“From Vol. 2 History of Davenport and Scott County” by Harry E. Downer—S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. 1910 Chicago.
Surnames: Zabel, Schwartz, Thoede, Stanley, Horst, Kuendel
The business interests of Theodore Zabel are those represented in a fine farm of one hundred and twenty acres of valuable land on section 8, Lincoln township, and also in another tract of eighty acres on the same section. He devotes his time and energies to farming with good results and the neat and thrifty appearance of his place is indicative of the progressive spirit of the owner.
He was born in Mecklenburg, Germany, August 17, 1863, and is a son of WILLIAM and SOPHIA Zabel. The father was a blacksmith in his native country, where he remained until 1869, when the opportunities of the new world attracted him and he crossed the Atlantic, landing at New York.
He at one made his way to Scott county and for four years was a resident of Davenport, after which he removed to Butler township, purchasing a farm of one hundred and sixty acres, which he occupied for thirteen years, when his wife died and he returned to Davenport.
He still makes his home in the city and is now living retired. In their family were eight children: William, a resident of Winfield township;
Fritz, a resident of Butler township;
Charles and Albert, who make their home in Lincoln township;
Amelia, who is the widow of Andrew Schwartz and resides on the old homestead property;
Meta, the wife of Henry Thoede, a resident of Butler township; Alvina, deceased; and Theodore, the subject of this review.
Theodore Zabel acquired his education in the district schools and has followed farming throughout his entire life. He gave his father the benefit of his services until twenty years of age, after which he secured work in the neighborhood as a farm hand and was thus employed until the time of his marriage in 1888. Wishing to have a home of his own, he purchased his present farm from his father-in-law and has now occupied it for twenty-two years, making all of the improvements here, setting out all of the trees and continuing the work of progress until his property is regarded as one of the valuable and attractive farms of the district. As the years passed by and he prospered he made further investment in land, becoming the owner of eighty acres which was the old Samuel Stanley farm.
On the 1st of March, 1888, Mr. Zabel was united in marriage to Miss WILHELMINA HORST, a daughter of CLAUS and MARIETTA Horst, who were early settlers here, coming to Scott county about 1850. The father had served in the war between Holstein and Denmark from the year 1848 to 1850, and had then crossed the Atlantic, arriving in Scott county when it was still a pioneer district. He purchased prairie land and turned his attention to farming. In the course of years he owned two good farms and was numbered among the leading agriculturists of the community.
Both he and his wife and three sons are now deceased. Mrs. Zabel and Mrs. John F. Kuendel were born in Lincoln township, where their girlhood days were passed. The former was trained in the work of the household and pursued her early education in the district schools.
Unto Mr. and Mrs. Zabel have been born four children:
Walter, Alfon, Grover and Hulda.
Mr. Zabel is a member of the Modern Woodmen camp, No 8971, at Eldridge and has held office in the order. He is also connected with the Turner Society at Eldridge and he gives his political allegiance to the democratic party. He has served as trustee of his township and as school director, and the cause of education finds in him a stalwart champion. His attention, however, is chiefly given to his farming interests and in the cultivation of his fields he raises diversified crops and he always keeps on hand good grades of stock. He has been diligent and persevering in business, watchful of all details pointing to success, and his close application and energy have made him one of the substantial agriculturists of the community.
Transcribed by Elaine Rathmann for the Scott Co, IA USGenWeb Project
Surnames: Zabel, Schwartz, Thoede, Stanley, Horst, Kuendel
The business interests of Theodore Zabel are those represented in a fine farm of one hundred and twenty acres of valuable land on section 8, Lincoln township, and also in another tract of eighty acres on the same section. He devotes his time and energies to farming with good results and the neat and thrifty appearance of his place is indicative of the progressive spirit of the owner.
He was born in Mecklenburg, Germany, August 17, 1863, and is a son of WILLIAM and SOPHIA Zabel. The father was a blacksmith in his native country, where he remained until 1869, when the opportunities of the new world attracted him and he crossed the Atlantic, landing at New York.
He at one made his way to Scott county and for four years was a resident of Davenport, after which he removed to Butler township, purchasing a farm of one hundred and sixty acres, which he occupied for thirteen years, when his wife died and he returned to Davenport.
He still makes his home in the city and is now living retired. In their family were eight children: William, a resident of Winfield township;
Fritz, a resident of Butler township;
Charles and Albert, who make their home in Lincoln township;
Amelia, who is the widow of Andrew Schwartz and resides on the old homestead property;
Meta, the wife of Henry Thoede, a resident of Butler township; Alvina, deceased; and Theodore, the subject of this review.
Theodore Zabel acquired his education in the district schools and has followed farming throughout his entire life. He gave his father the benefit of his services until twenty years of age, after which he secured work in the neighborhood as a farm hand and was thus employed until the time of his marriage in 1888. Wishing to have a home of his own, he purchased his present farm from his father-in-law and has now occupied it for twenty-two years, making all of the improvements here, setting out all of the trees and continuing the work of progress until his property is regarded as one of the valuable and attractive farms of the district. As the years passed by and he prospered he made further investment in land, becoming the owner of eighty acres which was the old Samuel Stanley farm.
On the 1st of March, 1888, Mr. Zabel was united in marriage to Miss WILHELMINA HORST, a daughter of CLAUS and MARIETTA Horst, who were early settlers here, coming to Scott county about 1850. The father had served in the war between Holstein and Denmark from the year 1848 to 1850, and had then crossed the Atlantic, arriving in Scott county when it was still a pioneer district. He purchased prairie land and turned his attention to farming. In the course of years he owned two good farms and was numbered among the leading agriculturists of the community.
Both he and his wife and three sons are now deceased. Mrs. Zabel and Mrs. John F. Kuendel were born in Lincoln township, where their girlhood days were passed. The former was trained in the work of the household and pursued her early education in the district schools.
Unto Mr. and Mrs. Zabel have been born four children:
Walter, Alfon, Grover and Hulda.
Mr. Zabel is a member of the Modern Woodmen camp, No 8971, at Eldridge and has held office in the order. He is also connected with the Turner Society at Eldridge and he gives his political allegiance to the democratic party. He has served as trustee of his township and as school director, and the cause of education finds in him a stalwart champion. His attention, however, is chiefly given to his farming interests and in the cultivation of his fields he raises diversified crops and he always keeps on hand good grades of stock. He has been diligent and persevering in business, watchful of all details pointing to success, and his close application and energy have made him one of the substantial agriculturists of the community.
Transcribed by Elaine Rathmann for the Scott Co, IA USGenWeb Project
“From Vol. 2 History of Davenport and Scott County” by Harry E. Downer—S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. 1910 Chicago.
Surnames: Zabel, Schwartz, Thoede, Stanley, Horst, Kuendel
The business interests of Theodore Zabel are those represented in a fine farm of one hundred and twenty acres of valuable land on section 8, Lincoln township, and also in another tract of eighty acres on the same section. He devotes his time and energies to farming with good results and the neat and thrifty appearance of his place is indicative of the progressive spirit of the owner.
He was born in Mecklenburg, Germany, August 17, 1863, and is a son of WILLIAM and SOPHIA Zabel. The father was a blacksmith in his native country, where he remained until 1869, when the opportunities of the new world attracted him and he crossed the Atlantic, landing at New York.
He at one made his way to Scott county and for four years was a resident of Davenport, after which he removed to Butler township, purchasing a farm of one hundred and sixty acres, which he occupied for thirteen years, when his wife died and he returned to Davenport.
He still makes his home in the city and is now living retired. In their family were eight children: William, a resident of Winfield township;
Fritz, a resident of Butler township;
Charles and Albert, who make their home in Lincoln township;
Amelia, who is the widow of Andrew Schwartz and resides on the old homestead property;
Meta, the wife of Henry Thoede, a resident of Butler township; Alvina, deceased; and Theodore, the subject of this review.
Theodore Zabel acquired his education in the district schools and has followed farming throughout his entire life. He gave his father the benefit of his services until twenty years of age, after which he secured work in the neighborhood as a farm hand and was thus employed until the time of his marriage in 1888. Wishing to have a home of his own, he purchased his present farm from his father-in-law and has now occupied it for twenty-two years, making all of the improvements here, setting out all of the trees and continuing the work of progress until his property is regarded as one of the valuable and attractive farms of the district. As the years passed by and he prospered he made further investment in land, becoming the owner of eighty acres which was the old Samuel Stanley farm.
On the 1st of March, 1888, Mr. Zabel was united in marriage to Miss WILHELMINA HORST, a daughter of CLAUS and MARIETTA Horst, who were early settlers here, coming to Scott county about 1850. The father had served in the war between Holstein and Denmark from the year 1848 to 1850, and had then crossed the Atlantic, arriving in Scott county when it was still a pioneer district. He purchased prairie land and turned his attention to farming. In the course of years he owned two good farms and was numbered among the leading agriculturists of the community.
Both he and his wife and three sons are now deceased. Mrs. Zabel and Mrs. John F. Kuendel were born in Lincoln township, where their girlhood days were passed. The former was trained in the work of the household and pursued her early education in the district schools.
Unto Mr. and Mrs. Zabel have been born four children:
Walter, Alfon, Grover and Hulda.
Mr. Zabel is a member of the Modern Woodmen camp, No 8971, at Eldridge and has held office in the order. He is also connected with the Turner Society at Eldridge and he gives his political allegiance to the democratic party. He has served as trustee of his township and as school director, and the cause of education finds in him a stalwart champion. His attention, however, is chiefly given to his farming interests and in the cultivation of his fields he raises diversified crops and he always keeps on hand good grades of stock. He has been diligent and persevering in business, watchful of all details pointing to success, and his close application and energy have made him one of the substantial agriculturists of the community.
Transcribed by Elaine Rathmann for the Scott Co, IA USGenWeb Project
Surnames: Zabel, Schwartz, Thoede, Stanley, Horst, Kuendel
The business interests of Theodore Zabel are those represented in a fine farm of one hundred and twenty acres of valuable land on section 8, Lincoln township, and also in another tract of eighty acres on the same section. He devotes his time and energies to farming with good results and the neat and thrifty appearance of his place is indicative of the progressive spirit of the owner.
He was born in Mecklenburg, Germany, August 17, 1863, and is a son of WILLIAM and SOPHIA Zabel. The father was a blacksmith in his native country, where he remained until 1869, when the opportunities of the new world attracted him and he crossed the Atlantic, landing at New York.
He at one made his way to Scott county and for four years was a resident of Davenport, after which he removed to Butler township, purchasing a farm of one hundred and sixty acres, which he occupied for thirteen years, when his wife died and he returned to Davenport.
He still makes his home in the city and is now living retired. In their family were eight children: William, a resident of Winfield township;
Fritz, a resident of Butler township;
Charles and Albert, who make their home in Lincoln township;
Amelia, who is the widow of Andrew Schwartz and resides on the old homestead property;
Meta, the wife of Henry Thoede, a resident of Butler township; Alvina, deceased; and Theodore, the subject of this review.
Theodore Zabel acquired his education in the district schools and has followed farming throughout his entire life. He gave his father the benefit of his services until twenty years of age, after which he secured work in the neighborhood as a farm hand and was thus employed until the time of his marriage in 1888. Wishing to have a home of his own, he purchased his present farm from his father-in-law and has now occupied it for twenty-two years, making all of the improvements here, setting out all of the trees and continuing the work of progress until his property is regarded as one of the valuable and attractive farms of the district. As the years passed by and he prospered he made further investment in land, becoming the owner of eighty acres which was the old Samuel Stanley farm.
On the 1st of March, 1888, Mr. Zabel was united in marriage to Miss WILHELMINA HORST, a daughter of CLAUS and MARIETTA Horst, who were early settlers here, coming to Scott county about 1850. The father had served in the war between Holstein and Denmark from the year 1848 to 1850, and had then crossed the Atlantic, arriving in Scott county when it was still a pioneer district. He purchased prairie land and turned his attention to farming. In the course of years he owned two good farms and was numbered among the leading agriculturists of the community.
Both he and his wife and three sons are now deceased. Mrs. Zabel and Mrs. John F. Kuendel were born in Lincoln township, where their girlhood days were passed. The former was trained in the work of the household and pursued her early education in the district schools.
Unto Mr. and Mrs. Zabel have been born four children:
Walter, Alfon, Grover and Hulda.
Mr. Zabel is a member of the Modern Woodmen camp, No 8971, at Eldridge and has held office in the order. He is also connected with the Turner Society at Eldridge and he gives his political allegiance to the democratic party. He has served as trustee of his township and as school director, and the cause of education finds in him a stalwart champion. His attention, however, is chiefly given to his farming interests and in the cultivation of his fields he raises diversified crops and he always keeps on hand good grades of stock. He has been diligent and persevering in business, watchful of all details pointing to success, and his close application and energy have made him one of the substantial agriculturists of the community.
Transcribed by Elaine Rathmann for the Scott Co, IA USGenWeb Project
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