Henry Hagedom / Hagedorn 1879

HAGEDOM, HAGEDORN, MANGELER, MCVEY

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Date: 2/5/2010 at 10:52:51

HENRY HAGEDOM, merchant, Green Island; born in Germany in 1833; came to this country in 1857; came first to Iowa; remained a year and a half, then removed to Kansas, where he remained one year; then returned to Iowa, and came to Jackson Co., and engaged in farming; he followed that occupation sixteen years; then commenced hotel-keeping, and was in that line of business for two years; from that, he went into the mercantile business, which he has since followed. He built the hotel in Green Island, called at the present time, the Green Island Hotel; also built the store building in which he now does business, and also owns; he sold the hotel property to John McVey. Mr. Hagedom is the Postmaster of the place, and has the only store doing a general merchandise business in the town; deals in dry goods, boots and shoes, groceries, hats and caps, notions, etc., and keeps everything usually sold in a first-class establishment of the kind; his trade amounts to from $8,000 to $10,000 a year. Is also Justice of the Peace in said village. In religion, Mr. Hagedom is Lutheran; in polities, Democratic. His wife's maiden name was Mangeler, a native of Germany; they were married in 1856; have had nine children; those living are Henry, Louisa, Mary, Emma, Minnie and Sophia; those dead were John, Willie and Frederick. – 1879 History of Jackson County Iowa, pg 710-711.