ALEXANDER H. HOLLENBECK

HOLLENBECK

Posted By: Jake Tornholm (email)
Date: 4/21/2020 at 15:34:44

ALEXANDER H. HOLLENBECK was born in Tally, Onondaga county, New York, August 8, 1846, son of Isaac and Lydia Maria (Bennett) Hollenbeck, both natives of New York. The father was a farmer by occupation, and died in 1874. The mother is still a resident of the Empire State. Of the eight children born to them Alexander II. was the fourth. He was educated in the common schools and in Cazenovia Seminary. For eight years he was employed as a traveling salesman by a New York house, after which he engaged in the hardware business at Delavan, Illinois. In June, 1880, he came to Adams county, Iowa, and since that time has resided in Colony township. He has 200 acres of land in section 32, well adapted for a stock and grain farm. Here on an eminence is located his home, a commodious two-story residence. His barn, stables, other outbuildings and fences are all in good condition and indicate the enterprise and prosperity of the owner. Two acres are devoted to an orchard, in which is found a fine assortment of fruits. Among Mr. Hollenbeck’s stock are a number of high grade Norman horses, a fine Percheron stallion weighing 2,000 pounds, a herd of Shorthorn cattle, and some fine Poland-China hogs. He has two acres in artificial grove.

While a resident of Belvidere, Illinois, Mr. Hollenbeck was married at Cortland, New York, December 31, 1873, to Mary C. Gazlay, a native of that place and a graduate of Cortland Academy, Homer, that State. She is a daughter of Dr. H. C. Gazlay, a practicing physician of Cortland county for more than fifty years, and still residing there. Both Mr. Hollenbeck and his wife were teachers before their marriage. Two children, a son and daughter, have been born to
them, namely, Ralph G. and Grace M.

Mr. Hollenbeck casts his vote and influence with the Republican party. He and his family attend the Congregational Church, of which his wife is a member. Although still a young man, Mr. Hollenbeck has had the benefit of much experience, and is to-day regarded as one of the representative farmers of Adams county.