Edmund Basil Harrell

BRADY, HARRELL

Posted By: Judy Wight Branson (email)
Date: 6/29/2006 at 16:37:26

Edmund Basil Harrell, who has for four years been engaged in farming in Madison county, Iowa, intends to move to Redwood county, Minnesota, where he has purchased two hundred and eighty acres of land. He was born in Scott township, this county, on the 1st of July, 1890, a son of Edgar Harrell, who is mentioned more at length elsewhere in this work. Our subject was reared upon his father's farm and as a boy much of his time was taken up with assistance with the farm work. His education was not neglected, however, as he received a good common-school education, attending the district schools. Upon starting out in life independently he decided to follow the occupation to which he had been reared, as he believed it to be both profitable and congenial, and during the last four years has operated the farm belonging to his grandfather's estate. He is energetic, always seeks to increase his efficiency and is ready to utilize the results of experiments along the line of scientific agriculture. He has prospered financially and has bought two hundred and eighty acres of land in Redwood county, Minnesota, and intends to remove there.

On the 21st of September, 1910, Mr. Harrell was united in marriage to Miss Millie Lola Brady, who was born in Monroe township, this county, a daughter of M. O. Brady, who is a well known farmer of that township. Mr. and Mrs. Harrell have two children, Edmund Paul and Margaret. He is a representative of a family that is well known and highly esteemed in this county and his many friends regret his departure, although wishing him a continuance of the success that has crowned his labors here.

Taken from the book, "The History of Madison County, Iowa, 1915," by Herman Mueller.