Getting, Louie F. b. 1866

GETTING, GOOTMAN, ANDRESSEN

Posted By: Roseanna Zehner
Date: 7/21/2006 at 21:24:13

GETTING, LOUIE F.
Louie F. Getting, the owner of "Morning Star Farm," the northeast quarter of section 30, Elgin township, is numbered among the early German settlers of this township, and from the beginning he has maintained a fine standing.

Born in Freeport, Illinois, September 9, 1866, he was the oldest of nine living children of Fred and Minnie (Gootman) Getting. The parents are now living in Grundy county, Iowa, of which county they were early settlers. Mr. Getting was reared to farming and remained at home until his marriage when he rented a farm near by. His brother shipped a car load of horses and farm implements later on, and the two came through with the car to Ellsworth, Minnesota, where L.F. Getting rented a farm, and moved his family March 6, 1889. For three years he rented in Midland township, Lyon county, and then purchased the land on which he now makes his home, paying for it $25 an acre. Upon this farm, on which as yet little improvement had been made, Mr. Getting has expended his best physical energies with gratifying results, and now owns a farm which is a credit to the township. The home in which he lives is a comfortable house and is surrounded by a beautiful grove of cottonwood and box elder trees. His barn which was built in 1896, is 30 by 40 feet, with a shed 16 by 40 feet. He has a large wind mill, with which he pumps and grinds the feed and corn cobs, and other out-buildings as well to complete the prosperous look of the place.

Mr. Getting is a man who loves a good horse, and has paid much attention to horse breeding. In his judgment the Percheron horse surpasses all others in value to the Iowa farmer, and in his stables this breed predominates. Three thorough-bred Percheron mares are owned by him, one of which, Mignonine, a 1,500-pound animal, is the envy of the neighborhood. The others are Ruby and Belle. His Poland China hogs are carefully bred and thoroughly cared for. Mr. Getting is a farmer who works with both his head and hands.

The subject of this narrative is a Republican, and stands high in the opinion of all who know him as an honorable and fair-minded man. Fraternally he is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America, and in religion is a devoted member of the German Reformed church. For eight years he was road supervisor, and is now school director. His wife, who was born Lizzie Andressen, and is a native of Germany, has borne six children: Minnie, Dora, Lizzie, Fred, Lucy, and Henry, who is now dead.

Source: Compendium of History Reminiscence and Biography of Lyon County, Iowa. Published under the Auspices of the Pioneer Association of Lyon County. Geo. Monlun, Pres.; Hon. E. C. Roach Sec’y; and Col. F. M. Thompson, Historian. Geo. A. Ogle & CO., Published, Engravers and Book Manufacturers. Chicago, 1904-1905

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