ROGGOW, John - 1914

ROGGOW, LASS, ZORN, ROTHS, MILLER, FELTON, BOLTE

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Date: 7/8/2009 at 17:17:15

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

JOHN ROGGOW.

For the past quarter of a century John Roggow has lived upon his present farm in Cherokee county and by constantly following the most practical and modern methods in its development has surrounded himself with an enviable degree of prosperity. He was born in Germany, July 23, 1864, and is a son of George and Dorothy (Lass) Roggow, natives of that country, where their two eldest children were born. They came to America in 1868 and settled in Will county, Illinois, where the father worked as a monthly laborer for four years. At the end of that time he engaged in farming independently until 1881 and then came to Cherokee county, purchasing land in Spring township. This he improved and cultivated until 1897, when he retired from active life, moving to Aurelia, Iowa, where he and his wife still reside. To their union were born eight children: John; Mary, the wife of August Zorn, of North Dakota; Fred, of Cherokee county, Iowa; Minnie, who married Theodore Roths, of Gardena, North Dakota; Emma, the wife of William Zorn, of Bloomfield, Nebraska; Lena, who lives at home; Henry, a resident of Spring township; and Christ, of Chester, Montana.

John Roggow acquired his education in the public schools of Illinois and he remained at home until he was eighteen years of age. He afterward worked as a monthly laborer for a few years and then, in 1888, rented the farm in Cherokee county upon which he now resides. Ten years later he purchased the property, which then comprised one hundred and sixty acres, and he has since added to his holdings from time to time until he and his wife now own three hundred and twenty acres of highly improved land lying on section 25, Spring township. This is all in a high state of cultivation and yields excellent harvests of grain, all of which is fed to Mr. Roggows fine stock.

On August 9, 1885, Mr. Roggow was united in marriage to Miss Lena Miller, a native of Germany, who came with her parents to America in 1872, when she was five years of age. She is a daughter of Carl and Lena (Felton) Miller, who settled in Monee, Illinois, and later moved to Iowa., purchasing land in Cherokee county now owned by the subject of this review. To their union were born five children: Carl, of Buena Vista county, Iowa; Reicka, the deceased wife of Henry Bolte, of Aurelia, who left four children, three girls and one boy; Henry, of Cherokee county; Minnie, the wife of Henry Zorn, of Vesta, Minnesota; and Lena, the wife of the subject of this review. To Mr. and Mrs. Roggow have been born eight children: Edward, whose birth occurred February 1, 1889, and who now resides in Spring township; Henry, born April 28, 1890; August, March 30, 1895; Edna, July 8, 1897; Rosa, born March 21, 1906; and three deceased.

Mr. Roggow is a member of the Lutheran church and a republican in his political views. He is interested in all that pertains to the substantial improvement and development of the community, being widely recognized as a public- spirited and patriotic citizen.