Hyman SCHEURKOGEL

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1880, Living in LaConner, Skagit Co., Washington
• Census: 1900, Living in LaConner, Skagit Co., Washington
• Census: 1910, Living in LaConner, Skagit Co., Washington
• Census: 1930, Living in LaConner, Skagit Co., Washington

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Hyman Scheurkogel, one of the pioneers who have seen the country changed from a tangled and almost impenetrable forest wilderness to a place of happy homes and well tilled, productive farms, and one who has contributed his full share toward this development, is a native of Holland, that land which has done so much to demonstrate the practicability of winning an empire from the sea, that land whose sons have many times proven their grit and courage and splendid mettle at home and abroad. He was born December 14, 1846, the son of Abraham and Mary (Vancouver) Scheurkogel, who were farmers by occupation. Being the oldest of six children he had to help, as soon as he was able, with the work on the home place, but his parents gave him opportunity to attend the local schools and he obtained a fair education. At the age of twenty-one he embarked for the European's land of promise, and in due time settled in Pocahontas County, Iowa, where he farmed for the ensuing nine years. In 1877 he went to California, whence, a year later, he removed to Washington, landing at La Conner, August 30, 1878. Pursuing the same plan which many other Skagit county pioneers have followed, he worked out among the farmers for a couple of years, learning the prenliarities of the country and how best to take advantage of them at the same time he was earning his wages. he then took up a pre-emption near Avon. For the next fifteen years he devoted himself assiduously to the cultivation and improvement of this farm, removing the timber from sixty acres of it. Only those who have a realizing sense of the density of timber in western Washington can realize the magnitude of this task. In 1895 he sold all but twenty acres of his original claim and moved to La Conner, where he has since been living in partial retirement, at least from active participation in the farming industry. In addition to the twenty acres before mentioned he has some valuable realty holdings in the city of La Conner.

In 1876, just before starting for California, Mr. Scheurkogel married Miss Sarah Slosson, a daughter of Oscar and Julia (Tousley) Slosson, natives of Ohio, who in the later years of their lives moved to this county, and who passed away here May 6, 1903, and October 10, 1904, respectively. Mrs. Scheurkogel was born in Iowa, Februrary 16, 1859, and received a good education in the schools of that state, where also she taught one term, but her pedagogical career was cut short by an early marriage. She and Mr. Scheurkogel are the parents of one child, Mary E., born in Iowa in July, 1877, now Mrs. D.C. Hayward. The family adhere to the Baptist church, and in political faith Mr. Scheurkogel is a Republican. He is one of the respected citizens of the county, held in high repute in each of the communities in which he has lived and wherever he is known.

Hyman married Sarah A. SLOSSON about 1875. Sarah (daughter of Oscar SLOSSON and Julia TOWSLEE) was born on 18 Feb 1858 in Iowa; died on 14 Nov 1919 in La Conner, Skagit Co., Washington; was buried in Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, La Conner, Skagit Co., Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Mary Ellen SCHEURKOGEL was born in Jul 1876 in Rolfe, Iowa; died on 5 Sep 1959 in Bellingham, Whatcom Co., Washington; was buried in Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, La Conner, Skagit Co., Washington.