left leg that amputation was necessary and on the 13th of August, 1863, he was discharged because of disability, subsequently returning to his home in this county. In 1869 he was elected the first auditor of Story county, ably serving in that capacity for one term. He next purchased and located on the farm which is now in possession of his son, A. S. McCord, residing thereon for a number of years. In 1883 he was stricken with paralysis and soon afterward took up his abode in Nevada, where he passed away on the 2d of October, 1886, when almost sixty years of age. He had met with success in his undertakings as an agriculturist and accumulated about four hundred and twenty acres of Story county's most valuable farm land. His fraternal relations were with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and he was buried with the honors of the Maxwell and Nevada lodges. His political allegiance was given to the republican party and he was widely recognized as one of the representative and most highly esteemed citizens of the community. On the 12th of January, 1851, in Des Moines county, Iowa, he wedded Miss Sarah E. Smith, who was born near Springfield, Illinois. Their children were nine in number, namely : Jacob W., of this review; Mary, the deceased wife of John Ray; Nancy, the wife of James T. White, of Ames, Iowa; Abraham S., living in Collins township, Story county; Alice, at home; Rachel E., the wife of Clifford Funk, of Des Moines, Iowa; Sherman G., who is a resident of Nevada, Iowa; Elias S., a practicing physician and surgeon of Delmar, Iowa; and Charles P., of Nevada, Iowa.
Jacob W. McCord was reared under the parental roof and in the acquirement 0f an education first attended the district schools, while later he continued his studies in the Nevada city schools. He was married when about twenty-eight years of age and continued farming as a renter for the next five or six years. His present farm of one hundred and sixty acres in Collins township has been his place of abode for the past twenty-six years and, he has lived in his present residence since the spring of 1892. In connection with the tilling of the soil he raises shorthorn cattle and Duroc Jersey hogs, keeping only the best blooded stock. This proves a profitable source of income to him and as the years go by he is meeting with the measure of success which always crowns persistent, well directed labor.
On the 4th of February, 1879, Mr. McCord was united in marriage to Miss Martha Dunahoo, a daughter of John Dunahoo, of whom more extended mention is made in the sketch of M. R. Dunahoo, a brother of Mrs. McCord. Mr. McCord gives his political allegiance to the republican party and has served as a member of the board of township trustees for about sixteen years. The cause of education has always found in him a stanch champion and he served for many years as a member of the school board. He belongs to Fervent Lodge No. 519, A. F. & A. M., and Crescent Camp, No. 2358, M. W. A., while both he and his wife are members, of the Eastern Star at Collins and Sunbeam Lodge No. 181, Mystic Workers of America. They likewise belong to the United Brethren church, of which