Biography from "History of Guthrie and Adair Counties, Iowa" Springfield, Ill: Continental Hist. Co., 1884. Guthrie Center Transcribed by Bobbi Pohl.
"Richard F. McLuen, an employee of McFarlane, Dickey & Co, was born February 27, 1845, in Noble county, Ohio. In 1856, the family came to this county, settling in Valley township, on Capitol Hill. Richard worked on the farm till he was sixteen years of age, at which time he came to the city and learned the blacksmith trade with William Warrington. In 1863, he went to Panora, and from thence to Carrollton, Iowa, in the spring of 1865, where he was occupied doing the blacksmithing for sixty five miles of the Northwestern railroad. In 1872, he returned to Guthrie Center and engaged in the agricultural business with McLuen Brothers until he accepted his present position in 1881. January 12, 1868, he was married to Miss Rebecca J. Marshman, of Pennsylvania. They have three children--John, Mary and Edward. Mr. McLuen was deputy sheriff from 1874 to 1877, and is a member of the A. F. and A. M."
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Biography from "History of Guthrie and Adair Counties, Iowa" Springfield, Ill: Continental Hist. Co., 1884. Guthrie Center Transcribed by Bobbi Pohl.
"Richard F. McLuen, an employee of McFarlane, Dickey & Co, was born February 27, 1845, in Noble county, Ohio. In 1856, the family came to this county, settling in Valley township, on Capitol Hill. Richard worked on the farm till he was sixteen years of age, at which time he came to the city and learned the blacksmith trade with William Warrington. In 1863, he went to Panora, and from thence to Carrollton, Iowa, in the spring of 1865, where he was occupied doing the blacksmithing for sixty five miles of the Northwestern railroad. In 1872, he returned to Guthrie Center and engaged in the agricultural business with McLuen Brothers until he accepted his present position in 1881. January 12, 1868, he was married to Miss Rebecca J. Marshman, of Pennsylvania. They have three children--John, Mary and Edward. Mr. McLuen was deputy sheriff from 1874 to 1877, and is a member of the A. F. and A. M."
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