William Hawxby, was born at Ripon, Yorkshire, England, January 29, 1838. He served an apprenticeship of four years as a butcher under his father, and also worked on a large farm under an older brother. He became a skilled buyer of live stock and had no superior as a judge of the quality of beef animals and draft horses. He was well educated, attending a high school at Melmerby and later a Latin school.
In 1856, at the age of twenty-three, he came to America on a sailing vessel, spending five weeks on the voyage. For two years he worked on a farm near Joliet, Illinois, at $13 a month, and in 1858 acquired eighty acres of land in Hardin County, Iowa.
In 1860 he removed to Nemaha County, Nebraska. Among the early settlers, he butchered and delivered fresh meat, and in 1862, in order to rid his system of malaria, went to the mountains, making two trips as a freighter of provisions from Brownville to Denver. In 1867 he went back to visit his mother. In Nebraska he broke up and improved three farms, one in Richardson County and two in Nemeha County.
After his marriage in 1870 he immediately built a house on what has since been known as the Hawxby Homestead, the southwest quarter of section 35, township 5, range 15, in Nemaha Precinct. He was a lover of blooded stock, promoted the breeding of pure bred Shorthorn cattle and Percheron horses, and planted one of the first orchards in Nemaha Precinct.
He was active in the Farmers Alliance and the Grange movement. William Hawxby lived to be eighty-nine years, nine months old, passing away in 1922. He was one of the very oldest Masons in the county when he died, was active in the support of the Episcopal Church at Nemaha, and served on the local school board many years. He was also treasurer of the school district. He was a great reader, had a wonderful memory, and sacrificed everything that his children might attend normal school and college. He was first a Republican, voting for John C. Fremont for President in 1856. Later he became a Populist and finally a Democrat.
On Thanksgiving Day, 1870, he married Hannah M. Hodkin, who was born in Yorkshire, England, October 9, 1841, daughter of George and Martha Hodkin.
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In 1856, at the age of twenty-three, he came to America on a sailing vessel, spending five weeks on the voyage. For two years he worked on a farm near Joliet, Illinois, at $13 a month, and in 1858 acquired eighty acres of land in Hardin County, Iowa.
In 1860 he removed to Nemaha County, Nebraska. Among the early settlers, he butchered and delivered fresh meat, and in 1862, in order to rid his system of malaria, went to the mountains, making two trips as a freighter of provisions from Brownville to Denver. In 1867 he went back to visit his mother. In Nebraska he broke up and improved three farms, one in Richardson County and two in Nemeha County.
After his marriage in 1870 he immediately built a house on what has since been known as the Hawxby Homestead, the southwest quarter of section 35, township 5, range 15, in Nemaha Precinct. He was a lover of blooded stock, promoted the breeding of pure bred Shorthorn cattle and Percheron horses, and planted one of the first orchards in Nemaha Precinct.
He was active in the Farmers Alliance and the Grange movement. William Hawxby lived to be eighty-nine years, nine months old, passing away in 1922. He was one of the very oldest Masons in the county when he died, was active in the support of the Episcopal Church at Nemaha, and served on the local school board many years. He was also treasurer of the school district. He was a great reader, had a wonderful memory, and sacrificed everything that his children might attend normal school and college. He was first a Republican, voting for John C. Fremont for President in 1856. Later he became a Populist and finally a Democrat.
On Thanksgiving Day, 1870, he married Hannah M. Hodkin, who was born in Yorkshire, England, October 9, 1841, daughter of George and Martha Hodkin.
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William Hawxby, was born at Ripon, Yorkshire, England, January 29, 1838. He served an apprenticeship of four years as a butcher under his father, and also worked on a large farm under an older brother. He became a skilled buyer of live stock and had no superior as a judge of the quality of beef animals and draft horses. He was well educated, attending a high school at Melmerby and later a Latin school.
In 1856, at the age of twenty-three, he came to America on a sailing vessel, spending five weeks on the voyage. For two years he worked on a farm near Joliet, Illinois, at $13 a month, and in 1858 acquired eighty acres of land in Hardin County, Iowa.
In 1860 he removed to Nemaha County, Nebraska. Among the early settlers, he butchered and delivered fresh meat, and in 1862, in order to rid his system of malaria, went to the mountains, making two trips as a freighter of provisions from Brownville to Denver. In 1867 he went back to visit his mother. In Nebraska he broke up and improved three farms, one in Richardson County and two in Nemeha County.
After his marriage in 1870 he immediately built a house on what has since been known as the Hawxby Homestead, the southwest quarter of section 35, township 5, range 15, in Nemaha Precinct. He was a lover of blooded stock, promoted the breeding of pure bred Shorthorn cattle and Percheron horses, and planted one of the first orchards in Nemaha Precinct.
He was active in the Farmers Alliance and the Grange movement. William Hawxby lived to be eighty-nine years, nine months old, passing away in 1922. He was one of the very oldest Masons in the county when he died, was active in the support of the Episcopal Church at Nemaha, and served on the local school board many years. He was also treasurer of the school district. He was a great reader, had a wonderful memory, and sacrificed everything that his children might attend normal school and college. He was first a Republican, voting for John C. Fremont for President in 1856. Later he became a Populist and finally a Democrat.
On Thanksgiving Day, 1870, he married Hannah M. Hodkin, who was born in Yorkshire, England, October 9, 1841, daughter of George and Martha Hodkin.
Nebraska, The Land and the People, Vol. 3
p.501
In 1856, at the age of twenty-three, he came to America on a sailing vessel, spending five weeks on the voyage. For two years he worked on a farm near Joliet, Illinois, at $13 a month, and in 1858 acquired eighty acres of land in Hardin County, Iowa.
In 1860 he removed to Nemaha County, Nebraska. Among the early settlers, he butchered and delivered fresh meat, and in 1862, in order to rid his system of malaria, went to the mountains, making two trips as a freighter of provisions from Brownville to Denver. In 1867 he went back to visit his mother. In Nebraska he broke up and improved three farms, one in Richardson County and two in Nemeha County.
After his marriage in 1870 he immediately built a house on what has since been known as the Hawxby Homestead, the southwest quarter of section 35, township 5, range 15, in Nemaha Precinct. He was a lover of blooded stock, promoted the breeding of pure bred Shorthorn cattle and Percheron horses, and planted one of the first orchards in Nemaha Precinct.
He was active in the Farmers Alliance and the Grange movement. William Hawxby lived to be eighty-nine years, nine months old, passing away in 1922. He was one of the very oldest Masons in the county when he died, was active in the support of the Episcopal Church at Nemaha, and served on the local school board many years. He was also treasurer of the school district. He was a great reader, had a wonderful memory, and sacrificed everything that his children might attend normal school and college. He was first a Republican, voting for John C. Fremont for President in 1856. Later he became a Populist and finally a Democrat.
On Thanksgiving Day, 1870, he married Hannah M. Hodkin, who was born in Yorkshire, England, October 9, 1841, daughter of George and Martha Hodkin.
Nebraska, The Land and the People, Vol. 3
p.501
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