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History of Winnebago County and Hancock County Iowa G Milton P. Galloway submitted by Dick Barton Upon a farm on section 31, Boone township, Hancock county, comprising one hundred and seventy acres of land, resides Milton P. Galloway and the place constitutes one of the pleasing features of the landscape. There are great fields of corn, wide fields of clover and rich pasture lands on which are found grazing good grades of cattle. In a word, Mr. Galloway is practical and progressive in all that he undertakes and is winning merited success by his intelligently directed effort. He was born in Logan county, Illinois, June 16, 1867, and is a son of Joseph and Mary (Moran) Galloway, who were natives of New York and Ohio respectively. While spending his youthful days under the parental roof Milton P. Galloway acquired a common school education. He remained at home until he attained his majority, after which he engaged in the operation of a tile factory at Latham, Illinois, for two years. He later returned to the occupation to which he had been reared and for nineteen years cultivated rented land. On the expiration of that period, in 1912, he came to Hancock county, Iowa, and purchased one hundred and seventy acres of land in Boone township, not far from Corwith. He also bought one hundred and sixty acres in Woodward county, Oklahoma. Upon his Iowa farm he is carefully cultivating corn, clover and other crops best adapted to soil and climate and is raising graded cattle and Plymouth Rock chickens. The products of his farm annually bring to him a good income, enabling him to live in comfort. On the 26th of February, 1892, Mr. Galloway was united in marriage to Miss Tillie Sennett, who was born in Illinois on the 29th of July, 1872, her parents being Robert and Iseline (Allison) Sennett, also natives of Illinois. Mr. and Mrs. Galloway have three sons, Clarence E., Robert J. and Louis E., all at home. Mr. Galloway is a supporter of republican principles but has never been an office seeker. In his life he exemplifies the beneficent teachings of the Masonic fraternity, of which he is a representative, and he attends the Methodist Episcopal church. His life has always been actuated by high and honorable principles and he has ever endeavored to do unto others as he would have them do unto him. Ole T. Groe, president and manager of the local creamery company and also of the Lake Mills Telephone Company and secretary of the Lake Mills Lumber Company, was born in Worth county, Iowa, on the 12th of May, 1859. His parents, Tostin O. and Carrie (Mellen) Groe, were natives of Norway but settled in the western part of Worth county, Iowa, when it was still a frontier district. There the father purchased land which he operated until his death in 1895. He is buried in the Silver Lake cemetery in Worth county, as is his wife, who died in 1897. They were the parents of six children, of whom three died in infancy, and of those surviving our subject is the eldest. Ole T. Groe passed his boyhood upon the home farm and early began helping with the work, caring for the stock and cultivating the fields. When sixteen years old he left school and for the following five years gave his entire time to assisting his father. When he had attained his majority he bought to hundred acres of good land, which he farmed until 1892, when he took up his residence in Lake Mills. However, he still owns valuable property there, his land holdings in Worth county totaling four hundred and eighty-six acres. Upon his removal to this city he became the partner of G. Nystuen in the ownership of a general store, but after two years and a half disposed of his interest therein. He is now manager and president of the local creamery company, in which capacities he has served continuously since the organization of the concern with the exception of seven years. Since 1908, in which year the Lake Mills Telephone Company was organized, he has been its president and manager, and for fourteen years he has been secretary of the Lake Mills Lumber Company, while for sixteen years he has been a member of its directorate. He is also a director of the Lake Mills Canning Company. His official connection with these prosperous corporations indicates the high estimate placed upon his executive ability by the representative business men of the city. On June 13, 1881, Mr. Groe was united in marriage to Miss Anna Simmons, a daughter of John and Gertrude (Troe) Simmons, who removed from Norway to Worth county, Iowa, when their daughter Anna was nine years old. Both are deceased and are buried in the Silver Lake cemetery. To Mrs. and Mrs. Groe have been born eight children: Thomas, who is a graduate of the Capital City Commercial College and is now assistant cashier of the First National Bank at Northwood, Iowa; Clara J., who died when seven years old and is buried in the Silver Lake cemetery in Worth county; Gina B., who was graduated from the State University of Iowa in 1910 and is now the wife of E. J. Hickox, of Colorado Springs, Colorado; Clarence, a resident of Lake Mills, Iowa; Josephine, at home; Alvin O., who died when seven years old and is buried in the Silver Lake cemetery; Roy G., who is attending the Lake Mills high school; and Orin K., who is a student in the graded schools Mr. Groe supports the republican party at the polls and while a resident of Worth county was for several years a member of the school board, of which he was for some time secretary, was justice of the peace and for two years held the office of township assessor. He was also city assessor of Lake Mills for two years and for two terms, or six years, served on the school board at Lake Mills and he is a member of the Lake Mills Improvement Association. He holds membership in the United Lutheran church, which indicates the principles which have governed his conduct. His sound judgment and energy have enabled him to carry to successful completion whatever he has undertaken and he is recognized as a leader in his community. |