ticket and, taking an active interest in politics, he filled the office of township assessor for twelve years.
Arthur Ray Johnson received his early education in the common schools of Hardin county and later he attended Highland Park College at Des Moines, Iowa, for a while. In 1904 he came to McCallsburg, where he was employed in the bank for two years, and at the end of that time he formed a partnership with N. H. Nelson and they are engaged in the land, loan and insurance business under the firm name of the Nelson & Johnson Investment Company. Both members of the firm are popular in McCallsburg, where their ability and high principles have won for them recognition as men wh0 are building up a clientage on a policy of fair dealing and strict integrity.
Mr. Johnson was united in marriage on the 1st of January, 1909, to Miss Ethyl Babcock, a daughter of F. D. Babcock of McCallsburg. They attend the Presbyterian church in which Mr. Johnson holds membership. Ever since age conferred upon him the right of suffrage he has cast his ballot for the candidates of the prohibition party, and although he has never taken a particularly active interest in local politics he is always at the polls on election day to fulfill his duty as a citizen.
THOMAS JEFFERSON MILLER.
Thomas Jefferson Miller resides at No. 211 South Kellogg street in Ames, where he has made his home since 1896. He has lived retired during the past three years but previously was engaged in agricultural and commercial pursuits and also served in public office. He was born in McLean county, Illinois, November 21, 1841, a son of John and Blanche (Taylor) Miller, natives of Kentucky and Virginia, respectively. The father was born July 29, 1801, and the mother on the 20th of March, 1809. In childhood they went with their respective parents to Champaign county, Ohio, where they were reared and married, and in 1826 they removed to McLean county, Illinois, where they resided for two decades. The year 1856 witnessed their arrival in Story county, Iowa, and, settling upon a farm in Franklin township, they there spent their remaining days, the father passing away January 15, 1886, while his wife survived until October 24, 1889. In addition to farming he operated a sawmill for a number of years after his arrival. He entered several tracts of land in the western part of the state but did not reside thereon, although at one time he owned a thousand acres: In business affairs he displayed sound judgment, keen discrimination and unfaltering energy and upon those qualities he builded his success, which made him one of the substantial residents of the county. His political allegiance was given to the whig party until its dissolution, when he joined the ranks of the new republican party, which he supported until his death.