which he operated in connection with the cultivation of his two-hundred acre farm that he sold to his son-in-law. At one time he was the owner of land in Minnesota, Missouri, and North Dakota, in addition to his Iowa property, but has disposed of his holdings to his children and is now living retired, enjoying the fruits of his former toil. He has a beautiful home in Roland, where he is surrounded by the comforts and many of the luxuries of life, and because of his upright course in business affairs and his unfaltering energy his fellow townsmen rejoice in what he has accomplished and feel that his prosperity has been most worthily won.
EDGAR A. Fawcett.
Edgar A. Fawcett, who through the greater part of his business life has been identified with banking and is now cashier of the First National Bank of Nevada, was born on a farm about four and a half miles south of Colo, December 26, 1871. His parents were Sylvanus S. and Hannah S. (Gifford) Fawcett, natives of Ohio and Maine, respectively. In his childhood days the father accompanied his parents on their removal westward to Wisconsin, where he was reared. He went to California during the first gold excitement in that state, spending six or eight years upon the Pacific coast, after which he returned by way of the Panama route and New York city. He continued a resident of Wisconsin until about 1866, when he drove across the country to Story county, Iowa, settling in New Albany township, where he resided until 1892, when he retired from business life and took up his abode in California. There his remaining days were passed, his death occurring in May, 1908. He had devoted his entire life to farming with the exception of the period spent in mining ' in the far west, and was the owner of a valuable property of two hundred and eighty acres. His widow still survives and is now a resident of Los Angeles, California. In their family were three children : Alfred J., a resident of Maxwell, Iowa; Edgar A.; and Jennie E., who is living with her mother.
Edgar A. Fawcett was born on the old farm homestead and there resided until his father left the farm. He supplemented his public-school education by a business course in Western College at Toledo, Iowa, after which he joined his parents in California and was there engaged in raising oranges and lemons for six years. On the expiration of that period he returned to Iowa, settling at Collins, where he entered the Exchange State Bank in the capacity of bookkeeper, the institution being then known as Hanson's Private Bank. On the 1st of January, 1900, Mr. Fawcett was appointed deputy county treasurer, which position he filled for four years, covering two terms. He was twice elected county treasurer, filling the office for five years. He became connected with the First National Bank of Nevada on the 1st of January, 1909, as assistant cashier and was elected