George Lubiens

    George Lubiens came to Mitchell Co., Iowa, in 1863, and built the first frame house in Newburg township, west of Deer creek. He was born in Hanover, Germany, Feb. 25, 1840, and came with his parents to America in 1849. He settled with them at Leeds, Columbia Co., Wis., where he remained until 1863, when he came to this county.

    In 1866 he returned to Wisconsin, where he was married in March, 1867, to Arvilla Quackenbush. He returned, in the fall of 1868, to Mitchell Co., Iowa, while his wife remained with her parents until the next spring, when she also came to Mitchell county, where they have since resided. They have had four children, three of whom are now living: Matie, Frederick and Louisa.

    In politics Mr. Lubiens is a democrat, and has held the office of township trustee for many years. He has a fine farm of 240 acres under a high state of cultivation, and is one of the most successful farmers in Mitchell county.

 

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Transcribed by Gordon Felland, Dec. 28, 2003