AULEY P. HEMMINGWAY
Auley P. Hemmingway, a highly respected and prosperous agriculturist, residing on section 34, Gower township, owns six hundred and forty acres of Cedar county land in connection with his brother, Albert N., and has been extensively engaged in the stock business for the past third of a century. His birth occurred in Iowa township, this county, on the 2d of May, 1851, his parents being Eleazer and Maria (Negus) Hemmingway, both of whom were natives of Columbiana county, Ohio. The paternal grandparents, James and Hope (Mallsbury) Hemmingway, removed to Johnson county, Iowa, in 1855 and there the latter passed away at an advanced age. The grandfather died in South Dakota when in his ninety-sixth year. Their children were eleven in number, as follows: John, Joseph, Isaac, James, Benjamin, David, Jane, Abbie, Sarah, Elizabeth and Eleazer. Shedlock and Marian Negus, the maternal grandparents of our subject, came to Cedar county, Iowa, from Columbiana county, Ohio, in 1846 and spent the remainder of their lives here. Unto them were born the following children: Elisha, Elwood, Albert, Rebecca, Sarah, Maria, Esther and Lavina.
Eleazer and Maria (Negus) Hemmingway came to this county with their respective parents in the ‘40s. In October, 1853, they removed to Cedar township, Johnson county, and there resided on a farm until the spring of 1883, when they returned to Springdale township, Cedar county. Mrs. Maria Hemmingway was one of the first school teachers in Iowa township, this county, presiding over a little log schoolhouse. Muscatine was the nearest market at that time and there were no railroads to facilitate travel. Auley P. Hemmingway, whose name introduces this review, was the eldest of a family of five children, the others being as follows: Albert N., a sketch of whom appears on another page of this work; Martha, the wife of C. G. Swofford, of South Dakota; Ida, who died at the age of fifteen months; and Israel E., of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Auley P. Hemmingway, who was but two years of age when taken to Johnson county by his parents, there continued to reside until 1882. In that year he returned to his native county, settling in Springdale township, where he made his home until 1893, since which time he has lived in Gower township. The pursuits of farming and stock-raising have always claimed his time and energies and have proven a gratifying source of remuneration to him. In association with his brother, Albert N., he owns seven eighty-acre tracts in Gower township, all in one body, and also has another farm of eighty acres a half mile south, in Springdale township. There are three sets of good buildings on the property, which in its neat and thrifty appearance indicates the careful supervision of a practical and progressive owner. During the past third of a century Mr. Hemmingway has been principally engaged in the stock business, buying and feeding cattle, hogs and Percheron horses and shipping them to the Chicago market. Alert, enterprising and energetic, he has met with success in his undertakings and is well entitled to a place among the substantial and representative citizens of the county.
On the 30th of January, 1878, Mr. Hemmingway was united in marriage to Miss Lydia E. Adams, who was born in Johnson county, Iowa, November 18, 1858, her parents being Monroe and Sophia (Dudley) Adams, natives of Ohio and New York respectively. The father passed away at the home of our subject in 1908, when seventy-nine years of age, but the mother still survives at the age of seventy-eight years and is a member of Mr. Hemmingway’s household. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Hemmingway were born two daughters: Irene, who died at the age of twelve years; and Mabel, who passed away when two years old.
Since age conferred upon him the right of franchise Mr. Hemmingway has supported the men and measures of the republican party and for three years he capably served as trustee of Gower township. In his business career he has been straightforward and reliable and counts among his many friends all those who acknowledge and appreciate genuine personal worth.
