John Pashek, Jr., attended the common schools in pursuit of an education and early in life became familiar with the duties and labors which fall to the lot of the agriculturist through the assistance which he rendered his father in the work of the home place. When twenty-one years of age he purchased the old homestead farm, comprising one hundred and seventeen acres on sections 22 and 23, Oxford township, and has since devoted his time and energies to its further cultivation and improvement with gratifying success. The neat and attractive appearance of the place indicates his careful supervision and practical and progressive methods, and he has already gained recognition among the substantial and representative agriculturists of the community.

In February, 1906, Mr. Pashek was united in marriage to Miss Matilda Wosoba, a native of Oxford Junction, this county, and a daughter of A. J. and Mary Wosoba. The father was born in Bohemia and crossed the Atlantic to the United States at an early day. The mother is a native of Iowa and is still a resident of Oxford Junction, but her husband has passed away. Their children were three in number.

In politics Mr. Pashek is a democrat but has no desire for office, preferring to give his undivided attention to his business affairs. Both he and his wife are faithful communicants of the Catholic church and their many good qualities have won them an extensive circle of warm friends throughout the county in which they have spent their entire lives.

From History of Jones County, Iowa, Past and Present, R. M. Corbitt, S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago, 1910, p. 93.

From History of Jones County, Iowa, Western Historical Company, Chicago, 1879, page 570.

Henry K. Patton attended the public schools in his early youth and afterward pursued a complete course in the University of Missouri, thus becoming qualified by a liberal education for life's practical and responsible duties. He afterward entered the college of osteopathy in Kirksville, Missouri, and was graduated therefrom with the class of June, 1900. On the 27th of the same month he located at Anamosa, where he has established a large practice, his patronage steadily increasing as the years have gone by and he has demonstrated the value and worth of his professional services. He has comprehensive knowledge of anatomy and the component parts of the human body and in his practice has done such excellent work that many cures are now recorded to his credit.

In June, 1904, Dr. Patton was united in marriage to Miss Catherine Irene Sullivan, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Sullivan, natives of Jones county, Iowa. They had one daughter, Dorothy Josephine. Dr. Patton belongs to Anamosa Lodge, No. 46, A.F.&A.M., and is also connected with the Mystic Workers. His religious faith is indicated in his membership in the Presbyterian church while his political belief is that of the democratic party. His salient qualities are those of honorable manhood, of progressive citizenship and fidelity to a high standard of professional service, and the regard in which he is held has thus followed as the logical sequence of his salient and commendable traits of character.

From History of Jones County, Iowa, Past and Present, R. M. Corbitt, S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago, 1910, p. 73.

Reared under the parental roof Clifford B. Paul pursued his education in the schools of Wyoming until he had completed the high-school course. He was afterward graduated from Lenox College with the class of 1898 and displayed considerable literary merit as editor of the college paper. He made his initial step along professional lines as a teacher in the public schools of Coggon, Linn county, and the following year was elected county superintendent of schools, which office he filled for seven years, during which period the cause of public education was greatly stimulated by the zeal and energy which he displayed in discharging the duties of his position. He held to high ideals and worked earnestly and effectively for the improvement of the schools. He was also an active member of the Iowa Teachers' Association and was regarded as a prominent representative of educational interests in the state. During this period he also, took an active part in politics, becoming recognized as one of the leaders of the republican party in his district, and in 1906 he was elected a representative to the Thirty-second general assembly. As a member of that body he gave earnest and. thoughtful consideration to each question which came up for settlement and supported such measures as he believed would prove helpful to the entire community. While still filling the position of county superintendent he took up the study of law and was admitted to practice before the bar of the state in 1908. In January, 1909, he entered actively upon the work of the profession as a partner of Judge Miller, under the firm style of Miller & Paul. His laudable ambition, his studious habits and his association with one of the foremost members of the Jones county bar argues well for a successful future.

Mr. Paul is widely known and popular in Jones county, where he is identified with various lines of activity. He is a member of the honorary law fraternity of Phi Delta Phi and of the college fraternity of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, belongs to the Masonic lodge of Anamosa and to various branches of Masonry, including the Mystic Shrine, while his political allegiance has been manifest in the stalwart support which he has given the republican party since age conferred upon him the right of franchise.

From History of Jones County, Iowa, Past and Present, R. M. Corbitt, S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago, 1910, p. 19-20.

From History of Jones County, Iowa, Western Historical Co., Chicago, 1879, p 618, and submitted by Mary Kay Kuhfittig.

From History of Jones County, Iowa, Western Historical Company, Chicago, 1879, page 605.