LANGE, Gerhard

LANGE, VOSS

Posted By: Administrator
Date: 11/24/2001 at 01:57:46

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF HAMPSHIRE TWP.
From the book "The History of Clinton County Iowa" by L. P. Allen (1879) pgs 722-725

GERHARD LANGE, farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Bryant; he was born June 21, 1833, in Holstein, Germany; in 1854, he came to Chicago; the following year, he removed to Lyons; worked at the carpenter trade there; in 1858, he came to Hampshire Township; he owns 180 acres of land. Is Justice of the Peace, President of the School Board, Treasurer and Director. He married Mary Voss May 17,1858; she was born in 1836, in Germany; have seven children-Gerhard H., John, Mary E., Wilhelmine C., Anna C., Fred W., Otto F.