F.W. Schulte, one of the foremost men of Danville township, Worth county, actively and successfully engaged in farming on section 27, was born in Clayton county, Iowa, on the 5th of December, 1870, his parents being John Henry and Justina (Otting) Schulte, who are mentioned elsewhere in this work in connection with the sketch of H. H. Schulte.
F.W. Schulte was reared in his native county and is indebted to its public school system for the educational opportunities which he enjoyed. He remained upon the home farm to the time of his marriage, which was celebrated on the 12th of February. 1895, Miss Mary Werges becoming his wife. She is a daughter of Casper Werges, a native of Germany and one of the pioneer residents of Clayton County, Iowa.
Immediately following his marriage Mr. Schulte removed to Worth County and settled upon his present home farm, which was then owned by his father. He took charge of a tract of land of three hundred and twenty acres, which he has since operated, and later he purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land on section 25, Danville township, and still later invested in one hundred and eighty acres on sections 25 and 26 of the same township. For a time he operated all of this land.
In 1915 he bought the four hundred acre farm whereon he lives from his father's estate. Since then he has sold some of his land but is still the owner of four hundred and eighty-five acres, which he is now renting, while he is living retired. For many years he carefully and successfully cultivated his fields, however, and derived therefrom a very substantial annual income, the rental from his property now bringing him all of the necessities and comforts and many of the luxuries of life.
He is still a stockholder in the Farmers' Bank of Manly and a stockholder in the Farmers' Savings Bank of Hanlontown. He is likewise a stockholder in the Manly Grain Company, in the Farmers' Cooperative Creamery Company of Manly, in the Manly Lumber Company, the Farmers' Cooperative Elevator and the Farmers' Cooperative Creamery Company of Hanlontown. His business interests and activities thus cover a wide scope and his enterprise and judicious investments have placed him among the men of wealth and prominence in the community.
To Mr. and Mrs. Schulte have been born three children, Casper, Earl and Willard, all of whom are at home. The eldest son is farming three hundred and forty acres of his father's land.
In politics Mr. Schulte maintains an independent course. He has served as constable of his township and was a member of the school board for a number of years. He and his family are members of the Evangelical Lutheran church and their aid and influence are given on behalf of moral progress. Worth county numbers Mr. Schulte among its most substantial and influential citizens. What he has accomplished along business lines is attributable entirely to his own labors, his industry and his careful management. He was thoroughly trained to farm work in his boyhood days and has wisely and persistently carried on his labors as an agriculturist, gaining that prosperity which is the direct result of honorable industry.
From: HISTORY OF MITCHELL AND WORTH COUNTIES, IOWA, 1918,
Volume II, Page 461Transcribed by Gordon Felland, July 2003