Lohr, Conrad

LOHR, KNEISEL

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Date: 1/8/2024 at 17:36:49

Conrad Lohr, a pioneer of Cedar township, came in 1855 locating on section 15, where he immediately began improvements and has now an excellent farm. He is a native of Hesse Cassel, Germany, born Dec. 27, 1825, when in company with friends he came to the United States landing at New York after a story passage of
fifty-two days. He went to Erie Co., Ohio, and engaged in farming until 1855 when he came to Iowa. He was married in 1846, to Mary Kneisel. They have had eight children: Catharine, Christine (who died on their voyage to America, aged three years), Margaret, Peter, George, William, Mary and Amelia (twins). Mr. Lohr is an esteemed citizen and an elder of the German Presbyterian Church.

~History of Mitchell and Worth Counties, Iowa
Springfield, Ill: Union Publishing Co., 1884; pg 301

(transcription source: Iowa Biographies Project)