a firm believer in the Bible and a valued member of the Methodist church. There were eight children in the family.
Samuel M. McHose began his education in the public schools of Geneseo, and after coming to Nevada in 1876 attended school for two years. His brothers, J. B. and W. E. McHose had established a brickyard at this place to make brick for the new courthouse, and when not in school worked for them, becoming a partner at the end of two years. In 1879 he established himself in business at the Short Line bridge at the foot of Linn street, where he was located for eight years. He then sold out and operated a yard west of the college at Ames for a year, after which he spent two years in St. Anthony, Marshall county. He next went to Packwood, Jefferson county, where he engaged in the manufacture of brick and tile. However, he was again attracted to Nevada and in 1897 he opened his present plant on the Ames road, one mile from the business center of the city. This plant has a capacity of two carloads of tile per day and also possesses the facilities for the manufacture of a fine quality of building brick, the property including fifteen acres of fine clay. In 1905 the main building was destroyed by fire and has been replaced by a three-story brick structure sixty by one hundred and seventy-five feet in foundation area. This building contains the machinery and drying rooms and is supplied with a complete outfit for the manufacture of brick and drain tile according to the most approved modern methods. There are six kilns, each having a capacity of eighteen thousand four-inch tile. The plant gives employment to eighteen men arid is one of the best appointed establishments of the kind in this part of the country. Mr. McHose also owns a handsome modern brick residence, which was erected in 1901, and is quite an extensive landowner, holding at the present time three quarter sections of land in Kossuth county and one thousand acres in the state of Minnesota.
In 1887 Mr. McHose was united in marriage to Miss Sarah M. Sharon, who was born in Marshalltown, Iowa, in 1866, a daughter of Simon and Charlotte (Phillips) Sharon. Her father was a blacksmith by trade and also followed farming. Two children have blessed the union of Mr. and Mrs. McHose: Ray M., who was born at Packwood, Iowa, in 1888 and is now a student in the sophomore class of the Iowa State University, where he is taking a course in ceramic engineering; and Winifred M., also born at Packwood and now one of the successful school teachers of the county.
As a wide-awake and progressive business man Mr. McHose is an active member of the Nevada Commercial Men's Association. He gives his allegiance to the republican party, believing that its principles of protection and centralization are conducive to the prosperity and development of the country. Although not a member of any religious denomination, he is friendly toward them all and extends his support toward those causes which in his opinion will add to the permanent welfare of the community. Mrs. McHose is a valued member of the Christian church and has been to her husband a true and loving helpmate. His success in business has