HENRY KUESTER
Henry Kuester came to Cass county in 1872, and rented land for about two years in Noble township. In 1875 he purchased one hundred and sixty acres of wild land on section 17 of Noble township, where he erected a house and improved one hundred acres. In 1883 he purchased the Hayden farm, on sections 5 and 8, in all about one hundred and forty acres of improved land. He was born in Germany, October 29, 1847, and when seventeen years of age, emigrated to America, and located in La Salle county, Illinois. He worked on a farm for about three months, after which he rented land until he came to Cass county, in 1873. He was married in 1868 to Caroline Koehler, who was born in Prussia, October 1, 1843, and came to America when six years of age, and was reared in Wisconsin. Mr. and Mrs. Kuester are the parents of six children...Amelia, Dora, Caroline, Henry, Louisa and John. Mrs. K. has two children by a former husband, Philip Sinner, now deceased. Their names are, Conrad 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. 676.
