Strohbehn, Wm. F. (1852-1901)

STROHBEHN

Posted By: Joyce Hickman (email)
Date: 1/23/2009 at 13:52:42

William Frederick Strohbehn
March 1852 - Dec 30, 1901

(From the 1883 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, by J. H. Keatley, p.57, Council Bluffs)
W. Strohbehn (Schurz & Strohbehn, grocers) Council Bluffs, came to Council Bluffs in the spring of 1872, and was employed by Groneweg & Co., grocers and wholesale liquor dealers. He rose from a driver to a clerk, and afterward to the position of book-keeper. The firm sold out to Mr. Kirscht, with whom our subject stayed until October 28, 1881, when he went into partnership with Mr. Schurz. Mr. Strohbehn was married in October, 1875, to Miss Christine Witt, of Council Bluffs. They have three children - Matilda, aged six; Helen, aged four, and William, who is two and a half years old. Our subject's parents live in Silver Creek Township, this county, where they have a farm of 200 acres. The father is sixty-eight and the mother is sixty-six years old.