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STEGMAN, COONROD, far., Sec. 24; P. O. Fort Madison; born in Saxony, Germany, Jan. 24, 1826; lived there until 19 years of age, and with his parents emigrated to Texas, where they remained but a short time, thence to St. Louis, where they passed the winter of 1846 and 1847; thence to St. Charles Co., Mo., where his father engaged in farming, and he, returning to the Mississippi River, engaged in steamboating, which he continued until April, 1857, when he married Maggie, daughter of John Gayer, of this county; she was born in Wittenberg, Germany, Sept. 21, 1839, and with her parents emigrated to America in 1855, first settling in Niagara Co., N. Y., and, in 1856, in Lee Co. In 1853, he purchased a farm of forty-five acres in Washington Tp., which he retained until 1857, then sold and bought eighty acres where he now resides, valued at $20 per acre. They have seven children — Martha A., born April 19, 1858 (the wife of George Davis, of this county); Annie M., Feb. 4, 1860; Mary C., Jan. 26, 1862; Charles R., Feb. 8, 1866; Katie, Jan. 11, 1868; Adam B., April 29, 1869, and Minnie A., March 30, 1873. Independent in politics; members of the Lutheran Church.