Louis Gund

LOUIS GUND, president of the Marcus Bank, established business in 1881 with a cash capital of $15,000.  He is also proprietor of a large grain elevator in Marcus.  He was born in Germany in 1843; came to America in 1847 and settled in Ill.; moved to Ia. in 1867 and for a time was engaged in the hotel business; thenengaged in the agricultural business at Blairtown, and came to this city in 1876.  He married Margaret Schall of Ia., in 1869 and has three children - Minnie C., Cora and Wm. Louis.

Cherokee County Biographies , Early History of Cherokee County, Iowa 1881- History of Western Iowa

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