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The Congregational Church of Hartwick was probably moved to Hartwick, IA during the 1880s. There is no record of the previous location or indication of the date the church was established in Harwick, but the earliest recorded reception of a member into the church was 1882. Some of the early pastors were W.E. Sawerman, A.H. Fish, Henry Willson, and Otis Crawford. Declining membership led to the closure of the church in 1999 (?).

Horace A. Wolcott, b. 1821 in Orwell, OH, d. 1887 in Boulder, married Louisa Pason Bixby 1856. Louisa Bixby was the daughter of Sumner and Lucy Bixby of Norridgewock ME., and a cousin of Amos Bixby.

Children of Horace and Louisa: Edward, b. 1862, Grinnell (fell from a wagon on the way to Colorado and suffered a severe leg injury) Charles, b. 1870 in Ward, CO Frank, b. 1876, Gold Hill, CO Son of Charles: Roland, b. 1917, Boulder

Horace and Louisa homesteaded a ranch near Boulder, he developed many mines in the mountains west of Boulder. Their son Charles was involved in real estate to the extent of purchasing and reselling abandoned mines at tax sales. Charles's son Roland lives on some of this old mine property and is well steeped in the lore of mining in the early twentieth century. Roland owns the papers left by his grandfather, Horace. Wolcotts were one of a number of families from Grinnell who moved to Colorado in the 1850s and 60s.

Materials owned by James Cunningham and his father. For sale in Cunningham's Drug Store in downtown Grinnell, Iowa.

Leggett was a retired president of Grinnell College and former professor of English. He received his B.A. degree from Middlebury College in Vermont and his master’s and doctoral degrees from the Ohio State University. Before assuming the presidency at Grinnell, he taught English at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Ohio State University, and the University of Washington where he moved into administrative work.

Mr. Leggett was a noted author in the field of English literature and writing; his publications include Handbook for Writers and Theme and Form. After his retirement he delighted family, friends, and colleagues with occasional letters and essays that he had bound and given as gifts.

Henry and Fidelia Stoddard Little moved to Grinnell, Iowa in 1867.  Their children were:

Louise    m. Henry Viets

Maude    m. Jesse Macy  (their daughter was Katherine Macy Noyes)

Elizabeth    m. J. P. Lyman  (Grinnell lawyer)

Fannie    m. Austin W. Alvord  (son Max, b. 1890;  daughter Louise Alvord Meyers, b. 1882;  her sone, David Meyers)

Henrietta m. Will Holyoke  (son Tom, b. 1881)

Evelyn Gardner served as Dean of Women and Profess of English at Grinnell from 1933-1963. She obtained her undergraduate degree from Beloit in 1918 and also taught at Carleton and Pomona.

James Langdon Hill, possibly the collector of these materials, was born in Garnavillo, Iowa in 1848. He attended Grinnell College and the Andover Theological Seminary and served as a pastor for Congregational churches in Massachusetts. He was involved with the Society of Christian Endeavor in England and the United Society of Christian Endeavor.

Truman Douglass was born in Illinois in 1842, grew up in Wisconsin, graduated from Illinois College and from Chicago Theological Seminary in 1868. He served as Pastor of the Congregational church in Osage, Iowa 1868-82. He was Superintendent of the Congregational Home Missionary Society 1882-1907, living in Grinnell, and remained active in church work after his retirement. As Superintendent he helped organize and raise money for new churches in Iowa. He was a Trustee of Grinnell College 1906-19. He died in California in 1925. May of his children and descendants attended Grinnell College. More biographical details are in the College Archives 52/D741.

Between 1929 and 1943 Mr. Beatty served as Dean of Men, Dean of Personnel Administration, and as a member of the English Department. He was an officer in the Navy during part of World War II and later became a Dean at Pomona College, California. The history was his Ph.D. thesis (Stanford University).Between 1929 and 1943 Mr. Beatty served as Dean of Men, Dean of Personnel Administration, and as a member of the English Department. He was an officer in the Navy during part of World War II and later became a Dean at Pomona College, California. The history was his Ph.D. thesis (Stanford University).