L. L. DELANO
L. L. DeLano, attorney at law, of Atlantic, first came to this county in 1868, settling at that time in Lewis, where he remained engaged in the practice of his profession until the year following, when he came to Atlantic, where he is now living, and is widely known, having a considerable practice in the State and United States courts. He is a native of Washington county, Ohio, and spent his youth upon a farm near Marietta. He is of English and French extraction, and was born January I7, 1846. His early education was obtained in the common schools of his native county, supplemented by a course of instruction at the Glendale high school in Washington county. When eighteen years old his father died, and thus being thrown upon his own resources, he soon afterwards taught school a short time, and then came to Iowa, first stopping at Indianola, Warren county, where he entered the law office of Maxwell and Brian. He was ad- mitted to the bar March 16, 1868, Judge Maxwell presiding. He was married October 1, 1868, to Martha A. Hockett. They have five children--Zeta G., Zoe L., Zeb. II. Zac. W. and Zella M. Mr. DeLano is the president of the school board, and has the respect and confidence of the community in which he lives.
Contributed by Lisa Varnes-Rex from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pg. 384.
