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         HARVEY DELZELL, a member of the firm of Delzell & Swan, dealers in groceries and provisions, of Morning Sun, Iowa, was born in Licking County, Ohio, April 17, 1835, and in 1848 came with his parents to this county, where he was educated in the log school-house so common in the early days of the new country. He was reared upon a farm, and remained under the parental roof until 1865, when he wedded Miss Mary A. Wright, who was born in Indiana, and is a daughter of Henry Wright, who settled in Louisa County in 1855. Mr. and Mrs. Delzell are the parents of three children: Samuel W., who became the husband of Miss Rena Wilson; James M. and Cora J., who are yet with their parents.

At the time of Mr. Delzell’s arrival in this county, Morning Sun had not yet sprung into existence, and the country was almost an unsettled wilderness. He commenced life without financial aid, but his own efforts, assisted by those of his estimable wife, have gained a comfortable property. Overcoming all obstacles and surmounting all difficulties, he labored on, and by fair dealing and industry is now one of the well-to-do business men of the county. In connection with his other business interests he owns a farm of ninety acres, seventy-three of which are under cultivation. In his political sentiments Mr. Delzell is a Democrat, earnest in advocating the principles of his party.