Benjamin Franklin Hircock - Hermon (1905)

HERMON, HIRCOCK, HUBBARD

Posted By: Judy Wight Branson
Date: 12/28/2007 at 17:21:27

Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, March 30, 1905
Page 1

Benjamin Herman

Died died at his home in Ness City, Kansas March 5th after several weeks illness. He grew to manhood on Middle River south-east of Winterset and married Mary Hubbard, daughter of Allen Hubbard, who died here last week. During several years about 1865-1870, he freighted goods between Winterset and Des Moines. He resided a while near near Ira Walker's on North River in Lee township and later improved a farm just above the junction of Cedar and North River. In 1878 he moved to Ness county, Kansas, where he has since resided.

Upon going to Kansas he changed his name from Hircock to Herman. He was always an active man in business affairs and in Kansas was also active in politics but never succeeded as a candidate. Formerly a republican he became a radical populist about 15 years ago.

He raised a large family. One of his daughters is now dangerously sick at the late home of her father.

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Ness County News
Ness City, Kansas
Saturday, March 11 1905
Page 5, Column 3

B. F. Hermon Dead
Died – Saturday evening, March 4, 1905, at his home in this city, Benjamin F. Hermon, aged sixty-three years, two months and three days.

Mr. Hermon was born in Wisbeach, England, January 1, 1842, and came to this country with his parents in 1852, first settling in Ohio. From there the family went to Iowa in the fifties, and in 1864, Mr. Hermon was married to Mary A. Hubbard. They were the parents of eleven children, five boys and six girls, eight of whom, with the mother, survive him.

In 1879 Mr. Hermon and his family removed to Rush County, Kansas, where they lived until March 8, 1882, when they came to Ness County, which has since been their home. B.F. Hermon was one of the best known citizens of our country, and was a man of indomitable energy and enterprise, and for a number of years was a leader of men and alive to the interests of the people among whom he had cast his lot He was a man of positive convictions, and always ready to contend for principles which he espoused. His physical make-up corresponded with his mental make-up and when he came to this community it appeared as if there was no hardship that he could not face with impunity. But for the past year or two he had been but a wreck of his former self, and gradually he passed from active work, slowing failing until the end came last Saturday.

Funeral services were held at his late home Sunday afternoon at four o’clock, and all that was mortal of the man was followed by a large number of relatives, friends and acquaintances to the Ness City cemetery where interment was made. Rev. A.M. Buchanan delivered the funeral discourse.
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Coordinator note: Descendant D.S. Hermon Mosier provided this information in 1972: The name Hermon was adopted October 1, 1879. One of the brothers was to become a minister and thought the name Hircock inappropriate. He choose Hermon after Mount Hermon mentioned in the Bible. Most of the brothers followed suit and changed their names too. At least one of the brothers did not.

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