WILLIAM BERG
William Berg owns and occupies a farm on section 21, Noble township. He was born in Germany, June 28, 1858. When ten years of age, his parents came to America, and settled in LaSalle county, Illinois, and there remained about four years. In 1873, he came to Cass county, Iowa, and located in Noble township. His farm when he first settled, was wild, and until 1881, was owned by his father, but at that time he purchased the estate of one hundred and twenty acres, and since that eighty more, and has improved and cultivated it. he is chiefly engaged in raising stock, having one of the finest farms for this occupation in the county. Mr. Berg was married in May 1882, to Julia, daughter of Fritz and Elizabeth Saemisch, by whom he has had two children -- Eddie and Elizabeth.
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. 679-680.
