of his death. The portrait of Captain Thomas Clifton McCall hangs in the gallery of Iowa's distinguished citizens' in the state Historical building at Des Moines, Iowa. At one time he was a member of the state central committee and did everything in his power to further the interests of the republican party, believing firmly in its principles as factors in good government. He was for many years a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and for a long period was an elder in the Presbyterian church. His business affairs were most carefully conducted and by judicious investment he became an extensive landowner, having over three thousand acres at one time. By his first marriage he had one son, John A., now a practicing attorney at Des Moines. After losing his first wife he wedded Mary A. Boynton and unto them were born three children: Minnie Ellen, now the wife of A. E. Cronenwett, of Monrovia, California; Fred C., of this review; and Edward M., an attorney of Nevada. For his third wife the father chose Clara Kennedy, of Carrollton, Ohio, and she is now a resident of Nevada. There was one son of this marriage who died at the age of five years.
In the public schools of Nevada, Iowa, Fred C. McCall pursued his education until he had completed the course, except the last term, leaving the high school to enter the State Agricultural College at Ames, Iowa, in February, 1884. He afterward spent a summer in Colorado and about a year in California, and upon his return to Nevada engaged in the real estate business in connection with his father, the partnership continuing from 1889 until the father's death on the 11th of August, 1892. Fred C. McCall then continued in the real estate business under his own name, operating quite extensively in property here until appointed postmaster of Nevada on the 1st of February, 1902. He took charge of the office on the 1st of March, 1902, and has filled the position to the present time, having been twice reappointed. He is, moreover, well known in financial circles of this city as a director of the First National Bank, to which office he was elected six years ago. His business enterprise makes him a valued factor of the community, and he has brought to his official duties the same progressive spirit and close application which characterizes the conduct of his private business.
On the 2d of September, 1890, Mr. McCall was married to Miss Alice Klove, a native of Iowa and a daughter of Edwin Klove, of Nevada, of whom mention is made elsewhere in this work. Her death occurred in February, 1891, and on the 7th of May, 1895, Mr. McCall was joined in wedlock to Edith V. Ferner, who was born in this city and is a daughter of James D. Ferner, who was postmaster here prior to Mr. McCall's appointment to the office and is now deceased. His widow survives him and still makes her home in Nevada. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Fred C. McCall has been blessed with two children, Thomas Clifton and Elva Hazel.