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         S. W. ALFRED, of the firm of S. W. Alfred & Co., breeders of imported thoroughbred horses, is a native of Iowa, born in Keokuk County, Jan. 31, 1858, and is a son of Thornton and Paradine (Hawkins) Alfred, who are still living, and reside in Washington County, Iowa. The father is a native of Ohio, the mother of Indiana, and both were pioneer settlers of this State. Our subject was reared to agricultural pursuits in Washington County, near the Louisa County line, and they are the parents of three children, all boys—Edgar, Clarence and Albia.

Mr. Alfred was engaged in stock-raising and farming in Union Township from the time of his marriage until the spring of 1886, when he removed to Columbus Junction, and engaged in his present business, his brother-in-law, Abram McGuire, being associated with him in this business, of which a sketch appears in the history of Columbus Junction.