Schrers, William

SCHRERS, BOUTEN

Posted By: Roseanna Zehner
Date: 7/25/2006 at 13:02:10

SCHRERS, WILLIAM

William Schrers is a Lyon County farmer who has brought to the cultivation of his farm in Sioux township much of the thoroughness with which his fathers tilled their little estates in his native land, and made them fertile beyond the imagination of the western man, who thinks he is poor without hundreds of acres to be handled in some easy-going and slip-shod manner.

Mr. Schrers was born in Holland May 29, 1861, a son of Fred Schrers, who followed farming in Holland. William grew to manhood and secured his education at the very excellent local schools which that land provides for its children. In 1886 he came to America, landing in New York and making his way to the eastern part of Iowa, where he worked out for two years, and then operated rented land until 1895. That year he came to Lyon County, where he bought a farm, which proved a fortunate venture, as farm products were abundant for several years and prices ranged high.

Mr. Schrers was married May 12, 1885, Miss Maggie Bouten, a native of Holland, becoming his wife. To this union have come nine children; Mary, Minnie, Gertie, Frank, Matt, Annie, George, Fred and Leo, all being native to the Iowa soil. Mr. Schrers is a Democrat. He has built him a fine farm, and now owns one hundred and sixty acres of as choice land as the sun shines upon in the state. Nearly all of it is under cultivation, and the balance given to meadow and pasture. The buildings are good and the farm grove thrifty and pleasant. He is considered one of the leading farmers of the county, and a man of very high character and standing.

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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