Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2013, All Rights Reserved U.S. Data Repository Please read U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the US Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ ========================================================================= U.S. Data Repository NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ========================================================================= Formatted by U.S. Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== Biographical History of Cherokee County, Iowa W. S. Dunbar & Co., Chigago - 1889 [page 482-483] D. P. HISCOX, a farmer of Cherokee Township, has been identified with the interests of Cherokee County since 1873. He was born in Connecticut, May 10, 1845, and is the son of LUCIEN and PEARL (PERRIN) HISCOX. In 1856 the HISCOX family came to Iowa, crossing the Mississippi River on ice at Dubuque; thence by team they went to Floyd County, Iowa, and settled near Charles City. There our subject resided until the breaking out of the late war. He was reared to the life of a farmer, and obtained his education in the common schools. In December, 1861, he enlisted in the Twelfth United States Infantry, Company C, and served three years. He saw some hard fighting, participating in the battles of Yorktown, Williamsburg, Gaines's Mill, Malvern Hill, Fair Oaks, and the second battle of Bull Run. He contracted a disease which confined him to the McClellan Hospital some time. He was honorably discharged in 1865, and returned to Floyd County, Iowa; thence he removed to Butler County, Iowa, where he was united in marriage to Miss JULIA CONVERSE, a teacher of considerable ability. She is a daughter of Judge ALONZO CONVERSE, senator from Butler County, Iowa, one of the pioneers of that county. Her mother was POLLY NEEDHAM. Judge CONVERSE now lives at Ada, Dakota. Mr. HISCOX owns 220 acres of land which he has improved with good buildings, and all the necessities for carrying on farming. He and his wife are the parents of four children: BERTHA, CORA, ARTHUR and LEORA. The father and mother are worthy and respected members of the Baptist Church. Mr. HISCOX affiliates with the Republican party. He is a member of the General Custer Post, No. 25, G.A.R. He is a man honest and upright in all his dealings, and is well worthy of the confidence and esteem in which he is held in the community in which he lives. ===========================================================================