WM. H. STRATER
William H. Strater located in Atlantic township, on section 12, in 1856. He was a native of Germany, born in January, 1833. He was the son of J. P. and Margaret Strater, and came to this country in early life and located in Richland county, Ohio. He was united in marriage with Catherine Humerick, in the month of February, 1854, at Mansfield, in that county. She was, like himself, a native of Germany. He and his family came to Cass county and located as above, where he resided until April 12, 1880, when he died. His widow still resides upon the old homestead.
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. 839.
