Bio of HAZLETT, Isaac, Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical

ISAAC HAZLETT - Vol II, pg 161-162
That every community, every city and every country has its leaders-men who are
active in the control of public affairs and of large and important private
enterprises indicates the fact that opportunity is universal, not local, ana in
the words of a modern philosopher: "Success does not depend upon a map but upon
a time-table." The individual who passes on the journey of life those who
perhaps started out ahead of him or under more advantageous circumstances is the
one who quickly and readily recognizes and utilizes the chances which surround
all mankind. The life story of Isaac Hazlett carries with it the thrill of
success, for through individual effort he has wrested fortune from the hands of
fate and is today one of the most prominent of the financiers of the Northwest.
Born in Zanesville, Ohio, he is a son of John C. and Margaret (Catspaw) Hazlett,
the former a native of Ohio, while the latter was of Holland Dutch descent.
Isaac Hazlett was reared in Iowa, no event of special importance occurring to
vary the routine of life for him in his youthful days. He improved his
educational opportunities, but they were not superior to those which other boys
enjoy. When he faced the business world it was with the determination to make
the best possible use of his time and his talents and he started out as a
merchant in a general store with a cash capital of but six hundred dollars.
Today he is interested in twenty-seven banks, being president or vice president
of twenty-two of these. After his initial step was made he continued in
mercantile circles in Iowa for nine years, conducting his general store, and
then removed to Verndale, Minnesota, where he entered the field of banking. For
four years he was identified with a country bank at that place and then sought
the opportunity offered in the broader field of Minneapolis. Here he has since
resided and through all the intervening years has continually increased the
scope of his activity through the establishment of banks in various towns and
cities of the Northwest until he has been active in the organization of
twenty-seven banking institutions. He has remained an executive officer of the
great majority of these, acting as president or vice president of twenty-two,
and his opinions as to management, control and Investment are always regarded as
a most valuable asset in the successful conduct of the institutions. Mr. Hazlett
has also dealt extensively in farm mortgages and in all business affairs
displays notably sound judgment and keen sagacity, his opinion as to the value
of any business situation being seldom, if ever, at fault.
Isaac Hazlett was married in 1875 to Miss Esther G. Nichols and they have a son,
James C. Hazlett, who was born in Verndale, Minnesota, and was educated in the
local and Minneapolis high schools. He early started out in the business world
in connection with the woolen industry, in which he was active for five years.
He spent a similar period in the East Side State Bank at Minneapolis and then
turned his attention to insurance, in which he is still engaged. During the
World war he had charge of the distribution department of the Ninth Federal
Reserve District and gave his attention to the duties of that position for
nearly, three years. He wedded Mary E. Gavin and they have two children, James
C., Jr., and Esther May. As an insurance man James C. Hazlett handles all kinds
of insurance save life and has rapidly developed one of the substantial agencies
of the state.
In his fraternal relations Isaac Hazlett is a Mason, holding membership in Ark
Lodge, A. F. & A. M.; Ark Chapter, R. A. M.; Minneapolis Mounted Commandery, No.
23, K. T.; while in the Scottish Rite bodies he has attained the thirty-second
degree, and he is a member of Zuhrah Temple, Mystic Shrine. He belongs to the
Minneapolis Club, but the importance and extent of his business interests have
left him comparatively little leisure for the enjoyment of social activity. His
life work has been of the greatest value in the development of the state and his
potency in the field of business has brought him to the point of leadership in
financial circles in the Northwest.