J. W. HUMERICK SR.
John W. Humerick, senior, made a settlement on section 30, in September, 1858. He was born in Prussia, in 1810, and came to the United States in 1845, settling at Columbus, Ohio. From thence he removed to Allen county in the same State, and from there to this place. He put up a log cabin and commenced making improvements. He was a man of excellent constitution and robust health and a hard worker, and soon the place began to assume a homelike appearance. He and his family lived in the cabin that he built until 1872, when he built the fine substantial frame residence where his widow now lives. He was married in Germany and was the father of six children, three of whom are living--Elizabeth, Julia and John W., Jr. Mr. Humerick died, quite suddenly, on the 27th of February, 1873.
Contributed by Lisa Varnes-Rex 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. 793-794.
