Hohn, William C.

HOHN, KAHLER, ADRIAN, JOHNSON, KETTLESON, MOHR

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Source: "The 1901 Biographical Record of Clinton Co., Iowa, Illustrated" published: Chicago : S. J. Clarke Pub. Co., 1901.

WILLIAM C. HOHN.

William C. Hohn, who is now president of the Farmers’ Co-operative Creamery Company at Lost Nation, is a native of Clinton county. He was born on a farm near Grand Mound, December 26, 1867, and is a son of Carl and Mary (Kahler) Hohn, who were born, reared and married in Germany, and came to America about 1865. Deciding to make Clinton county their home, they settled on a farm north of Grand Mound, where the father engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1873, and then removed to Brookfield township, where he was successfully engaged in farming for many years, but his last days were spent in retirement from active labor. He died in 1897, and his wife passed away in 1896. Unto this worthy couple were born nine children, of whom four are still living, namely: Charles C., who married Kate Adrian and follows farming in Brookfield township; William C., our subject; Sophia, wife of Nicholas Johnson, a farmer of South Dakota; and Henry, who married Lena Kettleson and lives in Berlin township, this county. All of the children received good common school educations.

On starting out in life for himself William C. Hohn was employed in a lumber yard in Lost Nation until the time of his marriage, and then returned to the farm. He has met with excellent success in his farming operations, and is now the owner of two hundred and twenty-eight acres of land in Sharon and Brookfield townships, which he has placed under a high state of cultivation. He gives considerable attention to stock raising, and is now president of the Percheron Horse Company. The first year after his marriage he rented one hundred and fifteen acres of well improved land. The second year he bought one hundred and ten acres of improved land on section 25, Sharon township, and one year later one hundred and eighteen acres.

In 1891 Mr. Hohn married Miss Emma Mohr, a daughter of Hans Mohr, of Sharon township, and they now have five children: Ella, born December 23, 1891, Harvey, June 4, 1894, Elmer, November 5, 1895, Erma, May 1, 1898, and Arnold, July 12, 1899. As a Democrat Mr. Hohn takes quite an active interest in political affairs. He gives his support to all worthy enterprises calculated to prove of public benefit. The creamery company was organized in 1901, and he has been its president since it was started. It is run on the co-operative plan. He is a director of the Fire and Lightning Insurance Company of Grand Mound. Socially he belongs to the Modern Woodmen of America and the Mystic Workers of the World at Lost Nation.