Valentine J. Krehbiel

As printed in 1905

VALENTINE J. KREHBIEL.

One of the prominent younger farmers of I-'franklin township, where he owns 215 acres of farm lands, as also seventy-five acres in Harrison township, is Valentine J. Ivrehbiel. He was born on a farm adjoining that on which he now resides.September 16, 1862, the son of Christian and Mary- (Schnebele) Krehbiel, both natives of Germany. Their portraits appear upon opposite page. The father was a man of enterprising spirit, and came to America in 1850. at aliout twenty years of age, locating in Ohio. The following year, 1851, he came west and located in Franklin township. Lee county. Iowa. His future wife came to the township) about the same time, with her parents. Here he took employment as a farm hand, in which he continued for abovit five years, when he married, and having saved his earnings, was able to purchase a farm. This consisted of eighty acres of unimproved land, upon which stood a log house. This tract he cleared and made it productive, occasionally adding to it by further purchases, until finally he was the owner of 415 acres in this township, besides a great deal of land in Kansas and forty-five acres in Harrison township. Pie was a self-made man, and by his own efforts came to be one of the most successful farmers in this section of the county. He was also an important factor in the township's affairs, and was for a number of terms trustee of the township. He was a lifelong Democrat, and often ser\ed the party in county conventions. His death occurred in 1899. and that of his widow in 1902. Both were early members

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As printed in Biographical review of Lee County, Iowa; (1905). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.