The "Our Friends on the Acres"
column ran in the Postville Herald starting in
November 1939. Each week the Herald reporter
visited a different farm to interview the owners in their
rural homes.
The farmers lived around the Postville
vicinity, on farms in Allamakee county, northwestern
Clayton co., northeastern Fayette co. and southeastern
Winneshiek co.
In most cases, the interviews include
ancestral family information as well as historical land
ownership. I have included the columns in both Land
Records and Biographical Records for that reason. The
researcher will find many surnames and lots of
information in these terrific articles!
The biographies were transcribed by Sharyl Ferrall for
Allamakee co. IAGenWeb
Barr, Mr. & Mrs.
Frank
Becker, Mr.
& Mrs. Fred
Blumhagen,
Mr. & Mrs. Fred
Brockmeyer,
Mr. & Mrs. William
Bugenhagen,
Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph C.
Clark, Mr. &
Mrs. Harvey
Colvin, Mr.
& Mrs. Frank
Erickson, Mr.
& Mrs. Ben
Gass, Mr. &
Mrs. Edwin M.
Gericke, Mr.
John H.
Gericke, Mr.
Henry
Gordon, Mr.
Edwin
Green, Mr.
& Mrs. E.W.
Guese, Mrs. Fred
(Minnie)
Hangartner,
Mr. & Mrs. Frank F.
Harris, Mr. Sam
Harris, Mr.
& Mrs. Warner M.
Hecker, Mr.
Robert F.
Heins, Mr. Fred
J.
Held, Mr. &
Mrs. August
Kerr, Mr. &
Mrs. Kenneth J.
Klemme, Mr.
Theodore R.
Koenig, Mr.
& Mrs. Fred H.
Kugel, Mr.
& Mrs. Wm. H.F.
Lien, Mr. &
Mrs. Even O.
Livingood,
Mr. & Mrs. Edwin R.
Lubka, Mr. &
Mrs. Louis |
McNeil, Mr. &
Mrs. Ed
Meyer, Mr.
& Mrs. Carl H.
Meyer, Mr.
& Mrs. Fred W.
Meyer, Mr.
& Mrs. Henry L.
Oldag, Mr. &
Mrs. Henry
Olson, Mr.
Thov. H.
Opperud, Mr.
& Mrs. Dorf
Orr, Mr. &
Mrs. Darius
Panncke, Mr.
& Mrs. Fred J.
Pearson, Mr.
& Mrs. Lloyd
Putnam, Mr. Ray
Rathbun, Mr.
& Mrs. Blake
Schroeder,
Mr. & Mrs. Edward C.
Schultz, Mr.
& Mrs. August
Schutte, Mr.
& Mrs. Charles
Shafer, Mr.
& Mrs. Ben
Smith, Mr.
Cassius P.
Swenson, Mr.
& Mrs. Sander O.
Topel, Mr.
& Mrs. Paul E.
Walch, Mr. &
Mrs. John
Waters, Mrs.
Ray (Mabel)
Wettleson,
Mr. Wettle T.
Zieman, Mr.
& Mrs. Elmer J. |
