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August
F. Sandhagen, who has lived in Delaware county for nearly
four decades and receives a gratifying annual income as an
agriculturist, owns and operates a farm of eighty-nine acres on
sections 33 and 28, Richland township. His birth occurred in Du
Page county, Illinois, on the 1st of January, 1865, his parents
being Henry and Henrietta (Lartz) Sandhagen, both of whom were
natives of Germany. In 1850 they crossed the Atlantic to the
United States, settling first in Cook county, Illinois, and
subsequently in Du Page county, that state, while the year 1876
witnessed their arrival in Delaware county, Iowa. Here they
purchased the farm in Richland township which is now in the
possession of our subject, continuing to reside thereon
throughout the remainder of their lives. Their children were six
in number, as follows: Charles; Lewis; Albert; Christiana, who is
the wife of R. C. Hilliger; Louisa, who is deceased; and August
F., of this review.
The last named, who was a youth of
eleven when he came to this county with his parents, acquired his
education in the common schools and remained at home until twenty
years of age. Subsequently he purchased the old homestead farm of
eighty nine acres on sections 33 and 28, Richland township and
has been actively and continuously engaged in its operation to
the present time. In connection with the cultivation of cereals
he makes a specialty of stock raising and dairying and conducts
all branches of his business in a practical, progressive manner
that brings desired results.
Mr. Sandhagen has been married twice.
In 1884 he wedded Mrs. Minnie Hacker, a native of Germany, and in
1905 he was again married, his second union being with Miss Ethel
Rogers, who was born in Coffins Grove township, this county, June
8, 1884. Her parents were Thomas and Alice (Scott) Rogers, the
former a native of England and the latter of New York. They came
to Iowa in an early day, settling in Delaware county, and here
Thomas Rogers passed away. To him and his wife, who survives,
were born four children, all of whom are yet living. To Mr. and
Mrs. Sandhagen have been born three children, namely: Walter A.,
whose birth occurred December 5, 1906; Earl Roy, whose natal day
was February 7, 1909: and Martha L., who was born June 14, 1912,
and died on the 9th of July following.
Mr. Sandhagen gives his political
allegiance to the democracy and has ably served in the capacity
of school director. His religious faith is indicated by his
membership in the Lutheran church, to which his wife also
belongs. The period of his residence in Delaware county covers
nearly four decades, and he has long been numbered among its
esteemed and representative citizens as well as its substantial
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