Saar, Julius J.

SAAR

Posted By: Joyce Hickman (email)
Date: 3/14/2008 at 13:46:14

Julius J. Saar

(From the 1883 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, by J. H. Keatley, p.130, Keg Creek Twp.)
Julius J. Saar, farmer, P. O. Council Bluffs, Was born in Jefferson City, Mo., January 1, 1845. He was but four years old when his parents moved to Mills County, Iowa. Here our subject lived until 1870, when he came to this county. He received his education in the schools of Mills County. He is the eldest son of Henry Saar, who, with his wife (our subject's mother), is living in Mills County. His grandfather, John Plumer, is one of the oldest settlers in Mills County, and still ives on the place he first settled, and is over ninety years old. Our subject was married, in Mills County, in January, 1869, to Miss Catharine Shoning, a native of Germany. They have seven children - five boys and two girls. Mrs. Saar's farm consists of 280 acres, 150 acres of which are under cultivation, and the remainder are in pasture and grass. He has a pleasant farm home with good buildings, orchards, forest trees and other improvements, which give to the place an air of comfort and happiness. Out of a piece of the open prairie, Mr. Saar has, by his hard work and energy, made his farm what it is. He is engaged in general farming. He belongs to the Lutheran Church, and votes the Democratic ticket.