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Mr. Schroeder has been married three times, his first wife having been Miss Wilhelmine Carstens, of Davenport, Iowa, by whom he had four children, namely : Matilda, who married H. J. Seymour, of Soldier, Iowa; W. H., who resides in Schleswig; Maggie, who is the wife of Herman Jahle and lives near Schleswig ; and Herman, who makes his home in Washington. The mother of
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these children died December 13, 1873, and subsequently Mr. Schroeder was married in Hohenzollern, Iowa, to Miss Johanna Lorensen, by whom he had four children, as follows: Olga, Walter and Freda, who are at home, and Eddie, who is attending school in Des Moines. Mrs. Johanna Schroeder having died, Mr. Schroeder was married August 8, 1900, to Mrs. Tena Frahm, of Denison, Iowa, and they have one son, Raymond.
Mr. Schroeder has always cast his vote for the republican party and takes a deep interest in the welfare of his community. He served as postmaster at Schleswig for four years and held the same position at Hohenzollern for eight years. Fraternally he is affiliated with the Odd Fellows and the German Broth- erhood in Denison, while religiously he is a member of the Evangelical church. In the country of his adoption he has ever maintained a reputation for in- tegrity and honest dealings in all his business enterprises and richly merits the confidence and high esteem accorded him by his fellow citizens.
JOHN B. GLASSBURNER.
John B. Glassburner who is engaged in the breeding and raising of thorough- bred stock in Washington township, is a native of Iowa, having been born near Drakeville. Marion township, Davis county, on the 14th of March, 1857. His parents, Samuel B. and Mary P. (Edwards) Glassburner, were both natives of Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, but were married in Iowa. Samuel B. Glassburner came to Iowa with his father in 1847 and located in Davis county, where the latter spent the remainder of his days. John B. Glassburner is the eldest in a family of four children. The others are as follows: Amanda, the wife of Owen Williams, of Batavia, Iowa; William L., who lives in Washing- ton, this state; and Rachel, the wife of Blueford Haines, of Unionville, Iowa. The parents remained upon the homestead as long as the father was able to en- gage in active farming and then retired to Washington, where they are living with their son.
John B. Glassburner acquired his education in the district schools of Davis county, remaining at home and assisting his father in the cultivation of the farm until he had attained his majority. In 1878 he began farming for himself as a renter in his native county but after living there one year removed to Appa- noose county, where he resided until 1881. On the 13th of February in the latter year he located on a farm on section 32,. Charter Oak township, this county, and for twelve years Mr. Glassburner engaged in general farming and stock-raising. In 1903. however, he removed to Charter Oak and lived there until the spring of 1905, at which time he settled on his present homestead in Washington township. During the period of his occupancy he has very much improved this place, having erected, in addition to the other extensive improve- ments, a fine residence with modern appointments. His farm contains two hundred and forty acres of land, all of which is under a high state of cultiva- tion. He makes a specialty of breeding and raising thorough bred Poland China
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hogs, Durham cattle and Oxford sheep and is meeting with most gratifying success in his undertaking.
Mr. Glassburner was married in 1878 to Miss Amanda Allen Boyer, also a native of Davis county, and they have become the parents of six children, as follows: Maimie F., who after graduating from the high school entered the training school in Chicago and for six years has been engaged in mission work in southern China, near Hia-kiang; Frank J., who is also a high school grad- uate; Daisy H., the wife of Joseph Hallowell, of this county; Grace L., the wife of Eldridge Bryan; Fred R., attending college at Ames; and Ruth P., who is attending school at Dow City. All of the children graduated from the high school at Charter Oak with the exception of the youngest daughter.
The family are all members of the Methodist Episcopal denomination and are active church workers. Mr. Glassburner is also identified with a fraternal insurance order. Although he always gives his political support to the can- didates of the republican party, he never participates in local governmental mat- ters as he does not care for public honors or the emoluments of office. He is one of the highly respected citizens of the community where he resides, as well as one of the most prosperous, while socially the family affiliates with the best people.
GUSTAVE H. LOCHMILLER.
Although Gustave H. Lochmiller is one of the younger representatives of agricultural interests in Crawford county, he is yet widely known, for his entire life has been passed in this locality and he represents one of the early and promi- nent families of this section of the state. He was born on the home farm, lo- cated on section 3, East Boyer township, February 22, 1867. His parents, Phillip and Carolina (Nehoof) Lochmiller, were natives of Germany, where they were married, after which they emigrated to the United States. They at once made their way to Crawford county, Iowa, and, being pleased with this part of the country, made it their permanent location, purchasing a farm in East Boyer township, which the father cultivated for many years. He became a successful man and is now making his home in Denison, where he is living in honorable retirement. Unto him and his wife were born eight children, as fol- lows: Antonia, the wife of W. E. Johnson, of Los Angeles, California ; Clemen- tina, the wife of E. E. Ransom, of Denison ; Gustave H., of this review ; Phillip, deceased; George, who makes his home in Garrison, North Dakota; Frank, de- ceased; one who died in infancy; and Rudolph, a resident of Denison.
Gustave H. Lochmiller pursued his early education in the district schools of East Boyer township and completed his studies in the Denison high school, which he attended for two years. He remained under the parental roof until the time of his marriage, having in the meantime been thoroughly trained in the work of the home farm. However, following his marriage, he clerked in a store in Denison for fifteen years, but at the end of that time decided to again take up farming and in 1901 located on a farm in Washington township.
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After a year, however, he removed to the old home place in East Boyer town- ship and today owns the property, composing two hundred and forty acres. He here engages in general farming and stock-raising, and that he thoroughly understands his work in both branches is indicated by the splendid success which has come to him.
It was on the 26th of May, 1895, that Mr. Lochmiller was united in mar- riage to Miss Alice Blackman, who was born in Denison township, Crawford county, a daughter of Jerome and Celia (Harper) Blackman. The father was born in the state of New York but his death occurred in Crawford county in 1909. The mother, however, still survives and makes her home in Denison. Their family numbers ten children, as follows: Frances, the wife of John Duff, a resident of Denison township; William, who makes his home in Paradise township. Crawford county ; Edward, of Denison; Guy, also of this city; Alice, now Mrs. Lochmiller ; John, of Denison township; Claud, who makes his home in Dow City; Anna, the wife of Floyd Smith, of Washington, Iowa; Fred, of Denison ; and Carl, at home. Mrs. Lochmiller supplemented her early educa- tional training by study in the college at Denison, after which she engaged in teaching for two terms. By her marriage she has become the mother of two sons and two daughters but the younger son and second in order of birth, Phillip, is deccased. The others are Gustave H., Jr., Alice and Abbie, all with their parents.
In his political views Mr. Lochmiller is a republican, and in his fraternal re- lations is a Woodman of the World. His wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Both Mr. and Mrs. Lochmiller have spent their entire lives in Crawford county and are therefore widely and favorably known, the hospi- tality of their pleasant country home being greatly enjoyed by their numerous friends and acquaintances.
PETER MILLER.
Abundant success has been the reward of Peter Miller in his efforts to found a home in America. A farm and ranch owner, he spends his winters in Denison and his summers amid the beautiful scenes of nature in Montana. His prosperity is to be ascribed to his unwearied application and good business judg- ment, two qualities that are of great importance in the accomplishment of any worthy undertaking.
He is a native of Prussia, born December 30, 1846, a son of Christian Die- trich and Sophia (Petersen) Miller, who were also born in Prussia. The father, whose birth occurred in Galding. learned the carpenter's trade and became a contractor and bridge builder. In 1869 he emigrated to America and after spending ten years at Davenport, Iowa, settled in Denison, where he lived re- tired, passing away in 1891, at the age of seventy-four years. His wife died three years later, having attained the same age as her husband. They were both members of the Lutheran church. Nicholaus Miller, the paternal grandfather of our subject, was a forester in Germany in the employ of the government and
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was an officer in the army at the time of the Napoleonic wars. There were three children in his family, John, Nicholaus and Christian. The grandfather on the maternal side was Claus Petersen, who made thatched roofs for houses and also served as a soldier in the army at the time of Napoleon.
There were eight children in the family of Dietrich and Sophia Miller, namely : Nicholas, of Denison; Henry, of Holstein, Iowa; Peter, of this re- view ; Christina, now Mrs. William Werner, of Holstein; John, of Schleswig, Iowa; Doris, the widow of Nicholas Frantz, of Denison; Minnie, now Mrs. Fred Martens, of Davenport, Iowa; and August, of Denison.
Peter Miller was reared in his native country and received his education there, spending one year, after laying aside his books, on a sailing vessel at sea, He then became a teamster in the Danish army and later served in a similar capacity in the German army. In 1867, he came to America and spent the first winter at Davenport, Iowa, being attracted in the spring to Nebraska, where he assisted in the construction of the Union Pacific Railway. However, he again went to Davenport and began farming in Scott county. About 1877 he removed to Otter Creek township, Crawford county, where he established his home, now owning a valuable place of two hundred and forty acres in that township. In 1890 he took up his residence in Denison and three months later went to Montana, where he started a sheep ranch near Lloyd, which he also owns. He spent eight years in the northwest but has lived in Denison during the winters since 1898. He is recognized as a man of good business ability who seldom un- dertakes anything that he does not carry through successfully.
On the 22d of December, 1875, Mr. Miller was united in marriage in Scott county to Miss Elizabeth Claussen, who was born at Eckenford, Schleswig-Hol- stein, Germany, a daughter of George Henry William and Marie (Wieland) Claussen. Her parents came to America in 1853 when their daughter Elizabeth was a year and a half old and settled at Davenport, where she grew to woman- hood. Her mother died about two months after coming to this country and the father subsequently married, the maiden name of his second wife being Mary Stegermann. She passed away in 1891. Mr. Claussen departing this life in 1906, at the age of eighty-four years. There were two children by his first marriage: John, who lives at Wilton, Iowa; and Elizabeth, now Mrs. Peter Miller. Of the second union two children also were born: Christian, of South Dakota; and Doretta, the wife of George Banick, who is engaged in the bank- ing business at Wilton. Mr. Claussen was a soldier at the time of the revolu- tion in Germany in 1848. John Claussen, the paternal grandfather of Mrs. Miller, was a carpenter and lived to be fifty years of age. In his family were four children, John, Henry, Frederick and Rudolph. Her grandfather Wie- land, on the maternal side, engaged in teaming in Germany and owned a num- ber of teams. His children were Peter, Dirk, Sarah and Marie.
Four children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Miller: Henry and Christ are engaged in the stock business in Montana. Henry married Sophia Hofeldt and has four children, Ervin Peter, Leslie Robert, Dorothea and Marjorie. Christ married Caroline Khure and has three children, Lillian, Dorine and Doris; the two youngest being twins. Louis died at the age of thirteen years. Lillian
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is now the wife of J. W. Miller, abstractor for the Bank of Denison, and the mother of one daughter, Waline.
Mr. and Mrs. Miller occupy a beautiful home in Denison, which he erected in 1898 and provided with all modern conveniences. Socially he and his wife are well known and religiously they are affiliated with the Lutheran church, of which they are stanch supporters. Mr. Miller gives his support to the republican party and is a valued member of Sylvan Lodge No. 507, A. F. & A. M., of Den- ison, but his friends are by no means limited to lodge membership, as they are to be found wherever he is known. No one envies him his good fortune as it has been obtained by thoroughly honorable means, and his properties are man- aged in such a way as to add to the permanent welfare and prosperity of the country.
MARTIN FRIEDRICHSEN.
Martin Friedrichsen, the owner of three hundred and twenty acres of excel- lent farming land in Otter Creek township, is a native of Germany, his birth occurring in that country on the 24th of May, 1863. He is the eldest child of K. M. and Elizabeth (Petersen) Friedrichsen, who emigrated to the United States with their family in 1881 and located in Crawford county, Iowa. After residing here one year they bought an eighty acre farm in Otter Creek town- ship, which they continued to cultivate until 1889, when they retired to Schles- wig, where they are now living. They were the parents of nine children, those beside the son Martin being: Agnes, the wife of Henry Bendixen, of Schleswig ; Fred, who lives in Otter Creek township; Magdelina, who married Ed Kestner ; Knud, also a resident of Otter Creek township; Catharina, the wife of Henry Ricketts, of Nebraska; Julia, who married Emil Elser, of Ida county; Freda, the wife of John Jurgensen, of Morgan township; and Carl, living in Otter Creek township.
Martin Friedrichsen acquired his education in the schools of his native land. following which he apprenticed himself to the carpenter's trade, following that occupation during the first seven years of his residence in America. In 1888, however, he bought eighty acres of land and engaged in general farming and stock-raising but is now making a specialty of feeding cattle and hogs for the market. He has met with most gratifying success in his various ventures and as a result now owns one-half section of land in Crawford county, all of which is well improved and under a high state of cultivation. His is one of the valuable properties of Otter Creek township and the improvements are substantial and kept in good condition. He keeps a fine grade of stock and his fields are given the capable supervision which produces abundant harvests.
On the 27th of March. 1888, the union between Mr. Friedrichsen and Miss Anna Guttburg was solemnized. Mrs. Friedrichsen is a native of Germany, in which country her parents, Johann and Marguerita ( Botham) Guttburg, still live, the father at the venerable age of ninety-two years and the mother at eighty-one. Nine children were born unto them but only eight attained matur-
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ity, the youngest dying in infancy. The others are as follows: Laurence, Elsaba and Johann, all of whom are living in Germany; Marguerita, deceased; Franz, of Germany; Claus, residing in Schleswig; Anna, the wife of Martin Fried- nichsen; and Katherina, who married Christian Kruse, of Minnesota. Mr. and Mrs. Friedrichsen have also had nine children. Ella, Carl, Johannes, Marvine, Anna, Fred, Alfred and Violet, are still at home, while Marguerita, the fourth in the order of birth, died in infancy.
The family attend the services of the Lutheran church with which denomina- tion they are identified by membership. Mr. Friedrichsen is a public-spirited man and always takes an active interest in all local issues, at all times giving his support to the democratic party. He stands high in the regard of his fellow citizens who have elected him to various minor offices in his township, the duties of which he discharged in a manner satisfactory to the community. He has many friends in Otter Creek township whose regard is accorded him most justly as he is a man worthy of esteem.
THEO ROHWER.
Among the younger business men who have attained more than a moderate degree of success in the commercial circles of their home town is Theo Rohwer, who is at present holding the responsible position of cashier in the banking es- tablishment of Baxter, Reed & Company. Born December 10, 1868, he is a son of Henry and Catherine (Barofsky) Rohwer, both of whom were natives of Germany. The father emigrated to the United States in 1858 and located in Davenport, Iowa, where he followed his trade as a shoemaker until 1862, when he and four other young men took an overland journey by wagon to Nevada, where for a few years he was employed in quartz mining. He made his home- ward trip by way of San Francisco and the isthmus of Panama, again taking up his residence in Davenport, where he engaged in the shoe business until 1882, when he located on a farm in Tama county, Iowa, remaining there until 1904. That year he again returned to Davenport, where he now resides. To him and his wife were born eight children, of whom the following are living: Julius, of Ida Grove, Iowa; Gustav, of Moline, Illinois; Theo, of this review ; Henry, of Seattle, Washington; and Amanda, the wife of Fred Fick, of Ida Grove. The deceased members of this family are: George, who died in 1900; and Clara and Anna, both of whom died in infancy. The mother departed this life in 1885.
From his ninth birthday Theo Rohwer labored on the farm until seventeen years old. He attended the Davenport Business College during the winters of 1888 and 1889 and then obtained employment in a general store. He worked one year for Montgomery Ward & Company of Chicago, and then came to Ida Grove, where for the following six years he clerked in a general store. Since 1899 he has been in the bank of Baxter Reed & Company, acting in the capacity of cashier.
Mr. Rohwer was married at Ida Grove to Catherina Brechwald, a daughter of Andrew and Barbara (Schmidt) Brechwald. She is one of a family of nine
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children, the others being as follows: Mary, who became the wife of Charles Seaman and died in 1888; Agnes, who married John Schmidt, of Clinton county, Iowa; John, of Carroll county, Iowa; Ferd A., of Ida Grove; Barbara, the wife of William Murphy, of Ida Grove; Elizabeth, who became the wife of Robert Mien and resides in Kansas; Jacob, who is living in Canada; and Theresa, who married Frank Hart and makes her home in Nebraska. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Rohwer have been born seven children: Julius, John, Theresa, Helen, Roland, Emmett and Alice.
In politics Mr. Rohwer has always cast his ballot for the democratic party and fraternally he is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Modern Woodmen of America. He is a man of keen business acumen and executive ability, is well known for his strict integrity and faithful attention to his duties, and he possesses the entire confidence of his employers as well as the high regard of his fellow townsmen.
NINUS L. HUNT.
Ninus L. Hunt, a member of the firm of Pfarr, Gebert & Hunt, general merchants of Denison, is numbered among the worthy native sons of Crawford county, his birth having occurred in Goodrich township on the 19th of October, 1855. His parents, Alonzo R. and Margaret (Dobson) Hunt, were natives of New York and Ohio respectively. His great-great-grandfather on the paternal side came from England or Wales and was drowned in Long Island Sound. Captain Ziba Hunt, the great-grandfather, served as a captain in the Revolu- tionary war. The following communication was received in reference to his service :
NEW YORK STATE LIBRARY, ALBANY.
February 7, 191I.
This is to certify that on folio 169 of volume XX of a series of manuscript volumes entitled, "Manuscripts of the Colony and State of New York in the Revolutionary War" in the custody of the regents of the University of the State of New York in the State Library is a land bounty right signed by the members of a class in Colonel William B. Whiting's regiment of Albany County Militia, district of Kings, and that among the members of this class is Ziba Hunt.
(Signed) PETER NELSON, Assistant Archivist.
In testimony whereof, the seal of the University of the State of New York has been affixed at the city of Albany this 7th day of February, 1911.
AUGUST S. DOWNING, Acting Commissioner of Education.
Captain Hunt, who was a tanner by trade, married Johanna Blont, a daugh- ter of Ambrose and Johanna (Clark) Blont, and with his family removed to New Lebanon, Columbia county, New York, in 1780. He was born in 1746 and died in 1820. There were thirteen children born to him and his wife.
N. L. HUNT
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Walter Hunt, the grandfather of our subject, was a native of New York and a farmer by occupation. He was the father of a large family of children, in- cluding Amos, Elizabeth, Johanna, Amanda, Emily, William, George, Isaac, Alonzo R. and Jason Z.
Benjamin Dobson the maternal grandfather of Ninus L. Hunt, was born in Ohio in 1799 and became a miller. He came to Crawford county, Iowa, in 1851, laid out the town site of Deloit, named the place and there erected the first saw and flour mill. He lived to attain the age of seventy-seven or seventy-eight years, while his wife, who bore the maiden name of Keziah Wolf, was called to her final rest in 1863. Among their children were the following named : Thomas, John, Benjamin, William, Elihu, Margaret and Elizabeth.
Alonzo R. Hunt, the father of the gentleman whose name introduces this review, was reared in New York and followed farming as a life work. He came to Iowa in 1848, settling in Harrison county, where he wedded Miss Mar- garet Dobson, their marriage being the first to take place in that county. The year 1853 witnessed his arrival in Crawford county and here he held the office of county recorder. In the spring of 1857 he removed to Johnson county, Ne- braska, settling on a homestead near Tecumseh. He acted as probate judge of Johnson county and at the time of the Civil war enlisted in Company D, First Nebraska Cavalry, serving with that command for a little less than a year. His demise occurred in the hospital at Omaha at the comparatively early age of thirty-seven years. His widow returned to Deloit, Iowa, where she passed away on the 25th of November, 1905, when seventy-six years of age. She was a devoted and consistent member of the church of the Latter Day Saints. By her marriage she became the mother of six children, three sons and three daugh- ters, as follows: Sarah A., the deceased wife of Lafayette Robbins; Amos W., who is a resident of Alberta, Canada; Ninus L., of this review; Mary L., the wife of John F. Goff, of Glen, Minnesota; Elder Charles J., living in Deloit, Iowa; and Cynthia, who died when about eighteen months old.
Ninus L. Hunt was born and reared in Crawford county and has spent his entire life within its borders with the exception of six or seven years' residence in Nebraska. He was reared to the work of the farm, drove cattle, broke prairie, and did all the other tasks incident to the cultivation of the fields, re- maining under the parental roof until he had attained his majority. In the acquirement of an education he attended the district schools and also the public schools of Deloit, Iowa. After completing his studies he followed the profes- sion of teaching for five winter terms, while the summer seasons were devoted to farming. While engaged in teaching he was elected to the office of township assessor, holding that office for seven years in succession. On the expiration of that period he formed a partnership with his brother, Charles J., and in September, 1882, they opened a general mercantile establishment in Deloit, con- ducting business under the firm style of Hunt Brothers for twelve years. N. L. Hunt then purchased his brother's interest and continued the business alone for four years before disposing of it. In the fall of 1887 he was nominated and elected county auditor, being the first republican ever chosen for that office in Crawford county. He was elected by a majority of fifty, overcoming a demo- cratic majority of five hundred and forty-three, and served for two years. In
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