Among the citizens of German birth now living in Silver Creek Township is numbered August Olderog, whose home is on section 6, where he has one hundred acres of good land. This now a model farm property and it splendid appearance is due to the labor which the owner has bestowed upon it. A native of Holstein, Germany, he was born January 16, 1851, of the marriage of Claus and Gertrude (Mekermang) Olderog. The father died in Germany and the mother came to America in 1881, her death occurring in 1903, when she had reached the advanced age of eighty-four years. By her marriage she had become the mother of four children: Henry died in Nebraska at the age of fifty-six years on the same day on which his mother's death occurred--March 3, 1903; August is the second of the family; Doris is the wife of William Husz of Silver Creek Township; and Amolia is the wife of Ulysses Strohbehn, of Silver Creek Township.

August Olderog arrived in Davenport, Iowa, on the 8th of May, 1869, when a young man of eighteen years. He had attended school in his native country to the age of fourteen years in accordance with the laws of that land and afterward worked at the carpenter's trade, completing his apprenticeship in Davenport. He continued his residence in that city from 1869 to 1871 and afterward spent one year in Chicago. He then returned to Davenport, where he made his home until 1876, being engaged in carpentering during the greater part of the time.

In the last mentioned year he came to his present farm, which he had purchased in 1872 and which comprises one hundred acres of land on section 6, Silver Creek Township, Pottawattamie County, lying partly in the village of Treynor. It was unbroken prairie when it came into his possession and he paid about ten dollars per acre, for the tract. It has since increased in value tenfold owing to the rapid settlement of the county and the splendid improvements which Mr. Olderog has placed upon it. He has erected good buildings here, has set out a fine grove of maple trees, having brought the nursery stock from Davenport, and has also planted an orchard which has come into good bearing. For the first two or three years after he came to the county he continued to work at his trade to some extent and thus secured some ready money which enabled him to prosecute his farm work. he has followed farming and stock-raising with excellent success, also feeding and shipping stock, and his careful management has brought to him gratifying prosperity. His business is systematically conducted and through the rotation of crops he keeps his land in good condition. He is also an excellent judge of stock and this enables him to make judicious purchases and profitable sales.

On the 3rd of May, 1878, Mr. Olderog was married to Miss Marie Dorothy Dow, who was born near Keil, Holstein, Germany, November 7, 1859, and was brought to Iowa in 1872, the family home being established in Davenport. Her parents Detlef and Dorothy Dow. The father died during the first year of their residence in the new world and the mother is now living in Welton, Iowa. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Olderog has been blessed with six children, namely: Augusta, the wife of Peter Kilgore, of Council Bluffs; Rosa, Emil, Minnie, John and Elsie, all yet at home.

Mr. Olderog's political views accord with the principal's of the Republican Party and he gives loyal allegiance thereto. He has served as trustee of his township for six years and is a member of the Treynor council. He filled out an unexpired term in that office and was then elected to the position. In this capacity he gives loyal support to every measure introduced for the good of the village, and his labors in behalf of public progress have been far-reaching and beneficial. He belongs to the Lutheran Church of Treynor and in his life is actuated by honorable principles and worthy methods.