For
Muscatine County Iowa
1911
| Biographies For Muscatine County Iowa 1911 | |
Source: History of Muscatine County Iowa, Volume II, Biographical, 1911, page 522
WILLIAM SCHEELHAASE....Muscatine county finds a worthy and enterprising representative of its agricultural interests in William Scheelhaase, who devotes his time and energies to the operation of a well improved farm of one hundred and sixty acres on section 23, Fulton township. His birth occurred in Germany on the 29th of January, 1878, his parents being Nicholas and Eliza ( Peterson ) Scheelhaase, who were likewise natives of that country. The father, there passed away in 1892 but the mother still survives. Unto them were born nine children, two of whom are deceased and five of whom still reside in the fatherland. The two who emigrated to this country are Frederick and William, both of Muscatine county, Iowa.William Scheelhaase spent the first twenty-six years of his life in his native land and crossed the Atlantic to the United States un 1904. He was married in 1908 and since that time has owned and operated one of the best improved farms in Fulton township, the property lying on section 23. It comprises one hundred and sixty acres of land, all of which is tilled and under a high state of cultivation. In the careful conduct of his agricultural interests Mr. Scheelhaase is meeting with success, annually gathering rich crops which find a ready sale on the market.
On the 21st of January, 1908, Mr. Scheelhasse was united in marriage to Mrs. Lange, the widow of Herman Lange, who passed away on the 25th of March, 1901, leaving four children, namely : Freda, who was born December 8, 1896 ; Ella C., whose natal day was February 3, 1898 ; Edna A., who was born May 19, 1899, and died May 1, 1900 ; and Margaret M., whose birth occurred the 20th of May, 1901. The parents of Mrs. Scheelhaase, Charles A. and Margaret ( Stapp ) Fredrich, were both natives of Germany and came to this country in early life. They were married in Illinois and soon afterward came to Iowa, locating in Muscatine county, where the father was engaged in the cultivation of rented land for a few years. He then purchased the farm which is now in possession of our subject, being successfully engaged in its operation until called to his final rest on the 11th of March, 1907. His wife passed away in 1893. Their remains were interred in the Blue Grass cemetery. Their children were eight in number, as follows : August J.; Mrs. Scheelhaase ; William G.; Clara L., who died at the age of twenty-one years ; John, who died in infancy ; Charles H. P., who passed away when twenty-five years of age ; Anna M. M.; Elizabeth, who died when but eighteen months old. Mr. and Mrs. Scheelhaase are devoted and consistent members of the Lutheran church, exemplifying its teachings in their daily lives.
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