OSCAR STORMER
Oscar Stormer is a son of John and Bethany (Hall) Stormer pioneers of Des Moines county, Iowa. John Stormer is still living on the old homestead in that county. Mrs. Stormer died October 1, 1855. Oscar Stormer was born in Des Moines county, October 19, 1844. He came to Bear Grove in 1870, and bought the northeast quarter of section 23, which was unimproved prairie. He settled here two years later, and commenced improvements. He was married November 30, 1876, in Atlantic, to Mary Helen Wright, daughter of John E. and Helen E. Wright. John E. Wright died in Atlantic township, May 24, 1882. Mrs. Wright and two daughters are now living in that town. Mrs. Stormer was born in Des Moines county, July 2, 1860. They have five children--John C. and Jennie C., (twins), Maritta May, Henry Jefferson and Myron Oscar. Mr. Stormer is serving his second term as school director. In 1882 he was elected justice of the peace. He is an enterprising and public spirited citizen.
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. 729.
