NERY E. BRENEMAN of Section 30, Macedonia Township was born in Hancock County, Ohio December 13, 1845, the son of Richard and Sarah (Clark) Breneman both born in Mercer County, Pennsylvania and reared in Columbiana County, Ohio, and of Pennsylvania Dutch ancestry. The parents were married in that county, and afterward removed to Hancock County, same State and in the fall of 1854 to Iowa County, Iowa settling ten miles south of Marengo. They were early settlers in that portion of the state. They came to Pottawattamie County, Washington Township, Iowa in 1881, where the father died in the spring of 1883, and the mother still resides in Washington Township.


Nery E. Breneman, our subject, came to Iowa in 1879 and bought his land in the spring of 1875, which was wild and uncultivated. He has since residing upon it improved it in a good manner and his pasture and meadow is well adapted to general farming and stock-raising. He was married March 1, 1882, to Miss Celia Kanke who was born in Adams County, Illinois the daughter of Christian and Anna Weeks) Kanke, the former a native of Germany, and the latter of England. Mrs. Breneman was five years old when her parents came to Pottawattamie County. The parents now reside in Macedonia. Mr. and Mrs. Breneman have two children: Howard, born July 31, 1885 and Alma Frances, born August 11, 1888. Politically Mr. Breneman is a Democrat, but has never aspired for political distinction. He is a member of the I.O.O.F., Macedonia Lodge, No. 421.

Contributed by: Darlene Vergamini