Pioneers of Polk County, Iowa, and reminiscences of early days . 28 PIONEERS OF POLK COUNTY, IOWA and church purposes were little known, for he avoided public notice—so much so, that he would never consent to pose for a photo-graph, and the picture presented herewith was snapped by a kodaka few hours before his decease. He was a finn believer in the Sal-vation Army, frequently stopped and listened to their service, butseldom left without placing fifty cents or a dollar on the drum. Hewas fond of children, a sincere friend of the laboring man, and anactive member of the Order of Odd Fellows. He
Pioneers of Polk County, Iowa, and reminiscences of early days . 28 PIONEERS OF POLK COUNTY, IOWA and church purposes were little known, for he avoided public notice—so much so, that he would never consent to pose for a photo-graph, and the picture presented herewith was snapped by a kodaka few hours before his decease. He was a finn believer in the Sal-vation Army, frequently stopped and listened to their service, butseldom left without placing fifty cents or a dollar on the drum. Hewas fond of children, a sincere friend of the laboring man, and anactive member of the Order of Odd Fellows. He built a two-stoiybrick in Sevastopol, and donated it to Lodge Number Sixty-five,conditioned that the lower story be equipped and permanentlymaintained as a public library. It is now a branch of the CityLibrary. In recognition of the gift, he was made a life memberof the lodge. He was also a prominent member of the Masonicfraternity, and the Elks. He was plain of speech, reticent, posi-tive, and highly esteemed by those who new him Ninth, J. K. HOBAUGH JOHN K. HOBAUGH IN the very early days, one of the best known men in Polk Countywas John K. Hobaugh, a Buckeye production, though his ances-try dated back to 1793, in Pennsylvania. Bom in Washington, Logan County, Ohio, April Seventh,1820, where his parents resided until 1835, when they moved toGrant County, Indiana. They were poor, yet with very limitedadvantages, John acquired the rudiments of an education in thelog schoolhouses of that section. When fifteen years old, he was apprenticed to learn the shoe-makers trade, at which he worked during the Winter. In Summer,he did what he could find to do, always industrious and reaching his majority, he turned his back to his boyhood home,and set out in the worlds race for himself. He worked on a farmfor twelve dollars a month during the Summer, and in Winter didshoemaking, with rail-splitting as a side line. With economy andindustry, he accumulated su
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