POMPE, FRANK

POMPE, SCHUMACHER

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Date: 10/19/2004 at 13:01:04

Biography reproduced from page 506 of the History of Kossuth and Humboldt Counties, Iowa published in 1884:

Frank Pompe, the present postmaster of Fenton postoffice, is the son of Frederick and Johanna Pompe, natives of Pomern, Germany. He was born Oct. 4, 1836. In 1856 he came to America, and the following year, 1857, he sent for his parents, in Germany, and located in Dodge Co., Wis., where they bought a farm on which they remained until the fall of 1873, when with his family he came to Kossuth Co., Iowa, and settled on section 3, Lott’s Creek township. He now owns 480 acres of good land, of which 300 acres are under cultivation. He has a good house and barn on same. He was married May 1, 1863, to Bertha, daughter of Karl and Caroline Schumacher, natives of Pomern, Germany. Mrs. Pompe was born Aug. 7, 1844. They have five children—Charles F. W., Amelia S., Robert F., Bertha J. and Albert J. The youngest child died when an infant. Mr. and Mrs. Pompe are members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. Mr. Pompe is neutral in politics.