William Hasson - 1879

HASSON, PRICE, HOLLIS, MCKERLIE

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Date: 5/14/2009 at 21:41:07

WM. HASSON, farmer, resides at Mt. Algor; P.O. Miles; born in Ohio in December, 1828; he went to Lee Co., Iowa, in 1846; in the spring of 1847, to St. Louis, and enlisted as a soldier for the Mexican war, in the St. Louis battalion; crossed the plains to Santa Fe, New Mexico, where the battalion joined the forces under Gen. Sterling Price, thence to Chihuahua, Mexico; at the close of the war, he returned to Ohio; went to California in 1850; engaged in mining for three years; was Sheriff of Placer Co., Cal., for several years; on his return, in 1855, he took passage in the Golden Age; the steamer was wrecked, and he and his family, who accompanied him, narrowly escaped with their lives. Mr. Hasson settled at Sterling, [Jackson Co., IA] in the fall of 1856, where he sold merchandise for about one year; since then, has lived in different parts of the county and been variously engaged; he farmed for a time in Elk River Township, [Clinton Co., IA], also on Maquoketa Bottom, [Jackson Co., IA]; went to Sabula, [Jackson Co., IA], in the fall of 1862, thence to De Witt, [Clinton Co., IA], the following year, thence to Camanche, [Clinton Co., IA], , thence to Independence, Buchanan Co., thence to Sabula, [Jackson Co., IA]; bought a farm in Iowa Township, [Jackson Co., IA] in 1872, sold it in 1873; bought another farm in 1874, sold it in 1878; in the spring of 1879, removed to present place of residence. His first wife was Maria Hollis. His present wife was Ann McKerlie; has one daughter by first marriage and five children by second marriage. - 1879 History of Jackson Co., IA, pg 706.