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Muscatine County Iowa
1911
| History of Muscatine County Iowa 1911 | |
Source: History of Muscatine County Iowa, Volume I, 1911, page 376
JUDGE GEORGE MEASON. On the morning of October 14, 1886, Judge George Meason died in this city. He was born in Lafayette county, Pennsylvania, in 1806, where he early attained great personal popularity and was elected to the most important trusts of his county, serving as treasurer and sheriff, commissioner and associate judge. In 1852 he removed to Iowa and was elected judge of Muscatine county in 1855, and afterward filled the office of assessor of internal revenue of this district and was mayor of the city for eight consecutive years.
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