ments, all of which are kept in the best of repair, and the well tilled fields each year yield abundant harvests. In addition to his homestead Mr. Peddicord owns one hundred and sixty acres in McCook county, South Dakota, and one-half section in Texas, making the aggregate of his realty holdings eight hundred acres.
Mr. Peddicord was united in marriage to Miss Maggie McMichael, a daughter of James McMichael, a Scotchman and pioneer of Illinois. Four children were born of this marriage, who are as follows : James A., who died at the age of four years; Roy; Margaret; and Isabelle.
Ever since age conferred upon him the right of suffrage Mr. Peddicord has cast his vote for the democratic party. He has never been particularly active in politics, however, not aspiring to public honors, but has, owing to his warm interest in educational matters, served on the school board. He is known as one of the substantial citizens of the county, his early endeavors and industry having been rewarded by a gratifying success, the achievement of which has never caused any one to question his methods or integrity.
THOMAS J. LOUGHRAN.
By natural talents and education Thomas J. Loughran, of Ames, was adapted for a mercantile career and he early became identified with the drug business, in which he has attained a gratifying measure of success. He was born at Des Moines, Iowa, April 30, 1869, and removed in 1885 to Ames with his parents, Edmund and Sarah A. Loughran, both of whom are now residents of that city. The father was born in County Armagh, Ireland, June 30, 1832, and came to the United States when fifteen years of age. After spending a few months in Hampshire county, Virginia, now West Virginia, he went to Wheeling and engaged in the machinery business until 1855. He then went to New York city and accepted a position with Cox, Richardson & Boynton, stove manufacturers of Westchester county, New York. In 1857 he came t0 Des Moines, Iowa, where he engaged in the manufacturing business. On the 2d of January, 1864, in response to a call for troops t0 assist in bringing the rebellion to an end, he enlisted in the First Iowa Battery and participated in the battles of Atlanta and Resaca and in other important engagements. On the 5th of July, 1865, he was honorably discharged and mustered out at Davenport, Iowa, after which he reentered the manufacturing business. In 1874 he purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land in Jasper county, Iowa, which he cultivated for ten years, and then came to Ames, buying the farm implement business of Shields & Cook, of which he was at the head for eighteen years. He has lived retired since 1902.
On the 6th of February, 1854, Edmund Loughran was married to Miss Sarah A. Bryer, and nine children were born of this union, namely : John