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George
H. Pease In
placing the name of George H. Pease, well known jeweler, in the front rank of
Baxter's business men simple justice is done to a biographical fact, recognized
throughout Jasper County. A man of
judgment, sound discretion and business ability of a high order, he has managed
with tactful success important enterprises and so impressed his individuality
upon the community as to gain recognition among its leading citizens and
public-spirited men of affairs. He
is the representative of one of our worthy pioneer families that assisted in
paving the way for the present-day advanced civilization and to whom we of the
aftermath owe such a debt of gratitude. Mr.
Pease was born in Poweshiek Township, Jasper County, on February 22, 1875, and
here he grew to manhood and received his education in the public schools, and
here he has continued to reside. He
is the son of Hugh Anderson and Sarah Ellen (Meyers) Pease, the father born in
Mansfield, Ohio, January 12, 1842. They
were married on February 27, 1866, and they are at present living in Col fax,
Iowa. Andrew Pease, Jr.,
grandfather of the subject, was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, October
1, 1804, and he was married on January 7, 1830, to Joanna M. Cook, near
Mansfield, Ohio, and from there they moved to Jasper County, Iowa, in 1856 among
the early settlers and here established a good home and became well known.
Grandfather Pease was a patriotic man and he was a member of the famous
"Gray Beard" regiment during the Civil war, having been mustered into
service at Newton on December 15, 1862, and he was a private in Company I,
Thirty-seventh Iowa Volunteer Infantry; the hardships of soldier life were too
much for his advanced years and he died while in the service at Alton, Illinois,
while guarding Confederate prisoners. He
had the distinction of being a soldier in the Mexican war also.
His son, Hugh A. Pease, father of the subject, was also a soldier in the
Union army, enlisting in the Fortieth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, proving a
faithful soldier and at the expiration of his term of enlistment he received an
honorable discharge. There were
also other members of this family in the Civil War.
The paternal grandparents of the subject moved to Washington County,
Pennsylvania, in 1773. It was then
a wild, unbroken wilderness, and in addition to hardships incident to the life
of such pioneers, they were in the region laid waste by the ravages of a nine
years' war. The subject of this
sketch is in possession of a genealogical record of the family extending over
three hundred and fifty years. All
branches of the family were early settlers of America and in all walks of life
they have been more or less prominent in each generations wherever they have
dispersed. Five
children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Hugh A. Pease, all of whom are living,
namely: Frank G., born December 10, ____ , lives in Colfax; George H., of this
sketch; John M., born October 18, 1876, lives at Sacred Heart, Minnesota; Maude
Mary, born May 5, 1882; Nellie, born .May 30, 1886; the last two named are at
home in Colfax. They were all
born, reared and educated in Jasper County. George
H. Pease followed farming until 1900, when he engaged in the jewelry business at
Charter Oak, Iowa, also conducted the same business at Farmer and Malcom prior
to coming to his present location at Baxter, Iowa. He
has been very successful in this line of endeavor and has built up a large and
growing trade with the town and County, carrying a full line of jewelry,
silverware, cut-glass, china and notions. Always
carefully selecting an up-to-date and attractive stock, and owing to the
courteous, considerate and honest treatment accorded all customers, the prestige
and popularity of this store has ever advanced until a very large business is
now the result. Besides his store,
Mr. Pease owns a modern and well-furnished home. Mr.
Pease was married on November 17, 1910, to Myrtle M. Webb, who was born in
Independence Township, this County, on December 5, 1883. She was graduated from
the Baxter high school with the class of 1902, and she has .spent her life in
her home community. Politically,
Mr. Pease is a Republican and, fraternally, he belongs to Baxter Lodge No. 168,
Knights of Pythias, and Mrs. Pease is a member of Baxter Temple No. 202, Pythian
Sisters. They are pleasant young
people, genial, neighborly and are prominent in the social life of the
community. The Past and Present of Jasper County, Gen. James B. Weaver, Editor-In-Chief, 1912 B.F. Bowen Co., Indianapolis, IN, p. 1226. |
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