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Conrad Schweer
Lee County
A German by birth, born in Hanover, February 6, 1825, a son of Christopher and Dora Schweer. The parental family of our subject consisted of seven children. He had obtained a liberal education in his native country after an uninterrupted course of seven years' study, and after coming to the United States set himself industriously at the task of acquiring the same proficiency in the English language. In this he made remarkable progress. He was fond of his books, and only spent his time over such works as were beneficial and instructive, and the result is that he is possessed of an excellent fund of knowledge, which has rendered him one of the most intelligent men in his locality. At the age of twenty-eight years, Conrad Schweer was united in marriage with Miss Sophia Klinder their union taking place on the 24th of June, 1852. Mr. Schweer has represented the people of Lee County in the Iowa Legislature, being a member of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth General Assemblies. He is a Democrat in politics and a prominent member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, of which he has served as Trustee for a number of years. As will be seen, his life has been a remarkably busy one and in addition to his ordinary agricultural pursuits, he is extensively engaged in the breeding of high-grade Short-horn cattle, his herd containing some of the finest animals to be found in the Hawkeye State.
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