RAU, J.

RAU, HOLDEFER

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 6/30/2019 at 14:41:02

Keokuk City
(P.O. Keokuk)

RAU, J., saloon-keeper, between Eighth and Ninth streets ; born in Germany in 1844; came to America in 1867; to Keokuk in 1869 ; started present business in 1878. Married Miss Elizabeth Holdefer in 1877 ; she was born in Lee Co. in 1850. They have one child— Carl H., born in 1878. Members of the Lutheran Church. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. Lodge.

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

Transcription typed/proofed as article was originally published in 1879