Reinhart Hartwig settled on his present farm, the southwest quarter of section 5 (Cedar township), in 1877. This land is now all improved. He has erected a good set of buildings and set out shade trees and shrubbery.

He was born in Germany April 19, 1819. He attended school until fourteen years of age, when he engaged with a baker to learn the trade. He was married in 1847 to Minnie Berges. He then opened a bakery and carried on the business until 1864. He then came to America and settled in Mitchell county, on section 9, township 97, range 17. He improved that land, built a house and lived there until 1877, when he settled on his present farm.

Mr. and Mrs. Hartwig are the parents of seven living children: William H., Reinhart T. M., Carl A. R., Fred W., Bertha M., Anna C., Louis F., and Christian R. Their son Fred, was born in Waldeck, Feb. 11,1860, died July 9, 1880.

Source: History of Mitchell and Worth Counties, Iowa, 1883, page 309.

 

Transcribed by Gordon Felland -- Posted on IAGENWEB by Kermit Kittleson -- April 2006