HUGLIN, John Albert 1869 - 1948

HUGLIN, SWANSON, PORTER, TALBOTT, JOHNSON

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 2/10/2016 at 21:53:30

"The Fairfield Daily Ledger"
Monday December 20, 1948
Page 1, Column 4

JOHN A. HUGLIN, ATTORNEY FOR 50 YEARS, DIES

John A. HUGLIN, Fairfield attorney for over 50 years and one-time candidate for congressman from the first district of Iowa, passed away Sunday morning at 6:05 a.m. at the family home just east of Fairfield.

Mr. HUGLIN, 79, had been in failing health for several months and seriously ill the past 10 days.

On September 29, 1947, he was flown by army hospital plane to the Walter Reed hospital in Washington, D.C. where he underwent major surgery and medical treatment. He later returned home but has never been physically able to resume his law practice since he was taken ill.

Last rites will be Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. at the Presbyterian church with Dr. C. R. Douglass in charge. Burial will be in Evergreen cemetery. The body will lie in state at the family home from Tuesday noon until Wednesday noon. The Weston Behner funeral home is in charge of arrangements.

John Albert HUGLIN was born September 14, 1869, on a farm near Geneseo, Illinois. He was the son of Carl J. and Kristina SWANSON HUGLIN. In 1873 the family moved to Nebraska, but a scourge of grasshoppers and hot winds drove them back to Iowa.

After attending country schools, J. A. HUGLIN attended the Western Normal college at Shenandoah, and afterwards went to Augustana University at Rock Island where he graduated from a four year course of business and commercial law. He also attended school at Forest University in Chicago, and Drake University at Des Moines.

On May 17, 1898, he was admitted to the Iowa Bar, and on September 1, the same year, he hung out his shingle in Fairfield and started a law practice which covered a span of over a half century.

He served as county attorney in Jefferson county from 1907 to 1911. He was the superintendent of Sunday schools for 15 years, and president of the Jefferson county Sunday School Association for five years.

Mr. HUGLIN also served as a member of the Chautauqua Association for 21 years, and was president for five. He was also a member of the Masons, Knights of Pythias, Odd Fellows, and of the Bar Association. He was a member of the Presbyterian church.

He was united in marriage on June 28, 1905, to Clara Lenore PORTER, who preceded him in death in March, 1935. They were married at the Porter farm near Rippey, in Green county, Iowa.

An active member of the Townsend movement when it was popular a few years ago, he was chosen to run for congressmen (sic) from the first Iowa district on the "National Recovery Party" ticket, in November, 1942. His bid for congressman was unsuccessful.

The well known Fairfield attorney is survived by three sons, Brig. General Harold HUGLIN, of Fairfield, Cal.; Col. Harvey HUGLIN, Montgomery, Ala.; and Col. Henry HUGLIN, Alexandria, Va. They are all graduates of the West Point Military Academy.

Other survivors include a brother, Gilbert HUGLIN, Dayton, Iowa; three sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth TALBOTT, Des Moines; Ida HUGLIN, also of Des Moines; Mrs. Tillie JOHNSON, Pocatello, Idaho; and three grandchildren. He was preceded in death by four brothers and one sister.

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"The Fairfield Daily Ledger"
Tuesday December 21, 1948
Page 1, Column 7

Two HUGLIN Brothers Fly Home To Attend Funeral Of Father

Brig. Gen. Harold HUGLIN and Col. Henry HUGLIN arrived in Fairfield yesterday after they were called home by the death of their father, John A. HUGLIN who passed away Sunday morning.

General HUGLIN came from Fairfield, Calif., where he is commanding officer of the Fairfield-Suisan air transport base and the 150th air transport wing. Colonel HUGLIN came from Washington, D.C., where he is attached to the office of Army Secretary Stuart Symington. Both brothers traveled by air to Burlington yesterday afternoon.

A third brother, Col. Harvey HUGLIN, will be unable to attend the funeral services. A student in the U.S. air war college, he left last week on a trip to Central America.

Services for Mr. HUGLIN will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow in the Presbyterian church. The body will be taken from the HUGLIN home at 12:30 p.m. tomorrow and will lie in state at the church from 1 until 2 p.m.

*Transcribed for genealogy purposes; I have no relation to the person(s) mentioned.

Note: Buried in Lot 3rd.014½ with wife Clara who died in 1935.