C. H. Tangeman, one of the
prominent men of Clayton County, was born in Hanover,
Germany, Oct. 11, 1817, and was a son of Gerhardt and
Marguerite Tangeman of German birth. He was educated in
the schools of his native land and there learned the
carpenter's trade. He came to the United States in 1840,
and worked at his trade in Ohio three years, then engaged
in the milling business there for eleven years. After the
expiration of that time he came to Clayton and bought 440
acres on section 21, Read Township, which he now has
under good cultivation and containing many excellent
improvements. On May 22, 1846, he was united in marriage
to Wilhelmina, daughter of Benjamin and Dorathea Koop,
natives of Germany. They came to the United States in
1835 and located in Auglaise County, O., where they both
died. Mr. and Mrs. Tangeman have had ten children of whom
Henry, born Jan. 24, 1848; Wm. August, July 2, 1850;
Amelia Anna, Oct. 10, 1856; August F., Nov. 29, 1858;
Henry J., Dec. 6, 1860; Edward H., Feb. 17, 1863;
Benjamin G., May 27, 1865, and Mahala Ann, Sept. 9, 1869,
are living; Justina, born Apr. 5, 1852, died Oct. 22,
1853, and Georgiana Josephina Charlotte, born July 1,
1854, and died June 8, 1861. Mr. Tangeman and family are
members of the Lutheran church. He votes the Republican
ticket. source: History of Clayton County, Iowa, 1882, p. 1078 |