Thiemig, Fritz

THIEMIG, KLINGBEIL

Posted By: Roseanna Zehner
Date: 7/25/2006 at 19:20:28

THIEMIG, FRITZ

Fritz Thiemig, now one of the young and prosperous farmers of Larchwood township, whose prosperity has come from hard work and careful saving, was born in Saxony, Germany, March 4, 1868, where his father, who was a life-long farmer, lived and died. Fritz attended the common schools of his native land, and when twenty years old, in 1888, left the "Fatherland," and struck out for himself, coming to the United States in search of a home and a fortune better adapted to his ambitions than Saxon land could furnish.

The young emigrant landed in the city of New York, and made his way from there to Plymouth county, Iowa, where he was employed as a farm hand for some four years. His next move was to come to Lyon county, where he bought a farm, and engaged earnestly and successfully in its cultivation.

Mr. Thiemig was married in 1893 to Miss Bertha Klingbeil, a native of Germany, where she was born in 1861. To their union have come four children: Eddie, Francis, Emma and Elsie. The four were all born in Plymouth County, Iowa. Mr. Thiemig is a Democrat and is a conservative and reliable citizen. He has worked hard, studied his field of operations, and is now the well-to-do owner of a fine farm of two hundred and five acres of land with good farm buildings, and complete appointments for profitable farming.

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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