Harrison County Iowa Genealogy

HISTORY OF HARRISON COUNTY, IOWA, 1915
BIOGRAPHIES
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ROBERT W. HARVEY

The HARVEY family has been prominently identified with the history of Harrison county, Iowa, since 1854, when Addison L. HARVEY, the father of Robert W. HARVEY, located at St. Johns. For half a century the elder HARVEY was a prominent man in the history of the county, during which time he held various county offices and took a leading part in the financial history of the county. Robert W. HARVEY was graduated from the pharmacy department of the State University of Iowa in 1897, and has since been engaged in the drug business. He was in business in Missouri Valley with a partner for a few years, but for more than ten years, has been conducting his own store.

Robert W. HARVEY, the son of Addison L. and Margaret (MILLER) HARVEY, was born at Magnolia, Harrison county, Iowa, February 10, 1875. His parents were both born in the state of New York and married in that state.

About 1854 Addison L. HARVEY and his family came to Harrison county, Iowa, and located at the old town of St. Johns, where they resided for some years. Mr. HARVEY was a lawyer and banker and for twenty-six years was engaged in the banking business in the county. He was one of the first county officers and held the office of treasurer and clerk, these two departments of the county administration being then united in one office. In 1877 Addison L. HARVEY moved to Logan and died in the county seat about 1903, his wife passing away the same year. Seven children were born to Addison L. HARVEY and wife, six of whom are living, Mrs. Sears McHenry, of Dennison, Iowa; Charles A., of Logan, Iowa; George H., of Logan; Harry L., of Dallas, South Dakota; Frank, of Juneau, Alaska, and Robert W., of Missouri Valley.

Robert W. HARVEY was graduated from the Logan high school in 1893, and then went to work in a drug store in Logan and spent two years there before deciding to make the drug business his life work. He then became a student in the pharmacy department of Iowa State University at Iowa City and was graduated with the class of 1897. During the winter of 1898-99 he worked in a pharmacy at Omaha, and in May, 1899, moved to Missouri Valley and engaged in the drug business with S. S. Elliott. This firm continued together for five years, at the end of which time Mr. HARVEY assumed full control of the business and has since been conducting it alone. He has a modern drug store and carries a complete line of drugs and druggists' sundries, and such has been the management of the store that he has built up a large and lucrative trade in the city and throughout the surrounding community. In addition to his drug store he owns eighty acres of land north of the city, to which he gives his personal attention.

On June 7, 1905, Robert W. HARVEY was united in marriage with Vera A. FOSS, the daughter of T. FOSS, of Missouri Valley, and to this union one son, George Edward, has been born.

Mr. HARVEY is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons and has attained to the chapter degree. He is also a member of the Knights of Pythias and the Modern Woodmen of America. In politics he gives his support to the Republican party, but has never been inclined to be active in its councils. He is a man of fine address and reflects honor upon a name which is one of the best known in Harrison county.

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