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Abner Hackleman

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State Representative
Democrat
Des Moines
6
12/04/1843 - 05/04/1845
3

Born October 16, 1802, in Scott County, Kentucky, the son of Abraham and Margaret (Tyner) Hackleman. Mr. Hackleman married his cousin Elizabeth Lines in Rush County, Indiana February 3, 1824. He taught school from 1828 to 1831 in Rush County. In 1836, he moved to Des Moines County, Iowa, and served two terms for his district in the territorial legislature 1838-1842. Mr. Hackleman left his family in Iowa in 1845, as he led a wagon train to Oregon. He was a good hunter, and wrote a letter on the Oregon Trail describing a grizzly bear, which took 8 shots to bring down. The Oregon Historical Society pioneer card lists him as a physician and farmer. Mr. Abner returned to Iowa to pick up his family in 1846, but fell ill and died October 30, 1846, at Mt. Pleasant. Later, his family moved to Oregon, and settled in Albany.

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State Representative
Democrat
Farmer
Des Moines
5
12/05/1842 - 12/03/1843
3

Born October 16, 1802, in Scott County, Kentucky, the son of Abraham and Margaret (Tyner) Hackleman. Mr. Hackleman married his cousin Elizabeth Lines in Rush County, Indiana February 3, 1824. He taught school from 1828 to 1831 in Rush County. In 1836, he moved to Des Moines County, Iowa, and served two terms for his district in the territorial legislature 1838-1842. Mr. Hackleman left his family in Iowa in 1845, as he led a wagon train to Oregon. He was a good hunter, and wrote a letter on the Oregon Trail describing a grizzly bear, which took 8 shots to bring down. The Oregon Historical Society pioneer card lists him as a physician and farmer. Mr. Abner returned to Iowa to pick up his family in 1846, but fell ill and died October 30, 1846, at Mt. Pleasant. Later, his family moved to Oregon, and settled in Albany.