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Personal data John Jacob Neymeyer 

• He was born on February 15, 1886 in in proximo, Ackley, but in Grundy Co., IA.
• (note1) .Source 1

  Sources: Sharese Beresford & Conley Wolterman

• He died on June 25, 1972 in Ackley, Franklin Co. / Hardin Co., IA, he was 86 years old.
• He is buried after June 24, 1972 in German Twp., Grundy Co., IA (W. Friesland Presb. Chr. Cem.).
• This information was last updated on October 3, 2017.

Household of John Jacob Neymeyer

He is married to Berntje Harken.

They got married on February 21, 1917 at W. Friesland Presb. Chr., German Twp., Grundy Co., IA, he was 31 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Emery Dale Neymeyer  1928-2013 

Notes about John Jacob Neymeyer

John Jacob Neymeyer

Source: Author: Beresford, Sharese, Title: "Sharese's Family Tree," (Publication location unknown, Publisher: WorldConnect at RootsWeb.com, Publication date: vii Dec MMV), Repository: The Cloud

Link: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=coradaughters&id=I8552

"... John Jacob NEYMEYER Surname: Neymeyer Given Name: John Jacob Sex: M Birth: 15 Feb 1886 in Ackley, Hardin County, Iowa Christening: 1886 Westfriesland Presbyterian Church, Ackley, Hardin County, Iowa Death: 25 Jul 1972 in Ackley, Hardin County, Iowa Burial: 28 Jul 1972 Westfriesland Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Ackley, Hardin County, Iowa

Occupation: Farmer Religion: Presbyterian

Note: Memories of John J. Neymeyer by Lester Neymeyer

I remember Dad telling they lived on what is now the Bill Younker farm east of Ackley, Iowa. His dad, Jacob Neymeyer, was a part-time schoolmaster and taught at what was known as the Schlaamp school, one mile east of Westfriesland Church.

They raised lots of hogs and would drive the hogs down the road to the Ackley stockyard and ship the hogs to Chicago by train.

Dad worked for Mr. Leader Siemers, Mrs. Joe Fisher's dad, when he was a teenage boy and also for Wm. Brass whose place is still there, also known as Island Grove. It had hundreds of oak trees and people would buy a big oak tree for 5 dollars for the winter because oak wood would burn all night in a heating stove.

When he was a young man he hired out to a Mr. Harry Ulfers, who bought 10 sections of land in North Dakota, to run a big Rumley tractor that pulled an eight bottom plow. Mr. Ulfers planted thousands of acres of wheat and Dad worked for him for one year. After that he operated the City Light Plant for Ackley. (It was run by steam and would use a train car of coal every two weeks.) He and a helper would work twelve hour shifts. He also worked for Bunte Motors, a Ford dealer in Ackley. He also worked for Peter Limburg in Austinville. His job was to assemble Ford cars (Model T). They were shipped in train boxcars (body & wheels and frame separate) and had to be put together. For many people this was their first car and even Dad would go out and give driving lessons. He used to tell about John Kromminga, how after a week of learning to drive, he drove it in the garage and when he wanted to stop the car he said, "Whoa, whoa" but the Ford kept right on going. He hit the front of the garage, but only broke the headlights.

After a few years Dad married Lizzie Harken, a daughter of Enno. K. Harken, and began farming on his father-in-law's farm, 7 miles north of Wellsburg. He was the first farmer to have a tractor (a Fordson). Of course, this tractor was from Bunte of Ackley. We had a lot of wet places in the farm, so Dad ordered another set of rear wheels and during the winter spent his spare time drilling holes in the edge of both sets of rims and bolted the extra rims to the ones on the tractor. Today duals on tractors are taken for granted, but Dad had the idea 75 years ago.

We moved to our present farm about two miles southwest of Austinville in 1938 and in 1940 Dad started a limestone quarry that is still being worked. John retired from farming in 1947 and moved to Ackley, Iowa and his oldest son Lester, married Stella Eekhoff, and moved into the home place, and Les and his brother Wayne took over the farm and operated the lime quarry.

At one time there were Neymeyer garages at Ackley, Austinville, Aplington, Parkersburg and Fern

Memories by Bettejo Knock:
My memories of my father was that church was an important part of his life. I believe he taught all of our family in Sunday School and was an Elder for years in the Westfriesland Church.

He loved the Old West and travel through Nebraska, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Arizona, New Mexico and to visit Irene and me in California, driving every mile himself. We always went to see Uncle Harm and family in South Dakota.

At one time he was going out West to buy sheep and would have them shipped by rail to Austinville. He would herd them down the sides of Highway 20 to the farm.

Change Date: 7 Dec 2005 ...

Marriage 1 Elizabeth HARKEN b: 12 Apr 1890 in Ackley, Hardin County, Iowa c: 1890 in Westfriesland Presbyterian Church, Ackley, Hardin County, Iowa Married: 21 Feb 1917 in Westfriesland Presbyterian Church, Ackley, Hardin County, Iowa

Children

1. Lester E NEYMEYER b: 27 Jul 1918 in Ackley, Hardin County, Iowa c: 1918 in Westfriesland Presbyterian Church, Ackley, Hardin County, Iowa
2. Wayne I NEYMEYER b: 8 Dec 1921 in Ackley, Hardin County, Iowa c: 1922 in Westfriesland Presbyterian Church, Ackley, Hardin County, Iowa
3. Irene L. NEYMEYER b: 29 Apr 1926 in Ackley, Hardin County, Iowa c: 1926 in Westfriesland Presbyterian Church, Ackley, Hardin County, Iowa
4. Emery Dale NEYMEYER b: 27 Aug 1928 in Ackley, Hardin County, Iowa c: 1928 in Westfriesland Presbyterian Church, Ackley, Hardin County, Iowa
5. Living NEYMEYER"

Author: Wolterman, Conley, Title: "John Jacob Neymeyer," (Publication location: Ackley, IA, Publisher: Find-a-Grave, Publication date: xvi Feb MMXIV), Repository: The Cloud

Link: https://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Neymeyer&GSfn=John&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=125212468&df=all&

"John Jacob Neymeyer Birth: Feb. 15, 1886 Death: Jul. 25, 1972

John Jacob NEYMEYER
Birth: 15 FEB 1886 in Ackley, Grundy County, Iowa
Burial: 28 JUL 1972 Westfriesland Presbyterian Church Cemetery, southeast of Ackley, Grundy, Iowa
Occupation: Farmer
Death: 25 JUL 1972 in Ackley, Hardin, Iowa/

Father: Jacob Arend NEYMEYER(NYMEYER) b: 20 OCT 1853 in Balk, Friesland, Netherlands
Mother: Angeline Marie HARRINGA b: 16 NOV 1858 in Aurich, Ostfriesland, Germany

Marriage 1 Elizabeth (Berntje) HARKEN b: 12 APR 1890 in German township, Grundy County, Iowa c: 1890 in Westfriesland Presbyterian Church, SE Ackley, Iowa
Married: 21 FEB 1917 in Westfriesland Presbyterian Church southeast of Ackley, Iowa
Children
Lester E. NEYMEYER b: 27 JUL 1918 in Aplington, Grundy, Iowa c: 1918 in Westfriesland Presbyterian Church, Ackley, Iowa
Wayne I. NEYMEYER b: 08 DEC 1921 in Aplington , Grundy, Iowa c: 1922 in Westfriesland Presbyterian Church, Ackley, Iowa.
Irene L. NEYMEYER b: 29 APR 1926 in Aplington, Grundy , Iowa c: 1926 in Westfriesland Presbyterian Church, Ackley, Iowa
Emery Dale NEYMEYER b: 27 AUG 1928 in Aplington, Grundy, Iowa c: 1928 in Westfriesland Presbyterian Church, Ackley, Iowa
Living NEYMEYER

Family links:
Spouse:
Elizabeth Harken Neymeyer (1890 - 1951)

Children:
Irene Neymeyer Estrada (1926 - 1972) *
Bettejo Neymeyer Knock (1933 - 2016) *

*Calculated relationship
Burial:
West Friesland Presbyterian Church Cemetery Grundy County Iowa, USA

Created by: Conley Wolterman Record added: Feb 16, 2014 Find A Grave Memorial# 125212468"
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