Stuhr, Jochim

STUHR

Posted By: Joyce Hickman (email)
Date: 9/30/2008 at 13:37:03

Jochim Stuhr

(From the 1883 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, by J. H. Keatley, p.180, Minden Twp.)
Jochim Stuhr, farmer, P. O. Minden, was born in Holstein, Germany, July 23, 1831. he is the son of Jochim and G. (Plagmann) Stuhr, both natives of Holstein, Germany. His father was a farmer, born March 24, 1791, and died in his native town in November, 1866. The mother of our subject was born January 27, 1793, and died in her birth-place in February, 1876. They had five children - two boys and three girls - of whom our subject is the only one living. He received his education in Germany, and has been a tiller of the soil since 1852. He was married in Holstein, Germany, October 13, 1852, to Miss A. Arp, born in that place. She is the daughter of Hans and Becke (Ladehoff) Arp, both natives of Holstein, Germany, he born January 8, 1804, and she in 1806. In 1850, our subject enlisted in the Schleswig-Holstein army, artillery, and was at the battle of Idstadt. He came to Minden Township July 24, 1881, and, in the fall of the same year, purchased 280 cres of land at $24 per acre. It is in a good state of cultivation. He engages in general farming. His children are twelve in number - Edward, Emma, Agnes, Johannes, Anansy, Hugo, Gustav, Anna, William, Charles, Gretchen and Minnie. Mr. Stuhr is a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, and in politics is a Democrat. Mr. Stuhr has held the offices of Justice of the Peace, County Commissioner, Assessor of Insurance, besides sevearl minor offices.