Edward A Wunder

Henry Wunder, was born in North Germany, February 9, 1840, and died in Shelby county February 20, 1891. In the year 1867, he emigrated to America for the purpose of founding a home and making a fortune. How well he succeeded in the following years is attested by the fact that he became the owner of one hundred and sixty acres of fine farming land in Shelby county and reared a useful family of children. While his wealth was not so great, he bequeathed to posterity a priceless heritage. in the example of a life well spent. He gave his children every advantage possible to fit them for successful careers in the land of his adoption. The year in which he left Germany, he settled in Scott county, Iowa, and was there married to Wilhelmina Krabbenhoft, a native of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, who left her native land and immigrated to America in 1867. She was born February 5, 1844, and died April 28, 1905. She was the daughter of Wolf Krabbenhoft, an early settler in Scott county and also in Shelby county, Iowa. Wolf Krahbenhoft was born in Schleswig-Holstein, February 10, 1806, and died at the Wunder home, June 19, 1902. He was ninety- six years old at the time of his death, and was one of the grand old patriarchs of Shelby county. For a number of years he resided in the Wunder home and was affectionately known as "Grandfather Wunder." In the spring of 1874, Henry Wunder removed with his family to a farm of one hundred and sixty acres in Shelby township, Shelby county. His land was at that time a tract of unbroken prairie and there he erected a small frame house. Later, as he grew more prosperous and his family increased in number, he built a more pretentious home. Both he and his good wife lived on the homestead until their deaths. Henry was active in local and county politics and took a decided interest in good government. He was a member of the German Evangelical Lutheran church and was fraternally connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Lodge. The children of this highly esteemed pioneer couple are as follows: Mrs. Dora Sass of Omaha, Nebraska; Frederick F.; Lulu Wunder of Omaha, Nebraska; Mrs. Rosa Bohlander, residing on a farm in Shelby township; Herman, a farmer in Shelby township; Edward A., a practicing attorney in Fairbury, Nebraska; Otto H., a farmer in Shelby township;. Henry F., county recorder of Shelby county.