HON. DELOS ABRAMS, farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Bloomington. The subject of this sketch is a gentleman who is honored by all who know him, and has held many prominent positions in the community in which he resides; as for enemies he has none, but is noted by all for honesty and veracity, and has aroused his neighbors from their lethargy and slumbers many times on important political questions. He was born in 1834, in Montgomery Co., N. Y.; was a son of Anthony and Scyntha Abrams; he received a common-school education. His aged mother died in 1855, and his father in 1871; their loss was long mourned by all who knew them. Delos Abrams is one of nine children, seven of whom are living; his brother, Andrew Abrams, died in Africa in 1879, as a missionary; he is also a brother to the noted Dr. Charles Abrams, of Fayetteville, La Fayette Co., Wis. Delos lived with his parents until 21 years of age, when, in 1855, he married Miss Martha M. Harvey, a daughter of James Harvey; she is one of five children; they have four children - Mary A., Susie K., Elizabeth B. and Harvey. Mary A. is married to Charles Alexander, of Carroll Co., Iowa. Mr. Abrams is a Republican; was School Clerk eleven years; Justice of the Peace two years; Assessor one year; Chairman of Town Board two terms, and was elected, in 1876, to the honorable position of Representative in the State Legislature on the Republican ticket, with a majority of 206 - the largest ever given in his district; he has never been defeated in any political effort; is running a large farm of 606 acres of land, valued at $16,000; is also the proprietor of one of the finest dairies in Grant Co., and is a Royal Arch Mason.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.