William Cloughly

CLOUGHLY, KIRKLAND, LONEY

Posted By: Marthann Kohl-Fuhs (email)
Date: 3/24/2009 at 15:50:09

WILLIAM CLOUGHLY, druggist, Audubon, Iowa, has been identified with the interests of the town from its very beginning. He came to the county before railroads were built, and before the location of the town, and started the first drug store, and has never been out of the drug trade. Mr. Cloughly was born at Lansdown, Thousand Islands, Canada, July 22, 1852, and is a son of John and Sarah (Kirkland) Cloughly; the father is a native of Ireland, and a farmer by occupation. They lived in Canada until 1866, when they removed to Iowa, and settled in Winterset, Madison County, where the mother died; the father is now managing a ranch in Missouri. Willlam left home in his thirteenth year to learn the blacksmith's trade at Lansdown, Canada; he served five years, and then came to the United States, stopping at Mitchellville, Polk County, Iowa, where he worked at his trade. During his stay at Mitchellville he began the study of pharmacy, and then came to Audubon and opened his drug store. In 1879 he began buying horses for the western markets, shipping them to all parts of Dakota and Missouri. In 1886 he began breeding horses from very fine stock, and now has eighty head of blooded colts inside the corporate limits of Audubon on pasture. He owns 160 acres of land in Melville Township. Mr. Cloughly was married July 12, 1883, to Miss Mary Loney, a daughter of Hugh Loney, whom he had known in childhood in Canada. They have one daughter Augusta. Mr. Cloughly is a member of the city council, a position he has held for six years. He is a member of Veritas Lodge, No. 392, A. F. & A. M.; Amity Chapter, No. 93, R. A. M., and Godfrey Commandery, No. 44, K. T. Politically he is rather conservative, but in National and State elections he votes the Democratic ticket. He is also a member of the Knights of Pythias, of the I. O. O. F. and Encampment, and of the I. O. R. M. He has been a liberal contributor to the churches.

1889 BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF
SHELBY AND AUDUBON COUNTIES, IOWA
W. S. DUNBAR & CO., PUBLISHERS
113 ADAMS STREET, CHICAGO

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