Among the prosperous stock-raisers of White Cloud township is George W. Darling, who comes to Iowa from the Badger state. He was born in Racine, Wisconsin, January 18, 1850, his parents being George W. and Merriam (Fleming) Darling. The former was born in New York city in the year 1812. He followed carpentering in early life and afterward turned his attention to agricultural pursuits. He went to Wisconsin about the year 1846, and in 1857 crossed the Mississippi river into Iowa, establishing his home in Mills county a year later. Here he spent his remaining days, his death occurring in Rawles township, when seventy-one years of age. On coming to this county he purchased land which was partially improved and built thereon a frame house sixteen by twenty four feet. Throughout the remainder of his active business career he followed farming pursuits, but spent his last days in partial retirement in the home of his son George. His wife was a member of the Presbyterian church and was an earnest Christian woman whose influence over the lives of her children was marked and beneficial. She was a native of New Jersey, and her death occurred May 2, 1878, and her husband's death August 4, 1883. She is survived by six of her seven children, namely: Matilda J., Elizabeth, George W., Merriam Tilton, Edward T.L. and Daniel A.
George W. Darling spent his early boyhood days in the city of his nativity and was then brought to Iowa by his parents. He was reared upon the old home farm and worked in field and meadow, assisting in the task of plowing, planting and harvesting. His educational privileges were those afforded by the common schools, and thus he was prepared for the practical duties of life. At the age of eighteen he started out on his own account, being employed as a farm hand, and when twenty years of age he began renting land, which he cultivated for several years. When twenty-six years of age he made his first purchase, becoming the owner of eighty acres of partially improved land in Rawles township, and thereon made his home until 1884, when he purchased the old Hobbs farm of one hundred and sixty acres, which is situated in the valley in White Cloud township and is a rich tract of land, yielding a good return for the care and labor bestowed upon it. The verdant pastures furnish an excellent opportunity for stock-raising and Mr. Darling feeds and sells large numbers of cattle and hogs. He has a stock farm and his annual shipments are extensive and bring to him a good financial return, for his fine grades of stock command high market prices. Many unsuccessful men indulge in theorizing as to the causes of prosperity and claim that it results from fortunate circumstances and environments, but in an analyzation of the history of the most successful men we find that what they have acquired has come as the direct result of their own efforts; and such is the case in the history of Mr. Darling.
History of Mills and Fremont Counties, page 595,
Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1901
George W. Darling spent his early boyhood days in the city of his nativity and was then brought to Iowa by his parents. He was reared upon the old home farm and worked in field and meadow, assisting in the task of plowing, planting and harvesting. His educational privileges were those afforded by the common schools, and thus he was prepared for the practical duties of life. At the age of eighteen he started out on his own account, being employed as a farm hand, and when twenty years of age he began renting land, which he cultivated for several years. When twenty-six years of age he made his first purchase, becoming the owner of eighty acres of partially improved land in Rawles township, and thereon made his home until 1884, when he purchased the old Hobbs farm of one hundred and sixty acres, which is situated in the valley in White Cloud township and is a rich tract of land, yielding a good return for the care and labor bestowed upon it. The verdant pastures furnish an excellent opportunity for stock-raising and Mr. Darling feeds and sells large numbers of cattle and hogs. He has a stock farm and his annual shipments are extensive and bring to him a good financial return, for his fine grades of stock command high market prices. Many unsuccessful men indulge in theorizing as to the causes of prosperity and claim that it results from fortunate circumstances and environments, but in an analyzation of the history of the most successful men we find that what they have acquired has come as the direct result of their own efforts; and such is the case in the history of Mr. Darling.
History of Mills and Fremont Counties, page 595,
Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1901
Among the prosperous stock-raisers of White Cloud township is George W. Darling, who comes to Iowa from the Badger state. He was born in Racine, Wisconsin, January 18, 1850, his parents being George W. and Merriam (Fleming) Darling. The former was born in New York city in the year 1812. He followed carpentering in early life and afterward turned his attention to agricultural pursuits. He went to Wisconsin about the year 1846, and in 1857 crossed the Mississippi river into Iowa, establishing his home in Mills county a year later. Here he spent his remaining days, his death occurring in Rawles township, when seventy-one years of age. On coming to this county he purchased land which was partially improved and built thereon a frame house sixteen by twenty four feet. Throughout the remainder of his active business career he followed farming pursuits, but spent his last days in partial retirement in the home of his son George. His wife was a member of the Presbyterian church and was an earnest Christian woman whose influence over the lives of her children was marked and beneficial. She was a native of New Jersey, and her death occurred May 2, 1878, and her husband's death August 4, 1883. She is survived by six of her seven children, namely: Matilda J., Elizabeth, George W., Merriam Tilton, Edward T.L. and Daniel A.
George W. Darling spent his early boyhood days in the city of his nativity and was then brought to Iowa by his parents. He was reared upon the old home farm and worked in field and meadow, assisting in the task of plowing, planting and harvesting. His educational privileges were those afforded by the common schools, and thus he was prepared for the practical duties of life. At the age of eighteen he started out on his own account, being employed as a farm hand, and when twenty years of age he began renting land, which he cultivated for several years. When twenty-six years of age he made his first purchase, becoming the owner of eighty acres of partially improved land in Rawles township, and thereon made his home until 1884, when he purchased the old Hobbs farm of one hundred and sixty acres, which is situated in the valley in White Cloud township and is a rich tract of land, yielding a good return for the care and labor bestowed upon it. The verdant pastures furnish an excellent opportunity for stock-raising and Mr. Darling feeds and sells large numbers of cattle and hogs. He has a stock farm and his annual shipments are extensive and bring to him a good financial return, for his fine grades of stock command high market prices. Many unsuccessful men indulge in theorizing as to the causes of prosperity and claim that it results from fortunate circumstances and environments, but in an analyzation of the history of the most successful men we find that what they have acquired has come as the direct result of their own efforts; and such is the case in the history of Mr. Darling.
History of Mills and Fremont Counties, page 595,
Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1901
George W. Darling spent his early boyhood days in the city of his nativity and was then brought to Iowa by his parents. He was reared upon the old home farm and worked in field and meadow, assisting in the task of plowing, planting and harvesting. His educational privileges were those afforded by the common schools, and thus he was prepared for the practical duties of life. At the age of eighteen he started out on his own account, being employed as a farm hand, and when twenty years of age he began renting land, which he cultivated for several years. When twenty-six years of age he made his first purchase, becoming the owner of eighty acres of partially improved land in Rawles township, and thereon made his home until 1884, when he purchased the old Hobbs farm of one hundred and sixty acres, which is situated in the valley in White Cloud township and is a rich tract of land, yielding a good return for the care and labor bestowed upon it. The verdant pastures furnish an excellent opportunity for stock-raising and Mr. Darling feeds and sells large numbers of cattle and hogs. He has a stock farm and his annual shipments are extensive and bring to him a good financial return, for his fine grades of stock command high market prices. Many unsuccessful men indulge in theorizing as to the causes of prosperity and claim that it results from fortunate circumstances and environments, but in an analyzation of the history of the most successful men we find that what they have acquired has come as the direct result of their own efforts; and such is the case in the history of Mr. Darling.
History of Mills and Fremont Counties, page 595,
Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1901
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