Pottawattamie CountyHistory
of Pottawattamie County, Iowa H DR. J. W. HEMSTED submitted by Merrilee Miller Dr. J.W. HEMSTED, physician, Griswold, Cass County, was born in Johnson Co., Iowa in May, 1849; [1] his father, F.W. Hemsted, was born in York Co., Penn., in 1818, [2] emigrated to Ohio in 1840, stopped at Columbus till 1846, [3] when he came to Iowa, landing at Iowa City, where he worked his trade; has retired to private life. Subject’s mother, Elizabeth (Akers) Hemsted, was born in Wayne County, Penn., in 1816; [4] she is the mother of seven children. Dr. Hemsted first attended the district schools of Iowa; then he spent three years in the Sate University of Iowa, after which he took a course in medicine in the same institution, graduating in 1873; he first practiced on year at Tiffin, Johnson Co., Iowa, then moved to Pottawattamie County and located where he now lives, on a farm of 320 acres, situated thirty eight miles east of Council Bluffs, in the Walnut Creek Valley. After Dr. Hemsted came to Pottawattamie County, he engaged in practice for several years, during which time he established a wide reputation by the many skillful operations he performed in this section; he is doubtless as well equipped for surgical operations as any physician in the West. Dr. Hemsted married Miss Eva L. Thorn, of Johnson County, Iowa in 1876, who was born November 24, 1854; her father, Graham Thorn, born in New York in 1824, emigrated to Illinois in 1853, settling in Du Page County; in 1864, he came to Johnson County, Iowa, where he still lives. Mrs. Hemsted’s mother, Laura (Bailey) Thorn was born in New York in November, 1831, and died in 1878. Dr. Hemsted and wife have three children Ellen M., Bessie May and Samuel B. The Doctor is a Democrat, and was a candidate, in the fall of 1881, for Representative on the Democratic ticket, but was defeated. ------------------------------------------ Note: Foot notes have been included by submitter, Merrilee Miller, who is a descendant of the Hemsted family and are only intended to help others researching this family. As always, please check sources for verification.
Sources include: Copy of the Family Record of F.W. and Elizabeth Hemsted made Sunday Aug. 22, 1915 by Adaline Hemsted Hershire.( From the original) Iowa State Census Pottawattamie Co., Carson Township, page 163, family #:107. Christening record of F.W. Hemsted, from Canadochly Union Church in Lower Windsor Township, York Co. PA. Portrait and Biographical
Record of Johnson, Poweshiek and Iowa Counties 1895, Samuel Leading Events In Johnson County Iowa History 1913, Lucy Anna Maria Hempstead, pp.102 104.
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