MATTOON, Frank E. - 1914

MATTOON, BROWN, WHISMAN, BOOTHBY

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HISTORY OF
Cherokee County
IOWA
VOLUME II
ILLUSTRATED
CHICAGO
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY
1914
by Thomas McCulla

FRANK E. MATTOON.

Frank E. Mattoon, a prominent realestate dealer of Washta, was born in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, May 1, 1863, a son of John M. and Julia (Brown) Mattoon. When he was sixteen years of age he moved to Ida county, Iowa, locating in Douglas township, five miles southeast of Washta, where his mother had a farm. He attended school in Holstein and after completing his studies engaged in teaching in Ida county for a number of years. He afterward engaged in farming until he moved to the village now called Washta and in partnership with John Bunn engaged in the hardware business. He continued in this connection for four years thereafter and at the end of that time turned his attention to the real-estate business, in which he has since been interested. He has become known as an expert judge of land values and has today valuable holdings in this locality and in Canada, also a four thousandacre cattle ranch in Gregory county, South Dakota. His patronage has increased rapidly through the years, and he now controls a large and important business.

On October 21, 1883, Mr. Mattoon was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Whisman, a daughter of A. J. Whisman, of Washta, and they became the parents of three children: Eva L. and Lulu M., at home; and Clyde H., deceased. Mr. Mattoons first wife passed away January 25, 1894, and on the 2Oth of October, 1897, he was again married, his second union being with Miss Gertrude Boothby, a daughter of Thomas Boothby, Of Washta. To this marriage have been born two children, Margaret E. and Paul F.

Air. Mattoon is a charter member of the local lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and belongs also to the Masonic fraternity. He is a trustee in the Congregational church and a progressive republican in his political beliefs. By a number of years of well directed energy associated with good judgment he has gained a place among the prominent business men of Washta, commanding the respect and confidence of all with whom he has private or business relations.