as above stated, has since been engaged in his present business, in which he has built up an excellent reputation for integrity and executive ability. In politics he has always been a stanch friend of the Republican party, and for a number of years was a member of the city council, and is now serving his third term as mayor of Nevada. During his administration the City Water Works have been built, owing in a great measure to his advocacy and energy in supporting the enterprise, and the town has been otherwise much improved since he has been an incumbent of his office. He has always been a patron of education, and he is now a member of the Nevada school board. Socially he is a member of the A. O. U. W., the M. W. of A., and belongs to Samson Lodge No. 77, of the K. of P., of which he is a charter member. His marriage to Miss Emma F. Jacobsen, who was born in Lyons, Iowa, took place in 1874, and their union has resulted in the birth of two children, William C. and Homer N. Mr. Boardman is a son of Norman and Lois (Knight) Boardman, who were born in Vermont and New York, respectively.
William K. Boardman is a member of the firm of Boardman Bros., dealers in butter, eggs and poultry at Nevada, Iowa. He was born in Troy, Vt., June 22, 1852, and is a son of Hon. Norman and Lois (Knight) Boardman. In 1856 he came with his parents to Lyons, Clinton County, Iowa, and there attended the public schools for some time. Later he became a student in Dean Academy at Franklin, Mass., graduating therefrom in 1873. The following year he began mercantile life for himself in Lyons, Iowa, becoming the proprietor of a dry goods and clothing house, but in 1877 he removed to Nevada, and was here engaged in the clothing business for two years. However, in 1879, he commenced a wholesale butter, egg and poultry trade, and has given his attention to this up to the present time, being one of the leading business men in this section of the State. He is a Republican, R. B. Hayes receiving his first presidential vote, and socially he belongs to the K. of P., a member of Samson Lodge No. 77. He is now past chancellor and has twice represented Samson Lodge in the Grand Lodge of Iowa, and in 1888 and 1889 was special grand deputy for this district of the State. His marriage, which took place in 1877, was to Miss Addie Henningsen, who was born in Jackson County, Iowa, in 1857, a daughter of Hon. B. H. A. and E. Henningsen. Mr. and Mrs. Boardman are the parents of two children: Frank M. (born May 11, 1878) and Lois K. (born April 18, 1887). Mr. Boardman's name is identified with the welfare and material and social progress of this section, and his reputation for honesty and true stability has been fully substantiated.
Jesse Bowen has been a resident of Story County, Iowa, for the past thirty-seven years, and is well and favorably known to a host of friends and acquaintances in this community. His birth occurred in Marion County, eight miles north of Indianapolis, Ind., December 15, 1839, being the fourth in a family of eight children born to Ephraim and Gillie Ann (Johnson) Bowen, the former born in Ohio in 1818 and the latter in Kentucky, her death occurring in Iowa Center, Iowa, when about sixty-six years of age. Jesse Bowen is one of six surviving members of his father's family, and although he was obliged to assist his father on the farm, he succeeded in obtaining a good common-school education. His father came to Story County in 1853, and entered land in Indian Creek Township, after which he returned to Indiana to bring his family thither, which he did, reaching Story County on June 11, 1854. In 1861 Jesse enlisted in the Union army in defense of his country and served