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Hiram
C. Libolt The
subject of this sketch holds worthy prestige among the enterprising farmers and
representative citizens of Jasper County and it is with no small degree of
satisfaction that the biographer gives to the public the following brief outline
of his life and achievements, for he has always stood for upright manhood and
progressive citizenship, his influence in every relation of life making for the
material advancement of his community, while he has led a life of honesty and
established a reputation for fairness in all his relations with the world. Hiram
C. Libolt was born in Washington Township, this County, September 7, 1868, the
son of one of our worthy pioneer families, John L. and Eliza (Corwin) Libolt,
the father born in the state of New York in 1829 and died in 1907; the mother
was born on the Isle of Man and her death occurred in 1869 when her son, Hiram
C., of this sketch, was six months old. The father subsequently married Mrs.
Jennie (Robinson) Allen. John
L. Libolt, the father, was one of the earliest settlers in Cedar County. Iowa,
whither he came about 1854 and there he was married some time afterwards to the
subject's mother. About 1865 he
moved to Jasper County and bought one hundred and sixty acres in Washington
Township and here he continued farming. He
was a Greenbacker, later a Democrat and he served his community as road
supervisor. His family consisted of
two children by his first wife, William, deceased, and Hiram C., of this review.
Three children were born of his second union, Ada, deceased; Mrs. Delia
Smith, and George, who is living in Salt Lake City. Hiram
C. Libolt was educated in Washington Township, district No. 6. When fourteen
years of age he left home and worked out by the month and while still thus
employed, at the age of twenty-three, he bought eighty acres of the home place
and there he still resides, having kept the same well improved and well tilled.
In 1907 he built a commodious new dwelling, and he has always kept good
livestock. Politically,
Mr. Libolt is a Democrat and he is now serving as school director in Washington
Township. He is a member of the
Modern Woodmen lodge and of the Christian Church at Colfax. On
February 27, 1901, Mr. Libolt was married to Anna Stineman, who was born in Polk
County, Iowa, the daughter of John Stineman.
This union has been without issue. Mr.
Libolt is a pleasant man to meet, genial, hospitable and broad-minded. Such a
man is to be congratulated for working his way from an humble beginning to the
position which he now occupies in the community, and he is a fine example of the
self-reliant, courageous and self-made American, his example proving that the
boy who is ambitious and earnest may succeed in the face of obstacles, without
the help of family or influential friends.
By honest methods, economy, industry, the exercise of sound judgment and
keen foresight he has pushed his way to the front.
Being a close observer, he profited by the failures and faults of others. The Past and Present of Jasper County, Gen. James B. Weaver, Editor-In-Chief, 1912 B.F. Bowen Co., Indianapolis, IN, p. 748. |
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