Individual Details
William Brownlee Gabby HARGLEROAD
(8 February 1863 - 19 February 1945)
William came to Adams Co., Nebraska with his parents in 1875.
William and Maggie first homesteaded near Sterling, CO where a son was born and died on December 18, 1884. Later they moved to York County, NE. In march 1891, they moved to Holstein. There William served as president of the First State Bank of Holstein. He built a big brick building in 1915 which housed the post office, drug store, movie theater and upstairs a dance hall. He was county commissioner and practically ran the telephone company. William was also a member of the school board. Maggie was active in the Evangelical Church. She was also a member of the Royal Neighbors Lodge. in 1926, William and Maggie moved to Hastings where he formed a company to produce and sell the hargleroad Road Maintainer. This was a piece of equipment designed to smooth and give the proper grade to dirt or gravel roads. William and Magdalene were married for over 60 years.
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Obituary:
Hastings Tribune, 20 Feb 1945
Death of W.B. Hargleroad
Pioneer Adams County Resident Succumbs Five Weeks After Wife's Death
William B. Hargleroad, 82, died at 3:35 p.m. Monday at his home, 503 North Elm, just five weeks after the death of his wife. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Holstein Evangelical Church. the Rev. Mr. Marchand will officiate. The body is at the Livingston Funeral Home.
To County in 1875:
Born February 8, 1863, near Chambersburg, PA, Mr. Hargleroad came to Adams county with his parents in 1875. He was the eighth child in a family of 13, and was the last to survive.
He was married at Juniata February 28, 1884, to Magdalena Blank, and with the exception of a few years they were lifelong residents of Adams county. For 38 years they lived at Holstein, where Mr. Hargleroad was in the banking business. He served on town school and township boards and was a county supervisor for eight years.
Mr. and Mrs. Hargleroad moved to Hastings in 1926 where Mr. hargleroad headed his own road maintainer firm. In recent years his chief business interest had been in real estate.
Survivors:
Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Louis Nelson of Ong, Mrs. J. P. Rigg of Grand Junction, Colo.; Miss Jewell Hargleroad of Omaha, Mrs. John r. Lacko of Hastings: and three sons, W. B. Hargelroad Jr., of Omaha, James C. Hargleroad of Milwaukee, Wis., who has just received a medical discharge from the army, and Ralph W. hargleroad of Los Angeles, Calif.
There are also 13 grandchildren and three great grandchildren. The three eldest grandsons are in the armed forces overseas. They are Corporal W.B. Hargleroad III in the Signal Corps, Private (1c) James P. Rigg Jr., in the infantry, and Private John B. Rigg of the Marines, all now in the south Pacific.
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Hastings Tribune, 24 Feb 1945
Funeral services for William B. Hargleroad were held Thursday afternoon at the Evangelical Church at Holstein, conducted by the Rev. Edward F. Marchand. Music was furnished by Mrs. M. G. Braun and Mrs. Eva Rainforth, accompanied by Mrs. M. M. Fink. Burial was in the Holstein cemetery and pallbearers were Gus Granstrom, John Shaw, Perle Koch, Jake W. Essinger, herbert Nelson and Robert Huckfeldt. Mr. Hargleroad died monday afternoon at his home, 503 North Elm.
William and Maggie first homesteaded near Sterling, CO where a son was born and died on December 18, 1884. Later they moved to York County, NE. In march 1891, they moved to Holstein. There William served as president of the First State Bank of Holstein. He built a big brick building in 1915 which housed the post office, drug store, movie theater and upstairs a dance hall. He was county commissioner and practically ran the telephone company. William was also a member of the school board. Maggie was active in the Evangelical Church. She was also a member of the Royal Neighbors Lodge. in 1926, William and Maggie moved to Hastings where he formed a company to produce and sell the hargleroad Road Maintainer. This was a piece of equipment designed to smooth and give the proper grade to dirt or gravel roads. William and Magdalene were married for over 60 years.
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Obituary:
Hastings Tribune, 20 Feb 1945
Death of W.B. Hargleroad
Pioneer Adams County Resident Succumbs Five Weeks After Wife's Death
William B. Hargleroad, 82, died at 3:35 p.m. Monday at his home, 503 North Elm, just five weeks after the death of his wife. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Holstein Evangelical Church. the Rev. Mr. Marchand will officiate. The body is at the Livingston Funeral Home.
To County in 1875:
Born February 8, 1863, near Chambersburg, PA, Mr. Hargleroad came to Adams county with his parents in 1875. He was the eighth child in a family of 13, and was the last to survive.
He was married at Juniata February 28, 1884, to Magdalena Blank, and with the exception of a few years they were lifelong residents of Adams county. For 38 years they lived at Holstein, where Mr. Hargleroad was in the banking business. He served on town school and township boards and was a county supervisor for eight years.
Mr. and Mrs. Hargleroad moved to Hastings in 1926 where Mr. hargleroad headed his own road maintainer firm. In recent years his chief business interest had been in real estate.
Survivors:
Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Louis Nelson of Ong, Mrs. J. P. Rigg of Grand Junction, Colo.; Miss Jewell Hargleroad of Omaha, Mrs. John r. Lacko of Hastings: and three sons, W. B. Hargelroad Jr., of Omaha, James C. Hargleroad of Milwaukee, Wis., who has just received a medical discharge from the army, and Ralph W. hargleroad of Los Angeles, Calif.
There are also 13 grandchildren and three great grandchildren. The three eldest grandsons are in the armed forces overseas. They are Corporal W.B. Hargleroad III in the Signal Corps, Private (1c) James P. Rigg Jr., in the infantry, and Private John B. Rigg of the Marines, all now in the south Pacific.
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Hastings Tribune, 24 Feb 1945
Funeral services for William B. Hargleroad were held Thursday afternoon at the Evangelical Church at Holstein, conducted by the Rev. Edward F. Marchand. Music was furnished by Mrs. M. G. Braun and Mrs. Eva Rainforth, accompanied by Mrs. M. M. Fink. Burial was in the Holstein cemetery and pallbearers were Gus Granstrom, John Shaw, Perle Koch, Jake W. Essinger, herbert Nelson and Robert Huckfeldt. Mr. Hargleroad died monday afternoon at his home, 503 North Elm.
Events
| Birth | 8 February 1863 | Guilford Twp., Chambersburg, Franklin, Pennsylvania |  | ||
| Census | 1870 | Guilford Twp., Chambersburg, Franklin, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Residence | 2 April 1875 | moved to Nebraska from Pennsylvania | |||
| Census | 1880 | Cottonwood Twp., Holstein, Adams, Nebraska | | ||
| Marriage | 28 February 1884 | Juniata, Adams, Nebraska - Magdalena L. BLANK | | ||
| Residence | 1885 | Hargleroad homestead near Sterling, Colorado - Sterling, Logan, Colorado |  | | |
| Residence | 1 March 1891 | Holstein, Adams, Nebraska | | ||
| Census | 1910 | Cottonwood Twp., Holstein, Adams, Nebraska | | ||
| Residence | 15 November 1926 | moved from Holstein to Hastings, NE - Hastings, Adams, Nebraska | | | |
| Census | 1930 | 702 E. 9th Street - Hastings, Adams, Nebraska | | ||
| Death | 19 February 1945 | Hastings, Adams, Nebraska | | ||
| Burial | 22 February 1945 | Holstein, Adams, Nebraska | |||
| Biography | Who's Who in Adams County - Holstein, Adams, Nebraska | |
Families
| Spouse | Magdalena L. BLANK (1866 - 1945) |
| Child | HARGLEROAD (1884 - 1884) |
| Child | Sarah Pearl HARGLEROAD (1889 - 1964) |
| Child | William Brownlee HARGLEROAD Jr. (1895 - 1966) |
| Child | Ruth Magdalene HARGLEROAD (1901 - 1982) |
| Child | Jewell Marguerite HARGLEROAD (1904 - 1986) |
| Child | James Clayton HARGLEROAD (1906 - 1993) |
| Child | Grace Elizabeth HARGLEROAD (1908 - 1978) |
| Child | Ralph Wendell HARGLEROAD (1910 - 2001) |
| Father | Michael E. HARGLEROAD (1824 - 1904) |
| Mother | Elizabeth BROUGH (1834 - 1882) |
| Sibling | Margaret Anastasia HARGLEROAD (1850 - 1850) |
| Sibling | Mary Catherine HARGLEROAD (1851 - 1909) |
| Sibling | Christian Peter HARGLEROAD (1852 - 1915) |
| Sibling | Michael Andrew HARGLEROAD (1854 - 1920) |
| Sibling | Susannah Brough HARGLEROAD (1856 - 1912) |
| Sibling | John Camarah HARGLEROAD (1857 - 1931) |
| Sibling | Sarah Jane HARGLEROAD (1859 - 1942) |
| Sibling | Jacob Emory HARGLEROAD (1861 - 1862) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Belle HARGLEROAD (1865 - 1937) |
| Sibling | Francis Etter HARGLEROAD (1867 - 1928) |
| Sibling | Harvey Bruce HARGLEROAD (1869 - 1933) |
| Sibling | Margaretta Grace HARGLEROAD (1873 - 1877) |
Notes
Residence
Lived on the Hargleroad homestead, near Sterling, Colo., in York Co., Neb. then to Holstein, March 1 1891, and to Hastings, Nov. 15, 1926.Residence
503 N. ElmHastings, Nebraska
Census
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RZG-XKH?i=24&cc=1810731Endnotes
1. History of Adams County, Nebraska, p. 268-269.
2. Handwritten, presumeably by Maggie Hargleroad or by daughter Pearl, 1940..
3. Descendants of Michael Hargleroad, July 8 1936 (Handwritten pages compiled by William Brownlee Gabby Hargleroad, Maggie Blank Hargleroad, and daughters, Pearl.and Ruth. Letters were sent out to al of WBG Hargleroad's siblings and they responded with their family information.).
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8. Handwritten, presumeably by Maggie Hargleroad or by daughter Pearl, 1940..
9. Handwritten, presumeably by Maggie Hargleroad or by daughter Pearl, 1940..
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11. Handwritten, presumeably by Maggie Hargleroad or by daughter Pearl, 1940..
12. Death Certificate, William Brownley Hargleroad.
13. Descendants of Michael Hargleroad, July 8 1936 (Handwritten pages compiled by William Brownlee Gabby Hargleroad, Maggie Blank Hargleroad, and daughters, Pearl.and Ruth. Letters were sent out to al of WBG Hargleroad's siblings and they responded with their family information.).
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