Huber, Louis T. 1848 – 1923
HUBER, GAERTNER, HESS, BECKER
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Date: 3/28/2015 at 17:18:13
LOUIS T. HUBER.
Louis T. Huber has resided within the borders of Winneshiek county since pioneer times and has always been identified with farming in this part of Iowa, making substantial contributions to the agricultural development of the county. He is now living retired in Calmar, having earned rest and leisure by many years of industry and well directed labor. He was born in Oldenburg, Franklin county, Indiana, in December, 1848, a son of Francis J. and Mary A. (Gaertner) Huber, the former a native of Switzerland, and the latter of France. The father came to America in 1832 and the mother in 1833. They located in Indiana, where the father farmed for a number of years, later going to New Orleans, where for sixteen years he clerked in a general store. Returning to Indiana at the end of that time, he remained in the state until 1894, and then sold his farm and came to Iowa. Upon arriving in Washington township, Winneshiek county, he purchased a tract of land which was formerly a part of the Indian reservation. Later he bought a whole section adjoining old Fort Atkinson and with characteristic energy carried forward the work of improvement and development, making it a valuable and well improved farm, upon which he resided until his death, which occurred November 23, 1888. His wife survived him some years, dying in 1901.
Louis T. Huber was not yet one year old when he was brought by his parents to Iowa and, reared in a frontier region, he experienced many of the hardships and privations of pioneer times. He attended district school and when not engaged with his books aided in the operation of the homestead, thus becoming a practical and able farmer before he had attained his majority. When he was twenty-six he purchased twenty acres from his father and later bought one hundred and twenty acres in Washington township. This he cleared and improved, buying more land from time to time until he had acquired extensive holdings. Portions of his land, however, he afterward sold, retaining two hundred and eighty-seven acres lying on sections 34 and 27, Washington township, upon which he carried on general agricultural pursuits for many years. Alert, energetic and enterprising, he won a gratifying measure of success in the conduct of his interests and is now able to spend the evening of his life in honorable retirement. He operated his farm until 1911 and then moved to Twin Springs, where he lived until April 16, 1913, when he purchased a comfortable home in Calmar, where he now resides.
On the 12th of May, 1874, Mr. Huber was united in marriage to Miss Helen Hess, a daughter of Charles and Margaret (Becker) Hess, natives of Germany, who came to America in early times settling first in the state of New York and then as pioneers in Wisconsin. In 1855 they came to Winneshiek county and here the father operated a farm until his death. Mr. and Mrs. Huber have become the parents of twelve children: Francis S., who passed away September 25, 1876; Charles T., who is engaged in farming in Springfield township; Philip Joseph, a bookkeeper in Lincoln, Nebraska; William H., who resides in Waterloo, Iowa; George A., who is cultivating his father's farm; Annie, a teacher in a Catholic school in Carroll county, Iowa; Hugo A., a resident of Calmar; Francis E., a banker in Fort Atkinson; Conrad F., who died on the 23d of August, 1889; Benjamin P., engaged in farming in Washington township; Anthony M., who is attending school; and Adlinda L., who lives at home.
.Mr. Huber gives his political allegiance to the democratic party and has rendered his township excellent service as trustee, road supervisor and school director. He is a stockholder in the Festina Creamery Company and known as a man of excellent business ability. Long a resident of this part of Iowa, he has become widely and favorably known in the community and his life has been such as to win and hold the regard and esteem of his fellowmen.
Source: History of Winneshiek County, Iowa Vol. II Chicago the S. J. Clark Publishing Company 1913
Note: The gravestone shows year of birth as 1849.
Festina Cemetery gravestone
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