KIEL, FERD.

KIEL, ERLBRODT

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Date: 5/5/2019 at 00:03:22

MADISON TOWNSHIP.
P. O. FORT MADISON

KIEL, FERD., rectifier and dealer in wines and liquors; born in Hanover, Germany, July 28, 1813 ; there learned the milling business ; he emigrated to America, landed at Baltimore, in August, 1839 ; came to Iowa, and located in Fort Madison, March 15, 1840 ; he began working at the carpenter's trade, and, in 1852, engaged in rectifying and liquor business, and has continued in it since ; his is the oldest house in this business here ; he holds office in the City Council and has done so for several terms. He married Mary Ann Erlbrodt, from Hanover, Germany, May 12, 1 839 ; she died June 30, 1878, leaving four children—Louis, George, Adolph, Wilhelm ; they lost four children—Wilhelmina, Adolph, Henry and Ferdinand, the two former died within twenty-four hours, of cholera, in 1851 ; Ferdinand was in the army, enlisted in the 5th Reg. I. V. C, Co. F, and died of disease contracted in the army.

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

Transcription typed/proofed as article was originally published in 1879