William E. Kaiser is one of
the extensive agriculturists and stock-growers of his
native county and is the owner of a fine landed
estate of four hundred and forty-four acres, situated
in Section 14, Farmersburg township, about 10 miles
distant from the village of McGregor, which is his
postoffice address. Mr. Kaiser was born on the old
homestead of his father, in Garnavillo town ship,
this county, on the 10th of December, 1880, and was
one in a family of seven children, all of whom are
living except one. The parents, John G. and Mary
(Wiegmann) Kaiser, were both born in Germany and were
children at the time of the immigration of the
respective families to America. John G. Kaiser became
one of the extensive landowners and representative
farmers of Clayton county, where he was an honored
and influential citizen and where both he and his
wife continued to reside until their death.
He whose name initiates this review is indebted to
the public schools of Clayton county for his early
educational discipline, which was effectively
supplemented by a course in Dixon College, in the
city of Dixon, Illinois, an institution which he
attended during two successive winters. He thereafter
continued to be associated with his father in the
latter's extensive farming operations until he had
attained to his legal majority, when he rented of his
father the farm which he now occupies and which he
later purchased, the same comprising four hundred and
forty-four acres and being one of the splendid landed
domains of Farmersburg township. With the most
progressive methods and policies, Mr. Kaiser has
taken an advanced stand in connection with
agricultural and live-stock industry in his native
county and his enterprising spirit has been shown in
the excellent improvements that he has made upon his
rural estate, including the erection of a commodious
and attractive modern house, which was completed in
1916, and which is one of the ideal country homes of
this favored section of the state.
In connection with wisely diversified agriculture Mr.
Kaiser gives special attention to the breeding and
raising of the best types of Jersey and Hereford
cattle, and his herds attract much attention by
reason of their extent and their manifest
superiority. Liberal and public-spirited in his civic
attitude, Mr. Kaiser is always ready to lend his
influence and practical co-operation in the
furtherance of measures projected for the general
good of the community, and the year 1916 finds him
serving loyally and efficiently not only as township
trustee but also as secretary of the school board of
his district. He is alert in his association with the
varied affairs of general importance in the community
and is vice-president of the Clayton County Fair
Association, his political allegiance being given to
the Democratic party and both he and his wife hold
membership in the Lutheran church, the while their
unqualified popularity indicates the high estimate
placed upon them in their native county, their
attractive home being a center of refined and
gracious hospitality. Mr. Kaiser has achieved
unqualified success in his independent career as a
representative of the great basic industries of
agriculture and stock-raising and is consistently to
be designated as one of the leading farmers of
Farmersburg township.
On December 17, 1906, was solemnized the marriage of
Mr. Kaiser to Miss Verone Mohrman, who was born and
reared in Clayton county and who is a daughter of
William and Amelia (Schumacher) Mohrman, the former a
native of Wisconsin and the latter of Iowa, and both
still residents of Garnavillo township, the father
being a carpenter. Mr. and Mrs. Kaiser are the
parents of three children, whose names and respective
dates of birth are here entered: Lois K., September
17, 1907; Lloyd W., July 2, 1909; and Bernice L.,
December 29, 1915.
source: History of Clayton County, Iowa; From The
Earliest Historical Times Down to the Present; by
Realto E. Price, Vol. II; page 203-204
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