David A. McAnulty

MCANULTY, ADAMS, RICHARDSON, BENTON, MAY

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Date: 5/13/2009 at 13:57:24

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

pages 781-782

DAVID A. McANULTY, of Audubon Township, has been identified with the history of Audubon County since 1876. He was born in Boone County, Indiana, May 7, 1845, and is a son of William and Amadella (Adams) McAnulty. He is the fourth child of a family of seven children, and when he was six years old his parents removed to Iowa and settled in Washington County,where he was reared to the occupation of a farmer, and educated in the common schools. When there was a call for men to defend the flag of this nation, he enlisted in the Ninth Iowa Cavalry, Company D, and served until 1865, when he was discharged at Little Rock,
Arkansas. He then returned to Washington County, Iowa. September 17, 1868, he was married to Miss Leah Richardson, daughter of Aaron and Anna (Cline) Richardson. She was born in Jefferson County, Iowa, January 20, 1848. After his marriage Mr. McAnulty resided in Washington County for eight years. He then came to Audubon County and settled on a farm of 166 acres of raw
prairie land. There he has since made his home, making many valuable improvements in the way of erecting buildings and placing the soil under cultivation. He has also planted about one acre of grove. The farm is considered one of the most desirable in that part of the county. Mr. McAnulty, by honesty and upright dealing, has won the confidence of the community in which he lives. He takes an active interest in all enterprises tending to the advancement of the
people. He is a staunch member of the Republican party. He is chairman of the Republican township committee, and in 1887 he was sent as a delegate to the State Convention. Mr. and Mrs. McAnulty are the parents of one child--Arthur, born July 31, 1869. He was married December 9, 1888, to Miss Emma F. Benton, a daughter of Isaiah and Tranquilla (May) Benton. She was born in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, January, 1868.