Biographies For Muscatine County Iowa 1879

Here is what the abbreviations in the bios stand for: far: farm; Co.: company or county; dir: dealer; IVA: Iowa Volunteer Artillery; IVC: Iowa Volunteer Cavalry; IVI: Iowa Volunteer Infantry; P.O.: Post Office; S. or Sec.: section; and st.: street.

Source: History of Muscatine County Iowa, Biographical Section, 1879, page 609
J. T. KREHE, druggist and dealer in paints, oils, toilet articles and perfumery. 233 Second street; was born in Bavaria, Germany, Feb. 28, 1828, where he was brought up and learned the drug business; he emigrated to this country in 1849 and lived in Cincinnati; came to Iowa in 1854 and settled in Muscatine and began clerking in Dougherty's drug store; in April 1867, he bought out Mr. Speer and engaged in the drug business for himself and is doing a good business. He married Barbara Schneider, from Germany, in 1861; they attend the German Protestant Church.

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