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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 November 1, 2020

Delos E. Waldron, the cashier of the First National Bank of Glidden, has been connected with that institution for a quarter of a century and has served in his present capacity since 1892. His birth occurred on the 17th of March, 1867, in Greene county, Iowa, on the Greene and Carroll county line. His parents, John and Cecelia (Chambers) Waldron, are natives of Ohio and New York respectively. The paternal grandfather, Isaac Waldron, was a farmer by occupation and took up his abode among the earliest settlers of Greene county, Iowa. He died in Glidden when past middle life. He was twice married and by his first wife had the following children: Joseph, John and Emeline. Unto him and his second wife were born three sons and a daughter, namely: Philo, Eli, Robert and Sarah. Hiram W. Chambers, the maternal grandfather of our subject, was a native of New York and a shipbuilder by trade. Removing westward, he settled in Illinois and about 1859 came to Iowa, locating in Greene county, where he became identified with general agricultural pursuits. His demise occurred in Glidden when he had attained the age of eighty-nine years. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Harriet Elmer, was ninety-two years of age when she passed away in Glidden. Their children were four in number, namely: Losey C., Alvah, Cecelia and Ida.

John Waldron, the father of Delos E. Waldron, was an early settler of Michigan and came to Iowa in 1855, settling in Greene county on a tract of land adjoining Glidden township, Carroll county. He homesteaded and improved a farm and continued to reside thereon until 1870, when he took up his abode in Glidden and embarked in the jewelry business, successfully conducting an enterprise of that character until 1892, when he was stricken blind and was obliged to retire. In the early days he enjoyed an enviable reputation as a violinist and his services were in demand at all the dances in the neighborhood. For two terms he served as mayor of Glidden, exercising his official prerogatives in support of many measures of reform and improvement. The period of his residence in this part of the state now covers fifty-six years and he has long been widely known throughout the community as one of its most substantial and respected citizens. He is now sixty-eight years of age. Both he and his estimable wife are Presbyterians in religious faith.

Delos E. Waldron, whose name introduces their review, was born on his father’s farm in Greene county and has resided in Glidden since three years of age. He attended the public schools in the acquirement of an education and is a graduate of the Glidden high school. Since putting aside his text-books he has been continuously identified with the First National Bank, which he entered in the capacity of bookkeeper when the institution was known as the Glidden Bank. In 1892 it was incorporated as the First National Bank, with a capital stock of fifty thousand dollars. The institution was originally established in 1877. Mr. Waldron has been connected therewith since 1886 and in 1892 was promoted from the position of assistant cashier to that of cashier, which he has held to the present time. He is a man of keen discernment and sound judgment and his executive ability and excellent management have brought to the institution with which he is connected a large degree of success.

On the 17th of September, 1895, Mr. Waldron was joined in wedlock to Miss Mary H. Moorhouse, a native of Walworth county, Wisconsin, and a daughter of Edward and Lucy (Pettit) Moorhouse. Her paternal grandfather, a native of the state of New York, was overseer of a woolen mill. Unto him and his wife were born five children: Abram, William H., Isaac, Edward and Hannah. The parents of Mrs. Waldron removed from New York to Walworth county, Wisconsin, and remained residents of that state until 1901, when they came to Iowa, settling in Newell. While living there Edward Moorhouse made a trip back to Walworth county and passed away at Elkhorn when fifty-seven years of age. His widow yet resides at Newell, Iowa. They were the parents of three children, namely: Mary H., Lulu and Percy. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Waldron have been born two children, Marion and Erwin.

Since age conferred upon him the right of franchise Mr. Waldron has loyally supported the men and measures of the republican party. For six or eight years he served as city clerk, proving a faithful and capable official. His wife is an Episcopalian in religious faith. In the community where his entire life has been spent Mr. Waldron is widely and favorably known, the circle of his friends being almost coextensive with the circle of his acquaintances.

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