Blumer, Samuel (1827-1901)

BLUMER

Posted By: Joyce Hickman (email)
Date: 9/25/2008 at 14:45:25

Samuel Blumer
Mar 12, 1827 - July 26, 1901

(From the 1883 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, by J. H. Keatley, p.173, Minden Twp.)
S. Blumer, farmer, P. O. Minden, was born in Canton Glarus, Switzerland, March 12, 1827. He is the son of Johannes and Susanna Blumer (see sketch of F. Blumer of Minden Township). Our subject received his education in his native country. He came to the United States in 1852, coming to Davenport, this State, where he lived until 1882. He was engaged in the saw-mill and shingle manufacturing business. During the late civil war, he enlisted in the Jager (Hunters) Regiment, Infantry, Battalion Thirty. He was married, in his native town, September 12, 1849, to Elizabeth Tis, born in the same place in 1828. She is the daughter of Jacob and Susanna Tis, both natives of Canton Glarus, Switzerland. Mr. and Mrs. Blumer have ten children - John Fritz, Jacob, Kasper, Samuel, Heinrich, Frank, Sabina, Anna and Susana. When our subject came to this country, he purchased 385 acres of land, 210 acres of which are in a state of cultivation. He has made many improvements on his place and engages in general farming.