of Pennsylvania. Angus
McLaughlin spent his active life engaged in agricultural pursuits, and is
present living retired in Los Angeles, California.
He came west to Iowa 1855, and entered land in Hamilton County, which
land he improved, transforming it from the wild prairie to a fine farm, the same
still being in possession of the family. At
one time he was the owner of four hundred and twenty-six acres, which, since his
retirement, has been added to by the subject and his brothers until they now own
jointly nine hundred and fifty-nine acres in one body, all well kept and
valuable land, situated in one of the most favored agricultural sections in the
state. Angus
McLaughlin is a man of exceptional intelligence and sterling innate
characteristics. He was always much
interested in educational matters, also politics, having served the Republican
party in many capacities, having been supervisor of his County for two terms
besides holding other offices, always with credit to himself and to the
satisfaction of all concerned. His
wife died on February 22, 1909, at the age of seventy years. In an early day the
father made a trip across the western plains to the Black Hills and to Colorado,
where he mined gold for a year. He
is now making his home with his daughter, Elizabeth A. McLaughlin, an
osteopathic physician of Los Angeles. His
other children are: J. J., a veterinary surgeon of Blue Earth, Minnesota; A. A.,
of Des Moines, is attorney for the Chicago Northwestern Railroad Company; E. M.
S., of this review; W. M. is an attorney at Des Moines and ex-city solicitor of
that place; Maud M. is the wife of D. D. McGillivary, an attorney of Lowden,
Iowa. E. M. S. McLaughlin remained on the home farm until the fall of 1889, then attended the Northern Iowa Normal School at Algona for one ten teaching the winter term of school. The following August he entered the Iowa State College at Ames for a four years' course, teaching during the winters. He made an excellent record and was graduated from that institution with the degree of Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, on November 10, 1894. Then he again taught school and worked some at his chosen calling On
February 26, 1896, Mr. McLaughlin was united in marriage with Minnie A.
Parmenter, of Polk County, Iowa, and the daughter of Edward and Anna Parmenter,
of Ohio. They came to Iowa in an early day and spent their active lives in
farming; the father is now deceased, but the mother survives.
Two children were born to Mr. and Mrs. McLaughlin, Ruth and Ralph, both
of whom are at home and in school. After
his marriage Mr. McLaughlin lived on his farm for three years, after which he
entered the law Department of Drake University, from which he was graduated with
the degree of Bachelor of Laws. He
applied himself very assiduously to his studies, becoming exceptionally well
equipped for his life work, and in 1900 he opened a law office in Newton, which
he has since maintained, doing a general practice in all courts and building up
a large and constantly increasing clientele.
He has met with a large measure of success, being a careful, painstaking,
tireless and honest advocate and exceptionally strong in the trial of cases.
His reputation extends far beyond the limits of his County and has placed
him in the front ranks of his professional brethren in this section of the
state, which has long been noted for its high order of legal ability. Mr.
McLaughlin has long been active in the affairs of the Republican Party and is at
this time chairman of the County central committee.
His advice and counsel is freely sought in campaigns by candidates and
political leaders. He was formerly a member of the Newton Business Men's
Association. Fraternally, a member
of the Modern Woodmen of America, he is state consul of that organization, and
served as its delegate to Indianapolis in 1903 and at Milwaukee in 1905, and he
was delegate to the head camp at Buffalo in June 1911.
He is also a member of the Brotherhood of American Yeoman, being its
delegate to the grand conclave at Colorado Springs in 1903. He was also sent to
Minneapolis in 1909 as a member of the national law committee and is at this
time chairman of the national committee of appeals and grievances of said order. He is a member of the Delta Lodge No. 53, Knights of Pythias,
of Newton. Personally, Mr.
McLaughlin is a very pleasant gentleman, courteous, genial, obliging,
straightforward and unassuming. The Past and Present of Jasper County, Gen. James B. Weaver, Editor-In-Chief, 1912 B.F. Bowen Co., Indianapolis, IN, p. 624. |
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