Hastie, William C.

HASTIE

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Date: 6/29/2021 at 11:46:52

History of Warren County, Iowa from Its Earliest Settlement to 1908, by Rev. W. C. Martin, Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago, Illinois, 1908, p.621

WILLIAM C. HASTIE
W. C. Hastie, who has resided on his present farm on section 19, Allen township, since 1887, and dates his residence in this county and township since 1856, was born at Bath, New York, December 18, 1854. He is of Scotch ancestry in both the paternal and maternal line, his parents having been born in Scotland, whence they came to America shortly after their marriage and settled in Albany, New York. He remained here about one year, and in 1856 he came to Warren County and was among the early settlers of Scotch Ridge. He rented for a number of years, but eventually bought an eighty acre tract on which he spent the remainder of his days. He passed away in 1904, aged eighty years. His wife is still living, being now past eighty years of age. They were the parents of ten children, five sons and five daughters, all of whom are yet living.
In this township our subject passed the days of his boyhood and youth, receiving his education in the district schools. He remained at home with his parents and aided his father in the responsibilities of the place until he was thirty-three years of age, when he married on March 24, 1887, Miss Lizzie Utterson, daughter of John Utterson and a native of Wellsville, Ohio, who was reared in this county. A sketch of Mr. Utterson's life appears elsewhere in this issue. Following his marriage, Mr. Hastie rented the place on which he now lives and engaged in farming in his own behalf. That he prospered is evi­denced by the fact that after seven years occupancy of the farm he was able to purchase it and it has since remained in his possession. Since secur­ing the title to the place he has built an addition to the house, has constructed the necessary barns and outbuildings, and planted an orchard and put up fencing, and altogether transformed it into a modern, comfortable home. In addition to general farming he is also engaged in stock-raising.
In affairs of national import Mr. Hastie gives his political support to the Republican Party. Locally, he supports the men and measures that he deems most worthy of support. He has ever taken an active interest in edu­cational matters and has served as secretary of the school board for several years. He has been the local correspondent of various county papers for the past thirty years, being a contributor to Wallace's Farmer, a publication de­voted to farming interests. He and his estimable wife are members of the United Presbyterian Church, of which organization Mr. Hastie is an elder and for two years was the efficient superintendent of the Sunday school, a position which Mrs. Hastie is filling at the present time and which she has filled most creditably in previous years. Mr. Hastie deserves great credit for the success he has achieved in life, for it is entirely due to his industry, perseverance and good management.