CASPER SCHAIN / SCHÖN
Casper Schön is a native of Germany, born on the 14th of April, 1823, and is the son of George and Mary Schön. He came to America in 1852, and located in Highland county, Ohio, and there remained until 1854, when he came to Cass county, and located in Cass township. He was married in 1847, to Mary Bodd, also a native of Germany. They have been blessed with four children--Lizzie, now living in Atlantic township, and the wife of Casper Beekman; Fred, married to Emma Wakefield; Mary, and a son who is now living in California. When Mr. Schön came to Cass county, the land was wild. His farm which was located in Atlantic township was one of the best in the county, but in 1882, he sold it and removed to section 28. He raises cattle of the finest grade, Poland China hogs and Cotswold sheep, and has some of the finest stock in the county. He has two full-blooded Norman horses, and a number of minor valuations. He has eighty acres of fine cultivated land, having deeded his son Fred one hundred and sixty acres of his original farm. An incident in Mr. Shön's life appears in the reminiscence chapter.
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, pp. 837-838.
