FROEBEL, CHARLES

FROEBEL, DUNHOFFT

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 4/19/2019 at 14:50:52

MADISON TOWNSHIP.
P. O. FORT MADISON

FROEBEL, CHARLES, proprietor saloon ; was born in Saxony, Germany, Jan. 2, 1835 ; he lived there until 1862, when he emigrated to America ; he came to Fort Madison in the fall of 1863 ; was steamboating for some years ; has been engaged in his present business for ten years. He married Miss Lissette Dunhofft from Oldenberg, Germany, in April, 1861 ; she was born Feb. 27, 1841 ; they have nine children —Johanna, Emma, Clementine, Charlie, Caroline, Dorothea, Josephine, Lizzie and Louise.

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

Transcription typed/proofed as article was originally published in 1879