WILD, Abraham 1842-1917
WILD, BETRAM
Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 5/18/2013 at 13:22:47
[Waterloo Evening Courier, Monday, May 28, 1917, Waterloo, Iowa]
Funeral services over the remains of Abraham Wild will be tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. at the family residence, 1105 Main Street. Rev George Knoche, a friend of many years, will be in charge of the services and the sermon will be preached by Rev. P. H. Hillegrand of Waverly by special request of Mr. Wild. Dr. J. E. Snowdan will also take part in the services. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery. The pallbearers will be Messrs. L. J. Pfeiffer, W. D. Nuhn, Harven Jewell, C. M. Wild, J. W. Wild and Joe Wild. The three last are cousins of Mrs. Abraham Wild.
Abraham Wild was born in Bledesbach, Germany, in 1842, and was married to Miss Katherine Wild in 1872, coming directly to America and settling in Cedar Falls. For a few years he was employed by the Bryant-Neely Lumber Co. and later organized the Wild Lumber Company business on East Fourth and State Streets. A couple of years ago he moved his business to South Main Street and enlarged his activities.
When stricken by paralysis nearly eight months ago he was still conducting this business, which this past winter has been sold to Waits & Best. Mr. Wild was an upright, industrious man, trusted and beloved by all who knew him.
Besides the widow, he is survived by four children, two daughters and two sons, all of whom were with him at the end. Miss Matilda Wild, a professional nurse, was summoned from her home in Havre, Mont., when her father was first stricken, as were also the sons, Howard and Harry, of Los Angeles, Cal. Miss Anna Wild, the other daughter is secretary at the Iowa State Teacher' college. Harry Wild returned last winter to Los Angeles, but came again to his father's bedside two weeks ago. The family is one of unusually strong affection for each other and this is the first break in the circle.
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[History of Black Hawk County, Iowa, 1904 p537-538]Abraham Wild, president and general manager of the Cedar Falls Lumber Company, and a prominent citizen deserving of unlimited praise as one of the builders of Cedar Falls was one of the first Germans to locate in this city. Mr. Wild was born in Germany, March 12, 1842, and is one of a family of six children born to Adam and Margaret M. (Betram) Wild.
Adam Wild, early in life engaged in farming, but in later years followed contracting on a large scale. Mr. wild was a German by birth, and died in his native country.
Abraham Wild was raised and schooled in Germany, and when a young man served in the Franco-Prussian War. In the year 1872 he came to the United States and on September 6 of that year landed in New York and immediately preceded to Cedar Falls.
Upon his arrival in Cedar Falls, Mr. Wild engaged in the manufacture of brick and continued in that business for three years. He then engaged in his present business under the firm name of Wild & Company. In 1896 the business was incorporated as the Cedar Falls Lumber Company and Mr. Wild was made president and general manager. Mr. Wild, fraternally, is a member of the I. O. O. F. Politically he is a member of the Republican party.
The subject of this sketch was married to Catherine* Wild, a daughter of Abraham Wild (not a relative), and they are parents of four children, namely: Matilda A.; Anna Rose; Fred, Richard Howard; and Harry Bernhard.
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*Catherine is spelled Katherine on her gravestone.
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