McElroy, Robert W.

MCELROY

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Date: 6/29/2021 at 13:44:07

History of Warren County, Iowa from Its Earliest Settlement to 1908, by Rev. W. C. Martin, Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago, Illinois, 1908, p.743

ROBERT WATT McELROY
R. W. McElroy, who successfully follows farming and stock-raising on section 5, Palmyra Township, where he owns a good farm of one hundred and twenty acres, is a native of Iowa, his birth occurring in Lucas County, on the 5th of December, 1865. His father, Robert McElroy, was born in Pennsyl­vania, April 17, 1830, and in childhood removed with his parents to Ohio, where he made his home until reaching man's estate. About 1850 the family came to Iowa and settled in Marion County, where Robert McElroy married Miss Elizabeth Smith, who is a native of Virginia but was reared in Indiana. For a time he engaged in farming in Marion County and then removed to Lucas County, where he resided until coming to Warren County in 1869. He pur­chased land in Lincoln Township, where he now resides, and has a fine farm of one hundred and sixty acres, which was originally the county farm.
Upon that place R. W. McElroy grew to manhood, assisting in the labors of the fields and pursuing his studies in the country schools of the neighbor­hood. He was married in Lincoln Township on the 29th of February, 1888, to Miss Dora Peck, who is a native of this county, her father, Isaac Peck, being an early settler of 1848. He is now living retired in Indianola. Unto Mr. and Mrs. McElroy have been born three children, namely: Edith L., Homer C. and Charles Ralph.
After his marriage, Mr. McElroy purchased a farm in Lincoln Township, on which he lived for twelve years, but in 1900 he sold that place and bought, his present fine farm on section 5, Palmyra Township, to the improvement and cultivation of which he has since devoted his energies. In connection with general farming, he is engaged in raising a high grade of horses, cattle and hogs, and in his chosen occupation he is meeting with excellent success. He is a Republican in politics and a member of the Presbyterian Church of Hartford. He is also connected with the Modern Woodmen of America, a fraternal insurance society, and he has the respect and confidence of all with whom he comes in contact either in business or social life.