GEORGE ADDISON - found at http://iagenweb.org/pottawattamie/hist-1978/1978-090.htm
George Harrison Addison came to Oakland, Iowa in 1889 and lived on the
same street [then called Grab Street] for 33 years, until his death on
March 2, 1922.
He ran a rendering plant, one of the first until he retired, and his son
George H. Addison, Jr. took it over, running it for 40 years, he owned
the first house on Grab Street. George Jr. dug wells and many farmers
today are still using these wells.
Another brother Dess D. Addison settled at Minden, Iowa and also ran a
rendering plant for forty years, he also dug wells, and moved large
buildings, moving the Minden school house out two miles east of Minden
on the old Cook farm. The school was remodeled and the family moved in after fire destroyed their home in the spring of 1915.
The street in Oakland, Iowa is now called Addison Ave.
This story is a little confusing. It refers to Dess as "another
brother" when no brother is previously mentioned. Dess had a brother
George who owned a rendering company, so I assume it should read "a
brother" of George H. Jr.
I also assume that the phrase "He ran a rendering plant, one of the
first until he retired" means "one of the first [rendering plants],
until he retired."
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