cent years he has leased the most of his tillable land, doing but little farming himself.
In 1895 Mr. Burroughs was united in marriage to Miss Martha Clementine Byers, of Maxwell, Iowa. They attend the Presbyterian church, in which they hold membership and of which Mr. Burroughs has been an elder for years. He casts his ballot with the democratic party, feeling the policy of that party best subserves the interests of the public at large. He has never aspired to public office as a reward of party fealty but has devoted his life to private rather than public interests. He is identified with the Masonic fraternity through membership in Herald Lodge, No. 455, A. F. & A. M. Mr. Burroughs is one of the representative men of Indian Creek township and by his high standard of life and honorable business dealings has won and held the respect and esteem of all with whom he has come in contact.
ELLIS J. PENFIELD.
Ellis J. Penfield is sole owner and manager of the Bank of Kelley and is also engaged in the real-estate and insurance business in the town. He is one of the most enterprising citizens here, and the spirit of public progress which characterizes his business life is also manifest in his citizenship. His labors have therefore been an element in the growth and development of this community, and his worth is widely acknowledged by his fellow townsmen.
His birth occurred in Tazewell county, Illinois, on the 15th of May, 1873, his parents being F. W. and Betty J. (Nutty) Penfield, natives of Tazewell county, Illinois, and of Virginia, respectively. They are now residents of Kelley but for many years the father followed farming, gaining thereby a comfortable competence that now enables him to live retired. Their family numbered two sons and a daughter: L. R., now a resident of Des Moines ; Mrs. Esther V. Wood, a widow, who is living with her parents in Kelley; and Ellis J., of this review.
The last named was reared upon the old home farm in the county of his nativity to the age of sixteen years. He attended the public schools of the neighborhood and in vacation periods assisted in the work of the farm as far as age and strength qualified him. In 1889 he went to Wallace, Nebraska, and secured a clerical position in the Wallace Security Bank, where he was employed for six years, gaining comprehensive knowledge of the banking business in its various departments. In 1895 he established his home in Nevada, Iowa, where he engaged in the real-estate and insurance business for a period of seven years. In July, 1902, however, he removed to Kelley and purchased of W. P. Starr the Bank of Kelley, of which he is now sole owner and manager. He maintains a high standard of service to the public, and the bank is regarded as a perfectly safe and reliable finan-