AUGUST HINRICHS

August Hinrichs was born in Hanover, Germany, June 16, 1867, a son of Henry and Catherine (Cassier) Hinrichs, who were likewise natives of Germany, the father having been born there on the 6th of September, 1839, while the mother’s birth occurred December 13, 1838. When their son August was three years of age they came with their family to America, settling in Lowden, Cedar county. There the father engaged for a time in railroading and also conducted a grain elevator until 1878, when he purchased a farm of one hundred and sixty acres in Massillon township. In 1892 he and his wife sold the farm and removed to the village of Lowden, where they have since lived, the father having retired from business life. The family of Henry Hinrichs numbered five children: August, of this review; Dora, deceased; Louise, the wife of William Hartwig, of Fairfield township; Wilhelmina, the wife of A. Nieting, of Lowden; and Anna, the wife of Fred Peters, of Clarence.

At the age of twenty-three years August Hinrichs started out to make his own way in the world and purchased eighty acres of land in Springfield township, where he built the Golden Star creamery. This he conducted successfully for fifteen years, when he realized the necessity of increasing his landed possessions. So he sold his eighty-acre tract and purchased the farm of two hundred and forty acres upon which he now lives, the place being conveniently located two miles north of Bennett.

On the 18th of September, 1890, Mr. Hinrichs was united in marriage to Sophia Conrad, who was born in Springfield township, Cedar county, July 6, 1869, a daughter of Henry and Wilhelmina (Mueller) Conrad, natives of Germany. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Hinrichs are: Selina, born on the 20th of June, 1891, and now living at home; August, born July 22, 1896, and now deceased; Gustav, born December 17, 1900; and Rudolf, born March 4, 1907.

Mr. Hinrichs and his wife are members of the Evangelical church of Bennett. He belongs to the Modern Woodmen camp and to the Brotherhood of America. Politically he has always been a democrat. For twenty-one years he has served as secretary of the Springfield township school board; in 1900 was elected township trustee and held that office until elected county supervisor in 1908 for a term of three years. That he has been a faithful public servant is attested by the fact that at the general election in November, 1910, he was re-elected as county supervisor. There being no opposing candidate, he was unanimously chosen by his district to again represent them in the county board.