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August Henry died on April 2, 1922. Matilda died on December 10, 1906. They are buried in the Zearing Cemetery.
The following sketch will help to identify the writer of this history.
August Louis Grimm was born on June 4, 1875, on a farm north of Nevada, Iowa. He came to Lincoln township with his parents in the spring of 1891. Elsie Viola Shultz was born near Ridott, Illinois, on December 3, 1876. She was the daughter of Benjamin and Susanna Bittner Shultz. The Shultz family came from Pennsylvania to Wisconsin, Wisconsin to Illinois, and from Illinois to a farm southwest of Hubbard, Iowa. They moved to the farm in Hardin county in the 1880's.
August Louis and Elsie were married at Hubbard, Iowa, on February 17, 1904. They were the parents of a son, Donald H., born on July 31, 1907, near Zearing, Iowa. Donald H. married Emelie Hanson of Roland, Iowa, on October 17, 1938, at Jackson, Minnesota.
A sister of Elsie, Nellie M. Shultz, lived with the family for many years.
August Louis died on August 13, 1947. Elsie died on May 2, 1936. They are buried in the Zearing Cemetery.
Guthrie :
The Guthrie family came from Adams county, Ohio. Guthrie was a well known pioneer name in our community. Effie Guthrie Craft, who is living in Zearing, Iowa, in 1956, was born in a log cabin in Lincoln township on November 11, 1876. She was born while the John H. Guthrie family was visiting the Adam K. Guthrie family.
Adam K. Guthrie came to Lincoln township prior to 1874. We know that is true because Adam and Daniel Dakins built a school house in Illinois Grove in 1874. Adam was a farmer and a carpenter.
Adam married Lovina Dakins of Lincoln township on February 18, 1876. They were the parents of seven children. The children were Rebecca, Henry A., Benjamin H., Soloman W., Mable, Alice, and Anna.
Adam died on August 8, 1917. Lovina died on January 16, 1922.
John H. Guthrie married Mary Minerva Williams in Adams county, Ohio, on April 18, 1872. They moved to Zearing, Iowa, in 1883. John was a carpenter.
John and Minerva were the parents of seven children. They were Maggie, Effie, Floyd, Ollie, Orville, George, and Pearl.
John died on March 21, 1896. Mary Minerva died on March 20, 1935.