Harrison County Iowa Genealogy

HISTORY OF HARRISON COUNTY, IOWA, 1891
BIOGRAPHIES
Page 709
CHARLES VREDENBURGH

Charles VREDENBURGH, a resident of section 21, Jackson Township, came to Harrison County in the spring of 1863, and first located in the town of Little Sioux. He came to this county a poor man, and rented land. He drove four horses to the county, coming four hundred fifty miles. He rented land for three years, and then paid $400 for twenty acres of partly improved land, which he broke up and built a house upon, made other improvements and remained five years, when he bought the quarter-section upon which he now (1891) lives, paying $600 for the same. Here he built a house, 24x36 feet, one story and a half high, also a barn, granary, double cribs, and dug a well over which he erected a windmill. He set out an orchard of three hundred and fifty trees and a grove of shade trees. He has since added to his farm until he now has two hundred and eighty acres, one hundred and twenty-five of which are under the plow. The entire place is surrounded by a good fence, and everything about the premises shows him to be a man of thrift and order.

He was born in Wayne County, N.Y., September 27, 1832, and is a son of Henry and Almena VREDENBURGH, natives of the Empire State, who had a family of eleven children he being the fourth in order. Their names were as follows: Charlotte(deceased), Lucinda, Mary, Charles, Eias, Anna(deceased), Elenor, Ruth, Caroline(deceased), William, Elijah(deceased).

At the age of eleven years our subject accompanied his parents to Illinois. He was married November 17, 1864, to Amy A. CHASE, the daughter of Amos and Sarah CHASE, natives of Vermont, who were the parents of five children, all of whom are living -- Abner, Amy, Asaph, May, and Milton.

Our subject's wife was the first white girl born in the county. She was born October 30, 1850.

Our subject and his wife are the parents of eleven children, born as follows -- Almena, December 27, 1865; Ollie(deceased), June 17, 1867; Amos, December 20, 1868; Joseph, Sept 9, 1871; Norman, August 11, 1874; Mark, Febr 11, 1876; James, March 22, 1878; May, Oct 20, 1880; Helen, Nov 17, 1882; David, Aug 2, 1884; Ruth, May 18, 1888. These children are all residents of Harrison County, at this time.

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