Gillett, December 30, 1869, at Smithland, Iowa. Here, in Grant township, he has remained ever since, and says he expects to end his days here. He was born in Jackson county, Iowa, January 28, 1850, and in 1856 moved with his parents to Woodbury county, and at that time there were about ten Indians to one white man there. Platt Smith Hall, farmer and stockman, is a son of Isaac Cook and Jane Elizabeth (Livermore) Hall, the former of Vermont, and the latter of Ohio. His wife's maiden name was Mangeler, a native of Germany they were married in 1856 have had nine children those living are Henry, Louisa, Mary, Emma, Minnie and Sophia those dead were John, Willie and Frederick. Hagedom is Lutheran in politics, Democratic. Is also Justice of the Peace in said village. Hagedom is the Postmaster of the place, and has the only store doing a general merchandise business in the town deals in dry goods, boots and shoes, groceries, hats and caps, notions, etc., and keeps everything usually sold in a first-class establishment of the kind his trade amounts to from $8,000 to $10,000 a year. He built the hotel in Green Island, called at the present time, the Green Island Hotel also built the store building in which he now does business, and also owns he sold the hotel property to John McVey. Removed to Kansas, where he remained one year then returned to Iowa, and came to Jackson Co., and engaged in farming he followed that occupation sixteen years thenĬommenced hotel-keeping, and was in that line of business for two years from that, he went into the mercantile business, which he has since followed. HENRY HAGEDOM, merchant, Green Island born in Germany in 1833 came to this country in 1857 came first to Iowa remained a year and a half, then Biographical Sketch - Washington Township
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