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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
ALEXANDER M. HOYT - Vol II, pg 417
Alexander Merriam Hoyt, a native son of Minneapolis, resides at 2612 Emerson
avenue, South, and is a member of the law firm of Hoyt & Dretchko, consisting of
himself and Alvin L. Dretchko, with offices at Suite 834 Andrus building. Mr.
Hoyt devotes his entire time and attention to the commercial business of the
firm, which has a large mercantile adjustment and collection business, and
maintains bonded legal representatives throughout the Northwest. Mr. Hoyt
received his education in the grammar schools of Minneapolis, the Minneapolis
Central high school and the Univer­sity of Minnesota. He was married in 1914 to
Alice Louise Miller of Northfield, Minnesota, and has three children, Betty,
John and Mary. He is a member of the Elks Lodge, No. 44 of Minneapolis, is a
thirty-second degree Mason, being a member of Minneapolis Lodge, No. 19, A. F. &
A. M.; the Minneapolis Consistory of the Scottish Rite, and of Zuhrah Temple of
the Mystic Shrine. He is likewise a member of the Automobile Club, the Traffic
Club of Minneapolis and the Golden Valley Golf Club, and is affiliated with the
Lynnhurst Congregational church.
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ACKLEY HUBBARD - Vol III, pg 208, 211
Among those who are active in controlling the financial situation in Minneapolis
is Ackley Hubbard, president of the American State Bank, which institution he
estab­lished in 1916. A native of New York state, his birth occurred in Massena,
on the 5th of September, 1849, a son of Stephen W. and Anne E. (Barnett)
Hubbard.
In the acquirement of his education Ackley Hubbard attended the schools of
Rossie and subsequently took up the study of law with L. M. Pemberton, a
prominent attorney of Spencer, Iowa. From 1865 to 1872 he followed the
mechanic's trade and in 1876 commenced the practice of law. While a resident of
Iowa he was clerk of the district court of Clay county from 1872 to 1876, and he
was auditor of the same county 1878-9. From 1884 to 1891 he engaged in the
mercantile business in Spencer, Iowa. In the latter year, however, he made his
initial step into financial circles and has since devoted his entire time and
attention to the banking business. From 1889 to 1890 he was cashier of the First
National Bank of Spencer, Iowa, and then went to Pasa­dena, California, to
become cashier of the San Gabriel Valley Bank. After a few months he returned to
Spencer, Iowa, where he became president of the First National Bank, remaining
there until 1896. He was cashier of the Citizens State Bank and the Citizens
National Bank, its successor, from 1897 to 1906; was vice president of the First
National Bank and Farmers Loan & Trust Company at Sioux City, Iowa, for two
years, from 1906 to 1908; president of the First National Bank of Sioux City
from 1908 to 1909; and one year he was president of the Iowa Bankers
Association. In 1911 Ackley Hubbard came to Minneapolis and in 1916 established
the American State Bank, of which he is president. Henry A. Hubbard is cashier
and Alice S. Hubbard is teller. Mr. Hubbard is also president and director of
the Northern Iowa Land & Lot Company. He is one of the best known men of the
city, respected and honored for his conservative methods and sound business
judgment-a typical business man of the present day, alert, enterprising and
determined.
On the 26th of December, 1872, occurred the marriage of Ackley Hubbard to Miss
Martha Hunt, a daughter of Mark and Letitia (Lee) Hunt. To their union four
children have been born: Alice E.. Florence M.; Henry A.; and George A., who
died when he was seven years of age.
In his political views Mr. Hubbard is a republican. He has always been actively
interested in party affairs and his influence is ever on the side of advancement
and improvement. He has been a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows
for some fifty years and is likewise a member of the Knights of Pythias and the
Ancient Order of United Workmen. The best principles of honor and integrity have
governed him in all transactions and he enjoys the confidence and esteem of all
with whom he has come into contact.
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Vol II, pg 661-662
ARTHUR O. HUBBARD
Arthur O. Hubbard has been an active and successful representative of industrial
interests in Minneapolis as the president of the Puffer-Hubbard Manufacturing
Com­pany for the past twenty-two years. His birth occurred in Spring Prairie,
Wisconsin, on the 15th of August, 1860, his parents being Ogden and Ann (Conkey)
Hubbard. In the acquirement of his education he attended the public schools of
his native town and subsequently entered a private school at Geneva Lake. In
1880, when a young man of twenty, he made his way from Spring Prairie,
Wisconsin, to Casselton, North Dakota, where he was identified with the lumber
business in association with Wallace Grovner for a year. On the expiration of
that period he removed to St. Cloud, where he learned the machinist's trade in
the service of the Rosenberger Manufacturing Company. He next spent a year as
surveyor of lumber in the lumber mills at St. Cloud and for an equal period
engaged in surveying logs under the surveyor general of the state. In 1884 he
embarked in the manufacturing business at Sauk Center, in connection with C. P.
McClure of St. Cloud, being thus engaged until 1888, when he came to
Minneapolis. Here he entered industrial circles with the Sweatt Manufacturing
Company, with which he was associated from 1888 until 1901, when he became
president of the Puffer-Hubbard Manufacturing Company, and has since been at its
head. He organized the latter con­cern in association with his brother-in-law,
Herbert M. Puffer, and George D. Puffer and took over the business of the Sweatt
Manufacturing Company, occupying the plant until 1910, when the Puffer-Hubbard
Manufacturing Company erected its present large and modern building. George D.
Puffer has held the office of vice president since the time of the organization
of the concern, while Herbert M. Puffer served as secretary until his death in
September, 1921. Mary A. Hawkins has succeeded the latter as secretary and is
also treasurer. George D. Puffer is a resident of Waukesha, Wis­consin. The
company manufactures electric washers, wheelbarrows, silos, folding deliv­ery
boxes, coaster wagons, etc., and has developed one of the most important
industries of Minneapolis, for the business has increased year by year until it
ranks among the leaders in its line in the Northwest. In its control Mr. Hubbard
manifests business foresight and sagacity. • He makes the study of human nature
and the psychology of handling men an important part of his work and he has met
with most gratifying results.
In 1884 occurred the marriage of Arthur O. Hubbard and Miss Nellie Hunter, a
daughter of Dr. William R. Hunter of St. Cloud; Minnesota, who was one of the
first surgeons on the Northern Pacific Railroad. To Mr. and Mrs. Hubbard have
been born two children, Dorothy who is the wife of M. C. Balch of Minneapolis;
and Harry H. Hubbard, both of whom are connected with the Puffer-Hubbard
Manufacturing Company.
Politically Mr. Hubbard gives his allegiance to the democratic party and the
prin­ciples for which it stands. Although he has never sought nor desired public
preferment, he is ever cognizant of the duties and obligations of citizenship
and if never too busy to give his aid in the furtherance of any movement for the
upbuilding of the city. He was formerly a director of the Civic & Commerce
Association, is serving on the direc­torate of the Manufacturers Club and holds
membership in the Rotary Club and various other organizations. His appreciation
for the social amenities of life is indicated in his connection with the
Minneapolis Athletic Club, the Automobile Club and the Interlachen Club. He is a
man of good business capacity, acknowledged integrity of character, and also
possesses an energy and progressiveness which are prominent attributes of
leaders in all lines of endeavor.
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HERMAN F. HUBER - Vol III, pg 400
Herman F. Huber, president of the Huber Brothers Manufacturing Company, is a son
of Joseph and Barbara (Witz) Huber. The father was born in Germany but was
married in New York and for some years he engaged in mining in Michigan, while
subsequently he removed to Wisconsin, where he devoted his attention to farming.
Herman F. Huber was born in Rockland, Michigan, but acquired his early
educa­tion in the public schools of Wisconsin, his parents removing to the
latter state when he was five years of age. When his school days were over he
sought employment in a general store, where he remained for two years and then
went to Racine, Wisconsin, where he was shipper and helper in a general
manufacturing business for two years. On the expiration of that period he went
on the road as a salesman for the house, which he thus represented for two
years, and at the same time his brother occupied a similar position, both of
them traveling through the Northwest. At length they determined to engage in
business on their own account and finally perfected their plans by organizing
the Huber Brothers Manufacturing Company in 1904, incorporating the business on
the 29th of December of that year. At first the firm manufactured carriage
trimmings and corresponding lines but now does a Jobbing business exclu­sively,
handling the Haag Brothers line of washing machines, cream separators, coaster
wagons, lawn mowers, buggy poles, neck yokes, sprayers and a large line of
implement supplies. In the year 1914 the brother, J. M Huber, died, and H. F.
Huber, who up to that time had been treasurer of the company and also salesman
on the road, became president and continues as the chief executive head of the
business.
On the 16th of May, 1916, Mr. Huber was married to Miss Eliza Ann Pettipher and
they have two children, Harry Edward and Robert Francis. Mr. Huber votes with
the republican party and his religious faith is evidenced in his membership in
the Epis­copal church. He belongs to the Automobile Club and to the Minneapolis
Civic & Commerce Association, all of which indicates that his interests and
activities are broad, varied and of progressive character. He stands high in
business and financial circles in Minneapolis and he has justly won the proud
American title of a self-made man, for he started out in life a poor boy and
through his own ability and unflagging industry has come to be recognized as one
of the able business men of the Northwest.
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G. A. HUBNER (Gustaf A. Hubner) - Vol III, pg 652
Prominent among the representative business men of Minneapolis is G. A. Hubner,
one of the leading photographers of the Northwest. He was born in Burlington,
Iowa, on the 17th of July, 1873, a son of August and Anna Johanna (Zurmuhelen)
Hubner, both natives of Germany.
In the acquirement of his education G. A. Hubner attended the parochial schools
of Burlington. At an early age he started in the business in which he is now
engaged, as errand boy for a leading photographer in that city. After three
years of appren­iceship he went to Baltimore, Maryland, and after one year in
that city moved to Wheeling, West Virginia, and from there went to Cleveland,
Ohio, where he held a leading position at good pay for three years. In the fall
of 1895 he came to Minneapolis and during the following eleven years was
employed in the studio of the man who was at the head of the photographing
business in this city. Upon the demise of his employer in 1906, Mr. Hubner
opened a studio of his own at No. 518 Nicollet avenue and he achieved success
from the start. In fact, his business grew so rapidly that he was compelled to
move to larger and better quarters and he then took possession of the studio he
now conducts, which is up-to-date in every respect and always prepared to turn
out the best work skill in its line can produce. Mr. Hubner believes that
satisfied patrons are the best advertisement and he endeavors to give
satisfaction at rates as reasonable as circumstances will allow. His new studio
is located at No. 1030 Nicollet avenue.
On the 27th of January, 1898, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Hubner to Miss
Sigred M. Gabrielson of this city and they have a daughter, Gladys. Since
attaining his majority Mr. Hubner has followed an independent course in
politics, giving his support to the man he thinks best fitted for the office
without regard to party principles. The religious faith of the family is that of
the Lutheran church and fraternally Mr. Hubner is a thirty-second degree Mason,
a member of Minneapolis Lodge, No. 19, A. F. & A. M.; St. John's Chapter; Darius
Commandery, K. T.; and Zuhrah Temple of the Mystic Shrine. Socially Mr. Hubner
is identified with the Eclipse Club, one of the oldest and most exclusive clubs
in the state, of which he is now president, and he belongs to the Automobile
Club. Along the lines of his profession he is con­nected with the Photographer's
Association of North America. Although the greater part of his time and
attention are concentrated upon his business, Mr. Hubner is a public-spirited
citizen and no movement for the development or improvement of the general
welfare seeks his aid in vain.
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H. D. HUDSON -Vol III, pg 770
H. D. Hudson is the organizer and promoter of the Hudson Manufacturing Company
and from the beginning has been its president and treasurer. He comes to this
state from Battfe Creek, Michigan, where his grandfather, Pollard Hudson, had
settled in pioneer times, removing from the state of New York in 1837 and
becoming one of the earliest residents of Michigan. His ancestors had been
residents of New England for several generations. The father, James A. Hudson,
was born in Michigan and in that state H. D. Hudson was reared and educated,
pursuing his studies in the public schools.
Mr. Hudson was a salesman before starting upon his present enterprise. In 1905
he organized and incorporated the Hudson Manufacturing Company, which was formed
for the purpose of manufacturing sprayers and dairy-barn equipment. The trade at
first was confined to the Northwest but now covers the United States and the
business is steadily growing, becoming more and more substantial in character.
From the outset Mr. Hudson has been the directing spirit of the undertaking, and
its president and treasurer, and has carefully systematized the interests of the
business and pro­moted its development along constantly broadening lines, until
it has become one of the important productive industries of this city.
Mr. Hudson is a Master Mason, loyally following the teachings and purposes of
the craft, and he is also identified with the Knights of Pythias. He has
membership in the Minneapolis Athletic Club and gives his political endorsement
to the republican party, but while earnest in his support thereof he has never
been an aspirant for public office.
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JOSIAH B. HUDSON - Vol III, pg 30-33
Josiah B. Hudson was born in Greenfield, Ohio, August 1, 1850, son of James D.
and Mary (Bell) Hudson. James D. Hudson was a Virginian, of English ancestry,
while his wife was a native of Ohio, of Scotch-Irish descent. J. B. Hudson
attended school continuously until he was twelve years of age. At that time the
Civil war was distracting the country and financial conditions were stringent,
so, although he was a mere boy, it became necessary for him to start out to
work. Accordingly, he secured a position as a clerk and was so employed for six
years, but during that time he was able to study intermittently and thus
supplement his early education. When he reached his eighteenth birthday he was
clerking in a jewelry store. In 1876 he started a small store of his own in
Washington Court House, Ohio, which he con­tinued for ten years before coming to
Minneapolis in 1886. Here he opened a store in the Nicollet House block at No.
230 Nicollet avenue, his premises consisting of a single room, eighteen by
twenty-two feet. His business prospered, however, and he moved into much larger
quarters in the old Syndicate building. The business continued to grow, so in
1905 he incorporated it under the name of J. B. Hudson & Son, becoming president
of the new firm. His son, Walter G. Hudson, is vice president. In 1920 they
moved into their present location at No. 33-35 South Sev­enth street, where they
have a truly magnificent establishment. The firm holds the honor of conducting
the finest jewelry house in the Northwest and one of the best in the whole
United States.
Mr. Hudson was married in Portsmouth, Ohio, to Mary Emma Gibbs, daughter of Dr.
George Gibbs. Mr. and Mrs. Hudson have two children, a son and a daughter:
Walter Gibbs Hudson, who is vice president of the J. B. Hudson & Son corporation
and treasurer of the Van Dusen-Harrington Company; and Bertha, who is now Mrs.
Archie D. Walker of Minneapolis.
In the Masonic order Mr. Hudson has reached the thirty-second degree. He became
a Scottish Rite Mason in Cincinnati, Ohio, and was one of the first class of
Masons inducted into the Syrian Temple Shrine of that city. He is now affiliated
with Minneapolis Lodge, No. 19, F. & A. M., Minneapolis Consistory, and Zuhrah
Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He has been a Shriner since 1884, is past potentate
of Zuhrah Temple, and one of the oldest members of that body in America.
More­over, he is one of the few men in the United States who belongs to both the
northern and southern jurisdictions in Masonry. His clubs are the Minneapolis,
Minikahda, Lafayette and Automobile Clubs of this city.
Mr. Hudson is a stanch republican and in his younger days in Ohio took quite an
active part in politics. At one time he was a member of a committee on which
Harry M. Daugherty, now attorney general of the United States, was serving, and
the friendship then formed between the two men has continued with undiminished
warmth to the present day. Since leaving his native state, however, Mr. Hudson
has not been an active participant in public affairs, nor has he cherished any
pet hobbies nor recreations outside of his business interests, with the
exception of an occasional game of golf. To him his business has always been a
pleasure and a source of recreation, as well as his means of livelihood. To
spend a little time in his establishment so beautifully and perfectly appointed
in the minutest detail, knowing that this store has grown from the most modest
of beginnings, is to realize that Mr. Hudson's heart, as well as his mind, has
been in his work all of his life. This is undoubtedly the secret of his success.
It should be added that his winning personality has been a strong factor in
promoting his commercial progress. Un­consciously he makes friends and his
friends are many. It is needless to comment upon Mr. Hudson's business ability.
Every prominent man in Minneapolis recognizes his worth, while his unrivaled
jewelry house is a tangible evidence of his superior, constructive work as a
merchant.
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Vol III, pg 559-560
HUGH E. HUGHES
Hugh E. Hughes is well known in the business circles of Minneapolis, having been
actively connected with many important projects which have figured in the
upbuilding and material development of this city. At present he is in charge of
the shipping department of the International Grain Company.
Hugh E. Hughes was born in Cambria, Wisconsin, on the 23rd of September, 1867, a
son of William and Hannah (Hughes) Hughes. His ancestors on both paternal and
maternal sides came from Wales and were prosperous and representative citizens.
On the maternal side they were coal operators until coming to this country, when
they engaged in agricultural pursuits. Thomas Hughes was the maternal
grandfather. William Hughes was born in Wales and came to this country when a
young man. He was first employed as a packer in carrying supplies to the various
lumber camps, that being before the existence of railroads. Afterward he became
a prosperous farmer in Wisconsin.
The common schools of Cambria, Wisconsin, afforded Hugh E. Hughes his early
education and he finished his education in Minneapolis. His initial step into
the business world was made as an employe of the Minneapolis Harvesting Company,
with whom he remained seven years, and at the termination of that time he
entered the grain business as sampler for the T. M. McCord Company. He had been
active in that position nine months, when he entered the employ of the Van
Dusen-Harrington Company. He worked for that company for thirty years and during
that time established a record of which he is rightly proud. Upon his
resignation, on the 20th of August, 1920, he was given a testimonial which
proved the confidence and esteem in which he was held by his employers and
coworkers. For a short time thereafter he engaged in business on his own account
but subsequently accepted his present position with the International Grain
Company. Mr. Hughes has complete charge of its shipping department and is
discharging the many duties devolving upon him with that efficiency which has
always won for him advancement to positions of trust and honor.
On the 22d of March, 1892, in Minneapolis, Mr. Hughes was united in marriage to
Miss Fanny M. Huff, a daughter of Alanson James Huff. Mr. Huff came from Ohio to
this city, where he is now living, enjoying the best of health at the age of
seventy-eight years. He is one of the few remaining veterans of the Civil war.
To Mr. and Mrs". Hughes two children were born, both of whom are deceased.
Although Mr. Hughes is a strict adherent of the republican party he is not
active in party affairs, preferring to devote his entire time and attention to
his business interests. He is, however, essentially public-spirited and has
contributed in a marked degree to the upbuilding of the city, county and state.
Fraternally he is identified with the Ancient Order of United Workmen, holding
membership in Lodge No. 12, of Minneapolis, and his religious faith is that of
the Methodist-church. He is connected with the United Commercial Travelers and
the Minneapolis Athletic and Auto Clubs. Upon the entrance of the United States
into the World war Mr. Hughes put all personal interests aside to devote himself
to the furtherance of the government's interests. He was a member of the Motor
Corps and was very active in the promotion of all worthy causes. The success
that Mr. Hughes has achieved is the result of his own labors. He owns a fine
home in this city, valued at twenty-five thousand dollars.
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THOMAS D. HUGHES - Vol III, pg 101-102
If one were to write an extended biography of Thomas D. Hughes, a leading
insur­ance man of Minneapolis, the central theme would be one very dear to a
democratic republic, that of the rising fortunes of a man who has no aid but
virtue and capacity. Left an orphan at the age of one month, he has had to rely
entirely upon his own efforts for his support and advancement in life. He proved
an apt pupil in the stern school of experience and soon rose above the adverse
conditions that surrounded his early youth. As general manager of the
northwestern office of the Lincoln National Life Insurance Company his position
in the insurance world is a highly creditable one.
Thomas D. Hughes was born in Belleville, Ontario, in 1870, and is the son of
Laughlin and Louise (Chisholm) Hughes. His father was of Scotch descent but
lived in Belfast, Ireland, before coming, to Canada. The death of his parents
forced Thomas Hughes to go to work at an age when most children are still
thinking seriously about their play. After various youthful experiences he took
up the insurance business and inside of a year was the manager of an office. He
went out to North Dakota in the interests of the Equitable Insurance Company of
New York, making his headquarters at Bismarck. There he organized the Pioneer
Life Insurance Company, which he later merged into the Lincoln National Life
Insurance Company and went to Fort Wayne, Indiana, with the latter company. He
came to Minneapolis in 1920, following an ex­tended residence in North Dakota,
to become general manager of the northwestern office of the Lincoln Life
Company, his present position. In this concern he also is financially interested
and holds the office of vice president, as well as being on the board of
directors. He has not confined his activities to this firm, nor even to the
insurance business. In the financial world he has taken a place as the vice
president of the Fargo National Bank of Fargo, North Dakota, and has become
connected with other commercial enter­prises.
Mr. Hughes married Miss Elizabeth Conrad of Minnesota, and they have two
chil­dren, Grant C. and Beatrice Louise Hughes. Since coming to Minneapolis, Mr.
Hughes has become associated with the work of the Civic and Commercial
Association and is a member of the Minneapolis Athletic, the Interlachen Golf
and the Automobile clubs. Fraternally he is known as a Knight of Columbus and a
member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks.
In the field of insurance Mr. Hughes has had a remarkably successful career. He
is an able executive and a natural manager of men. Although lacking in the
formal training of the schoolroom, he is a man of broad interests and high
intellectual attainments, for experience, reading and observation have been a
liberal education to his naturally expansive mind. In accounting for his
achievements Mr. Hughes says: "Honesty and hard work will bring any man
success."
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WILLIAM WARDELL HUGHES - Vol II, pg 561-562
William Wardell Hughes, the head of The Hughes Heating & Plumbing Company, doing
business at No. 1514 East Franklin avenue, in Minneapolis, was born in this city
and educated in the local schools. His parents were Hugh J. and Annie
(Mc-Cormick) Hughes, the former a native of Wales and the latter of Minneapolis.
The father left the little rock-ribbed country in which he was born, during his
boyhood days and came to America.
When his school days were over, William W. Hughes entered a plumbing
estab­lishment as clerk and afterward learned estimating and other phases of the
business. In 1907 he established business on his own account in a modest way in
partnership with his brother, Leslie L. Hughes, and from that humble beginning
has been developed The Hughes Heating & Plumbing Company, having a large
establishment at No. 1514 East Franklin avenue. They do all kinds of heating and
plumbing work, particularly as applied to residential buildings, which is their
specialty. They have been awarded and have executed contracts for the heating of
the Holy Name church and parsonage, the plumbing in St. Bridget's school, the
plumbing and heating in the Webster apart­ments and the plumbing and heating in
the residences of L. C. McCoy, F. T. Harrington, I. R. Goodrich and many others.
In addition to the above work, all of which has been done in Minneapolis, they
have executed contracts for the plumbing in the Cedar Rapids Savings Bank
building at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and for numerous other out-of-town
installations, including the plumbing and heating of the Longyear residence at
Minne­tonka. William W. Hughes is thoroughly familiar with every phase of the
business and his enterprise and progressiveness have been dominant factors in
the upbuilding of a trade that is now of gratifying proportions.
Mr. Hughes was married in Minneapolis to Miss Sadie M. Wall and they have become
the parents of three children: Joseph, Helen and Donald. Fraternally Mr. Hughes
is a Mason, having membership in Minnehaha Lodge, A. F. & A. M.; Ark Chapter, R.
A. M.; and Minneapolis Consistory, A. & A. S. R. He is also identified with the
Elks and with the Odd Fellows and belongs to the Civic & Commerce Asso­ciation.
He is likewise president of the Franklin Business Men's Society and is a member
of the board of directors of the National Trade Extension Bureau of the Plumbing
and Heating Industry. This is a combination of contracting plumbing and heating
manufacturers and dealers in materials and is one of the strong trade
organ­izations of the country. Through this avenue business conditions are
closely studied and the individual members benefit by the results of the
research and investigation. Politically Mr. Hughes is a republican, stanchly
advocating the principles of the party, but never aspiring to office. His
religious faith is that of the Congregational church and his interest is allied
to all those activities which make for public progress and improvement.
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MRS. THOMAS B. WALKER (Harriet Granger Hulet Walker)-Vol III, pg 14-18
Mrs. Thomas B. Walker was born in Brunswick, Medina county, Ohio, on September
10, 1841, and is a daughter of Fletcher and Fannie (Granger) Hulet, who were
natives of Massachusetts and descended from good old English stock. Her paternal
grandfather, John Hulet, was a soldier in the Revolutionary war and fought in
the battle of Bunker Hill; and his father, also named John Hulet, was a zaealous
patron of Methodism and is said to have built the first Methodist Episcopal
church edifice erected in Massachusetts.
When Harriet Granger Hulet (now Mrs. Walker) was six years old, her parents
moved to Berea, Ohio, in order to secure for their children the educational
advantages offered by Baldwin University. There their daughter Harriet grew to
womanhood, remaining in her father's household until her marriage, and
cultivating her natural gifts for vocal and instrumental music and her love of
languages, through which she became mistress of the Latin, the Greek and the
German tongues. She was also a frequent contributor to periodicals, and her
early ambition was to write a famous book. Her ambition in this direction has
never been realized, but her literary tastes and ability have found vital and
fruitful expression in lectures and addresses in behalf of her numerous
philanthropies.
In 1856 Miss Hulet became acquainted with Mr. Walker. They were in school
together, and later, when Mr. Walker was employed as traveling salesman, the
daughter was her father's bookkeeper and secretary, and so there was ample
oppor­tunity for frequent and continued intercourse between the young couple.
Their acquaintance ripened into a more tender feeling, and on November 19, 1863,
after an engagement lasting five years, they were married in her home city of
Berea, Ohio. Mr. Walker then came on to St. Anthony and prepared the way for
establish­ing a home here, after which he sent for his bride. Six years later he
built a new residence in Minneapolis, at Ninth street and First avenue South,
which was then so far up and out of town that he felt obliged to keep a horse
for transporta­tion between the city and his home.
During the first twelve years of her married life Mrs. Walker devoted her
energies to her growing family and gave little time to any work outside her
home. Her husband was engaged in surveying for the government and the new
railroads planned for this region, and was absent from home for months at a
time. Their means were limited, too, and the letters that passed between them
reached their destinations with difficulty. In addition to her burdens, of
privations and responsi­bilities, the constant danger of Indian outbreaks in the
region where her husband was working gave Mrs. Walker a heavy and continual
weight of uneasiness to bear. But she accepted her lot with fortitude and
cheerfulness, and performed her every duty with fidelity.
About the end of the period mentioned above, Mrs. Walker began to observe
closely the condition of the poor and the oppressed, and to engage in active
work for their relief and betterment. Since then her philanthropies have been so
numer­ous, far-reaching and voluminous, that only a brief summary of them can be
given here. She has founded benevolent and helpful institutions and established
them on permanent bases, investing considerable sums of money in their
maintenance and development. These institutions annually give succor in sickness
and misfortune to hundreds of men, women and children, and do it in the quiet
and unostentatious way which true benevolence always seeks to follow.
Mrs. Walker was a member of the first organization of the Women's Christian
Association of Minneapolis, which at the time of its inception was given the
care of all the poor of the community. A few years later she joined with other
ladies in organizing and managing the Sisterhood of Bethany, an association for
the care of erring women and their infant children, which has become a wonderful
power for good throughout the whole northwest. She has served as its secretary
or president since its organization forty-four years ago. Out of this
institution grew the Northwestern Hospital Association, which was organized to
care for the worthy poor who are 111. Mrs. Walker has been its president from
the beginning of its history. The association began operations without a dollar
in cash or credit. Its hospital was started in a poorly furnished house, and its
facilities were meager, primitive and of very limited utility. Today this
hospital is fully equipped and skill­fully conducted, it has capacity for one
hundred patients and carries on a training school for nurses with thirty pupils.
The buildings are now free of debt and the association has an endowment fund of
forty thousand dollars. Since 1901 the hospital has been open for men as well as
women. The success and growth of this institution alone is sufficient to fix
Mrs. Walker's fame as a lady of great business ability and strong devotion to
the service of her fellow beings who are in need.
Other philanthropies with which this noble woman has been actively connected are
the Woman's Christian Union, the Newsboys' Home, the Kindergarten Association
and the Children's Home, the last named being an outgrowth of the Sister­hood of
Bethany. In her temperance work she conducted meetings in her church and
published the data she gathered in tracts. This and her lecture on the Keeley
cure for inebriates, which she read at the World's Temperance conference at the
Columbian Exposition, have been widely copied and distributed in this country
and many others. Her philanthropic work is done systematically. She has regular
office hours and employs a stenographer to assist her.
One of the most beneficial results of Mrs. Walker's great public spirit and
intense devotion to the wants of the needy, especially of her own sex, is the
establishment of police matronship in connection with the city government of
Minne­apolis. Through investigations in the eastern cities she became fully
convinced years ago that all women prisoners in the custody of the police ought
to be under the care of a woman. Great opposition was encountered to the
movement for this beneficent reform when she started it, but she was not to be
called off or frowned down, either by the police authorities or by other
Christian workers who did not approve of the suggestion. She kept warm in the
pursuit of her purpose, and through her persistent and well directed efforts the
office was. established. The police could not but know her singleness of desire
and loftiness of aim in the matter, for she had long been on call at their
headquarters at any time of the day or night for the assistance of young women
and girls.
In emergencies, Mrs. Walker acts promptly and wisely. When the terrible cyclone
swept over Sauk Rapids with such disastrous results and so much loss of life,
she received notice from the mayor's office at ten o'clock one morning that
there was urgent need of more nurses in the stricken territory. At three o'clock
that afternoon she went to the front with twelve nurses, all but one or two from
the training school of the Northwestern Hospital. She remained at the place of
the dreadful visitation two weeks, taking charge of one of the hospitals, and
several of the nurses remained two and some three months, doing all they could
to relieve the suffering.
It is not to be supposed that because of this generous lady's attention to
out­siders who have needed her help she has neglected her home or its duties.
She has been a close and sympathetic companion of her husband in all his
undertakings, and she reared her eight children to honorable manhood and
womanhood. In fact, if her work outside of her own household has had any effect
on her conduct within it, it has only intensified her devotion to her home and
its duties and made her more zealous and diligent in attending to their
requirements. She has given Minneapolis one of the noblest and loftiest examples
of Christian womanhood and motherhood it has ever had, and in all sections of
the city "her works praise her in the gates."
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DAVID C. HULTGREN - Vol III, pg 573-574
David C. Hultgren has made of the undertaking business a life work and in March,
1922, he formed Hultgren Company with an up-to-date establishment on East
Franklin avenue. He was born in Duluth on the 19th of December, 1896, a son of
Rev. A. G. and Marie L. (Carlson) Hultgren. His father was for years a minister
in the Swedish Methodist church and was a highly esteemed citizen of each
community in which he resided.
The public schools of Duluth afforded David C. Hultgren his education and in
early life he determined upon undertaking as his life work. Therefore he entered
the employ of the Welander Company, and during the five years he was active in
that connection took advantage of every opportunity offered him to become
thoroughly familiar with every phase of the business. In 1921 he started into
the business on his own account and in March, 1922, formed the Hultgren Company.
He has won gratifying success as an undertaker and has steadily built up a
reputation as one of the leading funeral directors in the city. His wife is an
active worker in the company and is licensed by the state board of examiners.
During the World war David C. Hultgren served in the navy. He enlisted on the
27th of July, 1918, and served on the United States battleship, Connecticut,
until the winter of 1919, when on the 27th of February he received his honorable
discharge.
On the 5th of May, 1920, was celebrated the marriage of David C. Hultgren to
Miss Myrtle E. Hansen and to their union two children have been born: Warren C.
and Virginia May. Beside being a business woman of ability, Mrs. Hultgren is
devoted to her home and family and she is likewise prominent in the club and
social circles of this city.
In his political views David C. Hultgren gives his endorsement to the republican
party and the principles for which it stands. He is conversant with all the live
questions and issues of the day and although he is not actively interested in
party affairs, he is never too busy to give his aid to the furtherance of any
movement for the development and improvement of the community at large. Hs is an
active member of the Franklin Avenue Business Men's Association and is a member
of the Eleventh Ward Improvement Association.
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GEORGE R. HUNTINGTON - Vol II, pg 65-66
One of the most familiar names in railroad circles in the northwest is that of
George R. Huntington, president of the Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie
Railway, more familiarly known as the Soo Line. He is one of Minneapolis' most
representative business men, and was born in Wisconsin, a son of George E. and
Helen (Smith) Huntington. The Huntington family originally resided in Norwich,
Connectcut, and is one of the oldest and most prominent American families. Last
year a family reunion was held, the first in fifty years, and it was, then
decided to hold re unions in the future, once in every five years.
In the acquirement of his education George R. Huntington attended the public
schools of his native state and at the age of fourteen years he put his
textbooks aside and entered the railroad business. He learned telegraphy at La
Crosse, Wisconsin, subsequently became train dispatcher, then superintendent and
then general manager of the Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway. In
1922 he was elected president of the line. Mr. Huntington is well fitted for the
duties now devolving upon him, for there is no phase of railroading with which
he is not familiar.
On the 4th of August, 1897, occurred the marriage of Mr. Huntington and Miss
Mattie Wetherbee of St. Paul, and to their union three children have been born:
Jane, Mary and George R., Jr. Mrs. Huntington is well known in the club and
social circles of Minneapolis and is a woman of much culture and refinement.
Although the greater part of Mr. Huntington's time is devoted to his business
interests, he is a close student of the living issues of the day and is a
dominant factor in the furtherance of any movement for the development and
improvement of the general welfare. Socially he is identified with the
Minneapolis, Minneapolis Athletic, Lafayette, Minikahda and Automobile clubs and
his genial personality has made him a favorite in these organizations. Without
special advantages at the outset of his career Mr. Huntington has steadily
worked his way upward by the merit system. Capable and resourceful, his
executive and organization ability have made him a most valuable acquisition in
the development of the Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway, in the
interests of which he has worked tirelessly.
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CARL ILLSTRUP - Vol III, pg 388-391
For more than four decades Carl Illstrup has been connected with the city
en­gineer's office of Minneapolis, during which period he has always done
efficient and conscientious work, and he is now serving as sewer engineer,
having filled that position for the past thirty years. A native of Norway, he
was born December 27, 1860, and his parents, Jens and Ingeborg (Knutson)
Illtrup, were also natives of that country, in which the father engaged in the
wholesale leather business. Subsequently he emigrated to the United States, and
made his way to the Northwest, settling in Min­neapolis, where he turned his
attention to the hotel business. Both Mr. and Mrs. Illstrup have passed away.
Carl Illstrup acquired his education in his native land and after his graduation
from high school he entered a college at Christiania, Norway, in which he
completed a course in civil engineering. In 1881, in company with his parents,
he came to the United States and the family located at Minneapolis. For five
months Mr. Illstrup was employed as assistant engineer on railway construction
work in northern Wisconsin and in January, 1882, he secured a position under
Andrew Rinker, at that time city engineer of Minneapolis. He has since been
identified with this department of the municipal government, covering a period
of forty-one years, and in 1885 was made assistant sewer engineer. He continued
to act in that capacity until 1892, when he received his present appointment as
head of that department. In point of continuous service Mr. Illstrup is one of
the oldest officials of the city and he has built every sewer laid in
Minneapolis since 1886, employing day laborers and thus saving the city the
expense of hiring contractors and engineers, and during the working season he
frequently utilizes a thousand workmen. When he first came to Minneapolis about
one and a half miles of sewers had been built and today the city has a sewerage
system of about five hundred miles, constructed at a cost of approximately
fifteen million dollars. He has the technical skill and practical experience
needed for the important duties which devolve upon him, and added to these
qualities is a public-spirited devotion that prompts him to put forth earnest
and effective efforts in behalf of his city.
Mr. Illstrup was married November 11, 1912, to Miss Rosa Odquist and they have
two daughters, Frances and Evenna. He is vice president of the municipal pension
board and a member of the Odin Club, the Minneapolis Automobile Club and other
organizations of the city of a social and fraternal nature. He is also
identified with the Association of Civil Engineers of America and is a life
member of the Engineers Club of Minneapolis. His professional career has been
marked by continuous progress and his life has been devoted to public service.
His labors have ever been of a con­structive nature and manifestly resultant,
and the worth of his work is widely ac­knowledged. He is a man who would be a
valuable acquisition to any community, and Minneapolis has greatly benefited
through his citizenship.
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THOMAS S. INGENHUTT - Vol III, pg 823
Thomas S. Ingenhutt, treasurer of the Clover Leaf Manufacturing Company, is one
of the prominent young business men of Minneapolis. He is a native of
Minne­apolis, and a son of Joseph P. and Mary E. (Keating) Ingenhutt. His father
was a native of Germany, coming to the United States in 1863. Mrs. Ingenhutt was
a native of St. George, New Brunswick, and their marriage took place in
Minneapolis. Joseph P. Ingenhutt was engaged in the conduct of a cement
construction business and he achieved substantial success in that connection. He
was not only prominent in busi­ness circles but was active in political life. He
was alderman from the first ward from 1894 to 1898 and he contributed in a
marked degree to the development and improvement of this city. His demise
occurred in 1905 and his widow survived him for three years. To Mr. and Mrs.
Ingenhutt three sons and one daughter were born, Thomas S. being the youngest
child.
In the acquirement of his early education Thomas S. Ingenhutt attended the
public schools of Minneapolis and after graduating from high school enrolled in
De La Salle Institute, from which institution he was graduated in 1908. He made
his initial step into the business world by accepting a position as clerk in the
First National Bank. He was active in that connection one year, at the
termination of which time he became associated with the Gitchell-Tanton Company,
grain merchants with office in the Chamber of Commerce building. He worked as
clerk for them for some time and subsequently became a salesman on the floor,
acting in the latter capacity for a period covering nine years. He then engaged
in the ice business for a short time and in 1921 became associated with the
Clover Brand Manufacturing Company as treasurer. He is discharging his many
duties with efficiency and he has been a dominant factor in the continued
success of the enterprise.
Upon the entrance of the United States into the World war Thomas S. Ingenhutt
put all personal interests aside and enlisted in the army. He was sent to
Dunwoody Institute, in this city, where in the mechanical department he received
training for three months. He was then selected for further training in the
Officers Training Camp at Camp Fremont, near Palo Alto, California, but the
signing of the armistice prevented him from taking the course. He received his
honorable discharge in Decem­ber, 1918.
Since attaining his majority Thomas S. Ingenhutt has been a stanch supporter of
the democratic party and the principles for which it stands. Although he has
never sought nor desired public preferment he is actively interested in party
affairs and is never too busy to give his aid in the furtherance of any movement
for the benefit of the general welfare. He has no fraternal affiliations but is
associated with the United Commercial Travelers. His hobby is horses and he is
secretary of the Hennepin County Riding & Driving Club.
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BENJAMIN ISAACS - Vol III, pg 417
Benjamin Isaacs is numbered among the prominent business men of Minneapolis. He
is secretary and treasurer of the Traffic Underwriters Association,
Incorporated, which positions he has filled for five years. Benjamin Isaacs was
born in Chicago, Illinois, on the 15th of February, 1885, a son of Abraham and
Ethel (Harris) Isaacs, the former of whom was born in Poland and came to the
United States in 1871. He engaged in the jewelry business in Minneapolis
thirty-five years ago and has achieved substantial success in its conduct. He is
now in his sixty-third year. His wife was the daughter of Louis Harris, whose
demise occurred in Prussia, at the age of ninety-three years.
The public schools of Minneapolis afforded Benjamin Isaacs his early education
and after graduating from the North high school he took a two-year business
course in a college in this city. Upon the completion of his education he
learned the machin­ist's trade, which he followed for four years, and then
engaged in the iron business, buying and selling, for a period of ten years. He
became secretary and treasurer of the Traffic Underwriters Association,
Incorporated, and since that time he has been an active factor in the success of
this corporation. He devotes his entire time and attention to the many duties
devolving upon him and he stands high among the representative business men of
this city.
On the 20th of June, 1920, occurred the marriage of Mr. Isaacs to Miss Bessie
Yeager, whose parents have both passed away. Mr. and Mrs. Isaacs have a
daughter, Jean, who is sixteen months old.
Politically Mr. Isaacs gives his allegiance to the republican party and although
he has never sought nor desired public preferment his influence is ever on the
side of advancement and improvement and no movement for the upbuilding of the
city seeks his aid in vain. Fraternally he is identified with the Benevolent
Protective Order of Elks and he is a member of the Traffic Club of Minneapolis
and the O. B. A. During the World war he was active in all Liberty Loan drives
and in the promotion of other worthy causes. Mr. Isaacs finds recreation in the
great outdoors and he is an enthusiastic follower of football and other sports.
He is also very fond of hunting and fishing. A man of genial and pleasing
personality, he has the genius for making and keeping friends and is highly
esteemed for his integrity and sterling worth. Mr. Isaacs owns a very beautiful
home in this city, which is valued at eight thousand dollars.
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