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J. J. ZIMMERMAN


J. J. Zimmerman, proprietor of livery, feed and sale barns, on the west side of square, was born in Pa. in 1840; moved to Jones county, Ia., in 1856, and engaged in farming; removed to Shelby county in 1876 and engaged in farming until March, 1830, when he engaged in the livery business at Old Harlan House barn. In Oct., 1881, he purchased Hurless' barn and stock, and now runs both barns; keeps eighteen horses for livery purposes, and nine carriages, has telephone connections.

Transcribed February, 2018 by Cheryl Siebrass from: History of Western Iowa, Its Settlement and Growth, published in Sioux City, IA.: Western Publishing Company, 1882, pg. 428-429.