Lyon County
Henry genzel
Biography
(Transcribed by Andaleen Whitney)
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Nevada Genealogy Trails Lyon County Henry genzel Biography (Transcribed by Andaleen Whitney) |
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HENRY GENZEL, a successful farmer of Mason valley, Nevada, is one of the many Germans who have located in the United States and helped to make our land what it is. He was born in Germany in 1840, and was there educated and learned the trade of a tanner. While there he married Miss Martha Feiganspan, and eight children were born, as follows: Charles, Anna, Minnie, Hulda, Gretchen, Sadie, Frank and Warran, the latter being killed in his nineteenth year, in 1899, by an accident caused by his team riunning away in the mountains. In 1880 Henry Genzel with his wife and family came to the new world and coming to Nevada settled in Lyon county in Mason valley, and rented land, upon which they lived for six years, when he was able to purchase his first ranch of one hundred and twenty acres. This was covered with sage brush, but by constant industry he has made it into a good home, surrounded by thrifty trees of his own planting. He raises hay and all kinds of farm products, and makes a specialty of cattle, horses and hogs. Sadie and Frank have come to Mr. and Mrs. Genzel since their location in Nevada. In politics Mr. Genzel is a Republican, and has taken an active interest in school affairs, having served his district as trustee. In religious belief he and his family are Lutherans, and they set an excellent example of what can be accomplished through honesty, industry and thrift.
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