Wood Family In Union Business for 73 Years
The Wood family operated a Union buggy and wagon business from 1882, evolving into Wood Carriage and Auto Co and Wood Auto Co of Union. Everett Bernard purchased Union Auto in 1955, marking 73 years of continuous Wood family ownership with A. L. Wood and descendants also involved in related ventures. John B. Wood continues with Wood Auto Co in Eldora.
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Wood
Union
A. L. Wood
Wood Carriage and Auto Co
Wood Auto Co
Everett Bernard
Union Auto
Union Area
A. L
Conrad
Ray A. Wood
Lyman Sheets
Wood Auto
Union Auto Co
Ray
Clarence
John
Herbert
John B. Wood
Eldora
First in Hardin Co Union’s electric era roots in 1903
The article recounts Union Iowa’s transition from gas and kerosene to electricity starting in 1896 with F. Z. Whinery’s store system and later the Swam Gas Light Company. It notes street lamps in 1896, a gas lighting shift in 1898, and the 1909 formation of Union Electric Light and Power Company. By 1911 to 1912 ownership changes and expansion included a 10,600 dollar plant, a 60 hp gas engine, dynamos, and plans for an auxiliary plant. It also covers early township settlement with Haggin and others, the first township officers in 1853, and a 1920 shooting incident in Liscomb.
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Union
F. Z. Whinery
H. C. Chapin
Swam Gas Light Company of
Waterloo
N. Dillon
D. Hauser
R. L. Bixby
D. J. Wilson
O. W. Rowley
Union Electric Light and Power Company
George Farnsworth
al Mason
E. H. Lundy
Park Dam Company
Eldora
Union Light and Power Company of
Iowa River Light and Power Company
The
Lundy
Hubbard
Union Township
Hardin County
Greenberry Haggin
Alexander Smith
Harding County
Cyrus Bowen
Thomas Hauser
Henry Abrams
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Union High School
A. L. Frazier
E. E. McIntyre
Rose Wilcox
Lillian Morris
Anna Boylan
Emerson
Hardin Co
Haggin
James Austin Dandy
William Robeson
Samuel Smith
Alexander
Sam
Knox County
Jacob Miller
Grimsley
Robeson
Gertrude Biersborn
Henry Biersborn
Liscomb
Jerry's Mobil Service
Jerry Rogers
Harris
Cee Stee
Herman Harris