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Born 1871
From History of Washington County, Iowa from the first white settlements to 1908. Also biographical sketches of some prominent citizens of the county (1909)
CHARLES KREBS.
Charles Krebs, an energetic, alert and enterprising agriculturist of Iowa township, where he owns a well improved farm of one hundred and fifty-three acres, was born in that township on the 7th of July, 1871, his parents being Frederick and Rachel ( Hagan ) Krebs, who were natives of Germany. In the '50s thev crossed the Atlantic to the new world, locating in the state of New York, where the father secured employment as a farm hand. Subsequently he removed to Massachusetts and later came to Washington county. Iowa, here purchasing a tract of land of forty acres. As the years passed and his financial resources increased through the careful conduct of his agricultural interests, he extended the boundaries of his farm by the additional purchase of land and continued to reside on that place until called to his final rest rm the 27th nt March, 11)04. His wife still survives at the age of seventy-three years and now makes her home in Riverside, Iowa. Unto this worthy couple were born ten children, namely: Mary, who is deceased; Louise, the wife of Jacob Franks, of Iowa township, Jane, who is the wife of Jacob Lawser and resides in Kalona, Iowa; Rachel, the wife of Charles Gerot, of Riverside, Iowa: Henry, whose sketch appears on another page of this work; Frederick and John, living in Iowa township; William; Charles, of this review; and Gottlieb, who is likewise a resident of Iowa township.
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Charles Krebs remained at home until the time of his marriage and then located on his present farm of one hundred and fifty-three acres, which he had acquired from his father. In addition to cultivating the cereals best adapted to soil and climate he has also been extensively engaged in the raising of black-faced sheep, this branch of activity adding not a little to his yearly income. The neat and thrifty appearance of the place indicates the supervision of a practical and progressive owner and in all of his undertakings Mr. Krebs has gained that measure of success which is ever the reward of earnest, persistent and untiring labor when guided by sound judgment and keen discrimination.
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As printed in History of Washington County, Iowa from the first white settlements to 1908. Also biographical sketches of some prominent citizens of the county (1909). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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