HALL G. VAN VLACK
Hall G. Van Vlack was born in Dutchess county, New York, June 19, 1827. His father, Daniel Van Vlack, was a resident of New York until his death, which occurred in May, 1883. Hall remained with his parents until 1844, when he learned the carpenter trade. He worked at his trade in Dunkirk, about eleven years, when he went to Pennsylvania, and there worked in Erie and Titusville, for nearly five years, as a contractor and builder. He was one of the best of his profession in Pennsylvania, and in 1868 he came to Iowa, and settled at Des Moines, Polk county, where he remained one year, and in the meantime he bought land in Cass county. On coming to Cass county he settled on section 11, Bear Grove township, and in 1869 he built a residence and began improving his place. In 1870 he sold his property and purchased land in Union township, and has now one of the best farms in the county. He was united in marriage in 1850, to Elizabeth Maxham. Mrs. Van Vlack is a native of New York State, and was born in February, 1829. They have been blessed with two sons---Orson, born in 1854, and George, in 1860. Mr. Van Vlack has been a prominent man in the public affairs of the county. He was the first supervisor of the township of Bear Grove, and in 1872 was again elected supervisor of the county at large, for three years.
Contributed by Lisa Varnes-Rex from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pp. 740-741.
