Biographical Sketch of A.G. Hurst

A.G. Hurst, farmer and stock dealer, was born in Ind. in 1832; removed with parents in 1836 to Ill.; thence to Newton, Ia. In 1855 came to Ashton, near Onawa. He enlisted in March 1862, in Co. K., 17th Ia., and re-enlisted as a veteran in the same company. He was taken prisoner with the rest of the regiment and confined at Andersonville one hundred and eighty-five days; was discharged at Davenport, Ia., June 16th, 1865, and returned to Monona county, and engaged in farming and dealing in stock. He was married in 1859, to Julia Brink, and has ten children.


Surnames:
Hurst,

Topics:
Biography,

Locations:
Manona County IA,

Collection:
History of Western Iowa: Its Settlement and Growth. Sioux City: Western Publishing Company. 1882.

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