Herman Thiede

THIEDE, ASMOS, SMITH, NEIMAN, BUSCHMAN, SCHAPER

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Date: 8/24/2011 at 17:42:06

History of Jackson County, Iowa, Volume 2, by James Whitcomb Ellis, 1910.
Biographical Sketches

HERMAN THIEDE.

The contribution Herman Thiede has made to the world's work has been along agricultural pursuits, and in cultivating the fine farm he owns on section 27, Fairfield township, he has gained a success that places him among the men of affluence in this section of the state. He was born in Chicago, Illinois, October 3, 1866, and is a son of Christ and Fredrica Thiede. The parents were natives of Germany and came to this country in the early '60s, locating in Cook county, Illinois, where Mr. Thiede died eight years after his arrival, Thereafter his widow brought her family to Jackson county, Iowa, where she spent the rest of her life, her death here occurring in March, 1003. Four children were born to her and her husband, namely: Chris, who is deceased; Herman, the subject of this sketch; Mrs. Mary Asmos, a widow who is living in Preston; and Bertha, who is the wife of Henry Smith, of Ida county, Iowa. By a second marriage the mother had a son, Louis Neiman.

Herman Thiede remained at home until twenty-one years of age and obtained a good education in the common schools. When he attained his majority he started to make his way in the world and for eight years worked as a hired hand. Later, that he might derive larger results from his labor, he rented a farm on which he lived for two years. At the end of that period his financial resources justified his investing in real estate and he bought one hundred and thirty acres on section 27, Fairfield township, on which he has resided since. With plowing, planting and harvesting, the days pass busily for him and a rich soil makes generous returns for his labor, while in the attractive appearance of his fields and the many suitable and commodious buildings are additional evidence of his skill, his thrift and his industry.

It was in 1891 that Mr. Thiede was united in marriage to Miss Minnie Buschman, a native of this county and a daughter of John and Minnie (Schaper) Buschman, who were born in Germany and came to this country as young people with their parents. Her father passed away in 1904, but her mother is now living in Jackson county. Mrs. Thiede is one of a family of nine children and by her marriage has become the mother of seven, as follows: Matilda M., John G., Minnie F. D., Roy C., Meta E., Elsie E. and Louis.

Since age conferred upon him the right of franchise Mr. Thiede has been a stalwart champion of the political principles advocated by the democratic party, while in religious matters he affiliates with the Lutheran church, of which his wife is also a member. Fraternally he is identified with the Modern Woodmen of America, holding membership in camp No. 1019 at Preston. He is a man who has held no false standards of life but aware that earnest and indefatigable labor constitute the basis for real advancement, he has worked diligently to attain the success which he now enjoys.