From the 1912 book Past and Present of Marshall County, Iowa, Volume 2, pages
784-786:
PERRY FRANCIS ARNEY.
Among the enterprising and successful business men of Marshalltown who have won
success by untiring effort and rightly directed talents is Perry Francis Arney,
who is deserving of conspicuous mention in this work along with other
public-spirited local citizens, because he has shown himself to be the possessor
of superior qualities, the characteristics that win, and he has not been
discouraged at obstacles. He is the scion of a worthy old pioneer family of
Marshall county, and his birth occurred here on April 24, 1869. He is the
youngest son of Solomon and Eliza Arney. He received a good common school
education and worked on the home farm for twenty-four years. Then he went to
Albion, Iowa, and engaged in the lumber, grain, implement and coal business for
a period of twelve years, being very successful there. At the end of that period
he came to Marshalltown, seeking a broader field for the exercise of his
splendid business talents, and it was soon noted by many that the city had
gained a very valuable addition to its business circles. His agricultural house
is one of the leading institutions of its kind in the middle West. In fact, the
agricultural block at Nos. 14-16 South First avenue, which Mr. Arney owns and
occupies, was one of the first built for an agricultural business in the state,
and has been used for the same line since 1868, when Ketcham & Johnston
established themselves in business at that place. Mr. Arney succeeded to the
business in February, 1903, when he bought out the founders.
Although Mr. Arney is one of the younger business men of Marshalltown in point
of identification with local interests, his experience in his present line
dates back to 1892, when he established himself in the implement business at
Albion. He saw a broader field here, and opened an implement and vehicle
business at Nos. 22-24 North First avenue. His business soon outgrew his
quarters and his purchase of the Ketchum & Johnston stock and building followed.
He does a big business, which has constantly grown until it has assumed much
larger proportions than a mere retail trade. His stock is varied to an extreme,
and anything from a sack needle to a threshing machine is obtainable. The main
floor of his building, which is so completely filled with farming implements of
every description that it would do credit to a much larger city, is forty by one
hundred and eighty feet. A second floor, forty by one hundred feet, comprises
the buggy department and salesroom. In addition to the retail place of business,
Mr. Arney maintains a large warehouse on South First avenue, between First
avenue and Center street, one and one-half stories, eighty by one hundred and
eighty feet. This gives him trackage and shipping facilities that are so
necessary in his extensive trade.
Another big business carried on by Mr. Arney is the state agency for the Davis
acetylene gas generators, a fine lighting system that has been installed in
numerous business houses and public buildings throughout the state, as well as
in many homes, both in town and in the country. He also controls the sale of the
Twentieth Century road grader in the state.
Mr. Arney is a progressive citizen, energetic in business, yet careful in his
management of the different lines in which he is engaged. He is a recognized
leader and a prime mover in all the progressive features which are at different
times introduced for the business welfare of the city. He is president of the
Marshall County Citizens Association, that succeeded in driving the saloons out
of the city of Marshalltown, July 1, 1911. He is also president of the Iowa
Implement Mutual Insurance Association, which was organized in 1903, and now has
in force over two and one-half million dollars insurance. He has been secretary
of the Marshalltown Retail Merchants Association, an organization that has
accomplished much for the stimulation of business in this city, and he has also
been a member of the executive committee of the Marshall County Fair
Association. Upon him devolved much of the work of promoting the successful
fairs of the past few years, in fact, he has never been known to fail in making
a success of whatever he attempts. In religious matters he belongs to the
Methodist Episcopal church.
Mr. Arney has been twice married; and has been blessed with faithful,
sympathetic helpmeets who have been an inspiration to him in all his
undertakings. His first marriage was to Cora Crouse, in 1891, this union
resulting in the birth of four children, Wanda, Bernice, Mildred and Maxwell.
The mother of these children passed to her rest in 1901, and in 1903 Mr. Arney
was united in marriage with Cora Dill, of Williamsburg, Iowa county, this state.
784-786:
PERRY FRANCIS ARNEY.
Among the enterprising and successful business men of Marshalltown who have won
success by untiring effort and rightly directed talents is Perry Francis Arney,
who is deserving of conspicuous mention in this work along with other
public-spirited local citizens, because he has shown himself to be the possessor
of superior qualities, the characteristics that win, and he has not been
discouraged at obstacles. He is the scion of a worthy old pioneer family of
Marshall county, and his birth occurred here on April 24, 1869. He is the
youngest son of Solomon and Eliza Arney. He received a good common school
education and worked on the home farm for twenty-four years. Then he went to
Albion, Iowa, and engaged in the lumber, grain, implement and coal business for
a period of twelve years, being very successful there. At the end of that period
he came to Marshalltown, seeking a broader field for the exercise of his
splendid business talents, and it was soon noted by many that the city had
gained a very valuable addition to its business circles. His agricultural house
is one of the leading institutions of its kind in the middle West. In fact, the
agricultural block at Nos. 14-16 South First avenue, which Mr. Arney owns and
occupies, was one of the first built for an agricultural business in the state,
and has been used for the same line since 1868, when Ketcham & Johnston
established themselves in business at that place. Mr. Arney succeeded to the
business in February, 1903, when he bought out the founders.
Although Mr. Arney is one of the younger business men of Marshalltown in point
of identification with local interests, his experience in his present line
dates back to 1892, when he established himself in the implement business at
Albion. He saw a broader field here, and opened an implement and vehicle
business at Nos. 22-24 North First avenue. His business soon outgrew his
quarters and his purchase of the Ketchum & Johnston stock and building followed.
He does a big business, which has constantly grown until it has assumed much
larger proportions than a mere retail trade. His stock is varied to an extreme,
and anything from a sack needle to a threshing machine is obtainable. The main
floor of his building, which is so completely filled with farming implements of
every description that it would do credit to a much larger city, is forty by one
hundred and eighty feet. A second floor, forty by one hundred feet, comprises
the buggy department and salesroom. In addition to the retail place of business,
Mr. Arney maintains a large warehouse on South First avenue, between First
avenue and Center street, one and one-half stories, eighty by one hundred and
eighty feet. This gives him trackage and shipping facilities that are so
necessary in his extensive trade.
Another big business carried on by Mr. Arney is the state agency for the Davis
acetylene gas generators, a fine lighting system that has been installed in
numerous business houses and public buildings throughout the state, as well as
in many homes, both in town and in the country. He also controls the sale of the
Twentieth Century road grader in the state.
Mr. Arney is a progressive citizen, energetic in business, yet careful in his
management of the different lines in which he is engaged. He is a recognized
leader and a prime mover in all the progressive features which are at different
times introduced for the business welfare of the city. He is president of the
Marshall County Citizens Association, that succeeded in driving the saloons out
of the city of Marshalltown, July 1, 1911. He is also president of the Iowa
Implement Mutual Insurance Association, which was organized in 1903, and now has
in force over two and one-half million dollars insurance. He has been secretary
of the Marshalltown Retail Merchants Association, an organization that has
accomplished much for the stimulation of business in this city, and he has also
been a member of the executive committee of the Marshall County Fair
Association. Upon him devolved much of the work of promoting the successful
fairs of the past few years, in fact, he has never been known to fail in making
a success of whatever he attempts. In religious matters he belongs to the
Methodist Episcopal church.
Mr. Arney has been twice married; and has been blessed with faithful,
sympathetic helpmeets who have been an inspiration to him in all his
undertakings. His first marriage was to Cora Crouse, in 1891, this union
resulting in the birth of four children, Wanda, Bernice, Mildred and Maxwell.
The mother of these children passed to her rest in 1901, and in 1903 Mr. Arney
was united in marriage with Cora Dill, of Williamsburg, Iowa county, this state.
From the 1912 book Past and Present of Marshall County, Iowa, Volume 2, pages
784-786:
PERRY FRANCIS ARNEY.
Among the enterprising and successful business men of Marshalltown who have won
success by untiring effort and rightly directed talents is Perry Francis Arney,
who is deserving of conspicuous mention in this work along with other
public-spirited local citizens, because he has shown himself to be the possessor
of superior qualities, the characteristics that win, and he has not been
discouraged at obstacles. He is the scion of a worthy old pioneer family of
Marshall county, and his birth occurred here on April 24, 1869. He is the
youngest son of Solomon and Eliza Arney. He received a good common school
education and worked on the home farm for twenty-four years. Then he went to
Albion, Iowa, and engaged in the lumber, grain, implement and coal business for
a period of twelve years, being very successful there. At the end of that period
he came to Marshalltown, seeking a broader field for the exercise of his
splendid business talents, and it was soon noted by many that the city had
gained a very valuable addition to its business circles. His agricultural house
is one of the leading institutions of its kind in the middle West. In fact, the
agricultural block at Nos. 14-16 South First avenue, which Mr. Arney owns and
occupies, was one of the first built for an agricultural business in the state,
and has been used for the same line since 1868, when Ketcham & Johnston
established themselves in business at that place. Mr. Arney succeeded to the
business in February, 1903, when he bought out the founders.
Although Mr. Arney is one of the younger business men of Marshalltown in point
of identification with local interests, his experience in his present line
dates back to 1892, when he established himself in the implement business at
Albion. He saw a broader field here, and opened an implement and vehicle
business at Nos. 22-24 North First avenue. His business soon outgrew his
quarters and his purchase of the Ketchum & Johnston stock and building followed.
He does a big business, which has constantly grown until it has assumed much
larger proportions than a mere retail trade. His stock is varied to an extreme,
and anything from a sack needle to a threshing machine is obtainable. The main
floor of his building, which is so completely filled with farming implements of
every description that it would do credit to a much larger city, is forty by one
hundred and eighty feet. A second floor, forty by one hundred feet, comprises
the buggy department and salesroom. In addition to the retail place of business,
Mr. Arney maintains a large warehouse on South First avenue, between First
avenue and Center street, one and one-half stories, eighty by one hundred and
eighty feet. This gives him trackage and shipping facilities that are so
necessary in his extensive trade.
Another big business carried on by Mr. Arney is the state agency for the Davis
acetylene gas generators, a fine lighting system that has been installed in
numerous business houses and public buildings throughout the state, as well as
in many homes, both in town and in the country. He also controls the sale of the
Twentieth Century road grader in the state.
Mr. Arney is a progressive citizen, energetic in business, yet careful in his
management of the different lines in which he is engaged. He is a recognized
leader and a prime mover in all the progressive features which are at different
times introduced for the business welfare of the city. He is president of the
Marshall County Citizens Association, that succeeded in driving the saloons out
of the city of Marshalltown, July 1, 1911. He is also president of the Iowa
Implement Mutual Insurance Association, which was organized in 1903, and now has
in force over two and one-half million dollars insurance. He has been secretary
of the Marshalltown Retail Merchants Association, an organization that has
accomplished much for the stimulation of business in this city, and he has also
been a member of the executive committee of the Marshall County Fair
Association. Upon him devolved much of the work of promoting the successful
fairs of the past few years, in fact, he has never been known to fail in making
a success of whatever he attempts. In religious matters he belongs to the
Methodist Episcopal church.
Mr. Arney has been twice married; and has been blessed with faithful,
sympathetic helpmeets who have been an inspiration to him in all his
undertakings. His first marriage was to Cora Crouse, in 1891, this union
resulting in the birth of four children, Wanda, Bernice, Mildred and Maxwell.
The mother of these children passed to her rest in 1901, and in 1903 Mr. Arney
was united in marriage with Cora Dill, of Williamsburg, Iowa county, this state.
784-786:
PERRY FRANCIS ARNEY.
Among the enterprising and successful business men of Marshalltown who have won
success by untiring effort and rightly directed talents is Perry Francis Arney,
who is deserving of conspicuous mention in this work along with other
public-spirited local citizens, because he has shown himself to be the possessor
of superior qualities, the characteristics that win, and he has not been
discouraged at obstacles. He is the scion of a worthy old pioneer family of
Marshall county, and his birth occurred here on April 24, 1869. He is the
youngest son of Solomon and Eliza Arney. He received a good common school
education and worked on the home farm for twenty-four years. Then he went to
Albion, Iowa, and engaged in the lumber, grain, implement and coal business for
a period of twelve years, being very successful there. At the end of that period
he came to Marshalltown, seeking a broader field for the exercise of his
splendid business talents, and it was soon noted by many that the city had
gained a very valuable addition to its business circles. His agricultural house
is one of the leading institutions of its kind in the middle West. In fact, the
agricultural block at Nos. 14-16 South First avenue, which Mr. Arney owns and
occupies, was one of the first built for an agricultural business in the state,
and has been used for the same line since 1868, when Ketcham & Johnston
established themselves in business at that place. Mr. Arney succeeded to the
business in February, 1903, when he bought out the founders.
Although Mr. Arney is one of the younger business men of Marshalltown in point
of identification with local interests, his experience in his present line
dates back to 1892, when he established himself in the implement business at
Albion. He saw a broader field here, and opened an implement and vehicle
business at Nos. 22-24 North First avenue. His business soon outgrew his
quarters and his purchase of the Ketchum & Johnston stock and building followed.
He does a big business, which has constantly grown until it has assumed much
larger proportions than a mere retail trade. His stock is varied to an extreme,
and anything from a sack needle to a threshing machine is obtainable. The main
floor of his building, which is so completely filled with farming implements of
every description that it would do credit to a much larger city, is forty by one
hundred and eighty feet. A second floor, forty by one hundred feet, comprises
the buggy department and salesroom. In addition to the retail place of business,
Mr. Arney maintains a large warehouse on South First avenue, between First
avenue and Center street, one and one-half stories, eighty by one hundred and
eighty feet. This gives him trackage and shipping facilities that are so
necessary in his extensive trade.
Another big business carried on by Mr. Arney is the state agency for the Davis
acetylene gas generators, a fine lighting system that has been installed in
numerous business houses and public buildings throughout the state, as well as
in many homes, both in town and in the country. He also controls the sale of the
Twentieth Century road grader in the state.
Mr. Arney is a progressive citizen, energetic in business, yet careful in his
management of the different lines in which he is engaged. He is a recognized
leader and a prime mover in all the progressive features which are at different
times introduced for the business welfare of the city. He is president of the
Marshall County Citizens Association, that succeeded in driving the saloons out
of the city of Marshalltown, July 1, 1911. He is also president of the Iowa
Implement Mutual Insurance Association, which was organized in 1903, and now has
in force over two and one-half million dollars insurance. He has been secretary
of the Marshalltown Retail Merchants Association, an organization that has
accomplished much for the stimulation of business in this city, and he has also
been a member of the executive committee of the Marshall County Fair
Association. Upon him devolved much of the work of promoting the successful
fairs of the past few years, in fact, he has never been known to fail in making
a success of whatever he attempts. In religious matters he belongs to the
Methodist Episcopal church.
Mr. Arney has been twice married; and has been blessed with faithful,
sympathetic helpmeets who have been an inspiration to him in all his
undertakings. His first marriage was to Cora Crouse, in 1891, this union
resulting in the birth of four children, Wanda, Bernice, Mildred and Maxwell.
The mother of these children passed to her rest in 1901, and in 1903 Mr. Arney
was united in marriage with Cora Dill, of Williamsburg, Iowa county, this state.
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