A. R. FOXLEY, successor to R. Foxley & Son, brick manufacturers, North Harrison Street, Council Bluffs. This business was established in 1880 by R. Foxley and was conducted by him until 1885, when he formed a partnership with his son A. R., the present owner. The annual output of this establishment is 1,000,000 brick and the number made daily is 18,000. Mr. Foxley gives employment to about fifteen men, and manufactures both the common and the dry pressed brick.

Richard Foxley, the father of our subject was born in Bedfordshire, England, in 1836. He remained in his native land until he was eighteen years old, when he came to America and located in New York State. A few years later he went to Toronto, Canada, where he made his home until 1859, and from there to Ottawa, Canada, until 1879, when he came to Council Bluffs. In January 1888, he removed to Vancouver, British Columbia, where he engaged in the manufacture of brick and where he died, August 17, 1890. He followed the trade of brick maker and contractor all his life. Politically he was a Democrat. While in Canada, in 1856, he married Miss Charlotte Newlove, a native of Lincolnshire, England, born in 1838. She is now a resident of Vancouver. They had a family of nine children, viz.: Edith, wife of Joseph Tindale of Downsville, Iowa; Eleanor, a resident of Vancouver; Alfred R., the subject of this sketch; Emily, a milliner of Vancouver; Herbert, also of that city; Percival, a resident of Council Bluffs; and Louisa at Vancouver. Two are deceased.

Alfred R. was born near Ottawa, Canada June 21, 1864; was educated in the public schools and learned the trade of brick making with his father. In 1887 he was married to Miss Carrie Burgess of Council Bluffs. She was born in1866 and died in 1888. Politically Mr. Foxley holds to Republican principles. He is a member of the I.O.G.T., No. 175, Council Bluffs Lodge, and at this writing, 1890, is Worthy Chief.

Contributed by: Darlene Vergamini