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From: "Lisa Lepore" <>
Subject: Fw: [IOWA] Bio of D. P. Hiscox
Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 00:29:53 -0400

I have Debbie's permission to repost these bios - her only
request is that you keep the information free for all to use.

D. P. Hiscox was born in Woodstock, CT

Lisa

> IOWA
> ITS HISTORY AND TRADITION
> VOLUME III
> 1804-1926
>
> D. P. HISCOX
>
> Coming to Iowa when this region was undeveloped, Daniel P. Hiscox
has
> experienced all of the vicissitudes of frontier life and his
conversation spans the
> past in interesting reminiscences. He is numbered among the
venerable
> citizens of Cherokee and his life has been devoted to the
cultivation of the soil.
> He was born May 10, 1845, in Woodstock, Connecticut, and has
reached the
> ripe age of eighty years. In 1856 his parents, Lucien and Pearl
(Perrin)
> Hiscox, started on the long and arduous journey to Iowa and when
they reached the
> Mississippi river they were able to cross to Dubuque on the ice,
proceeding
> thence to Floyd county by team and wagon.
>
> Mr. Hiscox received a common school education and in December, 1861,
when
> but fifteen years of age, enlisted in Company C, Twelfth United
States
> Infantry. He fought in the engagements at Yorktown, Williamsburg,
Gaines Mills,
> Malvern Hill, Fair Oaks and the second battle of Bull Run and never
faltered in
> teh performance of duty. He spent some time in a hospital and was
honorably
> discharged in 1865 at the close of the Civil war. He returned to
Iowa and for
> several years operated land in Floyd county. He now owns a half
section in
> Cherokee county and through systematic work and good management has
> transformed the tract into one of the productive farms of this
district.
>
> In Butler county, Iowa, Mr. Hiscox married Miss Julia Converse, a
successful
> teacher and a daughter of Judge Alonzo Converse, who represented
that county
> in the state senate. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Hiscox were:
Bertha,
> who has passed away; Cora, who married M. E. Triggs and died
September 28,
> 1925; Arthur, whose home is in Cherokee; and Leora, who is the wife
of William
> Weed, also a resident of Cherokee. The elder daughter also
married, and her
> son, Cyrus Davenport, has been an invalid since his service in the
World
> war, in which he was gassed. His brother, Arthur B., made the
supreme sacrifice
> for his country and his body was brought home for burial. Mrs.
Marie Wedge,
> another daughter of the subject of this sketch, has two children.
>
> Mr. Hiscox, belongs to Custer Post, No. 25, of the Grand Army of the
> Republic and derives much pleasure from his association with his
comrades who wore
> the blue uniform during the dark days of civil strife. He votes the
> republican ticket and is a consistent member of the Baptist church.
Mr. Hiscox is a
> man of substantial worth, honor and integrity being the keynote of
his
> character, and his fellow citizens speak of him in terms of high
regard.
>
>
> Debbie Clough Gerischer
> The Iowa History Site
>
> _http://iagenweb.org/history/index.htm_
> (http://iagenweb.org/history/index.htm)

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