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John P. Hummel Mr. John P. Hummel was born December 25, 1853, in
Montgomery County, Ohio, and he is the son of Benedict and Nancy (Holp) Hummel.
The father was born in Wittenberg, Germany, and there grew to maturity
and was educated, emigrating to the United States in 1848, no other member of
his family coming to our shores for many years afterwards.
He settled on a farm in Montgomery County, Ohio, where he lived four
years, then moved to Elkhart County, Indiana, and purchased a farm of eighty
acres, and there he lived and farmed until 1863, when he brought his family to
Jasper County, Iowa, and purchased a farm of two hundred and forty acres in
Fairview Township, five miles northwest of Monroe.
While living in Montgomery County, Ohio, he and Nancy Holp were married.
She was the daughter of a farmer and was born in Pennsylvania.
Three children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Benedict Hummel; Elizabeth, who
married W. W. Wagoner, a well known farmer in Fairview Township, this County,
living five miles northwest of Monroe; Mike is married and lives on the home
farm; and John P., of this review, who lives in Monroe.
The mother of these children died at the old home place in 1887 at the
age of sixty-seven years. In 1872
the father went west and was never again heard from. John P. Hummel,
who was the second child in order of birth, was about nine years old when the
family moved to Iowa; he received his education in the country schools in
Fairview Township near the home farm, remaining at home, assisting with the
general farm work, until his marriage, which occurred in January 1898.
His wife was known in her maidenhood as Augusta Russ, daughter of Leonard
and Catherine (Hummel) Russ. She
was born in Germany in 1861, her parents being natives of the fatherland. They
came to America in 1871 and settled at Monroe, Jasper County, Iowa. She was one
of a family of five children, namely: Mary, who married George Magg, a retired
farmer, now living at Prairie City; Kate, who married William Lotz, lives one
mile south of Monroe in Marion County; Bergie married Lewis Wilhelm and lives on
a farm northwest of Monroe; the wife of our subject was the oldest of the
family; Lucy married George McCombs, of California, a ranchman. The parents of
these children are both deceased. After his marriage John P. Hummel left the
farm and built a home in Monroe, and it was here that the greatest sorrow as
well as the greatest joy visited him, for with the birth of the little daughter,
Augusta, on April 13, 1891, the mother's life ended, leaving the husband and the
home desolate and the beloved daughter to grow up without a mother's protecting
care and love. Mrs. Hummel was a lady of estimable character, kind and gentle
mannered, beloved by all who knew her. She
was a faithful member of the Catholic Church at Des Moines. Since her death Mr.
Hummel has lived alone, the child being kept by her aunt and uncle while she is
small. Mr. Hummel has been very successful in a business way. Besides his property in Monroe, which is modern and valuable, he is the owner of one of the choice farms of Fairview Township, consisting of two hundred and sixty acres, which he has placed under a high state of cultivation and on which is to be found a good set of buildings. He is now living retired from active life. He is a man of splendid character and has the friendship and respect of all who know him. The
Past and Present of Jasper County, Iowa, Gen. James B. Weaver, Editor-in-Chief,
1912, B. F. Bowden & Co., Indianapolis, IN, p. 973. |
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