JOCHIM LAMP FAMILY
Jochim Lamp was born November 13, 1857, in Stakendorf, in the Probstei of Holstein, Germany.
He was the son of Peter and Gretchen Stuhr Lamp. Peter Lamp served in the Danish army in the upheaval and
revolution of 1848-1851. Jochim lost his mother at the age of five, so he was raised by his aunt, Mrs. Catherine
Wiese, the grandmother of Peter Rix. Peter Rix also came from Germany and became publisher
of the Manning Monitor newspaper.
At the age of 17, Jochim Lamp left Germany for the United States along with Conrad Wiese, Henry Grimm and Ferdinand Lamp. They landed March 19, 1874, and came directly to Arcadia, Iowa, which was then known as Tip Top. They walked southward from the town, going from hilltop to hilltop, looking for a home with a smoking chimney. All homes were located in low-lying land because water was a necessity.
They moved in with a Mr. and Mrs. Mundt, parents of Henry Mundt, who later became a Manning resident. The first home was a shack consisting of an outside wall of boards and an inside wall of boards. As more people came, all moved into this same shack.
Jochim began working as a hired man, putting all of his earnings into land. This was an old German custom; they did not believe in spending foolishly. He soon earned a bare tract of land consisting of 80 acres for $17 per acre. It was located one mile west and 1/2 mile north of the Five Mile House, five miles south of Westside.
In the meantime another family, Mr. and Mrs. Detlef Wiese, migrated from Germany and settled at Davenport. There they established a brickyard and continued in this industry until they felt they had enough earnings to move westward and buy land.
Detlef was chosen as a scout for several families and came in advance into the Hayes Township, Crawford County area. With the money earned at the brickyards he purchased three tracts of land, each consisting of 160 acres. Two farms were adjoining; the third farm was several miles away. These farms were also in the Five Mile House area. A home was built consisting of a framework covered with slough hay, dry manure and mud. After the settlement was made, the women came by train. The men followed in covered wagons bringing the livestock cross country, which took several months.
The Wiese family raised a family of nine children, Agnes, Frank, Edward, Rudolph, Anna, Adam, Charlie, Theresa and Albert.
Agnes Wiese was on a walk when she discovered a man tying bundles of grain by hand. This man was Jochim Lamp. A friendship began, which later turned into marriage February 26, 1884.
After their marriage Jochim sold his barren 80 acre farm in Hayes Township and bought another farm in Iowa Township, three miles north of Aspinwall. The 90 acre farm cost $26 per acre. There Mr. and Mrs. Jochim Lamp raised a family of nine children, Marvin, Frank, Edward, Vertus, Herman, Gerhardt, Hubert, Jessie and Charles.
They lived north of Aspinwall until 1900. At that time an advertisement was displayed in Aspinwall of a 240 acre tract of land for sale in Ewoldt Township, Carroll County. He purchased this in 1900 for $50 per acre and took possession in 1901.
There Jochim Lamp died March 19, 1933, after an illness of heart disease and complications. His death was exactly 59 years to the day of his landing in the United States.
Agnes Lamp continued to live on the farm with her son Herman and his wife. Though blind in her later years, she was a great deal of help in the house. She died in March of 1944.
Herman, the last of the Lamp family, passed away, February 27, 1982.
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MARVIN LAMP FAMILY
Marvin Lamp was born in Iowa Township February 7, 1885, to Jochim
and Agnes (Wiese) Lamp. Rosa Kuhl was born north of Manning December 31, 1886,
to Peter and Louisa Lohmeier Kuhl.
Marvin spent his early years working on his father's farm and neighboring farms and later worked at a saloon owned by Charles Kruse, located south of the present First National Bank in Manning.
Rosa assisted with the Sunset Dairy which was operated by the Kuhl family at the west edge of Manning. She attended Manning schools, graduating in 1904. After graduation she taught for five years at the school two miles south of Manning known as the Bingham school.
Marvin and Rosa were married at Manning and moved to a farm two miles west and four miles south of Aspinwall where they spent the next 13 years. Their farming career was carried on for 40 years (with the exception of one year), in Iowa Township of Crawford County; they became owners of the farm 1/2 mile west of Aspinwall, residing there from 1934 until retiring in 1946.
The Lamps had two children, Joe of Garner, and Louise, Mrs. Harry Koester, of Altoona. Joe was a member of the original Iowa Highway Patrol, which was organized in 1936. He was married to the former Alice Guth, and they had two sons, Bruce and Craig.
Louise Koester is a 35 year veteran teacher, having taught at Iowa Township No. 2 from 1934 to 1939 and 1950 to 1958, when the school became a part of the Manning Community Schools, and then taught at Manning until 1975. She retired from the Arcadia-Vail Parochial School in 1979.
Harry and Louise have one son, Dale.
Highlights of the years during which Marvin and Rosa lived near Aspinwall were the paving and straightening of Highway 141 and construction of a large new bridge near their driveway. The Lamps were honored to have the first car to cross the bridge when it was officially opened in the early 40s.
Prior to the building of the new road, two former residents of Aspinwall (Emil Ehrichs and Henry Schacht) had a narrow escape from drowning during a flood in June, 1931.
After the Lamps retired to Manning, the farm was sold to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Koester, who resided there until 1965 when it was sold to Herbert Witt, the present owner.
Rosa Lamp passed away December 22, 1957; Marvin Lamp passed away May 24, 1964.
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ELMER LANGEL FAMILY
Elmer Langel, born in May, 1941, and Imelda Klein, born in January, 1941, were
united in marriage at the Sacred Heart Church in Templeton in May, 1962. After
their marriage they made their home south of Templeton where they farmed.
In 1966 Elmer and Imelda bought the farm previously owned by Don "Smokey" Wiese and Erma Wiese, 1 1/2 miles north of Aspinwall. They are currently living there where they raise hogs and grain. Imelda is employed at First National Bank in Manning.
Elmer and Imelda have five children. Lisa, born in February, 1963, is attending Briar Cliff College where she is a sophomore. Chris, born in December, 1963, entered the Air Force in August. Bill, born in February, 1965, is a senior at Manning High School. Nick, born in January, 1967, is a sophomore. Craig, born in February, 1968, is a freshman.
Elmer and Imelda received their education from the Sacred Heart School where they graduated in 1958. Their children have received their grade school and high school education from the Manning Community Schools. They also attend CCD classes at the Sacred Heart Church in Manning, of which the Langel family are members. Elmer is a lay distributor and Imelda teaches the sixth grade CCD class.
ODDS AND ENDS
Our correspondent has been informed by J.H. Stammer, township clerk of Iowa
Township, that under the new law of the State Board of Health Claus Thomsen and
William Knott have been appointed as sub-registrars of births and deaths of
Iowa Township by J.F. Kennedy, secretary of State Board of Health.
Aspinwall News of Manning Monitor October 20, 1904
DALLAS LILE FAMILY
Dallas Leroy Lile is the son of Guy and Anna Dreier Lile. Guy was born February 24, 1901, and was a farmer. His
wife Anna was born June 17, 1901, and was a housewife. They are both still
living. Dallas had three half-brothers, one brother and two sisters. One sister
died in infancy and one half-sister died in childhood. Dallas attended school
through high school, was in the Air Force from February 7, 1953 to February 6,
1957, stationed in California, Texas, South Carolina, Bermuda and Washington, D.C.
Carol Jean Spack is the daughter of Clifford and Shirley Meyer Spack. Clifford, better known as Pat, was born January 6, 1917. Shirley was born December 16, 1927. Pat was the owner of Pat's Place in Aspinwall, and is retired. Shirley has been a housewife and helped operate the tavern. They are both still living in Aspinwall; they also have a son, Rick. Carol received a high school education and went to the Americana Beauty Academy in Des Moines.
Dallas and Carol were married July 24, 1970 in Manilla at the Lutheran Church. They have lived in Audubon and now reside in Aspinwall.
Their children are Michelle, born December 11, 1961, now working in Carroll; Tony, born August 8, 1963, going to school; and Trudy, born May 18, 1969, also still in school.
Carol is the owner and operator of Carol's Salon De Beaute in Aspinwall. Dallas had a garage for 15 years in Viola Center and Manilla, was a mechanic for 25 years working in Audubon and Denison, and at the present time is the owner and operator of The Filling Station, a cafe in Manilla.
Carol is a member of the V.F.W. Auxiliary and a member of the School Boosters. Dallas was president of the Manilla Chamber for three years, a member of the American Legion for 22 years and was its historian, is a V.F.W. member, and a charter member of the Lions Club. His hobby is cooking.
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GENE LOHRMANN FAMILY
Gene Lohrmann, son of Frenz and Erma Lohrmann, was born May 27, 1942, at the
Carroll Hospital. He attended Hayes Township No. 8 country school through the
eighth grade and then graduated from Manning High School in 1960. He worked for
Crane Feed and Seed, Vail, and I.B.P., Denison, before entering the U.S. Army
in 1964, serving six months in Viet Nam before being discharged in March, 1966.
Colene, daughter of Wilbur and Fern Anthony, was born January 15, 1946, at the Carroll Hospital. She went to Iowa Township No. 2 country school through the seventh grade. She had the same teacher all those years, Mrs. Harry (Louise) Koester. Colene then attended Manning schools and graduated in 1964. She enrolled at A.I.B. in Des Moines and received a Jr. Accounting diploma in September, 1965 and worked until her marriage.
Gene and Colene were married December 3, 1966. They started farming when her parents retired to Manning in the spring of 1967. They have two children, Andrea, born July 7, 1975, and Kyle, born January 5, 1977. Both went to pre-school in Manning and love the outdoors.
Gene is president of the Aspinwall Centennial Association, is a director of the Aspinwall Community Hall, belongs to the Crawford County A.S.C.S., the American Legion and V.F.W. Posts in Manning. He was a board member of the Aspinwall Co-Op for nine years.
Colene is a member of the Ladies Aid Society and the Happy Hour Club Her hobbies include sewing, gardening and photography. Gene enjoys deer hunting in Wyoming and Iowa.
They are members of Zion Lutheran Church in Manning and enjoy camping and fishing for recreation.
ODDS AND ENDS
When I think of Aspinwall, I think of all the wild strawberries we found.
John Babik, Omaha
FRED LOHRMANN
Fred Paul Lohrmann, son of Peter Bernhardt and Maggie Wolvers Lohrmann, was
born November 19, 1877, in Germany. He married Clara Joachimsen February 9,
1900. Clara was born in Clinton County, Iowa, August 16, 1878, daughter of John
Joachimsen and Hanna Sievertsen Joachimsen.
Fred's parents were married in Germany in 1870. Peter Bernhardt came to America first, settled in Westside, and sent for his wife, Maggie, and their eight children. Bernhardt died one year later, in 1890, and Maggie then married Peter Jurgensen.
Clara's parents were also born and raised in Germany. They married after coming to America in 1878, and settled on a farm in Hayes Township.
After Fred and Clara were married, he worked for $1.00 a day, helping other farmers before he began farming on his own. They purchased his mother's farm in Hayes Township and lived there for 35 years until they retired in 1944 to live in Westside. They raised and marketed 300 head of hogs a year, usually milked 12 cows, and had a flock of 300 chickens.
They were the parents of five children: Mrs. Otto (Elva) Massman, Westside; Mrs. George (Ada) Frahm, deceased; Mrs. Louie (Lora) Sanders, Yreka. California; Mrs. William (Arla) Dammann, Manning; and Frenz Lohrmann, Manning.
They were married 65 years before Fred passed away in 1965. Clara passed away May 5, 1982, at the age of 103 at the Eventide Nursing Home, Denison.
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FRENZ LOHRMANN
Frenz P. Lohrmann was born December 18, 1913, in Crawford County to Fred and
Clara Lohrmann. September 29, 1936, he was united in marriage to Erma I.
Segebart. She was born October 25, 1918, to Mertle and William Segebart of Westside.
Frenz and Erma bought the home place from his folks, making it a third generation farm. There they raised six children.
Larry married Rebecca Ann Fox of Texas in 1959; they have two sons, Troy and Chad, and farm near Deloit. Gene married Colene Anthony of Manning in December, 1966; they live two miles north of Aspinwall with their children, Andrea and Kyle. Curtis married Judy Walsh of Templeton in December, 1967, and live north of Carroll with their sons, Doug and Jason; another son Jeffrey passed away in 1977. Kerry married Kenneth Sturm of Manning in May, 1971; they now live in Omaha with their sons Justin and Chris. Rick married Georgia Dethlefs of Manning in July, 1977; they have a daughter Erica, and now live in Carroll. Brenda married Dallas Warnke of Carroll in September, 1976; they live in Scranton and have a daughter Traci.
Another daughter, Judy, died in infancy.
Frenz and Erma farmed for 30 years before moving to Manning. Erma works for L.R. Nelson Co. and Frenz is occupied with part-time jobs.
ALAN AND BONNIE LORENZEN
Alan Dean Lorenzen was born May 28, 1937, at Manilla. His parents are John and
Milda (Schnoor) Lorenzen; John died October 11, 1974. Alan has one brother, Jack, of Manning.
Bonnie Lee Brus was born March 8, 1937 at Carroll. Her parents are Carl P. and Marie Jahn Brus. She has one sister, Beverly (Mrs. Kenneth Graves) of Perry.
Alan and Bonnie both graduated from Manning High School in 1955. Alan joined the Marine Corps and served two years. When he returned he worked for the Aspinwall Cooperative for three years. Bonnie attended North West Missouri State College at Maryville, Missouri for two years and then taught fourth and fifth grades at the Manilla Community School for the next five years.
They were married June 26, 1960, at Trinity Lutheran Church, Manilla, where the family are still active members.
They lived one year a half mile north of Aspinwall on the Frank Meggers place. Since then their home has been on Alan's home place, 1 1/4 miles west of Aspinwall.
They have three children. Dawn Allyn was born November 2, 1963. Michael Lee was born September 29, 1967. Debra Lyn was born December 9, 1968. They all attend Manilla Community School. Dawn is going to attend Midlands Lutheran College at Fremont, Nebraska.
JOHN LORENZEN
John Lorenzen, son of Lorenz and Catherine Clausen Lorenzen, was born
October 10, 1898 in Shelby County. His parents were born in Germany and they
came to America in 1886, locating on a farm in Shelby County. They were the
parents of 10 children; seven are deceased. The mother was killed in a horse
and buggy runaway accident in 1906. The father stayed on the farm where he lived for 46 years.
John was united in marriage to Milda Schnoor December 3, 1924. She was born March 23, 1901 in Crawford County, daughter of William and Minnie Asbahr Schnoor. Her parents came to America in 1891, farmed in Crawford County, and were the parents of six children; five are deceased.
John and Milda engaged in farming near Manilla, where they mourned the death of their two-month old infant son in 1926, then moved to a farm in Shelby County, where they lived for 16 years. They have two sons.
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Jack was born in 1928, and graduated from Manilla School in 1946. He was a mechanic at Struve Motor until entering the service in 1950. He was a veteran of the Korean War. He returned in 1951, and was married to Wava Lacy, daughter of Clarence and Pearl Lacy. Their children are Dean and Dan, both married, and Boni, a student in the Manning Community School. They have five grandchildren and are farming 1 1/2 miles east of Manning.
Alan was born in Shelby County in 1937 and moved to Crawford County in 1944, when his parents purchased a farm from Erwin and Anna Stuedeman. Alan attended school in Aspinwall through the 8th grade, graduated from Manning Community School in 1955, and enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps. When he returned in 1958 he worked at the Aspinwall Co-op. He was married to Bonnie Brus, daughter of Carl and Marie Brus, in June, 1960. They are parents of two daughters, Dawn and Debbie, and a son Mike, all students in the Manilla School. Alan, Bonnie and family are the second generation to live on the Lorenzen farm 1 1/2 miles west of Aspinwall.
John was a member of the Aspinwall Co-op and served on the board three terms. They were members of the United Methodist Church. They retired from the farm and moved to Aspinwall to a house they had purchased from Robert and Helen Schilling in 1962, where John died October 11, 1974. Milda continues to live there in her home.
ODDS AND ENDS
Mrs. John Schumacher spent several days of the past week with her daughter,
Mrs. Charles Kruse of Manning.
Aspinwall News of Manning Monitor January 10, 1902
MACKEY FAMILY
George Mackey was born in Martelle, Iowa, son of Paul
and Betty (Martin) Mackey, both teachers. George's great-grandparents emigrated to the United States from
Germany and Sweden. His maternal grandfather, Fred Martin, was a bare-knuckles prizefighter in the
early years of this century before settling down to farm near Aurora, Iowa.
George himself worked as a cook in Mason City for five years before becoming
lab technician at AGRI-Industries. In October, 1979, he was transferred to AGRI's Manning plant.
Virginia (Schintgen) Mackey's great-grandparents came to this country from Germany, France and the Netherlands to settle in and near Long Prairie, Minnesota, where her grandparents and parents, James and Lorraine (Vervalen) Schintgen, were born. After high school Ginny moved to Chicago where she became a licensed commodity representative and worked with a group of members of the Chicago Board of Trade.
George and Ginny were married July 26, 1980, and lived in Manning before buying their home in Aspinwall. They moved into the house August 9, 1981, and their daughter Lydia Helen was born two days later.
ODDS AND ENDS
When I was 12 years old, I went to my Grandfather John F. Jahn's funeral in Westside. During the funeral, the
preacher loudly scolded John Jahn's sons for letting
him work in his garden, where he died of a heart attack. The preacher's words
caused the women there to cry very loudly and the men to become very angry.
Adele (Jahn) Mordhorst, Cheyenne, Wyoming
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HANS AND LENA MATTHIESEN
Hans and Katherine "Lena" (Kraack) Matthiesen, natives of Germany, came to Aspinwall before
the turn of the century. Lena had been married before and had a daughter, Anna
Schneekloth, by that marriage; Hans and Lena had three children, Walter, Arthur
and Agnes. All four children attended school in Aspinwall. The Matthiesens lived in a little house to the north of
where Schilling's Machine Shop is now located; across the street was the saloon where Hans was employed.
The family moved to Fullerton, Nebraska, before 1910, and Hans and Lena died there. The children married, with several moving to California. Agnes died in about 1977.
ODDS AND ENDS
A statewide special election was held in 1882
concerning a prohibition amendment. Although it carried in the state, it was
lost in Crawford County by a vote of 977 against and 958 for.
History of Crawford County, published in 1911
EUGENE McCOLLUM FAMILY
Gene, son of Bert and Bertha (Decker) McCollum, grew up in Jefferson. His
father was a farmer in Greene County. Gene was married to Shirley Peters at
Manning in September, 1946. She is the daughter of Orla
and Edna (Ramsey) Peters of Manning, and was born on the farm where she and Gene now live.
Gene and Shirley farmed at Jefferson with Gene's dad until October, 1947, when they moved to their present farm one mile east of Aspinwall, which was owned by her parents. Now Gene and Shirley own and farm it. The farm was bought in 1921 by Shirley's grandparents, John and Clara Lohmeier Peters.
Gene and Shirley are parents of one son Steven, born in July, 1948. He is married to Linda Merk. They have three children, Chad, born in September, 1970; Jeramy, born in October, 1973; and Mandy, born in May, 1975.
The McCollum family are all active members of the United Methodist Church in Manning.
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JOHN MEEVES FAMILY
John Edward Meeves was born on a farm near Arion in Crawford County. His
parents were John and Margaret (Freese) Meeves. He
was married to Goldie Catherine Marie Stammer December 1, 1931, at the Denison
Presbyterian Church. She was born on a farm 1 1/2 miles north of Aspinwall.
The first year of their marriage they lived on a farm near Arion, the next two years they farmed southeast of Manning, then six years north of Manning. In March, 1942, they purchased the Ida Dethlefs farm, first place north of the overhead railroad bridge at Aspinwall.
They had four children: twins, Merlin Dean and Joan Beth, in 1934, who died shortly after birth; Roland Keith in 1935; and Myra Kay in 1939. They farmed until 1975 when John and Goldie moved to Manning.
Myra Kay was married to James Wittrock, son of George and Bernadine Wittrock of Templeton, and they lived on a farm southeast of Manning. They had seven children: Ricky Joseph, Mark Anthony, Thomas Earl, Susan Ann, David John, James John and Sandra Kay. Susan and Rick Kusel, son of Carla and Dan Richmond, were married and they have a son Joshua Alan.
Roland was married to Laurene Carol Claussen, daughter of Claus and Martha Claussen of Schleswig. They have five children: Bruce Roland, Keith Allen, Rhonda Jean, Edward Michael and Steven Robert. They lived on a farm four miles north of Aspinwall and moved to the family farm in 1975, where they still live.
John passed away at his home in Manning November 10, 1980. Goldie moved to an apartment following his death.
ODDS AND ENDS
The Post Office at Manilla was established at the time of the opening of the
town in 1886. Prior to that time the farming community had received its mail
from Astor, Aspinwall, Denison and Vail.
History of Crawford County, published in 1911
EDDIE MEGGERS
Eddie Meggers was born March 22, 1905, in Crawford County. His parents were
Emil and Sophia (Nulle) Meggers. August 27, 1931, he married Irene Martens,
daughter of Emil and Malinda (Mundt) Martens. She was born May 9, 1907. They
farmed 1 1/2 miles west and 2 3/4 north of Aspinwall on the farm previously
owned by Eddie's grandfather, Franz Meggers, and his father, Emil Meggers. He
owned the farm about 10 years. In 1963, he moved to Manning where he was employed
by the Wiemann Locker plant.
They had one daughter, Linda, who married Russell Frank April 17, 1960. They have three children, Vicki, Kim and Rodney.
Eddie died January 3, 1969. Irene died June 28, 1960.
EMIL C. MEGGERS
Emil C. Meggers was born July 1, 1875, in Clinton County. His parents were Mr. and Mrs. Franz Meggers.
December 5, 1898, Emil married Sophia Nulle, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dietrich F. Nulle. She was born September 19, 1877, in Grossen Heidorn, Schaumburg Lippe, Germany. In 1883, she came to America with her parents. They first settled at Neola, Iowa, until 1885, when the Nulle family came to the Manning vicinity.
Emil bought half of the original Franz Meggers farm in 1909. He served as Crawford County supervisor for several years. He served as chairman of Zion Lutheran Church for 28 years.
They had seven children, with twin sons dying in infancy. William F. married Elvira Gruhn; their children are William, Edward, Duane (who married Luetta Johnson) and Dorothea (Mrs. Wilbert Ehlers). Wilhelmine married H.K. Gruhn; their children are Wilma (Mrs. Melvin Wolfe), Jeanette (Mrs. Norman Meyer), Delton (who married Janet Schultz), and Marlyn (Mrs. Charles Fielweber). Eddie married Irene Martens; their daughter Linda married Russell Frank. Anna married Ernest Meeves, who died in 1936; they had two children, Margaret (Mrs. Maynard Albertsen), and Robert (who married Margene Johnson). Anna later married William Fries. Edna married Herbert Rowedder; their children are Daryle (who married Beverly Hoffman), Myrene (Mrs. Don Vaudt), and Gary (who married Pam Holm).
Emil died January 9, 1953. Sophia died January 20, 1930.
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We often walked the tracks to go to the Guth farm. My
mother would help Mrs. Guth with many tasks; I especially remember picking
strawberries. Don Guth had a tree house which always fascinated me. It was rain
proof; he kept his books there and we would sit and read for hours.
Dorothy (Ehrichs) Kusel