Following information provided by FAG member #47973716:
A short biography of the Scheel Family:
Michael Scheel and Marguerite Rostermunndt were born in Germany. They met and married in the United States. Marguerite was born in 1852 and came to the United States in 1867, settling with her parents in Benton county. Michael was born in 1843 and came to the United States in 1866, living at Davenport a year and then moving to Benton county. They were married in March 1871 and moved west to Marcus in 1882, buying a 210-acre farm there for $11 an acre. In 1881 they bought a half section of land, at $32 an acre, eight miles southeast of Remsen, now the Detlef Erichsen farm.
The family knew the hardship of pioneer farming. The diphtheria plague which struck Remsen in 1885 took the lives of five of the seven Scheel children. The cyclone which struck here the same year carried away a chicken house on their farm, killing the chickens, and blew away their barn after depositing the four horses on a spot 80 rods away, where they landed still fastened to a piece of the manger and absolutely unharmed. Both families pulled safely through dust storms, grasshopper attacks, droughts and storms emerging with productive, well-kept farms and improved equipment.
Retired. In 1887 the Scheel family retired to town, where Mr. Scheel was for a number of years on the town council and served as mayor from 1893 to 1896. Mr. and Mrs. Scheel and daughter Emma moved to California in 1907. Mrs. Scheel passed away in 1920 and her husband followed her in 1928. Surviving are three children. Lena, who married Frank Spiecker, local banker, deceased, and Alma and Adolph, living in California. - information from the 50th Jubilee Edition, Remsen Bell-Enterprise, August 24, 1939, page 28
A short biography of the Scheel Family:
Michael Scheel and Marguerite Rostermunndt were born in Germany. They met and married in the United States. Marguerite was born in 1852 and came to the United States in 1867, settling with her parents in Benton county. Michael was born in 1843 and came to the United States in 1866, living at Davenport a year and then moving to Benton county. They were married in March 1871 and moved west to Marcus in 1882, buying a 210-acre farm there for $11 an acre. In 1881 they bought a half section of land, at $32 an acre, eight miles southeast of Remsen, now the Detlef Erichsen farm.
The family knew the hardship of pioneer farming. The diphtheria plague which struck Remsen in 1885 took the lives of five of the seven Scheel children. The cyclone which struck here the same year carried away a chicken house on their farm, killing the chickens, and blew away their barn after depositing the four horses on a spot 80 rods away, where they landed still fastened to a piece of the manger and absolutely unharmed. Both families pulled safely through dust storms, grasshopper attacks, droughts and storms emerging with productive, well-kept farms and improved equipment.
Retired. In 1887 the Scheel family retired to town, where Mr. Scheel was for a number of years on the town council and served as mayor from 1893 to 1896. Mr. and Mrs. Scheel and daughter Emma moved to California in 1907. Mrs. Scheel passed away in 1920 and her husband followed her in 1928. Surviving are three children. Lena, who married Frank Spiecker, local banker, deceased, and Alma and Adolph, living in California. - information from the 50th Jubilee Edition, Remsen Bell-Enterprise, August 24, 1939, page 28
Following information provided by FAG member #47973716:
A short biography of the Scheel Family:
Michael Scheel and Marguerite Rostermunndt were born in Germany. They met and married in the United States. Marguerite was born in 1852 and came to the United States in 1867, settling with her parents in Benton county. Michael was born in 1843 and came to the United States in 1866, living at Davenport a year and then moving to Benton county. They were married in March 1871 and moved west to Marcus in 1882, buying a 210-acre farm there for $11 an acre. In 1881 they bought a half section of land, at $32 an acre, eight miles southeast of Remsen, now the Detlef Erichsen farm.
The family knew the hardship of pioneer farming. The diphtheria plague which struck Remsen in 1885 took the lives of five of the seven Scheel children. The cyclone which struck here the same year carried away a chicken house on their farm, killing the chickens, and blew away their barn after depositing the four horses on a spot 80 rods away, where they landed still fastened to a piece of the manger and absolutely unharmed. Both families pulled safely through dust storms, grasshopper attacks, droughts and storms emerging with productive, well-kept farms and improved equipment.
Retired. In 1887 the Scheel family retired to town, where Mr. Scheel was for a number of years on the town council and served as mayor from 1893 to 1896. Mr. and Mrs. Scheel and daughter Emma moved to California in 1907. Mrs. Scheel passed away in 1920 and her husband followed her in 1928. Surviving are three children. Lena, who married Frank Spiecker, local banker, deceased, and Alma and Adolph, living in California. - information from the 50th Jubilee Edition, Remsen Bell-Enterprise, August 24, 1939, page 28
A short biography of the Scheel Family:
Michael Scheel and Marguerite Rostermunndt were born in Germany. They met and married in the United States. Marguerite was born in 1852 and came to the United States in 1867, settling with her parents in Benton county. Michael was born in 1843 and came to the United States in 1866, living at Davenport a year and then moving to Benton county. They were married in March 1871 and moved west to Marcus in 1882, buying a 210-acre farm there for $11 an acre. In 1881 they bought a half section of land, at $32 an acre, eight miles southeast of Remsen, now the Detlef Erichsen farm.
The family knew the hardship of pioneer farming. The diphtheria plague which struck Remsen in 1885 took the lives of five of the seven Scheel children. The cyclone which struck here the same year carried away a chicken house on their farm, killing the chickens, and blew away their barn after depositing the four horses on a spot 80 rods away, where they landed still fastened to a piece of the manger and absolutely unharmed. Both families pulled safely through dust storms, grasshopper attacks, droughts and storms emerging with productive, well-kept farms and improved equipment.
Retired. In 1887 the Scheel family retired to town, where Mr. Scheel was for a number of years on the town council and served as mayor from 1893 to 1896. Mr. and Mrs. Scheel and daughter Emma moved to California in 1907. Mrs. Scheel passed away in 1920 and her husband followed her in 1928. Surviving are three children. Lena, who married Frank Spiecker, local banker, deceased, and Alma and Adolph, living in California. - information from the 50th Jubilee Edition, Remsen Bell-Enterprise, August 24, 1939, page 28
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