Arius Brotherton was the son of W. H. and Margaret (Brotherton) Deal, both natives of Pennsylvania. He and Mary Elizabeth Hester were married in Dublin, Indiana on the 5th of November 1852. There resided until 1858 when they came to Iowa settling in Des Moines county where the they purchased a farm in Franklin township comprising eighty acres of land. They lived there for about three years and then sold out, after which he went to Louisa county where he purchased a farm and residing thereon for two years. On selling that property he bought eighty acres of land in Scott township in Henry county and that he prospered in his undertakings is shown by the fact that at the time of his death he was the owner of seven hundred and twenty acres of valuable land, all lying in this county. He was a man of good business ability, executive force and keen discernment and he realized that earnest labor is the real basis of all prosperity. On the 7th of October, 1901, he was called to his final rest and he is still survived by Mrs. Deal, who resides upon the old homestead with her daughter, Mrs. Annie E. Spray.
Arius Brotherton was the son of W. H. and Margaret (Brotherton) Deal, both natives of Pennsylvania. He and Mary Elizabeth Hester were married in Dublin, Indiana on the 5th of November 1852. There resided until 1858 when they came to Iowa settling in Des Moines county where the they purchased a farm in Franklin township comprising eighty acres of land. They lived there for about three years and then sold out, after which he went to Louisa county where he purchased a farm and residing thereon for two years. On selling that property he bought eighty acres of land in Scott township in Henry county and that he prospered in his undertakings is shown by the fact that at the time of his death he was the owner of seven hundred and twenty acres of valuable land, all lying in this county. He was a man of good business ability, executive force and keen discernment and he realized that earnest labor is the real basis of all prosperity. On the 7th of October, 1901, he was called to his final rest and he is still survived by Mrs. Deal, who resides upon the old homestead with her daughter, Mrs. Annie E. Spray.
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