Schumann, Albert H.

SCHUMANN, KLEIN

Posted By: Roseanna Zehner
Date: 7/25/2006 at 15:41:37

SCHUMANN, ALBERT H.

Albert H. Schumann, who has made a good record as a young farmer in Larchwood township, Lyon county, and is now in prosperous circumstances, the result of his own toil and economy, was born in Berry township, Dane county, Wisconsin, July 11, 1869. His father was born and bred in Germany, and came to this country in 1848. Locating in Dane county, he followed farming until his death May 12, 1900.

In 1862 he joined a volunteer company of Wisconsin Union soldiers, and served throughout the war. He was wounded and suffered severely from an attack of fever, but remained with the command until the dawn of peace when he was honorably discharged.

Albert H. Schumann grew to manhood in his native county, and there received a very good public school education. At the age of fourteen years he took the place of a man on the farm, and from that time met his full share of the family responsibilities. In 1892 he came to Sioux county, Iowa, where he was employed as a farm hand for about a year, when he transferred himself and his belongings to a rented farm in Lyon county, which he occupied for some five years. In 1898 he bought a farm in Larchwood township, Lyon county, in the management of which he has been unusually successful.

Mr. Schumann and Miss Lena Klein were married September 20, 1893. She was born in Franklin township, Sauk County, Wisconsin, January 7, 1866. Her father Christopher Klein, was engaged in farming in Wisconsin, but in 1886, sold out and removed to Sioux county, Iowa. He is now living a retired life in Hull. Mr. and Mrs. Schumann are the parents of a family of three children: Emelia, Selma, and Lytia. All three children are natives of Lyon County. Mr. Schumann is a Republican. At the present time he owns a quarter section of fine farming land, under high cultivation, well fitted out with farm buildings, and a nice grove. He has fruit trees that have already come into bearing.

Source: Compendium of History Reminiscence and Biography of Lyon County, Iowa. Published under the Auspices of the Pioneer Association of Lyon County. Geo. Monlun, Pres.; Hon. E. C. Roach Sec’y; and Col. F. M. Thompson, Historian. Geo. A. Ogle & CO., Published, Engravers and Book Manufacturers. Chicago, 1904-1905

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