PERRY WAYMAN MOFFETT

Perry Wayman Moffett, a well known and prosperous farmer of Center township, whose home is a half mile east of Tipton, was born on the 21st of August, 1871, in Rome township, Jones county, Iowa, and is a son of Samuel C. and Drusy A. (Wilkinson) Moffett. The birth of the father occurred near Piqua, Miami county, Ohio, in 1841. He was a son of John and Sarah (Stevenson) Moffett, natives of Virginia and Ohio respectively. The last years of the grandparents of our subject were spent in Cedar county, Iowa. In their family were nine children of whom seven lived to maturity.

Samuel C. Moffett began his education in his native state but was only eleven years old when he accompanied his parents on their removal to Cedar county, Iowa, in 1852. They located in Red Oak township, where he spent the greater part of his life, though for atime he lived in Jones county. He always followed the occupation of farming and became the owner of a rich and valuable tract of four hundred acres in Center township. He was a faithful member of the Presbyterian church and his death, which occurred inTipton, November 9, 1906, was deeply mourned by all who knew him. In early manhood he married Drusy A. Wilkinson, who was born in Center township, Cedar county, Iowa, in 1844 and is still living. She is the daughter of Philip and Elizabeth Wilkinson, early settlers of the region. Her father was a native of Indiana and on coming to Cedar county, entered three hundred acres of land south of Tipton, which is now in possession of our subject and upon this place he spent the remainder of his life with the exception of the few years he resided in Stanwood. His death, however, occurred on the old homestead farm which he had entered from the government. Only two of his children lived to maturity, while four died in infancy. Unto Samuel C. Moffett and his wife were born three children, namely: Elizabeth, now the wife of Wendell Willer of Center township; Perry Wayman, of this review, and Wilkinson, who died at the age of twelve years.

Perry Wayman Moffett spent the first thirteen years of his life on the home farm and then accompanied his parents on their removal to Tipton, where he resided for four or five years. At the end of that time they located on a farm four and one-half miles south of that city in Center township, and upon that place our subject continued to make his home until the 30th of November, 1909, when he purchased his present place one-half mile east of Tipton, where he owns twenty-nine acres of land. He at once took up his residence in the brick house standing thereon and now makes that place his home. In connection with its operation he is also engaged in the cultivation of the old home place south of Tipton, which he owns, comprising four hundred and thirty acres, and besides this property he has a farm of one hundred and twenty acres two miles north of there. He devotes considerable attention to the raising and feeding of stock, having one hundred and fifteen head of cattle at the present time, about five hundred hogs and forty-one head of horses, mostly Percherons, being a breeder of that stock. In connection with his brother-in-law, Wendell Willer, this branch of his business is proving exceedingly profitable, and in all of his undertakings he has met with marked success, being progressive, energetic and industrious, and carrying forward to successful completion whatever he undertakes.

In his political affiliations Mr. Moffett is an ardent republican and served one term as justice of the peace. His religious connections are with the Presbyterian church of Tipton, and fraternally he is an honored member of the Knights of Pythias; the Modern Brotherhood of America; the Knights of the Maccabees; and the Modern Woodmen of America. He is also connected with the Bankers Life and the Highland Nobles. He is now serving his second term as president of the Cedar County Fair association and is also president of the Cedar County Poultry Association, being the second to fill that office. He is a member of the Cedar County Pure Bred Cattle Association and takes a very active part in promoting the stock interests of this section of the country. Public-spirited and progressive, he does all in his power to advance the welfare of the community in which he has so long made his home and no man stands higher in public esteem here than Perry Wayman Moffett.