The history of Dubuque County, Iowa : containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, etc., Part 105

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HENRY LEMBECK, City Assessor's Office, City Hall, Dubuque ; is a native of Prussia, and was born Nov. 7, 1827; he emigrated to America in June, 1847, and came to Iowa and located in Dubuque June 28, 1853; he engaged in manu- facturing sash, doors and blinds, and had a planing-mill ; he carried on the business for twenty-five years (until 1878), a longer time than any one in the same business in 'Dubuque. He was elected Alderman of the Third Ward in 1864 and 1865. In 1857, he married Kathrina Arenbeck, from Prussia ; they have five children-Barney, Mena. Annie, Fanny and Clara ; they have lost nine children.

CHARLES LEMIER, dealer in groceries and provisions, corner of White and Fourteenth streets, Dubuque; was born in Prussia, Germany, Feb. 9, 1842; he grew up to manhood there. He served, in 1866, in the war with Austria, and, 1870 and 1871, in the Franco-Prussian war. He came to the United States in 1872; and came to Dubuque the same year; he engaged in his present business in 1874. He married Miss Anna Klauer, a native of Prussia, Sept. 15, 1875 ; she came to Dubuque in 1861. Mr. Lemier belongs to the St. Alphonsus Society.

D. J. LENEHAN, attorney at law, corner Main and Sixth streets, Dubuque ; is a native of the city of New York, and, when very young, his parents came West to Dubuque, in 1850 ; he grew up and attended school here, and completed his literary education at St. John's College, in the State of Wisconsin ; he studied law in Dubuque, and was admitted to the bar in 1872, and since then he has practiced his profession here. He was elected County Attorney in 1876, and since then has held that office.

JOHN M. LENIHAN, proprietor of the Key City Lime Works, is a native of England, and was born in the city of London June 18, 1834; he came to the United States in 1846, and he came West to Iowa, and located in Dubuque Co. in 1850, and began making farm; he carried on farming in Prairie Creek Township for twenty-five years, then came in the city and engaged in his present business of man- ufacturing lime ; he still owns his farm of 200 acres. He has held the office of Justice of the Peace, Town Trustee and school offices. Mr. Lenihan was united in marriage to

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Miss Elizabeth Cox, a native of Virginia, Feb. 8, 1860; they have seven children- Catharine, Frances M., Maria, Elizabeth, Theresa, Daniel J. and Dennis W.

S. LESSER, physician and surgeon, No. 1283 Iowa street, Dubuque ; is a native of Prussia, Germany ; he grew up and received his education there, and then studied medicine and graduated, in 1866, at Greifswalde ; he came to America in 1869, and came to Iowa, and located at Fort Madison, Lee Co., and remained ther e until 1876, when he came to Dubuque, and since then has practiced his profession here. He married Miss Henrietta Zimmermann, from Davenport, Iowa; they have three children-Flora, Monroe and Pincus.

ALEXANDER LEVI, retired, residence corner of Main and Twelfth streets; is a native of France, and was born March 13, 1809 ; he emigrated to America in 1833, and came direct to Iowa, and arrived in Dubuque Aug. 1, 1833 ; he engaged in the grocery and provision business, and continued until 1837 ; he was also engaged in mining, and in 1847, he engaged in the mercantile business-dry goods and clothing ; he engaged in mining on a large and extensive scale ; he has been successfully connected with mercantile business and mining for a period of forty-five years. He was elected Justice of the Peace in 1846, and held that office two years. Mr. Levi was the first foreigner naturalized in the State of Iowa. He is a member of the Masonic Order, and was the first initiatory member of that Order in Dubuque ; he is Treasurer of Dubuque Lodge No. 3, and is also Treasurer of Dubuque Chapter No. 3. Mr. Levi, when he began life, had nothing, and his success is owing to his own efforts ; by indus- try, integrity and good management he has amassed a fortune, and has one of the finest and most commodious homes in the city. In 1847, he returned to France, and was united in marriage to Miss Minette Levi, a native of France; they have five children -- Eliza, Emile, Gustave, Celina and Eugene.

GEN. WARNER LEWIS, County Recorder, was born in Goochland Co., near Richmond, in the year 1805, being a scion of one of the old "F. F. V's.," whose pages of family history are full of romance and interesting incident, but with the member named it is only interesting to deal in this connection: Warner Lewis emi- grated to Missouri with his father in 1818, and settled in St. Louis when that now magnificent city was but an almost unknown French village; in 1827, he came to the upper lead mines of what was then known as Wisconsin; he participated in all the eventful and often bloody scenes of the Black Hawk war in 1832, serving as aid to Gen. Henry Dodge, a distinguished officer, gallant soldier, and often, politically and officially, honored citizen ; at the close of the war, Gen. Lewis settled in Iowa in the spring of 1833 ; he took a prominent and active part in the municipal and political affairs of the city and State ; after the admission of Iowa to the Union, he was three or four times elected to the State Legislature, serving several terms as Speaker of the House of Representatives ; he was appointed Register of the United States Land Office under the administration of James K. Polk, and later as Surveyor General of Iowa, Wiscon- sin and Minnesota, by Franklin Pierce, and continued in the same office by James Buchanan ; Gen. Lewis has held inany public and responsible positions of trust at the hands of the people, and no citizen of Dubuque or Iowa has been more thoroughly trusted and honored by all classes of the community and the people at large than he ; fifteen years ago, he was elected to the office of Recorder of Dubuque County, a posi- tion which he has filled with perfect satisfaction to the people of the city and county, and the duties of which are well adapted to the more quiet pursuits and comparatively easy labor which the weight of accumulating years make necessary.

JOHN M. LILLIG, foreman of Ingraham, Kennedy & Day's lumber-yard ; was born in Bavaria, Germany, Oct. 15, 1838; he came to the United States in 1851, and came to Iowa and settled in Dubuque in 1852; he grew up and learned the trade of carpenter and joiner, and worked at that business ; he has held his present position of foreman for the past twelve years ; he was elected City Alderman, and has held that position for the past four years ; he belongs to Harmony Lodge, I. O. O. F., and to the Encampment, and also to the A. O. U. W. He married Miss Amelia L. Sieggrist, a

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native of Switzerland; they have six children-Martha, John, Fred, George, Ada, Alexander.

BART. E. LINEHAN, Dubuque's most enterprising young merchant and old settler, was born in this city June 11, 1853; his education was received at the Third Ward School, in which he never missed a room, and also took a course of book- keeping at the Commercial College in the city. At a very early age, he developed quite a business tact, which was noticed by W. E. Wellington, who persuaded him to leave school and accept a clerkship on the wharf-boat of the Packet Company, of which Mr. Wellington was Superintendent. This position, which, for one so young, was quite responsible, he held, with the exception of a few months, for five years, when, with his present partner, M. N. Hansen, purchased the business from their former employer, and have built up one of the largest businesses in the city, and have the most complete steamboat supply store in the West ; they also do a large grain, coal and hay business, and operate a large farm in Delaware Co. Mr. Linehan's natural shrewd- ness and foresight, together with the indomitable energy of his nature, have kept him with more business on hand than one of his years ought to care for. He took hold of institutions which previously were considered unsafe investments, but which, to-day, are as good stock as we have in the city. We have reference to the Dunleith & Dubuque Ferry Company, and the Dubuque Street Railroad Company. Of both cor- porations he is Secretary and Treasurer, also a Director in the Dubuque Co. Bank and in the Northwestern Agricultural & Mechanical Association ; and to him is the credit due for the fine base-ball park in which the club have won such fame; with his brother, he purchased the ground and fitted it up in first-class style, and there is no better park outside of Chicago. He has always taken an active part in anything to further the interests of the city, and is quite well posted on river transportation and river improve- ment, being Secretary of the St. Paul Railroad Convention in 1877, a delegate to the New Orleans Commercial Convention in 1878, and also to Quincy in 1879; and to him is the credit due for the first efforts being made in having the large sand-bar in front of the harbor dredged out, which at one time threatened to close up the landing. Socially, Mr. L. is an affable and courteous gentleman, having as large a circle of acquaintances as any young man in the Mississippi Valley ; has traveled considerably ; is possessed of a good mind, and devotes what little leisure time he has to books and music. He is one of the men whom misfortunes could not dishearten, and quickly builds new castles on the ashes of old hopes; endowed with that energy and ability that never fails to achieve the greatest success.

EDMOND LINEHAN, deceased ; was one among the early settlers who came West to open up our Iowa prairies; he was born in County Cork, Ireland, and spent his youth laboring on a farm; he came to Dubuque in 1842, and traveled to Brownsville, Minn., where he entered one-half section of land ; he returned and bought 320 acres of land in Whitewater Township, and also entered a farm close by where the present monastery now stands ; he was possessed of good education, of temperate habits, and left a name untarnished; he died May 20, 1860, leaving a wife, one daughter and five sons, two of whom-the Revs. Thomas M., of Fort Dodge, and Mathia C., of Lyons-are clergymen in the Catholic Church ; D. W., of the firm of Linehan & Pier, ice dealers; Alderman John J., who has so well represented his ward in the Council for the past six years, and Bart E., of the firm of Hansen & Linehan, who is well known throughout the Mississippi Valley.

JOHN J. LINEHAN, Superintendent of the Dubuque Street Railway Com- pany ; is a native of Ireland, and was born June 24, 1842; his parents came to America in 1850, and came to Dubuque the same year; he grew up and received his education here; after reaching manhood, he engaged in contracting; in January, 1876, he was appointed Superintendent of the Dubuque Street Railway Company, and has since then held that position ; he holds the office of City Alderman. In May, 1871, he was united in marriage to Miss Margaret O'Hare, a native of Dubuque, and daughter of Edward O'Hare, one of the early settlers of Dubuque Co .; they have five children- Edward, John, Mary M., Charles and James ; they have lost one son.

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C. LOETSCHER, of the firm of Farley, Loetscher & Co., proprietors of the Key City Planing Mills, corner of Eighth and Jackson streets, Dubuque; is a native of Switzerland, and was born Aug. 2, 1850; he emigrated to this country in 1869; he spent several years in California, and came to Dubuque in 1872; in 1875, he associated with Mr. J. P. Farley, one of Dubuque's oldest and most enterprising citizens, and they established the Key City Planing Mills; during the year 1879, they built their present large commodious brick building, which is the largest mill in the city, and they carry on an extensive business, and have a capacity of employing 125 hands. When Mr. Loetscher came to this country, he only had $40, and by industry he has worked him- self up to his present position. He married Miss Mary Loetscher, a native of Switzer- land; they have four children-John A., Fred W., Emile C. and Lydia C.

JOHN S. LOONEY, residence 1370 Iowa street ; is a native of Smith Co., Tenn., and was born Aug. 11, 1806 ; when 12 years of age, he went to Kaskaskia, Ill., and lived there when Illinois became a State; he grew up to manhood there ; he helped to survey the land where Springfield and Jacksonville are now located ; in October, 1827, he came to the lead-mining region, and passed by where Dubuque now stands, on the steamer Red Rover ; he returned to Kaskaskia in 1835 ; he again came to Galena, and afterward came to Dubuque; engaged in mining; in 1859, he went out to the mountains, and returned in 1861; he went to Minnesota and lived there until 1867, then returned to Dubuque. Mr. Looney is perhaps the only person now here who passed by this place as early as 1827. In 1828, he married Miss Margaret White, a native of Randolph Co., Ill .; she died in October, 1874; they had ten children, seven arc living-Corrydon, Abraham, Matilda, Elizabeth V., Margaret, Eliza and Ella.

R. LORENZ, merchant tailor, No. 255 Fourth street, Dubuque; was born in Baden, Germany, Aug. 8, 1835 ; he grew up and learned the tailor's trade there; he emigrated to America in 1853, and came to Dubuque the same year, and began working at his trade; in 1860, he engaged in business for himself, and has continued in the business since then ; when he came here, he had nothing, and has earned what he has by his own efforts. He married Miss Anna Gaylord, from Belgium, June 4, 1866 ; they have eight children-Mary, Tillie, Rosa, Amelia, Louise, August, Otto and Adam. The father and mother of Mr. Lorenz are both living in this city, and are 72 and 71 years of age.

MRS. CATHARINE LUCK, whose maiden name was Bright, was born in Kentucky Feb. 20, 1808; she was raised there, and in 1825, married Larkin Luck; he was born in Virginia July 17, 1801. They came to Dubuque in 1834, and were among the early settlers here. He was a wagon-maker by trade and made the first wagon ever made in Dubuque; he afterward engaged in mercantile business; he died July 27, 1855 ; they had eleven children, five of whom are living-Eliza, Kittie, Greenbury, George and John. Mrs. Luck lives with her son on Alta Vista street.

GEORGE LUCK, plasterer; residence, Alta Vista street; is a native of Dubuque Co., and was born in the city of Dubuque May 2, 1836; he grew up to man- lood and learned his trade in this city. After the war broke out, he enlisted in Co. F, 21st I. V. I .; he was in the siege of Vicksburg, and was taken prisoner at Jackson, and was in Libby Prison six weeks; was at the taking of Mobile, and in other battles ; he served three years. After his return from the war, Mr. Luck was united in marriage, June 13, 1863, to Miss Sarah Harris, a native of the city of Glasgow, Scotland ; they have one son-Charles B., who was born April 15, 1867. Mr. Luck was a member of Julien Lodge, No. 12, I. O. O. F., and also belongs to the A. O. U. W., and to the Order of Foresters. Mr. Luck is one of the oldest native-born citizens of Dubuque Co. now living here.

ANTHONY LUGER, dealer in wines, liquors and cigars, 456 and 438 Seventh street; was born in Tyrol, Austria, Aug. 16, 1848; he came to America in 1854, and came to Dubuque the same year, and grew up here. He has been engaged in his present business for the past twelve years ; he belongs to Schiller Lodge, No. 11, I. O. O. F. He married Miss Mary F. Flynn, from this city, Oct. 31, 1871 ; they have three children-Eveline, Mary and Helen M.

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EDWARD A. LULL, cashier of the Dubuque County Bank, No. 625 Main street, Dubuque ; is a native of Windsor Co., Vt., and was born Aug. 24, 1816; he grew up and attended school there, and spent several years in Boston; after reaching manhood, he came West to Dubuque in 1838; he remained here only a short time and went to Potosi, Wis., in the mining region, and remained until 1843, when he returned to this county and engaged in business at Cascade several years, and at Canton, Jackson Co., until 1851, when he located permanently in Dubuque and engaged in mercantile business and mining; in 1862, he was appointed Assistant Assessor of Internal Rev- enue, and held that office until 1873, when that office was abolished; he was elected cashier of the Dubuque County Bank upon its organization in 1875, and since then has occupied that position. In 1839, Mr. Lull was united in marriage to Miss Harriet Ward, a native of New York.

E. R. LUMBERT, dealer in lumber, corner of Seventh and White streets, Dubuque ; is a native of Bangor, Me .; he grew up to manhood and engaged in lumber- ing ; in 1850, he went to California and remained there thirteen years, and, in April, 1864. he came to Dubuque, and since then has been engaged in the lumber business ; he was elected County Supervisor in 1877 and held that office two years. In 1870, he was united in marriage to Marcia Holmes, a native of Maine. Col. Lumbert has two children by a former wife.

W. C. LUTHER, proprietor of European Hotel and dealer in wines and liquors, Seventh street, Dubuque ; was born in Prussia, Germany, March 28, 1823; he emigrated to America in 1845 ; came to Chicago; he came to Dubuque in 1848, but returned to Chicago and lived there until coming to Dubuque in 1856; he engaged in his present business and continued it for twenty-four years; he opened the European Hotel in 1864, and has continued it since then ; he is also interested in mining. He belongs to the I. O. O. F. and to the Turner's Society. In 1852, he married Miss Dora Hagerhurst, a native of Hanover, Germany ; they have seven children-Minnie, Emma, Clara, Augusta, William, Tillie and Frank.

E. P. LYMAN, Superintendent of the telegraph lines of the Chicago, Clin- ton, Dubuque & Minnesota Railroad ; is a native of Illinois, and was born in Geneseo, Henry Co., Dec. 14, 1848; he grew up to manhood in that State; he has been con- nected with railroading, in the telegraph department, since he was 15 years of age; he came to Dubuque in June, 1868; in 1872, he was appointed train dispatcher, and, Jan. 1, 1873, was appointed Superintendent of Telegraph Lines of the road, and since then has held that position. In October, 1878, Mr. Lyman was united in marriage to Miss Margaret E. Johnson, niece and adopted daughter of Judge Grant, of Davenport.

D. E. LYON, attorney at law, firm of Foulke & Lyon, corner Main and Fifth streets ; is a native of Cattaraugus Co .. N. Y .; he grew up and received his education there; studied law, and was admitted to the bar in Buffalo in 1857 ; he came to Iowa and located in Dubuque in 1858, and since then has practiced law here in the office he now occupies. He has held the office of City Attorney ; he holds the office of United States Collector of the Port of Dubuque.

DANIEL McCLEAN, pilot on the Mississippi River ; residence, No. 309 Julien avenue; was born in County Down, Ireland, in 1834; his parents came to America in 1840, and they settled in Dubuque in 1845; in the fall of 1848, he went on the river, and began piloting in 1855, and has continued since then-over a quarter of a century ; he has been engaged in steamboating over thirty-two years, and is one of the oldest now on the river.' In 1860, he married Miss Mary Ann McManus, a native of New York ; they have nine children-Emeline, George, Charles, Mamie, Daniel, Alice Lucy, Willie, Fannie and Frank.

BENJAMIN McCLUER, physician and surgeon, southeast corner Main and Tenth streets ; is a native of Franklinville, Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., and was born May 8, 1824; he grew up and attended school there, and entered the Gencsee Wes- leyan Seminary at Lima, Livingston Co., N. Y., where he completed his literary course ; he commenced reading medicine with W. C. Dwight, M. D .; attended lectures in Bos- ton during the winter of 1849-50, and, during the winter of 1850-51, attended

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lectures in Cleveland ; in 1851, went to Cambridge, Mass., and the Lawrence Scientific School; then took a course in the Medical Department, and graduated in the spring of 1852; he practiced medicine in Middlesex Co., Mass., four years, and came West to Iowa and located in Dubuque, and engaged in the practice of his profession here in October, 1856. Upon the breaking-out of the rebellion, he was commissioned by Gov. Kirkwood as Surgeon of the 9th I. V. I .; the 3d Iowa Battery, under Col. Wm. Van Dever, was a part of the command; he held this position until April, 1863, and was honorably discharged in April, 1864; he was called into the service again, and ordered to duty as Surgeon of Volunteers, and was commissioned by President Lincoln and served as executive officer of the Madison U. S. General Hospital at Madison, Ind., was promoted Surgeon, and afterward had charge of the hospital boat Jacob Strader, at Louisville ; Feb. 20, 1865, he was ordered to report to Gen. J. H. Wilson, at headquarters of the Cavalry Corps of the Army of the Cum- berland, March 4, 1865; he was ordered to Gen. Croxton, as Surgeon-in-Chief of the division ; he remained on duty and served as Post Surgeon and Health Officer at Macon, Ga .; June 30, 1865, he was made Medical Director of the cavalry corps, and was Medical Director of the District of Columbus, headquarters at Macon, and had charge of matters pertaining to the Freedmen's Bureau in that locality until December, 1865 ; in November, 1865, by recommendation of Gen. John H. Wilson, he was made Lieutenant Colonel by brevet, and in February, 1866, he was mustered out of the serv- ice. He returned to Dubuque and resumed the practice of medicine, and since then has practiced his profession here.

JOHN McCOY, contractor and builder, is a native of the city of Cork, Tre- land; he came to the United States in 1850, and learned the trade of carpenter and joiner in Rochester, N. Y .; he came West to Iowa and located in Dubuque, in 1856, and began working at his trade; he has been engaged in contracting and building for many years, and is one of the oldest in the business here; he has erected some of the best buildings in Dubuque. Mr. McCoy married Miss Margaret Redfern, a native of Bed- ford, Penn .; they have five children-James, Mary M., Sarah E., John and Edward.

ORLANDO McCRANEY, Deputy Collector Internal Revenue; is the son of Thomas and Susan McCraney, and was born in Adams Co., Ill., Sept. 22, 1826; his parents were among the very earliest white settlers of Dubuque; they arrived here Oct. 12, 1832; they were the first family to come here and locate on the main shore ; it was before the settlers were allowed by the treaty to come here; when the soldiers came to order the settlers off, Mr. McCraney did not go; they threatened to tear down his shanty, and finally did so ; Mr. McCraney engaged in mining and smelting, and he erected the first furnace that was built here; he sold the property now embraced between Eighth and Twelfth streets, and from Main street back on the bluff, to P. Lor- imier for 30,000 pounds of lead ; Mr. McCraney was one of the earliest pioneer miners, and was connected with it for a long time ; he died in 1866. Orlando grew up and attended school here; he was a scholar in the first school ever taught in Iowa, and was present the first day the school was taught; he afterward entered the office of the Miners' Express, and learned the printing business ; he was connected with the Iowa Transcript, and afterward published the Dubuque Telegraph ; he started the Fairfield Ledger, in Jefferson Co., in 1852, now one of the oldest papers in the State ; he was editor of the Rocky Mountain Herald in Denver City, and was connected with other journals ; he lived in McGregor a number of years, and was engaged in real-estate bus- iness, and was also extensively engaged in building there ; he also laid out and started several towns elsewhere in this State; he has been connected with the revenue service since 1862, and has served as Assistant Assessor and Deputy Collector. Mr. McCra- ncy is a member of the I. O. O. F., and has been prominently connected with the Order officially; he has served as Grand Master and Grand Representative of the State. In April, 1849, he was united in marriage to Miss Mary E. Hill, a native of Illinois, and daughter of Dr. Allan Hill; Mr. and Mrs. McCraney have three children, one daughter and two sons-Ella V. (now Mrs. Wm. H. Lorimier), Henry A. and Read.

J. M. EMERSON. (DECEASED) DUBUQUE.

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A. Y. McDONALD, manufacturer of pumps and plumbing goods, Iowa street, between Fifth and Sixth streets; is a native of Scotland, and was born in the city of Glasgow Feb. 14, 1834; after reaching manhood, he came to the United States in 1854, and came to Dubuque in 1860. Upon the breaking-out of the rebellion, he enlisted in April, 1861, in the 1st I. V. I., Co. I; was wounded in the battle of Wilson's Creek ; he re-enlisted in the 21st I. V. I., and was commissioned Lieutenant of Co. E, and had command of the company much of the time; he was wounded at Black River Bridge ; he served until the close of the war. After his return, he estab- lished his present business, and has built up a large trade. In 1865, Mr. McDonald was united in marriage to Miss Hannah Masoner, of this city ; they have five children -Mattie E., Andrew Y., John M., Hannah M., Nellie Y.

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The history of Dubuque County, Iowa : containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, etc., Part 105

Author: Publication date: 1880 Publisher: Chicago : Western Historical Number of Pages: 964

Author:
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Chicago : Western Historical
Number of Pages: 964