NAEVE, John, b 1861: 1905 Bio, Mesa County, Colorado http://files.usgwarchives.net/co/mesa/bios/naevej.txt --------------------------------------- Donated September 29, 2001 Transcribed by Judy Crook from the book: Progressive Men of Western Colorado Published 1905, A.W. Bowen & Co., Chicago, Ill. --------------------------------------- John Naeve The industry, thrift and persistent energy which characterize the German people have been transplanted by the subject of this sketch from his nativity in the fatherland to this country, where they have been employed to good purpose by him in winning an estate of fair proportions and secure foundation from unpromising conditions and the virgin wilderness of this western world. His life began in Germany on December 11, 1861, and he is the son of William and Lizzie (Schroeder) Naeve, also German by nativity and residents of their native land throughout their lives. They had a family of three children, of whom their son John is the only one living, the others having died in Germany as their parents did. He remained at home until 1882, receiving his education in the common schools and working on the paternal homestead in the interest of his parents. In the year last named he hearkened to the voice of the United States calling for volunteers in her great army of industrial progress and came to this country, settling in Boone county, Iowa, where he worked two years on farms for wages. In 1884 he moved to Sherman county, Nebraska, and there he took up a homestead of one hundred and twenty acres of land, which he improved and lived on until 1898. He then sold it for seven hundred dollars. During the next two years he rented a farm in that county, and in 1900 came to Colorado and bought the place on which he now lives, or a part of it, locating six miles east of Grand Junction. Five acres of the land were in fruit trees when he made the purchase and he has since planted two additional acres in fruit. In the fall of 1903 he bought twenty acres more, all wild land, which he intends to improve and make productive as rapidly as he can. His fruit crop in 1903 netted him about seven hundred dollars, and he kept the hay and other products of the land nearly all for his own use. Seven acres of the land are in hay and yield about forty-two tons. On March 5, 1883, Mr. Naeve was married to Miss Anna Kahlor, like himself a native of Germany, and born in that country on September 24, 1866. They have seven children, Willie C., Dora C., Louisa C., Anna F., John H., Alvin H. and May. They were all born in Nebraska, but the oldest who was born in Iowa. Mr. Naeve belongs to the Modern Woodmen of America and the Republican party. He and his wife are members of the German Lutheran church. =================================================== Contributed for use by the USGenWeb Archive Project (http://www.usgenweb.org) and by the COGenWeb Archive Project USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access.