Lewis Kohl

As printed in 1910

LEWIS KOHL.

Among the native sons of Greenfield township who are still working diligently for her progress in agricultural lines is numbered Lewis Kohl, who was born on the parental homestead July 19, 1864, a son of Amos and Maria (Grimm) Kohl. In their family were the following children: Mrs. Mary Kline, Henry, Will, Mrs. Nettie Hempy, Lewis, Mrs. Emma Stearns, Mrs. Tena Melton. Charles and Mrs. Minnie Fink.

Reared upon the homestead farm, Lewis Kohl early acquired an excellent knowledge of agricultural pursuits and received a fair education in the schools of the locality. When he engaged in farming on his own account he procured one hundred and six acres of the best land in Greenfield, and there has toiled early and late, obtaining a handsome competence. His farm is well improved and presents to the view a gratifying expanse of carefully tilled fields, and a collection of buildings modern in their construction, and in the good repair in which they are maintained evincing the thrift of their owner.

On the 6th of April, 1887, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Kohl and Miss Addie Miller, a daughter of Joseph Miller. Their union has been blessed with three children: Clarence, who has just attained his majority; Ethel, who was twenty on the 5th of August, 1909, and is the wife of William Bailey; and Amos, who is a young man of sixteen years.

Mr. Kohl is a member of the Evangelical church, while he gives his political allegiance to the democratic party. He has ever evinced a great deal of public spirit and for twenty years has served his township as one of the school board and is at present a trustee. Progressive in his ideas, high principles in his acts, his part in the administration of the local affairs has been such as to command the appreciation of the citizens.

As printed in History of Jones County, Iowa, past and present (1910). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.