Jacquemin, C. B.

JACQUEMIN

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Date: 10/10/2006 at 14:28:21

C. B. Jacquemin

(From the 1883 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, by J. H. Keatley, p.33, Council Bluffs)
C. B. Jacquemin, jeweler, Council Bluffs, came to Council Bluffs in May, 1865. He keeps a large stock of clocks, jewelry and fancy goods; he has a splendid location, and is doing an immense business. The firm consists of C. B. Jacquemin, his brother and George A. Garner. Mr. Jacquemin was born in Luxemburg, Europe, in 1838; came to America in 1852, and settled in Missouri, where he learned his trade. He has been a member of the School Board for six years, and was Mayor of the city in 1865. During his term as Mayor, the terminus of the Union Pacific Transfer was located here.