Hough, Warren M. (1849-1937)
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Warren M. Hough
(April 24, 1849 - August 4, 1937)WARREN M. HOUGH, farmer, P.O. Crescent City, was born in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, April 24, 1849; his father, S. M. HOUGH, having come to Iowa in 1841 from Oswego County, N.Y., where he was born January 6, 1818, and where he learned the blacksmith's trade. He married Eliza J. ALLEN, who was born in Oswego County, N.Y., April 15, 1823; they raised a family of ten children, six of whom survive. The father died November 9, 1881; at the age of ten, Mr. Hough, with his parents, removed to Crawford County, Iowa, where he spent seven years, and came back to this township in 1866. Here he has resided since and has, by his industry and enterprise, gained the confidence of his neighbors and has, at various times, filled township offices. At present, he is a successful farmer and stock raiser. In politics, he is a Greenbacker, having been converted to that party in 1876; since then, he has also been a member of the I.O.G.T. He was married in Crescent City to Rebecca E. DUNKLE, November 28, 1872. She came to Pottawattamie County in 1870, with her parents, from Center County, Penn.; she was born October 19, 1856. Her father, L. K. DUNKLE, was born in 1828 and married Elizabeth MYERS, who was born in the same county, December 25, 1834. Mr. And Mrs. Hough have had three children, of whom but one, Walter, survives.
Submitted by: Mona Sarratt Knight, 2002.
Source: History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, 1907
From the Earliest Historic Times to 1907
By Homer H. Field and Hon. Joseph R. Reed; 1907, The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co.(From the 1891 Biographical History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, p.390)
WARREN HOUGH, a prominent merchant of Crescent City, and a hotel-keeper there, was born in Hazel Dell Twp, this county, April 24, 1849, son of Samuel M. and Jane (ALLEN) HOUGH, natives of New York state. Samuel M. HOUGH was born in Williamstown, Oswego Co, NY, January 5, 1818, a son of JOEL (a farmer) and Sarah (STILLSON) HOUGH, natives of Connecticut and of English origin, who married young and emigrated to New York state. Samuel was reared to farm life until he was married, January 1, 1840, when he began to work at the blacksmith's trade. His wife, Jane, who was sixteen years of age at the time of marriage, was born in Williamstown, April 15, 1824, daughter of Zoeth and Elizabeth (BRADLEY) ALLEN, natives respectively of Vermont and Connecticut. Zoeth ALLEN was a farmer and carpenter. He had nine children: Russell, Lyman, Truman, Morris, Samuel, Abigail, Abger, Huldah (deceased), Riley (residing in Hazel Dell Twp). Their parents removed to Lee Co, Iowa, in 1841, upon a rented farm, and Mrs. HOUGH died there in October of the next year. In 1846 Mr. HOUGH came to Pottawattamie Co. and took up 80 acres of perfectly wild land, made some improvements, sold it, spent a short time in Crawford Co., this State, and then bought forty acres of land and considerable property in Crescent City, including the residence now occupied by his widow. Being a blacksmith, he erected a shop and commenced business, in connection with farming, which he followed until he died November 9, 1881. He was an industrious and successful man, having at the time of his death a large amount of town property and 200 acres of land. He had 10 children, as follows: Mortimer and Byron, both deceased; Esther now the wife of H.H TERRY of Crescent City; Adelaide, deceased; Russell, now residing in York Twp.; Warren, our subject; Marcelus, residing in Crescent City; Herbert in Council Bluffs; and Denver, a resident of Crescent City.Mr. Warren HOUGH started out in life for himself at age 23 years. Purchasing 40 acres of wild land in Sect 27, Crescent Township, he afterward added 60 acres more on Sections 27 and 28. On this farm he has made all the improvements himself. He followed farming until 1884 when he moved into Crescent City and opened a hotel, which he still conducts. In 1886 he bought a stock of groceries and agricultural implements, and since then has been running a store in the sale of this class of goods. In April 1886, he was appointed Postmaster and continued in office until 1889. He is a live and energetic man in business, social and political circles; is a stockholder in the State Savings Bank of Council Bluffs, Iowa, being one of the founders. For the last four years he has also dealt in grain and livestock. Mr. Hough is an intelligent and reliable Democrat. He has been Township Clerk and is now Justice of the Peace and a member of the Board of Education. He is a member of lodge No. 49 I.O.O.F., of Council Bluffs, and of the Mutual Protection Association, lodge No. 1 of Crescent City.
He was married Nov 28, 1872 to Miss Rebecca DUNKLE, daughter of L.K. and Betsy (MEYER) DUNKLE, who was born in Pennsylvania, October 19, 1844 and they have had five children, Walter, born Nov 10, 1873; an infant daughter, deceased, was the next in order of birth; the next, Hattie, also died in infancy; the next, an infant son, also deceased; and Lee, born June 30, 1889. Mrs. Hough is a member of the German Reformed Church.
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