Mueller, J. Pete

MUELLER

Posted By: Roseanna Zehner
Date: 7/24/2006 at 07:46:17

MUELLER, J. PETE

J. Pete Mueller, a well-known and much respected farmer in the township of Doon, Lyon county, where he was long engaged in contracting and building, was born on a farm in DuPage county, Illinois, in 1861. His father, Jacob Mueller, was born in Germany, and came to Illinois in 1852. There he engaged in farming, and has been dead these many years.

J. Pete Mueller remained on the home farm until he was of age, when he struck out into the wide world for himself, his first move being to locate in LeMars, Iowa, where he spent a year or more. It was not until the spring of 1886 that he entered Lyon county, for the purpose of helping his brother, George, open a farm, and also to do carpenter work. In this last line he entirely engaged for some eight years, and it is said that he has worked on more than half the buildings in the town of Doon, as well as on every building in his own neighborhood. As a carpenter he has been employed in every part of Lyon county, and very largely in northern Sioux county.

In 1894 Mr. Mueller came to the farm where he is to be found at the present time, and here he has farmed for the last ten years. This farm was owned by his brother, and comprises one hundred and sixty acres, with all but thirty acres under active cultivation. Six acres are devoted to a promising grove, which has sprung from the planting of the seed. The entire place presents a good appearance, and shows the ability of Mr. Mueller as a high-grade agriculturist.

The subject of this writing is a Democrat, and has served twelve years as a member of the town board. Every responsibility resting on him as a man and a citizen has been faithfully met, and he has a host of friends who wish him well.

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

Transcribed by Roseanna Zehner, Darlene Jacoby and Diane Johnson