Frank SIES

SIES, BURNELL, SCHAFFER

Posted By: Char Hixon (email)
Date: 10/4/2009 at 15:51:25

FRANK SIES, hardware dealer, Oxford, Iowa; was born in this county, July 8, 1858 his father William, was one of the first settlers in this township. In 1876, he went to Rochester, New York, where he learned the tinners' trade and then returned and worked for C. K. Burnell until 1879, when he bought Burnells' stock of stoves and tinware. In February, 1882, he took his brother George W., as a partner, they then added a general stock of hardware and carry a stock of about $5,000. He was married Sept. 8, 1880, to Miss Annie Shaffer, daughter of Jonathan Schaffer of this place. They have one child, Jennie S. He is a member of Canopy Lodge No. 290, A.F. & A.M., also a member of the M. E. Church. His father is a native of Germany and came to America in 1847 and to Johnson county in 1857.
Reference: History of Johnson County, Iowa, 1836 to 1882, page 920