Horace H. Eichorn

EICHORN, ARNOLD, WILKOSSKE, SCHREIBER

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Date: 1/23/2010 at 06:18:04

HORACE H. EICHORN

Horace H. Eichorn, a resident farmer of King township, Winnebago county, makes his home on section 24, where he is the owner of a good farm of two hundred acres. In fact, his labors have resulted in making this one of the best improved places of the county and in the production of grain and in the raising of high grade stock he is meeting with success. He was born in Wright county, Iowa, August 24, 1872, and is a son of Chris and Margaret (Arnold) Eichorn, the former a native of Germany, while the latter was born in Johnson county, Iowa. It was about 1854 that the father came to the United States and made his way westward to Johnson county, where he purchased land and began the development and improvement of a farm, upon which he lived for several years. At the time of the Civil war, however, he put aside all business and personal considerations and joined the army, enlisting in Johnson county as a member of Company B, Eighth Iowa Infantry, with which he remained at the front for two years. He was wounded on the field of battle and his was a most creditable military record, characterized by the utmost loyalty to his adopted land. Following his military experience Mr. Eichorn was married and established his home in Wright county, Iowa, where he rented land for a time. He afterward removed to Webster county, this state, and bought two hundred and forty acres, constituting the fine farm upon which he spent his remaining days. His labors wrought a marked transformation in its appearance and in its value, for he added to it many modern equipments and improvements and carried on his farm work according to the most progressive methods. He died October 22, 1894. His widow married Rudolph Wilkosske and is now living in Faribault, Minnesota.

Horace H. Eichorn was reared in Webster county and pursued his education in the district schools of Fort Dodge. No event of special importance occurred to vary the routine of farm life for him in his boyhood and he remained with his parents until he attained his majority. In 1898 he arrived in Winnebago county and purchased two hundred acres of land on section 24, King township, on which he has now lived for almost two decades. His labors have been attended with substantial results, for he has today one of the best improved farms of the county. This he has continuously and successfully cultivated, practicing the rotation of crops and utilizing scientific methods of farming to enhance the productiveness of his fields. He now makes a specialty of raising pure bred Poland China hogs. He is a stockholder in the Farmers Elevator Company and the Cooperative Creamery Company of Thompson; also a stockholder in the Farmers Mutual Insurance Company; and is secretary and a director of the Coon Grove Telephone Company.

On the 7th of September, 1898, Mr. Eichorn was married to Miss Evelyn Schreiber and to them have been born four children, Luella, Pearl, Wallace and Vera. The religious faith of the family is that of the Methodist church, while in his fraternal relations Mr. Eichorn is a Knight of Pythias. Since age conferred upon him the right of franchise he has voted with the republican party and is a loyal advocate of its principles. He stands for progress and improvement in public affairs as well as in private business and has ever given his aid and cooperation to plans and measures for the general good. In business he is thoroughly progressive and enterprising, and his success is the legitimate and merited reward of his persistent effort.

Source: History of Winnebago County and Hancock County, Iowa: A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement, Vol. II. Pioneer Publishing Company (Chicago), 1917. pp. 52-53.