Biographies For Muscatine County Iowa 1889

Source: Portrait and Biographical Album, Muscatine County, Iowa, 1889, page 179
ANDREW J. SMALLEY, now living on section 1, Seventy-Six Township, was born in Bloomington Township, Muscatine County, in 1848, and is a son of Shepard and Minerva ( Drury ) Smalley, whose sketch appears elsewhere in this work. He remained an inmate of his father's home until he was twenty-four years of age, engaged from the time he was large enough to work in assisting in the arduous labors of the farm. He then launched out to do business on his own responsibility, first entering into mercantile life. In this line of work, which he followed for two years, he was quite successful, but having been reared upon a farm, the necessary confinement of a store proved irksome to him and he abandoned it. He therefore bought a farm of 240 acres, partially improved, about fifty acres having been plowed, upon which there was an old frame house, but no stable or shelter of any kind for stock. Evidently, since its purchase, the life of Mr Smalley has been one of industry and toil, for the whole is now under fence, seventy acres have been plowed, while seventy more are used as pasture land, the remaining 100 being timber land. A comfortable frame house was erected in 1875, at the cost of $1,000, and in 1887 a good barn was built, worth $800, the mow of which will contain forty-five tons of hay. Many other useful and ornamental improvements have been made, transforming the once wild land into one of the finest farms in Seventy-Six Township. Mr Smalley is a farmer of modern habits, feeding all the grain and hay he raises to his stock, as a rule selling nothing but hogs and cattle. He makes a specialty of grazing cattle, all graded stock, and sells directly to the feeders.

On Sept.14, 1874, Mr. Smalley was united in marriage with Rosa Hintermeister, a daughter of Jacob and Rosa ( Dold ) Hintermeister, natives of Germany. The mother died in 1873, but Mr. Hintermeister is now living with his children, and is sixty-eight years of age. By the union of Mr. and Mrs Smalley two children have been born: Carrie E., an intelligent and bright-eyed little girl, ten years of age, of whom the parents are justly proud, and who was born Sept. 16, 1878; and Sadie M., a darling little six year old daughter, the pet of the family, who was born Jan. 3, 1883. Mr. Smalley is a public-spirited man, taking an active part in politics and in public affairs generally. He votes with the Democratic party, and for the last six years has served as the efficient Assessor of Seventy-Six Township. Although not a member of any church, he has always been a liberal contributor to the cause of religion, and his influence and financial support have ever been given to any enterprise for the public welfare. To him, Mrs Smalley has been most truly a helpmate, sharing with him his joys and sorrows, encouraging him by her loving sympathy, and performing those many little acts of kindness which only a wife can perform. This worthy couple receive the respect and esteem of all who know them, and none are more deservedly popular.

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