McMeel, M. F.

MCMEEL, MCFADDEN, ELLIS

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Date: 4/15/2003 at 22:11:32

Source: "The 1901 Biographical Record of Clinton Co., Iowa, Illustrated" published: Chicago : S. J. Clarke Pub. Co., 1901.

M. F. McMEEL, M. D.

Among the prominent professional men of Lost Nation, Sharon township, Clinton county, Iowa, is Dr. M. F. McMeel, who is a native of Delaware county, Iowa, where he was born on July 17, 1868.

Dr. McMeel acquired his education in the common schools of his native county and began his medical course in the College of Physicians and Surgeons, at Keokuk, Iowa, and graduated there in the class of 1893. In the same year he located for practice in the village of Lost Nation. His office is situated in the drug store of his brother, James H. Dr. McMeel was married to Miss Margaret McFadden, of Clinton, and their one child bears the name Gliddon F. Dr. McMeel has a large and lucrative practice, much of it being in the country surrounding Lost Nation. His skill and ability have been generally recognized, and there is just reason to believe that the future holds for him high professional honors.

James H. McMeel, the proprietor of the well-appointed drug store of Lost Nation, was born in New York City, on October 24, 1854, and came west with his family in 1855, when they settled in Delhi, Delaware county, Iowa. After finishing his education he engaged in the mercantile business in that place for five years, and for two years carried on a drug business, moving then to Manchester, Iowa, where he conducted drug business for one and one-half years. Mr. McMeel then engaged in farming near Manchester for eight years, coming then to Lost Nation, where he engaged in a drug business, carrying also in connection a full line of stationery, paints, oils and wall paper. Mr. McMeel was married to Miss Mary Ellis, of Sharon township, and their three children are: James H., Guenderland and Bernard.