TIEKEN, JOHN B.

TIEKEN, MEIER

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 8/18/2019 at 14:06:40

MADISON TOWNSHIP.
P. O. FORT MADISON

TIEKEN, JOHN B., stone-mason ; was born in Hanover, Germany, July 20, 1818 ; he came to America in January, 1841 ; lived in Vicksburg and St. Louis for three years ; came to Iowa and settled in Fort Madison, in December, 1844, and began working at his trade of stone-mason; he has continued at it since then ; when he came here he had nothing, and now owns several houses and lots and four acres of land in the city limits. He married Margaretta Meier, from Germany, June 24, 1844 ; she died in October, 1875; they have three children - Heinrich, living in Milwaukee; Elizabeth, teaching in High School ; Anna Mary, at home, keeps house for her father.

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

Transcription typed/proofed as article was originally published in 1879