JACOB JONATHAN HOAG
Jacob Jonathan Hoag was for
many years engaged in the real estate business in Manchester and negotiated many important realty
transfers during that time. He
was born on the
16th
of September, 1836,
near Niles, Michigan, and lived in that
locality until he arrived at
man's estate. In 1865 he came to Manchester and at first engaged in running
a flour mill in connection with his father, Jacob
Hoag, and his brother,
Egbert Hong. This
partnership lasted for a number of years and
the business enterprise proved very successful. Twenty-six years prior to our
subject's death the partnership
was dissolved and he engaged in the
real-estate business until called
to his
final rest, May
17, 1909. He was an excellent judge of realty
and was
instrumental in securing
many sales and transfers of property satisfactory to all parties concerned. He was a man of
excellent business judgment and of
enterprise, and his success was but the natural result
of those qualities. He took a great interest in the growth and development
of Manchester
and was one of the leaders in the formation of public thought and opinion. He was
widely known and held in the
highest esteem.
Mr. Hoag was married on the 10th of May, 1869, to Miss Sarah J. Belknap, a daughter
of Joseph S. and Maria E. (Gibson)
Belknap, both deceased. Joseph S. Belknap was born in Washington county,
Vermont, October
10, 1818, and lived to the
age of seventy-five years. Upon coming to this
county he first settled at Edgewood in 1848 and afterward, in May, 1864, removed to Manchester, where the rest of his life was spent. His wife was born in Canada
West, August 31, 1824, and accompanied her
parents on their removal to Belvidere, Illinois, where she resided
until her marriage, which occurred October
21, 1845. She was a woman devoted to her family and friends and held the
love and respect of those associated with her. She was the mother of the following
children: Mrs. Jacob J. Hoag; James L., who died in Manchester; Charles G., who died
of pneumonia in early manhood and who was so highly esteemed in the community
that at the time of his funeral all of the business houses were closed as a
mark of respect; and George, of Stuttgart, Arkansas. Three of the children
born to Mr. and Mrs. Hoag survive, namely: Dr. Harry M., of Mason City, Iowa; Joseph B., of Warrenton, Oregon; and William P., of Manchester.
Mrs. Hoag makes her home in Manchester, where she owns a
residence on Franklin street. She also has a fine
farm of two hundred and thirty-five acres situated on section 28, Delaware township,
and she has shown good business ability
in the supervision of her affairs. She is held
in the highest respect by all who know
her and has many warm personal friends.
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