WILLIAM HOLSTE
William Holste was born in Germany in 1832, and in 1847 came to America with his parents, and located in Cook county, Illinois, where they were among the first settlers. He lived there until grown to manhood, assisting his father to improve the farm. He was married in 1855 to Miss Mary Tatge, a native of Germany. He and his wife went to Benton county, Iowa, and were there among the early settlers. They remained there eight years, when they returned to Cook county, buying a farm near the old homestead. In 1881 he bought a farm in Victoria township, Cass county, Iowa, of six hundred and forty acres, which is one of the largest farms in the township. He has improved his farm, and has set out a large orchard. Mr. and Mrs. Holste have been blessed with six children...William, George, Henry, Johnnie, Herman and Mary.
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. 580.
