STOOKEY, Marion Floyd

STOOKEY, HASKETT

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 4/20/2015 at 09:37:54

Obituary ~ Marion Floyd Stookey
March 19, 1846 ~ April 02, 1919

The Annals of Iowa
Iowa State Historical Society
Volume 12, No. 5, 1920, Page 400.

Notable Deaths.

Marion Floyd Stookey was born in Kosciusco County, Indiana, March 19, 1846, and died at Leon, Iowa, April 2, 1919. In 1857 he came with his parents to Linn County, Iowa, where they made their home on a farm. He attended common school, one year at Cedar Rapids High School and one year at Western College. He enlisted in Company C, Forty-seventh Iowa Infantry and served until the regiment was discharged. He taught school during winters and worked on farms during summers for several years. He attended the law department of the State University of Iowa, and graduated from there in 1877. He then located at Leon, forming a partnership with E. W. Hasket which lasted several years and until Mr. Haskett was appointed district attorney in Alaska. For several years Mr. Stookey was one of the editors of the Decatur County Journal. He was mayor of Leon for a time and also was city attorney. He was county attorney of Decatur County in 1887 and 1888. In 1903 he was elected senator and served in the Thirtieth, Thirty-first and Thirty-second General Assemblies.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, April of 2015