NICHOLAS BLASER
Nicholas Blaser was born in Prussia, June 12, 1830. He spent the time from the age of five to fourteen years, in attending school, after which he was engaged in farming. In 1854, he came to America, landed at New York and went directly to Cook county, Illinois, where he worked at farming two years. He then went to La Salle county and remained two years. He next removed to Livingston county, where a few years later, he bought land, and lived until 1874, when he came to Cass county. He had, the previous year purchased land in section 3, Noble township. It was wild land at that time but is now well improved and in a good state of cultivation. Mr. Blaser was married in 1856 to Anna Maria Steffens, also a native of Prussia. They have four children living -- Francis, Joseph, Margaret and Anna.
Transcribed by Gloria Goltiani from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pg. 675.
