Hursh, William H. H.

HURSH

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Date: 7/5/2021 at 15:22:10

History of Warren County, Iowa; Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns & Etc., by Union Historical Company, 1879, p.596

HURSH, WILLIAM H. H.; Indianola, the subject of this sketch, is a native of Cumberland county, Pa.; born in 1840, where he was raised and made his home until he enlisted in the war of the rebellion in Co. g, Eighty-fourth Pennsylvania volunteers in September, 1862, and was mustered out in July, 1865; his regiment consolidated with the Fifty-seventh as veterans; he enlisted as a private but was discharged with First and Second Lieutenant's commissions; in August, 1865, he came to Iowa City, this State, and remained for two years; in the fall of 1867 he went south, and the remainder of that year traveled over the Southern States, and on the first of January, 1868, located in Alabama, and after six months came to Illinois and located at Altona; after five months he came to Iowa City and married Miss S. E. Talbot, October 27th, 1868, and returned; from there he came to this county in the spring of 1870, where he has resided since; they have a family of four children, Willie T., Kate L., Ada M., and an infant; Mr. Hursh began his trade at about 17 years of age, and has followed milling as an occupation since.