MARTIN BERG

BERG, HISER

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

Keokuk City
(P.O. Keokuk)

BERG, MARTIN, saloon-keeper, Fifth street, between Main and Blondeau ; was born in Bavaria, Germany, in 1827 ; came to America in 1852, and to Keokuk in 1853, and has since been engaged in the hotel and saloon business. Married Miss Phebe Hiser in 1863 ; she was born in Ohio in 1843; they have five children - Lizzie, Albert, John, Amelia and Martin, Jr. Mr. B. is a member of the Druids and Turner Societies; the family belong to the German Presbyterian Church; Liberal.

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

Transcription typed/proofed as article was originally published in 1879