Maust, Daniel W.

MAUST, BAKER

Posted By: Roseanna Zehner
Date: 7/23/2006 at 19:39:05

MAUST, DANIEL W.

Daniel W. Maust, a prominent and successful farmer of Larchwood Township, Lyon County, is a worthy representative of the agricultural interest of this portion of the county, which he has done so much to develop. He is a native of Garrett County, Maryland, where he first inhaled the vital air, September 21, 1849. His father, John Maust, came of an old American family, and was a farmer all his active life. Born in Maryland in 1809, he died June 9, 1896.

When the subject of this sketch was six years of age he was taken by his parents into West Virginia, where they remained for three years, when the settled at Elliottville, Pennsylvania. There the young Maust attended the local schools and grew to maturity with a decided bent for practical and successful farming.

In 1875 he removed to Marshall County, Illinois, where he worked out for a time as a farm helper, and then followed farming for himself until 1890. That year witnessed his removal to Lyon County, Iowa, where he purchased a farm for himself, to the cultivation of which he has since been assiduously devoted.

Mr. Maust and Miss Catherine Baker were married January 31, 1877. She was born in Fayette County, Pennsylvania November 2, 1849, and has proved herself in every way a worthy associate to her honorable and upright husband.

Mr. Maust is a Republican. In his business life he has done well, and is now the owner of a good farm of one hundred and sixty acres, which he has brought to a high state of fertility, and substantial improvement. It compares with neighboring farms very favorably as to the excellence of its buildings and fine appearance. There is a grove of attractive character, containing among other trees a number of evergreens. The farm also affords an abundance of small fruits, and taken altogether is one of the best in the county.

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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