Carroll County IAGenWeb

HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY IOWA

A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement

VOLUME II ILLUSTRATED

CHICAGO THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1912

Transcribed by Sharon Elijah July 15, 2020

Fred A. Toovey, who has been successfully engaged in the drug business at Dedham for the past eighteen years, is well known as one of the prominent and influential citizens of the town and now holds the office of mayor. His birth occurred at Victor, Iowa, on the 13th of January, 1869, his parents being William and Julia A. Toovey, the former a native of London, England, and the latter of Lockport, Illinois. William Toovey, a druggist, took up his abode at Victor, Iowa, in 1866.

Fred A. Toovey attended the Victor high school and in 1890 completed a course of study at Drake University of Des Moines. He entered a drug store when a youth of seventeen and has been identified with the drug trade continuously since. In April, 1893, he came to Dedham, purchased the drug establishment of Thomas Hughes and has conducted the same to the present time. His stock is large, carefully selected and attractively arranged and a liberal patronage is accorded him. He is likewise the manager of the Dedham Telephone Company and was its sole owner until March 1, 1911.

On the 27th of March, 1895, at Victor, Iowa, Mr. Toovey was united in marriage to Miss Rose N. Postin, a native of Blue Grass, Scott county, Iowa. They have one child, Beatrice P., who is now twelve years of age.

Mr. Toovey is a democrat in his political views and, though not an office seeker in the generally accepted sense of the term, has been chosen by his fellow townsmen for positions of public trust. He served as a member of the town council from April, 1894, until April, 1900, and from the latter date until April, 1910, held the office of mayor. In April, 1911, he was reelected mayor and is therefore the present incumbent in that responsible position. Fraternally he is identified with the Masons, belonging to Charity Lodge, A.F. & A.M., at Coon Rapids, Iowa, and to Copestone Chapter, R.A.M., at Carroll, this state. His life is actuated by high and honorable principles, manifest in his business and social relations and in his connection with public interests. He exercises his official prerogatives in support of various movements for the welfare and progress of the community and his influence is always found on the side of justice, truth, and right.

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