The history of Lee county, Iowa, containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, &c., Part 95

Author: Western historical co., Chicago. [from old catalog]
Publication date: 1879
Publisher: Chicago, Western historical company
Number of Pages: 898

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CUTLER, OTWAY, retired ; the oldest resident settler of Fort Madison to-day ; born in Morgan Co., Ind., May 21, 1824 ; when only 3 years of age, his parents moved to Illinois ; came to Iowa when he was only 12 years of age, and arrived in Lee Co. about the middle of April, 1836; his father bought a claim, and Otway was brought up on a farm ; in 1846, he engaged in mercan- cantile business, and continued until 1857, when he gave his whole attention to his farming interests, and continued until May, 1878, when he gave up the active management of his farm to his son, and moved into the city. Mr. Cut- ler has been actively identified with the interests of Lee Co., and is a cautious, safe, successful business man ; he owns the old homestead farm of 160 acres, another of 160 acres near here and a farm of 500 acres near Bloomfield, and two farms, comprising 640 acres, in Fremont Co., one and a half miles from Farragut Station. He was the Treas- urer of the Fort Madison & Bloomfield R. R. He married Miss Mary Jane Rudisell, a native of Ohio, Jan. 8, 1843; they have four children-George and Thomas live on his farm in Fremont Co .: Arabella (now Mrs. George Smith) lives here; Otway, the youngest son, lives on the old homstead farm.

D ASSAN, EMIL, painter.

DAWLEY, JOHN M., of the firm of Dawley & Tremaine, publishers of the Fort Madison Plaindealer ; was born in La Fayette Co., Ind., May 28, 1843; when 11 years of age, removed with parents to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and learned the printing business. In 1861, he enlisted in the 8th I. V. I., Co. D, and was in the service four years and eight months ; was in the battle of Shiloh, siege of Vicksburg and many other bat- tles and skirmishes; was taken prisoner at Shiloh and held six months. After the war, returned to Iowa, and, in No- vember, 1878, he associated with H. H. Tremaine and purchased the Plain- dealer. He married Miss Mary E. Culp, a native of Virginia, May 15, 1867; they have three children-Law- son H., Charles M. and William W. Deamude, Theo., far., Sec. 7.

Deiman, Joseph, book-keeper.

Derrencamp, Barney, carpenter. Detmer, Edmund, gardener. ! Diedrich, Charles, grocer and baker. Dieman, Henry, far., Sec. 4.

DODD, H. W., publisher of the Knight's Sword and Helmet ; was born at Marysville, Union Co., Ohio, in the year 1847; when 5 years of age, in the fall of 1853, he removed with his parents to Oskaloosa, Iowa, where he was educated ; he read law in the office of the late Hon. John R. Needham ; was admitted to the bar, and engaged in the practice of law for nearly five years. On the 6th day of June, 1871, he married Ada M., eldest daughter of Dr. B. G. Neal, of Columbus City, Iowa; in January, 1873, he removed to the city of Fort Madison, and was with the firm of George H. Schafer & Co., wholesale druggists and manufacturing pharmacists ; he was editor of the Fort Madison Plaindealer, and is the founder of the Knight's Sword and Helmet ; he became associated with the Knights of Pythias in the autumn of 1874, and is a member of Gem City Lodge, No. 21, K. of P. of Iowa; he served as Deputy Grand Chancellor of the Grand Jurisdiction of Iowa, and assisted in organizing six lodges ; at the seventh annual session of the Grand Lodge of Iowa, held in the city of Mount Pleas- ant, Iowa, on the 8th and 9th days of February, 1876, he was duly elected Special Deputy Grand Chancellor, and he takes a deep interest in all that per- tains to the welfare of this Order.

DOERR, CHARLES, Secretary of the Fort Madison & N. W. R. R .; was born in the Duchy of Nassau, Ger- many, Jan. 13, 1831; he was brought up there and learned the trade of stone-cutter and mason ; he came to America in March, 1851, and was in the employ of the Illinois Central R. R. Co .; he came to Iowa and located in Fort Madison in August, 1855, and en- gaged in building bridges and contract- ing ; in 1862, he was elected Clerk of the Courts, and served two years ; in the spring of 1866, he was appointed Clerk of the Courts to fill an unexpired term, and was elected to the same office in the fall of the same year, and re-elected in

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the fall of 1868; in 1871. he bought ! Edwards, Joseph, retired.

the ferry and managed that for six years ; he was Secretary of the Fort Madison, Farmington & Western R. R., and when it was merged into the Bur- lington & Southwestern R. R., he held the position of Secretary until it was completed : he has been actively iden- tified with the interests of this county for the past twenty years. He married Miss Catherine Magerkurth, from Rhenish Bavaria, Germany, in August. 1857 ; they have eight children- Charles, Nettie, Edward, Philip, Albert. Kuno, Elsie and baby.

Doering, George, plasterer. Douglas, A. W .. farmer, Sec. 2.

Doyle, Samuel, Sr .. retired. Doyle, Samuel, Jr., bookkeeper. Dues, John, collar-maker.

YBERLING, CONRAD, farmer, See. E' S.

EBERLING. CONRAD, meat- market : was born in Brunswick, Ger- many. Dec. 15. 1826; he was brought up there and learned the stone-mason trade; emigrated to America in 1852; came to Towa, and settled in Fort Mad- ison in 1854, and began working at his trade, and has continued it since then ; he has also carried on a meat-market for twenty years. He has held the office of City Alderman. He married Hannah Barens, from Germany, in 1851 : they have six children-Henry, Hannah, Christ, AAnna, Lonie and Weinna, and have lost three children.

EDWARDS, J. F., of the firm of Edwards & MeCabe, livery and sale stable : was born in Warren Co., Ohio, Sept. 5, 1824; he lived there until 1854, then came to lowa, and located in Lee Co. and engaged in farming ; continned until February, 1869, when he moved to Fort Madison, and en- gaged in the livery business; a few years ago, his stable burned, but he im- mediately replaced it with his present tine brick building, arranged with all conveniences for the business. He has held the office of City Alderman. He married Ann R. Hatfield, of Ohio, in 1844: she died in 1853, leaving four children -- Hannah M .. James C., Sarah E. and Ann; in November, 1858, he mar- ried Lydia Loury, a native of Maryland.

Ehart, Jacob, far., Sec. 4.

EHART. JOHN, cooper ; was born in Hesse Darmstadt, Germany, May 17, 1826; his parents emigrated to Amer- ica in 1838, and settled in Pennsylvania, where he learned the cooper's trade ; during the Mexican War, he enlisted as drummer boy, and helped drill the vol- unteers, but was prevented by sickness from going in the field ; while living in Pennsylvania his father died ; John, with his mother and brothers, came to Iowa and settled in Fort Madison April 14. 1845, and he began working at his trade. lle has been engaged in the coopering business here over thirty years-a longer time than any other cooper in Lee Co. He married Ilannah Gebelein, from Bavaria, Germany, April 19, 1849; they have one adopted son- William A.

Ehart, John, Jr., clerk.

Ehart, John, Jr., farmer, See. 5.

EHART. JOSEPH, retired ; was born in Darmstadt. Germany. Oct. 1. 1816; he learned the trade of wagon- maker and blacksmith; emigrated to America Nov. 1. 1838; lived two years in Somerset Co., Penn., and three years in Westmoreland Co .; he had made some money, and loaned out $1,200, and the man who borrowed it went into bankruptcy, and he lost all; he decided to come West, so he made several wag- ous, loaded them, and came to Pitts- burgh, paying only $2 for each person to St. Louis, and §1 cach from there to Fort Madison, and $3 for each wagon. The boat on which they came, burned bacon or side-meat for fuel ; they arrived in Fort Madison Oct. 3, 1843; he en- gaged in wagon-making and blacksmith- ing, and continued it until 1860, and afterward kopt tavern and farmed; one of the wagons that he made and brought with him from Pennsylvania, over thirty- five years ago, is still in use ; he brought and still owns the first iron kettle over brought here, and he has two doors taken from the old barracks, at Mon- trose. He has held office of City Al- derman. When he began life he had nothing, and by his industry and good management, he now owns several build- ings in the center of the city, and a farm

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adjoining it. There are few men here more thoughtful and practical than he is. He married Josephine Ekhart, a native of Germany, in January, 1840 ; they have six children-Nancy (is mar- ried ), Sophia, Johanna, Josephine, Lena, Joseph.

Ehart, William, clerk. Ehlert, Ferdinand, painter.

EIDSON, JEREMIAH S.,

Street Commissioner; was born in Preble Co., Ohio, Oct. 2, 1821; lived there until 1838; when he came with his parents to lowa, they came by wagon ; were five weeks on the way; arrived in this county in the spring of 1839 ; they bought a claim containing a section of land and entered it from Government when it came in market; Jeremiah was brought up on a farm. He married Miss Charlotte McGinley, a native of Ohio, in the spring of 1844. The fol- lowing November, they moved into Fort Madison, built the house where he now lives in 1846 and has lived in it ever since. He was engaged in business for the St. Louis Packet Company for four- teen years, and was very successful; he owns the property where he now lives and other city property and a farm near the city. He was elected Street Com- missioner in 1878 and again elected in 1879. Mrs. Kidson carries on the dress- making business on Pine street and does a good business. They have one adopted child-Addie.

Einspanger, H., grocer. Eitman, William, boots and shoes.

ELLWANGER, F. D., manu- facturer and dealer in cigars and to- bacco; born in Franklin Tp., Lec Co., Iowa, Oct. 27, 1853; he was brought up in this county, and, in the fall of 1877, he engaged in his present business. He married Miss Lizzie Becker, of Fort Madison, June 20, 1878. Mr. Ell- wanger's father emigrated to Iowa at an early day, among the carly settlers. Enderly, Andrew, bricklayer.

Engeman, Charles, shoemaker. Engle, John H., shoemaker.

Engle, Joseph W., saloon.

ERNST, THEODORE, jeweler; was born in Saxony, Germany, Aug. 7, 1835 ; he learned the jewelry business ; emigrated to the United States in 1858;

came to Fowa and located in Fort Madi- son in 1861, and since then he has been engaged in his present business and has the largest trade in his line in the city. He married Miss Alvina Retter, from Germany, in 1861 ; they have five chil- dren-Clara, Hugo, Lena, Flora and Freda.

Espy, Knud, book-keeper.

Essex, B. R., foreman of tool company.

Etzkorn, H. C., harness-maker. Etzkorn, Robert, harness-maker.

HADLER, FRANK, carpenter.

Faha, Michael, tinner.

Faha, Richard, retired.

Fahien, John, cooper.

Feye, Herman, blacksmith.

Figgen, Lorenz, retired.

Frailey, Peter H., contractor.

Frank, Charles, grocer.

Frederick, Charles, farmer, Sec. 5.

FROEBEL, CHARLES, pro- prietor saloon; was born in Saxony, Germany, Jan. 2, 1835 ; he lived there until 1862, when he emigrated to Amer- ica ; he came to Fort Madison in the fall of 1863; was steamboating for some years ; has been engaged in his present business for ten years. He married Miss Lissette Dunhofft from Oldenberg, Germany, in April, 1861; she was born Feb. 27, 1841 ; they have nine children -Johanna, Emma, Clementine, Charlie, Caroline, Dorothea, Josephine, Lizzie and Louise.

FROW, J. W., dealer in groceries, provisions, and Postmaster ; was born in Juniati Co., Penn., Jan. 20, 1828; when 21 years of age, he removed to Ohio. He married Miss Susan Davis, a native of Ohio, in 1852; they came to Iowa, and located in this county, in 1855, and he engaged in teaching ; in 1864, he was elected Deputy County Treasurer; he was elected the first Re- corder of the county in 1866, and has held the office of Secretary of the Agri- cultural Society ; he engaged in mercan- tile business in 1868, and has been agent of the express company here since 1867 ; he was appointed Postmaster Dec. 17, 1874, and since has held that office ; was re-appointed March 3, 1879. Mr and Mrs. Frow have four children - Libbie M. (now Mrs. Bonnell, living in

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Lincoln, Neb.), Emma L., Ott H. and Clara J.

Fuchs, Alex., saloon-keeper.

Furner, John, Jr., carpenter.

Furuer, John, Sr., retired. Fusch, Christ, bricklayer.

G Y ARDNER, JOSEPH, foreman shoe- shop, prison.

Gaylord, Andre, carpenter.

Geldmacher, Fred, farmer, Sec. 5.

Geldmacher, Henry, farmer, See. 5.

Geodda, Peter, farmer, Sec. 5.

Gerarde, Joseph, mechanic.

Gerarde, William, engineer.

Gerling, Stephen, farmer, See. 4.

Gibbs. E. A., Imber-dealer.

GILMER, WILL. S., grain- dealer and loaning money; was born in Lee Co .. Washington Tp., March 27, 1849; he was brought up and received his education in this county ; since reaching manhood. he has been engaged in farming and in the grain business ; his father, Dr. Campbell Gilmer, was the first practicing physi- cian here, and one of the earliest set- tlers; he came here in 1835; died in 1865.

Glahe, Ferdinand, shoemaker.

Gockel, Barney, tailor. Goedde, John V., shoemaker. Goedde, Peter, retired.

Goeldner, August, stone-mason.

GRABOSCH, MATHIAS, re- tired; was born in Prussia Ang. 14, 1814; he was brought up and lived there until 1844, when he emigrated to America, and lived in Cincinnati and St. Louis ; he came to Ottumwa, Iowa, when there were only seventeen houses there; he made a farm near there, lived six years there ; removed to Missouri, and was engaged in farming there twenty years, when he sold out and came to Ft. Madison; since then has lived here ; he owns Concordia Hall and several other buildings; he had nothing when he be- gan life. He married Lovina Porter July 19, 1874; she came to this State in 1852; they have two children- Matthias M. (born May 2, 1875), Au- gust F. (born Oct. 24, 1877). Greene, Fred., ropemaker.

Greitens, George, farmer. Grothouse. Barney, farmer, Sec. 5. Guenther, Peter, tinner.

AESIG, GEORGE, carpenter.

Hacsig, Jacob, carpenter. Hall, George W., kindling-mill.

HALE, ISALAH, of the firm of Hesser & Hale ; born in Miami Co., Ohio, March 13, 1824; when l5 years of age, his parents came to Iowa ; they arrived in Ft. Madison May 29, 1839; his father engaged in the tinning and gro- eery business ; was the first tinner who started the business in Lee Co .; Isaiah learned the tinning business, and when 23 years of age, he engaged in business with his father ; continued about three years, then formed a partnership with Mr. Hesser, his present partner, and they have been associated together for thirty years. Mr. Hale married Miss Amelia Cherry, a native of Franklin Co., Ohio. in 1846; she died in 1851, leaving tive children-Jennie (now Mrs. Wood- worth), Amanda (now Mrs. Robinson). William, George W. and Ella ; he mar- ried Mrs. Sarah M. Hamilton formerly Miss Sarah M. Miller, a nieee of' Hon. D. F. Miller, of Keokuk, in May, 1851 ; they have two children-Sallie and Isaiah.

HALE, HIEL, Deputy Warden of the lowa State Penitentiary ; was born in Columbiana Co., Ohio, Feb. 23. 1842; when 8 years of age his par- ents emigrated to Iowa and settled at Springdale, Cedar Co., where he was brought up ; they removed to Linn Co. in 1860, and upon the breaking-out of the rebellion, he was among the first to enlist, in April, 1861, in the Ist Regt. Iowa Infantry, Co. K, three-months serv- iee : after his time expired he enlisted in the 12th Regt. lowa Infantry, and was unanimously chosen 2d Lieutenant of Co. D; there were twenty-three school- teachers in the company; in the battle of Pittsburg Landing, he was taken prisoner, April 6, 1862, and was confined nine months ; he was paroled from Libby Prison ; upon his return home, he found his commission of 1st Lieutenant await- ing him, dated the day after he was taken prisoner ; he returned to his regiment, was promoted and commissioned Cap- tain of Co. D; he was in the battles of Wilson Creek, Fort Donelson, Pittsburg Landing. siege of Vicksburg, battle of

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Nashville, and a number of others ; he ! was wounded in the battle of Wilson's Creek ; he resigned his commission during the latter part of 1864, on account of ill health, returned to Cedar Rapids and was elected Sheriff of Linn Co. in the fall of 1865 ; he afterward held the office of City Marshal of Cedar Rapids for six years, and resigned March 7, to accept the appointment of Deputy Warden of the Iowa State Penitentiary, March 8, 1878. He married Miss Sa- rah M. Dawley, of Indiana, in Cedar Rapids, in December, 1866. They have had four children ; only two survive- Albert E. and Otis R. Mr. and Mrs. Hale are members of the Presbyterian Church.

Hammer, George, watchman, prison.

HAMILTON, J. D. M., attorney, of the firm of Van Valkenburg & Hamilton ; was born in Pittsburgh, Penn., July 18, 1850; when he was 6 years old, his parents removed to Iowa and located at Fort Madison; his father, John S. Hamilton, was an attor- ney ; was member of the State Legis- lature in Pennsylvania, and in this State. He was killed by an accident ; in the fall of 1856, the subject of this sketch attended school here, then en- tered Knox College, where he received his collegiate education ; after graduat- ing he studied law with Hon. J. Van Valkenburg, and attended the St. Louis Law School, where he completed his legal studies, and was admitted to the bar March 10, 1875, since when he has been associated with Mr. Van Valken- burg in the practice of his profession. He was elected to the State Legislature in the fall of 1877, his term of office expiring Jan. 1, 1880. He married Miss Mamie M. Rice of Keokuk, Feb. 28, 1878.

Hamilton, J. M., attorney. Hannus, Wenzel, cooper. Hansman, Fred, far., S. 5.

Hatch, R. B., salesman.

HEER, FRANK, general merchant,

dealer in dry goods and groceries ; was born in Prussia, March 20, 1839 ; when 16 years of age, he emigrated to Amer- ica in 1855; came to Iowa and settled in Fort Madison in June, the same year ; he learned the trade of moulder

and worked at it for seven years ; he- has been enaged in the mercantile busi- ness for the past eight years. He mar- ried Miss Wilmena Scholing, from Germany, in August, 1868 ; they have five children-Lawrence, George, Frank, Therese and Mary ; they have lost two sons.

Heitz, Sebastian, gardener and fruit. HENDERSON, JAMES E.,

guard at the prison ; was born in Wayne Co., Ind.,, Aug. 27, 1828; when 10 years of age, he came with his parents- to Iowa; they came by wagon; were four weeks on the road, and arrived in this county Aug. 20, 1839, and were among the early settlers ; when the war broke out, he enlisted in 1862 in the 19th Regiment I. V. I., Co. E, and was Sergeant of the company ; he was in the battle of Prairie Grove, siege of Vicksburg, Mobile, and many other fights and skirmishes , he was wounded at the battle of Prairie Grove ; at the- elese of the war he returned, and has occupied the position of guard at the prison for many years. He married Miss Margaret Hamilton, from Indiana, Dec. 25, 1854; they have three chil- dren-Thomas W., Charles and John I. Henke, Fred, shoemaker.

Henry, Daniel W., dealer in tax titles.

Henry, M. L., plasterer.

HERMANN, FRED, merchant, dealer in groceries ; was born in Ger- many May 26, 1850; emigrated to America when 18 years of age; came to Iowa, located in Burlington, and en- gaged in the boot and shoe business, and lived there until October, 1877, when he came to Fort Madison. He married Miss Minnie Sandvos, of this city, June 17,1877.

HERMES, FRANK, of the firm of Nordman & Hermes, coopers ; born in Prussia in 1844; emigrated to America in January, 1853; came to Fort Madison the same year and learned the cooper's trade, and has been en- gaged in business with Mr. Nordman over four years. He married Miss Eliz- abeth Kottenstette, a native of Ger- many, Jan. 10, 1871 ; they have three children-Frank, Felicitas and Mary A. Hermesmeier, Frank, cooper.

Herminghausen, F. W., fruit-grower.

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Hesse, B. B., clothing man.

Hesse, Frank, lightning-rod dealer.

Hesse, John, cooper.

Hesser, Fred, hardware dealer.

Heying, Henry, retired.

Hierstine, Henry, far., Sec. 8.

Hillier, George, auctioneer.

Hinken, John, cooper.

Hinge, Ernst, far., Sec. 4.

Hitch, Peter G., mechanic.

HOBBS, WESLEY C., of the firm of Casey & Hobbs, attorneys and counselors at law ; was born in Des Moines Co., Iowa, Feb. 3, 1842; he was brought up and attended school there, and then entered the University at Burlington, depending upon his own exertions; he engaged in teaching to enable him to complete his education. At the opening of the rebellion, in 1861, he left school and enlisted as a private, in Company K., 6th Regiment, I. V. I .; he remained with his regiment about six months, the most of the time in Missouri, where he participated in Fremont's campaign against Price, marching through Missouri and over the Ozark Mountains, driving the rebel forces into Arkansas ; being rendered unfit for service by the return of his old complaint, inflammatory rheumatism, he was discharged in January, 1862, and, returning home, engaged in teach- ing; three months later, upon the call of President Lincoln for 300,000 men, he discontinued his school and as- sisted in raising Company K, 25th I. V. I .; was elected Second Lieutenant of the same ; he was afterward promoted to fill the vacancy caused by the resigna- tion of his Captain ; he commanded his company during the three-days fight in the rear of Vicksburg, under Gen. Sher- man in 1862 ; and also participated in the battle of Arkansas Post, on the 11th of January, 1863 ; at both of these battles, his uniform was pierced with balls, and at the latter his regiment sustained a heavy loss of men; among the many killed was Mr. George W. Wilson, a brother-in-law of Capt. Hobbs; resign- ing his commission soon after this, he returned home and began the study of law, and, in November, 1864, was ad- mitted to the bar by the District Court of Henry Co., then sitting at Mt. Pleas-

ant, Hon. Francis Springer, presiding Judge. He soon afterward established himself in practice at Ft. Madison, and in 1870, was elected City Attorney without opposition ; during the succeed- ing two years, he was Deputy Clerk of the Courts; in 1873, he formed a part- nership with Hon. Judge Casey, with whom he has since continued in prac- tice, building up an extensive and pros- perous business. Mr. Hobbs was also, in 1873, elected President of the School Board, and in the year following, County Superintendent of Public Schools; in 1875, he was elected, by a very large ma- jority, to the General Assembly of Iowa ; he united with the Baptist Church at the age of 17, and still continues a wor- thy member of that body ; he is also a member of the Odd Fellows' and Ma- sonic fraternities ; in 1876, he was Dis- trict Deputy Grand Master of the former, and at the present time is Master of the Masonic Lodge of Ft. Madison. Mr. Hobbs was married August 24, 1862, to Miss Sallie Estella Smith, a lady of fine native abilities and rare ac- complishments ; of the children who have been born to them, a daughter of 10, and a son, 8 years, are now living. Hodgeman, B. F., salesman. Hoffman, Ed., furrier.

Hoffman, Oscar, cigar-maker.

Hoffmeister, A. W., physician.

Holderhouse, Lorenz, shoemaker.

Holtzberger, Henry, painter.

Holtzberger, John F., blacksmith.

HOLZBERGER, FRED, of the

firm of Fred Holzberger & Sons, workers of iron and steel and manufacturers of carriages, buggies and wagons ; born in Bavaria, Germany, May 8, 1826; he learned his business there, and emigrated to America in 1848; he came to Fort Madison May 5, 1849; he first carried on a repair-shop, on Front street until July 4, 1853, when he moved to his present location and engaged in making wagons, plows and all kinds of repair- work, and since then, he has carried on the business here, and is the oldest man- ufacturer of the kind in the city ; his sons are engaged in business with him. He has held the office of City Alderman, serving many years, and has held school offices. He married Miss Anna B.

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Soell, of Germany, Sept. 26, 1850; they have six children-John F., Henry H.,

Anna J., Fred O., Ellen and Charlie L. Hoover, Wm. O., attorney.

Hopkins, W. W., painter.

Housselton, F. M., retired.

Howard, Cyrus, carpenter.

Huestead, S. D., Sr., drayman.

Huestead, S. D., Jr., oyster saloon.

Huff, Joseph, guard prison.

HUGEL, BENEDICT, deceased ;

was born in Baden, Germany, Feb. 26, 1813. He grew up there and married Therese Zierlewagen April 3, 1840 ; she was born in Baden, Germany, Sept. 9, 1820. They emigrated to America in the spring of 1840, and settled in Ohio, and lived there until 1848, when they came to Iowa and located in Fort Madison, and he engaged in the grocery trade ; in 1861, he was appointed Post- master under President Lincoln, and held the office about five years; he also held the offices of Town Trustee, City Alderman, and member of the School Board, and was an honored, respected citizen. He died Feb. 17, 1874, leav- ing four children-John B. Hugel, born Sept. 12, 1841, died in November, 1876; Lewis P., born April 23, 1843 ; Joseph W., Sept. 12, 1845. Benedict D. Hugel was born in Fort Madison Sept. 28, 1848, and was brought up here; is a tele- graph operator by profession. He was married in Iowa City, Oct. 17, 1874, to Miss Barbara Elizabeth Hotz, a native of Iowa City, daughter of Simeon Hotz; they have three children-Clara E.,. born Oct. 13, 1875; George T. B., March 5, 1877 ; Frank M. C., Nov. 26, 1878. Lewis lives in Chicago; is a commercial traveler. Joseph W. car- ries on business here. Benedict is a book-keeper in Iowa City. Joseph W. Hugel is engaged in the wholesale liquor business. He married Miss Liz- zie Brown, from Muscatine, Iowa, Jan. 18, 1872; they have two children- Therese and Louls J. Joseph W., dur- ing the war, enlisted in the U. S. navy for one year, in the Mississippi squad- ron.

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The history of Lee county, Iowa, containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, &c., Part 95

Author: Western historical co., Chicago. [from old catalog] Publication date: 1879 Publisher: Chicago, Western historical company Number of Pages: 898

Author: Western historical co., Chicago. [from old catalog]
Publication date: 1879
Publisher: Chicago, Western historical company
Number of Pages: 898