EDEN, JOHN

EDEN, HEIDE

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Date: 10/3/2001 at 21:27:16

From the book "The History of Clinton County Iowa" by L. P. Allen (1879) Pages 669-697
Biographical Sketches of Clinton Residents

JOHN EDEN, firm of Eden & Hansen, manufacturers of vinegar, Second avenue; was born in Germany, in 1833; came to America in 1853, and in the following year, came to Clinton Co.; worked at brick-making until January, 1878, when he engaged in manufacturing vinegar. He is the oldest, German settler in Clinton. He married Dora Heide, a native of Germany, in 1864; they have three children -- Lizzie, John and Emma