Jacob Schmitt

SCHMITT, LERNAN

Posted By: Dorothy Gosse (email)
Date: 3/9/2002 at 22:34:08

Schmitt, Jacob, farmer, Section 15 (Auburn township); PO Old Mission; born in Germany in 1826; came to this country in 1851; and settled in Wisconsin, and in 1856 came to this county and settled on his present estate; was all woods when he came, and is one of the early settlers in this town and experienced all the the hardships of pioneer life; has a farm of 290 acres valued at $25 per acre. Married Elizabeth Lernan in 1854; she was born in Germany in 1832; have nine children --- Mary, Clement, Catherine, Margaret, John, Lizzie, Annie, Henry and Francis. Both are members of St. Lucas Catholic Church.

Page 757, "1878 History of Fayette County, Iowa"