Four Generations - Harvey, Gene, Kenneth and Gary Dales
ANDREW DALES
Andrew and Mary (Gauley) Dales, natives of Belfast, Ireland, immigrated to this country immediately after they married June 23, 1850. They first located in Ohio and worshipped at United Presbyterian Church of Cambridge. The Dales raised 10 children: Eleanor, William, David, John, Andrew, Sadie (Mrs. Clark of Manning), Mary (Mrs. Veach of Colfax), Marguerite (Mrs. Wilfong of Botna), Belle (Mrs. Charles Moore of Manning), and Agnes (Mrs. Fords, Hot Springs, S. D.).
In 1884 Andrew and Mary were brought to Shelby County by David, who settled there nine years earlier. The immigrants lived the rest of their lives in Shelby County. Andrew, born July 21, 1825, died March 31, 1908. Mary, born April 15, 1830, died February 15, 1900. Both are buried in Irwin.
In 1881 David, who was born October 20, 1856, married Nannie Veach in Jasper County; her death occurred in 1883. She left a small child, Earl, who grew to maturity and married Hazel Potter. They had a daughter named Grace Dales Wilkens.
Years later Earl remarried; his second wife was Rhoda Moore. They had a small family of two children, Nancy and Kenneth. Kenneth Dales, born October 23, 1909, was married to Minnie Dales October 12, 1927. They farmed southeast of Irwin and raised a family of four children: Mary Jane (Mrs. Johnston of Arizona); Gene; Gary, who died in childhood; and Nancy (Mrs. Baum of Ohio). Kenneth and Minnie have lived in Manning since 1939.
Gene Dales married Dorothy Reiling April 13, 1950. Their only child, Harvey, matured and started a business in Manning. He is married to Kathy Kramer and they have a son Gary Andrew Dales, born September 19, 1978.
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JAMES DALGETY
A prominent cattleman in the area in the early 1900's was James Dalgety, one of the breeders of Purebred Aberdeen Angus Cattle. James was born September 27, 1864, at Forforshire, Scotland. He came to America in 1892 and lived with relatives near Winterset. He returned to Glasgow, Scotland, to marry Annie Donaldson March 19, 1897, and lived there for a year, where Mr. Dalgety was employed as a train dispatcher. Later they entered the dairy business in Forfar, Scotland. Three children were born here: David, Catherine and James. James died in infancy.
In 1906, he met Charles Escher, Sr. at an Aberdeen Angus sale in Pert, Scotland, and was asked to come to America as a herdsman with a shipment of cattle that Mr. Escher had purchased to add to his herd near Botna. The two men came on a cattle boat with the cattle and the Dalgety family followed on the largest pleasure boat then afloat, The Baltic. Their trip took nine days.
The family made their home on a farm near Botna while working for Mr. Escher. A son, Allen, was born there. Later they moved to "Leeside", which is now the Art Gruhn farm. Allen was three years old when he died of a farm accident. Mr. and Mrs. Dalgety lived on various farms in the area and in their retirement years made their home with Dave and his wife. They celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary March 19, 1947. Annie died in 1950 and James in 1954.
Dave married Selma Vetter and they have the following daughters: Mrs. Daryl (Diane) Genzen, Mrs. Merlyn (Beverly) Irlbeck, Mrs. Duane (Kay) Otto, and four daughters by a previous marriage: Mrs. Ray (Phyllis) Ehlers, Mrs. Paul (Lila) Johnson, Mrs. Robert (Alice) Savage, and Mrs. Ed (Donnavie) Madsen. Dave and his family operated the Pleasant View Dairy, selling raw milk in the town of Manning. Dave passed away February 24, 1976.
Catherine married Harry Peterson, December 15, 1920. Their four children are: Mrs. Glenn (Dorothy) Rowedder, Harold Petersen, Ralph Petersen and Mrs. Dick (Jan) McConnell. Harry passed away May 1, 1974. Catherine has retired at her home at Elm Crest Manor.
LESTER DAMMANN
Claus and Margaret Dammann were born, raised and married and started their family in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. In 1885, they and their two sons, Henry and John, migrated to the United States and settled in Minnesota. There, their family grew by three more - Annie, George, and Bill. In 1891, they moved to a farm two miles south and a mile west of Manning where Claus made his living as a farmer. Another son, Herman, a daughter, Emma and another son, Harry completed the family of Claus and Margaret.
Henry (known best as Hank), the eldest son, was married in 1900 to Emma Kortum. They first made their home and living on a farm just east of Templeton and then later moved to the Douglas Rogers farm 1 mile north and 1/2 mile east of Manning. Eventually, they, too (as Hank's parents) lived and farmed at the farm south and west of Manning. It was at this farm that the Dammanns had a small dairy herd. Like all farmers of that day, they separated their milk maybe a little differently. They used a small pony to "power" their separator.
Emma and Hank were parents of five children: Vena, Rosie, Hazel, Goldie and Lester.
After some time Hank quit farming and moved to the town of Manning. Here he owned a livery barn. The first barn was located on Main Street in the area now occupied by the Manning Plaza;
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later he and his brother, John, moved their livery barn to what is now Manning Motor Company. Another brother, Herman, worked with them. They maintained a few horses which could be rented for those needing a mode of travel or for funerals and weddings. Another service was to stable horses of travelers and, particularly, for the many who came to dance at the Manning dance hall located near the barn.
Following many years in the livery barn business, Hank became town constable for Manning. It was his job to serve any legal papers, evict non-paying renters, and, in general, keep the peace.
The only son of Hank and Emma, Lester, married Ruby Cavanaugh of Audubon and they, too, soon settled in the Manning area. The depression hit and Lester considered himself one of the lucky ones - he was working. He was a common laborer at the ManCryCo Farms, a dairy operation near Manning. They purchased a small acreage in the nearby village of Aspinwall and Lester continued to work at the farms. In 1946, Lester became herdsman of the ManCryCo herd. It was then that they moved from Aspinwall to the farm on the northwest edge of Manning's city limits. In 1963, Lester and Ruby purchased the dairy farm and herd from owner, Leo Bruck, and continued to build the well-known herd.
One of the largest dairy dispersals ever held in Iowa was held at the farm in September of 1974 when the dairy herd was sold.
Lester and Ruby continue to live at the farm and still have a crop, pig, and stock cow operation -- and sometimes a small milking herd.
They are parents of six children: LeRoy, who farms west of Manning; Richard, owner-operator of Manning Auto Supply; Sandra (Mrs. Keith Hass), secretary and agent at Manning Insurance Agency; Geraldine (Mrs. Kenneth Spies), bookkeeper at Manning Heating & Sheet Metal, all of Manning. Youngest daughter, Nancy (Mrs. DeWayne McCord) of Carroll, clerks at a department store there. Another son, Kenneth, was tragically killed in a car-pedestrian accident in Cedar Falls, in 1973. At the time of his death, Kenneth was serving as state president of the Iowa Chapter of the Epilepsy Foundation of America.
The newest generation of the Dammann family consists of a total of 14 grandchildren - 12 of whom attend school at the Manning Community School.
RICHARD A. DAMMANN
Richard and Elaine (Irlbeck) Dammann are both native Manning citizens. Both were raised and educated in or around Manning; they now reside at 120 East Street in Manning with their four children, Toni Jean, Jessica Sue, Michael John, and Allen Lester.
Richard (Dick), the son of Lester and Ruby (Cavanaugh) Dammann, was a 1957 graduate of Manning High School and Elaine, the daughter of Anselm and Wilhelmina (Steffes) Irlbeck, was a 1960 graduate of Manning High School.
After Dick spent four years in the U.S. Air Force, he returned to Manning. He is now the owner of Manning Auto Supply at 305 Main Street in Manning. Elaine attended the American Institute of Business in Des Moines after graduation from high school, and is presently employed at the Manning Trust & Savings Bank in Manning.
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WILLIAM DAMMANN
William Dammann, son of William Dammann, Sr. and Dora Fischer Dammann, was born in Audubon County in 1913. His father was born in Crawford County and his mother was born in Audubon County; they are now both deceased.
Aria Lohrmann Dammann, daughter of Fred Lohrmann and Clara Jochimsen Lohrmann, was born in Crawford County in 1918. Her father was born in Germany and came to the United States at the age of four; he is now deceased. Her mother was born in Clinton County, and now, at the age of 101, lives at the Eventide Home in Denison.
William and Aria were married in February, 1938. They have four children and nine grandchildren, and have lived on their farm northwest of Manning since 1939.
Betty and her husband Gilbert Schoba have three children, Bill, Scott, and Karen (Mrs. Jerry Rutherford). They live in Manilla, where Betty is a cook at the Manilla Manor. Gil is a USDA meat inspector at the two Denison packing plants.
Dale and his wife Carolyn Bear Dammann have two children, Douglas and Shannon. They live on a farm northwest of Manning. Dale is in partnership with his father, and Carolyn is a housewife and helps on the farm.
Ruby and her husband Allen Vinke have two children, Jeffery and Stacey. They live in Raytown, Missouri; Ruby helps at the school cafeteria, and Allen is a supervisor at AT & T in Kansas City.
David and his wife Linda Graner Dammann have two children, Michael and Melissa. They live in Ralston, Nebraska. He is a supervisor at the Omaha Public Power Company, and she is a housewife and does babysitting for neighborhood children.
GEORGE DETHLEFS
George Dethlefs Sr. came to the United States from Schleswig-Holstein, Germany in the 1880's. He settled in Manning and had a general merchandise store with John Karsten. In the early 1880's, he was married to Margaretha Pepper, who had come to America with her family from Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. George later became section boss on the Milwaukee Road. They had a family of five: Fred, George, Emil, Helen, and Hilda.
In 1912, George Sr. and Fred started the Crystal Theater, which Fred operated until his death. During these years, Fred, George, and Emil had a painting business in Manning. Hilda and Helen, who was married to Dewey Voss, were teachers and helped at the theater.
In 1923, George Jr. and his wife, Ida, started the clothes cleaning business known as the Klean Klose Shop. Ida Margaret's parents were Peter C. Roggendorf and Margaretha Heesch Ohde. She had five half-sisters, Annie, Cela, Minnie, Bertha, and Mary (Marie). George and Ida had two children who both remained in Manning. Kenneth worked with his parents and was married to Virginia Brown. They have two children, JoAnn and Georgia. Bernice Dethlefs is married to William F. Ohde and they have four children, Ruth, Linda, William G. and John Robert.
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HANS DETLEFSEN
Hans Wilhelm Detlefsen was born in Rendsburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, in 1874. As a young man he learned the trade of masonry and bricklaying, which required an apprenticeship of 3 years at a low wage, then passing an examination before earning the full title and wage. During the first decade of the 1900's, he immigrated to Manning where he continued his trade for many years in Manning and surrounding towns. Two of his accomplishments, of which he was justly proud, were the former Zion Lutheran Church (now Baptist) and the Ohde Funeral Home.
Therese Gretchen Thede, born in 1889 at Hohenheide, bei Heide, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, came to Manning in 1909. She and Hans were married the following year. There were four children born, two daughters and two sons. One daughter was stillborn. Ruth, born in 1911, died in 1918. Max (1915) and his wife, Marjorie (Marge) live at 208 East St. in the house which he built himself in 1949. Heinz ("Cotton"), born in 1920, died as a fighter pilot in World War II. He was married to Elnor Vannote who now lives in Tucson, Arizona. They had no children.
Max and Marge had two children: Ann (1945) married to Robert Hoehle, lives in Des Moines. John (1950), married the former Gwen Tank.
Their children are: Phillip (1974), Matthew (1976), and Sarah (1978). They reside at 124 East St. in the house which John's grandfather, Hans, built in 1919 and lived in until his death in 1947. Therese Detlefsen died in 1958.
GEORGE H. DIETZ
George H. Dietz was born in 1864 in Walcott. His father, also named George, had come to this country in 1852 when he was 17 years old. He came with his father Johannes and mother Mary Elizabeth (Mogk) from Hesse Dormstadt, Prussia.
The George Deitz seniors were farmers near Walcott and owned land there. Young George H. worked on his parents' farm and owned and operated a threshing rig. His wife to be, Agnes Arp, worked in a hotel in Davenport. By the summer of 1888, savings from their wages had grown to the point where they could seriously think of marriage. They had friends living near Manning who wrote them about a good farm for sale in the neighborhood. This seemed like a better opportunity than renting his father's farm, so George came out to look. He liked what he saw, so with their savings as a down payment, he purchased 240 acres in section 6 Warren (now Ewoldt) township.
They were married December 23, 1888; they moved to the farm that was to be their home for 31 years in the spring of 1889. At the time of George's death in 1927, he owned over 1200 acres of land in the Manning area plus several properties in the town.
Four children were born to this marriage: Rudolph died in infancy; Harry died at 4 years of age; Albert and Mabel. Mabel was born September 26, 1896 and married Emil Opperman. They had four children; George, Ivan, William and Jane.
Albert married Emma Paysen. They had three children; Neva (Mrs. Thomas Thomsen); Norma (Mrs. Harley Feldick); and LaRue.
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GEORGE DOYEL
George Thomas Doyel I I I was born near Dixon, Missouri, November 21, 1893. His parents were George Thomas II and Margaret Wilson Doyel, of Irish descent. January 20, 1915, Thomas married Martha Jane Parker who was born March 2, 1898, to John F. and Luiza Williams Parker, of English descent. In 1922, they moved to Earling, and later to a farm seven miles southwest of Manning in Shelby County. The couple had six children: Elmer Parker, Lula Mildred, John Leslie, Thelma Jane, Hazel Mae, and George Thomas IV. Two of the sons, George and Leslie, are still engaged in farming in the Manning area, and Thelma and her husband Wade Mohr operate a feed and trucking business in Manning.
While farming for Cohin Campbell, Thomas, in 1954, purchased a 160 acre farm in Jefferson Township seven miles southwest of Manning. His son George assisted his father with the farm work. In 1960 Thomas purchased another 160 acre farm adjacent to the original farmstead, and moved on to it. George and his family lived on the first farm place but they had lived on the second place prior to the purchase.
George Thomas IV was married to Barbara Ann Robertson August 2, 1950 and have two children Thomas Paul and Diana Lynn.
After Thomas III passed way in December, 1973 and his wife moved to Manning, Thomas Paul moved onto the farm place to farm with his father. Thomas was married to Denise Hinners August 25, 1973 and they have three children Travis Paul, Melanie Martha and Zachary David. They are the fourth generation of Doyels to live on the home place.