GOTTLOB SCHLEICHERT.

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         Among the worthy natives of Germany who have become citizens of the United States must be numbered the late Gottlob Schleichert, who for over thirty years was engaged in farming in Grand View township. He was born in the province of Saxony on the 17th of September, 1843, and there he spent the first thirty years of his life, emigrating to the United States in 1873. His parents died in the fatherland, but two brothers and two sisters are still living in the old country. Mr. Schleichert, who was an agriculturist, came to Louisa county, shortly following his arrival in the United States, where he bought sixty-six acres of land on section 24, Grand View township. He continued to operate this until his demise on the 6th of January, 1911, at which time it was well improved and in a fine state of cultivation.

         On the 14th of October, 1873, in Louisa county, Iowa, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Schleichert and Lena Stock, who is also a native of Germany. They became acquainted on the boat when crossing the Atlantic, and soon after their arrival in this country were married. Mrs. Schleichert’s mother passed away in the old country in 1872, but her father was residing in Red Cloud, Webster county, Nebraska at the time of his demise in 1898. One of her sisters is still living in the fatherland and she has one brother who is a resident of Red Cloud, Nebraska.

         Unto Mr. and Mrs. Schleichert were born four children, as follows: Otto, who is engaged in farming in Louisa county; Lydia, who married Harley Krahl, of Muscatine county, Iowa; Amelia, the wife of Orlen Kemp, of Louisa county; and Elma, who married Oliver Hoffman, of Muscatine county, where he follows the trade of masonry.

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         The family are all communicants of the German Lutheran church, in which Mr. Schleichert also held membership, and his political support he gave to the republican party. He always took an active interest in township affairs, particularly those of an educational nature, and for fourteen years was a member of the local school board. A man of energy and perseverance Mr. Schleichert was highly respected in the community where he resided, having proven himself in every way a worthy and desirable citizen.