William Lange

LANGE, BECK, EDWARDS

Posted By: Anne Hermann (email)
Date: 5/7/2010 at 22:56:00

History of Jackson County, Iowa, James W. Ellis, 1910

WILLIAM LANGE

William Lange, the owner of a farm of sixty-one acres in South Fork township, is devoting his attention to its further cultivation and improvement with gratifying results. He was born near Princeton, Iowa, on the 10th of May, 1879, his parents being James and Anna C. (Beck) Lange, both of whom are natives of Denmark. They came to this country in young manhood and womanhood and located in Davenport, Iowa, where they were married. The father was afterward employed in the coal mines of Illinois but in the '80s he came to Jackson county, Iowa, and now resides on his farm of eighty acres in South Fork township. He is widely recognized as a substantial and respected citizen of his community and as one who owes his success entirely to his own labor and diligence.
William Lange pursued his education in the common schools and early became familiar with the duties and labors that fall to the lot of the agriculturist through the assistance which he rendered his father in the cultivation of the home farm. After attaining his majority he still remained with his father and was associated with him in the conduct of his agricultural interests until 1908 when he purchased his present farm of sixty-one acres in South Fork township. He has brought the fields into a state of rich fertility and annually harvests good crops from which he derives a gratifying income.
On the 27th of October, 1908, Mr. Lange was united in marriage to Miss Gertrude L. Edwards, a daughter of Henry Edwards, who is an agriculturist of South Fork township. They now have a child, Christina B.
In his political views Mr. Lange is a staunch republican, while his religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Reformed church. He likewise belongs to Maquoketa Lodge, No. 462, M. B. A. Mr. and Mrs. Lange are a highly esteemed young couple of the community and well merit the regard and friendship which is uniformly accorded them.