Source: History of Whiteside County, Illinois
From Its Earliest Settlement to 1908 By William W. Davis, M.A.
Illustrated
With Biographical Sketches of some Prominent Citizens of the County
Vol. 1
Chicago: THE PIONEER PUBLISHING CO., 1908
Reprinted by: Higgenson Book Company 148 Wahsington Street P.O. Box 778, Salem, MA 91970 Phone: 978-7170 Fax: 978-745-8025
Transcribed by: Denise McLoughlin
Tampico Area Historical Society
www.tampicohistoricalsociety.citymax.com
Page: 208
PIONEER HOGEBOOM
Noah J. Hogeboom died at the home of his son John at Denrock, Jan. 13, 1908, in his 93rd year. Mr. Hogeboom came from Vermont in 1855 and located on a farm south of Tampico, which was his home for nearly 50 years. A few years ago he went to Missouri and stayed about three years and on his return made his home with his son at Denrock. The deceased was born in Manchester, Vt., Nov. 22, 1815. He married Miss Sara Estabrook Sept. 14, 1842. They were the parents of four children, two of whom survive, John N., and Highland. The funeral was held at Tampico Thursday, with burial in the cemetery.
Mr. Hogeboom was widely known throughout this section and was a conscientious citizen, filling a number of official positions.
His early home in Vermont was near Bennington, where General Stark defeated the Hessians in 1777. The writer saw the old gentelman at Denrock a month before his death, and his tottering step showed that the pilgrim would soon pass to the other shore.
In the cemetery in the northern section of town we find the names of well known citizens, Glassburns, Allen, Leonard, Wylie, Howlett, Ferris, Brown, Craddock, McMillen, Hughes, Morse, Vandemark, Dean, Muray, Isaac W. Hayes, a soldier, 1861, aged 21, a flag on his tomb. J. F. Leonard, G. A. R., 1838-1905. this stanza on one brave boy's stone:
He has finished his task
He is now with the blest,
May this flag ever wave,
O'er a soldier at rest
On tomb of Olsson, an inscription in Swedish. Some expensive monuments. Iron fence in front. Numerous evergreens.
Besides Dr. A. P. McMillan, dentist, there are four physicians, Horner, Terry, Newton, and E. W. Wahl, here since 1895. He is a graduate of the medical department of University of Illinois, Chicago, and has his office and residence on Main Street.
One of the earlier doctors was Taggart, succeeded by Dr. A. C. Smith, of Kentucky, graduate of Long Island Hospital College, 1874. For over 20 years he was a medical Good Samaritan to Tampico and the whole outlying district, traversing the Winnebago swamps when bridges were scarce, and horses had to swim. His father in Kentucky was a disciple of Henry Clay. A few years ago Dr. Smith removed to Sterling, and soon acquired a fine practice.
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