The history of Dubuque County, Iowa : containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, etc., Part 99

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ADREAN HABLUETZEL, dealer in fresh and salted meats, 281 Julien avenue ; was born in Switzerland April 27, 1829 ; grew up to manhood there, and came

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to America in 1852 ; he came to Dubuque in 1854, and began working in butcher- shop; his father and grandfather were both in the same business ; in 1857, he began business for himself, and has carried on the business over twenty-three years, and is one of the oldest in Dubuque; he sold the first pound of meat that was sold in Central Market; he has a shop on Jackson street. He belongs to the A. O. U. W. In 1857. he married Miss Eliza Voht, a native of Germany ; they have eight children-Martin, Lizzie, Adrean, Gertrude, Salomina, Amelia, Emma and Louise.

C. HAFNER, dealer in fresh and salted meats, 1427 Jackson street, Du- buque ; is a native of Germany, and was born in the city of Byrne, in 1852 ; he came to the United States in 1873, and came to Dubuque in 1874; he engaged in business for himself in 1877, and is building up a good trade. He married Miss Lizzie Singer, from the city of Dubuque, Oct. 12. 1877.

H. HAHN, dealer in fresh and salted meats, 615 Clay street, and at 95 High street, Dubuque; is a native of Germany, and was born Dec. 29, 1830; he emigrated to the United States in 1852, and came to Dubuque in March, 1857, and worked in butcher business ; he has been connected with the business since ; is one of the oldest butchers in the city. He married Miss Christina Keppler from Baden, Germany, in 1865; they have five children-Herman, Albert, Bertha, Minnie, Louise.

HAM & CARVER, publishers and proprietors of the Dubuque daily and weekly Herald, official paper of the city and county, corner Sixth and Locust streets, Dubuque.

M. M. HAM, of the firm of Ham & Carver, publishers of the Dubuque Herald, Dubuque ; is a native of York Co., Me., and was born March 23, 1833; his parents moved to Western New York in 1847; he entered Union College, Schenectady, and graduated from that institution in 1855 ; after graduating, he came West to Michigan, where he remained eight years ; in 1863, he came to Iowa and located in Dubuque. and became local editor of the Herald; the following year he associated with Mr. Carver, and they bought the Dubuque Herald, and since then they have conducted the paper. In 1877, Mr. Ham was elected to the State Senate for four years ; he is also a member of the Board of Education.

MATTHIAS HAM, farmer, Waverly avenue, Eagle Point, Dubuque ; is a native of Knox Co., Tenn., and was born April 12, 1805 ; his parents removed to Mis- souri when he was 15 years of age; he lived there and traded on the river, and came to Dubuque (or where the city is now located), in 1827; he was in Illinois and Wisconsin until 1832, when he came to Dubuque for a short time; as soon as the settlers were allowed to come, he came and settled permanently in the spring of 1833, and engaged in mining; he was interested in the first blast-furnace erected in the Snake Diggings, Wis .; he entered the land where he now lives from the Government, and has lived here on this point thirty-five years ; he has been interested in mining most of the time since he came here- also smelting ; he laid out Ham's Addition to Dubuque ; he owns 150 acres of land near where he lives ; he is one of the earliest settlers of Dubuque, and there are few persons now living here who came to this locality as early as Mr. Ham. In 1837, he married Miss Z. Marklin, a native of Kentucky ; she died in February, 1855, leaving five children-Lews Ann, Thomas, Jane, Sarah and Kate; in 1860, he married Margaret McLean; she died in August, 1874, leaving two children-Mathias and May.

AUGUST HAMMEL, of the firm of Wimmer & Hammel, proprietors of the flour and feed mill, 425 White street, Dubuque; is a native of Germany, and was born in the kingdom of Würtemburg Dec. 21, 1837; he emigrated to America in 1853, and came to Dubuque in 1854; he learned his business here in the Seventh street mill. When the war broke out, in 1861, he enlisted in Co. E, 5th I. V. C .; he served during the war; he was twice taken prisoner ; the first time he was held only about two weeks ; he was again captured with others in McCook's raid during the Atlanta campaign, con- fined in Andersonville nine months, and suffered almost everything; at the close of the war he was turned loose ; after his return, he was in the City Mills twelve years, and, in 1879, engaged in his present business. He belongs to the Orders of I. O. O. F. and

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the United Workmen. In March, 1866, he married Miss Sarah Wultz, from Würtem- burg, Germany; they have five children-Tillie, Sarah, George, Clara and August.

JOHN T. HANCOCK, senior member of the firm of John T. Hancock & Son, wholesale grocers, Main street ; is a native of Lebanon, Ill .; his parents removed to Galena in 1827; in 1829, returned to Belleville, Ill., where they lived until he was 15 years of age, and then removed to Wisconsin ; after living in Plattville three years and in Milwaukee four years, he returned to Plattville in 1847, and engaged in business there, continuing until 1855, when he came to Dubuque; in September, 1858, he established the business which is now carried on under the firm name of John T. Han- cock & Son; he was located on Main street, between Second and Third streets, and remained there nine years ; then removed to the corner of Main and Fourth streets, and was located there twelve years; then removed to their present location, where they have increased facilities for conducting their large and extensive business ; their trade extends through Iowa, Southern Minnesota and Northern Illinois. Mr. Hancock was united in marriage to Miss Bertha Enz, in this city, Feb. 22, 1849 ; they have six children ; his son, John S., has an interest in the business with his father.

W. J. HANCOCK, Superintendent of the Iowa and Nebraska division of the American Express Co., Dubuque ; is a native of Devonshire, England, and was born Oct. 7, 1847; his parents came to the United States during his early boyhood, migrated West to Iowa in 1857, and located in Dubuque; he entered the employ of the Express Company as Messenger boy when only 16 years of age, and has been connected with the Company seventeen years ; in 1869, he was appointed agent of the Company at Freeport; in 1875, he was appointed Superintendent of the Iowa and Nebraska division of the Company, and since then has held that position. Mr. Hancock was united in marriage, March 4, 1869, to Miss Mary E. Stone, of Aurora, Ill .; they have two children-one son, Earle, and one daughter, Bessie.

JOHN P. HANSEN, dealer in wines and liquors, corner Thirteenth and Iowa streets, Dubuque; was born in Luxemburg, Germany, Sept. 17, 1842 ; he came to America in 1854, and came to Dubuque the same year ; he grew up to manhood here. In 1861, he enlisted in the 5th I. V. C., Co. E, and was all through the war ; was captured at Newlin, on McCook's raid, and was a prisoner in Andersonville Prison most of the time for seven months; he was sick and so near starved he had to be car- ried out on a stretcher, and was five months in hospital before he could go out. After the war, returned to Dubuque, and has been engaged in business for the past ten years. He married Miss Christina Pappe, a native of Hanover, Germany, Dec. 10, 1867; they have six children-Nicholas, Annie, Matilda, John, Katie, Frank; they lost one son-Peter.

N. HANSEN, of the firm of Hansen & Linehan, wholesale grocers, railroad and steamboat supplies, No. 8 Levee, Dubuque ; is a native of Luxemburg, Germany, and was born Feb. 24, 1834 ; he emigrated to America in 1853, and came to Dubuque the same year ; in 1856, he became connected as clerk in the same business that he is now engaged in ; in 1872, he engaged in business for himself, and has, by industry and close attention to business, built up a large trade ; for over twenty years he has not been away from his business twenty-four hours ; when he came to this country he only had one fifty-cent piece, and he has kept that ever since; his success is owing to his own efforts. He married Miss Annie Welther, from Luxemburg, Germany, Feb. 20, 1861 ; they have one daughter-Annie Katie.

WM. A. HARKETT, proprietor of the Dubuque floral nurseries, corner West Fifth and Hill streets, Dubuque ; is a native of England, and was born in 1848 ; he grew up to manhood there, and came to the United States in 1870 ; he came to Iowa in 1872, and located in Dubuque and established his present business ; Mr. Har- kett is a close botanical student, and is one of the very few in this country who make a specialty of making and cultivating new original plants that are standard all over the Union ; he has a large experience in this branch of the business ; he ships a large part of his plants ; he has five greenhouses, substantially built, and heated in the most approved manner; they are the largest and most complete in this section of the State, and he is building up a good trade.

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R. S. HARRIS, capitalist ; residence, No. 9 Alpine street; is a native of Delaware Co., N. Y., and was born March 21, 1810 ; his parents removed to Cincinnati when he was only 5 years of age, where they remained about nine years ; they started from there on a flat-boat, and came to Galena ; arrived there in June, 1824; the only playmates he and his brother had were Indians ; he and his brother were called the Harris boys, and were known by that name throughout the Northwest for many years ; in 1826, they struck what is called the " Harris Diggings," which have produced an immense amount of ore, and are being worked yct. When 17 years of age, Mr. Har- ris left home and went on the river and was engaged in steamboating until 1845 ; he served as engincer, boat builder and commander (the last boat he commanded was the St. Paul) ; in 1833, he built the Jo Daviess, the first boat built on the river north of St. Louis; he ran the Otter to St. Paul, the first regular packet ever run to that place ; the last boat he commanded was the St. Paul; there are few steamboat captains now living who recollect so many incidents of the early and great days of steamboating as Mr. Harris ; in 1841, while on the river, he was taken with the cholera at Vicksburg; he lay in a trance for several days ; they thought he was dead and would have buried him if it had not been for his colored servant who nursed him. Mr. Harris was united in marriage Feb. 28, 1836, to Miss Phebe H. Reeder, of Hamilton Co., Ohio, near Cincinnati ; her parents were from Virginia, and were among the earliest settlers of Ohio ; after leaving the river, in 1845, he and his brother engaged in trading in boat supplies ; they established stores in Galena, Dubuque, St. Louis and St. Paul, and they carried on an extensive trade until 1862, when he retired from business ; he and Mrs. Harris went abroad and made an extended tour in Europe; they came to Dubuque in 1862 and since then have resided here ; Mr. Harris has been a stockholder and Director in the First National Bank, of Dubuque, since its organization ; when he began life he had nothing, and owes his success to his own efforts.

ALEXANDER B. HARRISON, residence, Third street ; is a native of Ohio and lived there and in Illinois until coming to Iowa with his mother ; they arrived in Dubuque in October, 1833; they were among the earliest settlers here ; he says that he attended the first school that was taught in the State of Iowa, in the early part of the winter of 1833, and George Cubbage was the teacher; Mr. Harrison has been engaged in mining for a great many years ; he says he began when he was only large enough to turn a windlass ; when he began life he had nothing, and has by his own efforts made and saved a nice competency ; Mr. Harrison has an excellent memory, and his recollections of the incidents of early days are very clear and distinct; his sister, Miss Melissa E. Harrison, lives with him and keeps house for him; she came to Dubuque with her mother and brothers. Mrs. Harrison died March 26, 1859, her husband died in Ohio, before the family came west to Dubuque. Jesse M. Harrison, brother of Alexander, was born in Harrison Co., Ky; he was commissioned and served as Lieuten- ant in the Black Hawk war; he was also in the army during the rebellion and was commissioned. Captain of Co. C., 21st I. V. I. He held the office of Deputy U. S. Marshal during Presidents Taylor's and Polk's administrations, and also held the office of Surveyor of Customs. The uncle of Mr. Harrison was the first settler in Harrison Co., Ky .; the county was named after him, and the county seat, Cynthiana, was named after his two daughters.

W. E. HARRIMAN, auction and commission merchant, No. 789 Main st. Dubuque ; is a native of Danvers, Essex Co., Mass., and was born in 1830; he grew up to manhood there, and came West to Iowa and located in Dubuque in May, 1855 ; he taught school for a short time, then engaged in the grocery trade; in 1866 he engaged in the hat, cap and fur trade, and continued in that business for thirteen years ; he has held the office of Assistant Assessor of Internal Revenue. Mr. Harriman has been prominently connected with the Order of I. O. O. F. for a long time and is now Grand Master of the order in the State of Iowa. In 1856 Mr. Harriman was united in mar- riage to Miss Harriet P. Black, a native of Danvers, Essex Co., Mass .; they have three children-Carrie J., Frank B. and Ellen M.

JOHN HARTMAN, foreman of the factory of the Dubuque Furniture and Burial Case Company, corner Eighteenth and Washington streets, Dubuque; is a

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native of Prussia, and was born March 9, 1817; he grew up to manhood and learned his trade there; he emigrated to America in 1849, and came to St. Louis ; he came to Dubuque in 1850, and began working at his trade ; he was foreman in Mr. Herancourt's factory for four years ; he engaged in business with Mr. Kley & Huber ; they built the factory which is now occupied by the Furniture and Burial Case Company ; Mr. Hart- man is foreman of the manufacturing department ; he is also a stockholder and director in the company. In 1851, he married Miss Rachel Fricke, a native of Austria ; they have seven children-John, Henry, Ferdinand, Alouis, Louise, Frank and Mary.

JOHN HARTMAN, dealer in groceries and provisions, corner of Seven- teenth and West Locust streets, Dubuque; is a native of Dubuque County, and was born in the city of Dubuque Oct. 11, 1852; he grew up and attended school here ; after reaching manhood, he engaged in the grocery business in 1877, and is building up a good trade. He married Miss Mary Stoltz, from Buffalo, N. Y., in 1877; they have one daughter, Gertie.

JOHN R. HARVEY, house and sign painting and calcimining, 37 Eighth street, Dubuque ; is a native of Louisiana, and was born in New Orleans Sept. 4, 1812; he remembers distinctly when his father was brought home wounded in the battle of New Orleans ; in early boyhood his parents died; he went to New Haven, Conn., to school, and afterward went to Philadelphia, where he learned his trade, and in 1838, with only $4.62 in his pocket, he started West; he came to St. Louis, and from there came to Dubuque; he walked from Burlington, 220 miles, in five days; he began working at his trade; his first contract was for H. L. Stout, and his next one was painting the court house ; he is the oldest established painter in the West; Mr. Harvey has been prominently connected with the Order of I. O. O. F. since 1834 ; passed all the chairs in 1836; was representative to the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania in 1837; he is one of the oldest Past Grands in the State, if not in the country ; in 1877, Mr. Har- vey gave in the Odd Fellows' Banner of this State, a very full and complete history of the organization of Harmony Lodge, No. 2, the first lodge organized in Dubuque; the paper was a very interesting one; Mr. Harvey was clerk of the first election held in Delaware County.

EDWARD T. HEALEY, of the firm of Healey Bros., dealers in shelf and builders' hardware, No. 365 Main street, Dubuque; is a native of the city of Dubuque; was born in 1853; he grew up and attended school here; he entered the store of William Chamberlain and remained five years ; then entered the house of West- phal, Hinds & Co., and remained seven years, and in 1876 associated with his brother, and since then they have carried on their present business. In June, 1876, he was united in marriage to Miss Anna Kilbourn, a native of Bellevue, Jackson Co., Iowa ; they have two children, Nathan and Florence.

GEORGE W. HEALEY, of the firm of Healey Bros., dealers in shelf and builders' hardware, farming tools and seeds, No. 365 Main street, Dubuque; is a native of Dubuque Co., and was born in the city of Dubuque Feb. 22, 1842; he grew up and attended school here, and, when 16 years of age, entered the agricultural and seed store of William Chamberlain; upon the breaking-out of the rebellion, in 1861, he enlisted in Co. E., 5th I. V. C., and was wounded at Guy's Gap, in the Chattanooga campaign ; he was taken prisoner in the Atlanta campaign, and was confined in Ander- sonville about two months and exchanged ; he was in the service four years; after his return he took his position in the store of Mr. Chamberlain, and remained there until September, 1877, when he engaged in his present business with his brother, succeeding J. & A. Christman, the business being first established by J. P Farley, and is the pio- neer hardware business of Dubuque. Mr. Healey was united in marriage to Miss Mary Moser, of this city, Oct. 28, 1868 ; they have three children-Edward M., Mary and Maud.

GEORGE C. HEBERLING, U. S. Marshal; is a native of Harrison Co., Ohio, and was born March 19, 1838; when very young his parents removed to Cham- bersburg, Penn., and when 12 years of age his parents went to Ohio, and in 1854 they came to Iowa and located in Jackson Co .; after the breaking-out of the rebellion, he

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enlisted in 1862, in Co. A., 24th I. V. I .; he participated in a number of severe bat- tles ; he was wounded at Port Gibson, May 1, 1863, and was again wounded during the same month at the battle of Champion Hills; 45 per cent of those who went in this engagement from the 24th Regiment were killed or wounded ; after his return from the service, he studied law at Sabula and was admitted to the bar in 1868 and engaged in the practice of law; he was twice elected Representative to the State Legislature and served two terms; he held the office of Chairman of the Republican State Central Committee, and also held town and school offices; he received the appointment of United States Marshal, March 10, 1875. In the spring of 1862 he was united in marriage to Miss Mary Todd, from Milwaukee, Wis .; they have one son, Dwight ; they have lost one son and one daughter, twins.

A. HEEB, proprietor of the Dubuque Brewery, Couler avenue, Dubuque ; is a native of Germany, and was born April 11, 1811 ; he cmigrated to America and landed in Baltimore in September, 1835; in 1836 he went to St. Louis; he came to Dubuque in 1846, and the following year, 1847, he came here and located permanently and engaged in his present business ; he has carried on the business over thirty-three years, a greater length of time than any brewer in the State, and he has built up the largest business in the State. In 1846, Mr. Heeh was united in marriage to Miss Kathrina Guerig, a native of Germany ; they have ten children, five sons and five daughters; Mr. Heeb has held the office of County Supervisor, and was twice elected to the City Coun- cil.

FRED HEER, architect and superintendent, northwest corner Seventh and Iowa streets, Dubuque; is a native of Switzerland, and was born July 30, 1834; he grew up to manhood and studied architecture there; he emigrated to America in 1865, . and came to Dubuque in 1868, and engaged in his business as architect and superin- tendent of erection of buildings; he has built up a large business, and is the architect of many of the best buildings in the city ; among them is Levi's Building, the Town Clock Building, Zion Church, Lutheran Church, Herald Building, St. Joseph's Academy, Eagle Building, Baptist Church and the elegant residences of Mr. Young, Mr. Levi and many others. Mr. Heer married Miss Elizabeth Breitler, a native of Switzerland, April 26, 1860; they have three children-Paulina, Fredeline and Eliza- beth.

HON. STEPHEN HEMPSTEAD, ex-Governor of the State of Iowa ; was born at New London, Conn., Oct. 1, 1812, and lived in that State with his parents until the spring of 1828, then removed to St. Louis, Mo., and settled upon a farm a few miles from the city ; in the spring of 1830, he went to Galena, Ill., and was there during the Sac and Fox war, and was an officer in an artillery company, which had been organized for the protection of the place. After the defeat of Black Hawk and the close of the war, entered as a student of Illinois College at Jacksonville, remaining there about two years; returned to Missouri and commenced the study of law and finished the regular course under Charles S. Hempstead, then a prominent lawyer of Galena ; in 1836, he was admitted to practice as an attorney in all the courts of the Territory of Wisconsin, which then embraced the Territory of Iowa, and, the same year, located at the town of Dubuque, and was the first lawyer who commenced the practice of his profession in the place ; upon the organization of the Territorial gov- ernment of Iowa in 1838, he was, with Gen. Warner Lewis, elected to represent the northern portion of the Territory in the Legislative Council, which assembled at Bur- lington during that year, and was Chairman of the Committee on Judiciary, one of the most important committees in the Council; at the second session of that body, was elected President thereof; was again elected a member of the Council in 1845, which was held at Iowa City, and was again chosen President of the same. In 1844, he was elected one of the delegates of Dubuque County to the first convention to frame a con- stitution for the State of Iowa, and was Chairman of the Committee on Incorporations ; in 1848, he was, with Judge Charles Mason and W. G. Woodward, appointed Com- missioner by the Legislature to revise the laws of the State of Iowa, and which revision, with a few amendments, was adopted as the code of Iowa of 1851; in 1850, he was

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elected Governor of the State of Iowa, and served in that position for four years, being the full term under the then Constitution, and was the second Governor of the State ; in 1855, he was elected County Judge of Dubuque County, and held that office for about twelve years ; under his administration, were erected the principal county build- ings, the jail, poorhouse and some valuable bridges; his health being very much impaired, he has retired from public life to enjoy quietude and repose.

COL. D. B. HENDERSON, attorney at law, of the firm of Shiras, Van Duzee & Henderson, corner Main and Fifth streets; is a native of Scotland, and was born March 14, 1840; his parents came to America when he was 6 years of age, and located in Illinois, near Rockford; in the spring of 1852, they removed to Fayette Co., Iowa, where the family bought a large tract of land, which is known as " Henderson's Prairie ;" he attended the common schools, and then entered the Upper Iowa Univer- sity, where he remained until the breaking-out of the rebellion, when he enlisted as private in September, 1861, and was clected First Lieutenant of Co. C, 12th I. V. I .; he participated in the battles of Fort Henry and Donelson, Shiloh and Corinth; he was wounded in the charge on Fort Donelson, and also at Corinth, where he lost his leg ; he was Adjutant of the Union Brigade ; he was discharged, and was afterward commissioned Colonel of the 46th I. V. I. He served as Commissioner of the Board of Enrollment of the Third District of Iowa; he studied law with Bissell & Shiras, and was admitted to the bar in 1865, and, during the same year, was appointed Collector of Internal Revenue for the Third District of Iowa and served until June 30, 1869, when he resigned that office to become a member of the law firm of Shiras, Van Duzee & Henderson, a vacancy having occurred by the death of Attorney General Bissell ; he was Assistant United States District Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa for two years, which position he also resigned in order to give his whole attention to the practice of his profession. Col. Henderson was united in marriage to Miss Augusta A. Fox, a native of Ohio, March 4, 1866; they have three children-Angie, Belle and Don A.

V. HERANCOURT (deceased) ; was a native of Germany, and was born in Bavaria Jan. 8, 1821; he emigrated to the United States in 1837, and came to Ohio, where he lived for some years. In 1846, he was united in marriage to Miss Catharine Gratz, a native of Bavaria, Germany. Mr. Herancourt came to Dubuque in 1845, and, the following year, he located here permanently and engaged in the furniture business ; he was one of the earliest furniture dealers in Dubuque, continuing in this business until his death, which occurred March 17, 1867 ; he left four children-Mary A. (now Mrs. O. S. Langworthy), William V., Henry, John H .; they lost two children, Kath- arinc, the oldest, and Amclia, the fifthi child. Mr. Herancourt left a nice property, and, since his deatlı, Mrs. Herancourt, with her sons, has successfully carried on the manufacture and sale of furniture in this city ; the family still reside on the home- stead, occupying large grounds south of Julien avenue.

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The history of Dubuque County, Iowa : containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, etc., Part 99

Author: Publication date: 1880 Publisher: Chicago : Western Historical Number of Pages: 964

Author:
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Chicago : Western Historical
Number of Pages: 964