Frank H. Munger has been engaged in the abstract, conveyancing and insurance business at Waverly for the past nineteen years and has won success in that connection. His birth occurred in Sumner township, Bremer county, on the 2d of January, 1866, his parents being Harmon S. and Jane E. (Buckley) Munger, natives of Oneida county, New York, the former born on the 18th of April, 1835, and the latter on the 30th of December, 1934. In early manhood Harmon S. Munger devoted his attention to general agricultural pursuits. Taking up his abode in Waverly, he was chosen county recorder and served in that capacity for four years, while subsequently he acted as deputy postmaster for a number of years. The last years of his life were spent in honorable retirement, his demise occurring on the 22d of June, 1884. He held various local offices, including that of school director, and was widely recognized as a substantial and representative citizen of the community. His wife was called to her final rest on the 27th of June, 1911. They became the parents of three children, of whom two are living, namely: W.S., who is a traveling salesman residing in Winona, Minnesota; and Frank H. of this review.
Frank H. Munger graduated from the Waverly high school in 1884 and subsequently spent two years as a student in Cornell College of Mount Vernon, Iowa. He was a young man of eighteen years when his father died and had worked his way through school, leaving college in his junior year owing to lack of funds and securing a position as an instructor in the high school at Waverly. He there spent one year as assistant principal and for a similar period acted as principal. His health had become impaired and he was then advised by his physician to go into the north woods, where he spent four years with a large lumber concern. He was employed as an office man during the first year and afterward was made assistant manager and treasurer, also acting as purchasing agent. The change of climate proved very beneficial and his health improved steadily, and he has always recalled those years in the lumber woods with much pleasure. After returning to Waverly he embarked in the abstract, conveyancing and insurance business on the 1st of January, 1895, and has carried on his interests in that connection to the present time with gratifying and well merited success.
On the 28th of September, 1892, Mr. Munger was united in marriage to Miss Grace A. Morse, who was born in Waverly on the 13th of September, 1870, her parents being S.H. and Lida F. (Stone) Morse, the former a native of Boston, Massachusetts, and the latter of Ohio. Our subject and his wife have three children as follows: Ruth I., who was born on the 29th of September, 1893, and now assists her father in the work of the abstract office; Florence E., whose birth occurred on the 29th of December, 1896, and who is a senior in the Waverly High School; and Helen E., born September 18, 1908.
In his political views Mr. Munger is a staunch republican. He has served as city clerk for nine years, has been school director for eleven years and is now acting as secretary of that board. He also served as a member of the state commission which was appointed by Governor Carroll, then auditor of the state, to arrange a uniform system of books for cities and towns under the laws of Iowa. Mr. Munger is a most loyal and public-spirited citizen and has done much to promote the general welfare as a member of the Waverly Industrial Association and the Bremer County Fair Association. His religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Methodist Episcopal church, in the work of which he takes a most active and helpful part, acting as superintendent of its Sunday school, as one of the stewards and as chairman of the building committee. Honorable purpose, activity and fidelity have characterized him in every relation of life. He is widely known in the business circles of Waverly and has many friends of long years standing.
[History of Bremer County, Iowa Vol. II 1914]
Frank H. Munger graduated from the Waverly high school in 1884 and subsequently spent two years as a student in Cornell College of Mount Vernon, Iowa. He was a young man of eighteen years when his father died and had worked his way through school, leaving college in his junior year owing to lack of funds and securing a position as an instructor in the high school at Waverly. He there spent one year as assistant principal and for a similar period acted as principal. His health had become impaired and he was then advised by his physician to go into the north woods, where he spent four years with a large lumber concern. He was employed as an office man during the first year and afterward was made assistant manager and treasurer, also acting as purchasing agent. The change of climate proved very beneficial and his health improved steadily, and he has always recalled those years in the lumber woods with much pleasure. After returning to Waverly he embarked in the abstract, conveyancing and insurance business on the 1st of January, 1895, and has carried on his interests in that connection to the present time with gratifying and well merited success.
On the 28th of September, 1892, Mr. Munger was united in marriage to Miss Grace A. Morse, who was born in Waverly on the 13th of September, 1870, her parents being S.H. and Lida F. (Stone) Morse, the former a native of Boston, Massachusetts, and the latter of Ohio. Our subject and his wife have three children as follows: Ruth I., who was born on the 29th of September, 1893, and now assists her father in the work of the abstract office; Florence E., whose birth occurred on the 29th of December, 1896, and who is a senior in the Waverly High School; and Helen E., born September 18, 1908.
In his political views Mr. Munger is a staunch republican. He has served as city clerk for nine years, has been school director for eleven years and is now acting as secretary of that board. He also served as a member of the state commission which was appointed by Governor Carroll, then auditor of the state, to arrange a uniform system of books for cities and towns under the laws of Iowa. Mr. Munger is a most loyal and public-spirited citizen and has done much to promote the general welfare as a member of the Waverly Industrial Association and the Bremer County Fair Association. His religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Methodist Episcopal church, in the work of which he takes a most active and helpful part, acting as superintendent of its Sunday school, as one of the stewards and as chairman of the building committee. Honorable purpose, activity and fidelity have characterized him in every relation of life. He is widely known in the business circles of Waverly and has many friends of long years standing.
[History of Bremer County, Iowa Vol. II 1914]
Frank H. Munger has been engaged in the abstract, conveyancing and insurance business at Waverly for the past nineteen years and has won success in that connection. His birth occurred in Sumner township, Bremer county, on the 2d of January, 1866, his parents being Harmon S. and Jane E. (Buckley) Munger, natives of Oneida county, New York, the former born on the 18th of April, 1835, and the latter on the 30th of December, 1934. In early manhood Harmon S. Munger devoted his attention to general agricultural pursuits. Taking up his abode in Waverly, he was chosen county recorder and served in that capacity for four years, while subsequently he acted as deputy postmaster for a number of years. The last years of his life were spent in honorable retirement, his demise occurring on the 22d of June, 1884. He held various local offices, including that of school director, and was widely recognized as a substantial and representative citizen of the community. His wife was called to her final rest on the 27th of June, 1911. They became the parents of three children, of whom two are living, namely: W.S., who is a traveling salesman residing in Winona, Minnesota; and Frank H. of this review.
Frank H. Munger graduated from the Waverly high school in 1884 and subsequently spent two years as a student in Cornell College of Mount Vernon, Iowa. He was a young man of eighteen years when his father died and had worked his way through school, leaving college in his junior year owing to lack of funds and securing a position as an instructor in the high school at Waverly. He there spent one year as assistant principal and for a similar period acted as principal. His health had become impaired and he was then advised by his physician to go into the north woods, where he spent four years with a large lumber concern. He was employed as an office man during the first year and afterward was made assistant manager and treasurer, also acting as purchasing agent. The change of climate proved very beneficial and his health improved steadily, and he has always recalled those years in the lumber woods with much pleasure. After returning to Waverly he embarked in the abstract, conveyancing and insurance business on the 1st of January, 1895, and has carried on his interests in that connection to the present time with gratifying and well merited success.
On the 28th of September, 1892, Mr. Munger was united in marriage to Miss Grace A. Morse, who was born in Waverly on the 13th of September, 1870, her parents being S.H. and Lida F. (Stone) Morse, the former a native of Boston, Massachusetts, and the latter of Ohio. Our subject and his wife have three children as follows: Ruth I., who was born on the 29th of September, 1893, and now assists her father in the work of the abstract office; Florence E., whose birth occurred on the 29th of December, 1896, and who is a senior in the Waverly High School; and Helen E., born September 18, 1908.
In his political views Mr. Munger is a staunch republican. He has served as city clerk for nine years, has been school director for eleven years and is now acting as secretary of that board. He also served as a member of the state commission which was appointed by Governor Carroll, then auditor of the state, to arrange a uniform system of books for cities and towns under the laws of Iowa. Mr. Munger is a most loyal and public-spirited citizen and has done much to promote the general welfare as a member of the Waverly Industrial Association and the Bremer County Fair Association. His religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Methodist Episcopal church, in the work of which he takes a most active and helpful part, acting as superintendent of its Sunday school, as one of the stewards and as chairman of the building committee. Honorable purpose, activity and fidelity have characterized him in every relation of life. He is widely known in the business circles of Waverly and has many friends of long years standing.
[History of Bremer County, Iowa Vol. II 1914]
Frank H. Munger graduated from the Waverly high school in 1884 and subsequently spent two years as a student in Cornell College of Mount Vernon, Iowa. He was a young man of eighteen years when his father died and had worked his way through school, leaving college in his junior year owing to lack of funds and securing a position as an instructor in the high school at Waverly. He there spent one year as assistant principal and for a similar period acted as principal. His health had become impaired and he was then advised by his physician to go into the north woods, where he spent four years with a large lumber concern. He was employed as an office man during the first year and afterward was made assistant manager and treasurer, also acting as purchasing agent. The change of climate proved very beneficial and his health improved steadily, and he has always recalled those years in the lumber woods with much pleasure. After returning to Waverly he embarked in the abstract, conveyancing and insurance business on the 1st of January, 1895, and has carried on his interests in that connection to the present time with gratifying and well merited success.
On the 28th of September, 1892, Mr. Munger was united in marriage to Miss Grace A. Morse, who was born in Waverly on the 13th of September, 1870, her parents being S.H. and Lida F. (Stone) Morse, the former a native of Boston, Massachusetts, and the latter of Ohio. Our subject and his wife have three children as follows: Ruth I., who was born on the 29th of September, 1893, and now assists her father in the work of the abstract office; Florence E., whose birth occurred on the 29th of December, 1896, and who is a senior in the Waverly High School; and Helen E., born September 18, 1908.
In his political views Mr. Munger is a staunch republican. He has served as city clerk for nine years, has been school director for eleven years and is now acting as secretary of that board. He also served as a member of the state commission which was appointed by Governor Carroll, then auditor of the state, to arrange a uniform system of books for cities and towns under the laws of Iowa. Mr. Munger is a most loyal and public-spirited citizen and has done much to promote the general welfare as a member of the Waverly Industrial Association and the Bremer County Fair Association. His religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Methodist Episcopal church, in the work of which he takes a most active and helpful part, acting as superintendent of its Sunday school, as one of the stewards and as chairman of the building committee. Honorable purpose, activity and fidelity have characterized him in every relation of life. He is widely known in the business circles of Waverly and has many friends of long years standing.
[History of Bremer County, Iowa Vol. II 1914]
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