WARREN M. BOYER.

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         Warren M. Boyer, a well known and enterprising citizen of Wapello, has there been engaged in the livery business for the past nine years and has resided upon his present farm since April, 1810. His birth occurred in Pike county, Missouri, on the 16th of February, 1877, his parents being Michael and Margaret Boyer, who were natives of Ohio and Virginia respectively. They came to Louisa county, Iowa, at an early day and subsequently removed to Missouri, in which state the father passed away. He was four times married and had three children by each wife. The children born of the first and second marriages are all deceased. Those by the third wife are: Clint, a resident of Wisconsin; Lottie, the wife of George Phiffer, of Lone Tree, Iowa; and Ella, the wife of Robert Young, of Wapello. The mother of our subject, who was the fourth wife, makes her home in Wapello, and the children born to her are: John, who is a resident of Wapello; Utica, the wife of J. Adams, of Wapello; and Warren M., of this review.

         The last named acquired his education in the common schools and remained under the parental roof until twenty-one years of age. On attaining his majority he began working on a farm, devoting his attention to general agricultural pursuits until he embarked in the livery business at Wapello. He owns eighteen head of horses and enjoys a liberal patronage.

         In 1900 Mr. Boyer was united in marriage to Miss Grace Finley, a native of Louisa county and a daughter of S. S. and Mary J. Finley, whose family . . .

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. . . numbered seven children. Mr. Finley died in this county but his widow still resides here. Mr. Boyer gives his political allegiance to the republican party, believing that its principles are most conductive to good government. He is a man of many sterling traits of character, reliable in business, progressive in citizenship and at all times trustworthy and honorable.