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 614
G. J. NYENHUIS, proprietor of brick yard on Lucas Grove road South Muscatine; Mr. Nyenhuis was born in Holland, in 1820; emigrated to Baltimore, Md., in 1848; came to Muscatine in 1853. He married, in Holland, Miss Anna E. H. Boyenk; they have eight children--Mary, now Mrs. A. Hine; Hattie, now the wife of M. Bodeman; Dennie, Senni, Annie Vandal B., Hiram and James. Mr. Nyenhuis and wife are members of the Baptist Church; he is a Democrat; he has been engaged in the manufacture of brick fourteen years, and does an extensive business.

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