A L Clouser (1860 - aft. 1893)

Born 18 Nov 1860 in Perry Co., Pennsylvania

Biography

A. L. CLOUSER, County Recorder of Sac county, was born in Perry county, Pennsylvania, November 18, 1860, a son of F. B. Clouser. Our subject was reared and educated in the common schools of his native county, also receiving an academic course. He received a certificate to teach, but never followed that occupation. For a time he was employed in a printing office, but in 1879, located in Battle Creek, Iowa, in the employ of the Northwestern Railroad, and was afterward engaged as station agent and telegraph operator at Wall Lake and Gray, Audubon county. In addition to this, Mr. Clouser followed general merchandising in Lake View, this State. January 1, 1890, he took charge of the office at Lake View, which position he has filled with satisfaction to his company. Politically, he is one of the leading men in the Republican party, was elected County Recorder in the November election, polling the full vote of his party, has served with great credit on the School Board in Lake View, and is one of the young, progressive and earnest workers in Sac county. In Perry county, Pennsylvania, at the age of twenty-one years, our subject was united in marriage with Miss Jennie Shire, a native of that State. They have three children: Alice, Bessie and Francis. Socially, Mr. Clouser is a member of Laurel Lodge, No. 517, A. F. & A. M., of Lake View, and of the I. O. O. F., Lake View Lodge, No. 302, of which he is Past Grand. Our subject is a young man, but the position to which he has been elected shows that in the years he has lived in Sac county he has gained the confidence and esteem of the people.

Sources

• BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF

Crawford, Ida and Sac Counties, Iowa.THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY. 1893.