LETTY, Henry

LETTY, SCHULTZ, KING, WEIS

Posted By: Administrator
Date: 10/17/2001 at 10:56:08

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF OLIVE TWP.
From the book "The History of Clinton County Iowa" by L. P. Allen (1879)

HENRY LETTY, farmer and Justice of the Peace, Sec. 3; P. 0. Buena Vista; owns 240 acres of land, valued at $35 per acre; born Oct. 7,1834, in Schleswig, Germany; in the fall of 1851, emigrated to Davenport, Iowa; the following
spring, went to Rock Island Co., Ill.; in February, 1865, came on to his present farm in this county. Married Miss Mary Schultz in April, 1859; she was born in Germany in 1842 and died Sept. 22, 1860; he again married Mrs. Margaret King, maiden name Weis, March 12, 1861 ; she was born March 19, 1827, in Germany; have one son (Henry) by first wife, and by second wife one son—Wilhelm F., and lost four—Margaret E.,
August F., J. Christian F. and Wilhelmina W.; wife has four children by Mr. King—John. Phillip, Theresa and Anna. Mr. L. is present Justice of the Peace, Member of the Lutheran Church; Republican.