For
Muscatine County Iowa
1911
| Biographies For Muscatine County Iowa 1911 | |
Source: History of Muscatine County Iowa, Volume II, Biographical, 1911, page 508
LOUIS DUGE....Throughout his entire business career Louis Duge has given his tme and energies in that pursuit which George Washington designated as " the most useful as well as the most honorable occupation of man." He is now the owner of one hundred and sixty acres of rich and productive land in Fulton township and in its cultivation has met with a gratifying measure of Success. His birth occurred in Scott county, Iowa, on the 21st of November, 1864, his parents being Louis and Dora ( Hintze ) Duge, both of whom were natives of Germany. They emigrated to the United States in early life and were married in Scott county, Iowa. They began their domestic life on a farm in that county and subsequently purchased and operated upon a farm of one hundred and forty-six aces in Muscatine county. In the further cultivation and improvement of the property the father was largely engaged until 1898, when he put aside the active work of the fields and removed to Stockton, Iowa, where he lived in honorable retirement until called to his final rest on the 30th of May 1908. The mother passed away December 10, 1906. Unto this worthy couple were born seven children, as follows : Louis, of this review ; Emma, who is a resident of Stockton, Iowa ; Augustie, who died in infancy ; Annie, the wife of Jurgen Wagner, of Sioux county, Iowa ; William, who lives near Stockton ; Helen, who is the wife of Henry Jansen and makes her home in Madison county, this state ; and John, who died at the age of sixteen years.Louis Duge remained under the parental roof until twenty-five years of age, assisting his father in the operation of the home farm and thus gaining practical knowledge of the best methods of tilling the soil and caring for the crops. After starting out as an agriculturist for himself he was actively engaged in the cultivation of rented land for a number of years or until he had sufficient capital to enable him to invest of property of his own. On the 1st of May 1910, he purchased a farm of one hundred and sixty acres in Fulton township and has since brought the fields under a high state of cultivation. The property is lacking in none of the improvements and accessories of a model farm of the twentieth century and gives every evidence of the careful supervision of a practical and progressive owner.
On the 21st of February, 1890, Mr. Duge was united in marriage to Miss Alwine C. Broders, who was born in Muscatine county, Iowa, on the 19th of November, 1867, her parents being Jacob H. and Margaret ( Soenke ) Broders, natives of Germany. They came to the new world about 1858, and were married in Scott county, Iowa. They established their home in Fulton township, where Jacob H. Broders carried on general agricultural pursuits until 1898, since which time he has lived retired in Durant. By his first wife, who passed away in 1884, he had six children, namely : Mrs. Duge ; Jacob H., living in Fulton township ; Ferdinand, who is a resident of Durany ; Annie, the wife of Ferdinand Dittmer, of Fulton township ; and Gustave and William, who likewise make their home in Fulton township. For his second wife Jacob H. Broders chose Miss Margaret Wick, likewise a native of Germany, by whom he had four children : Benjamin, living in Gladbrook, Iowa ; Ida, the widow of Herman Thede ; Herman of Fulton township ; and Evelyn, who died the 26th of November, 1910. Mr. and Mrs. Duge have four children, as follows : Ella D. M., who was born on the 24th of April, 1891 : Arnold J., whose birth occurred December 26, 1894 ; Louis L., whose natal day was November 20, 1897 ; and Leonard B., who first opened his eyes to the light of day on the 17th of April, 1899.
Mr. Duge is a democrat in politics but has never sought office as a reward for his party fealty. He is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America, belonging to camp No. 2479 at Walcott, Iowa. He is also identified with the Modern Brotherhood of America at Stockton and has acted as president of camp No. 40 for three years. Mr. and Mrs. Duge have spent their entire lives in this part of the state and enjoy a wide and favorable acquaintance here.
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