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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
PERCY A. LAINSON, serving in his fourth term as sheriff of Pottawattamie
County, is an overseas veteran, a native of Iowa who has made an enviable record
as a soldier and peace officer.
Sheriff Lainson was born in Ida County, Iowa, in 1886, son of George J. and
Hattie D. (Terrill) Lainson. His father was born in Stratford, Canada, and
his mother in Northwestern Pennsylvania, and both are now living in
Sacramento, California. the paternal grandfather, William Lainson, was born in London,
England, and was married in Saint Peter's Cathedral in that city April 18,
1845. He was a clerk for Lord Darnelly's estate and was the first member of
the Lainson family to come to America. His son, George J. Lainson, came out
to Iowa about 1869, and for a number of years was on the road as a traveling
salesman. By trade he was a carpenter. His wife, Hattie D. Terrill, had been
adopted into the Lainson family. Her father, Jacob Terrill, was of
Pennsylvania Dutch stock and was a Union soldier and died about 1869. George J.
Lainson and wife are active members of the Presbyterian Church. he is a
Republican in politics and is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias. There were
four children in the family, Percy A. being the oldest. Florence is the wife of
R. I. Barrett, a hydraulic engineer at Sacramento, California; Elmer F. is
jailor under his brother, Sheriff Lainson; and Ruth married Mr. Keefer, a
hydraulic engineer at Sacramento.
Percy A. Lainson attended public schools in Iowa, as a youth clerked in a
drug store and came to Council Bluffs as an employee of the Pacific Express
Company and was assigned every task and responsibility in the routine of the
local office.
While working for the express company he joined the Iowa National Guard in
1902 and participated in its training regularly for a number of years. He went
with his company to the Mexican border in 1915, and in April, 1917, was
again called to the colors for service in the World war. He was mustered into
the national army in August, 1917, was in training at Des Moines and at Camp
Mills and sailed for overseas October 10, 1917. He started as a second
lieutenant and was promoted to first lieutenant while on the boat and later was made
captain of Company L of the One Hundred Sixty-eight Infantry, which was a
part of the famous Forty-second, Rainbow, Division. He was with his company
and regiment throughout its service in France, participating in some of the
hardest fighting of the war, and he returned home as commander of his company.
He received an honorable discharge May 19, 1919, and was immediately
commissioned as captain in the Iowa National Guard and helped reorganize his local
company. Later he was promoted to major, and he served as state agent in the
office of the attorney general until elected sheriff.
Mr. Lainson was elected sheriff of Pottawattamie County in 1922 and has been
reelected three times. He has been in the office since 1923, and has given
an administration worthy of the high praise accorded it.
Mr. Lainson married, August 23, 1917, Elizabeth Roberts, who was born at
Thurman, Iowa, and attended school there and is a graduate of the Council Bluffs
High School. They have two children: Donald, born in 1918, and Jeanne, born
in 1920. Sheriff Lainson is a member of Grace Presbyterian Church at
Council Bluffs, is a member of the Royal Arch Chapter, Scottish Rite bodies of
Masonry, the B. P. O. Elks and the Fraternal Order of Eagles. He is a Republican
in politics.
Posted at this site with Debbie's permission.
http://www.iagenweb.org/history/index.htm
*Check your facts, do not know how accurate.
census information:
June 11, 1900
Kane Township, Pottawattamie County, Iowa
Sheet Number 16A Enumeration District Number 135
Line 10 519 353 360 Iowa Avenue
Geo. J. Lainson, head, January 1858, 42, married 15 years, Canada, England, England, traveling salesman-oysters
Hattie Lainson, wife, Marcy 1867, 33, married 15 years, 4 children 4 living, Pennsylvania, unknown, unknown
Percy Lainson, son, October 1886, 13, single, Iowa, Canada, Pennsylvania, at school
Florence Lainson, daughter, April 1889, 11, single, Iowa, Canada, Pennsylvania, at school
Elmer Lainson, son, Marcy 1891, 9, single, Nebraska, Canada, Pennsylvania, at school
Ruth Lainson, daughter, December 1898, 1, single, Iowa, Canada, Pennsylvania
1910 census
Only changes: Hattie D. Lainson, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania and Elmer Lainson in no longer listed in the household.
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