West Liberty History 1838-1938

Source: One Hundred Years of History
* Commemorating a Century of Progress in the West Liberty Community * WEST LIBERTY, IOWA
DO YOU KNOW?

That E. H. Mackey is the only Spanish-American war veteran now living in West Liberty. He enlisted at the first call, June 8, 1898, in the 51st Iowa Co. F. Infantry. In a few days he sailed for San Francisco, for the Philippines where he was in active service in the Filipino Insurrection in Luzon, P. I., in 1899, he had seen active service in 21 battles and engagements.

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That seven of the nine children in the A. B. Family, Will, Nettie, Albert, Andrew, Paul, Mabel, Nellie, are alumni of the local school.

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That all nine children in the Charles Wolf family, eight sons and one daughter, are graduates of the West Liberty high school: Ralph C., Wade P., John Clark, Kenneth N., Herbert Ivan, Howard M., Raymond G., Robert H., and Alice. The latter two boys are twins.

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That W. W. Anderson is the oldest business man now operating his store. The Andersons came here from Colfax 44 years ago last April, Friday 13.

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That in the D. C. Anderson family, Jessie, ( deceased ), Margaret, Mary, Elizabeth, Carolyn, Robert, alumni of the West Liberty high school, two were valedictorians, one salutatorian, one third high.

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That Miss Nellie Dillingham still lives in the same house in which she was born.

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That Ray Inghram has been custodian in the schools for more than 20 years.

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That the Wolf twins, Raymond and Robert, and the Harney Twins, George Jr., and Margaret, were graduated in the same class, 1924.

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That Mrs. E. W. Brooke, formerly Lide Mendenhall, who came to Iowa in 1890, will observe her 97th birthday Dec. 27, 1938.

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That Mrs. George Harney, Sr., and her seven children, Robert, James, George Jr., Margaret, Helen, Ruth, Frances, are all graduates of the local schools. Mrs. Harney graduated in 1893.

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