Henry Kamm has resided upon
his present fine farm, in Buena Vista township, since
he was a young man of twenty-one years, and during
this long period of more than half a century he has
stood exponent of energy and progressiveness in
connection with his farming operations and of the
best type of loyalty and public spirit as a citizen.
He is one of the sterling men who have aided in the
industrial and social development and advancement of
Clayton county and is eminently entitled to
recognition in this history.
Mr. Kamm was born in Wurttemberg, Germany, in the
year 1842, and is one of the three surviving children
of David and Agnes Kamm, who passed their entire
lives in Germany. In the excellent schools of his
native land Henry Kamm received his early educational
discipline and about the time of attaining to his
legal majority he severed the ties that bound him to
home and Fatherland and set forth to win for himself
independence and prosperity in the United States.
Soon after his arrival in this country he came to
Clayton county and purchased his present farm, which
comprises one hundred and sixty acres and which has
been developed and improved under his zealous and
effective direction. He is unwavering in his support
of the principles of the Republican party and his
loyal interest in local affairs was signified by the
specially effective service which he accorded during
his three years' incumbency of the office of township
trustee. He and his family hold membership in the
Lutheran church.
On the 23d of March, 1871, was solemnized the
marriage of Mr. Hy. Kamm to Miss Mary Bockel, who is
a daughter of Henry and Maggie Bockel, natives of
Germany. Mr. and Mrs. Kamm became the parents of six
children, of whom the eldest, Robert, is now a
resident of the city of Dubuque; Emma is the wife of
W. H. Magee of Manchester, Iowa; Henry is deceased;
Marie is the wife of A. C. Noggle of North Buena
Vista, Iowa; Joseph is employed in the village of
North Buena Vista, and George is at the parental
home.
source: History of Clayton County, Iowa; From The
Earliest Historical Times Down to the Present; by
Realto E. Price, Vol. II; page 204
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