PROSPER PETTINGER
Prosper Pettinger is a native of Luxemburg, born January 12, 1853. He came to America in March, 1872, landing at New York. He came directly west to Dubuque county, where he lived three years, then came to Cass county, and bought two hundred and eighty acres of land in Union township. He has since added four hundred and five acres to his farm and now has one of the largest farms in the township. June 10, 1874, he was married to Catharine Sauser, daughter of John B. Sauser, of Dubuque county. She was born July 20, 1851. They have six children--John B., Robert G., Leo P., Prosper H., Walter T. and Celestine M. Mr. Pettinger is an energetic, thorough-going farmer.
Contributed by Lisa Varnes-Rex 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. 736.
