Carroll County IAGenWeb

HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY IOWA

A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement

VOLUME II ILLUSTRATED

CHICAGO THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1912

Transcribed by Sharon Elijah November 1, 2020

Joseph S. Light is a member of the dry-goods firm of Light Brothers, wide-awake, successful and popular merchants of Carroll. His birth occurred in Lebanon county, Pennsylvania, on the 21st of June, 1877, his parents being William B. and Sarah (Strohm) Light, who are mentioned at greater length on another page of this work in connection with the sketch of William H. Light the brother of our subject. He was a lad of ten years at the time his parents established their home in Carroll county, Iowa. Subsequently the family removed to Guthrie county, Iowa, but at the end of seven years returned to this county, since which time Joseph S. Light has made his home in Carroll. He attended the district schools in the acquirement of an education and also pursued a commercial course in the Capital City Business College. In 1898 he began clerking in Carroll, being thus employed until 1903, when he formed a partnership with Herman Ohlsson, who was in the clothing business. A few months later he sold out and purchased an interest in the dry-goods establishment of his brother, William H., since which time the firm has been known as Light Brothers. Owing to their large and well selected stock of goods, reasonable prices and earnest desire to please their patrons, they now enjoy a most extensive and gratifying trade.

On the 28th of June, 1905, Mr. Light was united in marriage to Miss Florence Edith Hatten, a native of Atchison county, Missouri, and a daughter of Matthew and Jennie Hatten, who were born in Virginia and Kentucky respectively. Their children were four in number, namely: Kate, the wife of Gabriel Moore; William P.; Alvira, the wife of John Finnell, Jr.; and Mrs. Light. The last named is the mother of one son, Joseph Hatten Light, whose natal day was July 24, 1908.

Mr. Light gives his political allegiance to the republican party, while fraternally he is identified with the Masons, belonging to Signet Lodge, No. 264, A.F. & A.M.; and Copestone Chapter, No. 78, R.A.M. Both he and his wife are well known and highly esteemed throughout the community, having ever displayed those sterling traits of character which in every land and clime win respect and regard.

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