Scofield, Ira

SCOFIELD

Posted By: Joyce Hickman (email)
Date: 1/23/2009 at 13:49:02

Ira Scofield

(From the 1883 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, by J. H. Keatley, p.56, Council Bluffs)
Scofield & Cavin, Council Bluffs. Ira Scofield and T. E. Cavin formed partnership in general merchandising business June 1, 1877, at 218 Broadway, and continued in that building until September 1, 1878, at which time they removed to the new building, corner of Broadway and Market, 200 Broadway, using two stories and basement with elevator attachment. Besides doing a large city trade, they ship goods to railroad contractors in Iowa, Minnesota, Colorado and New Mexico. They started on a small scale in a room eighteen by forty feet, with cellar, and have steadily increased the business so that now they are cramped for room in a two story and basement building, twenty-two by eighty feet. T. E. Cavin came to Council Bluffs in 1866, and after close application to business, he formed partnership with Foreman & Beno of Council Bluffs, in a branch store in Logan, Iowa. Having disposed of his business in Logan profitably, he returned to Council Bluffs, and formed partnership with Mr. Scofield, as above stated.