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 619
JOHN A. SCHREURS, of the firm of Schreurs & Son, Proprietors of the Young America Mills; was born in Holland July 29, 1814; he lived there until 1846 ; when he emigrated to America, landing at New Orleans Dec. 26, 1846; the following year, he came to Muscatine and arrived here March 29, 1847; he engaged in farming four and one-half miles from the city; in 1870, he engaged in the milling business, and has continued it since then. He married Seena Willemina, from Germany, in 1838; she died in March, 1863; they have five children---Garrett W., Henry, Mena, Jennie and Seena. Mr. Schreurs married Hannah Reesink June 11, 1867; they have one son---George.

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