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Perry Francis Arney

Birth	:	24 Apr 1869 Marshall County, Iowa, USA
Death	:	21 Mar 1958
Burial	:	Riverside Cemetery, Marshalltown, Marshall County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.0583000, -92.9131012
Description	:	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... Read More	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.

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Perry Francis Arney's memorial is located at: Riverside Cemetery, Marshalltown, Marshall County, USA.
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Latitude: 42.0583000
Longitude: -92.9131012

Family Members:

Parent

Solomon Arney

(1838 - 1891)

Eliza Fulk Arney

(1836 - 1883)

Spouse

Cora Oletta Crouse Arney

(1871 - 1901)

Cora Louise Dill Arney

(1864 - 1943)

Siblings

Carey Elkanah Arney

(1856 - 1951)

(unknow - unknow)

Emily I Arney Crouse

(1866 - 1954)

Children

Wanda Cloe Arney Gravatt

(1892 - 1990)

Infant Daughter Arney

(1898 - 1898)

Max Solomon Arney

(1900 - 2003)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Riverside Cemetery
Marshalltown, Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 42.0583000, -92.9131012

2. Hartwell Cemetery
Marshalltown, Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 42.0555420, -92.9351100

3. Iowa Veterans Home Cemetery
Marshalltown, Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 42.0528620, -92.9344550

4. Brown Cemetery
Taylor, Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 42.0838000, -92.8889000

5. Quinn Cemetery
Green Mountain, Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 42.0833208, -92.8743664

6. Rose Hill Memorial Gardens Cemetery
Marshalltown, Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 42.0092010, -92.9021988

7. Iowa River Brethren Church Cemetery
Marshalltown, Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 42.0614490, -92.8257610

8. Marietta Cemetery
Marietta, Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 42.0675011, -93.0008011

9. Center School Cemetery
Marshalltown, Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 41.9954270, -92.9463690

10. Albion Cemetery
Albion, Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 42.1042010, -92.9863820

11. Rock Valley Cemetery
Le Grand, Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 42.0078011, -92.8452988

12. Wallin Cemetery
Marion, Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 42.0527661, -92.8140879

13. Hixite Cemetery
Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 42.0786018, -93.0141983

14. Prairieville Cemetery
Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 42.1371994, -92.9233017

15. Green Mountain Cemetery
Green Mountain, Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 42.1026250, -92.8242800

16. Bowles Cemetery
Green Mountain, Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 42.0493147, -92.8053903

17. Timber Creek Cemetery
Marshalltown, Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 41.9678001, -92.9100037

18. Hartland Friends Cemetery
Marietta, Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 42.0790000, -93.0412500

19. LaMoille Cemetery
LaMoille, Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 42.0194016, -93.0391998

20. Gaer Ballard Cemetery
Albion, Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 42.1290000, -93.0187000

21. Friends Cemetery
Le Grand, Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 42.0062000, -92.7856000

22. Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Le Grand, Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 42.0210991, -92.7758026

23. Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
Dillon, Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 41.9650002, -92.8227997

24. Immaculate Conception Cemetery
Haverhill, Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 41.9436720, -92.9572400