WITZ, FRED

WITZ, NACHTWINE

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 8/23/2019 at 20:23:48

MADISON TOWNSHIP.
P. O. FORT MADISON

WITZ, FRED, bricklayer; was born in Baden, Germany, Sept. 26, 1826 ; he learned his trade there ; he emigrated to America in 1854, and lived in St. Louis until 1872, when he came to Iowa and settled in Fort Madison ; since then he has followed his trade, and has made what he owns by his earnings. He married Amelia Nachtwine, from Prussia, in 1854.

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

Transcription typed/proofed as article was originally published in 1879