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A Narrative History
of
The People of Iowa
with
SPECIAL TREATMENT OF THEIR CHIEF ENTERPRISES IN
EDUCATION, RELIGION, VALOR, INDUSTRY,
BUSINESS, ETC.
by
EDGAR RUBEY HARLAN, LL. B., A. M.
Curator of the
Historical, Memorial and Art Department of Iowa
Volume IV
THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Inc.
Chicago and New York
1931
ALBERT MARCHANT, who is manager of the Iowa Canning Company's branch at
Storm Lake, is a master hand in the canning industry, which has been the chief
line of his business experience since boyhood.
Mr. Marchant, who has the distinction of being mayor of the City of Storm
Lake, was born in Benton County, Iowa, April 16, 1882. His father, Joel B.
Marchant, was born in Illinois, of French ancestry, the original spelling of the
name being Marchand. Joel Marchant came to Iowa when a young man, and was a
farmer in this state. Though very young, he served out a period of
enlistment in the Civil war as a private in Company G of the Second Iowa Infantry.
he died in Benton County in 1917, when seventy years of age. Joel Marchant
married Nany Arnold, a native of Illinois, who died in 1889, at the age of
forty-two.
Albert Marchant grew up on a farm, attended public schools at Garrison, and
it was with the Garrison Canning Company that he received his first training
in the canning business. He started as a laborer and was given increasing
responsibilities until he reached the post of assistant superintendent of the
plant. The Garrison Canning Company subsequently became a unit of the Iowa
Canning Company. Mr. Marchant left there in 1908 and for about a year was
connected with the cannery at Dysart, Iowa, and in 1909 moved to Storm Lake to
become manager of the Storm Lake branch of the Sac City Canning Company. He was
also elected vice president of the company. In July, 1929, the Sac City
Canning Company was merged with the Iowa Canning company. Mr. Marchant remains
as manager of the Storm Lake plant.
He has been a public spirited citizen, willing to do his part in community
matters and for two terms, 1911-1915, was a member of the city council. He is
now in his second term as mayor, the term ending in March, 1931. He has
also been a member of the board of directors of the Chamber of Commerce and vice
president of the Rotary Club.
Mr. Marchant is a member of the Masonic Lodge, Independent Order of Odd
Fellows, is a Republican and a Methodist. He married Miss Ella May Graves, a
native of Iowa, daughter of E. A. and Elizabeth Graves, of Garrison, Iowa. Mrs.
Graves died on November 27, 1913, and Mr. Graves died January 30, 1918.
One of the principal accomplishments during Mayor Marchant's administration
is the cleaning of the lake of blue-green algae. Another important item is
the installation of an electrolier system or white way along Lake Avenue.
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