Henry H. Horst Biography >From "History of Davenport and Scott County" Vol. II by Harry E. Downer-S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. 1910 Chicago. Surnames: Horst, Hahn, Goetch, Maas, Voss, Sueverkrüebbe, Ames. Henry H. Horst, a prominent and representative agriculturist of Scott county, owns a fine farm of one hundred an seventy-seven and a half acres in Davenport and Sheridan township and devotes his energies to the work of farming and threshing with gratifying results. He was born on the 31st of October, 1867, and the place on which he now resides has been his home from his birth to the present time. His parents, Claus and Ida (Hahn) Horst, were both natives of Germany, the former being born on the 30th of December, 1819, and the latter on the 20th of February, 1828. Hans and Margaret (Goetch) Horst, the paternal grandparents, both passed away in Germany. Claus Horst, the father of our subject, obtained his education in the schools of his native land and was a young man of twenty-eight when in 1847 he crossed the Atlantic to the United States. After landing at New Orleans he made his way up the Mississippi river as far as St. Louis and there spent the winter. The following spring witnessed his arrival in Scott county, Iowa, and here he was employed at breaking prairie, etc., receiving a wage of ten dollars per month. In 1850 he was married and purchased a tract of eighty acres of prairie land in Davenport township, which is now in possession of his son Henry and on which he built a small house. As the years passed by he brought the farm under a high state of cultivatio! n and improvement and gradually added to his landed holdings by additional purchase from time to time until at his death he owned five hundred and sixty acres of rich and productive land. In 1880 he went to New York city for medical treatment, as his health had been broken down by his many years of unremitting toil, but died in the eastern metropolis on the 24th of May, 1881. His remains were interred at Davenport, where his widow has made her home since 1889. The latter, a daughter of John and Margaret Hahn, lost her father in 1845. Her mother afterward married again, becoming the wife of Oswald Maas, with whom she came to Scott county in the year 1847. A sketch of Mrs. Ida Horst appears on another page of this volume. She was the mother of six children, as follows: Louisa M., who is the widow of Herman Voss; Adolph J., living in Sheridan township; Theresa A. C., the widow of Henry Horst; Edward N., who is a resident of Sheridan township; Henry H., of this review; and one w! ho died in infancy. Henry H. Horst acquired his early education in the district schools and later pursued a course of study in the business college at Davenport. Since putting aside his text-books he has devoted his attention to the he work of farming and for the past fifteen years has also been engaged in threshing, meeting with a well merited and creditable measure of success in his undertakings. His home farm comprises one Hundred and seventy-seven and a half acres in Davenport and Sheridan townships and he is likewise the owner of a quarter section of land in Dakota. On the 25th of February, 1891, Mr. Horst was united in marriage to miss Emily Sueverkrüebbe, a native of Germany and a daughter of Claus and Katherine (Ames) Sueverkrüebbe, who crossed the Atlantic to the United States and took up their abode in Scott county in 1881. The father still survives and is a worthy and respected resident here, but the mother was called to her final rest on the 29th of April, 1904. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Horst have been born five children, namely: Martha, Herbert, Alfred, Elmer and Malinda, all of whom are at home with exception of Malinda who is deceased. Since age conferred upon him the right of franchise Mr. Horst has given his political allegiance to the men and measures of the republican party. The cause of education has ever found in him a stalwart champion and he has served as president of the school board since 1893. His entire life has been passed in this county, where he is now widely known, and the fact that many of his warmest friends are those with whom he has been acquainted since his boyhood days indicates that his career has always been upright and honorable. ~~~~~~*~~~~~~ Elaine Rathmann ACC: Scott Co, IA USGenWeb Project List Adm.*IA-CIVIL-WAR *IA-DANES