Biographies For Muscatine County Iowa 1889

Source: Portrait and Biographical Album, Muscatine County, Iowa, 1889, page 373
EDWARD H. HOAG, a representative and prominent farmer residing on section 8, Sweetland Township, was born July 5, 1853, in the town of Uxbridge, Mass. With his parents, Enoch and Laura W. ( Foster ) Hoag, he came to Iowa, and took up his residence in Sweetland Township in 1854. He left home in 1870, and went to Lawrence, Kan., where he was engaged in the Government service for eight years, and returned to his home in Muscatine, Iowa.

At Longanoxie, Leavenworth Co., Kan., in the month of April, 1877, Mr. Hoag led to the marriage altar Miss Elma C. King. By their union four children have been born, all of whom are living: Charles S., who was born May 9, 1878; Laura E., Sept. 16, 1879; Walter E., Aug. 30, 1882, and Frances W., Aug. 18, 1887. Mr. Hoag and his wife are both members of the Society of Friends, and belong to the church of that denomination in Sweetland Township. They have always been active in promoting the cause of Christianity, and are numbered among Muscatine County's best citizens. Politically, he has been a supporter of the Republican party, but favors the strict enforcement of the prohibitory law. With the exception of the eight years spent in Lawrence, Kan., Mr. Hoag has engaged if farming throughout his entire life. He is now the owner of 140 acres of land on section 8, Sweetland Township, which is well cultivated and improved, and everything about the place denotes the thrift and enterprise of the owner.

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