HENRY LETZ
Henry Letz came to Cass county in 1870, and located in Noble township, purchasing the northeast quarter of section 23, which was wholly unimproved. This land he improved and cultivated, making it his home till 1880, when he rented the place and removed to Griswold, where he built a hotel, naming it the "Iowa House." He continued keeping hotel till September, 1884. He then rented it and moved to a farm in Pleasant township, for which he had traded his farm in Noble township. He is now located on the northeast quarter of section 18. Henry Letz was born in Strasburg, France, October 23, 1843, and is a son of Michael and Eleanor Letz. At the age of eleven years he came with his parents to the United States, and settled in LaSalle county, Illinois, where he remained until he came to Cass county. He was married in 1870, to Jane Cooper, a native of Ireland. She came to this country when three months old. Mr. and Mrs. Letz have three children--Richard, Ralph and Eleanor.
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. 815.
