Heeb, Jacob F. 1840-1896

HEEB, STEEMER

Posted By: Mike Birkett
Date: 8/11/2013 at 17:54:55

Obit., Dubuque Daily Times, 1/16/1896

Jacob F. HEEB died at Sioux City on the 11th inst., aged 55 years. Speaking of him, the Tribune says: "Mr. Heeb was born in St. Louis, Mo., in 1840 and moved to Dubuque in 1846 with his father, Anton Heeb, the Dubuque brewer. He was with General Price in his last raid through Kansas and took part in the battle of Westfort, Mo. He was married in 1869 to Susan Steemer of Potosi, Wis., and lived at LeMars from 1877 to 1890, when he came to Leeds and opened a hotel, which he was proprietor of at the time of his death."