Cook County IL Archives Biographies.....Storm, Frederick H. January 14, 1861 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ken Wright wright@prestontel.com September 1, 2010, 4:58 pm Source: History of Jackson County, Iowa Author: J. W. Ellis History of Jackson County, Iowa, 1910, J. W. Ellis Frederick H. Storm Extensive farming interests in Jackson county fully claim the time and attention of Frederick H. Storm, for he is the owner of two hundred and eighty- three acres in Fairfield township and eighty acres in South Fork township. Mr. Storm was born in Cook county, Illinois, January 14, 1861, a son of George and Lena (Burmeister) Storm, both of whom were natives of Germany. The father was there born on the i6th of April, 1833, and was a young man of twenty years, when, in 1853, he emigrated to the new world. He spent the succeeding four years in Cook county, Illinois. He was married in Chicago, March 26, 1858, to Miss Lena Burmeister, who was born in the same place as her husband. In 1857 he came to Jackson county, Iowa, and purchased a farm on section 22, Fairfield township, but returned to Illinois, where he engaged in farming until 1862. In that year he located upon his Jackson county farm and engaged in its cultivation until 1883, when he put aside business cares and removed to Preston, where he spent his remaining years in honorable retirement. His death occurred in 1899, he having survived his wife six years, she being called to her final rest in 1893. Their family numbered six children: Frederick H., of this review; C. J., who resides in Preston; William A., a resident of Maquoketa, Iowa; Henry F., who is employed by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Company at Tama, Iowa, as an operator, and two who are deceased. Frederick H. Storm was a little over a year old when his parents located on the farm which has since been his home. He was here reared to the tasks which usually are assigned to the farmer boy and as his years increased larger responsibilities rested upon him, so that through this means he acquired the knowledge of agriculture that has served him well in his later years. He pursued his studies in the common schools and in Clinton Business College. In 1894 he came into possession, through purchase, of the old homestead property, comprising two hundred and eighty-eight acres in Fairfield township and he also owns eighty acres in South Fork township, his possessions thus being extensive and valuable. He engages to some extent in general farming but gives the greater part of his time to raising stock, which has proved a valuable source of revenue to him. His farm is supplied with good buildings, including a nice residence, while the outbuildings and barns are arranged with a view to convenience, and everything about the place is kept in a good condition. Mr. Storm was married on the 2d of March, 1883, to Miss Caroline F. Schmidt, who was born in Lyons, Iowa, August 12, 1862, a daughter of John and Wilhelmina Schmidt, both of whom were natives of Germany, whence they emigrated to America in 1856. Their family numbered eleven children, of whom Mrs. Storm is the fourth in order of birth, the others being: Henry T., Lewis F., Charles F., Christopher, Joseph, and Bertha M., all living in Crawford county, Iowa; Frederick, August, and Trena, all of Clinton county, this state; and one deceased. The father passed away on the 4th of April, 1905, but the mother still survives and makes her home in Almont, Iowa. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Storm has been blessed with four children, namely: John G., who is a graduate of the Clinton Business College and assists his father on the home farm; George J., who is likewise a graduate of that college; Lena M., who is a graduate of the Epworth Seminary at Epworth, Iowa; and Alma T., at home. Mr. Storm has always supported the men and measures of democracy and for four years served as township assessor and six years as tax collector, while for the past twenty-seven years he has acted as secretary of the school board. The family are members of the Lutheran church. He is not in the sense of office seeking a man in public life and yet he has exerted immeasurable influence in the community in which he has always made his home. He has steadily worked his way up in the business world until today he is accounted one of the substantial citizens of Jackson county and all who know him have for him the warmest regard and esteem. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/cook/bios/storm1587gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ilfiles/ File size: 4.8 Kb