CONRAD AMBORN

AMBORN, DEOBALD

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Date: 4/19/2019 at 14:50:52

AMBORN, CONRAD, manufacturer and dealer in furniture; born in Byrne, Germany, Nov. 15 1817, where he learned the furniture business. He married Louisa Deobald, of Germany, in 1847; they came to America in 1850; arrived at Fort Madison June 28, 1850; he engaged in the furniture business the following year; was associated with his brother in business for fourteen years; Mr. Amborn manufactures his furniture; he made the furniture for the German American Bank, and manufactures as fine work as is made in the state. His son Conrad, Jr., is one of the most skilled workmen in the State; draws all the designs for their best furniture, and is an expert carver. Mr. and Mrs. Amborn have nine children - Hannah, Josephine, Conrad, Louisa, Philip, Rudolph, Helen, Fred and Clara.

Source: BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY
HISTORY OF LEE COUNTY IOWA
CHICAGO: WESTERN HISTORICAL COMPANY, 1879

Transcription typed/proofed as article was originally published in 1879