BLANCH, W. E. - 1914

BLANCH, BOOP, KUBERNUS, HAMP, DIERKS, SHERMAN, GLAWE

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Date: 7/7/2009 at 03:56:47

HISTORY OF
Cherokee County
IOWA
VOLUME II
ILLUSTRATED
CHICAGO
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY
1914
by Thomas McCulla

W. E. BLANCH.

W. E. Blanch is recognized as one of the substantial and representative farmers of Pitcher township, where he operates two hundred acres of valuable land. He was born in Stephenson county, Illinois, January 27, 1879, and is a son of G. W. and Sarah (Boop) Blanch, of whom further mention is made elsewhere in this work. He came to Iowa with his parents in 1882 and he grew to manhood in this state, becoming early familiar with the details of farm operation and assisting his father until he was twenty years of age. He then began farming on the homestead and this he has since operated, making it by his practical methods and unremitting industry one of the most valuable properties in the county. In addition to general farming he raises and feeds stock and his interests along this line are extensive and important. His farm comprises two hundred acres and in addition to this he owns three hundred and twenty acres of well improved land in Brookings county, South Dakota.

On January 28, 1902, Mr. Blanch was united in marriage to Miss Fredora Kubernus, who was born in Germany in 1880 and who came to America with her parents, Fred and Minnie (Hamp) Kubernus, when she was nine years of age. The family settled in Illinois, where Mr. Kubernus operated a farm for seven years, retiring from active life at the end of that time. In 1906 he moved to Iowa and in 1909 to South Dakota, where he now makes his home with one of his sons. He has survived his wife since February 13, 1894. In their family were eight children: Bertha, the wife of Fred Dierks, of South Dakota; Augusta, who married W. Sherman, of South Dakota; Minnie, the wife of Ernest Glawe, also of South Dakota; Fredora, wife of the subject of this review; Charley, a resident of Cherokee county; William, of the same locality; Fred, of South Dakota; and Erna, at home. Mr. and Mrs. Blanch have become the parents of three daughters: Alice L., who was born September 3, 1904; Ruth C, born June 25, 1905; and Minnie Adella, born January 18, 1907. The family are devout members of the German Lutheran church.

Mr. Blanch is a member of the Masonic order which, following the example of his father and brother, he joined when he was twentyone years of age. He is a progressive republican in his political beliefs and is now in the tenth year of his able service as township trustee. In all the relations of life he has been found active, progressive and straightforward and he merits and holds the confidence and regard of all who are associated with him.

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