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Frederick
S. Sweinebart No better representative of the thrifty and progressive younger generation of farmers in Jasper County could be found than Frederick S. Schweinebart, the scion of an excellent old family of Independence Township. He believes in adopting the best twentieth-century methods in his field work and in doing well whatever is worth doing at all; no half-hearted or "slip-shod" method goes with him, and he is always at it, never letting the grass grow under his feet or any stone unturned whereby he can benefit himself; but he takes a good citizen's interest in the affairs of his community and, while laboring for his advancement, does not neglect his duties to his neighbors and the community in general. Mr.
Schweinebart was born in Independence Township, Jasper County, Iowa, in 1881,
and here he grew to manhood, received his education in the public schools, and
with the exception of six months spent in the butcher business in Baxter, he has
devoted himself to agricultural pursuits. He
owns and tills two hundred and forty acres of as choice land as the locality can
boast, the Schweinebart farm, lying just over the line in Eden Township,
Marshall County. He has kept it
under a high state of improvement and cultivation and has been very successful
as a general farmer and stock raiser, always keeping a fine grade of livestock,
having gathered the nucleus of one of the finest shorthorn herds in this
locality. He has an attractive and
substantial home, large and substantial outbuildings and everything about his
place denotes thrift and prosperity and that a gentleman of good taste and good
judgment has its management in hand. Fred
and Etta Schweinebart, parents of the subject, were born in Germany, from which
country they immigrated to America and located in Jasper County, Iowa, and they
are now living in a very comfortable home in the town of Baxter. Four children
were born to them, two of whom are living, namely: William, of Independence
Township; Mrs. Mary Wintermier, deceased; one son died young; Frederick, of this
sketch. These children were all
born in Independence Township, Jasper County. Fred
Schweinebart was married in 1906 to Opal Stinson, who was born in Independence
Township, this County, April 24, 1888, and here she grew to womanhood and here
received her education in the common schools. Mrs.
Schweinebart is the daughter of Thomas and Emily F. (Sego) Stinson.
The father, one of the largest landowners and influential citizens of
Jasper County, was born in Indiana, May 5, 1847.
When a boy he came with his parents to Jasper County, Iowa, here grew to
manhood, was educated and has spent the balance of his useful and successful
life, he being the son of Jeremiah and Delila (Wyatt) Stinson.
On April 12, 1874, he was united in marriage with Emily F. Sego, who was
born in this County, January 19, 1857, the daughter of Greenberry and Sarah D.
(Goodman) Sego, early settlers of this locality where they spent the latter
parts of their lives, both being now deceased; their family consisted of eleven
children. Seven
children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Stinson, namely: Mrs. Florence Elba
Dodd lives in Colfax; Maggie Edith is deceased; John Berryl lives in Madison
County, Iowa; Mrs. Audra Belle Tipton lives in Independence Township, this
County; Mrs. Sarah Fern Kracht also lives in this Township; Opal, wife of Mr.
Schweinebart, of this review; Frank G. lives with his parents on the home farm. Thomas
Stinson has been very successful in a business way, and he owns a fine,
productive and well-improved farm of seven hundred and twenty acres in Jasper
County and one hundred and twenty acres of valuable land in Madison County.
He carries on general farming and stock raising on an extensive scale,
taking rank in the front of our leading agriculturists, and is a much admired
and influential man. To Mr. and Mrs. Schweinebart two children have been born,
the eldest, Harmon, dying in infancy; Nile was born on March 29, 1909. Politically, the subject is an independent voter, and he takes much more than a passing interest in the affairs of his community, and, in view of his youth and past success, the future has much of promise for him. The Past and Present of Jasper County, Gen. James B. Weaver, Editor-In-Chief, 1912 B.F. Bowen Co., Indianapolis, IN, p. 1342. |
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