John G. Hagensick manufacturer
of cigars, Elkader, was born in Bavaria, Germany, Oct.
21, 1848, son of J. M. and Margaret Hagensick, who
emigrated to the United States in 1856, locating in
Garnaville Township, the former being by trade a
gunsmith, which he followed in this country. The subject
of this memoir, when a young man, met with an accident at
Port Huron, Mich., causing the loss of one of his legs.
He afterward learned the trade of cigar-making. He first
embarked in the business of Garnaville, and in 1881 came
to Elkader. In 1877 he married Charlotte Karp by whom he
had two children, Martin G. and Lottie. Mr. Hagensick
makes the celebrated brand of cigars "None
Better," also "Raras," "Uncle
Daniel," and Buties," and is doing a good
business. source: History of Clayton
County, Iowa, 1882, p. 657 |