Henry Hackett, farmer and
stock-raiser, was a son of Emery and Amanda (Hymes)
Hackett, natives of Vermont. In 1855 they went to
Minnesota, where Emery died in 1869. The subject of this
sketch was born in Vermont, Nov. 10, 1935, where he was
educated. He came to Cass Township in 1875, and bought
his present farm of eighty acres on section 35. He was
married in 1857 to Mary Ann, daughter of George and
Martha Ann (Holcomb) Holliday. Geroge was a native of
England, and Martha of Pennsylvania. By the above union
there were two children--Emma, born Sept. 28, 1858;
Geroge, born Sept. 29, 1860. Mrs. Hackett died in 1866,
and in 1868 Mr. Hackett married Charlotte, daugher of
Wellington and Aurilla (Hill) Wiltse, natives of Canada.
By this union there are three children-- Emery, born June
2, 1869; Frank, Dec. 20, 1873, and Isabel, born May 17,
1879. Mr. H. enlisted in 1864 in the Second Minnesota
Veteran Volunteer Infantry, Company B., James W. Woods,
Captain, and was discharged at Louisville, Ky., July
1865. He was with General Sherman in his "famous
march to the sea." Mr. Hackett is a member of the
Odd-Fellow's fraternity, and also of the United Workmen.
He votes the Republican ticket. source: History of Clayton
County, Iowa, 1882, p. 696 |