GETCHELL, C. H.-Of the firm of H. F; Getchell & Sons, lumber dealers, one of Des Moines largest as well as most successful business men, was born in Maine on the 22d day of March, 1841, His youth, until about sixteen years of age, was spent in his native place. He then followed the water for three years, and in 1862 came to Des Moines, and thence to Montana, where he was for three years engaged in mining with satisfactory results. In 1865 he returned to this city and resumed the lumber business with his father. The firm was the first to handle soft lumber in the city, and from its establishment has done a prosperous business, and some idea of this may be formed when it is known that they established yards at fourteen different stations on or near the Rock Island railroad, and at the present time are the largest shippers of lumber in Central Iowa. Mr. Getchell was married in 1867 to Miss Rachel E. Ankeny, a native of Greene county, Ohio. Their family consists of five children: Eva, Gertie, John, Helen, and Frank.
"The History of Polk County, Iowa" published by the Union Historical Company, Birdsall, Williams & Co. 1880
in same lot: Henry F. & Frances Ann Burr Getchell, Charles & Rachel E. Getchell & Eva Getchell Jacobs & Edith Getchell, Henry Frank Getchell & Helen G. Van Gorder, John Ankeney Getchell & Ellen C. Getchell
"The History of Polk County, Iowa" published by the Union Historical Company, Birdsall, Williams & Co. 1880
in same lot: Henry F. & Frances Ann Burr Getchell, Charles & Rachel E. Getchell & Eva Getchell Jacobs & Edith Getchell, Henry Frank Getchell & Helen G. Van Gorder, John Ankeney Getchell & Ellen C. Getchell
GETCHELL, C. H.-Of the firm of H. F; Getchell & Sons, lumber dealers, one of Des Moines largest as well as most successful business men, was born in Maine on the 22d day of March, 1841, His youth, until about sixteen years of age, was spent in his native place. He then followed the water for three years, and in 1862 came to Des Moines, and thence to Montana, where he was for three years engaged in mining with satisfactory results. In 1865 he returned to this city and resumed the lumber business with his father. The firm was the first to handle soft lumber in the city, and from its establishment has done a prosperous business, and some idea of this may be formed when it is known that they established yards at fourteen different stations on or near the Rock Island railroad, and at the present time are the largest shippers of lumber in Central Iowa. Mr. Getchell was married in 1867 to Miss Rachel E. Ankeny, a native of Greene county, Ohio. Their family consists of five children: Eva, Gertie, John, Helen, and Frank.
"The History of Polk County, Iowa" published by the Union Historical Company, Birdsall, Williams & Co. 1880
in same lot: Henry F. & Frances Ann Burr Getchell, Charles & Rachel E. Getchell & Eva Getchell Jacobs & Edith Getchell, Henry Frank Getchell & Helen G. Van Gorder, John Ankeney Getchell & Ellen C. Getchell
"The History of Polk County, Iowa" published by the Union Historical Company, Birdsall, Williams & Co. 1880
in same lot: Henry F. & Frances Ann Burr Getchell, Charles & Rachel E. Getchell & Eva Getchell Jacobs & Edith Getchell, Henry Frank Getchell & Helen G. Van Gorder, John Ankeney Getchell & Ellen C. Getchell
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