In charge of services Ohde Funeral Home, Manning, Iowa

At the age of 17, Jochim Lamp left Germany for the United States along with Conrad Wiese, Henry Grimm and Ferdinand Lamp. They landed March 19, 1874, and came directly to Arcadia, Iowa, which was then known as Tip Top. They walked southward from the town, going from hilltop to hilltop, looking for a home with a smoking chimney. All homes were located in low-lying land because water was a necessity.

They moved in with a Mr. and Mrs. Mundt, parents of Henry Mundt, who later became a Manning resident. The first home was a shack consisting of an outside wall of boards and an inside wall of boards. As more people came, all moved into this same shack. Jochim began working as a hired man, putting all of his earnings into land. This was an old German custom; they did not believe in spending foolishly. He soon earned a bare tract of land consisting of 80 acres for $17 per acre. It was located one mile west and 1/2 mile north of the Five Mile House, five miles south of Westside.

In the meantime another family, Mr. and Mrs. Detlef Wiese, migrated from Germany and settled at Davenport. There they established a brickyard and continued in this industry until they felt they had enough earnings to move westward and buy land. Detlef was chosen as a scout for several families and came in advance into the Hayes Township, Crawford County area. With the money earned at the brickyards he purchased three tracts of land, each consisting of 160 acres. Two farms were adjoining; the third farm was several miles away. These farms were also in the Five Mile House area. A home was built consisting of a framework covered with slough hay, dry manure and mud. After the settlement was made, the women came by train. The men followed in covered wagons bringing the livestock cross country, which took several months.

The Wiese family raised a family of nine children, Agnes, Frank, Edward, Rudolph, Anna, Adam, Charlie, Theresa, and Albert.

Agnes Wiese was on a walk when she discovered a man tying bundles of grain by hand. This man was Jochim Lamp. A friendship began, which later turned into marriage February 26, 1884. After their marriage Jochim sold his barren 80 acre farm in Hayes Township and bought another farm in Iowa Township, three miles north of Aspinwall. The 90 acre farm cost $26 per acre. There Mr. and Mrs. Jochim Lamp raised a family of nine children, Marvin, Frank, Edward, Vertus, Herman, Gerhardt, Hubert, Jessie and Charles. They lived north of Aspinwall until 1900. At that time an advertisement was displayed in Aspinwall of a 240 acre tract of land for sale in Ewoldt Township, Carroll County. He purchased this in 1900 for $50 per acre and took possession in 1901.

There Jochim Lamp died March 19, 1933, after an illness of heart disease and complications. His death was exactly 59 years to the day of his landing in the United States. Agnes Lamp continued to live on the farm with her son Herman and his wife. Though blind in her later years, she was a great deal of help in the house. She died in March of 1944. Herman, the last of the Lamp family, passed away, February 27, 1982.