Saar, Henry F. (1848-1927)

SAAR

Posted By: Joyce Hickman (email)
Date: 3/14/2008 at 13:53:09

Henry Ferdiand Saar
1848 - May 29, 1927

(From the 1883 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, by J. H. Keatley, p.131, Keg Creek Twp.)
H. F. Saar, farmer, P. O. Keg Creek, was born in Moniteau County, Mo., in 1848, and was the son of Henry Saar. His parents moved by ox teams to this State when he was a small boy. They settled in Mills County, where both parents are still living. Our subject was educated in the schools of Mills County. He was married, in June,, 1872 to Miss Caroline Riekman, who was born in Davenport, Iowa. They have five children - three boys and two girls. Mr. Saar settled on his present farm in the fall of 1876. He had lived in this county before that time, but had returned to Mills County, where he stayed for a year or so. His present farm consists of 520 acres, about 180 acres of which are under cultivation, the remainder being in meadow and pasture land. He is engaged in stock-rasing and general farming. The first 120 acres which he bought was improved to some extent, but the balance of his improvements he has made himself. His success has been attained by hard labor and close attention to business. His father's farm in Mills County lies on what was once an old stage route, which was one of the thoroughfares for emigrants going to California. At one time, a train of 1,000 mules stopped to feed at his father's place, and they had to haul corn by the load and scatter it over the ground in order to feed them. When our subject first came to this county, twelve years ago, he broke prairie on his brother Julius' farm, at which time the country all around was all open prairie. He has seen the stage drive over his father's fence many a time in the winter. It was a rail fence which would be completely buried in snow, so severe wouuld be the storms in that locality. [Note: both Caroline W. Saar (Feb 19, 1852 - Feb 18, 1934) and Henry F. Saar are buried in Walnut Hill Cemetery, Pottawattamie County, Iowa.]