- JOHN Q. HASTINGS, a retired farmer and a veteran of the Civil
war, now spending his declining
- years on his farm two miles southeast of Browntown, Green
county, was born in Mercer county, Penn., Jan. 29, 1844, and
is a son of Hugh and Saloma (BEARNHEARD) HASTINGS, both natives
of Pennsylvania. John HASTINGS, the grandfather of John Q., was
born in Ireland, and came to Pennsylvania before the Revolution.
In 1877 he settled in Fort Pitt, and became the father of five
children, Abel, David, Eliza, Mary and Hugh.
- Hugh HASTINS was born in 1810, married in 1832, and died
in 1857. His wife, Saloma
- BEARNHEARD, was born in 1812, and she became the mother of
nine children: Harriet; Jane is dead; Elizabeth Martha; Margaret,
deceased; David, Mary; John Q.; Sarah K.; and Phebe.
- John Q. HASTINGS was married to Miss Barbara SPECE, June
2, 1867. Mrs. HASTINGS
- was born June 2, 1849, and is the daughter of William and
Julia (YOUNGBLOOD) SPECE, who came to Green county from Ohio
in 1845. To this marriage have come eight children: (1) Frank
O., born in 1868, married Lena BROWN, of Martintown. (2) Fred
P., born in 1870, married Emma WARNER, of Cadiz township. (3)
Saloma, born in 1872, is the wife of John PATRICK, of Sioux county,
Iowa. (4) Wilhelmine, born in 1874, married Oscar D. CURTIS,
of Browntown, Wis., a justice of the peace, and a student of
law, and also a candidate for the position of county clerk in
1900. (5) Phebe, born in 1876, is the wife of Joseph Dale, a
barber of Browntown. (6) Hugh Jr., born in 1878, is single and
makes his home in Browntown. (7) Ethel, born in 1880, now living
in Milwaukee. (8) Maggie, born in 1886, died in childhood.
- Mr. HASTINGS is a Democrat, and a man of fine character and
deep religious convictions,
- though he has never seen fit to unite with any church. During
the Civil war he served as a soldier of the Union, enlisting
in Company B, in August, 1861, and was a member of the 18th Wis.
V.I. until the following year. At that time his enlistment period
terminated, and he reenlisted in the 92nd Ill. V.I., and participated
in many of the exciting scenes of the great war. He was with
Gen Sherman in his March to the Sea, and had a part in many hard-fought
battles. He lost an eye in the service, for which he is drawing
a pension. His discharge from the service was given him in 1865,
so that practically he served throughout the entire war.
- Mr. and Mrs. HASTINGS are spending their declining days on
their farm, and have that peace
- and comfort that should rightly follow their useful and well-spent
lives.
-
- Taken from "Commemorative Biographical Record of
the Counties of Rock, Green, Grant, Iowa and Lafayette Wisconsin,"
(c)1901 Union Publishing; pp. 860-861.
-
- Courtesy of Carol.
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