Hurst, A. G.

HURST, BRINK

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Date: 7/29/2009 at 13:11:22

A. G. Hurst, farmer and stock dealer, was born in Ind. in 1832; removed with
parents in 1836 to Ill.; thence to Newton, Ia. In 1855 came to Ashton, near
Onawa. He enlisted in March, 1862, in Co. K., 17th Ia., and re-enlisted as a
veteran in the same company. He was taken prisoner with the rest of the regiment
and confined at Andersonville one hundred and eighty-five days; was discharged
at Davenport, Ia., June 16th, 1865, and returned to Monona county, and engaged
in farming and dealing in stock. He was married in 1859, to Julia Brink, and has
ten children.

Source: History of Western Iowa, 1882
Author: Western Publishing Company
Transcriber: Alice Warner, State File Manager, Iowa US GenWeb Archives Project