The Eldora Herald Ledger ~ Eldora, IA [06-15-1939]
DAVID HAUSER OF UNION DIES AT APLINGTON
Was Longest-Time Citizen of Hardin County; Came in 1850
UNION - David Hauser, 89, Hardin county pioneer who lived virtually all his life in the same township, to which his parents emigrated when Iowa was new, died at 5 p.m. Sunday, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Jack Arends, at Aplington, with whom he had been living in recent months. He had been in failing health for more than a year suffering from cancer.
Mr. Hauser was a son of Thomas N. and Nancy Boyles Hauser, who moved to Hardin county in 1850, buying a homestead claim from Greenbarry Higgin, first white settler of Hardin county, for $15 and a horse and wagon.
ATTENDED LOG CABIN SCHOOL
David Hauser was born in Owen County, Indiana, on November 1, 1849, and was less than a year old when the family came to Iowa. His first home was a rude log cabin on the prairie and as a boy he attended the first school in Union township, a log house on the corner of the farm a mile west of what is now the town of Whitten.
After he grew to manhood he lived on the Hauser farm two miles northwest of Whitten until he moved to union in 1907, but still lived in the same township. He married Miss Emmer Martin of Union Dec. 7, 1873, and they were the parents of six sons and one daughter. Mrs. Hauser died Oct. 1, 1894, and in 1898, Mr. Hauser married Miss Alma Hudson of Marshalltown, who died several years ago.
FOUR SONS, DAUGHTER SURVIVE
He is survived by four sons, Ernest J. Hauser of Marshalltown, Claude A. Hauser, Union, Frank Hauser of Whitten, and Harold L. Hauser of Eldora; one daughter, Mrs. Bessie Arends, Aplington; two sisters, Mrs. Jennie Lockard, 91, of Des Moines and Mrs. Nina Madole of Union; 21 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
Two sons, Thomas N. Hauser and Ralph M. Hauser; five brothers, Elias, William, Nelson, Leonard, and George Hauser, and one sister, Mrs. Hattie Herron Smith, preceded him in death.
ACTIVE IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS
Mr. Hauser was active in church and civic organizations of the community. He was a member of the school board for several years, a member of the Hardin County Three-Quarter Century club and of the Christian church at Union.
The pallbearers were nephews Lloyd Hauser, Howard Hauser, Walter Hauser, Whitten; Ross Hauser, Wade Hauser, Union; Carroll Madole, Waterloo. Flower bearers were nieces, Mrs. Evalena Miller, Mrs. Lura Mabie, Mrs. Margie Upton, Whitten; Mrs. Ruth Clark, Conrad; Elsie Hauser, Pearl Hauser, Gail Hauser, and Mrs. Helen Crosser, Union.
DAVID HAUSER OF UNION DIES AT APLINGTON
Was Longest-Time Citizen of Hardin County; Came in 1850
UNION - David Hauser, 89, Hardin county pioneer who lived virtually all his life in the same township, to which his parents emigrated when Iowa was new, died at 5 p.m. Sunday, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Jack Arends, at Aplington, with whom he had been living in recent months. He had been in failing health for more than a year suffering from cancer.
Mr. Hauser was a son of Thomas N. and Nancy Boyles Hauser, who moved to Hardin county in 1850, buying a homestead claim from Greenbarry Higgin, first white settler of Hardin county, for $15 and a horse and wagon.
ATTENDED LOG CABIN SCHOOL
David Hauser was born in Owen County, Indiana, on November 1, 1849, and was less than a year old when the family came to Iowa. His first home was a rude log cabin on the prairie and as a boy he attended the first school in Union township, a log house on the corner of the farm a mile west of what is now the town of Whitten.
After he grew to manhood he lived on the Hauser farm two miles northwest of Whitten until he moved to union in 1907, but still lived in the same township. He married Miss Emmer Martin of Union Dec. 7, 1873, and they were the parents of six sons and one daughter. Mrs. Hauser died Oct. 1, 1894, and in 1898, Mr. Hauser married Miss Alma Hudson of Marshalltown, who died several years ago.
FOUR SONS, DAUGHTER SURVIVE
He is survived by four sons, Ernest J. Hauser of Marshalltown, Claude A. Hauser, Union, Frank Hauser of Whitten, and Harold L. Hauser of Eldora; one daughter, Mrs. Bessie Arends, Aplington; two sisters, Mrs. Jennie Lockard, 91, of Des Moines and Mrs. Nina Madole of Union; 21 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
Two sons, Thomas N. Hauser and Ralph M. Hauser; five brothers, Elias, William, Nelson, Leonard, and George Hauser, and one sister, Mrs. Hattie Herron Smith, preceded him in death.
ACTIVE IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS
Mr. Hauser was active in church and civic organizations of the community. He was a member of the school board for several years, a member of the Hardin County Three-Quarter Century club and of the Christian church at Union.
The pallbearers were nephews Lloyd Hauser, Howard Hauser, Walter Hauser, Whitten; Ross Hauser, Wade Hauser, Union; Carroll Madole, Waterloo. Flower bearers were nieces, Mrs. Evalena Miller, Mrs. Lura Mabie, Mrs. Margie Upton, Whitten; Mrs. Ruth Clark, Conrad; Elsie Hauser, Pearl Hauser, Gail Hauser, and Mrs. Helen Crosser, Union.
The Eldora Herald Ledger ~ Eldora, IA [06-15-1939]
DAVID HAUSER OF UNION DIES AT APLINGTON
Was Longest-Time Citizen of Hardin County; Came in 1850
UNION - David Hauser, 89, Hardin county pioneer who lived virtually all his life in the same township, to which his parents emigrated when Iowa was new, died at 5 p.m. Sunday, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Jack Arends, at Aplington, with whom he had been living in recent months. He had been in failing health for more than a year suffering from cancer.
Mr. Hauser was a son of Thomas N. and Nancy Boyles Hauser, who moved to Hardin county in 1850, buying a homestead claim from Greenbarry Higgin, first white settler of Hardin county, for $15 and a horse and wagon.
ATTENDED LOG CABIN SCHOOL
David Hauser was born in Owen County, Indiana, on November 1, 1849, and was less than a year old when the family came to Iowa. His first home was a rude log cabin on the prairie and as a boy he attended the first school in Union township, a log house on the corner of the farm a mile west of what is now the town of Whitten.
After he grew to manhood he lived on the Hauser farm two miles northwest of Whitten until he moved to union in 1907, but still lived in the same township. He married Miss Emmer Martin of Union Dec. 7, 1873, and they were the parents of six sons and one daughter. Mrs. Hauser died Oct. 1, 1894, and in 1898, Mr. Hauser married Miss Alma Hudson of Marshalltown, who died several years ago.
FOUR SONS, DAUGHTER SURVIVE
He is survived by four sons, Ernest J. Hauser of Marshalltown, Claude A. Hauser, Union, Frank Hauser of Whitten, and Harold L. Hauser of Eldora; one daughter, Mrs. Bessie Arends, Aplington; two sisters, Mrs. Jennie Lockard, 91, of Des Moines and Mrs. Nina Madole of Union; 21 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
Two sons, Thomas N. Hauser and Ralph M. Hauser; five brothers, Elias, William, Nelson, Leonard, and George Hauser, and one sister, Mrs. Hattie Herron Smith, preceded him in death.
ACTIVE IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS
Mr. Hauser was active in church and civic organizations of the community. He was a member of the school board for several years, a member of the Hardin County Three-Quarter Century club and of the Christian church at Union.
The pallbearers were nephews Lloyd Hauser, Howard Hauser, Walter Hauser, Whitten; Ross Hauser, Wade Hauser, Union; Carroll Madole, Waterloo. Flower bearers were nieces, Mrs. Evalena Miller, Mrs. Lura Mabie, Mrs. Margie Upton, Whitten; Mrs. Ruth Clark, Conrad; Elsie Hauser, Pearl Hauser, Gail Hauser, and Mrs. Helen Crosser, Union.
DAVID HAUSER OF UNION DIES AT APLINGTON
Was Longest-Time Citizen of Hardin County; Came in 1850
UNION - David Hauser, 89, Hardin county pioneer who lived virtually all his life in the same township, to which his parents emigrated when Iowa was new, died at 5 p.m. Sunday, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Jack Arends, at Aplington, with whom he had been living in recent months. He had been in failing health for more than a year suffering from cancer.
Mr. Hauser was a son of Thomas N. and Nancy Boyles Hauser, who moved to Hardin county in 1850, buying a homestead claim from Greenbarry Higgin, first white settler of Hardin county, for $15 and a horse and wagon.
ATTENDED LOG CABIN SCHOOL
David Hauser was born in Owen County, Indiana, on November 1, 1849, and was less than a year old when the family came to Iowa. His first home was a rude log cabin on the prairie and as a boy he attended the first school in Union township, a log house on the corner of the farm a mile west of what is now the town of Whitten.
After he grew to manhood he lived on the Hauser farm two miles northwest of Whitten until he moved to union in 1907, but still lived in the same township. He married Miss Emmer Martin of Union Dec. 7, 1873, and they were the parents of six sons and one daughter. Mrs. Hauser died Oct. 1, 1894, and in 1898, Mr. Hauser married Miss Alma Hudson of Marshalltown, who died several years ago.
FOUR SONS, DAUGHTER SURVIVE
He is survived by four sons, Ernest J. Hauser of Marshalltown, Claude A. Hauser, Union, Frank Hauser of Whitten, and Harold L. Hauser of Eldora; one daughter, Mrs. Bessie Arends, Aplington; two sisters, Mrs. Jennie Lockard, 91, of Des Moines and Mrs. Nina Madole of Union; 21 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
Two sons, Thomas N. Hauser and Ralph M. Hauser; five brothers, Elias, William, Nelson, Leonard, and George Hauser, and one sister, Mrs. Hattie Herron Smith, preceded him in death.
ACTIVE IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS
Mr. Hauser was active in church and civic organizations of the community. He was a member of the school board for several years, a member of the Hardin County Three-Quarter Century club and of the Christian church at Union.
The pallbearers were nephews Lloyd Hauser, Howard Hauser, Walter Hauser, Whitten; Ross Hauser, Wade Hauser, Union; Carroll Madole, Waterloo. Flower bearers were nieces, Mrs. Evalena Miller, Mrs. Lura Mabie, Mrs. Margie Upton, Whitten; Mrs. Ruth Clark, Conrad; Elsie Hauser, Pearl Hauser, Gail Hauser, and Mrs. Helen Crosser, Union.
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