Nobles County MN Archives Biographies.....Schuck, Jacob H. 1856 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mn/mnfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com October 23, 2006, 12:54 am Author: Arthur P. Rose (1908) JACOB H. SCHUCK is one of the substantial farmers of Bigelow township, having made his home there during the last twenty-three years. He owns the northeast quarter of section 3, the west half of the northwest quarter of the same section and the north half of the southeast quarter of section 3. He was born in Washington county, Wis., Dec. 26, 1856, the eldest of a family of seven children, all of whom except himself and a sister, Mrs. Henry Pfeil, reside in Iowa. The father of our subject was Rev. Nicholas Schuck, who was born in Prussia Oct. 20, 1832. He came to the United States when twelve years of age and settled in the timber district of Wisconsin, twenty miles north of Milwaukee, which was at the time a small village. He bought an eighty acre farm there, engaged in agricultural pursuits a short time and then entered the ministry, becoming one of the pioneer ministers and circuit riders of Wisconsin. He continued in the ministry until his death, which occurred at LaPorte, Iowa, on March 20, 1892. Our subject's mother was Catherine (Hammann) Schuck, who was born in Rhine province, Germany, and came to the United States when 22 years of age, marrying Mr. Schuck shortly afterwards. She died at LaPorte, Iowa, Sept. 20, 1902, aged 73 years. Until Jacob Schuck was eighteen years of age the family had no permanent home, but resided in different parts of Wisconsin where the duties of Rev. Schuck called him. Then a permanent home was established in Black-hawk county, Iowa, where the elder Schuck owned a half section of land, part of which was bought from the government. The subject of this biography worked on his father's farm until he was twenty-three years old. Then he rented his parent's farm and conducted it four years. In 1884, Mr. Schuck purchased his Bigelow township farm and in the spring of 1885 moved onto the place, made the many improvements, and has since resided there. The land is now farmer by our subject's sons, Ervin and Philip. Mr. Schuck was married at LaPorte, Iowa, Dec. 26, 1882, to Miss Anna Pfeil. She was born in Germany May 24, 1855, came to the United States when nine years of age, and prior to her marriage resided in Illinois. To Mr. and Mrs. Schuck have been born eight children: Addie, born Nov. 26, 1884; May, born Jan. 25, 1885; Ervin, born May 13, 1889; Philip, born April 3, 1888; Eunice, born Feb. 22, 1891; Lena, born Sept. 16, 1893; Frank, born May 13, 1895; Anna. The two first named were born in Black-hawk county, Iowa; the others in Nobles county. The family are members of the German Evangelical church of Worthington. Mr. Schuck has held numerous township and school offices in Bigelow township. Additional Comments: Extracted from: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF NOBLES COUNTY MINNESOTA BY ARTHUR P. ROSE NORTHERN HISTORY PUBLISHING COMPANY WORTHINGTON, MINNESOTA PUBLISHERS 1908 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mn/nobles/bios/schuck125gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mnfiles/ File size: 3.4 Kb