Halbert Hoard

1861 - 1933  (71 years)

• Name	Halbert Hoard
  Born	3 Oct 1861	Stockbridge, Madison Co, New York, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	1933
  Buried	Fort Atkinson, Jefferson Co, Wisconsin, USA (Evergreen Cemetery)
  Person ID	I39846	A00 Hoar and Horr Families North America
  Last Modified	18 Dec 2013

  
  

  Father	William Hoard,   b. 10 Oct 1836, Stockbridge, Madison Co, New York, USA ,   d. 22 Nov 1918, Fort Atkinson, Jefferson Co, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Agnes Elizabeth Bragg,   b. 4 Feb 1840, Vergennes, Addison Co, Vermont, USA ,   d. 9 Dec 1919, Fort Atkinson, Jefferson Co, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 79 years)
  Married	9 Feb 1860	Lake Mills, Jefferson Co, Wisconsin, USA
  Family ID	F14509	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Charlotte E. Jones,   b. Abt 1863, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co, Wisconsin, USA
  Married	1883
  Children	1. Edna Hoard,   b. 26 Dec 1884, Fort Atkinson, Jefferson Co, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. Jun 1974,  (Age 89 years)   2. Anna Hoard,   b. 24 Aug 1886, Fort Atkinson, Jefferson Co, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 19 Dec 1901, Fort Atkinson, Jefferson Co, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 15 years)   3. Pearl Hoard,   b. 24 Aug 1886, Fort Atkinson, Jefferson Co, Wisconsin, USA
  Last Modified	22 Mar 2009
  Family ID	F14748	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Emma Maybelle Wenham,   b. 15 Apr 1868, Fort Atkinson, Jefferson Co, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 20 Dec 1953  (Age 85 years)
  Married	7 Jul 1896	Chicago, Cook Co, Illinois, USA
  Children	1. Halbert Hoard,   b. 4 Apr 1901, Fort Atkinson, Jefferson Co, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. Dec 1975, Phoenix, Maricopa Co, Arizona, USA  (Age 74 years)   2. Florence Hoard,   b. 24 Jan 1905, Fort Atkinson, Jefferson Co, Wisconsin, USA
  Last Modified	14 May 2012
  Family ID	F14749	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=2437&keyword=Non Halbert Louis 1861 - 1933 Definition: newspaperman, inventor, b. Munnsville, N.Y. He was the eldest son of William Dempster Hoard (q.v.). He learned the newspaper business through work on his father's Jefferson County Union, and Iater assumed charge of the mechanical department of his father's publishing plant in Fort Atkinson. He was co-editor, with his father, of the Jefferson County Union (1884-1918), and on his father's death became editor, serving in this capacity from 1918 to 1933. He was widely known for his militant crusades and trenchant editorials, and was president of the Wisconsin Press Association, and secretary of W. D. Hoard and Sons Co., which published the Jefferson County Union and Hoard's Dairyman. A student of anatomy and pathology, he invented the Hoard curative chair for the correction of back ailments. His brother, ARTHUR RALPH HOARD, b. Stockbridge, N.Y., the second son of W. D. Hoard, aided his father in founding Hoard's Dairyman (1885), a journal devoted to dairying and allied interests. In 1886 he became a promoter of Hoard's Creameries, an organization of local dairy interests designed to establish and improve standards of dairy products. This company grew into a large industry that shipped its products throughout the U.S. and to foreign countries. He had numerous other business interests, and served as vice-president of W. D. Hoard and Sons Co., president of the Better Sox Knitting Mills Co., vice-president of the First National Bank of Fort Atkinson, and director of the Northwest Manufacturing Co. The youngest son of W. D. Hoard, FRANK WARD HOARD, b. Columbus, Wis., attended the Univ. of Wisconsin Law School, and soon entered his father's publishing business. He was business manager of Hoard's Dairyman (1890-1918), and from 1918 until his death served as president and general manager of W. D. Hoard and Sons Co. He was part owner of the Better Sox Mills, and had numerous other business and real-estate interests. J. G. Gregory, ed., S.E. Wis. (4 vols., Chicago, 1932); F. L. Holmes, et aI., eds., Wis. (5 vols., Chicago, 1946); Janesville Daily Gazette, Nov. 25, 1939, Apr. 30, 1942; Milwaukee Journal, Dec. 28, 1933; H. L. Hoard Papers: http://arcat.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=rlin+%22wihvH2700-A%22&SL=None&Search_Code=CMD&DB=local&CNT=30 Marriage Announcement (to Emma): Date: 1896-07-09; Paper: Kalamazoo Gazette Cemetery: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=31341017