SIMON SUNDERMANN
Simon Sundermann came to Cass county in 1875, and bought three hundred and forty acres of land, on sections 8 and 9, Noble township. He has improved his land, built a nice frame house and has made many improvements on his farm. He has some of the finest stock in the county, and is engaged in raising blooded stock. Mr. Sundermann was born in Germany, on the 14th day of May, 1824, and when fourteen years of age he was engaged in making brick, and following that occupation for four years he then began farming. He was married in 1853, to Sophia Stok, a native of Germany. In 1854, Mr. Sundermann came to America, and settled in La Salle county, Illinois, where he bought a farm and remained there eight years, when he bought one hundred and sixty acres of land at Crane Rapids, and there lived until coming to Cass county. Mr. and Mrs. Sundermann have been blessed with twelve children -- Mena, Henry, Fred, Samuel, Charlie, Amelia, Amanda, Willie, John, Lydia, Emma, Mary and Anna.
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. 677.
