Henry Pottebaum, residing on a fine farm of 200 acres in
section 3. Liberty township, is a native of Dubuque county, Iowa, his birth occurring September 15, i860, and is a son of John and Adelaide Pottebaum, the latter dying while our subject was yet a baby.

John Pottebaum came to America from the Kingdom of Hanover, Germany, in 1858, and settled on a tract of land in Liberty township. The surrounding country was rough and unbroken, but he possessed the sturdy thrift characteristic of his forefathers and in time became one of the land owners and prosperous men of his community. Upon the death of his first wife he again married, and on August 25, 1874. passed away. His widow subsequently married Henry Demmer. and with them Henry Pottebaum lived until starting out in life for himself.

He attended the parochial schools, and when twenty-one years old went to Sioux county, Iowa, and there purchased land at a low price. He remained there one year, building a home and improving his property generally, and on June 26. 1882, took for a wife Miss Theresa Westendorf, a sister of Mrs. Elizabeth Friedman, of whom mention is made elsewhere in this work, and shortly after the marriage returned to his farm in Sioux county. Desolation greeted him on every hand, for he found his home and various outhouses blown down by a cyclone. He and wife spent their honeymoon in a rudely constructed shanty until a new house could be erected, and four years later they returned to Liberty township. Dubuque county, and here Mr. Pottebaum bought his present 200-acre farm. He built a modern home, improved the barns, dug a well, stocked his farm with all sorts of domestic animals necessary to farm life and today owns one of the best producing tracts of land in the community. He is a Democrat in politics, has served as school director and he and wife are members of Holy Trinity Catholic church.

To them were born the following named family of children: Anthony, died in 1899, ten years; Henry, died when one year old, in 1897, both buried in the family lot in the Luxemburg cemetery; Katie, who married John Raush, farming in Liberty township; Joseph, assisting his father; Mathilda, now Sister Emilia of St. Francis Convent, Dubuque; May; Rosa; John; William; Edward, and Amelia, all of whom are at home.

The Pottebaum family are among the best people in the community where they reside, and are highly regarded by their many friends and neighbors.

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Mother
Adelaide Luchtel
Birth in Germany
Death abt 1862 in Iowa
Married bat 1859 in Germany
Additional information courtesy of: John Maruska [email protected]