OLIVER W. McGREW, M.D.

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         Dr. Oliver W. McGrew, who for the past six years has been engaged in the practice of his profession in Grand View, was born in Ohio on the 10th of July, 1873, and is a son of A. J. and Abbie (Armstrong) McGrew, also natives of the Buckeye state. They resided in Ohio until 1892 when they migrated to Iowa, settling on a farm in Louisa county where they spent their later years. Mr. McGrew passed away in 1898, but his wife survived until 1911. Of their union there were born six children: Mary, who is the wife of E. A. Sheets, of West Virginia; Finley B., who is a resident of Louisa county; E. S., of Spirit Lake, Iowa; Addie, who is living on the old homestead; Oliver W; and Anna, who passed away at the age of thirty-six.

         The preliminary education of Oliver W. McGrew had been practically completed when his parents located in Iowa, at which time he was nineteen years of age. He then took up the profession of teaching with which he was identified . . .

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. . . for seven years. He subsequently entered the Keokuk Medical College, from which institution he was graduated with the degree of doctor of medicine with the class of 1905. Immediately following he came to Grand View, where he established an office and has ever since followed his profession. During the period of his residence here he has succeeded in building up a very satisfactory practice in both the town and surrounding country.

         Dr. McGrew was married in 1894 to Miss Hattie Klotz, who was born in Louisa county on the 5th of November, 1875, and is a daughter of T. J. and Anna (Stapp) Klotz. The father was a native of Pennsylvania and the mother of Indiana, but they were married in Iowa, and the father subsequently engaged in farming in Louisa county. Seven children were born unto Mr. and Mrs. Klotz, namely: R. L., who is living in Columbus Junction; Ada, the wife of William Probst, of West Liberty, Iowa; Hattie, now Mrs. McGrew; Effie, who married J. D. Darrow, of Columbus Junction; Meda, the wife of William Blender, of Carthage, Illinois; Pearl, who married Levering Palmer, also of Carthage; and Paul, who lives in Columbus Junction.

         Unto the union of Dr. and Mrs. McGrew have been born three children: Faye who was born on the 8th of April, 1895, a graduate of the high school; Edwin A., born on the 5th of October, 1898, now attending school; and Carlton K., whose birth occurred on the 28th of November, 1910.

         The family always attend the religious services of the Methodist Episcopal church in which both Dr. and Mrs. McGrew hold membership, and in that congregation they number many friends.