HENRY OHLROGGE

Henry Ohlrogge, who has won a gratifying measure of success in his undertakings as an agriculturist, is the owner of a well improved and productive farm of one hundred and eighteen acres in Springfield township. His birth occurred in the province of Hanover, Germany, on the 12th of March, 1867, and in that country he spent his first twenty-four years of his life. In 1890, having determined to establish his home on this side of the Atlantic, he sailed for American shores and in the year 1890 purchased and located upon a farm of one hundred and eighteen acres in Cedar county, Iowa. He has resided thereon continuously since and has brought the place under a high state of cultivation and improvement, having erected a handsome modern residence, good barns and all necessary outbuildings for the shelter of grain and stock. In addition to cultivating the cereals best adapted to soil and climate he also devotes considerable attention to the raising of stock, which branch of his business adds materially to his income.

While still a resident of the fatherland Mr. Ohlrogge was united in marriage to Miss Augusta Ruchotski, likewise a native of Germany. Unto them have been born six children, namely: Denna, Marie, Albert, Diedrich, Anna and Martha. The family attend the services of the Lutheran church at Lowden. Mr. Ohlrogge has never had occasion to regret his determination to come to the United States, for in his home community he has gained an enviable reputation as a substantial and esteemed citizen.