LATTA H. HAGEN
Latta H. Hagen, who is a well
known farmer of Burrell township, was born in that township, June 7, 1860, a
son of John and Eve (Asbach) Hagen, both natives of Germany who upon emigrating
to the United States, settled in Decatur county, Iowa. The father served in the Austrian war and was
taken prisoner and held for a long time.
Eventually he made his escape with some comrades and soon afterward came
to the United States. He purchased land
in Burrell township, this county, and devoted the remainder of his life to
agricultural pursuits. He passed away in
1881 and his wife died in 1865.
Latta H. Hagen was reared and
educated in this county and remained at home, farming in partnership with his
father until the latter’s demise. The
estate was then divided and our subject received one hundred acres for his
share. He operated his farm until 1889,
when he sold it and purchased eighty acres on section 34, Burrell township,
which he has since improved. He also
owns one hundred and sixty acres which he rents to others and derives a
gratifying income from his land.
Mr. Hagen was married on the
30th of January, 1886, to Miss Emma Pruyn, a daughter of Theodore
and Marietta (Pickle) Pruyn, natives of New York and Illinois
respectively. The father removed to
Wisconsin in early manhood and farmed there until 1882, when he came with his
family to Decatur county, Iowa, and purchase land in New Buda township which he
operated until his demise in September, 1904.
His widow is still living at Lemoni (Lamoni). Mr. and Mrs. Hagen have five children: Dora, at home; Roscoe, a rural mail carrier
residing in Davis Cit; and Anna, Ernest and Gilbert, all at home.
Mr. Hagen is a republican and is stanch in his support of the candidates and measures of that party. He is identified with the local lodge of Modern Woodmen of American and his church membership is held in the Reorganized Church of Latter Day Saints. He is known as a man of sterling worth, as a good citizen and as a successful agriculturist and has many warm friends.