publican, and socially belongs to the I. O. O. F.
and then returned to Jasper County after renting his Story County farm. Later he sold the Jasper County farm, and in 1880 moved to Noble County, Ind., where he took care of his father for six years, or until the latter's death. In November, 1886, he returned to Iowa, and settled on his old farm, consisting of 180 acres of prairie and timber land; seventy acres of this are timber, and there is plenty of living water in the dryest season. This farm is near the corner of the county and is very desirable for stock purposes. Mr. McWherter is a demitted member of the Masonic fraternity, having joined this society at Newton, Iowa, about 1870.
D. H. Mackey. Prominent among the representative agriculturists of Story County is Mr. Mackey, the subject of this sketch. He first opened his eyes to the scenes of this world in Pittsburgh, Penn., in 1845, and was the elder of two children (the other being a sister, Emma, now Mrs. Sherk, of South Dakota), born to Thomas H. and Isabella (Catelle) Mackey, the former of Irish and the latter of Scotch descent. When he was four years of age his father died, the mother surviving his death about eighteen years. After the father's death the family moved to Kentucky, and from there to Indiana, and when D. H. Mackey was twelve years of age he came to this county with his uncle, David Baker, and here he received his schooling. At the age of fourteen years he commenced life on his own responsibility as a farm hand, and at the age of eighteen, in August, 1863, he entered the United States service, joining Company I, Eighth Iowa Volunteer Cavalry, Captain Shurtz commander, and was mustered into service at Davenport, and sent to Middle Tennessee as a scout. He took part in the battles of Franklin and Nashville, besides considerable skirmishing, and was fortunate in neither being wounded nor taken prisoner. He was honorably discharged at Nashville, Tenn., in June, 1865, after which he returned to Story County and engaged in farming. In 1869 he was married in this county to Miss Sarah Smay, daughter of Absalom and Mary Smay, and in September of the same year the young couple moved to Southeastern Dakota. After seven years in that State, during which time they lost five crops by grasshoppers, they returned to this county, and in 1887 purchased the farm on which he now lives, comprising 160 acres, and on this he has since erected good buildings, etc. Mr. and Mrs. Mackey are the parents of six children : Ira and Charles (both attending the Capitol City Commercial College, of Des Moines), and Mary, Emma, William and Grace, and they and the three eldest children are members of the Johnson Grove Evangelical Lutheran Church. In his political views Mr. Mackey affiliates with the Republican party. He has been identified with this section since its earliest history, and has seen the entire development of Story County. It was at one time supposed that this county would become a lake, but now by good drainage, it has been made into one of the richest farming sections of the State. Mr. Mackey is making a specialty of the dairy business, and is now milking about thirty-five cows, all high grade Short-horns. He has about 135 head of Poland China hogs constantly on hand.
William D. Martin, farmer and stock-raiser, Colo, Iowa. Mr. Martin is truly one of the well respected men of New Albany Township, and by his quiet, unpretentious course has made many friends, and at the same time been very successful. He was the youngest of four children born to John W. and Sarah (Wilkes) Martin, his birth occurring in Montgomery County, Ind., in 1844. The father was born in Ohio in 1800, was reared in that State and probably married there. He settled in Mont-