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Born 1844
From The history of Holt and Atchison counties, Missouri : containing a history of these counties, their cities, towns, etc., etc. : biographical sketches of their citizens, general and local statistics, p (1882), Biographical history: Atchison County, Missouri (1905)
H. P. HURST, farmer, section 19, is a native of Fayette County, Ohio, where he was born May 13, 1844. He was a son of William and Charlotte (Duval) Hurst. The former a native of Pickaway County, Ohio, and his mother of Ohio. The subject of this narrative, with his parents, moved to Clarke County, Missouri, in 1858, and the following year settled near Corning, Holt County, Missouri. He started out in life as a farmer, in Clark Township, Atchison County, in 1865. In 187 1 he was married to Miss Angeline Hindman, a native of Holt County, born April 18, 1850. Her parents were John and Jane Hurst. The former a native of Clay County, Missouri, and the latter of Holt County, Missouri. They came to Atchison County in 1858, and in that year Mr. Hurst was drowned. Mr. and Mrs. Hurst have a family of six children: Bertha J., Willie, Oscar, Clarence, Arena and Jessie. Mr. Hurst's farm consists of 545 acres of fine land, with good buildings and surroundings, indicating the successful agriculturist.
As printed in The history of Holt and Atchison counties, Missouri : containing a history of these counties, their cities, towns, etc., etc. : biographical sketches of their citizens, general and local statistics, p (1882). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
HENRY P. HURST, one of Atchison county’s successful farmers and a self-made man, was born in Fayette county, Ohio, May 13th, 1843, the son of William and Charlotta Hurst, natives of Ohio. In 1854 his parents emigrated to Clark county, Missouri, and in the following year they’ moved to Atchison county, Missouri, locating on the Missouri bottom, near what is now Nishnabotna. Starting out without means, Mr. Hurst has certainly made a wonderful success as a farmer. In 1873 he bought 80 acres of his present home farm, paying #27 per acre for same. His splendid home farm now consists of 560 acres, situated in section 19, township 66, range 39. He also owns a farm of 280 acres in section 24, township 66, range 40; 60 acres in section 1, township 63, range 41; 62 acres in section 32, township 66, range 39; 4 acres in section 14, township 65, range 40; also 80 acres in Iowa.
The residence on the home farm is of two stories, in size 16x36 feet and 14x16 feet. The main barn is a modern structure erected at a cost of about #10,000. It is octagonshaped, 80x80 feet in size, with 18-foot posts. There is a large driveway through the center of the barn. A grinder arrangement connects by chutes with all cribs in the barn, and either shelled or ear corn or ground feed may be carried through any of the chutes, and, by turning an indicator or guage, deposited in any one of several bins and cribs on the second floor of the barn. Grain put into the bins in the basement does no not need to be handled by hand after that for any of the operations of elevating, grinding or reloading in wagons. There is a large dome in the center, into which the machinery extends; machinery is operated with a gasoline engine, by shafting extending from an outside building; on the second floor are cribs for at least- 16,000 bushels of ear corn and 10,000 bushels of shelled corn. The basement is arranged with a self-feeder, extending from the second story. Near the barn is a large cistern which holds from 1,000 to 1,200 barrels of water for stock. There is also a barn on the premises 60x60 feet in size, with 1 6-foot posts; cattle barn, 60x60 feet in size; hay barn, 24x90 feet, with 14-foot posts; scales, buggy shed, granary, 1 0 acres in orchard, and other improvements. The residence on his other large farm is of 1% stories, 24x32 feet. The barn is 40x60 feet in size, with 10-foot posts Mr. Hurst is a successful stock feeder, marketing annually 150 to 200 head of fat cattle and about four car loads of fat hogs.
Mr. Hurst and Miss Jemima A. Hindman, daughter of John and Jane Hindman, were united in marriage on April loth, 1870. She was born in Holt county, Missouri, on April 18th, 1851.
To Mr. and Mrs. Hurst were born twelve children, eleven of whom are living, namely: Bertha, wife of Wm. Cavender, born Jan. 5, 1871; James 0., born Sept. 1, 1875; Robert C., born Feb. 26, 1878; Irene M., wife of George Peck, born March 16, 1880; Jessie P., born April 21, 1882; Lillie Z., born Jan. 10, 1884; Otto C., born Nov. 4, 1885; Nina E., born June 19, 1887; Sarah M., born Feb. 28, 1880; Cynoma, born March 24, 1889; Benjamin, born July 15, 1894; John W., born Aug. 19, 1872, died Aug. 12, 1874.
Oscar, Clarence, Irene and Pearl have attended Tarkio College, and the first-named is a graduate from that institution.
In politics Mr. Hurst is a Republican and has represented his party in various conventions. He is a veteran of the civil war, having enlisted on the Union side in 1862, in the 5th Reg., Co. C, Mo. State Militia, under Col. P. A. Thompson.
As printed in Biographical history: Atchison County, Missouri (1905). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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