H. GRANT HEMINGWAY

H. Grant Hemingway, who follows farming on section 8, Linn township, is associated with his father in the ownership and cultivation of three hundred and thirty-one acres of land that is as rich and valuable as any in Cedar county. He was born in Springdale township, November 18, 1884, and is a son of A. N. Hemingway, a native of Iowa, where he was reared and married, the lady of his choice being Miss Ada Adams, who was born in Jackson county. Mr. Hemingway is a well known business man and farmer of Cedar county, his enterprise and resourcefulness enabling him to carry forward to successful completion whatever he undertakes.

H. Grant Hemingway, spending his youthful days on the home farm, learned the practical methods of tilling the soil and caring for the crops, nor was his entire attention given to the work of the fields, for his mental training was not neglected. He is a graduate of the West Branch high school of the class of 1904, and reading and observation are constantly broadening his mind, rendering him one of the well informed men of the district. He remained with his father until twenty-two years of age, and then took up his abode upon the farm where he now resides, his attention being given to the raising of crops and stock. Both branches of his business are proving profitable, indicating his capable management and keen discernment. He makes a specialty of raising hogs and horses, feeding a large number of the former each year for market.

Since age conferred upon him the right of franchise, Mr. Hemingway has given his support to the republican party, his first presidential vote being cast for William H. Taft. He has been elected and served for one term as assessor of Linn township and has been renominated. He attends and supports the Methodist Episcopal church and is a member of the Modern Woodmen camp at Mechanicsville. A young man of good business ability, he does not regard difficulties and obstacles as a bar to progress but rather as an impetus for greater endeavor. He is widely known in both Cedar and Johnson counties and is rapidly working his way to the front among the representative agriculturists and business men of the community. That his time is fully occupied with his business affairs may be imagined when it is seen that he superintends and operates a farm of three hundred and thirty-one acres, every rod of which is arable. It is pleasantly situated on section 8, Linn township, not far from Lisbon, so that the advantages of town as well as of country life may be easily obtained.