George Albert McClintock
Among the residents of Post township who are numbered among
the substantial farmers and representative citizens and who have
achieved success and prosperity by their own exertions and
persevering efforts, George Albert McClintock occupies a leading
place. His industry and enterprise together with good management
have enabled him to acquire one hundred and sixty-five acres of
excellent land, which he has for many years past kept under
cultivation and from which he has derived bountiful harvests.
Mr. McClintock is numbered among Allamakee county’s native
sons, his birth having occurred in Ludlow township, February 18,
1872. He is a son of William and Ann (Cleverley) McClintock, the
former a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and the latter of
New York state. The father, who spent his entire active life
engaged in farming, came to Allamakee county at an early date and
purchased land which he continued to develop and improve until he
removed to Winnesheik county, where he passed away in September,
1871. His widow disposed of the farm in the following February
and purchased land in Allamakee county, but this she has also
sold and now makes her home with her daughter Bertha, the wife of
Mortimer Deering of Post township. She is the mother of four
children, of which the subject of this review is the youngest. By
a former marriage William McClintock had one son, Joseph, who
resides at Northwood, Worth county, Iowa.
George Albert McClintock acquired his education in White
schoolhouse No. 8, Post township; and in Evergreen school, which
he attended for one winter. He began his independent career at
the age of fourteen, working as a farm laborer and receiving at
first only seven dollars a month for his services. When he was
twenty-one he turned his attention to other pursuits, driving the
stage between Waukon and Postville for a period of three years
and a half thereafter. At the end of that time he formed a
partnership with his brother and together they rented a farm near
Fort Atkinson, Winnesheik county, which developed and improved
for two years. George Albert McClintock then removed into Post
township and here purchased one hundred and sixty-five acres of
land about a mile and a quarter beyond Postville, a property
which he has since operated. He engages in general farming and
gives particular attention to stock-raising, breeding high-grade
shorthorn cattle and Poland China hogs. His farm is capably and
carefully managed for he is a practical agriculturist, following
always the most modern methods and reaping his reward in the neat
and attractive appearance of his place and the profitable income
he derives therefrom. He is a stockholder in the Postville
Canning Factory and is well known to the business men of that
city.
Mr. McClintock has been twice married. On the 13th of February,
1898, he wedded Miss Mary B. Swenson, who was born in Post
township, in April, 1872. She was a daughter of Jerdon and Mary
(Gilbertson) Swenson, natives of Norway. The father crossed the
Atlantic in early manhood and settled in Iowa, where he at first
worked at farming in the employ of others, later becoming a
prosperous landowner. He now resides retired at Clermont, Fayette
county. Mr. McClintock’s first wife died February 18, 1910,
leaving one child, Fernie, who was born in January, 1899. Mr.
McClintock was married on the 28th of August, 1912, to Mrs. Effie
( Belcher) Banks, a daughter of John Belcher, who was born in
Illinois and came from that state to Story county, Iowa, where he
is still engaged in farming. In February, 1898, Mrs. McClintock
had wedded James Banks, a native of Iowa, and by their union were
born three children: Homer, Ross and Charles, who make their home
with their mother and stepfather.
Mr. McClintock gives his political allegiance to the republican
party and fraternally is affiliated with the Modern Brotherhood
of America. He is a fine type of the self-made man and, always
evidencing a willingness to work and ambition to succeed, he has,
step by step, made his way upward in the world until he has risen
to a position where he is numbered among Allamakee county’s
substantial farmers and most highly respected citizens.
-source: Past & Present of Allamakee County; by
Ellery M. Hancock; S. J. Clarke Pub. Co.; 1913
-transcribed by Linda Earnheart
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