Harrison County Iowa Genealogy

HISTORY OF HARRISON COUNTY, IOWA, 1891
BIOGRAPHIES
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WILLIAM J. CALENDER

William J. CALENDER, a resident of Woodbine, Iowa, was born in Racine County, Wis., April 8, 1857, and came with his parents to Harrison County, settling at Woodbine in 1868. His parents were Thomas and Jane CALENDER, natives of Ireland.

Our subject's early youth was spent, as was that of most of the Badger State boys, working and attending the district school. In the autumn of 1876, he entered BAILEY'S Business College at Keokuk, Iowa, where he remained six months, and came back to Woodbine, where he spent six months in the railroad office, learning telegraphy, after which he engaged as a clerk for C. D. STEVENS, with whom he remained in the capacity of salesman for three years. We next find him employed as a salesman for KIBLER Bros., with whom he was associated for nearly eight years, when he erected a business house and engaged in the grocery business, and February 16, 1891, took W. D. HAYWORTH as a partner.

Our subject was married to Miss Alice M. SISSON, in Woodbine, April 14, 1881 and they are the parents of three children � Harry C., born July 31, 1882; Camilla M., December 8, 1885; Ivyl C., April 28, 1887; Camilla M. died May 1, 1886. Our subject's wife was born in New York State, April 2, 1863, and remained with her parents until the date of her marriage.

Politically, our subject is identified with the Republican Party, and in religious matters, he is a Presbyterian.

He is a charter member of Lodge, No. 405, I. O. O. F. of Woodbine.

Thus far in life, Mr. CALENDER has made a good record, possessing the characteristics of a good businessman, and forming a wide acquaintance in and about Woodbine, where he has established himself in a lucrative retail grocery trade.

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