Alfred W. Eshbaugh (1852-1929)

ESHBAUGH

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Date: 3/24/2022 at 11:05:30

Alfred W. Eshbaugh
(July 12, 1852 – April 13, 1929)

Alfred W. Eshbaugh, one of the most practical and progressive agriculturists of
Center Township, his home being on section 28, was born in Oregon, Ogle County, Illinois, on the 12th of July, 1852, and is a son of Solomon J. and Sarah (Lilly) Eshbaugh, who were natives of Pennsylvania and were farming people. Our subject remained under the paternal roof until he attained his
majority, pursuing his studies in the district schools of the neighborhood until twenty years of age, and attending the high school in Oregon one term. He was also a student at Rock River Seminary, now Mount Morris College, for a time, and engaged in teaching in the district schools of his native county for thirteen terms with excellent success.
On the 4th of September, 1879, Mr. Eshbaugh was united in marriage to Miss
Kate Ray, who was born April 3, 1857, and they have become the parents of four children, namely: Amy B., born August 27, 1884; Cora E., November 27, 1885; Paul L., September 19, 1889; and Eula M., May 10, 1891. The three older children are now attending school in Rockwell City.
Coming to Iowa in the spring of 1880, Mr. Eshbaugh purchased an unimproved
farm of one hundred and sixty acres on section 28, Center Township, Calhoun County, and on the 1st of June, 1881, took up his residence thereon, it having since been his home. Stock raising has always claimed a large share of his attention, his specialties being short horn cattle, Shropshire sheep,
Poland China hogs and Hambletonian Horses. He is a good judge of stock and in this branch of his business he has been remarkably successful.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Eshbaugh are members of the First Presbyterian church of
Rockwell City, and occupy an enviable position in the esteem of their fellow citizens. Politically he is identified with the Republican party, and has been called upon to fill a number of local offices of honor and trust, having served as road supervisor five years, justice of the peace two years, a member of the school board two years, and a member of the county board of supervisors. His official duties have been discharged with a promptness and fidelity worthy of the highest commendation, and he well deserves the
high regard in which he is uniformly held. [Source – Biographical Record of Calhoun County, Iowa, by S. J. Clarke, 1902, p.233]