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IOWA
ITS HISTORY AND TRADITION
VOLUME III
1804-1926
E. P. REILLY
One of the most prominent figures in the live stock business in Sioux City
is Edward P. Reilly, of the firm of Reilly & Sullivan, live stock dealers, and
president of the Traders Live Stock Exchange. He is a native son of Iowa,
born in Harrison county, on the 2d of July, 1866, his parents being Joseph W.
and Margaret (Long) Reilly, the former born at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
while the latter was a native of County Kilkenny, Ireland. In boyhood the father
ran away from home with a companion to enlist in the Mexican war. His chum
succeeded in enlisting but he was not accepted because of his age. After teh
war he came up the Missouri river to Kanesville, where he arrived in 1849 and
early in the '50s he continued his journey to Sioux City. On the outbreak
of the Civil war he enlisted and was still in the army at the time of his
marriage, in 1864. After his discharge from the army he and his wife came to the
Missouri valley, settling on a farm in Harrison county, where he resided to
the time of his death.
Edward P. Reilly attended the public schools, though the greater part of his
education has been secured in the hard school of experience. He remained on
the home farm until nineteen years of age, when in 1885 he rented a farm in
Woodbury county, which he operated on his own account for fourteen years. In
1899 he came to Sioux City and began trading in live stock, in which he was
so successful that in 1906 he formed a partnership with William Sullivan,
under the firm name of Reilly & Sullivan, and they have continued in business to
the present time, dealing mainly in "stockers" and "feeders." They have
prospered to a very gratifying degree and are regarded as one of the leading
livestock trading firms in this city. Mr. Reilly was honored by election to the
presidency of the Traders Live Stock Exchange, which position he is now
holding for his twelfth year, and he has served twenty-two years as a member of
the board of directors of the Sioux City Live Stock Exchange. He is also one
of five members of the National Live Stock Exchange practice commission,
appointed by Secretary of Agriculture Wallace, the other members of the
commission being, Howard Gore, then assistant secretary of agriculture, and now
governor of the West Virginia; Everett Brown, of Chicago; Thomas Cross, of Chicago; and William O. Tagg, of Omaha.
Mr. Reilly is a member of Sioux City Lodge, No. 112, Benevolent Protective
Order of Elks, and Epiphany Council, No. 743, Knights of Columbus. He is a
communicant of Epiphany Cathedral Roman Catholic church, to which he gives
liberal support. He takes an interest in public affairs and has served two years
as a member of the city council. No worthy cause ever appeals to him in
vain, for he is essentially public spirited, lending his influence to any measure
which promises to be of material benefit to the community. For these
reasons, as well as for his friendly manner, he is well deserving of the esteem
which is accorded him throughout the city in which he lives.
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