Bock, August

BOCK

Posted By: Joyce Hickman (email)
Date: 11/11/2007 at 22:18:12

August Bock

(From the 1883 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, by J. H. Keatley, p.183, Neola Twp.)
August Bock, farmer, P. O. Neola, was born in Prussia September 4, 1844, son of Fred and Christina (Stephen) Bock; he, born in Germany about 1820, was a day laborer, and died there when our subject was about nine years old; she, born in Germany about 1823, came to America in 1866, now lives in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Mr. Bock is one of five children and was educated in Germany. He has supported himself since nine years of age. While in his native country, he worked at farming. After coming to this country, he worked in a brewery in Council Bluffs for several years, then engaged in agricultural pursuits. In 1878, he purchased 140 acres of raw prairie, which is now in good cultivation. Mr. Bock was married in Mills County, Iowa, in September, 1869 to Annie Frank, born in Germany in 1852, daughter of William and Anna (Apple) Frank, natives of Germany, both living with subject, and both hale and hearty, notwithstanding that he is seventy-two and she is sixty-nine years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Bock have four children - William, August, Alvena and Mary. They are members of the Lutheran Church.