History of Chickasaw and Howard counties, Iowa . S3. CHICKASAW AND HOWARD COUNTIES 487 the party since age conferred upon him the right of franchise. Much of his lifehas been passed in Iowa and the enterprising spirit which has been the dominantfactor in the rapid upbuilding of the west has always been manifest in his busi-ness career. HERMAN L. PIEHN. Herman L. Piehn, proprietor of the H. L. Piehn Telephone Company of AltaVista, was born in Chickasaw county, August 10, 1871, a son of August and Bertha(Schoenfeldt) Piehn, who are natives of Germany. The father came to the UnitedStates in his b
History of Chickasaw and Howard counties, Iowa . S3. CHICKASAW AND HOWARD COUNTIES 487 the party since age conferred upon him the right of franchise. Much of his lifehas been passed in Iowa and the enterprising spirit which has been the dominantfactor in the rapid upbuilding of the west has always been manifest in his busi-ness career. HERMAN L. PIEHN. Herman L. Piehn, proprietor of the H. L. Piehn Telephone Company of AltaVista, was born in Chickasaw county, August 10, 1871, a son of August and Bertha(Schoenfeldt) Piehn, who are natives of Germany. The father came to the UnitedStates in his boyhood days with his parents, while the mother had attained youngwomanhood when she crossed the Atlantic. They were married in Chickasaw countyand located on a farm in Washington township, whereon they resided until about1909, when Mr. Piehn sold the farm to two of his sons and removed to San Jose,California, where he has since lived. Herman L. Piehn mastered the branches of learning taught in the districtschools and through vacation periods and af
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