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BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL RECORD
of
GREENE and CARROLL COUNTIES, IOWA

The Lewis Publishing Company, 1887

RECORD OF CARROLL COUNTY
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES

Transcribed by Sharon Elijah November 20, 2020

HERMANN HESSLINGH *pages 634*

Hermann Hesslingh, farmer, section 6, Grant Township, was born in Hanover, Germany, January 24, 1837, son of George and Catherine (Okken) Hesslingh. He resided in Germany until 1864, when, in company with his brother George, he came to America, locating in Ogle County, Illinois. He was married September 16, 1871, to Miss Jessie Johnson, also a native of Hanover, and a daughter of John and Wendel (Klinkenburg) Johnson. The parents, with their eight children, came to America in 1860, settling in Ogle County, Illinois. Mr. Hesslingh came to Carroll County in the fall of 1871 and bought some wild land of the Iowa Railroad Land Company, which is his present home. He first bought eighty acres on section 8. He has a comfortable house, good farm buildings for stock and grain, a fine grove of trees and a good orchard. Mr. and Mrs. Hesslingh are the parents of six children—George C. W., Wendaline, Hermann, Catherine, Johanna and John. He is a Democrat in politics and has served as township clerk and township trustee several terms with great credit. Being honest and just in business transactions, he has gained the confidence and esteem of all.

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