Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Hoge, Albert Earl 1880 - 
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Author: History of Grundy County 1914

Hoge, Albert Earl – A decade or so ago the young men flocked to the cities 
feeling that there were not enough opportunities on the farm.  Now the tide 
has turned and people are coming to realize that the agriculturalist is the 
most independent man in the world.  With food stuffs soaring in price, and 
commission merchants seeking supplies, the farmer can well afford to invest 
time and money in his work.  Some of the most intelligent men of Grundy 
County, as elsewhere, are appreciating this, and turning from other 
occupations to cultivate the land.  One of the progressive farmers of this 
county who has returned to the farm is Albert Earl Hoge of Nettle Creek 
Township, who has the good fortune to be living on the farm which gave him 
birth on December 14, 1880.  He is a son of George D. and Ella (Quigley) Hoge, 
natives of Nettle Creek Township and Ohio, respectively.

Growing up in Nettle Creek Township, Mr. Hoge attended the public schools of 
his district and developed into an efficient farmer, working first with his 
father and later on a property in Nettle Creek Township which he rented from 
his father and operated for five years.  Tiring of farm life, he moved to 
Morris and for three years conducted a garage, but feeling the call of the 
soil, moved back to the 200 acre farm on which he was born, and is now 
carrying on grain farming with creditable success.

On February 18, 1903, Mr. Hoge was married to Ada Luella Peacock, who was born 
in Erienna Township January 7, 1879, a daughter of Alexander and Emma 
(Towsley) Peacock, natives of Canada and New York, respectively.  Mr. and Mrs. 
Hoge have had children as follows:  Gordon Gerald, who was born December 15, 
1904; and Chester Delmer, who was born January 22, 1907.  Mr. Hoge is a 
Methodist.  He has served as a School Director and is a very responsible, 
reliable man and first-class citizen.

Source:  History of Grundy County, Illinois, Chicago: Munsell Publishing Co. 
Publishers; 1914, p826-7

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