Ferdinand Struve

STRUVE, SCHNOOR, SCHEDER

Posted By: Michael J. Kearney (email)
Date: 10/30/2005 at 18:33:42

1910 Portrait and Biographical Volume II One of the handsome homes in Miles is that owned and occupied by F. Struve, who has resided in the village since December, 1895, enjoying in a well earned retirement the fruits of his former toil. A native of Jackson county, he was born in Iowa township, September 11, 1862. His father, E.H. Struve, was of German birth and in 1848 left the fatherland to try the opportunities of the new world. He came direct to Iowa after landing upon American shores, secured a tract of land in this state, and in 1853 married Miss Catherine Schnoor, likewise a native of Germany. She died in December, 1898, while Mr. Struve passed away two years later, his death occurring in April 1900. In their family were eight children, seven of whom are living.
F. Struve spent his boyhood days upon the farm in Clinton County, Iowa and at the usual age began his education as a public-school pupil. During the summer month he worked in the fields, and his training at farm labor was not meager, for almost as soon as he was old enough to handle the plow he became an active factor in cultivating his father's land. When twenty-one years of age he started out in life for himself, operating a tract of eighty acres in Elk River township, Clinton county. He lived thereon for three years, and then, in December, 1895, came to Miles where he bought his present residence and where he has since resided. After his arrival in the village he bought one-hundred and twenty acres of land, a tract which is now included within the corporation of Miles, and he also purchased five acres in the village. When Mr. Struve first came to town he erected the mill, which he ran for nearly ten years, selling out in the fall of 1905.
It was in 1891 that Mr. Struve was married to Miss Caroline I. Scheder, were born in Germany and came to America in the early '50s. They took up their residence in the vicinity of Miles and here lived until their deaths. The father passed away in 1881 and the mother was called to her final rest the previous year. In their family were seven children. Mr. and Mrs. Struve have two daughters. Isabelle C., was born in March 1892, and has completed her education in the Miles high school. Leona, born December 1893, is now a pupil in the high school.
Through the careful conduct of his business interests and the success which has attended his efforts, Mrs. Struve has been enabled to provide a comfortable home for his family and to secure for them not only the necessities but also some of the luxuries of life. He and his wife affiliate with the Methodist Episcopal church and are people of kindly spirit who have won a large circle of friends in the community, while their home is justly celebrated for its gracious hospitality. Politically Mr. Struve is republican and has served upon the school board. Fraternally he is connected with Camp No. 1026, M.W.A., at Miles, and with the local lodge of the Modern Brotherhood of America, and his wife is identified with the auxiliary bodies to these organizations.