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Name o f Repr esentative SenatorHAMMILL . JOHN

;;y." ., .. t-/ a"o,, !;"'&; 4,,-.jt~ " . ./.1/.,. ".h&,dif<.J, -!n"-,,,

1 . Birthday and place 14 October 1875 . LInden . Wiwsonsin

2 . Harriage (8) date place Fannie Richards . (c-J879 , Il l . ) . 7 June 1899 . Garner , Iowa

3 . Significant events for example :

A. Busine88 ____ ~1~a~~~eLr __________________________________________ _

B. Civic responsibilities Prvs . Britt Commercia l Club

C. Prof ••• ion, ______________________________________________ __

4 . Church membership,~M~e~t~h~o~d~i~s7t--~~~70~~~--~~~77~~~~~~ 33rd/34th GA. 1909-1912, SD 43. CerroGordo,Hancock,Franklin

5. Sessions serv ed 39th/40th GA. 1921-1925. presiding as Lt Gov, Senate

6 . Public Office.

A . Local Hancock Co atty ; Stitt School Board

B . State Lt Gov 1921-1925; Governonr 1925-1931

C . Nati onal

7 . Death 6 April 1936, in Hotel in Minneapolis bur Ejv~green Cem, Britt

8. Children __ ~n~o~n~e~ ______________________________________________ __

9. Names of parent8-,;;;iG:'e"o:.;rf'g"ie~&::::M"a:':r~y:_"iH;;amm""'"il,,1:.---..:c;;a'im"ici,::'t:;:o:.,;B;;r;;i;:te,:tT,-1;=.:B:o:B.;,9===="" George b , Dodgeville (Wis) 3 December 1848, d . 27 May 1925, bur Evergreen Cem . Britt

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Applicability-

Source lion Apolicable 9 April 1936

Applicable Information obtained

x death. obit

Stork/Clingan, Legislaitors x sessions served Whos Who in I owa 1940 x bio o f wife Des Moines Register 19 April 1936 x death, bio Garner Signal I July 1908 x marriage of brother WaA Hancock Co. x '~ohn, fa ther, 2 brothers Hancock Co.-~m~a~r~r~ir,a~g~e~sC-~17n~'~e~x~e~d-'t~h~ruo-TI8~9~8~x~,----------------C---~~~~~--------C­Hancock Do Human Interest Stories 1976 1910 Census HancccR 163A 1920 " " 143/ 11/68

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J onn & FannH John, Fannie & MIl

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lO . Edu c ati o n Britt HS, 1895 (~ecot:'ld claQQ of HS) Stat e Univ of Iowa

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11 . Degr ees--lL61L61BHIHBl;9I;,,, • ..-tU,,"nd.,,,,-oo,££-1'1"0".,..--- - - ___ _

12. Othe r applicable information_ - _ .. __ . Family moved from Wi sconsin bo Britt 1889 . After graduating f rom lvw school he bexgan

practice in Brittlr~nd lived there- untll lrrli~s-dd~eaatlnlt,.-.e~x~c~e~pnl~fnOTt~leib,~ue'-ln,~e-,.~a~s~g~o~v~.~r~nnonr~.c--C:--Mason, 32d degree j Cons i s tory of ifes Moines. Antioch Commandery of Mason City , ZaGaZig

Shrine OM j Past Msst-el'--Dar-ius L6tige AF Ii MIl. Brit"t-;-Past-Pa:tTorr-OES. & fas t War thy Gran!! P~tron of Iowa--BES. Had been appoabted t o fil l unexpired term of Worthy Associate Grand Patron of Genel!'&l-~~.---·

Kno~wn as good roads governon. Unsuccessful candidat e for US Senate 1930.Then retuuned was to be delegate t o practice in Br±tt-;- a nd helped many farilie r s r ef inance thelr proper ties .

r o 1936 Republican Convention. Was in Mi liueapol±s--t~o'::';artl~l~errnKdHIHe~e~lmle~a=t 1:inllgg"onll:-tld~l~smrnR.mmnb~.~rnmme~n~tc-cootr-M".&-';S~t~.-rL~.-'RaRr:.C-----­At t ime of death wife was in Jamaica , Iowa . on OES business. Sur vived by wife. mo thel-in-law who ivied wlth them , and a nephew.

Was member of FAl:m....Bw:e..a..u-f.~i..t-6-e.egiRAiftg. was active iii developlng dairy herds at Board of Control farms . As governor he call ed council of Governor s to fo rmulat e a fa rm poUyyfor mddwuterq ~ t at Qs.n nOR Better Commission (Scliool) or I owa . His high School supt became State Supt of Schools when he was govennor .

A big man FQop~-y&YftMgHe~r~g~e~,~,e~,~.atl±'nonil-fi~I1r>B~';i~l;t-'c~arl~l~e~d'-n~l~mm-~"nonnrc'I'ec;Jco~h~nc'r'.-'n~e;;v~e~r;-JTa~c~ko­or Johnny .

Like to garden. Favorite Music- - marches. especially by Souza .

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IN IOWA

1919, Camp Dodge; Arner Legion post 77 , past cornrn; Cornrnl Club; Clerrnond Coun­t ry Club; Alli ed Indep hhibitof$ Aun; Coth Ch; Indep; f\ob~ie" foshing, hunling, ~ gol f; off Theol er; res Kanawha.

GI LLST RAP, CHR I$: Rea l Estate &. In· suronce Agent; b Keok uk Co, Iowa Mar 25, 1877; s of John C Gillstrop-Rochel E -; ed HS; m Mote B 810kely Mar I, 190" Iowa Fa lls; s J L; d Arline (M .. - Rovera l, Coral Bobby; 1900-08 g ra in &. livestock buyer, Cry.lal Lake; 1908_17 apr Crystal Lake Savings Bonk; 1917 _ real est &. in. (lSI, Crystal Lake; Northern Iowa Real Es t Bd; Country Club; IOOF; AF&.AM; hobbies: h untin(l, fi.hin(l &. (loti; off &. res Crystal Lake.

GRANG E, PAUL : Manage r Lumber Co; b Rulhven. Iowa O< t 21, 189 .. ; • of Sam­ue l S Grange_Emily Yaeger; ed Ruthven H S 1912; Gem Ci ty Bu,ine .. Call , Quincy III 1915; m Julio Techant June 23, 1917 Garne r; • Ooronce Samuel; d Oori. Emily (clec 1919); 19 13_1 .. bkkpr &. yardman Spohn &. Ro.e lbr Co, Ruthven; 191 .. _21 bkk pr &. helper Northern Lbr Co, Klemme; 1921-22 plr Webster City Dairy, Websler City; 1932_ mgr Northe", Lbr Co, Klemme; 1939- mayor; 1927-31 secy Klemme indep .ch bd; po<! mbr Hancock Co rel ief bel; during World War enl in US army aviation Apr 8, 19 18 3 monlhs, Madi.on Wi., bott el k Camp Jock$On S C batt F heavy field a rty, disch Jon II, 1919; Amer Legion post 625, posl comm; Iowa Lbrmon. Assn; exec mbr Klemme Civi c C lub; Ge'mon Reform Ch; Rep; hob_ b ie s: hunting, box ing; oft &. res Kle mme.

GROSS HmSCH, CA LVIN : Clergyman; b Sheboyga n Co, Wi. Apr 5, 1893; s of J W Grosshuesch-5 ilo M...ehlme ier; ed Eas t Green Boy W i. HS 1912; Mission Hou;e Ca ll, BA 1917; Mission Hou ... Seminary 1920; m Alief Kuhlmann June 22, 1920 M inna S 0; • Reuben G, Colvin W, Ewald W, Edward 0 ; d GerlrvOe Sil o; 1920-26 pas_ tor , Reform Ch, Stfolford Wis, 1926-Klemme; mbr bel of edn Iowa Synod; hob­bie" gardening &. baseball; off &. res Klemme.

HAM ILTON, CECIL VIRGIL: Physician &. Sur (leon; b Cainsvil le, Mo Jon 2 .. , 1903; • 01 James Pe ter Hamilton-Cali.la Sex lon; c d G,ovity HS 1921; U of Iowa, BSe &. MO 1928; Alpha KopPO Kappa; m Rilo Helen Clark Dec 25, 1927 Council Bluff.; s Jam". Clark; d Rulh Kay; 1928·29 inteme Luco$ Co Ho.p, Toledo Ohio; 1929_31 p,oc med, Grav ity; 1931- proc med, Garner; m~r

med s toff Mercy Hasp, Mason City; 1932_ h eallh ofer; pre. Hancoc k_Winnebago Coo Me<! Soc; Iowa SI Med Soc; AMA; C 01 C; Lions, pres; AF&AM 319; Ur'lited Presby C h; Rep; hobby: lIower garden; off & r .... Garner.

HAMM ILL, MRS FAN NI E BR YANT : Form Manager; b Jo Dov l, Co, III; d o f John Henfy Richards-Frances Fonn:e Bryan t ; ed Gor ne r; Phi Omega Pi; m John Hammill June 7, 1899 Go'ner Idec Ap' 6 , 19361: 1897_99 rural sch Ichr, Hancoc k Co; 1899· 192~ homemaker, Bri ll , 192"-30 De. Mo:nes, dur ing Ihi. time hu.bond was G~ .. of Iowa; 1930-36 homemaker, Britt , 1936-since husbond', death m9r 3 form. Han_ cock &. Ko"uth Coo, Br itt ; pa,t mbr 10"'0 Suffrage Com; po.I mb' Fact Finding CO:'r'l, Republican FocI F'nd,ng Com; p~s l p'e ; t. han p'e. Iowa LeglSlal rve Lad'e. Le","u~, fFWC, pa,\ dM d" 4 yeo,,; Brills Woman, Club; Note Bene; Lcs ' y" Fo'get U. Club; ch mbr Iowa League of Women Vo ' e .. ; P EO. ch G F, po,I pre, I yeat , 1,1 pr ... ; m br 4.1-1 G;rls Clu~ ; Glfl Scouts; DES 3 18. paS! wO'Ihy melron , paS! grond motron of grand ch of lowo. post mb' seve'ol com, 01 gen 9'a~d eh . 1926- p 'es bd of It uSlee. ednl lund . 1925_ 8!h d,S! com mb ' & loon lur.d: Me' h Ch; Rcp ; hobbrc~ go'Oo.~rng. poht,c s: off & res Br ,lI

HANSON, NEIL : Bonk Pres idenl; b 0'0-men, Norway Oct 30, 1868; $ of Edward Honson_Anbjor Amegoard; ed Humboldl Co: Red Wing Seminary, Red Wing Minn 1885_87; Decorah Business Coi l, 1889; m Tina OI.on June 19, 1892 Thor; s Edwar.j Julian, John R, Alvin 0, Elmer George; d Al ice (dec), Ericica Gerlrude (Mrs Albert H Troc:y); 1888-89 elk in gen .ior", Eagle Greve, 1889_91 Tacoma Wash; \892-95 owne, &. OP' groc .Iore, Eagle Grove; 1895_ 1905 larmer, Humboldt Co; 1905-08 Ibr &. g'oin dlr, Thor; \908-10 po,t Own'" gen .Iore, Thor; 1910_ 11 bkkpr Thor Sav­ing, Bonk; 1911_ pre. Formers Slale Bonk, Kanawha; post mb' city coun; post mbr sch bel; po,I mayor, Thor 2 years; 1907_10 Humboldt Co .upvr; Iowa Bonkers Aun; Comml Club; 1930- Iteo. North Iowa E~ perimenlol Assn; Lulh Ch , \9 12_ treo.; hobby: t'avel ; off &. res Konawha.

HARV( Y, WALTER CHARLIS : Dean &. Regi.t rar Junior Coll ege; b Lohrville, Iowa Del J, 1901; • o f Alberl R Harvey_Helen K Mi ller; cd Lohrville HS 1920; Iowa 51 Call, BSc 1924, MA 1925; grad work Colo Agrl Coli; summer \ 929 Iowa St Coli; 1936 summer U of Iowa' m Pearl I-Io.kin. July. 8, 1925 s.oc: City; .'Jerry Dale,\!ames Eelwrn; d Mary Jane; 1925_28 chem .. t for Colo St Dairy Commi"ion, Fort Collins Colo; 1928_29 chemistry, sc ience, b iologr &. phy, ics instr Britt HS &. Britt Call, 1929_ chemistry inSl', dean &. regi.lror Bri lt Jr Call, also HS science &. biology tchr; 1ST"'; NEA; County Councils 01 Midland $ehs; Comml Club; BaPI Ch; Rep; hobby: ama_ t eur molion picture.; off & re. Britt .

HATTEN, EDWARD LAWRENCE : O'oin­age Con traclo'; b Pulaski Co, Ind Aug 17 , 1878; • of Edward Hatten_COlherine Bu'­ke lt ; ed Pulo'ki Co Ind; m W ilda Luc ille Clark June 27, 1906 Columbus Cily Ind; S Edgo' Eathen; 1893-95 worked on form, Pulask i Co Ir.d; 189S_1902 drive, fa. d rainage co, A V Wil. &. San., Pitt.field III ; 1902-07 ptr of I 0 Flo'ence &. Sam",,1 Multi in drainage business Ind O'oinoge Co , Cul"er Ind; 1907_08 wilh I 0 Florence owner &. opr Ind Drainage Co, Thompson; 1908- 12 indep d rainage cont " E L Hoften Dra inage Conlf, Thompson; \912_15 p tt 01 E W Burgett, B,ilt: 1915_3" drainage con lf, Brill; 193-'- ret, B"tt; 193Z_ owne, &. apr Hatte n Beverage Co, whol co, covers 9 counties, ofl Spence r &. Britt, 1936- son plr, apr $pencer off; pa.I mbr city coun A yeo .. ; post P'''' Bri tt indep ,ch bel 4 yeo .. , bel mbr 7 yeo,,; Iowa Wholesoler, Beer Assn , di'; Comml Club; Rotary; AF&.AM "31 , post York Rite; 32°; EI Kahi, Sh'ine, Cedar Ropid.; Congl Ch; Dem; hobbie" hunl ing, fish ing; re i Br itt,

H( ACOX, FR A NC IS EU GENE: Denti.I; b Morri ., III Apr 25, 1873; s of Charl es Ed­wi n Heocox_Ho"iet Ade laide David; ed Sugar Gro"e III 1895; Northweslern U, DDS 1898, g'od work 19 13; m Martha Ade­line Bailey June IS, 190 .. Br:!t; • Edwin Francis, Moyno,d Luc ien; d Marlho Ade­Irne; 1898- denti'I, Britt; Mason City Di.t DenIal Soc; Iowa St Dentol Sac; ADA; Comml C lub; Yeoman; Homesteade .. ; OES; AF&AM 319, PO.t ma.l er; Meth Ch , SS tch', pa. t 55 ,uPI; Rep; hobb,e,: boy. work, colleclrng old archeology ; all &. re, Br,lt .

HEA LY, MRS [ P: Homema ker &. Bu,,­ncO' Woman, b Britt Iwp , lowo Apr II, 1877: d of R S Rosmuson_Augu.lo Clou"",,; ed Brott HS 1895; Cop rtol C. ty Comml Call ; m EdWin P Healy July 12, 19 \ I Owolonna Mrnn (dec Au~ 2A, 1934 1; 1898_1911 , Ieno (. 0 .. ' co.h, lotcr co.h C.ti~en~ Bonk, B"n; 1911_34 homemol..er , Br ,tt ; 1928_30 bkkp, She lby Poult,y Co; 1930 d ,d cen",S wo,k of 2 ru ral Iwp s; 1934_ on. ogt , Br,II, 1935·37 .ecy Brill Creamery A .. n; 1938· "",y Hancoc k Co SolelY Coun; 1940 I monlh abst'oc ler undN Han·

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HANCOCK

coc k Co reeo'der; 192 1_25 Ireo. Iowa Lodie. Leg i.lolive League; e xecutri~ 01 fo­Ihe .. e.tole; ""as one of e~ eculO!""S of the esl ote of Rodney Hill; during World War chmn woman. com Hancock Co 3rd, ~Ih ,

& SIh Liberty Loon campaign., chmn div of ARC, B,itt , given a ward for UOO hours of work; mbr Social Art Club, oldes' club in Brit! ; Britt Womons Club, pre. 1939_ .. 0 , PO" ""y, po,t d ir, post VP &. po.t Ireo., county dir .ince 19 40; King, Doughlers, co pre s 19 24-29; ch mb' OES; Congl Ch , 1935- elk; Rep , .ecy Br it! u"it Womons Rep Club .ince 1939, 19 .. 0- Britt twp Rep committeewoman; hobbies: collecl,ng old coin. &. .tomps; husband wo. mbr Hou ... of Re p from Hancock Co 1921-25, wa. ca,h Comml Stote Bonk, Britt 1911_31; 'e. B, it!.

HIGDON, RAYMON D HOWA RD : Insur­ance Agenl; b Po~Ion, III Mar I, 1895; • of Benjamin Fran k lin Higdon.Mary Jane Vanscoyck; ed Prep Sch, Eureka Call 1916; Euteko Call 19 16_18; m Blonche Irene Stringer Mar 20, 1918 Poxlon III; s Ken­net h Raymond; 1919_30 forme', Honcoc l< Co; 1930_ in. ag t , Britt; 1933.35 a Iel corn sealer in Hancoc k Co; during World Wa' enl Feb 1918 268th ai, sQuadron, Chonule Fly ing Field , DIS unlil Dec I, 1918, disch Camp Granl III Dec 24; Amer Legion po,t 31S; Rotary; 1938-39 VP; Comml Club, chmn omu.ement & comm service com; Melh Ch; hobbie" t ennis, hunlinq &. olhlelics; all &. res B'ilt.

HOU GHTON, CHOLM G: Editor; b Good­elT, Iowa May 18, 1913;. of JOG Hough_ ton-Rose Elizabeth Goodridge; ed Marshall_ t own H5 1930, won .cholarship to Mo'­shali lown Jr Coil. certilicate 1932; U of Iowa, BA !93", mb' edit bel of Frivol magazine &. Doily Iowan POper, mb' Uni Playe .. ; 5igmo De lta Chi; Delta Psi Omega; prior to 1935 dufing Summers e mp in groc firm, whole.ole & reta il, MO'sholl­town; 1935-36 ci ty editor The Doily Time" Cherokee; 1936- o .. t editor &. mgr of advertising The Garne r Leader Signal He r­old, Garner; C of C, di,; Rotary , pre.; 1938_ c hmn ARC ,all call drive of Gar. ner ch , d e l t o noll con .. 1940; 1938- pub­licity chmn Hancock Co Tube rcu losi. Ann; Calh Ch; Rep, 19 .. 0_ p'ogram chmn Y R League; hobby: phologrophy; off &. r ... Garner.

JOHNSON, OSC AR EMMANU EL: Dr"9-gi,t &. SIOle Represe nlative; b Daylon, Iowa Mar 22, 189 .. ; • 01 August Johnson_ Emily Fohlin; ed Doylon HS 1912; High_ land Po, k Call of Pharm 1914_15; m Nora Joho"no Nel.on Dec 28, 1927 Garn",; $

Jame. Owen, William Rage r; 191 2_14 e mp in Cole O'ug Co, Dayton; 1914-15 wh .le ott toll ~mp porI lime 01 DOylcn & Eogle Grove; 1915 pa .... d . Iale bel 0 1 pharm; 1915-17 regislered druggi.t 10 ' L F Greiner Drug Co, Ko nawho; 19 17_19 own", hail in l in 0 E Johnson Drug Co, Kanawha ; 1919_ plf at brOlhe' WiUiam H R in drug . Iore , 0 E Johnson Drug Co, Kanawha; 1930- dir Norway Rural Tele Co; 1922_34 mayor; 1934_ mbr Iowa House of Rep from Hancock Co; \ 925_ apr form, Han_ coc k Co; chm" Hancock Co Welfare Bd; during World War en l U S army AV(I 1917, Camp Dodge, 338th fie ld arly, med cO'P' until Aug 1919, DIS unli l Apr 1919, disch Apr 1919, Camp Mi lls N Y; Ame' Leg ion po,1 77, post comm; Mason C.'" Oisl Pharm Ass,,; Iowa St t- Noll Phorm Assn.: Hancoc k Co Form Bur; Comml Cluh , dor; AFt-AM 623 , p~st mo,ler; Zo_G,,_Z.g Shrone; Luth Ch; Oem; hobby: f 'Shong; Off Drug Slo re ; res Konowh a.

JORG ENSON, RAY A SR: Ed,tor & Pub­I,she'; b Gomer, Iowa Mar 24 , 1895; • of Jen. Jorgenson_Marie Ra.mu,,,,n; ed Gor­ne' HS 1915; m Ma ry Jane DavIS Ju"e 25. 1919 Lincoln Ncb; • Roy A Jr; 1911_15 wh .le all HS emp at Hancoc k Co Demo· nOl, Garner; 1915_16 mgr bOQ ~ ,ng for

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-Clara (l 2.t~ Hrs . C. D. ~ie l t." ) jJ')e, ant'. Georse J r.

It is int'?:-esti!1g to K.!'l':w that Jonn spoke o n

"C"0o::i. Ci tiz,=nsi:i;," at his Ei']h Seno::>l ' -:O'"!l.·.~'}":1-:;e.,1ei1 t in 1835 .

:-~e served ='5 County .:',tto::-ney 1902- 1904, State

Li ?'.;.tenant 3overn::>::::- 1920- 1924, and "th::::-ee

L .:ll t'2 r r:1S as Gove::::o!" 1925- 1931.

"It \-'as 0:-: 2. farm :'!~3.r i3ri tt so:ne 30 ode! years

a-'J t:-"~t a:1 old :-:a::coc}~ CO'_:''1t~, f2.ri.1er stooc t?lkin-;: ~o a

vil1 2 .. :"e 3c:~o:Jl -:-!?:ste:: . "':-hat sho'...!ld I do 'N'i"th rr.:' roy?",

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Joh:1 :ia,~~.' .:ll ' ·Ia s ] ~ !1::>\·in as the " Good ~oads Gover:!or . tI

(1uot.e f::-~""'i ::Zi tt :~el.·.'s 'I'ribune- l-pril 16 , 1936, ',,'hich

'.'<C!s . copied fro:n :'!1e 3'...!rli n."}ton Ha'v,k- Sye :

tI The '"!lon· ... i.::·.9:1t td" n?nrni l l tI stretches fro:n the

::ississi!Jpi to t~e :;i~so:..:.!.""i from r'~ i:-E1esot a to jiisSQu!:"i as

:in~ a rO?d Syst2;:1. as is ;>oss.essed :b~' any state of. the t!:1ion

f:Jr Go"!~ tnor n2_:......,.::.lJ . ."":"!ay tr'.! l y be ·said to have be.:?:!), "the

H.?~n~il l '.·as ?n out:=;-+: aLldi ng fighter for agricL:l tl.l:":"e .

. :"I..s GOVC~!1or he cal led a C-::mncil

0:: Covc-rn::>rs 0: s'='/e ::-a! states to forr.lUlate a farm prograr<1 of

i.ic.- \·:este-r!"l sta:!:<:s .

In :.930 :-:a-··:: lill ' ·:2. 5 C';n 1.1:1S"L1.ccessL:! cancidate for

t:'e FLli~e6 3tatl?"S :':;e;-}.:!t e .

lo~s of :(":-:n lands . He

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. :;S Gover ns::- 0:: IO\.,ra , : ,r. ;-~~"'Tl.-:-till fOI.!nded gi vin-:J •

\:Oi':'l'?!) an oppo:::-tt.'...""1i t:.:' ~!1d C!??oi:lted sev-::::-a l on wards an(l

dc~a-=tj:1ents .

He cied in :::in:1.ea901is i,\"nil 6, ~936 imrking to

sC'.?e the :·ji:mea?101 i 3 2nd St . LO'Ji s' Railro2.o .

~~O\.,. j ust a ::'2,; ""e~so.lal ;.1e:7!:Jrics of Uncle John :

-.ur.t Fan ~nd t i1e::..::- :-.:): ... ·e :

.. :rO~ln ·.·.'as a =,,:., nan . ::e of the YOUTl£e;: gen.-;rati:m

alv:2Ys callen hi.-; T..':'"!:::!e John :1=ve~ Jac:,- 0:::- Johnn~'. I :r:e-

"Vial" house ,

i,0use ,:::ol~th of n·:>". " :::-:e fire to t.hls . t he :cd La!:"sol!

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":11:= sin::le bt.:.:-.::-::·, 7:.:1 driving ::a;alia I .'1::kh:.:-t the family race

-':: t·~:: a fe\! .-;1,:,.;' 5, ~· .... e c~,::ocidQd to 2.ccept the ney.' h:1rp ano. t'he

:??st'lre , no\-! the ':-;.:-:e S~·'2.nS071 ~/arc1 .

- ..... \... , -.l. I.. • • .!!l : -: .'. ;"!o-n;!g day "heca:..;.se at tl~ is time

Grandad

.;: . :'.o:tric:: 2."-:d - ~ . ?e;the-::- .-xt ( :, .. 2 . ) ?lnnnec1 to go t o t;,e

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0:::;" iC"2 tea . I 3ti11 use the nit=her-. :lO:"''? • ... ,11·..lec than c·_~t glass.

':':;:~e :::: ,,:t7r:1ills l i;;;:ed to entertain . '':''he ro u:1d

t.a~')lc :::.e=ar:le O'!C'.! \:1 th sever31 table lea-.'Gs . •

i:y wncle Joh:1 had his favorite feoes: steal;" • • li~~ed ca;');Jage .s12.'.; Hith virlegar

Jon:--. ate rt\c:is;;es ,·:ith r-utt~r

He disli~(0d

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':'he :-:&-, -:':115 li~e( to garden and :-,:'.i sed floHers .

JO::.il :·a-.-e aV2.:' - '2.:"".:' ':':l:: t.i .... e :!o\11?rs to nei~:--.:X)rs a:1d his fri ends.

O:1e o~ :-.:- .:~ .. :. :ot ' 5 ::avori te s t o r ies al:out Joh!i

C(;':-'c.:::-:"!e-:l th·? t ::> r:12.C:o ':.r-d t hit the !Ia~"";1i ll far:n, nOH ':)\·.'!lec

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JOI-IN I-IAMMILL'S CAREeR CLOSED ABRUPTL Y

KANAWHA M DIES sum

" "'-Was Stricken Down While

Alone in ~otel Room • In Minneapolis

Jo'tllwratl St"nir.eH lie lI1lwhu on SUlllfay. 11

Ilt Algona •

Body li.s in Stat. at M"th"dii,t I Many Re.ht.Uvet Frogl 0

Join Community in DOJ. 10 Ihe Departet Church Until 2 o'Cloc~

This Aft.moon.

Nevet hall thla community r6Ceived aa .evere a shock aa when the mea­age came from Minne.polls Monda,! e~enlnR' that John U,mmlJl , Britt a !lrat citiz.en, had died suddenly In bll: hoLeI room there about 5 o'clock . He had gone to Minne.palll to ap­pear b61'ore the Interatate Commerce Commlaalon In a hearing on dt.mem­berment of the Mlnneapoll." St. Louia Railway. Shortly before he went to his room he visited with At­torney B. B. Burn'qullt, of Fort Dodge Mr. Burnquisl did not detect any­thln~ serious with Mr. Hammill and taid that he had been , ln 100d spirits all day. An employee 0 the hOWll pusing- dow n the hallway heard Mr. Hammill hll and Kroan and 0l>0n en­terinK the !'oom found him lyJn~ un· conaclous on the fioor. The house physician was lIumnw ncd but IIle ha.d pl!.Med.

Mrs . lIallunill W811 at Iowa. and · was reached of A. Seidler wh ...

at'

League room and .. in the auditorium a.nd of the Congregational church door and one oufAlide Is do.ne to crowd In letting mon of the Rev . A~~~I~!~~":~~;rch D. of 51. Paul's I ot Cedar McMIllan

degrM Muon, a member of the Con­lIilltory at Des Moines; of Antioch Commandery, 01 Mason City: of Zag­au Shrine of Des MoineS. He was 1\

Past MuLer of DariUB Lodge No. 431 A . F. & A. M. at Britt. .

Soon arter Britt Chapter 31R O. E . S. es.tablhlhed Mr. and MnI Hammtll became members. Mr. Hammill ia a

ot thill Ife Is a Grand Iowa

Gen-

I,!' Ip::;~,~, that nl lor

1922. In

lesrn;.d~C:'~:h:;a,~' · M~;,.h:3· ':J':: had' suddenly pHased awe ferlng a heart attaek . M had been attending hiB I

uet that forenoon Hod w Iy in his usual good hea ju.at stopped in at the J Carage when the attack

John M.. J. McCorl! Aug. 12, 1882 on a fam nawhll. His parents wer and j<;IiZRbeth McCorkle . ed on Il tarm, lIl()vtn~ fifteen years RI-":"O . For II

In the employe or the (or the PAst twelve yeRT! cd liS town rnflrshal and himllell a place in the he

He was beloved ne!lS , frlendlinesa, and ty. Children were esr.e. him and lovingly c al ed

He WIIS married to J J ot AIg-onB Jan . :U, ] chased a east which Kermit··;~I·,~r~~'i;~~:_ . this

ot Iowa, r+- vice and In 1928. Pted

wa... one ot the lip. outatandlng in Iowa history. and Jack

WIUl Ic~own u the !lood roads gov- heare~ were '. - .

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churchM to clr'ry folk. to tllh~,e~~:;;~ I ::'.;~;:',~~~'~~~l~[~~~:~~)~t- -"11"'-tery who haye no means of t .. cOWlclr tatlM. , to form-

ObUuary put It In-John Hammill was born at Unden, mld ·western

Wlaconaln , October 14 , 1876, ... on I· .. '···· . . to GeorJj'fI and ' Mary Hammill. died In Mlnne.polll,' Minn ., April 19M, aged 60 yeaN, 6 monU" 22 day.. He I. tbe lut of that

. Uy. all of whom were ao wei own in Britt alter their .rrlv ere In 1889 and the years! owing until one bJ one they pus away. John'. father, the late. George Hammill, and I his litter, the lat"o Mrs. C. D. Welty , popu l died whJ le he w .. governor of Iowa. cornlna' .

can·

,. . w ..

by farmen: the l08s 01

and' was He wu In the

Graduated In Brllt named lUI a" delegate John Hammill waa graduated from Nati onal Republican convention .t

the Britt high acbool In IB96 with the Cleveland to he held the coming second c1 .... There were eleven in June . In one of hla lut apt'ec hft he that d ... and Supt. A. M. Deyoe, uld .that . when he went t o Cleveland of Dea Molnea was proud of them. he would not aupport any candidate There were ,Ix Ifirla and five bora. Of for the r.re«idency who would not th08e . the living are Rev. WII Hak. pll'dl{e h mlcl! to wnrk fo r a lAne er, Lake VlewL Ia .; K A. Wilkin- IIl{rlcultural proRram. son, 01 Dritt; TrUman Reyn olds. of CommuNly ": nfhuaiaat St . ' Paul; Mn. Valida Howell. of Mr. Hammill w .... It ('ommunitv en· Chicago; Mlaa Su!'ie Petenon . E.. lhullut. lie \oVl'd Orltt and ·lIan· t hervlllei Mn, E. P. lI ealy, Britt . cock county. 1I1lrdlv a thinK worthy The deaa are , Mu. Kitty Way Green, of mentlonlnll: thllt ·Mr. Hammill hftll Sioux City; .Mn. _ Alta Rogers Camp' not been Inw,rt'li ted .In. tie was '.Pretll. bell , Denver' Mrs . Myrtle OunaO}oor dent 01 the Britt· Commercial Club at Richllfdll and Archie Butt.., of Britt. t he tinte of hili death. lie hlld aerved

It III Intereellng to know that J ohn for years on the Bl-kt School board Hammill apoke on "Good CItizenship" I ",,,,,,',.ecrvlnl{ on what III termed the

-.t--eommeoeem·ertt. He certalnl), fol · Sch oolll Commlul on" of I owa lowed out the Idea of good CItizen· He was always fh!htln~r-for-rlltht~ ahlp throughout hla life. It Is al8o' ff! r hi li town . for bll peop le . lie will teresUng . to know that hl l be ladlv miMed . . tendent , A. M. Deyoe . was The Town Cound l Monday nlRht vated t o tho office of State 1\ .N-aoluti on n( ~pect for nur tendenl 01 Schools larl{ely . and. the Muoni<' th~ urlt1ng and earnest lod,:rfIB. the Rritt student, John Hammill. Mr. and ot her c'lrganfra.

the campaign and Iikewiae. a nom lnat jnlt

Prof. th. Death

Of Homer' Johnson Iowa,

. Thor

(i~;j~dd~" ~'~"Giiiig;~ kenl and Jack JnhnsOl quartette compoeed of Stewart. Mrs. Ed""in J , May and Hen ry Harrhr aOnR'I, "Beautllul lale 01 and "Old RUKKed Crn'l IeI' ... ng "G oln K Honle offerln ..... were · many a banking every ava ilable ·altar. Many (rlends al\( tended the services, and to have bee.n one ot t l nerall held here. ' Rel r McCorkle attendlnll' W ·

A. McCMkle. Mr. and Pfahler. "'rank McCnrk Muon Cily; Mrs. 1-."'1t Ellsworth . Mr . and Smith nf Cnndon, N. Mrs . Ralrh Ollnn and worth, Mrs. Cecil S n Rapids; Mr. and MnJ . SOli ot nell Molng . Rei McCtlrkle IIttendlng \I

Mrs . J ohn Sealnl\n , M chun. Ir't'in . Seaman. I\nd Mnl. n. J , Zerbe. rIllln Kult-hnl"a and t . Rent.ely ot S~l(lon, Mr. Kutchara. Mr. a nd M uMlon 01 Clellr Lake

Friends attt"ndlnf{ wei . Mr. lind Mn: j

nnlL MnJ . Lowrer Harvey. 111.. James I Lake;- Carrle Pfahle~ ot Muon Cily . . Mr. Grange of Wee ley. I Geo. Amen ,. Sext"". F..d. Gordon of Forest

Two Girls, FOl

BOl'S III

an·

II. mine.. at wu alone a up • tion

llate as i~~:u'.~.:-~tai~~: nor. nnd j!overnor he law office in Bri~t.

Han-

Homer WII a ynunj.! Ben Smith , ot age, lind Jenny I

at the m ine since :;':~~~~~il~~; young part/culara ot the town. T

received . o n the t wlU be. b rought here the while

~~::-----~l:~;~~~!:~~[.'~ on Ju~e 7. f.:~~~~:~{'to Mias Fun-They estah-I\nd except holdi ng in

,i~;:~';~,jW~eek : Relatives he re are snd c: , MM! . Thor J ohnlon; sla· o nly Milnes ; brotheJ::8, Oren Dell

snd Henry ; uncle, T. H. Thomp.ion · hurd blow over rl I\u nts, Mrs . Ole OL~o ll snd MrI. Joh~ rendered unconscious Welch, nil or Kanawha. a lso r«~!ved bruises

•. ; ._ .. _ been their home WIUI Ilpparently

beloved wi/.. J ohn No Funds For D. E. William! H,~~!,j~~ 'u<vlved by bl, moth,,· Britt Waterworks New T i, "" _C.Fannle Richards, who '

home with Mr. and A Uat of P. W . A. The MaJor and to , Hammill (or t.he past several have tederal Monda,. evening to ()

Iurt; and V. Charles Welty, ot St. tunda Manhan • . L. Paul, MIn n . , a nephew. Mn. GraCe William ...... ere Caldwell, of Britt, .Ia a Rep daugh· . John Ptnke ter of Mr .. Hammill .. al.ter, the late to:r '7,272 for a and Dr

11,.... C. D. Welt,.. jlla~ ... Abofuolt,.lrt,Y ~~-';,.i:.:tii::~i,~ I ~:~:1S;?~' D. LoYed 1'''''&'' ec.. vo en nle Ie ......... 0 Work. project approv~ but no w~ ~

III'. HanunlU..... • thirtY'"cond able. y .....