Posted on: Chickasaw County Iowa Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ia/Chickasaw/512 Surname: ------------------------- JOHN E ERBE, born Sep 13, 1880, a son of Ernest E and Elizabeth (Schreiber) Erbe both natives from Wisconsin farmed in Howard County on section 23, Saratoga Township, H H THIAS/THIES born in Germany June 10, 1860, as a lad of nine arrived with parents as a pioneer settler in Bremer County in 1869. In 1911, he purchased a 171 acre farm in section, 23, Afton Township, Howard County. (Ref found in Chickasaw and Howard County History(1919) Be glad to send other info.