65yo, married endocarditis interred 18 Feb 1920 from Oakdale database.
FRENCH, Nathaniel, lawyer and manufacturer, b. Andover, Mass., 7 Sept 1854, son of George Henry and Frances Wood (Morton) French.
He attended Griswold College, Davenport, IA, where he was graduated A.B. in 1873, and later pursued a special course in Heidelberg University. He completed the course at the Harvard Law School in 1876, and then removing to Peoria IL, began practice in the office of Col Robert G. Ingersoll
Later he returned to Iowa in 1883, where he was made judge of the circuit court which he held until 1886. In 1889 he withdrew to a considerable extent from the active practice of law, and with his brother, Col. George Watson French, became associated with his father in the business of manufacturing agricultural implements. His first position was that of secretary of the Eagle Manufacturing Company of Davenport, IA. In 1889 he became vice-president of the Bettendorf Metal Wheel Company of Davenport, a concern which was extensively engaged in the manufacture of metal wheels. In 1909, MWC was succeeded by French and Hecht.
Judge French has always been keenly, and often actively, interested in politics. He was an earnest advocate of the "Gold Platform," during the presidential campaign of 1896, and "stumped" the States of Iowa and Wisconsin at his own expense, for the gold faction of the Democratic party, besides contributing liberally to the expenses of the campaign. While he could have obtained practically any political office in the gift of his party, he steadily refused any political honor or reward.
With a similar devotion to principles of honesty and integrity, Judge French was active in the fight of the minority stockholders of the Rock Island Railway in 1915, and in recognition of his ability and the important services which he rendered, was elected director of that railroad at the stockholders' annual meeting held in Chicago.
Judge French enjoys the admiration and respect of all who know him because of his fine scholarship and lovable personal traits. He is a quick thinker, and, as a public speaker, is noted for clarity and elegance of diction. Among social and academic bodies he is a member of the Contemporary Club of Davenport, the University Club of Chicago, and the Davenport Academy of Science. He is also a member of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Philadelphia; Academy of Political Sciences, Columbia University; Iowa Historical Society; and of the Navy League of the United States.
In 1883 he married Marian Montgomery Eldredge, daughter of Henry Eldredge, of Binghamton, N. Y. There are two daughters, Frances Mary and Grace Hamilton French, the latter the wife of Harry F. Evans. (Appleton's Cyclopædia of American biography, Volume 8, 1918)
FRENCH, Nathaniel, lawyer and manufacturer, b. Andover, Mass., 7 Sept 1854, son of George Henry and Frances Wood (Morton) French.
He attended Griswold College, Davenport, IA, where he was graduated A.B. in 1873, and later pursued a special course in Heidelberg University. He completed the course at the Harvard Law School in 1876, and then removing to Peoria IL, began practice in the office of Col Robert G. Ingersoll
Later he returned to Iowa in 1883, where he was made judge of the circuit court which he held until 1886. In 1889 he withdrew to a considerable extent from the active practice of law, and with his brother, Col. George Watson French, became associated with his father in the business of manufacturing agricultural implements. His first position was that of secretary of the Eagle Manufacturing Company of Davenport, IA. In 1889 he became vice-president of the Bettendorf Metal Wheel Company of Davenport, a concern which was extensively engaged in the manufacture of metal wheels. In 1909, MWC was succeeded by French and Hecht.
Judge French has always been keenly, and often actively, interested in politics. He was an earnest advocate of the "Gold Platform," during the presidential campaign of 1896, and "stumped" the States of Iowa and Wisconsin at his own expense, for the gold faction of the Democratic party, besides contributing liberally to the expenses of the campaign. While he could have obtained practically any political office in the gift of his party, he steadily refused any political honor or reward.
With a similar devotion to principles of honesty and integrity, Judge French was active in the fight of the minority stockholders of the Rock Island Railway in 1915, and in recognition of his ability and the important services which he rendered, was elected director of that railroad at the stockholders' annual meeting held in Chicago.
Judge French enjoys the admiration and respect of all who know him because of his fine scholarship and lovable personal traits. He is a quick thinker, and, as a public speaker, is noted for clarity and elegance of diction. Among social and academic bodies he is a member of the Contemporary Club of Davenport, the University Club of Chicago, and the Davenport Academy of Science. He is also a member of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Philadelphia; Academy of Political Sciences, Columbia University; Iowa Historical Society; and of the Navy League of the United States.
In 1883 he married Marian Montgomery Eldredge, daughter of Henry Eldredge, of Binghamton, N. Y. There are two daughters, Frances Mary and Grace Hamilton French, the latter the wife of Harry F. Evans. (Appleton's Cyclopædia of American biography, Volume 8, 1918)
65yo, married endocarditis interred 18 Feb 1920 from Oakdale database.
FRENCH, Nathaniel, lawyer and manufacturer, b. Andover, Mass., 7 Sept 1854, son of George Henry and Frances Wood (Morton) French.
He attended Griswold College, Davenport, IA, where he was graduated A.B. in 1873, and later pursued a special course in Heidelberg University. He completed the course at the Harvard Law School in 1876, and then removing to Peoria IL, began practice in the office of Col Robert G. Ingersoll
Later he returned to Iowa in 1883, where he was made judge of the circuit court which he held until 1886. In 1889 he withdrew to a considerable extent from the active practice of law, and with his brother, Col. George Watson French, became associated with his father in the business of manufacturing agricultural implements. His first position was that of secretary of the Eagle Manufacturing Company of Davenport, IA. In 1889 he became vice-president of the Bettendorf Metal Wheel Company of Davenport, a concern which was extensively engaged in the manufacture of metal wheels. In 1909, MWC was succeeded by French and Hecht.
Judge French has always been keenly, and often actively, interested in politics. He was an earnest advocate of the "Gold Platform," during the presidential campaign of 1896, and "stumped" the States of Iowa and Wisconsin at his own expense, for the gold faction of the Democratic party, besides contributing liberally to the expenses of the campaign. While he could have obtained practically any political office in the gift of his party, he steadily refused any political honor or reward.
With a similar devotion to principles of honesty and integrity, Judge French was active in the fight of the minority stockholders of the Rock Island Railway in 1915, and in recognition of his ability and the important services which he rendered, was elected director of that railroad at the stockholders' annual meeting held in Chicago.
Judge French enjoys the admiration and respect of all who know him because of his fine scholarship and lovable personal traits. He is a quick thinker, and, as a public speaker, is noted for clarity and elegance of diction. Among social and academic bodies he is a member of the Contemporary Club of Davenport, the University Club of Chicago, and the Davenport Academy of Science. He is also a member of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Philadelphia; Academy of Political Sciences, Columbia University; Iowa Historical Society; and of the Navy League of the United States.
In 1883 he married Marian Montgomery Eldredge, daughter of Henry Eldredge, of Binghamton, N. Y. There are two daughters, Frances Mary and Grace Hamilton French, the latter the wife of Harry F. Evans. (Appleton's Cyclopædia of American biography, Volume 8, 1918)
FRENCH, Nathaniel, lawyer and manufacturer, b. Andover, Mass., 7 Sept 1854, son of George Henry and Frances Wood (Morton) French.
He attended Griswold College, Davenport, IA, where he was graduated A.B. in 1873, and later pursued a special course in Heidelberg University. He completed the course at the Harvard Law School in 1876, and then removing to Peoria IL, began practice in the office of Col Robert G. Ingersoll
Later he returned to Iowa in 1883, where he was made judge of the circuit court which he held until 1886. In 1889 he withdrew to a considerable extent from the active practice of law, and with his brother, Col. George Watson French, became associated with his father in the business of manufacturing agricultural implements. His first position was that of secretary of the Eagle Manufacturing Company of Davenport, IA. In 1889 he became vice-president of the Bettendorf Metal Wheel Company of Davenport, a concern which was extensively engaged in the manufacture of metal wheels. In 1909, MWC was succeeded by French and Hecht.
Judge French has always been keenly, and often actively, interested in politics. He was an earnest advocate of the "Gold Platform," during the presidential campaign of 1896, and "stumped" the States of Iowa and Wisconsin at his own expense, for the gold faction of the Democratic party, besides contributing liberally to the expenses of the campaign. While he could have obtained practically any political office in the gift of his party, he steadily refused any political honor or reward.
With a similar devotion to principles of honesty and integrity, Judge French was active in the fight of the minority stockholders of the Rock Island Railway in 1915, and in recognition of his ability and the important services which he rendered, was elected director of that railroad at the stockholders' annual meeting held in Chicago.
Judge French enjoys the admiration and respect of all who know him because of his fine scholarship and lovable personal traits. He is a quick thinker, and, as a public speaker, is noted for clarity and elegance of diction. Among social and academic bodies he is a member of the Contemporary Club of Davenport, the University Club of Chicago, and the Davenport Academy of Science. He is also a member of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Philadelphia; Academy of Political Sciences, Columbia University; Iowa Historical Society; and of the Navy League of the United States.
In 1883 he married Marian Montgomery Eldredge, daughter of Henry Eldredge, of Binghamton, N. Y. There are two daughters, Frances Mary and Grace Hamilton French, the latter the wife of Harry F. Evans. (Appleton's Cyclopædia of American biography, Volume 8, 1918)
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