Helmer C. Myre

MYRE, TRAIL, KLITZ

Posted By: Peter Gausmann (email)
Date: 12/31/2009 at 09:04:44

HELMER C. MYRE

Helmer C. Myre is busily engaged in the cultivation of a farm of eighty-two acres on section 4, Linden township. His entire life has been passed within the borders of Winnebago county, which claims him as a native son. He was born January 2, 1891, and is a son of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Myre, who are represented elsewhere in this work. His youthful experiences were those of most boys who are reared upon farms. He began his education in the common schools and eventually became a high school pupil in Forest City. He remained at home until he attained his majority and at the same time he became widely known throughout the district for feats of strength and skill in athletics. He is today the light heavyweight champion wrestler of Iowa and frequently engages in bouts. He now cultivates two hundred acres of land, which he has brought to a high state of development, producing the various crops best adapted to soil and climate here. He is also raising and feeding stock and his farm work is wisely, carefully and profitbly [sic] managed.

In 1913 Mr. Myre was married to Miss Ethel Trail, who was born in Mount Carroll, Carroll county, Illinois, a daughter of Charles and Sarah (Klitz) Trail. Her father is now deceased, while the mother makes her home in Winnebago county, Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. Myre have one son, Herman Theodore, who was born February 21, 1916. The parents are members of the Lutheran church and Mr. Myre votes with the republican party. He is a young man, representing the spirit of modern-day enterprise and development in farm work, and his labors are rendering his land more and more productive.

Source: History of Winnebago County and Hancock County, Iowa: A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement, Vol. II. Pioneer Publishing Company (Chicago), 1917. p. 275.