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History of the Counties of Woodbury and Plymouth,
Iowa D Biographies submitted by Dick Barton. Haio Oltmanns Doering, farmer, P. O. Le Mars, was born August 9, 1845, in Germany, a son of Albert and Catherine Doering, who were also born in Germany. He attended school until about fourteen years old, when he began to work for his father on the farm, where he remained until he was eighteen years old. He then came to America, landing at New York, where he stayed but a few days, then went through to Dixon, Lee county, Ill., where he engaged in farming, working by the month. He stayed there four years, then went to Monticello, Jones county, Iowa, where he remained five years. He then came to Grant township, Plymouth county, where he bought 160 acres in section twenty-five, where he now carries on general farming. Since he first came to Grant township he has increased his farm to 700 acres. October 26, 1869, Mr. Doering married Maria, daughter of John and Rebecca Roehris, of Germany, and they are the parents of six children: John H., George H., Albert, Rose, Willie and Henry Otto. In politics he is a democrat, and has been a trustee of the township and school director. He and wife are members of the German Lutheran church. |