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Frederick
A. Kanne The
career of Frederick A. Kanne, one of the leading agriculturists and stock men of
Malaka Township, Jasper County, has ever been such as to warrant the trust and
confidence of the business world, for he has ever conducted all transactions on
the strictest principles of honor and integrity. His devotion to the public good
is unquestioned and arises from a sincere interest in his fellow men.
Mr.
Kanne seems to possess many of the commendable traits of his sterling German
ancestors, his family having been prominent in the affairs of Jasper County for
many decades, and here his birth occurred, in Malaka Township, on April 24,
1870. Here he grew to manhood, received his education in the common schools and
here he has continued to reside. He
is the son of Henry and Louisa (Paul) Kanne, both natives of Germany, the father
born on September 19, 1834m and the mother on November 17, 1840. They emigrated
to America when young and settled in Jasper County, Iowa, and here became
substantial and influential citizens and large land owners in Malaka Township,
and they spent the rest of their lives here, the father dying on October 14,
1901, and the mother on October 17, 1911. They were the parents of eight children, namely:
Mrs. Minnie Alleman, Levi H., Frederick A., Mrs. Louisa Krampe, Louis,
Mrs. Sophia Saak, Mrs. Lydia Tinnermier, Mrs. Martha Saak. Frederick
A. Kanne, of this sketch, was married on June 10, 1897, to Mary M. Hager, who
was born in Ludlow Township, Allamakee County, Iowa, August 4, 1869. She is the
daughter of Simon and Minnie (Krampe) Hager, both born in Germany, the father on
July 7, 1835, and the mother in July 1848.
There they spent their early days and from there emigrated to America,
settled in Allamakee County, Iowa, where they became well established and there
the father still lives, the mother having died on May 4, 1900.
Mr. Hager is active in religious matters, having been an elder in the
Presbyterian Church for a period of thirty years and he has been superintendent
of the Sunday school for many years. There
were ten children in the Hager family, all living and named as follows:
William, born February 1, 1865, lives in Waukon, Iowa; Mrs. Ida Helming,
born October 18, 1867, lives in Baxter; Mary M., wife of Mr. Kanne, of this
sketch; Mrs. Sophia Flage, born July 8, 1871, lives in Newton, Missouri; Mrs.
Minnie Toney, born June 22, 1873, of Waukon, Iowa; Mrs. Sarah Bauercamper, born
August 26, 1875 of Allamakee County; Mrs. Meta Kreiger, born October 18, 1877,
of Allamakee County; Lizzie, born April 13, 1879, lives at home in Allamakee
County; Mrs. Ella Ernst, wife of Rev. Ernst, was born October 11, 1885, lives in
St. Paul, Minnesota. These children were born and reared in Allamakee County,
Iowa. To
Mr. and Mrs. Kanne two daughters have been born. Viola Dorothea, born December
25, 1901, and Dorothea Mildred Luella, born May 28, 1904. They are attending
school in their home community. Politically,
Mr. Kanne is a Republican, and in religious matters he and his wife belong to
the German Reformed Church of Independence Township. Mr. Kanne has devoted his life to farming with very gratifying results. Upon the division of the large and valuable Kanne estate in 1912, the subject came into possession of one hundred and sixty acres of as fine land as the Township affords, well improved and under a high state of cultivation. He has an attractive, commodious home, furnished with every modern convenience, and they enjoy many of life's luxuries. This family has the respect and friendship of all who know them as a result of the well ordered lives and their genial and obliging natures. The Past and Present of Jasper County, Gen. James B. Weaver, Editor-In-Chief, 1912 B.F. Bowen Co., Indianapolis, IN, p. 1084. |
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