George H. Darrow
Darrow, George H., telegrapher
and station agent of Farmersburg, Iowa, was born in
Joplin, Missouri, January 29, 1870, and is the son of
Allison C. and Elvira (Woodin) Darrow, the former a
native of New York, and the latter of Pennsylvania. Mr.
Darrow, senior, lives in Kansas, where he is engaged in
farming, but his wife died November 15, 1896. They had
two children; a son George, a sketch of whose life will
follow; and a daughter Lucinda V., who is the wife of
Clarence L. Adams of Cherrydale, Kansas.
George Darrow left home at the age of twenty years, going
to a school of telegraphy in Janesville, Wisconsin, for
seven months, then to Campbell, Minnesota, for another
period of study for about the same length of time. After
completing his work as a student, he took up the
profession of telegraphy, filling positions as operator
in Green Valley and Kerkhoven, Minnesota, for about one
year, when he was made station agent at Kandiyohi, in the
same State.
After five years he went to the Pacific Coast, remaining
one year, then returned east, locating successfully in
Chicago, Ruthven, Iowa, and various other towns, as
telegraph operator. After spending about six months each
in these places, he went to Whittemore, Iowa, for three
years, and to Emmettsburg in the same State for two
years, but on November 15, 1904, he accepted the position
of station agent and telegraph operator in Farmersburg,
Iowa, and is still conducting the business of that
thriving station, in a highly satisfactory manner.
Mr. Darrow is a man of varied interests. Beside his
station work he is also interested in a coal business,
and is a director of a grain company of Farmersburg. He
was united in marriage to Mary E. Gappa, April 10, 1907,
and they are the proud and happy parents of two sons,
Clarence A., and Lawrence M. Mr. Darrow belongs to the
Democratic party, though not particularly active in
political work, and is a member of the Masonic
fraternity.
source: History of Clayton
County, Iowa; From The Earliest Historical Times Down to
the Present; by Realto E. Price, Vol. II; page 79-80
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