Harrison County Iowa Genealogy

HISTORY OF HARRISON COUNTY, IOWA, 1891
BIOGRAPHIES
Page 479
LOUIS E. MASSIE

Louis E. MASSIE, present Treasurer of Harrison County, has been a resident of this locality since 1868. He came from Virginia to Iowa, locating in Missouri Valley that year. He was born in Virginia in 1849. His father was a farmer and our subject's early life was spent in assisting his father and attending the common schools of the Old Dominion State, remaining at home until he was nineteen years of age. His parents were T. B. and Margaret MASSIE, natives of Virginia and of Irish ancestry. They reared a family of ten children of whom Louis was the oldest.

After coming to Harrison County our subject engaged in merchandising, and was elected to the office of County Treasurer in 1887 by a majority of three on the Democratic ticket. In the fall of 1889 was re-elected by a majority of nine hundred and ninety-nine, and again in 1891, by a majority of seven hundred and eight, which shows conclusively the popularity of the man and the ability he exhibited in the performance of his official duties. No Treasurer in Harrison County has filled this position with more credit to himself and with greater satisfaction to the taxpayers than has our subject, he having always been obliging both in and out of office.

Politically, Mr. MASSIE believes in the principles of the Democratic Party, casting his first vote for President, for Samuel J. TILDEN. He was united in marriage in 1879 to Miss L. E, SNOWDEN, the daughter of John and Susan SNOWDEN, who were natives of Illinois; her early life was spent in Boonville, Mo., where she attained her education. By this marriage three children were born�L. B., C. B. and F. B.

Our subject was bereaved by the loss of his wife in 1883. She died while yet in the prime of her womanhood.

Mr. MASSIE is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and belongs to Valley Lodge No. 232. A. F. & A. M.; Tribune Chapter, at Missouri Valley and also to Ivanhoe Commandery of Knight Templars, at Council Bluffs.

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