Ubo Albertson |
Ubo Albertson
For the past four years the duties of the office of treasurer of
Carroll county has been discharged by this gentleman. He is a
native of Germany being born in Hanover in 1848. At the age of
fifteen he enlisted as a sailor at Emden. He followed the mast
for seven years when in 1870 he enlisted in the Marine service
where he served for three years on a Man-of-War that coasted in
European waters. He served in the Franco Persian war.
In 1873 his mother died leaving him an orphan his father having
died when he was six years old. Having no further ties to hold
him, he came to this country in 1859 locating in Carroll county.
In 1880 he engaged in the drug business at Breda under the firm
name of |
Albertson & Co.
In 1881 he was nominated by the Democrats and elected by the
people to the office of treasurer and re-elected in 1893.
~ This sketch transcribed by: Sandra
Carter IAGenWeb volunteer |
