STEMPEL, H. C.

STEMPEL, DEGENHARDT, VAN VALKENBURG

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 8/17/2019 at 13:37:52

MADISON TOWNSHIP.
P. O. FORT MADISON

STEMPEL, H. C., Deputy Clerk of the Courts of Lee Co. ; was born in Prussia in 1833; when 14 years of age, he came to America, in 1847 ; he came to Iowa and located in Fort Madison, and learned the saddler's trade ; he afterward studied law with Hon. John Van Valkenburg, and was admitted to the bar in May, 1862; he was appointed Deputy Clerk of the Courts in 1864, and served two years, and since then has practiced law here, until he was appointed to his present position in January, 1879. He married Miss Anna B. Degenhardt, a native of Prussia, May 1, 1867 ; they have four children— Guido, Austin, Carl and Selma.

Source: BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY
HISTORY OF LEE COUNTY IOWA
CHICAGO: WESTERN HISTORICAL COMPANY, 1879

Transcription typed/proofed as article was originally published in 1879