ALBERT
M. CLOUD
Albert M. Cloud has been active in the
practice of law in Manchester but is now engaged chiefly in the mortgage, real-estate
and banking business, although he has financial interest in a number of
business enterprises of the county and is a member of the boards of directors
of several concerns. He was born on the 30th
of March, 1875, in this county, a son of Marion Cloud, who was born in
Greene county, Pennsylvania, in 1827 and in 1850
came to Delaware county.
He was a farmer for many years but at the time of his death, in 1899, was
engaged in the mercantile business. His wife, who was in her maidenhood Miss
Jane Malvin, was born in New Jersey, July 18, 1833. Albert M. Cloud is one of a family of ten
children, namely: Sarah, the wife of Robert Cole of Manchester; J. D., a
resident of Bloomington, Illinois; Alice, at home; Jennie and Carrie B., both
of Earlville; W. E., whose home is in Manchester; Hattie L., P. M. and Josie
D., all of Earlville; and Albert M.
The last named
received his early education in the common schools of Delaware county and the
Earlville high school. He subsequently graduated from Lenox College at
Hopkinton, Iowa,
later specializing at the McCormick Theological Seminary of Chicago and the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. He was graduated from
the law department of the latter institution in 1900 and soon after began the
practice of his profession in Earlville but subsequently removed to Manchester. In 1901 he was elected
county attorney and held that office until 1910, his reelection being the best
proof of the acceptability of his service. He is now engaged in the
real-estate, mortgage and banking business in Manchester and since 1910 has
handled something like seventeen million dollars worth of property, a very unusual
record. He is president of the American
Mortgage & Securities Company, a director in the First National Bank of
Dyersville and a director in the Farmers & Merchants Bank of Manchester. His business ability and knowledge of conditions
in the commercial world are of great
value to all of these concerns and contribute much to
their success.
While in school Mr. Cloud represented Lenox College in a state oratorical contest, and having won first place in the state
contest, represented Iowa
against ten other states at Topeka, Kansas,
in 1907 and gained first place there as well.
He
was leader of the University of
.Michigan team in the Central League debate and although the other schools in
the league were also among the best in the middle west, the University of
Minnesota, the University of Chicago and Northwestern University, the team of
which he was captain won and his repeated victories as a speaker led him to
become a lawyer. His oratorical power has grown rather than lessened and much
of his success as an attorney has been due to his ability to present his
arguments in the most convincing manner possible. He has not wholly abandoned
his practice but, as before stated, devotes a great deal of his time to the
real-estate and mortgage business.
Mr. Cloud was married September 2, 1909, to Miss Florence Fleming, a native of Iowa and a daughter of Dr.
T. E. and Florence Eva (Dorn) Fleming, both of whom are living. The father is a
Methodist minister and is superintendent of the Marshalltown district. Mr. Cloud is
a republican in his political belief and his religious faith is that of the
Congregational church, to which he belongs. Fraternally he is a Mason and a
Knight of Pythias. He is well known in Manchester and Delaware county,
and his excellent qualities of mind have bound his friends to him by strong
ties of esteem and confidence.
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