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George W. Stahl, a well known farmer on section 22, Pilot township, was born in that township on the 12th of
February, 1846, of the marriage of Lorenzo and Rosa (Smith) Stahl. The parents, who were both born in Germany,
came to the United States as children with their respective parents. They were married in Huron county, Ohio, where
both were residing, but immediately following their marriage Mr. Stahl came westward to Iowa. in company with James
McCombs. They hauled a threshing outfit through to this state by team and threshed one fall and winter in Muscatine
county. The following spring they came to Iowa county and their threshing outfit was one of the first seen in this
section of the state. Mr. Stahl immediately homesteaded eighty acres of land on section 28, Pilot township, Iowa
county, and his wife joined him, the family home being established on the newly acquired farm. Mr. Stahl purchased
additional land and became the owner of three hundred and forty acres in his home farm and a small tract of timber
in English township. He passed away upon the homestead in 1890 when seventy three years of age.
George W Stahl received his education in the district schools and for some time after attaining his majority remained
under the parental roof, cooperating with his father in the operation of the homestead. In 1884 he rented the home
farm and began operating it independently. He was married the following year and continued to farm as a renter
until 1886, when he purchased one hundred and fifty acres of land on section 22, Pilot township. He took up his
residence thereon and has since cultivated that place. From time to time he has bought other land and now owns
three hundred and seventy two acres of productive and well improved land. He derives more than a competence from
his labors and is one of the substantial men of his township.
Mr. Stahl was married in 1885 to Miss Caroline Faas, a daughter of Gottlieb Faas, one of the pioneers of Pilot
township. To that union have been born six children: Rosa C., the wife of Ralph Lortz, of Pilot township; Olga
M., the wife of John Goettsche, also of Pilot township; Fred L., who is farming part of the land belonging to his
father; and Elmer G., Glovia D. and Merlin O., all at home.
Mr. Stahl casts his ballot in support of the measures and candidates of the republican party and has been called
to public office, having served for two terms as a member of the board of township trustees. For eleven years he
has been treasurer of the school board and in that time has done much for the cause of popular education. Fraternally
he belongs to the Modem Woodmen of America, and both he and his wife are members of the Methodist Protestant church,
of which he is a steward. He is a stockholder in the Williamsburg Savings Bank and in the Troy Creamery Company
of Williamsburg, both of which are prosperous and growing institutions. He has found that agriculture offers scope
for his best thought and energy and that it gives good financial returns. He also values highly the independence
which the farmer enjoys to an unusual degree and has never regretted his decision to devote his life to agricultural
pursuits.
From:
History of Iowa County, Iowa
And its People
By: James C. Dinwiddie
Vol II
The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co.
Chiago 1915
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