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CHRISTOPHER MULLER


Muller came in April, 1870, and bought the northwest quarter of section 15, where he still resides. Christopher Muller came to Cass county in April 1870, and settled in Noble township, where he purchased a tract of wild land on section 15, but has since improved the land and planted a fine variety of grove and fruit trees. He has also built a frame house of considerable size, and has one of the finest stock barns in the township. He was born in Germany, on the 24th of January, 1817, and was reared on a farm until 1843, when he was engaged in the lumber business. In 1869 he came to the United States and located in DuPage county, Illinois, until the spring of 1870, when he came to Cass county as before given. He was married in 1843 to Anna Luhring, and by their union they have four children -- Henry, Dorethe, H. Christopher and William.


Transcribed by Gloria Goltiani from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pp. 669.

 
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