FRANK J. MACOMBER
The bar of Lewis, at present, has but one representative, Frank J. Macomber.
Frank J. Macomber, attorney at law and real estate agent, at Lewis, was born at Boston, Massachusetts, January 31, 1853. His parents, K. W. and Martha S. (Alexander) Macomber, removed, in 1855, to Cass county, Iowa, and settled one-half mile north of the site of the present city of Atlantic, where they resided till 1860. In that year they moved to Lewis which has since been their home. Frank J. Macomber was educated in the high school at Lewis, then entered the Agricultural College at Ames, and graduated from that institution in 1875. He then assumed the position of principal of the Lewis schools, which he held two years. In the fall of 1877, he entered the law school in Iowa City and graduated in June, 1878. He began the practice of his chosen profession at Atlantic, but in the spring of 1880, removed to Lewis where he has since remained. October 7, 1884, Mr. Macomber was united in marriage with Miss Clara Hill, of Grinnell, a daughter of Henry Hill, of that city. Mr. Macomber's office is located on Main street, upon the south side of Market square. He is doing a flourishing business in the line of real estate, both in Cass and Pottawattamie counties. As a lawyer he is possessed of much ability, and other qualifications which fit him, in an eminent degree, for the practice of that profession.
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. 390.
