Hildebrand, S. M.

HILDEBRAND

Posted By: Joyce Hickman (email)
Date: 8/20/2008 at 13:46:16

S. M. Hildebrand

(From the 1883 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, by J. H. Keatley, p.119, James Twp.)
S. M. Hildebrand, farmer, P. O. Hancock, was born in Rockingham County, Va., March 26, 1847, son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Paul) Hildebrand, he born in Virginia in 1811, and is still living, in Iowa City, this State. The parents had five children - three sons and two daughters. Our subject received his education in Virginia and this State. March 29, 1864, he enlisted in Company H, Thirty-third Iowa Infantry, Capt. W. Gore. He took part in the engagements at Spanish Fort, Mobile and Whistler Station. He received on honorable discharge September 5, 1865. He was married, in Iowa County, this State, February 23, 1871, to Miss Julia F. Cole, born in that county February 20, 1853, daughter of Stewart and Sarah P. (Dennis) Cole, both natives of Illinois, he born in 1824, and she in 1830. Mr. and Mrs. Hildebrand have two children - Willie, born June 1, 1873; and Alta, born March 23, 1875. Our subject came to James Township in 1875, and purchased eighty acres of land at $10 per acre. He has since made many substantial improvements, including an orchard of 200 trees and a grove. He carries on general farming. He is a member of the Christian Church, and of the A. H. T. S. In politics, he is a Republican.