Henry Lundt

LUNDT, STARK

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Date: 11/21/2010 at 14:09:13

Henry Lundt, a brother of D. F. Lundt, was also born in Germany, his birth occurring October 5, 1862, and he came to the United States with his parents in 1871. He acquired his education in the common schools of the fatherland and in Tama county, Iowa. He remained at home with his father until twenty-eight years of age when he settled in Clay county where he engaged in farming and general stock raising on a farm of one hundred and sixty acres, now comprising some of the most fertile and arable land in this township. In 1902 he met with the misfortune of having his buildings destroyed by a cyclone, but subsequently replaced them with more substantial ones, and now his farm in every respect in first-class shape, and he makes a specialty of stock-raising and shipping of the best breeds of cattle, hogs and horses.

In 1890 he was united in marriage with Miss Emma Stark and they have five children, Johnnie, Guy, Ruth, Ruby and Ray, all of whom reside with their parents. In politics Mr. Lundt does not ally himself with any particular political party, but, believing that the man who seeks the office should be of greater consideration than his party ties, he votes for such candidates as he deems best qualified to subserve the interests of the commonwealth. Like his brother, he is industrious and enterprising and his straightforward transactions and upright character win him the confidence and respect of his neighbors.

Contributed by: Susan Gregory. Source: History of Clay County Iowa – Steele – 1909, page 586.