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HENRY C. AHRENS, who owns one of the well improved farms of Lake township,
where he carries on general agriculture and makes a specialty of raising Rhode Island Red chickens for the market, was born in this county July 8, 1885, and the same year his father was accidentally killed by a runaway team of horses owned by a neighbor.
The parents of Mr. Ahrens, Henry C. and Magdalena (Dierks) Ahrens, were born in Germany. On their way to America they were married in the city of Liverpool, England, November 19, 1868, before sailing for the United States. Their children were: Alida, the wife of Frank Niemoth of Merrick County, Nebraska; Alexander, a substantial farmer in Lake township, married Sophronia Lorenzen; and Henry C., who has spent his life in Hall County.
Under the care of an admirable mother, Henry C. Ahrens grew to manhood, attended school and worked on the home farm. When twenty-three years old he removed to his mother's second farm and operated it for her until 1917, when he bought it and today is the owner of one hundred and eighty acres of highly improved land where he engages in general agriculture.
In March, 1914, Mr. Ahrens married Miss Maria W. Hintz, who was born in Germany and came to Hall County May 5, 1911. She is the only one of her family to come to the United States. Her parents are Claus and Amelia (Anderson) Hintz, highly respected resident of their neighborhood in Germany. Mr. and Mrs. Ahrens have no children. They are members of the Lutheran church. In politics he has been a Republican for a number of years and now belongs to the Non-Partisan League.
History of Hall County
by Buechler, Barr, & Stough (Published 1920)
Transcribed by Larry Coates
