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Biographical History of Cherokee County, Iowa
W. S. Dunbar & Co., Chigago - 1889

[page 527-528]

    ROBERT GRACEY, one of the leading young farmers of Cherokee County,
    resides in Amherst Township on his farm of 200 acres.  He is a native
    of Jackson County, Iowa, born January 2, 1861, and is a son of JAMES
    C. and ANN (BRYAN) GRACEY, the father being a native of Ireland, and
    the mother of England.  ROBERT is the elder of a family of two chil-
    dren; his brother JAMES is also a resident of Cherokee County, while
    the parents still live in Jackson County.  He was reared to the occu-
    pation of a farmer, and received his earlier education in the common
    schools.  In 1879 he entered the International Business College of
    Davenport, Iowa, and was graduated from that institution in April,
    1881.  He then returned to his father's farm, and remained there
    until the spring of 1883, when he came to Cherokee County and pur-
    chased a farm of 160 acres of raw prairie in Amherst Township; the
    same year he erected a fine two-story residence, to which he has
    since made a small addition; he has also built good barns for stock
    and grain, and has placed his land under excellent cultivation.
    Although a young man Mr. GRACEY has attained an enviable position
    in the county, where he is recognized as one of the reliable, well-
    to-do citizens.  Politically he casts his suffrage with the Repub-
    lican party, and in the autumn of 1888 he was elected assessor of
    the township.  He devotes himself to farming and stock-raising, and
    has gathered about him all the modern conveniences for his chosen
    avocation.  January 16, 1884, occurred the wedding of ROBERT GRACEY
    and ALIDA MILES, daughter of H. A. and SOPHIA (PRUSSIA) MILES, nat-
    ives of Ohio.  Mrs. GRACEY was born in Jackson County, Iowa, Sept-
    ember 29, 1861.  They are the parents of two children: MILES GLENN
    was born October 25, 1884, and ETHEL was born May 3, 1886.  Mrs.
    GRACEY is a worthy member of the Christian Church, and the family
    are among the most respected citizens of Cherokee County.

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