George Jeffries, farmer, section 10, Grant Township, was born in South Wales, England, November 15, 1851, son of George and Esther Jeffries. When he was sixteen months old his parents came to America, and settled in Alleghany County, Maryland, in 1853. Here he was reared to manhood and received his education. His youth was spent in farming and working in the coal mines. He came to this county in 1874 and bought 160 acres of wild land of the Iowa Railroad Land Company. The first year he broke forty-five acres. For several years he worked at farm work during the summer, and in the coal mines during the winter. He was married March 17, 1880, to Miss Clara Sherman, a native of Keokuk County, and a daughter of Wilbur Sherman, who was a solider in the late war, and Mary (Fulton) Sherman. Since 1880 he has resided on his farm, and has it in a good state of cultivation. He has a good house, and comfortable farm buildings for stock and grain. Mr. and Mrs. Jeffries have two sons—Alfred Sherman and James Blaine. Politically Mr. Jeffries is a Republican. He has served creditably as member of the school board and as assessor. Himself and wife are worthy members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Glidden.

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