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HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY IOWA

A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement

VOLUME II ILLUSTRATED

CHICAGO THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1912

Transcribed by Sharon Elijah November 1, 2020

Germany has furnished a valuable class of citizens to the new world, a large portion of whom have found their way to Iowa. They have brought with them from the old country the sturdy characteristics of their nationality and in the great majority of cases have attained success in the management of varied business affairs. Among those who have directed their efforts along agricultural lines in Henry Sieve, one of the prosperous and progressive farmers of Carroll county. Born in Oldenburg, Germany, on the 20th of February, 1867, he is a son of Joseph and Mary (Themen) Sieve, also natives of the fatherland, where they still make their home. In their family are nine children, as follows: August, of Noble county, Minnesota; Henry, of this review; George, Clemens and Gottfried, also residing in Noble county, Minnesota; Garrett, Ross and Frank, who live in Germany, and Mary.

In the common schools of the fatherland Henry Sieve acquired his education and when only seventeen years of age came to the United States, determined to take advantage of the opportunities offered in the new world to ambitious and enterprising youth. He first located in Minnesota, but that remained his home for only one year, after which he made his way to Carroll county, Iowa, and here took up the occupation of farming. He purchased a tract of land about three miles north of Arcadia, in Arcadia township, and here he resides, concentrating his entire attention upon its further cultivation and development. He is the owner of one hundred and sixty acres of land, upon which he has placed many improvements, introducing all of the accessories and equipment for the successful conduct of a farming enterprise. Since coming into this possession he has reaped bountiful harvests from the fields, which, from year to year, have enabled him to place himself in prosperous circumstances. He farms by modern principles and his land is as well kept and productive as any in the township.

In 1890, when but twenty-three years of age, Mr. Sieve was married to Miss Catherine Neihaus, and unto this union have been born the following children: Joseph, Herman, George, Louisa, Paulina, Clemens and Cecelia, all at home. The parents hold membership in the Catholic church and Mr. Sieve gives his political allegiance to the democratic party. His life has been quietly spent for he has never desired to figure prominently in the public life of the community, although he has ever made the interests of his adopted country his own. He has never regretted his decision to seek a home in the new world, for here he has found the opportunities which he sought and in their wise utilization has met with gratifying success.

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