Kirscht, L.

KIRSCHT

Posted By: Joyce Hickman (email)
Date: 1/5/2009 at 14:04:26

L. Kirscht, wholesale grocer, Council Bluffs, was born in Germany in 1829, and served three and a half years in the Prussian Army. In 1854, he came to America, and, in 1856, was married at Hillsdale, Mich. From Hillsdale, Mich., he went in the fall of 1856 to St. Joseph, and came to Council Bluffs May 11, 1861; here he opened a retail grocery, in which he met with good success, and gradually increased his businss until he is now doing an extensive wholesale trade, employing four men in the store and one traveling salesman. He carries about $30,000 worth of stock, and his yearly sales amount to about $100,000, and are steadily increasing. Mr. Kirscht served in the City Council in 1869 and 1870, and has been Township Trustee for many years. He has a family of six children, all living at home; he has a fine residence on Glen avenue; he is a stanch Republican. Mr. Kirscht's mother came to Council Bluffs June 25, 1881, and died in August, 1882, aged nearly seventy-one years. (From the 1882 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa)