Paschel, Henry

PASCHEL

Posted By: Joyce Hickman (email)
Date: 1/19/2009 at 16:41:41

Henry Paschel

(From the 1883 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, by J. H. Keatley, p.49, Council Bluffs)
Henry Paschel, real estate, Council Bluffs was born in Poland October 14, 1825, where he lived until 1845, and after traveling all over Europe came to America in 1853, for the purpose of seeing the country. He traveled over a great part of the United Statew, and finally settled in Sioux City, iowa, where he built one of the first houses in that place. In 1856, he married Miss Anna Kasberg, and from this union seven children have been born - Mary, the eldest, was born in Ponca, Neb.; Theresa, who married Mr. H. Swing, of St. Helena, Neb., was born in St. Joseph, Mo.; and the remainder of the family were all born in Council Bluffs. The third daughter, Anna, is at present in the convent in Dubuque, while the other two girls are at home. the two boys (twins), aged sixteen years, are both employed in Council Bluffs, one with Empkie & McDoel, the other with Erb & Duquette. Mr. Paschel first came to Council Bluffs in 1854, but did not settle permanently till 1860, when he moved here from Sioux City. He had begun the business of life as a brick-layer, and when he came here he engaged as a brick-laying contractor. In 1868, he abandoned brick-laying, and engaged in the real estate business, which he had formerly followed in Sioux City, Iowa, and has met with gratifying success. He is not an agent for anybody, but handles his own property; he owns fourteen buildings in Council Blfufs, and handles from $5,000 to $10,000 worth of property.