Biographical History of Pottawattmie Co., IA

. H. SCHULTZ, a farmer of Lewis Township, is a native of Schleswig, Germany, born January 13, 1838, the son of J. F. and A. M. (Rasacker) Schultz. The parents came to this country in 1866, to Scott County, Iowa. The father, a shoemaker by trade, died in Cass County, Iowa, in 1866, and the mother in Chariton County, Missouri, in 1876. They had a family of seven children, viz.: Maggie, wife of Chris Leckbent, residing in Cass County, Iowa; J. H., our subject; Fred, a resident of Council Bluffs, Rudolph, of Cass County, Iowa; Nicholas, a farmer of Pottawattamie County; Dora, wife of Henry Koch, residing in Nebraska, and Augusta, deceased; also Christ, residing in Pottawattamie County.

J. H. Schultz, our subject, was reared in his native county until he was nineteen years of age. He received his education in the common schools, and learned the trade of carpenter, after which he came to America and located at Davenport, Iowa, where he spent about twelve years. He first worked in a machine shop one year, and was then engaged in farming and carpenter work. He had a farm of 190 acres about twelve miles from Davenport, which he sold, and in 1870 removed to Missouri. Here he purchased a farm of 160 acres in Chariton County, where he made his home for ten years, but owing to a failure of crops he disposed of his farm and came to Pottawattamie County in 1880. He rented land for about two years, and then purchased his present farm of 160 acres, on section 15, Lewis Township. When Mr. Schultz took possession of this place it was in a wild condition, but he went to work with a will to make a comfortable home, and today has one of the best farms in this part of the county. His home is surrounded with shade and ornamental trees, and he has erected good barns for stock and grain. He has a double granary for corn, capable of holding 5,000 bushels of corn, and he also has a barn which will shelter 100 hogs, built on the latest improved plan, furnished with a furnace and cook-pan for cooking feed:. He has, in connection with his farming, done considerable carpenter work in the county; he now devotes most of his time to the raising of cattle and hogs. In political matters he is a stanch Democrat.

Mr. Schultz was married January 13,1860, to Mary Hansen, who was born in Schleswig, Germany, December 14, 1830, the daughter of Dudley and Sophia (Nachdigall) Hansen. The father died in Germany about 1863, and the mother died in Scott County, Iowa, in 1868. Mr. and Mrs. Hansen were the parents of eight children, of whom six died in the old country, and two came to America, -- George, born in 1833, and is a resident of Cass County, Iowa, and Mrs. Schultz, the wife of our subject. Mr. and Mrs. Schultz are the parents of eight children, viz.- John F., born October 19, 1859, and is a resident of Council Bluffs- Julius, born July 17,1861, and is a farmer of Pottawattamie County; George, born November 15, 1863, and is a farmer of Mills County, Iowa; Antia, born September 15, 1865, and is the wife of Charles Schnor, residing in Pottawattamie County; Edward, born December 17, 1866 residing at home; Margaretta, born November 25, 1869, at home; and Henry, born June 28, 1872, also at home. Mr. and Mrs. Schultz are members of the German Lutheran Church, and are among the worthy and most respected citizens of the county.

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