A. W. Carmichael had a biography printed in the 1903 Keokuk Co. biography book. His parents were Emsley Carmichael and Avarilla Moore, both natives of Ohio, married in Washington County, Iowa. His father came to English River Twp, near White Pigeon, Keokuk Co., at age 35 and had a farm of 120 acres. The biography continues:
A.W. Carmichael early became familiar with farm work upon the old homestead, assisting in the labors of field and meadow during the months of summer, while in the winter season he attended the public schools. Mr. Carmichael spent the first year after his marriage upon a farm in Adams township and then purchased ninety acres of land in English River township. Later he was given forty acres more in the same township and he has since purchased fifty acres, so that he now has a valuable farm of about two hundred acres, all under a high state of cultivation. He belongs to the Masonic Lodge at South English, being a third degree Mason, and in his life he exemplifies the beneficent spirit of his craft. In politics he has always been a Republican and keeps well informed on the issues and questions of the day, but has never sought or desired public office for himself. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church of Webster and his life is in harmony with his professions.
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