Harrison County Iowa Genealogy

HISTORY OF HARRISON COUNTY, IOWA, 1915
BIOGRAPHIES
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HADLEY J. FARLOW

Few men in Harrison county have achieved a wider or more favorable niche in public life than Hadley J. FARLOW, a real estate dealer at Logan, Iowa. He has a splendid reputation in Harrison county and does an enormous business in the buying and selling of rreal estate, not only in Iowa, but in Kansas, Nebraska, and Canada. Mr. FARLOW was a successful school teacher and served the people of Harrison county efficiently as a deputy auditor. Since his retirement from this office, he has been kept before the public, largely because of the nature of his business.

Hadley J. FARLOW was born on September 18, 1861, in Boone county, Indiana. He is a son of Henry and Elma (JOHNSON) FARLOW, both natives of Indiana, who married in that state and who came to Iowa, in 1870, locating near Woodbine in Boyer township. Henry FARLOW remained in Boyer township until his death in 1878. His wife, the mother of the subject of this sketch, is still living and makes her home with Mr. FARLOW and his sister. Henry and Elma (JOHNSON) FARLOW were the parents of eight children: Oscar D., deceased, accidentally killed at the age of 23; Hadley J., the subject of this review; Viola, who died in infancy; Charles A. of Pueblo, Colo.; Lora, wife of John L. SKELTON of Missouri Valley, Iowa; Alice who died at the age of 20; Ruby, who died at the age of two; and Ada, who died at age four. Mr. FARLOW was a Democrat in politics and religiously a member of the Christian church.

Hadley J. FARLOW was educated in the common schools of Harrison county Iowa. He attended school one year at Woodbine. subsequently, he was in school at Ames, Iowa, for a short time. He then taught school for four years and was finally appointed deputy auditor under A.W. MINTON. He served in this capacity for three years, after which he engaged in the real estate business at Logan, in which line he is still active. He deals in all kinds of land, both locally and in the far west. Mr. FARLOW owns, at the present time in Harrison county, 400 acres of land. He also owns 2,000 acres in Canada; 80 acres in Wayne county; and 80 acres in Pottawattamie County, Iowa.

Hadley J. FARLOW was married on October 18, 1899 to Grace M. TEEL, daughter of Frank L. and Lavinnia TEEL, both natives of New York state, who came to Ida county, Iowa, where they were early settlers. To Mr. and Mrs. FARLOW five children have been born: Ruth, Harry C., Evelyn L., Wayne J. and William Keith, all of whom are living at home with their parents.

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