B., now living at Scott, Kansas ; Sarah, who married W. H. Wintersteen and lives at Hartford, South Dakota ; Edmund James, of Madison county, Iowa; one who died in infancy; Stephen L., a record of whom appears elsewhere in this work; Thomas J., the subject of this review; Jennie E., the wife of F. M. Coulter, of Ames; William B., who died at the age of thirty-six years ; and Mary B., now living at Los Angeles, California. Mr. Loughran and his wife are members of the First United Presbyterian church of Des Moines, while politically he gives his support to the republican party. He is a member of Ellsworth Post, No. 30, G. A. R., of Ames, and is one of the highly honored citizens of this city.
Thomas J. Loughran received his education in the public schools of Ames and Des Moines and pursued the pharmaceutical course at Highland Park College of Des Moines. He has been connected with the drug business in Ames since 1886 and is now a member of the firm of Loughran & Bauer, one of the leading drug firms in the city. By close and conscientious attention to his vocation he has built up an enviable reputation as one 0f the substantial and representative men of the community.
On the 2d of February, 1895, Mr. Loughran was united in marriage at Shannon, Illinois, to Miss Kathryn Sherwood, and two children have blessed this union, Ella Georganna and Harold Sherwood.
Politically Mr. Loughran supports the candidates and principles 0f the republican party, and his religious views are indicated by membership in the United Presbyterian church. He became a member of the First church at Des Moines in 1892 while attending college. A gentleman of pleasing address and attractive personality, he possesses business energy and judgment that have materially assisted him in the accomplishment of a noble ambition. He and his wife have a wide acquaintance and are held in high regard by a large circle of friends wherever they are known.
JAMES E. Hull.
The name of James E. Hull is well known to cattlemen and farmers in this section of the state as he has been exhibiting his stock at the local fairs for more than ten years. He is the son of James E. and Julia L. (Addis) Hull and was born in the capital city of this state on the 20th of December, 1865. His father was a native of the Empire state and his mother of Indiana, but they were married in Des Moines, Iowa, on the 15th of May, 1860, his mother having come to Iowa with her parents, who were among the early settlers of Des Moines. Mr. Hull, who was a lawyer and a civil engineer, went there with a government surveying party and later opened an office and began the practice of law. He served one term as city clerk, having been elected on the democratic ticket, and later ran for mayor on the same ticket but the election was carried by a large republican plurality.