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Emal
Loraine Waring Emal Loraine Waring was born March 3, 1876, and he is
the son of John C. and Martha (McCrea) Waring, the former a native of New York
and the mother of Indiana, but they came to Iowa when young and the subject was
born in Jasper County. When they
first came here, the father, then a young man, worked out as a farm hand, and
after his marriage he rented land for a number of years, thereby getting a good
start. He later purchased eighty
acres near Reasnor upon which he made an excellent living, developed a fine farm
and remained there the rest of his life, his death occurring on November 22,
1889, when he was fifty-two years of age. His
widow survives and makes her home in Reasnor.
Besides farming, Mr. Waring conducted a general grain and lumber business
for over twelve years, during the last few years of his life representing the
Denniston & Partridge Company. He was a man of splendid business ability,
rare probity of character and was known and respected all over this locality. Emal L. Waring
is a member of a family of seven children, named as follows:
Verda married S. D. Jones, a mechanical engineer, residing at Colfax;
James E., a carpenter, lives at Reasnor; Emal L., of this review; Clyde C. is in
the bank at Reasnor; Charles V„ commonly known as Vint, lives on a farm near
Newton; Fay is the wife of George Worth, a farmer residing near Monroe; Jesse
Leo lives in Reasnor. After receiving a fairly good education,
Emal L. Waring, when twenty-one years of age, began life for himself on a farm,
which he continued nearly four years, after which he and Albert Lufkin farmed in
partnership, continuing thus for four years, at the end of which time Mr. Waring
came to Reasnor, having laid by some capital, and here he engaged in buying and
selling stock and grain. After
three successful years in this business he purchased a farm near Kellogg, on
which he lived two years, when he sold out and returned to Reasnor and again
engaged in the live stock and grain business, which he has continued with
uniform success to the present time, building up an extensive and satisfactory
business through energy, good management and square dealing. On November 23,
1898, Mr. Waring was united in marriage with Oilie Blackledge, daughter of Frank
and Atlanta Blackledge, natives of Indiana, from which state they moved to
Nebraska in early life. Mrs. Waring
was born in Jasper County, Iowa, July 28, 1876.
Mr. and Mrs. Blackledge spent their lives on a farm and they are now both
deceased. They were people of
excellent worth and highly respected. To Mr. and Mrs.
Waring five children have been born, of whom Rollin died in infancy; the living
are Thelma, Dale, Russell and Warren. Mrs. Waring is a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Reasnor. In politics Mr. Waring is a Democrat and he has always manifested a lively interest in whatever tended to promote the good of his locality. Past and Present of Jasper County Iowa, Gen. James B. Weaver, Editor-In-Chief, B.F. Bowden & Company, Indianapolis, IN, 1912, p. 975. |
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