- GEORGE E. HEMSTREET, a successful young farmer of Jefferson
township, is the son of R. B.
- and Clarinda HEMSTREET of Green county. The father was born
about 1819 and died in 1890. The mother was born in 1822, and
died in 1866. They were married in 1854. The HEMSTREETS were
of Dutch extraction, and Mrs. HEMSTREET's people came from France.
To our subject's parents came six children: (1) Mary, born in
1856, died at the age of eleven. (2) Mattie, born in 1858, is
now the wife of Byron PIERCE. (3) William, born in 1859, died
in childhood. (4) Ella, born in 1861, is the wife of Owen MITCHELL,
of Iowa. (5) George E. is our subject. (6) Florence, born in
April, 1865, is the wife of Charles LORD, of Iowa. John HEMSTREET,
the grandfather of George E., was a native of New York, a farmer
by occupation, and came to Wisconsin in 1855. From this State
he went into Iowa, returning to Wisconsin, however, as the Indians
were at that time quite hostile. He had a large family.
- George E. HEMSTREET was born March 30, 1863, and on Nov.
24, 1884, married Miss
- Emma RODERICK, of Juda, the daughter of Henry and Mary RODERICK.
To this marriage have been born two children: Bessie, Oct. 5,
1889, and Mary H., June 24, 1893. Politically Mr. HEMSTREET is
a Republican, and he is a consistent member of the Baptist Church
in Juda. The common schools have afforded him his education.
He is a farmer, was reared on a farm, and now owns 250 acres
of farm land, which ranks among the most desirable tracts in
this section. For several years Mr. HEMSTREET has been a member
of the town and county boards; he has been school treasurer for
seven years, and has proved himself a good citizen. He is a kind
and obliging neighbor, and enjoys the esteem of many friends.
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- Taken from "Commemorative Biographical Record of
the Counties of Rock, Green, Grant, Iowa and Lafayette Wisconsin,"
(c)1901 Union Publishing; pp. 832-833.
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- Courtesy of Carol.
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