Buhrow, Christian William

BUHROW, KROLL, HAAK, REIMANSNIDER, SASH, BULFER, MAYTAG, WEISANBUGER, SCHNEIDER

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Date: 8/27/2009 at 11:50:37

Buhrow, Christian William

Mr. Christian William Buhrow was born in Bruce County, Ontario, Canada, on March 14, 1863. He is the son of Carl William and Charlotta (Kroll) Buhrow, both born in Prussia, Germany, the father on March 10, 1823, and the mother on October 3, 1826. There they grew up and were married, the father having been a shepherd for German lords of lands from the age of fourteen until 1854, when tiring of the oppression and lack of opportunity in the fatherland, he emigrated to Ontario, Canada. The voyage was made on a slow sailing vessel, the trip requiring eighteen weeks. Upon reaching Ontario Mr. Buhrow bought a small farm and lived there for a period of twelve years. Selling out in 1866, he came to Grinnell, Iowa, and there worked on the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad for three years, assisting in constructing the same from Grinnell to Omaha, Nebraska. In 1869 he bought one hundred and thirty-seven acres in Mariposa Township, Jasper County, and, having prospered here, he later added the next fractional quarter section of one hundred and thirty-seven acres and he lived on the home place, where his son, Christian W. of this sketch, now resides, until 1889, when, having accumulated a competency, he moved to Laurel, Iowa, and lived there, practically retired from active life until his death on May 23, 1905. His wife died on April 3, 1900. These parents joined the Evangelical church upon coming to America and remained true to that faith until the end. The father of the subject spent seven years in the Germany army, having proved to be a very faithful soldier.

The family of Carl W. Buhrow and wife consisted of two sons and seven daughters, named as follows: Mrs. Mary Haak; Mrs. Augusta Reimansnider, who lives in California; Carl, the oldest, died aboard ship and was buried at sea; Mrs. Emma Sash is deceased; Mrs. Bertha Bulfer is also deceased; Mrs. Leah Bulfer, Mrs. Minnie Maytag, Christian W., of this review; Minnie died in infancy; Mrs. Lyda Weisanbuger.

Christian W. Buhrow, of this sketch, attended the No. 1 district school in Mariposa Township, this County, and he lived at home until he was twenty-seven years of age, then the father moved to Laurel and the subject rented the home place, and soon had a good start. In 1903 he purchased one hundred and thirty-seven acres of the original home farm and here he has been very successful as a general farmer and stock raiser, making a specialty of Poland China hogs.

Politically, Mr. Buhrow is a Republican and, with his wife and children, belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church at Laurel.

Mr. Buhrow was married on November 28, 1889, to Lyda Schneider, who was born and reared in Humboldt County, Iowa, her birth occurring on April 20, 1866. She grew up near the home of Frank Gotch, the world's champion wrestler, and knows him well. She was educated in the common schools there. She is the daughter of Christian and Teresa Schneider, who were natives of Germany, where they grew up and were married, and they emigrated from that country to the United States in 1863. The following children have been born to the subject and wife: Earl, born September 13, 1890; Edward, born January 26, 1892, and Winona, born December 4, 1893. Past and Present of Jasper County Iowa B. F. Bowden & Company, Indianapolis, IN, 1912Page 850.