Hans Seemann, along with his brother Detleff, were the first of their family to leave Germany bound for the United States. Hans was the son of John Henry and Maria Seemann, and born 23 Jan 1825 in Schleswig-Holstein.
The brothers settled in Clinton county, Iowa, sending for their parents, siblings, and fiancées, who were sisters, the following year. They all lived together for several years, until each of the brothers obtained his own farm and set out on their own.
Hans and Maria raised a family of nine, seven of whom lived to adulthood: John, Anna Maria, Andrew, Henry, Fred, Carl, and Will. Four of their sons became physicians, and practiced medicine throughout the upper midwest.
In 1884, Hans and Maria sold their farm in Clinton county, and purchased another in Union county, South Dakota. On 05 Sep 1893, while visiting his son Fred in Dubuque, Iowa, Hans became ill, and died at Finley Hospital of pleurisy, complicated by lung cancer. After his death, Maria made her home among her children, passing away while at the home of her son Carl in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Both Hans and Maria are buried at Riverside Cemetery, rural Akron, Plymouth co., Iowa, which was just across the state line from their South Dakota farm.
Above: The family of Hans and Maria Seemann, taken at the farm in South Dakota, when all of the kids came home for their father’s funeral.
Those photos, first and last, are wonderful. How lucky you are to have such nice ones. I have so few, and most are water damaged. I have a bit of photo envy! :-))
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