Maltby, Frank Gilbert 1870 – 1920
MALTBY, GILBERT, BENNETT, WHITNEY
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Date: 4/9/2015 at 09:48:10
FRANK GILBERT MALTBY.
Frank Gilbert Maltby is the owner of a valuable farm of one hundred and twenty acres on section 17, Hesper township, and is numbered among the representative agriculturists and the prominent and progressive native sons of Winneshiek county. He was born in Canoe township, February 16, 1870, and is a son of Corydon and Mary (Gilbert) Maltby, the former born in New York, May 15, 1838, and the latter in Pennsylvania in 1840. The father removed to Lake county, Illinois, with his parents and there grew to manhood, enlisting in 1862 in Company F, Twenty-seventh Illinois Volunteer Infantry, for service in the Civil war. He participated in many of the important engagements of that conflict and was mustered out with honorable discharge at the close of hostilities. Before his enlistment he had married and after the war came with his young wife to Allamakee county, Iowa, but later removed to Winneshiek county, where she passed away in August, 1907. The father became a large landowner, holding at one time three hundred and twenty acres, and was ranked among the substantial and progressive agriculturists. He is now living retired and makes his home with his children. For many years he was prominent in local republican circles, holding various township offices and serving for two terms as a member of the board of supervisors. He belongs to the Grand Army post at Decorah and in this way keeps in touch with his comrades of fifty years ago. He and his wife had two children: Frank Gilbert, of this review; and Fannie Ruth, who married Milton D. Whitney, of Hesper township.
Frank Gilbert Maltby was reared at home and from an early age has been familiar with the details of farm operation, learning by practical experience upon his father's property. His entire active life has been given over to agricultural pursuits and he is now ranked among the representative farmers of Winneshiek county, owning and operating one hundred and twenty acres of valuable land on section 17, Hesper township. His methods being always practical have been productive of excellent results, and his property is today well managed and profitable, yielding increasingly abundant harvests every year.
On the 4th of October, 1893, Mr. Maltby was united in marriage to Miss Adella Bennett, who was born in Wisconsin, March 12, 1872, and is a daughter of L. W. Bennett, of Canton, Minnesota. Mr. and Mrs. Maltby are the parents of a daughter, Ruth Ella. Mr. Maltby's principal interests are centered in his family and upon his farm, and throughout Winneshiek county he is known and respected as a substantial agriculturist and a desirable and useful citizen.
Source: History of Winneshiek County, Iowa Vol. II Chicago the S. J. Clark Publishing Company 1913
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