Joseph Hunt Hiscock, a native of Maine, arrived in Minneapolis, Minnesota in November of 1876. He was Vice-President and Superintendent of the Minneapolis Furniture Company until 1930, when he retired. He and his family resided in southeast Minneapolis at 715 13th Avenue southeast.
He learned the furniture business from his Uncle Orin Parker in New York City, who owned and managed a furniture factory. Joe learned to run every piece of machinery, how to scale lumber, and he studied bookkeeping and drafting at Cooper Institute. At the end of one year, Orin sent Joseph to Indiana to open a new furniture factory.
Joseph met his wife at the Parker household in New York City. They married in early 1876, and then he took a job in Waverly, Iowa at the Waverly Furniture Company. He was not there very long before moving to Minneapolis.
He learned the furniture business from his Uncle Orin Parker in New York City, who owned and managed a furniture factory. Joe learned to run every piece of machinery, how to scale lumber, and he studied bookkeeping and drafting at Cooper Institute. At the end of one year, Orin sent Joseph to Indiana to open a new furniture factory.
Joseph met his wife at the Parker household in New York City. They married in early 1876, and then he took a job in Waverly, Iowa at the Waverly Furniture Company. He was not there very long before moving to Minneapolis.
Joseph Hunt Hiscock, a native of Maine, arrived in Minneapolis, Minnesota in November of 1876. He was Vice-President and Superintendent of the Minneapolis Furniture Company until 1930, when he retired. He and his family resided in southeast Minneapolis at 715 13th Avenue southeast.
He learned the furniture business from his Uncle Orin Parker in New York City, who owned and managed a furniture factory. Joe learned to run every piece of machinery, how to scale lumber, and he studied bookkeeping and drafting at Cooper Institute. At the end of one year, Orin sent Joseph to Indiana to open a new furniture factory.
Joseph met his wife at the Parker household in New York City. They married in early 1876, and then he took a job in Waverly, Iowa at the Waverly Furniture Company. He was not there very long before moving to Minneapolis.
He learned the furniture business from his Uncle Orin Parker in New York City, who owned and managed a furniture factory. Joe learned to run every piece of machinery, how to scale lumber, and he studied bookkeeping and drafting at Cooper Institute. At the end of one year, Orin sent Joseph to Indiana to open a new furniture factory.
Joseph met his wife at the Parker household in New York City. They married in early 1876, and then he took a job in Waverly, Iowa at the Waverly Furniture Company. He was not there very long before moving to Minneapolis.
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Joseph H. Hiscock
1851 - 1934
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