Reimers, John H.

REIMERS, CLASEN

Posted By: Roseanna Zehner
Date: 7/25/2006 at 11:45:19

REIMERS, JOHN H.

Mr. Reimers was born in Germany in 1849, where he was reared on a farm, and well prepared for that honorable and useful career which he has led in the United States. Here he has had his home since 1868, and his loyalty to his adopted land is beyond question. He is thoroughly Americanized, and is proud of the land which has given him such a generous welcome. His home is in Doon township, Lyon county, where he has lived many years.

In May, 1868, Mr. Reimers arrived in Scott county, Iowa, coming from Germany, and for a time was employed as a farm hand. In 1873 he began farming for himself, and the following year was married to Miss Caroline Elizabeth Clasen. She was also born in Germany, and by her marriage with Mr. Reimers has become the mother of four children: Otto J., Meta E., Mary C., and Clara S.

Mr. Reimers removed to Cedar county, Iowa, where he maintained his home three years. In March, 1885, he located in Lyon county, having already bought a farm in Cleveland township the previous year. In the spring of 1885 he bought his present property, the northeast quarter of section 1, Doon township, on which some few and simple improvements had already been made. In 1889 he bought the northwest quarter of section 6, Garfield township, and at the present time owns three hundred and fifty-six acres, all improved, and furnished with about the finest set of farm buildings to be found in the county. he devotes his attention principally to stock and grain raising, and has made a very great success of his various agricultural enterprises. In these years in which he has been a citizen of Doon township he has built up a magnificent farm, and made for his family a noble and commanding home.

In political matters Mr. Reimers generally takes strong Democratic ground, and has served as town trustee, and has been appointed supervisor to fill a vacancy on the county board. In his own district he has been school director, and has always been ready to meet every duty as a man and a citizen. His upright and honorable career should be an encouragement to the young men of the present generation, as in it they can see what thrift and industry, honesty and integrity can always accomplish.

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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