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         CHARLES GETTS, who is a manufacturer of and dealer in heavy and light harness, saddlery and horse furnishings goods, first established business at Columbus City in the fall of 1884, and in November, 1887, removed to Columbus Junction. He has built up a fine trade, won a reputation for doing good work and keeping excellent goods, and well deserves a liberal patronage.

Mr. Getts was born in Louisa County, Iowa, June 15, 1855, and is a son of Jacob and Hannah (Philman) Getts, who were early settlers of this county, and whose sketch appears elsewhere in this work. Charles received a common-school education, and when eighteen years of age began his apprenticeship to the harness-maker’s trade at Allerton, Iowa. In the fall of 1884 he opened a shop in Columbus City, as before stated, and removed to Columbus Junction Nov. 27, 1887.

At Columbus City, on the 24th of April, 1880, Mr. Getts and Miss Harriet Spencer were united in marriage. The lady was born in Dresden, Muskingum Co., Ohio, is a daughter of Wiseman Spen- . . .

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. . . cer, and came to Louisa county in 1874. Two children have been born of their union, a son and a daughter: Bertie, aged six years, and Elsie, aged four. Mrs. Getts is a member of the United Presbyterian Church, and in political sentiment Mr. Getts is a Republican.