Gilbert Hazlett

HAZLETT, BARNHOUSE

Posted By: Diane (email)
Date: 2/24/2002 at 21:11:46

Gilbert Hazlet, the present sheriff of Butler county, was born in Mercer county, Pennsylvania, in 1839. His parents removed to Fayette county, Iowa, when he was thirteen years of age. He came to Butler county in 1869, and purchased a farm in Pittsford township, where he located. His father, S.K. Hazlet, is now a resident of that township. Mr. Hazlet was elected as supervisor of Butler county in 1874, and served in that capacity for three years. He is now serving his second term as sheriff, having been elected in the fall of 1879, and re-elected in the fall of 1881. His wife is a native of Ohio; a daughter of William Barnhouse. They have three children – Forrest M., Edwin A. and Dorleska.
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Source: History of Butler and Bremer Counties, Iowa
Union Publishing Co., Springfield, IL, 1883
Page: 299