Carroll County IAGenWeb

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 September 20, 2020

Prominent among the citizens of Carroll is Homer W. Stratemeyer, who for more than ten years has been identified with the granite and marble business in this city and has developed a large and lucrative patronage. He is a native of Iowa, born at Garnaville, Clayton county, September 25, 1874, a son of G. H. and Mary A. (Schroeder) Stratemeyer. The father was born in Germany and the mother in Ohio and there were five sons in their family: Abner, deceased; Railto, now living at Emmettsburg, Iowa; Homer W., of this review; and two who died when young. The father came to America in his boyhood and was a settler of Clayton county, Iowa, later engaging as a merchant at Garnaville. At the time of the Civil war he responded to the call of President Lincoln and served for three years in a Missouri regiment. He died in December, 1879, at Carroll. Mrs. Stratemeyer departed this life in December, 1902, having then arrived at the age of fifty-six years. Her husband was a member of the Lutheran church and she was also connected with that denomination until after coming to Carroll when she united with the Presbyterian church. Grandfather Stratemeyer on the paternal side in the early part of his manhood made wooden shoes for a living. He settled in Clayton county, Iowa, and died there when upwards of eighty years of age. There were ten children in his family. The maternal grandfather was Bernard F. Schroeder. He was a prominent farmer in Clayton county and at one time represented the county in the Iowa legislature.

Homer W. Stratemeyer was reared in Carroll and received his education in the public schools of this city. As soon as he became old enough he was attracted to the marble-cutter’s trade in which he became thoroughly expert. In 1900 he established his present business in partnership with an uncle, J. H. Schroeder, who died in 1902. Since that time Mr. Stratemeyer has been at the head of the Carroll Granite and Marble Works, a concern that has turned out some of the best work in granite and marble that has been done in the state.

On the 22nd day of June, 1904, Mr. Stratemeyer was united in marriage to Miss Nettie Shebeck, a native of Riverside, Iowa, and a daughter of Wenzel and Elizabeth (Diehl) Shebeck. One child, Elizabeth has blessed this union. The father of Mrs. Stratemeyer was born in Bohemia and the mother in Washington county, Iowa. In their family were the following children beside Mrs. Stratemeyer: John, Joseph, Elizabeth, Frank, Anna, Henry, Wenzel, Mary and George. The mother of these children was called away in 1896, having reached the age of fifty-six years. The father lives around among his children.

Mr. and Mrs. Stratemeyer are members of the Presbyterian church and firm believers in its teachings. He is identified with Carroll Lodge No., 279, I.O.O.F., and also with the local tribe of Ben Hur. Politically he is an earnest supporter of the republican party. In his business he has shown an energy that has attracted a deserved prosperity and the name of the Carroll Granite and Marble Works is well known throughout a wide section in this part of the state. Thoroughly upright in his dealings and genial and pleasant in his relations with his fellowmen, he enjoys in a remarkable degree the confidence and respect of those with whom he comes into contact.

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