Born in Plymouth, New Hampshire, on the 7th of November, 1855. During his boyhood he was a student at Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, New Hampshire, and in 1877 entered Dartmouth College, from which he was graduated in 1881. Deciding to make the practice of law his life work, he became a student in the office of Blair, Burling & Adams, the first mentioned being Hon. Henry W. Blair, United States senator from New Hampshire. Later he continued his studies in the law department of Boston University and at the Columbia Law School in New York City. He paid his own way through college and while pursuing his law course in New York taught school in the mornings in order to meet his expenses and attended lectures in the afternoons. Believing that he would find better opportunities for advancement in the west, Mr. Hazelton came to Council Bluffs on the 5th of September, 1884, and for one year was employed as principal of the high school of this city. As he was obliged to read law for one year in Iowa before he could engage in practice, he entered the office of Jacob Sims, and on the 6th of April, 1886, was admitted to the bar, thoroughly equipped for his chosen profession. On the 1st of the following month he became a member of the firm of Mayne & Hazelton. On the 16th of May, 1888, Mr. Hazelton was united in marriage to Miss Emma Higham, of Keokuk, Iowa. Fraternally Mr. Hazelton affiliates with the Masons, Bluff City lodge, and politically is identified with the Republican Party, being a recognized leader in the ranks of that organization. He is always a delegate to the state republican conventions and for seven years was chairman of the Pottawattamie county republican central committee. His ability as a lawyer being widely recognized, he was called upon to serve as city solicitor of Council Bluff; from 1892 until 1898, and next served as state senator for four years, resigning the latter position in 1902 in order to accept the appointment of postmaster in June of that year. The appointment came from President McKinley, and so creditably and satisfactorily did he fill the office that he was re-appointed by President Roosevelt in June, 1906, being the present incumbent. He has made a most popular official and he has most ably discharged the duties of all the positions he has been called upon to fill.

Born in Plymouth, New Hampshire, on the 7th of November, 1855. During his boyhood he was a student at Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, New Hampshire, and in 1877 entered Dartmouth College, from which he was graduated in 1881. Deciding to make the practice of law his life work, he became a student in the office of Blair, Burling & Adams, the first mentioned being Hon. Henry W. Blair, United States senator from New Hampshire. Later he continued his studies in the law department of Boston University and at the Columbia Law School in New York City. He paid his own way through college and while pursuing his law course in New York taught school in the mornings in order to meet his expenses and attended lectures in the afternoons. Believing that he would find better opportunities for advancement in the west, Mr. Hazelton came to Council Bluffs on the 5th of September, 1884, and for one year was employed as principal of the high school of this city. As he was obliged to read law for one year in Iowa before he could engage in practice, he entered the office of Jacob Sims, and on the 6th of April, 1886, was admitted to the bar, thoroughly equipped for his chosen profession. On the 1st of the following month he became a member of the firm of Mayne & Hazelton. On the 16th of May, 1888, Mr. Hazelton was united in marriage to Miss Emma Higham, of Keokuk, Iowa. Fraternally Mr. Hazelton affiliates with the Masons, Bluff City lodge, and politically is identified with the Republican Party, being a recognized leader in the ranks of that organization. He is always a delegate to the state republican conventions and for seven years was chairman of the Pottawattamie county republican central committee. His ability as a lawyer being widely recognized, he was called upon to serve as city solicitor of Council Bluff; from 1892 until 1898, and next served as state senator for four years, resigning the latter position in 1902 in order to accept the appointment of postmaster in June of that year. The appointment came from President McKinley, and so creditably and satisfactorily did he fill the office that he was re-appointed by President Roosevelt in June, 1906, being the present incumbent. He has made a most popular official and he has most ably discharged the duties of all the positions he has been called upon to fill.