EHART, JOHN

EHART, GEBELEIN

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

MADISON TOWNSHIP.
P. O. FORT MADISON

EHART, JOHN, cooper ; was born in Hesse Darmstadt, Germany, May 17. 1826; his parents emigrated to America in 1838, and settled in Pennsylvania, where he learned the cooper's trade : during the Mexican War, he enlisted as drummer boy, and helped drill the volunteers, but was prevented by sickness from going in the field; while living in Pennsylvania his father died; John, with his mother and brothers, came to Iowa and settled in Fort Madison April 14, 1845, and he began working at his trade. He has been engaged in the coopering business here over thirty years—a longer time than any other cooper in Lee Co. He married Hannah Gebelein, from Bavaria, Germany, April 19, 1849; they have one adopted son— William A.

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

Transcription typed/proofed as article was originally published in 1879