About John Langfitt
Lived 1866 – 1932 (aged 65–66). John Langfitt was an American politician.
John N. Langfitt (9 May 1866 – 5 August 1932) was an American politician.
Langfitt was born on 9 May 1866 in Big Rock, Iowa. His father was a Scots-Irish native of Beaver County, Pennsylvania. His mother, Caroline Gadd, was from Morrill County, Ohio, and of English descent. John Langfitt attended schools in Scott County, as well as Wilton Academy and Davenport Business College. In 1887, when he was 21, Langfitt's family moved to Adair County. Langfitt married Clara A. Martin, a Greenfield native and daughter of W. B. and Lucy E. Martin, in 1892. The couple moved to Snohomish County, Washington, and returned to Iowa in 1898, after Langfitt acquired his father's farm. Upon returning to Adair County, Langfitt became active as a board member and chairman of the local Presbyterian church.
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