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Louisa County Biographies (Continued)
Louisa County Genealogical Society
Prepared by Norma F. Jennings
Copyright 1997, 1998

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Hicklin, Edwin (p. 34)

Edwin Hicklin is a native of Wapello, Iowa, born 4 September 1867, son of James Hall and Saah Ellen (Williams) Hicklin. His maternal grandfather, Robert Williams, was the first white man to build a cabin in the Indian reservation in 1836. The father of our subject came to Iowa with Daniel Ellege, a minister of the gospel in 1840 and settled in Louisa Co. There were seven children in the family: Mary F. m. Henry Brememr; Martha m. Rufus M. Archibald; Millard F.; Monroe; Amanda m. Thomas A. Gallagher; James D.; and Edwin of this review.

Mr. Hicklin married 6 June 1894 to Millicent Reichley, daughter of George W. and Catherine (Brookhart) Reichley.  She was one of eight children: Mary Elizabeth m. Joseph Meeker; Joseph A.; Margaret E. m. Rev. Charles Blanchard; Sarah; George C.; Henry E.; Millicent; and Laura m. W.V. Runyon. Mr. and Mrs. Hicklin also had eight children: Edwin; Millicent; Mary; Jean; Catherine; Albert; Otis; Laura Alice; and Millard Fillmore.


Holiday

Holiday, A.L. (p. 275)

Alvin L. Holiday was born in Taylor Co., Iowa on the 28 October 1861, son of Abraham and Malinda (Murry) Holiday.  The father was a native of Illinois and the mother of Indiana where they were married. They came to Iowa in 1854 to Taylor County until 1899 when they moved to Miami Co., KS, where the mother died in1904.  Eleven children were in Mr. Holiday's family: Charles W.; Austin, KS; G.M. Carthage, Mo; J.F. of New Mexico; F.E. ; Minnie H. m. a Navel of Severy, KS; Carrie A. m. J.B. Telferd of Brookville, KS; Leslie O. of Holden, Mo.;O.A. of Woodward, Oklahoma; Laura, Clarence and Alvin L.

Alvin Holiday was married 3 July 1894 to Alice Harris, a native of Platte Co., Missouri, the daughter of J.P. and Sumyra Harris.  The parents were also natives of Missouri until the 1860's when they came to Iowa. There were eight children in the Harris family: Margaret; William D.; Mattie A.; J.S.; Docia E.; Christopher L.; Alice, (above) and one son died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Holiday had two daughters: Frances R. b. 23 September 1895; and Vivian A. born 22 August 1899.


Hook

Hook, A.B. (p. 266)

Alonzo B. Hook was born in Louisa County on 9 August 1855, the son of George W. and Emily B. (Trask) Hook. The father, whose birth occurred in Augusta Co., Virginia, in 1825, came to Louisa County at the age of twelve. There were nine children in the family: Alonzo B., our subject; Elisha I.; Sophia J. m. Dr. Frank Tustison; Jessie L. m. Abe Parsons; Grant; George, Jr.; Emma m. Dr. Frank Wright; Lola m.. W.V. Edwards and Dr. Merritt B. of Kremmling, Colorado.

On the 31 October 1888, Alonzo B. Hook married Emma Berryhill, who was born 20 July 1865 in Iowa City, the daughter of William DeWitt and Anna (Depin) Berryhill, natives of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Hook had three children: Fannie J. b. 18 October 1890; Cornelia b. 16 May 1895; and Albert A. b. 3 August 1897. 


Hook, Grant (p. 218)

Grant Hook was born 25 february 1865, also the son of George W. and Emily B. (Trask) Hook.  He married 15 October 1891 to Amelia Gauss, who was born 8 March 1872, the daughter of J.G. and Anna B. (Schneider ) Gauss, natives of Wurtemberg, Germany, who emigrated to the United States in the early 1860's, settling first in Madison, Indiana. They came to Louisa County in 1866. Mr. and Mrs. Hook had two children: Mildred b. 17 October 1894 and Frank Gauss, b. 15 March 1897. 


Howey

Howey, Harris (p. 102)

Dr. Harris Howey was born 3 May 1817 in Canandaigua, New York, the son of Thomas and Lodema (Harris) Howey. On the maternal side, his ancestors came from England to the new world in 1647 with the Plymouth Pilgrims and located in New London, Connecticut, but subsequently removed to New York. The Doctor's father was born in the north of Ireland and first located in Coldwater, Michigan.  His wife died in1833 and he died in 1838 at Columbus, Ohio.

Dr. Howey married 1) in 1840 to Susan Dellabarr, who died two years later. He m. 2) 24 March 1844 to Sarah J. Marshall, a native of Wellsburg, West Virginia, who came to Iowa in 1840 with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Marshall. She died 29 November 1880. They had the following children: Virginia m. ___Ingersoll, Clarksville, Missouri; Thomas; Frank, Lemmon, S.D.; and Charles of St. Louis, Missouri.He married 3) 15 March 1883 to Lida McMahill and they had one daughter Sadie Ladema b. 19 May 1891 and died the following August.

Mrs. Howey's father William McMahill, was born in Lexington, Kentucky, 22 June 1824 and was married in Pike County, Illinois, in 1847 to Mary Walker, who was born in St. Louis, Missouri, 24 August 1824. 


Hudson

Hudson, N.E. (p. 515)

Noah E. Hudson was born in Des Moines County, Iowa on 6 April 1877, the son of John and Elizabeth (Dowell) Hudson, natives of Pennsylvania and Indiana, respectively. On the 18 March 1903, he married Irene Webster, daughter of Eli and Harriet (Sellers) Webster. The Websters had three children: Talma, died in infancy; Walter H.; and Irene(above). Mr. and Mrs. Hudson had two daughters: Alice Leona b. 12 September 1904; and Hariret Elizabeth b. 5 January 1910. 


Huff

Huff, J.F. (p. 468)

J. Fred Huff was born in Pennsylvania 8 November 1857, the son of L.W. and Anna Stamen (Hipple) Huff. On the 29 November 1884, he married Emma Carter, daughter of Edwin and Mary (Sargent) Carter. Mrs. Huff was one of eight children: Marion; Minerva m. Edward Albright of Danville, Iowa; John of Spokane, Washington; Ollie m. Wesley Albright of Burlington; Emma (above); Mary F. m. Rufus Boyce; Nevada E.; and Albina m. Frank Ritchey of Des Moines Co. 


Huff, L.W. (p.209)

L.W. Huff was born 14 September 1831 in Pennsylvania, the son of John and Anna (Eisenhart) Huff, both natives of Pennsylvania. On the 14 February 1854, Mr. Huff married Anna S. Hipple, daughter of Frederick and Mary B. Hipple. They had nine children, six who survived: Anna m. Henry Cutcomb of Louisa Co; John; Harry; Elmer; Agnes m. J..M. Harris; and Mamie m. Orville Sipe of Cedar Rapids. 


Hull

Hull, J.C. (p. 521)

John C. Hull was born in Canton, Missouri on the 19 June 1873, the son of John C. and Emily(Patrick) Hull, natives of Pennsylvania. They came to Louisa County in 1890. They had three children: Our subject, John C.; Anna, died in infancy; and Myra m. John Ward of Memphis, Tennessee. On the 3 Apirl 1893, Mr. Hull married Nellie Moore, daughter of W.K. and Louisa (Baker) Moore, who were the parents of the following children: Nellie (above); Margaret and William, twins; Ada m. Gary Orr. Mr. and Mrs. Hull had three children: WIlliam, Muriel,and one that died in infancy.


Hunt

Hunt, J.C.( p. 516)

J.C. Hunt was born near Morning Sun, Iowa on the 3 April 1860, the son of Stephen G. Hunt, who was a native of Wayne County, Indiana. His mother, Josephine Curran was born in Maryland. He was one of five children: M.G.; Caroline m. D.D. Hamilton; J.C.; William P. and Sophronia m. S.C. Bell of Missouri. Mr. Hunt married 23 December 1887 to Kate Hall, who was born near Prairie City in Fulton Co., Illinois, a daughter of John D. and Margaret (Virden) Hall. Her father was a native of Somerset County, New Jersey and died in Kansas 22 December 1901. Mr. and Mrs. Hunt had two children: Hazel, who died in infancy; and Margaret J. 


Hunt, Ralph R. (p. 416)

Ralph Reid Hunt was born in Marshall Twp. , Louisa Co., Iowa on the 16 January 1879, hte son of Henry R. and Laura L. (Hornsby) Hunt, natives of Ohio. He married 10 September 19902 to Mary Pearl Parsons, who was born in Louisa County on the 23 January 1885, the daughter of Douglas D. and Jessie L. (Hook) Parsons.  Douglas Parsons died in 1903 and his widow married Abe Parsons, son of Thomas Parsons.  Mr. and Mrs. Hunt had two children: Reid I. b. 14 July 1903 and Helen Douglas b. 29 September 1904. 


Hunt, William P. (p. 556)

William P. Hunt was born 23 January 1862, the son of Stephen G. and Josephine (Curran) Hunt. He married Mamie E. Nelson of Ringgold Co. 


Hupp

Hupp, John F. (p. 555)

John Frank Hupp was born in Louisa County on the 14 August 1882, the son of John C. Hupp, who was a native of Pennsylvania.  Before her marriage, his mother was Delia A. Jones. He was one of four children, but two died young and he had only the one surviving brother, Horace and farmed with his brother. 


Huston

Huston, Renwick (p. 399)

Renwick Huston was born in Fayette Co., Indiana on the 5 May 1837. He first located in Des Moines County and farmed there until retirement at which time he moved to Morning Sun, Iowa.  He married 26 December 1860 to Katherine Knight, who was born in Monroe Co., Indiana, the daughter of John and Elizabeth Knight. Mr. and Mrs. Huston's children: Rosanna J. m. C. H. Bonner; Elizabeth H., m. A. C. McHenry of Downs, Iowa; Mary B. m. Herman Weinrich; Robert J.; and Thomas R.