Wapello County IA Archives Biographies.....Sterner, Wallace W. 1851 - 
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WALLACE W. STERNER.

Wallace W. Sterner, busily engaged in general agricultural pursuits and
stock-raising, his home farm being on sections 3 and 10, Pleasant township, was
born in Somerset county, Pennsylvania, October 9, 1851, a son of Jacob and
Adelina (Shaft) Sterner, both of whom were natives of Pennsylvania, where they
spent their entire lives. In their happy family were ten children, of whom six
are yet living.

Wallace W. Sterner, the only son, spent the period of his minority in his native
state and was educated in the public schools. He was twenty-one years of age
when in 1872 he came to Wapello county, Iowa, where he secured employment as a
farm hand, spending two years in that way. Desirous, however, that his labors
should more directly benefit himself, he then rented a farm, which he cultivated
for three years. He next purchased the farm whereon he now resides, comprising
two hundred and thirteen and one-half acres, situated on sections 3 and 10,
Pleasant township. This is a good tract of land, the soil rich and arable, and
as a result of his careful and practical methods of cultivating the fields he
annually gathers large crops, the sale of which brings to him a substantial
annual income. He has erected all of the buildings upon the place and has made
many substantial improvements which add to the attractive appearance of the farm
and promote its productiveness. He has alwavs handled and raised stock and this
branch of his business also indicates him to be a man of sound judgment and
unfaltering enterprise.

In 1881 Mr. Sterner was united in marriage to Miss Martha Porter, who was born
in Des Moines county, Iowa, a daughter of Marion and Martha Porter. Mr. and Mrs.
Sterner have become the parents of seven children; Daisy, now the wife of Vergil
Webb; Eveline, who married E. Harris and resides in Jefferson county; Celestia,
the widow of William Brown; John R., Marion, at home; Mary, deceased, and Belle,
at home. The wife and mother passed away in 1905 and was laid to rest in the
Competine cemetery. On September 27, 1907, Mr. Sterner was again married, his
second union being with Miss Clara Belle Payne, who was born in Madison,
Illinois, the daughter of T. C. and Harriet (Handlon) Payne. Mr. and Mrs.
Sterner attend the Christian church, and their lives are guided by its
teachings. In politics Mr. Sterner is a republican and has served as school
director. He stands at all times for those things which feature most strongly as
factors in promoting public progress and improvement, and his worth as a man and
citizen is widely acknowledged.


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Extracted from:
HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY IOWA
ILLUSTRATED
VOLUME II
CHICAGO
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1914


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