Joseph Zimmerman, lumber dealer, Guttenberg, was born in Austria in 1836. He came to this country with a sister, when he was eighteen years of age. He lived in Dubuque until 1868, when he went to Cassville, Wis., where he was a partner of D. B. Stevens in the lumber trade. He came here in 1872, and purchased of Mr. Adam Goetz the steam saw-mill, which he now owns, an account of which will be found in the chapter on "Manufactures" in this work. His wife, Celia Vaight, was born in Prussia. They have
six children— two sons and four daughters. source: History of Clayton County, Iowa, 1882, p. 874 |