of
Muscatine County Iowa
1911
| History of Muscatine County Iowa 1911 | |
Source: History of Muscatine County Iowa, Volume I, 1911, pages 376-377
ALDEN BROOMHALL. Allen Broomhall was a native of Ohio, born in Belmont county, May 26, 1834. He received his primary education in a log schoolhouse of his native town, and in 1856 located at West Liberty, in Muscatine county, where he first purchased some wild land, which he improved and divided into farms. Subsequently he read law under the direction of Hon. Jerome Carskaddan, and in January, 1861, was admitted to the bar. He removed to Muscatine in 1863 and practiced his profession for many years. He formed a law partnership with Hon. D. C. Cloud, which continued nine years, and in 1875 was in partnership with Judge J. Scott Richman, which business connection continued until the spring of 1877. In 1873 he was elected president of the school board and again in 1874. In 1885 he formed a law partnership with John M. Kemble. Mr. Broomhall died in the fall of 1892.
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