For
Muscatine County Iowa
1911
| Biographies For Muscatine County Iowa 1911 | |
Source: History of Muscatine County Iowa, Volume II, Biographical, 1911, page 671
G. C. LINDEE....G. C. Lindee, a successful agriculturist and prominent citizen of Pike township, is the owner of a good farm of two hundred and twenty-five acres which yields him a gratifying annual income. His birth occurred in Germany in October, 1847, his parents being John and Amelia ( Knaack ) Lindee, who spent their entire lives in that country. The father was a brick-layer by trade and followed that occupation throughout his active business career.G. C, Lindee spent the first twenty-four years of his life in the land of his nativity and then crossed the Atlantic to the United States, reaching Chicago at the time of the memorable fire in 1871. A few days later he made his way to Milwaukee, Wisconsin,and there worked by the day for a short time. Subsequently he went to Racine Wisconsin, where he was employed in the machine shops for two years on the expiration of which period he removed to Henry county, Iowa. He there worked as a farm hand for a short time and then came to Muscatine county, being here employed in a similar capacity for a few years. Afterward he clerked in a store for a period of thirteen years and then again turned his attention to general agricultural pursuits, cultivating rented land for a few years. At the end of that time he purchased the farm in Pike township which has remained his place of abode continuously since and which embraces two hundred and twenty-five acres of valuable land. He has made many substantial improvements thereon and the well tilled field annually yield golden harvests as a reward for the care and labor which he bestows upon them. Sucess has crowned his labors and he has long been numbered among the substantial and representative citizens of the community.
Mr. Lindee has been married twice. On the 27th of September, 1883, he wedded Miss Louise Hacke, a native of Cook county, Illinois. Her parents, both of whom were born in Germany, lived in Cook county, Illinois, for some time following their emigration to America but later came to Iowa and here continued to reside throughout the remainder of their lives. Mrs. Louise Lindee, who was the eldest of five children, became the mother of four children as follows : Frederick, who died in infancy ; Carl, who is a resident of Indiana ; Albert L., who was born on the 18th of February, 1887, graduated from Nichols high school and is now employed as a railway mail clerk by the Rock Island Railroad Company ; and Mabel, who passed away when but nine months old. The wife and mother was called to her final rest in November, 1895, and her mortal remains were interred in the nichols cemetery. Two years later Mr. Lindee married Miss Etta M. Quinby, who was born in indiana on the 4th of March, 1854, her parents being James and Susanna ( Gibble ) Quinby, natives of Pennsylvania. Following their marriage they took up their abode in Ohio, while later they removed to Indiana and still later to Floyd county, Iowa, remaining in the last named place for eight years. On the expiration of that period they came to Muscatine county and lived on a farm here during the remainder of their lives. James Quinby who passed away when his daughter Etta was still but a child, was buried in the Black Hawk cemetery. His wife died in October, 1892, and was laid to rest in the Conesville cemetery. They were the parents of thirteen children, eight of whom are yet living.
In politics Mr. Lindee is a democrat and his fellow townsmen, recognizing his worth and ability, have called him to several positions of public trust. He has served as president of the Nichols school board and also acted as mayor of the village of Nichols for one term. At the present time and for the past six years he has ably served as trustee of Pike township. He and his family belong to the Protestant church and take an active and helpful interest in its work. His son Albert is a worthy exemplar of the Masonic fraternity, belonging to a lodge at Nichols. Mr. Lindee has never had an occasion to regret his determination to come to America, for in this country he has found the opportunities which he sought and through their utilization has worked his way upward, his life indicating what may be accomplished by determination and well directed energy. During the long period of his residence in Muscatine county he has gained many friends, having won the warm regard of all with whom he has been associated.
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