Lantz, J. W.

LANTZ, NEWKIRK

Posted By: Gary Norris (email)
Date: 12/19/2012 at 09:24:14

The History of Poweshiek County, Iowa
Des Moines: Union Hist. Co., 1880.

LANTZ, J.W. - Bear Creek Twp. - pg 838. Agriculturist and nurseryman, Brooklyn. Was born in LaFayette, Sussex county, New Jersey, August 26, 1838. Was there raised and educated. His father, Peter Lantz, was an agriculturalist in that State. The Lantz?s were of German ancestry. The subject of this notice came to Brooklyn in 1857, at that time a small station on the State road, and has been a resident since with the exception of his term in the service. Mr. Lantz enlisted in August, 1862, in company H, Twenty-eighth Iowa volunteers, participating in many of the notable events of the Rebellion, among which were Vicksburg and Youngstown. He was honorably discharged in July, 1865, at the close of the Rebellion. He was married February 27, 1868, to Miss Caroline Newkirk, of Brooklyn. By this union they have four children: Edith, Viola, Elmer, Alburti. Mr. Lantz is a member of the B.V. Union, is an Odd Fellow, and belongs to the A.O.U.W. Himself and family are closely identified with the M.E. Church.