HARRY P. MATTISON

Harry P. Mattison, who is devoting his time and energies to general farming on section 27, Gower township, was born July 15, 1875, on the place which he yet makes his home. In fact, he has always resided here, so that it is endeared to him through the associations of his boyhood and of later manhood as well. His father, Philip Mattison, was born in London, England, in November, 1837, and was six years of age when he came to America with his parents, who settled near Massillon, Ohio. There the grandfather of our subject died, and the grandmother came with her family to Iowa in 1855, taking up her abode in Springdale. In 1857 Philip Mattison was united in marriage to Miss Mary A. Sullivan, a lady of Scotch-Irish linage, who was born in Dublin, Ireland, August 15, 1835, and came to America while in her teens, arriving in Springdale, Iowa, in 1854. In 1863 they located on a farm in Gower township, four miles northeast of West Branch, where Mrs. Mattison still resides with her son Harry. She has been called upon to mourn the loss of her husband, who died in 1898, honored and respected by all who knew him. In the family of this worthy couple were six children, namely: Anna M., who is now the widow of William S. Enlow and a resident of West Branch; Nellie M., who is the wife of Dr. J. M. Mingus, of Iowa City; Charles, a prominent lawyer of Butte, Montana; Edwin, a druggist of Omaha, Nebraska; Clara, who died in infancy; and Harry P., of this review. The family have long been connected with the Society of Friends.

In his boyhood days Harry P. Mattison was a pupil in the public schools and there laid the foundation for his later success. He was thoroughly trained in farm work so that he was able to take charge of the property and successfully continue the cultivation of the fields. He is now engaged in the cultivation of a valuable tract of land of two hundred and forty acres, situated on sections 27 and 33, Gower township.

On the 21st of December, 1898, Mr. Mattison was united in marriage to Miss Anna Barkhurst, who was born in Iowa township on the 5th of March, 1876, and is a daughter of Thomas and Ella (Doty) Barkhurst. Their home has been blessed by the birth an interesting little son, Philip. Mr. and Mrs. Mattison are both well known in this county where they have spent their entire lives and where they now have a large circle of warm friends.