George W. Pixler has been a resident of Clayton
county from the time of his birth, has here gained
precedence as a prominent and successful
representative of agricultural and live-stock
enterprise, and the unqualified popular esteem in
which he is held is shown in the fact that in 1916 he
is serving in the responsible office of county
supervisor. His well-improved homestead farm is
situated in Section 26 Grand Meadow township, and
comprises three hundred and twenty acres of land. The
place gives forth every evidence of thrift and good
management and many of the substantial improvements
on this ideal rural estate have been made by the
present owner.
In the township in which he now resides, George W.
Pixler was born on the 17th of February, 1861, and he
was the sixth in order of birth in a family of eight
children, of whom four are now living. He is a son of
James M. and Eliza (Fry) Pixler, the former a native
of Fayette county Pennsylvania, and the latter of
Huntington county, Pennsylvania. The marriage of the
parents was solemnized in Pennsylvania and in 1850
they became pioneers of Clayton county, Iowa where
they resided during the first three years on a rented
farm. The father then purchased a farm in Grand
Meadow township and upon this place which he
reclaimed and brought to a high state of cultivation,
both he and his wife passed the remainder of their
lives, honored pioneers whose names well merit place
on the pages of Clayton county history.
George W. Pixler gained in his boyhood and youth
the practical experience that admirably reinforced
him for the responsibilities which he assumed when he
instituted his independent career as a farmer. He
fully profited by the advantages afforded in the
public schools of his native county, and supplemented
this by attending Fayette College during two terms.
He continued to be associated with his father in the
work and management of the home farm until 1884, when
at the age of twenty three years he wedded Miss May
Harmon, who was born in Wisconsin and the parents of
whom are both deceased. About the time of his
marriage Mr Pixler purchased a portion of his present
fine landed estate which now comprises three hundred
and twenty acres and constitutes one of the model
farms of Grand Meadow township. In connection with
his well ordered agricultural operations, Mr Pixler
gives special attention to the raising of the black
polled type of cattle and other excellent grades of
live stock, and his progressiveness and use of
scientific methods and policies have made him an
influential factor in connection with the promotion
of the agricultural and live-stock interests of his
native county.
His political allegiance is given to the
Republican party, he has been called upon to serve as
township assessor and as a member of the school board
and as before stated he is now serving in the office
of the county supervisor. He is affiliated with the
Brotherhood of American Yeomen and the Ancient Order
of United Workmen, and he and his wife attend the
Methodist Episcopal church. Their pleasant home is a
center of gracious hospitality and they delight there
to extend welcome to their large circle of friends.
Of their eight children, all are living except the
last, Lester who died at the age of two years. James
R., the eldest of the number, is now one of the
successful young farmers of Clayton county; Ina A. is
the wife of Henry Schultz of this county; Ernest E.
is engaged in farming in the state of South Dakota;
Roy R. has the practical supervision of the old
homestead farm of his father; and Ralph C., George F.
and Gerald are the younger members of the ideal home
circle.
