C. THURMAN
C. Thurman, also a furniture dealer of Atlantic, has his store on Walnut street, and is one of the first who engaged in that line of business in the city. He established the business at his present location in March, 1869, in partnership with John Yager, the name of the firm being Yager and Thurman. This partnership was continued four years, since which he has carried on business alone. Mr. Thurman was born in Prussia in 1842. He was reared in his native country, and in his youth served an apprenticeship to the trade of cabinet making. In 1867 he came to the United States, and first located at Burlington, Iowa. He afterwards went to Des Moines, coming from the capital city to Atlantic, at the time stated. Mrs. Thurman was formerly Bertha Brechmer, a native of Germany. They have five children---Lizzie, Emma, Bertha, Charles and Frank, all of whom were born in Atlantic. Mr. Thurman well merits the reputation which he enjoys of being a good workman, an honest dealer, and a worthy citizen.
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, pp. 861-862.
