Edwin W. Albee 1836-1922

ALBEE, PROVOOST

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Date: 5/6/2018 at 20:38:32

Proprietor of the Fairbanks Bakery, No. 139 to 145 Second street, Dubuque; is a native of the State of Massachusetts, and came West to Iowa in 1857, and located in Dubuque; he bought an interest in the Fairbanks Bakery in 1870, the firm being J.E. Fairbanks & Co., which continued for eight years, and since then Mr. Albee has continued the business and has built up the largest bakery trade that is done in this city, employing eighteen hands, men and boys; he manufactures all kinds of crackers and sweet machine goods; he ships his goods as far west as Yankton, and up and down the river from Clinton to Stillwater, Minn., and his trade is constantly increasing;. during the war, he enlisted in the 44th I.V.I.C, Co. A. Mr. Albee was united in marriage to Mrs. Mary P. Provoost, a native of Connecticut, and daughter of B.B. Provoost, of this city. They have two children- one son Frank Stewart, and one daughter, Grace.

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