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Author: Emma E. Forter (1917)

HENRY W. MOELLER.

    Henry W. Moeller, a successful farmer and one of the well-known residents of
Marysville township, Marshall county, was born in this county, on January 25,
1878, and is the son of Fred W. and Mary (Holle) Moeller.

    Fred W. Moeller was born in Buckeburg, Germany, April 7, 1843, and there
received his education in the public schools and grew to manhood. He continued
to reside in Germany until 1855, when he decided to come to America, where he
might have a better opportunity to obtain a home. After his arrival in the
United States he proceeded to Illinois and after some years he rented a farm and
engaged in farming for five years. He was married on June 27, 1867, to Mary
Holle. He came to Kansas in 1869, where he bought one hundred and sixty acres of
land near Marysville. This farm he developed and improved and became one of the
successful farmers of the township. Here he made his home for many years when he
retired from the farm, and moved to Marysville, where he operated a hotel and
saloon for some time, and there he died on January 23, 1890. For a number of
years he devoted a part of his time to the work of an auctioneer, and was
recognized as one of the best in the district. He was able to speak both English
and German in his work, and was thus in a position to make his profession most
effective. Mr. Moeller was county commissioner for one term of three years-1876-79.

    Mary (Holle) Moeller was born in Hessen, Germany, on December 3, 1845, and
there received her education in the common schools and there spent her girlhood
days. As a young woman she came to the United States in 1867 and located in
Illinois, where she was united in marriage to Mr. Moeller the same year. They
were residents of that state for some time after their marriage, and came to
Kansas in 1869. She and Mr. Moeller were members of the German Lutheran church
and were prominent in the social life of the community. To them were born ten
children, two of whom died in infancy, and Charles H. died in California in 1916
at the age of forty-five years. Mary Schroeder resides in Omaha, Nebraska, where
her husband is a cigar-maker; Christina Luedders resides in Marysville, where
Mr. Luedders is a clothing merchant; Fred H. lives at Emporia, Kansas, and is
the agent of a wholesale grocery company; Philip is at Omaha and is engaged as a
cigar manufacturer; Henry W. is the subject of this sketch; Emma Moser is a
resident of Thomas, Oklahoma, where her husband is a farmer, and Alma Huber
resides at Blair, Oklahoma, where Mr. Huber is a banker. After the death of her
husband, in 1890 Mrs. Moeller remarried in 1893 to Jonn Duever and lived on the
farm till the death of Mr. Duever on February 23, 1904. Mrs. Duever, two years
later, became the wife of Peter Rahde in 1906 and now resides at Marysville.

    Henry W. Moeller received his education in the common schools of Marshall
county, and at the age of fifteen years, began life for himself. For three years
he worked as a farm hand, after which he worked in a bakery at Lincoln,
Nebraska, for five years. He then gave up his work as a baker and returned to
fann life. He rented a farm of one hundred and sixty acres, near Marysville,
where he remained for one year, when he purchased his present farm of one
hundred and forty-seven acres in Marysville township. He is successfully engaged
in general farming and stock raising, and gives much attention to the breeding
and the raising of Shorthorn cattle and Duroc-Jersey hogs, and has some of the
finest of these animals to be found in this section of the county. He feeds all
the grain that he raises, selling the finished hogs and cattle rather than the
grain.

    On June 4, 1899, Henry Moeller was united in marriage to Rosa Klug, the
daughter of Jonathan and Henrietta (Wiscow) Klug. Mr. Klug was born on May 14,
1849, m Wisconsin. Mrs. Klug was born on April 5, 1855, in Abbot Sherman,
Wisconsin. Mr. Klug came to Nebraska in 1875 and there purchased a tract of
land, where he has since been successfully engaged in farming. He and his wife
are active members of the German Lutheran church, of which Mr. Klug has served
as trustee for many years. They are the parents of seven children, five of whom
are now living, as follow: Rosa, Matilda, Frank, Lizzie and Jessie. Matilda
Goeble is a resident of Lincoln, Nebraska, where Mr. Goeble is employed in the
parks; Frank is a farmer and is now on the home place; Lizzie Knuistadt is a
widow and is at home with her parents, and Jessie is at home.

    Rosa (Klug) Moeller was born in Seward county. Nebraska, on March 18, 1879,
and was reared on the home farm and educated in the common schools of her
community. Before her marriage she did some work away from home. She and her
husband are active members of the German Lutheran church and are prominent in
the social life of the township, and are active members of the Knights and
Ladies of Security. Mr. Moeller is also a member of the Modern Woodmen of
America and the Bankers Life Insurance Company of Nebraska. They are the parents
of the following children: Uneeda, born on September 23, 1900; Elsie, August 28,
1902; Arthur, May 22, 1905; Alma, April 19, 1907; Marietta, October 28, 1912,
and Henry Ford, December 4, 1915. Alma died at the age of five years in 1912.

    Henry W. Moeller has by his own efforts risen from the position of a poor
boy, making his own way in the world, since the age of fifteen years, to that of
one of the substantial and influential men of the township, honored and
respected by all who know him. His life has been one of activity and he has
accomplished much that is worthy of note, and has always taken a keen interest
in local affairs. As a farmer and stockman he is recognized as one of the most
progressive and successful in the county.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

History of Marshall County, Kansas: its people, industries, and institutions
by
Emma E. Forter

Indianapolis, Ind.: B.F. Bowen & Co. (1917)


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