FRANK WENDT
The sun never shone on a fairer or better land for agricultural purposes than is found in Iowa; the Mississippi valley has truly been called the garden spot of the world and one of the choicest corners of this garden is found in Shelby county, Iowa. Land which was bought for a few dollars an acre when the first settlers came to this county is now worth from one to three hundred dollars an acre. The present farm of Frank Wendt was bought for six dollars an acre and now two hundred dollars an acre would not buy it. Does it pay to farm? Ask the farmer of this county; look over his broad acres; glance into his well-filled barns and granaries; examine his rating at the local banks. Among the men of this county who have made a distinct success of farming there is no one who is more deserving of mention than Frank Wendt, one of the most substantial farmers of Douglas township.
Frank Wendt, the son of Hans Peter and Anna (Kortuna) Wendt, was born March 16, 1858, in Germany. Hans P. Wendt was a foreman on a large farm in Germany but wishing to give his children better opportunities than they were getting in Germany, he decided to come to the United States. The trip to this country was made in 1874 and the family at once located in Clinton county, Iowa, where they remained for three years. In 1877 Hans moved with his family to Shelby county and settled about half way between Walnut and Avoca. He rented land until 1881 and then bought eighty acres in section I, Douglas township, paying six dollars an acre for the land.
As he was able he added to his farm, and gradually built up one of the best farms in the county. When he moved to Walnut in 1888 he had a well improved farm of one hundred and sixty acres. He lived in Walnut for the next sixteen years and then moved to Fort Worth, Texas, where he was living at the time of his death in 1909. His wife had died in 1904 while they were on their way to Texas. Hans P. Wendt and wife were the parents of three children, Frank, Mrs. Dora Greeves and Henry.
Frank Wendt received a good common school education and lived at home until he was married. He then rented a farm west of Botna, in Jefferson township, on which he lived for three years. He then moved on the old home farm and managed it until the death of his father in 1909. He then bought out the other heirs and has since added three hundred and twenty acres of land. The, farm which is known as the "Green Ridge Stock Farm" is one of the most attractively kept farms in the county. The buildings are all of good construction and are always in repair, a fact which adds not a little to the value of the farm.
Mr. Wendt was married May 14, 1885, to Dora Kahl, the daughter of John and Maria (Schees) Kahl. Mrs. Wendt was born in Germany in 1866 and came to this country with her parents when she was fourteen years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Wendt are the parents of thirteen children, eleven of whom are living, Maggie, Anna, Dora, John, Henry, Emma, Harry, Herbert, Frank, Helen and Alice. Maggie is the wife of Fred Bargenquast and has five children, Frank, Alfred, Otto and twins, Leona and Viola; Anna is the wife of Henry Bargenquast and has four children, Dorothy, Helen, Alfred and Arnold. Dora is the wife of Christopher Freese and has two children, Andrew and Dora. All the rest of the children are single and still living with their parents. Hans and Peter are the two deceased children, both of them dying in infancy.
Mr. Wendt is a man of perseverance and strength of character and never allows discouragements to stop him. Several years ago a gypsy fortune teller told him that "he would die with his boots on" and two incidents in his life have led him to believe that there is much truth in what she said. At one time he was caught in a speed jack and was unfortunate enough to lose half of his left hand; at another time, while out in the pasture with a cow and her calf, the cow got him down on the ground and before he could get up and away, he was severely injured. This same never-die spirit is what has made him successful and, whether he dies with his boots on or not, it is safe to say that he will be in the game of life to the end.
Mr. Wendt and his family are members of the German Lutheran church.
Politically, he is a Democrat but has never held any other office than that of school director, a position which he has filled in his township for the past eighteen years. Fraternally; he holds membership in the Modern Woodmen of America. Mr. Wendt is highly esteemed by every one with whom he has come in contact and his friends are as numerous as his acquaintances.
Source:
PAST AND PRESENT OF SHELBY COUNTY, IOWA by Edward S. White, B.A., LL. B.,1915 B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, INC., INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA VOLUME I pages 781 - 783
Contributor: Marthann Kohl-Fuhs (47102630) • [email protected]
The sun never shone on a fairer or better land for agricultural purposes than is found in Iowa; the Mississippi valley has truly been called the garden spot of the world and one of the choicest corners of this garden is found in Shelby county, Iowa. Land which was bought for a few dollars an acre when the first settlers came to this county is now worth from one to three hundred dollars an acre. The present farm of Frank Wendt was bought for six dollars an acre and now two hundred dollars an acre would not buy it. Does it pay to farm? Ask the farmer of this county; look over his broad acres; glance into his well-filled barns and granaries; examine his rating at the local banks. Among the men of this county who have made a distinct success of farming there is no one who is more deserving of mention than Frank Wendt, one of the most substantial farmers of Douglas township.
Frank Wendt, the son of Hans Peter and Anna (Kortuna) Wendt, was born March 16, 1858, in Germany. Hans P. Wendt was a foreman on a large farm in Germany but wishing to give his children better opportunities than they were getting in Germany, he decided to come to the United States. The trip to this country was made in 1874 and the family at once located in Clinton county, Iowa, where they remained for three years. In 1877 Hans moved with his family to Shelby county and settled about half way between Walnut and Avoca. He rented land until 1881 and then bought eighty acres in section I, Douglas township, paying six dollars an acre for the land.
As he was able he added to his farm, and gradually built up one of the best farms in the county. When he moved to Walnut in 1888 he had a well improved farm of one hundred and sixty acres. He lived in Walnut for the next sixteen years and then moved to Fort Worth, Texas, where he was living at the time of his death in 1909. His wife had died in 1904 while they were on their way to Texas. Hans P. Wendt and wife were the parents of three children, Frank, Mrs. Dora Greeves and Henry.
Frank Wendt received a good common school education and lived at home until he was married. He then rented a farm west of Botna, in Jefferson township, on which he lived for three years. He then moved on the old home farm and managed it until the death of his father in 1909. He then bought out the other heirs and has since added three hundred and twenty acres of land. The, farm which is known as the "Green Ridge Stock Farm" is one of the most attractively kept farms in the county. The buildings are all of good construction and are always in repair, a fact which adds not a little to the value of the farm.
Mr. Wendt was married May 14, 1885, to Dora Kahl, the daughter of John and Maria (Schees) Kahl. Mrs. Wendt was born in Germany in 1866 and came to this country with her parents when she was fourteen years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Wendt are the parents of thirteen children, eleven of whom are living, Maggie, Anna, Dora, John, Henry, Emma, Harry, Herbert, Frank, Helen and Alice. Maggie is the wife of Fred Bargenquast and has five children, Frank, Alfred, Otto and twins, Leona and Viola; Anna is the wife of Henry Bargenquast and has four children, Dorothy, Helen, Alfred and Arnold. Dora is the wife of Christopher Freese and has two children, Andrew and Dora. All the rest of the children are single and still living with their parents. Hans and Peter are the two deceased children, both of them dying in infancy.
Mr. Wendt is a man of perseverance and strength of character and never allows discouragements to stop him. Several years ago a gypsy fortune teller told him that "he would die with his boots on" and two incidents in his life have led him to believe that there is much truth in what she said. At one time he was caught in a speed jack and was unfortunate enough to lose half of his left hand; at another time, while out in the pasture with a cow and her calf, the cow got him down on the ground and before he could get up and away, he was severely injured. This same never-die spirit is what has made him successful and, whether he dies with his boots on or not, it is safe to say that he will be in the game of life to the end.
Mr. Wendt and his family are members of the German Lutheran church.
Politically, he is a Democrat but has never held any other office than that of school director, a position which he has filled in his township for the past eighteen years. Fraternally; he holds membership in the Modern Woodmen of America. Mr. Wendt is highly esteemed by every one with whom he has come in contact and his friends are as numerous as his acquaintances.
Source:
PAST AND PRESENT OF SHELBY COUNTY, IOWA by Edward S. White, B.A., LL. B.,1915 B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, INC., INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA VOLUME I pages 781 - 783
Contributor: Marthann Kohl-Fuhs (47102630) • [email protected]
FRANK WENDT
The sun never shone on a fairer or better land for agricultural purposes than is found in Iowa; the Mississippi valley has truly been called the garden spot of the world and one of the choicest corners of this garden is found in Shelby county, Iowa. Land which was bought for a few dollars an acre when the first settlers came to this county is now worth from one to three hundred dollars an acre. The present farm of Frank Wendt was bought for six dollars an acre and now two hundred dollars an acre would not buy it. Does it pay to farm? Ask the farmer of this county; look over his broad acres; glance into his well-filled barns and granaries; examine his rating at the local banks. Among the men of this county who have made a distinct success of farming there is no one who is more deserving of mention than Frank Wendt, one of the most substantial farmers of Douglas township.
Frank Wendt, the son of Hans Peter and Anna (Kortuna) Wendt, was born March 16, 1858, in Germany. Hans P. Wendt was a foreman on a large farm in Germany but wishing to give his children better opportunities than they were getting in Germany, he decided to come to the United States. The trip to this country was made in 1874 and the family at once located in Clinton county, Iowa, where they remained for three years. In 1877 Hans moved with his family to Shelby county and settled about half way between Walnut and Avoca. He rented land until 1881 and then bought eighty acres in section I, Douglas township, paying six dollars an acre for the land.
As he was able he added to his farm, and gradually built up one of the best farms in the county. When he moved to Walnut in 1888 he had a well improved farm of one hundred and sixty acres. He lived in Walnut for the next sixteen years and then moved to Fort Worth, Texas, where he was living at the time of his death in 1909. His wife had died in 1904 while they were on their way to Texas. Hans P. Wendt and wife were the parents of three children, Frank, Mrs. Dora Greeves and Henry.
Frank Wendt received a good common school education and lived at home until he was married. He then rented a farm west of Botna, in Jefferson township, on which he lived for three years. He then moved on the old home farm and managed it until the death of his father in 1909. He then bought out the other heirs and has since added three hundred and twenty acres of land. The, farm which is known as the "Green Ridge Stock Farm" is one of the most attractively kept farms in the county. The buildings are all of good construction and are always in repair, a fact which adds not a little to the value of the farm.
Mr. Wendt was married May 14, 1885, to Dora Kahl, the daughter of John and Maria (Schees) Kahl. Mrs. Wendt was born in Germany in 1866 and came to this country with her parents when she was fourteen years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Wendt are the parents of thirteen children, eleven of whom are living, Maggie, Anna, Dora, John, Henry, Emma, Harry, Herbert, Frank, Helen and Alice. Maggie is the wife of Fred Bargenquast and has five children, Frank, Alfred, Otto and twins, Leona and Viola; Anna is the wife of Henry Bargenquast and has four children, Dorothy, Helen, Alfred and Arnold. Dora is the wife of Christopher Freese and has two children, Andrew and Dora. All the rest of the children are single and still living with their parents. Hans and Peter are the two deceased children, both of them dying in infancy.
Mr. Wendt is a man of perseverance and strength of character and never allows discouragements to stop him. Several years ago a gypsy fortune teller told him that "he would die with his boots on" and two incidents in his life have led him to believe that there is much truth in what she said. At one time he was caught in a speed jack and was unfortunate enough to lose half of his left hand; at another time, while out in the pasture with a cow and her calf, the cow got him down on the ground and before he could get up and away, he was severely injured. This same never-die spirit is what has made him successful and, whether he dies with his boots on or not, it is safe to say that he will be in the game of life to the end.
Mr. Wendt and his family are members of the German Lutheran church.
Politically, he is a Democrat but has never held any other office than that of school director, a position which he has filled in his township for the past eighteen years. Fraternally; he holds membership in the Modern Woodmen of America. Mr. Wendt is highly esteemed by every one with whom he has come in contact and his friends are as numerous as his acquaintances.
Source:
PAST AND PRESENT OF SHELBY COUNTY, IOWA by Edward S. White, B.A., LL. B.,1915 B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, INC., INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA VOLUME I pages 781 - 783
Contributor: Marthann Kohl-Fuhs (47102630) • [email protected]
The sun never shone on a fairer or better land for agricultural purposes than is found in Iowa; the Mississippi valley has truly been called the garden spot of the world and one of the choicest corners of this garden is found in Shelby county, Iowa. Land which was bought for a few dollars an acre when the first settlers came to this county is now worth from one to three hundred dollars an acre. The present farm of Frank Wendt was bought for six dollars an acre and now two hundred dollars an acre would not buy it. Does it pay to farm? Ask the farmer of this county; look over his broad acres; glance into his well-filled barns and granaries; examine his rating at the local banks. Among the men of this county who have made a distinct success of farming there is no one who is more deserving of mention than Frank Wendt, one of the most substantial farmers of Douglas township.
Frank Wendt, the son of Hans Peter and Anna (Kortuna) Wendt, was born March 16, 1858, in Germany. Hans P. Wendt was a foreman on a large farm in Germany but wishing to give his children better opportunities than they were getting in Germany, he decided to come to the United States. The trip to this country was made in 1874 and the family at once located in Clinton county, Iowa, where they remained for three years. In 1877 Hans moved with his family to Shelby county and settled about half way between Walnut and Avoca. He rented land until 1881 and then bought eighty acres in section I, Douglas township, paying six dollars an acre for the land.
As he was able he added to his farm, and gradually built up one of the best farms in the county. When he moved to Walnut in 1888 he had a well improved farm of one hundred and sixty acres. He lived in Walnut for the next sixteen years and then moved to Fort Worth, Texas, where he was living at the time of his death in 1909. His wife had died in 1904 while they were on their way to Texas. Hans P. Wendt and wife were the parents of three children, Frank, Mrs. Dora Greeves and Henry.
Frank Wendt received a good common school education and lived at home until he was married. He then rented a farm west of Botna, in Jefferson township, on which he lived for three years. He then moved on the old home farm and managed it until the death of his father in 1909. He then bought out the other heirs and has since added three hundred and twenty acres of land. The, farm which is known as the "Green Ridge Stock Farm" is one of the most attractively kept farms in the county. The buildings are all of good construction and are always in repair, a fact which adds not a little to the value of the farm.
Mr. Wendt was married May 14, 1885, to Dora Kahl, the daughter of John and Maria (Schees) Kahl. Mrs. Wendt was born in Germany in 1866 and came to this country with her parents when she was fourteen years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Wendt are the parents of thirteen children, eleven of whom are living, Maggie, Anna, Dora, John, Henry, Emma, Harry, Herbert, Frank, Helen and Alice. Maggie is the wife of Fred Bargenquast and has five children, Frank, Alfred, Otto and twins, Leona and Viola; Anna is the wife of Henry Bargenquast and has four children, Dorothy, Helen, Alfred and Arnold. Dora is the wife of Christopher Freese and has two children, Andrew and Dora. All the rest of the children are single and still living with their parents. Hans and Peter are the two deceased children, both of them dying in infancy.
Mr. Wendt is a man of perseverance and strength of character and never allows discouragements to stop him. Several years ago a gypsy fortune teller told him that "he would die with his boots on" and two incidents in his life have led him to believe that there is much truth in what she said. At one time he was caught in a speed jack and was unfortunate enough to lose half of his left hand; at another time, while out in the pasture with a cow and her calf, the cow got him down on the ground and before he could get up and away, he was severely injured. This same never-die spirit is what has made him successful and, whether he dies with his boots on or not, it is safe to say that he will be in the game of life to the end.
Mr. Wendt and his family are members of the German Lutheran church.
Politically, he is a Democrat but has never held any other office than that of school director, a position which he has filled in his township for the past eighteen years. Fraternally; he holds membership in the Modern Woodmen of America. Mr. Wendt is highly esteemed by every one with whom he has come in contact and his friends are as numerous as his acquaintances.
Source:
PAST AND PRESENT OF SHELBY COUNTY, IOWA by Edward S. White, B.A., LL. B.,1915 B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, INC., INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA VOLUME I pages 781 - 783
Contributor: Marthann Kohl-Fuhs (47102630) • [email protected]
Family Members
Siblings
Children
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Margaret Marie "Maggie" Wendt Bargenquast
1885–1965
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Hans P. Wendt
1887–1887
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Anna Christina Wendt Bargenquast
1888–1983
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Dora Katrina Wendt Frees
1890–1982
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John Frederick Wendt
1892–1950
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Henry Franz Wendt
1894–1932
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Emma Daisy Wendt Burge
1897–1982
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Harry J. Wendt
1900–1987
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Herbert Fredrick Wendt
1900–1995
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Helen Myrtle Wendt Wetzel
1902–2001
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Edward Francis Wendt
1904–1974
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Alice Mae Wendt Kinnaman
1907–1971
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Allie Henry Adam Wendt
1907 – unknown
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