JASPER NORTHUP.
Jasper Northup is generally recognized as one of the energetic and well-known business men of Audubon county, who, by his enterprise and progressive methods, has contributed in a material way to the commercial advancement of the locality where he lives. In the course of an honorable career he has been successful in the manifold lines to which his efforts have been directed, and enjoying, as he does, distinct prestige among the representative business men of his community, it is proper that attention be called to his achievements and due credit be accorded to his worth as an enterprising citizen of this great county.
Jasper Northup, a well-known building contractor of Audubon, Iowa, was born on March 18, 1873, in Johnson county, Nebraska. He is the son of Nathan and Harriet (Sherlock) Northup, early settlers of Audubon county. Jasper Northup resided in Nebraska with his parents until 1877, and then came with them to Iowa county, Iowa. In 1882 he came to Audubon county and settled in Douglas township, where he was reared and attended school. Since his boyhood, Mr. Northup has worked at the brick and stonemason's trade. He learned the trade early in life and in 1899 began contracting on his own account. In 1903 Mr. Northup went west and located in Nebraska. Here he followed construction and building for six years and worked principally in McCook, where he erected several brick business blocks. Mr. Northup also did extensive work in towns not far from McCook. In 1909 he was engaged in construction work in Denver and along the Pacific coast, in Washington and in Idaho. He returned to Iowa in the fall of 1912, and resumed his trade in this state. In the spring of 1914, Mr. Northup engaged in some construction work for Audubon county and is now engaged actively in the erection of concrete bridges.
Jasper Northup was married, June 7, 1892, to Elizabeth Quinn, of Johnson county, Iowa. To this happy union four children have been born, Edna, the wife of William Liberty, of Denver, Colorado. They have one child, Richard Francis; Roy is at home; Elsie is the wife of Benjamin Liberty, of Denver, Colorado, and they have one child; George lives at home.
Mr. Northnp is identified with the Democratic party, but although he supports the candidate for the Democratic party in national politics, he is more or less independent in local affairs. Jasper Northup is a man who is well known in Audubon county. He is a progressive, wide-awake, up-to-date business man who believes in twentieth-century methods. He is genial in his manner and is highly esteemed by a large circle of friends and acquaintances.
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Transcribed from History of Audubon County, Iowa Its People, Industries and Institutions With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families, by H. F. Andrews, editor, Indianapolis: B. F. Bowen & Company, 1915, pp. 434-435.
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