Individual Details

(Monticello Express, Sept 2, 1909)
John Eiben has lost a good hunting dog, and as the dog once came home after an absence of several days with a collar on his neck, he fears that some one may have the canine tied up. The dog is a white fox hound with a few black spots on the body and some tan in the face. Mr. Eiben will be glad to be put in the way of locating his dog.

... John Eiben goes to the farm south of Prairieburg that he purchased, last fall , .... These people have all been good citizens and Castle Grove is sorry to lose them but wishes them success. (Mar 2, 1911)

Real Estate Transfers Jan 27, 1912
A. W. Atkins, guardian of Lelia Atkins, to John G. Eiben, guardian's deed undivided 1-54 n 1/4 ne nw sec 4-855, $9.25

April 28, 1915
Eight Cub Wolves are Found in Den
- Maine Township Man Collects $82 in County as a Result of his Catch
- The wolf population of Linn county has been rapidly decreasing the past week. John G. Eiben has just brought eight cub wolves to the county auditor for the $82 bounty and less thatn a week befoe eight other cubs and an old wolf were brought in for the bounty that is paid. Eiben found the cubs in a den in Maine township but was unable to get the old wolves.

Lived in Prairieburg in 1916. John was living in Waubeek, Iowa, at the time of his sister Minnie's death in 1945 and his sister Elise's death in 1959.

(Monticello Express, Apr 28, 1921)
G. J. Eiben, the proprietor of the Hilltop farm between Anamosa and Prairieburg, recently killed an old gray wolf on the edge of Delaware county and secured 7 cubs. In his hunt he saw two more old wolves, which he got a shot at at long range. Two weeks previously, he succeeded in catching an old gray wolf after a race of a mile and a half. He had with him two grayhounds, one of which took the lead, and ran the wolves down. The other grayhound he took in his vehicle and followed them. He found the pursuing grayhound in a fight with the wolf. The dog was badly cut up, but the two dogs soon finished the old wolf. Eiben is something of a wolf hunter, for three weeks ago in this county, his hound, with the help of a little fox hound, killed another old wolf.

(1932)
John Eiben was a share renter from Col. C. B. Robbins of 1,100 acres three miles north of Viola. He lived in a huge house bought by Robbins from Gus Matsell in 1926. The house had been built by Gus's father George W. Matsell, a former New York chief of police, more than 75 years ago. It had twenty rooms including a wine cellar, five fireplaces and a separate section for servants. John had lived there for two years when he was interviewed July 30, 1932. He was raising 105 head of Scotch Shorthorns, 100 head of Shropshire sheep, had 15 horses and 400 acres of plowland. He gives his opinion on the new T.B. test, hunting, prohibition, the depression and how he uses a car but not a tractor. John in 1932 had two boys and four girls.

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Birth	15 Nov 1885	Jones, Iowa, United States
Baptism	15 Feb 1886	Wayne Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Wayne Township, Jones, Iowa, United States
Confirmation	1901	SS Peter & Paul Lutheran Church, Monticello, Jones, Iowa, United States
Marriage	26 Sep 1908	German Reformed Church, Monticello, Jones, Iowa, United States - Louise Margaret Rohn
Census (family)	1910	Castle Grove Township, Jones, Iowa, United States - Louise Margaret Rohn
Military	12 Sep 1918	Linn, Iowa, United States
Census (family)	1920	Buffalo Township, Linn, Iowa, United States - Louise Margaret Rohn
Census (family)	1925	Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, United States - Louise Margaret Rohn
Census (family)	10 Apr 1930	Buffalo Township, Linn, Iowa, United States - Louise Margaret Rohn
Residence (family)	1940	Cass Township, Jones, Iowa, United States - Louise Margaret Rohn
Census (family)	1950	Buffalo Township, Linn, Iowa, United States - Louise Margaret Rohn
Death	11 Sep 1964	Anamosa, Jones, Iowa, United States
Burial	14 Sep 1964	Oakwood Cemetery, Monticello, Jones, Iowa, United States

Spouse	Louise Margaret Rohn (1887 - 1951)
Child	Louis Gerhard Eiben (1909 - 1989)
Child	Minnie Elizabeth Eiben (1911 - 1985)
Child	George Augustus Eiben (1914 - 1979)
Child	Vera Irene Eiben (1916 - 2005)
Child	Neva May Eiben (1920 - 2016)
Child	Ada Bernice Eiben (1923 - 1986)

Father	Gerhard Wilhelm "Gerd" Eiben (1843 - 1911)
Mother	Christina von Beeston (1843 - 1916)
Sibling	Toenjes Cornelius E. Eiben (1866 - 1951)
Sibling	Tjack Eiben (1868 - 1870)
Sibling	Gerhard Wilms Eiben (1870 - 1873)
Sibling	Eibo Frederick Eiben (1872 - 1951)
Sibling	Tjarke Lena Gerhardina Eiben (1874 - 1927)
Sibling	Bernhard Eduard "Benjamin, Ben" Eiben (1875 - 1902)
Sibling	Willhelm Heinrich "William Henry, Will" Eiben (1877 - 1949)
Sibling	Christoph Gerhard "Chris" Eiben (1878 - 1949)
Sibling	Elise Katharina Margareta "Eliza, Elizabeth, Lizzie" Eiben (1880 - 1959)
Sibling	Maria Johanna "Mary Hannah" Eiben (1881 - 1966)
Sibling	Johann Heinrich "John Henry, Hank" Eiben (1883 - 1968)
Sibling	Mathilda Katharina "Matilda, Tillie" Eiben (1884 - 1976)
Sibling	Wilhelmine Christine "Minnie" Eiben (1886 - 1945)

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