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ANDREW PETERSON


Andrew Peterson, merchant tailor, was born in Denmark, in 1830, learned his trade and was engaged in business there; came to America in Sept., 1873, and located at Troy, N. Y.; moved to Schenectady, and was in the employ of Holtzman & Fritzmaurice, as foreman in their tailoring department for two and one-half years. In the fall of 1876 he came to Harlan and established his present business.

Transcribed February, 2018 by Cheryl Siebrass from: History of Western Iowa, Its Settlement and Growth, published in Sioux City, IA.: Western Publishing Company, 1882, pg. 422.