Biographies For Muscatine County Iowa 1889

Source: Portrait and Biographical Album, Muscatine County, Iowa, 1889, page 290
THOMAS B. TALLANT, real-estate and loan-broker of Muscatine, Iowa, and one of the prominent residents of the city since 1866, was born in Hancock County, Illinois, May 24, 1848, and is a son of Christopher and Elizabeth ( Sheridan ) Tallant. He was educated at the University of Notre Dame, Ind., where he remained nine years. In 1866 he came to Muscatine, and for several years was employed as Deputy in the County Recorder's office. In 1877 he began his present business, in connection with which he has an interest in business of the same character at Ft. Madison, Iowa, under the firm name of Tallant & Person, real-estate and loan brokers.

On the 24th of May, 1871, at Nauvoo, Ill., Mr. Tallant and Miss Anna G. Bucher, daughter of David Bucher, were united in the holy bonds of matrimony. The lady is a native of Pennsylvania, and was born in Lancaster County. Four children have been born of their union: Albert, born in 1872; Harry Allen, in 1876; Katie, born in 1878, died in 1881; and Anna, the youngest, born in 1886. Mr. Tallant is a Republican in politics, but has never been an office-seeker, preferring to devote his attention to his business interests.

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