Warren County Iowa Genealogical Society

Samuel OXENREIDER

Parents: Henry and Margarett OXENREIDER

Samuel OXENREIDER was part of the Warren County Soldiers Relief Commission in 1902-1903. He also served as a Grand Juror from Whitebreast Township 1907. (Source: Financial Report compiled by the County Auditor.)

In 1854 10-year old Sam OXENREIDER was living in a log cabin 1/2 mile south of Lacona. He enrolled at Howes Academy in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa to complete his education. He graduated in the spring of 1863. He taught school until January 1865 and then enlisted as a soldier in the Civil War. In 1916 he donated 6 acres on the hill north of town for a new public school. (Source: Chronology of the early settlers of White Breast Township and Lacona compiled by Edith HEEMSTRA and John FORD sometime around 1980.)