MEINZER, GEORGE M.

MEINZER, YAUMORTHAL

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Date: 12/29/2004 at 12:59:10

Biography reproduced from page 445 of the History of Kossuth and Humboldt Counties, Iowa published in 1884:

George M. Meinzer, deceased, was born in Baden, Germany, June 28, 1812. In 1849 he emigrated to the United States, locating in Racine, Wis., where he resided ten years. He then went to Freeport, Ill., where he lived three years, after which he lived near Waterloo, Black Hawk Co., Iowa, for two years. He then removed to Tama county, residing there until his death, which was very sudden. On the morning of Sept. 12, 1874, he was as well as usual, but at about 4 o’clock in the afternoon he was stricken with heart disease, dying instantly. Mrs. Meinzer resided on the farm until Sept. 6, 1879, when she removed to Waterloo, remaining there two years, sold her farm and removed to Kossuth county. In 1883 she bought her present farm, the northwest quarter of section 12, Burt township. Mr. Meinzer was married Feb. 6, 1840, to Eva R. Yaumorthal, of Baden. Mr. and Mrs. Meinzer had nine children—Charles W., Gustavus, Christena, Charles A., Caroline, Edward, Leo, John and Ellen. Mrs. Meinzer is sixty-three years of age, and lives with her daughter, Ellen, on the farm.