Knierieman, John

KNIERIEMAN

Posted By: Joyce hickman (email)
Date: 11/7/2008 at 13:44:41

John Knierieman

(From the 1883 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, by J. H. Keatley, p.245, Valley Twp.)
John Knierieman, groceries and queensware, Hancock, was born in Germany in 1845, son of F. J. Knierieman, who was a farmer by occupation, now dead. Subject's mother is also deceased. Mr. Knierieman took a complete course in the public schools of Germany, and afterward learned the miller's trade. He has two brothers who are farmers in Germany. Our subject came to America in 1868, locating first in Philadelphia, where he engaged in milling. Since 1870, he has lived in Iowa, and for teh past five years in Pottawattamie County. He came from Avoca to Hancock in April, 1882; while in Avoca, he conducted a mill. Mr. Knierieman was married, in 1879, to miss Dora May Kinney, of Avoca, born in Oskaloosa, Iowa, daughter of W. S. Kinney, a Methodist minister, who has retired from the pulpit and from business on account of his health; he owns the grocery, queensware and notion store in Hancock, of which our subject has charge; they carry a stock of about $2,000. Mr. Knierieman is Deputy Postmaster of Hancock. He has visited the largest cities of all the Northern States, and has crossed the ocean three times. He is a member of the I. O. O. F.; takes no particular interest in politics, but generally votes the Democratic ticket.