R. W. ALBRIGHT

ALBRIGHT, SCHONER

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Date: 4/19/2019 at 14:50:52

ALBRIGHT, R. W., dealer in books, stationery and fancy goods; born in Reading, Penn., in June 1813; he lived there until 1841, when he came to Iowa; located in Fort Madison, and engaged in publishing the Fort Madison Courier; he conducted it as an independent paper for six months, then changed the name to the Lee County Democrat, and continued until 1846, when he was elected the first Clerk of the county after the State was organized; since then he has been engaged in mercantile pursuits. He has held the office of Mayor of this city, and other town and school offices. He married Miss Catherine O. Schoner, a native of Pennsylvania, in 1836; they have had six children, of whom three survive - John W. Robert W. and Katie.

Source: BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY
HISTORY OF LEE COUNTY IOWA
CHICAGO: WESTERN HISTORICAL COMPANY, 1879

Transcription typed/proofed as article was originally published in 1879