STRUCKER, HERMANN

STRUCKER, GAYER

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Date: 7/2/2004 at 16:43:49

Biography reproduced from page 463 of the History of Kossuth and Humboldt Counties, Iowa published in 1884:

Hermann Struecker is a native of Prussia, Germany, born March 19, 1850. When eight years of age he emigrated with his parents to the United States, settling on a farm near Clayton Center, Clayton Co., Iowa, on which they resided fourteen years. Mr. Strucker then came to Kossuth county, locating on the southwest quarter of section 17, township 94, range 30, Cresco township. He has 120 acres in general farming, five acres in grove and one-half an acre in orchard. He has thirty-one head of cattle, and good buildings on his place. Mr. Strucker was married Nov. 2, 1876, to Anna Gayer. They have had six children, four of whom are living. Mr. Strucker is a republican, and is one of the road supervisors of the township. He is a member of the Lutheran church.