Mallory, Grant

MALLORY, CUPPETT, CARTER, LEE

Posted By: Mary H. Cochrane, Volunteer
Date: 7/2/2019 at 10:30:42

History of Decatur County Iowa and Its People
Illustrated, Volumne II.
Prof. J. M. Howell and Heman C. Smith
Supervising Editors
The S.J. Clarke Publishing Company. p.297. Chicago. 1915

Grant Mallory
The Davis City News, which was established by Grant Mallory and which is still conducted by him, has gained a place among the wide-awake and reliable weekly newspapers of this section of Iowa. Mr. Mallory was born in Delaware county, Iowa, on the 12th of June, 1869, a son of Alvador H. and Rebecca E. (Cuppett) Mallory, natives of New York and Pennsylvania respectively. The father, who was by occupation a farmer, removed to Delaware county in the early days of the history of this state and entered land from the government. He made three trips by ox team to California during the gold craze, but subsequently gave his attention to farming in Delaware county, Iowa, until 1880, when he sold his land there and moved to South Dakota, where he purchased land. He also rented a considerable tract and one season had one thousand acres in wheat.

Eventually he retired from active life and removed to Canton, South Dakota, where he resided until his demise in 1903. His widow died in 1909.

Grant Mallory was reared at Manchester, Iowa, and Canton, South Dakota, and after completing the course offered in the public schools attended Augustana College at Canton for one year. He remained with his parents until he was eighteen years of age and in his youth learned the printer's trade. Upon leaving home he went on the stage and was quite successful as an actor. He followed that profession until 1907, when he was married. In April, 1910, he removed to Davis City and founded The Davis City News, which he has since published. It now has a sworn circulation of five hundred and is patronized to a considerable extent by the local merchants, who recognize its value as an advertising medium. It has a good news service and its editorials are clearly and forcibly written. Mr. Mallory has equipped his plant with modern machinery and does job printing in addition to printing The Davis City News.

Mr. Mallory married Miss Bessie Carter, of Savanna, Illinois, who is a daughter of Isaac and Laura (Lee) Carter, natives respectively of Ohio and New York. Her father has been in the employ of the Wells Fargo Express Company for many years and is still residing in Savanna, Illinois. Mr. and Mrs. Mallory have a daughter, Rosamond, who is now in her third year.

Mr. Mallory is a republican and personally and through the medium of his paper does much in behalf of that party, although he places the best good of the community above party success. Fraternally he is identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and since coming to Davis City he has made many warm friends, while all who know him hold him in sincere respect.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, August of 2013