Dr. Glann is a republican in politics and was elected coroner of Story county in November, 1910. In religious faith he is a Catholic, while fraternally he is identified with the Knights of Columbus, the Modern Woodmen of America and the Mystic Workers of the World. In his chosen life work he is making continued advancement, his patronage steadily growing as he gives proof of his ability to cope with the complex problems that continually confront the physician.
FRANK THOMPSON, M. D.
Dr. Frank Thompson, a prominent resident of Cambridge, was long and successfully identified with the medical profession in Story county but during the past four years has lived practically retired. Financial interests have also claimed his attention and he is now the vice president of the Citizens State Bank. His birth occurred in Iowa Center, this county, on the 14th of July, 1858, his parents being James and Harriet (Haines) Thompson, both of whom were natives of Ohio. The father was born in Perry county, while the mother's birth occurred in Licking county. They were married at Granville, Ohio, in December, 1856, and the following spring came west to Story county, Iowa, where Mr. Thompson had entered land in 1855. He was a boilermaker by trade as well as a stationary engineer and was employed as engineer in a mill at Iowa Center when he entered land in 1855. After removing to this county in the spring of 1857 he continued working in the mill for three years, on the expiration of which period he took up his abode on his farm. To the further cultivation and improvement of that property he devoted his time and energies until called to his final rest November 4, 1896, winning a gratifying measure of success in the careful conduct of his agricultural interests. His widow, who still survives, now makes her home with our subject.
Frank Thompson was reared under the parental roof and obtained his early education in the common schools. Subsequently he spent about two years in the Central University at Pella, Iowa, and next took up the study of medicine, reading for two years under the preceptorship of Dr. P. W. Farrar, then of Iowa Center and later of Nevada, this county. Afterward he entered the medical department of the University of Iowa, completing the prescribed course in that institution with the class of 1882. Locating for practice at Iowa Center, he there remained for nine years and in 1891 removed to Cambridge, where he has resided continuously since. His practice continually grew in volume and importance as he demonstrated his skill and ability and he gained recognition among the most able and successful physicians and surgeons of the county. Four years ago, however, he largely abandoned the work of the profession and has since assisted only in operations or acted in consultation with other physicians. He owns one