Henry John Kukkuck, b. 28 Oct 1857

MEYER, STORM, SALER, BOHNSACK

Posted By: Donna Moldt Walker (email)
Date: 2/21/2004 at 11:45:57

All the interests of the subject of this notice are centered in the Hawkeye State, of which he is a native, his birth having taken place in the village of Lyons, Clinton County, Oct. 28, 1857. He is now numbered among the most enterprising young farmers of Fairfield Township, and on section 23 owns and operates 179 acres of good land. He has neat and convenient farm buildings and in addition to general agriculture, makes a specialty of stock-raising, producing good breeds of cattle, horses and swine. Politically, he is a sound Democrat, and in religious matters, a member of the Lutheran Church. He has officiated as Tax Collector four years; Township Clerk two years; School Treasurer eight years, and was made Secretary of the School Board of his district when a youth of seventeen.

The early education of our subject was principally conducted in the common schools although he for a time attended the college at Clinton. He was bred to farming pursuits and when ready to establish a home of his own, he was in 1882, united in marriage with Miss Emma D. Meyer. This lady is a native of Iowa, and by her union with our subject has become the mother of two children - Martha and Albert. Mr. Kukkuck took possession of his present homestead in 1882, and each year is adding something to its beauty and value.

Henry Kukkuck, the father of our subject, was born in Hanover, Germany, Aug. 18, 1829, and lived there until 1842. Then a youth of thirteen years, he crossed the Atlantic, landing at Castle Garden and thence proceeded to Chicago. He was employed there for a time as a stone mason, then went to Green Bay, Wis., and from there later came to Iowa, and established himself at Lyons where he followed his trade, until 1870. In the meantime he had purchased land and in connection with his other labor prosecuted farming successfully.

The father of our subject came to this county in 1861 and purchased eighty acres of land in this township. He still continued to follow his trade in connection with agriculture, and purchased land until he became the owner of 576 acres. This he brought to a good state of cultivation, and upon it he erected substantial buildings, in fact his home place looks like a small village, and is one of the finest improved in the county. He is still living, a hale, hearty old gentleman, sixty years old. The mother Mrs. Mary (Storm) Kukkuck, the daughter of John Storm Sr., and Mary Saler Storm, was born in Mecklenburg, Germany, May 23, 1841, and is still living. The parental household included eight children, seven of whom are living namely: Charles, Louis, Frederick, Emma, Bertha, Mary, Ida and Henry J. Ida died when one year old; Emma became the wife of John Bohnsack, a native of Mecklenburg, Germany, but farming and stock-raising in Fairfield Township. The other children are at home with their parents. Henry Kukkuck, politically, has always been a stanch Democrat. The family are members of the Lutheran Church.

("Portrait and Biographical Album of Jackson County, Iowa", originally published in 1889, by the Chapman Brothers, of Chicago, Illinois)