PORT, Karl

PORT, PASSECK, SCMITZ, BOMEN

Posted By: Administrator
Date: 10/17/2001 at 13:53:57

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

KARL PORT, farmer; P 0. Buena Vista; owns 400 acres of land, valued at $40 per acre; son of Joseph and Catharine Port; born April 22, 1830, in Prussia; In the spring of 1854, emigrated to the United States, stopping in Muscatine Co.; in
1855, went to Hampton, Ill., and engaged in wine-making; in the fall of 1859, came to this county, and, in 1866, came on to his present farm. Married Bernatina Passeck in October, 1865; she was born in Prussia, Germany, in 1828, and died Dec. 25, 1863. He again married Theresa Schmitz, whose maiden name was Bomen, March 22, 1865; she
was born in Erie Co., Penn., Jan. 20, 1832; has. four children by first marriage—Otto, John,- Joseph and Catharine; and five by second
marriage—Minnie, Charles, Henry, Junzlof, Francesca; and lost one—Elizabeth; Mrs. Post has four children by former husband—Mattie, Catharine, May and Hiram. Member Catholic Church: Independent.