DEWAR, Harry Clow - 1914

DEWAR, CLOW, SMITH, RANDALL, RUSSELL

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Date: 7/9/2009 at 18:31:00

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

HARRY CLOW DEWAR.

Since 1891 Harry Clow Dewar has been connected with agricultural interests of Cherokee county and today owns and operates a fine farm in Pilot township. He was born in Will county, Illinois, December 16, 1870, and is a son of Thomas and Laura (Clow) Dewar, the former a native of Edinburgh, Scotland. He left his native country at the age of thirteen and came to America alone, settling in Chicago, Illinois, where for five years he worked as a machinists apprentice. He afterward rented a farm in Will county and at the end of two or three years returned to Chicago, where he worked at carpentering. In 1880 he moved to Pilot township, this county, and bought a farm which is now, owned by the subject of this review, operating this until his death, which oc curred May 1, 1892. His wife was a native of New York state and came to Illinois with her parents, when she was still very young. She died May 3, 1890. She and her husband became the parents of six children: Mary, who has passed away; Thomas, who resides in Delta, Colorado; Harry Clow, of this review ; Sarah, deceased; Laura, the wife of J. D. Smith, of Brooklyn, New York; and Jennie, who has passed away. The father was a loyal republican and was connected fraternally with the Masonic order. He and his wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal church.

Harry Clow Dewar acquired his education in the public schools of Cherokee county, laying aside his books at the age of eighteen and accepting a position with the Crane Elevator Company of Chicago, Illinois. After continuing in their employ for about one year he settled on a farm in Will county, Illinois, and there remained until 1891, when he returned to Iowa, taking up his residence upon his fathers farm in Pilot township. Since that time he has operated and developed this property along modern lines and has been very successful, his interests growing to be extensive and important. He engages in general farming and also raises and feeds stock, keeping from forty to fifty head of cattle.

On the 24th of May, 1893, Mr. Dewar was united in marriage to Miss Mary Randall, a daughter of John and Mary (Russell) Randall, natives of Pennsylvania, who moved from that state to Warren, Illinois. Mr. and Mrs. Dewar have eight children: Harry, Hattie, Archie, Robert, Laura, John, Flora and Tom.

Mr. Dewar is connected fraternally with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Masonic order and the Modern Woodmen of America, and he is a member of the Presbyterian church. He gives his political allegiance to the republican party, has been a member of the school board and is now township trustee in the sixth year of his able service. He is a man whose industry, honesty and success have made him influential in the affairs of the township, and he holds the respect and confidence of his fellow citizens.