William C. Flynn has made good use of his opportunities and today is classed among the representative and substantial citizens of Page county, having been connected with its agricultural interests since 1874. A native of Ireland, he was born in County Cavan on the 12th of July, 1844, a son of Owen and Martha (Crawford) Flynn, who were also born in Ireland. The parents came to the United State in 1863, the family home being established in Connecticut. The climate, however, did not agree with the father and he returned to his native land in 1864, there passing away three years later. The mother, after her return to Ireland, found it lonesome without her children, who all sought the advantages offered by the new world, and the same year in which she had accompanied her husband on his trip back to the Emerald Isle witnessed her second arrival in the United States. While en route for America, however, she contracted a severe cold, from the effects of which she died a short time later.
William C. Flynn, who was a young man of nineteen years when he arrived in the United States, remained for a time in Connecticut, holding a position in a drug shore in Naugatuck for four or five years, and the he found employment in the woolen mills at Beacon Falls, that state. He was thus connected for seven of eights years when, his health failing him, he was compelled to give up his work along this line. He removed to St. Louis, where for a couple of years he assisted a brother, James C. Flynn, a contractor and builder of that city.
The year 1874 witnessed his arrival in Page county, Iowa, and also witnessed the beginning of his career as a farmer. For about six years he operated a farm as a renter, and then, feeling that his experience and economy warranted his investing in a farm of his own, in 1881 he purchased a tract of eighty acres, which forms the nucleus of his present holdings. He directed his efforts to the general agricultural pursuits and with the passing of the years he became very successful. In 1891 he bought another tract of eighty acres adjoining his original purchase, so that his home farm now consists of one hundred and sixty acres of valuable land located on section 19, Pierce township, and in 1902 he became the owner of one hundred and fifty-four acres in Fremont township, this county. That his decision to make farming his life work was a wise one is indicated by the fact that, although when he came here he was compelled to borrow sufficient money with which to pay his way from St. Louis, he ranks today among the substantial farmers and extensive landowners of his section of the county.
Mr. Flynn was united in marriage, on January 2, 1880, to Miss Alice McAllister, of St. Louis, Missouri, where she was born and reared, and the union has been blessed with four children, namely: Joseph A., farming in Pierce township; Fisk H., making his home in Oklahoma; Ralph W., living at home; and William C. following farming near Clarinda, Iowa.
In politics Mr. Flynn gives his allegiance to the republican party, but the honors and emoluments of office have had no attraction for him, preferring, as he does, to direct his entire time and attention to the conduct of his private business interests. A man of strong integrity and purpose, he ranks high in the esteem and regard of his fellowmen, not only because of the gratifying degree of prosperity which he has attained but also by reason of excellent traits of character and his honorable and upright manhood.
William C. Flynn, who was a young man of nineteen years when he arrived in the United States, remained for a time in Connecticut, holding a position in a drug shore in Naugatuck for four or five years, and the he found employment in the woolen mills at Beacon Falls, that state. He was thus connected for seven of eights years when, his health failing him, he was compelled to give up his work along this line. He removed to St. Louis, where for a couple of years he assisted a brother, James C. Flynn, a contractor and builder of that city.
The year 1874 witnessed his arrival in Page county, Iowa, and also witnessed the beginning of his career as a farmer. For about six years he operated a farm as a renter, and then, feeling that his experience and economy warranted his investing in a farm of his own, in 1881 he purchased a tract of eighty acres, which forms the nucleus of his present holdings. He directed his efforts to the general agricultural pursuits and with the passing of the years he became very successful. In 1891 he bought another tract of eighty acres adjoining his original purchase, so that his home farm now consists of one hundred and sixty acres of valuable land located on section 19, Pierce township, and in 1902 he became the owner of one hundred and fifty-four acres in Fremont township, this county. That his decision to make farming his life work was a wise one is indicated by the fact that, although when he came here he was compelled to borrow sufficient money with which to pay his way from St. Louis, he ranks today among the substantial farmers and extensive landowners of his section of the county.
Mr. Flynn was united in marriage, on January 2, 1880, to Miss Alice McAllister, of St. Louis, Missouri, where she was born and reared, and the union has been blessed with four children, namely: Joseph A., farming in Pierce township; Fisk H., making his home in Oklahoma; Ralph W., living at home; and William C. following farming near Clarinda, Iowa.
In politics Mr. Flynn gives his allegiance to the republican party, but the honors and emoluments of office have had no attraction for him, preferring, as he does, to direct his entire time and attention to the conduct of his private business interests. A man of strong integrity and purpose, he ranks high in the esteem and regard of his fellowmen, not only because of the gratifying degree of prosperity which he has attained but also by reason of excellent traits of character and his honorable and upright manhood.
William C. Flynn has made good use of his opportunities and today is classed among the representative and substantial citizens of Page county, having been connected with its agricultural interests since 1874. A native of Ireland, he was born in County Cavan on the 12th of July, 1844, a son of Owen and Martha (Crawford) Flynn, who were also born in Ireland. The parents came to the United State in 1863, the family home being established in Connecticut. The climate, however, did not agree with the father and he returned to his native land in 1864, there passing away three years later. The mother, after her return to Ireland, found it lonesome without her children, who all sought the advantages offered by the new world, and the same year in which she had accompanied her husband on his trip back to the Emerald Isle witnessed her second arrival in the United States. While en route for America, however, she contracted a severe cold, from the effects of which she died a short time later.
William C. Flynn, who was a young man of nineteen years when he arrived in the United States, remained for a time in Connecticut, holding a position in a drug shore in Naugatuck for four or five years, and the he found employment in the woolen mills at Beacon Falls, that state. He was thus connected for seven of eights years when, his health failing him, he was compelled to give up his work along this line. He removed to St. Louis, where for a couple of years he assisted a brother, James C. Flynn, a contractor and builder of that city.
The year 1874 witnessed his arrival in Page county, Iowa, and also witnessed the beginning of his career as a farmer. For about six years he operated a farm as a renter, and then, feeling that his experience and economy warranted his investing in a farm of his own, in 1881 he purchased a tract of eighty acres, which forms the nucleus of his present holdings. He directed his efforts to the general agricultural pursuits and with the passing of the years he became very successful. In 1891 he bought another tract of eighty acres adjoining his original purchase, so that his home farm now consists of one hundred and sixty acres of valuable land located on section 19, Pierce township, and in 1902 he became the owner of one hundred and fifty-four acres in Fremont township, this county. That his decision to make farming his life work was a wise one is indicated by the fact that, although when he came here he was compelled to borrow sufficient money with which to pay his way from St. Louis, he ranks today among the substantial farmers and extensive landowners of his section of the county.
Mr. Flynn was united in marriage, on January 2, 1880, to Miss Alice McAllister, of St. Louis, Missouri, where she was born and reared, and the union has been blessed with four children, namely: Joseph A., farming in Pierce township; Fisk H., making his home in Oklahoma; Ralph W., living at home; and William C. following farming near Clarinda, Iowa.
In politics Mr. Flynn gives his allegiance to the republican party, but the honors and emoluments of office have had no attraction for him, preferring, as he does, to direct his entire time and attention to the conduct of his private business interests. A man of strong integrity and purpose, he ranks high in the esteem and regard of his fellowmen, not only because of the gratifying degree of prosperity which he has attained but also by reason of excellent traits of character and his honorable and upright manhood.
William C. Flynn, who was a young man of nineteen years when he arrived in the United States, remained for a time in Connecticut, holding a position in a drug shore in Naugatuck for four or five years, and the he found employment in the woolen mills at Beacon Falls, that state. He was thus connected for seven of eights years when, his health failing him, he was compelled to give up his work along this line. He removed to St. Louis, where for a couple of years he assisted a brother, James C. Flynn, a contractor and builder of that city.
The year 1874 witnessed his arrival in Page county, Iowa, and also witnessed the beginning of his career as a farmer. For about six years he operated a farm as a renter, and then, feeling that his experience and economy warranted his investing in a farm of his own, in 1881 he purchased a tract of eighty acres, which forms the nucleus of his present holdings. He directed his efforts to the general agricultural pursuits and with the passing of the years he became very successful. In 1891 he bought another tract of eighty acres adjoining his original purchase, so that his home farm now consists of one hundred and sixty acres of valuable land located on section 19, Pierce township, and in 1902 he became the owner of one hundred and fifty-four acres in Fremont township, this county. That his decision to make farming his life work was a wise one is indicated by the fact that, although when he came here he was compelled to borrow sufficient money with which to pay his way from St. Louis, he ranks today among the substantial farmers and extensive landowners of his section of the county.
Mr. Flynn was united in marriage, on January 2, 1880, to Miss Alice McAllister, of St. Louis, Missouri, where she was born and reared, and the union has been blessed with four children, namely: Joseph A., farming in Pierce township; Fisk H., making his home in Oklahoma; Ralph W., living at home; and William C. following farming near Clarinda, Iowa.
In politics Mr. Flynn gives his allegiance to the republican party, but the honors and emoluments of office have had no attraction for him, preferring, as he does, to direct his entire time and attention to the conduct of his private business interests. A man of strong integrity and purpose, he ranks high in the esteem and regard of his fellowmen, not only because of the gratifying degree of prosperity which he has attained but also by reason of excellent traits of character and his honorable and upright manhood.
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