Biographies For Muscatine County Iowa 1889

Source: Portrait and Biographical Album, Muscatine County, Iowa, 1889, page 312
PETER M. MUSSER, Secretary and Treasurer of Musser Lumber Company, of Muscatine, and a member of the banking house of Cook,Musser & Co., was born in Lancaster County, Pa., April 3, 1841, and is a son of John and Cassiah ( Miller ) Musser, who were also natives of the same county. His mother died Sept. 19, 1884, the father is still living, and resides at his old home.

In March, 1863, our subject came to Muscatine, Iowa, where he spent one year, and then went to Iowa City, and bought an interest in the lumber business of R. Musser & Co., both of Iowa City and Muscatine. He assumed the management of the yard at Iowa City in the spring of 1864, and conducted the business until 1873, when he formed a partnership with John W. Porter, and the firm purchased the interests of the company with which he had been formerly employed. That connection continued until 1881, when he sold out to Mr. Porter. In 1870 Mr. Musser had joined his uncles, Peter and Richard, and C. R. Fox, in the organization of the lumber firm of Musser & Co., of Muscatine, successors to R. Musser & Co., from which company the present Musser Lumber Company was incorporated in February,1881. He was elected Secretary and Treasurer at the time of its incorporation, and has held that position continuously since. ( See history of Musser Lumber Company elsewhere in this work.)

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