ECKMAN, Edward (1857-1934)

ECKMAN

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Edward Eckman
(March 18, 1857 - October 14, 1934)

He was an Assessor of Hayes Township, Ida County, Iowa, and was born in Sweden in 1858. He was the son of Frederic and Sophia (Anderson) Eckman, natives of Sweden. Edward was reared and educated in the schools of Sweden and De Kalb County, Illinois, arriving there in 1875. He was engaged in farm labor and in 1878 located on his farm in Hayes Township, Ida County, which he purchased in 1876. He served as Road Supervisor for 4 years for Hayes Township, as Constable two years, and was Assessor beginning 1890. He had a brother Peter, a sister Augusta (wife of Ben Larson of Hayes Township); Christine (Mrs. Charles Gran of De Kalb County, Illinois); and a brother Swanter.
He married Ida Johnson, a native of Sweden, in 1885. She was from Grundy County, Illinois, and her family located there at Morris, Illinois, in 1871. Her parents were John and Helena (Johnson) Johnson. She had a brother Albert and a sister Viola. Ida’s family came to Ida County in 1887.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Eckman had two children: Roy and Hazel.
[According to Find A Grave listing for gravestone of Claus Edward Eckman, memorial #81740821, he was born Mar 18, 1857 and died Oct 14, 1934 in Los Angeles, Ca. His wife, Ida (Johnson) Eckman (1862-1945) and Claus Edward Eckman are both buried in Kiron Cemetery, Kiron, Crawford County, IA.]

Source: Biographical History of Crawford, Ida, and Sac Counties, Iowa, 1893, p.488
Edward Eckman
Edward Eckman, Assessor of Hayes township, Ida county, was born in Sweden, in 1858, a son of Frederic and Sophia (Anderson) Eckman, natives also of that country. The father, a farmer by occupation, still resides in his native place, aged eighty-four years. The mother died in 1889. They were the parents of eight children, five now living: Peter, who came from De Kalb County, Illinois, to Ida County, Iowa, in 1879, and is now engaged in farming in Hayes township; Augusta, wife of Ben Larson, of this township; Christine, now Mrs. Charles Gran, of De Kalb County, Illinois; Edward, our subject; and Swanter, married, and resides in Sweden. Edward Eckman, the subject of this sketch, was reared and educated in the schools of Sweden and De Kalb County, Illinois, coming to the latter place in 1875. He was also engaged at farm labor in that county. In 1878 he located on his present farm of 120 acres in Hayes township, Ida County, Iowa, which he had purchased in 1876. He has improved the place, erected a good, two-story residence, twenty feet square, a fine barn, 20 x 38 feet, and has two acres of his place devoted to an orchard and shade trees. Politically, Mr. Eckman takes an active interest in the Republican party, has served as Road Supervisor of this township four years, as Constable two years, and has held the position of Assessor since 1890. In Morris, Grundy county, Illinois, in 1885, our subject was united in marriage with Miss Ida Johnson, a native of Sweden. Her parents were John and Helena (Johnson) Johnson; her father also a native of Sweden, who located in Morris, Grundy county, Illinois, in 1871, and in 1887 came to Ida county, Iowa, where he is now engaged in farming. They had four children, three now living: Albert, Viola, and the wife of our subject. Mr. and Mrs. Eckman have two children; Roy and Hazel. Mr. Eckman is one of the well-known and early pioneers of Hayes township, has made what he now has by his own industry and frugality, and has been active in promoting the interests of the township and county.