Daniel G. Lass

LASS, ROHDE, FABER, BIRNEY

Posted By: Marthann Kohl-Fuhs (email)
Date: 4/22/2009 at 14:36:38

DANIEL G. LASS, physician and surgeon, Audubon, Iowa, is of German nativity, born in the city of Bremen, January 19, 1858. He is a son of Lorenz H. and Meta (Rohde) Lass. The father was a sea captain on the waters between Bremen and Honolulu. He died at Bremen in 1865, and the mother died at the same place in 1860.The youth of our subject was passed in attending the schools of his native city, where he received the degree of B. A. In 1872 he emigrated to the city of New York, where he remained four years in the employ of John Faber, brother to the celebrated Faber pencil maker, in the capacity of pharmacist. In 1875 he came to Iowa, and stopped in Nora Springs, where he clerked in a pharmacy for Dr. C. C. Birney, who became his preceptor in the study of medicine, he passed one examination before the Iowa Commissioner of Pharmacy, and took one course of lectures at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Keokuk, Iowa. He took a second course at Vanderbilt University Medical Department, Nashville, Tennessee, graduating with the class of 1885, and receiving the degree of M. D. Dr. Lass was elected coroner of Audubon County in 1887. He has also held the position of county commissioner for the insane. He came to Audubon in March, 1884, and has devoted his entire time to his profession. He was married in 1886 to Miss Hattie Bailey, of Audubon, a native of Christian County, Illinois. Dr. Lass is a member of the Knights of Pythias, of the Botna Valley Medical Association, and surgeon for the Mutual Benefit Association, of Galesburg, Illinois. His brother, Lorenz Lass, is captain of the German ship, J. W. Vendt, plying between New York and Bremen. Dr. Lass has built up a good practice during his residence in Audubon.

1889 BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF
SHELBY AND AUDUBON COUNTIES, IOWA
W. S. DUNBAR & CO., PUBLISHERS
113 ADAMS STREET, CHICAGO
pages 723-724