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Russell
R. Hampton One of the
industrious young farmers of Independence Township is Russell R. Hampton, a
native son of Jasper County, who has been content to spend the major part of his
life here at home. He is known to
be the possessor of excellent characteristics and has worthily upheld the
dignity of an honored old family name. He was born in Clear Creek Township, this County, November
30, 1870, the son of William R. and Sarah Ann (Deeter) Hampton, the father, born
in Kentucky and died in Gering, Nebraska, on December 5, 1904, at the age of
seventy-five years; the mother was born in Pennsylvania and died in Nebraska on
December 4, 1903. Their
family was large, consisting of twelve
children: A son and daughter died in infancy; four sons and six
daughters grew to maturity. They
are: Theodore lives in Juniata, Nebraska; Mrs. Cornelia Kimberly, born in Clear
Creek Township, is living in Gering, Nebraska; Mrs. Caroline Hidy lives in
Mapleton, Kansas; Dora Adeline died about fifteen years ago; Mrs. Ida Signs
lives in Clear Creek Township; Mrs. Hulda Porter lives in Towanda, Kansas; Mrs.
Jennie Hughes lives at Mapleton, Kansas; Commodore lives at Gering, Nebraska,
where William also resides; Russell R., of this review; and Albert, of Gering,
Nebraska. These children were all
born in Clear Creek Township, Jasper County, Iowa, their parents
having been among the earliest settlers here, and, being hard workers,
established a very comfortable home and became well known in this part of the
County. Russell R.
Hampton spent his boyhood in Clear Creek Township, and in 1887 he moved with the
family to western Nebraska where he grew to manhood and remained until 1909, the
spring of which year he returned to Jasper County and purchased one hundred and
twenty acres of land in Independence Township where he at once took up farming
and here he is meeting with excellent success as a general farmer and stock
raiser. He has made many modern
improvements on the place, including convenient and substantial buildings.
Mr.
Hampton was married on March 10, 1897, to Odessa Veach, who was born in Newton
Township, this County, on February 23, 1878, and here she grew to womanhood and
attended the local schools. She is
the daughter of James and Martha (Callison) Veach, the father born in Indiana
and the mother in Jasper County, Iowa, and here they both still reside.
Their family consists of four children, Mts. Hampton being the only
daughter; the sons are, Shelby, born June 26, 1876, is living in Nebraska;
James, born November 30, 1880, died May 23, 1906, Charles, born October 5, 1882,
is living in western Nebraska. These
children were all born in Newton Township, Jasper County, where their parents
were pioneers. They have two photographs, groups, which are of historic note, of
four living generations of Mrs. Hampton's paternal and material contemporaries. One
child, Leora Fern, has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Hampton, her birth occurring at
Gering, Nebraska, July 25, 1903. Politically,
Mr. Hampton is independent, preferring to vote for the man whom he deems best
qualified to discharge the duties of the office sought rather than for the
party. He always takes a deep
interest in local affairs, but has never aspired to leadership. Mrs. Hampton is a member of the Reorganized Church of the Latter-Day Saints. The Past and Present of Jasper County, Gen. James B. Weaver, Editor-In-Chief, 1912 B.F. Bowen Co., Indianapolis, IN, p. 1155. |
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