Jackson County IA Archives Biographies.....Koll, Hans 
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Source: History of Jackson County, Iowa, 1910
Author: J. W. Ellis

HANS KOLL.
Among the residents of Van Buren township who are developing rich fields in 
accordance with practical scientific and progressive methods of agriculture is 
Hans Koll, who owns a fine farm of two hundred acres. His father, John Koll, 
was born in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, and came to Jackson county, Iowa, in 
1854, when he bought from the government part of the tract that is now in the 
possession of his son. By later purchase, also from the government, he added to 
its area until it reached its present size. He broke the soil, made many 
improvements and followed farming thereon with such success that he had never 
cause to regret leaving his native land. In early manhood he wedded Miss Dora 
Mohr, also a native of Schleswig-Holstein, and they became the parents of five 
children, as follows: Hans, of this review; Henry, who lives in Louisiana; 
Anna, who is the wife of William Pithan, of Guthrie county, Iowa; Mary, who is 
the wife of Henry Stoecken, of Preston, Iowa; and Dora, who married Henry Brink-
 mann and lives in South Dakota. Mr. Koll died in 1891, and his wife passed 
away in 1893.
Hans Koll was born on the farm where he now lives, April 24, 1858, and has 
spent his entire life in Van Buren township. When of suitable age he entered 
the district school near his home, that he might acquaint himself with the 
branches that generally constitute the public-school curriculum, and at the 
same time obtained a practical preparation for his occupation through the 
assistance he rendered his father in the operation of the farm, for as soon as 
he was able to handle the different implements he was assigned to tasks about 
the home. In 1884 he married and cultivated for himself a part of his father's 
farm, which he inherited in its entirety at the latter's death. Plowing, 
planting and harvesting largely occupy his time, and even in the details of his 
business he has evidenced the good judgment and the capacity to profit by 
modern improvements and discoveries which have been the foundation of his 
success. It was in 1884 that Mr. Koll was united in marriage to Miss Margaratha 
Rehr. Her father, Nicholas Rehr, was a native of Germany and one of the older 
settlers of Jackson county. Four children have been born to this union, Fred, 
Dora and Ella, all of whom are at home; and John, who passed away in 1893.
Since age conferred upon him the right of franchise, Mr. Koll has given stanch 
support to the democratic party, as he places firm faith in its platform, while 
his religious belief is manifest in his membership in the Lutheran church, to 
which his wife and children also belong. He holds stock in the Preston 
Cooperative Creamery and in other ways has given evidence that he has at heart 
the best interests of his fellow farmers. His has been the life of an energetic 
agriculturist, who through the use of modern and progressive methods obtains 
the best results, and the fact that in Van Buren township, where he has been 
known from boyhood, he is held in high regard is indicative of an honorable and 
upright character.


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