Harrison County Iowa Genealogy

HISTORY OF HARRISON COUNTY, IOWA, 1891
BIOGRAPHIES
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THOMAS ARTHUR

Thomas ARTHUR, (portrait), an Attorney-at-law of Logan, Iowa, was born in St Johns Township, Harrison County, Iowa, July 12, 1860. He is the son of William ARTHUR, a highly respected farmer of Jackson Township, whose sketch appears elsewhere in this work. His mothers name before marriage was Ella MCWILLIAMS. Our subject is of a family of eight children, of whom he is the oldest. The children are: Thomas, William T., a resident of Jackson Township; Anna, now Mrs. HALE, of Idaho; Fred, of Jackson Township; Mary B., Eugene L., Edwin and Leontine, at home.

Thomas attended the common schools at Harrison County, as well as the Magnolia High School, and attended the State University at Iowa City two years, graduating from the law department in June, 1881. At the age of seventeen he began teaching school in the country, continuing for two years. After graduating at Iowa City, he was made Principal of the schools at Little Sioux for one year, and in 1883, he was appointed Deputy County Clerk, which position he filled until the fall of 1886, when he was elected County Clerk by a majority of two hundred and eighty, he being the regular nominee on the Republican ticket. At the general election of 1888, he was re-elected by a majority of five hundred and fifty. After leaving the Clerks office, he began the active practice of law, which profession he still follows at Logan.

Politically Mr. ARTHUR is identified with the Republican party, and is one of the strong young Republicans of the county. He is a member of the Masonic Order, belonging to Frontier Lodge No. 382, of A.F. & A.M. at Little Sioux as well as Triune Chapter at Missouri Valley. He was born, reared and educated in Harrison County, and to have been elected to the important office of Clerk of the Courts by good majorities for two terms in succession, is a good index of his ability and popularity in his home county.

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