Hadden, David E.

HADDEN, DIER

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A Narrative History
of
The People of Iowa
with
SPECIAL TREATMENT OF THEIR CHIEF ENTERPRISES IN
EDUCATION, RELIGION, VALOR, INDUSTRY,
BUSINESS, ETC.
by
EDGAR RUBEY HARLAN, LL. B., A. M.
Curator of the
Historical, Memorial and Art Department of Iowa
Volume IV
THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Inc.
Chicago and New York
1931

DAVID E. HADDEN, of Alta, former member of the Iowa State Pharmacy Board,
was born in Ireland, October 22, 1866, son of George and Mary Hadden. In 1881,
when he was fifteen years of age, he accompanied his family to the United
States. After a short residence at Le Mars, Iowa, they moved to South Dakota,
then part of Dakota Territory. Dr. George Hadden performed the service of a
pioneer physician in South Dakota for twelve years. He then established his
home at Alta, Iowa, where he continued the practice of medicine for many
years.

David E. Hadden had school advantages in Iowa and had been a student for two
years in Wesley College at Dublin before coming to the United States. In
1893 he became a member of the firm of C. E. Cameron & Company, druggists at
Alta, and it was his permanent business connection. Later, in 1903 he entered
Mortningside College at Sioux City, and graduated Bachelor of Science in 1904,
having majored in chemistry and pharmacy.
Mr. Hadden was appointed a member of the State Pharmacy Board in 1909, by
Governor Carroll, to fill a vacancy and was reappointed by the same governor in
1911, by Governor Clarke in 1914, and by Governor Harding in 1917.

Mr. Hadden married in September, 1889, Miss Emeline Dier, of Le Mars, Iowa.
Their two children were Lola E. and Edward A. Mr. Hadden began voting as a
Democrat, is a Methodist, member of the Masonic fraternity and Independent
Order of Odd Fellows. For ten years he was a member of the Alta board of
education, and among various civic interests the schools always made first claim
upon his attention and effort. His hobby has been astronomy and meteorology,
and at his home he built a small but excellent observatory, and some of the
work he did there has been highly commended by professional astronomers. He
has been a frequent contributor to astronomical publications, and in December,
1929, delivered a detailed report on "Noteworthy solar disturbances observed
at Alta during the past forty years," before a convention of the American
Association for the Advancement of Science, held at Des Moines.