McGilvra, Leroy E.

MCGILVRA, SHANNON

Posted By: Roseanna Zehner
Date: 7/23/2006 at 19:49:20

McGILVRA, LEROY E.

Mr. McGilvra, a prominent member of the editorial fraternity of Lyon County, Iowa, was born in 1852 on a farm in Illinois, where he secured his education in the neighboring schools graduating from the high school and teaching for a number of years. He became interested in the land business, and for many years he gave his attention entirely to it. He purchased the Larchwood Leader, January 1, 1902, of which he is now the sole proprietor. His paper is a weekly publication, and circulates about six hundred copies. It has been printed in Larchwood about fifteen years, and is an independent publication, devoted more especially to the interests of Larchwood and vicinity.

The wife of Mr. McGilvra is the daughter of John Shannon and her family are closely connected with the early history of the state. She is the mother of eight children, of whom Cora L. and Almina F. are teachers; Laura E. is a bookkeeper; and Edith M., Leroy E., Robert H., Jennie M. and Manilla are younger children and at home. As the McGilvra name indicates, the family is of Scotch origin, though the family has been resident in the United States for many generations.

Source: Compendium of History Reminiscence and Biography of Lyon County, Iowa. Published under the Auspices of the Pioneer Association of Lyon County. Geo. Monlun, Pres.; Hon. E. C. Roach Sec’y; and Col. F. M. Thompson, Historian. Geo. A. Ogle & CO., Published, Engravers and Book Manufacturers. Chicago, 1904-1905

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