Jacob Bayer

BAYER, SCHULER

Posted By: Judy Wight Branson (email)
Date: 9/10/2004 at 12:09:19

Jacob Bayer, Lincoln twp.; farmer, Sec. 2; P.O. Winterset; born in Wurtemberg, Germany, in 1838, and emigrated to this country in ______, and settled in Lehigh county, Pennsylvania, and learned the trade of tanner and currier; in 1866 he removed to Illinois, and settled near Sterling, Whiteside county, and came to this county April 5, 1872, and is the proprietor of the Winterset Tannery, and tans all kinds of leather and furs; he also manufactures gloves and mittens; his goods meet with ready sales, and his manufactures have proved to be of the best quality; he married Miss Emaline Schuler in 1859; she was born in Pennsylvania; has five children: Henry, Charles, Mary, Emaline and Lizzie.

Taken from the book, The History of Madison County, Iowa, 1879" page 615