Jacob Friedman

FRIEDMAN, CREVIR, PFOHL

Posted By: Rochelle Phelps (email)
Date: 7/16/2002 at 16:33:58

Jacob Friedman, farming on 237 acres of land in Liberty township, has followed agricultural pursuits practically all his life, and has been unusually successful in this line of endeavor. He was born in Stark county, Ohio, April 27, 1848, and is a son of the old pioneers, Joseph and Catherine Friedman, who are appropriately represented elsewhere in this week. For a time during boyhood he attended school in his native county, and after coming with his parents to Dubuque county, Iowa, pursued his studies in the Liberty township district schools. He remained at home assisting his father until twenty-seven years of age, and then bought ninety-one acres of hi present property to which as his means afforded hed added until he acquired 237 acres of valuable farm land. This he has cleared and improved by hard work, erecting one of the finest modern reidences in the township with barns and various outhouses to correspond. He follows general farming and also has about forty head of cattle, ten horses and some one hundred and thirty swine. He is a Democrat in national politics, but on local issues votes for the man who in his opinion is best fitted for public office without regard to party affiliation. In religious views he is an adherent of the Roman Catholic faith. On January 19, 1875, he was united in marriage with Miss Rachel Crevir, daughter of one of Dubuque county's earliest white settlers, Joseph Crevir. He was of French descent and in 1832 came from Canada to Dubuque, Iowa. He secured and broke ground where the present market house of Dubuque stands, and on December 12, 1909, passed away, aged ninety-two years. To Mr. and Mrs. Friedman the following named children have been born: Joseph, cement contractor; John, a carpenter, Dubuque; George, assisting his father; Albert, same; Clemens, in school; Mary, wife of Peter Pfohl, farming in Concord township; Annie, Sister Mary Florentine, of St Francis Convent; Mathilda, at home; Theresa, Sister Mary Florence of St. Francis Convent; Frances, at home, and Mabel, attending district school. These children have all been reared in the Catholic faith, and the family is well and favorably known throughout the county.