Albert G. Mosier
Albert G. Mosier, a well known farmer of Jefferson township
and a successful stock breeder and dealer, owns and operates on
his home place one hundred and sixty acres of land on section 22,
and by following practical and progressive methods has surrounded
himself with a gratifying measure of success. He was born in
Franklin township, this county, May 16, 1852, and is a son of
Jacob Mosier, a native of Fayette county, Pennsylvania, born in
1821. The latter was reared in that locality and there married
Miss Malinda Phillips, also a native of Pennsylvania. The parents
came west to Iowa in 1852 and the father bought one hundred and
twenty acres of raw land in Franklin township, turning his
attention with characteristic energy to breaking the soil,
clearing it of timber and improving the property. He made it in
the course of years very valuable and productive, and when he
sold it purchased a farm in Jefferson township, becoming one of
the well known and prosperous agriculturists of this locality.
His death occurred in Jefferson township in 1908, he having
survived his wife for ten years. They were the parents of two
children: Albert G., of this review; and Jennie, the deceased
wife of William Clark
Albert G. Mosier grew to manhood on his father’s farm and in
his childhood learned the best agricultural methods. He later
assumed entire charge of the homestead, caring for his father in
his declining years, and he remained upon this property until
after his marriage. He then located on a farm, which he operated
for three years thereafter, moving at the end of that time to the
vicinity of Postville, where he remained for one years. He next
purchased one hundred and twenty acres of land near Rossville and
there resided five years, selling his property at the end of that
time in order to purchase the one hundred and twenty acre tract
on section 22, Jefferson township, upon which he now resides. To
this he has since added, and his farm is today one of the neatest
and best improved in this locality. Upon it Mr. Mosier has made
extensive improvements, erecting an attractive two story
residence and substantial and modern barns and outbuildings,
which he keeps always in good repair. Realizing the advantages of
a grove, he has set out a number of evergreen trees and these
with his well kept and level lawn add greatly to the beauty and
pleasant appearance of him homestead. In addition to general
farming, Mr. Mosier engages extensively in stock-raising and is a
well known dealer in pure-blood cattle, high-grade shire horses
and Poland China hogs.
On the 13th of November, 1877, Mr. Mosier was united in marriage
to Miss Lizzie Beall*, who was born in
Pennsylvania but reared and educated in Allamakee county, a
daughter of Conrad Beall*, a pioneer in this
part of Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. Mosier are the parents of two
children: Alden R., who is married and engages in farming; and
Earl, who is assisting in the operation of his father’s
homestead.
Mr. Mosier is a republican in his political beliefs and is active
in politics, having been honored by his fellow citizens by
election to various positions of trust and responsibility. He has
served as a delegate to numerous county and congressional
conventions and has been on the pitit jury a number of times,
while for fifteen years he did conscientious and capable work as
township trustee. In the county where his entire life has been
passed he is widely esteemed and respected, being recognized as
an able farmer, a careful, conscientious businessman, and
public-spirited and useful citizen.
-source: Past & Present of Allamakee County; by
Ellery M. Hancock; S. J. Clarke Pub. Co.; 1913
-transcribed by Diana Diedrich
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*Research note: The surname for Lizzie and Conrad Beall is incorrect. The correct surname is Deal.
1856 Census, Iowa State census, Allamakee co., Jefferson twp.
Line: 24, Family No. 109
Conrad Deal Junior, age 31, b. abt 1825, Hesse Darmstadt
Margaret Deal, age 22
Elizabeth Deal, age 1
I cannot find any Conrad or Elizabeth Beall in this (or any other) census.
~contributed by Paul Moritz, November 2008.
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