Charles Bagley

BAGLEY, BURGAN, WILLIAMS

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

pages 728-729

CHARLES BAGLEY, attorney at law,
and dealer in real estate and loans,
Audubon, Iowa, was born near West
Liberty, Iowa, May 29, 1854. He is the
fourth of ten children, all of whom are living
and residents of the State of Iowa. His
father, William A. Bagley, was a native of
Ohio, and was a farmer by occupation, and is
now a resident of Cass County, Iowa, living
on the farm to which he came in 1873. His
mother, Lucretia Burgan Bagley, was also a
native of Ohio. After their marriage his
parents settled on a farm in Muscatine
County, Iowa; thence they removed to Cass
County. Charles Bagley was a mere lad
when his parents went to Muscatine County,
where he grew to manhood. His primary
education was received in the district school;
he afterward attended a select school, and
then entered the State University at Iowa
City, where he pursued his studies for two
years. He then entered the law department
of the same school, from which he was grad-
uated in 1881. In 1882 he came to Audu-
bon, and opened a law office, devoting his
time to his profession in connection with
real estate, loans, collections and insurance.
Mr. Bagley was united in marriage in Octo-
ber, 1888, to Miss Amanda Williams, of
Audubon, Iowa, a daughter of Sarah Will-
iams. Her father died when she was a little
girl; she was born in the State of Indiana.
Charles Bagley was elected mayor of Audu-
bon, Iowa, in March, 1886, and re-elected in
1887, and has served two terms.