Biographies For Muscatine County Iowa 1889

Source: Portrait and Biographical Album, Muscatine County, Iowa, 1889, page 257
SAMUEL STORM, an honored pioneer of Muscatine County of 1837, now residing on section 25, Cedar Township, was born on the 12th of November, 1807, in Ross County, Ohio, and is a son of Peter and Barbara Ann ( Freshoue ) Storm, both of whom were born in Virginia, of German parentage. The death of Mr. Storm occurred in Ohio, at the age of eighty-four years, and his wife also died in the same State, at the advanced age of ninety-three. They were the parents of eleven children, all of whom lived to a mature age. They were : George, John, Susanna, Mary, Peter, Daniel, Betsy, Jacob, Joseph, Rebecca and Samuel, all of whom have now passed away with the exception of John, who is now in his ninety-ninth year, and lives in Ross County, Ohio, and Samuel, of this sketch.

Our subject was reared to farm life, received his education in the common schools, and until thirty years of age remained an inmate of his father's home. He then determined to take up his residence in Iowa, and in the spring of 1837 made the journey to this State, which was then part of the Territory of Wisconsin, and settled in Muscatine County. Shortly after his arrival he entered 160 acres of land, which he later purchased at the land sales. This was entirely unimproved, but soon after his purchase he built a little log cabin, in which he made his home for several years. He later purchased another tract of 160 acres, and subsequently bought a land warrant of 160 acres for $120, the total aggregate then being 480 acres. He has since sold part of his land, having now remaining 360 acres. For about three years after his arrival he lived in his little cabin all alone, but since that time he has hired a man and his wife to keep house for him, as he has passed his days in single blessedness.

In 1854 Mr. Storm returned to his Ohio home, and there resided with his mother for four years, or until her death, which occurred in 1858. He then came back to this county, where he has since continued to live. He carries on general farming, and engages more or less in stock-raising, keeping a good grade of cattle and full-blooded Poland-China hogs, which he feeds and then sells to shippers. He has made many useful and ornamental improvements on his land, transforming it from a wild, unbroked prairie, into one of the finest farms in the township, and in 1863 he erected a nice frame house at the cost of $1,700. In his earlier years Mr. Storm was one of the opposers of slavery, but when the war finally came which blotted out its existence, he was too old to enter the ranks and take an active part in the struggle, although his sympathy and support were always with the boys in blue. Politically, he is a supporter of the principles advocated by the Democratic party. He is one of Muscatine County's most valuable citizens, ever having its interests at heart, and ever ready to aid in the promotion of any enterprise for the public good. A portrait of Mr. Storm is given in connection with this sketch.

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