HIRD, ISAAC

Coal Dealer; b Hamstreley Co, Durham England July 29, 1861; s of Robert Hird-Mary Ann Boyles; ed Taft Hill England; m Mary Ella Barber Feb 29, 1888 Crawford Co; s Robert Ellison, Allan Browning, Frank Leslie; 1880 came to US; 1880- 89 contr, ptr of Rain Bolden; 1893-94 farmer, Crawford Co; 1894-1901 bldg contr, Manilla; 1901-11 owner & opr Hird Lbr Co, Manilla; 1911-30 cement mfr & contr, Manilla; 1918- owner & opr Isaac Hird Coal Co; past mbr sch bd; OES; KP, past chancellor comm; AF&AM 595, past secy; Presby Ch; Rep; off Hird Coal Co; res Manilla.

This bio was extracted from the "Who's Who in Iowa," by Iowa Press Association, Des Moines: Iowa Press Association, 1940, pg. 329.

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