Huddlestun, Frank A.

HUDDLESTUN, CAMPBELL

Posted By: Janelle Martin (email)
Date: 4/3/2011 at 15:35:03

History of Hamilton County, Iowa, J.W. Lee, 1912, Vol. II, p.170.

Frank A. Huddlestun is proprietor of the Edgewood farm at the south end of Superior street, Webster City, Iowa, and is specializing in the breeding of pure-bred Shire horses. He was born in DeWitt county, Illinois, and is a son of Charles H. and Catherine (Campbell) Huddlestun, both natives of Illinois. The father farmed in that state for many years and was numbered among its scientific and progressive agriculturists.

Frank A. Huddlestun received his education in the public schools of his native state and laid aside his books at the age of seventeen years. He then started to farm for himself and was successful in this field of activity in Illinois until 1892, when he came to Hamilton county, Iowa, where he purchased four hundred and seventy-six acres of land in Hamilton township, upon which he resided until 1906. He subsequently disposed of his holdings and moved to Webster City, where he bought two hundred and twenty-two acres in the south part of the city and proceeded to improve and develop his holdings along progressively scientific lines. His property is known as the Edgewood farm and is the meeting place for horse lovers from all over the state of Iowa. Mr. Huddlestun devotes his entire attention to the breeding of pure-bred Shire horses and has at the head of the stud, "Goadby Duke," a pure-bred, imported by the Pioneer Stud Farm of Bushnell, Illinois, and from them purchased by Mr. Huddlestun. He is thoroughly acquainted with the details connected with the breeding and care of horses and has attained a gratifying degree of success in this field of activity. His farm is a model property in Webster City and Mr. Huddlestun is entirely responsible for his present degree of prosperity. He started in life at an early age with no assets beyond a clear and alert mind and an enterprising character. He is now one of the substantial agriculturists of Hamilton county and Edgewood farm is one of the most beautiful properties in this section of the country. It is located in the south end of Webster City on Superior street. Its many acres are under cultivation in the most suitable grains and vegetables and Mr. Huddlestun's home is located in their center, surrounded by beautiful lawns and shade trees. It is one of the most modern dwellings in Hamilton county and perhaps in the state of Iowa. It is built of native stone and is twenty-four feet long by thirty-four feet wide with two stories and a basement. It is equipped with running water on each floor and is lighted by electricity. It has a modern and sanitary equipment, and its plumbing and bathing facilities are models of their kind. Mr. Huddlestun has also rebuilt his barn. It is forty-six feet wide by eighty feet long, and gives ample room to his large stock of pure-bred horses. Mr. Huddlestun's silo, dairy house, corn crib, and other necessary buildings upon his property have all been erected during the period of his occupancy and are all modern and improved structures.

In 1888 Mr. Huddlestun was united in marriage to Miss Cora Campbell, a daughter of Elijah and Sarah Campbell, the former a prominent farmer in Illinois. Mr. Huddlestun gives his allegiance to the Methodist Episcopal church and has always been active in the religious circles of Webster City. He was chairman of the church building committee and is largely responsible for the imposing structure which this organization erected. As a member of the Shire Horse Breeders' Association of America he meets men who are interested and engaged in that line of occupation. He is noted among the most extensive and representative agriculturists in the county. He has added two hundred and twenty-two acres in a highly improved and developed condition to the resources of the state of Iowa and Hamilton county is the richer and the more progressive by reason of his well directed activities..

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