J.K. Prugh, dealer in queens ware, glassware, brackets, chandeliers, etc. No. 57 Pearl St.established business in April, 1881. Before coming to this place, he was engaged in the same line of business at Ottumwa, Iowa He has been in this business eighteen years.
John Malmquist, of the firm of M.C. Carlstrom, & Co., dealers in foreign and American marble-Douglas St., opposite Journal office was born in Sweden 1836; came to America in 1871, and settled in Vt.; removed to Mich.; thence to Chicago, where he remained four years, and came to this city in 1880. He married Julia Brown. They have three children-Harry, Edwin and Nathaniel.
John Harrison, one of the early pioneers of Douglas Township, Ida County, Iowa, was born in County Monaghan, Ireland, in December, 1824, a son of James and Elizabeth (Clendening) Harrison, natives also of that county. He moved to Scotland with his parents when a lad and was raised and educated there. In 1845, John was united in marriage to Jeanette Stevenson at Argyleshire, Scotland, near Glasgow. Her father was Peter Stevenson. In 1855, he came to the United States, locating in New York, but afterwards he engaged in a sawmill for J. Irvin at Savanna, Carroll Co., Illinois. In 1864, … Read more
George Devore, auctioneer, was born in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, in 1834; came to Sioux City in 1869, prior to which he was in business in Ill., He was justice of the peace twelve years, and has held other town offices; he has followed his present business since 1865.
H.B. Clinton, of the firm of H.B. & C.E. Clignan, physicians and surgeons, was born in O., in 1822; is a graduate of the Cleveland Medical College. He practiced in O.; from 1848 to 1855; then moved to Benton Co., Iowa, and practiced there until 1877, when he came to Sioux City and opened his present office with his son C.E. Clingan.
F.P. Mattocks, of the firm of Mattocks & Pape, proprietors of the London meat market, and wholesale dealers in fish, was born in Pennsylvania, in 1852; came west with parents and settled in northeastern Iowa in 1858. He came to this city in 1869 and engaged in farming; has served as constable in Concord township one term. He married Lilliam Gibbs, and has two children-Samuel O. and Walter F.
John Brennan, attorney-at-law; commercial collections, a specialty. Napoleon Brouillette, dealer in groceries and provisions, was born in Montreal, Canada, Aug. 15th, 1852; came to the U.S. in 1869, and settled in Sioux City. He entered the employ of H.D. Booge & Co., where he remained three years; was then employed in the store of Joe. Marks three years; then was with Geo. W. Felt, and after that, with J.B. Barringer two and one-half years. He married Jennie Irwin, of this place. They have three children-Maud, Henry and William.
Mr. C.D. Shreeve, dealer in groceries, confectionery, dry goods, notions, etc.-corner of 4th and Iowa Sts. Mr. C. D. Shreeve was born in La Porte County, Ind., in 1844; removed to Des Moines, Iowa, in 1867; thence to Sioux City in 1881, and is superintendent of the city gas works. He served in the late war three years in the 4th Ind. cavalry. In Aug., 1881, he married Marie C. Raybuck, of Washington County, Penn. He has two children by a former marriage-Carl C. and Ora A.
S.J. Quincy & W.D. Buckley, attorneys at law, were born in Ostego County, N.Y.; located in Sioux City in 1881. S.J. Quincy was admitted to the bar in N.Y., in 1879, and W.D. Buckley in Des Moines, Iowa the same year. They do a general law business.
E.J. Ressegieu, wholesale dealer in liquors, 2d street, established business in 1873. He was born in N.Y. in 1849; removed to this city in 1867. He has just completed an addition to his place of business, 18 by 36 feet, which gives him a building 34 by 36 feet.
Rev. D.R. Watson was born in Scotland in 1841; came to America in 1852; received his early education at White Star seminary, N.Y. He graduated in the nine years’ course at Madison University in 1868, and at Rochester Theological Seminary in 1871, with the title of A.M. His first pastoral charge was at Lowville, N.Y. He next went to Brandon, Vt., where he spent five years, and then to Wyoming Territory where he remained five months. He came to Sioux City in 1881. In 1876 he married Carlie E. Copeley, and has two children-John R. and Robinson D.
Samuel Krummann, proprietor of a fine dairy farm, (situated on Horse Shoe Lake, one and one-half miles from this city, and contains 45 acres) has in his dairy 36 mulch cows, and owns a stock farm of 240 acres, situated four miles northeast of this city, on which he has 37 head of fine stock cattle, and nine head of horses. Mr. K. was born in Switzerland in 1830; came to America in 1852, and settled in Iowa in 1856. He was married in 1858 to C. Hacker, of Germany, and has five children-John, Samuel, Louis, Harry and Annie.
L.A. Heckman, dealer in groceries, confectionery, etc.-4th St.-was born in Cleveland, O., in 1857; came to this city in 1877, and was in the employ of D.H. Talbot, in the Land Title office until 1879, when he engaged in his present business.
Abel Anderson, dealer in groceries and provisions, corner of 4th and Jackson Sts., was born in Sweden in 1856; came to America in 1874, and settled in Sioux City. He is now one of the leading grocers of the city; his sales average $25,000 per year.
Thomas Dorman, baker and confectioner-No. 56, Pearl St.-was born in England in 1841; came to America in 1863, and settled in Chicago; removed to Omaha, Neb., 1867. During the late ware he served two years under Gen. Myers. He married Amelia Gibbons, and has two children-Annie and Arthur.
Joseph Gravel, farmer and stock dealer, was born in Canada in 1843; came to the U.S. in 1856, and the next year located in Sioux City, where he was engaged in mercantile business for three years; then removed to Sergeant’s Bluffs, and in 1870 removed to a farm near Sloan, and was the original owner of the town site of that place. He was appointed postmaster in 1866, and held the office two years, when he resigned. He is now engaged in stock raising on a farm of about one thousand acres.
Rev. Fr. Eisenbe’ss pastor of the First German Lutheran church, was born in Germany in 1851; came to America in 1870, and located at Fort Wayne, Ind., where he founded Concordia College. He then attended St. Louis college three years. He removed to Dixon County, Neb., by special call of the newly formed congregation, to do missionary work for this denomination; came to this city in 1878, and founded a church with fourteen members, which was incorporated in Jan., 1879. He married D. Steinmeyer, of St. Louis, and has two children-Dorothy and Ludmilla.
W.B. Humphrey, proprietor of the Central book store, dealer in books, pictures, frames, paintings, wall paper, notions, periodicals, etc., No. 66, 4th street; came into possession of this business Nov. 22d, 1881. He was born in Maine in 1855; removed to Minneapolis, Minn., in 1870; thence to Sibley, where he was engaged in buying grain. From Sibley he came to this city. He was in the employ of the S.C. & St. P.R.R. Company ten years, part of that time as station agent.
D. Elliott, dealer in crockery, glass, wood and willowware, house, hotel and steamboat furnishing goods, established this business in 1870; his establishment was destroyed by fire Dec. 5th, 1875; reopened Dec. 7th, of the same year. The building has two stories and basement, all of which he occupies, carrying one of the largest stocks of goods of this description west of Chicago. He was born in Pennsylvania; has been in Iowa twenty years; was formerly in business in Iowa City. H.E.Sawyers, head salesman, for the above firm, has been connected with this house for more than twelve years. He was … Read more
John Hittle, retail grocer-corner 4th and Douglas Sts.-established business in 1873. He was born in Ohio in 1835; moved to Ind., and in 1855 removed to Des Moines, Iowa He came to Sioux City in 1856, and in the fall of that year went to Sioux Falls, where he built a cabin for a Dubuque town company, returning to this place before winter. He was a fur trader for some years, and then entered the employ of H.D. Booge, & Co., where he remained for fifteen years.