WILLIAM F. ALTIG
William F. Altig came to Cass county in the spring of 1864, and purchased a farm of two hundred and forty acres, located on section 33 of Brighton township. To this he has added, until he now owns four hundred acres lying in a body, a part of which is on section 32. He erected his present residence in 1872. Mr. Altig makes a business of raising stock, paying particular attention to Holstein cattle. His farm is admirably adapted to this branch of husbandry, both naturally and by improvement being well watered by three springs, fenced and furnished with suitable buildings. Mr. Altig is an enterprising and thorough-going farmer, also a prosperous one. He was born in Mason county, Kentucky, August 14, 1832, and is a son of James M. and Maria (Elyea) Altig. The former was a native of Virginia, and died of Asiatic cholera in 1833, when William F. was an infant of nine months. The latter was a native of New York. After the death of his father, his mother remained a short time in Kentucky, then removed to Ohio, and three years later (1837) to Menard county, Illinois, where our subject resided till 1864. He was married there in 1856 to Mary A. King, who died in 1863, leaving him two children, William H. and Maria J., both of whom are now married and living in Douglas county, Dakota. He was afterwards married to Miss E. J. Short. By this union there were five children--James M., who died at the age of thirteen months and ten days; Mary E., Effie L., John N. and Jerome B. Mr. and Mrs. Altig are members of the Protestant Methodist church. Mr. Altig belongs to the Masonic order and the Ancient Order United Workmen.
Transcribed by Gloria Goltiani from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pg. 591.
