Addison, George H. (1836-1922)

ADDISON

Posted By: Karon Velau (email)
Date: 12/16/2017 at 20:19:54

George Harrison Addison
(February 10, 1836 - March 2, 1922)

George Harrison Addison came to Oakland, Iowa in 1889 and lived on the same street [then called Grab Street] for 33 years, until his death on March 2, 1922.
He ran a rendering plant, one of the first until he retired, and his son George H. Addison, Jr. took it over, running it for 40 years, he owned the first house on Grab Street. George Jr. dug wells and many farmers today are still using these wells.
Another brother Dess D. Addison settled at Minden, Iowa and also ran a rendering plant for forty years, he also dug wells, and moved large buildings, moving the Minden school house out two miles east of Minden on the old Cook farm. The school was remodeled and the family moved in after fire destroyed their home in the spring of 1915.
The street in Oakland, Iowa is now called Addison Ave.
[Note from County Coordinator: This story is a little confusing. It refers to Dess as "another brother" when no brother is previously mentioned. I assume it should refer to Dess as "a brother of George H Jr. Dess Addison was my great grandfather, and I base my assumption on my family history research.] George H. Addison is buried in Oaklawn Cemetery, Oakland, Iowa.
Sources:
Transcribed by Gail Meyer Kilgore from Pottawattamie County, Iowa, "Makers of Fire" by Pottawattamie County History Book Committee, 1978.
Iowa Death Records 1921-1940, Family Search.org

(Who's Who in Iowa, by J. R. Perkins, Iowa Press Association, 1940)
George Harrison Addison, Proprietor Rendering Works; born Des Moines, Iowa Aug 8, 1878; son of George H Addison and Adelaide Bowker; educated Oakland; married Nellie Letner 1903 Avoca; son, Edward; daughters,Viola (Mrs Paul Brown), Opal, Audrey (Mrs Carl Wasser), Mildred (Mrs. Curtis Kelsay), Gean; 1894-1917 employed by father in rendering plant Oakland; 1917 owner Oakland Rendering Works, Oakland, also operates in Pottawattamie, Shelby, Cass, Mills, Montgomery, Adams, Page and Fremont Counties; manufacturer King Tankage; member Woodmen of the World; Republican; hobbies: attending boxing matches; father (deceased) resident of Oakland 50 years; residence Oakland.