HULBURT, ELIJAH

HULBURT, SUMNER, MARLOW, JUDGE

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Date: 3/2/2005 at 12:57:48

Biography reproduced from page 440 of the History of Kossuth and Humboldt Counties, Iowa published in 1884:

Elijah Hulburt, son of Alonzo and Credulia (Sumner) Hulburt, was born in Eric Co., N. Y. When four years of age he removed to Stephenson Co., Ill., where he lived on a farm for thirty years. He then removed to Kossuth county, locating in Burt township. He built a sod house, which burned down. In 1873 he built the house he now lives in. He has nice and comfortable buildings in the midst of a beautiful grove of four acres. Mr. Hulburt was united in marriage with Margaret Marlow, daughter of Patrick and Mary (Judge) Marlow, Dec. 6, 1862. The have four children—Mary C., Ellen, John J. and Jonathan C., twins. Mary is engaged in teaching school. Mr. Hulburt is a republican, politically. He has been school director for three years. Mrs. Hulburt’s parents are dead; being buried in the Catholic cemetery in Algona.