HARADON, L. P.

HARADON, PIERCE

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Date: 10/3/2001 at 21:52:36

From the book "The History of Clinton County Iowa" by L. P.
Allen (1879) Pages 669-697
Biographical Sketches of Clinton Residents

L. P. HARADON, manufacturer of windows, doors, blinds, screen-doors, and dealer in paints and oils; is a native of Steuben Co., N. Y., and was born Nov. 16, 1834; when 20 years of age, he came to Wisconsin, and came to Iowa in June, 1860, and located in Buchanan Co.; he came to Clinton in October, 1867, and engaged in his present business; he built his factory in 1868, with a capacity of employing twenty-five to fifty hands. Mr. Haradon married Miss Hannah M. Pierce from Steuben Co., N. Y. in 1856; they have four children -- Ida, Edwin, Hattie and Nathaniel; they have lost one daughter.