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         ROBERT J. REANEY, of the firm of Reaney Bros., clothiers, of Columbus Junction, Iowa, was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, July 21, 1856, and is a son of Joseph and Elizabeth Reaney. His parents were born in Ireland, of Scotch parentage, were married July 28, 1854, and emigrated to America in 1863. They are now residents of Concord Township, Louisa Co., Iowa.

Our subject received a common-school education, and came with his parents to this county in 1871. He was reared to farm labor, and also learned the carpenter’s trade, at which he worked from his eighteenth year until 1884, and at intervals since. On the 12th of December, 1887, he was united in marriage, in Muscatine County, Iowa, with Miss Belle Eliason, a daughter of Levi Eliason, who is a resident of that county. Mr. Reaney formed the existing partnership with his brother Samuel in April, 1888. He is a Republican in politics, strongly in favor of high tariff, and at present makes his home upon the farm in Concord Township.