FEDDERSEN, T. H. Fim

FEDDERSEN, MAGUNSSEN, INGWERSEN, PETERS

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Date: 12/30/2001 at 07:45:30

PORTRAIT & BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM OF CLINTON COUNTY, IOWA 1886 (CHAPMAN BROS.)
Containing full page portraits & biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county.  (Also available on FHL film 1036331 Item 9)

(P. 192-193) T. H. FIM FEDDERSEN. Prominent among the influential and enterprising citizens and one of the largest stock-raisers in the vicinity is the subject of this sketch. He resides on the Ingwersen farm, on secton 23 of Deep Creek Township, and is highly appreciated for his perseverance and his agricultural ability. The farm consists of 260 acres and is one of the best in the county.
Mr. Feddersen was born in Holstein, Germany, March 24, 1849. His father, T. H. Christian Feddersen, a native from the same Province and country, married there a lady of his own nationality, by name Emilie Magunssen. After their marriage they settled in Bredstedt, where they at present reside, and where the father has been a prominent physician for more than fifty years. His success is worthy of note, and he is prominent as a first-class practicing physician.
Our subject was the youngest but three in a family of thirteen children. He lived at home attending the common schools of his native town until he was fifteen years old. When he came to America it was with three older sisters who also came under the protection of a friend of the family, Jochim H. Ingwersen, who had lived in this county some years previous, and is a grandfather of Mrs. Feddersen of this notice. Young Feddersen, on arriving in America and coming into this county with his friend, Mr. Ingwersen, lived with him one year and later worked around with other farmers, purchasing in Deep Creek Township, just before his marriage, 160 acres of land. This he has since sold after making improvements upon it, cultivating and modernizing it in a large degree.
He was married Nov. 25, 1876, at the residence of the bride’s parents in Chicago, to Miss Erne Ingwersen, the daughter of Henry C. and Minnie A. (Peters) Ingwersen, both natives of Holstein, where they were reared until they reached maturity, and then came with their father to the United States. They were a few years later united in marriage, and settled in Deep Creek Township, where the mother died about ten years later. The father, who is now an extensive commission merchant in Chicago, has since married, this time to Margaret Feddersen, a sister to the subject of this sketch. Mrs. Feddersen, wife to T. H. Fim Feddersen, was born in Deep Creek Township, Jan. 14, 1857. She was educated while living at home, and received her education through the efforts of a private teacher. The farm is now operated by Mr. Feddersen, and is considered one of the finest in this section of country. It belongs to Peter Ingwersen, a pork packer in Sabula, Iowa.
Mrs. Feddersen is the mother of four children, as follows: Emma W., Henry C., John F., and Ella C. They are considered among the best and most reliable citizens, and are well thought of by the entire community for their kindness and courtesy. In politics Mr. Feddersen is a reliable Democrat.