B. H. IRONMONGER, miller, Mason City; firm of Ironmonger & Tibbets, proprietors Mason City Mills; born in Staffordshire, Eng., Oct. 1, 1832; at 12 years of age, he came to America, arriving at New Orleans, then to St. Louis, and followed milling until 1856, then to Jacksonville, milling until 1860, when he removed to Pekin, and followed milling until 1869, when he, with A. Stubbs, erected the Young America Mills at Delavan, which they ran until 1872, when he located at Mason City, under the firm name of Ironmonger, Johnson & Tibbets, erecting their mill, which they completed in the spring of 1873. Mr. Ironmonger & Tibbets have been associated with different parties, but are now running together, having purchased the interest of the other partner; they have two runs for wheat and one for corn, being the only mill in Mason City, and has a capacity of forty barrels per day, their supply being mostly produced near home, but have some years received wheat from Kansas City, and other cities north and west. He was married, in 1855, to Elizabeth Stubbs; she was born in Yorkshire, Eng., in 1835; they have seven children now living:  Olive E., Hattie, Laura, Minnie, Benjamin F., Arthur J. and Joseph D.



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