Harrison County Iowa Genealogy

HISTORY OF HARRISON COUNTY, IOWA, 1891
BIOGRAPHIES
Page 366
ELMER E. SCHRIVER

Elmer E. SCHRIVER, a representative farmer of Union Township, and a resident of section 36, came to this county March 4, 1884, and commenced working land for his father, as he had not yet reached his majority. He planted and cultivated eighty acres of corn, and worked two years in this way, batching it, after which he rented land on shares. Subsequently his father bought the farm on which Elmer E. now lives paying $27 per acre for the same. His father paid $12,000 on the land, and made a present of the same to his son. There were sixty acres in this farm, which was under cultivation, with a fair house and orchard on the place. Among the improvements which our subject has put upon the place, may be mentioned the building of a barn 24 x 26 feet, with outbuildings and a well 24 feet deep, and a new fence around the farm.

Our subject was born in Nobles County, Ohio, May 27, 1864, and is the son of William and Martha SCHRIVER, who had a family of six children, as follows: Andrew J., Elmer E., Jennie, Susan M., Elizabeth and Mary. The father and mother were natives of the Buckeye State. Elmer E. remained at home until coming to Iowa. Subsequent to his coming West, however, his parents removed to Benton County, Iowa.

Mr. SCHRIVER was married, March 5, 1889, to Effie V. NORMAN, daughter of James and Rebecca NORMAN, who was the fourth child in her father's family. Mr. and Mrs. SCHRIVER are the parents of two children: William J. born July 25, 1890; and Noah, born October 22, 1891.

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