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John Frederick “Fred” Mohning

Birth	:	7 Apr 1868 Clayton County, Iowa, USA
Death	:	5 Dec 1941 Clayton County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Garnavillo Community Cemetery, Garnavillo, Clayton County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.8656000, -91.2422100
Plot	:	Block 1 Lot 37 Grave 1
Description	:	Memoirs of Clayton County - 1916 (pages 283 and 284) J. Fred Mohning, whose well improved farm is situated in Section 28 and 33, Clayton township, is a scion of one of the well known pioneer families of Clayton county and has here proved his resourcefulness and enterprise as one of the representative agriculturists and stock-raisers of his native county, the while he is fully upholding the prestige of a family name that has been prominently and worthily linked with the annals of civic and industrial development and advancement in this favored section of the Hawkeye State. On the... Read More	Memoirs of Clayton County - 1916 (pages 283 and 284) J. Fred Mohning, whose well improved farm is situated in Section 28 and 33, Clayton township, is a scion of one of the well known pioneer families of Clayton county and has here proved his resourcefulness and enterprise as one of the representative agriculturists and stock-raisers of his native county, the while he is fully upholding the prestige of a family name that has been prominently and worthily linked with the annals of civic and industrial development and advancement in this favored section of the Hawkeye State. On the old homestead farm of his parents, in Clayton township, this county, Mr. Mohning was born the 7th of April, 1868, and he is a son of H.H. and Maria (Pefmeyer) Mohning, who were born and reared in Germany, whence they came to the United States in the ‘50’s. Soon after their arrival in America they established their home on a pioneer farm in Clayton county, Iowa, where their first place of abode was a primitive log house, with a clapboard roof and with no chimney save a stovepipe protruding from the roof. The father gave himself energetically to the reclamation of his farm, was successful in his operations as an agriculturist and contributed his quota to the development of the resources of the county. In later years he removed to Remsen, Plymouth county, where both he and his passed the remainder of their lives. Of their nine children, seven are now living. He whose name initiates this article passed his boyhood days under the conditions and influences of the pioneer period of Clayton county’s history, early began to aid in the work of the home farm and in the meanwhile profited by the advantages afforded in the local schools. Upon attaining to his legal majority he rented the hold homestead farm, with the affairs of which he had been associated up to that time, and one year later he purchased a tract of eighty acres adjoining the home place. He is now the owner of the entire landed estate, which comprises one hundred seventy acres of fertile land, and which constitutes one of the well improved and specially productive farms of the county, the same being most eligibly situated in Sections 28 and 33, Clayton township and on rural mail route No. 3 from the city of McGregor. As a loyal and progressive citizen, Mr.Mohning has shown a lively interest in community affairs, and in 1916 he is serving his third consecutive term in the office of township trustee, a preferment that indicates the high estimation in which he is held in the community that has always represented his home. He is also secretary of the school board of his district, a position of which he has been the efficient incumbent since 1897. He is essentially one of the representative citizens of Clayton township, was one of the organizers of the Clayton Savings Bank, of which he is a director and both he and his wife are zealous and valued communicants of St. Paul’s Lutheran church at Garnavillo, of which he is a trustee. In the year 1893 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Mohning to Miss Amelia Otting, who likewise was born and reared in this county and who is a daughter of J.F. and Fredicka Otting, both now deceased, her father having been born in Hanover, Germany, and having been one of the sterling pioneers of Clayton county, where he became a substantial agriculturist. Mr. and Mrs. Mohning have four children—Evangeline F. M., Lester F.H., Georgena M., and Foster H.A., and the family is one of prominence and popularity in the social activities of the community. Transcribed by:Find A Grave contributor Mona

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John Frederick “Fred” Mohning's memorial is located at: Garnavillo Community Cemetery, Garnavillo, Clayton County, USA.
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John Frederick “Fred” Mohning death on 5 Dec 1941 in Clayton County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 42.8656000
Longitude: -91.2422100

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Amelia Wilhelmina Sophia Otting Mohning

(1876 - 1947)

Siblings

Johann Heinrich “"John"” Mohning

(1856 - 1946)

Margaret Katherine Mohning Hedemann

(1870 - 1958)

Children

Evangeline Friedericke Marie Mohning Backhaus

(1894 - 1970)

Lester Frederick Herman Mohning

(1896 - 1956)

Georgine Margaretha Mohning Backhaus

(1899 - 1932)

Foster Herman A. Mohning

(1907 - 1978)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Garnavillo Community Cemetery
Garnavillo, Clayton County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8656000, -91.2422100

2. Garnavillo Cemetery
Garnavillo, Clayton County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8660300, -91.2390100

3. Saint Joseph Cemetery
Garnavillo, Clayton County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8628006, -91.2502975

4. McClelland Cemetery
Garnavillo, Clayton County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8249879, -91.2084641

5. Pioneer Rock Cemetery
Ceres, Clayton County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8230591, -91.1863937

6. Clayton Center Cemetery
Clayton Center, Clayton County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8841705, -91.3225021

7. Zion Lutheran Cemetery
Clayton Center, Clayton County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8841705, -91.3249969

8. Clayton Cemetery
Clayton, Clayton County, USA
Coordinate: 42.9043999, -91.1641998

9. Tangeman Family Cemetery
Garnavillo, Clayton County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8580000, -91.1420000

10. Saint Michael Cemetery
Clayton County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8055992, -91.1802979

11. County Home Cemetery
Clayton Center, Clayton County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8916702, -91.3499985

12. Krumm Cemetery
Garber, Clayton County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7913760, -91.3023559

13. Colony Catholic Cemetery (Defunct)
Read Township, Clayton County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8830000, -91.3580000

14. Borcherding Cemetery
Jefferson Township, Clayton County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8182983, -91.1414032

15. National Cemetery
National, Clayton County, USA
Coordinate: 42.9536018, -91.2902985

16. Storck Cemetery
Guttenberg, Clayton County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7694335, -91.1834638

17. Harford Cemetery
Wyalusing, Grant County, USA
Coordinate: 42.9401000, -91.1401800

18. Saint Paula Cemetery
Osterdock, Clayton County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7635994, -91.1992035

19. Meenan Cemetery
Communia, Clayton County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7999862, -91.3584693

20. Norwegian Church Cemetery
McGregor, Clayton County, USA
Coordinate: 42.9644400, -91.1764100

21. Old Garber Cemetery
Garber, Clayton County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7560005, -91.2580032

22. Elkader Cemetery
Elkader, Clayton County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8541718, -91.4000015

23. Bagley Cemetery
Bagley, Grant County, USA
Coordinate: 42.9019012, -91.0907974

24. First Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery
McGregor, Clayton County, USA
Coordinate: 42.9718000, -91.1760000