ANTON BURSTER

BURSTER, HENNEBERG

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

Madison Township
(P.O. Fort Madison)

BURSTER, ANTON, proprietor of Concordia Brewery ; was born in Wittemberg, Germany, Oct. 26, 1825 ; he there learned the trade of stone-cutter ; in 1847, when 22 years of age, he emigrated to America, and lived in Chicago for three years, and also lived in St. Louis and New Orleans a short time, and came to Fort Madison in 1851, and began working at stone-cutting ; in 1865, he engaged in his present business, and has continued it since then ; he has held the office of City Alderman and has just been re-elected. He married Miss Augusta Henneberg, from Germany, Dec. 10, 1853; they have had nine children; six survive—Adolph, Otto, Julius, Louise, Ernest and Emma.

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

Transcription typed/proofed as article was originally published in 1879