Jackson-Jones County IA Archives Biographies.....Stoddard, Fred A. 
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Source: History of Jackson County, Iowa, 1910
Author: J. W. Ellis

FRED A. STODDARD. 

Rich in its natural resources and especially adapted to agricultural 
development, Iowa is constantly producing men of progressive spirit who are 
improving their financial condition by developing and utilizing the 
opportunities she offers. Fred A. Stoddard is one who has gained success 
through cultivating her rich lands, owning now a fine farm of three hundred and 
fifteen acres in Monmouth township. 
A native of this township, he was born June 4, 1874, and is a son of Horace and 
Matilda (McCarty) Stoddard. The Stoddard family was established on this side of 
the Atlantic in New Hampshire, whence its members went to New York, and in 
Lewis county, that state, Horace Stoddard was born in 1830, his parents being 
Samuel and Lucy Ann (Cory) Stoddard. He grew to manhood in the east, where he 
was engaged in farming and also in carpentering until he was thirty-five years 
of age, when he came west to Jackson county, Iowa. He secured land in Monmouth 
township, which proved to be rich and fertile, and at the time of his death, 
July 26. 1892, he was numbered among those who had gained a conspicuous success 
in agricultural pursuits. In politics he was a democrat, but though always 
interested in public affairs never sought an office. His religious allegiance 
was given to the Methodist Episcopal church and his life was ever in harmony 
with its teachings. A man of exemplary character, he also possessed a 
personality that attracted others to him, and, as one obituary stated, those 
who knew him best loved him the most. 
In 1853 Horace Stoddard wedded Miss Matilda E. McCarty, who was born in 
Jefferson county, New York, September 25, 1833. Her parents, Hays and Emeline 
(Angell) McCarty, had nine children: Matilda, now Mrs. Horace Stoddard; John 
W., who was born August 28, 1836, and is now deceased; Emily L., born August 
10, 1838, who is the widow of George Ralston, formerly of Lebanon, Nebraska; 
Annie J., born April 10, 1840, who died at the age of three years; William A., 
born March 17, 1842, who married Antoinette Yendes and passed away in 1909; 
Martha J., born May 4, 1845, who is the wife of D. A. Bristell, of Monmouth; 
Helen G., born August 10, 1847, who is the widow of A. J. Kennedy; Imogen, born 
June 17, 1851, who is the widow of R. F. Sullivan and now resides in Sheffield, 
Iowa; and Frances M., who was born April 22, 1853, and is the wife of C. D. 
Bickford. Mr. and Mrs. Horace Stoddard had six children, namely: Herbert, who 
is engaged in the grocery business in Marshalltown, Iowa; Flora, deceased; 
Eugene A., who has also passed away; Edgar, the county superintendent of 
schools; Charley, who died at the age of three years; and Fred A., the subject 
of this review. The father passed away July 26, 1892, and was laid to rest in 
Monmouth, but the mother still survives. 
Fred A. Stoddard was reared upon the old homestead and at the usual age became 
a pupil in the public school, acquiring therein a good education. He remained 
with his parents until he was twenty-four years of age, when he began to teach 
in Jones county, this state, following that profession for four years. At the 
end of that period he purchased land in Clay township, Jones county, which he 
cultivated for three years and then sold. Then he came to Monmouth township, 
Jackson county, and now owns three hundred and fifteen acres, part of the 
tract, including the residence, lying within the corporate limits of Monmouth. 
He raises various crops suitable to his soil, and annually nets a handsome 
income from the sale of his bountiful harvests. That he has not been blind to 
opportunities for advancement offered by other fields of activity is manifest 
by the fact that he holds stock in the Monmouth Savings Bank and is one of the 
directors of the institution. 
In 1897 Mr. Stoddard was united in marriage to Miss Jessie Cooley, and they 
have three children: Gladys, Lotus, and Dwight, all of whom are attending 
school. On political issues of national importance, Mr. Stoddard invariably 
allies himself with the democratic party, but in local matters, with 
commendable public spirit, he supports the men and measures best calculated to 
advance the welfare of the community. Fraternally he is identified with the 
Maquoketa lodge of the Knights of Pythias and with the Monmouth camp of the 
Modern Woodmen of America, being past consul in the latter His friends are not 
limited to his fellow members in these organizations however, for throughout 
the township, where his entire life has been spent, he has a large circle of 
admirers and well wishers, whose esteem is all the more satisfying from the 
fact that they have known him from boyhood. 
J. W. Ellis, History of Jackson County, Iowa, 1910 


  

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