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

[page 437]

   H. A. MALTBY, a prominent farmer of Amherst Township, was born in
   Lake County, Illinois, May 19, 1851, and is a son of A. T. and
   SUSAN (BURDICK) MALTBY, natives of the State of New York.  He is
   the fifth of a family of six children, and until his thirteenth
   year lived in the county in which he was born.  The family then
   removed to Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa, where he grew to man-
   hood.  He attended the common schools until his sixteenth year,
   when he went to learn the harness trade at Decorah; he followed
   this business for a period of nine years, when he returned to the
   industry of his youth, farming.  In 1877 he removed to Cherokee
   County, and located on a tract of 320 acres in Amherst Township,
   which he had purchased in partnership with his brother-in-law,
   O. B. FOBES.  No improvements had been made on the place in any
   way; they erected a small building, which has since been enlarged
   to a handsome frame residence, and barns for stock and grain.  They
   operated this farm together until 1884, when Mr. MALTBY purchased
   the entire control; he devotes his time exclusively to farming and
   stock-raising.  The present season he has been engaged in dehorning
   cattle.  Mr. Maltby is interested in propagating the better grades
   of short-horn stock, and owns a fine herd of Duroc Jersey hogs. He
   has been prominently identified with the Republican party in his
   township, where he is one of the wheel horses; he has held the office
   of justice of the peace for four years, and for eight years has been
   a member of the School Board, six years serving as president.  He
   is a member of the A.O.U.W. He is a zealous worker in the Methodist
   Episcopal Church, having held the office of treasurer and trustee,
   class-leader, and superintendent of the Sabbath-school.  Mr. MALTBY
   was married May 7, 1873, to Miss ESTELLA FOBES, daughter of G. M.
   and EMILY (BLODGETT) FOBES, natives of the State of New York.  Mrs.
   MALTBY was born in Yates County, New York, February 8, 1852.  Five
   children have been born of this marriage: ARTHUR J., HARRISON W.,
   ADDA, LOIS AND MARION.


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