Edward E. Bauder is one of
the representative younger exponents of agricultural
industry in his native county and his progressiveness
is shown in his availing himself of the most modern
and approved facilities and methods in carrying
forward the operations of the fine old homestead
farm, in section 7, Marion township, where additional
interest attaches to his activities by reason of the
fact that the farm that thus receives his attention
was the place of his nativity, his birth having here
occurred on the 4th of August, 1885.
He is a son of Samuel and
Caroline (Riorke) Bauder, the former of whom was born
in the fair little republic of Switzerland and the
latter of whom was born and reared in Iowa, a member
of one of the sterling pioneer families of this
commonwealth. Samuel Bauder came to America when a
youth and he became one of the successful
agriculturists and representative citizens of Marion
township, Clayton county; his widow maintains her
home in Elgin, Fayette county. Of the six children
the eldest is Alfred, who is now a resident of the
city of Cedar Rapids, this state; Mary is the widow
of Knudt Scarshaug of Elgin; Emma is the wife of Ole
Olson, of Clermont, Fayette county; Anna is the wife
of Lewis J. Grouth, of Elgin, Fayette county; Edward
E. is a successful farmer of Marion township and
figures as the immediate subject of this sketch; and
Ernest is now a resident of the city of Detroit,
Michigan. The father of these children died when
Edward was a boy of nine years.
Edward E. Bauder was reared
to adult age on the home farm of which he now has the
active management and is indebted to the public
schools of Clayton county for his early educational
discipline. His career as an independent
agriculturist was initiated when he was twenty years
of age and he has shown remarkable circumspection and
progressiveness in the directing of the operations of
the old homestead farm. Under his supervision have
been installed many improvements of the best modern
type, including a silo that has a capacity for the
storage of one hundred tons, and a gas engine for
supplying water for both farm and domestic purposes.
Mr. Bauder has made his general farm operations
distinctively successful and in connection with
diversified agriculture he is giving special
attention to the raising of the large type of
Poland-China swine, the best specimens of this breed
being found in appreciable numbers on his farm. He
has insistently bred to the best type, as is shown by
his paying one hundred and ten dollars for one
pure-bred and registered brood sow and eighty dollars
for another, besides which he is the owner of the
well-known boar, "Big Black Orange," the
registered number of which is 226,579, and thus he
has the best breeding stock, with resultant
prominence as one of the leading breeders of
Poland-China swine in this part of Iowa.
As a citizen Mr. Bauder is
loyal and progressive, even as he is in connection
with the affairs of business, and he is aligned as a
supporter of the principles and policies of the
Republican party. His home place receives mail
service on a rural route from the village of Elgin,
which is his postoffice address.
On the 24th of February,
1910, Mr. Bauder wedded Miss Alma Bakeman, who was
born and reared in this county and who is a daughter
of Nicholas and Mary (Underwood) Bakeman.
source: History of
Clayton County, Iowa; From The Earliest Historical
Times Down to the Present; by Realto E. Price,
Vol. II; pg. 29-30
-OCR scanned by S. Ferrall
