Albert P. Hurd 1
- Born: 19 Dec 1833, Franklin Township, Lenawee, MI 1
Noted events in his life were:
1. Census in 1850 in Franklin Township, Lenawee, MI. 2 The 1850 census recorded Allen Hurd, farmer, 44, living with wife Hanah, 43; son Pontius, 10; daughters Augusta, 8, and Sarah, 4; and son Charles, 2. The parents were born in New York and the children in Michigan. Allen's real estate was valued at $500.
2. Arrival: 1 Jul 1852, in Lovejoy Township, Iroquois, IL. 3
3. Book: Portrait and Biographical Record of Iroquis County, Illinois, 1893. 1
ALBERT P. HURD is one of the worthy citizens that Michigan has furnished to Lovejoy Township. He now owns and operates a fine farm of four hundred and thirty acres, his home being on section 3. He was born near Adrian, Lenawee County, Mich., on the 19th of December, 1833. His parents, Allen D. and Hannah (Hooper) Hurd, were both natives of the Empire State, where they spent their childhood days. About 1830 they emigrated to Michigan, and in that State made their home for more than twenty years, after which they came to Illinois locating in Iroquois County, on the 1st of July, 1852. They settled on a farm four miles south of the village of Milford, in Lovejoy Township, Mr. Hurd having entered eighty acres of land. He also bought a tract of seventy acres of rich prairie and thirty acres of timber, making in all a farm of one hundred and fifty-seven acres. To its cultivation and improvement he devoted his energies.
Unto Mr. and Mrs. Hurd was born a family of six children: John Henry, the eldest, married Miss Amy Johns, daughter of William Johns, and they reside in Crescent Township, near Woodland. They became the parents of six children, four of whom are living. Albert P., of this sketch, is the next younger. Lydia Augusta is the wife of Joseph Pruitt, a resident farmer of Lovejoy Township, by whom she has eight children, all living. Sarah Olivia is the wife of Ezekiel Probus, a resident farmer of Mitchell County, Kan. Eight children were born unto them, of whom seven are surviving. Frances was the next younger, but her death occurred in early childhood. Charles Leslie, the youngest, married Linda Armstrong, by whom he has five children, four sons and a daughter. With his family he resides in Cloud County, Kan.
In the State of his nativity, Albert Hurd quietly passed his, boyhood and youth in the usual manner of farmer lads, and on his parents' removal to Illinois he accompanied them. Since that time he has made his home in Iroquois County. On the 2d of March, 1869, he led to the marriage altar Miss Esther Jemima Heffner, who was born near La Fayette, Ind., July 3, 1850, and is a daughter of Joseph and Esther Heffner, the former a native of Virginia, and the latter of the Keystone State. Mr. and Mrs. Hurd began their domestic life upon the old homestead in Lovejoy Township where they have since resided. They have a pleasant home, are hospitable people, and their friends throughout the community are many. In his political affiliations, Mr. Hurd is a Republican, and has long supported that party. The cause of education finds in him a warm friend, and he has frequently served in the office of School Trustee.
The beautiful and desirable farm which is the property of our subject comprises four hundred and thirty acres of arable land, which is under a high state of cultivation, and is well improved with good buildings. The rich and fertile fields yield to him a golden tribute, and everything about the place indicates the supervision of a careful and thrifty manager. He has all the latest improved machinery, the place is complete in all its appointments, and the Hurd homestead is known as a model farm throughout the county. Our subject formerly gave considerable attention to stock-raising, but now devotes his energies principally to growing wheat and corn. He is a man of good business ability, and by his well-directed efforts perseverance and good management has won a place among the substantial agriculturists of Iroquois County.
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