Herman E. Lange

As printed in 1914

HERMAN E. LANGE.

With the farming and stock-raising interests of Green Bay township Herman E. Lange has been prominently identified since reaching manhood, and he now makes his home on section 10. He was born in that township on the 28th of February, 1862, and is the youngest of the eight children born to Herman and Christina (Bettelthon) Lange, of whom extended mention is made in the sketch of Robert Lange on another page of this volume.

During his boyhood our subject attended the common schools of the neighborhood and aided in the work of the home farm. On leaving the parental roof he engaged in farming upon rented land for three years and at the end of that time purchased eighty acres, which he operated until about 1903. He then sold out and bought Big Island, consisting of four hundred and ninety-five acres on the Mississippi river, belonging to Green Bay township. In the purchase of this property he was in partnership with H. D. McCahn, and to its cultivation and management he devoted his attention for three years. He then disposed of that property to the Water Power Company and has since operated a farm of three hundred acres belonging to his mother-in-law. He had previously cultivated this place, however, in connection with the Island and has always engaged in farming on quite an extensive scale. He has also given considerable attention to the raising of stock and now has twenty-five head of horses, the same number of cattle and about one hundred and fifty hogs upon his place. He raises over eight thousand bushels of corn annually. He now owns two hundred acres of land and three acres inside the city limits at Milburn, Oklahoma, which property is among the Chickasaw Indians, and he expects to locate thereon in

In 1891 was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Lange and Miss Etta May Tucker, who was born in Green Bay township, May 21, 1872, a daughter of G. W. and Clara (Minard) Tucker, early settlers of this locality, having located here in the spring of 18; i. Her father prospered as an agriculturist and became the owner of five hundred acres of very valuable land, which is now owned by his widow. He was also prominent in public affairs and served as sheriff of Lee county for several years. He is now deceased, but Mrs. Tucker is still living, making her home in Fort Madison. Mr. and Mrs. Lange have one son, George W., at home.

Mr. Lange is one of the leading members of Wever Lodge, No. 552, I. O. O. F., in which he has filled a number of offices, and he also belongs to the Rebekahs and the Grange. He was reared in the Lutheran church and has always affiliated with the democratic party, taking a commendable interest in public affairs and serving as trustee of his township. He is a worthy representative of an old and honored family of this county and well deserves mention in this volume.

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.