A. [Aaron] Hemingway was born in Canada in 1843. In 1844, his parents, Josiah and Elizabeth (Lawrence) Hemingway with their family removed to Wisconsin, where Mr. Hemingway, Sr. died. Mrs. Hemingway came to Minnesota in the spring of 1866, to live with her sons, Clinton and George, who reside on section 18, in Summit Township.
A. Hemingway, our subject, came to Steele County in 1866, locating on section 19, in Summit Township, where he remained four years. He then returned to Wisconsin. He
remained there until 1878, and then returned to his original farm in Steele County, where he has since resided.
In August 1862, he enlisted in Company B, Thirty-second Wisconsin Infantry, under Col. Howe, remaining in service until the close of the war. He was in a number of battles,
among which were Three Rivers, Columbia, S.C., the taking of Savannah, Georgia, with Sherman on his march to the sea., and was also at the grand review, at Washington.
Mr. Hemingway was married in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin in January 1867, to Miss Olive Nickerson. They have five children: Elsie, Lula, Myrta, Elwin and Eva.
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