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Born 1861
From Story of Lee County, Iowa; (1914)
Henry Stellern, a representative of a well known and honored family of Lee county, which has been identified with agricultural and industrial interests of the community since 1869, was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on the 5th of September, 1861, and is a son of John G. H. and Charlotte Stellern. He was only eight years osage when the family arrived here and has, therefore, been identified with the interests of Fort Madison during the greater part of his life. He was principally educated in the German Catholic schools, but also attended a business college in Chicago for a time. He is now the owner of a good farm adjoining the corporation limits of Fort Madison on the north, and there he has made his home since his marriage, occupying a fine brick residence. In connection with agricultural pursuits, he is also engaged in the manufacture of brick, his plant having a capacity of twenty thousand per day. He has given considerable attention to this industry since 1910, although he still engaged in farming and is the owner of a fine tract of land in Caddo county, Oklahoma.
On the 28th of November, 1897, Mr. Stellern was united in marriage to Miss Bertha White, a native of Buffalo, New York, who was born in 1871 and in childhood came to this county with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Patrick White. Her father was a native of Ireland. Mr. and Mrs. Stellern have two children, Harry P. and Mabel Bertha.
As a democrat, Mr. Stellern has taken quite an active interest in public affairs and at one time was the candidate of his party for county supervisor. For six years he has acceptably served as treasurer of the West Point Agricultural Society, and as a public-spirited citizen does all in his power to advance the general welfare. He is a member of the Catholic church and fraternally is connected with the Knights of Columbus, the Moose and the Eagles.
As printed in Story of Lee County, Iowa; (1914). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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