MEYER, Frederick - 1914

MEYER, KULLMAN, SHOEMAKER, TREBER, HAACK

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

FREDERICK MEYER.

Frederick Meyer, who since 1893 has owned and operated one hundred and sixty acres on section 4, Marcus township, was born in Germany, September 9, 1853. He is a son of Ludwig and Mary (Kullmann) Meyer, natives of Germany, where the father was engaged as a laborer. On the 24th of June, 1866, the parents came to America and located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where the father worked by the day for four years. In 1870 he rented land and operated this until 1878, when he retired from active life and made his home with the subject of this review until his death, which occurred May 27, 1904. He had long survived his wife, who passed away in 1877.

Frederick .Meyer was reared under the parental roof and acquired his education in the public schools. After Ludwig Meyers retirement he took charge of the homestead, which he operated from 1879 to 1893. In the latter year he moved to Cherokee county and bought one hundred and sixty acres of land on section 4, Marcus township. This property he has improved and operated since that time and by constantly following the most progressive and practical methods has surrounded himself with a gratifying measure of prosperity. He owns in addition to his home farm a half section of land in Nebraska.

On the 4th of May, 1879, Mr. Meyer was united in marriage to Miss Wil helmina Shoemaker, a daughter of Carl and Ernstena (Treber) Shoemaker, natives of Germany. The father was a shepherd in that country and never came to America, dying in Germany in 1871. The mother afterward came to the United States, and her death occurred in the home of the subject of this review in 1894. Mr. and Mrs. Meyer became the parents of eleven children: Louie, who died in 1899; Annie, who passed away in 1894; Edwin, a farmer in Sheridan township; John, engaged in farming near Huron, South Dakota; Henry, Charlie and Richard, all at home; Leona, the wife of August Haack, a farmer of Plymouth county, Iowa; and Fred, Lucy and Olga, at home.

Fraternally Mr. Meyer is connected with the Ancient Order of United Workmen. He is a stockholder in the Farmers Elevator Company of Marcus. He gives his political allegiance to the republican party and is now in the eighth year of his service as township trustee, having also served for a similar period of time as school director. A man of energy, resource and ability, he has met with excellent success in his farming operations and holds a high place among substantial farmers and representative citizens of Cherokee county.