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Biographical History of Cherokee County, Iowa
W. S. Dunbar & Co., Chigago - 1889

[page 568]

    DANIEL UNGER, present sheriff of Cherokee County, was born in
    Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, September 6, 1843, and is the
    youngest of a family of six children of JOHN and MARY (FORTES)
    UNGER, natives of the State of Pennyslvania, and of German descent.
    DANIEL passed his early life in his native county, receiving his
    education in the common schools.  In December, 1861, he enlisted
    in the defense of his country's flag, becoming a member of Company
    B, Eighty-fourth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry.  He was assigned
    to the Army of the Potomac, and participated in the following
    engagements: Winchester, General SHERIDAN commanding; Port Republic,
    the Wilderness, all the battles leading to Gettysburg, and on the
    day of that memorable fight he was detailed to guard the wagon trains.
    He had belonged to the first, second and third army corps, and was
    finally assigned to the second under General HANCOCK.  On December 9,
    1864, he was mustered out, after which he was employed as wagon master,
    and was finally discharged and paid off at Washington, District of
    Columbia.  He then returned to his own county and engaged in the
    lumber business.  Afterward he drifted westward as did so many who
    wore the loyal blue during the Civil War.  He stopped for a time in
    Cook County, Illinois, and in 1869 he came to Cherokee County, Iowa;
    he homesteaded eighty acres of land on which he lived two years,
    selling it at the end of that time.  He then rented a half section
    upon which he farmed for three years, and again purchased a farm of
    his own, being very successful in its cultivation.  In 1885 he removed
    to Cherokee, and in 1886 he was elected to the office of the county,
    which he still holds; he accepted the office at the hands of the
    Republican party, and assumed his official duties January 1, 1887.
    Mr. UNGER was married in 1866, to Miss R. E. SONES, a native of
    Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.  Six children have been born of this
    union: MARY A., ELMER M., WILLIAM C., OLLIE MAY, BURT E. and NINA J.
    Mr. UNGER has held many local offices, including that of county
    supervisor.  He is a member of the Odd Fellow's fraternity, the
    Knights of Pythias, and Custer Post, No. 25, G.A.R.  He is an active
    member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he is one of the
    trustees.  He has been a successful man in business, and now owns a
    half section of land in Silver Township, which he rents out.
     

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