Wiese, Peter A. (1850-1924)

WIESE

Posted By: Joyce Hickman (email)
Date: 9/4/2008 at 21:39:01

Peter Andreas Wiese
June 2, 1850 - Oct 28, 1924

(From the 1883 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, by J. H. Keatley, p.140, Knox Twp.)
P. Wiese, druggist, Avoca, born in Prussia in 1851, emigrating to America in 1868 and settling in Davenport,, this State; had no settled business until he came to Avoca, when he started in the drug business, buying out the stock of J. J. Hipsley, one of the first druggists here; came here in 1870; farmed for some time near Avoca, and went into the drug business in the fall of 1880; carries a stock of about $5,000, including paints, oils, etc. Subject was married, in this county, in 1874, to Miss D. Peters, who came from the old country about the same time subject did. They have three children. He has always voted the Republican ticket.