| Description |
: |
Contributor note: John A. Huglin led a very long and active life in the Fairfield community. This memorial was originally created to honor the Evergreen cemetery plot in which he and his wife are buried, and the burial locations of the three sons were accounted for and linked to. In early August, 2013, a granddaughter of this Huglin family returned to Fairfield to learn more about her grandparents. This memorial has been expanded with additional content as a result of that visit.
//rkt August 8, 2013, memorial revised.
-------------
Obituaries, biography, and homestead history items of interest:
Fairfield Daily Ledger
Monday December...
Read More
|
Contributor note: John A. Huglin led a very long and active life in the Fairfield community. This memorial was originally created to honor the Evergreen cemetery plot in which he and his wife are buried, and the burial locations of the three sons were accounted for and linked to. In early August, 2013, a granddaughter of this Huglin family returned to Fairfield to learn more about her grandparents. This memorial has been expanded with additional content as a result of that visit.
//rkt August 8, 2013, memorial revised.
-------------
Obituaries, biography, and homestead history items of interest:
Fairfield Daily Ledger
Monday December 20, 1948
Pg. 1 Col. 4
JOHN A. HUGLIN, ATTORNEY FOR 50 YEARS, DIES
John A. Huglin, Fairfield attorney for over 50 years and one-time candidate for congressman from the first district of Iowa, passed away Sunday morning at 6:05 a.m. at the family home just east of Fairfield.
Mr. Huglin, 79, had been in failing health for several months and seriously ill the past 10 days.
On September 29, 1947, he was flown by army hospital plane to the Walter Reed hospital in Washington, D.C. where he underwent major surgery and medical treatment. He later returned home but has never been physically able to resume his law practice since he was taken ill.
Last rites will be Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. at the Presbyterian church with Dr. C. R. Douglass in charge. Burial will be in Evergreen cemetery. The body will lie in state at the family home from Tuesday noon until Wednesday noon. The Weston Behner funeral home is in charge of arrangements.
John Albert Huglin was born September 14, 1869, on a farm near Geneseo, Illinois. He was the son of Carl J. and Kristina Swanson Huglin (sic. see their memorials for the spellings of their names). In 1873 the family moved to Nebraska, but a scourge of grasshoppers and hot winds drove them back to Iowa.
After attending country schools, J. A. Huglin attended the Western Normal college at Shenandoah, and afterwards went to Augustana University at Rock Island where he graduated from a four year course of business and commercial law. He also attended school at Forest University in Chicago, and Drake University at Des Moines.
On May 17, 1898, he was admitted to the Iowa Bar, and on September 1, the same year, he hung out his shingle in Fairfield and started a law practice which covered a span of over a half century.
He served as county attorney in Jefferson county from 1907 to 1911. He was the superintendent of Sunday schools for 15 years, and president of the Jefferson county Sunday School Association for five years.
Mr. Huglin also served as a member of the Chautauqua Association for 21 years, and was president for five. He was also a member of the Masons, Knights of Pythias, Odd Fellows, and of the Bar Association. He was a member of the Presbyterian church.
He was united in marriage on June 28, 1905, to Clara Lenore Porter, who preceded him in death in March, 1935. They were married at the Porter farm near Rippey, in Green county, Iowa.
An active member of the Townsend movement when it was popular a few years ago, he was chosen to run for congressmen (sic) from the first Iowa district on the "National Recovery Party" ticket, in November, 1942. His bid for congressman was unsuccessful.
The well known Fairfield attorney is survived by three sons, Brig. General Harold Huglin, of Fairfield, Cal.; Col. Harvey Huglin, Montgomery, Ala.; and Col. Henry Huglin, Alexandria, Va. They are all graduates of the West Point Military Academy.
Other survivors include a brother, Gilbert Huglin (sic, Charles Gilbert Huglin), Dayton, Iowa; three sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Talbott, Des Moines; Ida Huglin, also of Des Moines; Mrs. Tillie Johnson, Pocatello, Idaho; and three grandchildren. He was preceded in death by four brothers and one sister.
-------------
Fairfield Daily Ledger
Tuesday December 21, 1948
Pg. 1 Col. 7
Two Huglin Brothers Fly Home To Attend Funeral Of Father
Brig. Gen. Harold Huglin and Col. Henry Huglin arrived in Fairfield yesterday after they were called home by the death of their father, John A. Huglin who passed away Sunday morning.
General Huglin came from Fairfield, Calif., where he is commanding officer of the Fairfield-Suisan air transport base and the 150th air transport wing. Colonel Huglin came from Washington, D.C., where he is attached to the office of Army Secretary Stuart Symington. Both brothers traveled by air to Burlington yesterday afternoon.
A third brother, Col. Harvey Huglin, will be unable to attend the funeral services. A student in the U.S. air war college, he left last week on a trip to Central America.
Services for Mr. Huglin will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow in the Presbyterian church. The body will be taken from the Huglin home at 12:30 p.m. tomorrow and will lie in state at the church from 1 until 2 p.m.
------------
------------
History of Jefferson County, Iowa
A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement, Vol II.
Published 1912, S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago, Pages 218-220
J. A. HUGLIN. Thorough preparation has well qualified J. A. HUGLIN for the onerous professional duties which have devolved upon him since he took up his residence in this city. Laudable ambition was numbered among his salient characteristics at the outset of his career and prompted him him to gain an education that would qualify him for more than the simplest duties and labors of life. His own earnest toil provided the means for an education and his ability has been the source of his progress since he entered upon the practice of his profession.
Mr. HUGLIN is a native of Geneseo, Illinois, born September 14, 1872 (sic. headstone inscription is for the year 1869). His father, C. J. HUGLIN, was born at Rexby, England, June 25, 1825, and came to the United States when twenty-one years of age, settling first in Ohio, whence he afterward removed to Andover, Illinois, there enlisting in 1861 as a member of the Eleventh Ohio Battery, with which he served for three years and seven months. He was wounded five times and was in Andersonville prison for six weeks. He took part in the battle of Island No. 10, the sanguinary conflict at Gettysburg and the siege of Vicksburg, was with Sherman on the Atlanta campaign and the march to the sea and afterward participated in the grand review, the most celebrated military pageant ever seen on the western hemisphere. He served as one of the cannoneers in his battery and was a most brave and intrepid soldier. When the war was over he returned to Illinois and in Andover, in 1867, was united in marriage to Miss Christian SWANSON who was born in Galesburg, Illinois, October 3, 1836. In 1875 they removed to Nebraska but the scourge of grasshoppers which destroyed all the crops caused them to leave that state and in 1878 they took up their abode in Boone county, Iowa. Mr. HUGLIN devoted his entire life to agricultural pursuits and was the owner of a good farm in Boone county, upon which his death occurred in 1904. In February of the same year his wife passed away. They were the parents of seven children: J. A., of this review; C. L., a farmer living in North Dakota; Elizabeth, who is a nurse in the Kansas City (Missouri) Hospital; O. E., who is engaged in the drug business in Odebolt, Iowa; G. G., a resident and implement dealer of Dayton, Iowa; Tillie, who is engaged in school teaching at Pollock, south Dakota; and Ida, who is principal of the public schools at Jefferson, Iowa.
J. A. HUGLIN was only three years of age when his parents left Illinois and was a youth of six years when the family came to Iowa. He remained under the parental roof until 1888 and in the meantime not only actively assisted his father in the work of the fields but also acquired a good education, supplementing his public school training by a year's study in Western Normal College, at Shenandoah, Iowa, and by further work in Augustana University, at Rock Island, Illinois, from which he was graduated with the class of 1895. Afterward he went to Chicago, where he attended the Chicago College of Law, pursuing the evening course for two years, while during the day he was employed in a business way in order to meet the expenses of living and tuition. He then went to Des Moines, where he spent one year as a student in the law department at Drake University and was graduated May 17, 1898. At the same time he was admitted to practice in the federal courts. He entered upon the active work of his profession in Fairfield September 1st, 1908, and has since remained here, having an office over the Fairfield National Bank. He is accorded a good clienteage and his abilitiy is widely recognized by other members of the bar as well as by the general public. While working his way through school he earned his money mostly by traveling for a book publishing company and making extensive trips over the United States and Canada. While in the university he made a special study of modern languages. His mother was of Swedish parentage and he gave particular attention to the Swedish language, which he speaks as fluently as he does English. He also speaks German, Danish and Norwegian and has studied extensively both Latin and Greek.
In his political views Mr. HUGLIN has always been a republican, active in the work of the party throughout the period of his residence in Fairfield. He served for four years, or two terms, in the office of county attorney, beginning January 1, 1907, and there was only one other republican elected on the county ticket when he was first chosen to that position. His election therefore was indicative of his personal popularity and the confidence and trust reposed in him.
On the 28th of June, 1905, Mr. HUGLIN was married to Miss Clara Lenora PORTER, who was born in Boone county, Iowa, May 20, 1882, a daughter of E. A. PORTER, and they now have two children: Harold Q., born September 22, 1906; and Harvey P., born May 9, 1910. The parents hold membership in the English Lutheran church, in the work of which they take an active and helpful part. For ten years Mr. HUGLIN has served as superintendent of the Sunday school and is a member of the church board. He has also been president of the Jefferson County Sunday School Association and president of the Tenth District Association of the Christian Endeavor for several years. He is deeply interested in all that pertains to moral progress and does everything within his power to promote christianizing influences which uplift man. He was also secretary of the first Jefferson County Commercial Association and is never unmindful of his duty in regard to local progress and improvement. He has an interesting military chapter in his life record, having in 1898 joined Company M of the Fifty-fourth Regiment of the Iowa National Guard, with which he served for six years. Fraternally he is connected with the Masons, the Knights of Pythias and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is a scholarly, cultured gentleman, whose innate talent and acquired ability have brought him prominence in professional circles, while his genuine personal worth has established him in a high and enviable position in the regard of his fellowmen.
------------
------------
Contributor note:
The family plot in Evergreen cemetery in Fairfield, Iowa contains memorial headstones, but not the physical burial, for the three sons of John Albert Huglin and Clara Lenora Porter Huglin.
F/A/G memorials (by other contributors) for these three sons are found at:
> Gen Henry C Huglin, buried at Santa Barbara Cemetery, Santa Barbara, California. His memorial was created by a since-deceased contributor.
> Harold Quiskey Huglin ( Harold Q Huglin, buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia)
> Harvey Porter Huglin, buried at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, California.
-------------
-------------
Following is an interesting story about the homestead that belonged to the John Albert Huglin family. It is transcribed (by Richard K. Thompson, August 8, 2013)) as nearly verbatim as possible from microfilm images found at the Fairfield Public Library. Some of the grammar and puctuation used is awkward, it should be noted. Also, certain paragraph headings and fonts do not translate into FindAGrave formatting.
Fairfield (Ia.) Daily Ledger
Monday, March 27, 1933
Pg. 6 (spans several columns and includes three photos*,**,***)
John Huglin Tells Of History surrounding Home Near City, Was Once Well Known As A Brewery
Talk of returning illegal beer is of especial (sic) interest to J. A. Huglin, Fairfield attorney and family, not because of any liking for the beverage but because their splendid home, just east of Fairfield on Highway 34 was once a famous brewery. One looking at the residence now would fail to see any sign of the brewery, as exterior details of the place have been changed by improvements added by Mr. Huglin. But the great stone cellar, with arched ceiling and the heavy floors and walls of the first floor tell of the days when heavy machinery was used legally in making alcoholic beverages.
Pictures accompanying this article show the place as it now looks (sic. microfilm images too faint to reproduce, each had brief captions describing the scenes).
Although the brewery is better known to old-timers in this vicinity by the name of a later owner, it was started by John Irrer (sic. see John Irrer) in 1868. At that time Mr. Irrer built the square brick building which is now the first floor of the Huglin home. The brick building is 45 feet wide and extends back 48 feet. Inside it is divided into four almost equal sections and all walls, exterior and interior are of brick 12 inches thick. Underneath is a native stone foundation extending into the ground about 12 feet. This flood (sic. floor) was used for the actual brewing.
Underneath, Mr. Irrer built his cellar for cooling and storing his brews. This cellar, which is now in practically the same condition as it was left by the maker, is 48 feet long and 18 feet wide.
Massive Wa'ls
Walls are of native stone, and the ceiling is a brick arch made of three layers of brick. The cellar is 12 feet deep. It cannot be entered from the house but has an outside entrance close to the kitchen door of the Huglin residence. Now, the Huglin furnace, coal room and a vegetable storage room are in this heavy, arched room, taking the place of the heavy casks that formerly reposed row upon row in the cool darkness.
Mr. Huglin has been greatly interested in digging out the history of his unusual dwelling. From one source he learned that "soon after its start the brewery became quite well known in this vicinity." Farmers came from far and near with their grain and went away with their pay in either cash or beer. Townfolks came out and bought their liquor at first hand, being able to buy all they could pay for. The brewery became notorious as the premises found about were infested with drinking people and drunkards, and the road was lined with people coming to and going from this brewery. Travel became very dangerous owing to the drunken condition of so many people at the same time."
The pond near the Huglin home, in which so many local people learned to swim and on which the same folks learned to skate, was dug by Mr. Irrer for an ice supply. Near the pond he erected several lee houses, on the north and east sides.
On the spot where the Huglin graden (sic. garden) spot is now located Mr. Irrer built several barns and stables. Farmers who came with their grain and took their pay in liquor would stable their horses here. Reports of the time state that often a man would lie in a drunken condition around the brewery for several days, while his horse stood patiently in the stable, uncared and unfed and unwatered.
Equipment Enlarged
Mr. Irrer sold these premises and the business to Louis Suess who took possession of the business about 1875. He built a frame dwelling a little piece west of the brewery itself, where he lived. He sunk three deep wells and there was an abundance of fresh water. He also enlarged the pond to its present size and making it much deeper along the edges and it became known far and wide as the Brewery Lake. Mr. Suess also enlarged the ice houses, installed more new machinery in the Brewery and built special ice compartments in the cellar and erected a carrier from the cellar to the road so that the kegs of liquor could be very easily delivered on this steel track to the customers outside and at the road.
Mr. Suess was very successful in his brewery business for many years but after the Iowa State prohibitary law went into effect he was finally closed out in the early 90's and the entire property became vacant and the frame building burned down.
Henry Baier purchased the property and made the brewery building itself into a dwelling. He and his family moved in somewhere along 1897. Mr. Baier fixed up the old lee houses and went into the ice business. This famous lake was used principally by Mr. Baier to harvest two or three crops of ice from it each winter. He filled these ice houses and throughout the summer months he delivered ice to hundreds of customers in Fairfield.
Mr. Baier moved the barns and sheds from the front of the house to the north of the dwelling and remodeled the barns and made them up to date. He cleared up the front and commenced some gardening. He also planted the vinyard (sic) west of the dwelling which produced some 50 bushels of grapes. He also planted two acres of orchard east of the house. He continued the ice business up until about 1910 when he sold this place and business to A. F. Carlson.
Purchased by Huglin
Mr. Carlson concluded to make this place into a chicken ranch owing to the fact that it was so conveniently located to Fairfield and also because of the lake of water and the old C. B. and Q right-of-way on the north as shelter. Mr. Carlson cleared away the old ice houses and built chicken tight fence all around the orchard leading down into the lake and erected a chickenhouse (sic) and coops for the accommodation of a large flock of White Wyandotte's (sic). He was very successful in his venture but obtained another position and sold out.
In April 1912, J. A. Huglin purchased this 8 acre tract and on June the 5th the same year he and his family moved out to this suburban home. He finished clearing the place of all rubbish, rocks and bricks with which it was strewn, planted about 100 trees and shrubbery, leveled up the lawn and graded up a fine croquet court, planted it and all the lawn to bluegrass, put in cement side walks (sic) all around the house, to the garage and to the barn, also built a cement drive way from the road to the house, changed the entrance way to the famous Brewery cellar, built a second story on the brewery house, put in furnace, private water works plant.
The first electric line that was built outside of the city limits was built to this home, lighting the house, barn and garage making the home modern in every respect. This nice brewery dwelling now occupied by the Huglin family was the original Brewery and consists of four large rooms and pantry down stairs, three bedrooms and bath up stairs with lots of closets with air from all directions. There is sufficient pasture for three cows and a horse and a fine place for four of five hundred chickens. The vineyard, the orchard, the raspberry patch has yielded sufficient fruit for the family and more too.
The Major Feature
The open ground has been used for garden and the return in garden truck has been sufficient for the use of the family and a great deal of the produce of the milk, butter, garden truck and fruit have been sold by the Huglin boys (sic. preceding sentence not well written). Another outstanding feature about this place at present is the abundance of flowers which were planted and cared for by Mrs. Huglin. There are two large terraces filled with flowers, one circular tract in front of the house and several other beds here and there which makes the place look like a California home in the month of June. The trees have now grown up giving an abundance of shade. Croquet and tennis can be played in the shade and many parties have said that it appears like a summer and pleasure resort and it is indeed one of the most beautiful places in this community on U.S. 34.
A Brewery, drunkenness, lawlessness, danger all being manifest at this place in years gone by, with no attractiveness whatever and no credit to anyone or anything was finally turned into one of the nice surburban (sic) homes of Fairfield, yet, the old wall of the Brewery, the old famous cellar where it was stored and cooled and the much talked about lake are still there and could speak volumes of misery and shame but now the place shows only beauty and comfort.
The lake is one of the major features of this place. The Huglin boys, Harold, Harvey and Henry prized this pond above everything else when it came to recreation, fun and sport. A platform was built in the center of the pond from which the boys dive. A side walk was built out to it. The boys made a boat and put it upon the water. They commenced to swim, row and fish and it was continued every summer and they look forward to this spot with a great deal of pleasure each recurring year.
Recreation Grounds
The government furnished about 1000 fish for this lake the summer of 1925 and the boys had some fine sport with the fishing line, and with rowing and with swimming. It was not only the Huglin boys that became very proficient swimmers in this water but hundreds of Fairfield boys and girls were invited to participate in this sport.
The ice in the winter became another very attractive feature of this pond. A cabin was built with an old fashioned fire place therein, by the cabin and the pond have electric lights and each winter the Huglin boys have been skating and playing Hockey together with many of their boy and girl friends from town.
* Photo # 1: "Sight of the old brewery now the home of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Huglin. This picture was taken in 1919 and shows Mr. and Mrs. Huglin in the front yard with their three sons. Harold and Harvey have both been graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point and Henry is now in High school at Fairfield."
** Photo # 2: "This picture shows the Huglin boys rowing on the lake near the house. It is here that many local young people have enjoyed swimming and skating."
*** Photo # 3: "This is another scene of the lake showing several friends riding in the boat, with the converted house in the background."
|
