Isaac L. Statzell

STATZELL, GRIGGS

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Date: 5/16/2009 at 07:58:54

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

pages 760-761

ISAAC L. STATZELL, attorney at law,
Exira, Iowa, was born in Hendricks
County, Indiana, near Danville, February
16, 1861. Isaac Statzell, his father, was a
native of the State of Pennsylvania, and his
mother, Abigail J. (Griggs) Statzell, was
born in Virginia, and was the daughter of
Hiram and Elizabeth Griggs. Isaac L., the
subject of this biography, is the fourth child
in a family of seven, two boys and five girls,
all of whom are living. He passed his boy-
hood on his father's farm, and received his
primary education in the district school.
Later he attended a select school, and finally
entered the State Normal School at Terre
Haute, Indiana. After leaving school he en-
gaged in teaching, but about the year 1882
he became connected with a newspaper called
the Audubon County Defender, published at
Exira, Iowa. Daring his connection with
this paper he read law, and at the expiration
of two years he entered the law office of J.
M. & R. W. Griggs. After his admission to
the bar, Mr. Statzell commenced practice
alone in Exira, and since that time he has de-
voted his whole time to his profession. He
practices in all the State and county courts.
Mr. Statzell is a member of Exodus Lodge,
No. 342, A. F. & A. M., of which he is senior
warden. He also has a membership in the
A. O. U. W. and the Knights of Pythias.
He is an active worker in the interests of the
Republican party, attending conventions as a
delegate and otherwise serving his party dili-
gently and faithfully.