Four Generations

Submitted by Les Niemi. Standing is John Noah HOGEBOOM, setting are his father, Noah John HOGEBOOM, his father, and Daisy nee HOGEBOOM DOW, his daughter, and Dorris DOW, Daisy's daughter, John's granddaughter. Daisy is my g grandmother. This photo was taken around 1900, when Dorris was about a year old. Soon after this photo was taken, Daisy and her husband Lauer DOW and family left to San Francisco where Lauer, an electrical engineer, was hired to help electrify the city - the first electrical boom in the bay area. We had to wait 75 years for the second boom involving electricity - the computer boom. Check out the DOW site for more of my DOW photographs. ***end of notes***

From the Tampico Tornado newspaper, December 25, 1903, front page, shows same photo of Noah J. and son, J.N. Hogeboom. Article is titled: HOGEBOOM, EARLY SETTLER - ****h Hogeboom One of the Early Settlers in the Country South of Tampico.

Noah J. HOGEBOOM, formerly of this **** is one of the well known early ***ers of the country south of here. **** number of years ago he was one **** conspicuous figures. Mr. HOGEBOOM came west from Vermont in **** with his familyand settled on ****at is known as the CONVERSE farm *** Fairfield Township. He afterwards ***hased a house three miles south **re, now owned by Mrs. T. M. *YLIE (Wylie?), where he lived for many years. ****held numerous local offices among *** being supervisor, justice of the peace and school trustee.

Twelve years ago he left the old homestead and for a few years resided in Tampico. From there he went with his youngest son, H. H. HOGEBOOM to Mansfield, MO. After seeing ****** was alread settled in his new ***** Mr. HOGEBOOM'S whole desire ********** in Illinois, and again ******* faces of his old friends, ***e old paths and see the *****************in the ************ country. At the advanced age of eighty seven years, he has come to spend the remaining years of his long and useful life with his son, John N. HOGEBOOM of Denrock, where he will be glad to meet his old time friends and will give them a hearty welcome. (end of article)