McIntosh, George C.

MCINTOSH

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Date: 6/23/2021 at 11:53:32

History of Warren County, Iowa from Its Earliest Settlement to 1908, by Rev. W. C. Martin, Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago, Illinois, 1908, p.901
GEORGE CLAMMER McINTOSH
George Clammer McIntosh, an energetic and prosperous young agricul­turist residing on section 21, Squaw Township, was born on the homestead of his father on section 20, Squaw Township, September 15, 1875. The father, A. B. McIntosh, is mentioned at length on another page of this work. George C. McIntosh began farming on his own account at the age of twenty-two years, purchasing the eighty acres of land which constitutes his home place. The land was then entirely unimproved but as the years have gone by he has brought the fields under a high state of cultivation and has added all the improvements and accessories of a model farming property of the twentieth century. He has a substantial and attractive residence, also barns and other outbuildings and carries on the work of general farming in a manner that insures success. He likewise owns ninety-five acres of valuable land on section 22, being widely recognized as a progressive and enterprising agriculturist of the community.
In Virginia Township, on the 9th of June, 1897, Mr. McIntosh was united in marriage to Miss Ida Irwin, a native of that township and a daughter of Alexander Irwin, now deceased, who was one of the early settlers here. Unto our subject and his wife have been born five children: Veda, John F., Ray T., Rosa E. and Mildred L.
Politically Mr. McIntosh is a stalwart Republican and is now serving as township trustee. Both he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episco­pal Church, and he is likewise identified with the Modern Woodmen of America at Medora. He is a worthy son of his honored father and well deserves the warm esteem and regard which is accorded him by all with whom he comes in contact.

Source: History of Warren County, Iowa, by Gerard Schultz and Don L. Berry, The Record and Tribune Co., Indianola, Iowa, 1953, p.323
GEORGE C. McINTOSH
George C. McIntosh, son of A. B. and Rosa Currie McIntosh, early pioneers of Virginia Township, was born in Squaw Township Sept. 15, 1875, about two miles west of Medora. Here he spent his childhood life, attending the old fashioned country one-room school, and worked on his father's farm where he, by experience and example, learned the art of good farming and stock raising. This has been his life-long job. Even when he thought it best to retire and move to New Virginia, George McIntosh bought horses, cattle, hogs and poultry.
June 9, 1897, he married Ida Irwin, daughter of Alexander and Susan (Steel) Irwin. The minister who performed the ceremony was the Rev. Charles Proctor, a brother-in-law of the groom. The Rev. Mr. Proctor, now deceased, was a native son of Warren County. Mr. and Mrs. McIntosh are parents of eight children: Veda, John F., Ray, Rosa, Mildred, Leota, Loyd and Floran.
Mr. McIntosh has been a member of the Methodist church 61 years, and has served as Sunday school superintendent, steward, trustee and layman. In his political beliefs he is a Republican- (A.E.S.) [written by Alden Edward Smalley]