Person:David Twogood (1)

!DAVID S. TWOGOOD http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/historical/1914_12.html

  Davis S. Twogood, mayor of Marcus and well known in business circles as the proprietor of a first class livery, was born in Anamosa, Iowa, September 21, 1872. He is a son of R. B. and Mattie (Graham) Twogood, the former a native of Rockford, Illinois, and the latter of Virginia. The father was reared and educated in Illinois and at the age of sixteen enlisted in the Eleventh Volunteer Cavalry from that state, serving in the Union army until the close of the Civil war. After his discharge he went to Anamosa, where he worked as a bookkeeper for three years. In March, 1869, he moved to Woodbury county, Iowa, and took up a homestead claim which he improved and operated until 1907, when he retired. He moved to Kingsley and has since engaged in the real-estate, insurance and loan business there.
  David S. Twogood was reared in Woodbuy county, acquiring his education in the district schools and in a business college at Carroll. He afterward rented a farm and after operating it until 1905 spent three years in Kingsley. He then went to Clark county, South Dakota, where he engaged in farming and also dealt in horses and land, being in partnership with his brother, who has since passed away. In December, 1910, Mr. Twogood came to Marcus and purchased a livery business here which he has since conducted. His establishment is first class and modern in every respect and he controls a large patronage, for his prices are moderate and his service prompt. He also does an extensive business in buying and selling horses, shipping his animals to Sioux City, where they find a ready sale.
  On the 26th of January, 1896, Mr. Twogood was united in marriage to Miss Myrtle Bacon, a daughter of W. A. and Emma Bacon, natives of New York, who came to Woodbury county, Iowa, in pioneer times. The father engaged in farming there until 1896 and then sold his holdings and went to Randolph, Nebraska, where he still resides, a large landholder. He has survived his wife since November, 1894. Mr. and Mrs. Twogood became the parents of six children: Vernon, aged fifteen; Lucille, fourteen; Gladys, twelve; Blanche, nine; Forrest, six; and Irma, who died in 1902, at the age of nine months.
  Mr. Twogood is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Masonic lodge, the Woodmen of the World and the Ancient Order of United Workmen. He gives his political allegiance to the republican party and has served as a member of the school board. In the spring of 1912 he was elected mayor of Marcus, an office in which he has since served. His administration has been straightforward and energetic and a great deal of important work has been accomplished, Mr. Twogood proving himself an efficient and capable executive. He stands high in both official and business circles and he well deserves mention among the representative citizens of the community.

1. ↑ Family Search. 1880 United States Census and National Index. (Salt Lake City: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Intellectual Reserve, Inc., 2001)
   Disc 24 - Prairie States North - Iowa.

   Rutland, Woodbury, Iowa

   Age 6

2. ↑ Census; State; 1885; Iowa
   402.

   Rutland, Woodbury, Iowa

   Age 12

3. ↑ Census; US; 1900; IA; Woodbury
   10A.

   Rutland, ED 161; Family 194

   Age 26, Farmer

4. ↑ Census; US; 1910; SD; Clark
   48A.

   ED 105, Clark, Ward 1, Kansas Street, Famliy 33

   Age 37, Farmer

5. ↑ Census; US; 1920; IA; Woodbury
   7B.

   Sioux City, ED 216, Family 151, 611 22nd

   Age 47, Real Estate Agent

6. ↑ Census; US; 1930; IA; Plymouth
   4B.

   Sioux, ED 31, Family 75

   Age 57, Farmer, Widowed

7.   National Archives and Records Administration. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-18. (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2002)
   12 SEP 1918.

   Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa, 611 22nd

   Age 45, Horse Commission, Sioux City Stock Yards