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HONORABLE JOHN T. HAZEN
MR. SPEAKER: Your committee, appointed to prepare resolutions in commemoration of the life and services of the Hon. John T. Hazen, late of Pottawattamie county, beg leave .to submit the following report:
Mr. Hazen was born in Dearborne county, Indiana, July 27, 1846, and died at Avoca, Iowa, June 29, 1931, at the age of 84 years. He was married to Miss Addie Jones in 1867, who died in 1869. He came to Pottawattamie county in 1871 where he was married a second time to Mrs. Julia Harris. Two daughters and two sons survive. He was the only democrat elected to office from his county in 1890, when he was elected sheriff and served two terms. While he was sheriff in April, 1894, he escorted Kelly’s Army through the county, on their march across the continent. He served as a Representative in the Thirty-fourth and Thirty-fifth General Assemblies. He served as mayor, councilman and member of the school board and at his death was a director of the Citiens Savings Bank. He was a member of the I. O. O. F. Lodge and an active member of the Congregational church.
Therefore, Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Forty-fifth General Assembly, That in the passing of the Hon. John T. Hazen the state has lost an honored and valuable citizen, a man of high ideals in Christian living and useful citizenship.
Be It Further Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be spread upon the Journal of the House and an enrolled copy sent to the surviving members of the family.
WM. THIES,
JOHN F. BRADY,
R. G. MOORE,
Committee.
Unanimously adopted April 11, 1933.