GOTTLIEB HOLDORF
Gottlieb Holdorf came to Noble township, Cass county, in 1875, and purchased on section 29, and since that time has improved his farm, bought forty acres more, built a good frame house, and made every improvement deemed necessary in farming. He was born in Prussia, on the 8th of February, 1842, and when eight years of age, his parents came to America, and settled in Wisconsin. Gottlieb made his home with his parents until seventeen years of age, when he went to Illinois, and was engaged in farming in DuPage county. He enlisted in 1862, in company I, One Hundred and Fifth Illinois Infantry, and served until the close of the war. he took a part in the battles of Burnt Hickory, Lookout Mountain, Atlanta, Plum Creek, and many others. After his discharge he returned to DuPage county, and farmed until 1866, when he moved to Wisconsin, and was there married to Dorethea Rave, a native of Michigan. In 1868 they moved to Illinois, and remaining there until 1875, when he came to Cass county. Mr. and Mrs. Holdorf have been blessed with five children...Edward, William, Frank, Herman and Henry.
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.
