Twice-A-Week News Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa 1898
R. F. MORFORD.
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R. F. MORFORD, the lively and good-natured gentleman who deftly removes superfluous hair and beard for a small consideration,
having his shop under H. H. WILSON'S grocery [Mount Ayr], was born in Cincinnati June 8, 1853. He was employed by the
Cincinnati Ice Co., and then came to Iowa in 1877. After following farming a few years he took to mercantile pursuits, living
successively in Villisca, New Market and Maryville. In 1889 he was a proprietof of a shop. He was married in 1887 to Miss
Addie E. McCARTY. They are the parents of three winsome children. Mr. MORFORD is a member of the masonic and woodmen orders
and the Methodist Church.
Residence of R. F. MORFORD, Mount Ayr
Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, May of 2010
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